english literature MCQs – Page 290

Practise multiple-choice questions from english literature for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

english literature Mcqs

1. introduction to literary theory 2. miscellaneous literature 3. famous playwright poet and others 4. introduction to literary studies 5. cultural and literary in modernity 6. ages era period 7. cultural and literary english renaissance 8. modern poetry and poetics 9. medieval literature and culture 10. african american literature 11. the gothic novel 12. american literature 13. language and linguistics 14. english romantic poetry 15. literary theory and criticism 16. cultural and literary 18th 19th centuries

5781. What is the first extended written specimen of Old English ?
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A. Boethiuss Consolidation of Philosophy

B. Saint Jeromes translation of the Bible

C. a code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert

D. Malorys Morte Darthur

5782. in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French ?
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A. none of the above

B. 1357

C. 1360

D. 1378

5783. Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law ?
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A. thirteenth

B. fourteenth

C. twelfth

D. tenth

5784. Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450 ?
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A. the Anglo-Saxons

B. the Celts

C. the Normans

D. the Geats

5785. Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife ?
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A. Dantes Divine Comedy

B. The Dream of the Rood

C. Chaucers Legend of Good Women

D. Boccaccios Decameron

5786. Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336 ?
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A. Henry II

B. Henry III

C. Edward III

D. Henry V

5787. What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouths The History of the Kings of Britain ?
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A. the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine

B. King Johns seal of the Magna Carta

C. the coronation of Henry II

D. the reign of King Arthur

5788. 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. Its formal and dignified use of speech was distant from everyday use of language.

C. Christian and pagan ideals are sometimes mixed

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

5789. In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the floweringof Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?
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A. the Gawain poet

B. Chrtien de Troyes

C. the Beowulf poet

D. Geoffrey of Monmouth

5790. Who is the author of Piers Plowman ?
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A. Sir Thomas Malory

B. Margery Kempe

C. William Langland

D. Geoffrey Chaucer

5791. What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouths The History of the Kings of Britain ?
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A. the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine

B. the coronation of Henry II

C. the reign of King Arthur

D. King Johns seal of the Magna Carta

5792. The use of whale-roadfor sea and lifehouse for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry ?
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A. simile

B. symbolism

C. kenning

D. metonymy

5793. Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true ?
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A. She was a virgin martyr.

B. She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.

C. She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.

D. She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.

5794. how many children chaucer had ?
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A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 4

5795. Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures ?
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A. Beowulf

B. Arthur

C. Alfred

D. Augustine of Canterbury

5796. Chaucer was released from legal action by____________in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction ?
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A. Agnes de Copton

B. none of the above

C. Miss Cecily Chaumpaigne

D. Philippa de Roet of Flanders

5797. Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot ?
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A. Sir Thomas Malory

B. Julian of Norwich

C. Margery Kempe

D. William Langland

5798. chaucer was fined in 1367 or 1366 for_______________________?
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A. for writing poetry against the church

B. beating a friar in a London street

C. none of the above

D. for crossing the border of Great Britain

5799. To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of \romance\emerged, initially apply ?
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A. a story about love and adventure

B. a work written in the French vernacular

C. a Roman official

D. a work derived from a Latin text of the Roman Empire

5800. How did Henry II, the first of Englands Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces in southern France ?
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A. the Fourth Lateran Council

B. the Battle of Hastings

C. Saint Patricks mission

D. his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine

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