TNTRB ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ENGLISH MCQS - UNIT II
BRITISH LITERATURE
MIDDLE ENGLISH MCQs
SECTION A
— LANGUAGE, HISTORY, DIALECTS (Q1–Q40)
1. The Middle English period begins in the year—
A) 500
B) 1066
C) 1200
D) 1500
Answer: B
Explanation: Norman Conquest marks beginning of Middle English.
2. Who defeated King Harold at the Battle of
Hastings?
A) Henry II
B) William the Conqueror
C) Richard I
D) Edward I
Answer: B
Explanation: William, Duke of Normandy, won the battle.
3. Which language became the language of the court
after 1066?
A) English
B) Latin
C) French
D) German
Answer: C
Explanation: Norman French dominated aristocracy.
4. The Statute of Pleadings (1362) made which
language official in law courts?
A) French
B) Latin
C) English
D) Dutch
Answer: C
5. Which king delivered the first English
coronation speech?
A) Henry II
B) Henry IV
C) Richard II
D) Henry V
Answer: B
6. The Black Death occurred in—
A) 1066
B) 1204
C) 1348
D) 1455
Answer: C
7. The Hundred Years’ War was between England and—
A) Spain
B) Germany
C) France
D) Denmark
Answer: C
8. Which dialect became the foundation of Modern
English?
A) Northern
B) Southern
C) East Midland
D) Kentish
Answer: C
9. "They sings" is a feature of which
dialect?
A) Northern
B) Kentish
C) Southern
D) East Midland
Answer: A
10. “Scho” (she) belonged to which dialect?
A) Northern
B) Southern
C) West Midlands
D) Kentish
Answer: A
11. The Alliterative Revival mainly used which
dialect?
A) East Midland
B) Northern
C) West Midlands
D) Kentish
Answer: C
12. “Housen” (houses) indicates which dialect?
A) Southern
B) Northern
C) West Midlands
D) East Midlands
Answer: A
13. Caxton introduced the printing press in—
A) 1362
B) 1381
C) 1476
D) 1500
Answer: C
14. Modern English spelling began stabilizing
after—
A) Wycliffe
B) Malory
C) Caxton
D) Gower
Answer: C
15. Which letter disappeared in Middle English?
A) R
B) Þ (thorn)
C) S
D) T
Answer: B
16. "Knight" was pronounced in Middle
English as—
A) night
B) knit
C) k-nicht
D) nici
Answer: C
17. The Norman Conquest led to major borrowing
from—
A) Scandinavian
B) Latin
C) French
D) Celtic
Answer: C
18. Which is NOT a French borrowing?
A) Beef
B) Beauty
C) Prison
D) Bread
Answer: D
19. Middle English was—
A) Highly inflected
B) Free of inflections
C) Losing inflections
D) Inventing new inflections
Answer: C
20. Chaucer wrote in which dialect?
A) Northern
B) Southern
C) East Midlands
D) Kentish
Answer: C
21. Which word shows Scandinavian influence?
A) Sky
B) Chaucer
C) Noble
D) Courage
Answer: A
22. “Þæt” became “that” in Middle English due to—
A) Alliteration
B) French scribal change
C) Grammar simplification
D) Vowel shift
Answer: B
23. “Night” originally contained which sound?
A) silent-gh
B) guttural-gh
C) soft-gh
D) nasal-gh
Answer: B
24. Middle English vowels were pronounced like—
A) French
B) Modern English
C) Italian
D) Russian
Answer: C
25. “Gentilesse” in Middle English means—
A) nobility of birth
B) noble character and virtue
C) gentleness only
D) generosity only
Answer: B
26. The word “romance” entered English from—
A) German
B) Dutch
C) French
D) Norse
Answer: C
27. Alliterative poetry belongs to—
A) French influence
B) Native English tradition
C) Latin tradition
D) Celtic tradition
Answer: B
28. Standard English emerged strongest after—
A) Church reforms
B) Chaucer’s fame
C) Caxton’s printing press
D) Norman invasion
Answer: C
29. "Ayenbite of Inwyt" is written in
which dialect?
A) East Midlands
B) Kentish
C) Northern
D) West Midlands
Answer: B
30. The main cause of grammatical simplification
was—
A) printing press
B) loss of inflections
C) Viking invasion
D) migration
Answer: B
31. A feature of Southern Middle English is—
A) -s plural verbs
B) “heo” for “she”
C) “a” for “I”
D) guttural r
Answer: B
32. Middle English used which spelling for “queen”?
A) met
B) cwene
C) quene
D) kvene
Answer: C
33. Who wrote in the most conservative English
dialect?
A) Chaucer
B) Langland
C) Anonymous Kentish writers
D) Gower
Answer: C
34. “They, their, them” came from—
A) French
B) Norwegian/Norse
C) Latin
D) Celtic
Answer: B
35. Which pair represents double vocabulary?
A) sky/egg
B) beef/cow
C) brother/sister
D) love/heart
Answer: B
36. Middle English pronunciation of “love” was—
A) luu-v
B) loov
C) luv
D) lov-eh
Answer: D
37. “Harrowing of Hell” appears in—
A) Chaucer
B) Ballads
C) Langland
D) Malory
Answer: C
38. The linguistic unification of England began in—
A) Kent
B) London
C) York
D) Bristol
Answer: B
39. "Fellowship” is a borrowing from—
A) Latin
B) English
C) Norse
D) French
Answer: D
40. Middle English is best described as—
A) Pure Germanic
B) Pure Romance
C) Mixed Germanic-Romance
D) Greek-Latin mixture
Answer: C
SECTION B — AUTHORS &
WORKS (Q41–Q100)
41. Who is called the “Father of English Poetry”?
A) Langland
B) Chaucer
C) Gower
D) Malory
Answer: B
42. Which work is Chaucer’s masterpiece?
A) Pearl
B) Piers Plowman
C) Canterbury Tales
D) Confessio Amantis
Answer: C
43. “A pilgrimage to Canterbury” is the framework
of—
A) Piers Plowman
B) Book of the Duchess
C) Canterbury Tales
D) Troilus & Criseyde
Answer: C
44. Who is the moral center of Canterbury Tales?
A) Pardoner
B) Wife of Bath
C) Ploughman
D) Summoner
Answer: C
45. Piers Plowman is primarily—
A) a romance
B) an allegory
C) a fabliau
D) a miracle play
Answer: B
46. “Will” is the narrator of—
A) Canterbury Tales
B) Confessio Amantis
C) Piers Plowman
D) Pearl
Answer: C
47. Lady Mede represents—
A) charity
B) bribery
C) chastity
D) truth
Answer: B
48. The poem Pearl is a—
A) satire
B) dream vision
C) fabliau
D) miracle play
Answer: B
49. The Pearl Poet wrote—
A) Pearl
B) Cleanness
C) Patience
D) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Answer: D, A, B
(Three of the four works belong to the Pearl Poet.)
50. Sir Gawain belongs to which tradition?
A) Fabliau
B) Romance
C) Epic
D) Sermon
Answer: B
51. The hero Gawain undergoes a test of—
A) strength
B) wealth
C) honor
D) nobility of birth
Answer: C
52. The Green Knight’s challenge is part of the—
A) marriage plot
B) beheading game
C) biblical allusion
D) animal allegory
Answer: B
53. Sir Gawain stanza ends with—
A) heroic couplets
B) rhyme royal
C) bob and wheel
D) villanelle
Answer: C
54. The most psychological Middle English love
story is—
A) The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
B) Troilus & Criseyde
C) Piers Plowman
D) Gawain
Answer: B
55. Troilus loved—
A) Emelye
B) Guinevere
C) Criseyde
D) Margery
Answer: C
56. “Rhyme royal” was introduced by—
A) Malory
B) Langland
C) Chaucer
D) Gower
Answer: C
57. Rhyme royal has—
A) 5 lines
B) 7 lines
C) 10 lines
D) 12 lines
Answer: B
58. Confessio Amantis is a—
A) political satire
B) lover’s confession
C) drama
D) romance
Answer: B
59. The Confessio Amantis is written by—
A) Chaucer
B) Pearl Poet
C) Gower
D) Langland
Answer: C
60. The longest tale in Confessio Amantis
is—
A) Constance
B) Apollonius of Tyre
C) Medea
D) Rosamond
Answer: B
61. “The first English autobiographer” is—
A) Chaucer
B) Malory
C) Margery Kempe
D) Julian of Norwich
Answer: C
62. The Book of Margery Kempe includes—
A) travel
B) visions
C) prayer
D) all of the above
Answer: D
63. Who wrote the first book in English by a woman?
A) Margery Kempe
B) Julian of Norwich
C) Christine de Pisan
D) Pearl Poet
Answer: B
64. “All shall be well” appears in—
A) Gower
B) Langland
C) Julian of Norwich
D) Chaucer
Answer: C
65. Le Morte d’Arthur was written by—
A) Tennyson
B) Malory
C) Gower
D) Chaucer
Answer: B
66. Le Morte d’Arthur unifies—
A) Greek myths
B) Norse myths
C) Celtic Arthurian legends
D) Roman legends
Answer: C
67. Lancelot’s love is for—
A) Isolde
B) Guinevere
C) Elaine
D) Lynette
Answer: B
68. Arthur’s final battle is at—
A) Badon Hill
B) Camlann
C) Tintagel
D) Avalon
Answer: B
69. Arthur is taken to—
A) Athens
B) Jerusalem
C) Avalon
D) Rome
Answer: C
70. Chaucer’s first major work is—
A) House of Fame
B) Book of the Duchess
C) Parliament of Fowls
D) Legend of Good Women
Answer: B
71. The Pardoner’s Tale teaches that—
A) money is good
B) charity is weakness
C) greed is deadly
D) sin is justified
Answer: C
72. The Wife of Bath tells a tale about—
A) a knight tested
B) corruption
C) a moral fable
D) animals
Answer: A
73. Her Prologue discusses—
A) politics
B) travel
C) marriage experience
D) farming
Answer: C
74. Chaucer describes himself as a—
A) Physician
B) Clerk
C) Pilgrim narrator
D) Squire
Answer: C
75. The Knight’s Tale is based on—
A) French romance
B) Boccaccio
C) Celtic myth
D) Latin satire
Answer: B
76. Langland’s poem attacks—
A) royalty
B) peasants
C) clergy corruption
D) merchants
Answer: C
77. Lady Mede symbolizes—
A) charity
B) bribery
C) labour
D) holiness
Answer: B
78. The Harrowing of Hell scene appears in—
A) Chaucer
B) Gower
C) Langland
D) Malory
Answer: C
79. The Dreamer in Pearl meets—
A) Christ
B) his daughter
C) wife
D) angel
Answer: B
80. Pearl ends with—
A) union
B) despair
C) acceptance
D) marriage
Answer: C
81. Gawain breaks his oath by keeping—
A) a ring
B) a map
C) a girdle
D) a sword
Answer: C
82. The Green Knight is actually—
A) Merlin
B) Bertilak
C) Arthur
D) Gawain
Answer: B
83. Major theme of Gawain is—
A) beauty
B) knowledge
C) chivalry
D) commerce
Answer: C
84. “Bob and wheel” is found in—
A) Piers Plowman
B) Sir Gawain
C) Pearl
D) Troilus
Answer: B
85. Book of the Duchess is an elegy on the
death of—
A) Alice Chaucer
B) Queen Anne
C) John of Gaunt’s wife
D) Isabella
Answer: C
86. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale is a—
A) romance
B) beast fable
C) dream vision
D) history
Answer: B
87. Chanticleer is a—
A) knight
B) merchant
C) rooster
D) dog
Answer: C
88. The Summoner is described as—
A) noble
B) saintly
C) corrupt
D) wise
Answer: C
89. The Prioress speaks—
A) Latin
B) French
C) Dutch
D) German
Answer: B
90. The Ploughman represents—
A) nobility
B) clergy
C) poor but honest man
D) criminal class
Answer: C
91. Which is an example of a fabliau?
A) Miller’s Tale
B) Knight’s Tale
C) Parson’s Tale
D) Prioress’s Tale
Answer: A
92. The Parson’s Tale is—
A) comic
B) doctrinal
C) romantic
D) tragic
Answer: B
93. “Trouthe, Honour, Fredom, and Curteisye”
describe—
A) Wife of Bath
B) Knight
C) Pardoner
D) Miller
Answer: B
94. Geoffroi de Charny influenced—
A) romances
B) fabliaux
C) mystery plays
D) allegory
Answer: A
95. The Canterbury Tales are—
A) complete
B) left unfinished
C) rewritten
D) destroyed
Answer: B
96. The Host’s real name is—
A) Harry Bailly
B) John Carpenter
C) William Caxton
D) Robert Mannyng
Answer: A
97. “Radix malorum est cupiditas” appears in—
A) Pardoner’s Tale
B) Wife of Bath
C) Knight’s Tale
D) Miller’s Tale
Answer: A
98. The Knight’s Tale uses—
A) prose
B) rhyme royal
C) heroic couplets
D) blank verse
Answer: C
99. Troilus & Criseyde uses—
A) rhyme royal
B) ballad stanza
C) alliterative lines
D) free verse
Answer: A
100. Malory’s style is best described as—
A) ornate verse
B) alliterative
C) prose narrative
D) irony
Answer: C
SECTION C — GENRES, FORMS,
DEVICES, DRAMA (Q101–Q150)
101. The Alliterative Revival occurred in—
A) 12th century
B) 13th century
C) 14th century
D) 15th century
Answer: C
102. Alliterative verse uses—
A) end rhyme
B) internal rhyme
C) repetition of consonant sounds
D) musical refrains
Answer: C
103. Alliterative lines are divided by—
A) semicolon
B) caesura
C) hyphen
D) apostrophe
Answer: B
104. “Bob and wheel” appears in—
A) fabliaux
B) miracle plays
C) alliterative poems
D) ballads
Answer: C
105. A fabliau typically features—
A) noble knights
B) hypocritical clergy
C) animals as characters
D) allegorical figures
Answer: B
106. A short humorous verse genre popular in French
tradition—
A) fabliau
B) lai
C) villanelle
D) epic
Answer: A
107. Breton lais include—
A) animals
B) saints
C) fairies and magic
D) political satire
Answer: C
108. A dream vision features—
A) dreamer receiving divine message
B) political allegory
C) a knight’s quest
D) courtroom drama
Answer: A
109. Book of the Duchess is a—
A) romance
B) elegiac dream vision
C) sermon
D) fabliau
Answer: B
110. Pearl is structured as—
A) heroic couplets
B) rhyme royal
C) stanzaic alliterative poem
D) complex stanza cycles
Answer: D
111. A romance focuses on—
A) saints’ lives
B) chivalry and adventure
C) political conflicts
D) everyday realism
Answer: B
112. Arthurian romances originated from—
A) Greek
B) French
C) Celtic
D) Spanish
Answer: C
113. Beast fables feature—
A) gods
B) angels
C) animals with human traits
D) peasants
Answer: C
114. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale is modeled on—
A) Aesop
B) Ovid
C) Boccaccio
D) Homer
Answer: A
115. A morality play personifies—
A) kings
B) virtues and vices
C) merchants
D) stars
Answer: B
116. Example of a morality play—
A) Dr. Faustus
B) Everyman
C) Noah Play
D) Gawain
Answer: B
117. Mystery plays dramatize—
A) Arthurian tales
B) Bible stories
C) Roman myths
D) Comedy
Answer: B
118. Miracle plays dramatize—
A) saints’ miracles
B) animal tales
C) war stories
D) Greek tragedies
Answer: A
119. The York Cycle belongs to—
A) mystery plays
B) fabliaux
C) romances
D) ballads
Answer: A
120. Guilds were responsible for—
A) poetry
B) royal taxes
C) staging mystery plays
D) universities
Answer: C
121. Everyman teaches the importance of—
A) wealth
B) power
C) good deeds
D) beauty
Answer: C
122. Interludes are—
A) long plays
B) short comic pieces
C) religious epics
D) romances
Answer: B
123. “Tail-rhyme stanza” appears in—
A) romances
B) sermons
C) fabliaux
D) elegies
Answer: A
124. Ballad stanza uses—
A) abcb
B) aabbcc
C) ababbcc
D) abcdabcd
Answer: A
125. Ballads originated in which region?
A) London
B) Southern England
C) Northern England
D) Kent
Answer: C
126. Ballads are mostly—
A) humorous
B) tragic
C) lyrical
D) political
Answer: B
127. A common motif in ballads is—
A) nature description
B) animal symbolism
C) revenge or tragedy
D) moral allegory
Answer: C
128. Barbara Allen is a—
A) romance
B) miracle play
C) ballad
D) fabliau
Answer: C
129. Sir Orfeo combines romance with—
A) Greek myth
B) Norse gods
C) Roman satire
D) Biblical tales
Answer: A
130. Havelok the Dane is primarily—
A) historical romance
B) fabliau
C) animal fable
D) lyric poem
Answer: A
131. “Gentilesse” was important in which genre?
