A. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.
B. The common people were still essentially pagan.
C. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic
D. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.
Related Mcqs:
- Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury ?
A. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.
B. The common people were still essentially pagan.
C. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic.
D. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners. - Near the end of “Samson Agonistes,” Samson has decided not to perform for attendants at a certain event when (starting with line 1381) he suddenly reverses positions and agrees to go. Why does he do this ?
A. He experiences some “rousing motions” which might be from God.
B. Manoa convinces him to do it or the Philistines will execute Samson.
C. The Chorus demands he stay in his prison cell and Samson reacts against them.
D. He wishes to see Dalila one last time in the crowd. - Fill in the blank. Martin Luther nailed his _____________ to a church door in Wittenberg, accusing the Roman Catholic Church of heresy upon heresy?
A. Paradise Lost
B. 95 Theses
C. The Bible
D. Piers Plowman - What Renaissance text uses martyrology as a device to historicize the conflict between the true Church and the false Church in England ?
A. “Euphues”
B. “Paradise Lost”
C. “Paradise Regained”
D. “Acts and Monuments” - The battle between God’s army and Satan’s rebels in heaven lasted ?
A. One day
B. Three days
C. Seven days
D. One hour - In Books I-II, the rebels of Satan build the Pandemonium. What is it ?
A. The forbidden fruit
B. The capital of Heaven
C. A beautiful garden
D. The capital of Hell - Which of the following statements about The Canterbury Tales is true ?
A. The Wife of Bath, The Clerk, Sir Gawain and The Franklin are characters and tale-tellers in this work.
B. “The General Prologue’ is appended to The Canterbury Tales.
C. In all, Chaucer tells thirty tales in this work.
D. The Canterbury Tales remained unfinished at the time of its author’s death. - When did Geoffrey Chaucer start working on The Canterbury Tales ?
A. Early 1370s
B. In 1364
C. Early 1380s
D. In 1376 - Who wrote Canterbury Tales ?
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Dick Whittington
C. Thomas Lancaster
D. King Richard II - Which of the following characters from “The Canterbury Tales” might represent the rising middle class of the 14th century ?
A. The merchant
B. The knight
C. The prioress
D. The plowman
