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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
Chapters
| 1. |
Who called England as ‘Precious stone set in the silver sea’? |
| A. | milton |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | tennyson |
| D. | t. s. eliot |
| Answer» B. shakespeare | |
| 2. |
From which date did the growth of civilization in England begin? |
| A. | by about 1000 b.c |
| B. | by about 2000 b.c |
| C. | by about 3000 b.c |
| D. | by about 4000 b.c |
| Answer» C. by about 3000 b.c | |
| 3. |
When did the Iberians come to England? |
| A. | by about 1000 b.c. |
| B. | by about 2000 b.c. |
| C. | by about 3000 b.c. |
| D. | by about 4000 b.c. |
| Answer» B. by about 2000 b.c. | |
| 4. |
Why were the Iberians known by their name? |
| A. | they came from iceland |
| B. | they came through the iberian peninsula |
| C. | they came from greenland |
| D. | they came from spain |
| Answer» B. they came through the iberian peninsula | |
| 5. |
Which is the relic of Iberian engineering skill situated near Salisbury? |
| A. | the pyramids |
| B. | the acropolis |
| C. | the stonehenge monuments |
| D. | the sphinx |
| Answer» C. the stonehenge monuments | |
| 6. |
Avebury is a ............... centre built by the Iberians. |
| A. | sports |
| B. | religious |
| C. | political |
| D. | social |
| Answer» B. religious | |
| 7. |
Name the first Celtic invaders who came to England. |
| A. | gaelic |
| B. | brythons |
| C. | belgae |
| D. | iberians |
| Answer» A. gaelic | |
| 8. |
Name the second Celtic invaders who came to England. |
| A. | goidelic |
| B. | brythons |
| C. | belgae |
| D. | gaelic |
| Answer» B. brythons | |
| 9. |
Name the last Celtic tribes who came to England. |
| A. | gaelic |
| B. | brythons |
| C. | belgae |
| D. | goidelic |
| Answer» C. belgae | |
| 10. |
Who were the first tribe to use iron equipments in England? |
| A. | iberians |
| B. | romans |
| C. | celts |
| D. | angles |
| Answer» C. celts | |
| 11. |
Which of the tribes was known for their agricultural skills? |
| A. | iberians |
| B. | celts |
| C. | romans |
| D. | jutes |
| Answer» B. celts | |
| 12. |
Which Greek traveller came to England around 330 B.C. |
| A. | herodotus |
| B. | pytheas |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» B. pytheas | |
| 13. |
The famous Shakespearean characters such as Puck, Ariel, Titania and Oberon are taken from which mythology? |
| A. | roman |
| B. | celtic |
| C. | iberian |
| D. | angles |
| Answer» B. celtic | |
| 14. |
What were the Celtic priests called? |
| A. | wiccans |
| B. | druids |
| C. | wizards |
| D. | magicians |
| Answer» B. druids | |
| 15. |
Who wrote the most detailed account of the old Celtic religion? |
| A. | julius caesar |
| B. | herodotus |
| C. | shakespeare |
| D. | chaucer |
| Answer» A. julius caesar | |
| 16. |
Which Roman emperor attacked England in 43 A.D.? |
| A. | julius caesar |
| B. | caligula |
| C. | claudius |
| D. | nero |
| Answer» C. claudius | |
| 17. |
Which country stood against the Romans for their valourous queen? |
| A. | belgae |
| B. | iceni |
| C. | brythons |
| D. | gaelic |
| Answer» B. iceni | |
| 18. |
Which wall was erected in 123 A.D. to check the attacks of the Picts and Scots in the northern frontier of England? |
| A. | great wall |
| B. | hadrian’s wall |
| C. | rose wall |
| D. | antoine’s wall |
| Answer» B. hadrian’s wall | |
| 19. |
What was called Pax Romana? |
| A. | gaulic peace |
| B. | roman peace |
| C. | french peace |
| D. | celtic peace |
| Answer» B. roman peace | |
| 20. |
Who introduced Christianity into England? |
| A. | celts |
| B. | romans |
| C. | picts |
| D. | scots |
| Answer» B. romans | |
| 21. |
What is the basis of the famous poem ‘Elene’ by Cynewulf? |
| A. | the story of esther |
| B. | the story of ruth |
| C. | the story of helena |
| D. | the story of hannah |
| Answer» C. the story of helena | |
| 22. |
Who made Christianity the official religion of Rome? |
| A. | julius caesar |
| B. | emperor constantine |
| C. | emperor claudius |
| D. | emperor nero |
| Answer» B. emperor constantine | |
| 23. |
What is the victory of Welsh Bishop St Germanus against the Picts and Scots in 429 A.D. called? |
| A. | the praise victory |
| B. | the halleluiah victory |
| C. | the joy victory |
| D. | the peace victory |
| Answer» B. the halleluiah victory | |
| 24. |
Who wrote the ‘Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation’? |
