英美文学考试复习选择题

一．盎格鲁

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撒克逊 时期

1. The most important work of

_a

_is The Anglo- Saxon Chronicles, which is regarded

as the best monument of the English prose.

a. Alfred the Great

b. Caedmon

c. Cynewulf

d. Venerable Bede

2. Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of

Beowulf

？

_c_

a. Hrothgat

b. Heorot

c. Grendel

d. Beowulf

3.

_b_

is the first important religious poet in English literature.

a. Cynewulf

b. Caedmon

c. Shakespeare

d. Adam Bede

4.

The epic, The Song of Beowulf, represents the spirit of

_d_

_.

a. monks

b. romanticists

c. sentimentalists

d. Pagan

（异教徒）

5. When we speak of the old English prose, the first name that comes into our minds

is_

d_

, who is the first scholar in English literature and has been regarded as father of

English learning.

a. William Shakespeare

b. Beowulf

c. Julius Caesar

d. Venerable Bede

6.

_a_

is not only a prose writer but also a king of Wessex.

a. Alfred the Great b. venerable Bede c. Adam Bede d. King Arthur

7. Prose literature did not show its appearance until the

_c_

century.

a. 6

th

b. 7

th

c. 8

th

d. 10

th

8. The Anglo-Saxons were Christianized in the _

c_

century.

a. 5

th

b. 6

th

c. 7

th

d. 8

th

9.

Beowulf

describes

the

exploits

of

a

_d_

hero,

Beowulf,

in

fighting

against

the

monster Grendel, his revengeful mother, and a fire-breathing dragon.

a. Danish

b. Scandinavian

c. English

d. Norwegian

10. The Roman occupation lasted for about 400 years in Britain, and in

_d

_, all the

Roman troops went back to the continent and never returned.

a. 55 B.C.

b. 78 A.D.

c. 400 A.D.

d. 410 A.D.

11.

English

literature

began

with

the

_a_

settlement

in

English.

Of

old

English

literature,

Beowulf,

the

national

epic

of

the

English

people,

is

an

example

of

the

mingling of nature myths and heroic legends.

a. Anglo-Saxon

b. Roman

c. Norman

d. Britain

二．盎格鲁

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诺曼时期

1. In 1066,

_a_

, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating English.

a. William the Conqueror

b. Julius Caesar

c. Alfred the Great

d. Claudius

2. In the 14

th

century, the most important writer is

_d_

a. Langland

b. Wycliffe

c. Gower

d. Chaucer

3. The prevailing from of Medieval English literature is the

_c_.

a. novel

b. drama

c. romance

a. essay

4. The story of _

a

_ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.

a. Sir Gawain and the Green Knights

b. The story of Beowulf

c. Piers the plowman

d. The Canterbury

5. William Langland’s _

b_

is written in the form of a dream vision.

a. Kubla Khan

b. Piers the Plowman

c. The Dream of John Bull

d. Morte

d’ Arthur

6. After the Norman Conquest,

three languages

existed in English

at

that

time. The

Normans spoke

_a_

.

a.

French

b.

English

c.

Latin

d.

Swedish

7.

_c_

was

the

greatest

of

English

religious

reformers

and

the

first

translator

of

the

Bible.

a. Langland

b. Gower

c. Wycliffe

d. Chaucer

8.

Piers

the

Plowman

describes

a

serous

of

wonderful

dreams

the

author

dreamed,

through which, we can see a picture of the life in the

_b

_ English.

a. primitive

b. feudal

c. bourgeois

d. modern

9. The theme of

_a_

to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.

a. loyalty

b. revolt

c. obedience

d. mockery

10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary

outlaw called

_b_

.

a. Morte d’ Aryhur

b. Robin Hood

c. The Canterbury Tales

d. Piers the

Plowman

三．乔叟时期

1.

Who

is

the

“father

of

English

poetry”

and

one

of

the

greatest

narrative

poets

of

England?

_b_

a. Christopher Marlow

b. Geoffrey Chaucer

c. W. Shakespeare

d. Alfred the Great

2. When he died, Chaucer was buried in

a

the Poet’s Co

rner.

a. Westminster Abbey

b. Normandy

c. Canterbury

d.

Southwark

3. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his “

c

” a translation of the

French “ Roman de la Rose ”

by Gaillaume de

Lorris

and Jean de Meung, which

was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not

only in France but throughout Europe.

a. Troilus and Criseyde

b. A Red, Red Rose

c. Romance of the Rose

d. Piers the Plowman

4.

Chaucer

composes

a

long

narrative

poem

named

“

b

”

based

on

Boccaccio’s poem “ Filotrato”.

a. The Legend of Good Women

b. Troilus and Cirseyde

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

d. Beowulf

5. In his literary development, Chaucer was influenced by three literatures, Which one

is not true?

_d_

French literature

b. Italian literature

c. English literature

d. German literature

6.

_a_

creative work vividly reflected the changes which had taken

root

in

English

culture of the second half of the 14

th

century.

a. Chaucer’s

b. Byron’s

c. Shelley’s

d. Eliot’s

四．文艺复兴时期

1. The cradle of Renaissance is_

D_

.

A. Germany

B. England

C. America

D. Italy

2. English Renaissance Period was not an age of prose, but Thomas More wrote his

famous prose work_

A_.

A.

Utopia

B.

Song

and

Sonnets

C.

Of

Studies

D.

The

Shepherd’s

Calendar

3. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is

_A_

A. the Elizabethan drama

B. the Elizabethan prose

C. ancient poem

D. romantic novel

4. Which of the following doesn

’

t belong to one of the University Wits? _

D_

John Lyly

B. Christopher Marlowe

C. Robert Green

D. John Milton

5.

Chrispopher

Marlowe’s

second

achievement

is

his

creation

of

_

_B__

for

the

English drama.

A. the Byronic hero

B. the Renaissance hero

C. the Realistic hero

D. the Romantic hero

6. __

_B_

_ is the essence of the Renaissance.

Reformation

B. Humanism

C. Chivalry

D. Heroism

7. The following are the main qualities of Spe

nser’s poetry except _

_D_

_.

A.

Perfect

melody

B.

rare

sense

of

beauty

C.

dedicated

idealism

D.

bitter

irony

1. The most important and popular comedy written by Shakespeare is _

_C_

.

A. Romeo and Juliet

B. Twelfth Night

C. The Merchant of Venice

D. As You Like It

2.

Which

writing

is

a

typical

example

of

Shakespeare's

pessimistic

view

towards

human life and society in his late years?

A

A. Tempest

B. King Lear

C. Hamlet

D. Othello

3. Which one IS NOT one of Shakespeare's four tragedies?

A

A. Romeo and Juliet

B. King Lear

C. Hamlet

D. Othello

4. __

_B__

, the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeare's most

popular play on the stage.

A. The Merchant of Venice

B. Hamlet

C. King Lear

D. Julius Caesar

5. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his _

_D_

_

plays.

A. 47

B. 27

C. 52

D. 37

6.

Which

of

the

following

statements

best

illustrates

the

theme

of

Shakespeare’s

Sonnet 18?

C

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 meditated on

man’s salvation

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世纪王政复辟时期

1. John Donne is the leading figure of _

_D__

_.

A. Lake poets

B. Graveyard School

C. Satanic poets

D. Metaphysical School

2. Which of the following is not true of John Donne? B

A. John Donne is the

leading figure of the “Metaphysical School ”.