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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7, II/7-II/15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who invents the science and techniques of agriculture?
(a) Isis.
(b) Medea.
(c) Nicostrata.
(d) Ceres.

2. Why does Christine think herself unfortunate?
(a) She does not think of herself as unfortunate.
(b) For losing her job.
(c) For being poor.
(d) For being born a woman.

3. Why does Christine wonder if marriage is unbearable?
(a) Because women are inconstant.
(b) Because men are impossible to live with.
(c) Because women are impossible to live with.
(d) Because men are inconstant.

4. Who is the author of the book that Christine reads at the beginning of "The Book of the City of Ladies"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Boccacio.
(c) Sappho.
(d) Matheolus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who works hard to earn a living for her ailing, elderly father and herself?

2. Who invents the Egyptian alphabet?

3. Who has complete knowledge of pyromancy?

4. Why is the idea that female children result from a deficiency in the womb irrational?

5. Whose authority does Christine yield to at the beginning of this novel, though she is unable to support the view from her personal experience?

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