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英美文学期末选择题

英美文学期末选择题①

1、EnglishliteraturebeganwiththeAnglo-SaxonsettlementinEngland.

2.TheAnglo-SaxonswereChristianizedinthe7thcentury.

3、In1066,WilliamtheConquerorwithhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.

4.AftertheNormanConquest,threelanguagesexistedinEnglandatthattime.TheNormansspokeFrench.

5、Beowulf,thenationalepicoftheEnglishpeople,describestheexplocitsofaScandinavianheroinfightingagainstthemonsterGrendel,hisrevengefulmotherandafire-breathingdragon.

6.ThestoryofPiersthePlowmanistheculminationoftheArthurianromances.

7.WilliamLangland’sPiersthePlowmaniswrittenintheformofadreamvision.

8.GeoffreyChaucerisacciaimedas“thefatherofEnglishpoetry”andisoneofthegreatnarrativepoetsofEngland.

9.TheCanterburyTalescontainsinfactageneralPrologueandonly24tales,ofwhichtwoareleftunfinished.

10.ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalledRobinHood.

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1、ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandoverSpain,theroutofthefleet“Armanda”（invincible）wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudation.

2、Sonnetisdefinedasanexpressionofhumanemotionwhichiscondensedintofourteenlines.

3、ThomasWyattwasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.

4、“Thelettucewaslonelywihouttomatoesandcucumbersforcompany.”isanexampleofpersonification.

5、AbsolutemonarchyinEnglishreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueenElizabethI.

6.EnlishRenaissancePeriodwasanageofpoetryanddrama.

7.Atthebeginingofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanistThomasMorewrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthpeople’ssufferingandputforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.

8.GreatpopularywaswonbyJohnLyly’sproseromanceEuphueswhichgeverisetotheterm“enphuism”designatinganaffectedstyleofcourtspeech.

9.TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama.ItwasChristopherMarlowewhomadeblankversethepricipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.

10.Shakespearehasestablishedhisgiantpositioninworldliteraturewithhis37plays,154sonnetsand2longpoems.

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1.In1642,acivilwarwasbrokeoutinEnglandin1649,theroyalistswerefinallydefeatedbytheparliamentarmyledbyOliverCromwell.CharlesⅠwassentencedtodeathandEnglandwasdeclaredtobeacommonwealth.

2.TheRevolutionPeriodisalsocalledThePuritanAgebecausetheEnglishRevolutionwascarriedoutunderareligiouscloak.

3.Therevolutionof1688meantthreeofthefollowingthings:

①thesupremacyofParliament②thebeginningofmodernEngland③thetriumphoftheprincipleofpoloticalliberty

4.IntheRevolutionPeriod,JohnMiltontowersoverhisageasWilliamShakespearetowersovertheElizabethanAgeandasChaucertowersovertheMedievalPeriod.

5.inwhichfamouspamphletdidMiltonthuswrite:

“Ourkingmadenotus,butwehim.Naturehasgivenfatherstousall,butweourselvesappointedourownking;sothatthepeoplearenotfortheking,butthekingforthem?

”DefenseoftheEnglishpeople

6.AmongthestatementsaboutMilton’sParadiseLost,whichstatementisnottrue?

A.JohnMilton’smasterpiece

B.Agreatepicin10books

C.Writeninblankverse

D.AbouttheheroicrevoltofSatanagainstGod’sauthority

7.ThePilgrim’sProgressgivesavividandsatiricaldescriptionofVanityFairwhichisthesymbolofLondonatthetimeofRestoration.

8.Themainliteraryformoftheseventeenthcenturywaspoetry.Amongthepoets,JohnMiltonwasthegreatest.Besideshim,thereweretwogroupsofpoets.TheywereTheMetaphysicalpoetsandtheCavalierpoets.

9.Theterm“metaphysicalpoetry”iscommonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceofJohnDonne.

10.Inhisblindness,Miltonwrotehismostimpotantpoeticworks,whichoneisnotincluded?

