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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, II/52-II/60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Christine suggest women are unable to do in Section 2, Part 25?
(a) Invent new knowledge.
(b) Keep a secret.
(c) Be faithful.
(d) Love their husbands.

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

3. Who are foolish to ignore their wives' advice?
(a) Very few men.
(b) Men with attractive wives.
(c) All men.
(d) Men with wise wives.

4. Who hides and saves her husband, Quintus Lucretius, when he is sentenced to death for a crime?
(a) Antonia.
(b) Curia.
(c) Judith.
(d) Portia.

5. Who refuses Pharaoh's advances?
(a) Mariamme.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Clotilde.
(d) Penelope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is able to reverse people's emotions and exhort men to perform courageous feats?

2. Who has a tendency to yield to his carnal desires and kill those who object to his gluttony?

3. Who invents the Egyptian alphabet?

4. Who is so chaste in marriage and widowhood that she lives with her mother-in-law after her husband dies?

5. Who do the Ephesians commission to paint a portrait of Diana?

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