英語专业八级人文知识(题集)—英国文学部分.docVIP

英语专业八级人文知识（题集） — 英国文学部分 一 古英语及中世纪文学（8—14 世纪） 1. Who is the father of English poetry and one of the greatest narrative poets of England? a. William Shakespeare b. Alfred the Great c. Geoffrey Chaucer d. Christopher Marlow 2. When he died, Chaucer was buried in ________ the Poet s Corner. A .Southwark b. Westminster Abbey c. Normandy d. Canterbury 3. ________is not only a prose writer but also a king of Wessex. a. Adam Bede b. Alfred the Great c. Venerable Bede d. King Arthur 4. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named “________” based on Boccaccio s poem Filostrato. a. The Legend of Good Women b. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight c. Beowulf d. Troilus and Gressie 5. In his literary development, Chaucer was influenced by three literatures, which one is not true? a. English literature b. German literature c. Italian literature d. French literature 6. The epic, The Song of Beowulf, represents the spirit of________. a. romanticists b. monks c. pagan d. sentimentalists 7. Who is the first important religious poet in English literature? a. Caedmon b. Adam Bede c. Cynewulf d. Shakespeare 8. Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of Beowulf? a. Heorot b. Beowulf c. Grendel d. Hrothgar 9. King Alfred s Anglo Saxon Chronicle was written in________form. a. poetic b. dramatic c. prose d. none of the above 10. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight focuses on________. a. the imagination of the future world b. immediate social issues c. the real life as well as people s feelings and desires d. a remote world belongs to the Celtic Legend of King Arthur and his knights 11. Geoffiey Chaucer develops