This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Medieval > Medieval Women Writers – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Medieval Women Writers Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In The Romance of the Rose, which text does Guillaume de Lorris cite as his inspiration? A) The Book of Margery Kempe. B) "Revelations of Divine Love". C) "The Wooing of Our Lord". D) The Art of Courtly Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Art of Courtly Love. 2. In the Middle Ages, how did society treat prostitution? A) Prostitution was considered problematic but legal. B) The Church opposed prostitution on moral grounds. C) Prostitution was considered a solution to epidemics of rape. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 3. With which text is the theme of "Christ as mother" most closely associated? A) "Revelations of Divine Love". B) "The Book of Margery Kempe". C) "An Orison to Almighty God". D) "The Wooing of Our Lord". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Revelations of Divine Love". 4. From which lay is the quote "she had no equal in the kingdom" taken? A) "Lanval". B) "La Fresne". C) "Bisclavert". D) "Equitan". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Equitan". 5. When did the Norman Invasion take place? A) 9th century. B) 10th century. C) 11th century. D) 12th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 11th century. 6. Which is/are a theme(s) of "The Acts of Thecla? " A) Courtly love. B) Peasant life. C) Praise of chastity. D) Female literacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Praise of chastity. 7. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She attacked it as misogynistic. 8. In Medieval times, who were "femme soles" ? A) Anchorites who lived in seclusion. B) Women who operated their own businesses without men. C) Women who were villains in stories of courtly love. D) Educated women. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Women who operated their own businesses without men. 9. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wrote in order to support herself. 10. In what centuries did mystical women writers primarily work? A) 8th and 9th centuries. B) 9th and 10th centuries. C) 10th and 11th centuries. D) 14th and 15th centuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14th and 15th centuries. 11. Which is true of childbirth in the Middle Ages? A) It was normally supervised by a midwife. B) It was typically dangerous for mother and infant. C) It was normally done without medical equipment. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 12. Which of the following themes/motifs was/were often found in literature of "courtly love" ? A) Nobility. B) Adultery. C) Chastity. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 13. What was a virago? A) A heroine who used female attributes to become a saint. B) A saint who was NOT the humble, pious, and chaste figure she was expected to be. C) An asexual female saint. D) An anchorite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An asexual female saint. 14. Which event(s) characterized the Middle Ages? A) Invasions from barbarian tribes. B) Financial deficits from increased military expenditures. C) Falling birth rates. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 15. Which of the following was the most copied book of the Middle Ages? A) The Romance of the Rose. B) "Book of Hours". C) The Bible. D) The Art of Courtly Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Bible. 16. Who were the troubadours? A) Poets from France and Italy. B) Men who wrote only in the mystical tradition. C) The authors of conduct books. D) Heretics persecuted by the Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poets from France and Italy. 17. What is an anchoress? A) A medieval female hermit. B) A woman who rejects the support of the community because she feels it is sexist. C) A male anchorite. D) A religious teacher in the medieval era. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A medieval female hermit. 18. Which of the following typify the oral-formulaic? A) The repetition of words. B) The use of epithets with character's names. C) An episodic structure. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 19. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 20. The Book of the City of Ladies articulates which of the following themes: A) The value of practical virtues over traditional feminine virtues. B) The merit of women. C) The lack of truth in men's stereotypes about women. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesMedieval Women Writers Quiz 1Medieval Women Writers Quiz 2Medieval Women Writers Quiz 4Medieval Literature And Culture Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books