英国文学选读练习题-含答案教程文件

英国文学选读练习题-

含答案

Exercise for English Literature (2) Choose the best answer for each blank.

1. ” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in A. C.

2. A. C.

3. A. C.

4. A.

C. 5. A. C. 6. A. C. 7. A. C. 8. A.

C. E.

9. A. C. _______ , the “ father of English poetry London about 1340. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain Francis Bacon D. John Dryden

Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ______ .

Flanders B. France

Italy D. Westminster Abbey The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants. Henry V B. Henry VII

Henry VIII D. Queen Elizabeth Except being a victory of England over ______ , the rout of the fleet

triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism. Spain B. France

America D. Norway At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist _______ wrote his Utopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the people ' s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society. Thomas More B. Thomas Marlowe Francis Bacon D. William Shakespear

Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ___ Mary B. Elizabeth

William D. Victoria

English Renaissance Period was an age of ______ .

prose and novel B. poetry and drama

essays and journals D. ballads and songs

From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon The Advancement of Learning B. The New

Instrument

Essays

D. The New Atlantics

Venus and Adonis “ Shall I compare thee to a summer songs comedies

's work:

encouraged

Awramsa adlaso ” th (eI nvincible)

10. The heroines of Shakespeare 'gsr eat comedies,

images and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.

A. Portia

B. Roseland

C. Viola

D. Beatrice

11. Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following _______

A. Hamlet

B. Othello

C. Macbeth

D. King Lear

E. Timon of Athens 12. Which play is not a comedy? A. A Midsummer Night ' C. Twelfth Night E. As You Like It 13. “ Denmark is a

prison sentence? _______ A. Charles I C. Henry VIII 14. The works of

English language. s Dream 's day? ” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare B. plays

D. sonnets

are the daughters of the Renaissance, whose

B. The Merchant of Venice

D. Romeo and Juliet

”ic.h I np lwayh does the hero summarise his observation of his world into such

a bitter

B. Othello

D. Hamlet

and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of the

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Edmund Spenser

C. William Shakespeare

D. Ben Johnson 15. In

which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence:

wok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty! ” __________

A. Romeo and Juliet

B. Hamlet

C. Othello

D. The Merchant of Venice Wha

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

A. James I

B. James II