Who was the first English Christian king ?
A. Alfred
B. Richard III
C. Richard II
D. Ethelbert
MCQs / Q&A
Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot ?
Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot ?
A. Julian of Norwich
B. Margery Kempe
C. William Langland
D. Sir Thomas Malory
Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?
Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?
A. Bede
B. Sir Thomas Malory
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Caedmon
Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in______________?
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.
Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues ?
Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues ?
A. the short story
B. the heroic epic
C. the morality play
D. the romance
Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?
Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?
A. embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine
B. repetition of parallel syntactic structures
C. ironic understatement
D. stress on every third diphthong
What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s The History of the Kings of Britain ?
What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s The History of the Kings of Britain ?
A. the reign of King Arthur
B. the coronation of Henry II
C. King John’s seal of the Magna Carta
D. the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine
In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance ?
In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance ?
A. banishment to Asia
B. everlasting shame
C. conversion to Christianity
D. mild melancholia
Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife ?
Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife ?
A. Dante’s Divine Comedy
B. Boccaccio’s Decameron
C. The Dream of the Rood
D. Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women
Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true ?
Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true ?
A. She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.
B. She was a virgin martyr.
C. She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.
D. She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.