1、 English literature began with the ( ) settlement in England.
A:Roman
B:Celtic
C:English
D:Anglo-Saxon
答案: Anglo-Saxon
2、 Beowulf, written about the life of England in the ( ) society,is said to bethe national epicof the English people.
A:primitive
B:feudal
C:medieval
D:agricultural
答案: feudal
3、 Beowulfis written in the form of ( ), a popular form of poetry in Anglo-Saxon literature.
A:ballad
B:blank verse
C:couplet
D:alliterative verse
答案: alliterative verse
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1、 The medieval period is often called the Dark Age for the dominating power of ( ) over everything in the society.
A:the King
B:feudal lords
C:the Church
D:the knights
答案: the Church
2、 The central character of a romance is ( ), who follows the code of behavior calledchivalry.
A:the knight
B:the warrior
C:the Gladiator
D:a soldier
答案: the knight
3、 The stories of ( ) are the most well-known ballads, songs of stories told orally in 4-line stanzas.
A:the green knights
B:King Arthur
C:Robin Hood
D:the Vikings
答案: Robin Hood
4、 Piers the Plowmanwritten by William Langland in the form of ( ) represents the achievements of popular literature of Medieval England.
A:allegory
B:symbolism
C:a dream
D:epic
答案: allegory
5、 ( ) is considered the father of English poetry, whose most representative work isThe Canterbury Tales.
A:William Langland
B:Edmund Spenser
C:John Milton
D:Geoffrey Chaucer
答案: Geoffrey Chaucer
6、 The Canterbury Tales,a collection of stories strung together and told by 30 pilgrims on their way to pilgrimage, is written in the form of ( ).
A:blank verse
B:alliterative verse
C:heroic couoplet
D:ballad
答案: heroic couoplet
7、 The key-note of the Renaissance is ( ).
A:humanism
B:realism
C:romanticism
D:asceticism
答案: humanism
第三章
1、 It was ( ) who first introduced and reformed the English drama which reached its climax in the hands of William Shakespeare.[1] [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]下一页
