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I. Choose the right answer: 1. _____, 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 2. 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 3. The Essence of Renaissance, the most significant intellectual movement, was_____. A. Geographical exploration B. Religious reformation C. Publishing and translation D. Humanism. Answer: D 4. 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) 5. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except____. A.Hamlet B.King Lear C.Romeo and Juliet D.Othello Answer: C (P33) 6. The Renaissance refers to between 14th----mid-17th century, which was under the reign of Queen ___ and absolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the real mainstream (真正的文学主流) was ____. A. Victoria /poetry B. Elizabeth / drama C. Mary / novel D. James / drama Answer: B (P11) 7. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance? A. Rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B. Attempt to remove the old feudalist ideas in Medieval Europe. C. Exaltation of man’s pursuit of happiness in his life, and tolerance of man’s foibles. D. Praise of man’s efforts in soul delivery and personal salvation. Answer: D (P7) 8. _____ introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England. A. Anglos/ Saxons B. Normans/