British Literature From Chaucer Set 1

Master of Arts in English (MA English)

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This set of British Literature from Chaucer Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on British Literature From Chaucer Set 1

Q1 | Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
  • oscar wilde
  • sir gawain
  • geoffrey chaucer
  • william shakespeare
Answer: geoffrey chaucer
Q2 | In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the parson's brother is the
  • doctor
  • knight
  • oxford cleric
  • plowman
Answer: plowman
Q3 | The Canterbury Tales is structured as a
  • parody
  • folk ballad
  • melodrama
  • frame story
Answer: frame story
Q4 | In the opening lines of the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the narrator
  • criticises chivalry
  • attacks the corruption in the church
  • rejoices in the renewing cycle of life
  • establishes the ideal of the renaissance man
Answer: rejoices in the renewing cycle of life
Q5 | In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim whose profession gives him a special love of gold is the
  • parson
  • doctor
  • summoner
  • franklin
Answer: doctor
Q6 | In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer's characters are
  • on a religious pilgrimage
  • part of a wedding party
  • in a riding club
  • on their way to the holy land
Answer: on a religious pilgrimage
Q7 | Chaucer's wife of Bath is
  • shy
  • patient
  • independent
  • humourless
Answer: independent
Q8 | Immediately prior to joining the others in the pilgrimage to Canterbury, the knight had
  • been at court
  • gone to visit his rural estate
  • been engaged in battles overseas
  • bought new clothes for the pilgrimage
Answer: been engaged in battles overseas
Q9 | In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim who neglects his religious duties in order to hunt is the
  • parson
  • monk
  • pardoner
  • summoner
Answer: monk
Q10 | In describing the friar as "a noble pillar to his Order", Chaucer uses
  • epigram
  • irony
  • inversion
  • apostrophe
Answer: irony
Q11 | Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day is sonnet number _____
  • 15
  • 20
  • 18
  • 26
Answer: 18
Q12 | The sonnet is addressed to a ____
  • young man
  • young woman
  • old man
  • beautiful girl
Answer: young man
Q13 | How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
  • 123
  • 148
  • 188
  • 154
Answer: 154
Q14 | Shakespeare's sonnets were published in ____
  • 1611
  • 1609
  • 1599
  • 1623
Answer: 1609
Q15 | Who was the publisher of Shakespeare's sonnets?
  • richard burbage
  • cuthbert burbage
  • thomas thorpe
  • henry wriothesley
Answer: thomas thorpe
Q16 | Who is known as the Bard of Avon?
  • christopher marlowe
  • john milton
  • william shakespeare
  • ben jonson
Answer: william shakespeare
Q17 | How many narrative poems did Shakespeare write?
  • 2
  • 4
  • 5
  • 1
Answer: 2
Q18 | Venus and Adonis were published in ____
  • 1598
  • 1592
  • 1593
  • 1594
Answer: 1593
Q19 | The Rape of Lucrece was written by ____
  • alexander pope
  • john dryden
  • geoffrey chaucer
  • william shakespeare
Answer: william shakespeare
Q20 | Who introduced sonnets in England?
  • wyatt and surrey
  • sidney and spenser
  • marlowe and shakespeare
  • shakespeare and jonson
Answer: wyatt and surrey
Q21 | Who wrote the poem, The Canonization?
  • john milton
  • john webster
  • john donne
  • john lyly
Answer: john donne
Q22 | John Donne is a representative of the _____
  • metaphysical poets
  • romantic poets
  • neo-classical poets
  • war poets
Answer: metaphysical poets
Q23 | The Canonization was published in ____
  • 1632
  • 1634
  • 1631
  • 1633
Answer: 1633
Q24 | The Sun Rising was written by ____
  • john donne
  • william shakespeare
  • andrew marvell
  • richard crawshaw
Answer: john donne
Q25 | Find the odd one out.
  • john donne
  • john milton
  • andrew marvell
  • richard crawshaw
Answer: john milton
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