| A. | chaucer |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | venerable bede |
| D. | cynewulf |
| Answer» C. venerable bede | |
| 25. |
Who were the warriors invited by King Vertigern of Britain from Jutland to fight against Picts and Scots? |
| A. | aella |
| B. | hengist and horsa |
| C. | sussex |
| D. | essex |
| Answer» B. hengist and horsa | |
| 26. |
Who was the leader of the Angles who came to England? |
| A. | aella |
| B. | ida |
| C. | arthur |
| D. | ethelbert |
| Answer» B. ida | |
| 27. |
From which tribe did England get its name? |
| A. | angles |
| B. | saxons |
| C. | jutes |
| D. | celts |
| Answer» A. angles | |
| 28. |
Where did the Britons flee to escape from the Saxon invasion? |
| A. | armorica |
| B. | cymry |
| C. | cambria |
| D. | kent |
| Answer» A. armorica | |
| 29. |
The Anglo Saxon Seven kingdoms were called as the .......... |
| A. | trinity |
| B. | heptarchy |
| C. | pentagon |
| D. | octagon |
| Answer» B. heptarchy | |
| 30. |
Who was the most famous Kentish King? |
| A. | arthur |
| B. | ethelbert |
| C. | alfred |
| D. | henry |
| Answer» B. ethelbert | |
| 31. |
The monk ... .... officially introduced Christianity into England. |
| A. | st patrick |
| B. | st augustine |
| C. | st george |
| D. | st peter |
| Answer» B. st augustine | |
| 32. |
What was the most famous incident which took place in the Seventh century in the ecclesiastical history of England? |
| A. | the synod of sussex |
| B. | the synod of whitby |
| C. | the synod of canterbury |
| D. | the synod of kent |
| Answer» B. the synod of whitby | |
| 33. |
Who was the famous king of Mercia? |
| A. | ethelbert |
| B. | edwin |
| C. | offa |
| D. | egbert |
| Answer» C. offa | |
| 34. |
Who united the Heptarchy into one Kingdom? |
| A. | ethelbert |
| B. | alfred |
| C. | egbert |
| D. | edwin |
| Answer» B. alfred | |
| 35. |
Name a famous Irish Saint. |
| A. | st george |
| B. | st patrick |
| C. | st augustine |
| D. | st peter |
| Answer» B. st patrick | |
| 36. |
Who was the great celtic saint produced by the monastery of Iona? |
| A. | st patrick |
| B. | st aidan |
| C. | st benedict |
| D. | st augustine |
| Answer» B. st aidan | |
| 37. |
Who consecrated St Augustine as the first Archbishop of Canterbury? |
| A. | pope peter |
| B. | pope francis |
| C. | pope gregory the great |
| D. | pope julius |
| Answer» C. pope gregory the great | |
| 38. |
Who was the first King of United England crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury? |
| A. | king ethelbert |
| B. | king arthur |
| C. | king athelstan |
| D. | king alfred |
| Answer» C. king athelstan | |
| 39. |
What were the Danish men called? |
| A. | saxons |
| B. | vikings |
| C. | danelaw |
| D. | angles |
| Answer» B. vikings | |
| 40. |
Who made a permanent army and navy for England? |
| A. | arthur |
| B. | alfred |
| C. | athelstan |
| D. | ethelbert |
| Answer» B. alfred | |
| 41. |
Who was the famous Danish King of England |
| A. | canute |
| B. | alfred |
| C. | arthur |
| D. | ethelbert |
| Answer» A. canute | |
| 42. |
Who built Westminister Abbey? |
| A. | alfred |
| B. | edward the confessor |
| C. | arthur |
| D. | canute |
| Answer» B. edward the confessor | |
| 43. |
The Norman Conquest by William of Normandy took place in the year. |
| A. | 1060 |
| B. | 1066 |
| C. | 1086 |
| D. | 1096 |
| Answer» B. 1066 | |
| 44. |
........ is a famous Anglo Saxon travelogue. |
| A. | beowulf |
| B. | widsith |
| C. | elene |
| D. | witangemot |
| Answer» B. widsith | |
| 45. |
Other surviving poems of Caedmon other than Beowulf |
| A. | widsith |
| B. | elene |
| C. | hymn of creation |
| D. | the charms |
| Answer» C. hymn of creation | |
| 46. |
The Witangemot was |
| A. | council of ministers |
| B. | council of wise men |
| C. | council of elders |
| D. | council of villagers |
| Answer» B. council of wise men | |
| 47. |
Beowulf is an epic poem with |
| A. | more than 1000 lines |
| B. | more than 2000 lines |
| C. | more than 3000 lines |
| D. | more than 4000 lines |
| Answer» C. more than 3000 lines | |
| 48. |
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle was set up by |
| A. | arthur |
| B. | alfred |
| C. | caedmon |
| D. | cynewulf |
| Answer» B. alfred | |
| 49. |
Aelfric was a monk who wrote |
| A. | sermons in greek |
| B. | sermons in anglo saxon |
| C. | sermons in latin |
| D. | sermons in german. |
| Answer» B. sermons in anglo saxon | |
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