英美文学选读-英国-文艺复兴时期-练习题汇总

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 TalesB. ExodusC. BeowulfD. The Legend of Good Women2. 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 TalesC．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. FrenchB. GermanC. ItalianD. Greek4. During the reign of_______, England started its Religious Reformation and broke away from Rome.A. Henry VIIB. Henry VIIIC. Edward VID. Queen Elizabeth5. 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 BaconB. Martin LutherC. Thomas More UtopiaD. William Shakespeare6．The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________.A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB．the vast expansion of British colonies in North AmericaC．the new discoveries in geography and astrologyD．the religious reformation and the economic expansion7. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following EXCEPT ______.A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church8. 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 EnglishB. the medievalC. the feudalistD. the capitalist10. The English Renaissance period was an age of ________A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry11. The most significant idea of the Renaissance is（）.A. humanismB. realismC. naturalismD. skepticism12．______ is the essence of the Renaissance.A．Poetry B．Drama C．Humanism D．Reason13. 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 anyfreedom 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 dramaB. the popularity of the realistic novelC. the domination of the classical poetryD. the close-down of all the theatres15.Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the __________and madeit the principal medium of English drama.A. blank verseB. free verseC. sonnetD. alliteration16. Marlowe gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “______”.A. lyrical linesB. soft linesC. mighty linesD. religious lines17._______ introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England, while _______ brought in blank verse, i.e. the unrhymed iambic pentameter line.A. Wyatt...SurreyB. Wyatt...SidneyC. Surrey...SidneyD. Sidney...Spenser18. It was ________ who first introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.A. CaxtonB. WyattC. SurreyD. Marlowe19. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare20. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called ______.A. heroic coupletB. quatrainC. Spenserian stanzaD. terza rima21．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 Spenser22. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are all the following EXCEPT ______.A. Francis BaconB. Christopher MarloweC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Jonson23. “Metaphysical Poetry” refers to the works of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of _____.A. John DonneB. Alexander PopeC. Christopher MarloweD. John Milton24. 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. DonneB. HerbertC. MarvellD. Milton26. Spenser’s masterpiece is ______, which is a great poem of the age.A. The Shepheardes CalenderB. The Faierie QueeneC. The Rape of LucreceD. The Canterbury Tales27. Edmund Spenser’s masterpiece is _____.A. The Shepheared’s CalenderB. The Faerie QueenC. EpithalamionD. The Canterbury Tales28.____ is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.A.Francis BaconB.Edmund SpenserC.William CarxtonD.Sidney29. Francis Bacon is not only the first important essayist but also the founder of modern ______ in England.A. poetryB. novelC. proseD. science30. ______, 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 MoreC．Francis Bacon D．William Shakespeare31. _____,the first important English essayist, is best known for his essays which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A. Charles LambB. Ben JonsonC. Francis BaconD. John Lyly32．Francis Bacon’s essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and ______________.A．complicity B．complexity C．powerfulness D．mildness33. 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. 16,000B. 1600C.20,000D. 200034. 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, HamletB．Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of VeniceC．Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD．Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet36. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, ______and ______.A. King Lear...Romeo and JulietB. King Lear…MacbethC. King John...Julius CaesarD. King John…The Merchant of Venice37.Shakespeare’s tragedies include all the following except（）.A. Hamlet and King LearB. Antony and Cleopatra and MacbethC. Julius Caesar and OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream38. 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. OthelloB. MacbethC. HamletD. Antonio41. In Hamlet, the hero’s trouble mainly lies in ( )A. his pride in refusing to acknowledge his mother’s second marriageB. his hesitation in carrying out his plan of revengeC. his suspicion that his father was murdered by his uncleD. his ambition to gain quick access to the throne42. ________ is a natural means of writing in revealing the prince’s inner conflict and psychological predicament in Shakespeare's Hamlet.A．Dialogue B．SoliloquyC．Dramatic monologue D．Satire43. “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 LearB. Romeo and JulietC. OthelloD. Hamlet44. _____ lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.A. Othello’sB. Hamlet’sC. Shylock’sD. Macbeth’s45. _____ inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force.A. Hamlet’sB. Othello’sC. King Lear’sD. Macbeth’s46. 