专八英美文学习题

1、专八英美文学习题I. Multiple choicesA 1 .In 1066, _, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.A. W川iam the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar C. Alfred the Great D. ClaudiusD 2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is .A. Langland B. Wycliffe C. Gower D. ChaucerC 3. The prev

2、ailing form of Medieval English literature is .A. novel B. drama C. romance D. EssayC 4. was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.A. Langland B. Gower C. Wycliffe D. ChaucerA 5. , the father of English poetry ” and one of the greatest narrative poets of E

3、nglan was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John DrydenA 6. was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.a. Thomas Wyatt b. William Shakespearec. Phillip Sidney d. Thomas CampionA 7. The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular dev

4、elopment of English Drama. It was who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.a. Christopher Marlowe b. Thomas Loge c. Edmund Spenser d. Thomas MoreB 8. At the beginning the 16th century the outstanding humanist wrote hislltopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture

5、of the people' s suffering and put forward hideal of a future happy society.a. Christopher Marlowe b. Thomas More c. Phillip Sidney d. Edmund SpencerB 9. Renaissance Period was an age of .a. prose and novel b. poetry and dramac. essays and journals d. ballads and songsA 10." Shall I compare

6、 thee to a summer 's day? ” This line is taken from one of Shakespeare ' s .a. Sonnet 18b. the tragedyKing Learc. a long poemVenus and Adonis d. the comedyAs You Like ItD 11. From the following choose the one that is not by Francis Bacon.a. The Advancement of Learning b. The New Instrumentc.

7、 Of Studiesd. The rape of the LockA 12. Elizabethan poetry is remarkable. England then became" a nest of singing birdsfamous poet of that period was.a. Edmund Spenser b. Thomas Kydc. Earl of Surryd. Thomas MoreA 13. Which play is not a comedy?a. The Jew of Maltab.Every One in His Humorc.A Midsu

8、mmer Night's Dreamd. Much Ado about NothingD 14. The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus is one of ' s best plays.a. Shakespeareb. Thomas Kydc. Ben Jonsond. Christopher MarloweD 15. The name "the father of English poetry“ was given to the greatest poet born inLondon about 1340 and the one

9、who did much in making the dialect of London (Midla nd dialect the language of the court, the learned and the well-to do) the foundation for modern En glish Ian guage. a. Shakespeare b. Spen sere. C. Philip Sidneyd. ChaucerA 16. The basic note of Chaucer1 s style is.a. the fusion of humor and genial

10、 satire b. the fusion of irony with sarcasmc. the fusion of humor with epigrams d. the fusion of humor with ironyD 17. was the first buried in the Poet' s Corner of WbAtminster Aba. Southy b. Fran cis Bacon c. Shakespeare d. ChaucerA 18. Macbeth by Shakespeare is a.a. tragedy b. comedy c. tragic

11、omedyd. historical play19. “ To be, or not to be: that is the questi on:Whether is nobler in the mi nd to sufferThe sli ngs and arrows of outrageous fortuneOr to take arms aga inst a sea of trouble,D And by opposing end them. " are the famous lines in Hamlet which expresses the Hamlef s charact

12、er.a. resolute b. resolute and hesita nt c. stubb on d. in decisive and hesita nt D 20. Protesta nts refers to all the religious sects except.a.Church of En gla nd b. Purita nism c.Calvi nismd. CatholicismB 21. Though Beowulf was in troduced by An gles, the eve nts and are Scandin avia n.a.belief b.

13、 characters c. idead. GodA 22. In 1066,led the Norman army to i nvade and defeat En gla nd.a. William the conq uerorb. Julius Caesarc. Alfred the Greatd. ClaudiusC 23. Of many con temporaries and successors of Shakespeare, the most imports nt and well known was who became the Poet Laureate in 1616.a

14、. Joh n Dryde nb. Samuel Joh nsonc. Ben Jonsond. Robert SouthyA 24. The mai n literary form of seve ntee nth cen tury was poetry. Among the poets, was the greatest.a. Milt on b. Bunyan c. the Metaphysical poetsd. the Cavalier poets 25. Choose the poetswho bel ong to the Cavalier group.a. Sir Joh n S

15、uckli ngb. Richard Lovelacec. Thomas Carewd. George Herbert26.The title of"Poet' s poet "is given to the writer of the following worka. Death Be Not Proud c. b.Venus and Adonis Romeo and Julietd. The Faerie Quee nA 27. The Mercha nt of Veni cebel ongs to Shakespearia n plays ofa. comed

16、yb. seque nee of sonn etsc. tragedyd. historical playC 28.Chaucer was the first importa nt poet of a royal court to write in after theNorma n conq uest.a. French b. Lati n c.En glishd. CeltA 29." He was not of an age, but for all the time" ,"He" here refers toa. Shakespeare b. Ch

17、aucerc. C.Joh n Milt ond. Ben JonsonC 30. The father of the school of Metaphysical poets is.a.Thomas More b. Spe nser c.Joh n Donne d. WyattD 31.The most imports nt prose writer of Elizabetha n Age was, who was also the foun der of the En glish materialistic philosophy.a. Thomas More b. Spenser c. J

