Qarshi davlat universiteti xorijiy tillar fakulteti ingliz tili va adabiyoti kafedrasi

 
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1.
What can you tell about Britons and their language? 
2.
When was Britain conquered by Rome and what was its result? 
3.
Why did Angles, Saxons and Jutes fight with one another? 
4.
What can you tell about “scribes”? 
i.
Why is the Anglo-Saxon poem “Beowulf” called 
the foundation-stone of all British poetry? 
5.
Name the main heroes of the poem “Beowulf”. 
6.
Characterize Beowulf. 
7.
Why did Wiglaf put the blame for Beowulf’s death on cowardly earls? 
8.
What is the merit of the poem? 
9.
Does the poem “Beowulf” remind you of any Russian or Uzbek epic poems? 
 
Multiple Choice Questions
. "Middle Ages" in Western Europe includes the period
A) the beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th centuries
B) the end of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period
C) the beginning of Byzantine through the end of the Roman Empire
D) AD 300 - AD 1600
2. The opening scene of Beowulf describes
A) the defeat of the monster Grendel
B) the death of Beowulf
C) the arrival of ScyldScefing in Denmark
D) the birth of Beowulf
3. Charlemagne was crowned Roman Emperor
A) in the year 800
B) at Aachen, in Germany
C) because he defeated the pope in Rome
D) at Aix-la-Chapelle on December 25
4. Abu al-Abbas became well known in the court of Charlemagne as a
A) distinguished diplomat from the Islamic world
B) beloved pet from an Indian king.
C) gift from the Abbasid court.
D) Muslim enemy of the king.
5. Historians use the term 
middle ages
to refer to
A) the fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500.
B) the era from about 500 to 1500 CE, the medieval era of European history.
C) the crisis of Western Europe.
D) the time between the fall of Rome and the emergence of Christianity.
6. One reason for the Franks' rapid rise in Western Europe had to do with Clovis's 
A) conversion to Roman Christianity.
B) conversion to Arian Christianity.
C) alliance with the Islamic world.
D) defeat of the Muslims at the Battle of Tours.
7. Which of the following was one thing done by Charlemagne?
A) He built an impressive, if relatively short-lived, empire in Western Europe.
B) He rejected coronation by the pope.
C) He established a large bureaucracy to rule his empire.

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D) He wrote an important book on the art of statecraft.
8. The Carolingian Empire dissolved because
A) Charlemagne's descendants were politically weak and disunited.
B) Vikings began raiding northern France.
C) Charlemagne's grandsons divided the empire into three parts.
D) all of the above.
9. According to Gregory of Tours, which of the following was true of Clovis's conversion?
A) He was forced to convert by the bishops.
B) He began to consider conversion when his army was defeated by the Christian 
Alamanni.
C) He forced his army to be baptized after he was.
D) His conversion had much to do with the influence of his wife, the queen Clotilda.
10. In England, ninth-century Scandinavian invasions
A) promoted various small kingdoms to merge into a larger realm.
B) led to disintegration of a large realm into smaller kingdoms.
C) gave way to colonization by the Vikings.
D) brought down the Anglo-Saxon alliance.
11. The term 
feudalism
A) means feuds between aristocratic families that had become a social norm.
B) means a political and social order that was highly centralized.
C) means the king's power being completely overthrown by the local lords. 
D) is a term that has fallen out of favor among historians.
12. Serfs were
A) semifree individuals who owed obligations to the lord whose lands they cultivated.
B) servants of the lord, who provided the lord with domestic and military services.
C) agricultural slaves who had no rights on the lord's manor.
D) free peasants who could sell their land and move at will.
13. The rights of serfs included
A) the right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs.
B) the right to move from one manor to another.
C) the right to marry whomever they wanted to marry.
D) the right to make a profit off of their land.
14. In the early Middle Ages, the economic activity of Western Europe was
A) efficient and fast.
B) predominantly agricultural.
C) commercial and urban.
D) based on long-distance trade.
15. In the early Middle Ages, Clovis ruled
A) the Saxons.
B) theOstrogoths.
C) theVisogoths 
D) the Franks.
16. The Battle of Tours in 732 was significant because

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A)Charles Martel became King of France.
B) Muslims gained control of Spain.
C) it stopped the Muslim advance into Europe.
D) Charlemagne converted many Muslims to Christianity.
17. Charlemagne's empire included
A) Spain, Italy and France.
B) large parts of the Western Roman Empire.
C) most of the eastern and western Roman Empire.
D) Britain, France and Italy.
18. Charlemagne encouraged unity in his empire by
A) supporting Christian missionaries.
B) choosing his eldest son as his heir.
C) making Rome his capital.
D) introducing the feudal system.
19. Following the death of Charlemagne, Europe was invaded by
A) Vikings, Magyars and Huns.
B) Moslems, Vikings and Magyars.
C) Huns, Moslems and Vikings.
D) Magyars, Huns and Moslems.
20. All of the following were obligations of the serfs EXCEPT 
A) paying rent on the land they farmed.
B) repairing the lord's castle.
C) providing 40 days of military service.
D) working on the lord's 
desmesne
.
21. Feudalism became a complex system because
A) feudal kings had absolute power.
B) vassals often owed loyalty to more than one lord.
C) knights did not contribute to their lord's ransom.
D) the church supported the serfs.
22. Some of the finest examples of medieval architecture can be seen in
A) cathedrals. 
B) castles. 
C) homes of townspeople. 
D) universities.
23. What led to the demise of Louis the Pious’ empire?
A) Was not tough enough with his foreign policy
B) he died leaving a power vacuum
C) could not keep loyalty of warrior aristocracy
D) the Muslims invaded and conquered
24. Serfdom in the 800’s
A) held up to 60% of the population
B) had not yet started
C) want not widely spread
D) held up to 40% of the population
25. The defeat of the Muslims that stopped their invasions happened at
A) Battle of Vouille 

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B) Battle at Lechfeld 
C) Battle of Fontenoy 
D) Battle of Verdun
26. Chivalry
A) the code by which young men lived
B) the code by which a Christian Family lived
C) the code Charlemagne implemented
D) the code by which knights lived
27. Who, with the Pope’s help changed the Merovingian Dynasty to the Carolingian Dynasty 
A) Charlemagne
B) Pippin III
C) Clovis
D) Pippin II
28. The Carolingian Renaissance brought all except
A) a new Christian culture
B) classical interest spread
C) new art forms
D) improved literacy
29. Saint Boniface helped shape the German church by
A) writing
The Rule of Saint Benedict 
B) writing the epic
 Beowulf 
C) preaching against divorce, incest, and polygamy
D) preaching against the importance of monasteries