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A.The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”
C.The Legend of Good WomenD.The Book of the Duchess
14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.
A. engineer B. courtier C. office holder
A. Morte d’ArthurB.Robin Hood
C. The Canterbury Tales D. Piers the Plowman
11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in Londonin about 1340.
A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish
7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.
A. Langland B. GowerC.Wycliffe D. Chaucer
A.Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden
12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 英国文学史上被誉为“英国文学之父”的诗人是：A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案：A2. 下列哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀的作品？A. 《理智与情感》B. 《傲慢与偏见》C. 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D. 《简·爱》答案：D3. 英国浪漫主义文学的代表人物包括以下哪些？A. 华兹华斯B. 雪莱C. 拜伦D. 以上都是答案：D4. 以下哪位作家不是英国文学中的“湖畔诗人”？A. 华兹华斯B. 柯勒律治C. 雪莱D. 南希答案：C5. “荒原”是哪位英国诗人的代表作？A. 艾略特B. 奥登C. 叶芝D. 狄兰·托马斯答案：A6. 下列哪部作品是弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的代表作？A. 《到灯塔去》B. 《乌托邦》C. 《美丽新世界》D. 《1984》答案：A7. 英国现代主义文学的代表作家T.S.艾略特的代表作是：A. 《荒原》B. 《老人与海》C. 《了不起的盖茨比》D. 《太阳照样升起》答案：A8. 以下哪部作品是乔治·奥威尔的代表作？A. 《动物农场》B. 《杀死一只知更鸟》C. 《查泰莱夫人的情人》D. 《美丽新世界》答案：A9. 英国文学中“黑色幽默”的代表作家是：A. 弗朗西斯·培根B. 约瑟夫·海勒C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 乔治·奥威尔答案：B10. 英国文学中的“哥特式小说”起源于哪部作品？A. 《弗兰肯斯坦》B. 《呼啸山庄》C. 《简·爱》D. 《德古拉》答案：A二、填空题（每题2分，共20分）1. 英国文学史上的“文艺复兴”时期，代表作家有________和________。

答案：莎士比亚；克里斯托弗·马洛2. 英国文学中的“维多利亚时代”是指________年到________年。

答案：1837；19013. 英国文学中的“湖畔诗人”包括威廉·华兹华斯、________和________。

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英国文学史1.The statement “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability”openwell-known essays by_________.Francis Bacon Samuel Johnson Alexander Pope Jonathan Swift[参考答案] Francis Bacon2.When he died, Chaucer was buried in __________ the Poet's Corner.Westminster Abbey Normandy Canterbury Southwark[参考答案] Westminster Abbey3.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for hisproduction of .Piers Plowman Sir Gawain and the Green KnightConfessio Amantis The Canterbury Tales[参考答案] The Canterbury Tales4.The first mention of Robin Hood in literature is in Langland's _________.The Legend of Good Woman The Vison of Piers the PlowmanBoewulf Fables[参考答案] The Vison of Piers the Plowman5.Which literary genra does Sir Gawain and the Green Knight belong to?epic romance novel prose[参考答案] romance6.English literature at the Anglo-Norman Period was also a combination of ____ andSaxon elements.Latin Greek English French[参考答案] French7.In the 14th century, the two most important writers are_____ and ChaucerCaedmon Cynewulf Langland Shakespeare[参考答案] Langland8.Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song ofBeowulf?Hrothgat Heorot Grendel Beowulf[参考答案] Grendel9.The most important work of_____is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles,which is regardedas the best monument of the old English prose.Alfred the Great Caedmon Cynewulf Venerable Bede[参考答案] Alfred the Great10.The epic, The Song of Beowulf, represents the spirit of_____.monks romanticists sentimentalists pagan[参考答案] paganing line of11.The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day ?” is the beginnone of Shakespeare’ｓ.comedies tragedies histories sonnets[参考答案] sonnets12.In his literary development, Chaucer was influenced by three literatures, which oneis not true?French literature Italian literature English literature German litereature [参考答案] German litereature13.Who is the "father of English poetry" and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEnglish?Geoffrey Chaucer Martin Luther William Langland John Gower [参考答案] Geoffrey Chaucer14.In the 15th century, there is only one important prose writer whose namen is_____.He wrote an important work called Le Morte d'Arthur.Thomas Marlory Langland Chaucer Adam Bede[参考答案] Thomas Marlory16.________'s Essays is t he first example of that genre in English literature, whichhas been highly esteemed.John Donne John Milton Francis Bacon Edmund Spenser[参考答案] Francis Bacon17.In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called ______.heroic couplet quatrain Spenserian stanza terza rima[参考答案] quatrain18.In the first part of Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver told his experience in _______.Lilliput Brobdingnag Houyhnhnm England[参考答案] Lilliput19. is the successful religious allegory in the English language .The Pilgrim’s Progress Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners The Life and Death of Mr. Badman The Holy War[参考答案] The Pilgrim’s Progress20.Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of RobinsonGrusoe, of York, Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe)by .Jonathan Swift Daniel Defoe George Eliot wrence[参考答案] Daniel Defoe21.Which of the following is NOT typical of metaphysical poetry best represented byJohn Donne's works?Common speech Conceit Argument Refined Language [参考答案] Common speech22.The lines"Death ,but not proud,though some have clled thee/Mighty andpowerful,for thou are not so" are found in_____.William Wordsworth's writings John Keat's writingsJohn Donne's writings Percy Bysshe Shelley's writings [参考答案] John Donne's writings23.The story of Paradise Lost is taken from _________.a legend Bible an epic a folklore[参考答案] Bible24.The 18th century witnessed a new literary form－the modern English novel, which,contrary to the medieval romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of thecommon people.romantic realistic prophetic idealistic[参考答案] realistic25.As a whole, ______is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms andsatires of all aspects in the then English and European life— socially, politically,religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally.Moll Flanders Gulliver’s TravelsPilgrim’s Progress The School for Scandal[参考答案] Gulliver’s Travels26.Jonathan Swift's"Gulliver's Travels" gives an unparalleled______depiction of thevices of his age.religious romantic satirical comic[参考答案] satirical27.The ture subject of John Donne's poem,“The Sun Rising,” is to ___.A..attack the sun as an unruly servantB..give compliments to the mistress and her power of beautyC.criticize the sun's intrusion into the lover's private lifeD.lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie[参考答案] give compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty28.In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a (n) ______ of theBennet family.high opinion great admiration low opinion erroneous view[我的答案] low opinion29.Which of the following is taken from John Keats’“Ode on a Grecian Urn”？A.“I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!”　B.“They are both gone up to the church to pray.”　C.“Earth has not anything to show more fair.”　D.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty”.[我的答案] “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”.30."And where are they? And where art thou,/ My country? On thou voiceless shore/The heroic lay is tuneless now-/The heroic bossom beats no more!"(GeorgeGordon Byron, Don Juan) In the above stanaz, "art thou" literally means_________."art you" "are though" "art though" "are you"[我的答案] "are you"31.Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of _______ adventuresor other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.Christian knightly Greek primitive[我的答案] knightly32.Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT correct?A.It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B.It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C.Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D.Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothicromance.[我的答案] It predominated in the early eighteenth century.33.“ Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewedand digested;”( Of Studies). Here Bacon compares reading to.walking eating drinking acting[我的答案] eating34.Daniel Defoe describes ______ as a typical English middle-class man of the18thcentury,the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.Robinson Crusoe Moll Flanders Gulliver Tom Jones[我的答案] Robinson Crusoe35. _______ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became thefoundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.Ben Jonson Samuel Johnson Alexander Pope John Dryden[我的答案] Samuel Johnson36.Donne’s famous analogy of parting lovers to a drawing compass affords a pr imeexample of .dramatic style exaggeration paradox conceit[我的答案] conceit37.Which of the following shows in a more implicit way that the poet was touched bythe song of the solitary reaper?I listened, motionless land still Will no one tell me what she sings ?I saw her singing at her work. The music in my heart I bore.[我的答案] I listened, motionless land still38.What is his name?”“Bingley.”“Is he married or single?”“Oh! Single, my dear,sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thingfor our girls!”The above dialogue must be taken from_____________.Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Emily Bronte’s Wuthering HeightsJohn Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga George Eliot’s Middlemarch[我的答案] Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice39.The English Renaissance period was an age of ______ .poetry and drama drama and novel novel and poetry romance and poetry[我的答案] poetry and drama40.The well-known soliloquy by Hamlet “To be , or not to be’ shows his_______.hatred for his uncle love for lifeinner- strife resolution of revenge[我的答案] inner- strifebooks are to be tasted, others to besaid:“Some41.In his essay“Of Studies,”Baconswallowed, and some few to be chewed and____________.”skimmed perfected imitated digested[我的答案] digested42.Beowulf, the oldest great long poem ever written in English, is composed in a formof .epics lyrics folk songs sagas[我的答案] epics43.”_______” is the cooperative work of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge.Tintern Abbey The Rime of the Ancient MarinerLyrical Ballads Prelude[我的答案] Lyrical Ballads44.____ is central to Blake’s concern in his Songs of Innocence and Songs ofExperience.Politics Religion Childhood Manhood[我的答案] Childhood45.Shakespeare wrote ___________sonnets.125 154 245 138[我的答案] 15446.“ So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this , and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to ?Lover Time Summer Poetry[我的答案] Poetry47.Keats was born in the family of a ______________.landlord apothecary stable keeper doctor[我的答案] stable keeper48.In Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Thomas Gray compares the commonfolk with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the .chance love money material sources[我的答案] chance49.In ________, Shakespeare h as not only made a profound analysis of the socialcrisis in which the evils can be seen everywhere, but also criticized the bourgeois egoism.Hamlet Othello King Lear Macbeth[我的答案] King Lear50."Poetry is spontaneous"was put forward by _______.Robert Burns William Blake William Wordsworth Charles Lamb[我的答案] William Wordsworth51.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT .A.the using of everyday language spoken by the common people.B.the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.C.the humble and rustic life as subject matter.D.elegant wordings and inflated figures of speech.[我的答案] elegant wordings and inflated figures of speech.52.Portia,the heroine in "______"is one of Shakespeare's idealwomen-beautiful,prudent,cultured and capable of rising to an emergency."The Merchant of Venice" "As You Like It""King Lear""Twelfth Night"[我的答案] "The Merchant of Venice"53.The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.Surrey Wyatt Sidney Shakespeare[我的答案] Wyatt54.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem written in the form of .ballad sonnet heroic couplet Spenserian stanza[我的答案] ballad55.The most significant idea of the Renaissance is________.humanism realism naturalism skepticism[我的答案] humanism56.What flourished in Elizabenthan age more than any other form of literature?novel drama essay poetry[我的答案] drama57.The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvationthrough constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils”　may well sum up the implied meaning of ___.Gulliver's Travels The Rape of the LockRobinson Crusoe The pilgrim's Progress[我的答案] The pilgrim's Progress58.The________was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europein the 18th century.Romanticism Humanism Enlightenment Sentimentalism[我的答案] Enlightenment59.