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Midterm Examinations, Fall 2019

December ,
History of English Literature Course Code ENGL3111 Date:
2019

Programme MA - English Semester I Shift: Evening

Student Name: Student ID: Student Signature:

Time Allowed: 60 Minutes Date: Marks Obtained /20

Invigilator’ Signature

Multiple Choice Questions/Objective Type)

Question No. 1: Encircle the option that best completes the statement. (5 Marks)
i. The other word for “Oral Tradition is” _____________________________
a. ballad c. epic
b. bard d. romantic

ii. Germanic language brought by _______________________________________.

a. Jutes / Vikings, Angeles, and the Saxons c. Angeles, Normans
b. Angeles, Normans, Saxons d. Jutes, Saxons

iii. Two major works in the Old English Period; ______________________________________.

a. The Anglo-Saxons Chronicles, The c. Canterbury Tales
Knight d. The Anglo-Saxons Chronicle, Beowulf
b. Beowulf, The Knight

iv. More than gold, it's lead that changed the world, and more than the lead in a gun, it was the lead in the
typesetter’s (printer's) case.
a. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg c. William Tyndale
b. Geoffrey Chaucer d. John Wycliffe

v. It was a written form of English used by government bureaucracy and for other official purposes from the late
14th century.
a. The Chancery Standard c. Translation of Bible
b. Provision of Oxford d. ls.

vi. The 3 Estates in the Middle Ages

a. Clergy, Commoners, Nobles c. Clergy, Manor, Nobles
b. Manor, Vassals, Knight d. Knight, Vassals, Clergy

vii. A great amount of medieval literature is _______________. Medieval authors often tended to re-tell and
embellish stories they heard or read rather than invent new stories.
a. Anonymous c. Beowulf
b. Chaucer d. Caxton
viii. It was a written form of English used by government bureaucracy and for other official purposes from the late
14th century.
a. Provision of Oxford c. Chancery Standard
b. Bible Translation d. New Testament
ix. _________________ decided to publish an English Bible--one so accessible that "a boy that driveth the
plough shall know more of the scripture" than a priest.
a. Wycliffe c. Tyndale
b. Chaucer d. Anonymous
x. Scops or wandering _____________ recited the poems with the accompaniment of harp.
a. Bards c. Poets
b. Knight d. Manor
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b) Fill in the blanks. (7 Marks)

i. During what time of year is Canterbury Tales set? _________________

ii. During which war was England trying to lay claim to France __________________

iii. "loved chivalry"_______________________________

iv. Medieval times came to England by who? ________________________

v. "meek as a girl and gentle in his ways" __________________________________

vi. Middle English refers to the time between which two periods? ___________________

vii. Middle English was _______________________ conflict.

viii. Old English was __________________________ conflict.

ix. What does spring symbolize in Canterbury Tales? ___________________________

x. What is a long narrative poem? ________________________________

xi. What is a short poem intended to be sung? ______________________________

xii. What was Chaucer's greatest work, which was full of stereotypes? __________________

xiii. What was Wycliffe's guidelines for priesthood? ________________________________

xiv. Who was called "the Morning Star of the Protestant Reformation"? __________________

(Subjective Type)

Question No. 3: Old English Literature survived in four manuscripts. Describe them shortly.
( 4 Marks)
Question No. 4:
a) In the early 1200's, England had a trilingual composition. How? (1 Mark)
b) “England for the English”. Describe briefly the context of this slogan. (1 Mark)
c) A series of events accelerated the spread of English during the 12th to 14th centuries. Write the
name of four important events. (1 Mark)
d) Define Epic and give an example. (1 Mark)

(End of the Paper)

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