To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of \romance\emerged, initially apply ?

A. A work derived from a latin text of the roman empire
B. A story about love and adventure
C. A roman official
D. A work written in the french vernacular

Chaucer became a member of Parliament in_______________?

A. 1386
B. 1300
C. 1343
D. None of the above

Who is the author of Piers Plowman ?

A. Sir thomas malory
B. Margery kempe
C. Geoffrey chaucer
D. William langland

How did Henry II, the first of England’s Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces in southern France ?

A. The battle of hastings
B. Saint patrick’s mission
C. The fourth lateran council
D. His marriage to eleanor of aquitaine

how many children chaucer had ?

A. 4
B. 1
C. 0
D. 2

What was vellum ?

A. Parchment made of animal skin
B. The service owed to a lord by his peasants(“villeins”)
C. Unrhymed iambic pentameter
D. An unbreakable oath of fealty

Chaucer was released from legal action by____________in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction ?

A. Miss cecily chaumpaigne
B. Philippa de roet of flanders
C. Agnes de copton
D. None of the above

Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for_______________?

A. Courtiers entering the service of richard ii
B. Translators of french romances
C. Women who have chosen to live as religious recluses
D. Knights preparing for their first tournament

The term used for non-linguistic aspects of speaking is: ___________?

A. Metalanguage
B. Paralanguage
C. Protalanguage
D. None of these