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Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for

A. courtiers entering the service of Richard II

B. translators of French romances

C. women who have chosen to live as religious recluses

D. knights preparing for their first tournament

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C. women who have chosen to live as religious recluses


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University Wits were those who:

A. Had training at two universities

B. gave curriculum of two universities

C. Erected two universities

D. None of the above

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Chaucer acted as a controller of custom during………….?

A. 1374 to 1385

B. 1350 to 1360

C. 1360 to 1400

D. 1365 to 1500

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Chaucer became a member of Parliament in………..?

A. 1386

B. 1300

C. 1343

D. 1350

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Who is the author of Piers Plowman?

A. Sir Thomas Malory

B. Margery Kempe

C. Geoffrey Chaucer

D. William Langland

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Thomas kyd (1558-95) achieved great popularity with which of his first work?

A. The Rare Triumphs of love and fortune

B. The Spanish Tragedy

C. Jeronimo

D. Cornelia

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In whose reign Morality plays began?

A. Henry five

B. Elizabeth one

C. Henry six

D. Henry eight

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What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowes father?

A. Carpenter

B. Civil servant

C. Cobbler

D. Farmer

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What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouths The History of the Kings of Britain?

A. the reign of King Arthur

B. the coronation of Henry II

C. King Johns seal of the Magna Carta

D. the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Paradise lost was lost by:

A. Eve

B. Adam

C. Both a and b

D. Satan

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During Spencers visit to his Kinsfolk in Lancashire he felt in love a woman and who figures as__________________ much of his work:

A. Rosalind

B. Belinda

C. Both a and b

D. None of above

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Shakespeare is buried inside the:

A. Westminster Abbey

B. Trinity Church

C. Protestant Cemetery

D. None of above

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Which century is known as Dawn of Renaissance:

A. 14 th

B. 15 th

C. 16 th

D. 14 th and 16 th

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In Marlowes play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta?

A. Lazarus

B. Solomon

C. Barabas

D. Shylock

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At what famous university is Faustus a scholar?

A. Wittenburg

B. Sorbonne

C. Heidelberg

D. Cambridge

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Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devils angels?

A. Mephastophilis

B. beelzebub

C. Aamon

D. None of the above

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Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for

A. courtiers entering the service of Richard II

B. translators of French romances

C. women who have chosen to live as religious recluses

D. knights preparing for their first tournament

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What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for great knowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years?

A. his body

B. his house

C. his soul

D. his horse

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Utopia was first printed in:

A. 1615

B. 1516

C. 1517

D. 1518

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He married to the Anne Hathaway at the age of_______ in______.

A. 18, 1582

B. 17, 1581

C. 16, 1580

D. 15, 1579

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Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry?

A. Bede

B. Sir Thomas Malory

C. Geoffrey Chaucer

D. Caedmon

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William Shakespeare born in:

A. 26 April 1567

B. 26 April 1566

C. 26 April 1565

D. 26 April 1564

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Faustus servant shares his name with a famous German composer. Who?

A. Bach

B. Schumann

C. Beethoven

D. Wagner

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Who wrote following lines:…….. I am involved in mankind: and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

A. John Donne

B. John Milton

C. Earnest Hemingway

D. d. H. Lawrence

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Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot?

A. Julian of Norwich

B. Margery Kempe

C. William Langland

D. Sir Thomas Malory

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Chaucer became a page to which kings daughter-in-law?

A. Edward III

B. Richard II

C. Henry IV

D. None of the above

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Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in:

A. the Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning in the 1450s.

B. the Norman Conquest of 1066.

C. the Peasant Uprising of 1381.

D. the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s.

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Chaucer was released from legal action by …………………… in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction?

A. Miss Cecily Chaumpaigne

B. Philippa de Roet of Flanders

C. Agnes de Copton

D. None of the above

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How did Henry II, the first of Englands Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces in southern France?

A. the Battle of Hastings

B. Saint Patricks mission

C. the Fourth Lateran Council

D. his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Who born in 1422:

A. William Caxton

B. Robert Henry

C. John Lyly

D. Thomas more

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Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry?

A. embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine

B. repetition of parallel syntactic structures

C. ironic understatement

D. stress on every third diphthong