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英美文学选读试题福建师大
英国文学
Chapter1 TheRenaissancePeriod
(14th—mid-17thCentury)
一.ExaminationQuestionsovertheYears
1.WhichofthefollowinghistoricaleventsdoesnotdirectlyhelptostimulatetherisingoftheRenaissanceMovement?
A.TherediscoveryofancientGreekandRomanculture.
B.Thenewdiscoveriesingeographyandastrology.
C.TheGloriousRevolution.
D.Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.
2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasoneofthecharacteristicsofRenaissancehumanism?
A.Cultivationoftheartofthisworldandthislife.
B.Toleranceofhumanfoibles.
C.Searchforthegenuineflavorofancientculture.
D.Glorificationofreligiousfaith.
3.HerearefourlinestakenfromEdmundSpencer’sTheFaerieQueene:
“ButonhisbrestabloudieCrossehebore,/ThedeareremembranceofhisdyingLord,/Forwhosesweetesakethatgloriousbadgehewore,/Anddeadaslivingeverhimadored.” WhoisthedyingLord”discussedintheabovelines?
A.Beowulf B.KingArthur C.JesusChrist D.Jupiter
4.“InadreamvisionArthurwitnessedthelovelinessofGloriana,anduponawakingresolvestoseekher”.ThetwoliteraryfiguresArthurandGlorianaarefrom________.
A.EdmundSpencer’s TheFaerieQueene
B.WilliamShakespeare’sRomeoandJuliet
C.ChristopherMarlowe’sThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove
D.JohnDonne’s AValediction:
ForbiddingMourning
5.Herearetwolinesfromalongpoem:
“Uponagreatadventurehewasbound./ThatgreatestGlorianatohimgave.”Thepoemmustbe_________.
A.Beowulf B.JohnMilton’sSamsonAgonistes
C.ThomasGray’sElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard
D.EdmundSpencer’sTheFaerieQueene
6.ThetragedyofDr.Faustus,theprotagonistinChristopherMarlowe’sTheTragicHistoryofDr.Faustus,istheveryfactthat________.
A.manisconfinedtotime B.hetriedtojoinAfricatoSpain
C.hebecameamanwithoutsoulafterhesoldit
D.heconjuredupHelen,theladywhowastheverycauseoftheTrojanWar
7.Dr.FaustusisaplaybasedontheGermanlegendofamagicianaspiringfor_______andfinallymeetinghistragicendasaresultofsellinghissoultotheDevil.
A.immortality B.politicalpower C.money D.knowledge
8.“NowthatIhaveobtainedwhatIdesire/I’llliveinspeculationofthisart/TillMephistophilisreturnagain.”(fromMarlowe’s Dr.Faustus)
The‘art’hererefersto___________.
A.theartofpurepoetry B.thepowerofreligion
C.theartofversedrama D.thesupernaturalpower
9.ChristopherMarlowe’s “ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove”isa(n)______.
A.pastorallyric B.elegy C.eulogy D.epic
10.“Andwe’llsitupontherocks,/Seeingtheshepherdsfeedtheirflocks,/Byshallowriverstowhosefalls/Melodiousbirdssingmadrigals.”Theabovelinesareprobablytakenfrom_____.
A.Spencer’sTheFaerieQueene
B.JohnDonne’sTheSunRising
C.Shakespeare’sSonnet18
D.Marlowe’sThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove
11.Thesentence“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?
”isthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare’s_______.
A.comedies B.tragedies C.sonnets D.histories
12.WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare’sSonnet18?
A.ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature.
B.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity.
C.Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation.
D.Thespeakermeditatesonman’ssalvation.
13.Intheline“Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee”ofSonnet18,Shakespeare______.
A.meditatesonman’smorality
B.eulogizesthepowerofartisticcreation
C.satirizes D.presentsadreamvision
14.InShakespeare’sTheMerchantofVenice,AntoniocouldnotpaybackthemoneyheborrowedfromShylock,because________.
A.hismoneywasallinvestedinthenewly-emergingtextileindustry
B.hisenterprisewentbankrupt
C.Bassaniowasabletopayhisowndebt
D.Hisshipshadallbeenlost
15.“Notonthysolebutonthysoul,harshJew,/Thoumak’stthyknifekeen.”
IntheabovequotationtakenfromTheMerchantofVenice,Shakespeareemploysa(n)__________.
A.oxymoron B.pun C.simile D.synecdoche
16.“Bassanio:
Antonio,Iammarriedtoawife
Whichisasdeartomeaslifeitself;
Butlifeitself,mywife,andalltheworld,
Arenotwithmeesteem’dabovethylife;
Iwouldloseall,ay,sacrificethemall,
Heretothedevil,todeliveryou.
Portia:
Yourwifewouldgiveyoulittlethanksforthat,
Ifshewerebytohearyoumaketheoffer.”
TheaboveisaquotationtakenfromShakespeare’scomedyTheMerchantofVenice.Thequotatedpartcanberegardedasagoodexampletoillustrate________.
A.dramaticirony B.personification
C.allegory D.symbolism
17.InreadingShakespeare,youmusthavecomeacrosstheline“Tobeornottobe-----thatisthequestion”by____________.
