英美文学模拟题

英美文学模拟题

IMulitplechoice（40pointsinall，1foreach）

1.whichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasoneofthecharacteristicsofRenaissance？

A.Exaltationoftheman'spursuitofhappinessinthislife.

B.Cultivationofthegenuineflavorofancientculture.

C.Toleranceofhumanfoibles

D.Praiseofman'seffortsinhavinghissouldelivered.

2.ThemostsignificantintellectualmovementoftheRenaissancewas__________.

A.theReformation

B.humanism

C.theItalianrevival

D.geographicalexplorations

3.WhatistherelationshipbetweenClaudiusandHamlet？

A.Cousins

B.Uncleandnephew.

C.Father-in-lawandson-in-law.

D.Fatherandson.

4.WhichofthefollowingplaysdoesnotbelongtoShakespeare'sgreattragedies？

A.RomeoandJuliet

B.KingLear

C.Hamlet

D.Macbeth

5.WhichstatementabouttheElizabethanageisnotture？

A.Itistheageoftranslation.

B.Itistheageofbourgeoisrevolution.

C.Itistheageofexploration.

D.Itistheageoftheprotestantreformation.

6.UnainTheFaerieQueenestandsfor_______.

A.chastity

B.holiness

C.truth

D.error

7.InHamlet'ssoliloquy，whenhesays，“Tosleep，perchancetodream：——ay，there'stherub.”Whatistheprimarilythinkingabout？

A.Thebaddreamsthathaverecentlybeentroublinghim.

B.Thefactthatifdyingislikegoingtosleep，thenperhapsafterdeathwehavebaddreams.

C.ThesinfulbehaviorofGertrude，whoseguiltydreamshewouldliketoknow.

D.Hisdesiretosleepsothathewillnothavetotakevengefulaction.

8.__________firstmadeblankversetheprincipleinstrumentofEnglishdrama.

A.Shakespeare

B.Wyatt

C.Sidney

D.Marlowe

9.“theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune”isanexampleof______.

A.allegory

B.simile

C.metaphor

D.irony

10.In“Notonthysole，butonthysoul，harshJew，/Thoumak'stthyknifekeen”，Gratiano（acharacterinTheMerchantofVenice）usesarhetoricaldevicecalled____.

A.hyperbole

B.homonym

C.paradox

D.pun

11.InTheFaerieQueeneSpenserimpressesuswithhisskillfulblendingofreligiousandhistorical________withchivalric_________.

A.symbolism……lyricism

B.allegory……romance

C.elegy……narrative

D.personification……irony

12.Milton'sparadiseLosttookitsmaterialfrom______.

A.theBible

B.Greekmyth

C.Romanmyth

D.Frenchromance

13.ChristopherMarlowewroteallthefollowingplaysexcept_______.

A.TamburlainetheGreat

B.TheJeworMalta

C.Cymbeline

D.TheTragicalHistoryofDoctorFaustus

14.WhichofthefollowingplaysbyShakespeareisNOTacomedy？

A.TheMerchantofVenice

B.AMidsummerNight'sDream

C.AsyoulikeIt

D.RomeoandJuliet

15._______isthemostcommonfootinEnglishpoetry.

A.Theiamb

B.Theanapest

C.Thetrochee

D.Thedactyl

16.“Inadreamvision，ArthurwitnessedthelovelinessofGloriana，anduponawakeningresolvestoseekher.”Thetwoliteraryfigures“Arthur”and“Gloriana”arefrom____.

A.TheFairieQueene

B.RomeoandJuliet

C.Dr.Faustus

D.ParadiseLost

17.In“Sonnet18”，WilliamShakespeare_______.

A.meditatesonman'smortality

B.eulogizesthepowerofartisticcreation

C.satirizeshumanvanity

D.presentsadreamvision

18.The18thcenturywitnessedthatinEnglandthereappearedtwopoliticalparties____，whichweresatirizedbySwiftinhis“Gulliver'sTravels.”

A.thewhigsandTories

B.theSenateandtheHouseofRepresentative

C.theupperHouseandlowerHouse

D.theHouseofLordsandtheHouseofCommons

19.__________compiledthe“theDictionaryoftheEnglishlanguage”whichbecamethefoundationofallthesubsequentEnglishdictionaries.

