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ExercisesonBritishandAmericanLiterature
I.Fillineachblankwithonemasterpieceofthefollowingwriters:
1.GeoffreyChaucer
2.JaneAusten
3.JohnBunyan
4.JonathanSwift
5.DanielDefoe
6.JohnMilton
7.HenryFielding
8.ThomasMore
9CharlotteBronte
10.EmilyBronte
11.WilliamGolding_
12.DorrisLessing
13.OliverGoldsmith
14.PhilipSidney'sCriticismforPoetry
15.BenJonson
16.RobertBurns'sfamousfarewell
17.SamuelJohnson
18.JamesJoyce
19.D.H.Lawrenee
20.T.S.Eliot—
II.Chooseoneormorethanonesuitableanswerstoeachstatement.
1.RenaissaneePeriodwasanageof.
a.proseandnovelb.poetryanddrama
c.essaysandjournalsd.balladsandsongs
2.wasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.
a.ThomasWyattb.WilliamShakespeare
c.PhillipSidneyd.ThomasCampion
3.TheepochofRenaissaneewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishDrama.Itwaswhomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.
a.ChristopherMarloweb.ThomasLoge
c.EdmundSpenserd.ThomasMore
4.Atthebeginningthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanistwrotehisUtopiainwhich
hegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople'ssufferingandpuoforwardhiside
afuturehappysociety.
a.ChristopherMarloweb.ThomasMore
c.PhillipSidneyd.EdmundSpencer
5.Englishabsolutemonarchywasonceagainadoptedinthereignofafterthe
QueenElizabeth.
a.EdwardVIb.JamesI
c.CharlesI
QueenAnn
Choosethe“UniversityWits”fromthefollowingwriters.
a.JohnLylyb.RobertGreene
c.ChristopherMarlowed.Shakespeare
“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?
”ThislineistakenfromoneofShakespeare's.
a.Sonnet18b.thetragedyKingLear
c.alongpoemVenusandAdonisd.thecomedyAsYouLikeIt
FromthefollowingchoosetheonethatisnotbyFrancisBacon.
a.TheAdvancementofLearningb.TheNewInstrument
c.OfStudiesd.TherapeoftheLock
Elizabethanpoetryisremarkable.Englandthenbecame“anestofsingingbirds”Th.efamouspoetofthatperiodwas.
a.EdmundSpenserb.ThomasKyd
c.EarlofSurryd.ThomasMore
Whichplayisnotacomedy?
a.TheJewofMaltab.EveryOneinHisHumor
c.AMidsummerNightsDr'eamd.MuchAdoaboutNothing
TheTragicHistoryofDoctorFaustusisoneof‘sbestplays.
a.Shakespeareb.ThomasKyd
c.BenJonsond.ChristopherMarlowe
Thename“thefatherofEnglishpoetry”wasgiventothegreatestpoetborninLondon
about1340andtheonewhodidmuchinmakingthedialectofLondon（Midlanddialectthelanguageofthecourt,thelearnedandthewell-todo）thefoundationformodernEnglishlanguage.
a.Shakespeareb.Spenser
c.PhilipSidneyd.Chaucer
ThebasicnoteofChaucer'sstyleis.
a.thefusionofhumorandgenialsatireb.thefusionofironywithsarcasm
c.thefusionofhumorwithepigramsd.thefusionofhumorwithirony
wasthefirstburiedinthePoetsCornerofW'estminsterAbby.
a.Southyb.FrancisBacon
c.Shakespeared.Chaucer
ThesecondperiodofChaucer'listerarycareerincludesmainlythethreelongerpoemswrittenpriortoTheCanterburyTales.Choosetheonefromthefollowing.
a.ThelegendofGoodWomanb.TheBookoftheDuches
c.TheRapeofLucreced.TheRomauntoftheRose
TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureisthe.
a.playsb.romance
c.essaysd.masques
TheVicarofWakefieldisa.
a.literarybiographyb.anessay
c.realisticnoveld.sentimentalnovel
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b.epic
18.SongsofInnocenceisaa.sequenceoflyrics
c.setofallegories
d.setofballads
19.MacbethbyShakespeareisaa.tragedy
b.comedy
c.tragicomedy
d.historicalplay
RobinsonCrusoeisa.
a.Historicalnovelb.satiricalnovelc.realisticnoveld.allegoricalnovel
SirGawainandtheGreenKnightisa.
a.travelbookb.romanceinverse
c.romanceinprosed.narrativepoem
BeowulfisthemostimportantandthefirstepicintheOldEnglisheverwritten.Itwaswrittenin.
a.sonnetsc.alliteration
ParadiseLostisa（n）.
a.lyricalpoemc.epic
Pamelaisa.
a.historicalnovel
b.novelofnaturalismGullivers'Travelsisa.
a.sentimentalnovel
c.GothicnovelIWanderedlonelyasaCloudisa
a.lyricalpoemc.romanceinproseTheSchoolofScandalisa
a.tragedyc.novel
TheMerryWivesofWindsorisa
a.comedyc.historicalplayARed,RedRoseisa.
b.ballads
d.heroiccouplet
b.hymn
d.narrativepoem
b.romance
d.novelofepistlesandpsychology
b.novelofsatireandallegory
d.novelofstreamofconsciousness
b.lyricalprose
d.sonnet
b.comedyofmanners
d.romance
b.tragedy
d.moralityplay
a.lyricb.satiricalpoem
c.epicdode
Thetitleof“Poet'sponetto”theiswgriitveerofthefollowingwork___
a.DeathBeNotProudb.VenusandAdonis
c.RomeoandJulietd.TheFaerieQueen
TheMerchantofVenicebelongstoShakespearianplaysof.
