Medieval Literature and Culture

A. English was a more commonly used language in the Church.
B. The audience was likely unable to read French.
C. Women were more educated, so they knew more languages.
D. The audience was partially lay-women with little knowledge of Latin.

A. Kings often used generous gifts to recruit their followers.
B. It was necessary for kings to fight in order to keep their power.
C. The ability to attract fellow warriors was a necessary attribute of power.
D. All of these answers

A. As the suffering Christ
B. As the ransom God demands for the sins of humanity
C. As a special Jewish teacher
D. As the heroic noble warrior

A. The Rule of Saint Benedict standardized monasticism.
B. The Rule of Saint Benedict was the first example of poetry written in the vernacular language.
C. The Rule of Saint Benedict explained the new architectural style.
D. The Rule of Saint Benedict offered an early example of dream poetry.

A. A traditional form with repeated consonant sounds
B. An Anglo-Saxon form written in iambic pentameter with traditional rhymes
C. A popular form in the 9th and 10th centuries
D. A form brought to England in the years during the Norman invasion

A. The term is an allusion to Beowulf’s golden torque.
B. The term represents the comitatus ethic.
C. The term is an example of kenning.
D. The term is an example of caesura.

A. Faith
B. Time spent in prayer
C. Donations made to the monastery
D. Good deeds

A. Caedmon’s Hymn
B. The Battle of Maldon
C. The Canterbury Tales
D. The Dream of the Rood

A. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
B. “Piers Plowman”
C. “The Canterbury Tales”
D. “The Book of Margery Kempe”

A. Episodic French and German poetry
B. Resemblance to an epic
C. Supernatural themes involving dragons and monsters
D. All of these answers