Literary Background Origins to End of Middle Ages

Question 1

Chaucer travelled to which two countries that eventually helped him to write The Canterbury Tales?

Accepted Answer

France and Italy

Question 2

The main functions of a refrain are to emphasis concepts, make the poem memorable, and easier to understand.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Many ballads focus on the deeds of the protagonists of famous romances such as

Accepted Answer

Robin Hood

Question 4

Chaucer was born in _______ in 1340 .

Accepted Answer

London

Question 5

Each of the Miracle play cycles contained a number of plays centred around vices and virtues.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

King Alfred is considered the father of English Literature.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Pageants are ________.

Accepted Answer

carriages used as stages on wheels

Question 8

Everyman is a play full of ________ and ___________.

Accepted Answer

allegories and personifications

Question 9

Between the 13th and 14th centuries plays started to be performed ______________.

Accepted Answer

outside of church

Question 10

The 'Wakefield Master' is the author of __________.

Accepted Answer

Secunda Pastorum

Question 11

What happens to the link with religious matters in morality plays?

Accepted Answer

it was replaced by representations of vices, virtues and moral tones

Question 12

The earliest example of an Anglo-Saxon (Old English) poem is _______.

Accepted Answer

Caedmon's Hymn

Question 13

What is most true about romances?

Accepted Answer

Romances used to be accompanied by music performed by travelling minstrels

Question 14

Morality plays started to appear in the 13th and 14th century.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

The literary genre of Romance was born in France.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Much of early Anglo-Saxon poetry was centred on __________ themes.

Accepted Answer

Bravery

Question 17

In 1066 after the Norman Conquest, English became the main language for culture in England again.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

What stories does the 'Matter of Britain' contain?

Accepted Answer

The stories of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table

Question 19

Geoffrey Chaucer is the author of the collections of stories named _________

Accepted Answer

The Canterbury Tales

Question 20

King Alfred was an author himself: he personally ____________.

Accepted Answer

Translated some Latin works

Questions 20