A) drama
B) romance
C) fabliau
D) ballad
Answer: B
132. “Courtly love” originated from—
A) Italian epic
B) Germanic warrior code
C) French aristocratic culture
D) Celtic folklore
Answer: C
133. In courtly love, the lover is usually—
A) equal to the lady
B) lower in rank
C) her brother
D) her father
Answer: B
134. Middle English lyrics are mostly about—
A) politics
B) religion and love
C) commerce
D) warfare
Answer: B
135. "Sumer is icumen in" is a—
A) ballad
B) chant
C) lyric
D) sermon
Answer: C
136. A central device in Piers Plowman is—
A) irony
B) allegory
C) metaphor
D) satire
Answer: B
137. The Gawain poet uses—
A) heroic couplet
B) free verse
C) alliteration
D) blank verse
Answer: C
138. Middle English drama began in—
A) royal courts
B) universities
C) churches
D) markets
Answer: C
139. Church drama moved outdoors due to—
A) lack of space
B) clergy opposition
C) weather
D) audience growth
Answer: D
140. Mystery plays were first performed in—
A) Rome
B) Germany
C) France
D) England
Answer: C
(They spread from France to England via monasteries and guilds.)
141. The Wakefield Master is associated with—
A) fabliaux
B) miracle plays
C) mystery cycles
D) morality plays
Answer: C
142. “Second Shepherds’ Play” is a—
A) romance
B) mystery play
C) lyric
D) fabliau
Answer: B
143. It combines comedy with—
A) greed
B) biblical narrative
C) courtly love
D) political satire
Answer: B
144. Everyman teaches that only ___ follows
man to death.
A) beauty
B) fellowship
C) goods
D) good deeds
Answer: D
145. Medieval miracle plays were banned during—
A) Reformation
B) Victorian age
C) Norman period
D) Renaissance
Answer: A
146. Quem Quaeritis trope is linked to—
A) fabliaux
B) early drama
C) romances
D) moral allegory
Answer: B
147. The main purpose of medieval drama was—
A) entertainment
B) profit
C) moral instruction
D) artistic experiment
Answer: C
148. The earliest form of drama was—
A) secular comedy
B) allegorical satire
C) liturgical drama
D) heroic song
Answer: C
149. Guild plays were also called—
A) miracle plays
B) tableau
C) pageants
D) interludes
Answer: C
150. A short play performed between banquet courses
is—
A) morality play
B) miracle play
C) interlude
D) ballad
Answer: C
⭐ SECTION D — CHARACTER, THEMES, LITERARY HISTORY
(Q151–Q200)
151. The Wife of Bath represents—
A) early feminism
B) monastic values
C) political rebellion
D) foreign culture
Answer: A
152. The Pardoner openly admits he is—
A) holy
B) generous
C) greedy
D) innocent
Answer: C
153. The Summoner’s face is—
A) handsome
B) smooth
C) covered with sores
D) painted
Answer: C
154. The Knight is described as—
A) arrogant
B) modest and noble
C) tragic
D) ignorant
Answer: B
155. The Clerk of Oxford loves—
A) horses
B) gold
C) books
D) power
Answer: C
156. The Miller is—
A) wise
B) virtuous
C) strong & vulgar
D) holy
Answer: C
157. Chivalry emphasizes—
A) lying
B) cruelty
C) honour
D) cowardice
Answer: C
158. Courtly love emphasizes—
A) physical strength
B) idealized love
C) money
D) warfare
Answer: B
159. Allegory uses—
A) symbols
B) humour
C) rhyme
D) animals
Answer: A
160. Satire uses—
A) praise
B) humour and criticism
C) tears
D) fear
Answer: B
161. The central symbol of Pearl is—
A) forest
B) pearl
C) crown
D) fire
Answer: B
162. The pearl symbolizes—
A) wealth
B) purity and innocence
C) danger
D) worldly pride
Answer: B
163. Gawain blends Christian themes with—
A) Greek myth
B) classical history
C) Celtic folklore
D) Hindu philosophy
Answer: C
164. A strong moral in Gawain is—
A) greed
B) human imperfection
C) arrogance
D) revenge
Answer: B
165. Arthurian romances celebrate—
A) modern politics
B) city life
C) feudal chivalry
D) scientific thought
Answer: C
166. Lancelot represents—
A) treachery only
B) pure holiness
C) tragic knightly hero
D) animal symbolism
Answer: C
167. Malory’s tone in Morte d’Arthur is—
A) comic
B) tragic
C) satirical
D) scientific
Answer: B
168. Julian of Norwich wrote during—
A) Renaissance
B) Middle English period
C) Victorian age
D) Modernism
Answer: B
169. Wycliffe’s Bible influenced—
A) Renaissance drama
B) English prose
C) ballads
D) French poetry
Answer: B
170. Middle English prose reaches excellence in—
A) Gower
B) Chaucer
C) Malory
D) Pearl Poet
Answer: C
171. The first major English prose classic is—
A) Book of the Duchess
B) Ayenbite of Inwyt
C) Le Morte d’Arthur
D) Piers Plowman
Answer: C
172. The “Alliterative Revival” was influenced by—
A) Old English tradition
B) German epics
C) Latin scholars
D) French poets
Answer: A
173. Mystery plays were sponsored by—
A) kings
B) guilds
C) universities
D) monks alone
Answer: B
174. Mystery plays are also called—
A) rhymers
B) pageants
C) hexameters
D) fables
Answer: B
175. Medieval theatre was originally part of—
A) weddings
B) liturgy
C) trade
D) battlefield
Answer: B
176. The “Pageant wagon” was used in—
A) miracle plays
B) fabliaux
C) romances
D) interludes
Answer: A
177. Chaucer’s humor is mostly—
A) cruel
B) gentle irony
C) sarcastic
D) violent
Answer: B
178. Chaucer’s characters show—
A) allegory only
B) no realism
C) vivid realism
D) pure fantasy
Answer: C
179. Langland’s characters show—
A) satire
B) allegory
C) realism
D) romance
Answer: B
180. The 14th century is considered—
A) dark age
B) golden age of Middle English literature
C) Renaissance
D) modern era
Answer: B
181. French influence is strongest in—
A) ballads
B) romances
C) mystery plays
D) alliterative verse
Answer: B
182. Scandinavian influence is strongest in—
A) Northern dialect
B) Southern dialect
C) East Midland
D) Kentish
Answer: A
183. Religious prose flourished especially in—
A) Southern dialect
B) Northern dialect
C) East Midland
D) West Midland
Answer: A
184. English re-emerged as national language in—
A) 13th century
B) 14th century
C) 15th century
D) 16th century
Answer: B
185. One theme of the Wife of Bath’s Tale is—
A) what women desire
B) war
C) punishment
D) divine justice
Answer: A
186. Medieval mysticism focused on—
A) wealth
B) worldly love
C) divine union
D) political war
Answer: C
187. The Ancrene Wisse is a work of—
A) secular romance
B) mystical prose
C) heroic poetry
D) miracle drama
Answer: B
188. The “Dreamer” appears in—
A) Piers Plowman
B) Pearl
C) Book of Duchess
D) all of these
Answer: D
189. Cursor Mundi is a—
A) romance
B) biblical history poem
C) fabliau
D) ballad
Answer: B
190. The Gawain poet wrote in—
A) East Midland
B) Northern
C) West Midland
D) Kentish
Answer: C
191. “Spring, fertility, rebirth” symbolizes—
A) satire
B) romance
C) Chaucerian opening lines
D) sermon literature
Answer: C
192. “Radix malorum est cupiditas” means—
A) greed is the root of evil
B) desire is holy
C) charity is rare
D) sin is natural
Answer: A
193. The Canterbury Tales uses mostly—
A) free verse
B) heroic couplets
C) blank verse
D) unrhymed lines
Answer: B
194. Heroic couplet =
A) rhyme royal
B) alliteration
C) rhymed iambic pentameter
D) prose
Answer: C
195. A major theme of Confessio Amantis is—
A) greed
B) political rebellion
C) sins of lovers
D) war
Answer: C
196. Gower’s style is—
A) humorous
B) moralistic
C) experimental
D) chaotic
Answer: B
197. Julian of Norwich wrote about—
A) nature
B) divine love
C) craft of war
D) humour
Answer: B
198. Malory’s work belongs to—
A) Old English
B) Middle English
C) Renaissance
D) Victorian
Answer: B
199. Middle English ends around—
A) 1300
B) 1400
C) 1500
D) 1600
Answer: C
200. Middle English literature bridges—
A) ancient & modern world
B) medieval & Renaissance world
C) Greek & Roman world
D) epic & satire
Answer: B
SECTION A — CHAUCER SPECIAL MCQs (Q201–Q260)
201. Chaucer was born around—
A) 1200
B) 1343
C) 1400
D) 1500
Answer: B
202. Chaucer died in—
A) 1300
B) 1350
C) 1400
D) 1450
Answer: C
203. Chaucer was buried in—
A) St. Paul’s Cathedral
B) Westminster Abbey
C) Canterbury Cathedral
D) Tower of London
Answer: B
(Poets’ Corner begins with Chaucer.)
204. Which of the following is NOT a work by
Chaucer?
A) House of Fame
B) Parliament of Fowls
C) Piers Plowman
D) Legend of Good Women
Answer: C
205. Chaucer’s father was a—
A) merchant
B) soldier
C) poet
D) lawyer
Answer: A
206. Chaucer worked as a—
A) printer
B) soldier
C) court official & diplomat
D) monk
Answer: C
207. The earliest major poem by Chaucer is—
A) House of Fame
B) Book of the Duchess
C) Troilus & Criseyde
D) Parliament of Fowls
Answer: B
208. The Book of the Duchess commemorates—
A) Anne of Bohemia
B) Philippa Chaucer
C) Blanche of Lancaster
D) Elizabeth
Answer: C
209. Chaucer translated—
A) Bible
B) Roman de la Rose
C) Aeneid
D) Odyssey
Answer: B
210. Chaucer’s meter is mostly—
A) alliterative verse
B) iambic pentameter
C) blank verse
D) hexameter
Answer: B
211. Chaucer introduced which stanza?
A) Spenserian
B) Rhyme royal
C) Ballad stanza
D) Ottava rima
Answer: B
212. Rhyme royal rhyme scheme is—
A) abcd
B) ababbcc
C) aabbcc
D) abcabc
Answer: B
213. Chaucer’s longest complete poem is—
A) Canterbury Tales
B) Troilus & Criseyde
C) House of Fame
D) Parliament of Fowls
Answer: A
214. Troilus & Criseyde is based on—
A) Boccaccio
B) Dante
C) Ovid
D) Homer
Answer: A
215. Which tale in Canterbury Tales is a beast
fable?
A) Knight
B) Miller
C) Nun’s Priest
D) Pardoner
Answer: C
216. The “General Prologue” sets up—
A) 24 tales
B) 120 planned tales
C) 50 tales
D) 14 tales
Answer: B
(30 pilgrims × 4 tales each = 120 planned)
217. Chaucer intended the Canterbury Tales to be—
A) 2 tales each
B) 4 tales each
C) 10 tales each
D) 24 tales each
Answer: B
218. The Canterbury Tales are an example of—
A) epic cycle
B) framed narrative
C) prose romance
D) mystery play
Answer: B
219. “Radix malorum est cupiditas” appears in—
A) Pardoner’s Tale
B) Summoner’s Tale
C) Physician’s Tale
D) Knight’s Tale
Answer: A
220. The Wife of Bath had—
A) 1 husband
B) 3 husbands
C) 5 husbands
D) 7 husbands
Answer: C
221. The Wife of Bath’s Prologue is about—
A) religion
B) love
C) politics
D) marriage & experience
Answer: D
222. The Pardoner is described as—
A) honest
B) corrupt
C) brave
D) shy
Answer: B
223. The Knight’s Tale is adapted from—
A) Boccaccio’s Teseida
B) Dante’s Inferno
C) Ovid’s Metamorphoses
D) Homer’s Iliad
Answer: A
224. The “Miller’s Tale” is a—
A) romance
B) fabliau
C) sermon
D) elegy
Answer: B
225. The “Clerk’s Tale” is a story of—
A) patience
B) greed
C) pride
D) lust
Answer: A
(Griselda)
