MCQs History of Early Period

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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