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1.The?national?epic?of?the?Anglo-Saxons?is?____. A?Robin?Hood? B?Sir?Gawain?and?the?Green?Knight C?The?Canterbury?Tales? D?Beowulf 2.?____was?the?most?outstanding?single?romance?on?the?Arthurian?legend?written?in alliterative?verse. A?The?Canterbury?Tales ?B?Piers?the?Plowman? C?Sir?Gawain?and?the?Green?Knight? D?Beowulf 3.?____was??famous?for?The?Canterbury?Tales. A?Geoffrey?Chaucer? B?John?Milton C?William?Shakespeare? D?Francis?Bacon 4.?Most?of?the?ballads?of?the 15th?century?focused?on?the?legend?about?____?as?a?heroic figure. A?Green?Nights? B?Gawain C?Robin?Hood? D?Hamlet 5.In?the?16th?century,?Thomas?More’s?work?____became?immediately?popular?after?its? publication. A?Paradise?Lost? B?A?Pleasant?Satire?of?the?Three?Estates C?Of?Studies? D?Utopia 6.?____was?Edmund?Spencer’s?masterpiece?which?has?been?regarded?as?one?of?the?great?poems?in?the?English?language. A?Amoretti? B?The?Shepherd’s?Calendar C?The?Faerie?Queene? D?Four?Hymns 7.?____?is?from?Shakespeare’s?sonnet?No.18. A?“Let?me?not?to?the?marriage?of?true?minds” B?“To?be?or?not?to?be:?that?is?the?question” C?“Shall?I?compare?thee?to?a?summer’s?day” D?“No?longer?mourn?for?me?when?I?am?dead” 8.?_____, 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 Dryden 9.The?four?great?tragedies?written?by?Shakespeare?are?Hamlet,?Macbeth,?Othello?and?____. A.?Antony?and?Cleopatra? B.?Julius?Caesar C?Twelfth?Night? D?King?Lear 10.?Which?of?the?following?does?not?belong?to?Shakespeare’s?romantic?love?comedies? A?Twelfth?Night? B?The?Tempest C?As?You?Like?It? D?The?Merchant?of?Venice  D C A C D C C A D B 1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England except______. a. William Shakespeare b. Ben