A. it describes the importance of communication with others in order to reach salvation
B. it describes a form of worship based on praying to devotional art
C. it describes a way of life that became popular after the Middle Ages
D. Non of these
Related Mcqs:
- Why do most historians think monasticism appealed to medieval women ?
A. it provided women with the opportunity to protect their own property
B. it provided women with a place to nourish their intellectual growth
C. it allowed women to exercise political authority in their communities
D. All of the Above - Let me for a few moments turn your attention to the reservations in the different states of New England, and, with but few exceptions, we shall find them as follows: the most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world – a complete place of prodigality and prostitution. What does “prodigality” mean ?
A. Wasteful extravagance
B. Promiscuity
C. Return from the dead
D. Redemption - In the context of Medieval literature, what does the term “mystical marriage” mean ?
A. it is a union supported by the Church
B. it is a union between anchorites
C. it is a mystical union between two people
D. it is a spiritual union with God - What does the term “renaissance” mean ?
A. Death
B. Theater
C. Drama
D. Rebirth - According to Dante, what does the term “gramatica” mean ?
A. It is static language with unchanging rules.
B. It is the language spoken by everyday people.
C. It is the only kind of illustrious vernacular.
D. It is synonymous with natural language. - What does the term “translatio studii” mean ?
A. The ability to move from purgatory into heaven
B. The translation of culture from one civilization to another
C. The movement from one circle of hell to another
D. The idea that the punishment fits the crime - What does the term meta-language mean, according to Andrzej Warminski ?
A. A language about another language
B. A supernatural language
C. A language that does not yet constitute a real language
D. All of the above answers are correct. - What does the critical term ’esemplatic’ mean ?
A. The unifying power
B. Ability to coin new word
C. Power of imagination
D. Negative capability - What does the term “passing” mean ?
A. The ability of an African American to live as a White person.
B. To do well on one’s schoolwork.
C. To leave one’s past behind.
D. To gain approval from one’s community. - In the poem “When Malindy Sings,” Paul Laurence Dunbar uses irony and caricature to “signify” on white assumptions about African Americans. What does Henry Louis Gate’s term “signify” mean ?
A. Giving words double meaning that appear differently to white and black readers.
B. Fixing words with very specific meanings.
C. Making sure that what is written makes sense.
D. Lying to mislead the reader.