A.BenJohnson

B.SamuelJohnson

C.AlexanderPope

D.JohnDryden

20.Thepublicationof“___________”markedthebeginningofRomanticAge.

A.DonJuan

B.theRimeoftheAncientMariner

C.TheLyricalBallads

D.QueenMab

21.In1850，Wordsworthcompletedalongautobiographicalpoementitled“________”.

A.Biographicliteraria

B.ThePrelude

C.Lucypoems

D.TheLyricalBallads

22.WhichisShelley'smasterpiece？

A.QueenMab

B.PrometheusUnbound

C.PrometheusBound

D.TheRevoltofIsiam

23.WhichisShelley'sworkofliterarycriticism？

A.AnEssayoncriticism

B.ADefenceofPoetry

C.OntheNecessityofAtheism

D.OfStudies

24.Inthe19thcenturyEnglishliterature，anewliterarytrend_____appearedAnditflourishedinthefortiesandintheearlyfifties.

A.romantism

B.naturalism

C.realism

D.criticalrealism

25.ThegreatestEnglishcriticalrealistnovelistwas_____，whocriticizedthebourgeoiscivilizationandshowedthemiseryofthecommonpeople.

A.williamMakepeaceThackeray

B.CharlesDickens

C.charlotteBronte

D.EmilyDickinson

26.______wasacriticalrealistandalsoasevereexposerofcontemporarysociety.Hisnovels，suchas“VanityFair”，aremainlyasatiricalportrayaloftheupperstrataofsociety.

A.GeorgeEliot

B.ElizabethGaskell

C.WilliamMakepeaceThackeray

D.JohnBunyan

27.DickenstakestheFrenchRevolutionasthebackgroundofthenovel“_______”.

A.ATaleofTwoCities

B.GreatExpectations

C.HardTimes

D.DavidCopperfield

28.“________”isoftenregardedasthesemiautobiographyoftheauthorDickensinwhichtheearlylifeoftheheroislargelybasedontheauthor'searlylife.

A.TomJones

B.DavidCopperfiels

C.OliverTwist

D.GreatExpectation

29.WhichisThackeray'smasterpiece？

A.Thevirginians

B.VanityFair

C.TheBooksofSnobs

D.TheNewcomes

30.Thetitleofthenovel“VanityFair”wastakenfromBunyan'smasterpiece“_________”。

A.TheDilgrim'sProgress

B.ChildHarold'sPilgrimage

C.Gulliver'sTravels

D.TheCanterburyTales

31.Ofallthefollowingissues，______isdefinitelyNOTthefocusoftheRomanticwritersintheAmericanliteraryhistory.

A.Puritanmorality

B.humanbestiality

C.noblesavages

D.divinityofman

32.HenryDavidThoreau'swork，______，hasalwaysbeenregardedasamasterpieceoftheNewEnglandTranscendentalMovement.

A.Walden

B.Thepioneers

C.Nature

D.“SongofMyself”

33.“Nothingisatlastsacredbuttheintegrityofyourownmind”isafamousquotefrom______'swritings.

A.WaltWhitman

B.HenryDavidThoreau

C.HermanMelville

D.RalphWaldoEmerson

34.Thefamous20-yearsleepin“RipVanWinkle”helpstoconstructthestoryinsuchawaythatwearegreatlyaffectedbyIrving's_______.

A.involvementwiththepassageoftime

B.transientbeauty

C.lazinessandcorruptibilityofhumanbeings.

D.supernaturalmanipulationofman'slife

35.AccordingtoEmerson，man'scapacityis_______.

A.ambiguous

B.limited

C.infinite

D.subsidiarytogod

36.MobyDick，thebigwhitewhale，ispossiblyreadassymbolicofallthefollowingEXCEPT_________.

A.malignancy

B.beauty

C.adultery

D.God

37.AccordingtoNathanielHawthorne，romanceshouldbe_______.

A.bothimaginativeandcreative

B.fullofadventures

C.atruerecordofhumanlife

D.amixtureoffactsandfancy

38.WhichofthefollowingisNOTemphasizedbytheNewEnglandTranscendentalism？

A.Natureisnotpurelyofmatter，butalivewithGod'soverwhelmingpresence.

B.Indi