ages era period Mcqs
501. one of Chaucers daughter was___________?
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A. a nun

B. an astronomer

C. none of the above

D. a musician

502. Which twelfth-century poet or poets were indebted to Breton storytellers for their narratives ?
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A. Chrtien de Troyes

B. Marie de France

C. b and c only

D. Geoffrey Chaucer

503. 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

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

B. 1357

C. 1360

D. 1378

507. 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

509. 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
510. 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.
512. Who is the author of Piers Plowman ?
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A. Sir Thomas Malory

B. Margery Kempe

C. William Langland

D. Geoffrey Chaucer

513. 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

515. 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.
518. 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

520. 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

521. 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

522. 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
523. 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

527. 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

529. 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

531. 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
532. 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

533. 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

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

B. Alfred

C. Ethelbert

D. Richard II

535. 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

538. 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
539. 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

540. 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.

541. 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.