Ларионова И.Ю.

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1 What language is “Beowulf” written in? 1

1. Old English
2. Scottish
3. Russian
4. Swedish
5. Gaelic

2 In what period of time Old English was spoken? 3

1. 1st - 4th centuries

2. 8th - 11th centuries
3. 5th – 11th centuries
4. 2nd – 9th centuries
5. 5th – 9th centuries

3. Who is the only king in British history to be considered “great” 2

during the Anglo-Saxon period?

1. Caedmon
2. Alfred
3. Bede
4. Cynewulf
5. Ruthwell

4. What happened in the poem “Battle of Maldon”? 1

1. Anglo-Saxons failed to prevent a Viking invasion

2. Anglo-Saxons triumphed
3. Anglo-Saxons invaded other lands
4. Anglo-Saxons divided
5. Anglo-Saxons won
5. What invaders landed on the islands in 1066? 4

1. The Vikings
2. The Romans
3. The Greeks
4. The Normans
5. The Gaels

6 How many surviving manuscripts are there from the period of 3

the Old English literature?

1. 500.
2. 300
3. 400
4. 150
5. 200
7 Which poem is a work of uncertain date? 1

1. Battle of Maldon
2. Old English
3. The Wanderer
4. The Seafarer
5. Ruthwell Cross

8 What tradition was very strong in early English culture? 2

1. Old English
2. Oral
3. Nowell Codex
4. Anglo Saxon
5. The dream of the Rood

9 What genres does the Old English literature include?

2
1. Fiction, narrative
2. Epic poetry, riddles
3. Novels, prose
4. Mystery, biography
5. Fairy tales

10 Who is the earliest known English poet? 4

1. Bede
 2. Alfred the Great
3. Cynewulf
4. Cædmon
5. Richard Marsden

11 What is the most famous work in Old English that has received 4
the status of a national epic in England?

1. Bede
2. Lusiads
3. Child Harold
4. Beowulf
5. Wandering poet
12 Almost all Anglo-Saxon authors are anonymous: twelve are 3
known by their names from medieval sources, but only four of
them are known from their folk art (choose the wrong option)

1. Bede
2. Cynewulf
3. Karl Beck
4. Alfred the Great
5. Cædmon
13 What is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle? 3

1. Collection of epic lyric genres

2. Deliberate preservation of the memory of the past in the
works of southern European writers of the IV-XV centuries
3.A collection of annals in Old English, from the 9th century
4.Newspaper and magazine genre, a brief statement of the
fact
5.Historically formed groups of literary works, united by a
set of formal and substantial properties

14 It is a collection of annals in Old English, from the 9th century, 5

that chronicle the history of the Anglo-Saxons.

1. Bible
2. Norman literature
3. Romans literature
4. Beowulf
5. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
15 Find the most famous work in Old English, and has achieved 4
national epic status in England, despite being set in
Scandinavia.

1. Bible
2. Norman literature
3. Romans literature
4. Beowulf
5. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
16 When is Beowulf dated? 3

1. 7th century
2. 10th century
3. between the 8th and the early 11th century
4. between the 6th and the early 10th century
5. 9th century

17 Which poem is one of the earliest attested example of an Old

English? 5

1. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
2. Battle of Maldon
3. Consolation of Philosophy
4. The Wanderer
5. Caedmon’s Hymn

18 Which one of the following is the 9th-century’s longest

adaptation of late classical philosophical texts? 4

1. Ruthless Cross
2. The Dream of the Rood
3. Franks Casket inscription
4. King Alfred's translation of Boethius' Consolation of
Philosophy.
5. The Seafarer

19 Who were the enemies of Anglo-Saxons in the 9th century?

3
1. Russian Empire
2. German tribes
3. Vikings
4. French Army
5. Dutch conquerors
 20 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is…
2
1. poems from the late 10th century
2. a collection of annals in Old English
3. the tradition of poetry
4. the only surviving manuscript
5. the tradition of the riddles

What is the name of only surviving manuscript?

21 4
1. Old Eglish
2. Secrets of Philosophy
3. The Dream of the Rood
4. Nowell Codex
5. Beowulf

22 Which of these poems belongs to the classical antiquity in 4

Anglo-Saxon England?

