Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces,which of these was not in his charge?

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Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces,which of these was not in his charge?

A. Westminster Palace

B. Tower of London

C. St. Georges chapel at Windsor

D. Buckingham Palace

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Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names?

A. Valdes and Cornelius

B. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

C. Troilus and Cressida

D. Pyramus and Thisbe

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

A. Lazarus

B. Solomon

C. Barabas

D. Shylock

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One of Marlowes earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem Pharsalia, written by which Roman poet?

A. Ovid

B. Lucan

C. Virgil

D. Horace

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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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Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law?

A. tenth

B. eleventh

C. twelfth

D. fourteenth

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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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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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The use of whale-roadfor sea and life-housefor body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry?

A. symbolism

B. simile

C. metonymy

D. kenning

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What was vellum?

A. parchment made of animal skin

B. the service owed to a lord by his peasants (villeins)

C. unrhymed iambic pentameter

D. an unbreakable oath of fealty

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what was the occupation of Chaucers father?

A. leather merchant

B. civil servant

C. a vintner

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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Marlowes play Tamburlaine the Great was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler?

A. Zhu Yuanzhang

B. Genghis Khan

C. Timur

D. Kublai Khan

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one of Chaucers daughter was…………?

A. a musician

B. an astronomer

C. a nun

D. None of the above

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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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After __________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London.

A. two

B. three

C. four

D. five

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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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The collection of the papers and correspondence of a well-to-do Norfolk family is known as:

A. Letters to the Margret Paston

B. Margret Paston to John Paston

C. The Paston letters

D. To John Paston

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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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Marlowe born in________

A. 1562

B. 1563

C. 1564

D. 1565

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Paradise lost was lost by:

A. Eve

B. Adam

C. Both a and b

D. Satan

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In Paradise regained who regained the paradise?

A. Satan

B. Jesus

C. Adam and Eve

D. Only Adam

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Philip Sidney was born on 30th November:

A. 1553

B. 1554

C. 1555

D. 1550

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Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?

A. the Normans

B. the Geats

C. the Celts

D. the Anglo-Saxons

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in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French?

A. 1360

B. 1357

C. 1378

D. 1358

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Who born in 1422:

A. William Caxton

B. Robert Henry

C. John Lyly

D. Thomas more

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Utopia was first printed in:

A. 1615

B. 1516

C. 1517

D. 1518

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Which of the following statement is correct:

A. Shakespeares first child Susanna was born in 1583.

B. In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.

C. both a and b.

D. None of 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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Shakespeare is buried inside the:

A. Westminster Abbey

B. Trinity Church

C. Protestant Cemetery

D. None of above

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D. Buckingham Palace

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