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Karen CushmanA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use these questions or activities to help gauge students’ familiarity with and spark their interest in the context of the work, giving them an entry point into the text itself.
Short Answer
1. What freedoms and restrictions did women have in Medieval Europe? How did these freedoms and restrictions vary by class? Were there some women who had more freedom than others?
Teaching Suggestion: This question connects to the theme The Restrictive Roles of Gender and Class in the Medieval Era. The novel gives the reader a glimpse into Birdy’s upper-class status as a woman, but women in higher and lower classes had their own set of freedoms and restrictions. Students might benefit from a graphic organizer to help them categorize the different aspects of life for women in different classes.
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