English Lecturer 100 Mcqs Set-3 Page 2

English Lecturer Test 100 Important Mcqs Set-3

21- Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is written in:

A. Latin

B. Middle English

C. French

D. Old English

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Answer : B. Middle English

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22- Pilgrims in Canterbury Tales were going to:

A. Rome

B. Oxford

C. Jerusalem

D. Canterbury Cathedral

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Answer : D. Canterbury Cathedral

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23- Chaucer served as:

A. King

B. Priest

C. Civil servant

D. Soldier

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Answer : C. Civil servant

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24- “The Wife of Bath” is a:

A. Nun

B. Queen

C. Merchant

D. Pilgrim character

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Answer : D. Pilgrim character

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25- Chaucer’s burial place is:

A. Westminster Abbey

B. Canterbury

C. Oxford

D. London Tower

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Answer : A. Westminster Abbey

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26- “Piers Plowman” was written by:

A. Langland

B. Chaucer

C. Gower

D. Spenser

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Answer : A. Langland

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27- “Ancrene Wisse” is for:

A. Kings

B. Merchants

C. Religious women

D. Knights

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Answer : C. Religious women

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28- The Gawain poet is associated with:

A. Hamlet

B. Beowulf

C. Faerie Queene

D. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Answer : D. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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29- Medieval morality plays mainly teach:

A. Science

B. Religious morals

C. Comedy

D. Politics

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Answer : B. Religious morals

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30- “Everyman” is a:

A. Epic

B. Morality play

C. Novel

D. Sonnet

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Answer : B. Morality play

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31- Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote:

A. Hamlet

B. History of Kings of Britain

C. Canterbury Tales

D. Paradise Lost

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Answer : B. History of Kings of Britain

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32- “Paston Letters” are:

A. Poems

B. Family correspondence

C. Essays

D. Plays

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Answer : B. Family correspondence

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33- First printed English Bible translator was:

A. Wycliffe

B. Milton

C. Chaucer

D. Bacon

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Answer : A. Wycliffe

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34- “Mystery plays” were performed by:

A. Kings

B. Guilds

C. Universities

D. Priests only

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Answer : B. Guilds

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35- The Black Death occurred in:

A. 1200

B. 1348

C. 1450

D. 1600

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Answer : B. 1348

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36- Hundred Years’ War lasted:

A. 1200–1300

B. 1300–1400

C. 1337–1453

D. 1400–1500

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Answer : C. 1337–1453

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37- Feudal system was based on:

A. Trade

B. Industry

C. Science

D. Land ownership

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Answer : D. Land ownership

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38- Norman French influenced:

A. Arabic

B. English vocabulary

C. Latin grammar

D. Greek poetry

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Answer : B. English vocabulary

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39- Medieval literature was mostly:

A. Secular

B. Religious

C. Scientific

D. Romantic

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Answer : B. Religious

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40- The primary language of educated medieval Europe was:

A. Latin

B. French

C. German

D. English

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Answer : A. Latin

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