Let me share some important MCQs on the History of the Early Period of English Literature.
According to __ , “literature is the humanization of the whole world”?
(a) Goethe
(b) Plato
(c) Chaucer
(d) Shakespeare
Question’s Answer: Goethe
Anglo-Saxon literature, broadly speaking ranges from
(a) 8th to 12th centuries
(b) 6 to 10th centuries
(c) 7 to 11 centuries
(d) 8 to 10th centuries
Question’s Answer: 7 to 11 centuries
In which year, Athelstan, King of Wessex and the Scots at Mercia defeated Brunanburh?
(a) 974
(b) 927
(c) 947
(d) 937
Question’s Answer: 937
The Romans, trying to hold their empire together against barbarian invaders, withdrew from England in A.D.
(a) 390
(b) 400
(c) 420
(d) 410
Question’s Answer: 410
The reign of Henry II covers the period from
(a) 1144-48
(b) 1134-79
(c) 1154-89
(d) 1144-45
Question’s Answer: 1154-89
What is the year of Norman Conquest of England in the Battle of Hastings?
(a) 1099
(b) 1066
(c) 1070
(d) 1072
Question’s Answer: 1066
What is the year of the Battle of Lewes?
(a) 1564
(b) 12
(c) 1464
(d) 1264
Question’s Answer: 1264
What period is the reign of Edward I ?
(a) 1289-1315
(b) 1284-1345
(c) 1279-1307
(d) 1293-1319
Question’s Answer: 1279-1307
Peasant Rebellion took place in
(a) 1380
(b) 1382
(c) 1381
(d) 1383
Question’s Answer: 1381
Black Death is famous name of _____ .
(a) The great Famine
(b) The Epidemic of Cholera
(c) The Epidemic of Plague
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: The Epidemic of Plague
Edward III defeated the French at the Battle of Poitiers and the Battle of Crecy respectively in
(a) 1342 and 1352
(b) 1338 and 1348
(c) 1388 and 1393
(d) 1336 and 1346
Question’s Answer: 1336 and 1346
Laurence Minot, the petriotic versifier belongs to the
(a) 13 century
(b) 14 century
(c) 12 century
(d) 15 century
Question’s Answer: 14 century
, When the first great public school “Winchester College “ was established?
(a) 1371
(b) 1399
(c) 1374
(d) 1373
Question’s Answer: 1373
Identify the year that marked the fall of Constantinople
(a) 1405
(b) 1483
(c) 1498
(d) 1453
Question’s Answer: 1453
In which year did the Hundred Years’ War with France begin?
(a) 1338
(b) 1348
(c) 1358
(d) 1368
Question’s Answer: 1338
Edward III pass away in which year?
(a) 1376
(b) 1378
(c) 1377
(d) 1379
Question’s Answer: 1377
What was the year of the Battle of Crecy?
(a) 1349
(b) 1348
(c) 1347
(d) 1346
Question’s Answer: 1346
The period of the Black Death in England was:
(a) 1347-48
(b) 1348-49
(c) 1349-50
(d) 1350-51
Question’s Answer: 1348-49
Henry IV ascended the throne in
(a) 1398
(b) 1401
(c) 1400
(d) 1399
Question’s Answer: 1399
When the War of Roses began?
(a) 1450
(b) 1465
(c) 1497
(d) 1455
Question’s Answer: 1455
Which dialect became the Standard English (King’s English) by the time of Chaucer?
(a) Northern diulect
(b) Eust-midlund dialect
(c) Southern dialect
(d) West-midland dialect
Question’s Answer: Eust-midlund dialect
Henry IV addressed Parliament in English for the first time in
(a) 1397
(b) 1398
(c) 1400
(d) 1399
Question’s Answer: 1399
Which period of English history after the death of Chaucer was known as
Post-Chaucerian age?
(a) 1450-1480
(b) 1490-1530
(c) 1400-1450
(d) 1401-1440
Question’s Answer: 1400-1450
Edward III came to the throne in
(a) 1327
(b) 1322
(c) 1317
(d) 1332
Question’s Answer: 1327
Richard II came to the throne in
(a) 1375
(b) 1381
(c) 1396
(d) 1377
Question’s Answer: 1377
Henry IV pass away in which year?
(a) 1415
(b) 1476
(c) 1413
(d) 1416
Question’s Answer: 1413
Joan of Arc headed the French army during which reign?
(a) Richard II
(b) Henry V
(c) Henry VII
(d) Henry VI
Question’s Answer: Henry VI
When Henry VII came to the throne?
(a) 1470
(b) 1499
(c) 1485
(d) 1480
Question’s Answer: 1485
The War of Roses was fought between which of the following?
(a) Richard II and Henry IV
(b) The House of York and the House of Lancaster
(c) Edward ill and Henry IV
(d) Edward II and Richard II
Question’s Answer: The House of York and the House of Lancaster
St. Paul’s School was established in 1504 to serve as a model school for the teaching of
(a) French
(b) Latin
(c) Greek
(d) Latin and Greek
Question’s Answer: Latin
The medieval feudal system came to an end with the coming of the rule of
(a) Henry VI
(b) Henry V
(c) Henry VII
(d) Richard II
Question’s Answer: Henry VII
In The War of Roses, ‘Roses’ stands for
(a) Houses
(b) Girls
(c) Flowers
(d) Places
Question’s Answer: Houses
Which language became the official language in England after Norman Conquest?
(a) Latin
(b) French
(c) German
(d) English
Question’s Answer: French
The Hundred Years’ War was fought between in 1338.
(a) England and Italy
(b) England and France
(c) The Romans and the Saxons
(d) The Greeks and the Romans
Question’s Answer: England and France
Giraldus Cambrensis wrote Gemma Ecclesiastica at the end of the
(a) 11th century
(b) 12th century
(c) 14th century
(d) 13th century
Question’s Answer: 13th century
Henry VII married Anne Boleyn in
(a) 1533
(b) 1532
(c) 1531
(d) 1534
Question’s Answer: 1533
The Reformation began during the reign of
(a) Henry VIII
(b) Henry VII
(c) Edward VI
(d) Queen Mary
Question’s Answer: Henry VIII
Which King won for lim the title of the Defender of the faith”?
(a) Henry VIII
(b) Henry VII
(c) Edward III
(d) Edward VI
Question’s Answer: Henry VIII
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