“Byronic hero”is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.？being proud being rebelliousbeing of humble origin being mysterious[我的答案] being of humble originProgress is often regarded as a typical example60.John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’sof_________.allegory romance epic in prose fable[我的答案] allegory61.The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are ___.A.horses that are endowed with reasonB.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC.giants that are superior in wisdomD.hairy,wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only inappearance but also in some other ways.[我的答案] horses that are endowed with reason62._____ is the first important religious poet in English literature.Cynewulf Caedmon Shakepeare Adam Bede[我的答案] Caedmon63.Which of these is not a song written by Robert Burns?A Red, Red Rose Auld Lang Syne To a Mouse Spring and Fall[我的答案] Spring and Fall64.The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, is often saidn to be concerned with thesearch for _______.self-fulfilment spiritual salvation material wealth universal truth[我的答案] spiritual salvation65.The unquenchable spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantialexistence on a lonely island reflects .A.man’s desire to return to natureB.the author’s criticism of the colonizationC.the ideal of the rising bourgeoisieD.the aristocrats’ disillusionment of the harsh social reality[我的答案] the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie66.John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally acknowledgedepic in English literarure since Beowulf.Areopagitica Paradise Lost Lycidas Samson Agonistes[我的答案] Paradise Lost67.Which of the following is NOT typical of metaphysical poetry best represented byJohn Donne’s works?Common speech. Conceit. Argument. Refined language.[我的答案] Common speech.68.Generally , the Renaissance r efers to the period between the 14th and mid-17thcenturies, its essence is .science philosophy arts humanism[我的答案] humanism69.“Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is…” (Ode to the West Wind )This showsShelly’s wish to be apropagator of revolutionary ideas singer enjoying great fameman who can wander freely heroic fighter in the forest[我的答案] propagator of revolutionary ideas70._______ is a typical feature of Swifts writings.Elegant style Bitter satire Casual narration Complicated sentence structure[参考答案] Bitter satire72.Gothic novels are mostly stories of , which take place in some haunted ordilapidated Middle Age castles .love and marriage sea adventures mystery and horror saints and martyrs[参考答案] mystery and horror73.Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that _______.A.the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the lattersees literature as an expression of an individual’s feelings and experiencesB.the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC.the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse themiddle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personalcultivation.D.the former advocates the "return to nature" whereas the latter turns to the ancientGreek and Roman writers for its models[参考答案] the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while thelatter sees literature as an expression of an individual’s feelings and experiences 74.The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is“___________________”．A Tale of a Tub The Battle of the BooksA Modest Proposal Gulliver’s Travels[参考答案] Gulliver’s Travels75._____was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature .Thomas Wyatt William Shakespeare Henry Howard John Lyly[参考答案] Thomas Wyatt76.John Milton is a great poet in the _____________________ Period.Renaissance Neoclassical Romantic Realist[参考答案] Renaissance77.The sonnet“Death Be Not Proud”is written in the strict pattern. It reveals the poetbelief that .A.Shakespearean, death is only a sleep, after which we live eternallyB.Petrarchan, death is but momentary while happiness after death is eternal.C.Elizabethan, death is not as strong as people think he isD.Portuguese, death is like a long sleep that offers final peace for the soul[我的答案] Petrarchan, death is but momentary while happiness after death iseternal.78.“Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,/Their homely joys, and destinyobscure;/Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile /The short and simple annals of the poor.”The above lines are taken fromA.Alexander Pope’s Essay on CriticismB.Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”　C.John Donne’s “The Sun Rising”　D.Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”[我的答案] Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”　79.William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originates from?form thoughts emotion artistic devices[我的答案] emotion80. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called ______.heroic couplet quatrain Spenserian stanza terza rima[我的答案] quatrain81._____ is the most common foot in English poetry.the anapest the trochee the iambic the dactyal[我的答案] the iambic82.Among the representatives o f the Enlightenment, who was the first to introducerationalism to England ?John Bunyan Daniel Defoe Alexander Pope Jonathan Swift[我的答案] Alexander Pope83.By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of VanityFair, John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious ______of his time.persecution improvement prosperity disillusionment[我的答案] persecution84.Which of the following words NOT appropriate to describe Mrs. Bennet, acharacter in Pride and Prejudice ？Beautiful Intelligent Snobbish Vulgar[我的答案] Intelligentthe quoted line comes from 85.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”　________.A.Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”　B.Walt Whitman’ s Leaves of GrassC.John Milton’s Paradise LostD.John Keats’“ Ode on a Grecian Urn”[我的答案] Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”86.It is generally regarded that Keats's most important and mature poems are in formof _________.Elegy ode epic sonnet[我的答案] ode87.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!” is an epigrammatic line by __ J.Keats W.Blake W.Wordsworth P.B.Shelley[我的答案] P.B.Shelley88.The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT______.self - esteem self - reliance self - restraint hard work[我的答案] self - esteem89.The_______was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europein the 18th century.Romanticism Humanism Enlightenment Sentimentalism[我的答案] Enlightenmen。

英国文学史习题全集(含答案)

12.____ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar.
A.Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes《希腊罗马名人传》
B.
C.Don Quixote
D.History of the World
13.____ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty to understand that the rich were becoming richer by robbing the poor.
3.The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.
A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay
4.The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.
Part One Early and Medieval English Literature
Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks.
1.In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeatingEngland.
C.Utopia
D.Discovery ofGuiana
E.Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries
F.Chronicles
The key:(1—C2—F3—E4—B5—A6—D)

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2英国文学史习题全集（含答案）Part One Early and Medieval English Literature 1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England. A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar C. Alfred the Great D. Claudius 2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer 3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____. A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay 4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances. A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. Beowulf C. Piers the Plowman D. The Canterbury Tales 5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dreamvision. 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 England at that time. The Normans spoke _____. A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish 7. ______ 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 series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England. A. primitive B. feudal C. bourgeois D. modern 9. The theme of ____ 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 alegendary outlaw called _____. A. Morte d’Arthur B. Robin Hood C. The Canterbury Tales D. Piers the Plowman 11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about 1340. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____. A. Flanders B. France C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey 13. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, 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. The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____. word文档可自复制编辑 A. engineer B. courtier C. office holder D. soldier E. ambassador F. legislator (议员) 15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’s poem “Filostrato”. A. The Legend of Good Women B. Troilus and Criseyde C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D. Beowulf Key to the multiple choices：1-5 ADCAB6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAAB Part Two The English Renaissance Ⅰ. Match the writer and his works. 1. Thomas More A. Apology for Poetry 2. Holinshed B. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets 3. Hakluyt C. Utopia 4. Richard Tottel D. Discovery of Guiana 5. Philip SidneyE. Principal Navigations, V oyages and Discoveries 6. Walter RaleighF. Chronicles The key: (1—C 2—F3—E4—B5—A 6—D) 1. _____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type, which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie. A. Henry V B. Henry VII C. Henry VIII D. James I 2. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of the Reformation” and his followers. A. William Tyndal B. James I C. John Wycliffe D. Bishop Lancelot Andrews 3. 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 VIIC. Henry VIIID.Queen Elizabeth 4. 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 old feudalism. A. Spain B. France C. America D. Norway 5. Those, both traders and pirates like ____, established the first English colonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lancelot AndrewsC. William CaxtonD. William Tyndal 6. ____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature. A. Ben Johnson B. William Shakespeare C. Thomas More D. Christopher Marlowe 7. The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe word文档可自复制编辑8. Morality plays appeared after_____. A. miracle plays B. mystery plays C. interlude D.Classical plays 9. _____ is used to say and do good things. A. Mercy B. Folly C. Vice D. Peace 10. _____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought. A. Phillip Sidney B. Edmund Spenser C. Thomas More D. Walter Raleigh 11. _____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance. A. Thomas North B. Thomas Wyatt C. George Chapman D. John Florio 12. ____ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar. A. Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes《希腊罗马名人传》 B. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets C. Don Quixote D. History of the World 13. ____ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty to understand that the rich were becoming richer by robbing the poor. A. John Wycliffe B. William Caxton C. Geoffrey Chaucer D. Thomas More14. Utopia was written in the form of _____. A. prose B. drama C. essay D. dialogue 15. One of the popular morality plays was ____.A. The ShepherdsB. EverymanC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurton’s Needle 16. Shakespeare’s plays written between _____ are sometimes called “romances” and all end in reconciliation and reunion. A. 1590 and 1594 B. 1595 and 1600 C. 1601 and 1607 D. 1608 and 1612 17. Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s ______. A. Pericles B. Cymbeline C. The Winter’s Tale D. The Tempest 18. In _____ appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet，Never before Imprintedwhich contains 154 sonnets. A. 1606 B. 1607 C. 1608 1609 19. Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____. A. romanticism B. realism C. naturalism D.classicism 20. Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with the _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet 21. In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 18000 22. _____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson 1-5 BCDAA6-10 DDCBA11-15 BDADA16-22 ACBADDB word文档可自复制编辑 1. The ____ was universally used by the Catholic Churches. 