English Literature MCQs

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Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to know as______________?


aChaucer’s corner


bpoet’s corner


clegend’s corner


dnone of the above


View Answer poet’s corner

In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the “flowering”of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?


aGeoffrey of Monmouth


bthe Gawain poet


cthe Beowulf poet


dChrétien de Troyes


View Answer the Gawain poet

Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for________________?


acourtiers entering the service of Richard II


btranslators of French romances


cwomen who have chosen to live as religious recluses


dknights preparing for their first tournament



what was chaucer’s profession ?


aa poet


ba merchant


ca civil servant


dnone of the above


View Answer a civil servant

which of these is not certain about Chaucer ?


ahis birth date


bhis death year


chis father’s name


dnone of the above


View Answer his birth date

what was the duration of hundred year’s war ?


a1300 to 1350


b1337 to 1453


c1302 to 1343


dnone of the above


View Answer 1337 to 1453

Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their pagan ancestors with____________?


anostalgia and ill-concealed envy.


bbewilderment and visceral loathing.


cadmiration and elegiac sympathy.


dbigotry and shallow triumphalism.



Short plays called ____________ staged dialogues on religious, moral, and political themes were performed by playing companies before the construction of public theaters?


ainterludes


bspectacles


cmeditations


dmysteries


View Answer interludes

Which of the following statements accurately reflects the status of England, its people, and its language in the early sixteenth century ?


aEnglish travelers were not obliged to learn French, Italian, or Spanish during their explorations of the Continent.


bEnglish was fast supplanting Latin as the second language of most European intellectuals.


cEnglish travelers often returned from the Continent with foreign fashions, much to the delight of moralists.


dIntending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England.



Which of the following might be addressed/represented by pastoral poetry ?


ashepherd and shepherdesses who fall in love and engage in singing contests


bheroic stories in epic form


c a celebration of the humility, contentment, and simplicity of living in the country


dA and C only


View Answer A and C only

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