English Literature MCQs

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Despite the fact that the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle continued well into the Norman rule of the 12th century, which king originally commissioned this work ?


aKing Harold


bKing Arthur


cWilliam the Conqueror


dAlfred the Great


View Answer Alfred the Great

How was mystical literature significant ?


aMystical literature suggested the continued link between paganism and Christianity.


bMystical literature prohibited women from writing in the voice of God.


cMystical literature ended the trend of poems in which God was cast as a lover.


dMystical literature provided a place for women to write romantic and religious literature.



Which of the following would most likely be the theme of a medieval romance ?


aThe story of an English village’s conversion to Christianity


bA first-person story of the Norman invasion


cThe adventure of a knight who rescues a maiden


dA poem that features courtly love but denounces supernaturalism



Which of the following statements regarding the success and importance of the oral tradition of literature is true ?


aMonks memorized many passages of scripture, preserving scriptures.


bScops recited poems to noble audiences, preserving the stories and poetic tradition.


cThegns were nobles who liked literature, and their patronage made poets popular.


dAnchoresses recited poems to occupy their time alone in their cells.



In “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” what is the significance of “barley bread” ?


aBarley bread provides an example of medieval estates satire.


bBarley bread represents the wife’s answer to the belief that virginity is superior to marriage.


cBarley bread suggests the heroine’s state as a fallen woman.


dBarley bread signifies Chaucer’s use of alliterative verse.



they were expected to fix problems in their husbands’ absence


athey lost the ability to be anchoresses


bthey were expected to fix problems in their husbands’ absence


cthey were able to acquire more political capital


dthey took on more important roles in the economy



Which of the following best characterize noble women in the Middle Ages ?


athey were expected to fix problems in their husbands’ absence


bthey ran the household


c they were expected to be religious role models


dAll of the Above


View Answer All of the Above

Which literary device is most important structurally in The Book of the City of Ladies ?


aassonance


ballegory


clitotes


dsimile


View Answer allegory

Who were the troubadours ?


apoets from France and Italy


bmen who wrote only in the mystical tradition


cthe authors of conduct books


dheretics persecuted by the Church



Which writer(s) is/are associated with mysticism ?


aRichard Rolle


bWalter Hilton


cJulian of Norwich


dAll of the Above


View Answer All of the Above

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