226. Chaucer’s “Pilgrim Chaucer” is—
A) neutral observer
B) aggressive critic
C) religious preacher
D) judge
Answer: A
227. The Host is—
A) a monk
B) a merchant
C) a priest
D) the innkeeper
Answer: D
228. The Franklin is associated with—
A) poverty
B) luxury and hospitality
C) clergy
D) law
Answer: B
229. The Summoner’s face was—
A) pale
B) full of pimples
C) smooth
D) scarred
Answer: B
230. The Ploughman is the brother of—
A) Knight
B) Parson
C) Miller
D) Summoner
Answer: B
231. The Physician’s Tale is based on—
A) Roman legend
B) Greek comedy
C) French romance
D) Celtic tale
Answer: A
232. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale features—
A) Chanticleer & Pertelote
B) Troilus & Criseyde
C) Lancelot & Guinevere
D) Arcite & Palamon
Answer: A
233. The Knight’s character embodies—
A) satire
B) chivalry
C) greed
D) rebellion
Answer: B
234. The Monk loves—
A) hunting
B) fasting
C) praying
D) silence
Answer: A
235. The Friar is—
A) poor
B) noble
C) corrupt
D) wise
Answer: C
236. The Sergeant-at-law is—
A) foolish
B) ignorant
C) wise & learned
D) corrupt
Answer: C
237. The Pardoner’s relics are—
A) sacred
B) fake
C) powerful
D) unknown
Answer: B
238. The Prioress speaks French—
A) elegantly
B) badly
C) fluently
D) fluently & academically
Answer: B
239. Which tale is unfinished?
A) Physician
B) Cook
C) Knight
D) Pardoner
Answer: B
240. The Shipman’s Tale involves—
A) religion
B) adultery
C) knightly honor
D) tragedy
Answer: B
241. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale ends with—
A) moral lesson
B) tragedy
C) battle
D) sermon
Answer: A
242. The Manciple’s Tale features—
A) a crow
B) a lion
C) a fox
D) a wolf
Answer: A
243. Chaucer’s profession helped him—
A) travel widely
B) write tragedies
C) become a soldier
D) translate Greek
Answer: A
244. Chaucer visited—
A) Italy
B) India
C) Russia
D) Persia
Answer: A
245. Who influenced Chaucer most?
A) Virgil
B) Boccaccio
C) Milton
D) Shakespeare
Answer: B
246. Chaucer wrote—
A) in alliterative verse
B) in French
C) in East Midland English
D) in Latin
Answer: C
247. Chaucer’s realism is due to—
A) imagination
B) allegory
C) observation of society
D) theory
Answer: C
248. Chaucer uses—
A) sarcasm
B) gentle irony
C) severe satire
D) political violence
Answer: B
249. Chaucer’s humour is—
A) violent
B) rude
C) kindly
D) dark
Answer: C
250. Chaucer’s style combines—
A) German + Celtic
B) English + French + Italian
C) Greek + Latin
D) Spanish + Norse
Answer: B
251. The Canterbury Tales is mainly—
A) moral allegory
B) social documentary
C) religious sermon
D) epic
Answer: B
252. Chaucer’s characterization technique is—
A) symbolic
B) realistic & psychological
C) superficial
D) comic only
Answer: B
253. Which is Chaucer’s dream vision?
A) Book of the Duchess
B) Pardoner’s Tale
C) Knight’s Tale
D) Parson’s Tale
Answer: A
254. Parliament of Fowls is about—
A) war
B) election of mates among birds
C) pilgrimage
D) politics of France
Answer: B
255. Legend of Good Women presents—
A) wicked women
B) historical queens
C) faithful women
D) noblemen
Answer: C
256. Chaucer’s tales begin in—
A) Paris
B) Rome
C) Southwark
D) Milan
Answer: C
257. The pilgrimage destination is—
A) Winchester
B) Gloucester
C) Canterbury
D) London
Answer: C
258. The martyr at Canterbury was—
A) St. George
B) St. Thomas Becket
C) St. James
D) St. Stephen
Answer: B
259. The Canterbury Tales reflects—
A) one class
B) all social classes
C) only clergy
D) only nobles
Answer: B
260. Chaucer’s originality lies in—
A) inventing all stories
B) using direct realism, narrative art
C) imitating Latin texts
D) being humorous only
Answer: B
⭐ SECTION B — PIERS PLOWMAN / LANGLAND (Q261–Q300)
261. Piers Plowman is written by—
A) Chaucer
B) Langland
C) Gower
D) Malory
Answer: B
262. It belongs to which movement?
A) Italian Renaissance
B) Alliterative Revival
C) French romance
D) Arthurian cycle
Answer: B
263. The poem is divided into sections called—
A) cantos
B) passus
C) chapters
D) books
Answer: B
264. Narrative mode of Piers Plowman is—
A) satire
B) dream vision allegory
C) romance
D) prose
Answer: B
265. “Will” represents—
A) author
B) psychology
C) will of man
D) all of these
Answer: D
266. Lady Mede symbolizes—
A) faith
B) sin
C) bribery
D) poverty
Answer: C
267. Piers symbolizes—
A) Christ
B) devil
C) hero
D) history
Answer: A
268. The theme of Piers Plowman is—
A) love
B) salvation
C) war
D) politics
Answer: B
269. The poem uses—
A) rhyme royal
B) blank verse
C) alliteration
D) heroic couplets
Answer: C
270. The poem criticizes—
A) kings
B) priests
C) corrupt clergy
D) merchants
Answer: C
271. “Do-well, Do-better, Do-best” represent—
A) war
B) spiritual progress
C) romance
D) comedy
Answer: B
272. The poem begins in—
A) winter
B) summer
C) autumn
D) spring
Answer: B
273. Langland’s tone is—
A) humorous
B) prophetic
C) romantic
D) comic
Answer: B
274. The setting of the poem is—
A) city of Troy
B) English countryside
C) Arthur’s court
D) Rome
Answer: B
275. The original version is known as—
A) Version A
B) Version B
C) Version C
D) Version D
Answer: A
276. The final version is—
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
Answer: C
277. Piers helps people reach—
A) Rome
B) Canterbury
C) Truth
D) King’s court
Answer: C
278. The Seven Deadly Sins episode appears in—
A) Chaucer
B) Langland
C) Malory
D) Pearl
Answer: B
279. The poem ends with—
A) victory
B) peace
C) chaos & uncertainty
D) romance
Answer: C
280. Langland was a—
A) monk
B) priest
C) layman
D) nobleman
Answer: C
281. The poem includes—
A) allegory
B) realism
C) social satire
D) all of these
Answer: D
282. Langland’s English dialect is—
A) East Midland
B) Northern
C) West Midland
D) Kentish
Answer: C
283. The poem has strong influence of—
A) classical philosophy
B) Christian theology
C) French romance
D) Celtic myth
Answer: B
284. A major theme is—
A) political corruption
B) salvation through work
C) nature poetry
D) travel
Answer: B
285. Langland condemns—
A) peasants
B) merchants
C) clergy
D) magical poets
Answer: C
286. Piers Plowman has—
A) no social critique
B) strong social critique
C) only romance
D) no allegory
Answer: B
287. The poem belongs to—
A) epic tradition
B) allegorical tradition
C) fabliau
D) miracle play
Answer: B
288. Langland uses visions to—
A) escape reality
B) criticize society
C) make jokes
D) praise politics
Answer: B
289. Langland’s verse is—
A) smooth & lyrical
B) harsh, powerful & alliterative
C) rhymed & elegant
D) musical & French
Answer: B
290. The main purpose of Piers Plowman is—
A) entertainment
B) moral and spiritual teaching
C) love story
D) war story
Answer: B
291. The poem condemns—
A) generosity
B) simplicity
C) hypocrisy
D) truth
Answer: C
292. The pilgrimage is to—
A) Canterbury
B) Rome
C) Jerusalem
D) Truth
Answer: D
293. The poem influenced—
A) English drama
B) English mysticism
C) Protestant movement
D) Celtic poetry
Answer: C
294. Langland viewed English society as—
A) ideal
B) corrupt
C) romantic
D) stable
Answer: B
295. Piers teaches—
A) hard work
B) lust
C) greed
D) war
Answer: A
296. The poem is sometimes compared to—
A) Dante’s Inferno
B) Homer’s Iliad
C) Ovid’s Metamorphoses
D) Virgil’s Aeneid
Answer: A
297. Langland believed salvation required—
A) money
B) indulgences
C) good deeds
D) magic
Answer: C
298. Langland condemns the sale of—
A) books
B) relics
C) indulgences
D) horses
Answer: C
299. Langland’s tone is—
A) indifferent
B) deeply moral
C) comic
D) erotic
Answer: B
300. Piers Plowman is a major text of—
A) Renaissance
B) Old English
C) Middle English
D) Modern English
Answer: C
PEARL POET & GAWAIN (Q301–Q350)
301. The “Pearl Poet” is also called—
A) Wakefield Master
B) Findern poet
C) Gawain poet
D) Clerke poet
Answer: C
302. The Pearl Poet wrote—
A) Pearl
B) Patience
C) Cleanness
D) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Answer: A, B, C, and D
303. The dialect of the Pearl Poet is—
A) Northern
B) East Midland
C) West Midland
D) Kentish
Answer: C
304. The main theme of Pearl is—
A) political tyranny
B) heavenly salvation
C) magical adventure
D) heroic battles
Answer: B
305. Pearl is a—
A) fabliau
B) dream vision
C) ballad
D) prose romance
Answer: B
306. In Pearl, the dreamer sees his daughter
as—
A) a queen
B) a goddess
C) a heavenly maiden
D) a witch
Answer: C
307. Pearl’s structure is—
A) simple
B) extremely complex
C) unrhymed
D) prose
Answer: B
308. Pearl deals with the theological
concept of—
A) reincarnation
B) Enlightenment
C) divine grace
D) atheism
Answer: C
309. Cleanness deals with—
A) purity
B) greed
C) fasting
D) alliteration
Answer: A
310. Patience retells the story of—
A) Jonah
B) Job
C) Joseph
D) Moses
Answer: A
311. The meter of Sir Gawain is primarily—
A) iambic pentameter
B) heroic couplet
C) alliterative long lines
D) ballad meter
Answer: C
312. The poem combines alliteration with—
A) bob and wheel
B) rhyme royal
C) blank verse
D) prose
Answer: A
313. The bob in bob & wheel is—
A) a long line
B) a short 1–2 syllable line
C) a refrain
D) a Latin verse
Answer: B
314. The wheel is—
A) 2 lines
B) 4 lines
C) 6 lines
D) 8 lines
Answer: B
315. The Green Knight’s real name is—
A) Mordred
B) Gawain
C) Bertilak
D) Arthur
Answer: C
316. Gawain receives from Lady Bertilak a—
A) ring
B) sword
C) green girdle
D) shield
Answer: C
317. Gawain accepts the girdle because—
A) he wants wealth
B) he fears death
C) he wants romance
D) it is a command
Answer: B
318. Gawain’s chief flaw is—
A) cowardice
B) greed
C) lust
D) pride
Answer: A
(Connected to fear of death.)
319. The Green Chapel symbolizes—
A) politics
B) redemption
C) witchcraft
D) hell
Answer: B
320. Morgan le Fay is behind the plot to—
A) destroy Arthur
B) frighten Guinevere
C) test Gawain
D) punish Merlin
Answer: B
321. The major theme of Gawain is—
A) knowledge
B) faith
C) chivalric integrity
D) war
Answer: C
322. The pentangle on Gawain’s shield represents—
A) five sins
B) five virtues
C) five trades
D) five letters
Answer: B
323. Which virtue is MOST tested in Gawain?
A) Temperance
B) Fortitude
C) Prudence
D) Chastity
Answer: D
324. The poem ends with—
A) death of Gawain
B) Arthur’s death
C) forgiveness & humility
D) tragedy
Answer: C
325. Gawain confesses—
A) anger
B) lust
C) cowardice & sin
D) pride
Answer: C
326. The Pearl Poet’s style is—
A) ornate, alliterative, symbolic
B) simple and direct
C) political
D) epic
Answer: A
327. Sir Gawain blends—
A) Celtic & Christian elements
B) Greek & Roman
C) Norse & Egyptian
D) Hebrew & Indian
Answer: A
328. The Green Knight represents—
A) sin
B) nature and testing
C) war
D) death alone
Answer: B
329. The beheading game comes from—
A) Celtic folklore
B) Greek epic
C) French romance
D) Latin legend
Answer: A
330. The color green symbolizes—
A) winter
B) evil
C) nature, fertility & otherworld
D) nothing
Answer: C
331. The poet moralizes through—
A) humor
B) dramatic endings
C) symbolism & allusion
D) songs
Answer: C
332. Gawain’s honesty test occurs at—
A) Camelot
B) Bertilak’s castle
C) Avalon
D) Gawain’s home
Answer: B
333. Hunting scenes parallel—
A) political corruption
B) temptations of Gawain
C) Arthur’s downfall
D) war scenes
Answer: B
334. The animals hunted are—
A) deer, wild boar, fox
B) lion, ox, wolf
C) goat, horse, dog
D) snake, fish, hound
Answer: A
335. The poet compares the deer to—
A) meekness
B) lust
C) pride
D) greed
Answer: A
336. The boar represents—
A) love
B) aggression
C) temptation
D) cowardice
Answer: B
337. The fox represents—
A) clever deceit
B) courage
C) charity
D) royalty
Answer: A
338. The poem illustrates tension between—
A) human law and divine law
B) body and soul
C) chivalry and human weakness
D) love and hate
Answer: C
339. Gawain’s neck scar becomes a symbol of—
A) pride
B) revenge
C) humility
D) love
Answer: C
340. Gawain returns to Camelot—
A) ashamed
B) proud
C) angry
D) confused
Answer: A
341. Arthur’s court reacts with—
A) ridicule
B) sadness
C) admiration
D) disbelief
Answer: C
342. The court decides to wear—
A) crowns
B) girdles
C) green robes
D) rings
Answer: B
343. The poet ends with the motto—
A) Love conquers
B) God is great
C) Honour is eternal
D) Honi soit qui mal y pense
Answer: D
344. This phrase is associated with—
A) Order of the Garter
B) Canterbury pilgrimage
C) Norman invasion
D) Crusades
Answer: A
345. The Green Knight survives beheading through—
A) magic
B) grace
C) medical cure
D) armor
Answer: A
346. Camelot symbolizes—
A) Europe
B) sin
C) chivalric perfection
D) mystery
Answer: C
347. The Green Knight tests—
A) strength
B) moral courage
C) wealth
D) intelligence
Answer: B
348. The poem ends during—
A) winter
B) spring
C) summer
D) autumn
Answer: B
349. Gawain is often compared to—
A) Achilles
B) Beowulf
C) Adam
D) Eve
Answer: C
(Temptation & fall symbolism)
350. The Pearl Poet’s manuscripts are preserved in—
A) Hengwrt manuscript
B) Ellesmere manuscript
C) Cotton Nero A.x manuscript
D) Winchester manuscript
Answer: C
⭐ SECTION D — GOWER & MALORY (Q351–Q380)
351. John Gower is known as—
A) father of English
B) moral Gower
C) Scottish Gower
D) romantic Gower
Answer: B
352. Gower wrote in—
A) Latin
B) French
C) English
D) all three
Answer: D
353. Gower’s English work is—
A) Pearl
B) Confessio Amantis
C) Gawain
D) Morte d’Arthur
Answer: B
354. The form of Confessio Amantis is—
A) prose
B) heroic couplet
C) rhymed octosyllabic lines
D) blank verse
Answer: C
355. “Confession of a Lover” refers to—
A) Troilus
B) Orpheus
C) Amans
D) Palamon
Answer: C
356. Gower’s style is mostly—
A) humorous
B) satirical
C) didactic & moral
D) erotic
Answer: C
357. Gower dedicated Confessio Amantis to—
A) Richard II
B) Edward III
C) Henry IV
D) both A & C
Answer: D
358. The longest tale in Confessio Amantis is—
A) Medea
B) Apollonius of Tyre
C) Constance
D) Narcissus
Answer: B
359. Malory wrote—
A) Pearl
B) Piers Plowman
C) Le Morte d’Arthur
D) Troilus
Answer: C
360. Malory’s language is—
A) archaic Old English
B) Early Modern English
C) Late Middle English
D) pure French
Answer: C
361. Malory compiled—
A) Celtic folklore
B) Italian stories
C) Arthurian legends
D) Greek myths
Answer: C
362. Arthur dies at—
A) London
B) Camelot
C) Camlann
D) Winchester
Answer: C
363. Arthur is taken to—
A) Avalon
B) France
C) Jerusalem
D) Rome
Answer: A
364. Lancelot loves—
A) Lynette
B) Morgan
C) Guinevere
D) Elaine
Answer: C
365. Mordred is Arthur’s—
A) brother
B) son (or nephew)
C) uncle
D) cousin
Answer: B
366. Malory’s tone is—
A) comic
B) tragic & noble
C) sarcastic
D) humorous
Answer: B
367. Malory’s narrative style is—
A) verse
B) lyrical
C) prose
D) drama
Answer: C
368. The Holy Grail quest symbolizes—
A) wealth
B) purity
C) death
D) laziness
Answer: B
369. The purest knight is—
A) Arthur
B) Gawain
C) Galahad
D) Mordred
Answer: C
370. The downfall of Camelot is due to—
A) war
B) famine
C) betrayal & sin
D) magical curse
Answer: C
371. Malory uses what kind of prose?
A) ornamental Irish prose
B) rhythmic and simple prose
C) modern descriptive prose
D) archaic French prose
Answer: B
372. Malory was imprisoned for—
A) witchcraft
B) political reasons
C) debt and robbery
D) war crimes
Answer: C
373. Le Morte d’Arthur was printed by—
A) Caxton
B) Chaucer
C) Langland
D) Wycliffe
Answer: A
374. Caxton printed it in—
A) 1400
B) 1476
C) 1485
D) 1492
Answer: C
375. The book shaped—
A) American literature
B) Arthurian tradition
C) Greek epic
D) biblical studies
Answer: B
376. The last words Arthur speaks are about—
A) forgiveness
B) revenge
C) wealth
D) war
Answer: A
377. The last knight to see Arthur alive is—
A) Gawain
B) Bedivere
C) Lancelot
D) Kay
Answer: B
378. Malory’s work helped establish—
A) English drama
B) English prose narrative tradition
C) Chaucerian verse
D) Celtic song traditions
Answer: B
379. The final vision of Camelot is—
A) prosperity
B) unity
C) decay & fall
D) celebration
Answer: C
380. Malory’s chief literary quality is—
A) humor
B) sarcasm
C) noble simplicity
D) excessive ornamentation
Answer: C
⭐ SECTION E — REMAINING MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE
(Q381–Q400)
381. Ancrene Wisse is a guide for—
A) soldiers
B) merchants
C) anchoresses
D) poets
Answer: C
382. “Ayenbite of Inwyt” belongs to which dialect?