2. The English translation of the Bible emerged as a result of the struggle between ____ and ___. 3. The Bible was notably translated into English by the ____. 4. The first complete English Bible was translated by ____, “the morning star ofthe _____”. 5. _____ translated the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament, which is known as Tyndale’s Bible. 6. After Tydale’s Bible, then appeared the ______, which was made in 1611 under the auspices of _____. And so was sometimes called the ____. 7. Apart from the religious influence, the Authorized Version has had a great influence on English ___ and ____. 8. With the widespread influence of the English Bible, the standard modern English has been _____ and _____. 9. A great number of ____and phrases have passed into daily English speech as household words.10. The ____and ____ language of the Authorized Version has colored the style of the English prose for the last 300 years. 11. ____ was the first English printer. 12. William Caxton was a prosperous merchant himself, but he wasfond of ___ , and his interest was turning to ____. 13. He translated The Recuyell of Historyes of Troy into English from French which was the ___ book printed in English. 14. The Recuyell served as a source for ____ Troilus and Cressida. 《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》15. After having established his printing press, William Caxton devoted himself to the career of a ____ and _____. 16. William Caxton published about ____ books, ___ of which were translated by himself.17. By rendering (翻译) French books into English, Caxton exercised the youthful language in the airs (曲调), the graces, the crafts of the elder and contributed to the development of the style of ___ century English ____. 18. The influence of Caxton’s publications is also great in fixing a ____ language in England.19. As the first English printer, Caxtoninvented in England the profession of ____, which in fact has had a lasting significance to the development of English ___ as a whole. 20. The Renaissance started in the ______ century and ended in the ______century. 21. The word, “renaissance” means ________, which was stimulated by a series of historical events, such as ________. 22. In the Renaissance, the humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of those old ____in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expresses ____ of the rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the ____of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church. word文档可自复制编辑23. ____ is the theme of the English Renaissance, which emphasized the capacities of ____and the achievements of ____.24. ____ Stanza is a verse form created by _____ for his poem, ______, in which therhyme scheme is ____. 25. The Wars of the Roses (1455—1485) between the House of ___ and the House of ___ struggling for the Crown continued for 30 years. 26. Because of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King of England, the far-reaching movement of ___ took place in England, started by Henry VIII. 27. After ___ in England, the helpless, dispossessed peasants, being compelled to work at a low wage, became hired laborers for the merchants. These laborers were the fathers of modern English ___. 28. The introduction of ___ to England by William Caxton (1476) brought classical works within reach of the common multitude. 29. The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up ____of relations and the establishing of the foundations of ____. 30. Because the wool trade was rapidlygrowing in bulk, it was a time when, according to Thomas More, “___”.31. ____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in the country, confiscated their lands and proclaimed himself head of the Church of England. 32. Together with the development of bourgeois relationships and formation of the English national state this period is marked by a flourishing of national culture known as ____. 33. ____, in his translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, wrote the first English blank verse. 34. Richard Tottel’s Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets contained _____ poems by ______ and _____ by _____. 35. Philip Sidney thought that _____ had superiority over philosophy and history. 36. _____ is a picture of contemporary England with forcible exposure of the ___ among the laboring classes. 37. More pointsout that the root of poverty is the ____ _____ of social wealth. 38. Sonnets contain _____ sonnets and ____ sonnets.39. The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its ____.40. The “miracles” were simple plays based on ______stories. 41. There are significant touches of _____ life in the play titled The Shepherds. 42. A morality play presented the _____ of good and _____ with _____personages. 43. Vice was the predecessor of the modern _____.44. Through the revival of classical literature, English playwrights came into contact with ______ and ______drama. 45. From the contact with Greek and Latin drama, English playwrights learned all the important rules in ____ and ____, the more exact conception of ____ and ____. 46. English comedies and tragedies on classical models appeared in the middle of the____ century. 47. The first English comedy is ______. word文档可自复制编辑48. The first English tragedy is _____. 49. Miracle plays, morality plays, interludes and classical plays paved the way for the flourishing of ____. 50. In the 16th century _____ became the centre of English drama. 51. By ____, professional actors were organized into companies.52. ____ were wooden buildings, usually circular in form, with tiers of galleries surrounding a roofless pit.53. In the Elizabethan Theater, there were no ____ and women’s parts were always taken by ____. 54. Shakespeare’s narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, is full of vivid images of the ______, and aphorisms (格言、警句) on life. 55. Shakespeare was a great ____ of theEnglish language. 56. Shakespeare’s dramatic creation often used the method of _____. 57. Shakespeare’s drama becomes a monument of the English ______. 58. Shakespeare was a _____ for play-writing. 59. Shakespeare’s _____ people represent all the complexities and implications of real life. Key to the blanks: 1. Latin Bible 2. Protestantism; Catholicism 3. Protestants 4. John Wycliffe; Reformation 5. William Tyndal 6. Authorized Version, James I; King James Bible. 7. Language; literature 8. fixed; confirmed 9. Bible coinages 10. simple; dignified 11. William Caxton 12. Reading; literature 13. First 14. Shakespeare 15. Printer; publisher 16. 100;24 17. 15th ; prose 18. National 19. Publisher; culture 20. 14th; 17th 21. Religious reformation 22. feudalist ideas; interests; purity 23.Humanism; human mind; word文档可自复制编辑human culture 24. Spenserian; Edmund Spenser; The Faerie Queene; ababbcbcc 25. Lancaster; York 26. The Reformation 27. the Enclosure Movement; proletarians 28. printing 29. feudal; capitalism 30. sheep devours men 31. William VIII 32. Renaissance 33. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey 34. 96, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 40, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey 35. poetry 36. Utopia, Book One; poverty 37. private ownership 38. Italian/Petrarchan ; Shakespearean 39. Drama 40. Bible 41. real 42. Conflict; evil; allegorical 43. Clown 44. Greek; Latin 45. Structure; style; comedy; tragedy 46. 16th 47. Gammer Gurton’s Needle 《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》48. Gorboduc 《高波特克》49. Drama 50. London 51. 1567 52. Elizabethan theatres 53. actress; boys 54.countryside 55. master 56. adaptation (revision) 57. Renaissance 58. master-hand (能手) 59. full-b word 文档可自复制编辑Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois Revolution 1. The rhyme scheme of Milton’s L’Allkegro and Il Penseroso is _____. A. aabbccbbc B. abbacdccd C. abacdeec D. ababcdcdd 2. _____ , as a declaration of people’s freedom of the press, has been a weapon in the later democratic revolutionary struggles.A. On the Morning of Christ’s NativityB. ComusC. Of Reformation in EnglandD. Areopagitica 3. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses. A. John Milton B. John Bunyan C. John Donne D. John Dryden 4. _____ expressed Donne’s own way of describinglove. A. Holy Sonnets B. Witchcraft by a Picture C. The Sun Rising D. Death, Be Not Proud 5. George Herbert’s ______ is a well-known shaped poem. A. The Altar B. To His Coy Mistress C. To Daffodils D. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May 6. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan7. Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet? A. Richard Crashaw B. Henry Vaughan C. Andrew Marvell D. Robert Burton 8. ____is a prose poem on death and immortality. A. The Anatomy of Melancholy B. Religio Mecici C. Holy Dying D. Urn-Burial 9. Izaak Walton’s ____ is a delightful description of the English countryside and the simple and kind people.A. The Compleat AnglerB. Holy LivingC. To His Coy MistressD. To Daffadils 10. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry? A. John Suckling B. Richard LovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. John Dryden11. ____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19th century. A. John Dryden B. Richard Steele C. Joseph Addison D. Alexander Pope Key to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAAD 1. In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, _______ occupies the most important place.2. The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian writing produced during the _____ Age.3. ______gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol of word文档可自复制编辑London at the time of Restoration.4._____masterpiece, The Pilgrim’s Progress, is an allegory, a narrative in which general concepts such as sins, despair, and faith are represented as people or as aspects of the natural world. 5. _____ is the most excellent representative of English classicism in the Restoration period.6. In English literature, the Restoration period is traditionally called “Age of _____.7. In political affairs, ____ was quite changeable in attitude.8. In his “An Essay of Dramatic Poesy”, ____ showed his famous appreciation of Shakespeare.9. Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is _______, a tragedy dealing with the same story as Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.10. The main literary achievements of the 17th century lies in the poetry of John Milton, in the prose writing of John Bunyan, and in the plays and literary criticism of ______.11. ParadiseLost is one of Milton’s ______. 12. Satan is the hero in Milton’s masterpiece __________. 13. Paradise Lost took its material from ______. 14. The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, generally speaking, by _____in content and fantasticality in form.15. _______ was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 18th century. 16. Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton’s belief in the powers of _____. 17. The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious allegory and _____ is another writing feature. 18. In the second half of the 17th century we may hear the voices of the private citizens by letters and _____. Key to the blanks: 1. (John Bunyan) 17. (symbolism) 2. (Puritan) 18. (diaries) 3. (The Pilgrim’s Progress) 4. (John Bunyan’s) 5. (John Dryden) 6. (Dryden) 7. (John Dryden) 8. (John Dryden) 9. (All for Love) 10.(John Dryden) 11. (epics) 12. (Paradise Lost) 13. (mysticism) 14. (the Bible) 15. (Dryden) 16. (man) word文档可自复制编辑。

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5.William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.
A.Kubla KhanB.Piers the Plowman
C.The Dream of John BullD.Morte d’Arthur
6.After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed inEnglandat that time. TheNormansspoke _____.
A.The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”
C.The Legend of Good WomenD.The Book of the Duchess
14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupationsthathad impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.
A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish
7.______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.
A. LanglandB. GowerC.WycliffeD. Chaucer
Part One Early and Medieval English Literature
1.In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeatingEngland.

