Which of the following is not true about the Renaissance?
A、Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.
B、Attitudes and feelings which had been characteristic of the 14th and 15th centuries persisted well down into the era of Humanism and Reformation.
C、It was Chaucer,who initiated the Reformation.
D、The Elizabethan drama, in its totality, is the real main stream of the English Renaissance.
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：人文主义是文艺复兴的精神所在；选项A表述正确。带有十四、十五世纪特点的创作态度与情感依然贯穿于人文主义与改革的时代；B项表述正确。宗教改革是由德国新教徒马丁·路德(1483-1546)发起的；选项C表述错误。总体上讲，伊丽莎白时期的戏剧是英国文艺复兴的文学主流；选项D表述正确。答案为C。P9
