English Literature MCQs

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Which of the following epic themes are invoked in The Wanderer ?


aExile


bAbandoned mead-halls


cLoneliness


dAll of these answers


View Answer All of these answers

Why is Caedmon’s Hymn important in the history of Old English literature ?


aThe poem could be easily sung in all churches and was widely accepted.


bThe poem’s theme of alienation becomes familiar to Anglo-Saxon poetry.


cThe poem illustrates Caedmon’s erudition and scholarship.


dThe poem is widely believed to be the first written poem in Old English.



Which of the following cultural changes occurred as a result of the Norman invasion ?


aThe Church moved away from using Latin.


bThe trend of educational reforms was reversed.


cEngland returned to its pre-feudal state.


dThe primary language became French



Which of the following accurately describes the way in which the comitatus ethic is represented in Beowulf, The Seafarer, and The Wanderer ?


aAs a mutually beneficial relationship between rulers and warriors


bAs an economic system of rewards used to ensure warriors reliability


cAs a pre-feudal power structure based on the distribution of economic and military resources


dAll of these answers


View Answer All of these answers

Which of the following themes is not explored in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” ?


aThe knightly ideal


bConversion to Christianity


cSexual purity


dFeudal loyalty



Which of the following is not a major category of the romance genre ?


aThe Matter of Germany


bThe Matter of Rome


cThe Matter of Britain


dThe Matter of England


View Answer The Matter of Germany

In Caedmon’s Hymn, the poet borrows the language of which literary form ?


aThe mock epic


bThe lyric ballad


cThe lai


dThe heroic epic


View Answer The lai

Which of the following best defines caesura ?


aA pause or break in a line of poetry


bGiving inanimate objects human qualities


cA metaphorical compound


dThe image used to share qualities in a metaphor or simile



Which of the following texts was inspired by Historia Regum Britanniae ?


aBede’s Ecclesiastical History


bCaedmon’s Hymn


cChretien de Troyes Yvain, or le Chevalier au Lion


dChaucer’s The Canterbury Tales



Which of the following characters from “The Canterbury Tales” might represent the rising middle class of the 14th century ?


aThe merchant


bThe knight


cThe prioress


dThe plowman


View Answer The merchant

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