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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.Atthebeginningofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanist________wrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople’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.AMidsummerNight’sDreamB.TheMerchantofVeniceC.TwelfthNightD.RomeoandJulietE.AsYouLikeIt13.“Denmarkisaprison”.Inwhichplaydoestheherosummarisehisobservationofhisworldintosuchabittersentence?________A.CharlesIB.OthelloC.HenryVIIID.Hamlet14.Theworksof________andtheAuthorisedVersionoftheEnglishBiblearethetwogreattreasuriesoftheEnglishlanguage.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,and________isoftenregardedastherealheroofthepoem.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.PoeticalSketchesB.SongsofInnocenceC.SongsofExperienceD.AuldLangSyneE.TheMarriage