A. Margery Kempe
B. Catherine of Siena
C. Thecla
D. Christine de Pizan
Related Mcqs:
- This feminist critic proposed that all female characters in literature are in at least one of the following stages of development: the feminine, feminist, or female stage ?
A. Virginia Woolf
B. Elaine Showalter
C. Mary Wolstencraft
D. Ellen Mores - Feminist criticism focuses on exploring which of the following aspects of literary texts ?
A. How women are portrayed in literary texts
B. The psychologies of female writers
C. How women have been socially oppressed in literary texts
D. All of these - How does VirginiaWoolf’s essay “A Room of One’s Own” contribute to feminist theory ?
A. It suggests that the suppression of women is part of a historical climate that will naturally fade away.
B. It suggests that gender roles are conditioned by the possession of money and power.
C. It suggests that gender has power over class.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - What is the purpose of feminist theory ?
A. To advocate for women’s rights
B. To create literary subjects with which female readers can identify
C. To critique phallocentric assumptions about literature
D. All of the above answers are correct. - With which feminist theorist is gynocriticism most closely associated ?
A. Elaine Showalter
B. Julia Kristeva
C. Lucy Irigaray
D. Louise M. Rosenblatt - What is the purpose of feminist theory ?
A. To create literary subjects with which female readers can identify
B. To critique phallocentric assumptions about literature
C. To counter stereotypes about women
D. All of the above. - With which feminist theorist is gynocriticism most closely associated ?
A. Elaine Showalter
B. Julia Kristeva
C. Lucy Irigaray
D. Hélène Cixous - How does Virginia Woolf’s essay “A Room of One’s Own” contribute to feminist theory ?
A. It suggests that the suppression of women is part of a historical climate that will naturally fade away.
B. It suggests that gender roles are conditioned by the possession of money and power.
C. It suggests that gender has power over class.
D. It suggests that education, rather than money, is needed for the liberation of women. - Which of the following advice is offered to women in Acrene Wisse ?
A. Anchoresses should live in a dwelling attached to a church.
B. Anchoresses should avoid gossip.
C. Anchoresses should avoid men.
D. All of these answers - Which of the following best characterize noble women in the Middle Ages ?
A. they were expected to fix problems in their husbands’ absence
B. they ran the household
C. they were expected to be religious role models
D. All of the Above
