英国文学史及选读--期末试题及答案Word文件下载.doc

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I.Multiplechoice（30points,1pointforeach）selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.

1._____，atypicalexampleofoldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.

A.TheCanterburyTalesB.TheBalladofRobinHood

C.TheSongofBeowulfD.SirGawainandtheGreenKinght

2._____isthemostcommonfootinEnglishpoetry.

A.TheanapestB.Thetrochee

C.TheiambD.Thedactyl

3.TheRenaissanceisactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,whichoneofthefollowingisNOTsuchanevent?

A.TherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture.

B.England’sdomesticrest

C.Newdiscoveryingeographyandastrology

D.Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion

4._____isthemostsuccessfulreligiousallegoryintheEnglishlanguage.

A.ThePilgrimsProgress

B.GraceAboundingtotheChiefofSinners

C.TheLifeandDeathofMr.Badman

D.TheHolyWar

5.Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies,itsessenceis_____.

A.scienceB.philosophy

C.artsD.humanism

6.“Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,/Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.”（Shakespeare,Sonnets18）Whatdoes“this”referto?

A.Lover.B.Time.

C.Summer.D.Poetry.

7.“Oprince,Ochiefofmythronedpowers,/Thatledth’embattledseraphimtowar/Underthyconduct,andindreadfuldeeds/Fearless,endangeredHeaven’sperpetualking”InthethirdlineoftheabovepassagequotedfromMilton’sParadiseLost,thephrase“thyconduct”refersto_____conduct.

A.God’sB.Satan’s

C.Adam’sD.Eve’s

8.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats’smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof______.

A.elegyB.ode

C.epicD.sonnet

9.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?

”ThesentenceisthebeginningofShakespeare’s_______.

A.comedyB.tragedy

C.sonnetD.poem

10.DanielDefoe’snovelsmainlyfocuson_____.

A.thestruggleoftheunfortunateformereexistence

B.thestruggleoftheshipwreckedpersonsforsecurity

C.thestruggleofthepiratesforwealth

D.thedesireofthecriminalsforproperty

11.FrancisBaconisbestknownforhis_____whichgreatlyinfluencedthedevelopmentofthisliteraryform.

A.essaysB.poemsC.worksD.plays

12.MostofThomasHardy’snovelsaresetinWessex____.

A.acruderegioninEnglandB.afictionalprimitiveregion

C.aremoteruralareaD.Hardy’shometown

13.IntermsofPrideandPrejudice,whichisnottrue?

A.PrideandPrejudiceisthemostpopularofJaneAusten’snovels.

B.PrideandPrejudiceisoriginallydraftedas“FirstImpressions”.

C.PrideandPrejudiceisatragicnovel.

D.Inthisnovel,theauthorexplorestherelationshipbetweengreatloveandrealisticbenefits.

14.ChronologicallytheVictorianPeriodrefersto_____

A.1798-1832B.1836-1901

C.1798-1901D.theNeoclassicalPeriod

15.Inthefollowingfigures,whoisDickens’sfirstchildhero?

A.Fagin.B.Mr.Brownlow.

C.OliveTwist.D.BillSikes

16.“Andwherearethey?

Andwhereartthou,”

Mycountry?

Onthyvoicelessshore

Theheroiclayistunelessnow-

Theheroicbosombeatsnomore!

（GeorgeGordonByron,DonJuan）

Intheabovestanza,“artthou”literallymeans_____.

A.“artyou”B.“arethough”C.“artthough”D.“areyou”

17.Ofthefollowingwriters,whichisnottherepresentativeoftheRomanticperiod?

A.WilliamBlake.B.JohnBunyan.

C.JaneAuten.D.JohnKeats.

18.InSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperience,whatistheutmostconcernofBlake?

A.LoveB.ChildhoodC.DeathD.HumanExperience

19.ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom____.

A.theRenaissanceB.theOldTestament

C.GreekMythologyD.theNewTestament

20.JaneAusten’sfirstnovelis_____.

A.PrideandPrejudiceB.SenseandSensibility

C.EmmaD.PlanofaNoel

21.Ofthefollowingpoets,whichisnotregardedas“LakePoets’”?

A.SaumelTaylorColeridge.B.RobertSouthey.

C.WilliamWordsworth.D.WilliamShakespeare.

22.DanielDefoedescribes____asatypicalEnglishmiddle-classmanoftheeighteenthcentury,theveryprototypeoftheempirebuilderorthepioneercolonist.

A.RobinsonCrusoeB.MollFlanders

C.GulliverD.TomJones

23.Thelines“Death,benotproud,thoughsomehavecalldthee/Mightyanddreadful,forthouartnotso;

”arefoundin______.

A.WilliamWordsworth’swritingsB.JohnKeats’writings

C.JohnDonne’swritings