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English Literature: Mulitiple Questions ______ is a folk legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes; it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people. Beowulf Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The Canterbury Tales King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table Answer: A. Beowulf是盎格鲁-撒克逊（Anglo-Saxon）时代留下的最重要的古英语文学作品，它被认为是英国的民族史诗（national epic）。盎格鲁—撒克逊时代保留下来的诗作还有几首长诗的片段，唯有（Beowulf）保留较完整，共有3000余行。Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table是中古时期的浪漫传奇（romance）。The Canterbury Tales是英国大诗人乔叟（Geoffrey Chaucer）的一部诗体短篇小说集。 The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of ________. A. Roman and Juliet B. The Faerie Queen C. Tamburlaine D. The Canterbury Tales Answer: D. Geoffrey Chaucer被誉为英国诗歌之父，Troilus and Criseyde（特洛勒思与克丽希德）是他的重要作品之一。Shakespeare也有一部同名剧作，但被称为英国诗歌之父的只有Chaucer. The group of Shakespeare plays known as “romance” or “reconciliation plays” is ________. A. Merchant of Venice, As You Like It B. The Tempest, Pericles, The Winter’s Tale C. Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra D. The Merry Wives of Winsor, Twelfth Night Answer: B. 1608-1612年这一阶段被认为是莎翁的浪漫剧创作时期，这一时期的作品包括4部浪漫剧（romance）或和解剧（reconciliation plays）（The Tempest, Pericles, The Winter’s Tale, Cymbeline）和一部历史剧（history plays）（Henry VIII）。Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Winsor 为莎翁创作的喜剧（comedy），Romeo and Juliet，Antony and Cleopatra为悲剧（tragedy）。 Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies? Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens Answer: C. 选项中所列都为莎士比亚的悲剧作品，但一般认为莎翁最杰出最具代表性的悲剧作品即四大悲剧为Hamlet哈姆雷特，Othello奥赛罗，King Lear李尔王，Macbeth麦克白。 In reading Shakespeare, you must have come across the line “To be or not to be—that is the question” by __________. A. Iago in Othe