ages era period MCQs – Page 27

Practise focused ages era period questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

ages era period Mcqs
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

524. 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. Augustine of Canterbury

B. Beowulf

C. Caedmon

D. Arthur
525. 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. eleventh

B. tenth

C. fourteenth

D. twelfth

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

B. Norwegian

C. Danish

D. Spanish

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

528. Chaucer became a member of Parliament in_______________?
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A. none of the above

B. 1386

C. 1300

D. 1343

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

530. Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336 ?
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A. Edward III

B. Louis XIV

C. Henry V

D. Henry II

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

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

B. French

C. Norwegian

D. Spanish

537. Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450 ?
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A. the Geats

B. the Normans

C. the Danes

D. the Anglo-Saxons
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.