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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose birth and life does Erythrea foretell?
(a) Christine's.
(b) Shakespeare's.
(c) Socrates's.
(d) Jesus Christ's.

2. Who prophesies that Rome will be built on Mount Palatine?
(a) Queen of Sheba.
(b) Queen Basine.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Nicostrata.

3. Who does mankind gain more from than was lost through Eve?
(a) Lady Justice.
(b) Lady Reason.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Lady Rectitude.

4. What gift does God bestow upon the sibyls?
(a) None.
(b) The gift of prophecy.
(c) The gift of attractiveness.
(d) The gift of wealth.

5. What is Christine supposed to build?
(a) A walled city for virtuous ladies.
(b) A new culture and society.
(c) A home for abused women.
(d) A church for Christians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes women perfect in mind and body?

2. Who predicts that Justinian will become emperor?

3. Who is sent to school with her brother due to her parents' clever trick?

4. What does the woman whose mother is imprisoned and sentenced to starvation do to help her mother?

5. Who does Queen Penthesila fall in love with when she hears of his courageous feats?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Christine's opinion about being female before the three ladies appear to her, and explain why she feels this way.

2. Who are the Amazons, and how do they live?

3. Name and describe two stories that Reason tells to dispute the claim that women's weak bodies make them inferior and undermine moral qualities.

4. How does Hypsipyle save her father, Thoas?

5. List and describe the accomplishments of Nicostrata.

6. Describe Almathea's interactions with King Tarquin in Rome.

7. Compare and contrast Zenobia and Artemisia.

8. What does Rectitude say about parents preferring sons to daughters?

9. What does Reason tell Christine when Christine asks if women are capable of good judgment?

10. Why should Theodoric's honor for his victory in battle belong to his mother, Lilia?

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