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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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