A. M ArnaldB
B. John Dryden
C. Dr johson
D. T S Eliot
Submitted by: Mahfooz Ahmad
Related Mcqs:
- In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the \flowering\of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?
A. Geoffrey of Monmouth
B. the Gawain poet
C. the Beowulf poet
D. Chr´tien de Troyes - In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the “flowering”of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?
A. Geoffrey of Monmouth
B. the Gawain poet
C. the Beowulf poet
D. Chrétien de Troyes - Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?
A. Sir Thomas Malory
B. Geoffrey Chaucer
C. Caedmon
D. John Gower - Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?
A. Bede
B. Sir Thomas Malory
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Caedmon - Which of the following sixteenth-century works of English literature was translated into the English language after its first publication in Latin ?
A. Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
B. William Shakespeare’s King Lear
C. Thomas More’s The History of King Richard III
D. Thomas More’s Utopia - the first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem ?
A. Iliad
B. Odyssey
C. Beowulf
D. Canterbury Tales - Who is the father of English Literature ?
A. Roger Bacon
B. Robert Browning
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Cynewulf - “When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. … After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading…”?
A. Samson Occcum
B. John Winthrop
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. Mayflower Compact - During the period of which king did Chaucer fight in the English Army for the Hundred Years’ War between France and England ?
A. William I
B. Edward II
C. William II
D. Edward III - What does Chaucer write concerning the devastating effect of the Black Death upon English social, cultural, and economic life in “The Canterbury Tales” ?
A. Priests died in great numbers.
B. Rent prices increased because of the market boom.
C. The upper classes were burdened by their monopoly of scarce resources.
D. Chaucer wrote no direct descriptions.
