英国文学练习进步题及其规范标准答案

I.ThenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxonsis.

ARobinHood BSirGawainandtheGreenKnight

CTheCanterburyTalesDBeowulf

.wasthemostoutstandingsingleromanceontheArthurianlegendwritteninalliterativeverse.

ATheCanterburyTales BPiersthePlowman

CSirGawainandtheGreenKnightDBeowulf

.wasfamousforTheCanterburyTales.

AGeoffreyChaucer BJohnMilton

CWilliamShakespeare DFrancisBacon

.Mostoftheballadsofthe15thcenturyfocusedonthelegendaboutasaheroic

figure.

AGreenNights BGawain

CRobinHood DHamlet

5.Inthe16thcentury,ThomasMore’sworkbecameimmediatelypopularafterits

publication.

AParadiseLostBAPleasantSatireoftheThreeEstates

COfStudies DUtopia

.wasEdmundSpencer’smasterpiecewhichhasbeenregardedasoneofthegreatpoemsintheEnglishlanguage.

AAmoretti BTheShepherd’sCalendar

CTheFaerieQueeneDFourHymns

.isfromShakespeare'ssonnetNo.18.

A“Letmenottothemarriageoftrueminds”

B“Tobeornottobe:thatisthequestion”

C“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday”

D“NolongermournformewhenIamdead”

the“fatherofEnglishpoetryandoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden

.ThefourgreattragedieswrittenbyShakespeareareHamlet,Macbeth,Othelloand

.

A.AntonyandCleopatraB.JuliusCaesar

CTwelfthNight DKingLear

.WhichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtoShakespeare'sromanticlovecomedies?

ATwelfthNight BTheTempest

CAsYouLikeItDTheMerchantofVenice

DCACDCCADB

Allofthefollowingarethemosteminentdramatists

intheRenaissanceEnglandexcept.

!-

a.WilliamShakespeare

b.BenJonson

c.ChristopherMarlowe

d.FrancisBacon

2.TheEnglishRenaissanceperiodwasanageof

a.poetryanddrama

b.dramaandnovel

c.novelandpoetry

d.romanceandpoetry

3.ParadiseLostisthemasterpieceof

a.WilliamShakespeare

b.RobertBurns

c.JohnMilton d.WilliamBlake

4.WhichofthefollowingplayswrittenbyShakespeareishistoryplay?

a.AMidsummerNight'sDream

b.TheMerryWivesofWindsor

c.HenryIV d.KingLear

5.ThefirstofficialversionofBibleknownastheGreatBiblewasrevisedin

16thcentury

17thcentury

c.18thcentury d.19thcentury

FrancisBacon'sEssaysfirstpublishedin1597hasbeenconsideredasanimportantlandmarkinthedevelopmentofEnglish,andasthefirstcollectionofessaysintheEnglishlanguage.

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DanielDefoewasfamousforhisnovelwhichfirstestablishedhisreputation.

Gulliver'sTravels

TheAdventureofRobinsonCrusoe

ThePilgrim'sProgress

OliverTwist

Thefamouspoem“ARedRedRose”waswrittenby

WilliamWordsworth

GeorgeByron

RobertBurns

WilliamBlake

MaryShelley'sncvelFrankensteinbelongstothetypeofwhichisoftensetingloomycastleswhere

horrifying,supernaturaleventstakeplace.

a.Gothic

b.Realism

c.Romanticismd.Classicism

10.ThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedby,“themorningstaroftheReformation”andhisfollowers.

A.WilliamLanglandB.JamesI

C.JohnWycliffe

D.BishopLancelotAndrews

DACCBDBCAC

TheliteratureoftheAnglo-Saxonperiodfallsnaturally

intotwodivisions,andChristian.

a.Pagan b.Roman

c.Frenchd.Danish

“PoetryisSpontaneous”wasputforwardby

RobertBurns b.WilliamBlake

WilliamWordsworth

CharlesLamb

WhichofthefollowingwritingscanberegardedastypicalbelongingtotheschoolofRomanticliterature?

a.DonJuan

b.Ulysses

JaneEyre

SonsandLovers

isthefirstimportantEnglishessayistandthefounderofmodernscienceinEngland.

