When the Spanish Armada was defeated, the ruler of England was ______.

单项选择题Chaucer was the first important poet of a royal court to write in ______ after the Norman Conquest.

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Homophones are often employed to create puns for desired effects of ______.

单项选择题Beowulf was written in ______.

单项选择题In the history of England, the famous Magna Carta (great Charter) was imposed in ______.