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Which of the following inventions is associated with the rise in literacy ?
A. the triptych
B. the flail
C. the rudder
D. the letter press
In Beowulf, what is the significance of the term wyrd ?
A. Wyrd has to do with reparational payments exacted from people guilty of homicide.
B. Wyrd is related to the folly of earthly possessions.
C. Wyrd suggests the idea of fate.
D. Wyrd is an allusion to the impending conversion to Christianity
How did the increase in universities affect most middle-class women ?
A. they were exposed to new opportunitiesto learn in universities
B. they were not able to attend so they were virtually unaffected
C. they were not able to attend so their education levels declined, compared to men
D. most of them were unable to read, so they were not admitted
With which genre is “The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity” most closely associated ?
A. medieval lay
B. courtly love
C. hagiography
D. romance
Which is/are typical of the supernatural in medieval romance ?
A. enchantment
B. spells
C. fairy trickery
D. All of the Above
Which is true of childbirth in the Middle Ages ?
A. it was normally supervised by a midwife
B. it was typically dangerous for mother and infant
C. it was normally done without medical equipment
D. All of the Above
Which of the following texts provides the best example of the comitatus ethic ?
A. Caedmon’s Hymn
B. The Battle of Maldon
C. The Canterbury Tales
D. The Dream of the Rood
The home of Chaucer’s royal patron and friend, John of Gaunt, was burned duringthe Peasants’ Revolt of 138. What events led to this revolt ?
A. Government policies were incorrectly based on the idea that the rich would help the poor survive.
B. The high rates of the poll tax were considered unfair.
C. Peasants were jointly united against the pattern of upper-class harassments
D. All of these answers
Which of the following is not an example of Arthurian legend ?
A. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae
B. Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love
C. Marie de France’s Lanval
D. Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur
Which topic(s) is/are explored in The Lais of Marie de France ?
A. superstition
B. adultery
C. jealous fathers
D. All of the Above
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