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1. The…………………….brought with
them from the
Continent to England the
basic simple beginnings of poetry
a)
Celts
b)
Romans
c)
Anglo-Saxons
d)
Normans
2. In “Beowulf”, the dragon that attacks
Geats was woken by…………………….
a)
Wiglaf, the warrior of Beowulf
b)
a thief stealing a goblet
a)
King Hygelac
b)
Beowulf
3. Christianity spread to British Isles by
…………………….
a)
William the Conqueror
b)
Venerable Bede
c)
the Irish missionaries
d)
the Anglo-Saxons
4. Beowulf is a poem
of………………….lines
a)
2408
b)
3183
c)
557
d)
1604
5. f.u.th.a.r.k. is …………………….
a)
a work written in runic alphabet
b)
the Old English runic alphabet
c)
a fragment from the Franks Casket
d)
an Old English
poem written on a stone
6. Chaucer's poetry falls into three periods:
a)
1.French 2. Latin. 3. English
b)
1. Latin. 2. French. 3. English.
c)
1. English. 2. French. 3. Italian.
d)
1.French 2. Italian. 3. English
7. Printing was introduced to England by
…………………….
a)
William Caxton in 1476
b)
Sir Thomas Malory in 1467
c)
Geoffrey Chaucer in 1372
d)
Duchess of Burgundy in 1470
8. The sonnet was the most popular lyric
form of …………………….
a)
Middle Age Period
b)
the Period of Romanticism
c)
the Renaissance Period
d)
the Restoration Period
9. The most important product of
Shakespeare’s first period of dramatic career
is…………………….
a)
Macbeth
b)
Julius Caesar
c)
Richard III
d)
Henry IV
10. William Wordsworth
is a representative
of
a)
Middle Age Period
b)
the Renaissance Period
c)
the Restoration Period
d)
the Period of Romanticism
11. The main representative poet of
Puritanism of the Renaissance Period
was………………….., as his works were
mainly related to theology.
a)
Francis Bacon
b)
John
Milton
c)
William Shakespeare
d)
Christopher Marlowe
12. The Restoration period is thoroughly
represented and
summed up in the works of
a single man:……………………..
a)
Daniel Defoe
b)
John Dryden
c)
Sir Thomas More
d)
Alexander Pope
13.“The Canterbury Tales” is
………………………….
a)
a collection of disconnected stories
b)
a heroic story
c)
an English tale
d)
set of historical stories about
Canterbury
14. The first full translation of Bible into
English was done by…………………….
a)
John Gower
b)
John Wiclif
c)
Venerable Bede
d)
John Purvey
15. The literature of the Period of
Romanticism is highly influenced
by…………………
a)
the new inventions
b) the success of French Revolution
c)
Christianity
d)
the Eastern literature
16. The Norman-French Period lasts from
…………..to…………………..
a)
1066 / about 1200
b)
1066 / about 1350
c)
7
th
century/ 14
th
century
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d)
1066 / 1476
17. The most enduring literary work of
………………… was the inspiration and
possibly partial authorship of the “Anglo-
Saxon Chronicle”
a)
King Alfred
b)
Venerable Bede
c)
Cynewulf
d)
Caedmon
18. The first poet in English literature who
introduced woman characters
in his works was …………………
a)
Geoffrey Chaucer
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
Cynewulf
d)
John Wiclif
19. The first Christian writer, who toward
the end of the seventh century paraphrased
in Anglo-Saxon verse some portions of the
Bible was …………………..
a)
Cynewulf
b)
Venerable Bede
c)
Caedmon
d)
Pope Gregory the Great
20. “The Ecclesiastical History of English
Race” is written by ……………………..
a)
King Alfred
b)
an
anonymous author
c)
Venerable Bede
d)
Robert Green
21. Alexander Pope, Richard Steele, Oliver
Goldsmith were the representatives
of…………….
a)
the Period of Enlightenment
b)
the Renaissance Period
c)
the Period of Romanticism
d)
the Middle English Literature
22. Which event does not belong to the
Middle Age literature?
a)
the union of three languages: Old
English, Latin, and French
b)
the
beginning of modern English
literature
c)
the first full translation of Bible into
English
d)
the appearance of “Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle”
23.
Oxford and Cambridge Universities
were founded in………………………
a)
the Norman Period
b)
the Elizabethan Period
c)
the Victorian Period
d)
the Period of King Alfred’s Reign
24. The chief form of Secular literature of
Middle Age Period was……………….
a)
the tale
b)
the saga
c)
the legend
d)
the romance
25. In the ………century London became
the residence of Norman Kings
a)
11
th
b)
12
th
c)
13
th
d)
14
th
26. The ……………
period of
Shakespeare’s dramatic career, extending
from about 1601 to about 1609, also
includes “Macbeth”
a)
first
b)
second
c)
third
27. The first English playhouse was called
…………..
a)
the Globe Theatre
b)
the Theatre
c)
the Stage
d)
the Royal Theatre
28. ………………………was not only the
great poet of the English literature of XVII
century, but also the
inventor
of the
inductive method of observation and
reasoning.
a)
John Milton
b)
Francis Bacon
c)
Thomas More
d)
Edmund Spencer
29. The last work of Daniel Defoe
was……………
a)
“The complete English gentleman”
b)
“The life and adventures of
Robinson Crusoe”
c)
“The life of captain Singleton”
d)
“The Fortunes and Misfortunes of
the Famous Moll Flanders”
30. …………………………… , one of the
outstanding representatives of the
Renaissance period English literature, was a
powerful adviser to King Henry VIII , but he
opposed the King's
divorce and for this the
King put him in prison and ordered his head
to be cut off.
a)
Sir Thomas Wyatt
b)
Francis Bacon
