英国文学史测试题(全).doc

英国文学史1.The statement “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability”opens one of well-known essays by_.Francis Bacon Samuel Johnson Alexander Pope Jonathan Swift 参考答案 Francis Bacon 2.When he died, Chaucer was buried in _ the Poets Corner.Westminster Abbey Normandy Canterbury Southwark 参考答案 Westminster Abbey 3.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of .Piers Plowman Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Confessio Amantis The Canterbury Tales 参考答案 The Canterbury Tales4.The first mention of Robin Hood in literature is in Langlands _.The Legend of Good Woman The Vison of Piers the Plowman Boewulf Fables 参考答案 The Vison of Piers the Plowman 5.Which literarygenre does Sir Gawain and the Green Knight belong to?epic romance novel prose 参考答案 romance 6.English literature at the Anglo-Norman Period was also a combination of _ and Saxon elements.Latin Greek English French 参考答案 French 7.In the 14th century, the two most important writers are_ and ChaucerCaedmon Cynewulf Langland Shakespeare 参考答案 Langland 8.Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of Beowulf?Hrothgat Heorot Grendel Beowulf 参考答案 Grendel 9.The most important work of_is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles,which is regarded as the best monument of the old English prose.Alfred the Great Caedmon Cynewulf Venerable Bede 参考答案 Alfred the Great 10.The epic, The Song of Beowulf, represents the spirit of_.monks romanticists sentimentalists pagan 参考答案 pagan 11.The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summers day ?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares .comedies tragedies histories sonnets 参考答案 sonnets12.In his literary development, Chaucer was influenced by three literatures, which one is not true?French literature Italian literature English literature German litereature 参考答案 German litereature 13.Who is the father of English poetry and one of the greatest narrative poets of English?Geoffrey Chaucer Martin Luther William Langland John Gower 参考答案 Geoffrey Chaucer 14.In the 15th century, there is only one important prose writer whose namen is_. He wrote an important work called Le Morte dArthur.Thomas Marlory Langland Chaucer Adam Bede 参考答案 Thomas Marlory 16._s Essays is the first example of that genre in English literature, which has been highly esteemed. John Donne John Milton Francis Bacon Edmund Spenser参考答案 Francis Bacon17.In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called _.heroic couplet quatrain Spenserian stanza terza rima 参考答案 quatrain 18.In the first part of Gullivers Travels, Gulliver told his experience in _.Lilliput Brobdingnag Houyhnhnm England参考答案 Lilliput19. is the successful religious allegory in the English language .The Pilgrims Progress Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners The Life and Death of Mr. Badman The Holy War参考答案 The Pilgrims Progress20.Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Grusoe, of York, Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe)by .Jonathan Swift Daniel Defoe George Eliot D.H.Lawrence参考答案 Daniel Defoe21.Which of the following is NOT typical of metaphysical poetry best represented by John Donnes works?Common speech Conceit Argument Refined Language参考答案 Common speech22.The linesDeath ,but not proud,though some have clled thee/Mighty and powerful,for thou are not so are found in_.William Wordsworths writings John Keats writings John Donnes writings Percy Bysshe Shelleys writings参考答案 John Donnes writings23.The story of Paradise Lost is taken from _.a legend Bible an epic a folklore参考答案 Bible24.The 18th century witnessed a new literary formthe modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a _ presentation of life of the common people.romantic realistic prophetic idealistic参考答案 realistic25.As a whole, _is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally.Moll Flanders Gullivers Travels Pilgrims Progress The School for Scandal参考答案 Gullivers Travels26.Jonathan SwiftsGullivers Travels gives an unparalleled_depiction of the vices of his age.religious romantic satirical comic 参考答案 satirical 27.The ture subject of John Donnes poem,“The Sun Rising,” is to _.A.attack the sun as an unruly servant B.give compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty C.criticize the suns intrusion into the lovers private life D.lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie 参考答案 give compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty28.In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a (n) _ of the Bennet family.high opinion great admiration low opinion erroneous view 我的答案 low opinion 29.Which of the following is taken from John Keats “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?A.“I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!” B.“They are both gone up to the church to pray.” C.“Earth has not anything to show more fair.” D.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty”. 我的答案 “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”. 30.And where are they? And where art thou,/ My country? On thou voiceless shore/ The heroic lay is tuneless now-/The heroic bossom beats no more!(George Gordon Byron, Don Juan) In the above stanaz, art thou literally means _.art you are though art though are you 我的答案 are you 31.Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of _ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.Christian knightly Greek primitive 我的答案 knightly 32.Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correct?A.It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B.It was one phase of the Romantic movement. C.Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D.Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance. 我的答案 It predominated in the early eighteenth century.33.“ Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested;”( Of Studies). Here Bacon compares reading to .walking eating drinking acting 我的答案 eating 34.Daniel Defoe describes _ as a typical English middle-class man of the18th century,the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.Robinson Crusoe Moll Flanders Gulliver Tom Jones 我的答案 Robinson Crusoe 35. _ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries. Ben Jonson Samuel Johnson Alexander Pope John Dryden 我的答案 Samuel Johnson 36.Donnes famous analogy of parting lovers to a drawing compass affords a prime example of .dramatic style exaggeration paradox conceit 我的答案 conceit 37.Which of the following shows in a more implicit way that the poet was touched by the song of the solitary reaper?I listened, motionless land still Will no one tell me what she sings ? I saw her singing at her work. The music in my heart I bore. 我的答案 I listened, motionless land still 38.What is his name?”“Bingley.”“Is he married or single?”“Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”The above dialogue must be taken from_.Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice Emily Brontes Wuthering Heights John Galsworthys The Forsyte Saga George Eliots Middlemarch 我的答案 Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice 39.The English Renaissance period was an age of _ .poetry and drama drama and novel novel and poetry romance and poetry 我的答案 poetry and drama 40.The well-known soliloquy by Hamlet “To be , or not to be shows his_.hatred for his uncle love for life inner- strife resolution of revenge 我的答案 inner- strife 41.In his essay“Of Studies,”Bacon said:“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and_.”skimmed perfected imitated digested 我的答案 digested 42.Beowulf, the oldest great long poem ever written in English, is composed in a form of .epics lyrics folk songs sagas 我的答案 epics 43.”