1. The period from 1066AD to 1500AD known as-
a) the old english period
b) the middle english period
c) the anglo saxon period
d) the victorian period
Answer: the middle english period
2. Which one of the following is the first long poem in english?
a) the Wanderer
b) Beowulf
c) the Seafarer
d) Dream of the Road
Answer: Beowulf
3. Who is the father of modern English poetry?
a) Cynewulf
b) Geoffrey Chaucer
c) Robert Browning
d) none of the above
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer
4. Who translated the Bible into English for the first time?
a) Nicolas Udall
b) John Wycliffe
c) Thomas Norton
d) Edmund Spenser
Answer: John Wycliffe
5. Firdausi was the poet of-
a) Persian
b) English
c) French
d) Italy
Answer: Persian
6. Who is called the father of English Prose?
a) Henry Fielding
b) William Shakespeare
c) William Wordsworth
d) John Wycliffe
Answer: John Wycliffe
7. Which English poet was a diplomat?
a) Geoffrey Chaucer
b) William Shakespeare
c) Edmund Sperser
d) Dante
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer
8. 'The Age of Chaucer' ranger from-
a) 1340-1385
b) 1240-1300
c) 1340-1400
d) 1340-1399
Answer: 1340-1400
9. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote-
a) Canterbury Tales
b) Piers Plowman
c) Morte d' Arthur
d) The Maid's Tragedy
Answer: Canterbury Tales
10. The first theater in England was established in -
a) 1556
b) 1566
c) 1576
d) 1586
Answer: 1576
11. Who is considered to be the father of English prose?
a) Francis Bacon
b) King Alfred the Great
c) Sir William Tyndale
d) Geoffrey Chaucer
Answer: King Alfred the Great
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12. Who translated 'The New Testament'?
a) Langland
b) John Wycliffe
c) Layaman
d) Touci
Answer: John Wycliffe
13. From which language does the word sonnet come?
a) German
b) English
c) Italian
d) French
Answer: Italian
14. Which s the oldest period in English Literature?
a) Anglo-Norman
b) Anglo-Saxon
c) Chaucer's period
d) Middle age
Answer: Anglo-Saxon
15. Who is the father of English sacred song?
a) Alfred the great
b) Caedmon
c) Bede
d) Cynewulf
Answer: Caedmon
16. Who was known as 'The Law of Governing'?
a) Alfred the great
b) Cynewolf
c) Caedmon
d) Venerable Bede
Answer: Alfred the great
17. Which age is the longest literary period?
a) Anglo Saxon
b) Anglo Norman
c) Renaissance
d) Victorian
Answer: Anglo Saxon
18. Who is the founder of English prose?
a) Caedmon
b) King Alfred the Great
c) Beowulf
d) John Wycliffe
Answer: King Alfred the Great
19. Who is known as the "first poet of English literature"?
a) Cynewulf
b) Caedmon
c) Venerable Bede
d) Alfred the great
Answer: Caedmon
20. Who wrote "Troilus and Criseyde??
a) William Shakespeare
b) Geoffry Chaucer
c) John Wycliffe
d) Francis Bacon
Answer: Geoffry Chaucer