A) Northern
B) East Midland
C) Kentish
D) Southern
Answer: C
383. Wycliffe translated—
A) Dante
B) the Bible
C) Virgil
D) Homer
Answer: B
384. Wycliffe’s followers were known as—
A) Cavaliers
B) Lollards
C) Puritans
D) Franciscans
Answer: B
385. Medieval lyrics are mainly—
A) political
B) religious & love
C) warlike
D) epic
Answer: B
386. “Sumer is icumen in” is an example of—
A) ballad
B) lyric
C) fabliau
D) romance
Answer: B
387. The earliest English romances were—
A) Greek
B) French
C) Celtic
D) Spanish
Answer: B
388. Havelok the Dane is—
A) Celtic myth
B) historical romance
C) beast allegory
D) fabliau
Answer: B
389. King Horn is—
A) fabliau
B) lyric
C) early English romance
D) drama
Answer: C
390. Middle English drama originated in—
A) court
B) church
C) university
D) markets
Answer: B
391. The Wakefield Master wrote—
A) Gawain
B) Book of Duchess
C) Second Shepherds’ Play
D) Pearl
Answer: C
392. Ballads were preserved mainly through—
A) manuscripts
B) oral tradition
C) printed books
D) temple carvings
Answer: B
393. Ballads feature—
A) elaborate description
B) simple direct narration
C) classical style
D) Latin syntax
Answer: B
394. The rhyme scheme of ballad stanza is—
A) ababbcc
B) abcb
C) aabb
D) abcabc
Answer: B
395. Miracle plays focus on—
A) saints’ miracles
B) Adam and Eve
C) chivalry
D) animal tales
Answer: A
396. Mystery plays focus on—
A) Arthur
B) Jesus
C) kings
D) animals
Answer: B
(Biblical episodes)
397. Morality plays focus on—
A) love & war
B) sin and salvation
C) humor
D) animal fables
Answer: B
398. The first known morality play is—
A) Everyman
B) Mankind
C) Castle of Perseverance
D) Wisdom
Answer: C
399. Mystery plays were banned during—
A) Reformation
B) Crusades
C) Civil War
D) Romantic age
Answer: A
400. Middle English literature ends with—
A) printing press
B) Chaucer’s death
C) Norman conquest
D) Industrial Revolution
Answer: A
(Caxton’s printing standardizes the language)
DIALECTS, PHONOLOGY, GRAMMAR (Q401–Q450)
401. Middle English developed mainly due to contact
with—
A) Greek
B) Latin
C) French
D) German
Answer: C
402. The biggest Scandinavian impact is seen in—
A) Northern dialect
B) Kentish dialect
C) Southern dialect
D) London dialect
Answer: A
403. The three main foreign influences on Middle
English were—
A) Greek, Latin, Gothic
B) Norse, French, Latin
C) Arabic, Hebrew, Persian
D) Celtic, Gothic, Sanskrit
Answer: B
404. The Middle English word “ayenbite” means—
A) truth
B) sorrow
C) remorse
D) heaven
Answer: C
405. The letter “þ” (thorn) was replaced by—
A) s
B) f
C) th
D) h
Answer: C
406. The sound of “gh” in Middle English was—
A) silent
B) guttural
C) nasal
D) palatal
Answer: B
407. “Scho” for “she” is a feature of which
dialect?
A) Kentish
B) Northern
C) West Midland
D) Southern
Answer: B
408. The East Midland dialect became standard
because—
A) it was simple
B) it was used in schools
C) it was used in London
D) it borrowed fewer words
Answer: C
409. Middle English reduced grammatical gender
because—
A) French required it
B) language mixing simplified it
C) Latin influence removed it
D) people forgot it
Answer: B
410. Middle English spelled “ship” as—
A) scip
B) sip
C) schip
D) schyp
Answer: C
411. The Middle English plural ending mostly
became—
A) -n
B) -as
C) -es
D) -eth
Answer: C
412. “Ye” and “you” originally indicated—
A) respect
B) gender
C) age
D) profession
Answer: A
413. Middle English used “hem” for—
A) him
B) them
C) she
D) they
Answer: B
414. Middle English “ich” later became—
A) he
B) I
C) you
D) we
Answer: B
415. The Norman scribes changed Old English “cw”
to—
A) qu
B) cu
C) kw
D) su
Answer: A
416. “Housen” is the plural form from which
dialect?
A) Southern
B) Northern
C) Kentish
D) East Midland
Answer: A
417. Which dialect feature influenced Modern
English pronouns?
A) East Midland
B) Northern
C) Kentish
D) Southern
Answer: B
418. The Great Vowel Shift began—
A) 1100
B) 1300
C) 1400
D) 1600
Answer: C
419. Middle English “knight” was pronounced—
A) nite
B) k-nicht
C) knit
D) kno
Answer: B
420. French words in English mostly belonged to—
A) daily life
B) administration, court, aristocracy
C) farming
D) metalwork
Answer: B
421. The French word “prisun” became—
A) press
B) prison
C) prisson
D) prusen
Answer: B
422. Old English case endings vanished by—
A) 1150
B) 1250
C) 1400
D) 1500
Answer: C
423. Middle English verbs used “-eth” for—
A) infinitives
B) past tense
C) 3rd person singular
D) passive
Answer: C
424. “Swich” in Middle English means—
A) rich
B) such
C) sweet
D) switch
Answer: B
425. Middle English often used double negatives
because—
A) they emphasized meaning
B) grammar rules required
C) French influence
D) scribes wrote incorrectly
Answer: A
426. Old English scip became “ship” because—
A) French scribes used sh
B) new spelling rules
C) vowel shift
D) Irish influence
Answer: A
427. Middle English spelled “church” as—
A) cerch
B) chirche
C) cirke
D) chyrk
Answer: B
428. One reason for Middle English simplification
was—
A) printing press
B) multilingual contact
C) oral tradition
D) new politics
Answer: B
429. The Middle English y sound was
pronounced like—
A) i
B) j
C) u
D) ee
Answer: D
430. Middle English “knyghtes” means—
A) knights
B) nights
C) knits
D) knives
Answer: A
431. French influenced English mainly through—
A) literature
B) vocabulary
C) phonology
D) morphology
Answer: B
432. Scandinavian influence is strongest in—
A) grammar & pronouns
B) poetry
C) spelling
D) prose
Answer: A
433. The pronoun “she” came from—
A) Southern dialect
B) Northern dialect
C) Latin
D) French
Answer: B
434. The Norman Conquest added about how many
French words?
A) 100
B) 500
C) 3,000
D) 10,000
Answer: D
435. The word “felaw” (fellow) is from—
A) French
B) Norse
C) Latin
D) German
Answer: B
436. Middle English syntax became fixed as—
A) SVO
B) OVS
C) VSO
D) SOV
Answer: A
437. Middle English vowels were—
A) short
B) pure and Italian-like
C) silent
D) nasal
Answer: B
438. “Yond” means—
A) young
B) that
C) beyond
D) there
Answer: D
439. Middle English “yclept” means—
A) clear
B) called/named
C) killed
D) covered
Answer: B
440. “Eke” in Chaucer means—
A) also
B) eat
C) take
D) ridge
Answer: A
441. “Wight” means—
A) knight
B) creature/person
C) witch
D) ghost
Answer: B
442. “Anon” means—
A) none
B) immediately/soon
C) away
D) under
Answer: B
443. Middle English “swete” means—
A) sweat
B) sweet
C) switch
D) sword
Answer: B
444. “Ginnes” means—
A) gifts
B) engines/tricks
C) clothes
D) mud
Answer: B
445. “Shal” means—
A) shall
B) shall not
C) should
D) show
Answer: A
446. “Frere” means—
A) father
B) brother
C) friar
D) friend
Answer: C
447. "Lemman" in Middle English means—
A) lemon
B) lover
C) lord
D) woman
Answer: B
448. “War” means—
A) aware
B) war
C) wear
D) warm
Answer: A
449. Middle English “hir” means—
A) she
B) them
C) her/their
D) our
Answer: C
450. “Welaway” expresses—
A) joy
B) sorrow
C) anger
D) blessing
Answer: B
⭐ SECTION B — CHAUCERIAN LITERATURE ADVANCED
(Q451–Q500)
451. The number of pilgrims in the General Prologue
is—
A) 24
B) 29
C) 31
D) 34
Answer: B
452. The Host is—
A) Henry Bailey
B) Harry Bailly
C) Hugh Bailey
D) Henry Bailey
Answer: B
453. The pilgrimage starts at—
A) Tabard Inn
B) Bell Inn
C) Boot Inn
D) White Hart Inn
Answer: A
454. Chaucer’s Wife of Bath comes from—
A) Rome
B) Bath city
C) Paris
D) London
Answer: B
455. The Wife of Bath is—
A) meek
B) experienced
C) young girl
D) noblewoman
Answer: B
456. The Pardoner sells—
A) relics & indulgences
B) weapons
C) books
D) horses
Answer: A
457. The Summoner brings people to—
A) dinner
B) church court
C) parliament
D) battle
Answer: B
458. The Miller’s Tale is an example of—
A) elegy
B) fabliau
C) sermon
D) hymn
Answer: B
459. The Knight’s Tale deals with—
A) war
B) love & chivalry
C) plague
D) corruption
Answer: B
460. The Cook’s Tale is—
A) complete
B) unfinished
C) destroyed
D) prose
Answer: B
461. The Merchant’s Tale is the story of—
A) Arranged marriage
B) Magic
C) talking animals
D) the Crusades
Answer: A
462. The Franklin’s Tale emphasizes—
A) jealousy
B) honor and “gentilesse”
C) violence
D) hatred
Answer: B
463. The Physician’s Tale involves—
A) knight
B) Roman judge
C) doctor
D) angel
Answer: B
464. The Parson’s Tale is a—
A) poem
B) sermon
C) love story
D) tragedy
Answer: B
465. Who proposes the storytelling contest?
A) Knight
B) Host
C) Chaucer
D) Franklin
Answer: B
466. Chaucer uses which device most?
A) sarcasm
B) allegory
C) gentle irony
D) farce
Answer: C
467. Troilus & Criseyde uses—
A) rhyme royal
B) ballad stanza
C) blank verse
D) tercets
Answer: A
468. Criseyde leaves Troilus for—
A) Pandarus
B) Antenor
C) Diomede
D) Hector
Answer: C
469. House of Fame is a—
A) religious poem
B) dream vision
C) historical epic
D) lyric
Answer: B
470. Legend of Good Women is written in—
A) ottava rima
B) heroic couplets
C) rhyme royal
D) prose
Answer: B
471. The Ballade form influenced—
A) romances
B) Chaucerian lyrics
C) West Midland poems
D) ballads
Answer: B
472. The Friar is skilled in—
A) fighting
B) law
C) begging
D) medicine
Answer: C
473. The Monk is criticized for—
A) poverty
B) too much hunting
C) laziness
D) ugliness
Answer: B
474. The Pardoner’s hair is—
A) curly
B) yellow and lank
C) black
D) bald
Answer: B
475. The Knight fought in—
A) 3 wars
B) 10 wars
C) many crusades
D) no wars
Answer: C
476. Chaucer uses satire mainly to—
A) praise church
B) expose hypocrisy
C) attack the king
D) mock peasants
Answer: B
477. The Prioress is described as—
A) humble
B) dainty and courtly
C) fierce
D) proud
Answer: B
478. The Summoner loves—
A) garlic & black wine
B) jewels
C) books
D) music
Answer: A
479. The Reeve is—
A) carpenter
B) steward
C) soldier
D) doctor
Answer: B
480. The Manciple is—
A) wise in buying
B) foolish in selling
C) rich man
D) musician
Answer: A
481. The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale discusses—
A) love
B) alchemy
C) hunting
D) marriage
Answer: B
482. “Amor vincit omnia” (Love conquers all) is on
the brooch of—
A) Wife of Bath
B) Prioress
C) Nun’s Priest
D) Squire
Answer: B
483. The Squire is—
A) old
B) young & romantic
C) cruel
D) ugly
Answer: B
484. The Squire’s Tale contains—
A) magic horse
B) giant
C) devil
D) dragon
Answer: A
485. The Knight’s Tale is based on—
A) Teseida
B) Inferno
C) Metamorphoses
D) Vita Nuova
Answer: A
486. The Pardoner’s Tale theme—
A) lust
B) war
C) money is root of evil
D) nobility
Answer: C
487. The Knight is described as—
A) vain
B) merciless
C) perfect gentle knight
D) foolish
Answer: C
488. Chaucer uses humor mainly to—
A) degrade
B) elevate
C) reveal truth
D) punish
Answer: C
489. Chaucer’s tales show—
A) class conflict
B) full social panorama
C) only noble life
D) only peasants
Answer: B
490. The Wife of Bath’s Tale asks—
A) What do women desire most?
B) Why do men fight?
C) Why do knights die?
D) Why is war necessary?
