Which of the Following Statements About the Role of Women

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the role of women in mid-seventeenth century Catholicism is true?

A) Catholic women were not allowed to join religious orders, as they were all strictly for men.
B) The male Church hierarchy made most religious orders for nuns cloistered in order to better control them.
C) Helping those in need had not yet been introduced as part of the work of religious orders.
D) None of the women in religious orders experienced spiritual satisfaction.
E) Whereas Protestant women were able to join religious orders, Catholic women were not.