A. she values reason and activity instead of silence
B. she emphasizes practical rather than theological virtues
C. she does not mention traditional virtues like piety
D. All of the Above
Related Mcqs:
- Which best summarizes Christine de Pizan’s reaction to The Romance of the Rose ?
A. she objected to the treatment of secularism as evil
B. she applauded its promotion of female education
C. she attacked it as misogynistic
D. she praised the objectification of women - How was Christine de Pizan a unique female writer for her time ?
A. she was the only woman to work in the oral tradition
B. she was the first female mystic
C. she wrote in order to support herself
D. she was the only woman to write medieval lays - According to Pizan, what is the most important element in a woman’s quest for equality ?
A. chastity
B. piety
C. education
D. secular political activity - The most notable characteristic of Keats’ poetry is ?
A. Satire
B. Sensuality
C. Sensuousness
D. Social reform - It was about this time that I conceiv’d the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral Perfection. I wish’d to live without committing any Fault at any time; I would conquer all that either Natural Inclination, Custom, or Company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a Task of more difficulty than I had imagined. … I included under Thirteen names of Virtues all that at that time occurr’d to me as necessary or desirable, and annex’d to each a short Precept, which fully express’d the Extent I gave to its Meaning ?
A. Samson Occcum
B. John Winthrop
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. Mayflower Compact - Which of the following is NOT among the 13 virtues Franklin struggles to master ?
A. Temperance
B. Silence
C. Order
D. None of the above - Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues ?
A. the short story
B. the heroic epic
C. the morality play
D. the romance - Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues ?
A. the short story
B. the heroic epic
C. the morality play
D. the romance - What is the most notable characteristic of Ezra Pound’s “In a Station at the Metro” ?
A. The form of a villanelle
B. The use of synesthesia
C. The use of simile
D. The use of metaphor - The Cardinal virtues of the Houyhnhnms are__________________?
A. Friendship and benevolence
B. Bitterness and revenge
C. Hatred and jealousy
D. None of these