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 DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC. As You Like ItD. Twelfth Night49.Here 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 wifeWhich 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 ____.A.dramatic irony戏剧反讽B.personification拟人C.allegory 寓言D.symbolism象征52.In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB. his enterprise went bankruptC. Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD. his ships had all been lost53. The Tempest is a typical example of Shakespeare’s__________view of life towards human life and society in his late years.A. pessimisticB. optimisticC. satiricalD. none of the above54. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances, ______ is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece55. Shakespeare’ s ______, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of his final romances.A. The Winter’s TaleB. The TempestC. The Taming of the ShrewD. Love’ s Labour’ s Lost56. Shakespeare’s ______ are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.A. comediesB. tragediesC. history playsD. dark comedies57. Which of the followin g is William Shakespeare’s history play?A. MacbethB. Henry IVC. Romeo and JulietD. King Lear58. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?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 meditates on man’s salvation.59．The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ______________.A．comedies B．tragedies C．sonnets D．histories60.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 includes three stanzas according to the content with these last two lines as a（）, which completes the sense of the above lines. (057)A. prelude序B. couplet双韵C. epigraph题词D. exposition说明61. In his tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare eulogizes _____.A. the faithfulness of loveB. the spirit of pursuing happinessC. the heroine's great beauty , wit and loyaltyD. both A and BJohn Milton62．Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from ______________.A．the Renaissance B．the Old TestamentC．Greek Mythology D．the New Testament63. The story of Paradise Lost is taken from____. It tells about___.A. the Old Testament … …Satan’s rebellion against God.B. the Bible… …the expulsion of Adam and Eve out of the garden of Ede n.C. Greek Mythology … …a young prince’s revenge on his father’s murderer.D. both A and B64. Paradise Lost tells the story of _____.A. a young prince's revenge on his father's murdererB. the expulsion of Adam and Eve out of the garden of EdenC. Satan's rebellion against GodD. both B and C65 Which of the following statements about Paradise Lost is true?A. Adam and Eve were driven out of Paradise for their conspiracy with Satan.B. The writer intended to expose the ways of Satan and to justify the ways of God to men.C. Satan, as a rebel to God, was finally defeated and surrendered.D. Satan was finally reconciled with God.66. In heaven, _____ led a rebellion against God. Defeated, he and his rebel angels were cast into Hell.A. AdamB. EveC. SatanD. Samson67. John Milton’s ______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica68.John Milton wrote ______ to expose the way of Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men”.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes69. “To wage by force or guile eternal war,Irreconcilable to our grand Foe.”（John Milton, Paradise lost)By what means were Satan and his followers to wage this war against God?A. By planting a tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden.B. By turning into poisonous snakes to threaten man’s life.C. By removing God from His throne.D. By corrupting man and woman created by God.70. John Milton’ s most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model is ______.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Lycidas71. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is Milton’s _____.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica72. Samson Agonistes by ______ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English.A. John MiltonB. William BlakeC. Henry FieldingD. William Wordsworth73. The hero of one his main works is an Israel’s mighty champion, blind, alone and fighting against his thoughtless enemies. This hero’s experience is in close resemblance to the poet himself. This poet’s name is ________.A．John Milton B．John BunyanC．Edmund Spenser D．Christopher Marlowe74. Which of the following is not John Milton’s works?A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Othello75. Which of the following works does not belong to John Milton?A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. AdonaisD. LlycidasII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)77 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May，And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed,And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed:But thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this ,and this gives life to thee.1. What kind of poem is this, blank verse, sonnet, pastoral poem, or ode? Who is the author?SONNET, William Shakespeare2. What is the central idea of this poem?A nice summer’s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever.78. “Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this part is taken.William Shakespeare; SONNET 18B. What does the word “this” in the last line refer to? “this” refers the poemC. What idea do the quoted lines express?When you are in my eternal poetry, you are even with time. A nice summer’s day is usuallytransient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever.79．