英国文学练习题及答案

1.ThenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxonsis____.ARobinHoodBSirGawainandtheGreenKnightCTheCanterburyTalesDBeowulf2.____wasthemostoutstandingsingleromanceontheArthurianlegendwritteninalliterativeverse.ATheCanterburyTalesBPiersthePlowmanCSirGawainandtheGreenKnightDBeowulf3.____wasfamousforTheCanterburyTales.AGeoffreyChaucerBJohnMiltonCWilliamShakespeareDFrancisBacon4.Mostoftheballadsofthe15thcenturyfocusedonthelegendabout____asaheroicfigure.AGreenNightsBGawainCRobinHoodDHamlet5.Inthe16thcentury,ThomasMore’swork____becameimmediatelypopularafteritspublication.AParadiseLostBAPleasantSatireoftheThreeEstatesCOfStudiesDUtopia6.____wasEdmundSpencer’smasterpiecewhichhasbeenregardedasoneofthegreatpoemsintheEnglishlanguage.AAmorettiBTheShepherd’sCalendarCTheFaerieQueeneDFourHymns7.____isfromShakespeare’ssonnetNo.18.A“Letmenottothemarriageoftrueminds”B“Tobeornottobe:thatisthequestion”C“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday”D“NolongermournformewhenIamdead”8._____,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden9.ThefourgreattragedieswrittenbyShakespeareareHamlet,Macbeth,Othelloand____.A.AntonyandCleopatraB.JuliusCaesarCTwelfthNightDKingLear10.WhichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtoShakespeare’sromanticlovecomedies?ATwelfthNightBTheTempestCAsYouLikeItDTheMerchantofVeniceDCACDCCADB1.AllofthefollowingarethemosteminentdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandexcept______.a.WilliamShakespeareb.BenJonsonc.ChristopherMarlowed.FrancisBacon2.TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodwasanageof_________.a.poetryanddramab.dramaandnovelc.novelandpoetryd.romanceandpoetry3.ParadiseLostisthemasterpieceof_____a.WilliamShakespeareb.RobertBurnsc.JohnMiltond.WilliamBlake4.WhichofthefollowingplayswrittenbyShakespeareishistoryplay?a.AMidsummerNight’sDreamb.TheMerryWivesofWindsorc.HenryIVd.KingLear5.ThefirstofficialversionofBibleknownastheGreatBible,wasrevisedin______a.16thcenturyb.17thcenturyc.18thcenturyd.19thcentury6.FrancisBacon’sEssaysfirstpublishedin1597hasbeenconsideredasanimportantlandmarkinthedevelopmentofEnglish_______,andasthefirstcollectionofessaysintheEnglishlanguage.a.poetryb.epicsc.fictiond.prose7.DanielDefoewasfamousforhisnovel____whichfirstestablishedhisreputation.a.Gulliver’sTravelsb.TheAdventureofRobinsonCrusoec.ThePilgrim’sProgressd.OliverTwist8.Thefamouspoem“ARedRedRose”waswrittenby_________a.WilliamWordsworthb.GeorgeByronc.RobertBurnsd.WilliamBlake9.MaryShelley’snovelFrankensteinbelongstothetypeof____whichisoftensetingloomycastleswherehorrifying,supernaturaleventstakeplace.a.Gothicb.Realismc.Romanticismd.Classicism10.ThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedby_______,“themorningstaroftheReformation”andhisfollowers.A.WilliamLanglandB.JamesIC.JohnWycliffeD.BishopLancelotAndrewsDACCBDBCAC1.TheliteratureoftheAnglo-Saxonperiodfallsnaturallyintotwodivisions,______andChristian.a.Paganb.Romanc.Frenchd.Danish2.“PoetryisSpontaneous”wasputforwardby________a.RobertBurnsb.WilliamBlakec.WilliamWordsworthd.CharlesLamb3.WhichofthefollowingwritingscanberegardedastypicalbelongingtotheschoolofRomanticliterature?a.DonJuanb.Ulyssesc.JaneEyred.SonsandLovers4.______isthefirstimportantEnglishessayistandthefounderofmodernscienceinEngland.a.FrancisBaconb.EdmundSpenserc.ThomasMored.Sidney5.WhatisflourishedinElizabethanagemorethananyotherformofliterature?a.novelb.dramac.essayd.poetry6.Thepublicationof_______markedthebeginningoftheRomanticAge.a.DonJuanb.TheRimeoftheAncientMarinerc.TheLyricalBalladsd.OdetotheWestWind7.WhichofthefollowingdidnotbelongtoRomanticism?a.JohnKeatsb.PercyShelleyc.WilliamWordsworthd.AlfredTennyson8.Frankensteinwasfilmedmanytimes.Whowrotethebook?a.EdgarAllanPoeb.JamesJoycec.MaryShelleyd.WalterScott9.Inthemid-18thcentury,anewliterarymovementcalled_______cametoEuropeandthentoEngland.a.Romanticismb.Classicismc.Realismd.Restoration10.WhichofthefollowingpoemwasnotwrittenbyJohnKeats?a.OdetotheWestWindb.OdetoAutumnc.OdeonaGrecianUrnd.OdetoaNightingaleACAABCDCAA1.WilliamShakespeareisoneofthegiantsof________a.Romanticismb.CriticalRealismc.Aestheticismd.theRenaissance2.________isthefirstimportantreligiouspoetinEnglishliterature.a.JohnDonneb.GeorgeHerbertc.Caedmond.Milton3._________wasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.a.ThomasWyattb.WilliamShakespearec.PhilipSidneyd.ThomasGray4.TheEnglishpoets________,WilliamWordsworth,andRobertSouthey,wereknownas“LakePoets”becausetheylivedintheLakeDistrictNorthwesternEnglandatthebeginningofthe19thcentury.a.GeorgeByronb.JohnKeatsc.PercyShelleyd.SamuelColeridge5.Themostgiftedofthe“UniversityWits”was____.A.JohnLilyB.ThomasKydC.ThomasGreeneD.ChristopherMarlowe6._____isoneoftheforerunnersofmodernsocialistthought.A.PhillipSidneyB.EdmundSpenserC.ThomasMoreD.ChristopherMarlowe7.Moralityplaysappearedafter_____.A.miracleplaysB.mysteryplaysC.interludeD.Classicalplays8.WhichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasoneofcharacteristicsofRenaissan