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1.Charles Dickens is a great writer in the ___ A__.⏹ A. Victorian Age B. Renaissance⏹ C. Romantic period D. 20th century2.The early inhabitants in the island we now call England were _B __.⏹ A. Celts B. Britons⏹ C. Britain D. English3. In 55 B. C., Roman troops led by _A__ invaded Britain.⏹ A. Julius Caesar B. Claudius⏹ C. King Alfred the Great D. William4.The Roman occupation in Britain lasted for about __C___ years.⏹ A. 200 B. 300⏹ C. 400 D. 5005.Old English came into being by the _D___ century.⏹ A. 4th B. 5th⏹ C. 6th D. 7th6. In __B__ Britain became a Roman province.⏹ A. 55 B. C. B. 43 A. D.⏹ C. 410 A. D. D. 787 A. D.7.The Anglo-Saxon period ended in _D___.⏹ A. 1017 B. 1042⏹ C. 1016 D. 10668. _A__ is an early English poem about the life of the gleeman.⏹ A. “Deor’s Lament” B. “The Wife’s Complaint”⏹ C. “The Husband’s Message” D. “The Seafarer”9. __C__ is an early English poem about love.⏹ A. “Deor’s Lament” B. “Widsith”⏹ C. “The Husband’s Message” D. “The Seafarer”10. __B__ is an early English poem about the adventures of the sea.⏹ A. “Deor’s Lament” B. “The Wanderer”⏹ C. “The Husband’s Message” D. “Beowulf”11. __D__ is the representative work of the early English literature.⏹ A. “Deor’s Lament” B. “The Wanderer”⏹ C. “The Husband’s Message” D. “Beowulf”12. Grendel is a monster described in __C____.⏹ A. “Deor’s Lament” B. “Widsith”⏹ C. Beowulf D. “The Seafarer”13.The Roman occupation lasted for about 400 years in Britain, and in __D___, all the Roman troops went back to their continent and never returned.⏹ A. 55 B. C. B. 78 A. D.⏹ C. 400 A. D. D. 410 A. D.14.__C__ is the first important religious poet in English literature.⏹ A. John Donne B. George Herbert⏹ C. CaedmonD. Milton15.When we speak of the old English prose, the first name that comes into our minds is_D_, who is the first scholar in English literature and has been regarded as father of English learning.⏹ A. Shakespeare B. Beowulf⏹ C. Julius Caesar D. Venerable Bebe16.The great majority of the romances fall into groups as matters of __D___.⏹ A. Britain B. France⏹ C. Rome D. A,B and C17._A__ was written in alliterative and rimed English verse.⏹ A. Layamon’s Brut B. Malory’s The Death of King Arthur⏹ C. King Alfred’s Chronicle D. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of Kings ofBritain18.___D__ marked the establishment of feudalism in England.⏹ A. Roman Conquest B. English Conquest⏹ C. Danish Conquest D. Norman Conquest19. Shakespeare’s plays written between __D___ are sometimes called “romances”and all end in reconciliation and reunion.⏹ A. 1590 and 1594 B. 1595 and 1600⏹ C. 1601 and 1607 D. 1608 and 161220. Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s __D____.⏹ A. Pericles B. Cymbeline C. The Winter’s Tale D. The Tempest21.In __D___ appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet. Never before Imprinted.（《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）which contains 154 sonnets.⏹ A. 1606 B. 1607⏹ C. 1608 D. 160922. Shakespeare is one of the founders of _B___.⏹ A. romanticism B. realism⏹ C. naturalism D. classicism23. Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with the _A_⏹ A. dramatic blank verse B. song⏹ C. sonnet D. couplet24.In the plays, Shakespeare used about __B____ words.⏹ A. 15000 B. 16000 C. 17000 D. 1800025.__C___ has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.⏹ A. Christopher Marlow B. Francis Bacon⏹ C. W. Shakespeare D. Ben Johnson26.In 1066, __A__, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.⏹ A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar⏹ C. Alfred the Great D. Claudius27. In the 14th century, the most important poet is __D__ .⏹ A. Langland B. Wycliffe C. Gower D. Chaucer28.The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is __C_.⏹ A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay29.The story of _A__ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.