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英国文学史复习材料

2014英国文学简史

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

Key：

1-5ADCAB6-10ACBAB11-15ADAAB

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，NeverbeforeImprintedwhichcontains154sonnets.

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

1-5BCDAA6-10DDCBA11-15BDADA16-22ACBADDB

1_____,asadeclarationofpeople’sfreedomofthepress,hasbeenaweaponinthelaterdemocraticrevolutionarystruggles.

A.OntheMorningofChrist’sNativityB.Comus

C.OfReformationinEnglandD.Areopagitica

2.____poemscanbedividedintotwocategories:

theyouthfullovelyricsandthelatersacredverses.

A.JohnMiltonB.JohnBunyanC.JohnDonneD.JohnDryden

3._____expressedDonne’sownwayofdescribinglove.

A.HolySonnetsB.WitchcraftbyaPicture

C.TheSunRisingD.Death,BeNotProud

4.GeorgeHerbert’s______isawell-knownshapedpoem.

A.TheAltarB.ToHisCoyMistress

C.ToDaffodilsD.GatherYeRoseBudsWhileYeMay

5.____istheleadingfigureofMetaphysicalpoetry.

A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbert

C.AndreMarvellD.HenryVaughan

6.WhichofthefollowingisnotaMetaphysicalpoet?

A.RichardCrashawB.HenryVaughan

C.AndrewMarvellD.RobertBurton

7.____isaprosepoemondeathandimmortality.

A.TheAnatomyofMelancholyB.ReligioMecici

C.HolyDyingD.Urn-Burial

8.IzaakWalton’s____isadelightfuldescriptionoftheEnglishcountrysideandthesimpleandkindpeople.

A.TheCompleatAnglerB.HolyLiving

C.ToHisCoyMistressD.ToDaffadils

9.WhoisthegreatestfigureoftheCavalierpoetry?

A.JohnSucklingB.RichardLovelace

C.RobertHerrickD.JohnDryden

10.____wastheforerunneroftheEnglishclassicalschoolofliteratureinthe19thcentury.

A.JohnDrydenB.RichardSteele

C.JosephAddisonD.AlexanderPope

Keytothemultiplechoices:

1-5DCBAA6-10DDAAD

1.In1701,Steelepublishedapamphlet,_____,inwhichhefirstdisplayedhismoralizingspirit.

A.TheFuneralB.TheLyingLover

C.TheChristianHeroD.TheTenderHusband

2.WhichisthemostpopularnewspaperpublishedbySteele?

A.TheTatlerB.TheSpectatorC.TheTheatreD.TheEnglish

3._____isAddison’sgreattragedy.

A.ALetterfromItalyB.RosamondC.TheCampaignD.Cato

4.WhichofthefollowingisnottheheroinTheSpectator?

A.IsaacBickerstaffB.Mr.Roger

C.CaptainSentryD.AndrewFreeport

5.______werelookeduponasthemodelofEnglishcompositionbyBritishauthorsallthroughthe18thcentury.

A.JeremyTaylor’sHolyLivingB.ThomasBrowne’sReligioMeidic

C.SamuelPepys’sdiariesD.Addison’sSpectatoressays

6.ThemostimportantclassicistintheEnlightenmentMovementis_____.

A.SteeleB.AddisonC.PopeD.Dryden

7.ThemasterpieceofAlexanderPopeis____.

A.EssayonCriticismB.TheRapeoftheLock

C.EssayonManD.TheDunciad

8.EssayonManisa_____poeminheroiccouplets.

A.didacticB.satiricalC.philosophicalD.dramatic

9.____wasanintellectualmovementinthefirsthalfofthe18thcentury.

A.TheEnclosureMovementB.TheIndustrialRevolution

C.TheReligiousReformD.TheEnlightenment

10.TheliteratureoftheEnlightenmentinEnglandmainlyappealedtothe____readers.

A.aristocraticB.middleclassC.lowclassD.intellectual

11.____isagreatclassicistbuthissatireisnotalwaysjust.

A.SteeleB.MiltonC.AddisonD.Pope

12.Themainliterarystreamofthe18thcenturywas____.Whatthewritersdescribedintheirworksweremainlysocialrealities.

A.romanticismB.classicismC.realismD.sentimentalism

13.The18thcenturywasthegoldenageoftheEnglish___.Thenovelofthisperiodspokethetruthaboutlifewithanuncompromising（unbending）courage.

A.dramaB.poetryC.essayD.novel

14.In1704,JonathanSwiftpublishedtwoworkstogether,____and___,whichmadehimwell-knownasasatirist.

A.ATaleofTubB.BickerstaffAlmanac

C.Gulliver’sTravelsD.TheBattleoftheBooks

15.InaseriesofpamphletsJonathanSwiftdenouncedthecruelandunjusttreatmentofIrelandbytheEnglishgovernment.Oneofthemostfamousis____.

A.EssaysonCriticismB.AModestPropo