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. The "Good Friar" or "Preaching Friar" kicks Kempe out of his fabulous sermons. Why?
She harbors heretical ideas.
She doesn't like him and makes it known.
She's so touched by his words that she cries out loud.
She doesn't pay attention, and it hurts his ego.
Q. On her way home from Germany, Kempe has to travel with a band of poor pilgrims. Why is this a bad idea for her specifically?
She doesn't like poor people; they always want money.
People throw rocks at them as they pass.
She's too modest to pick lice off her body and gets infested.
There's never enough food to go around.
Q. When Margery Kempe is arrested in Leicester, what does her friend Thomas Marchale fear?
That she'll get a bad reputation.
That she'll be imprisoned with men.
That he won't be able to chat with her anymore.
That she'll be burned as a heretic.
Q. Why doesn't Kempe run straight back into Bishop's Lynn when she returns from her spate of arrests in England?
She's dirty and doesn't want to be seen by neighbors
She needs to go to confession first.
She needs the archbishop's letter first, or she'll be arrested again.
She needs to explain things to her husband so rumors don't fly.
Q. What happens when Kempe "argues" with Christ over the issue of damnation?
He leaves her alone for a while.
He spiritually slaps her.
He threatens to damn her.
He spiritually rolls his eyes at her.