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English Literature Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which form of poetic literature was very popular among the common people in the Middle Ages?

a)

Haiku

b)

Sonnet

c)

Epic

d)

Ballad

2.

Who is known for the first important imaginative prose work written in English?

a)

Sir Thomas Malory

b)

John Wycliff

c)

Geoffrey Chaucer

d)

William Caxton

3.

Which book by Sir Thomas Malory reflects the true spirit of chivalry?

a)

Canterbury Tales

b)

Morte D'Arthur

c)

Aesop's Fables

d)

Prayer-Books

4.

Who is credited with saving the Arthurian cycle from oblivion?

a)

Geoffrey Chaucer

b)

William Caxton

c)

John Wycliff

d)

Sir Thomas Malory

5.

What was the first book printed on English soil by William Caxton?

a)

Aesop's Fables

b)

Canterbury Tales

c)

Morte d'Arthur

d)

Dictas And Sayings of The Philosophers

6.

What was the first play called that consisted of three or four sentences and represented the scene of the Resurrection morning?

a)

Morality plays

b)

Quem Quaeritis

c)

Mystery Plays

d)

Everyman

7.

What kind of plays were performed inside the church by clergymen and in Latin?

a)

Mystery Plays

b)

Passion Plays

c)

Miracle Plays

d)

Morality plays

8.

Which play tells in simple and dignified prose of the appearance of Death to Everyman?

a)

Quem Quaeritis

b)

Mystery Plays

c)

Morality plays

d)

Everyman

9.

Who is considered the greatest literary giant of the Middle English period?

a)

Geoffrey Chaucer

b)

John Wycliff

c)

Sir Thomas Malory

d)

William Caxton

10.

What marked the end of The English Middle Ages?

a)

The War of Roses

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

The Reformation

d)

The Renaissance

11.

Which literary figure helped to determine the standard King's English by fixing on the East Midland Dialect?

a)

William Caxton

b)

Geoffrey Chaucer

c)

John Wycliff

d)

Sir Thomas Malory

12.

What was the main purpose of the Morality plays?

a)

Education

b)

Entertainment

c)

Religious Worship

d)

Political Commentary

13.

Which play reflects the conflict between good and evil passions with the powers of good usually prevailing?

a)

Morality plays

b)

Quem Quaeritis

c)

Everyman

d)

Mystery Plays

14.

Who separated the dramas from the church into the hands of Guilds and replaced Latin with the Vernacular?

a)

Sir Thomas Malory

b)

John Wycliff

c)

Geoffrey Chaucer

d)

William Caxton

15.

Which literary movement grew out of the humble beginnings of the Mystery Plays and Morality plays?

a)

Romanticism

b)

Realism

c)

Naturalism

d)

Drama