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BEOWULF FILL THE GAPS
1.England was invaded in the 5th century by……, who came from …. Anglo Saxon, Germany and Denmark
2. Old English Literature was written in…, from … to… Anglo Saxon language, 450 A.D to 1066
3. By simply stating that a character is shy/selfish, the writer directly.......
makes statement about character’s personality ( direct characterization )
4. Before the occupation of the Romans, England was inhabited by...... the Celts
5. Before the Anglo-Saxons, ....had invaded and occupied England for 4 centuries. the Romans
6. After the Roman withdrawal, England was invaded and occupied by..... the Anglo-Saxons
7. England was invaded in the 5th century by the Anglo-Saxons, who came from….. Germany and Denmark .
8. The Old English, or...is the basis of ........ Anglo-Saxon language Modern English.
9. Old English literature was chiefly orally made, dominated by….
poetry over prose and anonymous ( it is hard to tell who wrote the stories)
10. Beowulf is written in England but it is about Denmark and Sweden because........
Its content took place in Denmark and Geatland.
11. History of English literature began with........
the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons.
12. The epic Beowulf is anonymous because it was told by…….. so we don’t know exactly who wrote it. word of mouth
13. Beowulf is sometimes called………,
“England’s national epic”
14. Beowulf’s overarching conflict is between.....
close-knit warrior societies and the various menaces that threaten their boundaries.
15. From Beowulf we draw many details of .......
Anglo-Saxon social life and warrior society.
16. In Beowulf the relationship between the leader, or king, and his warriors was defined in terms of....... provision and service.
17. The three battles in Beowulf are fought between....
Beowulf with Grendle, Beowulf with Grendle’s Mother and Beowulf with the Dragon.
18. Beowulf dies from ......he has received when he fights a dragon. the wounds
19. Beowulf comes from ......to help ........get rid of........ southern Sweden Hrothgar the monster
20. Beowulf kills Grendle’s mother with.....
A mighty sword from Grendle’s mother armory
21. Beowulf comes to help ....on..........together with ..... Hrothgar a good ship
the warriors of the bravest.
22. In Beowulf, the dragon attacks Beowulf’s country because..........
a slave steals a golden cup from the dragon’s lair.
23. In Beowulf, instead of pairs of lines joined by rhyme, Anglo Saxon poets typically used ...... alliteration
24. Grendle attacks Hrothgar’s men because ......
He is angered by the singing feasts. 25. Grendel is ........... an outcast from society
THE CANTERBURY TALES DECK: THREE YOUNG MEN, DEATH AND A BAG OF GOLD FILL THE GAPS
1. Geoffrey Chaucer is……of the ….century. His masterpiece is …….
one of the greatest English poets - 14th - The Canterbury Tales
2. In Three Young Men, Death and a Bag of Gold, the young men think they can kill Death because….. they are a little drunk
3. The social background of Middle English Literature is …
England was invaded and occupied by the Normans, who came from Normandy, France
4. From 1066 to 1485 is the period of … Middle English
5. The period of Middle English begins with…
The Norman invasion of 1066 and the subsequent conquest of the whole of England
6. From 1066 until the 14th century, … largely replaced English in ordinary literary composition. French
7. Geoffrey Chaucer is … of the … century. His masterpiece is…
One of the greatest English poets - 14th -The Canterbury Tales
8. Geoffrey Chaucer was greatly influenced by … Renaissance
9. The genres of the tales in The Canterbury Tales are Moral stories
10. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales.....
in the 14th century in Middle English.
9. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of … stories told by … on their way to … which is the … of English catholics.
