Category: Medieval Literature and Culture

A. both sexes could legally divorce
B. only women could legally divorce
C. only men could legally divorce
D. both sexes could divorce only with the other’s consent

A. Sutton Hoo provides architectural evidence from a virtually unexplored period of history.
B. Sutton Hoo gives more information about the society that created Beowulf.
C. Sutton Hoo provides insight into the conversion from paganism to Christianity.
D. All of these answers

A. Dactylic pentameter
B. Octosyllabic couplets
C. Heroic couplets
D. Clerihew

A. geographical unity
B. episodic content
C. octosyllabic couplets
D. All of the Above

A. The stories of King Arthur made all English people nostalgic.
B. Metrical poetry simply got boring.
C. Alliterative poetry was much easier to write.
D. Alliterative poetry was associated with a world before the French influence, a world before the Conquest

A. Lancelot and Guinevere
B. Dante and Beatrice
C. Arthur and Guinevere
D. All of the Above

A. teachers
B. scribes
C. authors
D. All of the Above

A. Bede’s Ecclesiastical History
B. Caedmon’s Hymn
C. Chretien de Troyes Yvain, or le Chevalier au Lion
D. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales

A. nobility
B. adultery
C. chastity
D. All of the Above

A. it ended the Church’s role in the creation of books
B. it led to a sudden increase of women as scholars and authors
C. it declared that books should be produced by men
D. it opened up new opportunities for women to learn