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英国文学习题
ChapterOne
Fillinthefollowingblanks.
1.Angles,Saxonsand_________usuallyknownasAnglo-SaxonsarethefirstEnglishmen.LanguagespokenbythemiscalledtheOldEnglish,whichisthefoundationofEnglishlanguageandliterature.
2.TheliteratureofAnglo-Saxonperiodfallsnaturallyintotwodivisions,________andChristian.
3.AmongtheearlyAnglo-Saxonpoetswemaymention_______,whowroteapoetic“Paraphrase”oftheBible,andCynewulf.
4.“__________”istheoldestpoemintheEnglishlanguage,andalsotheoldestsurvivingepicintheEnglishlanguage.
5.Intheyear1066,theNormansdefeatedtheAnglo-Saxonsatthebattleof_______.
Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.
1.InAnglo-Saxonperiod,“Beowulf”representedthe______poetry.
a.paganb.religiousc.romanticd.sentimental
2.In1066,_______ledtheNormanarmytoinvadeanddefeatEngland.
a.WilliamtheConquerorb.JuliusCaesarc.AlfredtheGreatd.Claudius
3.Thestoryof“______”istheculminationoftheArthurianromances.
a.SirCawainandtheGreenKnight
b.ThestoryofBeowulf
c.Pierstheplowman
d.TheCanterburyTales
4.WilliamLangland’s“___________”iswrittenintheformofdreamvision.
a.KublaKhanb.PiersthePlowman
c.TheDreamofJohnBulld.Morted’Arthur
Definethefollowingitems.
1.OldEnglishperiod2.Alliteration3.Kenning4.Epic5.
ChapterTwo
Fillinthefollowingblanks.
1.TheCanterburyTalescontainsthe_________and24tales,someofwhichleftunfinished.
2.The_____________providesaframeworkforthetalesinTheCanterburyTales,anditcomprisesagroupofvividpicturesofvariousmedievalfigures.
3.ThepilgrimsinTheCanterburyTalesareontheirwaytotheshrineofSt.ThomasaBecketataplacenamed__________.
4.Chaucer’swork__________givesusapictureoftheconditionofEnglishlifeofhisday,suchasitsworkandplay,itsdeedsanddreams,itsfunandsympathy.
Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.
1.Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikely______.
a.WilliamLangland’sPiersthePlowman
b.GeofferyChaucer’sTheCanterburyTales
c.JohnGower’sConfessioAmantis
d.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight
2._______,thefatherofEnglishpoetryandoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.
a.GeofferyChaucerb.SirGawainc.FrancisBacond.JohnDryden
3.Chaucerdiedonthe25thofOctober1400,andwasburiedin________.
a.Flandersb.Francec.Italyd.WestminsterAbbey
4.________wasthefirsttobeburiedinthePoet’sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.
a.Chaucerb.Keatsc.Southeyd.Tennyson
5.Chaucer’searliestworkofanylengthishis________,atranslationofFrench“RomandelaRose”.
a.RomanceoftheRoseb.ARed,RedRosec.PiersthePlowmand.TroilusandCriseyde
6._______creativeworkvividlyreflectedthechangeswhichhadtakenrootinEnglishcultureofthesecondhalfofthe14thcentury.
a.Chaucer’sb.Byron’sc.Shelley’sd.Eliot’s
7.Generallyspeaking,Chaucer’sworksfallintothreemaingroupscorrespondingroughlytothethreeperiodsofhisadultlife.Whichperiodiswrong?
a.theperiodofFrenchinfluence(1359-1372)
b.theperiodofItalianinfluence(1372-1386)
c.theperiodofEnglishinfluence(1386-1400)
d.theperiodofAmericaninfluence(1371-1382)
ChapterThree&Four
1.The16thcenturyinEnglandwasaperiodofthebreakingupoffeudalrelationsandtheestablishingofthefoundationsof___________.
2.ThomasMorewrotehisfamousprosework“_______”.
3.InElizabethanPeriod,________wrotemorethanfiftyexcellentessays,whichmadehimoneofthebestessayistsinEnglishliterature.
4._______isoftenreferredtoas“thepoet’spoet”.
5.SpenserisgenerallyregardedasthegreatestnondramaticpoetoftheElizabethanAge.Hisfameischieflybasedonhismasterpiece“__________”.
6.IntheElizabethanPeriod,________isthegreatestplaywrightofEngland.
7.IntheElizabethanPeriod,________wrotemanyexcellentessays,suchas“OfStudies”.
8.________wrotehismasterpiece“FaerieQueene”.
9.“Hamlet”,“Othello”,“KingLear”and“_________”aregenerallyregardedasShakespeare’sfourgreattragedies.
10.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday”isoneof__________’sbestknownsonnets.