18、ohn Donne d. Francis BaconA 32. The culmination of all Renaissanee translation is.a. Ki ng James Bible b.New In strume ntc. Of Study d. The Reas on of Church Gover nmentA 33. Donne's poetry is full of metaphors, original images, wit and, except ingenuity, dexterous use of colloquial speech, con

19、siderable flexibility of rhythm and meter, complex themes and caustic humor.a.c on ceitsb. Petrarche n imagesc.rhetorics d. brevityB 34. The Cavaliers mostly dealt in short songs on the flitting joys of the day, but undern eath their lighthearted ness lies some forebod ing of to enjoy the prese nt d

20、ay.This is typical of pessimism and cyn icism.a. philosophical thought b. impe nding doomc. in tellectual idead. expect ing happ in ess.C 35. Paradise Rega in eda nd Sams on Agoni steswere the poems writte n by.a. Milt onb. William Shakespearec. Ben Jonsond. MarloweC 36. In Paradise Lost the author

21、eulogizes the spirit of that is though lost, but thecannot be conq uered, and the pursuit of reve nge, immortal hate towards god will n ever beovercome.a. pessimism, kno wledge b. optimism, idealc. rebelli on, willd. cyni cism, con ceptB 37. Blank verse was first used by as the principle instrument

22、of English drama.a. the Earl of Surryb. Christopher Marlowec. Samuel Joh nsond. ShakespeareC 38.The theme of the sonn eDeath Be Not Proud is that.a. death is predesti nedb. death is the most dreadful thingc. death you are nothing to be feared d. death is gen tie towards meC 39. has been called the s

23、ummit of the English Renaissanee.A. Christopher Marlow B. Fran cis Baco nC. W. Shakespeare D. Ben Joh nsonB 40. Shakespeare is one of the foun ders of.A. roma nticism B. realism C. n aturalism D. classicismA 41 .Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with theA. dramati

24、c bla nk verse B. song C. sonnet D. coupletA 42. is one of the forerunners of moder n socialist thought.A. Phillip Sidney B. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas More D. Walter RaleighD 43. was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.A. Ben Johnson B. William ShakespeareC. Thomas More D. Christopher Mar

25、loweD 44.The most gifted of the “ university wits " was.A. Lyly B. Peele C. Greene D. MarloweD 45.was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19thcentury.A. John Dryden B. Richard Steele C. Joseph Addison D. Alexander PopeB 46. is the first philosopher of industrial

26、science.A. Christopher Marlow B. Francis Bacon C. W. Shakespeare D. Ben Johnson A 48. has six knights representing 6 virtues: holines,sTemperance, Chastity, Friendship, Justice and Courtesy.a. The Faerie Queen b. The Pilgrim's Progress c. Paradise Lost D. EssaysII. Literary terms1. Blank verseUn

27、rhymed iambic pentameter. See also Meter. In Gorboduc (1561), Thomas Sackv川e and Thomas Norton introduced blank verse into the drama, whence it soared with Marlowe and Shakespeare in the 1590s. Milton forged it anew for the epic in Paradise Lost (1667).2. EpicA long narrative poem, typically a recou

28、nting of history or legend or of the deeds of a national hero and of reflecting the values of the society from which it originated. Many epics were drawn from an oral tradition and were transmitted by song and recitation before they were written down. Later on this literary genre was written down by

29、 the poets, such as Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained. Two of the greatest epics are Homer Iliad and'Osdyssey. While in British literary history, the national epic is Beowulf.3. Metaphysical PoetryThe poetry of John Donne and other seventeenth-century poets who wrote in a similar style. Metaphysi

30、cal poetry is characterized by verbal wit and excess, ingenious structure, irregular meter, colloquial language, elaborate imagery, and a drawing together of dissimilar ideas.4. SentimentalismSentimentalism originated in the 18th century, and was a direct reaction against the cold, hard commercialis

31、m and rationalism that had dominated people ' s life since the last decades of the 17th century. Besides, it seemed to have appeared hand in hand with the rise of realistic English novel. Sentimentalism often relates to sentimentality and sensibility in some literary works such as Richardson 

32、9; s Pamela; Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield; Sterne's ASentimental Journey through France and Italy. In Poetry, we have Thomas Gray' s "AWritten in a Country Churchyard ”, Goldsmith !s " The Deserted Village and Cowper “Task” , not meontithe various odes of sensibility whic

33、h flourished in the later half of the century.5. HumanismHumanism refers to the main literary trend and is the keynote of English Renaissance. Humanists took interest in human life and human activities and gave expression to the new feeling of admiration for human beauty, human achievement.6. Purita

34、nismThe term is used in a narrow sense of religious practice and attitudes, and in a broad sense of an ethical outlook, which is much less easy to define.1) . In its strict sense, Puritan ” was applied to those Protestant reformers who rejected Queen Elizabeth 's religious settlement of 1560. Th

35、is settlement sought a middle way between Roman Catholicism and the extreme spirit of reform of Geneva. The Puritans, influenced by Geneva, Zurich, and other continental centers, objected to the retention of bishops and to any appearance of what they regarded as superstition in church worship-the wearing of vestments by the priests, and any kind of religious image. Apart from their united opposition to Roman Catholicism and their insistence on simplicity in relig