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1、Old English LiteratureReview Questions1. Give an account of the history of England from the Celtic settlement to the Norman Conquest.2. How did Christianity came to England? Name the most important monasteries of this period.3. Name some representative pieces of the Old English poetry.4. Name the tw
2、o most important Christian poets of this period.5. Analyse the artistic features of Beowulf, using the quoted passage to illustrate your points.Middle English LiteratureI. Fill in the blanks: (30%)1. The first settlers of the British Isles were _, and Britain got its name from a branch of this peopl
3、e called _. But later they were driven to live in _, _ and _.2. The _, _ and _ were _ tribes originally living on the Continent. They moved to the British Isles and became the ancestors of the _ people.3. The most important event of the Old English Period was _, which took place in the year _.4. The
4、 Roman Catholic Church sent _ to England in 597 _ the English people to Catholicism.5. Name two poems of this period apart from Beowulf: _, and _.6. Beowulf is an epic of _ lines, and it tells the events that took place on _ before they moved to the British Isles.7. After the Anglo-Saxon English too
5、k in loan words from _ and _ and lost most of its _ and many of its grammar rules, it was called _.8. Romance can be divided into three kinds according to subject matter. They are _, _ and _.9. Romances of the English subject are tales about _ and his _.10. John Wyclif was a translator of _, William
6、 Langland wrote _ and the most famous English ballads are those about _.II. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F): (10%) The two centers of Christian culture in the Old English Period was in Canterbury and Northumbria. Caedmon belonged to Northumbrian School, whereas the Venerable B
7、ede was a member of the Canterbury Abbey in south England. The first English national epic poem is Widsith. Old English poetry is distinguished by its use of alliteration and kennings. Chaucer is the greatest lyrical poet of the Middle English Period The Canterbury Tales is Chaucers masterpiece, but
8、 it is unfinished with only 24 tales written. Modern English is developed from the London dialect of the Middle English Period, which is a great contribution made by Chaucer to the English language. Most of the English popular ballads have their origin in the French folklore. The Normans were intere
9、sted in the Cycle of King Arthur because they wanted to prove they were lawful heirs to the Celtic ancestors of Britain. Chaucers humanistic ideas anticipate the English Renaissance.IV. Explain the following literary terms: (15%)1. epic2. alliteration3. iambic pentameter4. romance5. balladIV. Choose
10、 one from each of the following two groups of questions and write a short essay of about 300 words to the first and about 500 words to the second: (45%)Group One: (20%)1. Give a historical review of the Old English Period.2. Say something about the transition from Old English to Middle English and t
11、he historical elements that had brought about this transition.Group Two: (25%)1. Analyze the theme(s) and artistic features of Beowulf.2. Comment on Chaucers achievements and contributions with examples from his works.English Renaissance PeriodReview Questions1. How did England become the most power
12、ful country during the Tudor reign?2. What does the word Renaissance mean and why do we call this historical period the English Renaissance Period?3. Give a brief account of Thomas Mores life and his major work Utopia.4. Name Spensers major literary work and tell what it is about.5. Name more writer
13、s (poets and playwrights) of this period and tell what you know about them.6. What are Bacons chief contributions?7. Who was the greatest playwright before Shakespeare? Discuss one of his plays.8. What kind of comedy is Ben Jonsons special contribution? And as a playwright how different is Ben Jonso
14、n from Shakespeare?QuizFill in the blanks: (50%)1. _ broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and established _.2. It was _ and _ who introduced Italian sonnets into England.3. Thomas Mores famous line in Utopia that exposes the calamities of the Enclosure Movement is _.4. Faerie Queene was planned
15、 for 12 books, each standing for one moral principle, but only _ books were finished centering on the following six virtues: _, _, _, _, _, _and _.5. Philip Sidneys essay on poetry is called _; John Lylys prose romance has a main character _, whose name is afterward responsible for an expression in
16、the dictionary to represent a style of speech; Thomas Lodge is mainly remembered today for his prose romance _, Thomas Nasbe is believed to have joined Marlowe in writing _; and Robert Greene is connected with Shakespeare for attacking the latter in one of his pamphlets as a(n) _.6. Christopher Marl
17、owe used _ to write his plays and two of his important plays are _, and _.7. Francis Bacons works are expressions of his thought on _, and his prose style is best represented in an essay called _.8. Ben Jonsons masterpiece is a comedy of humours called _, and he was made _ in 1616.9. List any three
18、of Shakespeares comedies: _, _, and _.10. The four great tragedies by Shakespeare are _, _, _, and _.11. Shakespeare has produced two tetralogies of English history plays, and the most discussed two are _, and _.12. Falstaff was no good companion for _, who later became _, a powerful king of England
19、.13. _ was a Jew and a usurer in _, and he tried to take revenge on the Christians who despised and ill-treated him.14. lago is the villain in _, who set a trap to lead _ to believe that his wife _ was unfaithful to him.15. _ is a spirit in the dramatic romance _, in which he helped _, the former du
20、ke of _ to get back the lost power.16. Shakespeare wrote _ sonnets, which can be divided into groups with _ and _ sonnets in each group.17. The Shakespearean sonnet rhymes _, and the last _ lines are used as a conclusion to sum up the message of the poem.II. Mark the following statements as true (T)
21、 or false (F): (10%) The English Enclosure Movement was a drive to fence up large pieces of land to raise sheep. The Tudor reign reached its most glorious time under King Henry VIII. In 1688 the English navy defeated the Spanish Armada on the high seas. Humanism opposed the Roman Catholic Church and
22、 the medieval bondage on peoples minds. Miracle plays are simple and mostly tell the stories of the Bible. The university wits were all university graduates and they lived on university campuses. in Shakespeares days all the female roles were performed by boys. Romeo and Juliet was written in the th
23、ird period of Shakespeares creative career. The Spenserian stanza contains 8 iambic lines of 5 feet each and one last line of 6 feet. The Arcadia is a romance in verse by Philip Sidney, which consists of 5 books.III. Explain the following literary terms: (15%)1. the Shakespearean sonnet2. blank vers
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