11.Atthebeginningofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanist_______wrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople’ssufferingandputforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.
a.ThomasMoreb.ThomasMarlowe
c.FrancisBacond.WilliamShakespeare
12.AbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueen________.
a.Maryb.Elizabethc.Williamd.Victoria
13.EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof_______.
a.proseb.poetryanddramac.essaysandjournalsd.balladsandsongs
14.EnglishRenaissanceisnotanageofprose,butThomasMorewrotehisfamousprosework_______.
a.Utopiab.RobinsonCrusoec.Gulliver’sTravelsd.ofStudies
15.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?
”ThisisthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare’s_______.
a.songsb.playsc.comediesd.sonnets
16.ThesecondperiodofEnglishRenaissanceisalsocalledthe_______periodortheAgeof________.
17.Shakespeare’splayshavebeentraditionallydividedintofourcategoriesaccordingtodramatictype:
histories,_______,tragediesand_______.
18.______isconsideredthefirstgreatEnglishdramatistandthemostimportantElizabethanplaywrightbeforeShakespeare.
19.Shakespeare’s154sonnetsfallintotwoseries:
oneseriesareaddressedtoW.H,ayoungman,andtheotheraddressedto________.
20.ThewritingsofFrancisBaconmainlyfallintothreecategories:
______,purelyliteraryandprofessional.
21.IntheEnglishRenaissanceperiod,scholarsbegantoemphasizethecapacitiesofthehumanmindandtheachievementsofhumanculture.Themostsignificantintellectualmovementwas________.
a.theReformationb.geographicalexplorations
c.humanismd.theItalianrevival
22.WhichofthefollowingplaysdoesNOTbelongtoShakespeare’sgreattragedies?
a.Othellob.Macbethc.RomeoandJulietd.Hamlet
23.WhichofthefollowingplaysdoesNOTbelongtoShakespeare’scomedies?
a.HenryVb.TheMerchantofVenice
c.AMidsummerNight’sDreamd.TheWinter’sTale
24.WhichofthefollowingpoeticformsistheprincipalformofShakespeare’sdramas?
a.lyricb.sonnetc.blankversed.quatrain
25.“Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested”isoneoftheEpigramsfoundin______.
a.FrancisBacon’s“ofStudies”b.ThomasMore’s“Utopia”
c.JohnBunyan’sThePilgrim’sProgressd.HenryFielding’sTomJones
26.ThenameoftheheroineintheplayTheMerchantofVeniceis______________.
a.Emily b.Catherine c.Portia d.Helen
27.AbouttheRenaissancehumanistswhichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?
a.Theythoughtmoneyandsocialstatuswasthemeasureofallthings.
b.Theyemphasizedthedignityofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceofthepresentlife.
c.Theycouldn'tseethehumanvaluesintheirworks.
d.Theythoughtpeoplewerelargelysubordinatedtotherulingclasswithoutanyfreedomandindependence.
28.OneofthedistinctfeaturesoftheElizabethantimeis_____.
a.theflourishingofthedrama
b.thepopularityoftherealisticnovel
c.thedominationoftheclassicalpoetry
d.theclose-downofallthetheatres
29.Shakespeare’sfourgreattragediesare:
Hamlet,Othello,______and______.
A.KingLear…RomeoandJuliet B.KingLear…Macbeth
C.KingJohn…JuliusCaesar D.KingJohn…TheMerchantofVenice
30.ThekeynoteoftheRenaissanceis____________.
A.humanism B.realism C.naturalism D.skepticism
ChapterFive&Six
1.Miltonwrotehismasterpiece_______duringhisblindness.
2._______wrotehismasterpiece“ThePilgrim'sProgress”duringhissecondimprisonment.
3.ThewasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutwesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.
4.Generallyspeaking,Englishliteraureofthe18thcenturymaybedividedintothreeperiods.Thefirstperiodwascharacterizedbytheneo-classicism,ofwhich____wastherepresentativepoet.
5.Fridayisacharacterinthenovel_______.
6.________iscalledtheFatheroftheEnglishNovel.
7.The18thcenturyEnglandisknownastheAgeofEnglightenmentortheAgeof______.
8.Oneschoolofpoetryprevaillinginthe17thcenturyisthatof________,whoweresidedwiththeKingagainsttheParliamentandPuritans.
9.JohnDonneisthefounderoftheschoolof______.Hisworksarecharacterizedbymysticismincontentandfantasticalityinform.
10.Inthe18thcenturyEnglishliterature,therepresentivewritersofrealismwere____.
a.Richardsonb.Fieldingc.Smollettd.Goldsmith
11._______compiledthe"TheDictionaryoftheEnglishlanguage"whichbecamethefoundationofallsubsequentEnglishdictionaries.
a.BenJohnsonb.SamuelJohnsonc.AlexanderPoped.JohnDryden
12.InJohnMiltion’sParadiseLost,AdamandEveareforbiddentoeatthefruitoftheTreeofKnowledgeof_______.
a.LoveandHateb.GoodandEvil
c.FaithandBetrayald.SenseandSensibility
13.WhichofthefollowingplacedoesGullivervisitfirstinGulliver’Travels?
a.Lilliputb.Brobdingnagc.Laputad.Houynhnms
14.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutRobinsonCrusoe?
a.Itiswrittenintheautobiographical
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