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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15, III/10-III/19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Christine pray for at the end of this book?
(a) That God give her success with her story.
(b) That God grant everlasting joy to the citizens of the City of Ladies.
(c) That God allow her to die and join the citizens at the City of Ladies.
(d) Christine does not pray at the end of this book.

2. Who is Ulysses's faithful wife?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Mariamme.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Penelope.

3. What is the meaning of the word sibyl?
(a) One of affluence.
(b) One privy to the thoughts of God.
(c) Very beautiful woman.
(d) An evil being.

4. Who disputes the idea that women's weak bodies make them inferior and undermines moral qualities?
(a) Lady Reason.
(b) Lady Justice.
(c) Lady Rectitude.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who follows King Mithradates into battle rather than reveling in luxury in her own land?

2. Who is Irene's master that teaches her to paint?

3. Who loves Queen Blanche of France for life despite the impossibility of having his love returned?

4. Who does mankind gain more from than was lost through Eve?

5. Why does Christine wonder if marriage is unbearable?

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