What led to the alliterative revival ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following texts are associated with the alliterative revival ?

   A. “The Dream of the Rood”
   B. “The Wanderer”
   C. “The Seafarer”
   D. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

2. Why was the alliterative revival associated with nationalism and nostalgia ?

   A. The stories of King Arthur made all English people nostalgic.
   B. Metrical poetry simply got boring.
   C. Alliterative poetry was much easier to write.
   D. Alliterative poetry was associated with a world before the French influence, a world before the Conquest

3. The turbulent years of the 14th century witnessed a blending of language and culture that led to the rise of Middle English. Which of the following events led to the nickname “the era of catastrophes” ?

   A. The Hundred Years War
   B. The Great Schism
   C. The Black Plague
   D. All of these answers

4. Which of the following best defines alliterative verse ?

   A. A traditional form with repeated consonant sounds
   B. An Anglo-Saxon form written in iambic pentameter with traditional rhymes
   C. A popular form in the 9th and 10th centuries
   D. A form brought to England in the years during the Norman invasion

5. Which of the following lines provides an example of alliterative verse ?

   A. “The knight took a step toward/The maiden she called him forward”
   B. “her biginneth the earste boc of ures ant ureisuns the gode beoth to seggen”
   C. “doughty in theire doings and dredde ay schame”
   D. “I left my lands to come where you are/To find you I have come so far!”

6. The Romantic Revival in English Poetry was influenced by the ?

   A. French Revolution
   B. Glorious Revolution of1688
   C. Reformation
   D. Oxford Movement

7. Which writer(s) is/are associated with the Irish Literary Revival ?

   A. George Russell
   B. J.M. Synge
   C. W.B. Yeats
   D. All of the Above

8. The home of Chaucer’s royal patron and friend, John of Gaunt, was burned duringthe Peasants’ Revolt of 138. What events led to this revolt ?

   A. Government policies were incorrectly based on the idea that the rich would help the poor survive.
   B. The high rates of the poll tax were considered unfair.
   C. Peasants were jointly united against the pattern of upper-class harassments
   D. All of these answers

9. I took my visitors all over the house. I bade them search — search well. I led them, at length, to his chamber. I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. The narrator is________________?

   A. Helping Robin to search for his uncle
   B. A detective
   C. Leading the police to the scene of a crime
   D. Helping the police to look for a letter

10. The supportive network of female slaves led to_______________?

    A. Resistance to the overseers.
    B. Learning to be midwives.
    C. Resistance against dehumanization.
    D. Lower suicide rates.