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Literature in The Middle Ages 2
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1. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry?
2. What was vellum?
3. Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their pagan ancestors with:
4. Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?
5. Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of Old English poetry?
6. Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures?
7. What was the occupation of Chaucer's father?
8. How many children Chaucer had?
9. Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in:
10. Which twelfth-century poet or poets were indebted to Breton storytellers for their narratives?
11. Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife?
12. Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces,which of these was not in his charge?
13. In which year Chaucer was imprisoned by the French?
14. Who is the author of Piers Plowman?
15. What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouth's The History of the Kings of Britain?
16. Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues?
17. Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law?
18. Chaucer was released from legal action by ….. in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction?
19. what was Chaucer's profession?
20. The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200?
21. How did Henry II, the first of England's Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces in southern France?
22. Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?
23. Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot?
24. To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of 'romance'emerged, initially apply?
25. Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry?

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