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英国文学史习题全集含答案
PartOneEarlyandMedievalEnglishLiterature
Ⅰ.Fillintheblanks.
1.In1066,____,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.
A.WilliamtheConquerorB.JuliusCaesar
C.AlfredtheGreatD.Claudius
2.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter(poet)is____.
A.LanglandB.WycliffeC.GowerD.Chaucer
3.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureis____.
A.novelB.dramaC.romanceD.essay
4.Thestoryof___istheculminationoftheArthurianromances.
A.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightB.Beowulf
C.PiersthePlowmanD.TheCanterburyTales
5.WilliamLangland’s____iswrittenintheformofadreamvision.
A.KublaKhanB.PiersthePlowman
C.TheDreamofJohnBullD.Morted’Arthur
6.AftertheNormanConquest,threelanguagesexistedinEnglandatthattime.TheNormansspoke_____.
A.FrenchB.EnglishC.LatinD.Swedish
7.______wasthegreatestofEnglishreligiousreformersandthefirsttranslatoroftheBible.
A.LanglandB.GowerC.WycliffeD.Chaucer
8.PiersthePlowmandescribesaseriesofwonderfuldreamstheauthordreamed,throughwhich,wecanseeapictureofthelifeinthe____England.
A.primitiveB.feudalC.bourgeoisD.modern
9.Thethemeof____tokingandlordwasrepeatedlyemphasizedinromances.
A.loyaltyB.revoltC.obedienceD.mockery
10.ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalled_____.
A.Morted’ArthurB.RobinHood
C.TheCanterburyTalesD.PiersthePlowman
11.______,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninabout1340.
A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden
12.ChaucerdiedonOctober25th,1400,andwasburiedin____.
A.FlandersB.FranceC.ItalyD.WestminsterAbbey
13.Chaucer’searliestworkofanylengthishis_____,atranslationoftheFrenchRomandelaRosebyGaillaumedeLorrisandJeandeMeung,whichwasaloveallegoryenjoyingwidespreadpopularityinthe13thand14thcenturiesnotonlyinFrancebutthroughoutEurope.
A.TheRomauntoftheRoseB.“ARed,RedRose”
C.TheLegendofGoodWomenD.TheBookoftheDuchess
14.InhislifetimeChaucerservedinagreatvarietyofoccupationsthathadimpactonthewiderangeofhiswritings.Whichoneisnothiscareer?
____.
A.engineerB.courtierC.officeholder
D.soldierE.ambassadorF.legislator(议员)
15.Chaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamed_____basedonBoccaccio’spoem“Filostrato”.
A.TheLegendofGoodWomenB.TroilusandCriseyde
C.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightD.Beowulf
Keytothemultiplechoices:
1-5ADCAB6-10ACBAB11-15ADAAB
Ⅱ.Questions
1.WhatarethefeaturesofBeowulf?
2.CommentonthesocialsignificanceandlanguageinTheCanterburyTales
PartTwoTheEnglishRenaissance
Ⅰ.Matchthewriterandhisworks.
1.ThomasMore
2.Holinshed
3.Hakluyt
4.RichardTottel
5.PhilipSidney
6.WalterRaleigh
A.ApologyforPoetry
B.MiscellanyofSongsandSonnets
C.Utopia
D.DiscoveryofGuiana
E.PrincipalNavigations,VoyagesandDiscoveries
Chronicles
Thekey:
(1—C2—F3—E4—B5—A6—D)
Ⅱ.Choosethebestanswer.
1._____foundedtheTudorDynasty,acentralizedmonarchyofatotallynewtype,whichmettheneedsoftherisingbourgeoisie.
A.HenryVB.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.JamesI
2.ThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedby_______,“themorningstaroftheReformation”andhisfollowers.
A.WilliamTyndalB.JamesI
C.JohnWycliffeD.BishopLancelotAndrews
3.Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.____encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestsoftheEnglishmerchants.
A.HenryV.B.HenryVII
C.HenryVIIID.QueenElizabeth
4.ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover___,theroutofthefleet“Armada”(Invincible)wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.
A.SpainB.FranceC.AmericaD.Norway
5.Those,bothtradersandpirateslike____,establishedthefirstEnglishcolonies.
A.FrancisDrakeB.LancelotAndrews
C.WilliamCaxtonD.WilliamTyndal
6.____wasaforerunnerofclassicisminEnglishliterature.
A.BenJohnsonB.WilliamShakespeare
C.ThomasMoreD.ChristopherMarlowe
7.Themostgiftedofthe“universitywits”was____.
A.LylyB.PeeleC.GreeneD.Marlowe
8.Moralityplaysappearedafter_____.
A.miracleplaysB.mysteryplaysC.interludeD.Classicalplays
9._____isusedtosayanddogoodthings.
A.MercyB.FollyC.ViceD.Peace
10._____isoneoftheforerunnersofmodernsocialistthought.
A.PhillipSidneyB.EdmundSpenser
C.ThomasMoreD.WalterRaleigh
11._____isnotafamoustranslatorintheEnglishRenaissance.
A.ThomasNorthB.ThomasWyatt
C.GeorgeChapmanD.JohnFlorio
12.____hadsuppliedShakespearewiththematerialforJuliusCaesar.
