Test on English literature
The Norman-French period in England began in the year …
*1066
What is the name of the king who calls Beowulf to kill the monster?
*Hrothgar
Which literary work is written in Anglo-Saxon period?
*Beowulf.
This king translated Latin works into the Old English language.
*Alfred the Great
Who is known as “Prince of poets”?
*Edmund Spenser
….is a long narrative poem about warriors and heroes.
*epic
Beowulf belongs to ….
*Primary epic
The printing press was invented by…?
*Caxton
Who is known as “Farther of the English language and literature”? *Geoffrey Chaucer
Which of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer gives the answer to the question: “What do women want?” take it out
*The Wife of Bath’s tale
What work shows the panorama of social life in England in the Middle Ages?
*The Canterbury Tales
A 14-lined poem with a certain pattern of rhyme and rhythm is a…
*Sonnet
Carpe Diem (“seize the day”) poetry is…
*a poetry that dealt with swift passage of time and deeds of youth
Who is the author of the book “Death of Arthur”?
*Thomas Malory
Literature of Pre-Renaissance was divided into …
*Religious and Secular literature Lower-class and upper-class literature Puritan and Quaker Generic and specific
An allegorical poem “Piers a Plowman” is written by…
*William Langland Thomas Malory Geoffrey Chaucer William Shakespeare
The power of absolute rule is shown in the tragedy by C. Marlowe …
* “Tamburlaine the Great”
Any real or imaginary society, place, state, etc., considered to be perfect or ideal is ..
*Utopia
.. is an imaginary place where everything is as bad as it can be
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