Theory

Question 1

Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Literature có ở giai đoạn nào

Answer 1

(450 A.D to 1066)

Question 2

Tác phẩm ở giai đoạn Old English là …

Answer 2

Beowulf

Question 3

Middle English Literature ở giai đoạn nào?

Answer 3

(1066-1485)

Question 4

tác phẩm The Canterbury tales
(Three young men, death and a bag of gold)
của ai?

Answer 4

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)

Question 5

Modern English Literature (1485 to now) có mấy thời kì?

Answer 5

1. The Renaissance (14th-16th century)
2. The Age of Enlightenment (17th – 18th century)
3. The Romantic Age (during the 1st half of the 19th century)
4. The Realism (during the 2nd half of the 19th century)
5. Modernism & Post-Modernism (the 1900s)

Question 6

The Renaissance (14th-16th century) nhấn mạnh về cái gì?

Answer 6

The spirit was humanism

Question 7

The Age of Enlightenment (17th – 18th century) nhấn mạnh về cái gì?

Answer 7

It emphasized reason and rationalism

Question 8

The Romantic Age (during the 1st half of the 19th century) nhấn mạnh về cái gì?

Answer 8

It emphasized emotion.

Question 9

The Realism (during the 2nd half of the 19th century) nhấn mạnh về cái gì?

Answer 9

It emphasized the depiction of subjects as they appeared in everyday life.

Question 10

Modernism & Post-Modernism (the 1900s) nhấn mạnh về cái gì?

Answer 10

Its modes of expression were still realism, naturalism and regionalism.

Question 11

-Lord of the Flies
-Excerpt: Seperation
tác giả?

Answer 11

William Golding (1911-1993)

Question 12

-Oliver Twist
-Excerpt: At the criminal’s lair
tác giả?

Answer 12

-Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Question 13

-Frankenstein
-Excerpt: The determined Refusal
tác giả

Answer 13

Mary Shelley (1797-1851)

Question 14

The Solitary Reaper (1085)

tác giả?

Answer 14

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Question 15

-Gulliver’s Travels
-Excerpt: Diversions
tác giả

Answer 15

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Question 16

Robinson Crusoe

tác giả

Answer 16

Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)

Question 17

Hamlet
-Hamlet’s Soliloquys
tác giả

Answer 17

William Shakespear (1564-1616)

Question 18

The Canterbury tales
(Three young men, death and a bag of gold)
tác giả

Answer 18

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)

Question 19

England was invaded in the 5th century by……, who came from ….

Answer 19

Anglo Saxon,

Germany and Denmark

Question 20

Old English Literature was written in…, from … to…

Answer 20

Anglo Saxon language,

450 A.D to 1066

Question 21

The Renaissance revived the great values of….

Answer 21

the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations that had long been lost to Europe.

Question 22

By simply stating that a character is shy/selfish, the writer directly…….

Answer 22

makes statement about character’s personality ( direct characterization )

Question 23

Before the occupation of the Romans, England was inhabited by……

Answer 23

the Celts

Question 24

Before the Anglo-Saxons, ….had invaded and occupied England for 4 centuries.

Answer 24

the Roman

Question 25

After the Roman withdrawal, England was invaded and occupied by…..

Answer 25

the Anglo-Saxons

Question 26

England was invaded in the 5th century by

Answer 26

the Anglo-Saxons, who came from Germany and Denmark .

Question 27

Old English Literature was written in the ….., from 450 A.D to 1066

Answer 27

Anglo-Saxon language

Question 28

The Old English, or…is the basis of ……..

Answer 28

Anglo-Saxon language

Modern English.

Question 29

Old English literature was….

Answer 29

chiefly orally made, dominated by poetry over prose and anonymous ( it is hard to tell who wrote the stories)

Question 30

Beowulf is written in England but it is about Denmark and Sweden because……..

Answer 30

its content took place in Denmark and Geatland. When the Anglo-saxon invaded and occupied they brought literature with them to England in which the story was written.

Question 31

History of English literature began with……..

Answer 31

the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons.

Question 32

The epic Beowulf is anonymous because it was told by word of mouth so we………

Answer 32

don’t know exactly who wrote it.

Question 33

…. is sometimes called “England’s national epic” , the setting time of Beowulf is around 500 A.D and earlier and the place setting is Denmark and Geatland.

Answer 33

Beowulf

Question 34

Beowulf’s overarching conflict is…..

Answer 34

between close-nit warrior societies and the various menaces that threaten their boundaries.

Question 35

From Beowulf we draw many details of …….

Answer 35

Anglo-Saxon social life and warrior society.

Question 36

In Beowulf the relationship between the leader, or king, and his warriors was defined in terms of…….

Answer 36

provision and service.

Question 37

The three battles in Beowulf are fought between….

Answer 37

Beowulf with Grendle, Beowulf with Grendle’s Mother and Beowulf with the Dragon.

Question 38

Beowulf dies from ……he has received when he fights a dragon.

Answer 38

the wounds

Question 39

Beowulf comes from ……to help ……..get rid of……..

Answer 39

southern Sweden
Hrothgar
the monster

Question 40

Beowulf kills Grendle’s mother with…..

Answer 40

a sword.(A mighty sword from Grendle’s mother armory)

Question 41

Beowulf comes to help ….on……….together with …..

Answer 41

Hrothgar
a good ship
the warriors of the bravest.

Question 42

In Beowulf, the dragon attacks Beowulf’s country because……….

Answer 42

a slave steals a golden cup from dragon’s lair.

Question 43

The Roman occupation of Britain basted for…….

Answer 43

4 centuries

Question 44

In Beowulf, instead of pairs of lines joined by rhyme, Anglo Saxon poets typically used ……

Answer 44

alliteration

Question 45

Grendle attacks Hrothgar’s men because ……

Answer 45

he is angered by the singing feasts.

Question 46

Grendel is ………..

Answer 46

an outcast from society