Important Short Questions and Answers of English Literature

Important Short Questions and answers of English Literature

Q.1 Who wrote Beowulf?

Answer: Beowulf was written by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon writer.

Q.2 Who were the invaders of the Anglo-Saxon period?

Answer: The invaders of the Anglo-Saxon period are Angels, Saxons, and Jutes.

Q.3 Who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer: Saint Augustine was the first Archbishop of Canterbury.

Q.4 Write any one work of Bede?

Answer: The Historia Ecclesiastica is the famous work of Bede.

Q.5 Who wrote Canterbury tales?

Answer: Chaucer wrote canterbury tales.

Q.6 Who wrote 'UTOPIA'?

Answer: Sir Thomas Moore wrote Utopia.

Q.7 Who was the most important writer of the first stage of the English Renaissance?

Answer: Thomas Moore was the most important writer of the first stage of the English Renaissance.

Q.8 Name anyone writing of Thomas Moore?

Answer: "Utopia" is the famous writing of Thomas Moore.

Q.9 What was the original language of 'Utopia'?

Answer: Original Language of 'Utopia' was Greek.

Q.10 What does 'Utopia' in Greek mean?

Answer: 'Utopia' in Greek means Nowhere.

Q.11 Who was known as the Lord's protectorate?

Answer: Oliver Cromwell was known as the Lord Protectorate.

Q.12 Who became the King of Puritan Legacy?

Answer: Oliver Cromwell became the king of the Puritan Legacy.

Q.13 Name three major poems of John Gower?

Answer: Speculum Meditantis (French), Vox Clematis (Latin), and Confessio Amantis (English).

Q.14 Name any Dream allegory written by William Langland?

Answer: The most Vibrant dream allegory written by William Langland is "Pier Plowman".

Q.15 Name some attributed to Cynewulf?

Answer: Poems attributed to Cynewulf are - Elene, The Christ, Juliana.

Q.16 Who was the first to translate poetry to prose?

Answer: Alfred the Great was the first to translate poetry to prose.

Q.17 Name some poems attributed to Cynewulf's school?

Answer: The wanderer, The Dream of the Rood.

Q.18 Who was the King of Puritan legacy?

Answer: Oliver Cromwell was the king of the Puritan legacy.

Q,19 What was the original language of the Bible?

Answer: Bible was originally written in Hebrew (Latin).

Q.20 When was Charles 1 Executed?

Answer: Charles 1 was executed in 1649.