91. Which twelfth-century poet or poets were indebted to Breton storytellers for their narratives?
a) Geoffrey Chaucer
b) Marie de France
c) Chrétien de Troyes
d) b and c only
92. To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of “romance”emerged, initially apply a?
a. Work derived from a Latin text of the Roman Empire
b. Story about love and adventure
c. Roman official
d. Work written in the French vernacular
93. Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to
a. The royal family and upper orders of the nobility
b. The lower orders of the nobility
c. Agricultural laborers
d. The clergy
94. What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s The History of the Kings of Britain?
a. The reign of King Arthur
b. The coronation of Henry II
c. King John’s seal of the Magna Carta
d. The marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine
95. Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for
a. Courtiers entering the service of Richard II
b. Translators of French romances
c. Women who have chosen to live as religious recluses
d. Knights preparing for their first tournament
96. Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife?
a. Dante’s Divine Comedy
b. Boccaccio’s Decameron
c. The Dream of the Rood
d. Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women
97. Who is the author of Piers Plowman?
a. Sir Thomas Malory
b. Margery Kempe
c. Geoffrey Chaucer
d. William Langland
98. What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V?
a. The Battle of Hastings
b. The Norman Conquest
c. The Black Death
d. The War of the Roses
99. Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues?
a. The short story
b. The heroic epic
c. The morality play
d. The romance
100. Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot?
a. Julian of Norwich
b. Margery Kempe
c. William Langland
d. Sir Thomas Malory