What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V ? A. the Battle of AgincourtB. the Battle of HastingsC. the Norman Conquest D. the War of the Roses
To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of initially apply ? A. a work derived from a Latin text of the Roman EmpireB. a story about love and adventureC. a Roman official D. a work written in the French vernacular
The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200 ? A. They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.B. Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.C. Their readersprimary language was English. D. A and C only
What was vellum ? 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 ? A. symbolismB. simileC. metonymy D. kenning