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Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureⅠ. Fill in the blanks.1.In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius2.In the 14 th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer3.The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay4.The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales5.William Langland’ s ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d’ Arthur6.After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke _____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish7.______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.A. LanglandB. GowerC. WycliffeD. Chaucer8.Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the lifein the ____ England.A. primitiveB. feudalC. bourgeoisD. modern9.The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.A. loyaltyB. revoltC. obedienceD. mockery10.The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called _____.A. Morte d’ ArthurB. Robin HoodC. The Canterbury TalesD. Piers the Plowman11.______, the“ father of English poetry” and onenarrativeofthegreapoe t estof England, was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden12.Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey13.Chaucer ’ s earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of the French Roman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris a ndJean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13 th and 14 th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A. The Romaunt of the RoseB. “ A Red, Red Rose ”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess14.In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one isnot his career? ____.A. engineerB. courtierC. office holderD. soldierE. ambassadorF. legislator (议员 )15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’ s poem“ Filostrato” .A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and CriseydeC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. BeowulfKey to the multiple choices：1-5 ADCAB6-10 ACBAB11-15 ADAAB自考真题2002-4.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form3in the medieval period.（ B）Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___.A.Piers PlowmanB.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC.Confessio AmantisD.The Canterbury Tales（ D）The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval Englishsociety and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely ______________.A ． William Langland’ s Piers PlowmanB．Geoffrey Chaucer’ s The Canterbury TalesC． John Gower ’ s Confession AmantisD ．Sir Gawain and the Green Knight（B）Ⅱ. Questions1.What are the features of Beowulf?ment on the social significance and language in The Canterbury Tales.Part Two The English RenaissanceⅠ. Match the writer and his works.1.Thomas More A.Apology for Poetry2.Holinshed B. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets3.Hakluyt C.Utopia4.Richard Tottel D.Discovery of Guiana5.Philip Sidney E.Principal Navigations, V oyages and Discoveries6.Walter Raleigh F.ChroniclesThe key: (1— C2— F3— E4— B5— A6—D)Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.1._____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type, which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. James I2. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______,“ the morning star of the Reformation”A. William TyndalB. James IC. John WycliffeD. Bishop Lancelot Andrews3.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 VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4. Except being a vic tory of England over ___, the rout of the fleet“ Armada” (Invincible) was also the triumph ofyoung bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5.Those, both traders and pirates like ____, established the first English colonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lancelot AndrewsC. William CaxtonD. William Tyndal6.____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.A. Ben JohnsonB. William Shakespeare4C. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe7. The most gifted of the“ university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe8.Morality plays appeared after_____.A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classical plays9._____ is used to say and do good things.A. MercyB. FollyC. ViceD. Peace10._____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A. Phillip SidneyB. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas MoreD. Walter Raleigh11._____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.A. Thomas NorthB. Thomas WyattC. George ChapmanD. John Florio12.____ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar.A.Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes 《希腊罗马名人传》B.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.Don QuixoteD.History of the World13.____ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty to understand that the rich were becoming richer byrobbing the poor.A. John WycliffeB. William CaxtonC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Thomas More14.Utopia was written in the form of _____.A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue15.One of the popular morality plays was ____.A. The ShepherdsB. EverymanC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurton ’s Needle16.Shakespeare ’ s plays written between _____ are sometimes called“ romances ” and all end in reconciliation anA. 1590 and 1594B. 1595 and 1600C. 1601 and 1607D. 1608 and 161217.Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’ s ______.A . Pericles B. Cymbeline C. The Winter’ s TaleD. The Tempest18.In _____ appeared Shakespeare ’，sNeverSonnetbefore Imprinted（《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）whichcontains 154 sonnets.A. 1606B. 1607C. 1608160919.Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____.A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. classicism20.Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with the _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet21.In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 1800022._____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben JohnsonKey to the multiple choices:1-5 BCDAA6-10 DDCBA11-15 BDADA16-22 ACBADDBⅢ. Fill in the blanks.51.The ____ was universally used by the Catholic Churches.2.The English translation of the Bible emerged as a result of the struggle between ____ and ___.3.The Bible was notably translated into English by the ____.4.The first complete Engl ish Bible was translated by ____,“ the morning star of the _____”.5._____ translated the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament, which is known as Tyndale’ s6.After Tydale ’ s Bible, then appeared the ______, which was made in 1611 under thepicesaus of _____. And so wassometimes called the ____.7.Apart from the religious influence, the Authorized Version has had a great influence on English ___ and ____.8.With the widespread influence of the English Bible, the standard modern English has been _____ and _____.9. A great number of ____and phrases have passed into daily English speech as household words.10. The ____and ____ language of the Authorized Version has colored the style of the English prose for the last 300 years.11.____ was the first English printer.12.William Caxton was a prosperous merchant himself, but he was fond of ___ , and his interest was turning to ____.13.He translated The Recuyell of Historyes of Troy into English from French which was the ___ book printed in English.14.The Recuyell served as a source for ____ Troilus and Cressida. 《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》15.After having established his printing press, William Caxton devoted himself to the career of a ____ and _____.16.William Caxton published about ____ books, ___ of which were translated by himself.17.By rendering (翻译 ) French books into English, Caxton exercised the youthful language in the airs (曲调 ), the graces, the craftsof the elder and contributed to the development of the style of ___ century English ____.18. The influence of Caxton’ s publicationsgreatislsoin fixing a ____ language in England.19.As the first English printer, Caxton invented in England the profession of ____, which in fact has had a lasting significance tothe development of English ___ as a whole.20.The Renaissance started in the ______ century and ended in the ______century.21.The word, “ renaissance ” means ________, which was stimulated by a series of historical events, such as ________.22.In the Renaissance, the humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of those old ____in medieval Europe, to introduce newideas that expresses ____ of the rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the ____of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.23.____ is the theme of the English Renaissance, which emphasized the capacities of ____and the achievements of ____.24.____ Stanza is a verse form created by _____ for his poem, ______, in which the rhyme scheme is ____.25.The Wars of the Roses (1455 — 1485) between the House of ___ and the House of ___ struggling for the Crown continuedfor 30 years.26.Because of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King of England, the far-reaching movement of ___took place in England, started by Henry VIII.27.After ___ in England, the helpless, dispossessed peasants, being compelled to work at a low wage, became hired laborers forthe merchants. These laborers were the fathers of modern English ___.28.The introduction of ___ to England by William Caxton (1476) brought classical works within reach of the common multitude.29.The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up ____of relations and the establishing of the foundations of ____.30.Because the wool trade was rapidly growing in bulk, it was a time when, according to Thomas More,31.____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in the country, confiscated their lands andproclaimed himself head of the Church of England.32.Together with the development of bourgeois relationships and formation of the English national state this period is marked bya flourishing of national culture known as ____.33. ____, in his translation of Virgil’ s Aeneid, wrote the first English blank verse.34.Richard Tottel’ s Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets contained _____ poems by ______ and _____ by _____.35.Philip Sidney thought that _____ had superiority over philosophy and history.36._____ is a picture of contemporary England with forcible exposure of the ___ among the laboring classes.37.More points out that the root of poverty is the ____ _____ of social wealth.38.Sonnets contain _____ sonnets and ____ sonnets.39.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its ____.40.The “ miracles ” were simple plays based on ______stories.641.There are significant touches of _____ life in the play titled The Shepherds.42. A morality play presented the _____ of good and _____ with _____personages.43.Vice was the predecessor of the modern _____.44.Through the revival of classical literature, English playwrights came into contact with ______ and ______drama.45.From the contact with Greek and Latin drama, English playwrights learned all the important rules in ____ and ____, themore exact conception of ____ and ____.46.English comedies and tragedies on classical models appeared in the middle of the ____ century.47.The first English comedy is ______.48.The first English tragedy is _____.49.Miracle plays, morality plays, interludes and classical plays paved the way for the flourishing of ____.50.In the 16 th century _____ became the centre of English drama.51.By ____, professional actors were organized into companies.52.____ were wooden buildings, usually circular in form, with tiers（一排排） of galleries surrounding a roofless pit（楼下剧场） .53.In the Elizabethan Theater, there were no ____ and women’ s parts were always taken by ____.54.Shakespeare ’ s narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, is full of viv i magesd of the ______, and aphorisms ( 格言、警句 ) on life.55.Shakespeare was a great ____ of the English language.56.Shakespeare ’ s dramatic creation often used the method of _____.57.Shakespeare ’ s drama becomes a monument of the English ______.58.Shakespeare was a _____ for play-writing.59.Shakespeare ’ s _____ people represent all the complexities and implications of real life.Key to the blanks:tin Bible28.printing2.Protestantism; Catholicism29.feudal; capitalism3.Protestants30.sheep devours men4.John Wycliffe; Reformation31.William VIII5.William Tyndal32.Renaissance6.Authorized Version, James I; King James Bible.33.Henry Howard, Earl of Surreynguage; literature34.96, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 40, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey8.fixed; confirmed35.poetry9.Bible coinages36.Utopia, Book One; poverty10.simple; dignified37.private ownership11.William Caxton38.Italian/Petrarchan ; Shakespearean12.Reading; literature39.Drama13.First40.Bible14.Shakespeare41.real15.Printer; publisher42.Conflict; evil; allegorical16.100; 2443.Clown17.15th ; prose44.Greek; Latin18.National45.Structure; style; comedy; tragedy19.Publisher; culture46.16th20.14th; 17th47.Gammer Gurton ’ s Needle《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》21.Religious reformation48.Gorboduc 《高波特克》22.feudalist ideas; interests; purity49.Drama23.Humanism; human mind; human culture50.London24.Spenserian; Edmund Spenser; The Faerie Queene;51.1567ababbcbcc52.Elizabethan theatresncaster; York53.actress; boys26.The Reformation54.countryside27.the Enclosure Movement; proletarians55.master756.adaptation (revision)58.master-hand (妙手 )57.Renaissance59.full-bloodⅣ. Say true or false.1.The old English aristocracy having been exterminated (wiped out) in the course of the War of the Roses, a new nobility, totallydependent on King ’ s power, come to the fore.2.