Answer: A
491. The Clerk’s Tale heroine is—
A) Guinevere
B) Griselda
C) Margery
D) Emelye
Answer: B
492. “Gentilesse” means—
A) generosity
B) noble character
C) heroic act
D) law
Answer: B
493. The Pardoner’s Prologue is—
A) humorous
B) boastful
C) fearful
D) tragic
Answer: B
494. The Prioress’s Tale is—
A) beast fable
B) romance
C) miracle tale
D) satire
Answer: C
495. The Knight’s Tale ends with—
A) death of Arcite
B) war
C) marriage of lovers
D) suicide
Answer: A
496. The Friar earns money by—
A) farming
B) begging
C) selling relics
D) teaching
Answer: B
497. Chaucerian irony is—
A) harsh
B) playful
C) violent
D) cruel
Answer: B
498. Chaucer is influenced most by—
A) Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio
B) Shakespeare
C) Milton
D) Homer
Answer: A
499. Chaucer’s works belong to—
A) Old English
B) Middle English
C) Renaissance
D) Romantic
Answer: B
500. Chaucer’s greatest artistic achievement is—
A) lyrical poetry
B) humour
C) characterization + narrative art
D) drama
Answer: C
SECTION C — GENERAL
MEDIEVAL LITERARY FORMS (Q501–Q550)
501. Middle English romances often feature—
A) knights, magic
B) war
C) science
D) satire
Answer: A
502. The hero of Arthurian legend is—
A) Troy
B) Arthur
C) Odysseus
D) Hercules
Answer: B
503. A lai is—
A) long epic
B) short romance with supernatural elements
C) political poem
D) drama
Answer: B
504. Fabliaux focus on—
A) heroism
B) trickery & adultery
C) miracles
D) war
Answer: B
505. Mystery plays dramatize—
A) Greek myths
B) biblical stories
C) French romances
D) Celtic folklore
Answer: B
506. Miracle plays focus on—
A) saints
B) kings
C) war
D) animals
Answer: A
507. Morality plays focus on—
A) love
B) sin & salvation
C) biology
D) economics
Answer: B
508. Everyman teaches—
A) money is eternal
B) good deeds alone accompany soul
C) all are equal in wealth
D) women are better
Answer: B
509. A medieval lyric is—
A) narrative
B) short and musical
C) dramatic
D) political
Answer: B
510. Ballads were preserved mainly by—
A) writing
B) printing
C) oral performance
D) carvings
Answer: C
511. Ballad stanza uses—
A) abba
B) abcb
C) abab
D) aabb
Answer: B
512. The refrain is common in—
A) fabliau
B) ballad
C) sermon
D) tragedy
Answer: B
513. Miracle cycles were staged by—
A) nobles
B) guilds
C) farmers
D) clergy only
Answer: B
514. Medieval drama originally formed part of—
A) Mass
B) wedding
C) parliament
D) folk dance
Answer: A
515. “Quem Quaeritis” trope belongs to—
A) romance
B) drama origin
C) fabliau
D) epic
Answer: B
516. Morality plays used—
A) historical characters
B) abstract virtues
C) animals
D) gods
Answer: B
517. “Allegory” is a technique where—
A) words rhyme
B) characters symbolize ideas
C) plot repeats
D) language is foreign
Answer: B
518. The Wakefield Master was known for—
A) romance
B) comic realism
C) tragedy
D) epic
Answer: B
519. Second Shepherds’ Play mixes—
A) murder & war
B) comedy & Nativity story
C) love & death
D) science & philosophy
Answer: B
520. Pageant wagons were used in—
A) ballads
B) miracle plays
C) rhyme royal
D) fabliaux
Answer: B
521. Liturgical drama used—
A) Latin
B) French
C) English
D) Celtic
Answer: A
522. Secular drama developed from—
A) church festival
B) royal court
C) local fairs
D) military events
Answer: C
523. Doomsday pageant belongs to—
A) York Cycle
B) Canterbury Tales
C) Morte d’Arthur
D) Pearl
Answer: A
524. Medieval allegory expresses—
A) physical love
B) moral or spiritual meaning
C) scientific discovery
D) politics
Answer: B
525. Courtly love poetry originated in—
A) Greece
B) France
C) India
D) Persia
Answer: B
526. Troubadours were—
A) French lyric poets
B) monks
C) merchants
D) soldiers
Answer: A
527. A romance hero must prove—
A) wealth
B) courage and chivalry
C) knowledge
D) scholarly ability
Answer: B
528. The Holy Grail quest reflects—
A) greed
B) purity
C) lust
D) wealth
Answer: B
529. Medieval narrative poetry is mostly—
A) religious
B) psychological
C) political
D) scientific
Answer: A
530. The main theme of medieval love lyrics is—
A) philosophy
B) devotion to lady
C) war
D) death
Answer: B
531. Medieval satires attacked—
A) animals
B) clergy & corruption
C) kings
D) peasants
Answer: B
532. Cursor Mundi is a—
A) love story
B) universal history
C) romance
D) fabliau
Answer: B
533. Ancrene Wisse is a guide for—
A) nuns (anchoresses)
B) soldiers
C) kings
D) merchants
Answer: A
534. The Ormulum is noted for—
A) heavy alliteration
B) phonetic spelling
C) rhyme royal
D) drama
Answer: B
535. Middle English prose matured in—
A) Malory
B) Chaucer
C) Langland
D) Gower
Answer: A
536. “Mystery play” originally meant—
A) mysterious
B) craft guild
C) unknown
D) undeciphered
Answer: B
537. York Cycle is a collection of—
A) romances
B) biblical plays
C) love lyrics
D) fabliaux
Answer: B
538. A common element in medieval drama is—
A) comedy alone
B) mixture of comedy and devotion
C) tragedy only
D) pure romance
Answer: B
539. Middle English religious lyrics often praised—
A) kings
B) saints & Virgin Mary
C) merchants
D) armies
Answer: B
540. Medieval allegory often uses—
A) kings
B) animals
C) virtues as characters
D) war heroes
Answer: C
541. The earliest English saint’s play is—
A) St. Nicholas Play
B) Everyman
C) Castle of Perseverance
D) King Horn
Answer: A
542. Miracle plays were suppressed by—
A) Renaissance
B) Puritans & Protestant Reformers
C) Victorians
D) Romantics
Answer: B
543. Mankind is a—
A) ballad
B) fabliau
C) morality play
D) romance
Answer: C
544. Mysticism flourished in—
A) North England
B) Kent
C) East Midlands
D) West Midlands
Answer: D
545. Scale of Perfection was written by—
A) Walter Hilton
B) Julian of Norwich
C) Margery Kempe
D) Langland
Answer: A
546. “Showings” refers to the visions of—
A) Margery Kempe
B) Julian of Norwich
C) Chaucer
D) Gower
Answer: B
547. A hallmark of medieval poetry is—
A) abstraction
B) vivid nature imagery
C) mathematical precision
D) pure prose
Answer: B
548. “Memento mori” is a reminder of—
A) love
B) death
C) wealth
D) war
Answer: B
549. Medieval culture emphasized—
A) philosophy
B) religion
C) science
D) technology
Answer: B
550. Middle English ends with—
A) Caxton’s printing
B) Chaucer’s death
C) Langland’s death
D) Norman Conquest
Answer: A
SECTION F — MIDDLE ENGLISH CULTURE, HISTORY, THEMES
(Q551–Q580)
551. The Black Death occurred in—
A) 1310
B) 1348
C) 1400
D) 1450
Answer: B
552. The Black Death killed about—
A) 10% of England
B) 20%
C) 50%
D) 70%
Answer: C
553. The Peasants’ Revolt took place in—
A) 1348
B) 1351
C) 1381
D) 1400
Answer: C
554. The leader of the Peasants’ Revolt was—
A) Robin Hood
B) John Wycliffe
C) Wat Tyler
D) Langland
Answer: C
555. Who was king during the Peasants’ Revolt?
A) Richard II
B) Henry IV
C) Edward III
D) Henry II
Answer: A
556. John Wycliffe is known as—
A) Morning Star of Reformation
B) Sun of Peace
C) Father of Drama
D) First Poet of England
Answer: A
557. Wycliffe criticized—
A) soldiers
B) corrupt church practices
C) peasants
D) universities
Answer: B
558. The Lollards were followers of—
A) Chaucer
B) Wycliffe
C) Gower
D) Malory
Answer: B
559. The Hundred Years’ War was fought between—
A) England & Scotland
B) France & Spain
C) England & France
D) France & Italy
Answer: C
560. The Hundred Years’ War lasted from—
A) 1200–1300
B) 1315–1348
C) 1337–1453
D) 1400–1460
Answer: C
561. A major effect of the Hundred Years’ War was—
A) rise of English nationalism
B) decline of language
C) death of universities
D) end of monarchy
Answer: A
562. The Church in the Middle Ages was—
A) weak
B) corrupt and powerful
C) democratic
D) secular
Answer: B
563. The greatest enemy of the Church in literature
was—
A) Chaucer
B) Langland
C) Dante
D) Gower
Answer: B
564. The Feudal System is based on—
A) birth
B) wealth
C) trade
D) democracy
Answer: A
565. The greatest survivors of medieval culture
are—
A) novels
B) epics
C) romances and religious texts
D) political speeches
Answer: C
566. Medieval culture valued—
A) science
B) religion and chivalry
C) free trade
D) individualism
Answer: B
567. The rise of guilds affected—
A) poetry
B) education
C) drama
D) theology
Answer: C
568. Middle English literature is mostly—
A) world-centered
B) God-centered
C) science-centered
D) money-centered
Answer: B
569. The climax of medieval culture is in—
A) Chaucer
B) Shakespeare
C) Tennyson
D) Dryden
Answer: A
570. Caxton’s printing press led to—
A) dialect confusion
B) standardization of English
C) end of poetry
D) rise of Latin
Answer: B
571. The first book printed in English by Caxton
was—
A) Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
B) Morte d’Arthur
C) Eneydos
D) Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
Answer: D
572. Medieval universities taught—
A) law, theology, medicine
B) engineering
C) computer science
D) physics
Answer: A
573. The dominant intellectual method was—
A) empiricism
B) rationalism
C) scholasticism
D) existentialism
Answer: C
574. A medieval sermon emphasizes—
A) politics
B) salvation
C) drama
D) science
Answer: B
575. “Mystic writing” focuses on—
A) logic
B) visions of God
C) debate
D) worldly love
Answer: B
576. The Middle Ages end with—
A) fall of Rome
B) Renaissance
C) Enlightenment
D) Romantic revival
Answer: B
577. The ideal knight in medieval culture is—
A) greedy
B) humble, brave, loyal
C) cowardly
D) lazy
Answer: B
578. The basis of medieval society was—
A) equality
B) feudal hierarchy
C) democracy
D) socialism
Answer: B
579. The medieval worldview is best described as—
A) secular
B) god-centered
C) atheistic
D) scientific
Answer: B
580. Middle English literature reflects—
A) industrial society
B) feudal, religious society
C) modern democracy
D) global trade
Answer: B
⭐ SECTION G — MIDDLE ENGLISH POETRY, FORMS, THEMES
(Q581–Q600)
581. The two major poetic traditions in Middle
English are—
A) epic & drama
B) prose & drama
C) alliterative & rhymed
D) ballad & epic
Answer: C
582. Alliterative poetry uses—
A) rhyme
B) imagery
C) stressed alliteration
D) prose rhythm
Answer: C
583. Alliterative verse has—
A) two stresses per line
B) four stresses per line
C) six stresses per line
D) no stresses
Answer: B
584. The most popular rhyme form introduced by
Chaucer—
A) rhyme royal
B) sestina
C) ottava rima
D) blank verse
Answer: A
585. Rhyme royal has—
A) 5 lines
B) 6 lines
C) 7 lines
D) 8 lines
Answer: C
586. The rhyme scheme of heroic couplet is—
A) abab
B) abcb
C) aa bb
D) ababab
Answer: C
587. The ballad stanza is—
A) abcb
B) abab
C) aabb
D) abcdabcd
Answer: A
588. Bob and wheel appears in—
A) Gawain
B) Piers Plowman
C) Confessio Amantis
D) Morte d’Arthur
Answer: A
589. Medieval lyrics are mostly—
A) political
B) devotional & love
C) scientific
D) philosophical
Answer: B
590. “Spring” in Middle English poetry symbolizes—
A) death
B) love & renewal
C) war
D) fear
Answer: B
591. Medieval allegory uses—
A) animals only
B) emotions only
C) symbols to express spiritual truth
D) literal meaning only
Answer: C
592. Symbol of purity in Pearl is—
A) gold
B) pearl
C) crown
D) dove
Answer: B
593. The central theme of Gawain is—
A) science
B) political rebellion
C) chivalric testing
D) love and marriage
Answer: C
594. A medieval romance includes—
A) magic
B) knights
C) love
D) all of the above
Answer: D
595. A fabliau usually mocks—
A) peasants
B) nobles
C) clergy and lustful men
D) scholars
Answer: C
596. Middle English drama originated from—
A) church ritual
B) folk songs
C) merchants
D) nobles
Answer: A
597. The most comic medieval play is—
A) Everyman
B) Second Shepherds’ Play
C) Castle of Perseverance
D) St. Nicholas Play
Answer: B
598. The earliest English saint play is—
A) St. George
B) St. Nicholas Play
C) Mary Magdalene Play
D) Thomas Play
Answer: B
599. Mystery plays represent—
A) entertainment only
B) the entire Bible story
C) Asian mythology
D) courtly love
Answer: B
600. Middle English poetry is best described as—
A) secular
B) religious + courtly + romantic mix
C) scientific
D) modernist
Answer: B
CHAUCER ADVANCED, NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE (Q601–Q650)
601. Chaucer’s narrative persona is usually—
A) harsh and critical
B) gentle, humorous observer
C) angry moralist
D) dramatic narrator
Answer: B
602. The “General Prologue” is written in—
A) prose
B) heroic couplets
C) rhyme royal
D) blank verse
Answer: B
603. Chaucer’s use of “frame narrative” was
inspired by—
A) Beowulf
B) Boccaccio’s Decameron
C) Dante’s Inferno
D) Ormulum
Answer: B
604. “Radix malorum est cupiditas” means—
A) love conquers all
B) money is the root of evil
C) beauty fades
D) truth shall prevail
Answer: B
605. The Knight’s Tale is set in—
A) Rome
B) Greece (Thebes)
