Pair of Words MCQs

What was vellum ?

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A. parchment made of animal skinB. the service owed to a lord by his peasants(C. unrhymed iambic pentameterD. an unbreakable oath of fealty

The use of sea and for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry ?

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A. symbolismB. simileC. metonymy D. kenning

Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures ?

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A. Beowulf B. ArthurC. CaedmonD. Augustine of Canterbury

in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French ?

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A. 1360B. 1357C. 1378D. none of the above

Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450 ?

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A. the NormansB. the GeatsC. the Celts D. the Anglo-Saxons

Chaucer was released from legal action by____________in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction ?

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A. Miss Cecily ChaumpaigneB. Philippa de Roet of FlandersC. Agnes de CoptonD. none of the above