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| 1. |
Who is considered as the first English poet? |
| A. | chaucer |
| B. | caedmon |
| C. | william langland |
| D. | robert burns |
| Answer» B. caedmon | |
| 2. |
Who is the author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People ? |
| A. | bede |
| B. | chaucer |
| C. | johnson |
| D. | bacon |
| Answer» A. bede | |
| 3. |
Name of the Anglo Saxon epic |
| A. | the wanderer |
| B. | dream of the rood |
| C. | beowulf |
| D. | brut |
| Answer» C. beowulf | |
| 4. |
The Hundred Years of War between……….. |
| A. | england and france |
| B. | england and germany |
| C. | france and germany |
| D. | ireland and england |
| Answer» A. england and france | |
| 5. |
In which year the peasant Revolt happened? |
| A. | 1381 |
| B. | 1300 |
| C. | 1350 |
| D. | 1400 |
| Answer» A. 1381 | |
| 6. |
Who is the author of ‘Piers Plowman’? |
| A. | caedmon |
| B. | bede |
| C. | william langland |
| D. | layamon |
| Answer» C. william langland | |
| 7. |
The earliest surviving English poem |
| A. | king horn |
| B. | piers plowman |
| C. | brut |
| D. | beowulf |
| Answer» D. beowulf | |
| 8. |
Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales? |
| A. | william langland |
| B. | geoffrey chaucer |
| C. | robert burn |
| D. | spenser |
| Answer» B. geoffrey chaucer | |
| 9. |
The Middle Age was held to begin in England with…………… |
| A. | hundred years war |
| B. | peasant revolt |
| C. | black death |
| D. | the norman conquest |
| Answer» D. the norman conquest | |
| 10. |
Who led The Norman Conquest? |
| A. | james i |
| B. | william the duke of normandy |
| C. | julius caesar |
| D. | william wycliffe |
| Answer» B. william the duke of normandy | |
| 11. |
Name of the elegy written by Chaucer on the death of Blanche, the wife of John of Gaunt |
| A. | the house of fame |
| B. | troilus and criseyde |
| C. | the book of the duchess |
| D. | the roman de la rose |
| Answer» C. the book of the duchess | |
| 12. |
When did ‘The General Prologue’ of Canterbury Tales compose? |
| A. | 1387. |
| B. | 1300 |
| C. | 1400 |
| D. | 1378 |
| Answer» A. 1387. | |
| 13. |
The first English Printer, who set up printing press in 1476 |
| A. | gower |
| B. | caxton |
| C. | william bailey |
| D. | malory |
| Answer» B. caxton | |
| 14. |
In which year the first printing press was set up in England? |
| A. | 1400 |
| B. | 1569 |
| C. | 1476 |
| D. | 1430 |
| Answer» C. 1476 | |
| 15. |
A short traditional and popular story in verse of unknown authorship is called………… |
| A. | lyric |
| B. | ballad |
| C. | elegy |
| D. | sonnet |
| Answer» B. ballad | |
| 16. |
Who wrote Treatise on the Astrolabe? |
| A. | john wycliffe |
| B. | spenser |
| C. | william langland |
| D. | chaucer |
| Answer» D. chaucer | |
| 17. |
Confessio Amentis is the work of…………….. |
| A. | gower |
| B. | chaucer |
| C. | william langland |
| D. | robert burn |
| Answer» A. gower | |
| 18. |
The Magna Carta was signed in ……………… |
| A. | 1210 |
| B. | 1214 |
| C. | 1200 |
| D. | 1239 |
| Answer» B. 1214 | |
| 19. |
Who did start The Hundred Years War with France? |
| A. | edward 1 |
| B. | edward 11 |
| C. | edward iii |
| D. | edward iv |
| Answer» C. edward iii | |
| 20. |
Which among these was written by Chaucer under Italian influence? |
| A. | the legend of good women |
| B. | roman de la rose |
| C. | the book of duchess |
| D. | the canterbury tales |
| Answer» A. the legend of good women | |
| 21. |
Which incident is considered as the beginning of the Renaissance in England? |
