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13. Whose followers are known as Lollards?
- [A] Martin Luther King
- [B] John Wycliffe
- [C] John of trevisa
- [D] None of the above
Answer: Option [B]
14. In which month did the pilgrims march towards the Canterbury __________.
- [A] April
- [B] March
- [C] June
- [D] August
Answer: Option [A]
15. Who is regarded as the first translator of the bible into English?
- [A] Thomas More
- [B] John Wycliffe
- [C] William Tyndale
- [D] William Tyndale
Answer: Option [B]
16. What is the true import of the Clerk's tale in the Caterbury Tales?
- [A] The man can make His own Fortune
- [B] That Adversity is the best Teacher
- [C] As you sow, So you Reap
- [D] That man must learn to endure adversity with courage and understanding
Answer: Option [D]
17. Willaim Caxton Setup the first printing press of England in 1475 in __________.
- [A] London
- [B] New South Wales
- [C] Scotland
- [D] Westminster
Answer: Option [D]
18. Who introduced sonnet form to England?
- [A] Petrarch
- [B] Wyatt
- [C] Spenser
- [D] None of the above
Answer: Option [B]
19.The Defence of Ryme (1530) was written by __________.
- [A] Philip Sidney
- [B] Samueldaniel
- [C] Robert Greene
- [D] None of the above
Answer: Option [B]
20. Bacon had Barrowed the term Essay from the French writer _________.
- [A] De Meung
- [B] Goethe
- [C] Montiague
- [D] None of the above
Answer: Option [C]
21. Virtue is like precious odours, more fragrant when they are incensed of crushed".this is a typical
Extract from __________
- [A] Pope
- [B] Lamb
- [C] Johnson
- [D] Bacon
Answer: Option [D]
22. "Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as in body," This statement is an example of Bacon's ________.
- [A] immorality
- [B] prudence
- [C] Philosophical bent
- [D] none of the above
Answer: Option [B]
23. Who is called the first great stylist in English prose?
- [A] Lyly
- [B] Sidney
- [C] Bacon
- [D] Dryden
Answer: Option [C]
24. The Knights undertake dangerous adventures in each book of the fairy Queen in order to __________.
- [A] Protect their religion
- [B] Protect their countrymen
- [C] Win the favour of their lady love
- [D] none of the above
Answer: Option [C]
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