a.comedyb.sequenceofsonnets
c.tragedyd.historicalplay
Chaucerwasthefirstimportantpoetofaroyalcourttowritein___conquest.
a.Frenchb.Latin
c.Englishd.Celt
“Hewasnotofanage,butforallthetime”.“He”hererefersto
aftertheNorman
a.Shakespeareb.Chaucer
c.JohnMiltond.BenJonson
ThefatheroftheschoolofMetaphysicalpoetsis
a.ThomasMoreb.Spenser
c.JohnDonned.Wyatt
ThemostimportantprosewriterofElizabethanAgewasoftheEnglishmaterialisticphilosophy.
a.
c.
whowasalsothefounder
ThomasMore
JohnDonne
b.Spenser
d.FrancisBacon
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TheculminationofallRenaissancetranslationis.
a.KingJamesBibleb.NewInstrument
c.OfStudyd.TheReasonofChurchGovernment
Donne'spoetryisfullofmetaphors,originalimages,witand,exceptingenuity,
dexteroususeofcolloquialspeech,considerableflexibilityofrhythmandmeter,complexthemesandcaustichumor.
a.conceitsb.Petrarchenimages
c.rhetoricsd.brevity
TheCavaliersmostlydealtinshortsongsontheflittingjoysoftheday,butunderneaththeirlight-heartednessliessomeforebodingoftoenjoythepresentday.Thisistypicalof
pessimismandcynicism.
a.philosophicalthoughtb.impendingdoom
c.intellectualidead.expectinghappiness.
ParadiseRegainedandSamsonAgonisteswerethepoemswrittenby.
a.Miltonb.WilliamShakespeare
c.BenJonsond.Marlowe
InParadiseLosttheauthoreulogizesthespiritofthatisthoughlost,butthe
cannotbeconquered,andthepursuitofrevenge,immortalhatetowardsgodwillneverbeovercome.
a.pessimism,knowledge
c.rebellion,will
b.optimism,ideal
d.cynicism,concept
BlankversewasfirstusedbyastheprincipleinstrumentofEnglishdrama.
a.theEarlofSurryb.ChristopherMarlowe
c.SamuelJohnsond.Shakespeare
TheMedievalDramaincludesallthefollowingexcept.
a.miracleplaysb.moralityplays
c.tragediesd.interludes
43.ThethemeofthesonnetDeathBeNotProudisthat.
41.
42.
a.deathispredestined
b.deathisthemostdreadfulthing
c.deathyouarenothingtobefearedd.deathisgentletowardsme
44.SirGawainandtheGreenNightisusuallyconsideredthesummitinromance.
a.MattersofBritainb.MattersofFrance
c.MattersofItalyd.MattersofGreece
45.“Tobe,ornottobe:
thatisthequestion:
in
Whether‘tisnoblerinthemindtosuffer
Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune
Ortotakearmsagainstaseaoftrouble,
Andbyopposingendthem...
”arethefamousHlainmelseitnwhichexpressesthe
Hamlet's
character.
a.essays
c.novels
47.Inthepoem,
a.escape
b.
a..resolute
resoluteandhesitant
c.stubbond.indecisiveandhesitant
46.Inthe17thcentury,especiallyduringtheperiodofmilitarydictatorshipthereappearedsomechangesinliterature.Somenewgenresreplacedtheoldones.Amongtheoldones,was（were）themostprominentone.
b.sonnets
d.drama
Beowulf”“repairsinhaste”means
e
c.god.stay
48.Protestantsreferstoallthereligioussectsexcept.
a.ChurchofEnglandb.Puritanism
c.Calvinismd.Catholicism
49.ThoughBeowulfwasintroducedbyAngles,theeventsandareScandinavian.
a.beliefb.charactersc.idead.God
50.In1066,___ledtheNormanarmytoinvadeanddefeatEngland.
a.Williamtheconquerorb.JuliusCaesar
c.AlfredtheGreatd.Claudius
51.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriteris.
a.Langlandb.Wyclif
c.Gowerd.Chaucer
52.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureisthe.
a.epicb.mysteryplay
c.romanced.sonnet
53.Thestoryof“”iswrittenintheculminationoftheArthurianromances.
a.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightb.Beowulf
c.PiersthePlowmand.TheCanterburyTales
54.In1649,wasbeheaded.Englishbecameacommonwealth.
a.JamesIb.JamesII
c.CharlesId.CharlesII
55.TheRevolutionof1688meantthreeofthefollowingthings:
,.
a.thesupremacyofParliamentb.thebeginningofmodernEngland
c.thetriumphoftheprincipleofpoliticallibertyd.theRestorationofmonarchy
56.Whoofthefollowingweretheimportantmetaphysicalpoets?
a.JohnDonneb.GeorgeHerbert
c.JohnMiltond.RichardLovelace
57.MiltonwroteanumberofpamphletsdefendingtheEnglishPeople.Choosethemfromthefollowing.
b.SecondDefenseoftheEnglishPeople
d.IIPenseroso
a.JohnDrydenb.SamuelJohnson
c.
BenJonsond.RobertSouthy
62.JohnMiltonwas.
a.blindinhislaterlifeb.aCavalierpoet
c.theauthorofSamsonAgoniestesd.ametaphysicalpoet
63.WhichwerenotwrittenbyJohnMilton?
a.SongtoCeliab.IIPe
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