二、主观题
1. Choose and Explain the following terms: Renaissance literature; Tragedy; Sonnet; Interlude
(choose 2 from the previous 4 terms and explain them)
2. Say True or false: The Protestant Reformation was in essence a religious movement in a
political guise.
3. Say True or false: Before the Reformation, the English Bible was universally used by the
Catholic churches.
4. Say True or false: Utopia, Book One, describes an ideal communist society.
5. Say True or false: Translation occupied an important place in the English Renaissance.
6. Say True or false: Utopia is More’s masterpiece, written in the form of letters between More
and Hythloday, a voyager.
7. Say True or false: The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its poetry.
8. Say True or false: The miracles plays were simple plays based on Bible stories, such as the
creation of the world, Noah and the flood, and the birth of Christ.
9. Say True or false: Both the gentlemen and common people went to the theaters. But the upper
class was the dominant force in Elizabethan theater.
10. Say True or false: In Shakespeare’s historical plays, historical accuracy is not strictly regarded.
11. Say true or false: King Lear is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national
hero to degenerate into a bloody murder and despot right to his doom.
12. Say true or false: Coming from an old Danish legend, Othello is considered the summit of
Shakespeare’s art.