5 Questions
What is the most significant poem in forms very like the Old English alliterative, four-stress lines during the Middle English Period?
Piers Plowman
During the Middle English Period, which language largely replaced English in ordinary literary composition?
French
What role did Latin maintain during the Middle English Period?
Language of learned works
By the 14th century, what had English acquired, leading to the characteristic it still possesses of freely taking into the native stock numbers of foreign words?
French and Latin words
What did the Middle English language lose by the 14th century?
Much of the Old English inflectional system
Test your knowledge of the Middle English period (1066 to 1485) with this quiz. Explore the influence of French literature on English forms and themes, the shift from French to English literary composition, and the enduring role of Latin in learned works. Delve into the literary developments of this transformative era.
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