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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the meaning of the word sibyl?
2. Who creates the Latin alphabet?
3. Why does Rectitude think parents should not worry about the cost of a dowry for daughters?
4. Who will bring the queen and princesses to the City of Ladies?
5. Who receives high honors for saving her father when his enemies attack him during a triumphal procession in Rome?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Christine asks if marriage is unbearable because women are impossible to live with, how does Rectitude respond?
2. Describe Christine's opinion about being female before the three ladies appear to her, and explain why she feels this way.
3. In Section 1, part 10, how does Reason praise women in response to Cato's claim that attractive women are like roses with thorns underneath?
4. Who are the Amazons, and how do they live?
5. Name and describe two stories that Reason tells to dispute the claim that women's weak bodies make them inferior and undermine moral qualities.
6. How does Reason define good judgment?
7. Once the buildings are finished, what does Rectitude tell Christine?
8. What does Reason say about the intelligence and education of Cornifica and Proba?
9. How does Reason conclude her portion of building the City of Ladies?
10. How does Reason respond to Christine's question about why male authors slander women?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which three stories that Reason, Rectitude and Justice tell Christine are most effective in refuting common misconceptions about women, and why?
Essay Topic 2
What are the misconceptions Christine mentions about women, and how do Reason, Rectitude, and Justice dispute these?
Essay Topic 3
How is foreshadowing used in "The Book of the City of Ladies"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.
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