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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. Who does Ghismonda take as a lover?
(a) Pyramus.
(b) Leander.
(c) Jason.
(d) Guiscardo.

2. How is Saint Lucy punished for her faith?
(a) She is not punished for her faith.
(b) She is sent to a brothel to be raped.
(c) She is imprisoned and starved.
(d) She is beheaded.

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

4. Who mentions the claim that women hate their husbands when they are old and scholarly?
(a) Lady Justice.
(b) Christine.
(c) Lady Rectitude.
(d) Lady Reason.

5. According to Rectitude, when will women attain perfection?
(a) Never.
(b) Very soon.
(c) When men do.
(d) Women are already perfect.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who cares for Roman soldiers after their battle with Hannibal?

3. Who are foolish to ignore their wives' advice?

4. Who is beaten for her debate with the judge Urban?

5. Who controls Rome until the Romans exile him and is also known as Coriolanus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Ghismonda's suicide?

2. What does Rectitude say to Christine's claim that the majority of women are not virtuous?

3. What does Marcius say when his mother, Veturia, begs him to make peace with the Romans?

4. How does Judith save the Jews from Holofernes?

5. How does Artemisia honor her husband in death?

6. What results from Thisbe's mother's disapproval of Thisbe's love for Pyramus?

7. What happens when Rectitude finishes her portion of the City of Ladies?

8. Describe Saint Catherine's martyrdom.

9. Why does Rectitude resent the claim that women bring only evil to the world?

10. Who is Ulysses's wife, and why does Rectitude praise her?

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