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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) .
| 51. |
Jan Hus was a ……………priest ordained in 1401, who shared similar views with JohnWycliffe concerning the excesses of the medieval Catholic Church. |
| A. | bohemian |
| B. | france |
| C. | genoa |
| D. | london |
| Answer» A. bohemian | |
| 52. |
Wars of the Roses, traditional name given to the intermittent struggle for the throne of Englandbetween the noble houses of York and ……………… |
| A. | lancaster |
| B. | tudor |
| C. | stuart |
| D. | hannover |
| Answer» A. lancaster | |
| 53. |
In………, Henry landed from France, defeated and killed Richard at Bosworth Field, and ascended the throne as Henry VII. |
| A. | 1485 |
| B. | 1489 |
| C. | 1495 |
| D. | 1498 |
| Answer» A. 1485 | |
| 54. |
The Feudal System was introduced to England following the invasion and conquest of the country by ………………… |
| A. | william i |
| B. | james iv |
| C. | elizabeth |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» A. william i | |
| 55. |
The ………….. Was the war between the Christians and the Muslims? |
| A. | renaissance |
| B. | crusades |
| C. | reformation |
| D. | hundred year’s war |
| Answer» B. crusades | |
| 56. |
Henry VII was the founder of the ……………….dynasty. |
| A. | stuarts |
| B. | tudor |
| C. | hanoverians |
| D. | windsor |
| Answer» B. tudor | |
| 57. |
Henry VIII was the ruler of the ……………….dynasty. |
| A. | stuarts |
| B. | tudor |
| C. | windsor |
| D. | plantagenet |
| Answer» B. tudor | |
| 58. |
Elizabeth I was the daughter of ………………. |
| A. | james i |
| B. | henry viii |
| C. | charles v |
| D. | sir thomas more |
| Answer» B. henry viii | |
| 59. |
Who was the last ruler of the Tudor dynasty? |
| A. | charles v |
| B. | elizabeth i |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | queen mary i |
| Answer» B. elizabeth i | |
| 60. |
Who is the author of the book ‘England under Tudors and Stuarts?’ |
| A. | sir thomas more |
| B. | robert raynes |
| C. | john milton |
| D. | william shakespeare |
| Answer» B. robert raynes | |
| 61. |
………….learned the art of printing, and, after being in the service of Margaret Duchess ofBurgundy, an English princess, returned to England and set up his printing press at Westminster in1476. |
| A. | sir thomas more |
| B. | william caxton |
| C. | john milton |
| D. | guttenberg |
| Answer» B. william caxton | |
| 62. |
Who introduced the first printing press in England? |
| A. | sir thomas more |
| B. | william caxton |
| C. | john milton |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» B. william caxton | |
| 63. |
Who was the second Tudor King? |
| A. | queen mary i |
| B. | henry viii |
| C. | james i |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» B. henry viii | |
| 64. |
The Reformation in England under ………….was more of a political and personal movement. |
| A. | henry viii |
| B. | martin luther |
| C. | queen mary i |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» B. martin luther | |
| 65. |
Who was awarded the title of Defender of the Faith by the Pope? |
| A. | martin luther |
| B. | sir thomas more |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | charles i |
| Answer» C. henry viii | |
| 66. |
The Black Death was ……. |
| A. | a literary intellectual movement |
| B. | a social movement. |
| C. | the terrible plague bringing poverty and unrest. |
| D. | a revolt against edward iii. |
| Answer» C. the terrible plague bringing poverty and unrest. | |
| 67. |
King Richard II Succeeded to the Crown in ……… |
| A. | 1377 |
| B. | 1378 |
| C. | 1379 |
| D. | 1380 |
| Answer» A. 1377 | |
| 68. |
Chaucer’s The Remount of the Rose is |
| A. | a ballad |
| B. | a lengthy allegorical poem |
| C. | a satire on society. |
| D. | an ode on transition. |
| Answer» B. a lengthy allegorical poem | |
| 69. |
Troilus and Criseyde is Chaucer’s long poem adopted from ……. |
| A. | lazamon |
| B. | dan michel |
| C. | anonymous |
| D. | boccaccio |
| Answer» D. boccaccio | |
| 70. |
Chaucer’s poem ‘The House of Fame’ is written in ……. |
| A. | lambic pentameter |
| B. | octosyllabic couplet |
| C. | free verse |
| D. | blank verse |
| Answer» B. octosyllabic couplet | |
| 71. |
Chaucer’s first attempt in English to use the heroic couplet occurs in which of the followingpoems. |
| A. | prologue to the canterbury tales |
| B. | tale of melibeus |
| C. | the legend of good women |
| D. | the lack of steadfastness. |
| Answer» B. tale of melibeus | |
| 72. |
The pilgrims in Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales go on a pilgrimage to the tomb of…….. |
| A. | st. john francis |
| B. | st. nicholas |
| C. | st. thomas a becket |
| D. | st. joseph |
| Answer» C. st. thomas a becket | |
| 73. |
Chaucer virtually imported the decasyllabic lines in his poetry from ……… |
| A. | france |
| B. | italy |
| C. | greece |
| D. | ireland |
| Answer» A. france | |
| 74. |
Chaucerian seven-line stanza in English poetry is also known as ………… |
| A. | decasyllabic lines |
| B. | octosyllabic lines |
| C. | rime royale |
| D. | heroic couplet |
| Answer» A. decasyllabic lines | |
| 75. |
The prevailing feature of Chaucer’s humour is its …… |
| A. | urbanity |
