English Literature MCQs

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The Gothic novel was intended to have which of the following effects on the reader ?


aTo create a sense of mystery, gloom, and suspense


bTo make the reader dislike modern society


cTo make the reader feel distaste for supernatural themes


dTo generate feelings of intense pleasure



Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 ?


aFrench


bNorwegian


cSpanish


dDanish


View Answer French

Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law ?


atenth


btwelfth


cthirteenth


dfourteenth


View Answer fourteenth

Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot ?


aJulian of Norwich


bMargery Kempe


cWilliam Langland


dSir Thomas Malory


View Answer Sir Thomas Malory

What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V ?


athe Battle of Agincourt


bthe Battle of Hastings


cthe Norman Conquest


dthe War of the Roses


View Answer the War of the Roses

What was vellum ?


aparchment made of animal skin


bthe service owed to a lord by his peasants (\villeins\)


cunrhymed iambic pentameter


da prized ink used in the illumination of prestigious manuscripts



Who is the author of Piers Plowman ?


aSir Thomas Malory


bMargery Kempe


cGeoffrey Chaucer


dWilliam Langland


View Answer William Langland

Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures ?


aBeowulf


bArthur


cAugustine of Canterbury


dAlfred


View Answer Arthur

The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200 ?


aThey were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.


bWriting continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.


cTheir readers’ primary language was English.


da and c only


View Answer a and c only

What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s The History of the Kings of Britain ?


athe reign of King Arthur


bthe coronation of Henry II


cKing John’s seal of the Magna Carta


dthe marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine



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