English Literature - Questions & Answers for Competitive Exams | GkSeries

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]