Introduction to British Literature (Văn học Anh cơ bản)/ Luyện tập trước thi

Which person was the writer of Elene?
A. Caedmon
B. Cynewulf
C. Anonymous writer
D. Vercelli

B

Which word can be used to describe the scenic background of Beowulf?
A. Peaceful
B. Warm
C. Bright
D. Cold

D

Fill in the blank: Old English is the language of ___ period.
A. glo-Saxon
B. cs and Scots
C. ltic
D. glo-Norman

A

What is the point of view of the narrator in Beowulf?
A. The second person
B. The first person
C. Both the third and the first person
D. The third person

D

What happened to Grendel after the fight with Beowulf?
A. Grendel died
B. Grendel was wounded
C. Grendel won the fight
D. Grendel was deported

A

Who is the protagonist of “The song of Beowulf”?
A. Beowulf
B. Grendel’s mother
C. Grendel
D. Hrothgar

A

Which one was the monster that Beowulf fought to rescue king of the Danes?
A. Hrothgar
B. Basilisk
C. A dragon
D. Grendel

D

Fill in the blank: Beowulf is a classical example of ___ poetry.
A. Celtic
B. Latin
C. Anglo-Saxon
D. Germanic

C

Which one helped Beowulf get rid of the Water Witch?
A. The deep lake
B. His comrades
C. A fire
D. The magic sword

D

Fill in the blank: Because the Old English Language came from the language of Germanic Tribes -Angles, Saxons and Jutes-, therefore most of the words of Old English language are ___.
A. Celtic
B. Germanic
C. similar to Celtic language
D. Similar to German nowadays

B

What is another name of “The Beowulf manuscript”?
A. The Vercelli Book
B. The Nowell Codex
C. The Junius Manuscript
D. The Exeter book

B

In 1066, when the Normans invaded England, which languages was to become the language of court, religion and science?
A. Latin Language/ English
B. Norman French/ English
C. Latin Language/ Old English
D. Norman French/ Latin language

D

Fill in the blank: The Middle English literature ___ the heroic literature of the Old English period.
A. was similar to
B. has some characteristics of
C. was unlike
D. conflicts

C

What was the reaction of the three young men when they found the bag of gold in the story “Three young men, Death and a bag of gold”?
A. They shared the gold.
B. They forgot all about Death.
C. They ignored it.
D. They sent it to people in the village.

B

Fill in the blanks: Middle English language is the co-existence of ___ and ___.
A. Norman French/ Old English
B. Old English/ Latin language
C. Norman French/ English
D. English/ Latin language

C

Which statement is NOT true about Geoffrey Chaucer?
A. He was an outstanding English prose writer.
B. He was known as “the first finder of English language”.
C. He was a great artist and humanist.
D. He showed life as it was.

A

At the end of the story “Three young men, Death and a bag of gold”, which promise of the three men was broken?
A. They will betray each other.
B. They will help each other.
C. They will share the gold.
D. They will stay away from Death.

B

Which Chaucer’s pilgrims in “The Canterbury tales” represent the emerging middle class?
A. The pardoner
B. The narrator
C. The Wife of Bath
D. The knight

C

In the story “Three young men, Death and a bag of gold”, What did the youngest man plan to do after getting back to the tree with wine and food?
A. Share the wine and food with the two other men.
B. Kill the two other men and Death.
C. Find Death and kill him.
D. Kill the two other men with poison.

D

Which one is TRUE about The Dark Ages (from 5th to 14th century)?
A. Obscurantism was abolished.
B. Poverty and Disease and War were not common.
C. The period witnessed the rise of The Roman Empire.
D. There was a lack of scientific and cultural advancement.

D

Which one is NOT true about “The Canterbury Tales”?
A. There was no narrator.
B. Short prologues to each story connect them in one work.
C. Chaucer’s most important work.
D. The stories are preceded by a prologue.

A

Fill in the blanks: The Hundred Years’ War with France (mid-14th – mid-15th cent.) marked the definite decline of ___ and the rise of ___ as a chief language.
A. Old English/ French
B. French/ English
C. English/ French
D. Latin Language/ English

B

Which one was NOT a character in “Paradise Lost” by John Milton?
A. Satan
B. Macbeth
C. God
D. Adam and Eva

B

Which one was a literary work of John Milton?
A. Paradise Lost
B. Sonnet 18
C. Utopia
D. Henry IV

A

Which one is a trait of a “sonnet”?
A. Consists of 14 lines.
B. Consists of 2 types: French and English sonnet.
C. Consists of an octave and 3 couplets.
D. May have more than one theme.

