Chaucer acted as a controller of custom during………….?
1374 to 1385
1350 to 1360
1360 to 1400
1365 to 1500
Correct Answer :
A. 1374 to 1385
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Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife?
Dantes Divine Comedy
Boccaccios Decameron
The Dream of the Rood
Chaucers Legend of Good Women
Which was Marlowes first play?
Dr.Faustus
Tamburlaine
The Tragedy of Dido
The Jew of Malta
In what country is Dr Faustus based?
England
Italy
France
Germany
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Julian of Norwich
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Paradise lost was lost by:
Eve
Adam
Both a and b
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16
20
24
28
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
the Gawain poet
the Beowulf poet
Chr�tien de Troyes
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Zhu Yuanzhang
Genghis Khan
Timur
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Chaucer became a member of Parliament in………..?
1386
1300
1343
1350
Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues?
the short story
the heroic epic
the morality play
the romance
Chaucer acted as a controller of custom during………….?
1374 to 1385
1350 to 1360
1360 to 1400
1365 to 1500
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Lazarus
Solomon
Barabas
Shylock
Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names?
Valdes and Cornelius
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Troilus and Cressida
Pyramus and Thisbe
Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336?
Henry II
Henry III
Henry V
Edward III
What is the meaning of Renaissance:
Rebirth, revival and re-awaking
Reveal, revel and reverie
Raillery, renunciation and recoup
None of the above
Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to
the royal family and upper orders of the nobility
the lower orders of the nobility
agricultural laborers
the clergy
Marlow died of?
Illness
stabbing
poisoned
Hanged
The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200?
They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.
Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.
Their readers primary language was English.
a and c only
In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance?
banishment to Asia
everlasting shame
conversion to Christianity
mild melancholia
Greville was biographer of:
Edmund Spencer
John Donne
Sir Philip Sidney
John Milton
Shakespeares only son Hamnet died in?
1595
1596
1597
1598
Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?
French
Norwegian
Spanish
Hungarian
John Donnes The Anniversaries is a:
An elegy in two parts
An epic in three parts
A ballad in four parts
None of these
what was the duration of hundred years war?
1300 to 1350
1337 to 1453
1302 to 1343
None of the above
Marlowe born in________
1562
1563
1564
1565
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Boethiuss Consolidation of Philosophy
Saint Jeromes translation of the Bible
Malorys Morte Darthur
a code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert
Chaucer became a page to which kings daughter-in-law?
Edward III
Richard II
Henry IV
None of the above
Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus character at the beginning of the play?
kind
stupid
sensitive
arrogant
Which powerful figure does Faustus ridicule with his new-found powers?
The Pope
The Holy Roman Emperor
The King of England
The King of France
which of these kings was not served by Chaucer?
Edward III
Henry II
Richard II
None of the above