1. Choose the right variant.
1) How many periods are there in English Literature?
a) 7 b) 8 c)9
2) This is not a period of English Literature:
a) Ancient English b) Neoclassic c) Contemporary
3) The first letters in Britain were called:
a) druids b) galleys c) runes
4) “Beowulf” the poem was written in:
a) the 10th century b) the 11th century c) the 9th century
5) At the end of the poem:
a) Beowulf killed the dragon and lived happily b) Beowulf killed the dragon and died himself c) The dragon killed Beowulf and escaped
6) The first university, established in 1168, was:
a) Caxton university b) Cambridge university c) Oxford university
7) Romances about king Arthur were based on:
a) Anglo-Saxon legends b) Roman legends c) Celtic legends
8) Chaucer started his career as:
a) a soldier b) a diplomat c) a writer
9) “The Canterbury Tales” is:
a) a poem b) a set of stories c) a set of verses
10) This is not a type of ballads:
a) weaving b) romantic c) historical
11) Robin Hood:
a) really existed b) never existed c) is a mysterious character, nobody knows if he really existed
12) The War of Roses was between:
a) Britain and France b) Britain and Denmark c) the noble families of the Lancasters and Yorks
13) This person doesn’t belong to the period of the Renaissance:
a) Thomas More b) Leonardo da Vinci c) Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Decide if these statements are true or false:
1) Pagans believed in many gods. …..
2) Grendel is the main character of the poem “Beowulf”. …..
3) Chaucer’s first works were translations of Latin and French books. …..
4) Robin Hood was an outlaw. …..
5) The story of Robin Hood is especially popular in Italy. …..
6) Henry VIII made up a new religion in order to marry the Spanish princess. …..
7) Thomas More was beheaded. …..
8) William Shakespeare was born in April in London. …..
9) William Shakespeare belongs to the period of Middle English Literature. …..
3. Give the definitions to the following items:
1) Old English Period of Literature………………………………………….…
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2) Middle English Period of Literature……………………………………..…
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3) Renaissance in Literature………………………..………………………..…
…………………………………………………………………………….….
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4) Folk Literature ……………………..……………………………….…….…
………………………………………………………………………………..
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5) Humanism ……………………………………………………………………
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4. Finish the sentences, choose the words from the list:
Celtic, poetry, half-man, catholic, existed, magical, priests, church, evidence, Romans, French, half-monster, involved.
1) Druids are members of ancient Celtic group of ………….. .
2) The …………… crossed the sea in galleys under the command of Julius Caesar.
3) Some traces of the ………… language are to be found in English today.
4) Grendel was ……………… and ……………………… .
5) The Norman invaders brought ……………… language to Britain.
6) King Arthur possessed …………… powers and was helped by a wizard.
7) England was …………………….. in the Hundred Years’ War with France.
8) Folk ……………….. flourished in England in the 15th century.
9) There is almost no…………………. that Robin Hood really ……………………. .
10) More was a devote ………………. and opposed King’s plan to make a new …….
Keys.
1. 1) b
2)a
3) c
4) a
5) b
6) c
7) c
8) a
9) b
10) a
11) c
12) c
13) c
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2. 1) T
2)F
3) T
4) T
5) F
6) F
7) T
8) F
9)F
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4. 1) priests
2)Romans
3) Celtic
4) half-man, half-monster
5) French
6) magical
7) involved
8) poetry
9) evidence, existed
10)catholic, church
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Keys.
1. 1) b
2)a
3) c
4) a
5) b
6) c
7) c
8) a
9) b
10) a
11) c
12) c
13) c
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2. 1) T
2)F
3) T
4) T
5) F
6) F
7) T
8) F
9)F
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4. 1) priests
2)Romans
3) Celtic
4) half-man, half-monster
5) French
6) magical
7) involved
8) poetry
9) evidence, existed
10)catholic, church
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