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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 power2. _____, 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.BeowulfC.The Dream of the RoodD.The Seafarer3.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.4. The Essence of Renaissance, the most significant intellectual movement, was_____.A. Geographical exploration B. Religious reformation C. Publishing and translation D. Humanism.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.Hamlet6. 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.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.Sidney8. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except____.A.Hamlet B.King Lear C.Romeo and Juliet D.Othello9. The Renaissance refers to between 14thmid-17th century, which was under the reig