MCQs / Q&A

The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200 ?

by
The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200 ?

A. They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.
B. Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.
C. Their readers’ primary language was English.
D. A and C only

What was vellum ?

by
What was vellum ?

A. parchment made of animal skin
B. the service owed to a lord by his peasants(“villeins”)
C. unrhymed iambic pentameter
D. an unbreakable oath of fealty

What does Judith Butler mean when she suggests that gender is “performed” ?

by
What does Judith Butler mean when she suggests that gender is “performed” ?

A. Gender does not reflect an essential truth, but rather is a role people play based on their internalization of socially constructed gender roles.
B. Gender roles do not exist.
C. Real gender roles are scripted by excellent writers.
D. Only individuals who have the capacity to perform have gender.

How are Julia Kristeva’s psychoanalytic theories distinct from traditional Freudian concepts ?

by
How are Julia Kristeva’s psychoanalytic theories distinct from traditional Freudian concepts ?

A. Kristeva rejects the idea that neuroses provide insight into the unconscious.
B. Kristeva suggests that women are not subject to traditional fetishes.
C. Kristeva offers a more central place for women’s issues within psychological development.
D. Kristeva fundamentally disagrees with the idea of the mirror stage.