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.3.The progress of bourgeois economy made England a powerful state and enabled her in 1588 to inflict a defeat on the SpanishInvincible Armada.4.The Protestant Reformation was in essence a religious movement in a political guise.5.Before the Reformation, the English Bible was universally used by the Catholic churches.6.Walter Raleigh wrote his History of the World in imprisonment.7.More the man is even more interesting than More the writer.8.Utopia, Book One, describes an ideal communist society.9.Translations occupied an important place in the English Renaissance.10.Philip Sidney’ s collection of love sonnets is Astrophel and Stella.11.The Miracle plays were not forbidden to perform in churches after the actors introduced secular and even comicalelements into the performance.12.The writer of Gammer Gurton’ s Needle is unknown.13.Two lawyers who wrote Gorboduc were Thomas Sackville ( 托马斯·萨克维尔 ) and Thomas Norton （托马斯·诺顿） .14.Shakespeare ’ s sonnets are divided into three groups: Numbers 17, Numbers 18 ——126, and Numbers 127— 154.15.Shakespeare ’ s sonnets are written for variety of virtues.16.Engels said, “ Realism implies, besides truth in detail, the truthful reproduction of typical characters under typicalcircumstances. ”17.Shakespeare wrote about his own people and for his own time.18.Shakespeare ’ s one play contains one theme(contains. more than one theme)19.To reproduce the real life, Shakespeare often combines the majestic with the funny, the poetic with the prosaic(散文体的 ) andtragic with the comic.20.Engels called Shakespeare’ s plays the “ Shakespearean爽朗、快vivacity活)and(wealth of ( 大量的 ) action” .21.Utopia is More’ s masterpiece, written in the f o frmletters between More and Hythloday, a voyage.22.Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist.23. Carl Marx commented highly on More’ s Utopia and mentioned it in his great work, The Capital.24.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its poetry.25.The miracle plays were simple plays based on Bible stories, such as the creation of the world, Noah and the flood, andthe birth of Christ.26.Grammer Gurton ’ s Needle is the first English comedy, Gorboduc the first English tragedy.27.Both the gentlemen and the common people went to the theatres. But the upper class was the dominant force inElizabethan theatre.28.After Shakespeare’ s death, Herminge and Condell collected and published his plays in 1623.29.From Shakespeare ’ s history s,playitcan be seen that Shakespeare took a great interest in the political questions of his time.30.In Shakespeare ’ s historical plays, historical accuracy is not strictly regarded.31.King Lear is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national hero to degenerate into a bloody murder anddespot right to his doom.32. Coming from an old Danish legend, Othello is considered the summit of Shakespeare’ s art.33.Shakespeare is one of the founders of romanticism in world literature.34.Generally speaking, after Shakespeare, the English drama was undergoing a process of prosperity.35.English Renaissance Period was an age of poetry and drama, and was an age of prose.36.There are two main characters in As You Like It: Orlando and Rosalind.37. Ben Johnson’ s comedies are“ comedies of humors” and every character in his comedies personifies a definite838. In Ben Johnson’ s later years he became the“ literary king” of his time.Key to the True/False statements:1.T2.T3.T4. F. (a political movement in a religious guise)5. F. (the Latin Bible)6.T7. F (Sidney)8.T9.T10.T11.T12.T13. F ( Book Two)14.T15.T16.T17.T18. F19.T20.T21. F (a conversation)22. F (poet and critic of poetry)23. F24.F(darma)25.T26.T27.T28.T29.T30.T31. F (Macbeth)32. F (Hamlet)33. F (realism)34.F(decline)35. F (not an age of prose)36.T37. F (ordinary people were)38.T9Ⅴ. Questions on the English Renaissancement on the image of Henry V and Sir John Falstaff.ment on the character of Hamlet.3. What are the features of Shakespeare’ s drama?4.Remember Shakespeare ’ s major plays in each literary career.ment on Marlowe ’ s social significance and literary achievement.ment on The Faerie Queene.Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois RevolutionI.Choose the right answer.1.The rhyme scheme of Milton’ s L’ Allkegro and Il Penseroso is _____.A. aabbccbbcB. abbacdccdC. abacdeecD. ababcdcdd2. _____ , as a declaration of people’ s freedom of the press, has been a weapon in the later democratic revolutionaryles. strugA. On the Morning of Christ’C. Of Reformation in EnglandD. Areopagitica3.____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden4._____ expressed Donne’ s own way of describing love.A. Holy SonnetsB. Witchcraft by a PictureC. The Sun RisingD. Death, Be Not Proud5.George Herbert ’ s ______ is a-knownwell shaped poem.A. The AltarB. To His Coy MistressC. To DaffodilsD. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May6.____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan7.Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet?A. Richard CrashawB. Henry VaughanC. Andrew MarvellD. Robert Burton8.____is a prose poem on death and immortality.A. The Anatomy of MelancholyB. Religio MeciciC. Holy DyingD. Urn-Burial9.Izaak Walton ’ s ____ is a delightful description of the English countryside and the simple and kind people.A. The Compleat AnglerB. Holy LivingC. To His Coy MistressD. To Daffadils10.Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry?A. John SucklingB. Richard LovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. John Dryden11.____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19th century.A. John DrydenB. Richard SteeleC. Joseph AddisonD. Alexander PopeKey to the multiple choices:1-5 CDCBA6-11 ADDAADII.Fill in the blanks.1.In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, _______ occupies the most important place.112.The Pilgrim ’ s Progress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian writing produced during the _____ Age.3.______gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol of London at the time of Restoration.4. _____masterpiece, The Pilgrim’ s Progress, is an allegory, a narrative in which general concepts such as sins, despair,ithand faare represented as people or as aspects of the natural world.5._____ is the most excellent representative of English classicism in the Restoration period.6. In English literature, the Restoration period is traditionally called“ Age of _____.7.In political affairs, ____ was quite changeable in attitude.8. In his“ An Essay of Dramatic Poesy” , ____ showed his famous appreciation of Shakespeare.9.Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is _______, a tragedy dealing with the same story as ShakespeareCleopatra.10.The main literary achievements of the 17 th century lies in the poetry of John Milton, in the prose writing of John Bunyan, andin the plays and literary criticism of ______.11.Paradise Lost is one of Milton’ s ______.12.Satan is the hero in Milton’ s masterpiece __________.13.Paradise Lost took its material from ______.14.The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, generally speaking, by _____in content and fantasticality in form.15._______ was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 18 th century.16.Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton’ s belief in the powers of _____.17.The Pilgrim ’ s Progress is a religious allegory and _____ is another writing feature.18.In the second half of the 17 th century we may hear the voices of the private citizens by letters and _____.Key to the blanks:1.(John Bunyan)2.(Puritan)3.(The Pilgrim’ s Progress)4.(John Bunyan’ s)5.(John Dryden)6.(Dryden)7.(John Dryden)8.(John Dryden)9.(All for Love)10.(John Dryden)11.(epics)12.(Paradise Lost)13.(mysticism)14.(the Bible)15.(Dryden)16.(man)17.(symbolism)18.(diaries)12III.Say true or false.1.The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17 th century were over land ownership.2.After the victory of the English Revolution, the movement of the Diggers broke out. The leader of this revolt is Wat Tyler.3.With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became the Protector of the English Commonwealth.4.The spirit of unity and the feeling of patriotism ended with the reign of James I, and England was then convulsed (shook, quivered)with the conflict between the two antagonistic camps, the Royalists and the Puritans.5.In 1644, James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of the country.6.English literature of the 17 th century witnessed a flourish on the whole.7.The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in English literature, William Shakespeare.8.The Revolution Period is also called Age of Milton because it produced a great poet whole name is William Milton.9.The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama.10.Among the English poets during the Revolution Period, John Donne was the greatest one.11.John Milton towers over his age as Byron towers over the Elizabethan Age, and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval Period.12.On his first wife’ s death, Milton wrote hisoveonlypoem,l a sonnet, on His Deceased Wife.13.The greatest epic produced by Milton, Paradise Lose, is written in heroic couplets.14.The poem of Samson Agonistes was“ to justify the ways of God to man” , i.e. to advocate submission to the Alm15.It has been noticed by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by his angels who never think of expressing any opinionsof their own, resembles the court of an absolute monarch.16.Izaak Walton ’ s The Compleat Angler becomes a“ Piscatorial classic” .17.Thomas Bro wne’ s Religia Medici is a collection of opinions on a vast number of subjects more or less connected with religion.Key to True/False statements:1. F (ownership: monopolies)2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley)3. F (Charles II: Oliver Cromwell)4. F (Donne: Milton)5. F (James I: Charles I)6. F (flourish: decline)7.T (William Shakespeare)8. F (William: John)9. F (drama: poetry)10. F (James I: Elizabeth I)11. F (Byron: Shakespeare)12. F (first: second)13. F (heroic couplets: blank verse)14. F (Satan: God)15. F (Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost)16.T17.T13IV . Questions1.What are the writing features of The Pilgrim’ s Progress?ment on the image of Satan.ment on Samson.Part Four The English CenturyⅠ. Match the works and the characters. (3 points)A B1. ()Tome Jones a.Friday2. ()The Vicar of Wakefield b.King of Brodingnag3. ()Robinson Crusoe c.Sophia4. ()Gulliver’ s Travels d.Mr. B5. ()Pamela e.William Thornhill6. ()The School for Scandal f.Charles SurfacThe key:(1— c,2—e, 3— a, 4— b,5—d, 6—f )Ⅱ. Choose the right answer.1.In 1701, Steele published a pamphlet, _____, in which he first displayed his moralizing spirit.A. The FuneralB. The Lying LoverC. The Christian HeroD. The Tender Husband2.Which is the most popular newspaper published by Steele?A. The TatlerB. The SpectatorC. The TheatreD. The English3._____ is Addison’ s great tragedy.A. A Letter from ItalyB. RosamondC. The CampaignD. Cato4.Which of the following is not the hero in The Spectator?A. Isaac BickerstaffB. Mr. RogerC. Captain SentryD. Andrew Freeport5.______ were looked upon as the model of English composition by British authors all through the 18th century.A. Jeremy Taylor’ s Holy LivingB. Thomas Browne’ s Religio MeidicC. Samuel Pepys’ s diariesD. Addison’ s Spectator essays6.The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _____.A. SteeleB. AddisonC. PopeD. Dryden7.The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is ____.A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. Essay on ManD. The Dunciad8.Essay on Man is a _____poem in heroic couplets.A. didacticB. satiricalC. philosophicalD. dramatic9.____ was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century.A. The Enclosure MovementB. The Industrial RevolutionC. The Religious ReformD. The Enlightenment10. The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the ____ readers.A. aristocraticB. middle classC. low classD. intellectual11. ____ is a great classicist but his satire is not always just.A. SteeleB. MiltonC. AddisonD. Pope12.The main literary stream of the 18 th century was ____ . What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.A. romanticismB. classicismC. realismD. sentimentalism13.The 18th century was the golden age of the English___. The novel of this period spoke the truth about life with anuncompromising (unbending) courage.A. dramaB. poetryC. essayD. novel15。

