《英国文学简史(刘炳善版)》期末试题及答案A卷(英语本科专业用).doc

1、【试题、答题纸、答案俱全，下载即可用】大学外国语学院英语系期末考试英国文学简史试卷 A 卷_级 _专业 _班 学号_ 姓名_题号总分得分You are required to write down all your answers on the sheet. . Multiple choices (50 points, 1 point each)1. The most important work of Alfred the Great is _, which is regarded as the best monument of the old English prose.A. The So

2、ng of BeowulfB. The Anglo-Saxon ChroniclesC. BrutD. History of the King of Britain2. William Langlands “_” is written in the form of a dream vision. A. Kubla KanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte dArthur3. In 1066, _ led the Norman army to invade and defeat England.A.Julius Caesar

3、B. Alexander the GreatC.William the ConquerorD. Claudius4. _ was the first to be buried in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey.A. KeatsB. SoutheyC. TennysonD. Chaucer5. _ composed a long narrative poem named “_” based on Boccaccios poem “Filostrato”.A. Shakespeare, Troilus and CriseydeB. Chaucer,

4、Troilus and CriseydeC. Chaucer, The House of FameD. Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose 6. In the following, which word is not French origin?A. porkB. mutton C. vealD. swine7. The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was _ who first made blank verse the principal

5、 vehicle of expression in drama.A. Robert GreeneB. Edmund SpenserC. Christopher MarloweD. William Shakespeare8. English Renaissance Period was an age of _.A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays and journalD. ballads and songs9. Great popularity was won by John Lylys prose romance _ which gav

6、e rise to the term “euphuism”, designating an affected style of court speech.A. CymbelineB. Venus and AdonisC. The Rape of Lucrece D. Euhpues10. Which one is not the resource of medieval romance?A. adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of Round TableB. Emperor Charlemagne and his peersC. Alexand

7、er the Great and matters of RomeD. The Rising of 138111. “When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentlemen?”is the sermon of _.A. Wat TylerB. John BallC. LanglandD. Thomas Malory12. Which statement about Mores “Utopia” is NOT true?A. Book One of “Utopia” is a picture of contemporary England

8、 with forcible exposure of the poverty among the laboring classes, the greed and luxury among the rich, and an eagerness for war on the part of the rulersB. In Book Two we have a sketch of an ideal commonwealth in some unknown ocean, where prosperity is held in common and there is no poverty.C. “Uto

9、pia” is Mores masterpiece, written in the form of a conversation between More and Hythloday, a returned voyager. D. As a great thinker, More had pointed out that the root of poverty is the private ownership of the social wealth, so he wished to arouse the people to start a revolutionary movement aga

10、inst the ruling classes, which cost his life. 13. Chaucer is the first great poet who wrote in the English language, and one of his great contributions is the introduction of the rhymed stanza from France, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter- _, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon

11、_.A. alliterative verse, heroic couplet;B. heroic couplet, sonnets;C. heroic couplet, alliterative verse;D. alexandrine verse, ballads.14. Among various English versions of Bible, which one is the best?A. John Wycliffes Bible;B. William Tyndals Bible;C. The King James Bible;D. Miles Coverdales Bible

12、.15. Among the so-called “university wits”, it is _ that satirized William Shakespeare as “an upstart crow”.A. PeeleB. Marlowe,C. NashD. Greene16. It is _ that says of Hamlet,“The courtiers, soldiers, scholars, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion, and

13、the mould of form” (.1.)A. OpheliaB. PoloniusC. ClaudiusD. Gertrude17. “Hamlet”, “Othello”, “King Lear”, and _ are called the four great tragedies.A. “Romeo and Juliet”B. “Antony and Cleopatra”C. “Julius Caesar”D. “Macbath”18. Of many contemporaries and successors of Shakespeare, the most important

14、and well-know was _, who became the first poet laureate in 1616. A. John DrydenB. Samuel JohnsonC. Ben JonsonD. Robert Southey19. In Coleridges “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the mariner suffers the horror of death, because _. A. he experience a ship wreckB. he is tortured with starvationC. he u

15、ndergoes much sufferingD. he kills an albatross20. _ is the central concern to Blakes concern in the “Songs of Innocence”.A. WomanB. PoetryC. HappinessD. Childhood 21. “All is not lost: the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield: And what is els

16、e not to be overcome?” The above “Excerpt” comes from _. A. Dr. FaustusB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Tamburlaine22. William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originates from _.A. formB. thoughtsC. artistic devicesD. emotions23. Alexander Popes An Essay on Criticism is a didactic _.A. allegoryB