| B. | crudity |
| C. | triviality |
| D. | sanctity |
| Answer» A. urbanity | |
| 76. |
The Hundred Years’ War was originated in |
| A. | the conquest of 1066. |
| B. | the conquest of 1067. |
| C. | the conquest of 1068. |
| D. | the conquest of 1069 |
| Answer» A. the conquest of 1066. | |
| 77. |
The sole cause of the Hundred Years’ War was ……… |
| A. | the commercial rivalry between france and england. |
| B. | the commercial rivalry between france and italy. |
| C. | the social rivalry between france and greece. |
| D. | the cultural rivalry between england and ireland. |
| Answer» A. the commercial rivalry between france and england. | |
| 78. |
The Statute of Labourers was enacted in English in …….. |
| A. | 1348 |
| B. | 1349 |
| C. | 1350 |
| D. | 1351 |
| Answer» D. 1351 | |
| 79. |
The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 is also called ………. |
| A. | tyler’s rebellion |
| B. | tyler’s mutiny |
| C. | tyler’s strike |
| D. | tyler’s war |
| Answer» A. tyler’s rebellion | |
| 80. |
The Peasants’ Revolt was based on the theory of democracy and socialism of whose text……….. |
| A. | watt tyler |
| B. | john cairne |
| C. | king richard ii |
| D. | king edward ii |
| Answer» A. watt tyler | |
| 81. |
Who are called Lollards? |
| A. | john tyler and his followers. |
| B. | john wycliffe and his followers |
| C. | jack straw and his followers. |
| D. | john ball and his followers. |
| Answer» B. john wycliffe and his followers | |
| 82. |
Who superintended the first complete English translation of the Bible? |
| A. | barbour |
| B. | john gower |
| C. | geoffrey chaucer |
| D. | john wycliffe. |
| Answer» D. john wycliffe. | |
| 83. |
Who is called the real originator of European Protestantism? |
| A. | john wycliffe |
| B. | john ball |
| C. | william langland |
| D. | watt tyler |
| Answer» A. john wycliffe | |
| 84. |
John Wycliffe is called……………… |
| A. | the morning star of reformation. |
| B. | the morning star of resurrection. |
| C. | the morning star of restoration. |
| D. | the morning star of redemption. |
| Answer» A. the morning star of reformation. | |
| 85. |
Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a literary form of enclosing a number of tales within onenarrative is …….. |
| A. | oriental in origin. |
| B. | european in origin. |
| C. | scandinavian in origin |
| D. | latinic in origin. |
| Answer» A. oriental in origin. | |
| 86. |
In Chaucer’s The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims started a sixty-mile ride toCanterbury in the month of ……. |
| A. | march |
| B. | april |
| C. | may |
| D. | june |
| Answer» B. april | |
| 87. |
In Chaucer’s The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, who amongst the following characterstold the first tale on their way to Canterbury……….. |
| A. | shipman |
| B. | cook |
| C. | knight |
| D. | reeve |
| Answer» C. knight | |
| 88. |
The last tale told by Parson on the last day of pilgrimage in The Prologue to the CanterburyTales was a prose sermon on ……… |
| A. | penitence, with emphasis upon the seven sins. |
| B. | a contemporaneous tale, exploding the impostures of alchemy |
| C. | a fable of why the crow is black. |
| D. | a tragic story of appius and virginia. |
| Answer» A. penitence, with emphasis upon the seven sins. | |
| 89. |
Point out the kingdom ruled by Alfred, the Great |
| A. | essex |
| B. | kent |
| C. | north umbria |
| D. | wessex. |
| Answer» D. wessex. | |
| 90. |
who is known as Wessex darling. |
| A. | henry 11 |
| B. | alfred the great |
| C. | william the conqueror |
| D. | james ii |
| Answer» B. alfred the great | |
| 91. |
Name the document that mentions about the origin of feudalism: |
| A. | magna carta |
| B. | doomsday book |
| C. | magnum concilium |
| D. | curia regis |
| Answer» B. doomsday book | |
| 92. |
The founder of the Tudor Monarchy was: |
| A. | henry vii |
| B. | henry viii |
| C. | edward vii |
| D. | james i |
| Answer» A. henry vii | |
| 93. |
The leader of the Reformation Movement in Scotland was: |
| A. | john calvin |
| B. | john knox |
| C. | henry viii |
| D. | martin luther. |
| Answer» B. john knox | |
| 94. |
Who occupied the bottom section of feudal Hierarchy.? |
| A. | villains |
| B. | serf |
| C. | knight |
| D. | bailiff |
| Answer» B. serf | |
| 95. |
The aim of Doom’s Day Book was |
| A. | to destroy the power of barons |
| B. | to increase the revenue of the barons |
| C. | to strengthen the serfs |
| D. | to prepare a historical account |
| Answer» A. to destroy the power of barons | |
| 96. |
who is the author of the book “ConfessioAmantis” |
| A. | chaucer |
| B. | john gower |
| C. | william langland |
| D. | shakespeare |
| Answer» B. john gower | |
| 97. |
who among the following questioned the value of indulgence and pilgrimage, promote use of vernacular languages and attack clerical corruption. |
| A. | william langland |
| B. | thomas more |
| C. | chaucer |
| D. | dante |
| Answer» A. william langland | |
| 98. |
who among the following is called as “The Maid of Orleans” . |
| A. | anne boleyn |
| B. | catherin |
| C. | queen elizabeth |
| D. | joan of arc |
| Answer» D. joan of arc | |
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