A. she was the only woman to work in the oral tradition
B. she was the first female mystic
C. she wrote in order to support herself
D. she was the only woman to write medieval lays
Related Mcqs:
- Which best summarizes Christine de Pizan’s reaction to The Romance of the Rose ?
A. she objected to the treatment of secularism as evil
B. she applauded its promotion of female education
C. she attacked it as misogynistic
D. she praised the objectification of women - What do most critics find notable about the virtues that Pizan highlights in her work ?
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 - According to Pizan, what is the most important element in a woman’s quest for equality ?
A. chastity
B. piety
C. education
D. secular political activity - This feminist critic proposed that all female characters in literature are in at least one of the following stages of development: the feminine, feminist, or female stage ?
A. Virginia Woolf
B. Elaine Showalter
C. Mary Wolstencraft
D. Ellen Mores - In A Portrait of the Artist, what unique style does Joyce use ?
A. vowel shift
B. chiasmus
C. acatalectic
D. stream of consciousness - What is unique about the structure of Finnegans Wake ?
A. the last sentence and first sentence are circular
B. the novel has a traditional plot; nothing is particularly unique about it
C. the start of the book bears no resemblance to the end
D. the novel is clearly written from the future to the past - Who argues that language is a unique evolutionary development of the human species and distinguished from modes of communication used by any other animal species ?
A. Ferdenand de Sassure
B. Albert Chomsky
C. Noam Chomsky
D. Noah WebsterSubmitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo
- Which writer(s) is/are associated with mysticism ?
A. Richard Rolle
B. Walter Hilton
C. Julian of Norwich
D. All of the Above - Edmund Spenser was directly influenced by which writer’s epic poetry ?
A. Milton
B. Wordsworth
C. Aristo
D. Both A and B - Who is the writer of ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ ?
A. George Bernard Shaw
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. Lord Tennyson
D. William Shakespeare
