A. popular books before the invention of the printing press
B. books of prayers used at Christian Mass
C. books of information about the history of the Church
D. private books of prayers to be recited throughout the day
Related Mcqs:
- What were “conduct books” ?
A. books that established standards of behavior for women
B. books that were primarily intended to teach men how to treat their wives
C. books that conformed with strict standards of behavior
D. books that recounted historical events in the medieval era - Which of the following was a result of Charlemange’s decree on the production of books ?
A. it ended the Church’s role in the creation of books
B. it led to a sudden increase of women as scholars and authors
C. it declared that books should be produced by men
D. it opened up new opportunities for women to learn - In the early books of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” Satan conspires with which of the following characters ?
A. Baal
B. Beelzebub
C. Michel
D. A and B - John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is most similar in linguistic style to what books from “Paradise Lost” ?
A. Three and Four
B. Five and Six
C. Eight and Nine
D. Eleven and Twelve - How many books were included in the secondedition of the poem Paradise Lost ?
A. 10
B. 14
C. 12
D. 11 - Which of Upton Sinclair’s books is about the meat-packing industry ?
A. Main Street
B. Arrowsmith
C. Elmer Gantry
D. The Jungle - Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in______________?
A. the Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning in the 1450s.
B. the Peasant Uprising of 1381.
C. the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s.
D. the wave of contempt for manuscripts that followed the beginning of printing in 1476. - Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in______________?
A. the Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning in the 1450s.
B. the Norman Conquest of 1066.
C. the Peasant Uprising of 1381.
D. the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s. - In the late seventeenth century, a “battle of the books” erupted between which two groups ?
A. abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
B. round-earthers and flat-earthers
C. the Welsh and the Scots
D. champions of ancient and modern learning - In the late seventeenth century, a \battle of the books\erupted between which two groups ?
A. abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
B. round-earthers and flat-earthers
C. the Welsh and the Scots
D. champions of ancient and modern learning
