英国文学选读练习题-含答案.docx

ExerciseforEnglishLiterature(2)Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.1. ,the"fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden2. Chaucerdiedonthe25thOctober1400,andwasburiedin.A.FlandersB.FranceC.ItalyD.WestminsterAbbey3. Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestoftheEnglishmerchants.A.HenryVB.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.QueenElizabeth4. ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover,theroutofthefleet“Armada”(Invincible)wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.A.SpainB.FranceC.AmericaD.Norway5. Atthebeginningofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanistwrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople,ssufferingandputforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.A.ThomasMoreB.ThomasMarloweC.FrancisBaconD.WilliamShakespear6. AbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueen.A.MaryB.ElizabethC.WilliamD.Victoria7. EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof.A.proseandnovelB.poetryanddramaC.essaysandjournalsD.balladsandsongs8. Fromthefollowing,choosetheonewhichisnotFrancisBacon,swork:.A.TheAdvancementofLearningB.TheNewInstrumentC.EssaysD.TheNewAtlanticsE.VenusandAdonis9. "ShallIcomparetheetoasummer,sday?”ThisisthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare,s.A.songsB.playsC.comediesD.sonnets10. TheheroinesofShakespeare,sgreatcomedies,arethedaughtersoftheRenaissance,whoseimagesandstorieswillremainalegacytoreadersandaudiencesofalltime.A.PortiaB.RoselandC.ViolaD.Beatrice11. ChoosethefourgreattragediesofShakespearefromthefollowing.A.HamletB.OthelloC.MacbethD.KingLearE.TimonofAthens12. Whichplayisnotacomedy?A.AMidsummerNighfsDreamB.TheMerchantofVeniceC.TwelfthNightD.RomeoandJulietE.AsYouLikeIt13. "Denmarkisaprison.Inwhichplaydoestheherosummarisehisobservationofhisworldintosuchabittersentence?A.CharlesIB.OthelloC.HenryVIIID.Hamlet14. TheworksofandtheAuthorisedVersionoftheEnglishBiblearethetwogreattreasuriesoftheEnglishlanguage.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpenserC.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJohnson15. Inwhichplaydoestheheroshowhisprofoundreverenceformanthroughthesentence:Whatapieceofwokisaman!Hownobelinreason!Howfiniteinfaculty!,A.RomeoandJulietB.HamletC.OthelloD.TheMerchantofVenice16. In1649,wasbeheaded.Englandbecameacommonwealth.A.JamesIB.JamesIIC.CharlesID.CharlesII17. Therevolutionof1688meantthreeofthefollowingthings:.A. thesupremacyofParliamentB. thebeginningofmodernEnglandC. thetriumphoftheprincipallibertyD. thetriumphoftheprincipleofpoliticallibertyE. theRestorationofmonarchy18. Whoofthefollowingweretheimportantmetaphysicalpoets?A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbertC.JohnMiltonD.RichardLovelace19. WhichworkwasNOTwrittenbyJohnMilton?A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegainedC.SamsonAgonistesD.Volpone20. ParadiseLostis.A. JohnMilton,smasterpieceB. agreatepicin12booksC. writteninblankverseD. abouttheheroicrevoltofSatanagainstGod,sauthority21. JohnMiltonis.A. agreatrevolutionarypoetofthe17thcenturyB. anoutstandingpoliticalpamphleteerC. agreatstylistD. agreatmasterofblankverse22. FromtheOldTestament,JohnMiltontookhisstoriesofParadiseLost,i.e.A. thecreationB. therebellioninHeavenofSatanandhisfellow-angelsC. theirdefeatandexpulsionfromHeavenD. thecreationofthedeathandofadamandEveE. thefallenangelsinhellplottingagainstGodF. Satan,stemptationofEveG. thedepartureofAdamandEvefromEden23. ThefinestthinginParadiseLostisthedescriptionofhell,andisoftenregardedastherealheroofthepoem.A.GodB.SatanC.AdamD.Eve24. WhoisthegreatestoftheMetaphysicalschoolofpoetry?A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbertC.AndrewMarvellD.HenryVaugham25. wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.A.TheRenaissanceB.TheEnlightenmentC.TheReligiousReformationD.TheChartistMovement26. Themainliterarystreamofthe18thcenturywas.Whatthewritersdescribedintheirworksweremainlysocialrealities.A.naturalismB.romanticismC.classicismD.realismE.sentimentalism27. TheeighteenthcenturywasthegoldenageoftheEnglish.Thenovelofthisperiodspokethetruthaboutlifewithanuncompromisingcourage.A.dramaB.poetryC.essayD.novel28. In1704,JonathanSwiftpublishedtwoworkstogether,and,whichmadehimwell-knownasasatirist.A.ATaleofaTubB.BickerstaffAlmanacC.Gulliver,sTravelsD.AModestProposal29. “Properwordsinproperplaces,makesthetruedefinitionofastyle.,Thissentenceissaidby,oneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose.A.AlexanderPopeB.HenryFieldingC.DanielDefoeD.JonathanSwift30. Asajournalist,hadlearnedhowtomakehisreportingvividandcrediblebyaskillfuluseofcircumstantialdetail.Thispowertomakehischaractersaliveandhisstoriescredibleisaninimitablegift.A.JosephAddisonB.DanielDefoeC.SamuelRicharsonD.TobiasSmollett31. WhichofthefollowingareNOTwrittenbyWilliamBlake?A.Poeti