Exploring English Literature
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Which work is considered the most famous in Old English literature?

  • The Canterbury Tales
  • Beowulf (correct)
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  • The Dream of the Rood

What is the name for the English spoken after the Norman conquest of England?

  • Chancery Standard English
  • Old English
  • Anglo-Frisian English
  • Middle English (correct)

When did the Chancery Standard form of English last until?

  • 1400s
  • 1600s
  • 1470s (correct)
  • 1300s

What language became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society after the Norman conquest?

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

In what century were the earliest forms of English brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon invaders?

<p>Fifth century (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers
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