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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Marquis Saluzzo marry?

2. Who remains faithful to Herod Antipater despite having an unhappy marriage?

3. Who saves the Jews by beheading Holofernes?

4. What does Ghismonda do when her father kills her lover?

5. When the emperor locks Martina in his temple, what does he find her doing when he returns?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Rectitude finishes her portion of the City of Ladies?

2. Why does Rectitude resent the claim that women bring only evil to the world?

3. What does Rectitude say about women dressing elegantly?

4. How does Artemisia honor her husband in death?

5. How does Marquis Saluzzo test Griselda's constancy?

6. How is Susanna's chastity questioned and proven?

7. What does Rectitude say to the idea that women are avaricious?

8. How does Curia save her husband from exile and death?

9. Describe the story about Bernabo and his wife.

10. What does Rectitude say to Christine's claim that the majority of women are not virtuous?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the different symbols used throughout the novel to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

Essay Topic 2

How does the first person point-of-view enhance and inhibit the story? How would the novel be different if a different point of view were used?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the three ladies and Christine.

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