1. Battle of Maldon
2. Beowulf
3. Nowell Codex
4. Translation of Boethius` Consolation of Philosophy
5. Cadmon`s Hymn

23 What is the name of the book that describes the history of the
Anglo-Saxons since the 9th century? 2

1. Normans book
2. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
3. Saxons history
4. Anglo-Saxons history
5. Old English history

The longest philosophical text translated by King Alfred?

24 1
1. Consolation of Philosophy
2. Secrets of Philosophy
3. Philosophy
4. History of Philosophy
5. Dream of ore
25 Cædmon's Hymn probably dates… 3

1. from the late 10th century

2. from the 8th and the early 11th century.
3. from the late 7th century
4. from the year 1000
5. from the 9th-century

26 Which of the Old English verses have a religious theme? 1

1. The Seafarer
2. Cædmon's Hymn
3. The Dream of the Rood
4. Consolation of Philosophy
5. Beowulf

27 Which genre was considered the most popular in Old English? 3

1. sermons
2. chronicles
3. epic poems
4. hagiography
5. poetry

28 Which of these poems is the most famous work in Old 2

English?

1. Battle of Maldon
2. Beowulf
3. Nowell Codex
4. Cædmon
5. Bede
29 What is common between the poems "The Wanderer" and "The 4
Seafarer"?

1. both of them written by one person

2. both of them have historical events
3. both of them are didactic poems
4. both of them have a religious theme
5. both of them are poems of 11th century

30 Where is the history of the Anglo-Saxons described?

1
1. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Battle of Maldon
Poem.
 2. In Old English Literature, and in Cædmon's Hymn
3. In Old English poems, and in the poem The Dream of the
Rood
4. In Anglo-Saxon literature and the poem "The Wanderer".
5. In Old English poetry, and in the poem " The Seafarer".
31 The earliest English poet and his only known surviving work:

1. Richard Marsden “The Wanderer” 3

2. Bede “On the Nature of Things”
3. Cædmon “Cædmon's Hymn”
4. Alfred the Great “Ivanhoe”
5. Cynewulf “Juliana”

32 Which poem is described as this: "an exhortatory and didactic

poem, in which the miseries of winter seafaring are used as a
metaphor for the challenge faced by the committed Christian” :
5
1. “The Dream of the Rood”
2. “The Wanderer”
3. “Consolation of Philosophy”
4. “The Battle of Maldon”
5. “The Seafarer”

33 Two Old English poems, which both have a religious theme 4

from the late 10th century are called?

1. Cædmon's Hymn and The Nowell Codex

2. Beowulf and Ruthwell Cross
3. Franks Casket and Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy
4. The Wanderer and The Seafarer
5. Battle of Maldon and Bible translations

34 What is the distinctive feature of Metaphysical style of poetry? 1

1. use frequent paradox and contain extremely complicated

thought
2. used when writing only religious works
3. it is mostly satire
4. the work is dedicated to the heroes and kings
5. Only the English wrote in this style
35 What is the blank verse? 2

1. poetry containing only tragedy

2. poetry written with unrhymed lines
3. uses consonant rhyme
4. mostly uses metaphors and epithets
5. short poems

36 What’s the name of “Aeneid”s main character? 3

1. Thomas
2. Odissey
3. Aeneas
4. Homer
5. Hercules

Who introduced the sonnet from Italy to England in the early

16th century?
3
37 1. Thomas Becket
2. William Langland
3. Thomas Wyatt
4. John Gower
5. Richard Rolle

Who is the author of The Faerie Queene?

1. Edmund Spenser 1
38 2. Philip Sidney
3. Thomas Kyd
4. Shakespeare
5. John Gower

39 What was the English Renaissance ? 2

1. Literature flourished
2. Cultural and artistic movement
3. Innovations in English poetry
4. Epic poem and fantastical allegory
5. New genre
40 Who wrote King Lear? 2

1. Ben Jonson
2. Shakespeare
3. Thomas Kyd
4. George Chapman
5. John Donne

41 Where you can also find Italian influence? 5

1. Poetry of Andreas Capellanus

2. Poetry of Margery Kempe
3. Poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer
4. Poetry of Thomas Malory
5. Poetry of Thomas Wyatt

42 With whom did Thomas Wyatt present a sonnet from Italy in 4

England in the early 16th century?

1. Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Andreas Capellanus
3. Margery Kempe
4. Henry Howard
5. Thomas Malory

43 Who is the author of The Faerie Queen? 3

1. Andreas Capellanus
2. Thomas Wyatt
3. Edmund Spenser
4. Henry Howard
5. Margery Kempe

44 What is the earliest play during the Elizabeth period? 1

1. Gorboduc
2. The Faerie Queene
3. Astrophel and Stella
4. Spanish Tragedy
5. Le Morte d'Arthur

45 Who was stands out in Elizabethan period as a poet and 3

playwright as yet unsurpassed?
 1. Ben Jonson,
2. John Fletcher
3. William Shakespeare
4. Christopher Marlowe
5. Francis Beaumont
46 What Shakespeare wrote in the early 17th century? 1

1. “Problem plays”
2. “Revenge plays”
3. “Comedy plays”
4. “Historical plays”
5. “Tragedy plays”
47 Who popularized the revenge plays? 5

1. John Donne
2. Henry Vaughan
3. George Herbert
4. Richard Crashaw
5. Thomas Kyd
48 What poetry has George Chapman translated? 2

1. “On First Looking into Chapman's Homer” and

“Astrophel and Stella”
2. “Homer's Iliad” and “Odyssey”
3. “Macbeth” and “King Lear”
4. “Spanish Tragedy” and “Gorboduc”
5. “Le Morte d'Arthur” and “Changeling”

49 In what poetry can you find Italian influence? B

1. Edmund Spencer
2. Thomas Wyatt
3. Ben Johnson
4. William Shakespeare
5. Christopher Marlowe
50 Who wrote the Spanish tragedy-the Elizabethan tragedy? A

1. Thomas Kyd
2. Thomas Wyatt
3. Ben Johnson
4. Geoffrey Chaucer
5. Edmund Spencer

51 What famous translation is George Chapman known for? D

1. Acts Of Deonis
2. Cyprus
3. Theogony
4. Odyssey
5. Aeneid

52 When William Caxton introduced the printing press in

England?
1
1. 1476
2. 1487
3. 1457
4. 1578
5. 1469

53 The author of The Faerie Queene

1. Philip Sidney 2
2. Edmund Spenser
3. Thomas Dekker
4. Thomas Kyd
5. Christopher Marlowe

54 The most important prose work of the early 17th century was
___________

1. the King James Bible 1

2. The White Devil
3. The Duchess of Malfi
4. The Tempest
5. The Knight of the Burning Pestle

55 The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement 4

in England dating from … ?
 1. the late 16th to the 17th century
2. the late 14th to the 16th century
3. the late 18th to the 19th century
4. the late 15th to the 17th century
5. the late 14th to the 15th century

How is first of all Gorboduc remarkable?

1. The author of this work is unknown

2. It was the first verse drama in English to employ blank
56 verse 2
3. It established a new genre in English literature theatre
4. Work was written in 1561
5. It was first work of the Elizabethan period

Which work was the first complete translation of the poem into
English?

1. The Knight of the Burning Pestle

57 2. The Duchess of Malfi 3
3. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
4. The Spanish Tragedy
5. Astrophel and Stella

58 Which one of the following works was NOT written by 2

Shakespeare?

1. King Lear
2. Bartholomew Fair
3. Macbeth
4. The Tempest
5. A Midsummer Night's Dream
59 What is special about Gorboduc? 3

1. it is the first ever translation into English

2. it is the first revenge play in the history of English drama
3. it is the first verse drama to employ blank verse
4. it is the first poem that was printed out
5. all of the above
60 Who introduced the sonnet from Italy into England? 5

1. William Tyndale
2. William Shakespeare
3. Thomas Middleton and William Rowley
4. William Caxton
5. Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard

61 The author of “Earl of Surrey” (1516/1517–47)?

1. Ben Jonson
2. Thomas Wyatt 3
3. Henry Howard
4. Thomas Becket
5. Shakespeare

62 What is the name of the new genre in English literary theater

created by Thomas Kyd?

1. The revenge play 1

2. Sonnet
3. Drama
4. Mystery
5. Farce

63 The most important prose work of the early 17th century was
…?
4
1. The White Devil
2. King Lear
3. The Tempest
4. The King James Bible
5. Bartholomew Fair

64 What influence is felt in the poetry of Thomas Wyatt?

1
1. Italian
2. Spanish
3. Anglo-Saxon
4. Elizabethan Era
5. Northern England
65 Who wrote poem “Astrophel and Stella”? 3

1. Edmund Spenser
2. William Shakespeare
3. Sir Philip Sidney
4. Cristopher Marlowe
5. Thomas Dekker

66 Who popularized the English sonnet? 5

1. George Chapman
2. Ben Jonson
3. Thomas Kyd
4. John Webster
5. William Shakespeare

67 Who, together with Henry Howard, introduced the sonnet from 2

Italy into England in the early 16th century?

