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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, I/19-I/27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who kills Queen Penthesila?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Pyrrhus.
(c) Hector of Troy.
(d) Aeneas.

2. Who does Queen Penthesila fall in love with when she hears of his courageous feats?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Pyrrhus.
(c) Aeneas.
(d) Hector of Troy.

3. Who is the first lady that speaks to Christine?
(a) Lady Justice.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) Lady Rectitude.
(d) Lady Reason.

4. Who is Clotar's mother?
(a) Queen Fredegunde.
(b) Queen Camilla.
(c) Queen Artemisia.
(d) Queen Zenobia.

5. Why do Hercules and Theseus invade the Amazons?
(a) There is peace between the Greeks and the Amazons.
(b) The Amazons invade the Greeks.
(c) Because they fear the Amazons.
(d) Because they want wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who avenges her mother's death by killing the entire population of her mother's murderer's country?

2. Who is the author of the book that Christine reads at the beginning of "The Book of the City of Ladies"?

3. Whose duty is to judge and repay everyone according to their just deserts?

4. Who restores Metabus' throne?

5. Who are the first Amazons to attack the invading Greeks?

(see the answer key)

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