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

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