1. William Caxton
2. Thomas Wyatt
3. Thomas Dekker
4. John Fletcher
5. Christopher Marlowe

68 What is the name of the tragedy that created a new genre in 1

English literary theater – the revenge play?

1. The Spanish Tragedy

2. The Gorboduc
3. The Faerie Queene
4. The White Devil
5. The Duchess of Malfi

69 The first book written by a woman in the English language.

4
1. The Canterbury Tales
2. Collection of stories written in Middle English
3. Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
4. Revelations of Divine Love
5. Layamon's Brut 

70 Who was the considerable figure in development of the

legitimacy of the vernacular? 1
 1. Chaucer
2. Richard Rolle
3. Julian
4. John Gower 
5. Thomas Becket

71 What languages included multilingualism in English literature?

5
1. Latin, Saxon-French, and English
2. Greek, Norman-French, and English
3. Latin, French, and English
4. Latin, Norman- English, and French
5. Latin, Norman-French, and English

72 It is a collection of stories written in Middle English (mostly in 1

verse although some are in prose), that are presented as part of
a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel
together from Southwark to the shrine of St Thomas Becket at
Canterbury Cathedral. 

1. The Canterbury Tales

2. Bible translations
3. Revelations of Divine Love
4. Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
5. Norman-French

73 What is the first published book written by a woman in the 3

English language?

1. The Canterbury Tales

2. Bible translations
3. Julian’s Revelations of Divine Love
4. Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
5. Norman-French

74 A major work from the 15th century……….. 4

1. The Canterbury Tales

2. Bible translations
3. Julian’s Revelations of Divine Love
4. Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
5. Norman-French
75 Find the significant figure in the development of the legitimacy 1
of the vernacular

1. Chaucer
2. John Gower
3. Richard Rolle
4. William Langland
5. Thomas Wyatt
76 How much poems were written by Gower which are united by 5
common moral and political themes.

1. nine
2. five
3. four
4. two
5. three
77 Find a major work from the 15th century 2

1. Revelations of Divine Love

2. Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
3. Langland's Piers Plowman
4. The Canterbury Tales
5. The Dream of the Rood

78 What work is Chaucer known for in our time?

2
1. Le Morte d'Arthur
2. The Canterbury Tales
3. Wycliffe's Bible
4. The Life of Saint Audrey
5. King Arthur

79 ... is remembered primarily for three long poems written in 5

Anglo-Norman, Latin and Middle English respectively, which Е
are united by common moral and political themes.

1. Chaucer
2. William Langland
3. Richard Rolle
4. Julian of Norwich
5. John Gower
 80 The first published book written by a woman in English?
1
1. Divine Love (about 1393)
2. Le Morte d'Arthur (about 1485)
3. Canterbury Tales ( about 1470)
4. The King Arthur (about 1390)
5. Piers Plowman (about 1360)

81 Complete the sentence: The collection of stories written in 1

Middle English (mostly in verse although some are in prose),
that are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group
of __________ as they travel together from Southwark to the
shrine of St Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. 

1. Piligrims
2. Vikings
3. Anglo-Sax
4. Romans
5. German

82 The first published book written by a woman in the English 3

language.

1. Jane Eyre
2. Pride and Prejudice
3. Revelations of Divine Love
4. The Cantenbury Tales
5. Margaret Mitchell
83 When  Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory was printed 2

1. 1500
2. 1485
3. 1513
4. 1486
5. 1533
84 Middle English lasted until 4

1. 1500
2. 15th century
3. 1480
4. 1470
5. 1510
85 Who is remembered primarily for three long poems written in 3
 Anglo-Norman, Latin and Middle English respectively, which
are united by common moral and political themes

