MCQ Chapter 4 Class 12 Rainbow Story of English Bihar Board Middle EnglishMCQ’s For All Chapters – Rainbow Story of English Class 12th 1. The Middle English period is generally accepted to span which years?1000–14001150–15001200–14001100–1300Question 1 of 202. What invention played a crucial role in standardizing the English language?CompassSteam EnginePrinting PressTypewriterQuestion 2 of 203. Who set up the first printing press in England?Geoffrey ChaucerWilliam CaxtonJohn WyclifWilliam LanglandQuestion 3 of 204. The Great Vowel Shift primarily affected which aspect of the English language?Consonant systemsLong vowelsShort vowelsGrammarQuestion 4 of 205. Modern English evolved from which Middle English dialect?NorthernSouthernEast MidlandKentishQuestion 5 of 206. The French introduced approximately how many words into the English language during the 13th and 14th centuries?5,0008,00010,00012,000Question 6 of 207. What percentage of French-origin words are still in use today?50%60%75%90%Question 7 of 208. Middle English had how many dialects?FourFiveSixThreeQuestion 8 of 209. Which dialect of Middle English remains unchanged from Old English?NorthernWest MidlandKentishEast MidlandQuestion 9 of 2010. The Great Vowel Shift began around which year?1300140015001600Question 10 of 2011. Early Middle English literature was predominantly:SecularReligiousScientificRomanticQuestion 11 of 2012. Which writer is associated with The Canterbury Tales?John GowerGeoffrey ChaucerWilliam LanglandJohn WyclifQuestion 12 of 2013. Which poem is an example of Middle English literature written in Midland dialect?Sir Gawain and the Green KnightPiers the PlowmanLay of Havelok the DaneThe PearlQuestion 13 of 2014. Piers the Plowman was written by:William LanglandJohn WyclifGeoffrey ChaucerJohn GowerQuestion 14 of 2015. Who translated the Bible into Middle English?William LanglandJohn WyclifGeoffrey ChaucerJohn GowerQuestion 15 of 2016. The Romance of King Alexander contains a high proportion of words from which language?LatinGreekFrenchGermanQuestion 16 of 2017. Which two periods of transition mark the ends of the Middle English period?1050 and 13501150 and 15001200 and 14001100 and 1450Question 17 of 2018. The Northern dialect of Middle English evolved from which Old English dialect?MercianNorthumbrianWest SaxonKentishQuestion 18 of 2019. Middle English grammar saw a reduction in what?InflectionsVocabularyDialectsSyntaxQuestion 19 of 2020. The first phase of Middle English literature was primarily:RomanticSatiricalReligiousDramaticQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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