Chaucer to milton mc qs (part 1)

by Payal Mudliar

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2. John Gower wrote his first poem Speculum Meditantis in Ans :- French Identify the language in which John Gower wrote his second poem Vox Clamantis - - Ans :- Latin John Gower’s third poem Confessio Amantis is written in Ans :- English John Gower

3. Chaucer has been hailed as – Ans :- The morning star of Renaissance Wycliff’s translation of the Bible appeared in – Ans :- 1380 Wycliff’s English is ---- Ans :- Simple , vigorous and pointed JohnWycliff

4. Identify the book which has been influenced by wycliff,s Bible --- Ans :- The Authorised version of the Bible John Wycliff is called – Ans :- The morning star of Reformation The barren period in English literature stretches from Ans :- 1401 to 1515 Geoffrey Chaucer

5. The P easants Revolt also Known as Tyler’s Rebellion began in --- Ans :- 1381 Who are Lollards Ans :- John Wycliff and his followers Identify the first protestant in England ---- Ans :- John Wycliff Peasants Revolt

6. In Chaucer’s prologue to the Canterbury tales, the pilgrims started a sixty mile ride to Canterbury in the month of- Ans :- April The war of the roses took place during the period- Ans :- 1455-1485 Who were the English Chaucerian groups of poets ---- Ans :- Thomas Occleve, John Lydgate, Stephen Hawves and John skelton

7. Ballads Written in the fifteenth century were collected and published for the first time in --- Ans :- Bishop Percy’s Reliques of Ancient popular poetry Name the immensely popular form of poetry in the fifteenth century --- Ans :- Ballad Caxton sets up printing press at Westminster in --- Ans :- 1476 Printing Press

8. Reginald peacock wrote--- Ans :- Refreshor of overmuch blaming of the clergy and the book of faith Thomas Malory’s – Le M orte ’ D Arthur was published by Caxton in- - Ans :- 1470 Which work was highly influenced by M olory’s Mrote’D Arthur ? Ans :- Tennyson’s the Idylls of the king

9. The first book printed in England was--- Ans :- The Dicts and S ayings of Philosophers British drama grew out of— Ans :- Liturgy The Mystery plays dealt with – Ans :- Biblical themes The Miracle plays represented – Ans :- A vibraculum or a miraculous aspect in the lives of saints

10. The M oralities or Morality Plays are --- Ans :- Serious plays The outstanding characteristic of Interlude is— Ans :- Humour Arrange major cycles of Miracle plays in the correct chronological sequence Ans :- The Cornish cycle , the York cycle, The Wakefield cycle, The Chester cycle

11. Identify the first play in English to employ allegory --- Ans :- Mary Magdalene Identify the most gifted writer of the Interlude--- Ans :- John Heywood The main cause of the war of roses was---- Ans :- The commercial rivalry between France and England King Henry 7 th acceded to the throne of England in --- Ans :- 1485

12. Who restored Roman Catholicism in England? Ans :-Queen Mary The reign of queen Elizabeth 1 st stretches from---- Ans :- 1558-1603 The Turks captured Constantinople in Ans :-1453

13. During Elizabethan age England emerged as ‘a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep and shaking her invincible locks. Ans :- Milton Renaissance was the manifestation of new life, an outburst of virtuous a floridity after the cramping restraints and withering asceticism of the middle ages. Ans :- Tillyard Milton

14. The fall of Constantinople resulted in the Ans :- Revival of Greek or classical learning Voyages and discoveries has been written by Ans :- Hakluyt Who pioneered the writing of plain unadorned and direct prose Ans :- Voyagers Song and sonnets Known as Tottel's Miscellany appeared in --- Ans :- 1557

15. King Henry 8 th issued the famous historic declaration of renouncing the supremacy of pope and of declaring himself the head of the English church is----- Ans :- 1534 Who introduced sonnet for first time in English poetry? Ans :- Wyatt and surrey Arcadia is a – Ans :- Romance

16. Astrophel and Stella has been written by --- Ans :- Sydney Humanism is a term which strictly applies to--- Ans :- a Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought Spenser has been hailed as the poet’s poet by— Ans :- Charles Lamb

17. Spenser’s famous ode Epithalamion commemorates the occasion of --- Ans :- his marriage with Elizabeth Boyle Amoretti is a collection of eighty four --- Ans :- Sonnets