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英美文学选读选择题
1. _______, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded as the national epic
of the Anglo-Saxons.
A. The Canterbury Tales
B. Exodus
C. Beowulf
D. The Legend of Good Women
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 Langlan
d’ s
Piers Plowman
B
．
Geoffrey Chaucer’s
The Canterbury
Tales
C
．
John Gower’s
Confession Amantis
D
．
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
3. With classical culture and the
（
）
humanistic ideas coming into England, the
English Renaissance began flourishing.
A. French
B. German
C. Italian
D. Greek
4. During the reign of_______, England started its Religious Reformation and broke
away from Rome.
A. Henry VII
B. Henry VIII
C. Edward VI
D. Queen Elizabeth
5. The Protestant movement, which was seen as a means to recover the purity of the
early church from the corruption and superstition of the Middle Ages, was initiated by
_______.
A. Francis Bacon
B. Martin Luther
C. Thomas More
Utopia
D. William Shakespeare
6
．
The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events
EXCEPT_________.
A
．
the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture
B
．
the vast expansion of British colonies in North America
C
．
the new discoveries in geography and astrology
D
．
the religious reformation and the economic expansion
7. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do
the following EXCEPT ______.
A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideas
B. getting control of the parliament and government
C. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie
D. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church
8.
Which
of
the
following
is
NOT
regarded
as
one
of
the
characteristics
of
Renaissance humanism?
A. Cultivation of the art of this world and this life.
..
.
B. Tolerance of human foibles.
C. Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture.
D. Glorification of religious faith.
9. The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern world.
A. the old English
B. the medieval
C. the feudalist
D. the capitalist
10. The English Renaissance period was an age of ________
A. poetry and drama
B. drama and novel
C. novel and poetry
D. romance and poetry
11. The most significant idea of the Renaissance is
（
）
.
A. humanism
B. realism
C. naturalism
D. skepticism
12
．
______ is the essence of the Renaissance.
A
．
Poetry
B
．
Drama
C
．
Humanism
D
．
Reason
13. About the Renaissance humanists which of the following statements is true?
A. They thought money and social status was the measure of all things.
B.
They
thought
people
were
largely
subordinated
to
the
ruling
class
without
any
freedom and independence.
C. They couldn’t see the human values in their works.
D. They emphasized the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life.
14. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is_______
A. the flourishing of the drama
B. the popularity of the realistic novel
C. the domination of the classical poetry
D. the close-down of all the theatres
e’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the __________and made
it the principal medium of English drama.
A. blank verse
B. free verse
C. sonnet
D. alliteration
..
.
16. Marlowe gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “______”.
A. lyrical lines
B. soft lines
C. mighty lines
D. religious lines
17._______ introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England, while _______ brought in
blank verse, i.e. the unrhymed iambic pentameter line.
A. Wyatt...Surrey
B. Wyatt...Sidney
C. Surrey...Sidney
D. Sidney...Spenser
18. It was ________ who first introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.
A. Caxton
B. Wyatt
C. Surrey
D. Marlowe
19. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.
A. Surrey
B. Wyatt
C. Sidney
D. Shakespeare
20. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called ______.
A. heroic couplet
B. quatrain
C. Spenserian stanza
D. terza rima
21
．
The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe,
William Shakespeare and ______________.
A
．
John Milton
B
．
John Bunyan
C
．
Ben Jonson
D
．
Edmund
Spenser
22.
The
most
famous
dramatists
in
the
Renaissance
England
are
all
the
following
EXCEPT ______.
A. Francis Bacon
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. William Shakespeare
D. Ben Jonson
23. “Metaphysical Poetry” refers to the works of the 17th
- century writers who wrote
under the influence of _____.
A. John Donne
B. Alexander Pope
C. Christopher Marlowe
D. John Milton
24. Which of the following is NOT typical of metaphysical poetry best represented by
John Donne’s works?
A. Common speech.
B. Conceit.
奇思妙想
C. Argument.
修辞
D. Refined language.
用词严谨
25. All the following poets except ________ belong to the metaphysical school.
A. Donne
B. Herbert
C. Marvell
D. Milton
26. Spenser’s masterpiece is ______, which is a great poem of the age.
A. The Shepheardes Calender
B. The Faierie Queene
C. The Rape of Lucrece
D. The Canterbury Tales
..
.
27. Edmund Spenser’s masterpiece is _____.
A.
The Shepheared’s Calender
B. The Faerie Queen
C. Epithalamion
D. The Canterbury Tales
28.____ is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in
England.
s Bacon
Spenser
m Carxton
29.
Francis
Bacon
is
not
only
the
first
important
essayist
but
also
the
founder
of
modern ______ in England.
