English Literature MCQs

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What is the verse form of Marie de France’s Lanval ?


aDactylic pentameter


bOctosyllabic couplets


cHeroic couplets


dClerihew


View Answer Octosyllabic couplets

In Lanval, how does Marie de France represent King Arthur ?


aAs a historical figure with whom her audience is largely unfamiliar


bAs a warrior king


cAs someone who broken the tradition of offering lavish gifts to his supporters


dAs a modest ruler who defended his own borders



What literary term is suggested by thequote steadfast companions will stand by him from Beowulf ?


aThe golden torque


bHurnting


cComitatus ethic


dKenning


View Answer Comitatus ethic

In Chaucer’s “The Miller’s Tale,” why would the miller’s determination to speak following the knight appear unsettling to the 14th century audience ?


aThe knight had not finished his tale.


bThe miller did not ask politely.


cA member of the clergy should have spoken next.


dThe miller was far beneath the knight in social order, so the miller should have deferred to the person who ranked above him.



What was the function of the Anglo- Saxon Chronicle ?


aThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the history of the continuity and persistence of Anglo-Saxon culture in Old English.


bThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle offers a lay person’s perspective on Anglo-Saxon history.


cThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle focuses on the courtly adventures of Anglo-Saxon English.


dThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle presents an accurate description of the Second and Third Crusades.



Which of the following themes appears in “The Miller’s Tale” ?


aThe misuse of scripture


bThe contrast between vulgar love and courtly love


cThe misdirected kiss


dAll of these answers


View Answer All of these answers

How did French become the dominant language of England ?


aKing Alfred wanted all educated people to speak French.


bMany English nobles preferred French because of the culture’s superior poetry.


cEdward the Confessor’s wife was French, and she had great influence at court.


dAfter the successful invasion of England, the language of William of Normandy became the language of the elite.



How is the lai similar to a medieval romance ?


aBoth include stacked tales in a single sequential narrative.


bBoth have courtly love as their central theme.


cBoth are designed in an episodic manner.


dBoth are usually intended to be sung as hymns.



The turbulent years of the 14th century witnessed a blending of language and culture that led to the rise of Middle English. Which of the following events led to the nickname “the era of catastrophes” ?


aThe Hundred Years War


bThe Great Schism


cThe Black Plague


dAll of these answers


View Answer All of these answers

What is a lai ?


aA poem with courtly love as its central theme


bA short lyrical poem


cA poem that is usually in octosyllabic couplets


dAll of these answers


View Answer All of these answers

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