英国文学史习题全集.docx

英国文学史习题全集.docx

《英国文学史习题全集.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《英国文学史习题全集.docx（40页珍藏版）》请在冰点文库上搜索。

英国文学史习题全集

英国文学史习题全集（含答案）（总25页）

PartOneEarlyandMedievalEnglishLiterature

Ⅰ.Fillintheblanks.

1.In1066,____,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.

A.WilliamtheConquerorB.JuliusCaesar

C.AlfredtheGreatD.Claudius

2.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter（poet）is____.

A.LanglandB.WycliffeC.GowerD.Chaucer

3.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureis____.

A.novelB.dramaC.romanceD.essay

4.Thestoryof___istheculminationoftheArthurianromances.

A.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightB.Beowulf

C.PiersthePlowmanD.TheCanterburyTales

5.WilliamLangland’s____iswrittenintheformofadreamvision.

A.KublaKhanB.PiersthePlowman

C.TheDreamofJohnBullD.Morted’Arthur

6.AftertheNormanConquest,threelanguagesexistedinEnglandatthattime.TheNormansspoke_____.

A.FrenchB.EnglishC.LatinD.Swedish

7.______wasthegreatestofEnglishreligiousreformersandthefirsttranslatoroftheBible.

A.LanglandB.GowerC.WycliffeD.Chaucer

8.PiersthePlowmandescribesaseriesofwonderfuldreamstheauthordreamed,throughwhich,wecanseeapictureofthelifeinthe____England.

A.primitiveB.feudalC.bourgeoisD.modern

9.Thethemeof____tokingandlordwasrepeatedlyemphasizedinromances.

A.loyaltyB.revoltC.obedienceD.mockery

10.ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalled_____.

A.Morted’ArthurB.RobinHood

C.TheCanterburyTalesD.PiersthePlowman

11.______,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninabout1340.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden

12.ChaucerdiedonOctober25th,1400,andwasburiedin____.

A.FlandersB.FranceC.ItalyD.WestminsterAbbey

13.Chaucer’searliestworkofanylengthishis_____,atranslationoftheFrenchRomandelaRosebyGaillaumedeLorrisandJeandeMeung,whichwasaloveallegoryenjoyingwidespreadpopularityinthe13thand14thcenturiesnotonlyinFrancebutthroughoutEurope.

A.TheRomauntoftheRoseB.“ARed,RedRose”

C.TheLegendofGoodWomenD.TheBookoftheDuchess

14.InhislifetimeChaucerservedinagreatvarietyofoccupationsthathadimpactonthewiderangeofhiswritings.Whichoneisnothiscareer____.

A.engineerB.courtierC.officeholder

D.soldierE.ambassadorF.legislator（议员）

15.Chaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamed_____basedonBoccaccio’spoem“Filostrato”.

A.TheLegendofGoodWomenB.TroilusandCriseyde

C.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightD.Beowulf

Keytothemultiplechoices：

1-5ADCAB6-10ACBAB11-15ADAAB

Ⅱ.Questions

1.WhatarethefeaturesofBeowulf

2.CommentonthesocialsignificanceandlanguageinTheCanterburyTales.

PartTwoTheEnglishRenaissance

Ⅰ.Matchthewriterandhisworks.

1.ThomasMore

2.Holinshed

3.Hakluyt

4.RichardTottel

5.PhilipSidney

6.WalterRaleigh

A.ApologyforPoetry

B.MiscellanyofSongsandSonnets

C.Utopia

D.DiscoveryofGuiana

E.PrincipalNavigations,VoyagesandDiscoveries

F.Chronicles

Thekey:

（1—C2—F3—E4—B5—A6—D）

Ⅱ.Choosethebestanswer.

1._____foundedtheTudorDynasty,acentralizedmonarchyofatotallynewtype,whichmettheneedsoftherisingbourgeoisie.

A.HenryVB.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.JamesI

2.ThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedby_______,“themorningstaroftheReformation”andhisfollowers.

A.WilliamTyndalB.JamesI

C.JohnWycliffeD.BishopLancelotAndrews

3.Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.____encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestsoftheEnglishmerchants.

A.HenryV.B.HenryVII

C.HenryVIIID.QueenElizabeth

4.ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover___,theroutofthefleet“Armada”（Invincible）wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.

A.SpainB.FranceC.AmericaD.Norway

5.Those,bothtradersandpirateslike____,establishedthefirstEnglishcolonies.

A.FrancisDrakeB.LancelotAndrews

C.WilliamCaxtonD.WilliamTyndal

6.____wasaforerunnerofclassicisminEnglishliterature.

A.BenJohnsonB.WilliamShakespeare

C.ThomasMoreD.ChristopherMarlowe

7.Themostgiftedofthe“universitywits”was____.

A.LylyB.PeeleC.GreeneD.Marlowe

8.Moralityplaysappearedafter_____.

A.miracleplaysB.mysteryplaysC.interludeD.Classicalplays

9._____isusedtosayanddogoodthings.

A.MercyB.FollyC.ViceD.Peace

10._____isoneoftheforerunnersofmodernsocialistthought.

A.PhillipSidneyB.EdmundSpenser

C.ThomasMoreD.WalterRaleigh

11._____isnotafamoustranslatorintheEnglishRenaissance.

A.ThomasNorthB.ThomasWyatt

C.GeorgeChapmanD.JohnFlorio

12.____hadsuppliedShakespearewiththematerialforJuliusCaesar.

