A. English was a more commonly used language in the Church.
B. The audience was likely unable to read French.
C. Women were more educated, so they knew more languages.
D. The audience was partially lay-women with little knowledge of Latin.
Related Mcqs:
- In Acrene Wisse, the mission of the anchorite was justified through what purpose ?
A. To serve the church
B. To withdraw and meditate upon God
C. To pray
D. To preach - Which of the following advice is offered to women in Acrene Wisse ?
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 - What is the significance of the phrase protecting the heart from Acrene Wisse ?
A. The phrase refers to anchoresses’ responsibility to defend other Christians.
B. The phrase suggests that women should safeguard their spirituality through total withdrawal from the world.
C. The phrase is considered one of the positive effects of prayer.
D. The phrase involves becoming a nunin order to escape the bad influence of men. - In Acrene Wisse, what is the author’s advice regarding priests ?
A. Priests should be used as examples of ecclesiastical life.
B. Priests should be avoided, because men are bad influences.
C. Priests should offer anchoresses their only connection to the outside world.
D. Priests should be honored, because men are naturally more spiritual. - Which of the following contributed to the rise of vernacular literature ?
A. Most professional scribes found it difficult to write in Medieval Latin.
B. The spoken language tended to take precedence in areas where the Church was weak.
C. Official documents were written in spoken language.
D. All of the above - Charles W. Chesnutt used vernacular speech to________________?
A. Explain how African Americans could not learn standard English
B. Make his written inaccessible to white audiences
C. To encourage feelings of pride in African American readers
D. Challenge American stereotypes about race - What is the function of Ancrene Wisse ?
A. paradox
B. affective piety
C. imagery
D. pathos - With which literary form is Ancrene Wisse most closely related ?
A. estate satire
B. medieval lays
C. conduct books
D. medieval allegory - It is possible to write down spoken language and read aloud the written material. This property of language is called______________ ?
A. Duality of structure
B. Recursiveness
C. Displacement
D. Transference. - In Amy Lowell’s imagist poem, “This Green Bowl,” a handmade bowl is compared to a pond in the woods. Can one say that, as in Pound’s “Cantos,” this poem’s dominant tone is impersonal? Why, or why not ?
A. Yes, Lowell’s detailed description of nature draws attention away from human realities.
B. Yes, the lyrical voice in Lowell’s poem seeks to express universal rather than individual experience.
C. No, Lowell’s poem is not impersonal; it addresses the maker of the bowl directly and speculates about his state of mind.
D. No, even though Lowell strives for impersonal expression by borrowing poetic devices from Pound, she fails to accomplish this