A.LivesofGreekandRoanHeroes《希腊罗马名人传》
B.MiscellanyofSongsandSonnets
C.DonQuixote
D.HistoryoftheWorld
13.____wasoneofthefirsttoseetherelationbetweenwealthandpovertytounderstandthattherichwerebecomingricherbyrobbingthepoor.
A.JohnWycliffeB.WilliamCaxton
C.GeoffreyChaucerD.ThomasMore
14.Utopiawaswrittenintheformof_____.
A.proseB.dramaC.essayD.dialogue
15.Oneofthepopularmoralityplayswas____.
A.TheShepherdsB.Everyman
C.ThePlayoftheWeatherD.GammerGurton’sNeedle
16.Shakespeare’splayswrittenbetween_____aresometimescalled“romances”andallendinreconciliationandreunion.
A.1590and1594B.1595and1600
C.1601and1607D.1608and1612
17.MirandaisaheroineinShakespeare’s______.
A.PericlesB.CymbelineC.TheWinter’sTaleD.TheTempest
18.In_____appearedShakespeare’sSonnet,NeverbeforeImprinted(《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”)whichcontains154sonnets.
A.1606B.1607C.16081609
19.Shakespeareisoneofthefoundersof____.
A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD.classicism
20.Amongmanypoeticforms,Shakespearewasespeciallyathome(goodat)withthe_______.
A.dramaticblankverseB.songC.sonnetD.couplet
21.Intheplays,Shakespeareusedabout______words.
A.15000B.16000C.17000D.18000
22._____hasbeencalledthesummitoftheEnglishRenaissance.
A.ChristopherMarlowB.FrancisBacon
C.W.ShakespeareD.BenJohnson
Keytothemultiplechoices:
1-5BCDAA6-10DDCBA11-15BDADA16-22ACBADDB
Ⅲ.Fillintheblanks.
1.The____wasuniversallyusedbytheCatholicChurches.
2.TheEnglishtranslationoftheBibleemergedasaresultofthestrugglebetween____and___.
3.TheBiblewasnotablytranslatedintoEnglishbythe____.
4.ThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedby____,“themorningstarofthe_____”.
5._____translatedtheNewTestamentandportionsoftheOldTestament,whichisknownasTyndale’sBible.
6.AfterTydale’sBible,thenappearedthe______,whichwasmadein1611undertheauspicesof_____.Andsowassometimescalledthe____.
7.Apartfromthereligiousinfluence,theAuthorizedVersionhashadagreatinfluenceonEnglish___and____.
8.WiththewidespreadinfluenceoftheEnglishBible,thestandardmodernEnglishhasbeen_____and_____.
9.Agreatnumberof____andphraseshavepassedintodailyEnglishspeechashouseholdwords.
10.The____and____languageoftheAuthorizedVersionhascoloredthestyleoftheEnglishproseforthelast300years.
11.____wasthefirstEnglishprinter.
12.WilliamCaxtonwasaprosperousmerchanthimself,buthewasfondof___,andhisinterestwasturningto____.
13.HetranslatedTheRecuyellofHistoryesofTroyintoEnglishfromFrenchwhichwasthe___bookprintedinEnglish.
14.TheRecuyellservedasasourcefor____TroilusandCressida.《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》
15.Afterhavingestablishedhisprintingpress,WilliamCaxtondevotedhimselftothecareerofa____and_____.
16.WilliamCaxtonpublishedabout____books,___ofwhichweretranslatedbyhimself.
17.Byrendering(翻译)FrenchbooksintoEnglish,Caxtonexercisedtheyouthfullanguageintheairs(曲调),thegraces,thecraftsoftheelderandcontributedtothedevelopmentofthestyleof___centuryEnglish____.
18.TheinfluenceofCaxton’spublicationsisalsogreatinfixinga____languageinEngland.
19.AsthefirstEnglishprinter,CaxtoninventedinEnglandtheprofessionof____,whichinfacthashadalastingsignificancetothedevelopmentofEnglish___asawhole.
20.TheRenaissancestartedinthe______centuryandendedinthe______century.
21.Theword,“renaissance”means________,whichwasstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,suchas________.
22.IntheRenaissance,thehumanistthinkersandscholarstriedtogetridofthoseold____inmedievalEurope,tointroducenewideasthatexpresses____oftherisingbourgeoisie,andtorecoverthe____oftheearlychurchfromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch.
23.____isthethemeoftheEnglishRenaissance,whichemphasizedthecapacitiesof____andtheachievementsof____.
24.____Stanzaisaverseformcreatedby_____forhispoem,______,inwhichtherhymeschemeis____.
25.TheWarsoftheRoses(1455—1485)betweentheHouseof___andtheHouseof___strugglingfortheCrowncontinuedfor30years.
26.BecauseoftheconflictbetweentheRomanCatholicChurchandtheKingofEngland,thefar-reachingmovementof___tookplaceinEngland,startedbyHenryVIII.
27.After___inEngland,thehelpless,dispossessedpeasants,beingcompelledtoworkatalowwage,becamehiredlaborersforthemerchants.TheselaborerswerethefathersofmodernEnglish___.
28.Theintroductionof__