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Part One: English Literature Chapter I An Introduction to Old and Medieval English Literature The Renaissance Period I. Choose the right answer: 1. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the _____legend of a magician aspiring for ____ and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil. A.British/ immorality B.French/money C.German/knowledge D.American/political power Answer: C (可参考课本P21) 2. _____, is a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. A.The Wife’s Complaint B.Beowulf C.The Dream of the Rood D.The Seafarer Answer: B (可参考课本P1) 3.It’s Chaucer alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English Society in his masterpiece__________. A.The Canterbury Tales B.The Legend of Good Women C.Troilus and Criseyde D. The Romaunt of the Rose. Answer: A (可参考课本P4) 4. The Essence of Renaissance, the most significant intellectual movement, was_____. A. Geographical exploration B. Religious reformation C. Publishing and translation D. Humanism. Answer: D (可参考课本P8) 5. “Prince Arthur’s greatest mission is his search for Gloriana, with whom he has fallen in love through a love vision.”The two figures come from_____. A.Paradise Lost B.Dr. Faustus C.The Faerie Queene D.Hamlet Answer: C (可参考课本P13) 6. In “Sonnet 18”, Shakespeare_________________. A.Meditate on the destructive power of time and eternal beauty by poetry. B.Satirize human’s vanity. C.Predict the eternity of love. D.Eulogize the power of the beauty. Answer: A (P37) 7. ____ gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “mighty lines” and make ’blank verse’ the principle vehicle of expression in drama. A.Surrey B.Wyatt C.Marlowe D.Sidney Answer: C (P21) 8. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except____. A.Hamlet B.King Lear C.Romeo and Juliet D.Othello Answer: C (P33) 9. The Renaissance refers to between 14th----m