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Question 71

Exactly one statement below about medieval universities is untrue. Which statement is it?

  1. Teaching and examination were carried on in the Latin language
  2. They awarded degrees to students who completed their studies
  3. Masters and students were organised in associations resembling craft guilds
  4. They were run by the state and admitted women on the same terms as menCorrect answer

Explanation

The three true statements describe how such an institution actually worked: instruction in the shared learned language, a formal grant of standing at the end of study, and a sworn corporation of teachers and scholars modelled on the associations of the trades. The untrue statement is anachronistic twice over, since these bodies were church-linked corporations rather than state institutions and their members were men.

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