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ENGL407 Final Exam - Medieval Women Writers
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MCQs on the writings of medieval women writers and analyzing the perceptions of reality, both secular and religious, that they present.

ENGL407 Final Exam - Medieval Women Writers
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1. How did travel at the time of the Crusades impact Western Europe?
2. Identify the speaker of these lines: 'sweet Jesus, Jesus love'
3. In Medieval times, who were 'femme soles'?
4. How did increased lay participation in religious life impact monasteries?
5. How did the Christian laws about marriage differ from those of Germanic tribes' customs?
6. What is oral transmission?
7. With which genre is 'The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity' most closely associated?
8. Who were the troubadours?
9. Which event(s) characterized the Middle Ages?
10. In The Book of the City of Ladies, what is the function of the character Reason?
11. Which is true of medieval women?
12. Which is/are typical of the supernatural in medieval romance?
13. Which of the following is an example of female hagiography?
14. What are 'books of hours?'
15. What do most critics believe the 'rose' of The Romance of the Rose symbolizes?
16. Which of the following couples exemplify/exemplifies courtly love?
17. What was a Lollard?
18. Which of these female writers is most closely associated with tears?
19. What is affective piety?
20. In the Middle Ages, how did divorce laws differ for the sexes?
21. In the medieval Church, devotional acts _____________.
22. What is 'the gender fallacy'?
23. When did the Norman Invasion take place?
24. In the Middle Ages, how did religious and secular concepts of virginity differ?
25. According to most historians, why was it so important for a man to marry a virgin wife?