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English Literature Mcqs

Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury ?

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Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury ?

A. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.
B. The common people were still essentially pagan.
C. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic
D. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.

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English Literature Mcqs, MCQs / Q&A

Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in______________?

English Literature Mcqs, MCQs / Q&A /
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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In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the “flowering”of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?

English Literature Mcqs, Middle Ages /
In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the “flowering”of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?

A. Geoffrey of Monmouth
B. the Gawain poet
C. the Beowulf poet
D. Chrétien de Troyes

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English Literature Mcqs, Middle Ages