Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Book of Margery Kempe? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What is Kempe's first spiritual adventure?
As a "handmaid" to St. Anne, Christ's grandmother
As witness to the crucifixion of Christ
Participating in a wedding to God the Father
Learning the fate of people around her in Lynn
Q. Kempe doesn't say much about her own children, but something weird happens to her when she sees infants in their mothers' arms. What is it?
She feels the need to bless them.
She gives the mother parenting advice.
She immediately sees Christ as a baby.
She wants to have another child.
Q. "And in this time she saw [...] devils opening their mouths all alight with burning flames of fire, as if they would have swallowed her, sometimes pawing her, sometimes threatening her, sometimes pulling her and hauling her about both night and day during the said time" (I.1.41-42). What the heck is going on here?
Kempe is looking at a painting of Judgment Day.
Kempe is tormented by demons during a bout of depression.
Christ is showing Kempe the torments of hell.
Kempe sees what is waiting for her if she doesn't repent.
Q. Margery Kempe has many strange and interesting interactions with Jesus Christ. Which of the following is actually one of them?
She grabs his toes.
She braids his hair.
She holds his hand.
She makes him a shirt.
Q. When the Abbot of Leicester Abbey comes out with his friars to greet Kempe, what does she see in her soul?
Some very good-looking men happy to see her
Mary, St. Catherine, and Mary Magdalene
Bridget of Sweden, Julian of Norwich, and Richard of Caister
Christ and his apostles