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2.WilliamLangland’s“_________”iswrittenintheformofadreamvision.
A.KublaKanB.PiersthePlowman
C.TheDreamofJohnBullD.Morted’Arthur
3.In1066,________ledtheNormanarmytoinvadeanddefeatEngland.
A.JuliusCaesarB.AlexandertheGreat
C.WilliamtheConquerorD.Claudius
4._________wasthefirsttobeburiedinthePoet’sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.
A.KeatsB.SoutheyC.TennysonD.Chaucer
5._________composedalongnarrativepoemnamed“________”basedonBoccaccio’spoem“Filostrato”.
A.Shakespeare,TroilusandCriseyde
B.Chaucer,TroilusandCriseyde
C.Chaucer,TheHouseofFame
D.Chaucer,TheRomauntoftheRose
6.Inthefollowing,whichwordisnotFrenchorigin?
A.porkB.muttonC.vealD.swine
7.TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama.Itwas_______whofirstmadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.
A.RobertGreeneB.EdmundSpenser
C.ChristopherMarloweD.WilliamShakespeare
8.EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof______.
A.proseandnovelB.poetryanddrama
C.essaysandjournalD.balladsandsongs
9.GreatpopularitywaswonbyJohnLyly’sproseromance_________whichgaverisetotheterm“euphuism”,designatinganaffectedstyleofcourtspeech.
A.CymbelineB.VenusandAdonis
C.TheRapeofLucreceD.Euhpues
10.Whichoneisnottheresourceofmedievalromance?
A.adventuresofKingArthurandhisKnightsofRoundTable
B.EmperorCharlemagneandhispeers
C.AlexandertheGreatandmattersofRome
D.TheRisingof1381
11.“WhenAdamdelvedandEvespan,whowasthenthegentlemen?
”
isthesermonof__________.
A.WatTylerB.JohnBall
C.LanglandD.ThomasMalory
12.WhichstatementaboutMore’s“Utopia”isNOTtrue?
A.BookOneof“Utopia”isapictureofcontemporaryEnglandwithforcibleexposureofthepovertyamongthelaboringclasses,thegreedandluxuryamongtherich,andaneagernessforwaronthepartoftherulers
B.InBookTwowehaveasketchofanidealcommonwealthinsomeunknownocean,whereprosperityisheldincommonandthereisnopoverty.
C.“Utopia”isMore’smasterpiece,writtenintheformofaconversationbetweenMoreandHythloday,areturnedvoyager.
D.Asagreatthinker,Morehadpointedoutthattherootofpovertyistheprivateownershipofthesocialwealth,sohewishedtoarousethepeopletostartarevolutionarymovementagainsttherulingclasses,whichcosthislife.
13.ChauceristhefirstgreatpoetwhowroteintheEnglishlanguage,andoneofhisgreatcontributionsistheintroductionoftherhymedstanzafromFrance,especiallytherhymedcoupletof5accentsiniambicmeter---_______,insteadoftheoldAnglo-Saxon_________.
A.alliterativeverse,heroiccouplet;
B.heroiccouplet,sonnets;
C.heroiccouplet,alliterativeverse;
D.alexandrineverse,ballads.
14.AmongvariousEnglishversionsofBible,whichoneisthebest?
A.JohnWycliffe’sBible;
B.WilliamTyndal’sBible;
C.TheKingJamesBible;
D.MilesCoverdale’sBible.
15.Amongtheso-called“universitywits”,itis_______thatsatirizedWilliamShakespeareas“anupstartcrow”.
A.PeeleB.Marlowe,C.NashD.Greene
16.Itis_______thatsaysofHamlet,
“Thecourtier’s,soldier’s,scholar’s,eye,tongue,sword;
Theexpectancyandroseofthefairstate,
Theglassoffashion,andthemouldofform…”(Ⅲ.1.)
A.OpheliaB.PoloniusC.ClaudiusD.Gertrude
17.“Hamlet”,“Othello”,“KingLear”,and________arecalledthefourgreattragedies.
A.“RomeoandJuliet”B.“AntonyandCleopatra”
C.“JuliusCaesar”D.“Macbath”
18.OfmanycontemporariesandsuccessorsofShakespeare,themostimportantandwell-knowwas__________,whobecamethefirstpoetlaureatein1616.
A.JohnDrydenB.SamuelJohnson
C.BenJonsonD.RobertSouthey
19.InColeridge’s“TheRimeoftheAncientMariner”,themarinersuffersthehorrorofdeath,because__________.
A.heexperienceashipwreck
B.heistorturedwithstarvation
C.heundergoesmuchsuffering
D.hekillsanalbatross
20._____isthecentralconcerntoBlake’sconcerninthe“SongsofInnocence”.
A.WomanB.Poetry
C.HappinessD.Childhood
21.“Allisnotlost:
theunconquerablewill,andstudyofrevenge,immortalhate,andcouragenevertosubmitoryield:
Andwhatiselsenottobeovercome?
”Theabove“Excerpt”comesfrom_________.
A.Dr.FaustusB.ParadiseLost
C.ParadiseRegainedD.Tamburlaine
22.WilliamWordsworthassertsthatpoetryoriginatesfrom_______.
A.formB.thoughts
C.artisticdevicesD.emotions
23.AlexanderPope’sAnEssayonCriticismisadidactic_____.
A.allegoryB.prose
C.poemD.play
24.________wrotetwice“DefenseoftheEnglishPeople”toreplytotheEuropeanscholarSalmasius’latinpamphletonaccusingtheregicidebyEnglishpeople.