A

Which type of sonnet is this?
"Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents’ strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love,
And the continuance of their parents’ rage,
Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend."
A. Italian sonnet
B. English sonnet
C. Shakespeare sonnet
D. Both English sonnet and Shakespeare sonnet

D

Which factor was the one that Shakespeare pay attention to when he wrote his histories?
A. Historical accuracy
B. Both Poetry and Dramatic effect
C. Dramatic effect
D. Poetry

B

Which genre does “A Midsummer Night’s dream” by William Shakespeare belong to?
A. Comedies
B. Histories
C. Tragicomedies
D. Tragedies

A

In the play Hamlet, what does “to be or not to be” mean?
A. To have purposes in life or not.
B. To fight or not to fight.
C. To live or not to live.
D. To be loved or not.

C

Which one is right about Ophelia in Hamlet by William Shakespeare?

A. She was Hamlet’s mother.

B. She was Hamlet’s sister.

C. She killed herself by drowning.

D. She was poisoned.

C

Which groups of people attacked the Celts?

A. The Romans and The Pics and Scots.

B. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes.

C. The Romans and the Angles.

D. The Angles, Saxon and Visigoths.

A

Which one is NOT a characteristic of Beowulf?

A. Cruel

B. Brave

C. Coward
D. Loyal

C

Which one is NOT a common topic in the Old English Literature

A. Ordinary people

B. Battles

C. Heroes

D. Invasion

A

Which one was the monster that Beowulf had to fight when he was the King of Norway?

A. The Water Witch

B. Grendel

C. A dragon

D. Hrothgar

C

Which one is NOT a theme of Beowulf?

A. The importance of establishing identity.

B. The difference between a good warrior and a good king.

C. Relationship between a king and his citizens.
D. Tensions between the heroic code and other value systems.

C

Which one was NOT a topic in Beowulf that depicted the social life of the Old English period?

A. To be soothed by music after the day’s labour and then to sleep.

B. To fight courageously.

C. Love between men and women.

D. To eat and drink well.

C

What are the genres of literary works in The Beowulf Manuscript?

A. Prose and riddles.

B. Poetry and riddles.

C. Poetry and elegiac verses.

D. Prose and poetry.

D

Fill in the blank: Caedmon is still honoured for his poetical paraphrases of the ___ .

A. The Book of Mormon

B. The Book of Baruch

C. Holy Bible

D. The Book of Genesis

C

Which one is the most common topic of writings in the Old English Literature?

A. Religion

B. Nature

C. Women emancipation

D. Wars

D

Which one is in “The Exeter Book” by Cynewulf?

A. Juliana

B. Beowulf

C. The fate of the Apostles

D. Elene

A

Where was Beowulf buried?

A. By the lake

B. By the mountain

C. By the pond

D. By the sea

D

What was the award for the best storyteller in “The Canterbury Tales?

A. A free supper at Tabard Inn

B. A bag of gold

C. Wine

D. A horse

A

In the story “Three young men, Death and a bag of gold”, who killed the young man at the beginning?

A. Death

B. One of the three young men

C. The old man

D. The innkeeper

A

Which one had the most important philosophical influence of the Middle Ages?

A. The nobility

B. The Church

C. The clergy

D. The middle class

B

Who was the storyteller of the story “Three young men, Death and a bag of gold”?

A. The student

B. The Wife of Bath

C. The doctor

D. The pardoner

D

What kind of stories did the pardoner tell?

A. Comedy

B. Tragedy

C. Moralizing stories

D. Romantic stories

C

Fill in the blank: In the Middle English period, the king-retainer structure of Anglo-Saxon society evolved into ___ .

A. absolute monarchy

B. monarchy

C. feudalism

D. constitutional monarchy

C

Which one can be a message from the story “Three young men, Death and a bag of gold”?

A. Courage helps people overcome fear.

B. Death is inevitable.
C. Gold is precious.
D. Human’s greed is the root of all evil.

D

What happened after the Norman Conquest in 1066?

A. Norman French language was supported.

B. Old English was supported.
C. Norman French was suppressed.
D. Old English was banned.

A

Fill in the blank: The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories in verse told by people of ___ .

A. different standing
B. similar standing
C. similar philosophy
D. different journey

A

What is a trait of Italian sonnet?

A. Consists of 3 stanzas of 4 lines and a stanza of 2 lines.

B. The rhyme scheme is ABBA – CDDC – EFFE – GG.

C. Consists of a stanza of 8 lines and a stanza of 6 lines.

D. The rhyme scheme is AABB – CCDD – EEFF –GG.

C

In which period did English Renaissance reach its maturity?

