A. Government policies were incorrectly based on the idea that the rich would help the poor survive.
B. The high rates of the poll tax were considered unfair.
C. Peasants were jointly united against the pattern of upper-class harassments
D. All of these answers
Medieval Literature and Culture
Medieval Literature and Culture
A. The dream connection between the two sexes
B. A literary genre written mainly in the Anglo-Saxon era
C. The human soul’s tendency towards intimate union with the divine
D. The separation between humanity and divinity
A. The conquered English quickly studied French.
B. The French conquerors learned English in order to be able to govern well.
C. Latin became a common language for interaction between the two groups.
D. Most of the English population went on speaking English with French used mostly among the upper-ruling class.
A. To serve the church
B. To withdraw and meditate upon God
C. To pray
D. To preach
A. Trouthe represents the supernatural aspects of the medieval romance.
B. Trouthe alludes to the British conversion
from paganism to Christianity.
C. Trouthe emphasizes the positive side of feudalism.
D. Trouthe suggests the imminent return to a pre-feudal social organization.
A. the Black Plague.
B. unrequited love for John of Gaunt.
C. drowning in the Thames.
D. childbirth.
A. The life and poems of Caedmon
B. The conversion of Britain from paganism
C. The early years of William the Conqueror
D. The tales of King Arthur
A. Giving inanimate objects human qualities
B. A metaphorical compound
C. A reparational payment demanded of a person guilty of homicide
D. The image used to share qualities in a metaphor or simile
A. The knight is religious.
B. The knight is submissive to his lad.
C. The knight is dedicated to his feudal lord.
D. The knight is blond, tall, and elegant.
A. The stories of King Arthur made all English people nostalgic.
B. Metrical poetry simply got boring.
C. Alliterative poetry was much easier to write.
D. Alliterative poetry was associated with a world before the French influence, a world before the Conquest