C) England
D) France
Answer: B
606. Chaucer uses “estates satire” to portray—
A) kings and nobles
B) all classes of medieval society
C) animals
D) supernatural beings
Answer: B
607. “Fabliau” in Canterbury Tales includes—
A) Miller’s Tale
B) Reeve’s Tale
C) Shipman’s Tale
D) All of these
Answer: D
608. Chaucer’s Pardoner represents—
A) honesty
B) hypocrisy
C) heroism
D) purity
Answer: B
609. The Pardoner’s character is criticized mainly
for—
A) overeating
B) selling fake relics
C) wearing armor
D) dancing
Answer: B
610. Chaucer’s faith in human goodness is seen in—
A) Pardoner
B) Ploughman
C) Summoner
D) Miller
Answer: B
611. Chaucer’s language reflects—
A) Kentish tradition
B) East Midland + London dialect
C) Northern dialect
D) Celtic influence
Answer: B
612. The Knight’s Tale deals with the theme of—
A) fate vs free will
B) courtly revenge
C) mystery
D) money
Answer: A
613. Arcite and Palamon represent—
A) war and peace
B) courtly rivals
C) clergy
D) satire
Answer: B
614. The Wife of Bath’s fifth husband is—
A) Jankyn
B) John
C) Nicholas
D) Walter
Answer: A
615. The Wife of Bath is partially deaf because—
A) plague
B) old age
C) her husband struck her
D) accident
Answer: C
616. The theme of the Wife of Bath’s Tale is—
A) honor
B) what women most desire
C) victory in war
D) religion
Answer: B
617. The Summoner’s Tale criticizes—
A) monks
B) friars
C) knights
D) peasants
Answer: B
618. Chaucer’s Prioress speaks French like—
A) Paris aristocrats
B) Stratford schoolchildren
C) London merchants
D) French priests
Answer: B
619. Chaucer portrays the Prioress as—
A) devout
B) sentimental & courtly
C) scholarly
D) warrior-like
Answer: B
620. The Reeve’s occupation is—
A) cook
B) miller
C) estate manager
D) farmer
Answer: C
621. The Franklin values—
A) war
B) generosity and hospitality
C) poverty
D) silence
Answer: B
622. The Clerk values—
A) wealth
B) learning
C) war
D) trade
Answer: B
623. “Gentilesse” in Chaucer means—
A) nobility by birth only
B) moral nobility
C) bravery
D) youth
Answer: B
624. Chaucer uses the concept of “fortune” from—
A) Greek tragedy
B) Christian doctrine
C) Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy
D) Celtic tradition
Answer: C
625. The Clerk’s Tale embodies—
A) loyalty and patience
B) war and peace
C) morality
D) comedy
Answer: A
626. The Parliament of Fowls is associated
with—
A) New Year
B) Christmas
C) St. Valentine’s Day
D) Easter
Answer: C
627. In Parliament of Fowls, the birds
represent—
A) social classes
B) Greek gods
C) mythological beasts
D) kings of England
Answer: A
628. Troilus & Criseyde ends—
A) happily
B) tragically
C) humorously
D) with battle
Answer: B
629. Chaucer’s first major work—
A) House of Fame
B) Parliament of Fowls
C) Book of the Duchess
D) Legend of Good Women
Answer: C
630. Geoffrey Chaucer was also a—
A) soldier
B) diplomat & customs officer
C) printer
D) shepherd
Answer: B
631. The main source for Legend of Good Women
is—
A) Ovid
B) Virgil
C) Homer
D) Dante
Answer: A
632. Chaucer’s humor works through—
A) cruelty
B) gentle irony
C) anger
D) parody
Answer: B
633. The Squire is described as—
A) old
B) fashionable and romantic
C) priestly
D) poor
Answer: B
634. Chaucer models his dream visions on—
A) Dante
B) Boethius
C) French Roman de la Rose tradition
D) church sermons
Answer: C
635. The Friar mainly enjoys—
A) fishing
B) singing and flirting
C) reading
D) hunting
Answer: B
636. The Monk violates monastic rules by—
A) fasting too much
B) hunting and feasting
C) staying silent
D) wearing plain clothes
Answer: B
637. Which tale is a sermon in prose?
A) Parson’s Tale
B) Miller’s Tale
C) Reeve’s Tale
D) Franklin’s Tale
Answer: A
638. The “Host” wants the best tale to be—
A) longest
B) merriest and most instructive
C) most tragic
D) about war
Answer: B
639. The Knight is described as—
A) vain
B) brave and humble
C) corrupt
D) greedy
Answer: B
640. The most corrupt pilgrim is—
A) Knight
B) Ploughman
C) Summoner
D) Pardoner
Answer: D
641. Chaucer’s contributions shaped—
A) modern drama
B) modern English poetic diction
C) French grammar
D) Roman law
Answer: B
642. Chaucer is called the—
A) Morning Star of Renaissance
B) Father of English Poetry
C) Prince of Prose
D) Father of Drama
Answer: B
643. Chaucer’s use of heroic couplet influenced—
A) Dryden & Pope
B) Shakespeare
C) Milton
D) Wordsworth
Answer: A
644. The motif of pilgrimage symbolizes—
A) war
B) spiritual journey
C) nationalism
D) comedy
Answer: B
645. The Host’s personality is—
A) timid
B) bold, cheerful, practical
C) cruel
D) silent
Answer: B
646. Chaucer’s description of characters uses—
A) symbolism
B) physiognomy
C) factual details
D) both B and C
Answer: D
647. The Cook’s Tale deals with—
A) purity
B) vice and immorality
C) miracles
D) war
Answer: B
648. Chaucer’s tales often mix—
A) philosophy & science
B) realism & fantasy
C) epic & tragedy
D) romance & logic
Answer: B
649. Chaucer’s universal theme is—
A) crime
B) money
C) human nature
D) animals
Answer: C
650. Chaucer’s primary source of characterization
is—
A) speeches
B) actions and appearance
C) personal opinion
D) letters
Answer: B
⭐ SECTION B — MALORY & ARTHURIAN LITERATURE
(Q651–Q700)
651. Le Morte d’Arthur is written by—
A) Gower
B) Langland
C) Malory
D) Chaucer
Answer: C
652. Malory’s Morte d’Arthur is written in—
A) verse
B) prose
C) drama
D) rhyme royal
Answer: B
653. Malory lived during—
A) 9th century
B) 12th century
C) 15th century
D) 18th century
Answer: C
654. Malory’s book was printed by—
A) Chaucer
B) Caxton
C) Gower
D) Langland
Answer: B
655. Caxton printed it in—
A) 1400
B) 1476
C) 1485
D) 1490
Answer: C
656. Morte d’Arthur retells—
A) Greek myths
B) Arthurian legends
C) Crusades
D) biblical stories
Answer: B
657. The purest knight of the Round Table is—
A) Lancelot
B) Gawain
C) Galahad
D) Mordred
Answer: C
658. The quest for the Holy Grail symbolizes—
A) war
B) purity and spiritual perfection
C) wealth
D) adventure only
Answer: B
659. Arthur’s kingdom falls because of—
A) plague
B) famine
C) betrayal and moral corruption
D) foreign invasion
Answer: C
660. The final battle takes place at—
A) Dover
B) Salisbury Plain
C) Camlann
D) London
Answer: C
661. Who mortally wounds King Arthur?
A) Lancelot
B) Gawain
C) Mordred
D) Kay
Answer: C
662. Arthur is carried to—
A) France
B) Heaven
C) Avalon
D) Rome
Answer: C
663. The last knight to see Arthur alive is—
A) Lancelot
B) Bors
C) Bedivere
D) Tristan
Answer: C
664. Arthur’s sword is—
A) Gram
B) Excalibur
C) Joyeuse
D) Muramasa
Answer: B
665. Excalibur is returned to—
A) Arthur
B) Bishop
C) Lady of the Lake
D) Merlin
Answer: C
666. Lancelot is known for—
A) cowardice
B) treachery
C) bravery + forbidden love
D) comedy
Answer: C
667. Guinevere becomes—
A) queen
B) nun
C) warrior
D) pilgrim
Answer: B
668. Lancelot dies—
A) in battle
B) as a monk
C) at sea
D) in Arthur’s lap
Answer: B
669. Mordred is Arthur’s—
A) nephew or son
B) cousin
C) brother
D) uncle
Answer: A
670. The Round Table symbolizes—
A) equality
B) monarchy
C) war
D) pride
Answer: A
671. Malory’s prose style is—
A) colloquial
B) ornate and rhythmic
C) poetic
D) scientific
Answer: B
672. Malory’s tone is—
A) comic
B) romantic and tragic
C) scientific
D) angry
Answer: B
673. Malory wrote while—
A) traveling
B) imprisoned
C) teaching
D) in France
Answer: B
674. Malory’s main sources were—
A) Greek poems
B) French Arthurian romances
C) English ballads
D) Latin sermons
Answer: B
675. Sir Gareth’s story is called—
A) Tale of Sir Launcelot
B) Tale of Sir Gareth
C) Tale of Holy Grail
D) Tale of Mordred
Answer: B
676. Merlin in Malory is—
A) weak
B) wizard and advisor
C) warrior
D) poet
Answer: B
677. The downfall of Arthurian world is due to—
A) magic
B) love triangle & betrayal
C) plague
D) famine
Answer: B
678. Malory praises—
A) chivalry and loyalty
B) greed
C) clerical corruption
D) politics
Answer: A
679. Malory’s chief virtue in narrative is—
A) humor
B) simplicity & dignity
C) scientific tone
D) satire
Answer: B
680. The main theme of Morte d’Arthur is—
A) decline of chivalry
B) journey to Rome
C) revenge
D) comedy
Answer: A
681. Malory believed that true knights should show—
A) wrath
B) humility & purity
C) greed
D) trickery
Answer: B
682. The symbolism of the Holy Grail is—
A) wealth
B) divine grace
C) adventure
D) politics
Answer: B
683. Sir Agravaine reveals—
A) Lancelot’s adultery
B) Arthur’s betrayal
C) Merlin’s secrets
D) Tristan’s jokes
Answer: A
684. The most tragic knight in Malory is—
A) Gawain
B) Bedivere
C) Lancelot
D) Kay
Answer: C
685. Malory ends with a reflection on—
A) politics
B) chivalry fading away
C) romance
D) humor
Answer: B
686. Malory’s narrative emphasizes—
A) allegory
B) action and dialogue
C) sermons
D) classical references
Answer: B
687. “Hic jacet Arthurus, rex quondam, rexque
futurus” means—
A) Arthur never lived
B) Arthur will return
C) Arthur is gone forever
D) Arthur is buried with treasure
Answer: B
688. Malory’s Arthur is—
A) weak
B) noble yet tragic
C) comic
D) cruel
Answer: B
689. Malory’s final message is—
A) battles are useless
B) chivalry is ideal but fragile
C) religion must be rejected
D) kings must be cruel
Answer: B
690. The Grail knights include—
A) Galahad, Percival, Bors
B) Lancelot, Agravaine
C) Mordred, Gawain
D) Arthur, Kay
Answer: A
691. Sir Gawain dies from—
A) disease
B) battle wounds
C) execution
D) drowning
Answer: B
692. Bedivere fails twice to—
A) destroy the Round Table
B) return Excalibur
C) save Arthur
D) fight Lancelot
Answer: B
693. The Lady of the Lake represents—
A) evil
B) magical benevolence
C) death
D) war
Answer: B
694. The destruction of Camelot symbolizes—
A) end of feudal ideal
B) rise of democracy
C) fall of religion
D) industrial age
Answer: A
695. Sir Thomas Malory's origin is—
A) Warwickshire
B) London
C) Norfolk
D) uncertain
Answer: D
696. The printed Morte d’Arthur had—
A) 8 books
B) 12 books
C) 21 books
D) 36 books
Answer: C
697. Malory’s style is closest to—
A) medieval French prose
B) classical epic
C) modern fiction
D) Celtic poetry
Answer: A
698. The key value in Malory is—
A) hypocrisy
B) loyalty
C) betrayal
D) greed
Answer: B
699. Malory’s narrative ends with—
A) a feast
B) Arthur’s death
C) a coronation
D) a prophecy
Answer: B
700. Malory’s work established the English
tradition of—
A) romance & prose fiction
B) drama
C) epic poetry
D) satire
Answer: A
SECTION C — GOWER,
LANGLAND, RELIGIOUS PROSE (Q701–Q750)
701. John Gower wrote in how many languages?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Answer: C (Latin, French, English)
702. Gower’s English masterpiece is—
A) Morte d’Arthur
B) Confessio Amantis
C) Troilus & Criseyde
D) Pearl
Answer: B
703. “Confessio Amantis” means—
A) Confession of a sinner
B) Confession of a lover
C) Confession of a king
D) Confession of a poet
Answer: B
704. Gower’s Confessio Amantis uses—
A) heroic couplets
B) octosyllabic rhyming couplets
C) rhyme royal
D) blank verse
Answer: B
705. Confessio Amantis is framed as—
A) a dream vision
B) a lover confessing to Genius
C) a sermon
D) an allegory of kingship
Answer: B
706. Gower is called “moral Gower” because—
A) he wrote sermons
B) he emphasized moral lessons
C) he condemned poetry
D) he attacked clerics
Answer: B
707. Gower dedicated his work to—
A) Chaucer
B) Richard II
C) Edward III
D) both B and C
Answer: D
708. Gower’s tone is mostly—
A) comic
B) moralizing
C) tragic
D) romantic
Answer: B
709. Langland’s Piers Plowman is written in—
A) heroic couplets
B) blank verse
C) alliterative long lines
D) prose
Answer: C
710. Piers Plowman uses which narrative
technique?
A) dream vision
B) fabliau
C) epic
D) drama
Answer: A
711. The poem Piers Plowman is divided into—
A) books
B) chapters
C) passus
D) cantos
Answer: C
712. Langland’s main theme is—
A) war
B) courtly love
C) salvation and truth
D) politics
Answer: C
713. The three stages in Langland’s poem are—
A) body, soul, spirit
B) do-well, do-better, do-best
C) love, war, peace
D) night, dawn, noon
Answer: B
714. Piers represents—
A) Satan
B) King Arthur
C) Christ
D) Adam
Answer: C
715. Langland criticizes—
A) peasants
B) merchants
C) corrupt clergy
D) poets
Answer: C
716. Langland’s tone is—
A) humorous
B) prophetic & moral
C) violent
D) tragic
Answer: B
717. Piers Plowman belongs to which region’s
dialect?
