英美文学专业必不可少的阅读.doc

英美文学复习汇总 一、选择 Chapter One English Literature and Overview 1. In Anglo-Saxon period, Beowulf represented the________ poetry. A. pagan 2. Prose literature did not show its appearance until the _________ century. C. 8th 3. Beowulf describes the exploits of a___________ hero, Beowulf, in fighting a-gainst the monster Grendel, his revengeful mother, and a fire-breath ing dragon. B. Scandinavian 4. English literature began with the ___________ settlement in England. Of old English literature, Beowulf, the national epic of the English people, is an example of the mingling of nature myths and heroic legends. A. Anglo-Saxon 5. In 1066, __________, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England. A. William the Conqueror 6. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the__________. C. romance 7. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke__________. A. French 8. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called__________. B. Robin Hood 9. __________, the father of English poetry and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340. A. Geoffrey Chaucer 10. Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in___________. D. Westminster Abbey 11. __________was the first to be buried in the Poet s Corner of Westminster Abbey. A. Chaucer 12. ______ was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature. B. Thomas Wyatt 13. The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was __________ who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama. A. Christopher Marlowe 14. Sir Philip Sidney is known both as a poet and as a ________. C. a critic of poetry Absolut