Here are four lines taken from Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queen

Here are four lines taken from Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene: “But on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore,/The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,/For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore,/And dead as living ever him adored.” Who is the “dying Lord” discussed in the above lines?（）
A、Beowulf
B、King Arthur
C、Jesus Christ
D、Jupiter
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：引文选自斯宾塞的《仙后》，题干译文“然而，他胸前带着一个血十字/这是他对垂死的主耶稣的珍贵记忆/就为了耶稣，他佩带那光荣的徽章/虽死犹生，耶稣永受他崇敬。”其中的“dying lord”指的是上帝耶稣。