1. Julian of Norwich
2. Chaucer
3. John Gower
4. Thomas Becket
5. Tomas Malory

86 Сurrently what fairy tales is Chaucer known for? 2

1. The old German fairy tales

2. The Canterbury Tales
3. Beowulf
4. Tales of the Vikings
5. Invasion of the common people

87 What language were The Canterbury Tales written in? 1

1. Middle English
2. Old English
3. French
4. Mixed language
5. The forgotten language of cranes

88 First published book written by a woman? 4

1. King Horn and Havelock the Dane

2. The Canterbury Tales
3. Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
4. Revelations of Divine Love
5. The legends of King Arthur

89 For which work Chaucer is best known today?

2
1. Revelations of Divine Love
2. The Canterbury Tales
3. Le Morte d’Arthur
4. Piers Plowman
5. Bible Translations
90 Which work is one of the earliest books printed in England?
3
1. The Canterbury Tales
2. Revelations of Divine Love
3. Le Morte d’Arthur
4. King Horn and Havelock the Dane
5. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

91 Who is the author of the Revelations of Divine Love?

1
1. Julian of Norwich
2. John Gower
3. William Langland
4. King Arthur
5. Sir Thomas Malory

92 What is the best Geoffrey Chaucer’s work? 3

1. The House of Fame

2. The Book of the Duchess
3. The Canterbury Tales.
4. The Legend of Good women
5. Troilus and Criseyde

93 Which one of the following texts is not written in Middle 5

English?

1. Piers Plowman
2. Le Morte d’Arthur
3. The Canterbury Tales
4. Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
5. Beowulf
94 Which genre of literature replaced the epic during the Middle 2
English period?

1. Novel
2. Romance
3. Adventure
4. Action
5. Satire
95 What is Chancery Standard form of English? 4

1. Standard English
2. Middle English
3. Old English
4. Standard English used by government bureaucracy
5. None of them

96 When the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language became 3

less common?

1. In the 12th century

2. When stopped using the Norman dialects
3. After the Norman conquest of England in 1066
4. When Anglo-Saxon underwent a gradual transition into
Middle English
5. When West Saxon literary language had no more
influence

97 What work creates Layamon in Brut at the end of the 12th 5

century by adapting the Norman-French of Wace?

1. The Life of Saint Audrey

2. Bible translations
3. Wycliffe's Bible
4. Romance of Horn
5. The legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round
Table
98 When a group of Middle English Bible translations appeared 2
under the direction of John Wycliffe?

1. appeared between about 1066 and 1082.

2. They appeared between about 1382 and 1395.
3. After the Norman conquest of England in 1066
4. When West Saxon literary language had no more
influence
5. They appeared between about 1546 and 1567.
99 What is the name of the first historiography written in English
since the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle? 5

1. The Life of Saint Audrey

2. Layamon in Brut
3. Wycliffe's Bible 
4. Romance of Horn
 5. The legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round
Table
100 Under the direction of whom were made a group of Bible
translations into Middle English? 2

1. William Langland
2. John Wycliffe
3. Geoffrey Chaucer
4. Pearl Poet
5. Sir Gawain

101 What is the name of Middle English allegorical narrative poem,

written in unrhymed alliterative verse? 1

1. Langland's Piers Plowman

2. Green Knight
3. The Life of Saint Audrey
4. Havelock the Dane
5. King Horn

102 When Anglo-Saxon language became less common? 4

1. In1382
2. in 1500
3. in 1395
4. In 1066
5. in 1126

103 What is a Langland's Piers Plowman? 1

1. a Middle English allegorical narrative poem, written in

unrhymed alliterative verse.
2. one of the better-known Arthurian stories of an established
type known as the "beheading game".
3. dialect words
4. the first historiography written in English since the Anglo-
Saxon Chronicle
5. the first English-language work to present the legends of
King Arthur

104 Which major writers in English first appeared in the 14th 4

century?
 1. John Wycliffe
2. Langland's Piers Plowman
3. Saint Audrey
4. William Langland, Geoffrey Chaucer and Pearl Poet.
5. Saint Audrey and John Wycliffe

105 When the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language became 5

less common?

1. in 1060
2. After the Norman conquest of England in 1067
3. in 1079
4. in 1068
5. After the Norman conquest of England in 1066
106 It is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem, written in 1
unrhymed alliterative verse.

1. Langland's Piers Plowman

2. Wycliffe’a Bible
3. The Anglo-Saxon language
4. Middle English
5. Green Knight

107 What was the chief inspiration and cause of the Lollard 1
movement, a pre-Reformation movement that rejected many of
the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church?

