stallman英国文学期末复习题目

2021年1月20日发(作者：larisa)
I. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that
would bet complete the statement.

1. The long poem ______ in Anglo-
Saxon period was termed England’s national epic.

A. The Canterbury Tales B. Paradise Lost

C. The Song of Beowulf D. The Fairy Queen

2. Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is the
popular literary form in ______.

A. Romanticism
B. Renaissance

C. medieval period D. Anglo-Saxon period

3. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of____.

A. Piers Plowman B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

C. Confessio Amantis D. The Canterbury Tales

4. _______ is regarded as the father of English poetry.

A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Edmund Spenser

C. John Milton D. W. Wordsworth

5. It is _____ alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive
realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters
from all walks of life.

A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Martin Luther

C. William Shakespeare D. John Gower

6.
One of Chaucer’s main contributions to English poetry is ______.

A. he introduced the rhymed stanzas from France to English poetry

B. he created striking brilliant panorama of his time and his country


C. he wrote in blank verse

D. he was the first to write sonnet

7. During the Renaissance, _______ was the first one to introduce the sonnet into English poetry.

A. Chaucer B. John Donne
C. Thomas Wyatt
D. Earl of Surrey

8. During the Renaissance, _______ wrote the first English blank verse.

A. Chaucer B. Edmund Spencer C. Thomas Wyatt D. Earl of Surrey

9. Which of the following historical events does not directly help
to stimulate the
rising of the
Renaissance Movement
？

A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture


B. The new discoveries in geography and astrology


C. The Glorious revolution


D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion

10. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events. Which one
of the following is NOT such an event?

A. The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.


B. England’s domestic rest


C. New discovery in geography and astrology.

D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.

11. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ______ and ______ centuries.

A. 14th...mid-17th B. 14th...mid-18th C. 16th...mid-18th
D. 16th...mid-17th

12. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its
essence is_______.

A. science B. philosophy C. arts D. humanism

13. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems.

A. Edmund Spenser B. John Donne C. William Blake D. Thomas Gray

14.
_______ is known as “the poet’s poet”.

A. William Shakespeare B. Christopher Marlowe

C. Edmund Spenser D. John Donne

15. Romance
，
which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of____ adventures or other heroic
deeds
，
is a popular literary form in the medieval period.

A. Christian
B. knightly
C. pilgrims D. primitive

16. ________ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.

A. Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe


B. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe

C. John Donne, Edmund Spenser

D. John Milton, Thomas More

17. Among the following plays which is not written by Christopher Marlowe?

A. Dr. Faustus B. The Jew of Malta

C. Tamburlaine D. The School for Scandal

18.
Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are _______.

A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth

B. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet

C. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and Macbeth

D. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othel lo and Macbeth

19. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the line of one of Shakespeare’s
________.

A. comedies
B. tragedies C. histories D. sonnets

20. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to?

A. Lover
B. Time C. Summer D. Poetry

21.
Which of the following statements best illustrates 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

22.
“Bassani Antonio
，
I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself
；
But life itself
，
my wife
，
and all the world
，
Are not with me esteem’d above thy life
；
I would lose all
，
ay
，
sacrifice
them all
，
Here to the devil
，
to deliver you. Portia
：
Your wife would give you little thanks for that
，
ff she were by to hear you make the offer.” The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare’s
comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate

A. dramatic irony
B. personification
C. allegory
D. symbolism

23.
“The Fairy Queen” is the masterpiece written by____.

A. John Milton B. Geoffrey Chaucer
C. Edmund Spenser D. Alexander Pope

24. Which of the following work did Bacon NOT write?

A. Advancement of Learning B. Novum Organum

C. De Augmentis D. Areopagitica

25. The greatest of pioneers of English drama in Renaissance is _______, one of whose drama is
“Doctor Faustus”.

A. William Shakespeare
B. Christopher Marlowe

C. Oscar Wilde
D. R. Brinsley Sheridan

26. “Euphues” was written by ________, the style of the novel was called “Euphuism”.