A.JohnMiltonB.JohnBunyan
C.JohnDonneD.JohnDryden
25.“VanityFair”in_________“ThePilgrim’sProgress”wasquotedlaterasthetitleofacriticalrealismnovel“VanityFair”by_________.
A.Bunyan’sWalterScott
B.Bunyan’sThackeray
C.Bunyan’sJaneAusten
D.Bunyan’sCharlesDickens
26._________,thePoetLaureate,andtheauthorofAnEssayofDramaticPoesy,wastheforerunneroftheEnglishclassicalschoolofliterature.
A.AlexanderPopeB.Addison
C.SteeleD.JohnDryden
27.Thefollowingproverbialmaxims,“Forfoolsrushinwhereangelsfeartotread”,“Toerrishuman,toforgive,divine”and“Alittlelearningisadangerousthing”,arefrom______by_____.
A.AnEssayofDramaticPoesy,JohnDryden
B.TheRowleyPapers,Chatterton
C.EssayonCriticism,AlexanderPope
D.TheSpectator,Addison
28.Lilliput,Bobdingnag,FlyingIsland,andthecountryofHouyhnhnmsarescenesin_________by________.
A.RobinsonCrusoe,Defoe
B.Gulliver’sTravels,Swift
C.RoderickRandom,Smollett
D.TristramShandy,Sterne
29.Inordertocriticizetheexcessivesentimentalityandpoorethicsin“Pamela”byRichardson,HenryFieldingwroteanovel________.
A.“JosephAndrews”B.“JonathanWild”
C.“TomeJones”D.“Amelia”
30.ThefirstEnglishpsycho-analyticalnovelis_______.
A.“ClarissaHarlowe”B.“Pamela”
C.“SirCharlesGrandison”D.“Amelia”
31.Ontheeveofthepublicationof“Dictionary”,______lettertoLordChesterfielddeclaredtheindependenceofEnglishwriters,signifyingtheendoftheirrelianceonthepatronageofnoblemenforsupport.
A.SamuelJohnson’sB.JohnMilton’s
C.AdamSmith’sD.Sheridan’s
32.TheRomanticAgebeganwiththepublicationof“TheLyricalBallads”whichwaswrittenby__________.
A.WilliamWordsworth
B.Southey
C.SamuelTaylorColeridge
D.WordsworthandColeridge
33.Whichpoetbelowdoesn’tbelongtotheLakers?
A.WordsworthB.Keats
C.SoutheyD.Coleridge
34.WhichworkshaveNOTemployedthesubjectsfromtheBible?
A.SamsonAgonistesB.Cain
C.PrometheusUnboundD.ParadiseLost
35.Shelleywroteanelegy______lamentingtheprematuredeathofhisfellowpoet_______.
A.Adonais,KeatsB.Hellas,Byron
C.TheCenci,HazlittD.QueenMab,LeighHunt
36.“ChildeHarold’sPilgrimage”waswrittenintheformof_______,while“DonJuan”waswrittenin_______.Andbothwerecreatedbyafamousromanticist_______.
A.Ottavarima,Spenserianstanza,Byron
B.Ottavarima,Spenserianstanza,Shelley
C.Spenserianstanza,Ottavarima,Byron
D.Spenserianstanza,Ottavarima,Shelley
37.WecanfindacounterpartofChina’s“TaleofWhiteSerpent”inEnglishliterature,________writtenby________.
A.Lamia,KeatsB.Christabel,Coleridge
B.Lamia,ColeridgeD.Christabel,Keats
38.AlbatrossinEnglishcultureisaninauspicioussymbol,whichoriginatesfrom__________,theworkof_________.
A.KublaKhan,Coleridge
B.TheRimeoftheAncientMariner,Coleridge
C.Christabel,Coleridge
D.ThePreclude,Wordsworth
39.“OmyLuveislikeared,redrose,
That'
snewlysprunginJune;
OmyLuve'
slikethemelodie
ssweetlyplay'
dintune.”
Thesongaboveisfrom________by_______.
A.“ARed,RedRose”,WilliamBlake
B.“ARed,RedRose”,RobertBurns
C.“ARed,RedRose”,ThomasGray
D.“ARed,RedRose”,WilliamCowper
40.Eliaisthepseudonymofafamousessayist,_________,whopublished“TheEssayofElia”in1823.
A.HazlittB.LeighHunt
C.DeQuinceyD.CharlesLamb
41.__________isthemajorthemefromtheearlyseventeenthcenturytotheendoftheeighteenthcenturyinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.
A.TheRomanticismB.ThePuritanism
C.TheTranscendentalismD.TheSentimentalism
42.ThefirstimportantwriterinAmericanliterature,________,whowrotethefascinatingTheSketchBookwithbothtwoofhismostfamousstories,“RipVanWinkle”and“TheLegendofSleepyHollow,”isregardedas“fatherofAmericanliterature"
.
A.JonathanEdwardB.BenjaminFranklin
C.WashingtonIrvingD.FenimoreCooper
43.________and________werethetwomajorAmericanpoetsofthenineteenthcentury.
A.WaltWhitman,EmilyDickinson
B.AnneBradstreet,EdwardTaylor
C.RogerWilliams,ThomasPaine
D.HenryDavidThoreau,RalphWaldoEmerson
44._________broughttheRomanticPeriodofAmericanliteraturetoanend.
A.TheIndependentWar
B.TheCivilWar
C.NewEngl