【优质】英国文学Exercise 2

Exercise 2

I.

Choose the best answer for each statement.

1.

With classical culture and the _____ humanistic

ideas

coming

into

England,

the

English

Renaissance began flourishing.

A. French

B. German

C. Italian

D. Greek

2.

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.

3.

The

religious

reformation

in

the

early

16th- century

England

was

a

reflection

of

the

class struggles waged by the _____.

A. rising bourgeoisie against the feudal class and

its ideology

B.

working

class

against

the

corruption

of

the

bourgeoisie

C.

landlord

class

against

the

rising

bourgeoisie

and its ideology

D.

feudal

class

against

the

corruption

of

the

Catholic Church

4.

The

most

significant

intellectual

movement

of

the Renaissance was ______.

A. the Reformation

B. Humanism

C. the Italian revival

D. geographical

explorations

5.

The essence of humanism is to ______.

A. restore a medieval reverence for the church

B. avoid the circumstances of earthly life

C.

explore

the

next

world

in

which

men

could

live after death

D. emphasize human qualities

6.

English Renaissance Period was an age of _____.

A.

prose

and

novel

B.

poetry

and

drama

C.

essays

and

journals

D.

ballads

and

songs

7.

______

first

made

blank

verse

the

principle

instrument of English drama.

A.

William

Shakespeare

B.

Thomas

Wyatt

C. Philp Sidney

D. Christopher

Marlowe

8.

Here

are

two

lines

from

a

ling

poem:

“Upon

a

great

adventure

he

was

bond,

That

greatest

Gloriana to him gave.” The poem must be_____.

A. Beowulf

B. J. John M

ilton’s Samson Agonistes

C.

Thomas

Gray’s

Elegy

Written

in

a

County

Churchyard

D. Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene

9.

_____

was

the

first

to

introduce

the

sonnet

into

English literature.

A.

Thomas

Wyatt

B.

William

Shakespeare

C.

Philip

Sidney

D.

Edmund

Spencer

10.

The

statement

“Studies

serve

for

delight,

for

ornament,

and

for

ability”

opens

one

of

well-known essays by _____.

A.

Alexander

Pope

B.

Samuel

Johnson

C.

Francis

Bacon

D.

Jonathan

Swift

11.

________is regarded as the pioneer of English

drama.

A. William Shakespeare

B. Christopher

Marlowe.

C. Edmund Spenser

D. Ben Johnson

12.

The

statement

that

a

man

gained

the

whole

world

but

lost

his

own

soul

makes

a

good

summary of the main plot of ______.

A.

Paradise

Lost

B.

The

Merchant of Venice

C.

Hamlet

D.

The

Tragic

History of Doctor Faustus

13.

In

which

of

the

following

years

was

Hamlet

most likely written?

A.

1570

B.

1601

C.

1581

D. 1610

14.

Shakespeare’s

tr

agedies

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

15.

Which of the following plays by Shakespeare

is NOT a comedy?

A.

The

Merchant

of

Venice

B.

Romeo

and Juliet

C.

As

You

Like

It

D.

A

Midsummer Night’s Dream

16.

Which

of

the

following

is

William

Shakespeare’s history play?

A.

Macbeth

B.

Henry

IV

C.

Romeo

and Juliet

D. King Lear

17.

Which

of

the

following

is

William

Shakespeare’s comedy?

A.

Macbeth

B.

The

Merchant of Venice

C.

Romeo

and

Juliet

D.

King

Lear