A. it provided women with the opportunity to protect their own property
B. it provided women with a place to nourish their intellectual growth
C. it allowed women to exercise political authority in their communities
D. All of the Above
Related Mcqs:
- What does the term “monasticism” mean ?
A. it describes the importance of communication with others in order to reach salvation
B. it describes a form of worship based on praying to devotional art
C. it describes a way of life that became popular after the Middle Ages
D. Non of these - According to most historians, why was it so important for a man to marry a virgin wife ?
A. it assured him that his children were his own
B. it assured him that his wife would carry a dowry with her
C. it assured him that his wife was not a sinner
D. it assured him that her wife would never commit adultery - Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to____________________?
A. the royal family and upper orders of the nobility
B. the lower orders of the nobility
C. agricultural laborers
D. the clergy - Why is the concept of feudalism important in medieval literature ?
A. Feudalism represents the world ofscholars who studied the ancient texts of the past.
B. The feudal world is one of glamor and beauty.
C. Feudalism represents an economic hierarchy, the upper levels of which created and consumed literature.
D. Feudalism represents interesting family quarrels that make for good stories. - In the Medieval era, women most commonly worked as ______________?
A. retailers
B. domestic servants
C. spinners
D. All of the Above - Which is true of medieval women ?
A. they were not allowed to divorce their husbands
B. they were not allowed to own a business without permission
C. they were not allowed to inherit land if they had any brothers
D. All of the Above - Between which movements do historians situate literature in the Middle Ages ?
A. English Reformation and Elizabethan Age
B. Civil war and the Restoration
C. Roman departure and the Renaissance
D. Romanticism and the Enlightenment - How do historians explain the increase in the number of troubadours in the Middle Ages ?
A. the public disinterest in popular tales about romance
B. the increased interest in stories written in medieval Latin
C. the decreased public interest in religious stories
D. the French lords’ lack of interest in tales of courtly love - How do historians say Joyce’s exile manifest itself in Finnegans Wake ?
A. it led to the combination of multiple languages to form new words
B. it led to the inclusion of dream scenarios
C. it led to the lack of allusions to other cultures’ stories and myths
D. it led to the focus on the family as a functional institution - Fill in the blank. The intellectual and social movement which historians call “___________” is what lies at the base of the period we call the Renaissance ?
A. Socialism
B. Capitalism
C. Humanitarianism
D. Humanism