A.LivesofGreekandRoanHeroes《希腊罗马名人传》

B.MiscellanyofSongsandSonnets

C.DonQuixote

D.HistoryoftheWorld

13.____wasoneofthefirsttoseetherelationbetweenwealthandpovertytounderstandthattherichwerebecomingricherbyrobbingthepoor.

A.JohnWycliffeB.WilliamCaxton

C.GeoffreyChaucerD.ThomasMore

14.Utopiawaswrittenintheformof_____.

A.proseB.dramaC.essayD.dialogue

15.Oneofthepopularmoralityplayswas____.

A.TheShepherdsB.Everyman

C.ThePlayoftheWeatherD.GammerGurton’sNeedle

16.Shakespeare’splayswrittenbetween_____aresometimescalled“romances”andallendinreconciliationandreunion.

A.1590and1594B.1595and1600

C.1601and1607D.1608and1612

17.MirandaisaheroineinShakespeare’s______.

A.PericlesB.CymbelineC.TheWinter’sTaleD.TheTempest

18.In_____appearedShakespeare’sSonnet，NeverbeforeImprinted（《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）whichcontains154sonnets.

A.1606B.1607C.16081609

19.Shakespeareisoneofthefoundersof____.

A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD.classicism

20.Amongmanypoeticforms,Shakespearewasespeciallyathome（goodat）withthe_______.

A.dramaticblankverseB.songC.sonnetD.couplet

21.Intheplays,Shakespeareusedabout______words.

A.15000B.16000C.17000D.18000

22._____hasbeencalledthesummitoftheEnglishRenaissance.

A.ChristopherMarlowB.FrancisBacon

C.W.ShakespeareD.BenJohnson

Keytothemultiplechoices:

1-5BCDAA6-10DDCBA11-15BDADA16-22ACBADDB

Ⅳ.Saytrueorfalse.

1.TheoldEnglisharistocracyhavingbeenexterminated（wipedout）inthecourseoftheWaroftheRoses,anewnobility,totallydependentonKing’spower,cometothefore.

2.AbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueenElizabeth.

3.TheprogressofbourgeoiseconomymadeEnglandapowerfulstateandenabledherin1588toinflictadefeatontheSpanishInvincibleArmada.

4.TheProtestantReformationwasinessenceareligiousmovementinapoliticalguise.

5.BeforetheReformation,theEnglishBiblewasuniversallyusedbytheCatholicchurches.

6.WalterRaleighwrotehisHistoryoftheWorldinimprisonment.

7.MorethemanisevenmoreinterestingthanMorethewriter.

8.Utopia,BookOne,describesanidealcommunistsociety.

9.TranslationsoccupiedanimportantplaceintheEnglishRenaissance.

10.PhilipSidney’scollectionoflovesonnetsisAstrophelandStella.

11.TheMiracleplayswerenotforbiddentoperforminchurchesaftertheactorsintroducedsecularandevencomicalelementsintotheperformance.

12.ThewriterofGammerGurton’sNeedleisunknown.

13.TwolawyerswhowroteGorboducwereThomasSackville（托马斯·萨克维尔）andThomasNorton（托马斯·诺顿）.

14.Shakespeare’ssonnetsaredividedintothreegroups:

Numbers1—17,Numbers18—126,andNumbers127—154.

15.Shakespeare’ssonnetsarewrittenforvarietyofvirtues.

16.Engelssaid,“Realismimplies,besidestruthindetail,thetruthfulreproductionoftypicalcharactersundertypicalcircumstances.”

17.Shakespearewroteabouthisownpeopleandforhisowntime.

18.Shakespeare’soneplaycontainsonetheme.（containsmorethanonetheme）

19.Toreproducethereallife,Shakespeareoftencombinesthemajesticwiththefunny,thepoeticwiththeprosaic（散文体的）andtragicwiththecomic.

20.EngelscalledShakespeare’splaysthe“Shakespeareanvivacity（活泼、快活）andwealthof（大量的）action”.

21.UtopiaisMore’smasterpiece,writtenintheformoflettersbetweenMoreandHythloday,avoyage.

22.SirPhilipSidneyiswell-knownasapoetanddramatist.

23.CarlMarxcommentedhighlyonMore’sUtopiaandmentioneditinhisgreatwork,TheCapital.

24.ThehighestgloryoftheEnglishRenaissancewasunquestionablyitspoetry.

25.ThemiracleplaysweresimpleplaysbasedonBiblestories,suchasthecreationoftheworld,Noahandtheflood,andthebirthofChrist.

26.GrammerGurton’sNeedleisthefirstEnglishcomedy,GorboducthefirstEnglishtragedy.

27.Boththegentlemenandthecommonpeoplewenttothetheatres.ButtheupperclasswasthedominantforceinElizabethantheatre.

28.AfterShakespeare’sdeath,HermingeandCondellcollectedandpublishedhisplaysin1623.

29.FromShakespeare’shistoryplays,itcanbeseenthatShakespearetookagreatinterestinthepoliticalquestionsofhistime.

30.InShakespeare’shistoricalplays,historicalaccuracyisnotstrictlyregarded.

31.KingLearisatragedyofambition,whichdrivesabravesoldierandnationalherotodegenerateintoabloodymurderanddespotrighttohisdoom.

32.ComingfromanoldDanishlegend,Othelloisconsi