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D.Old----theNormanConquestofEngland

2）..TheMedievalperiodinEnglishliteratureextendsfrom1066uptothe______century.

A.mid-13th 

B.mid-14th 

C.mid-15th 

D.mid-16th 

3）.Beowulf,atypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenational______oftheAnglo-Saxons.

A.sonnet 

B.essay 

C.epic 

D.novel

4）.InTheCanterburyTales,______presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflife.

A.GeoffreyChaucer 

B.WilliamShakespeare 

C.FrancisBacon 

D.WilliamLangland

5）.FortheRenaissance,______wasregardedastheEnglishHomer.HisreputationhasbeensecurelyestablishedasoneofthebestEnglishpoetsforhiswisdom,humorand______.

A.GeoffreyChaucer----wits 

B.WilliamShakespeare----wits

C.GeoffreyChaucer----humanity 

D.WilliamShakespeare----humanity

6）.Aftertheconquestof1066,threelanguagesco-existedinEngland.Theyare______,______and______.

A.OldEnglish,Greek,Latin 

B.OldEnglish,French,Latin

C.OldEnglish,Greek,French 

D.English,Greek,French

7）.GeoffreyChauceristhegreatestwriteroftheMedievalperiodinEnglishliterature.In“TheLegendofGoodWomen”,heusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameterwhichistobecalledlaterthe______.

A.couplet 

B.blankverse 

C.heroiccouplet 

D.epic

8）.Thematicallythepoem“Beowulf”presentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplewageheroicstruggleagainstthehostileforcesofthe______worldunderawiseandmighty______.

A.spiritual----hero 

B.natural----leader 

C.spiritual----god 

D.natural----monster 

9）.Itcanbesaidthatthoughessentiallystillamedievalwriter,GeoffreyChaucerboremarksofhumanismandanticipatedanew______tocome.

A.man 

B.theory 

C.doctrine 

D.era

10）.GeoffreyChaucerintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzasofvarioustypestoEnglishpoetrytoreplacetheOldEnglish______verse.

A.rhymed 

B.alliterative 

C.social 

D.visionary

2.Explainthefollowingliteralterms.

1）.Romance2）.HeroicCouplet3）.Epic

3.Answerthefollowingquestions.

1）.HowmanygroupsdotheOldEnglishpoetrydividedinto?

Whatarethey?

WhichgroupdoesBeowulfbelongto?

Why?

2）.WhatisthecontributionofGeoffreyChaucertoEnglishliterature?

TheRenaissancePeriod

1）.TheRenaissance,inessence,isahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropean______thinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinmedievalEurope,tointroducenewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie,andtorecoverthepurityoftheearlychurchformthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch.

A.GreekandRoman 

B.humanist 

C.religious 

D.loyal

2）.Generally,the______referstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies.ItfirststartedinItaly,withthefloweringofpainting,sculptureandliterature.FromItalythemovementwenttoembracetherestofEurope.

A.MedievalPeriod 

B.Renaissance 

C.OldEnglishPeriod 

D.RomanticPeriod

3）.______istheessenceoftheRenaissance.ThomasMore,ChristopherMarloweand_______arethebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanists.

A.Humanity----WilliamShakespeare 

B.Humanism-----FrancisBacon

C.Humanity----GeoffreyChaucer 

D.Humanism----WilliamShakespeare

4）.TheElizabethan______istherealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissance.ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeare,and______.

A.novel---GeoffreyChaucer 

B.poetry----FrancisBacon

C.drama----BenJonson 

D.drama----GeoffreyChaucer 

5）.HumanismsprangfromtheendeavortorestoreamedievalreverencefortheantiqueauthorsandisfrequentlytakenasthebeginningoftheRenaissanceonitsconscious,intellectualside,fortheGreekand______civilizationwasbasedonsuchaconceptionthat______isthemeasureofallthings.

A.Roman----moral 

B.French----reason 

C.Roman----man 

D.French----God

6）.Oneofthemajorresult