Medieval Literature and Culture

A. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae
B. Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love
C. Marie de France’s Lanval
D. Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur

A. Cornish cycle
B. York cycle
C. Roman cycle
D. Wakefield cycle

A. “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”
B. “The Second Shepherds’ Play”
C. “The Knight’s Tale”
D. “The Dream of the Rood”

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.

A. Allegory
B. Social satire
C. Dream vision
D. All of these answers

A. He recast the history of Arthur into the romance genre.
B. He was the first to discuss the Knights of the Round Table.
C. He separated Arthurian legend from tales of courtly love.
D. He dropped the supernatural theme found in Arthurian legend.

A. The life of everyday people in the 5th and 6th centuries
B. The conversion of Britain to Christianity
C. The history of Christianity before it reached Britain
D. The spread of Christianity after the Norman Conquest

A. To convert readers to Christianity through positive examples
B. To inform illiterate readers about Arthurian legend
C. To reconcile the hero’s responsibilities in love and wars
D. To sway audiences away from reading tales of courtly love

A. The dreamer functions as an example of the comitatus ethic.
B. The dreamer has a special hope for salvation.
C. The dreamer is a relic from before the Christian conversion.
D. The dreamer is an example of the superstition of paganism.

A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Caesura
D. Romance