A. John Bunyan
B. John Lyly C. John Donne
D. John Milton

27. The most famous dramatist in the 18th century is ______, who is famous for “The School for
Scandal”.

A. Oliver Goldsmith
B. Thomas Gray

C. R. Brinsley Sheridan
D. Bernard Shaw

28. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17
th
century was ______, who was a critic, poet,
and playwright.

A. Oliver Goldsmith B. John Dryden C. John Milton D. T. G. Coleridge

29.
The representative of the “Metaphysical” poetry is ______, whose poems are famous for his
use of fantastic metaphors and extravagant hyperboles.

A. John Donne
B. John Milton C. William Blake
D. Robert Burns

30.
Which of the following has / have associations with John Donne’s poetry?

A. reason and sentiment
B. conceits and wits

C. the euphuism D. writing in the rhymed couplet

31. _____ is the successful religious allegory in the English language.


A. The Pilgrim’s Progress
B. The Canterbury Tales


C. Paradise Lost D. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded

32. The 18th century England is known as the ______ in the history.

A. Renaissance B. Classicism C. Enlightenment D. Romanticism

33. Of all the eighteenth- century novelists, who was the first to set out, both in theory and practice,
to
write
specially
a
“comic
epic
in
prose”,
the
first
to
give
the
modern
novel
its
s
tructure
and
style?

A. Thomas Gray B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

C. Johathan Swift
D. Henry Fielding

34.
Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______________”, for his contribution to the
establishment of the form of the modern novel.

A. Best writer of the English novel

B. The father of English novel

C. The most gifted writer of the English novel

D. conventional writer of English novel

35. Among
the
pioneers
of
the
18th
century
novelists
were
Daniel
Defoe,
Samuel
Richardson,
Henry fielding and _______.

A. Laurence Sterne B. John Dryden

C. Charles Dickens D. Alexander Pope

36.
John Milton’s masterpiece—
Paradise

Lost
was written in the poetic style of _____.

A. rhymed stanzas B. blank verse C. alliteration D. sonnets

37. Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out____
，
both in theory
and
practice
，
to
write
specifically
a
“
______
in
prose,”
the
first
to
giv
e
the
modern
novel
its
structure and style. (Refer to 19)

A. tragic epic
B. comic epic
C. romance
D. lyric epic

38. Besides Sheridan, another great playwright in the 18
th
century is ______.

A. Oliver Goldsmith B. Thomas Gray C. T. G. Smollet D. Laurence Sterne

39.
She Stoops to Conquer
was written by _____.

A. Oliver Goldsmith B. R. Brinsley Sheridan


C. John Dryden D. George Bernard Shaw

40. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the
modern
English
______,
which
gives
a
realistic
presentation
of
life
of
the
common
English
people.

A. prose B. short story C. novel D. tragicomedy

41. The Houyhnhnms
depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are _____.

A. horses that are endowed with reason

B. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities

C. giants that are superior in wisdom


D. hairy
，
wild
，
low
and
despicable
creatures
，
who
resemble
human
beings
not
only
in
appearance but also in some other ways

42. The unquenchable spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence on
a lonely island reflects ____.

A.
man’s desire to return to nature


B.
the author’s criticism of
the colonization

C. the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie


D.
the aristocrats’ disillusionment of the harsh social reality

43. Gothic
novels
are
mostly
stories
of_____,
which
take
place
in
some
haunted
or
dilapidated
Middle Age castles.

A. love and marriage
B. sea adventures

C. mystery and horror
D. saints and martyrs

44.
“The father of English novel” is __________.

A. Henry Fielding B. Daniel Defoe

C. Jonathan Swift
D. John Donne

45. The greatest Scottish poet in the pre-romanticism is ________.

A. William Wordsworth B. Oliver Goldsmith


C. Thomas Gray D. Robert Burns

46. _______ is written by William Blake, a great poet in the pre- romanticism.

A. The Songs of Innocence

B. Reliques of Ancient English poetry


C. Songs and Sonnets


D. Kubla Khan