UGC NET SET 1 AND S ET 2 FULL
EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM
WELL VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ||ALREADY
GRADED A+
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a record of events
from____________to____________ centuries.
- CORRECT ANSWERS - ninth to eleventh
Who of the following is a Geatish hero from an early epic?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Beowulf
Which of the following did medieval minstrels do?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - sing ballads
In which year was the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Beckett,
assassinated?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - 1170
Cambridge, the second oldest university in the English speaking world,
was established in the __________ century.
- CORRECT ANSWERS - 13
After the Norman Conquest of 1066, Norman French was the dominant
language used by
- CORRECT ANSWERS - the upper class
,In medieval England a ................. was understood to be a trained
craftsman, one who worked under a master who owned the business.
- CORRECT ANSWERS - a journeyman
The direct French inuence on the English language during the Middle
English period was in the form of
- CORRECT ANSWERS - French
After the Norman Conquest England became a threelanguage nation for
at least two centuries. The three languages were
- CORRECT ANSWERS - English, French and Latin
Which British King, having defeated the Viking invaders, consciously
used the English language to create a sense of national identity and
retain political control over independent countries?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Alfred the Great
There is a large number of religious poems in Old English Poetry. One of
the nest is the Dream of the Rood. The words Rood in the title means
- CORRECT ANSWERS - the cross
What three Germanic tribes invaded Britons in the fth century AD,
bringing with them the roots of modern English?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - The Jutes, Angles and Saxons
What is the source of the Wife of Bath's tale?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Roman de la Rose
,Which character's tale in The Canterbury Tales echoes anti-courtly ideas
as in Jean de Meun's continuation of Guillaume de Lorris's Roman de la
Rose?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - The Wife of the Bath
To what genre does the Wife of Bath's Prologue belong?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Allegorical confession
In The Canterbury Tales, the Knight tells the rst tale because?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - He drew the shortest straw
"The dream of chaucer" is a work that is now called_________."The
dream of chaucer" is a work that is now called_________.
- CORRECT ANSWERS - The book of Duchess
Which of the following works is a retelling of Chaucer's "The Knight's
Tale"?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - The Two Noble Kinsmen
Which of the following works is a part of medieval literary cycle called
"the Matter of Rome"?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
Who of the following wrote A Dream of Fair Women based on the theme
of Chaucer's The Legend of Good Women?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Alfred Tennyson
What is the name of the Wife of Bath in Canterbury Tales
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Alison
, The heroic couplet was used for the rst time in
- CORRECT ANSWERS - The Legend of Good Women
In which language was John Gower's Speculum Meditantis written?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - French
The Peasants Revolt took place in the Year?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - 1381
Rhyme Royal was introduced into English poetry by
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Geoffrey Chaucer
Piers the Plowman was written by
- CORRECT ANSWERS - William Langland
The Name of the Prioress in The Canterbury Tales is
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Eglentyne
Chaucer`s Canterbury Tales is based on
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Boccaccio`s Decameron
How many editions of The Canterbury Tales did William Caxton print?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - two
Whose tale was inuenced by the beast fable, Reynard the Fox? -
CORRECT ANSWERS - The Nun's Priest
EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM
WELL VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ||ALREADY
GRADED A+
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a record of events
from____________to____________ centuries.
- CORRECT ANSWERS - ninth to eleventh
Who of the following is a Geatish hero from an early epic?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Beowulf
Which of the following did medieval minstrels do?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - sing ballads
In which year was the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Beckett,
assassinated?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - 1170
Cambridge, the second oldest university in the English speaking world,
was established in the __________ century.
- CORRECT ANSWERS - 13
After the Norman Conquest of 1066, Norman French was the dominant
language used by
- CORRECT ANSWERS - the upper class
,In medieval England a ................. was understood to be a trained
craftsman, one who worked under a master who owned the business.
- CORRECT ANSWERS - a journeyman
The direct French inuence on the English language during the Middle
English period was in the form of
- CORRECT ANSWERS - French
After the Norman Conquest England became a threelanguage nation for
at least two centuries. The three languages were
- CORRECT ANSWERS - English, French and Latin
Which British King, having defeated the Viking invaders, consciously
used the English language to create a sense of national identity and
retain political control over independent countries?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Alfred the Great
There is a large number of religious poems in Old English Poetry. One of
the nest is the Dream of the Rood. The words Rood in the title means
- CORRECT ANSWERS - the cross
What three Germanic tribes invaded Britons in the fth century AD,
bringing with them the roots of modern English?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - The Jutes, Angles and Saxons
What is the source of the Wife of Bath's tale?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Roman de la Rose
,Which character's tale in The Canterbury Tales echoes anti-courtly ideas
as in Jean de Meun's continuation of Guillaume de Lorris's Roman de la
Rose?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - The Wife of the Bath
To what genre does the Wife of Bath's Prologue belong?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Allegorical confession
In The Canterbury Tales, the Knight tells the rst tale because?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - He drew the shortest straw
"The dream of chaucer" is a work that is now called_________."The
dream of chaucer" is a work that is now called_________.
- CORRECT ANSWERS - The book of Duchess
Which of the following works is a retelling of Chaucer's "The Knight's
Tale"?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - The Two Noble Kinsmen
Which of the following works is a part of medieval literary cycle called
"the Matter of Rome"?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
Who of the following wrote A Dream of Fair Women based on the theme
of Chaucer's The Legend of Good Women?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Alfred Tennyson
What is the name of the Wife of Bath in Canterbury Tales
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Alison
, The heroic couplet was used for the rst time in
- CORRECT ANSWERS - The Legend of Good Women
In which language was John Gower's Speculum Meditantis written?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - French
The Peasants Revolt took place in the Year?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - 1381
Rhyme Royal was introduced into English poetry by
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Geoffrey Chaucer
Piers the Plowman was written by
- CORRECT ANSWERS - William Langland
The Name of the Prioress in The Canterbury Tales is
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Eglentyne
Chaucer`s Canterbury Tales is based on
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Boccaccio`s Decameron
How many editions of The Canterbury Tales did William Caxton print?
- CORRECT ANSWERS - two
Whose tale was inuenced by the beast fable, Reynard the Fox? -
CORRECT ANSWERS - The Nun's Priest
