《英美文选读》复习指导.docx

《英美文学选读》复习指导资料?????????????????????An Introduction to Old and Medieval English Literature?1. Choose the best answer for each blank.1). The period of ______ English literature begins from about 450 to 1066, the year of ______.?? A. OldRenaissance??? B. Middle the Norman Conquest of England?? C. Middle Renaissance??? D. Old the Norman Conquest of England 2).. The Medieval period in English literature extends from 1066 up to the ______ century. ?? A. mid-13th??????????? B. mid-14th??????? C. mid-15th????????? D. mid-16th? 3). Beowulf, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national ______ of the Anglo-Saxons.?? A. sonnet???????????? B. essay????????? C. epic???????????? D. novel4). 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.?? A. Geoffrey Chaucer? B. William Shakespeare? C. Francis Bacon???? D. William Langland 5). For the Renaissance, ______ was regarded as the English Homer. His reputation has been securely established as one of the best English poets for his wisdom, humor and ______.?? A. Geoffrey Chaucerwits????????????? B. William Shakespearewits?? C. Geoffrey Chaucerhumanity???????? D. William Shakespearehumanity 6). After the conquest of 1066, three languages co-existed in England. They are ______, ______ and ______.?? A. Old English, Greek, Latin???????????????? B. Old English, French, Latin?? C. Old English, Greek, French??????????????? D. English, Greek, French7). Geoffrey Chaucer is the greatest writer of the Medieval period in English literature. In “The Legend of Good Women”, he used for the first time in English the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter which is to be called later the ______.?? A. couplet????? B. blank verse???? C. heroic couplet??? D. epic8). Thematically the poem “Beowulf” presents a vivid picture of how the primitive people wage heroic struggle against the hostile for