what did Chaucers wife use to do?
lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut
nurse of royal court
governess to Henry IV
None of the above
Correct Answer :
A. lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut
Related Questions
The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by:
Wyclif
Thomas more
John Lyly
Robert Greene
chaucer was fined in 1367 or 1366 for…………..?
beating a friar in a London street
for writing poetry against the church
for crossing the border of Great Britain
None of the above
What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for great knowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years?
his body
his house
his soul
his horse
Which of the following statement is correct:
Shakespeares first child Susanna was born in 1583.
In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.
both a and b.
None of above.
what was chaucers profession?
a poet
a merchant
a civil servant
None of the above
How did Henry II, the first of Englands Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces in southern France?
the Battle of Hastings
Saint Patricks mission
the Fourth Lateran Council
his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine
Chaucer acted as a controller of custom during………….?
1374 to 1385
1350 to 1360
1360 to 1400
1365 to 1500
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
Shakespeare is buried inside the:
Westminster Abbey
Trinity Church
Protestant Cemetery
None of above
Who was the first English Christian king?
Alfred
Richard III
Richard II
Ethelbert
Which poet was first who used metaphysical poetry among his contemporaries:
Edmund Spenser
John Milton
John Donne
Sir Philip Sidney
After __________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London.
two
three
four
five
Utopia was first printed in:
1615
1516
1517
1518
What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouths The History of the Kings of Britain?
the reign of King Arthur
the coronation of Henry II
King Johns seal of the Magna Carta
the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine
In whose reign Morality plays began?
Henry five
Elizabeth one
Henry six
Henry eight
Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devils angels?
Mephastophilis
beelzebub
Aamon
None of the above
What was vellum?
parchment made of animal skin
the service owed to a lord by his peasants (villeins)
unrhymed iambic pentameter
an unbreakable oath of fealty
what was the duration of hundred years war?
1300 to 1350
1337 to 1453
1302 to 1343
None of the above
Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers?
Colin clouts come home again
Faerie queen, first three books
The Shepherds calendar
Faerie queen, second three books
46How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil?
16
20
24
28
Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of Old English poetry?
Romantic love is a guiding principle of moral conduct.
Its formal and dignified use of speech was distant from everyday use of language.
Irony is a mode of perception, as much as it was a figure of speech.
Christian and pagan ideals are sometimes mixed.
Who succeeded Lyly?
Robert Greene
John Milton
Philip Sidney
Christopher Marlowe
The use of whale-roadfor sea and life-housefor body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry?
symbolism
simile
metonymy
kenning
Renaissance first came to the:
France
Italy
England
Rome
Chaucer became a page to which kings daughter-in-law?
Edward III
Richard II
Henry IV
None of the above
Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336?
Henry II
Henry III
Henry V
Edward III
Astrophel and Stella is a:
Allegory
Epic
Sonnet
Ballad
What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomews Day Massacre in 1572?
The Massacre at Berlin
The Massacre at Rome
The Massacre at Copenhagen
The Massacre at Paris
Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry?
embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine
repetition of parallel syntactic structures
ironic understatement
stress on every third diphthong
Which of the following are University wits:
John Gower and Robert Peele
John Skelton and Thomas lodge
John Lyly and Robert Greene
John Donne and Thomas Nashe