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《英国文学史》习题 Part One Old and Medieval English Literature I. Fill in the blanks. 1. The period of ______ English literature begins from about 450 to 1066, the year of ______. 2. The Medieval period in English literature extends from 1066 up to the ______ century. 3. _____, is a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national _____ of the Anglo-Saxons. 4. In The Canterbury Tales, ______ presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life. 5. Chaucer was a master of the heroic couplet which consists of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter means _______ A. the line has 6 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. B. the line has 6 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable. C. the line has 5 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. D. the line has 5 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable 6. Geoffrey Chaucer introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry to replace the Old English ______ verse. II. Answer the following questions. 1. What is the contribution of Geoffrey Chaucer to English literature? ? Part Two The Renaissance Period I. Fill in the blanks. 1. Generally, the ______ refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It first started in Italy, with the flowering of painting, sculpture and literature. From Italy the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe. 2. ______ is the essence of the Renaissance. ______, ________and _______ are the best representatives of the English humanists. 3. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are ______, _______and ______. 4. Humanism sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side,