1. Bible translations
2. Wycliffe’a Bible
3. The Anglo-Saxon language
4. Middle English
5. Green Knight

108 What was the first historiography written in English since the 5
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

1. Langland's Piers Plowman

2. Wycliffe’a Bible
3. The Anglo-Saxon language
4. Middle English
5. The legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round
Table.
109 When Layamon in Brut adapted the Norman-French of Wace? 1

1. At the end of the 12th century

2. At the end of the 11th century
3. 13th century
4. 1066
5. At the end of the 14th century

110 When appeared Bible transitions? 4

1. At the end of the 12th century

2. At the end of the 11th century
3. 13th century
4. between about 1382 and 1395
5. At the end of the 14th century

111 After what conquest the Anglo-Saxon language became less

common? 3

1. French
2. German
3. Norman
4. Ottoman
5. Bulgarian

112 What work is mentioned in Eadmer's manuscripts? 1

1. The Life of Saint Audrey

2. Wycliffe's Bible
3. Langland's Piers Plowman
4. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
5. Romance of Horn

113 To which century does the romance ‘’Sir Gawain and the 2
Green Knight’’ belong?

1. 13
2. 14
3. 12
4. 10
5. 9

114 Find the right time, when the written form of the Anglo-Saxon 2
 language became less common

1. 1060
2. 1066
3. 1055
4. 1056
5. 1065

115 What influenced French to change to the standard language of 1

courts, parliament and polite society?

1. new aristocracy
2. ancestors
3. after war time
4. time changes
5. no correct answer

116 Find the Middle English alliterative romance of late 14th 5

century

1. Eadmer's manuscript
2. legends of King Arthur
3. Wycliffe's Bible
4. Lollard movement
5. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

117 Which major writers in English first appeared in the 14th 4

century?

1. John Wycliffe
2. Saint Audrey and John Wycliffe
3. Saint Audrey
4. William Langland, Geoffrey Chaucer and Pearl Poet
5. Langland's Piers Plowman
118 When Anglo-Saxon language became less common? 5

1. In1126
2. In 1500
3. In 1395
4. In 1382
5. In 1066

What is a Langland's Piers Plowman? 5

119
1. The first historiography written in English since the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
2. The first English-language work to present the legends of
King Arthur
3. Dialect words
4. One of the better-known Arthurian stories of an
established type known as the "beheading game"
5. A Middle English allegorical narrative poem, written in
unrhymed alliterative verse
120 Which work helped to establish English as a literary language?
1
1. Wycliffe’s Bible translation
2. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
3. The Life of Saint Audrey
4. King Horn and Havelock the Dane
5. Langland’s Piers Plowman

121 What is the genre of the poem Piers Plowman?

4
1. Historical fiction
2. Prose
3. Biography
4. Allegorical narrative poem
5. Mystery

122 What is Lollard movement?

5
1. Feminist movement
2. Socialist movement
3. Anti-monarchical movement
4. Anti-government movement
5. Religious movement

123 What is “The Life of Saint Audrey” about? 2

1. Historiography
2. Hagiography
3. Hierotopy
4. Biography
5. Culturography

124 What happened to Green Knight in alliterative romance “Sir 3

Gawain and Green Knight”?
 1. He became king
2. He was killed
3. He survived when Sir Gawain cut his head off
4. He cut Sir Gawain is head off
5. He killed the king
125 What is the first historiography written in English since the 5
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

1. Seven myths of the Spanish Conquest

2. The Greek Way
3. Rome
4. God Is Not One
5. The legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round
Table
126 Who started the first translation of the bible into the English 1
language?

1. John Wycliffe
2. William Langland
3. Geoffrey Chaucer
4. Sir Thomas Mallory
5. Eadmer
127 It is thought that work is by Langland 4

1. None of the answers are correct

2. “Richard the Redeless”
3. “Richard I”
4. “The Vision of Piers Plowman”
5. Both D and C answers

128 In which period religious literature continued to enjoy 3

popularity and Hagiographies were written?

