This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Medieval > Medieval Women Writers – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Medieval Women Writers Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In what way(s) did the legalization of Christianity impact medieval culture? A) Architecture came to be influenced by the Christian church. B) Art revolved around Christian themes. C) The Church became instrumental in the formation of laws. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 2. Kempe's acts of devotion included: A) Meditation. B) Wearing white clothing. C) Weeping. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 3. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 4. What is "scholasticism" as it relates to the medieval era? A) A period in which philosophers attempted to reconcile philosophy with religion. B) A period of educational activity. C) A period associated with the Carolingian Renaissance. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 5. What is "the gender fallacy" ? A) The problem of a "man writing as a woman". B) The idea that woman cannot be as educated as men. C) The idea that noble women are more similar to men than peasant women are. D) The notion that chastity is impossible for men. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The problem of a "man writing as a woman". 6. Identify the speaker of these lines: "sweet Jesus, Jesus love" A) Julian of Norwich. B) Margery Kempe. C) Catherine of Siena. D) Christine de Pizan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catherine of Siena. 7. Which provides the best example of a medieval allegory? A) The Book of Margery Kempe. B) "The Wooing of Our Lord". C) "An Orison to Almighty God". D) The Romance of the Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Romance of the Rose. 8. Who wrote The Rules of Courtly Love? A) Christine de Pizan. B) Catherine of Sienna. C) Andreas Capellanus. D) Chretien de Troye. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chretien de Troye. 9. Which text(s) is/are associated with mysticism? A) The Canterbury Tales. B) "Revelations of Divine Love". C) "Book of Hours". D) The Romance of the Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Revelations of Divine Love". 10. What is the function of Ancrene Wisse? A) Paradox. B) Affective piety. C) Imagery. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 11. In the Middle Ages, nuns also performed which of the following roles? A) Teachers. B) Scribes. C) Authors. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 12. To whom were The Lais of Marie de France dedicated? A) King Alfred. B) King Arthur. C) King Henry. D) King Richard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Henry. 13. Which topic(s) is/are explored in The Lais of Marie de France? A) Superstition. B) Adultery. C) Jealous fathers. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 14. What do most critics find notable about the virtues that Pizan highlights in her work? 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 15. Which of the following is an example of female hagiography? A) "Revelations of Divine Love". B) "Acts of Thecla". C) "The Wooing of Our Lord". D) "Orison to an Almighty God". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Acts of Thecla". 16. In the Medieval era, women most commonly worked as ..... A) Retailers. B) Domestic servants. C) Spinners. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 17. In the Middle Ages, which class of people was most likely to be literate? A) Monks. B) Working class women. C) Working class men. D) Peasants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monks. 18. Which of the following women is widely considered the first feminist? A) Margery Kempe. B) Catherine of Siena. C) Thecla. D) Christine de Pizan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Christine de Pizan. 19. Which of the following women is most closely associated with monastic life? A) Marie de France. B) Hildegard of Bingen. C) Christine de Pizan. D) The Wife of Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hildegard of Bingen. 20. Which is true of medieval property laws? A) Most medieval women had some property. B) Married women could hold property once they had children. C) Married women could hold property without their husband's consent. D) Widows could hold property. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Widows could hold property. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesMedieval Women Writers Quiz 1Medieval Women Writers Quiz 3Medieval Women Writers Quiz 4Medieval Literature And Culture Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books