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2英国文学史习题全集（含答案）2英国文学史习题全集（含答案）Part One Early and Medieval English Literature 1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England. A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar C. Alfred the Great D. Claudius 2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer 3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____. A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay 4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances. A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. Beowulf C. Piers the Plowman D. The Canterbury Tales 5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dreamvision. 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 England at that time. The Normans spoke _____. A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish 7. ______ 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 series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England. A. primitive B. feudal C. bourgeois D. modern 9. The theme of ____ 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 alegendary outlaw called _____. A. Morte d’Arthur B. Robin Hood C. The Canterbury Tales D. Piers the Plowman 11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about 1340. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____. A. Flanders B. France C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey 13. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, 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. The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____. word文档可自复制编辑A. engineer B. courtier C. office holder D. soldier E. ambassador F. legislator (议员) 15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’s poem “Filostrato”. A. The Legend of Good Women B. Troilus and Criseyde C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D. Beowulf Key to the multiple choices：1-5 ADCAB6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAAB Part Two The English Renaissance Ⅰ. Match the writer and his works. 1. Thomas More A. Apology for Poetry 2. Holinshed B. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets 3. Hakluyt C. Utopia 4. Richard Tottel D. Discovery of Guiana 5. Philip SidneyE. Principal Navigations, V oyages and Discoveries 6. WalterRaleighF. Chronicles The key: (1—C 2—F3—E4—B5—A 6—D) 1. _____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type, which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie. A. Henry V B. Henry VII C. Henry VIII D. James I 2. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of the Reformation” and his followers. A. William Tyndal B. James I C. John Wycliffe D. Bishop Lancelot Andrews 3. 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 VIIC. Henry VIIID.Queen Elizabeth 4. 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 old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway 5. Those, both traders and pirates like ____, established the first English colonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lancelot AndrewsC. William CaxtonD. William Tyndal 6. ____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature. A. Ben Johnson B. William Shakespeare C. Thomas More D. Christopher Marlowe 7. The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe word文档可自复制编辑8. Morality plays appearedafter_____. A. miracle plays B. mystery plays C. interlude D.Classical plays 9. _____ is used to say and do good things. A. Mercy B. Folly C. Vice D. Peace 10. _____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought. A. Phillip Sidney B. Edmund Spenser C. Thomas More D. Walter Raleigh 11. _____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance. A. Thomas North B. Thomas Wyatt C. George Chapman D. John Florio 12. ____ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar. A. Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes《希腊罗马名人传》 B. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets C. Don Quixote D. History of the World 13. ____ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty to understand that the rich were becoming richer by robbing the poor. A. John Wycliffe B. William Caxton C. Geoffrey Chaucer D. Thomas More14. Utopia was written in the form of _____. A. prose B. dramaC. essayD. dialogue 15. One of the popular morality plays was ____.A. The ShepherdsB. EverymanC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurton’s Needle 16. Shakespeare’s plays w ritten between _____ are sometimes called “romances” and all end in reconciliation and reunion. A. 1590 and 1594 B. 1595 and 1600 C. 1601 and 1607 D. 1608 and 1612 17. Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s ______. A. Pericles B. Cymbeline C. The Winter’s T ale D. The Tempest 18. In _____ appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet，Never before Imprintedwhich contains 154 sonnets. A. 1606 B. 1607 C. 1608 1609 19. Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____. A. romanticism B. realism C. naturalism D.classicism 20. Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare wasespecially at home (good at) with the _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet 21. In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 18000 22. _____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson 1-5 BCDAA6-10 DDCBA11-15 BDADA16-22 ACBADDB word文档可自复制编辑 1. The ____ was universally used by the Catholic Churches. 2. The English translation of the Bible emerged as a result of the struggle between ____ and ___. 3. The Bible was notably translated into English by the ____. 4. The first complete English Bible was translated by ____, “the morning star ofthe _____”. 5. _____ translated the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament, which is known as Tyndale’s Bible. 6. After Tydale’s Bible, then appeared the ______, which was made in 1611 under the auspices of _____. And so was sometimes called the ____. 7. Apart from the religious influence, the Authorized Version has had a great influence on English ___ and ____. 8. With the widespread influence of the English Bible, the standard modern English has been _____ and _____. 9. A great number of ____and phrases have passed into daily English speechas household words.10. The ____and ____ language of the Authorized Version has colored the style of the English prose for the last 300 years. 11. ____ was the first English printer. 12. William Caxton was a prosperous merchant himself, but he wasfond of ___ , and his interest was turning to ____. 13. He translated The Recuyell of Historyes of Troy into English from French which was the ___ book printed in English. 14. The Recuyell served as a source for ____ Troilus and Cressida. 《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》15. After having established his printing press, William Caxton devoted himself to the career of a ____ and _____. 16. William Caxton published about ____ books, ___ of which were translated by himself.17. By rendering (翻译) French books into English, Caxton exercised the youthful language in the airs (曲调), the graces, the crafts of the elder and contributed to the development of the style of ___ century English ____. 18. The infl uence of Caxton’s publications is also great in fixing a ____ language in England.19. As the first English printer, Caxtoninvented in England the profession of ____, which in fact has had a lasting significance to the development of English ___ as a whole. 20. The Renaissance started in the ______ century and ended in the ______century. 21. The word, “renaissance” means ________, which was stimulated by a series of historical events, such as ________. 22. In the Renaissance, the humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of those old ____in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expresses ____ of the rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the ____of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church. word文档可自复制编辑23. ____ is the theme of the English Renaissance, whichemphasized the capacities of ____and the achievements of ____.24. ____ Stanza is a verse form created by _____ for his poem, ______, in which therhyme scheme is ____. 25. The Wars of the Roses (1455—1485) between the House of ___ and the House of ___ struggling for the Crown continued for 30 years. 26. Because of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King of England, the far-reaching movement of ___ took place in England, started by Henry VIII. 27. After ___ in England, the helpless, dispossessed peasants, being compelled to work at a low wage, became hired laborers for the merchants. These laborers were the fathers of modern English ___. 28. The introduction of ___ to England by William Caxton (1476) brought classical works within reach of the common multitude. 29. The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up ____of relations and the establishing of the foundations of ____. 30. Because the wool trade was rapidly growing in bulk, it was a time when, according to Thomas More, “___”.31. ____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in the country, confiscated their lands and proclaimed himself head of the Church of England. 32. Together with the development of bourgeois relationships and formation of the English national state this period is marked by a flourishing of national culture known as ____. 33. ____, in his translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, wrote the first English blank verse. 34. Richard Tottel’s Miscellany of So ngs and Sonnets contained _____ poems by ______ and _____ by _____. 35. Philip Sidney thought that _____ had superiority over philosophy and history. 36. _____ is a picture of contemporary England with forcible exposure of the ___ among the laboring classes. 37. More pointsout that the root of poverty is the ____ _____ of social wealth.38. Sonnets contain _____ sonnets and ____ sonnets.39. The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its ____.40. The “miracles” were simple plays based on ______stories.41. There are significant touches of _____ life in the play titled The Shepherds. 42. A morality play presented the _____ of good and _____ with _____personages. 43. Vice was the predecessor of the modern _____.44. Through the revival of classical literature, English playwrights came into contact with ______ and ______drama. 45. From the contact with Greek and Latin drama, English playwrights learned all the important rules in ____ and ____, the more exact conception of ____ and ____. 46. English comedies and tragedies on classical models appeared in the middle of the ____ century. 47. The first English comedy is ______. word文档可自复制编辑48. The first English tragedy is _____. 49. Miracle plays, morality plays, interludes and classical plays paved the way for the flourishing of ____. 50. In the 16th century _____ became the centre of English drama. 51. By ____, professional actors were organized into companies.52. ____ were wooden buildings, usually circular in form, with tiers of galleries surrounding a roofless pit.53. In the Elizabethan Theater, there were no ____ and women’s parts were always taken by ____. 54. Shakespeare’s narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, is full of vivid images of the ______, and aphorisms (格言、警句) on life. 55. Shakespeare was a great ____ of theEnglish language. 56. Shakespeare’s dramatic creationoften used the method of _____. 57. Shakespeare’s drama becomes a monument of the English ______. 58. Shakespeare was a _____ for play-writing. 59. Shakespeare’s _____ peopl e represent all the complexities and implications of real life. Key to the blanks: 1. Latin Bible 2. Protestantism; Catholicism 3. Protestants 4. John Wycliffe; Reformation 5. William Tyndal 6. Authorized Version, James I; King James Bible. 7. Language; literature 8. fixed; confirmed 9. Bible coinages 10. simple; dignified 11. William Caxton 12. Reading; literature 13. First 14. Shakespeare 15. Printer; publisher 16. 100;24 17. 15th ; prose 18. National 19. Publisher; culture 20. 14th; 17th 21. Religious reformation 22. feudalist ideas; interests; purity 23.Humanism; human mind; word文档可自复制编辑human culture 24. Spenserian; Edmund Spenser; The Faerie Queene; ababbcbcc 25. Lancaster; York 26. The Reformation 27. the Enclosure Movement; proletarians 28. printing 29. feudal; capitalism 30. sheep devours men 31. William VIII 32. Renaissance 33. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey 34. 96, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 40, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey 35. poetry 36. Utopia, Book One; poverty 37. private ownership 38. Italian/Petrarchan ; Shakespearean 39. Drama 40. Bible 41. real 42. Conflict; evil; allegorical 43. Clown 44. Greek; Latin 45. Structure; style; comedy; tragedy 46. 16th 47. Gammer Gurton’s Needle 《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》48. Gorboduc 《高波特克》49. Drama 50. London 51. 1567 52. Elizabethan theatres 53. actress; boys 54.countryside 55. master 56. adaptation (revision) 57. Renaissance 58. master-hand (能手) 59. full-b word 文档可自复制编辑Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois Revolution 1. The rhyme scheme of Milton’s L’Allkegro and Il Penseroso is_____. A. aabbccbbc B. abbacdccd C. abacdeec D. ababcdcdd 2. _____ , as a declaration of people’s freedom of the press, has been a weapon in the later democratic revolutionary struggles.A. On the Morning of Christ’s NativityB. ComusC. Of Reformation in EnglandD. Areopagitica 3. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses. A. John Milton B. John Bunyan C. John Donne D. John Dryden 4. _____ expressed Donne’s own way of describing。