1. Early English
2. Renaissance
3. Middle English
4. Romanticism
5. Literature of social protest

129 Under whose direction were the Wycliffe Bibles translated? 2

1. Peter Wycliffe
 2. John Wycliffe
3. Elizabeth Wycliffe
4. Sam Wycliffe
5. Tomas Wycliffe

130 When was the period of middle English literature? 4

1. 1500–1666
2. XII-XIII centuries
3. 672–735
4. 1066–1500
5. 1320–1384

131 The first historiography written in English since the Anglo-

Saxon Chronicle 2

1. Wycliffe's Bible 
2. Layamon's Brut 
3. William's Vision of Piers Plowman
4. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
5. Pearl

132 In what period did another literary genre appears in English?

4
1. 14 century
th

2. 18th century
3. 15th century
4. 13th century
5. 12th century

133 Why in 1066, the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language

became less common? 5

1. After the Norman fail

2. After the Saxon conquest
3. Under the influence of the new aristocracy
4. Political power was no longer in English hands
5. After the Norman victory

134 What is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem, written in 2

unrhymed alliterative verse?
 1. "The life of saint Audrey"
2. "Langland's Piers Plowman"
3. "Pearl"
4. "Wycliffe's Bible"
5. "Sir Gawain and and the Green Knight"

135 When appeared "Wycliffe's Bible" 4

1. 1066-1500
2. c.1060-c.1126
3. c.a1360-87
4. 1382-1395
5. ca.1170

136 What is the Middle English alliterative romance, known as the 1

"beheading game"

1. "Sir Gawain and and the Green Knight"

2. "The life of saint Audrey"
3. "Wycliffe's Bible"
4. "Pearl"
5. "Langland's Piers Plowman"

137 Which literature was written in the many dialects that 4

corresponded to the region, history, culture, and background of
individual writers.

1. Anglo-Norman
2. Anglo-Saxon
3. West Saxon
4. Middle English
5. Modern English

138 Which work was mentioned in Eadmer's manuscripts? 1

1. The Life of Saint Audrey

2. Wycliffe's Bible
3. Green Knight
4. Sir Gawain
5. Piers Plowman

139 In which century appeared first major English writers based on 5

Anglo-Norman originals?
 1. 10th century
2. 11th century
3. 12th century
4. 13th century
5. 14th century
140 The first English language work representing the legends of:

1. The legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round

Table 1
2. The legends of Snow White
3. The legends of Robin hood
4. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
5. The legends of Cinderella
141 Which Bible translation was particularly helpful in making
English a literary language?
3
1. Gutenberg Bible
2. Ormulum
3. Wycliffe's Bible
4. Bible Mazarine
5. Old Testament

142 Wycliffe's Bible translations were the main inspiration and

cause of the movement:
5
1. The Roman Catholic Church
2. Anglo-Saxons
3. the Knights of the Round Table
4. Normans
5. the Lollard

143 What qualities are highlighted in the romance «Sir Gawain and 3
the Green Knight»?

1. the importance of honour and courage

2. the importance of intelligence and chivalry
3. the importance of honour and chivalry
4. the importance of wisdom and intelligence
5. the importance of kindness and honesty

144 First historiography written in English since the Anglo-Saxon 2

Chronicle called
 1. The Life of Saint Audrey
2. Layamon in Brut
3. Wycliffe's Bible
4. Langland's Piers Plowman
5. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
145 After the Norman conquest of England, which language 5
became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite
society?

1. Anglo-Saxon language
2. Norman-French
3. Middle English
4. Irish
5. French

146 Under the influence of the new aristocracy, what language has
become the standard language for courts, parliament, and polite 1
society?

1. French
2. German
3. Chinese
4. Turkish
5. Russian

147 The translation of which work helped establish English as a

literary language? 4

1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

2. The Life of Saint Audrey,
3. Layamon in Brut
4. Wycliffe's Bible
5. King Horn and Havelock the Dane.

148 In what century this is the first large writers in the English
language? 1

1. In the 14th century;

2. In the 12th century;
3. In the 15 century;
4. In the 10 century;
5. In the 9 century.
149 The year in which the written form of the Anglo-Saxon
language became less common? 4

1. 1067
2. 1077
3. 1060
4. 1066
5. 1016

150 Find the first historiography written in English since the 2

Anglo-Saxon chronicle?

1. Daniel
2. Legend of King Arthur
3. Battle of Maldon
4. Hamlet
5. Master

151 Show the first major writers in English in the 14th century? 2

1. Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf

2. William Langland, Geoffrey Chaucer
3. Lord Byron, Lewis
4. Joseph Conrad, A.A Milne
5. Robert Browning, C.S Forester