挚爱的英文英国文学复习材料

2021年1月20日发(作者：下拉菜单英文)
41. The period of Old English literature extends from about__to __,the year of the Norman conquest of England.





A. 420, 1206











B. 450, 1066


C. 430, 960










D. 460, 1040
42. Which of the following works is based on the New Testament?






A. Genesis A






B. Genesis B C. Exodus





D. The Dream of the Rood
43. Beowulf is a (an)___________.



A. sonnet












B. lyric









C. epic














D. saga
44. The medieval period in English literature covers about___________ centuries.




A. two













B.

three








C. four














D. five
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5. Choose the one that is not one of Chaucer’s works.





A.
Piers
Plowman


B.
The
Romaunt
of
the
Rose
C.
The
Legend
of
Good
Women

D.
Troilus
and
Criseyde
46. ___________ paid tribute to Chaucer as his master.









A. John Donne








B. Edmund Spencer


C. John Milton


D. Thomas Gray
47. The Renaissance, generally refers to the period between the ____ and _____ centuries.









A. 13th, early 16th





B. 14th, early 17th

C. 14th , mid-16th


D. 14th, mid-17th
49. Who is not among the best representatives of the English humanists?


A. William Shakespeare




B. John Milton




C . Thomas More







D. Christopher Marlowe
50. Homer's The Iliad was translated by __________________.









A. Golding





B Chapman


C. North

















D. Chaucer
51. By the _______________ century, England was Christianized.







A. 7
th












B. 8
th








C. 9
th


















D. 10
th


52. ___________ is known as






A. John Milton




B. William Shakespeare







C. Thomas More






D. Edmund Spenser
53. Tamburlain,

_____'s play written before he left Cambridge, turn out to be a sweeping success on the stage.


A. Bernard Shaw



B. Richard Sheridan C. Christopher Marlowe




D. John Galsworthy
54.

Which of the following is not Christopher Marlowe's play?









A. Richard II

B. The Jew of Malta


C. Edward II

D. Dr. Faustus
55. During his life time, Shakespeare wrote

_________plays.









A. 54













B. 38









C. 154













D. 42
56. Which of the following is not Shakespeare's comedy produced during the first period of his dramatic career?








A. The Two Gentlemen of Verona








B. The Taming of the Shrew









C. Love' s Labour ' s Lost















D. Cymbeline
57. Which of the following is not Shakespeare's tragicomedies written in his last period?





A. Measure for Measure



B. Pericle

C. The Winter's Tale






D. The Tempest
58. Shakespeare's authentic non-dramatic poetry consists of two long narrative poems: Venus and Adonis and___.






A. Julius Caesar B. The Two Noble Kinsmen C. The Rape of Lucrece D. Cymbeline
59. ____ , the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeare's most popular play on the stage.





A. Macbeth















B. Othello






C. King Lear













D. Hamlet
60. ____ is a typical example of Shakespeare's pessimistic view towards human life and society in his later years.

A. The Winter ' s Tale B. The Tempest

C. The Merry Wives of Windsor




D. As You Like It

(


) 8. It was not until
the reign of ____________(from 1509 to 1547) that the Renaissance really began to
show its effect in England.





A. Henry V









B. Henry VI

C. Henry VII






D. Henry VIII

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)
21.
Francis
Bacon'
s
______
is
the
first
example
of
that
genre
in
English
literature,
which
has
been
recognized as an important landmark in the development of English prose.





A. The Advance of Learning

B. Novum Organum C. The New Atlantis




D. Essays
(


) 22. ___________, the first great modern essayist, is the predecessor of Bacon.






A. William Langland B. Montaigne





C. John Gower

D. William Caxton
(


) 23. Choose the one that is not considered to be a metaphysical poet.






A. Milton
















B. Herbert







C. V
aughan


D. Cowley
(


)24. __________is probably Milton' s most memorable prose work. It is a great plea for freedom of the press.






A. Paradise Lost

B. Paradise Regained





C. Areopagitica


D. Samson Agonistes
(


) 25. Paradise Lost is a long epic divided into _________ books.










A. 24














B. 14









C. 2













D. 12
(


) 26. Which of the following writers is not a poet?









A. Edmund Spenser

B. Christopher Marlowe C. John Donne


D. John Milton
(


) 27. Which of the following is not the typical feature of the 17
th
century England?









A. one of the most tempestuous periods

B. one of comparatively peaceful periods









C. period of Restoration


















D. period of Revolution
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)
28.
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 Langland









D. John Gower
(


) 29. As the most gifted of the
the following writings doesn't belong to them?










A. Tamburlaine.









B. Dr. Faustus.






C. The Jew of Malta.






D. The Faerie Queene.
(


) 30. The most significant intellectual movement of the Renaissance was____________.





A. the Reformation



B. humanism

C. the Italian revival

D. geographical explorations
(


) 31. 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.
(


)32. What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet?








A. Cousins.





B. Uncle and nephew.





C. Father-in-law and son-in-law.






D. Father and
son.
(


)33. Which of the following plays does not belong to Shakespeare's great tragedies?







A. Romeo and Juliet






B. King Lear





C. Hamlet















D. Macbeth
(


)34. Which statement about the Elizabethan age is not true?
A. It is the age of translation.







B. It is the age of bourgeois revolution.







C. It is the age of exploration.






D. It is the age of the protestant reformation.
(


)35. In Hamlet's soliloquy, when he says,
--ay, there's the rub.
primarily thinking about?







A. The bad dreams that have recently been troubling him.







B. The fact that if dying is like going to sleep, then perhaps after death we have bad dreams.







C. The sinful behavior of Gertrude, whose guilty dreams he would like to know.







D. His desire to sleep so that he will not have to take vengeful action.
(


)36. _____________ first made blank verse the principal instrument of English drama.






A. Shakespeare











B. Wyatt





C. Sidney
















D. Marlowe
(


)37.







A. allegory
















B. simile




C. metaphor














D. irony
(


)38. In