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1.Anglo-Saxon conquest happened in the _15th_ century.2.Angles, Saxons and _jutes_ usually known as Anglo-Saxons are the first Englishman.3._Beowulf_ is the most important specimen of Old English literature and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language.4.The first known religious poet in England is _Caedmon_.5.Today Chaucer is acclaimed not only as “the father of English poetry”, but also as “the father of English fiction”.His masterpiece is _The Cabterbury Tales__.6.The Canterbury Tales contains in fact a general prologue and only __24_ tales, of which two are left unfinished.7.The _General Prologue_ provides a framework for the tales in The Canterbury Tales, and it comprises a group of vivid pictures of various medieval figures.8.The Canterbury Tales is Chaucer’s greatest work and the greater part of it was written in _heroic__ couplet.9.The pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales are on the way to the shrine of St.Thomas a Becket at a place named __Cabterbury__.10.Chaucer’s learning was wide in scope.He obtained a good knowledge of _Italin__, _Latin__, and __French____.11.____Troilus and Criseyde__ is Chaucer’s longest complete poem and his greatest artistic achievement.12.Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his Romaunt_of the Rose__, a free translation of French poem names Roman de la Rose.13.The _Anglo-Saxon__ period witneed a transition from tribal society to feudalism.14.__Caedmon______ is known as the “Father of English song”
15.The early inhabitants on the island now we call England were _Britons______, a tribe of Celts.From it the island got its name of Britain.16.In 1066, the Norman defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the battle of __Hastings_.17._Geoffery Chaucer__ is acclaimed not only as “the father of English poetry” but also as “the father of English fiction”.18.After the _Norman__ conquest, feudal system was established in English society.19.The Romances were usually composed for the noble, of the noble, and had nothing to do with the _common people___.T/F
1.Beowulf reflects how people in the feudal(tribal)society fought against nature.F
2.English poetry in the Anglo-Saxon period falls into two groups: religious and pagan.T
3.Chaucer’s language, now called old(medieval)English, is vivid and exact.He is the first great poet who wrote in the English language.F
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