Question

Which of the following statements best demonstrates why a woman would join a convent in the Middle Ages?(1 point)
Responses

If a woman wanted to become a priest, she would have to join a convent.
If a woman wanted to become a priest, she would have to join a convent.

Convents were the ideal place for women to find a suitable husband.
Convents were the ideal place for women to find a suitable husband.

Women often joined convents to avoid public education.
Women often joined convents to avoid public education.

Convents were the only place where women could continue higher education.
Convents were the only place where women could continue higher education.

Answer 1

Convents were the only place where women could continue higher education.

Explanation: In the Middle Ages, convents provided women with opportunities for literacy, learning, manuscript work, and theological study that were generally unavailable elsewhere; women could not become priests, and convents were not centers to find husbands.