English Literature Quiz
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English Literature Quiz

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Beowulf is the most famous work in Old English, and has achieved national epic status in England, despite being set in ______

Scandinavia

The English spoken after the Normans came is known as ______

Middle English

Geoffrey Chaucer was a significant figure in the development of the legitimacy of vernacular Middle English at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were still ______ and Latin

French

The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1439 also helped to standardise the language, as did the King James Bible (1611), and the Great ______ Shift

<p>Vowel</p> Signup and view all the answers

The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon invaders in the fifth century, are called ______

<p>Old English</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which branch of science studies the physical world?

<p>Natural sciences</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which science discipline uses scientific knowledge for practical purposes?

<p>Applied sciences</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which historical period saw the introduction of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system?

<p>Golden Age of India</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which science discipline studies formal systems governed by axioms and rules?

<p>Formal sciences</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which disciplines study individuals and societies?

<p>Social sciences</p> Signup and view all the answers

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