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Which work is considered the most famous in Old English literature?
Which work is considered the most famous in Old English literature?
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Beowulf (correct)
- The Dream of the Rood
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
What is the earliest form of English called?
What is the earliest form of English called?
- Anglo-Frisian dialects
- Middle English
- Old English (correct)
- Chancery Standard
What language became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society after the Norman conquest of England?
What language became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society after the Norman conquest of England?
- French (correct)
- Latin
- Old English
- Middle English
What is the form of English known to have lasted until the 1470s?
What is the form of English known to have lasted until the 1470s?
Which language was the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language after the Norman conquest?
Which language was the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language after the Norman conquest?
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