英国文学复习题

Shelley sgreatestachievementishisfour actpoeticdrama A AntonyandCleopatraB MeasureforMeasureC TooTruetoBeGoodD PrometheusUnboundByron sByronicheroappearsfirstin A DonJuanB OrientedTalesC ChildeHarold sPilgrimageD ManfredTheRimeoftheAncientMarinertellsanadventurousstoryof A asailorB aknightC akingD apoet Choosethebestanswerforeachstatement D C A Choosetherightanswer TheearlyinhabitantsintheislandwenowcallEnglandwere A CeltsB BritonsC BritainD English B Choosetherightanswer 2 In55B C Romantroopsledby invadedBritain A JuliusCaesarB ClaudiusC KingAlfredtheGreatD William A Choosetherightanswer 3 TheRomanoccupationinBritainlastedforabout years A 200B 300C 400D 500 C Choosetherightanswer 4 OldEnglishcameintobeingbythe century A 4thB 5thC 6thD 7th D Choosetherightanswer 5 TheAnglo Saxonperiodendedin A 1017B 1042C 1016D 1066 D Choosetherightanswer 6 isatypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo Saxons A TheWife sComplaintB BeowulfC TheDreamoftheRoodD TheSeafarer B Completethesentences EnglishlanguageintheAnglo SaxonperiodwasinfluencedbytheNorthern TheAnglo Saxonpoetrybelongstosecularpoetry thatis butwithChristiancoloring Mythology non religiouspoems 3 isthemostimportantfeatureinBeowulf 4 AnotherwritingfeatureinBeowulfisthefrequentuseof and forironicalhumor Alliteration Completethesentences metaphor understatement 1 Whoisthe fatherofEnglishpoetry andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland A ChristopherMarlowB GeoffreyChaucerC W ShakespeareD AlfredtheGreat Choosetherightanswer B Choosetherightanswer 2 It sChauceralonewho forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishSocietyinhismasterpiece A TheCanterburyTalesB TheLegendofGoodWomenC TroilusandCriseydeD TheRomauntoftheRose A 3 Whenhedied Chaucerwasburiedinthe Poet sCorner A WestminsterAbbeyB NormandyC CanterburyD Southward A Choosetherightanswer 4 Chaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamed basedonBoccaccio spoem Filostrato A TheLegendofGoodWomenB TroilusandCriseydeC RomanceoftheRoseD PiersthePlowman B Choosetherightanswer 5 Inhisliterarydevelopment Chaucerwasinfluencedbythreeliteratures Whichoneisnottrue A FrenchliteratureB ItalianliteratureC EnglishliteratureD Germanliterature D Choosetherightanswer Choosethebestanswer TheRenaissanceisactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents suchastherediscoveryofancient and culture thenewdiscoveriesingeographyandastrology thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion A Chinese IndianB Hebrew EgyptianC Roman Greek C Choosethebestanswer 2 WilliamCaxtonwasthefirstpersonwhointroduced intoEngland A writingB printingC heroiccouplet B Choosethebestanswer 3 ThehumanistideasoftheRenaissancewerebasedonsuchaconceptionthat isthemeasureofallthings A manB kingC lover A Fillinthefollowingblanks 1 Generally the referstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid 17thcenturies ItfirststartedinItaly withthefloweringofpainting sculptureandliterature FromItalythemovementwenttoembracetherestofEurope 2 ItwasMartinLuther aGermanProtestant whoinitiatedthe Renaissance Reformation Fillinthefollowingblanks 3 TheElizabethan initstotality istherealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissanceliterature 4 TheReformationinEnglandwasinitsfullswingwhen declaredhimselfthroughtheapprovaloftheParliamentastheSupremeHeadoftheChurchofEnglandin1534 drama HenryVIII Fillinthefollowingblanks 1 ThomasMore s ishisfamousprosework 2 isoftenreferredtoas thepoets poet 3 SpenserisgenerallyregardedasthegreatestnondramaticpoetoftheElizabethanAge