Category: Medieval Literature and Culture

A. He suggests the lack of knightly themes in Middle English poetry.
B. He alludes to an ancient Anglo-Saxon ruler.
C. He represents the link with Celtic mythology.
D. He suggests a continued tie with paganism.

A. a type of literature concerned with the behavior of anchorites
B. a type of early literature produced solely by medieval women writers
C. a literary convention based on the code of behavior associated with chivalrous romance
D. a method of oral transmission

A. Giving inanimate objects human qualities
B. A metaphorical compound
C. A reparational payment demanded of a person guilty of homicide
D. The image used to share qualities in a metaphor or simile

A. He recast the history of Arthur into the romance genre.
B. He was the first to discuss the Knights of the Round Table.
C. He separated Arthurian legend from tales of courtly love.
D. He dropped the supernatural theme found in Arthurian legend.

A. The life of everyday people in the 5th and 6th centuries
B. The conversion of Britain to Christianity
C. The history of Christianity before it reached Britain
D. The spread of Christianity after the Norman Conquest

A. she values reason and activity instead of silence
B. she emphasizes practical rather than theological virtues
C. she does not mention traditional virtues like piety
D. All of the Above

A. Anchoresses should live in a dwelling attached to a church.
B. Anchoresses should avoid gossip.
C. Anchoresses should avoid men.
D. All of these answers

A. The Romance of the Rose
B. “Book of Hours”
C. The Bible
D. The Art of Courtly Love

A. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
B. “Piers Plowman”
C. “The Canterbury Tales”
D. “The Book of Margery Kempe”

A. They introduced alliterative verse.
B. They introduced rhyming octosyllabic couplets.
C. They introduced iambic pentameter.
D. They introduced metaphor.