120 MCQ Bank – Module 2: Early
Renaissance in England
A. Basic Level (Facts & Dates)
1. Who introduced the printing press in England?
a) Geoffrey Chaucer
b) William Caxton
c) Thomas Malory
d) Thomas More
2. In which year was the printing press introduced in England?
a) 1456
b) 1476
c) 1485
d) 1516
3. Who was the first English printer?
a) Thomas Norton
b) Caxton
c) Gower
d) John Lydgate
4. Which was the first book printed in England by Caxton?
a) The Bible
b) The Canterbury Tales
c) Utopia
d) Le Morte d’Arthur
5. William Caxton established his printing press at:
a) Oxford
b) London
c) Westminster
d) Cambridge
6. Caxton died in:
a) 1476
b) 1485
c) 1491
d) 1500
7. Le Morte d’Arthur was published in:
a) 1485
b) 1476
c) 1516
d) 1491
8. Who is the author of Le Morte d’Arthur?
a) Caxton
, b) Thomas Malory
c) Thomas More
d) John Skelton
9. Which king’s reign coincided with the publication of Morte d’Arthur?
a) Henry IV
b) Henry V
c) Henry VI
d) Henry VII
10. Sir Thomas Malory’s famous work is:
a) Confessio Amantis
b) Utopia
c) Morte d’Arthur
d) Piers Plowman
B. Moderate Level (Themes, Features, Importance)
11. Caxton’s press helped in:
a) Spread of Humanism
b) Rise of Puritanism
c) Feudal revival
d) Fall of Latin
12. Caxton printed Chaucer’s:
a) Book of the Duchess
b) Canterbury Tales
c) Parliament of Fowls
d) Troilus and Criseyde
13. The invention of the printing press in England led to:
a) Decline of literacy
b) Democratization of knowledge
c) Elimination of Latin
d) Fall of monarchy
14. Who described Caxton as “the father of English printing”?
a) William Tyndale
b) John Milton
c) Thomas Fuller
d) Ben Jonson
15. Malory’s Morte d’Arthur deals with:
a) Anglo-Saxon warriors
b) Norman feudal lords
c) Arthurian legends
d) Roman conquest
16. Which is the dominant theme of Morte d’Arthur?
a) Comedy
b) Chivalry
c) Satire
d) Realism
, 17. Morte d’Arthur was significant because it:
a) Was written in Latin
b) Marked the rise of English prose
c) Was a translation from Greek
d) Was a ballad
18. Malory’s Morte d’Arthur is largely:
a) Verse epic
b) Prose romance
c) Satirical allegory
d) Political treatise
19. Ballads were essentially:
a) Prose sermons
b) Oral folk songs
c) Latin hymns
d) Heroic epics
20. A characteristic feature of ballads is:
a) Complex diction
b) Dramatic dialogue
c) Absence of rhyme
d) Blank verse
C. Ballads Section
21. Which of the following is a famous ballad?
a) Utopia
b) Nut-Brown Maid
c) Apology for Poetry
d) Confessio Amantis
22. Ballads were popular among:
a) The clergy
b) Aristocrats
c) Common people
d) Scholars
23. Ballads often used:
a) Refrains
b) Blank verse
c) Heroic couplets
d) Latin hexameter
24. Themes of ballads included:
a) Love and war
b) Metaphysics
c) Industrial Revolution
d) Aestheticism
25. Robin Hood stories survive mainly as:
a) Prose epics
b) Ballads
Renaissance in England
A. Basic Level (Facts & Dates)
1. Who introduced the printing press in England?
a) Geoffrey Chaucer
b) William Caxton
c) Thomas Malory
d) Thomas More
2. In which year was the printing press introduced in England?
a) 1456
b) 1476
c) 1485
d) 1516
3. Who was the first English printer?
a) Thomas Norton
b) Caxton
c) Gower
d) John Lydgate
4. Which was the first book printed in England by Caxton?
a) The Bible
b) The Canterbury Tales
c) Utopia
d) Le Morte d’Arthur
5. William Caxton established his printing press at:
a) Oxford
b) London
c) Westminster
d) Cambridge
6. Caxton died in:
a) 1476
b) 1485
c) 1491
d) 1500
7. Le Morte d’Arthur was published in:
a) 1485
b) 1476
c) 1516
d) 1491
8. Who is the author of Le Morte d’Arthur?
a) Caxton
, b) Thomas Malory
c) Thomas More
d) John Skelton
9. Which king’s reign coincided with the publication of Morte d’Arthur?
a) Henry IV
b) Henry V
c) Henry VI
d) Henry VII
10. Sir Thomas Malory’s famous work is:
a) Confessio Amantis
b) Utopia
c) Morte d’Arthur
d) Piers Plowman
B. Moderate Level (Themes, Features, Importance)
11. Caxton’s press helped in:
a) Spread of Humanism
b) Rise of Puritanism
c) Feudal revival
d) Fall of Latin
12. Caxton printed Chaucer’s:
a) Book of the Duchess
b) Canterbury Tales
c) Parliament of Fowls
d) Troilus and Criseyde
13. The invention of the printing press in England led to:
a) Decline of literacy
b) Democratization of knowledge
c) Elimination of Latin
d) Fall of monarchy
14. Who described Caxton as “the father of English printing”?
a) William Tyndale
b) John Milton
c) Thomas Fuller
d) Ben Jonson
15. Malory’s Morte d’Arthur deals with:
a) Anglo-Saxon warriors
b) Norman feudal lords
c) Arthurian legends
d) Roman conquest
16. Which is the dominant theme of Morte d’Arthur?
a) Comedy
b) Chivalry
c) Satire
d) Realism
, 17. Morte d’Arthur was significant because it:
a) Was written in Latin
b) Marked the rise of English prose
c) Was a translation from Greek
d) Was a ballad
18. Malory’s Morte d’Arthur is largely:
a) Verse epic
b) Prose romance
c) Satirical allegory
d) Political treatise
19. Ballads were essentially:
a) Prose sermons
b) Oral folk songs
c) Latin hymns
d) Heroic epics
20. A characteristic feature of ballads is:
a) Complex diction
b) Dramatic dialogue
c) Absence of rhyme
d) Blank verse
C. Ballads Section
21. Which of the following is a famous ballad?
a) Utopia
b) Nut-Brown Maid
c) Apology for Poetry
d) Confessio Amantis
22. Ballads were popular among:
a) The clergy
b) Aristocrats
c) Common people
d) Scholars
23. Ballads often used:
a) Refrains
b) Blank verse
c) Heroic couplets
d) Latin hexameter
24. Themes of ballads included:
a) Love and war
b) Metaphysics
c) Industrial Revolution
d) Aestheticism
25. Robin Hood stories survive mainly as:
a) Prose epics
b) Ballads
