1814Exercises of British Literature(Part One)

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Exercises of British Literature
Part One

Choose the best answer for each statement.

1. In the 14
th
century, the most important writer (poet) is ________.


A. Langland


B. Wyclif


C. Gower


D. Chaucer
2. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the ________.


A. novel



B. drama


C. romance


D. essay
3. The story of ________ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.


A.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight


B.
The story of Beowulf



C.
Piers the Plowman






D.
The Canterbury Tales

4. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The
Normans spoke ________.


A. French


B. English


C. Latin


D. Swedish
5. The theme of ________ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.


A. loyalty


B. revolt


C. obedience


D. mockery
6. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary
outlaw called ________.


A.
Morte d
’
Arthur






B.
Robin Hood



C.
The Canterbury Tales





D.
Piers the Plowman
7. ________, the
“
father of English poetry
”
and one of the greatest narrative poets of
England, was born in London about 1340.


A. Geoffrey Chaucer





B. Sir Gawain


C. Francis Bacon






D. John Dryden
8. ________ is the most common foot in English poetry.



A. The iamb









B. The anapest



C. The trochee








D. The dactyl
9. ________ was the first to be buried in the Poet
’
s Corner of Westminster Abbey.


A. Chaucer


B. Shakespeare

C. Marlow


D. Spenser
10. In his life-time Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations which had impact
on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career?


A. engineer


B. courtier


C. officer holder

D. soldier


E. ambassador

F. legislator
11.
Generally
speaking,
Chaucer
’
s
works
fall
into
three
main
groups
corresponding
roughly to the three periods of his adult life. Which period is wrong?


A. The period of French influence (1359-1372)


B. the period of Italian influence (1372-1386)


C. the period of English influence (1386-1400)


D. the period of American influence (1371-1382)
12.
In
The
Canterbury
Tales
,
what
tales
together
with
the
Prologue
are
generally
regarded as the best of the whole collection?


A. the King
’
s tale






B. the Pardoner
’
s tale
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C. the tale of Nun
’
s Priest




D. the Wife of Bath
’
s tale
13.
Chaucer
’
s
diplomatic
missions
to
Italy
enabled
him
to
study
the
poems
of
________,
famous
Italian
writers
of
the
Renaissance
period,
which
were
later
to
have profound influence upon his own writing.


A. Dante



B. Petrarch


C. Homer


D. Boccaccio
14.
The
progress
in
industry
at
home
stimulated
the
commercial
expansion
abroad.
________
encouraged
exploration
and
travel,
which
were
compatible
with
the
interests of the English merchants.


A. Henry V







B. Henry VII
C. Henry VIII







D. Queen Elizabeth
15. Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet
“
Armada
”

(Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining
of old feudalism.


A. Spain



B. France


C. America


D. Norway
16. At the beginning of the 16
th
century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his
Utopia
in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the people
’
s suffering
and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.


A. Thomas More






B. Thomas Marlow


C. Francis Bacon






D. William Shakespeare
17. The hero in the romance is usually the ________.



A. king










B. knight



C. Christ









D. churchman
18.
Absolute
monarchy
in
England
reached
its
summit
during
the
reign
of
Queen
________.


A. Mary



B. Elizabeth

C. William


D. Victoria
19. English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.


A. prose and novel





B. poetry and drama


C. essay and journals





D. ballads and songs
20. From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon
’
s work: ________.


A.
The Advancement of Learning



B.
The New Instrument



C.
Essays








D.
The New Atlantics



D.
Venus and Adonis

21.
“
Shall I compare thee to a summer
’
s day?
”
This is the beginning line of one of
Shakespeare
’
s ________.