A.IagoinOthello B.LearinKingLear
C.ShylockinTheMerchantofVenice D.HamletinHamlet
18.“Readnottocontradictandconfute,nortobelieveandtakeforgranted”isoneoftheepigramsfoundin_________.
A.Bacon’sOfStudies B.Bunyan’sThePilgrim’sProgress
C.Fielding’sTomJones
D.Johnson’sADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage
19.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtypicalofmetaphysicalpoetrybestrepresentedbyJohnDonne’sworks?
A.Commonspeech B.Conceit
C.Argument D.Refinedlanguage
20.ThetruesubjectofJohnDonne’spoem,“TheSunRising”,isto________.
A.attackthesunasanunrulyservant
B.givecomplimentstothemistressandherpowerofbeauty
C.criticizethesun’sintrusionintothelover’sprivatelife
D.lecturethesunonwheretrueroyaltyandricheslie
21.“Towagebyforceorguileeternalwar,
IrreconcilabletoourgrandFoe.” (JohnMilton,ParadiseLost)
BywhatmeanswereSatanandhisfollowerstowagethiswaragainstGod?
.
A.ByplantingatreeofknowledgeintheGardenofEden.
B.Byturningintopoisonoussnakestothreatenman/slife.
C.ByremovingGodfromHisthrone.
D.BycorruptingmanandwomancreatedbyGod.
22.“Towagebyforceorguileeternalwar,
IrreconcilabletoourgrandFoe.” (JohnMilton,ParadiseLost)
Whoisthe“grandFoe”thespeakerisreferringto?
A.Satan B.God C.TheSerpent D.Adam
23.“OPrince,Ochiefofmanythronedpowers,
Thatledth’embattledseraphimtowar
Underthyconduct,andindreadfuldeeds
Fearless,endangeredHeaven’sperpetualKing.”
InthethirdlineoftheabovepassagequotedfromMilton’sParadiseLost,thephrase“thyconduct”refersto_______conduct.
A.Satan’s B.God’s C.Adam’s D.Eve’s
24.ThemostsignificantideaoftheRenaissanceis_________.
A.humanism B.realism C.naturalism D.skepticism
25.Shakespeare’stragediesincludeallthefollowingexcept_______.
A.HamletandKingLear
B.AntonyandCleopatraandMacbeth
C.JuliusCaesarandOthello
D.TheMerchantofVeniceandAMidsummerNight’sDream
26.Inhisessay“OfStudies”,Baconsaid:
“Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobchewedand_________.
A.skimmed B.perfected C.imitated D.digested
27.Thestatement“Studiesservefordelight,forornament,andforability”opensoneofwell-knownessaysby_________.
A.FrancisBacon B.SamuelJohnson
C.AlexanderPope D.JonathanSwift
28.“Oneshortsleeppast,wewakeeternally,
Anddeathshallbenomore;death,thoushaltdie.”
Questions:
A.Identifythepoemandthepoet.
B.Whatdoestheword“sleep”mean?
C.Whatideadothetwolinesexpress?
29.NovumOrganum(“NewInstrument”),alongwithotherworks,wontheauthorthehonor“Fatherofmodernscience.”Whoistheauthor?
Whatisthemainconcernofthework?
Whytheworkissoimportantforthedevelopmentofmodernscience?
30.“Andthusthenativehueofresolution/Issickliedo’erwiththepalecastofthought.” (Shakespeare,Hamlet)
Questions:
A.Whatdoesthe“Nativehueofresolution”mean?
B.Whatdoesthe“palecastofthought”standfor?
C.Whatideadothetwolinesexpress?
31. ThefollowingpassageistakenfromTheMerchantofVenice.Readitcarefullyandfindthedramaticironyitcontains.Useitasanexampletoillustratewhatdramaticironyis.
“Bassanio:
Antonio,Iammarriedtoawife
Whichisasdeartomeaslifeitself;
Butlifeitself,mywife,andalltheworld,
Arenotwithmeesteem’dabovethylife;
Iwouldloseall,ay,sacrificethemall,
Heretothedevil,todeliveryou.
Portia:
Yourwifewouldgiveyoulittlethanksforthat,
Ifshewerebytohearyoumaketheoffer.”
32.“HadIasmanysoulsastherebestars
I’dgivethemallforMephistophilis!
ByhimI’llbegreatemperoroftheworld,
Andmakeabridgethoroughthemovingair
Topasstheoceanwithabandofmen;
I’lljointhehillsthatbindtheAfricshore
AndmakethatcountrycontinenttoSpain,
Andbothcontributorytomycrown;
TheEmperorshallnotlivebutbymyleave.
NoranypotentateofGermany.
NowthatIhaveobtainedwhatIdesire
I’llliveinspeculationofthisart
TillMephistophilisreturnagain.”
Questions:
A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleoftheworkfromwhichthepassageistaken.
B.Isthisapoem,noveloranessay?
C.Basedonthepassage,writedowninoneortwosentencesthethemeoftheplay.
参考答案:
1-27CDCAD ADDAD CCBDB ADADB DBAAD DA
28.A.JohnDonne:
“DeathBeNotProud.”;B.De