- a group of characters who are pilgrims - visit the shrine of Canterbury Cathedral - Holyland
12. The work of The Canterbury Tales is incomplete because Chaucer died.
13. The theme of Three young men, death and a bag of gold is…
Greed for wealth is the root of all evils
14. The greatest contribution that The Canterbury Tales made to English literature was in
popularizing the literary use of …
English rather than French or Latin
15. The historical event about England reflected in Three young men, death and a bag of gold is …
The plague. During 14th century, 3 epidemics attacked England and killed nearly half population of England
16. The moral from Three young men, death and a bag of gold is …
Not to be over greedy, to keep the friendship, loyalty and promises
17*The contrast in Three young men, death and a bag of gold is… It is to emphasize…
Before and after finding the bag of gold - the destructive power of the gold
18. In The Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims represent
all the social levels of the hierarchical order of medieval society.(not sure) The pilgrims
represent a diverse cross section of fourteenth-century English society ( all the classes in
society, cover all the aspects of the society)
19. In The three young men, death and a bag of gold, after finding the gold, the men decide
that they carry it home by night because…
They are afraid that people can see them and think they stole the gold
20. Analyze the avarice( tính hám lợi) and the evil in Three young men, death and a bag of gold
Greed for wealth: the change of the three young men before and after finding a bag of
gold The evil: they kill each other
21 The three young men see the funeral of their friends when they
are at an inn/ are making merry over a bottle of wine
22.The old man is possibly .....because he traps the men to finding the gold which kills them the death Hamlet:
1. Shakespear’s comedies depict….
the endearing(=lovable) as well as the ridiculous sides of human nature
2. In Hamlet, Claudius sends Hamlet to England pretending…..
for the prince’s safety
(but in fact Hamlet is escorted by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern carrying Claudius’
letter requiring Hamlet to be executed on his arrival)
3. The fact that Hamlet struggles with his doubts about whether he can trust the ghost and
whether killing Claudius is the appropriate thing to do is the….conflict internal 4. Renaissance is ............
a culture movement that began in Italy.
5. The Renaissance revived the great values of ......
the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations that had long been lost to Europe.
6. The spirit of Renaissance was humanism.
7. The Renaissance was a “………” of certain classical ideas. rebirth
8. Renaissance is a cultural movement that began in Italy in………….
14th century and spread to the rest of Europe by the 16th century.
9. William Shakespeare was.....
born in 1564 and died in 1616.
10. Shakespeare’s great tragedies look deeply into ......
the springs of action in the human soul.
11. Shakespeare’s.....has perpetuated his greatness. compassionate
12. Shakespeare’s last plays are called………………. dramatic romances
13. Shakespeare’s greatness lies in.......
his compassionate understanding of humans.
14. In Hamlet, Shakespeare depicts the hero’s struggle with two opposing forces:
moral integrity and the need to avenge his father’s murder.
15. Background of Soliloquy One:
After the ghost told Hamlet the truth and told him what to do and the ghost
disappeared, Hamlet is alone on the battlements in the castle and makes the soliloquy.
16. What makes Hamlet sure that Claudius killed his father is
Claudius’s reaction to the staged murder by leaving in the middle of the performance
and Hamlet’s overhearing on Claudius’s plea for forgiveness for killing his brother and marrying his wife.
17. In Hamlet, Claudius sends Hamlet to England pretending for
protecting Hamlet from being brought into the court.
18. The fact that Hamlet struggles with his doubts about whether he can trust the ghost and
whether killing Claudius is the appropriate thing to do is...... The Internal Conflict.
19. In Hamlet, Claudius murdered king Hamlet by......
pouring poison into his ear while he is napping.
20. Brief explain the Moral Integrity in Hamlet:
Moral Integrity refers to the fact that Hamlet faces a difficult situation in which he has
to realize his father’s commandment as at the same time be a moral son and nephew.
21. Brief explain the Moral Corruption in Hamlet:
Moral Corruption refers to the fact that Claudius killed his brother to take his crown and
marry his wife. The queen marries her husband’s brother in less than 2 months after her husband’s death.
22. Hamlet pretends to be mad because .........
he wants to uncover the truth about his father's death and what happened ( he wants
to disguise his felling and enable him to observe the interactions in the castle)
23. In Hamlet, Polonius is killed by....
Hamlet when Hamlet is having a talk to the queen.
24. In Hamlet, Claudius attempts to get rid of Hamlet by ..
sending Hamlet to England to be killed by English and arranging a fencing match
between Hamlet and Laertes.
25, In Hamlet, Yorick’s Skull symbolizes....
the inevitable disintegration of the human body.
26. In Hamlet, the ghost requires Hamlet to .....
take revenge for his death and spare the Queen.