⏹ A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. Beowulf⏹ C. Piers the Plowman D. The Canterbury Tales30. William Langland’s _B___ is written in the form of a dream vision.⏹ A. Kubla Khan B. Piers the Plowman⏹ C. The Dream of John Bull D. Morte d’Arthur31. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke __A___.⏹ A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish32. ___C___ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.⏹ A. Langland B. Gower C. Wycliffe D. Chaucer33. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the __B__ England.⏹ A. primitive B. feudal C. bourgeois D. modern34.The theme of __A__ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.⏹ A. loyalty B. revolt C. obedience D. mockery35.The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called __B___.⏹ A. Morte D’Arthur B. Robin Hood⏹ C. The Canterbury Tales D. Piers the Plowman36. __A___, the “father of English poetry”and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.⏹ A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain⏹ C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden37. Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in __D__.⏹ A. Flanders B. France⏹ C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey38. Chaucer’s earliest work is his ___A__, a translation of the French Roman de la Rose, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.⏹ A. The Romaunt of the Rose B. “A Red, Red Rose”⏹ C. The Legend of Good Women D. The Book of the Duchess40. In his life-time Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations which had impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? _A___.⏹ A. engineer B. courtier C. office holder D. soldier⏹ E. ambassador F. legislator (议员)41.Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named __B___ based on Boccaccio’s poem “Filostrato”.⏹ A. The Legend of Good Women B. Troilus and Criseyde⏹ C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D. Beowulf42. English Renaissance started from the year of _A____.⏹ A. 1516 B.1578 C. 1625 D. 166043. Spenserian Stanza is created by Edmund Spenser for his _B__.⏹ A. drama B. poem C. prose D. essay44.It was __B___, the first English printer, who gave the readers Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.⏹ A. William Cowper B. William Caxton⏹ C. William Golding D. William Blake45. _C___is also called the King James Bible.⏹ A. Latin Bible B. Tyndale’s Bible⏹ C. Authorized Bible D. Wycliffe’s Bible46. The sea-dogs as Francis Drake and John Hawkins encouraged by _B___ established the first English colonies.⏹ A. Queen Mary B. Queen Elizabeth C. King Henry VIII D. James I47. The English bourgeoisie came to froe in the arena of history after the war with _A__.⏹ A. Spain B. America C. Belgium D. Holland48. _D___ is the key-note of the Renaissance.⏹ A. Optimism B. Socialism C. Conservatism D. Humanism49.English Renaissance started in the year of __A_.⏹ A. 1516 B. 1578 C. 1625 D. 166050.The period of __B___ is called the Elizabethan Period or the Age of Shakespeare.⏹ A. 1510—1516 B. 1516—1578⏹ C. 1578—1625 D. 1625—166051.___A__has 6 knights representing 6 virtues: Holiness, Temperance, Chastity, Friendship, Justice and Courtesy.⏹ A. The Faerie Queene B. Epithalamion⏹ C. The Shepherd’s Calendar D. Discovery of Guiana52.The answer to the dominant thoughts in The Faerie Queene is _D__.⏹ A. nationalism B. humanism C. Puritanism D. A, B, C53.___C__ is the first philosopher of industrial science .⏹ A. Philip Sidney B. Walter Raleigh⏹ C. Francis Bacon D. Edmund Spenser54.___D___ is F. Bacon’s well-known book.⏹ A. Advancement of Learning B. New Instrument⏹ C. Maxims of the Law D. Essays55._C___ is the most famous essay in Bacon’s Essays.⏹ A. Of Death B. Of Friendship C. Of Study D. Of Travel56.Sidney’s _A__ was written to answer an attack on poetry and drama as “the school of abuse.”⏹ A. Apology for Poetry B. Astrophel and Stella⏹ C. History of the World D. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets57. _C__ is the Poet’s Poet of the Renaissance.⏹ A. Walter Raleigh B. John Lyly C. Edmond Spenser D. Francis Bacon。