英国文学史习题全集(含答案)

1、Part One Early and Medieval English Literature I . Fill in the blanks. 1. In 1066, , with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England. A. William the ConquerorB. Julius Caesar C. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius 2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is . A. LanglandB.

2、WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer 3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is . A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay 4. The story of _ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances. A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. Beowulf C. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales 5. William Langland s is

3、written in the form of a dream vision. A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the Plowman C. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d Arthur 6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke . A. French B. English C. LatinD. Swedish 7. was the greatest of English religious refo

4、rmers and the first translator of the Bible. A. Langland B. GowerC. Wycliffe D. Chaucer 8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the England. A. primitive B. feudal C. bourgeois D. modern 9. The theme of to kin

5、g and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances. A. loyalty B. revoltC. obedience D. mockery 10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called . A. Morte d ArthurB. Robin Hood C. The Canterbury TalesD. Piers the Plowman 11. , the“father of English p

6、oetry ” and one onfathrreatgivreaptoesets of England, was born in Londonin about 1340. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in . A. FlandersB. France C. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey 13. Chaucer esarliest work of any len

7、gth is his , a translation of the French Roman de la Roseby Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe. A. The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose ” C. The Legend of Good W

8、omenD. The Book of the Duchess 14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? . A. engineerB. courtierC. office holder D. soldierE. ambassador F. legislator (议员 ) 15. Chaucer composes a long narrati

9、ve poem named based on Boccaccio s poem “ Filostrato ” . B. Troilus and Criseyde D. Beowulf A. The Legend of Good Women C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Key to the multiple choices ： 1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAAB n . Questions 1. What are the features ofBeowulf? 2. Comment on the social signifi

10、cance and language inThe Canterbury Tales. Part Two The English Renaissance I . Match the writer and his works. 1. Thomas More A. Apology for Poetry 2. Holinshed B. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets 3. Hakluyt C. Utopia 4. Richard Tottel D. Discovery of Guiana 5. Philip Sidney E. Principal Navigations

11、, Voyages and Discoveries 6. Walter Raleigh F. Chronicles The key: (1C2F3E4B5 A6D) n . Choose the best answer. 1. founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type, which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie. A. Henry V B. Henry VII C. Henry VIII D. James I 2. The first comp

12、lete English Bible was translated by ,“the morning star of the Reformation”and his followers. A. William TyndalB. James I C. John WycliffeD. Bishop Lancelot Andrews 3. The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatibl

13、e with the interests of the English merchants. A. Henry V.B. Henry VII C. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth 4. 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. France C.

14、 America D. Norway 5. Those, both traders and pirates like , established the first English colonies. A. Francis Drake B. Lancelot Andrews C. William Caxton D. William Tyndal 6. was a forerunner of classicism in English literature. A. Ben Johnson B. William Shakespeare C. Thomas More D. Christopher M

15、arlowe 7. The most gifted of the“ university wits” was . A. Lyly B. Peele C. Greene D. Marlowe 8. Morality plays appeared after. A. miracle plays B. mystery plays C. interlude D. Classical plays 9. is used to say and do good things. A. Mercy B. Folly C. Vice D. Peace 10. is one of the forerunners of

16、 modern socialist thought. A. Phillip Sidney B. Edmund Spenser C. Thomas More D. Walter Raleigh 11. is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance. A. Thomas North B. Thomas Wyatt C. George Chapman D. John Florio 12. had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar. A. Lives of Gr

17、eek and Roan Heroes 希腊罗马名人传 B. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets C. Don Quixote D. History of the World 13. was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty to understand that the rich were becoming richer by robbing the poor. A. John Wycliffe B. William Caxton C. Geoffrey Chaucer D

18、. Thomas More 14. Utopia was written in the form of . A. prose B. drama C. essay D. dialogue 15. One of the popular morality plays was . A. The Shepherds B. Everyman a” romances” C. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurton sNeedle 16. Shakespeare s plays written between are sometimes called all end i

