Category: Medieval Literature and Culture

A. Julian of Norwich
B. Margery Kempe
C. Catherine of Siena
D. Catherine de Pizan

A. courtly love
B. peasant life
C. praise of chastity
D. female literacy

A. Hrothgar believes it is important to stay focused on revenge.
B. Pride is one of the deadly sins.
C. Pride causes one to appear immodest.
D. Extreme pride can cause one to be overly secure and make mistakes.

A. meditation
B. wearing white clothing
C. weeping
D. All of the Above

A. a heroine who used female attributes to become a saint
B. a saint who was NOT the humble, pious, and chaste figure she was expected to be
C. an asexual female saint
D. an anchorite

A. The repetition of words
B. The use of epithets with character’s names
C. An episodic structure
D. All of the Above

A. she offers real reasons as to why women are valuable to society
B. she literally helps build the city
C. she helps the narrator see the merits of women
D. All of the Above

A. the critical debate about the verification of events in the letters
B. the idea that Abelard wrote all of the letters
C. the issue of whether there is a “female voice” in the letters
D. All of the Above

A. The knight had not finished his tale.
B. The miller did not ask politely.
C. A member of the clergy should have spoken next.
D. The miller was far beneath the knight in social order, so the miller should have deferred to the person who ranked above him.

A. Trouthe represents the supernatural aspects of the medieval romance.
B. Trouthe alludes to the British conversion
from paganism to Christianity.
C. Trouthe emphasizes the positive side of feudalism.
D. Trouthe suggests the imminent return to a pre-feudal social organization.