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I.MultiplechoicesA1.In1066,____,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.A.WilliamtheConquerorB.JuliusCaesarC.AlfredtheGreatD.ClaudiusD2.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter(poet)is____.A.LanglandB.WycliffeC.GowerD.ChaucerC3.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureis____.A.novelB.dramaC.romanceD.EssayC4.______wasthegreatestofEnglishreligiousreformersandthefirsttranslatoroftheBible.A.LanglandB.GowerC.WycliffeD.ChaucerA5.______,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninabout1340.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDrydenA6._____wasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.a.ThomasWyattb.WilliamShakespearec.PhillipSidneyd.ThomasCampionA7.TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishDrama.Itwas_______whomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.a.ChristopherMarloweb.ThomasLogec.EdmundSpenserd.ThomasMoreB8.Atthebeginningthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanist_____wrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople’ssufferingandputforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.a.ChristopherMarloweb.ThomasMorec.PhillipSidneyd.EdmundSpencerB9.RenaissancePeriodwasanageof____.a.proseandnovelb.poetryanddramac.essaysandjournalsd.balladsandsongsA10.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?”ThislineistakenfromoneofShakespeare’s____________.a.Sonnet18b.thetragedyKingLearc.alongpoemVenusandAdonisd.thecomedyAsYouLikeItD11.Fromthefollowingchoosetheone______thatisnotbyFrancisBacon.a.TheAdvancementofLearningb.TheNewInstrumentc.OfStudiesd.TherapeoftheLockA12.Elizabethanpoetryisremarkable.Englandthenbecame“anestofsingingbirds”.Thefamouspoetofthatperiodwas_______.a.EdmundSpenserb.ThomasKydc.EarlofSurryd.ThomasMoreA13.Whichplayisnotacomedy?a.TheJewofMaltab.EveryOneinHisHumorc.AMidsummerNight’sDreamd.MuchAdoaboutNothingD14.TheTragicHistoryofDoctorFaustusisoneof______‘sbestplays.a.Shakespeareb.ThomasKydc.BenJonsond.ChristopherMarloweD15.Thename“thefatherofEnglishpoetry”wasgiventothegreatestpoetborninLondonabout1340andtheonewhodidmuchinmakingthedialectofLondon(Midlanddialectthelanguageofthecourt,thelearnedandthewell-todo)thefoundationformodernEnglishlanguage.a.Shakespeareb.Spenserc.C.PhilipSidneyd.ChaucerA16.ThebasicnoteofChaucer’sstyleis_______.a.thefusionofhumorandgenialsatireb.thefusionofironywithsarcasmc.thefusionofhumorwithepigramsd.thefusionofhumorwithironyD17._____wasthefirstburiedinthePoet’sCornerofWestminsterAbby.a.Southyb.FrancisBaconc.Shakespeared.ChaucerA18.MacbethbyShakespeareisa______.a.tragedyb.comedyc.tragicomedyd.historicalplay19.“Tobe,ornottobe:thatisthequestion:Whether‘tisnoblerinthemindtosufferTheslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortuneOrtotakearmsagainstaseaoftrouble,DAndbyopposingendthem...”arethefamouslinesinHamletwhichexpressestheHamlet’s______character.a..resoluteb.resoluteandhesitantc.stubbond.indecisiveandhesitantD20.Protestantsreferstoallthereligioussectsexcept________.a.ChurchofEnglandb.Puritanismc.Calvinismd.CatholicismB21.ThoughBeowulfwasintroducedbyAngles,theeventsand_____areScandinavian.a.beliefb.charactersc.idead.GodA22.In1066,___ledtheNormanarmytoinvadeanddefeatEngland.a.Williamtheconquerorb.JuliusCaesarc.AlfredtheGreatd.ClaudiusC23.OfmanycontemporariesandsuccessorsofShakespeare,themostimportantandwellknownwas______whobecamethePoetLaureatein1616.a.JohnDrydenb.SamuelJohnsonc.BenJonsond.RobertSouthyA24.Themainliteraryformofseventeenthcenturywaspoetry.Amongthepoets,_______wasthegreatest.a.Miltonb.Bunyanc.theMetaphysicalpoetsd.theCavalierpoets25.ChoosethepoetswhobelongtotheCavaliergroup.a.SirJohnSucklingb.RichardLovelacec.ThomasCarewd.GeorgeHerbertD26.Thetitleof“Poet’spoet”isgiventothewriterofthefollowingwork_______.a.DeathBeNotProudb.VenusandAdonisc.RomeoandJulietd.TheFaerieQueenA27.TheMerchantofVenicebelongstoShakespearianplaysof_______.a.comedyb.sequenceofsonnetsc.tragedyd.historicalplayC28.Chaucerwasthefirstimportantpoetofaroyalcourttowritein______aftertheNormanconquest.a.Frenchb.Latinc.Englishd.CeltA29.“Hewasnotofanage,butforallthetime”.“He”hererefersto_____.a.Shakespeareb.Chaucerc.C.JohnMiltond.BenJonsonC30.ThefatheroftheschoolofMetaphysicalpoetsis_______.a.ThomasMoreb.Spenserc.JohnDonned.WyattD31.ThemostimportantprosewriterofElizabethanAgewas_______,whowasalsothefounderoftheEnglishmaterialisticphilosophy.a.ThomasMoreb.Spenserc.JohnDonned.FrancisBaconA32.TheculminationofallRenaissancetranslationis________.a.KingJamesBibleb.NewInstrumentc.OfStudyd.TheReasonofChurchGovernmentA33.Donne’spoetryisfullofmetaphors,originalimages,witand______,exceptingenuity,dexteroususeofcolloquialspeech,considerableflexibilityofrhythmandmeter,complexthemesandcaustichumor.a.conceitsb.Petrarchenimagesc.rhetoricsd.brevityB34.TheCavaliersmostlydealtinshortsongsontheflittingjoysoftheday,butunderneaththeirlight-heartednessliessomeforebodingof_____toenjoythepresentday.Thisistypicalofpessimismandcynicism.a.philosophicalthoughtb.impendingdoomc.intellectualidead.expectinghappiness.C35.ParadiseRegainedandSamsonAgonisteswerethepoems