FrancisBacon

EdmundSpenser

ThomasMore d.Sidney

WhatisflourishedinElizabethanagemorethananyotherformofliterature?

a.novel b.drama

c.essay d.poetry

Thepublicationofmarkedthebeginningofthe

RomanticAge.

DonJuan

TheRimeoftheAncientMariner

TheLyricalBallads

OdetotheWestWind

WhichofthefollowingdidnotbelongtoRomanticism?

JohnKeats

PercyShelleyc.WilliamWordsworthd.AlfredTennyson

Frankensteinwasfilmedmanytimes.Whowrotethebook?

EdgarAllanPoe

JamesJoyce

MaryShelley

WalterScott

Inthemid-18thcentury,anewliterarymovementcalledcametoEuropeandthentoEngland.

a.Romanticismb.Classicism

c.Realism d.Restoration

WhichofthefollowingpoemwasnotwrittenbyJohnKeats?

OdetotheWestWind

OdetoAutumn

OdeonaGrecianUrn

OdetoaNightingale

ACAABCDCAA

WilliamShakespeareisoneofthegiantsof

Romanticism

CriticalRealism

c.Aestheticism

d.theRenaissance

2.isthefirstimportantreligiouspoetinEnglishliterature.

a.JohnDonneb.GeorgeHerbert

c.Caedmond.Milton

3.wasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.

a.ThomasWyattb.WilliamShakespeare

c.PhilipSidneyd.ThomasGray

4.TheEnglishpoets,WilliamWordsworth,andRobertSouthey,wereknownas

“LakePoets”becausetheylivedintheLakeDistrictNorthwesternEnglandatthebeginningofthe19thcentury.

a.GeorgeByronb.JohnKeats

c.PercyShelleyd.SamuelColeridge

5.Themostgiftedofthe“UniversityWits"was.

A.JohnLily B.ThomasKyd

ThomasGreene

ChristopherMarlowe

6.isoneoftheforerunnersofmodernsocialistthought.

A.PhillipSidney

B.EdmundSpenser

C.ThomasMore

D.ChristopherMarlowe

7.Moralityplaysappearedafter.

A.miracleplays

B.mysteryplays

C.interlude

D.Classicalplays

8.WhichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasoneofcharacteristicsofRenaissance?

a.Exaltationofman'spursuitofhappiness inthis

life.

Cultivationofthegenuineflavorofancientculture.

Toleranceofhumanweaknesses.

Praiseofman,seffortsinhavinghissouldelivered.

9.ThemostintellectualmovementoftheRenaissancewas.

A.theReformation

B.Humanism

C.theItalianrevival

D.Geographicalexploration

10.WhatistherelationshipbetweenClaudiusandHamlet?

A.CousinsB.Uncleandnephew

C.Father-in-lawD.Fatherandson

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1.WhichofthefollowingisatypicalfeatureofSwift'swritings?

A.Greatwit. B.Bittersatire.

C.Richmythicallusions.

D.Complicatedsentencestructures.

2.istheleadingfigureofMetaphysicalpoetry.

A.JohnDonne B.GeorgeHerbert

C.AndreMarvell D.HenryVaughan

3.ThewasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.

A.RomanticismB. Humanism

C.Enlightenment D.Sentimentalism

4.Whowasthegreatestdramatistinthe 18thcentury?

A.OliverGoldsmith

B.RichardSheridan

C.LaurenceSterne

D.HenryFielding

5.Inwhichofthefollowingworkscanyoufindthepropernames“Lilliput”,"Brobdingnag”,"Houyhnhnm"and"Yahoo”?

A.ThePilgrim/sProgress

B.TheFaerieQueene

C.Gulliver'sTravels

D.TheSchoolforScandal

6.poemscanbedividedintotwocategories:theyouthfullovelyricsandthelatersacredverses.

A.JohnMiltonB.JohnBunyan

C.Jo