A) East Midland
B) Northern
C) West Midland
D) Kentish
Answer: C
718. Pearl resembles the structure of—
A) Dante’s Divine Comedy
B) Sonnets
C) Anglo-Saxon epic
D) Fabliau
Answer: A (complex allegory + vision)
719. Religious prose writers include—
A) Chaucer & Gower
B) Wycliffe, Hilton, Julian of Norwich
C) Langland & Malory
D) none
Answer: B
720. Julian of Norwich wrote—
A) Showings / Revelations of Divine Love
B) Scale of Perfection
C) Confessio Amantis
D) Ayenbite of Inwyt
Answer: A
721. Julian of Norwich is the first…
A) woman to translate Bible
B) known woman writer in English
C) female dramatist
D) female ballad singer
Answer: B
722. The message “All shall be well” is from—
A) Chaucer
B) Langland
C) Julian of Norwich
D) Gower
Answer: C
723. The Scale of Perfection is by—
A) Julian
B) Walter Hilton
C) Langland
D) Malory
Answer: B
724. The Cloud of Unknowing teaches—
A) rational thought
B) intellectual pride
C) mystical union with God
D) secularism
Answer: C
725. Ayenbite of Inwyt is written in—
A) Northern dialect
B) Latin
C) Kentish dialect
D) French
Answer: C
726. “Inwyt” in Ayenbite means—
A) insight
B) conscience
C) anger
D) purity
Answer: B
727. Wycliffe translated—
A) Chaucer
B) the Bible
C) Aristotle
D) Malory
Answer: B
728. Wycliffe opposed—
A) kings
B) papal corruption
C) merchants
D) romances
Answer: B
729. Wycliffe’s followers are called—
A) Franciscans
B) Lollards
C) Cavaliers
D) Anglicans
Answer: B
730. The Lollards advocated—
A) Church wealth
B) Bible in English
C) war
D) pilgrimage
Answer: B
731. Mystics emphasized—
A) external rituals
B) inner spiritual experience
C) church politics
D) miracles
Answer: B
732. Margery Kempe wrote—
A) first English autobiography
B) collection of lyrics
C) romance
D) fabliau
Answer: A
733. The Book of Margery Kempe is known for—
A) epic battles
B) spiritual visions & emotional devotion
C) science
D) satire
Answer: B
734. “Cursor Mundi” is—
A) universal history in verse
B) courtly love poem
C) fabliau
D) Arthurian romance
Answer: A
735. Ormulum is famous for—
A) alliteration
B) phonetic spelling
C) rhyme royal
D) drama
Answer: B
736. Medieval religious prose shows—
A) technical complexity
B) simple sincerity
C) secular emotions
D) political humor
Answer: B
737. The Wycliffite Bible translated into English
is—
A) early 12th century
B) late 14th century
C) mid–15th century
D) 1500
Answer: B
738. Religious prose of Middle Ages is mainly—
A) mystical
B) didactic
C) devotional
D) all of these
Answer: D
739. “Truth” in Piers Plowman symbolizes—
A) heaven
B) the king
C) Christ
D) Bible
Answer: C
740. Lady Holy Church appears in—
A) Malory
B) Chaucer
C) Langland
D) Gower
Answer: C
741. Langland’s visions take place in—
A) a tower and a dungeon
B) field, wilderness, mountain
C) heaven
D) castle
Answer: A
742. Gower’s social criticism is aimed at—
A) peasants
B) court, clergy, and commons
C) foreigners
D) women
Answer: B
743. Confessio Amantis contains—
A) Over 100 tales
B) 200 tales
C) 50 tales
D) 120 tales
Answer: A
744. Gower’s tone compared to Chaucer is—
A) lighter
B) more humorous
C) more moralistic and serious
D) comic
Answer: C
745. Langland’s main virtue praised is—
A) luxury
B) hard work
C) stealth
D) wealth
Answer: B
746. Gower’s French poem is—
A) Speculum Meditantis
B) Vox Clamantis
C) Confessio Amantis
D) Parliament of Fowls
Answer: A
747. Gower’s Latin poem is—
A) Vox Clamantis
B) Pearl
C) Ayenbite
D) Sir Gawain
Answer: A
748. Vox Clamantis deals with—
A) Peasants’ Revolt
B) love stories
C) saints’ lives
D) Arthurian legend
Answer: A
749. Gower sees the Peasants’ Revolt as—
A) justified
B) divine punishment
C) political need
D) irrelevant
Answer: B
750. Gower’s Confessio Amantis ends with—
A) war
B) moral advice
C) death
D) comedy
Answer: B
⭐ SECTION D — LYRICS, BALLADS, ALLITERATIVE REVIVAL
(Q751–Q800)
751. The Alliterative Revival occurred in—
A) 10th century
B) 12th century
C) 14th century
D) 16th century
Answer: C
752. The Alliterative Revival includes—
A) Sir Gawain
B) Piers Plowman
C) Morte Arthure
D) All of these
Answer: D
753. Medieval lyrics are mostly—
A) religious
B) courtly love
C) pastoral
D) all of these
Answer: D
754. The earliest English lyric is—
A) My love is like…
B) Sumer is icumen in
C) Western Wind
D) Lenten is come
Answer: B
755. “Sumer is icumen in” is also called the—
A) Spring Song
B) Summer Hymn
C) Cuckoo Song
D) Plague Song
Answer: C
756. A common refrain in ballads is called—
A) envoy
B) burden
C) stanza tail
D) echo
Answer: B
757. Popular ballads include—
A) Robin Hood ballads
B) saints’ lives
C) Chaucerian tales
D) scientific poems
Answer: A
758. Ballads originate from—
A) oral tradition
B) royal court
C) Latin texts
D) universities
Answer: A
759. Ballads are characterized by—
A) ornate style
B) simplicity and repetition
C) strict allegory
D) scientific vocabulary
Answer: B
760. Typical ballad stanza is—
A) abba
B) abcb
C) aabb
D) abab
Answer: B
761. A feature of ballads is—
A) dramatic dialogue
B) no characters
C) long descriptions
D) theoretical arguments
Answer: A
762. “Get up and bar the door” is a famous—
A) romance
B) lyric
C) ballad
D) miracle play
Answer: C
763. “Barbara Allan” is a—
A) fabliau
B) romance
C) tragic ballad
D) dream vision
Answer: C
764. “Sir Patrick Spens” is a ballad about—
A) courtly love
B) seafaring tragedy
C) Arthur’s war
D) religion
Answer: B
765. Alliterative verse stresses—
A) rhyme
B) alliteration
C) stanza
D) refrain
Answer: B
766. “Pearl” uses—
A) rhyme royal
B) elaborate stanzaic structure
C) blank verse
D) ballad form
Answer: B
767. The “Gawain Poet” is also called—
A) Master of Romance
B) Pearl Poet
C) Chaucer
D) Caxton
Answer: B
768. The four poems attributed to Pearl Poet are—
A) Pearl, Patience, Cleanness, Gawain
B) Pearl, Horn, Ormulum, Cursor Mundi
C) Pearl, Gower, Chaucer, Langland
D) Patience, Orfeo, Gawain, Voce Clamantis
Answer: A
769. “Cleanness” focuses on—
A) purity
B) war
C) politics
D) art
Answer: A
770. Patience retells the biblical story of—
A) Joseph
B) Jonah
C) Jacob
D) Moses
Answer: B
771. The Green Knight is—
A) magical
B) Christian knight
C) king
D) pilgrim
Answer: A
772. Gawain’s test is mainly for—
A) military skill
B) moral integrity
C) poetry
D) cooking
Answer: B
773. The green girdle symbolizes—
A) wealth
B) guilt & failure
C) victory
D) royalty
Answer: B
774. Medieval allegory includes—
A) animals
B) virtues
C) vices
D) all of these
Answer: D
775. The Harrowing of Hell episode appears in—
A) Gawain
B) Pearl
C) Piers Plowman
D) Morte d’Arthur
Answer: C
776. Middle English carol is—
A) secular song with burden
B) only religious
C) drama
D) elegy
Answer: A
777. A “burden” in songs means—
A) story
B) chorus or refrain
C) punishment
D) music
Answer: B
778. Lyrical poems often address—
A) nature, love, devotion
B) science
C) politics
D) marriage laws
Answer: A
779. The Pearl Poet’s vocabulary is—
A) simple
B) rich and ornate
C) technical
D) Latinized
Answer: B
780. The Robin Hood ballads present—
A) wicked hero
B) outlaw who fights injustice
C) king
D) saint
Answer: B
781. Robin Hood’s enemy is—
A) sheriff
B) parson
C) summoner
D) ploughman
Answer: A
782. A “lai” (Breton lai) is—
A) short narrative romance
B) drama
C) sermon
D) fabliau
Answer: A
783. Marie de France wrote—
A) fabliaux
B) lais
C) miracle plays
D) Arthurian drama
Answer: B
784. Medieval romances often combine—
A) chivalry, love, magic
B) science and politics
C) mathematics and theology
D) law and grammar
Answer: A
785. A pastoral lyric emphasizes—
A) city life
B) countryside and shepherds
C) war
D) money
Answer: B
786. Early English songs include—
A) love lyrics
B) devotional hymns
C) nature poems
D) all of these
Answer: D
787. The refrain “With alle my heart!” belongs to—
A) romance
B) saint’s life
C) love lyric
D) dream vision
Answer: C
788. Popular rhyme in Middle English lyric is—
A) abab
B) aabb
C) abcb
D) scheme varies
Answer: D
789. Medieval drama began in—
A) church liturgy
B) royal courts
C) universities
D) taverns
Answer: A
790. The earliest dramatic text is—
A) Everyman
B) Quem Quaeritis trope
C) Mankind
D) Saint Nicholas Play
Answer: B
791. Mystery cycles include—
A) York, Chester, Wakefield
B) Paris, Rome
C) Oxford, Cambridge
D) Canterbury only
Answer: A
792. Morality play characters include—
A) Arthur
B) Everyman
C) Good Deeds
D) Both B & C
Answer: D
793. Everyman seeks help from—
A) Fellowship
B) Goods
C) Good Deeds
D) all of these
Answer: C
794. In ballads, the story is told through—
A) descriptions
B) dramatic dialogue and action
C) essays
D) reports
Answer: B
795. Ballads avoid—
A) repetition
B) ornate description
C) action
D) dialogue
Answer: B
796. Gawain’s pentangle symbolizes—
A) magic
B) five knightly virtues
C) five plagues
D) five kings
Answer: B
797. The “Green Chapel” symbolizes—
A) death
B) nature & testing place
C) wealth
D) politics
Answer: B
798. Gawain’s final scar symbolizes—
A) pride
B) humility and imperfection
C) glory
D) loss
Answer: B
799. The poem Patience teaches—
A) endurance
B) battle
C) poverty
D) war
Answer: A
800. Middle English literature is best understood
as—
A) purely secular
B) deeply religious + chivalric + courtly
C) industrial
D) modern
Answer: B
SECTION A — MIDDLE ENGLISH HISTORY, SOCIETY,
CULTURE (Q801–Q850)
801. The Middle English period spans approximately—
A) 500–900
B) 900–1100
C) 1066–1500
D) 1500–1600
Answer: C
802. The Norman Conquest introduced—
A) Celtic
B) French
C) Latin
D) German
Answer: B
803. Feudalism is based on—
A) trade
B) birth hierarchy
C) democracy
D) capitalism
Answer: B
804. The Black Death caused—
A) rise of towns
B) collapse of feudal labour system
C) industrial revolution
D) rise of paganism
Answer: B
805. The Peasants' Revolt demanded—
A) higher taxes
B) freedom from serfdom
C) more wars
D) Latin education
Answer: B
806. The major outcome of Caxton’s printing press—
A) decline of English
B) standardization of English
C) rise of Latin
D) destruction of manuscripts
Answer: B
807. The Hundred Years’ War increased—
A) French influence
B) English national feeling
C) Latin learning
D) monasticism
Answer: B
808. Middle English society was—
A) classless
B) rigidly hierarchical
C) democratic
D) industrial
Answer: B
809. The medieval church controlled—
A) education
B) politics
C) morality
D) all of these
Answer: D
810. The common language of scholarship was—
A) English
B) French
C) Latin
D) Greek
Answer: C
811. Guilds were important in—
A) literature
B) staging mystery plays
C) politics
D) sermons
Answer: B
812. Chivalry emphasized—
A) science
B) political rebellion
C) knighthood virtues
D) farming
Answer: C
813. The medieval worldview is—
A) individualistic
B) God-centered
C) materialistic
D) scientific
Answer: B
814. Middle English literacy increased due to—
A) war
B) printing
C) taxes
D) famine
Answer: B
815. The Crusades influenced—
A) trade & culture
B) grammar
C) Latin learning
D) death of drama
Answer: A
816. Early universities were established in—
A) Cambridge & Oxford
B) York & Winchester
C) Canterbury & London
D) Bristol & Birmingham
Answer: A
817. Medieval books were written on—
A) paper
B) parchment
C) papyrus
D) metal sheets
Answer: B
818. The medieval concept of "Fortune"
came from—
A) Aristotle
B) Boethius
C) Plato
D) Cicero
Answer: B
819. The language of law courts till 1362 was—
A) English
B) French
C) Latin
D) Norse
Answer: B
820. The Statute of Pleadings (1362) made—
A) English official language of courts
B) French compulsory
C) Latin compulsory
D) Gaelic compulsory
Answer: A
821. Town literature often used—
A) Latin
B) French
C) English
D) Celtic
Answer: C
822. English rose again after—
A) fall of Roman Empire
B) Hundred Years War
C) Norman Conquest
D) Black Death
Answer: B
823. A key feature of medieval life is—
A) industrialization
B) pilgrimage
C) democracy
D) stock market
Answer: B
824. Monasteries preserved—
A) romances
B) manuscripts
C) trade routes
D) clothing
Answer: B
825. Medieval learning was influenced by—
A) rationalism
B) scholasticism
C) existentialism
D) communism
Answer: B
826. Clergy enjoyed—
A) immunity from law
B) peasant status
C) taxation
D) forced labour
Answer: A
827. Middle English sermons focused on—
A) war stories
B) moral instruction
C) romance
D) trade
Answer: B
828. Medieval mystics emphasized—
A) inner spiritual experience
B) political change
C) war
D) agriculture
Answer: A
829. Middle English literature is deeply influenced
by—
A) science
B) religion
C) capitalism
D) democracy
Answer: B
830. Castles represented—
A) poverty
B) feudal power
C) democracy
D) love
Answer: B
831. Pilgrimages were motivated by—
A) tourism
B) political exile
C) religious devotion
D) war
Answer: C
832. Mystery plays were banned during—
A) Renaissance
B) Reformation
C) Crusades
D) Black Death
Answer: B
833. The Normans brought—
A) French law
B) French culture
C) French vocabulary
D) all of these
Answer: D
834. Middle English literature shifted from oral to
written culture due to—
A) printing
B) drama
C) feudalism
D) romance
Answer: A
835. Medieval society was divided into—
A) three estates
B) ten estates
C) two estates
D) five estates
Answer: A
(clergy, nobility, commons)