“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:”Questions:A.Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.William Shakespeare; Sonnet 18B. Name the figure of speech employed in the poem. ----PersonificationC．What is the theme of the poem?A nice summer’s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever.80. “To be, or no t to be —— that is the question;Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them?”Questions:A. Who is the writer o f this work? What’s the title of the work?William Shakespeare, HAMLETB. What does the phrase “to take arms against a sea of troubles” mean?To take up arms against troubles that sweep upon us like a sea.C. How do you understand the quotation “To be, or not to be -that is the question”? Whether to live on in this world or to die is a question. It reflects Hamlet’s dilemma and has become the eternal questioning of human action.81. “Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,Thou mak’st thy knife keen; but no metal can,No, not the hangman’s axe, bear half the keennessOf thy sharp envy.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the play from which this part is taken.William Shakespeare; The Merchant of VeniceB. What figure of speech is used in this quoted passage? PUN 双关C. What idea does the passage express?The Jew makes his knife keen on his soul and even an axe is not as keen as his envy.ThisIndicates that the Jew (Shylock) is a cruel man.III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)82．William Shakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights the world has ever known.(1)Name his four greatest tragedies.(2)What are the characteristics of the four tragedies in common?(3)Briefly summarize each hero’s weakness of nature.82 A. Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, andMacbeth.B. They some characteristics in common. Each portrays some noble hero, whofaces the injustice of human life and is caught in a difficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation.C. Each hero has his weakness of nature:Hamlet, the melancholic scholar-prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind;Othello’s inner weak ness is made use of by the outside evil force;the old king Lear who is unwilling to totally give up his power makes himself suffer fromtreachery and infidelity;Macbeth’s lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.83. Working through the tradition of a Christian humanism, Milton wrote Paradise Lost, intending to expose the ways of Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men.” What is Milton’s fundamental concern in Paradise Lost?83. A. At the center of the conflict between human love and spiritual duty liesMilton’s fundamental concern with freedom and choice;B. The freedom to submit to God’s prohibit ion on eating the appleC. and the choice of disobedience made for love.84. The following passage is taken from The Merchant of Venice.Read it carefully and find the dramatic irony it contains. Use it as an example to illustrate what dramatic irony is. (034)“Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, my wife, and all world,Are not with me esteem’d above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them allHere to this devil, to deliver you.Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she were by to hear you make the offer.”Answer:84. A. When the audience is aware of a discrepancy between a character's perceptionof his or her own situation and the true nature of that situation, that is dramatic irony.B. In the given example, Portia, Bassanio's newly-married wife, disguised herselfas the lawyer to take charge of the case. Portia herself and the audience know all this, but Bassanio is ignorant of it. So when Bassanio offers in front of his disguised wife to sacrifice her in order to deliver Antonio, he makes himself behave in a ridiculous way in the eyes of the audience. Thus an effect of dramatic irony is achieved.IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)85. Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language.85. A. Shakespeare’s major characters are neither merely in dividual ones nor typeones; they represent certain types; they are individuals representing certain types. By employing a psycho-analytical approach, Shakespeare succeeds inexploring the characters’ inner world. Shakespeare also portrays his characters in pairs. Contrasts are frequently used to bring vividness to his characters.B. Shakespeare seldom invents his own plot; instead, he borrows them from oldplays or story-books, from ancient Greek or Roman sources. In order to make the play more lively and compact, he would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several clues running through the play, thus providing the story with suspense and apprehension.C. Shakespeare can write skillfully in different poetic forms, such as the sonnet,the blank verse and the rhymed couplet. He has an amazing wealth of vocabulary and idiom. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old works also creates striking effects on the reader.1. Please state Shakespeare's views on the Renaissance literature.。