英国文学史练习题.doc

Old and Middle English Period 1.The main in The Canterbury Tales is especially interesting, in which Chaucer draws a group of vivid sketches of typical medieval figures from different walks of life, 正确答案： General Prologue 2.The beginning of settlement in Britain took place in about 700 B. C. The settlers were Celtic-speaking tribes called . 正确答案： Britons 3.William Langland’s is written in the form of a dream vision. 正确答案： A. Piers the Plowman 4.Critics tend to divide Chaucer’s literary career into three periods: the French period, the period and the English period. 正确答案： Italian 5.Chaucer Was once influenced by Italian Literature. His major work during this period is _____. 正确答案： A. Troilus and Criseyde 6. captured the spirit of the medieval period just as it was ending. 正确答案： D. Geoffrey Chaucer 7. In the 14th century, the two most famous are and Langland. 正确答案： Geoffrey Chaucer 8. Chaucer employed the _____ couplet in writing his greatest work The Canterbury Tales. 正确答案： Heroic 9. The most important work of Alfred the Great is ____, which is regarded as the best monument of the Old English prose. 正确答案： B. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles 10.In 410, the Romans abandoned the island, which marks the end of “ ”. 正确答案： Roman Conquest 11. In 55 B. C., Britain was invaded by the Roman general 正确答案： B. Julius Caesar 12.Chaucer’s active career provided him not only with knowledge but also experiences, which accounted for the wide range of his writings. The following are all his career EXCEPT . 所选答案： B. businessman and churchman 13. Which of the following does not happen in the Middle English period? 正确答案： D. The accepting of Christianity. 14. is a 3182-line alliterative verse, considered the monumental work in English poetry of the Anglo-Saxon period, or the national epic of the English people. 正确答案： A. Beowulf 15.The most imp