19、n reconciliation and reunion. A. 1590 and 1594 B. 1595 and 1600 C. 1601 and 1607 D. 1608 and 1612 17. Miranda is a heroinein Shakespeare s . A. Pericles B. Cymbeline C. The Winter s TaleD. The Tempest 18. InappearedShakespeares Sonne, Never before Imprinted （莎士比亚十 四行诗 “迄今从未刊印过 ”）which contains 154 s

20、onnets. A. 1606 B. 1607 C. 1608 1609 19. Shakespeare is one of the founders of . A. romanticismB. realism C. naturalism D. classicism 20. Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with the . A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet 21. In the plays, Shakespeare u

21、sed about words. A. 15000B. 16000 C. 17000 D. 18000 22. has been called the summit of the English Renaissance. A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis Bacon C. W. ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson Key to the multiple choices: 1-5 BCDAA 6-10 DDCBA 11-15 BDADA 16-22 ACBADDB IV . Say true or false. 1. The old English

22、aristocracy having been exterminated (wiped out) in the course of the War of the Roses, a new nobility, totally dependent on Kingspower, come to the fore. 2. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 3. The progress of bourgeois economy made England a power

23、ful state and enabled her in 1588 to inflict a defeat on the Spanish Invincible Armada. 4. The Protestant Reformation was in essencea religious movement in a political guise. 5. Before the Reformation, the English Bible was universally used by the Catholic churches. 6. Walter Raleigh wrote his Histo

24、ry of the World in imprisonment. 7. More the man is even more interesting than Morethe writer. 8. Utopia, Book One, describes an ideal communist society. 9. Translations occupied an important place in the English Renaissance. 10. Philip Sidneys collection of love sonneAtstriosphel and Stella. 11. Th

25、e Miracle plays were not forbidden to perform in churches after the actors introduced secular and even comical elements into the performance. 12. The writer of Gammer GurtonsNeedleis unknown. 13. Two lawyers who wrote Gorboduc were Thomas Sackville (托马斯 萨克维尔) and Thomas Norton (托马斯 诺顿). 14. Shakespe

26、aresosnnets are divided into three groups: Numbers 1 17, Numbers 1 8 1 26, and Numbers 127154. 15. Shakespeare s sonnets are written for variety of virtues. 16. Engels said,“Realism implie,sbesides truth in detail, the truthful reproduction of typical characters un der typical circumsta nces.” 17. S

27、hakespeare wrote about his own people and for his own time. 18. Shakespeare s one play contains one them(ceo. ntains more than one theme) 19. To reproduce the real life, Shakespeareoften combines the majestic with the funny, the poetic with the prosaic散文体的)and tragic with the comic. 20. Engels calle

28、d Shakespeare s plays the“ShakespeO活泼nV快活ityand wealth of (大量的) action ”. 21. Utopia is Mores masterpiece,written in the form of letters between More and Hythloday, a voyage. 22. Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist. 23. Carl Marx commented highly on Mores Utopia and mentioned it

29、in his great work, The Capital. 24. The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its poetry. 25. The miracle plays were simple plays based on Bible stories, such as the creation of the world, Noah and the flood, and the birth of Christ. 26. Grammer GurtonsNeedleis the first Englis

30、h comedy, Gorboduc the first English tragedy. 27. Both the gentlemen and the common people went to the theatres. But the upper class was the dominant force in Elizabethan theatre. 28. After Shakespeares death, Herminge and Condell collected and published his plays in 1623. 29. From Shakespeares hist

31、ory plays, it can be seen that Shakespearetook a great interest in the political questions of his time. 30. In Shakespeareshistorical plays, historical accuracy is not strictly regarded. 31. King Lear is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national hero to degenerate into a blood

32、y murder and despot right to his doom. 32. Coming from an old Danish legend, Othello is considered the summit of Shakespeares art. 33. Shakespeare is one of the founders of romanticism in world literature. 34. Generally speaking, after Shakespeare,the English drama was undergoing a process of prospe

