Deck 4: Medieval England: Wars, Revolts, and Literature

Question 1

The Hundred Years' War was originated in

A)the conquest of 1066.
B)the conquest of 1067.
C)the conquest of 1068.
D)the conquest of 1069

Answer 1

the conquest of 1066.

Question 2

The sole cause of the Hundred Years' War was ………

A)the commercial rivalry between france and england.
B)the commercial rivalry between france and italy.
C)the social rivalry between france and greece.
D)the cultural rivalry between england and ireland.

Answer 2

the commercial rivalry between france and england.

Question 3

The Statute of Labourers was enacted in English in ……..

A)1348
B)1349
C)1350
D)1351

Answer 3

1351

Question 4

The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 is also called ……….

A)tyler's rebellion
B)tyler's mutiny
C)tyler's strike
D)tyler's war

Question 5

The Peasants' Revolt was based on the theory of democracy and socialism of whose text………..

A)watt tyler
B)john cairne
C)king richard ii
D)king edward ii

Question 6

Who are called Lollards?

A)john tyler and his followers.
B)john wycliffe and his followers
C)jack straw and his followers.
D)john ball and his followers.

Question 7

Who superintended the first complete English translation of the Bible?

A)barbour
B)john gower
C)geoffrey chaucer
D)john wycliffe.

Question 8

Who is called the real originator of European Protestantism?

A)john wycliffe
B)john ball
C)william langland
D)watt tyler

Question 9

John Wycliffe is called………………

A)the morning star of reformation.
B)the morning star of resurrection.
C)the morning star of restoration.
D)the morning star of redemption.

Question 10

Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is a literary form of enclosing a number of tales within onenarrative is ……..

A)oriental in origin.
B)european in origin.
C)scandinavian in origin
D)latinic in origin.

Question 11

In Chaucer's The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims started a sixty-mile ride toCanterbury in the month of …….

A)march
B)april
C)may
D)june

Question 12

In Chaucer's The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, who amongst the following characterstold the first tale on their way to Canterbury………..

A)shipman
B)cook
C)knight
D)reeve

Question 13

The last tale told by Parson on the last day of pilgrimage in The Prologue to the CanterburyTales was a prose sermon on ………

A)penitence, with emphasis upon the seven sins.
B)a contemporaneous tale, exploding the impostures of alchemy
C)a fable of why the crow is black.
D)a tragic story of appius and virginia.

Question 14

Point out the kingdom ruled by Alfred, the Great

A)essex
B)kent
C)north umbria
D)wessex.

Question 15

who is known as Wessex darling.

A)henry 11
B)alfred the great
C)william the conqueror
D)james ii

Question 16

Name the document that mentions about the origin of feudalism:

A)magna carta
B)doomsday book
C)magnum concilium
D)curia regis

Question 17

The founder of the Tudor Monarchy was:

A)henry vii
B)henry viii
C)edward vii
D)james i

Question 18

The leader of the Reformation Movement in Scotland was:

A)john calvin
B)john knox
C)henry viii
D)martin luther.

Question 19

Who occupied the bottom section of feudal Hierarchy.?

A)villains
B)serf
C)knight
D)bailiff

Question 20

The aim of Doom's Day Book was

A)to destroy the power of barons
B)to increase the revenue of the barons
C)to strengthen the serfs
D)to prepare a historical account

Question 21

who is the author of the book "ConfessioAmantis"

A)chaucer
B)john gower
C)william langland
D)shakespeare

Question 22

who among the following questioned the value of indulgence and pilgrimage, promote use of vernacular languages and attack clerical corruption.

A)william langland
B)thomas more
C)chaucer
D)dante

Question 23

who among the following is called as "The Maid of Orleans" .

A)anne boleyn
B)catherin
C)queen elizabeth
D)joan of arc