Which of the following languages did not coexist in Anglo-Norman England ?

A. Latin
B. Dutch
C. French
D. Celtic

To what does the phrase \the stigma of print\refer ?

A. Lead posioning contracted from handling printer’s ink
B. The brutal punishment for printing without a license
C. The pre-reformation ban on printing the bible in english
D. The perception among court poets that printed verses were less exclusive

Who authored the scholarly biography, Life of Donne ?

A. Izaak walton
B. Katherine philips
C. John skelton
D. Isabella whitney

What name is given to the English literary period that emulated the Rome of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid ?

A. Augustan
B. Metaphysical
C. Romantic
D. Neo-romantic

In which work do you read: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” ?

A. Lovesong of j.alfred prufrock
B. Sonnets from the portuguese
C. Prelude
D. The last decalogue

Why did the novel seem a genre particularly well-suited to women ?

A. It did not carry the burden of an august tradition like poetry.
B. It was a popular form whose market women could enter easily.
C. It was seen as a frivolous form where one shouldn’t make serious statements about society.
D. All but c

Everyone in Elizabethan England was born into a social class. Peasants were the unluckiest of the lot: they were denied basic comforts, security, and even the chance to dress well. Yep, the Statutes of Apparel outlined the clothes one could legally wear based on rank. Which of the following could the poor wear ?

A. Purple silk dresses
B. Woolen underwear
C. Sable-lined cloaks
D. Velvet coats

Which British dominion achieved independence in 1921-22, following the Easter Rising of 1916 ?

A. The southern counties of ireland
B. Canada
C. Ulster
D. India

The use of “whale-road”for sea and “lifehouse” for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry ?

A. Symbolism
B. Simile
C. Metonymy
D. Kenning

Which of the following refers to the small area of Ireland, extending north from Dublin, over which the English government could claim effective control ?

A. Ulster
B. The protectorate
C. The pale
D. West britain