27. Explain these two lines That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain; At least, I am sure, it may be so in Denmark
Hamlet exclaims disappointedly that his uncle is really a damned villain although he seems
to be a very polite by smiling all the time. Moreover, Hamlet thinks that the Denmark are also
villain. This refers that Hamlet is in his complete pessimism.
28. A paraphrase of : O all you host of heaven! O earth! what else? And shall I couple hell?
O, fie! — Hold, my heart; And you, my sinews, grow not instant old, But bear me stiffly up. — Remember thee!
Paraphrase: ah, all you up in heaven! And earth! What else? Shall I include hell as well?
Damn it! Keep beating, my heart, and muscles, don’t grow old yet- keep me standing. Remember you !
29. Identify and analyze the literary technique used in: And shall I couple hell? O, fie! —
Hold, my heart; And you, my sinews, grow not instant old,
Literary technique: “heart, sinew” apostrophe because Hamlet talks to his heart, his
sinews as if they were humans.
30. Paraphrase the following lines from Hamlet’s soliloquy: That one may smile, and smile,
and be a villain; At least, I am sure, it may be so in Denmark where’s my notebook?
- it’s a good idea for me to write down that one can smile and smile, and be a villain.
At least it’s possible in Denmark.
31. A paraphrase of Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records,
All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; From Hamlet is
Yes, I’ll wipe my mind clean of all trivials facts and memories and preserve only your
commandment there. Hamlet promises to himself that he will forget all the trivial fond
records of the past, all the good things he had been learnt from the books and other
people, especially from his youth because all these things are different from what he
is suffering now. And from now, he just memorized what the ghost says
32. The literary techniques of the underlined in O all you host of heaven! O earth! what else?
And shall I couple hell? O, fie! — Hold, my heart;
Are: - host of heaven: metaphor because the writer compares the host of heaven with
God without using “as, like”. - O: + exclamatory word + Onomatopoeia because it is
an imitation of the sound made by people who are shocked and exclaim. - “
heart”:Apostrophe because Hamlet talks to his heart.
33. Why does Hamlet hesitate to kill Claudius?
Because he wants to have more time to find evidence. Moreover, it’s not easy for him
to kill his uncle and to hurt his mother’s feeling 34. Why was Hamlet doubtful?
It’s just the Ghost’s story ROBINSON CRUSOE FILL THE GAPS
1. In Robin Crusoe the victim (Friday) shows his gratitude for saving his life by ….
kneeling down every ten or twelve steps in token of acknowledgement
2. One of the writers of ………..you have learnt is Daniel Defoe Enlightenment
3. Daniel Defoe is considered as one of …
The founders of English novels/ the earliest practitioners of the novel helping
popularize the genre in Britain and even one of the founders of English novels.
4. The novel Robinson Crusoe is regarded as…
One of the first novels in English
5. *Robinson Crusoe is a novel of isolation because…
it is about a sea-man who get stranded on a deserted island for 28 years
6. Robinson Crusoe was written by...in...during the cultural movement of…
Daniel Defoe - 1719 - Enlightenment
7. Robinson Crusoe embodies the spirit of the age of enlightenment through…
The character of Robinson Crusoe who is adventurous, enterprising and reason- controlled
8. One of the symbols of Robinson Crusoe is Crusoe’s Bower, which symbolizes…
The changes in Robinson’s attitude towards his life on the desert island
9. Robinson Crusoe stayed on the deserted island for…
28 years, 2 months and 17 days
10. *Self-awareness in Robinson Crusoe refers to the fact that…
Robinson is always conscious of himself and his situation. For example, he keeps a
journal of his daily activities, he grows rice, corn...
