Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?

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Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for_______________?

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Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450 ?

A. the Normans B. the Geats C. the Anglo-Saxons D. the Danes...

Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to____________________?

A. the royal family and upper orders of the nobility B. the lower orders of the nobility C. agricultural laborers D. the clergy...

Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury ?

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Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues ?

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