The Book of Margery Kempe True or False
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What is Kempe's first spiritual adventure? -> As a "handmaid" to St. Anne, Christ's grandmother
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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 immediately sees Christ as a baby.
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"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 tormented by demons during a bout of depression.
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Margery Kempe has many strange and interesting interactions with Jesus Christ. Which of the following is actually one of them? -> She grabs his toes.
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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
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