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
Ages, era, period
Ages, era, period
A. parchment made of animal skin
B. the service owed to a lord by his peasants(“villeins”)
C. unrhymed iambic pentameter
D. an unbreakable oath of fealty
A. symbolism
B. simile
C. metonymy
D. kenning
A. Beowulf
B. Arthur
C. Caedmon
D. Augustine of Canterbury
A. Latin
B. Dutch
C. French
D. Celtic
A. 1360
B. 1357
C. 1378
D. none of the above
A. She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.
B. She was a virgin martyr.
C. She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.
D. She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.
A. Miss Cecily Chaumpaigne
B. Philippa de Roet of Flanders
C. Agnes de Copton
D. none of the above
A. French
B. Norwegian
C. Spanish
D. Hungarian
A. the Battle of Hastings
B. Saint Patrick’s mission
C. the Fourth Lateran Council
D. his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine
