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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. Who does Ghismonda take as a lover?

2. Who is so chaste in marriage and widowhood that she lives with her mother-in-law after her husband dies?

3. What does Sulpicia do when her husband, Lentulus Cruscellio, is exiled?

4. Who grieves to death when Tiberius puts Germanicus to death?

5. Why does Leander routinely swim across Hellespont?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Claudia's reputation compromised, and how does she prove her chastity?

2. How does Artemisia honor her husband in death?

3. What leads to Ghismonda's suicide?

4. How does Judith save the Jews from Holofernes?

5. How does Xanthippe demonstrate her love for Socrates?

6. How does Rectitude refute the common claim that women are inconstant?

7. How do the wives of the knights who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece save their husbands?

8. Describe the story about Bernabo and his wife.

9. How does Curia save her husband from exile and death?

10. How does Marquis Saluzzo test Griselda's constancy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Christine change throughout the novel? Detail the changes she makes and the reasons behind those changes.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the manner in which the city is built.

Essay Topic 3

What are the misconceptions Christine mentions about women, and how do Reason, Rectitude, and Justice dispute these?

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