PUBDET Practice Test- 1 (Old+Middle English)
Test Your Knowledge of Old and Middle English
Welcome to the PUBDET Practice Test! This quiz consists of 27 carefully crafted questions that delve into the rich history and literature of Old and Middle English. Whether you are a student, a teacher, or simply a literature enthusiast, this quiz is designed to challenge and enhance your knowledge.
Topics covered include:
• Key literary works
• Important authors
• Historical contexts
• Poetic devices
Which does Beowulf defeat first in the Old English epic poem of the same name?
Grendel
Gretel
Hrothgar
Loch Ness Monster
Which of the following is an example of 'kenning'?
Sea-Road
Wyrd/Fate
Rood
King Arthur
Which set correctly identifies the four extant codices bearing the OE texts?
Exeter book, Vercelli book, Cotton Vitellius MS, Junius MS
Exeter book, Beowulf MS, Vercelli Book, Book of Kells, Cynewulf MS
Vercelli Book, Junius MS, Caedmon MS, Widsith MS
Lindisfarne Gospels, Beowulf MS, Vercelli Book, Historia Britonum
Whose "Ecclesiastical History of the English people" or "Historia Ecclesiastica" recounts the story of the Church in England?
St. Jerome
Gildas
Venerable Bede
Caedmon
The Canterbury Tales narrates stories while journeying towards whose shrine?
St. Thomas Beckett
St. Augustus
St. Patrick
Aelfric
'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' is associated with legendary English king?
King Alfred
King Arthur
King Egbert
King Aethelstan
What is the meaning of 'runes'?
OE term form Ruins
Germanic alphabets
The regal scrolls
Danish Alphabet
Who is considered to be the only OE poet known to us?
The Pearl poet
Sir Gawain
Cynewulf
Deor
Which of the following devices is a dominant trait of early English Poetry?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Conceit
Apostrophe
Which of the following is one of the best examples of Dream Allegory?
Pier's Plowman
The Canterbury Tales
Le Morte d'Arthur
Layamon's Brut
The Lollards were the followers of which medieval theologian?
St. Augustus
Martin Luther
John Wycliffe
John Calvin
Which continental language had the most profound influence on English in the Middle English period?
Germanic Languages
French
Latin
Danish
Unferth is a character from which OE text?
Caedmon's Hymn
Beowulf
The Battle of Maldon
Judith
Name the first English comedy.
Gammer Gurton's Needle
Ralph Roister Doister
Everyman
Gorboduc
Which of the following belonged to the three medieval Town-Play cycles in England?
Wessex Cycle
Kent Cycle
London Cycle
York Cycle
Who wrote "The Fall of Princes"?
John Skelton
John Mandeville
John Bunyan
John Lydgate
What does the term 'Utopia' mean etymologically?
No Place
Ideal State
Peace
Anarchy
Name the first English printer.
William Caxton
John Caxton
Johann Gutenberg
William Tyndale
The Hous of Fame by Chaucer is heavily influenced by which Italian author's famous work?
Francesco Petrarch
Giovanni Boccaccio
Dante Alighieri
Giacomo de Lentini
Which voluminous work begins with "Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,/ The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,/ And bathed every veyne in swich licóur/ Of which vertú engendred is the flour"?
Le Morte d'Arthur
The Canterbury Tales
Decameron
None of the Above
Who wrote The Consolation of Philosophy?
Roger Bacon
Boethius
Pope Gregory
Cuthbert
Confessio Amantis comprises of
Hexasyllabic Couplets
Decasyllabic Couplets
Heroic Couplets
Octosyllabic Couplets
In which of the following do birds feature as the main characters?
The Parliament of Fowls
The Parliament of Owls
The Legend of Good Women
Speculum Hominis
Which is considered to be the most authoritative chronicle of the Anglo-Saxon period?
Historia Regum Britanniae
Gesta Romanorum
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The History of England's Kings
The Norman Conquest of Britain under William The Conqueror occurred in which year?
966
1066
1166
1056
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