A. songs



B. plays


C. comedies

D. sonnets
22. In English poetry, a four- line stanza is called ________.



A. heroic couplet







B. quatrain



C. Spenserian stanza







D. terza rima
23. Choose the
“
University Wits
”
from the following playwrights: ________.


A. John Lyly







B. Robert Greens


C. William Shakespeare




D. Christopher Marlow


E. Thomas Kyd
24. In 1593 and 1594, William Shakespeare published his two narrative poems, which
are ________.
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A.
Venus and Adonis






B.
Astrophel and Stella



C.
The Rape of Lucrece





D.
Volpone

25.
The
heroines
of
Shakespeare
’
s
great
comedies,
________
are
the
daughters
of
Renaissance,
whose
images
and
stories
will
remain
a
legacy
to
readers
and
audiences of all time.


A. Portia



B. Rosaland

C. Viola


D. Beatrice
26. Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following: ________.


A.
Hamlet








B.
Othello




C.
Macbeth








D.
King Lear



E.
Timon of Athens

27.
With
the
performance
of
________
in
1613,
which
caused
the
burning
of
the
Global
Theatre
by
firing
of
the
cannon
at
the
end
of
Act
I,
ended
Shakespeare
’
s
dramatic career.


A.
Measure for Measure





B.
Antony and Cleopatra



C.
Coriolanus







D.
Henry VIII

28. Which play is not a comedy? ________.


A.
A Midsummer Night
’
s Dream




B.
The Merchant of Venice



C.
Twelfth Night







D.
Romeo and Juliet



E.
As You Like It

29. Which historical plays were written by Shakespeare? ________.


A.
Henry VI








B.
Henry IV



C.
Richard III








D.
Henry V



E.
Richard II








F.
Charles I



G
.
Otto the Great

30.
“
Denmark is a prison
”
. In which play does the hero summarize his observation of
his world into such a bitter sentence? ________.


A.
Charles I








B.
Othello



C.
Henry VIII








D.
Hamlet

31. The works of ________ and the Authorized Version of the English Bible are the
two great treasuries of the English language.


A. Geoffrey Chaucer





B. Edmund Spenser


C. William Shakespeare




D. Ben Johnson
32.
In
which
play
does
the
hero
show
his
profound
reverence
for
man
through
the
sentence:
“
What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in
faculty!
”
________.


A.
Romeo and Juliet






B.
Hamlet



C.
Othello








D.
The Merchant of Venice

33. In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.


A. James I







B. James II


C. Charles I







D. Charles II
34. The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.


A. the supremacy of Parliament


B. the beginning of modern England


C. the triumph of the principle of political liberty
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D. the Restoration of monarchy
35. Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets?


A. John Donne






B. George Herbert


C. John Milton






D. Richard Lovelace
36. John Milton wrote a number of pamphlets defending the English people. Choose
them from the following. ________.


A.
Defence of the English People




B.
Second Defence of the English People

C.
L
’
Allegro

D.
Il Penseroso

37. Which works were written by John Milton?


A.
Paradise Lost







B.
Paradise Regained



C.
Samson Agonistes






D.
Volpone

38. Which was not written by John Milton?


A.
Arepagitica







B.
Lycidas



C.
L
’
Allegro








D.
Song to Celia

39.
Paradise Lost
is ________.


A. John Milton
’
s masterpiece


B. a great epic in 12 books


C. written in blank verse


D. about the heroic revolt of Satan against God
’
s authority
40. John Milton is ________.


A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17
th
century


B. an outstanding political pamphleteer


C. a great stylist


D. a great master of blank verse
41. John Milton wrote his best-known prose work, ________, in the form of a speech
addressed to the House of Parliament, in which he appealed for the freedom of the
press.


A. Of Reformation in England



B. Lycidas


C. Areopagitica






D. L
’
Allegro
42.
From
the
Old
Testament,
John
Milton
took
his
stories
of
Paradise
Lost
,
i.e.
________.



A. the creation








B. the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angels


C. their defeat and expulsion from Heaven


D. the creation of the earth and of Adam and Eve


E. the fallen angels in hell plotting against God


F. Satan
’
s temptation of Eve


G
. the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden
43. The finest thing in
Paradise Lost
is the description of hell, and ________ is often
regarded as the real hero of the poem.


A. God


B. Satan




C. Adam



D. Raphael
44. John Milton
was ________.
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