Category: Medieval Literature and Culture

A. Sir Launfal
B. Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath
C. Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale
D. Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love

A. The court of Richard II
B. The church
C. The military
D. The literary tradition

A. The Book of Margery Kempe
B. “Revelations of Divine Love”
C. “The Wooing of Our Lord”
D. The Art of Courtly Love

A. Dream poetry
B. Romance
C. Lai
D. Estates satire

A. Mystical literature suggested the continued link between paganism and Christianity.
B. Mystical literature prohibited women from writing in the voice of God.
C. Mystical literature ended the trend of poems in which God was cast as a lover.
D. Mystical literature provided a place for women to write romantic and religious literature.

A. King Harold
B. King Arthur
C. William the Conqueror
D. Alfred the Great

A. The poem could be easily sung in all churches and was widely accepted.
B. The poem’s theme of alienation becomes familiar to Anglo-Saxon poetry.
C. The poem illustrates Caedmon’s erudition and scholarship.
D. The poem is widely believed to be the first written poem in Old English.

A. They were extremely charismatic.
B. They wanted to move from the basics of Christian faith to a full Christian life.
C. They were promoters of the monastic life.
D. All of these answers

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

A. The title suggests a long history of conflict between the government and the individual.
B. The title is part of the morality play’s attempt to make Christian struggles universal.
C. The title alludes to other plays in the same cycle.
D. The title suggests that faith-based issues are individual to each Christian.