英美文学习题共享1
Exerci One
I. Fill in the following blanks.
1. After the fall of the Roman Empire and the withdrawal of Roman troops from Albion, the aboriginal_______ population of the larger part of the island was soon conquered and almost totally exterminated by the Teutonic tribes of______, __________, and_________ who came from the continent and ttled in the island, naming its central part _______, or England.
2. For nearly _________ years prior to the coming of the English , Britain had been a Roman province. In _________, the Romans withdrew their legions from Britain to protect herlf against swarms of Teutonic invaders.
3. The literature of early period falls naturally into two divisions, _______ and_______. The former reprents the poetry which the Anglo-Saxons probably brought with them in th
e form of_______, the crude material out of which literature was slowly developed on English soil; the later reprents the writings developed under the teaching of___________ .
4. In reading the earliest poetry of English it is well to remember that all of it was copied by_________ , and ems to have been more or less altered to give it a___________ .
5. _________can be justly termed England’s national epic and its hero_________, one of the national heroes of the English people.
白晶菊花语6.The song of Beowulf reflects events which took place on the ________approximately at the beginning of the__________ century, when the forefathers of the Jutes lived in the _______and maintained clo relations with the kindred tribes, e.g. with the__________ who lived on the other side of the straits.
7. Among the early Anglo-Saxon poets we may mention_________ who lived in the latter half of the____________ century and who wrote a poetic Paraphra of the Bible.
8. ____________is the first known religious poet of England. He is known as the father of English song.
9. The didactic poem The Christ was produced by____________ .
II. Choo the best answer for each blank.
1. The most important work of_____________ is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, which is regarded as the best monument of the old English pro.
a. Alfred the Great b. Caedmon
c. Cynewulf d. Venerable Bede
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2. Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of Beowulf?
a. Hrothgar b. Heorot
c. Grendel d. Beowulf
3. _________is the first important religious poet in English literature.
清肺热的中成药 a. Cynewulf b. romanticists
fm2 c. Shakespeare d. Adam Bede
4.The epic, The Song of Beowulf, reprents the spirit of __________.
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a. monks b. romanticists
c. ntimentalists d. pagan
III. Decide whether the following statements are true or fal and write your answers in the brackets.
1. ( ) The author of The Song of Beowulf is Cynewulf.
2. ( ) The tting of The Song of Beowulf is in Scotland.
3. ( ) Alfred the Great compiles The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
4. ( ) Venerable Bede wrote The Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
5. ( ) The author of The Paraphra of the Bible is Caedmon.
IV. Define the literary terms listed below.
1. Alliteration
2. Epic
V. Answer the following questions.
1. What do you know about the Teutons?
2. Plea give a brief description of The Song of Beowulf.
VI. Exerci on the readings.
Of men was the mildest and most beloved,
To his kin the kindest, keenest for prai.
Then the Goth’s people reared a mighty pile
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With shields and armour hung, as he had asked.
And in the midst the warriors on the mount
大麦茶减肥吗 Kindled a mighty bale fire; the smoke ro
Black from the Swedish pine, the sound of flame.
1. Who is the man concerned in the poem? What has happened to him?
From which work is this excerpt taken?
英美文学习题共
Exerci Two
文化遗产有哪些I. Fill in the following blanks.
1. In the year _______, at the battle of ________, the__________ headed by William, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-Saxons.
2. The literature which the Normans brought to England is remarkable for its bright,_ ______tales of__________ and _________, in marked contrast with the _________ and ___________ of Anglo-Saxon poetry.
3. English literature is also a combination of __________ and_________ elements.
4. In the 14th century, the two most important writers are _________ and Chaucer.
