WorksheetsEnglish Literature Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which form of poetic literature was very popular among the common people in the Middle Ages?
Haiku
Sonnet
Epic
Ballad
Who is known for the first important imaginative prose work written in English?
Sir Thomas Malory
John Wycliff
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Caxton
Which book by Sir Thomas Malory reflects the true spirit of chivalry?
Canterbury Tales
Morte D'Arthur
Aesop's Fables
Prayer-Books
Who is credited with saving the Arthurian cycle from oblivion?
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Caxton
John Wycliff
Sir Thomas Malory
What was the first book printed on English soil by William Caxton?
Aesop's Fables
Canterbury Tales
Morte d'Arthur
Dictas And Sayings of The Philosophers
What was the first play called that consisted of three or four sentences and represented the scene of the Resurrection morning?
Morality plays
Quem Quaeritis
Mystery Plays
Everyman
What kind of plays were performed inside the church by clergymen and in Latin?
Mystery Plays
Passion Plays
Miracle Plays
Morality plays
Which play tells in simple and dignified prose of the appearance of Death to Everyman?
Quem Quaeritis
Mystery Plays
Morality plays
Everyman
Who is considered the greatest literary giant of the Middle English period?
Geoffrey Chaucer
John Wycliff
Sir Thomas Malory
William Caxton
What marked the end of The English Middle Ages?
The War of Roses
The Enlightenment
The Reformation
The Renaissance
Which literary figure helped to determine the standard King's English by fixing on the East Midland Dialect?
William Caxton
Geoffrey Chaucer
John Wycliff
Sir Thomas Malory
What was the main purpose of the Morality plays?
Education
Entertainment
Religious Worship
Political Commentary
Which play reflects the conflict between good and evil passions with the powers of good usually prevailing?
Morality plays
Quem Quaeritis
Everyman
Mystery Plays
Who separated the dramas from the church into the hands of Guilds and replaced Latin with the Vernacular?
Sir Thomas Malory
John Wycliff
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Caxton
Which literary movement grew out of the humble beginnings of the Mystery Plays and Morality plays?
Romanticism
Realism
Naturalism
Drama
