WorksheetsContest English Literature I
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
In the structural analysis of Beowulf, which event is considered the kernel?
Beowulf's funeral
The banquets
Beowulf's fight against Grendel's mother
Beowulf's fight against the dragon
Which of the following characters represents best the system of comitatus?
Wiglaf
Grendel
The Green Knight
The Wife of Bath
Which of the following statements about Beowulf is FALSE?
It blends Christian and Pagan elements
It takes place in Anglo-Saxon Britain
One of its sources is the son-of-the-she-bear tales
One of its main topics is fate
Which of the following works condemns the adulterous love between Guinevere and Lancelot?
Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Vulgate Cycle
Chrétien de Troyes' romances
Which of the following elements is NOT characteristic of Arthurian romances?
Circular structure
Adventure
A survey of the middle classes
The supernatural
In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, what is the fox a symbol of?
Integrity
Shrewdness
Courtly love
Adultery
On his third day at Bertilak's castle, what does Gawain receive from the lady apart from the kisses?
A Ferrari
A shield
A girdle
A holly bob
What lesson does Gawain learn at the end of the narrative?
He should have yielded to the lady's charms
He is not a worthy knight
Full integrity is unattainable
He was disloyal and will never be forgiven
How many tales appear in the version of The Canterbury Tales that we can read today?
120
24
16
50
In the General Prologue, when does the pilgrimage to Canterbury start?
January
April
September
December
