B. falling birth rates

C. financial deficits from increased military expenditures

D. invasions from barbarian tribes

A. it is part of the anchoress inner self

C. it is the most important part of Ancrene Wisse

D. it includes issues that pertain to the heart

B. Romanticism and the Enlightenment

C. English Reformation and Elizabethan Age

D. Civil war and the Restoration

A. Julian of Norwich

B. Margery Kempe

D. Christine de Pizan

A. King Alfred

B. King Richard

C. King Arthur

A. secular political activity

B. piety

D. chastity

A. she was the only woman to work in the oral tradition

C. she was the first female mystic

D. she was the only woman to write medieval lays

B. a period of educational activity

C. a period in which philosophers attempted to reconcile philosophy with religion

D. a period associated with the Carolingian Renaissance

A. charitable donations

C. pilgrimages

D. prayers on the sinners behalf

B. recitations by poets

C. games

D. knightly tournaments

B. it led to the end of Roman forms of governing

C. it led to the rise of Germanic cultures

D. it created a conflict Christianity and paganism

A. they took on more important roles in the economy

C. they were able to acquire more political capital

D. they lost the ability to be anchoresses

A. spinners

C. retailers

D. domestic servants

A. 12th century

C. 9th century

D. 10th century

A. The Romance of the Rose

B. Book of Hours

C. The Canterbury Tales

A. female literacy

B. peasant life

D. courtly love

A. a literary device used in estates satire

B. a term associated with oral transmission

C. an important trait of the medieval lay

A. The conduct of wars and tournaments

C. The relationships between knights and ladies

D. The feudal system

A. Revelations of Divine Love

C. Orison to an Almighty God

D. The Wooing of Our Lord

A. she applauded its promotion of female education

B. she objected to the treatment of secularism as evil

C. she praised the objectification of women

A. Walter Hilton

B. Richard Rolle

D. Julian of Norwich

B. people who reject asceticism and contemplation

C. people who were formally tied to religious orders

D. people who attempt to found their own religious orders

A. men who wrote only in the mystical tradition

B. heretics persecuted by the Church

C. the authors of conduct books

B. geographical unity

C. octosyllabic couplets

D. episodic content

A. Sir Launfal

B. Chaucers The Wife of Bath

C. Chaucers Franklins Tale

A. Platonic Period

C. Age of Reason

D. Age of Enlightenment

B. nobility

C. chastity

D. adultery

A. Catherine de Pizan

B. Catherine of Siena

D. Julian of Norwich

B. a term associated with oral transmission

C. the literary form linked closely with courtly love

D. a method of creating a mystical union

A. books that conformed with strict standards of behavior

B. books that recounted historical events in the medieval era

D. books that were primarily intended to teach men how to treat their wives

A. a short lyrical poem

B. a type of book of hours

D. a devotional text used by anchoresses

A. The use of epithets with characters names

B. An episodic structure

C. The repetition of words

B. the lack of technology made it literally dark

C. the production of historical records increased

D. it was a period of surging Roman institutions

A. she helps the narrator see the merits of women

B. she offers real reasons as to why women are valuable to society

D. she literally helps build the city

A. they were examples of mystical unions

C. they always represented the evil side of love

D. they were never chaste or pious

A. Feudalism represents interesting family quarrels that make for good stories.

C. Feudalism represents the world ofscholars who studied the ancient texts of the past.

D. The feudal world is one of glamor and beauty.

A. superstition

B. jealous fathers

D. adultery

A. the merit of women

B. the value of practical virtues over traditional feminine virtues

C. the lack of truth in mens stereotypes about women

B. it opened up new opportunities for women to learn

C. it ended the Churchs role in the creation of books

D. it led to a sudden increase of women as scholars and authors

B. secular authorities said that virginity was an ethereal treasure, while religious doctrines said it was spendable

C. secular authorities said that virginity was unimportant, while the Church highly valued it

D. the Church said that virginity was unimportant, while the secular authorities highly valued it

A. The introduction to new poetic forms during the Norman invasion

B. A return to reading poetry from the 11th and 12th centuries

C. The influence of southern courtly poets writing in French and Latin

A. King Arthur

B. William the Conqueror

C. King Harold

A. Mystical literature prohibited women from writing in the voice of God.

B. Mystical literature ended the trend of poems in which God was cast as a lover.

D. Mystical literature suggested the continued link between paganism and Christianity.

A. The Second Shepherds Play

C. The Dream of the Rood

D. The Seafarer

B. the public disinterest in popular tales about romance

C. the increased interest in stories written in medieval Latin

D. the French lords lack of interest in tales of courtly love

A. it made them more valuable sources of information

C. it made them symbols of the Churchs progress

D. it made them more important since there were few literate lay worshipers

A. romance

C. medieval lay

D. courtly love

A. Mystery plays involve Christian themes, whereas morality plays do not.

C. Morality plays involve Christian themes, whereas mystery plays do not.

D. Mystery plays were written individually, whereas morality plays are in cycles.

A. Christine de Pizan

B. Andreas Capellanus

C. Catherine of Sienna

A. Pride causes one to appear immodest.

C. Pride is one of the deadly sins.

D. Hrothgar believes it is important to stay focused on revenge.