5801. What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V ?
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A. the Battle of Hastings

B. the War of the Roses

C. the Norman Conquest

D. the Battle of Agincourt

5805. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?
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A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Sir Thomas Malory

C. John Gower

D. Caedmon

5807. Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to know as______________?
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A. none of the above

B. poets corner

C. legends corner

D. Chaucers corner

5809. Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces, which of these was not in his charge ?
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A. Westminster Palace

B. Tower of London

C. St. Georges chapel at Windsor

D. Buckingham Palace
5810. In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance ?
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A. conversion to Christianity

B. everlasting shame

C. mild melancholia

D. banishment to Asia

5811. Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of Old English poetry ?
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A. Irony is a mode of perception, as much as it was a figure of speech.

B. Romantic love is a guiding principle of moral conduct.

C. Its formal and dignified use of speech was distant from everyday use of language.

D. Christian and pagan ideals are sometimes mixed

5812. Who was the first English Christian king ?
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A. Richard III

B. Alfred

C. Ethelbert

D. Richard II

5813. What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V ?
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A. the War of the Roses

B. the Battle of Agincourt

C. the Norman Conquest

D. the Battle of Hastings

5816. The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200 ?
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A. Their readers primary language was English.

B. Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.

C. They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.

D. a and c only
5817. Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?
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A. repetition of parallel syntactic structures

B. ironic understatement

C. stress on every third diphthong

D. embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine

5818. Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their pagan ancestors with_______________?
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A. bewilderment and visceral loathing.

B. bigotry and shallow triumphalism.

C. admiration and elegiac sympathy.

D. nostalgia and ill-concealed envy.

5819. Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury ?
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A. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.

B. The common people were still essentially pagan.

C. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.

D. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic.

5821. Which of the following plays by William Shakespeare is a comedy ?
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A. Henry IV, Part I

B. Romeo and Juliet

C. Hamlet

D. Much Ado about Nothing
5822. Which writer spent more than twelve years imprisoned in the Tower of London ?
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A. Sir Walter Raleigh

B. Sir Philip Sidney

C. Sir Thomas More

D. John Milton

5825. Which of the following figures was an important political theorist of the Renaissance ?
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A. Niccolo Machiavelli

B. Aristotle

C. Plato

D. Francesco Petrarcha

5826. What author wrote the poem Whoso list to hunt ?
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A. Thomas Wyatt

B. Sir Thomas More

C. Sir Philip Sidney

D. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

5828. Which of the following statements best describes the Great Chain of Being ?
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A. It regarded human beings as social creatures who could create meaningful lives only in association with other social beings.

B. Its major premise was that every existing thing in the universe had its place in a divinely planned hierarchical order which was pictured as a chain, vertically extended.

C. It could only be achieved through faith in Gods grace.

D. Both A and B

5830. What author fell in love with Anne Boleyn while she was married to King Henry VIII ?
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A. Thomas Wyatt

B. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

C. Sir Thomas More

D. Sir Philip Sidney

5831. Who was King Henry VIIIs first wife ?
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A. Mary, Queen of Scots

B. Catherine of Aragon

C. Anne of Cleves

D. Anne Boleyn

5833. The character of Falstaff is important in which play(s) by William Shakespeare ?
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A. All of the above

B. Henry IV, Part I

C. Titus Andronicus

D. Henry IV, Part II

5834. On which of the following topics did Sir Thomas More focus in his Utopia ?
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A. Marriage and divorce

B. Riches, jewels, and gold

C. Suicide

D. All of the above
5836. Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning the Globe theater in Elizabethan England ?
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A. All of the above

B. It burned down and was reconstructed hundreds of years later.

C. It was situated on the Thames River.

D. It was lit from natural sunlight as well as by candle light.

5838. How did the invention of the printing press affect European culture ?
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A. Learning to read was made easier as print was standardized and made clearer.

B. Print halted the corruption of texts by copyists, giving everyone identical texts.

C. Scientific research became a more collaborative effort.

D. All of the above
5840. Which of the following plays were written by Christopher Marlowe ?
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A. The Jew of Malta

B. Edward II

C. All of the above

D. Doctor Faustus

5841. Who was considered to be Englands first literary celebrity ?
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A. John Foxe

B. John Donne

C. Sir Walter Raleigh

D. Sir Thomas More

5842. What text greatly popularized the sonnet form in England during the Elizabethan period ?
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A. Astrophil and Stella

B. Canterbury Tales

C. Utopia

D. Paradise Lost

5845. In 1534, King Henry VIII was declared head of what church ?
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A. The Catholic Church

B. The English Church

C. The Church of God

D. Both A and B

5846. Who became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I and was knighted and appointed captain of the Queens Guard in 1587 ?
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A. Sir Thomas More

B. Sir Philip Sidney

C. Sir William Shakespeare

D. Sir Walter Raleigh
5848. Fill in the blank. The term Renaissance literally translates as _____________ ?
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A. Recapitulation

B. Rebirth

C. Reproduction

D. Reincarnation