Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for_______________?

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1. Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for________________?

   A. courtiers entering the service of Richard II
   B. translators of French romances
   C. women who have chosen to live as religious recluses
   D. knights preparing for their first tournament

2. The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200 ?

   A. They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.
   B. Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.
   C. Their readers’ primary language was English.
   D. a and c only

3. The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200 ?

   A. They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.
   B. Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.
   C. Their readers’ primary language was English.
   D. A and C only

4. What is the function of Ancrene Wisse ?

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

5. With which literary form is Ancrene Wisse most closely related ?

   A. estate satire
   B. medieval lays
   C. conduct books
   D. medieval allegory

6. Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law ?

   A. tenth
   B. twelfth
   C. thirteenth
   D. fourteenth

7. Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures ?

   A. Beowulf
   B. Arthur
   C. Caedmon
   D. Augustine of Canterbury

8. Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law ?

   A. tenth
   B. eleventh
   C. twelfth
   D. fourteenth

9. Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife ?

   A. Dante’s Divine Comedy
   B. Boccaccio’s Decameron
   C. The Dream of the Rood
   D. Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women

10. what was chaucer’s profession ?

    A. a poet
    B. a merchant
    C. a civil servant
    D. none of the above