33、rity. 35. English Renaissance Period was an age of poetry and drama, and was an age of prose. 36. There are two main characters inAs You Like I:t Orlando and Rosalind. 37. Ben Johnsons comedies are “comedies of humors”and every character in his comedies personifies a definite“humor”. 38. In Ben John

34、sonslater years he became the“literaryking”of his time. Key to the True/False statements: 1. T 7. F (Sidney) 2. T 8. T 3. T 9. T 4. F. (a political movement in a 10. T religious guise) 11. T 5. F. (the Latin Bible) 12. T 6. T 13. F ( Book Two) 14.T Nativity B. Comus 15.T C. Of Reformation in England

35、 16.T D. Areopagitica 17.T 3. poems can be divided into two 18.F categories: the youthful love lyrics 19.T and the later sacred verses. 20.T A. John Milton B. John 21.F (a conversation) Bunyan C. John DonneD. 22.F (poet and critic of poetry) John Dryden 23.F 4. expressedDonne sown way 24. F(darma) o

36、f describing love. 25.T A. Holy Sonnets B. 26.T Witchcraft by a Picture 27.T C. The Sun Rising D. Death, 28.T Be Not Proud 29.T 5. George Herbert _s is a 30.T well-known shaped poem. 31.F (Macbeth) A. The AltarB. To His 32.F (Hamlet) Coy Mistress 33.F (realism) C. To DaffodilsD. Gather 34. F(decline

37、) Ye Rose Buds While Ye May 35.F (not an age of prose) 6. is the leading figure of 36.T Metaphysical poetry. 37.F (ordinary people were) A. John DonneB. George 38.T Herbert C. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan Part Three The Period of the 7. Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet? English Bou

38、rgeois Revolution A. Richard Crashaw B. Henry Vaughan C. Andrew Marvell D. Robert Burton I. Choose the right answer. 8. is a prose poem on death and 1. The rhyme scheme of Milton s immortality. L Allkegro and Il Penseroso is A. The Anatomy of Melancholy B. Religio Mecici A. aabbccbbc B. abbacdccd C.

39、 Holy Dying C. abacdeec D. ababcdcdd D. Urn-Burial 2. , as a declaration of people 9. sIzaak Walton _s_ is a delightful freedom of the press, has been a description of the English weapon in the later democratic countryside and the simple and revolutionary struggles. kind people. A. On the Morning of

40、 Christ s A. The Compleat Angler B. Holy Living C. To His Coy MistressD. To Daffadils 10. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry? A. John SucklingB. Richard Lovelace C. Robert HerrickD. John Dryden 11. was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19th century. A

41、. John DrydenB. Richard Steele C. Joseph AddisonD. Alexander Pope Key to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAAD Say true or false. 1. The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17th century were over land ownership. 2. After the victory of the English Revolution, the movement of the Diggers b

42、roke out. The leader of this revolt is Wat Tyler. 3. With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became the Protector of the English Commonwealth. 4. The spirit of unity and the feeling of patriotism ended with the reign of James I, and England was then convulsed (shook, quivere

43、d) with the conflict between the two antagonistic camps, the Royalists and the Puritans. 5. In 1644, James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of the country. 1. F (ownership: monopolies) 6. English literature of the 17 th century witnessed a flourish on the whole. 7. The Revolut

44、ion Period produced one of the most important poets in English literature, William Shakespeare. 8. The Revolution Period is also called Age of Milton because it produced a great poet whole name is William Milton. 9. The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama. 10. Among the En

45、glish poets during the Revolution Period, John Donne was the greatest one. 11. John Milton towers over his age as Byron towers over the Elizabethan Age, and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval Period. 12.On his first wife sdeath, Milton wrote his only love poem, a sonnet, on His Deceased Wife. 13. T

46、he greatest epic produced by Milton, Paradise Lose, is written in heroic couplets. 14. The poem of Samson Agonistes was “ to justify the ways of God to man i. e. to advocate submission to the Almighty. 15.It has been noticed by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by his angels who neve

47、r think of expressing any opinions of their own, resembles the court of an absolute monarch. 16. Izaak Walton s The Compleat Angler becomes a “ Piscatorial classic 17. Thomas Browne s Religia Medici is a collection of opinions on a vast number of subjects more or less connected with religion. Key to

