The Book of the City of Ladies Quizzes

The Book of the City of Ladies Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Book of the City of Ladies?
Margaret Cavendish

Julian of Norwich

Christine de Pizan

Jean de Meun
2 The genre of the text is ___.
nonfiction

drama

poetry

allegorical fiction
3 The text is divided into ___.
3 books

2 books

8 books

5 book
4 The narrator of the text is also the ___.
publisher

antagonist

author

protagonist
5 Christine de Pizan was originally from ___.
France

Italy

Spain

England
6 When she was a young girl, de Pizan moved to ___.
France

Spain

England

Italy
7 De Pizan's father worked as a/an ___.
court astrologer

member of the Privy Council

actor

lawyer
8 De Pizan's husband's name was ___.
Etienne

Charles

Benjamin

Julien
9 De Pizan had ___.
3 children

no children

4 children

5 children
10 De Pizan served as a court writer under ___.
Charles VI

James I

Charles V

Charles I
11 De Pizan was born in ___.
1364

1400

1406

1380
12 De Pizan was born in ___.
Venice

Rome

Bologna

Puglia
13 Which major life event happened to de Pizan in 1389?
Her husband died.

She published her first work.

She had her first child.

She was promoted to court writer.
14 De Pizan's earliest writings were ___.
love ballads

political tracts

prose romances

plays
15 De Pizan is known as the first professional European woman of ___.
publishing

letters

creativity

the court
16 De Pizan believed that France was founded by descendants of the ___.
Egyptians

Romans

Spartans

Trojans
17 De Pizan was very close with the ___.
Pope

King of England

French royal family

Secretary to Queen Elizabeth I
18 Many of de Pizan's works are dedicated to ___.
Mary, Queen of Scots

King Charles V

her father

Queen Isabeau
19 De Pizan's work is considered an early example of ___.
allegory

morality plays

the novel

feminist literature
20 Which of these texts did de Pizan take issue with?
Beowolf

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

La Roman de la Rose

The Book of the Courtier
21 Who wrote La Roman de la Rose?
The Pearl Poet

Louis of Orleans

Jean de Meun

Lady Mary Wroth
22 La Roman de le Rose is about ___.
chivalry

marriage

fairies

queens
23 La Roman de le Rose portrays women as ___.
birds

demons

seducers

heroes
24 Christine de Pizan wrote during which war?
English Civil Wars

100 Years War

The Crusades

The Revolutionary War
25 De Pizan wrote a biography of ___.
Louis IV

Charles VI

Charles V

Queen Isabeau

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