Hi Folks, how is your preparation going on? Today let us review our knoweldge about the history of English literature.
1.
What was the language of instruction in English
schools until the second half of the fourteenth century?
a.
Latin
b.
Greek
c.
English
d.
French
Answer: d
2.
Which is considered as the earliest surviving
verse Romance in English?
a.
King Horn
b.
Brut
c.
Caedmon’s hymn
d.
The wanderer
Answer: a
3.
Who wrote Lais a series of twelve short
romances?
a.
Hrotsvitha
b.
Christine de Pisan
c.
Marie de France
d.
Julian of Norwich
Answer: c
4.
Which was the first book written by a woman to
be printed in Caxton’s printing press?
a.
Hrotsvitha
b.
Christine de Pisan
c.
Marie de France
d.
Julian of Norwich
Answer: b
Explanation: In 1478 Moral
Proverbs of Christine was printed in England. Christine de Pisan was the first
full time Professional writer.
5.
Chaucer represented which constituency in the
parliament from 1386?
a.
Warwickshire
b.
Gloucestershire
c.
Leeds
d.
Kent
Answer: d
6.
The house of fame written by Chaucer is influenced by
a.
French
b.
Latin
c.
Italian
d.
Greek
Answer: c
Explanation: Dante’s divine comedy
is reflected. It is a dream-poem.
7.
Rhyme-Royal stanza which was used by King James
I owes to
a.
Chaucer
b.
Boccaccio
c.
Dante
d.
Petrarch
Answer: a
8.
Troilus and Criseyde deals with
a.
Arthurian legend
b.
Trojan war
c.
Religious doctrine
d.
Seven deadly sins
Answer: b
9.
Confessio Amanatis is written by
a.
Geoffrey
Chaucer
b.
John Gower
c.
Langland
d.
Caedmon
Answer: b
10.
Philip Sparrow written by John Skelton is a
a.
Sonnet
b.
Ballad
c.
Romance
d.
Elegy
Answer: d
11.
The book named the Governor written by Thomas Elyot published in 1531 is dedicated
to
a.
Henry VIII
b.
Edward VI
c.
Henry VII
d.
Elizabeth I
Answer: a
12.
The Gull’s Horn book was written by
a.
Geoffrey Chaucer
b.
John Gower
c.
Langland
d.
Thomas Dekker
Answer: d
13.
Which is
considered as Shakespeare’s first tragedy?
a.
Timon of Athens
b.
King Lear
c.
Titus Andronicus
d.
Macbeth
Answer: c
14.
Who wrote Silex Scintillans ?
a.
John Donne
b.
Henry Vaughan
c.
Thomas Carew
d.
George Herbert
Answer: b
Explanation: Silex Scintillans means The Fiery Flint or the Flashing
Flint. It talks about the stone heartedness of man.
15.
Whose
best known masque Coelum Britannicum
performed with the setting of Inigo Jones in the year 1634
a.
John Donne
b.
Henry Vaughan
c.
Thomas Carew
d.
George Herbert
Answer: c
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