| A. | reign of queen elizabeth |
| B. | death of chaucer |
| C. | end of war of roses |
| D. | birth of shakespeare |
| Answer» C. end of war of roses | |
| 22. |
In which year did the War of Roses end? |
| A. | 1500 |
| B. | 1485 |
| C. | 1600 |
| D. | 1450 |
| Answer» B. 1485 | |
| 23. |
In which year did the Battle of Bosworth Field end? |
| A. | 1499 |
| B. | 1510 |
| C. | 1575 |
| D. | 1485 |
| Answer» D. 1485 | |
| 24. |
Which period is considered as the height of English Renaissance? |
| A. | 1500 – 1550 |
| B. | 1450 – 1500 |
| C. | 1550 – 1600 |
| D. | 1600 - 1650 |
| Answer» C. 1550 – 1600 | |
| 25. |
Which were the dominant art forms of English Renaissance? |
| A. | literature and music |
| B. | painting and sculpture |
| C. | cinema and drama |
| D. | singing and dancing |
| Answer» A. literature and music | |
| 26. |
Who wrote Astrophel and Stella? |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | christopher marlowe |
| D. | philip sidney |
| Answer» D. philip sidney | |
| 27. |
Who wrote The Defence of Poesy? |
| A. | edmund spenser |
| B. | philip sidney |
| C. | geoffrey chaucer |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» B. philip sidney | |
| 28. |
Who wrote The Faerie Queene? |
| A. | philip sidney |
| B. | ben jonson |
| C. | thomas kyd |
| D. | edmund spenser |
| Answer» D. edmund spenser | |
| 29. |
Who wrote Tamburlaine the Great? |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | christopher marlowe |
| C. | thomas kyd |
| D. | ben jonson |
| Answer» B. christopher marlowe | |
| 30. |
Who wrote Hero and Leander? |
| A. | christopher marlowe |
| B. | ben jonson |
| C. | john webster |
| D. | thomas kyd |
| Answer» A. christopher marlowe | |
| 31. |
Who wrote The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus? |
| A. | thomas kyd |
| B. | ben jonson |
| C. | christopher marlowe |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» C. christopher marlowe | |
| 32. |
Who wrote Dido, Queen of Carthage? |
| A. | william langland |
| B. | john bunyan |
| C. | geoffrey chaucer |
| D. | christopher marlowe |
| Answer» D. christopher marlowe | |
| 33. |
Who popularized the Comedy of Humours? |
| A. | oscar wilde |
| B. | ben jonson |
| C. | geoffrey chaucer |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» B. ben jonson | |
| 34. |
Who wrote the book Utopia? |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | philip sidney |
| D. | thomas more |
| Answer» D. thomas more | |
| 35. |
Who wrote the essay Of Studies? |
| A. | philip sidney |
| B. | thomas more |
| C. | francis bacon |
| D. | edmund spenser |
| Answer» C. francis bacon | |
| 36. |
The King James Version of the Bible was published in _____. |
| A. | 1611 |
| B. | 1610 |
| C. | 1609 |
| D. | 1604 |
| Answer» A. 1611 | |
| 37. |
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write? |
| A. | 150 |
| B. | 154 |
| C. | 145 |
| D. | 129 |
| Answer» B. 154 | |
| 38. |
Find the odd one out. |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | christopher marlowe |
| C. | robert greene |
| D. | thomas nashe |
| Answer» A. william shakespeare | |
| 39. |
Who wrote the play Every Man in His Humour? |
| A. | thomas nashe |
| B. | robert greene |
| C. | william shakespeare |
| D. | ben jonson |
| Answer» D. ben jonson | |
| 40. |
Who wrote the play Bartholomew Fair? |
| A. | john webster |
| B. | thomas kyd |
| C. | ben jonson |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» C. ben jonson | |
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