Hisfameischieflybasedonhismasterpiece Utopia EdmundSpenser TheFaerieQueen FrancisBaconwas contemporary A GeoffreyChaucer sB ThomasMore sC WilliamShakespeare sD JohnMilton s Choosetherightanswer C FrancisBaconisbestknownforhiswhichgreatlyinfluencedthedevelopmentofthisliteraryform A essaysB poemsC worksDplays Choosetherightanswer A Fromthefollowing choosetheonewhichisnotFrancisBacon swork A TheAdvancementofLearningB TheNewInstrumentC EssaysD VenusandAdonis Choosetherightanswer D isagreattractoneducationwrittenbyBacon A NovumOrganumB TheNewAtlantisC EssaysD TheAdvancementofLearning Choosetherightanswer D InNovumOrganum NewInstrument Bacondiscussedthemethodof A deductionB inductionC analogyD reading Choosetherightanswer B AccordingtoBacon ifoneisunabletodiscussmattersthoroughly heshouldstudy A historyB rhetoricC naturalphilosophyD thelawyer scases Choosetherightanswer B laysthefoundationformodernsciencewithhisinsistenceonscientificwayofthinkingandfreshobservationratherthanauthorityasabasisforobtainingknowledge A FrancisBaconB ThomasMoreC EdmundSpenserD WilliamBlake Choosetherightanswer A TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama Itwas whomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama BlankFilling ChristopherMarlowe ChristopherMarlowe ssecondachievementishiscreationof fortheEnglishdrama A theByronicheroB theRenaissanceheroC theRealisticheroD theRomantichero Choosetherightanswer B 1 Wheredoestheghostappearduringtheplay ThecastlerampartsandthegreathallofElsinoreFortinbras stentandHamlet sbedchamberThecastlerampartsandGertrude sbedchamberGertrude sbedchamberandthegreathallofElsinore 2 HowdidClaudiusmurderKingHamlet BystabbinghimthroughanarrasBypouringpoisonintohisearByorderinghimtobehangedBypoisoninghiswineglass 3 WheredoHamletandLaertesfightduringOphelia sfuneral InthenearbywoodsBesideOphelia sgraveInsidethechurchInsidethegraveitself 4 HowdoesOpheliadie ClaudiusstabsherHamletstranglesherSheslitsherwristsShedrownsintheriver 5 Why accordingtoPolonius hasHamletgonemad grievestoomuchforhisfatherHedespisesClaudiusformarryingGertrudeHeisinlovewithOpheliaHeisjealousofLaertesandlongstoreturntoWittenberg 6 Whoisthelastcharactertodieintheplay HoratioHamletClaudiusFortinbras 7 InwhatcountrydoRosencrantzandGuildensterndie BelgiumDenmarkEnglandPoland 8 WhydoesHamletdecidenottokillClaudiusafterthetravelingplayers play ClaudiusisprayingClaudiusisasleepClaudiuspleadsformercyGertrudeisinthenextroom 9 WhichofClaudiusandLaertes trapsforHamletsucceedsinkillinghim ThepoisonedcupThesharpenedswordThepoisoneddaggerThepoisonedsword Whichplayisnotacomedy A AMidsummerNight sDreamB TheMerchantofVeniceC RomeoandJulietD AsYouLikeIt Choosetherightanswer C WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare sSonnet18 A ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature B Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity C Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation D Thespeakermeditatedonman ssalvation Choosetherightanswer C ThemostimportantandpopularcomedywrittenbyShakespeareis A RomeoandJulietB TwelfthNightC TheMerchantofVeniceD AsYouLikeIt Choosetherightanswer C WhichwritingisatypicalexampleofShakespeare spessimisticviewtowardshumanlifeandsocietyinhislateyears A TheTempestB KingLearC HamletD Othello Choosetherightanswer A thefirstofthegreattragedies isgenerallyregardedasShakespeare smostpopularplayonthestage A TheMerchantofVeniceB HamletC KingLearD JuliusCaesar Choosetherightanswer B Tobe ornottobe thatisthequestion Whosaidthesewords