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Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureⅠ. Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB.BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d’Arthur6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. TheNormans spoke _____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of theBible.A. LanglandB. GowerC. WycliffeD. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed,through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England.A. primitiveB. feudalC. bourgeoisD. modern9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.A. loyaltyB. revoltC. obedienceD. mockery10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendaryoutlaw called _____.A. Morte d’ArthurB. Robin HoodC. The Canterbury TalesD. Piers the Plowman11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland, was born in Londonin about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey13. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of the FrenchRoman 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.The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact onthe wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.A. engineerB. courtierC. office holderD. soldierE. ambassadorF. legislator (议员)15.Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’s poem“Filostrato”.A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and CriseydeC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. BeowulfKey to the multiple choices：1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAABⅡ. Questions1.What are the features of Beowulf?ment on the social significance and language in The Canterbury Tales.Part Two The English RenaissanceⅠ. Match the writer and his works.1.Thomas More2.Holinshed3.Hakluyt4.Richard Tottel5.Philip Sidney6.Walter Raleigh A.Apology for PoetryB.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.UtopiaD.Discovery of GuianaE.Principal Navigations, Voyages and DiscoveriesF.ChroniclesThe key: (1—C 2—F 3—E 4—B 5—A 6—D)Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.1._____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type,which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. James I2.The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star ofthe Reformation” and his followers.A. William TyndalB. James IC. John WycliffeD. Bishop Lancelot Andrews3.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 VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4.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 old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5.Those, both traders and pirates like ____, established the first English colonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lancelot AndrewsC. William CaxtonD. William Tyndal6.____was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.A. Ben JohnsonB. William ShakespeareC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe7.The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe8.Morality plays appeared after_____.A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classicalplays9._____ is used to say and do good things.A. MercyB. FollyC. ViceD. Peace10._____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A. Phillip SidneyB. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas MoreD. Walter Raleigh11._____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.A. Thomas NorthB. Thomas WyattC. George ChapmanD. John Florio12.____ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar.A.Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes《希腊罗马名人传》B.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.Don QuixoteD.History of the World13.____ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty tounderstand that the rich were becoming richer by robbing the poor.A. John WycliffeB. William CaxtonC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Thomas More14.Utopia was written in the form of _____.A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue15.One of the popular morality plays was ____.A. The ShepherdsB. EverymanC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurton’s Needle16.Shakespeare’s plays written between _____ are sometimes called “romances” andall end in reconciliation and reunion.A. 1590 and 1594B. 1595 and 1600C. 1601 and 1607D. 1608 and 161217.Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s ______.A. PericlesB. CymbelineC. The Winter’s TaleD. The Tempest18.In _____ appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet，Never before Imprinted（《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）which contains 154 sonnets.A. 1606B. 1607C. 1608 160919.Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____.A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. classicism20.Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with the_______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet21.In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 1800022._____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben JohnsonKey to the multiple choices:1-5 BCDAA 6-10 DDCBA 11-15 BDADA 16-22 ACBADDBⅣ. Say true or false.1.The old English aristocracy having been exterminated (wiped out) in the course ofthe War of the Roses, a new nobility, totally dependent on King’s power, come to the fore.2.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of QueenElizabeth.3.The progress of bourgeois economy made England a powerful state and enabled herin 1588 to inflict a defeat on the Spanish Invincible Armada.4.The Protestant Reformation was in essence a religious movement in a politicalguise.5.Before the Reformation, the English Bible was universally used by the Catholicchurches.6.Walter Raleigh wrote his History of the World in imprisonment.7.More the man is even more interesting than Morethe writer.8.Utopia, Book One, describes an ideal communist society.9.Translations occupied an important place in the English Renaissance.10.Philip Sidney’s collection of love sonnets is Astrophel and Stella.11.The Miracle plays were not forbidden to perform in churches after the actorsintroduced secular and even comical elements into the performance.12.The writer of Gammer Gurton’s Needle is unknown.13.Two lawyers who wrote Gorboduc were Thomas Sackville (托马斯·萨克维尔) andThomas Norton（托马斯·）.14.Shakespeare’s sonnets are divided into three groups: Numbers 1—17, Numbers18—126, and Numbers 127—154.15.Shakespeare’s sonnets are written for variety of virtues.16.Engels said, “Realism implies, besides truth in detail, the truthful reproduction oftypical characters under typical circumstances.”17.Shakespeare wrote about his own people and for his own time.18.Shakespeare’s one play contains one theme. (contains more than one theme)19.To reproduce the real life, Shakespeare often combines the majestic with the funny,the poetic with the prosaic(散文体的) and tragic with the comic.20.Engels called Shakespeare’s plays the “Shakespearean vivacity(活泼、快活) andwealth of (大量的) action”.21.Utopia is More’s masterpiece, written in the form of letters between More andHythloday, a voyage.22.Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist.23.Carl Marx commented highly on More’s Utopia and mentioned it in his great work,The Capital.24.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its poetry.25.The miracle plays were simple plays based on Bible stories, such as the creation ofthe world, Noah and the flood, and the birth of Christ.26.Grammer Gurton’s Needle is the first English comedy, Gorboduc the first Englishtragedy.27.Both the gentlemen and the common people went to the theatres. But the upperclass was the dominant force in Elizabethan theatre.28.After Shakespeare’s death, Herminge and Condell collected and published his playsin 1623.29.From Shakespeare’s history plays, it can be seen that Shakespeare took a greatinterest in the political questions of his time.30.In Shakespeare’s historical plays, historical accuracy is not strictly regarded.31.King Lear is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national hero todegenerate into a bloody murder and despot right to his doom.ing from an old Danish legend, Othello is considered the summit ofShakespeare’s art.33.Shakespeare is one of the founders of romanticism in world literature.34.Generally speaking, after Shakespeare, the English drama was undergoing aprocess of prosperity.35.English Renaissance Period was an age of poetry and drama, and was an age ofprose.36.There are two main characters in As You Like It: Orlando and Rosalind.37.Ben Johnson’s comedies are “comedies of humors”and every character in hiscomedies personifies a definite “humor”.38.In Ben Johnson’s later years he became the “literary king” of his time.Key to the True/False statements:1.T2.T3.T4. F. (a political movement in a religiousguise)5. F. (the Latin Bible)6.T7. F (Sidney)8.T9.T10.T 11.T12.T13.F ( Book Two)14.T15.T16.T17.T18.F19.T20.T21.F (a conversation)22.F (poet and critic of poetry)23.F24.F(darma)25.T26.T27.T28.T29.T30.T31.F (Macbeth)32.F (Hamlet)33.F (realism)34.F(decline)35.F (not an age of prose)36.T37.F (ordinary people were)38.TPart Three The Period of the English Bourgeois RevolutionI.Choose the right answer. 1.The rhyme scheme of Milton’sL’Allkegro and Il Penseroso is_____.A. aabbccbbcB. abbacdccdC. abacdeecD. ababcdcdd2. _____ , as a declaration of people’sfreedom of the press, has been aweapon in the later democraticrevolutionary struggles.A. On the Morning of Christ’sNativity B. ComusC. Of Reformation in EnglandD. Areopagitica3. ____poems can be divided into twocategories: the youthful love lyricsand the later sacred verses.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden4. _____ expressed Donne’s own way ofdescribing love.A. Holy SonnetsB. Witchcraftby a PictureC. The Sun RisingD. Death, BeNot Proud5. George Herbert’s ______ is awell-known shaped poem.A. The AltarB. To His CoyMistressC. To DaffodilsD. Gather YeRose Buds While Ye May6. ____ is the leading figure ofMetaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. GeorgeHerbertC. Andre MarvellD. HenryVaughan7. Which of the following is not aMetaphysical poet?A. Richard CrashawB. HenryVaughanC. Andrew MarvellD. RobertBurton8. ____is a prose poem on death andimmortality.A. The Anatomy of MelancholyB.Religio MeciciC. Holy DyingD. Urn-Burial9. Izaak Walton’s ____ is a delightfuldescription of the Englishcountryside and the simple and kindpeople.A. The Compleat AnglerB. HolyLivingC. To His Coy MistressD. ToDaffadils10. Who is the greatest figure of theCavalier poetry?A. John SucklingB. RichardLovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. John Dryden11. ____was the forerunner of theEnglish classical school of literaturein the 19thcentury.A. John DrydenB. Richard SteeleC. Joseph AddisonD. AlexanderPopeKey to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAADSay true or false.1.The major parliamentary clashes ofthe early 17th century were over land ownership.2.After the victory of the EnglishRevolution, the movement of the Diggers broke out. The leader of this revolt is Wat Tyler.3.With the establishment of thebourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became the Protector of the English Commonwealth.4.The spirit of unity and the feeling ofpatriotism ended with the reign of James I, and England was then convulsed (shook, quivered) with the conflict between the two antagonisticcamps, the Royalists and the Puritans.5.In 1644, James I was sentenced todeath and Cromwell became the leader of the country.6.English literature of the 17th centurywitnessed a flourish on the whole. 