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Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?
A. embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine
B. repetition of parallel syntactic structures
C. ironic understatement
D. stress on every third diphthong
Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for________________?
A. courtiers entering the service of Richard II
B. translators of French romances
C. women who have chosen to live as religious recluses
D. knights preparing for their first tournament
Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife ?
A. Dante’s Divine Comedy
B. Boccaccio’s Decameron
C. The Dream of the Rood
D. Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women
Chaucer was released from legal action by____________in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction ?
A. Miss Cecily Chaumpaigne
B. Philippa de Roet of Flanders
C. Agnes de Copton
D. none of the above
Who is the author of Piers Plowman ?
A. Sir Thomas Malory
B. Margery Kempe
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. William Langland
Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?
A. embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine
B. repetition of parallel syntactic structures
C. ironic understatement
D. stress on every third diphthong
Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law ?
A. tenth
B. eleventh
C. twelfth
D. fourteenth
Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450 ?
A. the Normans
B. the Geats
C. the Celts
D. the Anglo-Saxons
which of these kings was not served by Chaucer ?
A. Edward III
B. Henry II
C. Richard II
D. none of the above
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