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英美文学题库

ChapterIAnIntroductiontoOldandMedievalEnglishLiterature&TheRenaissancePeriod

I.Choosetherightanswer:

1.Dr.Faustusisaplaybasedonthe_____legendofamagicianaspiringfor____andfinallymeetinghistragicendasaresultofsellinghissoultotheDevil.

A.British/immoralityB.French/moneyC.German/knowledgeD.American/politicalpower

Answer:

C（可参考课本P21）

2._____,isatypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.

A.TheWife’sComplaintB.BeowulfC.TheDreamoftheRoodD.TheSeafarer

Answer:

B（可参考课本P1）

3.It’sChauceralonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishSocietyinhismasterpiece__________.

A.TheCanterburyTalesB.TheLegendofGoodWomenC.TroilusandCriseydeD.TheRomauntoftheRose.

Answer:

A（可参考课本P4）

4.TheEssenceofRenaissance,themostsignificantintellectualmovement,was_____.

A.GeographicalexplorationB.ReligiousreformationC.PublishingandtranslationD.Humanism.

Answer:

D（可参考课本P8）

5.“PrinceArthur’sgreatestmissionishissearchforGloriana,withwhomhehasfalleninlovethroughalovevision.”Thetwofigurescomefrom_____.

A.ParadiseLostB.Dr.FaustusC.TheFaerieQueeneD.Hamlet

Answer:

C（可参考课本P13）

6.In“Sonnet18”,Shakespeare_________________.

A.Meditateonthedestructivepoweroftimeandeternalbeautybypoetry.

B.Satirizehuman’svanity.C.Predicttheeternityoflove.D.Eulogizethepowerofthebeauty.

Answer:

A（P37）

7.____gavenewvigortotheblankversewithhis“mightylines”andmake’blankverse’theprinciplevehicleofexpressionindrama.

A.SurreyB.WyattC.MarloweD.Sidney

Answer:

C（P21）

8.Shakespeare’sgreatesttragediesarethefollowingworksexcept____.

A.HamletB.KingLearC.RomeoandJulietD.Othello

Answer:

C（P33）

9.TheRenaissancereferstobetween14th----mid-17thcentury,whichwasunderthereignofQueen___andabsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummit,andinwhichthe’realmainstream（真正的文学主流）’was____.

A.Victoria/poetryB.Elizabeth/dramaC.Mary/novelD.James/drama

Answer:

B（P11）

10.InTheLegendofGoodWomen,ChaucerusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameter,whichistobecalledlater____.

A.TheSpenserianstanzaB.TheheroiccoupletC.TheblankverseD.Thefreeverse

Answer:

B（P5）

11.TheRedcrosseKnightin“TheFaerieQueene”standsfor_____,andUnastandsfor_____.

A.bravery/chastityB.holiness/truthC.error/deliveryD.truegentleman/lady.

Answer:

B（P16）

12.WhichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasoneofthecharacteristicsofRenaissance?

A.RediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture.

B.AttempttoremovetheoldfeudalistideasinMedievalEurope.

C.Exaltationofman’spursuitofhappinessinhislife,andtoleranceofman’sfoibles.

D.Praiseofman’seffortsinsouldeliveryandpersonalsalvation.

Answer:

D（P7）

13.“Theslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune”isanexampleof______.

A.MetaphorB.SimileC.IronyD.Personification

Answer:

A（P55）

14._____introducedthePetrarchansonnetintoEngland.

A.Anglos/SaxonsB.Normans/Anglo-SaxonsC.Greeks/RomansD.Romans/Normans

Answer:

B（P11）

15.Itis___alonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliteraturepresentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflife.

A.EdmundSpenserB.GeoffreyChaucerC.WilliamShakespeareD.JohnDonne

Answer:

B（P4）

16.Thefollowingbelongtothecharacteristicsof’metaphysicalpoetry’representedby’JohnDonne’except___.

A.ConceitsB.ActualimageryandsimpledictionC.ArgumentativeformD.Elegantstyle

Answer:

D（P63）

17.ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom____.

A.GreekMythologyB.RomanlegendC.TheOldTestamentD.TheNewTestament

Answer:

C（P73）

18.In“ParadiseLost”,Satansays“Wemaywithmoresuccessfulhoperesolve/Towagebyforceorguileeternalwar,/IrreconcilabletoourgrandFoe”Whatdoesthe“Eternalwar”mean?

A.ToremoveGodfromhisthroneB.ToburntheHeavenDown

C.TocorruptGod’screationofmanandwoman-----AdamandEveD.Tobeguileintoasnaketothreatenman’slife

Answer:

C（P71,节选部分在P75）

19._____,thefirstofthegreattragedies,isgenerallyregardedasShakespeare’smostpopularplayonthestage,forithasthequalitiesofa“blood-and-thunder”thrilleranda’philosophicalexploration’oflifeanddeath.

A.TheMerchantofVeniceB.HamletC.KingLearD.TheWinter’sTale

Answer:

B（P33）

20.Itwas___and___thetwoconqueststhatprovidedthesourcefortheriseandgrowthofEnglishliterature.

A.Anglos/SaxonsB.Normans/Anglo-SaxonsC.Romans/NormansD.Greeks/Romans

Answer:

B（P1）

21.ParadiseLostis___’smasterpiece,whichisanepicin12books,writteninblankverse,abouttheheroicrevoltofSat