Deck 3: English History and Literature

Question 1

Jan Hus was a ……………priest ordained in 1401, who shared similar views with JohnWycliffe concerning the excesses of the medieval Catholic Church.

A)bohemian
B)france
C)genoa
D)london

Answer 1

bohemian

Question 2

Wars of the Roses, traditional name given to the intermittent struggle for the throne of Englandbetween the noble houses of York and ………………

A)lancaster
B)tudor
C)stuart
D)hannover

Answer 2

lancaster

Question 3

In………, Henry landed from France, defeated and killed Richard at Bosworth Field, and ascended the throne as Henry VII.

A)1485
B)1489
C)1495
D)1498

Answer 3

1485

Question 4

The Feudal System was introduced to England following the invasion and conquest of the country by …………………

A)william i
B)james iv
C)elizabeth
D)charles i

Question 5

The ………….. Was the war between the Christians and the Muslims?

A)renaissance
B)crusades
C)reformation
D)hundred year's war

Question 6

Henry VII was the founder of the ……………….dynasty.

A)stuarts
B)tudor
C)hanoverians
D)windsor

Question 7

Henry VIII was the ruler of the ……………….dynasty.

A)stuarts
B)tudor
C)windsor
D)plantagenet

Question 8

Elizabeth I was the daughter of ……………….

A)james i
B)henry viii
C)charles v
D)sir thomas more

Question 9

Who was the last ruler of the Tudor dynasty?

A)charles v
B)elizabeth i
C)henry viii
D)queen mary i

Question 10

Who is the author of the book 'England under Tudors and Stuarts?'

A)sir thomas more
B)robert raynes
C)john milton
D)william shakespeare

Question 11

_________learned the art of printing, and, after being in the service of Margaret Duchess ofBurgundy, an English princess, returned to England and set up his printing press at Westminster in1476.

A)sir thomas more
B)william caxton
C)john milton
D)guttenberg

Question 12

Who introduced the first printing press in England?

A)sir thomas more
B)william caxton
C)john milton
D)charles i

Question 13

Who was the second Tudor King?

A)queen mary i
B)henry viii
C)james i
D)charles i

Question 14

The Reformation in England under ………….was more of a political and personal movement.

A)henry viii
B)martin luther
C)queen mary i
D)charles i

Question 15

Who was awarded the title of Defender of the Faith by the Pope?

A)martin luther
B)sir thomas more
C)henry viii
D)charles i

Question 16

The Black Death was …….

A)a literary intellectual movement
B)a social movement.
C)the terrible plague bringing poverty and unrest.
D)a revolt against edward iii.

Question 17

King Richard II Succeeded to the Crown in ………

A)1377
B)1378
C)1379
D)1380

Question 18

Chaucer's The Remount of the Rose is

A)a ballad
B)a lengthy allegorical poem
C)a satire on society.
D)an ode on transition.

Question 19

Troilus and Criseyde is Chaucer's long poem adopted from …….

A)lazamon
B)dan michel
C)anonymous
D)boccaccio

Question 20

Chaucer's poem 'The House of Fame' is written in …….

A)lambic pentameter
B)octosyllabic couplet
C)free verse
D)blank verse

Question 21

Chaucer's first attempt in English to use the heroic couplet occurs in which of the followingpoems.

A)prologue to the canterbury tales
B)tale of melibeus
C)the legend of good women
D)the lack of steadfastness.

Question 22

The pilgrims in Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales go on a pilgrimage to the tomb of……..

A)st. john francis
B)st. nicholas
C)st. thomas a becket
D)st. joseph

Question 23

Chaucer virtually imported the decasyllabic lines in his poetry from ………

A)france
B)italy
C)greece
D)ireland

Question 24

Chaucerian seven-line stanza in English poetry is also known as …………

A)decasyllabic lines
B)octosyllabic lines
C)rime royale
D)heroic couplet

Question 25

The prevailing feature of Chaucer's humour is its ……

A)urbanity
B)crudity
C)triviality
D)sanctity