单项选择题William C. Bryant was the first American lyric poet of distinction. His fame as a poet dated from the printing of ______ in 1817.
单项选择题Beowulf was written in ______.
单项选择题Degradation can be illustrated by the following example ______.
单项选择题The seat of the U.S. government in Washington D.C. is known as the ______.
单项选择题When the Spanish Armada was defeated, the ruler of England was ______.