11. Crusoe suffers a storm at sea near Yarmouth, foreshadowing…
His shipwreck years later
12. Robinson’s first… trip is financially successful, so he plans another, leaving his early
profits in the care of a friendly… Trading - widow
13. In Robinson Crusoe, Crusoe gets married after he...and before he…
Donates a portion to the widow and his sister - revisits his island and Brazil
14.“I set my gun at the foot of my ladder”. The literary technique of the underlined is… because…
Metaphor- the writer compares the function of the foot of a human with the function of
the bottom part of the ladder without using “like” or ”as”
15. The literary technique used in “ he stood trembling, as if he had been taken prisoner” is … because…
Simile- the writer compares the victim “ stood trembling” with the fact that he had
been taken prisoner using “ as if ”
16. The literary technique used in “ I lay still in my castle”, “castle” ( the specific) referring to
“home” (the general) is a case of ………. synecdoche
17. *The Ambivalence of Mastery in Robinson Crusoe refers to…
Robinson’ mastery over all the hardships which is positive, over his fellows which is negative ( not sure)
18> *Analyze the Ambivalence(sự mâu thuẫn) of Mastery in Robinson Crusoe
the conflict in Robinson’s mind as to contacting human beings
19.Robinson Crusoe established himself as a plantation owner in Brazil during his... trading voyage. Second
20. In Robinson Crusoe, the victim (Friday) shows his gratitude for saving his life by…
Swearing to be Robinson’s slave forever
21. In Robinson Crusoe, Friday is killed when …
Some savages( kẻ man rợ, hoang dã ) attack the ship on the way to Brazil
22. In Getting a human companion, the pursuers are … and the pursued is… Cannibals- Friday
23. In Getting a human companion, the first thing Robinson does when he gets to the beach to rescue the victim is …
Saying “hello” to the victim to attract his attention
24. The … Robinson finds on the beach one day the symbol of…
Footprint- the conflict in Robinson’s mind as to contacting human beings
25. Robinson Crusoe called it a fictional autobiology because....
it is not the adventure of Daniel Defoe GULLIVER’S TRAVELS FILL THE GAPS
1. Some similarities between Gulliver’s travels and Robinson Crusoe are
+ they are adventurous + they are practical-minded and reason-controlled + they
rarely show any deep emotion + they are the first narrators +Both works were written
in the age of Enlightenment
2. Jonathan Swift is considered …
One of the greatest masters of English prose and one of the most impassioned
satirists of human folly and pretension 3. Lemuel Gulliver is …
A practical-minded Englishman trained as a surgeon who takes to the seas when his business fails
4 Setting of the excerpt
Time: after staying for sometime in the country of Lilliput, Gulliver gained so far on
the emperor and his court with his gentleness and good behavior Place: in the court of Lilliput
5. As a form of fiction, Gulliver’s travels are … and its literary genre is …
The greatest satire by the greatest prose satirist in the English language - satire
6. What is the message of Gulliver’s travels ?
The fact that Gulliver simply secedes(rút ra khỏi) from human society upon the conclusion of
the story implies that there is plainly no hope for human society and that human nature is so
corrupt and malevolent (hiểm ác ) that there is no possibility of reformation (sự cải cách)
7. After staying in England with his wife and family for … Gulliver undertakes his … sea
voyage which takes him to Brobdingnag.
Two months - next ( second)
8. By the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu, Jonathan Swift satirizes …
That the two neighboring empires of Lilliput and Blefuscu with their foolish causes
which are differences on how to break egg for the frequent conflicts and wars
between them hint at England and France
9. In Lilliput, the ministers are often required to perform in diversions to make sure that …
They have not lost their faculty
10. Gulliver’s rejection of human society is shown in the fact that …
In the fourth voyage, he shuns the generous Don Pedro as a vulgar Yahoo. He
concludes his narrative with a claim that the lands he has visited belong by rights to
England, even though he questions the whole idea of colonialism.
11. By the two diversions that Gulliver observes in Lilliput the writer satirizes …
The small mind of Lilliput’s Emperor and the way English people get the high
positions in the court not by intellectual quality but by performing some physical
skills and especially by going on all fours.
12. Gulliver wants to stay with the Houyhnhnms, but he is banished because …
He is very much like a Yahoo
13. The diversion of rope dancing and jumping is dangerous, as shown in the fact that …
It is often attended with fatal accidents
14. Why do the chief ministers in Lilliput often have to perform in diversions?
The chief ministers themselves are commanded to show their skills and to convince
the emperor that they have not lost their faculty. They want to have great employment
and high favor of the emperor at court.
