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1、《英美文学选读》复习指导资料                     AnIntroductiontoOldandMedievalEnglishLiterature 1.Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.1).Theperiodof______Englishliteraturebeginsfromabout450to1066,theyearof______.  A.Old----Renaissance   B.Middle----theNormanConquestofEngland  C.Middle----Re

2、naissance   D.Old----theNormanConquestofEngland2)..TheMedievalperiodinEnglishliteratureextendsfrom1066uptothe______century.  A.mid-13th           B.mid-14th       C.mid-15th         D.mid-16th 3).Beowulf,atypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenational______of

3、theAnglo-Saxons.  A.sonnet            B.essay         C.epic            D.novel4).InTheCanterburyTales,______presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflife.  A.GeoffreyChaucer B.WilliamShakes

4、peare C.FrancisBacon    D.WilliamLangland5).FortheRenaissance,______wasregardedastheEnglishHomer.HisreputationhasbeensecurelyestablishedasoneofthebestEnglishpoetsforhiswisdom,humorand______.  A.GeoffreyChaucer----wits             B.WilliamShakespeare----wits  C.GeoffreyChau

5、cer----humanity        D.WilliamShakespeare----humanity6).Aftertheconquestof1066,threelanguagesco-existedinEngland.Theyare______,______and______.  A.OldEnglish,Greek,Latin                B.OldEnglish,French,Latin  C.OldEnglish,Greek,French               D.English,Greek,Fren

6、ch7).GeoffreyChauceristhegreatestwriteroftheMedievalperiodinEnglishliterature.In“TheLegendofGoodWomen”,heusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameterwhichistobecalledlaterthe______.  A.couplet     B.blankverse    C.heroiccouplet   D.epic8).Thematicallythep

7、oem“Beowulf”presentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplewageheroicstruggleagainstthehostileforcesofthe______worldunderawiseandmighty______.  A.spiritual----hero    B.natural----leader   C.spiritual----god   D.natural----monster                                               

8、                                                               9).Itcanbesaidthatt