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1、精品文档精品文档Exercise for English Literature (2) Choose the best answer for each blank.1.” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inA. C. 2.A. C. 3.A.C.4.A.C.5.A. C. 6.A.C.7.A.C.8.A. C. E.9. A.C., the “ father of English poetryLondon about 1340.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir Gawa inFran cis

2、 Bac onD. Joh n Dryde nChaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in.Fla ndersB. FranceItalyD. Westmi nster AbbeyThe progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. exploratio n and travel, which were compatible with the in terest of the En glish mercha nts. Henry

3、 VB. Henry VIIHenry VIIID. Queen ElizabethExcept being a victory of En gla nd over, the rout of the fleettriumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the decli ning old feudalism.SpainB. FranceAmericaD. NorwayAt the beg inning of the 16th cen tury the outsta nding huma nistwrote his Utopia in which

4、he gave aprofo und and truthful picture of the peopleand putsoffeanghis ideal of a future happy society.Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweFran cis Bac onD. William ShakespearAbsolute mon archy in En gla nd reached its summit duri ng the reig n of Quee nMaryB. ElizabethWilliamD. VictoriaEn glish Ren aissa

5、nee Period was an age se and novelB. poetry anddramaessays and journ alsD. ballads and songsFrom the follow ing, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon The Adva nceme nt of Lear ningB. The New In strume ntEssaysD. The New Atla nticsVenus and Adonis“ Shall I compare thee to a summer s day? ”

6、 This is the beginning line of one of ShakespearesongsB. playscomediesD. sonn etsen couraged“ /Wasadao the nvin cible)s work:10. The heroines of Shakespeare great comedies, are the daughters of the Renaissanee, whoseimages and stories will remai n a legacy to readers and audie nces of all time.A. Po

7、rtiaB. RoselandC. ViolaD. Beatrice11. Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following.A. HamletB. OthelloC. MacbethD. King LearE. Tim on of Athe ns12. Which play is not a comedy?B. The Mercha nt of VeniceD. Romeo and JulietA. A Midsummer Night s DreamC. Twelfth Night E. As You Like

8、 It” .In which play dosarohajlrimarise his observation of his world into such a bitter13. “ Denmark is a prisonB. OthelloD. Hamlet and the Authorised Versio n of the En glish Bible are the two great treasuries of thesentence?A. Charles IC. Henry VIII14. The works ofEn glish Ian guage.A. Geoffrey Cha

9、ucerB. Edmund SpenserC. William ShakespeareD. Ben JohnsonWha15. In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence:wok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16. In 1649,was beheaded. En

10、gla nd became a com mon wealth.A. James IB. James IIC. Charles ID. Charles II17. The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things:.A. the supremacy of ParliamentB. the beg inning of moder n En gla ndC. the triumph of the principal libertyD. the triumph of the principle of political liberty

11、E. the Restoration of monarchy18. Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets?A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. John Milt onD. Richard Lovelace19. Which work was NOT writte n by Joh n Milt on?A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Sams on Ago ni stesD. Volp one20. Paradise Lost is.A. J

12、oh n Milt on s masterpieceB. a great epic in 12 booksC. written in blank verseD. about the heroic revolt of Satan against God s authority21. John Milton is.A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB. an outstanding political pamphleteerC. a great stylistD. a great master of blank verse22. Fr

13、om the Old Testame nt, Joh n Milt on took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e.A. the creationB. the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC. their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD. the creation of the death and of adam and EveE. the falle n an gels in hell plott ing aga inst GodF. Satan s

14、 temptation of EveG. the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23. The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, andis often regarded as the real hero ofthe poem.A. GodB. Sata nC. AdamD. Eve24. Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry?A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. An

15、drew MarvellD. He nry Vaugham25. was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. The RenaissaneeB. The EnlightenmentC. The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26. The main literary stream of the 18th century was. What the writers described in their w

16、orks weremai nly social realities.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. classicismD. realismE. sen time ntalism27. The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English. The novel of this period spoke the truthabout life with an un compromis ing courage.A. dramaB. poetryC. essayD. novel28. In 1704, Jonat

17、han Swift published two works together, and, which made him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC. Gulliver s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29. “ Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by _of the greatest masters of En gl

18、ish prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30. As a journalist, had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumsta ntial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an ini mitable gift.A. Joseph Addi

19、s onB. Daniel DefoeC. Samuel RicharsonD. Tobias Smollett31. Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake?A. Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC. Songs of ExperieneeD. Auld Lang SyneE. The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG. Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Proph

20、ecy32. In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33. The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written byA. William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Sam

21、uel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34. The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer.A. Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel

22、Taylor ColeridgeC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE. John Keats36. The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are.A. George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Walter Scott and Jane AustenD. Charles Lamb and William Haz

23、litt37. Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group?A. George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE. John Milt on38. Which poets belong to the Lakers?A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE. Walter Scott39. Which of the foll

24、oeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY?A. To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC. Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40. The publication ofmarked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the begi nning of the Roma ntic

25、 revival in En gla nd.A. The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC. Childe Harold s PilgrimageD. Don Juan41. As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, based his own poetical principle on the premise that “ allgood po

26、etry is thespontaneous overflow of powerf ul feeling.”A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42. was the first critic of the Romantic School.A. William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43. Which of the

27、following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron?A. Byron s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him“ you lame brat. ”B. Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progres

28、sive people throughout the world.C. The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron s genius and his role in the deEn glish literature, but Byron rema ins one of the most popular En glish poets both at home and abroad.D. Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron

29、s poems have been translated into Chinese ancwell received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-k nown En glish poets inour coun try.44. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled.A. Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC. Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrica

30、l Ballads45. is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onn ature, on love, and on politics.A. William WordsworthB. John KeatsC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley

31、?A. Prometheus Unbound is Percy By sshe Shelley s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B. At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as“ Mad Shelley ” , for his obst in ate oppositi on to the brutal faggi ngsystem, accord ing to which the youn ger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a grea

32、t dealof cruel treatme nt.C. George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley“ the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D. Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47. pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspiration after a better life than the sordid re

33、alityunder capitalism. His leading principle is:“ Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”A. Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC. William WordsworthD. John Keats48. Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats.A. Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC. To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE. Ode

34、 on a Grecian Urn49. Choose the works written by Jane Austen.A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. Northanger AbbeyC. EmmaE. Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend calledappeared. And it flourished in theforties and in the early fifties

35、.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. critical realism51. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of. The critical realists, most ofwho were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticised the capitalist syste

36、m from a democratic viewpoi nt.A. novelB. dramaC. poetryD. essay52. The greatest English critical realist novelist was, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the com mon people.A. William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles Dicke nsC. Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53. Which of

37、 the following writers belong to critical realists?A. Charles Dicke nsB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardy“ 1-1 ”Boz54. wrote a number of little sketches of“ cockney characters” . Hewhctewthehisnickn ame for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A. Elizabet

38、h GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC. Charles Dicke nsD. Jane Auste n55. has been called“ the supreme epic of English life.”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56. The theme underlyingis the idea“ Where there is oppression, there is revolutionA. A Tale of Two Cit

39、iesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57. In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the ageB. Robert Brow ning D. Robert BurnswereA. Alfred Tennyson C. Mrs. Browning E. William Blake58. TheMovement appeared in the thirties of t

40、he 19th century. It showed the English workers wereable to appear as an in depe ndent political force and were already realis ing the fact that the in dustrial bourgeoisie was their prin cipal en emy.A. EnlightenmentB. RenaissaneeC. ChartistD. Romanticist59. Which novel is a great satire upon the so

41、ciety and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality?A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Great ExpectationD. Dombey and Son60. Charles Dicke ns takes the French Revoluti on as the backgro und of the novel.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC.

42、 Hard TimesD. David Copperfield61. is ofte n regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dicke ns in which the early life of thehero is largely based on the author s early life.A. Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62. The Bronte sisters are. They were all talented

43、writers and all of them died young.A. Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC. Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE. Catherine63. Charlotte Bronte produced four novels:.A. ProfessorB. Jane EyreC. ShirleyD. VilletteE. Agnes Grey64. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled.A. Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC. EmmaD. A

44、gnes Grey65. Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre.A. Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC. Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66. Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights?A. HeathcliffB. CatherineC. HindleyD. CathyE. Hareton67. In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte.A. pours a great deal of h

45、er own experieneeB. criticises the bourgeois system of educationC. shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD. shows that women should have equal rights with mencen tury.68. Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of theA. 17thB. 18thD. 20thC. 19th69. Anne Bronte a

46、lso wrote two novelsand.A. ShirleyB. VilletteC. The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70. Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre?A. One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B. Another problem raised in the novel is the posi

47、tion of women in society.C. This book is Charlottel Bronte s best literary product ion.D. In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie and sympathised with the sufferi ngs of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois phila nt

48、hropy.71. Most of Robert Browning important works, including , are written in the form of dramaticmono logue.A. Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and Wome nD. dramatics Pers onae72. Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of Englishat the turn of the 19th century.A. critical realismB. pre

49、-romanticismC. neo-classicismD. new romanticism73. Which statement is true?A. Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B. Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C. Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D. Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy novels.74. Accordi ng to Thomas Hardy s own classification, his novel

50、s divided themselves into three groups. They areA. Novels of character and environmentB. Romances and FantasiesC. Novels of IngenuityD. Working class literature75. Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties ofEn gla nd for their sett ing. They in

51、 clude:.A. Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC. The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D UrbervillesE. Jude the Obscure76. The following state ments are about Thomas Hardy s novels, which are true?A. His Wessex novels are of great significanee.B. The Southwest counties of England a

52、re the setting of his Wessex novels.C. There is pessimism in his novels.D. Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E. There are elements of naturalism in his works.77. Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century.In his comedies, he criticises the upperclass of the

53、En glish bourgeois society. His best comedies are.A. Lady Windermere sFanB. A Woman of No ImportaneeC. An Ideal HusbandD. The Importanee of Being EarnestE. The Picture of Dorian Gray78. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of.A. aestheticismB. decade neeC. critical realismD. pre-roma

54、nticism79. Alfred Tennys on s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems areA. The PrincessB. MaudC. In MemoriamD. Idylls of the Ki ngE. Crossing the Bar80. Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson?A. Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC. The EagleD. Sweet and

55、 LowE. Tears, Idle Tears81. Which lame nt was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam?A. In MemoriamB. LycidasC. AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82. My Last Duchess is.A. a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC. a novelD. an essay83. are gen erally regarded as Jose

56、ph Conrad s fin est no vels.A. Lord JimB. NostromoC. YouthD. The Old Wives Tale84. Who is regarded as a forerunner of the“ stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century?A. John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85. George Bernard Shaw s essay, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen s dramatic works, served also aauthor s own program of dramatic