Literature Through History

The most famous work of literature in Old English is --

• Romeo & Juliet

• The Canterbury Tales

• Beowulf

• Fables

Which of the following list the chronological order of language influences which make up what we now know of as English?

• Chinese, Japanese, French, Latin

• Spanish, French, German, Celtic

• Celtic, Latin, German, French

• German, Celtic, Latin, French

Which of the following expresses the correct chronological order from earliest to latest?

• Middle English, Modern English, Old English

• Modern English, Middle English, Old English

• Old English, Middle English, Modern English

• Old English, Modern English, Middle English

Which of the following is NOT a living language?

• English

• German

• Latin

• French

Which 3 Germanic tribes invaded after the Romans?

• Normans, Vikings, and Jutes

• Angles, Saxons, and Gaels

• Angles, Saxons, and Britons

• Angles, Saxons, and Jutes

What language did common people speak in England in the Middle Ages?

• Old English

• Latin

• French

• Middle English

Social structure of the Middle Ages

• monarchy

• feudalism

• Christianity

• pagans

In the Canterbury Tales, a group of pilgrims is on its way to visit _________________ in the southern city of England

• a monument

• a cathedral

• the Holy Mountain

• the holy grail

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

• Unknown

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• Sir Thomas Malory

• William Shakespeare

Ballads do not have a rhyming pattern

• True

• False