A KingLearB RomeoC AntonioD Hamlet Choosetherightanswer D In Shakespearehasnotonlymadeaprofoundanalysisofthesocialcrisisinwhichtheevilscanbeseeneverywhere butalsocriticizedthebourgeoisegoism A TheTempestB HamletC KingLearD RomeoandJuliet Choosetherightanswer C usedwisdominsavingAntoniofrombeingpunishedbyShylockinTheMerchantofVenice A JudgeB BassanioC PortiaD Nobody Choosetherightanswer C IntheElizabethanPeriod isthegreatestplaywrightofEngland Shakespeare sfourgreattragediesare BlankFilling Shakespeare Hamlet Othello KingLear Macbeth isgenerallyregardedasthegreatestofalltragedies Itisthefirstworkofliteraturetoshowanordinarypersonlookingatthefutilityandwrongsinlife askingthetoughestquestionsandcomingupwithhonestsemi answerslikemostpeopledotoday BlankFilling Hamlet The soliloquyisoftenfelttobecentraltoHamlet spersonality Itprovidesanexcellentexampleofhimnotdoinganything BlankFilling Tobeornottobe ShallIcomparetheetoasummer sday isoneof sbestknownsonnets Duringthe22yearsofhisliteraryworkShakespeareproduced plays narrativepoemsand sonnets BlankFilling Shakespeare 37 2 154 Thesonnetisa linepoemusuallyin withaspecificrhymescheme ShakespeareansonnetisalsocalledtheEnglishsonnet withthreefour linestanzas quatrains andatwo lineunitcalleda BlankFilling iambicpentameter 14 couplet Englandbecamea undertheleadershipofOliverCromwell In1633 OliverCromwellimposedamilitarydictatorshiponthecountry afterhisdeathmonarchywasagainrestored Itwascalledtheperiodofthe BlankFilling commonwealth Restoration In theGloriousRevolutiontookplace TheGloriousRevolutionmeantthreethings thesupremacyof thebeginningof andthefinaltriumphoftheprincipleof Thepuritansbelievedin oflife BlankFilling 1688 Parliament ModernEngland politicalliberty simplicity Milton sfatherwasaPuritan butnotso asmostofPuritansofhisday ParadiseLosttellshow rebelledagainstGodandhowAdamandEveweredrivenoutof ThepoemParadiseLostconsistsof books BlankFilling harsh Satan Eden 12 ParadiseLostisbasedonthe legendoftheimaginaryprogenitorsofthehumanrace and Bunyan smostimportantworkis IntheRevolutionperiod towersoverhisageasWilliamShakespearetowersovertheElizabethanAgeandasChaucertowersovertheMedievalperiod BlankFilling biblical Adam Eve ThePilgrim sProgress JohnMilton Duringthecivilwarandthecommonwealth thereweretwoleadersinEngland Cromwell themanofaction and themanofthought TheRevolutionperiodproducedoneofthemostimportantpoetsinEnglishliterature whosenameis Miltongaveustheonly sinceBeowulf andBunyangaveustheonlygreat BlankFilling JohnMilton JohnMilton epic allegory Fillintheblanks The wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutwesternEuropeinthe18thcentury Themainliterarystreamofthe18thcenturywas Whatthewritersdescribedweremainlysocialrealities Enlightenment Realism Choosethebestanswer Inthefieldofliterature theEnlightenmentMovementbroughtaboutarevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks Thistendencyisknownas A ClassicismB NeoclassicismC RomanticismD Pre Romanticism B Choosethebestanswer WhichofthefollowingcannotcorrectlydescribeEnlightenmentMovement A EnlightenmentMovementflourishedinFrance B EnlightenmentMovementwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissance C Thepurposeofthemovementwastoenlightenthewholeworld D Itadvocatedindividualeducation D Fillintheblanks Generallyspeaking Englishliteratureofthe18thcenturymaybedividedintothreeperiods Thefirstperiodwascharacterizedbytheneo classicism ofwhich wastherepresentativepoet writteninheroiccoupletbyPope isconsideredmanifestoofEnglishneoclassicism Pope