English Literature Quiz

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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?

  • 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?

  • French (correct)
  • Latin
  • Old English
  • Middle English

What is the form of English known to have lasted until the 1470s?

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

Which language was the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language after the Norman conquest?

<p>French (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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