专八备考人文知识题—英国文学部分
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第一阶段：中古英国文学（8世纪——14世纪）
1. Which of the following does not belong to the works of Geoffrey Chaucer?
A. The Canterbury Tales
B. The Vision of Piers Plowman
C. Troilus and Criseyde
D. The Romaunt of the Rose
2. “_____” brings the readers into a world that be longs to the Celtic legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.
A. The Vision of Piers Plowman
B. The House of Fame
C. The Romaunt of the Rose
D. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
3. Which of the following is the translation work of Geoffrey Chaucer?
A. The Canterbury Tales
B. Troilus and Criseyde
C. The Romaunt of the Rose
D. The House of Fame
4. In the 14th century, the most important writer is _____.
A. Langland
B. Wyclif
C. Gower
D. Chaucer
5. In Anglo-Saxon period, “Beowulf” rep resented the _____ poetry.
A. pagan
B. religious
C. romantic
D. sentimental
6. When we speak of the old English prose, we might think of _____, who is the first scholar in English literature and has been regarded as father of English learning.
A. William Shakespeare
B. Beowulf
C. Julius Caesar
D. Venerable Bede
7. _____ is not only a prose writer but also a king of Wessex.
A. Alfred the Great
B. Venerable Bede
C. Adam Bede
D. king Arthur
8. _____ is the culmination of the Arthurian romance.
A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
B. The Story of Beowulf
C. Piers the Plowman
D. The Canterbury Tales
9. William Langland’s “_____” is written in the form of a dream vision.
A. Kublai Khan
B. Piers the Plowman
C. The Dream of John Bull
D. Morte d’Arthur
10. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the _____.
A. French
B. Latin
C. Romance
D. Science
11. In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales written?
A. Fourteenth
B. Fifteenth
C. Sixteenth
D. Seventeenth
12. William Langland wrote for _____.
A. the royal family
B. the court
C. the monks
D. the common people
13. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight focuses on _____.
A. immediate social issues
B. the real life as well as people’s feelings and desires
C. a remote world belongs to the Celtic Legend of King Arthur and his knights
D. the imagination of the future world
14. King Alfred’s Anglo Saxon Chronicle was written in _____ form.
A. poetic
B. dramatic
C. prose
D. none of the above
【答案及题解】
1. B The Vision of Piers Plowman 是作家威廉·兰格伦的作品。
2. D 《高文爵士与绿色骑士》是由一无名作者所做的一部关于亚瑟王时期的圆桌骑士的故事。
3. C 《玫瑰罗曼史》是杰弗里·乔叟翻译的一部法国作品。其他全为他自己的作品。
4. D 十四世纪最伟大的作家是乔叟。
5. A 《贝尔武甫》代表的是盎格鲁撒克逊时期的异教英雄主义。
6. D 比德（673-735）是英国著名的历史学家及神学家，是古英国文学史上的先驱。
7. A 阿尔弗雷德大帝（849-899）是一位君王，也是杰出的散文学家。
8. A 亚瑟王浪漫主义文学的顶峰是《高文爵士与绿色骑士》，这是一部描述当时圆桌骑士故事的作品。
9. B 威廉·兰格伦的《农夫皮尔斯之幻象》是用梦幻的意象来写的。
10. C 纵观中世纪文学的作品，我们不难看出，这一时期作品多采用典故、神话、寓言以及梦幻意象等形式，主要采用的是浪漫主义的笔风。
11. A
12. D 威廉·兰格伦主要是为平民百姓而写，这一点在他的代表作《农夫皮尔斯之幻象》中可以看出来，表达了对现实社会的抗议。