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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:

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28.A.JohnDonne:

“DeathBeNotProud.”;B.De