English Literature 1

The poem that may be called the foundation-stone of all British poetry is called

• Robin Hood
• Beowulf
• Romeo and Juliet
• The Canterbury Tales

Three languages were used during the 7th-14th centuries except 

• English
• French
• Greek
• Latin

The Canterbury Tales were written by

• Cynewulf
• John Wyclif
• William Langland
• Geoffrey Chaucer

The stories about Robin Hood were by genre

• poems
• ballads
• novels
• tales

Macbeth is a play mostly about ______.

• forest fairies

• mistaken identity

• star-crossed lovers

• political ambition

The Renaissance period in Britain lasted in the

• 15-16th centuries

• 14-17th centuries

• 12-13th centuries

• 17-18th centuries

William Shakespeare was born in

• 1675

• 1289

• 1564

• 1432

William Shakespeare did not write

• Twelfth Night

• The Merchant of Venice

• Antony and Cleopatra

• The Silent Woman

William Shakespeare wrote ______ love poems.

• 146

• 154

• 183

• 131

One of the main heroes in this poem was Satan.

• Beowulf

• Hamlet

• Utopia

• Paradise Lost