AnEssayonCriticism Choosethebestanswer AstherepresentativeoftheEnlightenment Popewasoneofthefirsttointroduce toEngland A rationalismB criticismC romanticismD realism A Choosethebestanswer TheDunciadisgenerallyconsideredtobePope sbest work A praisingB satiricC fabulousD allegorical B Choosethebestanswer AlexanderPopestronglyadvocated emphasizingthatliteraryworksshouldbejudgedbyclassicalrulesoforder reason logic restrainedemotion goodtasteanddecorum A idealismB neoclassicismC romanticismD sentimentalism B Fillintheblanks 200yearsago inLondon the werethesocialcenterswheremenmetandheardthenewsandtalkedofbooksandpoliticsandlighterthings Steelconceivedtheideaofstartingapaperwhichshouldcontainnews gossip storiesofeverydaylife andjokesonallsortsofpeople Hecalledit coffeehouses TheTatler Fillintheblanks wasthemostremarkablesatiristinthe18thcenturywhocriticizedthenewbourgeois aristocraticsocietyofhisagewithoutmercy ThemostimportantrepresentativeworkbyJonathanSwiftis JonathanSwift Gulliver sTravels Fillintheblanks isatypicalfeatureofSwift swritings ranksamongthegreatestsatiristsofEngland andoftheworld AModestProposal isoneofhissatiricalworks JonathanSwift Bittersatire Choosethebestanswer InthefirstpartofGulliver sTravels Gullivertoldhisexperiencein A LilliputB BrobdingnagC HouyhnhnmD EnglandJonathanSwift sGulliver sTravelsisthegreatest workinEnglishliterature A realisticB satiricC romanticD poetic A B Fillintheblanks TheimageofanenterprisingEnglishmanofthe18thcenturywascreatedbyDanielDefoeinhisfamousnovel Robinsonnames tocommemoratethedayofthesavage srescue Friday RobinsonCrusoe Choosethebestanswer Inhisnovel RobinsonCrusoe Defoeeulogizestheheroofthe A aristocraticclassB enterprisinglandlordsC risingbourgeoisieD hard workingpeople C Choosethebestanswer DanielDefoe snovelsmainlyfocuson A thestruggleoftheunfortunateformereexistenceB thestruggleoftheshipwreckedpersonsforsecurityC thestruggleofthepiratesforwealthD thedesireofthecriminalsforproperty A Fillintheblanks wasthegreatestnovelistofthe18thcentury JosephAndrews isFielding sfirstnovel HewrotethenovelwiththeintentionofridiculingRichardson snovel Pamela HenryFielding Choosethebestanswer Fieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel A BestWriteroftheEnglishNovelB FatheroftheEnglishNovelC themostgiftedwriteroftheEnglishnovelD conventionalwriteroftheEnglishwriter B Homework Answerthefollowingquestions WhatarefeaturesofDefoe snovels GiveabriefanalysisofRobinsonCrusoe WhatisthethemeofGulliver sTravels WhatisthethemeofTomJones GiveageneralcommentonBurnsandhispoems Fillinthefollowingblanks TheRomanticPeriodbeganin1798whenWordsworthandColeridgepublishedtheirjointwork TheRomanticAgecametoanendwhenthelastRomanticwriter died IntheRomanticPeriod isthemostprosperousliteraryform TheLyricalBallads SirWalterScott poetry TheEnglishRomanticperiodproducedtwomajornovelists and isregardedasa worshipperofnature Fillinthefollowingblanks JaneAusten SirWalterScott WilliamWordsworth Choosethebestanswerforeachstatement TheliteraryformwhichisfullydevelopedandmostflouringduringtheRomanticPeriodis A proseB dramaC novelD poetryStatementisnottrueindescribingGothicnovel A GothicnovelisatypeofromanticfictionB Gothicnovelpredominatedintheearlyeighteenthcentury C Itsprincipleelementsareviolence horrorandsupernatural D TheMysteriesofUdolphobyAnnRadcliffistypicalGothicromance D B WilliamWordsworthassertsthatpoetryoriginatedfrom A formB thoughtsC artisticdevicesD emotionInColeridge s TheRimeofAncientMariner themarinersuffersthehorrorofdeath because A heexperiencesashipwr