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chaucer’s franklin was guilty of which sin ?
A. Lust
B. Corruption
C. Theft
D. Gluttony
How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death ?
A. 24
B. 31
C. 21
D. 28
from which language the name ”chaucer” has been driven ?
A. french
B. latin
C. italian
D. English
A pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of poetry ?
A. rhyme scheme
B. meter
C. alliteration
D. none of the above
What is the title of the poem that begins thus – ’What is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare’ ?
A. Comfort
B. Leisure
C. Relaxation
D. Tranquility
Which is an example of a proverb ?
A. Get a “stake” in our business.
B. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too
C. The snow was white as cotton.
D. You’re driving me crazy.
What is the earliest surviving European poem ?
A. The Homeric epic
B. The Gilgamesh epic
C. The Deluge epic
D. The Hesiodic ode
Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse ?
A. Alliterative verse
B. Sonnet form
C. Iambic pentameter
D. Dactylic hexameter
Which American writer published ’A brave and startling truth’ in 1996 ?
A. Robert Hass
B. Jessica Hagdorn
C. Maya Angelou
D. Micheal Palmer
Who wrote the poems, “On death” and “Women, Wine, and Snuff ?”
A. John Milton
B. John Keats
C. P.B Shelley
D. William Wordsworth
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