Question 1

The leader of the Reformation Movement in Scotland was:

Accepted Answer

A)  john calvin
B)  john knox
C)  henry viii
D)  martin luther. B

Question 2

Who superintended the first complete English translation of the Bible?

Accepted Answer

A)  barbour
B)  john gower
C)  geoffrey chaucer
D)  john wycliffe. D

Question 3

who is the author of the book "ConfessioAmantis"

Accepted Answer

A)  chaucer
B)  john gower
C)  william langland
D)  shakespeare B

Question 4

In Chaucer's The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, who amongst the following characterstold the first tale on their way to Canterbury………..

Accepted Answer

A)  shipman
B)  cook
C)  knight
D)  reeve

Question 5

The Statute of Labourers was enacted in English in ……..

Accepted Answer

A)  1348
B)  1349
C)  1350
D)  1351

Question 6

The Hundred Years' War was originated in

Accepted Answer

A)  the conquest of 1066.
B)  the conquest of 1067.
C)  the conquest of 1068.
D)  the conquest of 1069

Question 7

The last tale told by Parson on the last day of pilgrimage in The Prologue to the CanterburyTales was a prose sermon on ………

Accepted Answer

A)  penitence, with emphasis upon the seven sins.
B)  a contemporaneous tale, exploding the impostures of alchemy
C)  a fable of why the crow is black.
D)  a tragic story of appius and virginia.

Question 8

who among the following questioned the value of indulgence and pilgrimage, promote use of vernacular languages and attack clerical corruption.

Accepted Answer

A)  william langland
B)  thomas more
C)  chaucer
D)  dante

Question 9

who among the following is called as "The Maid of Orleans" .

Accepted Answer

A)  anne boleyn
B)  catherin
C)  queen elizabeth
D)  joan of arc

Question 10

Who is called the real originator of European Protestantism?

Accepted Answer

A)  john wycliffe
B)  john ball
C)  william langland
D)  watt tyler

Question 11

The sole cause of the Hundred Years' War was ………

Accepted Answer

A)  the commercial rivalry between france and england.
B)  the commercial rivalry between france and italy.
C)  the social rivalry between france and greece.
D)  the cultural rivalry between england and ireland.

Question 12

Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is a literary form of enclosing a number of tales within onenarrative is ……..

Accepted Answer

A)  oriental in origin.
B)  european in origin.
C)  scandinavian in origin
D)  latinic in origin.

Question 13

who is known as Wessex darling.

Accepted Answer

A)  henry 11
B)  alfred the great
C)  william the conqueror
D)  james ii

Question 14

The founder of the Tudor Monarchy was:

Accepted Answer

A)  henry vii
B)  henry viii
C)  edward vii
D)  james i

Question 15

John Wycliffe is called………………

Accepted Answer

A)  the morning star of reformation.
B)  the morning star of resurrection.
C)  the morning star of restoration.
D)  the morning star of redemption.

Question 16

The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 is also called ……….

Accepted Answer

A)  tyler's rebellion
B)  tyler's mutiny
C)  tyler's strike
D)  tyler's war

Question 17

In Chaucer's The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims started a sixty-mile ride toCanterbury in the month of …….

Accepted Answer

A)  march
B)  april
C)  may
D)  june

Question 18

Name the document that mentions about the origin of feudalism:

Accepted Answer

A)  magna carta
B)  doomsday book
C)  magnum concilium
D)  curia regis

Question 19

Point out the kingdom ruled by Alfred, the Great

Accepted Answer

A)  essex
B)  kent
C)  north umbria
D)  wessex.

Question 20

The Peasants' Revolt was based on the theory of democracy and socialism of whose text………..

Accepted Answer

A)  watt tyler
B)  john cairne
C)  king richard ii
D)  king edward ii

Exam 4: Medieval England: Wars, Revolts, and Literature