A.ParadiseLost

B.Paradiseregained

C.SamsonAgonistes

D.lycidas

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1.The18thcenturywitnessedthatinEnglandthereappearedtwopoloticalparties,theWhigsandtheTories,whichweresatirzedbyJonathanSwiftinhisGulliver’sTravels.

2.Generallyspeaking,Englishliteratureofthe18thcenturymaybediviidedintothreeperiods.Thefirstperiodwascharacterizedbytheneo-classicism,ofwhichAlexanderPopewastherepresentativepoet.

3.AnEssayonCriticism,writteninheroiccoupletbyAlexanderPope,wasamanifestoofEnglishneo-classicsimasheputforwardhisaesthetictheoriesinit.

4.SamuelJohnsoncompiledTheDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewhichbecamethefoundationofallthesubsequentEnglishdictionaries.

5.The18thcenturyproducedthefirstEnglishnovelists,whofallintotwogroups,oneistherealistnovelists;theotheristhesentimentalnovelists.

6.HentryFieldingwastherealfounderoftherealisticnovelinEngland.HisnovelsunfoldapanoramaoflifeinalldectionsofEnglishsociety.

7.Whichofthefollowingnovelsareepistolarynovels?

A.ClarissaHarlowe

B.Pamela

C.SirCharlesGrandison

8.Sentimentalismfounditsrepresentativewritersinthefiledofpoetry,suchasEdwardYoungandThomasGray,butitmanifesteditselfechieflyinthenovelsofLaurenceSterneandOliverGoldsmith.

9.TheEnglishdramaofthe18thcenturydoesnotreachthesamehighlevelasitsnovel.OneofthemainreasonsisthatLicensingActof1737whichdroveHenryFieldingoutofthetheatrewhichreatrictedthefreedomofexpressionbydramatists.

10.Inthelasttwentyyearsofthe18thcentury,Englandproducedtwogreatromanticpoets.TheyareWilliamBlakeandRobertBurns.

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1.Incontrasttotherationalismoftheenlightenersandclassicistsinthe18thcentury,theRomanticistspaidgreatattentiontotheapirtualandemotionallifeofman.

2.ThepublicationofTheLyricalBalladsin1798markedthebreakwiththeconventionalpoeticaltraditionofthe18thcentury,i.e.,withclassicism,andthebeginningofRomanticrevivalinEngland.

3.WhichofthefollwingpoemswrittenbyWilliamWordsworthdoesnothavethethemeofNatureandcountrylife.

A.TheSolitaryReaper

B.WeAreSeven

C.IWanderedLonelyasaCloud

D.LucyPoems

4.ThefirspoeminTheLyricalBalladsisSamuelTaylorColeridge’smasterpieceTheRimeofAncientMariner.

5.Whichofthefollowingstatementsis（are）nottureaboutPercyByssheShelley?

A.PrometheusUnboundisPercyByssheShelley’smasterpiece,alongepicpoem.

B.AtEtonPercyByssheShelleywasknownas“MadShelley,”forhisobstinateoppositiontothebrutalfaggingsystem,accoringtowhichtheyoungerschool-boyswereobligedtoobeytheolderboysandbearagreatdealofcrueltreatment.

C.GeorgeGordonByroncalledPercyByssheShelley“thebestandleastselfishmanIeverknew.

D.PercyByssheShelleylovedthepeopleandhatedtheiroppressorsandexploiters.

6.WhichofthefollowingworksisnotwrittenbyGeorgeGordonByron?

A.SheWalksinBeauty

B.HebrewMelodies

C.Cain

D.KublaKhan

7.JohnKeats’spursuitofbeautyinallthingsbespokeanaspirationafterabetterlifethanthesordidrealityundercapitalism.Hisleadingprincipleis:

“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty.”

8.WhichofthefollowingworkshasnotemployedthesubjectsfromtheBible?

A.ParadiseLost

B.Cain

C.SamsonAgoistes

D.Endymion

9.TheEnglishRomanticAgeproducedtwomajornovelists.TheyareWalterScottandJaneAustin.

10.IvanhoeisthemasterpieceofthehistoricalnovelistWalterScott.