English Literature Mcqs

Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to____________________?

A. the royal family and upper orders of the nobility
B. the lower orders of the nobility
C. agricultural laborers
D. the clergy

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

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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

what did Chaucer’s wife use to do ?

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what did Chaucer’s wife use to do ?

A. lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut
B. nurse of royal court
C. governess to Henry IV
D. none of the above

Chaucer became a member of Parliament in_______________?

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Chaucer became a member of Parliament in_______________?

A. 1386
B. 1300
C. 1343
D. none of the above

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

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

A. the Battle of Hastings
B. Saint Patrick’s mission
C. the Fourth Lateran Council
D. his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine

Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336 ?

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Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336 ?

A. Henry II
B. Henry III
C. Henry V
D. Edward III

Which twelfth-century poet or poets were indebted to Breton storytellers for their narratives ?

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Which twelfth-century poet or poets were indebted to Breton storytellers for their narratives ?

A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Marie de France
C. Chrétien de Troyes
D. b and c only

What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V ?

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What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V ?

A. the Battle of Agincourt
B. the Battle of Hastings
C. the Norman Conquest
D. the War of the Roses

To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of “romance”emerged, initially apply ?

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To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of “romance”emerged, initially apply ?

A. a work derived from a Latin text of the Roman Empire
B. a story about love and adventure
C. a Roman official
D. a work written in the French vernacular