english literature part 1
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What English was in use from the 12th to 15th centuries?
Middle English
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What is the name of an epic of Old English, dating from as early as the 8th century?
Beowulf
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With who did Beowulf have his last battle?
With a dragon
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Who are the earliest-known English poets?
Caedmon and Cynewulf
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Who wrote the Ecclesiastical History of the English People?
Bede the Venerable
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____ began under Alfred the Great's auspices in the 9th century.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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Which English poet is considered the "father of English literature"?
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer is best know for ____.
Canterbury Tales
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Geoffrey Chaucer was the first to be buried in ____ in Westminster Abbey.
The Poet's Corner
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Who established the first printing press in London in 1476?
William Caxton
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In ____ the main characters' primary quest is to obtain the mythical Holy Grail.
The Arthurian legends
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What is the Holy Grail?
a cup believed to have been used by Jesus Christ at the meal before his death
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Who wrote the "Utopia"?
Sir Thomas More
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Where is Robin Hood said to have lived?
In Sherwood Forest near Nottingham
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Who was Robin Hood's enemy?
The Sheriff of Nottingham
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The Shepheardes Calender, The Faerie Queene and Epithalamion were written by ____.
Edmund Spenser
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Who wrote Doctor Faustus, The Jew of Malta and Tamburlaine the Great?
Christopher Marlowe
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Where was William Shakespeare born?
Stratford-upon-Avon
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When did William Shakespeare join the Chamberlain's Men?
1588
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How many plays did Shakespeare write for the London stage?
36
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What is the name of Shakespeare's longest play?
Hamlet
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