Question 1

Troilus and Criseyde is Chaucer's long poem adopted from &#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)lazamon&#10;B)dan michel&#10;C)annonymous&#10;D)boccaccio

Accepted Answer

Troilus and Criseyde is adapted from Giovanni Boccaccio's Il Filostrato.

Question 2

Chaucer's poem 'The House of Fame' is written in &#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)lambic pentameter&#10;B)octosyllabic couplet&#10;C)free verse&#10;D)blank verse

Accepted Answer

'The House of Fame' by Geoffrey Chaucer is written in octosyllabic couplets, which means each line consists of eight syllables, and the lines are paired in rhyming couplets.

Question 3

Chaucer's first attempt in English to use the heroic couplet occurs in which of the following poems.&#10;A)prologue to the canterbury tales&#10;B)tale of melibeus&#10;C)the legend of good women&#10;D)the lack of steadfastness

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Chaucer's first significant attempt to use the heroic couplet in English literature is found in "The Legend of Good Women." This poem is notable for its use of iambic pentameter couplets, which later became a dominant poetic form in English literature, particularly in the works of Shakespeare and other Elizabethan poets.

Question 4

The pilgrims in Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales go on a pilgrimage to the tomb of &#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)st. john francis&#10;B)st. nicholas&#10;C)st. thomas a becket&#10;D)st. joseph

Accepted Answer

The pilgrims in Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales are traveling to the tomb of St. Thomas a Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.

Question 5

Chaucer virtually imported the decasyllabic lines in his poetry from &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)france&#10;B)italy&#10;C)greece&#10;D)ireland

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Chaucer imported the decasyllabic lines in his poetry from France.

Question 6

Chaucerian seven-line stanza in English poetry is also known as &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)decasyllabic lines&#10;B)octosyllabic lines&#10;C)rime royale&#10;D)heroic couplet

Accepted Answer

The Chaucerian seven-line stanza in English poetry is known as rime royale. This stanza form, used by Geoffrey Chaucer, consists of seven lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with a rhyme scheme of ababbcc.

Question 7

The prevailing feature of Chaucer's humour is its &#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)urbanity&#10;B)crudity&#10;C)triviality&#10;D)sanctity

Accepted Answer

Chaucer's humour is known for its urbanity, meaning it is sophisticated, witty, and often subtly satirical, rather than being crude, trivial, or overly pious.

Question 8

The Hundred Years' War was originated in&#10;A)the conquest of 1066.&#10;B)the conquest of 1067.&#10;C)tthe conquest of 1068.&#10;D)the conquest of 1069

Accepted Answer

The Hundred Years' War originated from the conquest of 1066, specifically the Norman Conquest, which led to English claims on French territories, eventually sparking the conflict.

Question 9

The sole cause of the Hundred Years' War was &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)the commercial rivalry between france and england.&#10;B)the commercial rivalry between france and italy.&#10;C)the social rivalry between france and greece.&#10;D)the cultural rivalry between england and ireland.

Accepted Answer

The Hundred Years' War was primarily driven by the commercial rivalry between France and England, alongside territorial disputes and claims to the French throne by English monarchs.

Question 10

The Statute of Labourers was enacted in English in &#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)1348&#10;B)1349&#10;C)1350&#10;D)1351

Accepted Answer

The Statute of Labourers was enacted in 1351 in England as a response to the labor shortages following the Black Death.

Question 11

The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 is also called &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)tyler's rebellion&#10;B)tyler's mutiny&#10;C)tyler's strike&#10;D)tyler's war

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The answer of The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 is also...

Question 12

The Peasants' Revolt was based on the theory of democracy and socialism of whose text &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)wat tyler&#10;B)john cairne&#10;C)king richard ii&#10;D)king edward ii

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The answer of The Peasants' Revolt was based on the...

Question 13

Who are called Lollards?&#10;A)john tyler and his followers.&#10;B)john wyclif and his followers&#10;C)jack straw and his followers.&#10;D)john ball and his followers.

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The answer of Who are called Lollards?&#10;A)john tyler and his...

Question 14

Who is called the real originator of European Protestantism?&#10;A)john wyclife&#10;B)john ball&#10;C)william langland&#10;D)wat tyler

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The answer of Who is called the real originator of...

Question 15

John Wyclif is called&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)the morning star of reformation.&#10;B)the morning star of resurrection.&#10;C)the morning star of restoration.&#10;D)tthe morning star of redemption.

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The answer of John Wyclif is called&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)the morning star of...

Question 16

Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is a literary form of enclosing a number of tales within one narrative is &#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)oriental in origin.&#10;B)european in origin.&#10;C)scandinavian in origin&#10;D)latinic in origin.

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The answer of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is a literary...

Question 17

In Chaucer's The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims started a sixty-mile ride to Canterbury in the month of &#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)march&#10;B)april&#10;C)may&#10;D)june

Accepted Answer

The answer of In Chaucer's The Prologue to the Canterbury...

Question 18

In Chaucer's The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, who amongst the following characters told the first tale on their way to Canterbury&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)shipman&#10;B)cook&#10;C)knight&#10;D)reeve

Accepted Answer

The answer of In Chaucer's The Prologue to the Canterbury...

Question 19

The last tale told by Parson on the last day of pilgrimage in The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales was a prose sermon on &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)penintence, with emphasis upon the seven sins.&#10;B)a contemporaneous tale, exploding the impostures of alchemy&#10;C)a fable of why the crow is black.&#10;D)a tragic story of appius and virginia.

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The answer of The last tale told by Parson on...

Question 20

The War of the Roses took place during the period &#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)1380 - 1410&#10;B)1455 - 1485&#10;C)1400 - 1430&#10;D)1425 - 1455

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The answer of The War of the Roses took place...

Question 21

The War of the Roses is a thirty-year struggle between the houses of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)york and tudor.&#10;B)lancaster and surrey.&#10;C)lancaster and lancashire.&#10;D)lancaster and york.

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The answer of The War of the Roses is a...

Question 22

The fifteenth century is traditionally described as&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)the barren period of english literature.&#10;B)tthe wholesome period of english literature.&#10;C)tthe inferior period of english literature.&#10;D)tthe dark period of english literature.

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The answer of The fifteenth century is traditionally described as&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)the...

Question 23

Who was imprisoned for participation in the War of the Roses?&#10;A)sir david lindsay&#10;B)sir john mandeville&#10;C)william caxton&#10;D)sir thomas malory

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The answer of Who was imprisoned for participation in the...

Question 24

Who was led to imprisonment in 1534 for his refusal to accept the Act of Supremacy?&#10;A)lord barners&#10;B)william tyndale&#10;C)sir thomas more&#10;D)cranmer

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The answer of Who was led to imprisonment in 1534...

Question 25

Utopia is a fine description of &#34;Imaginative Ideal State&#34; written by&#10;A)edmund spenser&#10;B)thomas occleve&#10;C)geoggrey chaucer&#10;D)sir thomas more

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The answer of Utopia is a fine description of &#34;Imaginative...

Deck 6: Chaucer, Literature, and History