15. Rope dancing and jumping is dangerous because …
It is often attended with fatal accidents
16. Gulliver’s experiences with various flawed societies foreshadow ........
His ultimate rejection of human society in the fourth voyage
17. Gulliver becomes a national resource of Lilliput by …
Helping Lilliput to defeat Blefuscu
18. The first winner of the stick leaping and creeping is rewarded with … which he uses to
put around his belt as a symbol of …
Blue coloured silk - the high position in the court
19. The land below Laputa is called …., whose scientific research is …
Balnibarbi - totally insane and impractical
20. Gulliver’s travels has managed to survive as two books in one: one is … , the other is …
A fanciful children’s tale - a trenchant( rõ ràng, sắc bén) satire of the fallacies of human nature
21.Lemuel Gulliver arrives in Lilliput on his … voyage after …
First - a shipwreck and awakes to find himself a prisoner of a race of 6-inch tall people
22. The Luggnaggians and the Struldbrug are …
Senile( suy yếu, già) immorals
23. On his fourth journey, Gulliver arrived in a land populated by Houyhnhnms, who … and by Yahoos, who …
Rational-thinking horses - are ugly-looking human being Or are the master of the
country - are the servants of the country Or rule - serve the Houyhnhnms
24. The emperor of Lilliput had a mind one day to entertain in Gulliver with several of country shows because …
He thinks that those diversions are something intellectual and the most amusing. He
is very proud of these diversions. THE SOLITARY REAPER FILL THE GAPS
1. In “The Solitary Reaper”, Wordsworth describes in the…person how he is amazed and
moved by a ….who sings as she …in a solitary field.
first - Scottish Highlands girl - reaps grain
2. “The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more” are the….two lines in The
Solitary Reaper. They express…..
final - the soothing effect of beautiful memories on human thoughts and feelings
3. Romantic age and Enlightenment age are quite opposite because …
Romantic age emphasized emotion while Enlightenment emphasized reason and rationalism
4. The common topics of English Romanticism are…
Nature and ordinary people
5. William Wordsworth is a … of the … age. He maintained that poetry should be written in …
Poet- Romantic- more ordinary language and simpler form so that all classes might appreciate it
6. “ The solitary reaper” is one of the best known works by.., whose great theme is…
William Wordsworth- the world of simple, natural things, in the countryside or among people 7. Setting:
Time: during the harvest time Place: on the field in Scotland, located in the valley
surrounded by hills on a highland.
8. “ The solitary reaper” is one of the best known works by.., who…
William Wordsworth- grew up in a rustic society and spent a great deal of time playing
outdoors, in what he would remember as a pure communication with nature
9. “ The solitary reaper” is a picture of words. The picture refers to…
physical and spiritual beauty of the girl
10. In “ The solitary reaper” Wordsworth is impressed by ...
the natural landscape and the ordinary working people
11. The possible topics of the reaper girl’s song in “ The solitary reaper”are …
far-off battles and natural sorrow, pain or loss
12. In “ The solitary reaper” the poet compares the voice of the reaper with...
Any chant of the nightingale to weary travelers ( the voice of two birds : nightingale and cuckoo bird
13. In “ The solitary reaper”, Wordsworth describes chiefly the .... of the highland lass
Finest qualities of mind and character
14. The literary technique used in “ Whate’en the theme the Maiden sang - As if her song
could have no ending” is…..because....
hyperbole it emphatically makes the point that the maiden was singing so
passionately and with pleasure OLIVER TWIST FILL THE GAPS 1. Realism emphasized
the depiction of subjects as they appeared in everyday life
2. The genre of Oliver Twist is
children’s story, novel of social protest
3. Nancy (in Oliver Twist ) is murdered for
disclosing Monk’s plans to Oliver’s guardians 4. London bridge symbolizes
Nancy’s attempt to escape from the evil world to return to the good world
5. Oliver Twist has a happy ending because
the good are rewarded while the evil are punished
6. The disencouraging atmosphere in At the Criminal Lair is showed in
violent actions, rude words and gloomy facial expressions.
7. Monks (in Oliver Twist) plotting with Fagin to destroy the reputation of Oliver because
he is Oliver’s paternal half brother, he wants to ensure that his half brother is
deprived of his share family inheritance
8. In Oliver Twist, in the midst of corruption and degradation, Oliver remains his righteousness
9. At the end of Oliver Twist, Fagin
was arrested and condemned to the gallow.
