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what did Chaucer’s wife use to do ?
A. lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut
B. nurse of royal court
C. governess to Henry IV
D. none of the above
Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336 ?
A. Henry II
B. Henry III
C. Henry V
D. Edward III
In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the floweringof Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?
A. Geoffrey of Monmouth
B. the Gawain poet
C. the Beowulf poet
D. Chr´tien de Troyes
What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V ?
A. the Battle of Agincourt
B. the Battle of Hastings
C. the Norman Conquest
D. the War of the Roses
Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?
A. Bede
B. Sir Thomas Malory
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Caedmon
The use of “whale-road”for sea and “lifehouse” for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry ?
A. symbolism
B. simile
C. metonymy
D. kenning
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. twelfth
C. thirteenth
D. fourteenth
How did Henry II, the first of England’s Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces in southern France ?
A. the Battle of Hastings
B. Saint Patrick’s mission
C. the Fourth Lateran Council
D. his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine
Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of Old English poetry ?
A. Romantic love is a guiding principle of moral conduct.
B. Its formal and dignified use of speech was distant from everyday use of language.
C. Irony is a mode of perception, as much as it was a figure of speech.
D. Christian and pagan ideals are sometimes mixed
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