Middle Ages

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Middle Ages

Question 1 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to
A
the royal family and upper orders of the nobility
B
the lower orders of the nobility
C
agricultural laborers
D
the clergy
Question 2 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their pagan ancestors with:
A
nostalgia and ill-concealed envy.
B
bewilderment and visceral loathing.
C
admiration and elegiac sympathy.
D
bigotry and shallow triumphalism.
Question 3 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?
A
French
B
Norwegian
C
Spanish
D
Danish
Question 4 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the first extended written specimen of Old English?
A
Boethius's Consolidation of Philosophy
B
Saint Jerome's translation of the Bible
C
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
D
a code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert
Question 5 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law?
A
tenth
B
twelfth
C
thirteenth
D
fourteenth
There are 5 questions to complete.