48、 True/False statements: 2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley) 3. F (Charles II: Oliver Cromwell) 4. F (Donne: Milton) 5. F (James I: Charles I) 6. F (flourish: decline) 7. T (William Shakespeare) 8. F (William: John) 9. F (drama: poetry) 10. F (James I: Elizabeth I) 11. F (Byron: Shakespeare) 12. F (f

49、irst: second) 13. F (heroic couplets: blank verse) 14. F (Satan: God) A 1. ()Tome Jones 2. ( ) The Vicar of Wakefield 3. ()Robinson Crusoe 4. ()Gulliver s Travels 5. ()Pamela 6. ()The School for Scandal The key:(1 c,2 e,3a, 4b, 5d, 6f ) n . Choose the right answer. 1. In 1701, Steele published a pam

50、phlet, , in which he first displayed his moralizing spirit. A. The FuneralB. The Lying Lover C. The Christian Hero D. The Tender Husband 2. Which is the most popular newspaper published by Steele? A. The Tatler B. The Spectator C. The Theatre D. The English 3. is Addisonsgreat tragedy. A. A Letter f

51、rom ItalyB. Rosamond C. The CampaignD. Cato 4. Which of the following is not the hero in The Spectator? A. Isaac BickerstaffB. Mr. Roger C. Captain SentryD. 15. F (Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost) 16. T 17. T Part Four The English Century I . Match the works and the characters. (3 points) B a. Frida

52、y b. King of Brodingnag c. Sophia d. Mr. B e. William Thornhill f. Charles Surface Andrew Freeport 5. were looked upon as the model of English composition by th British authors all through the 18th century. A. Jeremy Taylors Holy Living B. Thomas Brownes Religio Meidic C. SamuelPepyssdiaries D. Addi

53、sonsSpectator essays 6. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is . A. Steele B. Addison C. Pope D. Dryden 7. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is A. Essay on Criticism B. The Rape of the Lock C. Essay on Man D. The Dunciad 8. Essay on Man is a poem in heroic couplets. A. didact

54、icB. satirical C philosophical D. dramatic 9. was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century. A. The Enclosure Movement B. The Industrial Revolution C. The Religious Reform D. The Enlightenment 10. The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the readers. A.

55、aristocratic B. middle class C. low class D. intellectual 11. is a great classicist but his satire is not always just. A. Steele B. Milton C. Addison D. Pope 1 12. The main literary stream of the 18 th century was . What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities. A. romantici

56、sm B. classicism C. realism D. sentimentalism 13. The 18th century was the golden age of the English _. The novel of this period spoke the truth about life with an uncompromising (unbending) courage. A. drama B. poetry C. essay D. novel 14. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, and _

57、, which made him well-known as a satirist. A. A Tale of Tub B. Bickerstaff Almanac C. Gullive r s Travels D. The Battle of the Books 15. In a series of pamphlets Jonathan Swift denounced the cruel and unjust treatment of Ireland by the English government. One of the most famous is . A. Essays on Cri

58、ticism B. A Modest Proposal C. Gulliver s TravelsD. The Battle of the Books 16. “ Properwords in proper places, makes the true definition of a style. This sentenceis said by , one of the greatest masters of English prose. A. Alexander Pope B. Henry Fielding C. Jonathan SwiftD. Daniel Defoe 17. sbest

59、-known pamphlet was The Trueborn EnglishmanA Satire, which contained a caustic exposure of the aristocracy and the tyranny of the church. A. Alexander Pope B. Henry Fielding C. Jonathan SwiftD. Daniel Defoe 18. Henry Fielding fisrst novel was written in connection with Pamela of Samuel Richardson. B

60、ut after the first 10 chapters, Henry Fielding became so interested and absorbed in his own hovel as to forget his original plan of ridiculing Pamela. A. Tom Jones B. Joseph Andrews C. Jonathan Wild D. Amelia 19. the first important work by Tobias Smollett, is based on his own experience as a naval