A. Early Renaissance

B. Late Renaissance

C. Both Late Renaissance and Renaissance Peak

D. Renaissance Peak

D

How many periods was English Renaissance divided into?

A. 5

B. 4

C. 3

D. 2

C

Which one is NOT a factor of the political and social changes in English Renaissance period?

A. Consciousness of national life

B. Population growth

C. Feudalism development

D. Economic development

C

Which one is NOT a theme of Romeo and Juliet?

A. Death

B. Social tragedy

C. Love

D. Family

D

Which one was the cause of Ophelia’s death?

A. Hamlet’s death

B. The ghost

C. Polonius’s death
D. Her illness

C

Which was used by Hamlet to test the ghost’s story?

A. A mousetrap

B. A fight

C. A story

D. A play

D

What did the ghost of Hamlet’s father tell him?

A. He was still alive.

B. He was prisoned by Claudius.

C. He was killed by Claudius.

D. He wanted to let Claudius live.

C

Which one is the earliest known text of an English poem?

A. The Ascension

B. Caedmon’s hymn

C. The Exeter Book

D. The Vercelli Book

B

What are the genres of literary works in The Vercelli Book?

A. Prose and riddles.

B. Prose and poetry.

C. Poetry and elegiac verses.

D. Poetry and riddles.

B

Who is the author of “Beowulf”?

A. Caedmon

B. Norwell Codex

C. Cynewulf

D. Anonymous writer

D

Which person was a writer of the Old English Period?

A. Caedmon

B. Juliana

C. Grendel

D. Beowulf

A

What are the genres of literary works in The Junius Manuscripts?

A. Poems

B. Poems and biblical narratives

C. Prose and biblical narratives

D. Biblical narratives

B

Which one is not one of Shakespeare’s occupations?

A. Poet

B. Priest

C. Actor

D. Playwright

B

Which type of sonnet is this?

"I’ve seen it rain on sunny days And seen the darkness flash with light And even lightning turn to haze, Yes, frozen snow turn warm and bright And sweet things taste of bitterness And what is bitter taste most sweet And enemies their love confess And good, close friends no longer meet. Yet stranger things I’ve seen of love Who healed my wounds by wounding me. The fire in me he quenched before; The life he gave was the end thereof, The fire that slew eluded me. Once saved from love, love now burns more."

A. English sonnet

B. Italian sonnet

C. Shakespeare sonnet

D. Both English sonnet and Shakespeare sonnet

B

After Shakespeare’s death, Renaissance in England …………

A. was on a growth

B. disappeared

C. was on a decline

D. was more popular

C

Which one is an essential principle of Early English Renaissance Humanism?

A. Limiting freedom of thoughts.

B. Accepting the prestige of the Church.

C. Doing away with class boundaries.

D. Maintaining the values of the Middle Ages.

C

Which works did William Shakespeare spend most of his time on when he was in London?

A. Both Writing and Acting

B. Singing

C. Writing

D. Acting

A

Fill in the blank: At the beginning of the play, Hamlet is upset because ………..

A. of his mother’ illness

B. of his father’s illness

C. of the appearance of the ghost

D. of the marriage between Claudius and his mother

D

Fill in the blank: “To be or not to be” is a ….. of Hamlet

A. spell

B. motto

C. slogan

D. soliloquy

D

Which statement is WRONG about Shakespeare’s influence on Art?

A. He was a representative of humanism and romanticism.

B. His literary contribution impacted on architecture, painting.

C. His literary contribution impacted on drama, music and film.

D. There are a number of books, novels and collections whose titles were directly taken from some of Shakespeare’s lines from his plays or poems.

A

Which statement is true about “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare?

A. Hamlet was written in 1501, the period happened fierce social contradictions.

B. The full title of Shakespeare's Hamlet is Tragedy of Hamlet.

C. Hamlet is considered the pinnacle of Shakespeare's early years in London.

D. Hamlet is a profound psychological and social play of Shakespeare.

D

Fill in the blank: Hamlet wonders whether he can trust the ghost because ___ .

A. the ghost tells him to do something immoral

B. the ghost can be a devil

C. it’s impossible to do what the ghost asks

D. it’s unusual to listen to a ghost

B

How many groups were Shakespeare’s plays divided into?

A. 5

B. 2

C. 4

D. 3

D

Fill in the blank: Shakespeare introduced new ___ and ___ into English language

A. phrases/ grammar

B. vocabulary/ grammar

C. phrases/ pronunciation

D. vocabulary / phrases

D