_” is the cooperative work of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge.Tintern Abbey The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Lyrical Ballads Prelude 我的答案 Lyrical Ballads 44._ is central to Blakes concern in his Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.Politics Religion Childhood Manhood 我的答案 Childhood 45.Shakespeare wrote _sonnets.125 154 245 138 我的答案 154 46.“ So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this , and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to ?Lover Time Summer Poetry 我的答案 Poetry 47.Keats was born in the family of a _.landlord apothecary stable keeper doctor 我的答案 stable keeper 48.In Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Thomas Gray compares the common folk with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the .chance love money material sources 我的答案 chance 49.In _, Shakespeare has not only made a profound analysis of the social crisis in which the evils can be seen everywhere, but also criticized the bourgeois egoism.Hamlet Othello King Lear Macbeth 我的答案 King Lear 50.Poetry is spontaneouswas put forward by _.Robert Burns William Blake William Wordsworth Charles Lamb 我的答案 William Wordsworth 51.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT .A.the using of everyday language spoken by the common people. B.the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. C.the humble and rustic life as subject matter. D.elegant wordings and inflated figures of speech. 我的答案 elegant wordings and inflated figures of speech. 52.Portia,the heroine in _is one of Shakespeares ideal women-beautiful,prudent,cultured and capable of rising to an emergency.The Merchant of Venice As You Like It King Lear Twelfth Night 我的答案 The Merchant of Venice 53.The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by _.Surrey Wyatt Sidney Shakespeare 我的答案 Wyatt 54.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem written in the form of .ballad sonnet heroic couplet Spenserian stanza 我的答案 ballad 55.The most significant idea of the Renaissance is_.humanism realism naturalism skepticism 我的答案 humanism 56.What flourished in Elizabenthan age more than any other form of literature?novel drama essay poetry 我的答案 drama 57.The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of _.Gullivers Travels The Rape of the Lock Robinson Crusoe The pilgrims Progress 我的答案 The pilgrims Progress 58.The_was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.Romanticism Humanism Enlightenment Sentimentalism 我的答案 Enlightenment 59.“Byronic hero”is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT _.？being proud being rebellious being of humble origin being mysterious我的答案 being of humble origin60.John Bunyans Pilgrims Progress is often regarded as a typical example of_.allegory romance epic in prose fable我的答案 allegory61.The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gullivers Travels are _.A.horses that are endowed with reason B.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities C.giants that are superior in wisdom D.hairy,wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.我的答案 horses that are endowed with reason62._ is the first important religious poet in English literature.Cynewulf Caedmon Shakepeare Adam Bede我的答案 Caedmon63.Which of these is not a song written by Robert Burns?A Red, Red Rose Auld Lang Syne To a Mouse Spring and Fall我的答案 Spring and Fall64.The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, is often saidn to be concerned with the search for _.self-fulfilment spiritual salvation material wealth universal truth我的答案 spiritual salvation65.The unquenchable spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence on a lonely island reflects .A.mans desire to return to nature B.the authors criticism of the colonization C.the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie D.the aristocrats disillusionment of the harsh social reality我的答案 the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie66.John Miltons greatest poetical work _ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literarure since Beowulf.Areopagitica Paradise Lost Lycidas Samson Agonistes我的答案 Paradise Lost67.Which of the following is NOT typical of metaphysical poetry best represented by John Donnes works?Common speech. Conceit. Argument. Refined language.我的答案 Common speech.68.Generally , the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is .science philosophy arts humanism我的答案 humanism69.“Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is” (Ode to the West Wind )This shows Shellys wish to be a propagator of revolutionary ideas singer enjoying great fame man who can wander freely heroic fighter in the forest我的答案 propagator of revolutionary ideas70._ is a typical feature of Swifts writings.Elegant style Bitter satire Casual narration Complicated sentence structure 参考答案 Bitter satire 72.Gothic novels are mostly stories of , which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles .love and marriage sea adventures mystery and horror saints and martyrs 参考答案 mystery and horror 73.Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that _.A.the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individuals feelings and experiences B.the former is heavily religious but the latter secular C.the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivation. D.the former advocates the return to nature whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its models 参考答案 the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individuals feelings and experiences 74.The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is “_”.A Tale of a Tub The Battle of the Books A Modest Proposal Gullivers Travels 参考答案 Gullivers Travels75._was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature .Thomas Wyatt William Shakespeare Henry Howard John Lyly 参考答案 Thomas Wyatt 76. John Milton is a great poet in the _ Period.77. Renaissance Neoclassical Romantic Realist 参考答案 Renaissance 77.The sonnet“Death Be Not Proud”is written in the strict pattern. It reveals the poets belief that .A.Shakespearean, death is only a sleep, after which we live eternally B.Petrarchan, death is but momentary while happiness after death is eternal. C.Elizabethan, death is not as strong as people think he is D.Portuguese, death is like a long sleep that offers final peace for the soul我的答案 Petrarchan, death is but momentary while happiness after death is eternal.78.“Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,/Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;/Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile /The short and simple annals of the poor.”The above lines are taken fromA.Alexander Popes Essay on Criticism B.Coleridges “Kubla Khan” C.John Donnes “The Sun Rising” D.Thomas Grays “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”我的答案 Thomas Grays “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” 79.William Wordsworth asserts that poet