English Literature
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Who is considered a significant figure in the development of the legitimacy of vernacular Middle English?

  • William the Conqueror
  • Geoffrey Chaucer (correct)
  • Johannes Gutenberg
  • King James
  • Which work is considered the most famous in Old English literature?

  • Beowulf (correct)
  • The Norman Conquest
  • The Canterbury Tales
  • The King James Bible
  • Which event helped to standardize the English language?

  • The Anglo-Saxon invasion
  • The Great Vowel Shift
  • The Norman Conquest
  • The invention of the printing press (correct)
  • Which form of English lasted until the 1470s?

    <p>Middle English (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which language became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society following the Norman conquest of England in 1066?

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