English Literature Mcqs

A. The mock epic
B. The lyric ballad
C. The lai
D. The heroic epic

A. The Matter of Germany
B. The Matter of Rome
C. The Matter of Britain
D. The Matter of England

A. The knightly ideal
B. Conversion to Christianity
C. Sexual purity
D. Feudal loyalty

A. As a mutually beneficial relationship between rulers and warriors
B. As an economic system of rewards used to ensure warriors reliability
C. As a pre-feudal power structure based on the distribution of economic and military resources
D. All of these answers

A. The Church moved away from using Latin.
B. The trend of educational reforms was reversed.
C. England returned to its pre-feudal state.
D. The primary language became French

A. The poem could be easily sung in all churches and was widely accepted.
B. The poem’s theme of alienation becomes familiar to Anglo-Saxon poetry.
C. The poem illustrates Caedmon’s erudition and scholarship.
D. The poem is widely believed to be the first written poem in Old English.

A. Exile
B. Abandoned mead-halls
C. Loneliness
D. All of these answers

A. The Battle of Maldon
B. The Seafarer
C. The Wanderer
D. The Dream of the Rood

A. “The Dream of the Rood”
B. “The Wanderer”
C. “The Seafarer”
D. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

A. The court of Richard II
B. The church
C. The military
D. The literary tradition