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The Middle English Period Literature Quiz
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The Middle English Period Literature Quiz

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What language largely replaced English in ordinary literary composition from the Norman-French conquest of England in 1066 until the 14th century?

  • French (correct)
  • Spanish
  • German
  • Latin
  • Which poem from the Middle English Period protests the plight of the poor, the avarice of the powerful, and the sinfulness of all people?

  • Beowulf
  • The Pearl
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  • Piers Plowman (correct)
  • Which poem from the Middle English Period serves as an elegy for the death of a small girl?

  • Canterbury Tales
  • The Pearl (correct)
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  • Piers Plowman
  • Which form of lines were used for poems in the north and west during the Middle English Period?

    <p>Alliterative, four-stress lines</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which anonymous author wrote the alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?

    <p>The same author who wrote The Pearl</p> Signup and view all the answers

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