英国文学选读练习题 含答案.docx

1、英国文学选读练习题 含答案Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1. _, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir GawainC. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden2. Chaucer died on the 25th Oct

2、ober 1400, and was buried in _.A. Flanders B. FranceC. Italy D. Westminster Abbey3. The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. _ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A. Henry V B. Henry VIIC. Henry VIII

3、D. Queen Elizabeth4. Except being a victory of England over _, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. Spain B. FranceC. America D. Norway5. At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist _ wr

4、ote his Utopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the peoples suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.A. Thomas More B. Thomas MarloweC. Francis Bacon D. William Shakespear6. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen _.A. Mary B.

5、 ElizabethC. William D. Victoria7. English Renaissance Period was an age of _.A. prose and novel B. poetry and dramaC. essays and journals D. ballads and songs8. From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacons work: _.A. The Advancement of Learning B. The New InstrumentC. Essays D. Th

6、e New AtlanticsE. Venus and Adonis9. “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares _.A. songs B. playsC. comedies D. sonnets10. The heroines of Shakespeares great comedies, _ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whose images and stories will remain a leg

7、acy to readers and audiences of all time.A. Portia B. RoselandC. Viola D. Beatrice11. Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following _.A. Hamlet B. OthelloC. Macbeth D. King LearE. Timon of Athens12. Which play is not a comedy? _A. A Midsummer Nights Dream B. The Merchant of Venic

8、eC. Twelfth Night D. Romeo and JulietE. As You Like It13. “Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the hero summarise his observation of his world into such a bitter sentence? _A. Charles I B. OthelloC. Henry VIII D. Hamlet14. The works of _ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the t

9、wo great treasuries of the English language.A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Edmund SpenserC. William Shakespeare D. Ben Johnson15. In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “What a piece of wok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” _A. Romeo and Ju

10、liet B. HamletC. Othello D. The Merchant of Venice16. In 1649, _ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A. James I B. James IIC. Charles I D. Charles II17. The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: _.A. the supremacy of ParliamentB. the beginning of modern EnglandC. the triump

11、h of the principal libertyD. the triumph of the principle of political libertyE. the Restoration of monarchy18. Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? _A. John Donne B. George HerbertC. John Milton D. Richard Lovelace19. Which work was NOT written by John Milton? _A. Paradise Lo

12、st B. Paradise RegainedC. Samson Agonistes D. Volpone20. Paradise Lost is _.A. John Miltons masterpieceB. a great epic in 12 booksC. written in blank verseD. about the heroic revolt of Satan against Gods authority21. John Milton is _.A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB. an outstanding

13、 political pamphleteerC. a great stylistD. a great master of blank verse22. From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. _.A. the creationB. the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC. their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD. the creation of the death and

14、of adam and EveE. the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF. Satans temptation of EveG. the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23. The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and _ is often regarded as the real hero of the poem.A. God B. SatanC. Adam D. Eve24. Who is the grea

15、test of the Metaphysical school of poetry? _A. John Donne B. George HerbertC. Andrew Marvell D. Henry Vaugham25. _ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. The Renaissance B. The EnlightenmentC. The Religious Reformation D. The Chartist Movement26. The

16、 main literary stream of the 18th century was _. What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.A. naturalism B. romanticismC. classicism D. realismE. sentimentalism27. The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English _. The novel of this period spoke the truth about

17、life with an uncompromising courage.A. drama B. poetryC. essay D. novel28. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, _ and _, which made him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of a Tub B. Bickerstaff AlmanacC. Gullivers Travels D. A Modest Proposal29. “Proper words in proper places, make

18、s the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by _, one of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander Pope B. Henry FieldingC. Daniel Defoe D. Jonathan Swift30. As a journalist, _ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use of circumstantial detail.

19、This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A. Joseph Addison B. Daniel DefoeC. Samuel Richarson D. Tobias Smollett31. Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? _A. Poetical Sketches B. Songs of InnocenceC. Songs of Experience D. Auld Lang Sy

20、neE. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell F. ProphecisG. Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32. In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were _.A. William Wordsworth B. William BlakeC. Robert Burns D. Jonathan Swift33. The Romantic Age beg

21、ab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by _.A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Wordsworth and Coleridge34. The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer _.A. Jane Austen B. Walter ScottC. Samuel Taylo

22、r Coleridge D. William Wordsworth35. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of _.A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. George Gordon Byron D. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE. John Keats36. The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are _.A. George Gordon Byron and Percy

23、 Bysshe ShelleyB. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Walter Scott and Jane AustenD. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37. Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? _A. George Gordon Byron B. William WordsworthC. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. John KeatsE. John Milton38. Which poets belon

24、g to the Lakers? _A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. John Keats D. Robert SoutheyE. Walter Scott39. Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? _A. To the Cuckoo B. The Lyrical BalladsC. Lucy Poems D. The Solitary ReaperE. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40. The publication o

25、f _ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century, i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A. The Lyrical Ballads B. The PreludeC. Childe Harolds Pilgrimage D. Don Juan41. As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order an

26、d the old, classical traditions the criteria in their poetical creations, _ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.”A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. George Gordon ByronC. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. William Wordsworth42. _ was t

27、he first critic of the Romantic School.A. William Wordworth B. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Wordworth and Coleridge43. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? _A. Byrons early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the

28、frequent family scenes his mother called him “you lame brat.”B. Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughout the world.C. The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byrons genius and his role in the development of Eng

29、lish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D. Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byrons poems have been translated into Chinese and well received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English p

30、oets in our country.44. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled _.A. Biographia literaria B. The PreludeC. Lucy Poems D. The Lyrical Ballads45. _ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems on nature, on love, and on politics.A. William Wordsworth B. John KeatsC. Geor