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

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bTo make the reader dislike modern society

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cTo make the reader feel distaste for supernatural themes

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dTo generate feelings of intense pleasure

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


aFrench

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bNorwegian

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cSpanish

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dDanish

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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

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btwelfth

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cthirteenth

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dfourteenth

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View Answer fourteenth

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


aJulian of Norwich

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bMargery Kempe

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cWilliam Langland

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dSir Thomas Malory

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View Answer Sir Thomas Malory

What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V ?


athe Battle of Agincourt

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bthe Battle of Hastings

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cthe Norman Conquest

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dthe War of the Roses

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View Answer the War of the Roses

What was vellum ?


aparchment made of animal skin

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

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cunrhymed iambic pentameter

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da prized ink used in the illumination of prestigious manuscripts

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Who is the author of Piers Plowman ?


aSir Thomas Malory

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bMargery Kempe

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cGeoffrey Chaucer

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dWilliam Langland

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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

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bArthur

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cAugustine of Canterbury

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dAlfred

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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.

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

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cTheir readers’ primary language was English.

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da and c only

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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

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bthe coronation of Henry II

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cKing John’s seal of the Magna Carta

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dthe marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine

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