836. The Fourth Estate (later) is—
A) clergy
B) press
C) merchants
D) knights
Answer: B
837. Feudal lord granted land in exchange for—
A) money
B) military service
C) poetry
D) sermons
Answer: B
838. The Church controlled—
A) education
B) law
C) literature
D) all of these
Answer: D
839. Middle English uses of “romance” referred to—
A) emotional love
B) narrative adventure in French
C) poetry only
D) drama
Answer: B
840. The Norman kings reigned till—
A) 1154
B) 1066
C) 1300
D) 1500
Answer: A
841. Middle English saw the rise of—
A) French domination
B) English nationalism
C) Indian literature
D) Viking culture
Answer: B
842. Manor houses belonged to—
A) peasants
B) knights
C) clergy
D) merchants
Answer: B
843. Medieval festivals combined—
A) drama
B) music
C) religious rituals
D) all of these
Answer: D
844. Minstrels were—
A) religious monks
B) poet-musicians
C) soldiers
D) merchants
Answer: B
845. Middle English prose was dominated by—
A) scientific texts
B) religious works
C) romance
D) essays
Answer: B
846. The first major English prose master is—
A) Chaucer
B) Malory
C) Gower
D) Langland
Answer: B
847. Which is NOT a Middle English social feature?
A) feudal hierarchy
B) serfdom
C) chivalry
D) industrial labor
Answer: D
848. Medieval women had—
A) equal rights
B) limited rights
C) full voting rights
D) political freedom
Answer: B
849. Middle English towns were governed by—
A) lords alone
B) guilds & councils
C) peasants
D) clergy
Answer: B
850. The linguistic outcome of Middle English
period is—
A) birth of Modern English
B) disappearance of English
C) rise of Celtic
D) rise of Norse
Answer: A
⭐ SECTION B — LITERARY FORMS, STYLES, GENRES
(Q851–Q900)
851. The two main poetic traditions in Middle
English are—
A) epic & ode
B) romance & satire
C) alliterative & rhymed
D) ballad & blank verse
Answer: C
852. Alliterative verse was revived in the—
A) 10th century
B) 12th century
C) 14th century
D) 16th century
Answer: C
853. Fabliau style involves—
A) moral teachings
B) satire, sex, trickery
C) war scenes
D) sermons
Answer: B
854. The Breton lai is a—
A) miracle play
B) short rhymed romance with magic
C) epic
D) hymn
Answer: B
855. Ballads are preserved mainly by—
A) written manuscripts
B) oral tradition
C) church archives
D) university libraries
Answer: B
856. Ballads prefer—
A) description
B) dialogue & action
C) long speeches
D) classical references
Answer: B
857. A “burden” in medieval song is—
A) moral
B) refrain
C) sermon
D) introduction
Answer: B
858. Dream vision poems include—
A) Pearl
B) Book of Duchess
C) House of Fame
D) All of these
Answer: D
859. Medieval drama originated in—
A) markets
B) nationalism
C) church liturgy
D) universities
Answer: C
860. Mystery plays dramatize—
A) saints’ miracles
B) Bible stories
C) courtly love
D) history
Answer: B
861. Miracle plays dramatize—
A) saints’ miracles
B) courtly life
C) romances
D) history of kings
Answer: A
862. Morality plays dramatize—
A) love
B) virtues and vices
C) war
D) feudal society
Answer: B
863. The first known morality play is—
A) Everyman
B) Castle of Perseverance
C) Mankind
D) Wisdom
Answer: B
864. The main character of Everyman is an
allegory of—
A) mankind
B) clergy
C) kings
D) merchants
Answer: A
865. Ballad stanza rhyme scheme is—
A) abab
B) abba
C) abcb
D) aabb
Answer: C
866. Medieval allegory uses—
A) kings
B) animals
C) virtues
D) all of these
Answer: D
867. Pastoral lyrics depict—
A) city life
B) shepherds & nature
C) war
D) market trade
Answer: B
868. Courtly love poetry originated in—
A) Germany
B) France
C) England
D) Greece
Answer: B
869. Troubadours wrote in—
A) Latin
B) French (Occitan)
C) English
D) German
Answer: B
870. Romance structure includes—
A) knight + quest + magic
B) science
C) politics
D) theology
Answer: A
871. Alliterative verse stresses—
A) rhyme
B) repeated initial consonants
C) imagery
D) scientific vocabulary
Answer: B
872. The Pearl Poet wrote in—
A) East Midland dialect
B) West Midland dialect
C) Northern dialect
D) French
Answer: B
873. Mystery plays were performed on—
A) ships
B) pageant wagons
C) castles
D) deserts
Answer: B
874. Medieval devotional lyrics often praise—
A) saints & Virgin Mary
B) kings
C) merchants
D) armies
Answer: A
875. “Sumer is icumen in” is a—
A) carol
B) lyric round
C) chant
D) ballad
Answer: B
876. Macaronic verse mixes—
A) French & Greek
B) Latin & English
C) Norse & Celtic
D) English & Persian
Answer: B
877. A romance is different from fabliau because
it—
A) uses low humor
B) uses high idealism & chivalry
C) uses vulgar imagery
D) focuses on peasants
Answer: B
878. Medieval beast fable appears in—
A) Nun’s Priest’s Tale
B) Knight’s Tale
C) Parson’s Tale
D) Clerk’s Tale
Answer: A
879. Alliterative prose appears in—
A) Ormulum
B) Malory
C) Old English Homilies
D) Sir Gawain
Answer: C
880. A “miracle” in medieval context refers to—
A) magic
B) saint’s supernatural deed
C) romance
D) trick
Answer: B
881. Cursor Mundi is—
A) love poem
B) universal Christian history
C) fabliau
D) tragedy
Answer: B
882. Mystery cycles include—
A) York
B) Chester
C) Wakefield
D) All of these
Answer: D
883. The Wakefield Master is known for—
A) tragedy
B) realistic humor
C) sermons
D) romance
Answer: B
884. The York cycle ends with—
A) creation
B) doomsday
C) nativity
D) crucifixion
Answer: B
885. A “carol” in medieval times is—
A) drama
B) dance song with refrain
C) sermon
D) epic
Answer: B
886. The stanza of “Pearl” is—
A) abba
B) intricate linked pattern
C) heroic couplet
D) blank verse
Answer: B
887. A "dreme" is—
A) sermon
B) dream vision poem
C) drama
D) romance
Answer: B
888. Birds in Parlement of Foules symbolize—
A) nature
B) social hierarchy
C) war
D) death
Answer: B
889. The narrator in dream visions is—
A) passive dreamer
B) active fighter
C) preacher
D) knight
Answer: A
890. Alliterative long lines typically have—
A) 2 stresses
B) 4 stresses
C) 6 stresses
D) no stress pattern
Answer: B
891. Middle English romances are derived from—
A) Greek science
B) French chivalric tradition
C) Celtic sagas
D) Egyptian myths
Answer: B
892. Miracle plays include stories of—
A) St Nicholas
B) St George
C) St Mary
D) all of these
Answer: D
893. Medieval drama ended because of—
A) politics
B) Protestant Reformation
C) Black Death
D) Gutenberg printing
Answer: B
894. A typical ballad opening is—
A) Once upon a time
B) It fell about a Martinmas time
C) Long long ago
D) They lived happily
Answer: B
895. A minstrel is—
A) singer-poet
B) soldier
C) judge
D) merchant
Answer: A
896. Medieval lyrics often used—
A) intense personalization
B) communal singing
C) mathematical patterns
D) classical norms
Answer: B
897. Pastoral tradition idealizes—
A) city life
B) village & nature
C) political struggle
D) science
Answer: B
898. Mystery plays were organized by—
A) kings
B) guilds
C) peasants
D) monks
Answer: B
899. Middle English romance heroes often undertake—
A) spiritual meditation
B) quests
C) grammar teaching
D) trade voyages
Answer: B
900. Medieval allegory often expresses—
A) literal history
B) moral-spiritual truth
C) scientific fact
D) market trade
Answer: B
⭐ SECTION C — FINAL REVIEW SET (Q901–Q1000)
(Mixed high-difficulty revision MCQs)
901. The three greatest Middle English poets are—
A) Chaucer, Langland, Gower
B) Milton, Chaucer, Dryden
C) Homer, Virgil, Dante
D) Chaucer, Sidney, Spenser
Answer: A
902. The language of Chaucer was—
A) Northern
B) East Midland (London dialect)
C) Southern
D) Celtic
Answer: B
903. Which poet used alliterative long lines in
14th century?
A) Chaucer
B) Langland
C) Gower
D) Malory
Answer: B
904. The “good woman” in Legend of Good Women is—
A) Cleopatra
B) Dido
C) Alcestis
D) Cressida
Answer: C
905. The most corrupt pilgrim in Canterbury Tales
is—
A) Knight
B) Ploughman
C) Pardoner
D) Clerk
Answer: C
906. The Canterbury pilgrimage goes to—
A) Rome
B) Canterbury Cathedral
C) York
D) Paris
Answer: B
907. The martyr venerated is—
A) St Augustine
B) St Thomas Becket
C) St George
D) St Nicholas
Answer: B
908. “Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote” is—
A) rhyme royal
B) heroic couplet
C) Middle English lyric
D) blank verse
Answer: B
909. Criseyde leaves Troilus because—
A) war exchange
B) love for Diomede
C) fortune
D) all of these
Answer: D
910. Langland’s visions occur in—
A) dungeon
B) tower & field
C) castle
D) heaven
Answer: B
911. Gower’s Confessio Amantis is framed as—
A) autobiography
B) confession by a lover
C) political essay
D) romance
Answer: B
912. Pearl is a poem about a father’s—
A) war
B) sorrow for lost daughter
C) wealth
D) marriage
Answer: B
913. Sir Gawain is tested for—
A) wealth
B) moral integrity
C) political loyalty
D) military power
Answer: B
914. The green girdle symbolizes—
A) victory
B) guilt & human weakness
C) glory
D) love
Answer: B
915. Arthur dies at—
A) Camlann
B) Dover
C) York
D) Southwark
Answer: A
916. Bedivere finally obeys Arthur by—
A) killing Mordred
B) returning Excalibur
C) praying
D) fleeing
Answer: B
917. Malory’s Morte d’Arthur is—
A) verse
B) prose
C) drama
D) lyric
Answer: B
918. Gower’s Latin poem protests—
A) Peasants’ cruelty
B) Peasants’ Revolt
C) monarchs
D) France
Answer: B
919. Wycliffe believed salvation depends on—
A) rituals only
B) money
C) Bible + God
D) indulgences
Answer: C
920. Lollards promoted—
A) English Bible
B) papal power
C) French grammar
D) heroic couplet
Answer: A
921. Medieval drama’s main purpose was—
A) science
B) entertainment & devotion
C) money
D) politics
Answer: B
922. The most famous Wakefield play is—
A) Fall of Man
B) Second Shepherds’ Play
C) Crucifixion
D) Nativity
Answer: B
923. “Western wind, when wilt thou blow” is a—
A) miracle play
B) courtly romance
C) medieval lyric
D) fabliau
Answer: C
924. Ballads are mainly—
A) tragic
B) humorous
C) historical
D) all of these
Answer: D
925. The earliest Middle English prose writer is—
A) Malory
B) Orm
C) Gower
D) Chaucer
Answer: B
926. Ormulum’s key feature is—
A) alliteration
B) phonetic spelling
C) romance
D) drama
Answer: B
927. The Robin Hood cycle is—
A) epic
B) ballad tradition
C) romance
D) allegory
Answer: B
928. “Get up and bar the door” shows—
A) epic
B) magic
C) humor & stubbornness
D) Christian doctrine
Answer: C
929. “Barbara Allan” is—
A) comic
B) tragic
C) romantic
D) political
Answer: B
930. The major influence on Chaucer’s narrative
art—
A) Boccaccio
B) Homer
C) Milton
D) Spenser
Answer: A
931. Piers Plowman condemns—
A) peasants
B) corrupt clergy
C) knights
D) merchants
Answer: B
932. The most lyrical Middle English poem is—
A) Gawain
B) Pearl
C) House of Fame
D) Piers Plowman
Answer: B
933. The French influence is strongest in—
A) vocabulary
B) grammar
C) phonology
D) syntax
Answer: A
934. Scandinavian influence strongest in—
A) pronouns
B) adjectives
C) verbs
D) nouns
Answer: A
935. Ballads typically avoid—
A) dialogue
B) description
C) action
D) refrains
Answer: B
936. Medieval prose is dominated by—
A) realism
B) religious instruction
C) politics
D) economics
Answer: B
937. Middle English period ends with—
A) death of Chaucer
B) printing by Caxton
C) Norman invasion
D) Renaissance in Italy
Answer: B
938. The “pearl” in Pearl symbolizes—
A) death
B) purity & salvation
C) love
D) wealth
Answer: B
939. The Knight’s Tale uses—
A) blank verse
B) rhyme royal
C) heroic couplets
D) free verse
Answer: C
940. Chaucer’s irony is—
A) brutal
B) gentle
C) sarcastic
D) political
Answer: B
941. Langland criticizes—
A) peasants
B) clergy & hypocrisy
C) kings
D) merchants
Answer: B
942. The most autobiographical Middle English prose
text—
A) Morte d’Arthur
B) Book of Margery Kempe
C) Confessio Amantis
D) Ormulum
Answer: B
943. Allegory reaches its peak in—
A) Gawain
B) Piers Plowman
C) Malory
D) Troilus
Answer: B
944. Gawain’s final lesson is—
A) pride
B) humility
C) cunning
D) revenge
Answer: B
945. Malory’s work is written in—
A) French
B) Latin
C) English prose
D) verse
Answer: C
946. Middle English saw the birth of—
A) scientific novel
B) English literary tradition
C) newspapers
D) universities
Answer: B
947. The three estates satire is prominent in—
A) Piers Plowman
B) Canterbury Tales
C) Confessio Amantis
D) All of these
Answer: D
948. The centre of Middle English culture was—
A) Paris
B) London
C) Canterbury
D) Winchester
Answer: B
949. Piers Plowman begins with—
A) dawn
B) summer
C) sleep in May morning
D) field in Malvern Hills
Answer: D
950. Mystery plays were originally acted by—
A) soldiers
B) priests
C) guilds
D) students
Answer: C
951. A typical romance setting is—
A) court
B) battlefield
C) enchanted forest
D) village
Answer: C
952. Gawain’s shield pentangle symbolizes—
A) purity
B) five virtues
C) five senses
D) five kings
Answer: B
953. The best example of medieval humor—
A) Piers Plowman
B) Second Shepherds’ Play
C) Pearl
D) Parliament of Fowls
Answer: B
954. Mystery plays were banned because they—
A) were expensive
B) promoted Catholic doctrine
C) were violent
D) were boring
Answer: B
955. Malory’s main theme is—
A) rise of chivalry
B) fall of chivalry
C) rise of nationalism
D) invention of prose
Answer: B
956. “Gentilesse” means—
A) nobility of character
B) violence
C) lust
D) wealth
Answer: A
957. Chaucer’s early style was influenced by—
A) Romans
B) French courtly poetry
C) Norse
D) Celtic
Answer: B
958. Romance heroines represent—
A) rural virtue
B) courtly elegance
C) scientific progress
D) political power
Answer: B
959. Middle English prose after Malory declined due
to—
A) printing
B) rise of Renaissance style
C) no readers
D) language decline
Answer: B
960. Malory draws heavily from—
A) Anglo-Saxon poetry
B) French Vulgate Cycle
C) Greek comedy
D) Norse sagas
Answer: B
961. The Wife of Bath argues from—
A) emotion
B) experience
C) logic
D) scripture
Answer: B
962. The Pardoner preaches against—
A) greed
B) love
C) war
D) faith
Answer: A
963. Mystery plays ended with—
A) Creation
B) Crucifixion
C) Doomsday
D) Nativity
Answer: C
964. Pearl’s poet emphasizes—
A) sorrow
B) spiritual consolation
C) war
D) romance
Answer: B
965. The Book of Duchess is an—
A) elegy
B) romance
C) epic
D) satire
Answer: A
966. The Clerk’s Tale teaches—
A) bravery
B) patience
C) anger
D) fear
Answer: B
967. The Miller’s Tale uses—
A) fabliau
B) epic
C) romance
D) sermon
Answer: A
968. Medieval romance values—
A) strength
B) courtesy & honour
C) greed
D) poetry
Answer: B
969. Alliterative poems often begin with—
A) invocation
B) battle
C) genealogy
D) weather description
Answer: D
970. Langland’s view of society is—
A) perfect
B) deeply corrupt
C) scientific
D) political
Answer: B
971. “Mystery” in mystery plays originally meant—
A) secret
B) guild/craft
C) miracle
D) death
Answer: B
972. The official language of England by 15th
century was—
A) French
B) Latin
C) English
D) Welsh
Answer: C
973. Malory’s work belongs to—
A) Old English
B) Late Middle English
C) Early Modern English
D) Neo-classical
Answer: B
974. Chaucer’s “Squire” symbolizes—
A) youthful energy
B) lust
C) poverty
D) politics
Answer: A
975. "Honi soit qui mal y pense" appears
in—
A) Sir Gawain
B) Piers Plowman
C) Pearl
D) Malory
Answer: A
976. The Reeve’s Tale mocks—
A) scholars
B) clergy
C) knights
D) merchants
Answer: A
977. The best Middle English prose narrative is—
A) Morte d’Arthur
B) Book of Margery Kempe
C) Confessio Amantis
D) Cursor Mundi
Answer: A
978. The earliest dream vision in English is—
A) Dream of the Rood
B) Pearl
C) House of Fame
D) Duchess
Answer: A (Old English, but precursor)
979. Middle English poetry’s key features—
A) mixture of native and French traditions
B) Norse only
C) Greek only
D) Latin imitation only
Answer: A
980. Chaucer’s humour is called—
A) biting
B) genial
C) violent
D) academic
Answer: B
981. Troilus & Criseyde is—
A) tragedy
B) romance epic
C) fabliau
D) satire
Answer: A
982. The most complex Middle English structure—
A) Gawain
B) Pearl
C) Canterbury Tales
D) Piers Plowman
Answer: B
983. Pearl ends with—
A) union
B) separation
C) battle
D) feast
Answer: B
984. Gower’s style is—
A) ornate
B) plain and moralistic
C) highly figurative
D) comic
Answer: B
985. Sir Orfeo is—
A) fabliau
B) Middle English romance
C) drama
D) allegory
Answer: B
986. “Patience” emphasizes—
A) anger
B) endurance
C) pride
D) lust
Answer: B
987. Middle English rhyme is—
A) perfect
B) often approximate
C) musical only
D) fixed
Answer: B
988. Middle English drama started with—
A) Easter trope
B) Christmas
C) Lent
D) Pentecost
Answer: A
989. The narrator in House of Fame meets—
A) Venus
B) Eagle
C) Knight
D) Death
Answer: B
990. The Wife of Bath’s Prologue is—
A) short
B) very long
C) in prose
D) dialogue
Answer: B
991. Chaucer’s Squire Tale is—
A) complete
B) incomplete
C) missing
D) prose
Answer: B
992. A key Middle English virtue—
A) pride
B) humility
C) greed
D) anger
Answer: B
993. Middle English verse often used—
A) free verse
B) rhyme royal
C) prose
D) ottava rima
Answer: B
994. Chaucer became famous because—
A) he wrote in Latin
B) he used English for serious literature
C) he opposed kings
D) he wrote history
Answer: B
995. Langland promotes—
A) wealth
B) charity
C) war
D) magic
Answer: B
996. Alliterative poems emphasize—
A) sound patterning
B) rhyme
C) narrative only
D) dialogue
Answer: A
997. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale uses—
A) beast fable
B) romance
C) epic
D) elegy
Answer: A
998. Chaucer’s contribution is—
A) prose
B) modern English poetic diction
C) tragedy
D) blank verse
Answer: B
999. Middle English literature ends with—
A) Beowulf
B) printing press
C) Gawain
D) Arthur’s death
Answer: B
1000. The greatest Middle English poet is—
A) Langland
B) Gower
C) Malory
D) Chaucer
Answer: D
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