A. poetry
B. novel
C. prose
D
. science
30.
______,
the
first
important
English
essayist,
was
also
the
founder
of
modern
science in England and one of the representatives of the English Renaissance.
A
．
Christopher Marlowe
B
．
Thomas More
C
．
Francis Bacon
D
．
William Shakespeare
31.
_____,the
first
important
English
essayist,
is
best
known
for
his
essays
which
greatly influenced the development of this literary form.
A. Charles Lamb
B. Ben Jonson
C. Francis Bacon
D. John Lyly
32
．
Francis
Bacon’s
essays
are
famous
for
their
brevity,
compactness
and
______________.
A
．
complicity
B
．
complexity
C
．
powerfulness
D
．
mildness
33. Shakespeare is known to have used _ different words. His coinage of new words
and distortion of the meaning of the old ones also create striking effects on the reader.
A. 16,000
B. 1600
C.20,000
D. 2000
34. As a Renaissance humanist, Shakespeare (
)
A. is against religious persecution and racial discrimination, against social inequality
and the corrupting influence of gold and money.
B.
holds
that
literature
should
be
a
combination
of
beauty,
kindness
and
truth,
and
should reflect nature and reality.
C. gives faithful reflection of the social realities of his time through his works.
D. all of the above.
35
．
Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are ________.
A
．
Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, Hamlet
..
.
B
．
Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice
C
．
Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
D
．
Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet
36. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are:
Hamlet, Othello, ______and ______.
A. King Lear...Romeo and Juliet
B.
King Lear…Macbeth
C. King John...Julius Caesar
D.
King John…The Merchant of Venice
peare’s tragedies include all the following
except
（
）
.
A. Hamlet and King Lear
B. Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth
C. Julius Caesar and Othello
D. The Merchant of Venice and
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
38.
In
Shakespeare’s
greatest
tragedies,
which
of
the
following
is
the
typical
characteristic the heroes share in common? (
)
A. They have a strong lust for power and finally go into incessant crimes.
B. They are perfect heroes without any weakness.
C. They face the injustice of human life but are never caught in a difficult situation.
D. They have a fate which is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation.
39. As to the great tragedy Hamlet, which of the following is not true?
A.
The
timeless
appeal
of
this
mighty
drama
lies
in
its
combination
of
intrigue,
emotional conflict and searching philosophic melancholy.
B. The bare outline of the play is based on a widespread legend in northern Europe.
C. The whole story of the play is created by Shakespeare himself.
D. In it, Shakespeare condemns the hypocrisy and treachery and general corruption at
the royal court.
40.
______,
the
melancholic
scholar,
prince,
faces
the
dilemma
between
action
and
mind.
A. Othello
B. Macbeth
C. Hamlet
D. Antonio
41. In Hamlet, the hero’s trouble mainly lies in (
)
A. his pride in refusing to acknowledge his mother’s second marriage
B. his hesitation in carrying out his plan of revenge
C. his suspicion that his father was murdered by his uncle
D. his ambition to gain quick access to the throne
42. ________ is a natural means of writing in revealing the prince’s inner conflict and
psychological predicament in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
A
．
Dialogue
B
．
Soliloquy
C
．
Dramatic monologue
D
．
Satire
..
.
43. “To be, or not to be
-
that is the question;/Whether’ tis nobler in the mind to suffer
/
The
slings
and
arrows
of
outrageous
fortune,/Or
to
take
arms
against
a
sea
of
troubles ,/And by opposing end then?” These lines are taken from _____.
A. King Lear
B. Romeo and Juliet
C. Othello
D. Hamlet
44. _____ lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.
A. Othello’s
B. Hamlet’s
C. Shylock’s
D. Macbeth’s
45. _____ inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force.
A. Hamlet’s
B. Othello’s
C. King Lear’s
D. Macbeth’s
46. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is true
?
A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth.
B. The romantic elements are not brought into full play at all.
C. He presents the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion.
D. There is a wonderful balance of characters.
47. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is not true?
A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth.
B. The romantic elements are brought into full play.
C. He praises the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion.
D. His youthful Renaissance spirit of jollity is fully reflected.
48. The most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____.
A. A Midsummer Night
’
s Dream
B. The Merchant of Venice
C. As You Like It
D. Twelfth Night
are two lines taken from The Merchant of Venice
: “Not on thy sole, but on
thy soul, harsh Jew/Thou mak’st
thy knife keen.” What
kind
of figurative device is
used in the above lines?
（
）
A. Simile.
直喻、明喻
B. Metonymy.
隐喻
C. Pun.
双关语
D. Synecdoche.
50.“Bassanio: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,
If 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 ____.
ic irony
戏剧反讽
ification
拟人
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