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Middle Ages

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

English Literature Mcqs, Middle Ages /
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

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English Literature Mcqs, Middle Ages

The use of “whale-road”for sea and “lifehouse” for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry ?

English Literature Mcqs, Middle Ages /
The use of “whale-road”for sea and “lifehouse” for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry ?

A. symbolism
B. simile
C. metonymy
D. kenning

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English Literature Mcqs, Middle Ages

Chaucer was released from legal action by____________in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction ?

English Literature Mcqs, Middle Ages /
Chaucer was released from legal action by____________in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction ?

A. Miss Cecily Chaumpaigne
B. Philippa de Roet of Flanders
C. Agnes de Copton
D. none of the above

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English Literature Mcqs, Middle Ages