The Book of Margery Kempe True or False

1. "Great was the holy conversation that the anchoress and this creature had through talking of the love of our Lord Jesus Christ for the many days that they were together" (I.18.78-79). Who is the anchoress in this conversation? -> Julian of Norwich
2. "And then the Father took her by the hand [spiritually] in her soul, before the Son and the Holy Ghost, and the Mother of Jesus...saying to her soul, 'I take you, Kempe, for my wedded wife...'" (I.35.123). What the heck is going on here?! -> God makes Kempe renew her wedding vows to John.
3. "'And make my body free to God, so that you never make any claim on me requesting any conjugal debt after this day as long as you live—and I shall eat and drink on Fridays at your bidding'" (I.11.60). What has Kempe just negotiated here? -> A new and interesting diet plan
4. "'Daughter, it is more pleasing to me that you suffer scorn and humiliation, shame and rebukes, wrongs and distress, than if your head were struck off three times a day every day for seven years'" (I.54.170). Um, what exactly is Christ advocating here? -> that Kempe see her persecution as effective as martyrdom
5. "She would have killed herself many a time as they stirred her to, and would have been damned with them in hell, and in witness of this she bit her own hand so violently that the mark could be seen for the rest of her life" (I.1.42). What is driving Kempe to despair here? -> guilty conscience; post-partum depression; wicked demons

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