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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 Jonson

? c. Christopher Marlowe ? d. Francis Bacon

? 2. The English Renaissance period was an age of _________.

? a. poetry and drama ? b. drama and novel

? c. novel and poetry ? d. romance and poetry

? 3. Paradise Lost is the masterpiece of _____

? a. William Shakespeare ? b. Robert Burns

? c. John Milton d. William Blake

? 4. Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play ?

? a. A Midsummer Night’s Dream ? b. The Merry Wives of Windsor

? c. Henry IV d. King Lear ? 5. The first official version of Bible known as

the Great Bible, was revised in ______

a. 16th century b. 17th century ? c. 18th century d. 19th century

? 6. Francis Bacon’s Essays first published in 1597 has been considered as an important landmark in the development of English_______, and as the first collection of essays in the English language. ? a. poetry b. epics c. fiction d. prose ? 7. Daniel Defoe was famous for his novel ____ which first established his reputation. ? a. Gulliver’s Travels ? b. The Adventure of Robinson Crusoe ? c. The Pilgrim’s Progress ? d. Oliver Twist

? 8. The famous poem “ A Red Red Rose” was written by_________

? a. William Wordsworth ? b. George Byron ? c. Robert Burns ? d. William Blake

? 9. Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein belongs to the type of ____ which is often set in gloomy castles where horrifying, supernatural events take place.

? a. Gothic b. Realism ? c. Romanticism d. Classicism

? 10. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of the Reformation” and his followers.

? A. William Langland B. James I ? C. John Wycliffe ? D. Bishop Lancelot Andrews ? D A C C B D B C A C ?

? 1. The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions, ______ and Christian. ? a. Pagan b. Roman ? c. French d. Danish

? 2. “ Poetry is Spontaneous” was put forward by________ ? a. Robert Burns b. William Blake ? c. William Wordsworth ? d. Charles Lamb

? 3. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typical belonging to the school of Romantic literature?

? a. Don Juan b. Ulysses ? c. Jane Eyre ? d. Sons and Lovers

? 4. ______is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England. ? a. Francis Bacon ? b. Edmund Spenser

? c. Thomas More d. Sidney

? 5. What is flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature? ? a. novel b.drama ? c. essay d. poetry

? 6. The publication of _______marked the beginning of the Romantic Age.

? a. Don Juan

? b. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ? c. The Lyrical Ballads ? d. Ode to the West Wind

? 7. Which of the following did not belong to Romanticism? ? a. John Keats ? b. Percy Shelley ? c. William Wordsworth