17、. proseC. poem D. play24. _ wrote twice “Defense of the English People” to reply to the European scholar Salmasius latin pamphlet on accusing the regicide by English people.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden25. “Vanity Fair” in _ “The Pilgrims Progress” was quoted later as the t

18、itle of a critical realism novel “Vanity Fair” by _.A. Bunyans Walter ScottB. Bunyans Thackeray C. Bunyans Jane AustenD. Bunyans Charles Dickens26. _, the Poet Laureate, and the author of An Essay of Dramatic Poesy, was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature. A. Alexander PopeB

19、. AddisonC. SteeleD. John Dryden27. The following proverbial maxims, “For fools rush in where angels fear to tread”, “To err is human, to forgive, divine” and “A little learning is a dangerous thing”, are from _ by _.A. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy, John DrydenB. The Rowley Papers, ChattertonC. Essay

20、on Criticism, Alexander PopeD. The Spectator, Addison28. Lilliput, Bobdingnag, Flying Island, and the country of Houyhnhnms are scenes in _ by _.A. Robinson Crusoe, DefoeB. Gullivers Travels, SwiftC. Roderick Random, SmollettD. Tristram Shandy, Sterne29. In order to criticize the excessive sentiment

21、ality and poor ethics in “Pamela” by Richardson, Henry Fielding wrote a novel _.A. “Joseph Andrews”B. “Jonathan Wild”C. “Tome Jones”D.“Amelia”30. The first English psycho-analytical novel is _.A. “Clarissa Harlowe”B. “Pamela”C. “Sir Charles Grandison”D. “Amelia”31. On the eve of the publication of “

22、Dictionary”,_ letter to Lord Chesterfield declared the independence of English writers, signifying the end of their reliance on the patronage of noblemen for support. A. Samuel JohnsonsB. John MiltonsC. Adam SmithsD. Sheridans32. The Romantic Age began with the publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” w

23、hich was written by _.A. William WordsworthB. SoutheyC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge33. Which poet below doesnt belong to the Lakers?A. WordsworthB. KeatsC.SoutheyD. Coleridge34. Which works have NOT employed the subjects from the Bible?A. Samson AgonistesB. CainC. Prometheus U

24、nboundD. Paradise Lost35. Shelley wrote an elegy _ lamenting the premature death of his fellow poet _.A. Adonais, KeatsB. Hellas, ByronC. The Cenci, HazlittD. Queen Mab, Leigh Hunt36. “Childe Harolds Pilgrimage” was written in the form of _, while “Don Juan” was written in _. And both were created b

25、y a famous romanticist _.A. Ottava rima, Spenserian stanza, ByronB. Ottava rima, Spenserian stanza, ShelleyC. Spenserian stanza, Ottava rima, ByronD. Spenserian stanza, Ottava rima, Shelley37. We can find a counterpart of Chinas “Tale of White Serpent” in English literature, _ written by _.A. Lamia,

26、 KeatsB. Christabel, ColeridgeB. Lamia, ColeridgeD. Christabel, Keats38. Albatross in English culture is an inauspicious symbol, which originates from _, the work of _.A. Kubla Khan, ColeridgeB. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, ColeridgeC. Christabel, ColeridgeD. The Preclude, Wordsworth39. “ O my L

27、uve is like a red, red rose,Thats newly sprung in June;O my Luves like the melodieThats sweetly playd in tune.”The song above is from _ by _.A. “A Red, Red Rose”, William BlakeB. “A Red, Red Rose”, Robert BurnsC. “A Red, Red Rose”, Thomas GrayD. “A Red, Red Rose”, William Cowper40. Elia is the pseud

28、onym of a famous essayist, _, who published “The Essay of Elia” in 1823.A. HazlittB. Leigh HuntC. De QuinceyD. Charles Lamb41. _ is the major theme from the early seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth century in the history of American literature.A. The RomanticismB. The PuritanismC.The T

29、ranscendentalism D. The Sentimentalism42. The first important writer in American literature, _ , who wrote the fascinating The Sketch Book with both two of his most famous stories, “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” is regarded as “father of American literature.A. Jonathan EdwardB. Benjamin FranklinC. Washington IrvingD. Fenimore Cooper43. _ and _ were the two major American poets of the nineteenth century.A. Walt Whitman, Emily DickinsonB. Anne Bradstreet, Edward TaylorC. Roger Williams, Thomas PaineD. Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson44. _