7.The Revolution Period produced oneof the most important poets in English literature, William Shakespeare.8.The Revolution Period is also calledAge of Milton because it produced a great poet whole name is William Milton.9.The main literary form in literature ofRevolution Period is drama.10.Among the English poets during theRevolution Period, John Donne was the greatest one.11.John Milton towers over his age asByron towers over the ElizabethanAge, and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval Period.12.On his first wife’s death, Milton wrotehis only love poem, a sonnet, on His Deceased Wife.13.The greatest epic produced by Milton,Paradise Lose, is written in heroic couplets.14.The poem of Samson Agonistes was“to justify the ways of God to man”,i.e. to advocate submission to theAlmighty.15.It has been noticed by many criticsthat the picture of Satan surrounded by his angelswho never think of expressing any opinions of their own, resembles the court of an absolute monarch.16.Izaak Walton’s The Compleat Anglerbecomes a “Piscatorial classic”. 17.Thomas Browne’s Religia Medici is acollection of opinions on a vast number of subjects more or less connected with religion.Key to True/False statements:1. F (ownership: monopolies)2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley)3.F(Charles II: Oliver Cromwell)4. F (Donne: Milton)5. F (James I: Charles I)6. F (flourish: decline)7.T (William Shakespeare)8. F (William: John)9. F (drama: poetry) 10.F (James I: Elizabeth I)11.F (Byron: Shakespeare)12.F (first: second)13.F (heroic couplets: blank verse)14.F (Satan: God)15.F(Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost)16.T17.TPart Four The EnglishCentury Ⅰ. Match the works and the characters.(3 points)A1. ( ) Tome Jones2. ( ) The Vicar of Wakefield3. ( ) Robinson Crusoe4. ( ) Gulliver’s Travels5. ( ) Pamela6. ( ) The School for ScandalBa.Fridayb.King of Brodingnagc.Sophiad.Mr. Be.William Thornhillf.Charles SurfaceThe key: (1—c, 2—e, 3—a, 4—b, 5—d, 6—f )Ⅱ. Choose the right answer.1.In 1701, Steele published a pamphlet,_____, in which he first displayed his moralizing spirit.A. The FuneralB. TheLying LoverC. The Christian HeroD. TheTender Husband2. Which is the most popular newspaper published by Steele?A. The TatlerB. The SpectatorC. The TheatreD. The English3. _____ is Addison’s great tragedy.A. A Letter from ItalyB. RosamondC. The CampaignD. Cato4. Which of the following is not the hero in The Spectator?A. Isaac BickerstaffB. Mr. RogerC. Captain SentryD. Andrew Freeport5. ______ were looked upon as themodel of English composition byBritish authors all through the 18thcentury.A. Jeremy Taylor’s Holy LivingB. Thomas Browne’s Religio MeidicC. Samuel Pepys’s diariesD. Addison’s Spectator essays6. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _____.A. SteeleB. AddisonC. PopeD. Dryden7. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is ____.A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. Essay on ManD. The Dunciad8. Essay on Man is a _____poem in heroic couplets.A. didacticB. satiricalC. philosophicalD. dramatic 9. ____ was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century.A. The Enclosure MovementB. The Industrial RevolutionC. The Religious ReformD. The Enlightenment10. The literature of the Enlightenment inEngland mainly appealed to the ____ readers.A. aristocraticB. middle classC. low classD. intellectual11. ____ is a great classicist but his satire is not always just.A. SteeleB. MiltonC. AddisonD. Pope12.The main literary stream of the 18thcentury was ____ . What the writersdescribed in their works were mainlysocial realities.A. romanticismB. classicismC. realismD. sentimentalism13.The 18th century was the golden ageof the English ___. The novel of thisperiod spoke the truth about life withan uncompromising (unbending)courage.A. dramaB. poetryC. essayD. novel14.In 1704, Jonathan Swift publishedtwo works together, ____ and ___,which made him well-known as asatirist.A. A Tale of TubB.BickerstaffAlmanacC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. TheBattle of the Books15.In a series of pamphlets JonathanSwift denounced the cruel and unjusttreatment of Ireland by the Englishgovernment. One of the mostfamous is ____.A. Essays on CriticismB. A ModestProposalC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. TheBattle of the Books16.“Proper words in proper places,makes the true definition of a style.”This sentence is said by ____, one ofthe greatest masters of Englishprose.A. Alexander PopeB. HenryFieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. DanielDefoe17._____’s best-known pamphlet wasThe Trueborn Englishman—A Satire,which contained a caustic exposureof the aristocracy and the tyranny ofthe church.A. Alexander PopeB. HenryFieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. DanielDefoe18.Henry Fielding’s first novel ____ waswritten in connection with Pamela ofSamuel Richardson. But after thefirst 10 chapters, Henry Fieldingbecame so interested and absorbedin his own hovel as to forget hisoriginal plan of ridiculing Pamela.A. Tom JonesB. JosephAndrews C.Jonathan Wild D.Amelia19.____ the first important work byTobias Smollett, is based on his ownexperience as a naval doctor and inpart autobiographical.A. Roderick RandomB.Humphry ClinkerC. Peregrine PickleD. ASentimental Journey20.From the character Mr. Malaprop, in___ by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, isderived the term “malapropism”which means a ridiculous misusageof big words.A. The RivalsB. The School forScandalC. The Beggar’s OperaD. TheLondon Merchant21.Which of the following periodicalsisedited by Samuel Johnson? _____.A. The ReviewB. The TatlerC.The Rambler D. The Bee22.Which of the following works are notwritten by Oliver Goldsmith? ____.A. The TravellerB.The Deserted VillageC. The Vicar of WakefieldD.The School for Scandal23.Which of the following works iswritten by Edward Gibbon?______.A. The School for ScandalB.She Stoops to ConquerC. The Good-natured ManD.The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire24.The sentence of “The plowmanhomeward plods his weary way,/And leaves the world to darknessand to me” is written by ____.A. William CowperB. GeorgeCrabbeC. Thomas GrayD. WilliamBlake25.______ is not written by WilliamBlake.A. The Marriage of Heaven and HellB. Songs of ExperienceC. Auld Lang SyneD. Poetical Sketches26.“In seed time learn, in harvest teach,in winter enjoy.”This proverb iscited from William Blake’s _____.A. Songs of ExperienceB. Songs of InnocenceC. The Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Poetical Sketches27.The 18th century witnessed that inEngland there appeared two politicalparties, ______, which were satirizedby Jonathan Swift in his Gulliver’sTravels.A. the Whigs and the ToriesB. the senate and the House ofRepresentativesC. The upper House and lowerHouseD. the House of Lords and theHouse of Commons28.____ found its representativewritersin the field of poetry, such as EdwardYoung and Thomas Gray, but itmanifested itself chiefly in the novelsof Lawrence Sterne and OliverGoldsmith.A. Pre-romanticismB.Romanticism C. SentimentalismD. Naturalism29._____ compiled the A Dictionary ofthe English Language whichbecame the foundation of all thesubsequent English dictionaries.A. Ben JohnsonB. SamuelJohnsonC. Alexander PopeD. JohnDryden30.Which of the following novels is notepistolary (written in letter form)novels?A. Clarissa HarloweB.PamelaC. Sir Charles GrandisonD.Tomes Jones31.Which play is regarded as the bestEnglish comedy since Shakespeare?A. She Stoops to ConquerB.The RivalsC. The School for ScandalD.The Conscious LoversKey to the multiple choices:1-5 CADAD 6-10 CBCDB 11-15 DDDDB16-20 CDBAA 21-25CDDCC 26-31 CACBDCⅣ. Say true or false.1.Addison’s The Spectator was published three times a week, having one essay foreach issue.2.Addison’s chief contribution to literature lies in his essays written for The Tatler andThe Spectator.3.The essays published in The Tatler deal with the current topics of the time whichtreated in a serious manner.4.The character sketches in The Spectator are the forerunner of the English novel.5.Steele’s translations of Humor’s works are done in heroic couplet.6.Isaac Bickerstaff is the major character of The Spectator.7.The 18th century was an age of poetry. A group of excellent prose writers, such asJonathan Swift, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, were produced.8.Novel writing made a big advance in the 18th century. The main characters in thenovels were no longer common people, but the kings and nobles.9.The 19th century produced the first English novelists, who fall into two groups: thesentimentalist novelists and the realist novelist.10.In the poems of Edward Young and Thomas Gray, sentimentalism found its fineexpression.11.A Tale of a Tub is mainly an attack on pedantry in the literary world of the time, inwhich the reader is told the story of the Bee and the Spider.12.Tobias Smollett gives a true picture of the evils in the British navy in the novel ofRoderick Random, in which Random, like Smollett, is a Scot and a doctor.13.The two most important of all Samuel Johnson’s literary works are the preface andcomments of individual plays in his edition of Shakespeare, and his Lives of Poets, which pass judgment on a century of English poetry.14.Classicism turned to the countryside for its material, so is in striking contrast tosentimentalism, which had confined itself to the clubs and drawing-rooms, and to the social and political life of London.15.Robert Burns is remembered mainly for his songs written in the English dialect on avariety of subjects.16.In The School for Scandal, Sheridan contrasts two brothers, Joseph Surface andCharles Surface.17.My Heart’s in the Highlands is one of the best known poems written by RobertBurns in which he pored his unshakable love for his homeland.18.Racial discrimination is expressed in Blake’s “The Little Black”.19.Many of Goldsmith’s poems were put to music.20.Pre-romanticism is ushered by Burns and Blake and represented by Percy,Macpherson and Chatterton.Key to the True/False statements:1. F (one time a day)2.T3. F (light and pleasant manner)4.T5.F(Pope’s )6. F (The Tatler)7. F (prose)8. F (nobles; common people)9. F (18th )10.T11.F ( The Battle of the Books)12.T13.T14.F ( Sentimentalism; classicism)15.F ( Scottish)16.T17.T18.T19.F (Burns’s)20.F ( Percy, Macpherson and Chatterton; Burns and Blake)Part Five Romanticism in EnglandⅠ. Choose the right answer.1.Romanticism fights against the ideas of ______.A. realismB. RenaissanceC. EnlightenmentD. feudalism2.The main literary stream is ____.A. poetryB. novelsC. proseD. periodicals3.____ has a another name called “The Daffodils”.A. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”B. “Tintern Abbey”C. “Revolution”D. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”4.Coleridge’s _____ is a “conversation” poem.A. Frost at MidnightB. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”C. ChristabelD. Biographia Literaria5.Byron’s ____ is regarded as the great poem of the Romantic Age.A. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageB. Hours of IdlenessC. LaraD. Don Juan6.Prometheus Unbound is ____ masterpiece.A. Wordsworth’sB. Byron’sC. Shelley’sD. Keats’7.____ lived the longest life.A. WordsworthB. ByronC. ShelleyD. Keats8.Keats’ first poem is ____.A. O SolitudeB. On First Looking into Chapman’s HomerC. PoemsD. Endymion9.Keats’ best ode is ____.A. “On a Grecian Urn”B. “To Autumn”C. “To Psyche”D. “To a Nightingale”10.The best works of William Hazlitt is ____.A. The Spirit of the AgeB. Table TalkC. The Characters of Shakespeare’s PlaysD. On the English Poets11.The publication of ______ marks the beginning of the Romantic Movement inEngland.A. “Tintern Abbey”B. Lyrical BalladsC. Frost at NightD. “The Daffodils”12.The Prelude has also been called _____.A. The Last BrazilB. The First ImpressionC.Growth of a Poet’s MindD. The Spirit of the Age13.Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” has also been called _______.A. “The Solitary Reaper”B. “The Daffodils”C. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”D. “O Solitude”14._____ is considered Wordsworth’s masterpiece.A. The PreludeB. EndymionC. Don JuanD. Biographia Literaria15.The prose writers in the English Romantic Age developed a kind of _______.A. models of classicismB. familiar essayC. rules of neo-romanticismD. ways of modernism16.The best essayist in the English Romantic Age is _____.A. KeatsB. Walter ScottC. Charles LambD. William Hazlitt17.The themes of Pride and Prejudice are _____.A. pride and prejudiceB. the writer’s own personalitiesC. love and marriageD. Both A and C18._____ is considered the father of historical novelist in the English Romantic Age.A.Jane AustenB. Charles LambC. William HazlittD. Waler Scottmb’s writings are full of ______for he is especially fond of old writers.A. romanticismB. conversationsC. inspirationsD. archaismsmb is a romanticist of ______.A. the cityB. the countrysideC. natureD. imagination。