With which literary form is Ancrene Wisse most closely related ?

Related Mcqs:

1. What is the function of Ancrene Wisse ?

   A. paradox
   B. affective piety
   C. imagery
   D. pathos

2. With which literary form or movement is the Restoration most closely associated ?

   A. Familiar essays
   B. Comedies of manners
   C. Romanticism
   D. Medievalism

3. Why was Acrene Wisse written in the vernacular language ?

   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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Which of the following literary theorists is most closely associated with the concept that became known as liberal humanism ?

   A. Aristotle
   B. Viktor Shklovsky
   C. Stanley Fish
   D. Toni Morrison

9. With what literary critic is the term the author function most closely associated ?

   A. Claude Lévi-Strauss
   B. Jacques Derrida
   C. Jacques Lacan
   D. Michel Foucault

10. Which of the following literary theorists is most closely associated with the concept that became known as liberal humanism ?

    A. Aristotle
    B. Viktor Shklovsky
    C. Cleanth Brooks
    D. Stanley Fish