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Medieval english literature

Quiz by Juliana Durán Rueda

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  • Q1
    Stories about self-sacrifice and brave men and women can be found in:
    Classic poetry.
    Latin poetry.
    Heroic poetry.
    Elegacy poetry.
    20s
  • Q2
    Elegacy poetry:
    Expresses feelings.
    Presents love for freedom.
    Includes riddles
    Expresses religious life of the saints.
    20s
  • Q3
    What book did King Alfred the Great translate?
    The summoning of everyman.
    The Hexameron.
    The battle of Maldon
    The old testament.
    20s
  • Q4
    Secular prose includes:
    All of the above.
    No religious life.
    History of everyday life.
    Educational characters.
    20s
  • Q5
    “This thing all things devours; Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats mountain down.” - It refers to:
    Heroic poetry.
    Riddles
    Prose.
    Features.
    20s
  • Q6
    "Hexameron & interrogantiones sigewolfi" is about:
    Homilies.
    The creation.
    The life of saints.
    Heroes.
    20s
  • Q7
    It presents adaptations of late classical philosophical texts:
    Features.
    Riddles.
    Classical and Latin poetry.
    Heroic poetry.
    20s
  • Q8
    Aldhelm (c.VII - VIII) is a representativa author from:
    Riddles.
    Prose.
    Christian poetry.
    Features.
    20s
  • Q9
    Great love for personal freedom is represented in:
    Prose.
    Latin poetry.
    Features.
    Heroic poetry.
    20s
  • Q10
    Old english prose included the following topics:
    Didactics, devotional and informative.
    Life of saints and love for women.
    Didactics, parables and warriors.
    Neo scientific works and devotional features.
    20s
  • Q11
    It came to England from Ireland, thanks to St. Agustine.
    Christian poetry.
    Features.
    Latin poetry.
    Heroic poetry.
    20s
  • Q12
    This type of medieval english literature was not produced in equal quantity as religious literature.
    Pandemic.
    Allegory.
    Historic.
    Secular.
    20s
  • Q13
    Thomas Aquinas was a writer of:
    Riddles.
    Women's literature
    Allegories
    Religious literature.
    20s
  • Q14
    Most of the women who wrote in medieval ages were nuns:
    False
    True
    20s
  • Q15
    The Summoning of Everyman is an:
    Allegory.
    Tale.
    Prose.
    Secular.
    20s

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