10. In Oliver Twist, Nancy is killed by...because
She discloses Monks’ plans to Oliver’s guardians.
11. A writer of English realism is ...who
-Charles Dickens -was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era
and a fierce critic of the poverty of social stratification of Victorian society.
12. Realism took place in ………during the second half of the 19th century Europe and America
13. Charles Dickens was born in ...and died in... 1812....1870
14. The failure of Charity in Oliver Twist refers to the fact that
the British government’s attempts to establish a system of workhouses to support the
poor; however, the poor work hard with little food and comfort while managers give
themselves a lot of food without working.
15. The negative effects of the industrialism in 19th-century England is shown in Oliver Twist by the fact that
a small number of British people did not enjoy the benefits of industrialism. They
were criminalized, become the bottom of the society
16. By describing Bill Sikes’s physical appearance and clothing, Charles Dickens ( in At the Criminal Lair)...character indirectly describes
17. The major conflict in Oliver Twist is
Oliver’s righteousness versus the social environment encouraging thievery and prostitution
18. Oliver run away from Mr Sowerberry because
He was mistreated and bullied by Mrs Sowerberry and another apprentice named Noah. LORD OF THE FLIES FILL THE GAPS
1 ....writes Lord of the Flies in the early 1950s, based on his experience with real-life violence and…..of ….
->William Golding, -brutality, -World War II
2. During their first days on the deserted island the children’s life is well organized in that
they elect Ralph as their new leader, work together towards common goals…., erect
shelters, gather food and water, keep the fire. They use the ….as a symbol of authority
-to have fun and to be rescued by maintaining a constant fire signal, -conch
3. In Lord of the Flies, the human instinct descending into savagery, violence, and chaos is shown in the fact that …..
->they begin to lose discipline, laziness and hedonism
4. The message of Lord of the Flies is: All humans have a dark side that can cause a
breakdown of society’s ethical standards if this dark side …one’s reasoning and right thinking. ->overcomes
5. William Golding is …., who was…. in 1983.
->one of the most acclaimed writers of the second half of the twentieth century, -
awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
6. Briefly, Lord of the Flies is about……
->a group of English schoolboys left on a tropical island after their plane is shot down during a war
7. Lord of the Flies is told from the point of view of the third person because ….
->the narrator stands outside the story to describe the characters and their actions.
The narrator knows all the minds of the characters
8. In Lord of the Flies, Simon is killed …
->because he tries to approach the boys, convey them the messages about the beast,
but the boys are at peak of savagery and they mistake Simon for the beast.
9. The setting place of Lord of the Flies is a…
->deserted tropical island
10. One of the themes of Lord of the Flies is …
->civilization vs. savagery, which means the struggle of the boys between civilizing instince-
the impulse (su thoi thuc) to seek rules, behave morally, and act lawfully-and the savage
instinct –the impulse to seek brute(suc vat) power over others, act selfishly, scorn(khinh bi)
moral rules, and indulge in violence.
11. The signal fire in Lord of the Flies symbolizes ….
->the boy’s wish to come back to the civilized world 12. Modernism is marked by …
A break with the sequential, developmental, cause-and-effect presentation of the
“reality” of the realist fiction, toward a presentation of experience as layered, allusive, discontinuous.
13. Modernism is flourished in …
The first decades of the 20th century 14. Modernism emphasized
social and historical change
15 A common motif in Modernist fiction is an …
Alienated individual, dysfunctional individual trying in vain to make sense of a predominantly urban and fragmented society.
16 The characteristics of Modernism and Postmodernism are….
-searching for new forms -breaking with past deliberately
`17. Jack runs away from the meeting because …
he feels very embarrassed and ashamed when he tries to persuade the boys that
Ralph is not a proper leader but the boys keep silent means they don’t agree to the
vote Ralph out of the leadership
18. At the end of Separation Jack runs away from the … into a...
meeting British naval officer…
19. “Dived into the forest” in “until he dived into the forest Ralph watched him” is used as a
literary technique of … because …the action of ....
metaphor there is a comparison between “driving” and the action of “moving into the
forest” using like or as
20. At the end of Lord of the Flies, the boys are rescued by …who...
a passing ship who … are British naval officers