薄荷的英文英国文学试题及答案2 (1)(1)(1)

2021年1月20日发(作者：友情链接英文)
重庆交通大学外国语学院精品课程《英美文学史及选读》样题答案：英国文学部分

I
、
Multiple Choice. (40%)



There are 15 questions in this part. Choose A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet.

A

1.

Beowulf

is
a
___
poem,
describing
an
all- round
picture
of
the
tribal
society.
A. pagan



B. Christain


C. romantic


D. lyric
B

2.
The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a
comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a
whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely___.
A. William Langland
’
s Piers the Plowman
B. Geoffrey Chaucer
’
s
The Canterbury Tales
C. John Gower
’
s
Confessio Amantis

D. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
C
3
. In “ Sonnet 18 ”
，

Shakespeare has a profound meditation on the destructive
power of __C___ and the eternal __________ brought forth by poetry to the one
he loves .



A. death/ life


















B. time / beauty

C. death/ love


















D. hate / love

C.

4. Which of the following poetic forms is the principle form of Shakespeare
’
s
drama?
A. lyric



B. sonnet




C. blank verse




D. quatrain
C

5.
Which of the following statements best illustrate the theme of Shakespeare
’
s
Sonnet 18?
A. The speaker eulogizes the power of nature.

B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.

C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.

D. The speaker meditates on man
’
s salvation.
A

6.
Which of the following place does Gulliver visit first in
Gulliver
’
s Travels
?





A. Lilliput


B. Brobdingnag


C. Laputa



D. Houyhnhnms
B

7.
Which of the following is NOT true about
Robinson Crusoe
?
A.

It is written in the autobiographical form.
B.

It is a record of Defoe
’
s own experiences.
C.

Robinson spends 28 years of isolated life on the island.
D.

It is set in the middle of the 17
th
century.
B.

8.
Many of Burn
s’
songs deal with friendship.____ has long become a universal
parting-song of all the English speaking countries.
A. A Red, Red Rose











B. Auld Lang Syne

C. My Heart
’
s in the Highlands


D. John Anderson, My Jo
A

9.
The Tiger
was written by___.
A
. William Blake








B. John Keats






C. William Wordsworth



D. Percy Shelley
B

10.
“
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
”
is taken from___
A. The Solitary Reaper



B. Death be not proud

C. To Autumn










D. Song to the Man of England



A

11
. _____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.
A. Thomas North






B. Thomas Wyatt



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