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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What often assists in moral thinking, according to Rectitude?
(a) Education.
(b) Religion.
(c) Being male.
(d) Relationships with men.

2. Why does Emperor Olybrius imprison Saint Margaret?
(a) For playing with angels.
(b) For rejecting his advances.
(c) For sacrificing to the gods.
(d) For talking about Jesus Christ.

3. Who grieves to death when Tiberius puts Germanicus to death?
(a) Artemisia.
(b) Triaria.
(c) Aggrippina.
(d) Argia.

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

5. Who is beaten for her debate with the judge Urban?
(a) Justine.
(b) Martina.
(c) Eulalie.
(d) Theodosina.

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

7. What does Bernabo's wife name herself when she masquerades as a male servant for Senor Ferant?
(a) Bernabino.
(b) Leander.
(c) Sagurat.
(d) Jason.

8. Who honors her husband in death by building a magnificent sepulcher to him?
(a) Triaria.
(b) Artemisia.
(c) Argia.
(d) Aggrippina.

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

10. In what are women as faithful as men?
(a) In love.
(b) In familial ties.
(c) In friendship.
(d) In learning.

11. Who cares for Roman soldiers after their battle with Hannibal?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Busa.
(c) Europa.
(d) Christine.

12. What does Ghismonda do when her father kills her lover?
(a) Joins a monastery.
(b) Kills her father.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Ghismonda's father does not kill her lover.

13. Who does Justine's attempted suitor hire?
(a) An accountant.
(b) A wife.
(c) A necromancer.
(d) An executioner.

14. Why does Saint Catherine chide Emperor Maxentius?
(a) For talking about Jesus.
(b) For killing the Jews.
(c) For sacrificing to the gods.
(d) For asking her to marry him.

15. Which woman provided the greatest service to mankind?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Lady Reason.
(c) Lady Rectitude.
(d) Lady Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rectitude, how do women compare to men in terms of avariciousness?

2. Who is converted when he kidnaps Saint Lucy with the intent of raping her?

3. What do the Lombard women due to avoid being raped by the victors of their people?

4. Who holds a joust during which they abduct Sabinian women?

5. Why does Christine object to women dressing elegantly?

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