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- 2. •John Gower wrotehis first poem Speculum Meditantis in Ans :- French •Identify the language in which John Gower wrote his second poem Vox Clamantis-- Ans :- Latin •John Gower’s third poem Confessio Amantis is written in Ans :- English John Gower
- 3. •Chaucer has beenhailed as – Ans :- The morning star of Renaissance •Wycliff’s translation of the Bible appeared in – Ans :- 1380 •Wycliff’s English is ---- Ans :- Simple, vigorous and pointed JohnWycliff
- 4. •Identify the bookwhich has been influenced by wycliff,s Bible --- Ans :- The Authorised version of the Bible •John Wycliff is called – Ans :- The morning star of Reformation •The barren period in English literature stretches from Ans :- 1401 to 1515 Geoffrey Chaucer
- 5. •The Peasants Revoltalso Known as Tyler’s Rebellion began in --- Ans :- 1381 •Who are Lollards Ans :- John Wycliff and his followers •Identify the first protestant in England ---- Ans :- John Wycliff Peasants Revolt
- 6. •In Chaucer’s prologueto the Canterbury tales, the pilgrims started a sixty mile ride to Canterbury in the month of- Ans :- April •The war of the roses took place during the period- Ans :- 1455-1485 •Who were the English Chaucerian groups of poets ---- Ans :- Thomas Occleve, John Lydgate, Stephen Hawves and John skelton
- 7. •Ballads Written inthe fifteenth century were collected and published for the first time in --- Ans :- Bishop Percy’s Reliques of Ancient popular poetry •Name the immensely popular form of poetry in the fifteenth century --- Ans :- Ballad •Caxton sets up printing press at Westminster in --- Ans :- 1476 Printing Press
- 8. •Reginald peacock wrote--- Ans:- Refreshor of overmuch blaming of the clergy and the book of faith •Thomas Malory’s – Le Morte’ D Arthur was published by Caxton in-- Ans :- 1470 •Which work was highly influenced by Molory’s Mrote’D Arthur ? Ans :- Tennyson’s the Idylls of the king
- 9. •The first bookprinted in England was--- Ans :- The Dicts and Sayings of Philosophers •British drama grew out of— Ans :- Liturgy •The Mystery plays dealt with – Ans :- Biblical themes •The Miracle plays represented – Ans :- A vibraculum or a miraculous aspect in the lives of saints
- 10. •The Moralities orMorality Plays are --- Ans :- Serious plays •The outstanding characteristic of Interlude is— Ans :- Humour •Arrange major cycles of Miracle plays in the correct chronological sequence Ans :- The Cornish cycle, the York cycle, The Wakefield cycle, The Chester cycle
- 11. •Identify the firstplay in English to employ allegory --- Ans :- Mary Magdalene •Identify the most gifted writer of the Interlude--- Ans :- John Heywood •The main cause of the war of roses was---- Ans :- The commercial rivalry between France and England •King Henry 7th acceded to the throne of England in --- Ans :- 1485
- 12. •Who restored RomanCatholicism in England? Ans :-Queen Mary •The reign of queen Elizabeth 1st stretches from---- Ans :- 1558-1603 •The Turks captured Constantinople in Ans :-1453
- 13. •During Elizabethan ageEngland emerged as ‘a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep and shaking her invincible locks. Ans :- Milton •Renaissance was the manifestation of new life, an outburst of virtuous afloridity after the cramping restraints and withering asceticism of the middle ages. Ans :- Tillyard Milton
- 14. •The fall ofConstantinople resulted in the Ans :- Revival of Greek or classical learning •Voyages and discoveries has been written by Ans :- Hakluyt •Who pioneered the writing of plain unadorned and direct prose Ans :- Voyagers •Song and sonnets Known as Tottel's Miscellany appeared in --- Ans :- 1557
- 15. •King Henry 8thissued the famous historic declaration of renouncing the supremacy of pope and of declaring himself the head of the English church is----- Ans :- 1534 •Who introduced sonnet for first time in English poetry? Ans :- Wyatt and surrey •Arcadia is a – Ans :- Romance
- 16. •Astrophel and Stellahas been written by --- Ans :- Sydney •Humanism is a term which strictly applies to--- Ans :- a Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought •Spenser has been hailed as the poet’s poet by— Ans :- Charles Lamb
- 17. •Spenser’s famous odeEpithalamion commemorates the occasion of --- Ans :- his marriage with Elizabeth Boyle •Amoretti is a collection of eighty four --- Ans :- Sonnets