Contest English Literature I

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