Top 80+ Solved Social and Cultural History of Britain (Ancient and Medieval Period) MCQ Questions Answer
Q. ………….learned the art of printing, and, after being in the service of Margaret DuchessofBurgundy, an English princess, returned to England and set up his printing press at Westminster in1476.
a. sir thomas more
b. william caxton
c. john milton
d. guttenberg
Q. Who introduced the first printing press in England?
a. sir thomas more
b. william caxton
c. john milton
d. charles i
Q. The Reformation in England under ………….was more of a political and personalmovement.
a. henry viii
b. martin luther
c. queen mary i
d. charles i
Q. Who was awarded the title of Defender of the Faith by the Pope?
a. martin luther
b. sir thomas more
c. henry viii
d. charles i
Q. The Black Death was …….
a. a literary intellectual movement
b. a social movement.
c. the terrible plague bringing poverty and unrest.
d. a revolt against edward iii.
Q. Chaucer’s The Remount of the Rose is
a. a ballad
b. a lengthy allegorical poem
c. a satire on society.
d. an ode on transition.
Q. Troilus and Criseyde is Chaucer’s long poem adopted from …….
a. lazamon
b. dan michel
c. anonymous
d. boccaccio
Q. Chaucer’s poem ‘The House of Fame’ is written in …….
a. lambic pentameter
b. octosyllabic couplet
c. free verse
d. blank verse
Q. Chaucer’s first attempt in English to use the heroic couplet occurs in which of thefollowingpoems.
a. prologue to the canterbury tales
b. tale of melibeus
c. the legend of good women
d. the lack of steadfastness.
Q. The pilgrims in Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales go on a pilgrimage to the tombof……..
a. st. john francis
b. st. nicholas
c. st. thomas a becket
d. st. joseph
Q. Chaucer virtually imported the decasyllabic lines in his poetry from ………
a. france
b. italy
c. greece
d. ireland
Q. Chaucerian seven-line stanza in English poetry is also known as …………
a. decasyllabic lines
b. octosyllabic lines
c. rime royale
d. heroic couplet
Q. The prevailing feature of Chaucer’s humour is its ……
a. urbanity
b. crudity
c. triviality
d. sanctity