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BritishLiterature

I.MultipleChoice.

TheMiddleAge

1.WhenwespeakoftheOldEnglishprose,thefirstnamethatcomesintoourmindsis_______,whoisthefirstscholarinEnglishliteratureandhasbeenregardedasfatherofEnglishlearning.

A.WilliamShakespeareB.Beowulf

C.JuliusCaesarD.VenerableBede

2.ThemostimportantworkofAlfredtheGreatis_______,whichisregardedasthebestmonumentoftheOldEnglishprose.

A.TheSongofBeowulfB.TheAnglo-SaxonChronicle

C.TheEcclesiasticalHistoryoftheEnglishPeopleD.Brut

3._______isthefirstimportantreligionspoetinEnglishliterature.

A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbert

C.CaedmonD.Milton

4.InAnglo-Saxonperiod,Beowulfrepresentedthe_______poetry.

A.paganB.religiousC.romanticD.sentimental

5.Proseliteraturedidnotshowitsappearanceuntilthe______century.

A.6thB.7thC.8thD.10th

6.Beowulfdescribestheexploitsofahero,Beowulf,infightingagainstthemonsterGrendel,hisrevengefulmother,andafire-breathingdragon.

A.DanishB.Scandinavian

C.EnglishD.Norwegian

7.EnglishliteraturebeganwiththesesettlementsinEngland.OfoldEnglishliterature,Beowulf,thenationalepicoftheEnglishpeople,isanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends.

A.Anglo-SaxonB.Roman

C.NormanD.Britain

8.In1066,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEnglish.

A.WilliamtheConquerorB.JuliusCaesar

C.AlfredtheGreatD.Claudius

9.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter（poet）is.

A.LanglandB.Wyclif

C.GowerD.Chaucer

10.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureisthe.

A.novelB.drama

C.romanceD.essay

11.ThestoryofistheculminationoftheArthurianromances.

A.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

B.TheStoryofBeowulf

C.PiersthePlowman

D.TheCanterburyTales

12.WilliamLangland’siswrittenintheformofadreamvia-ion.

A.KublaKhanB.PiersthePlowman

C.TheDreamofJohnBullD.Morted’Arthur

13.PiersthePlowmandescribesaseriesofwonderfuldreamstheauthordreamed,throughwhich,wecanseeapictureofthelifeintheEngland.

A.primitiveB.feudal

C.bourgeoisD.modern

14.Thethemeoftokingandlordwasrepeatedlyemphasizedinromances.

A.loyaltyB.revolt

C.obedienceD.mockery

15.ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalled.

A.Morted’ArthurB.RobinHood

C.TheCanterburyTalesD.PiersthePlowman

16.InEnglishpoetry,afour-linestanzaiscalled.

A.heroiccoupletB.quatrain

C.SpenserianstanzaD.terzarima

17.,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawain

C.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden

18.Chaucerdiedonthe25thOctober1400,andwasburiedin.

A.FlandersB.France

C.ItalyD.WestminsterAbbey

19.Chaucer’searliestworkofanylengthishis,atranslationoftheFrenchRomandelaRosebyGaillaumedeLorrisandJeandeMeung,which14thcenturiesnotonlyinFrancebutthroughoutEurope.

A.TheRomauntoftheRoseB.Ared,RedRose

C.PiersthePlowmanD.TheBookoftheDuchess

20.ThesecondperiodofChaucer’sliterarycareerincludesmainlythethreelongerpoemswrittenpriortoTheCanterburyTales.Choosethethreefromthefollowing.

A.TheHouseofFameB.TroilusandCriseyde

C.TheLegendofGoodWomenD.TheBookoftheDuchess

21.creativeworkvividlyreflectedthechangeswhichhadtakenrootinEnglishcultureofthesecondhalfofthe14thcentury.

A.Chaucer’sB.Byron’s

C.Shelley’sD.Eliot’s

22.Apartfromoriginalpoems,ChaucertranslatedvariousworksofFrenchauthors,amongthemisthefamous.

A.TheCanterburyTalesB.TheRomauntoftheRose

C.TheParliamentofFowlsD.TheHouseofFame

23.ChaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamedbasedonBoccaccio’spoemFilostrato.

A.TheLegendofGoodWoman

B.TroilusandCriseyde

C.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

D.Beowulf

24.Generallyspeaking,Chaucer’sworksfallintothreemaingroupscorrespondingroughlytothethreeperiodofhisadultlife.Whichperiodiswrong?

.

A.TheperiodofFrenchinfluence（1359-1372）

B.TheperiodofItalianinfluence（1372-1386）

C.TheperiodofEnglishperiod（1386-1400）

D.TheperiodofAmericanperiod（1371-1382）

25.Chaucer’sdiplomaticmissionstoItalyenabledhimtostudythepoemsof,famousItalianwritersoftheRenaissanceperiod,whichwerelatertohaveprofoundinfluenceuponhisownwriting.

A.DanteB.Petriarch

C.HomerD.Boccaccio

26.ChaucerwasthefirstimportantpoetofaroyalcourttowriteinaftertheNormanConquest.

A.FrenchB.Latin

C.EnglishD.Greek

TheRenaissance

27.wasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.

A.ThomasWyattB.WilliamShakespeare

C.PhilipSidneyD.ThomasCampion

28.wasthefirsttogivethesonnetitsEnglishform.AndhismetricalinnovationsareveryimportantinEnglishpoetry.

A.ThomasWyattB.WilliamShakespeare

C.PhilipSidneyD.HenryHoward,EarlofSurrey

29.TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama.Itwaswhomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.

A.ChristopherMarloweB.ThomasLoge

C.EdmundSpencerD.ThomasMore

30.ThankstoSurrey,Englishprosodyhasgainedamagnificentinstrumentblankverse,whichwasusedbymanywriters,suchas.

A.MarloweB.Shakespeare

C.MiltonD.Byron

31.SirPhilipSidneyisknownbothasapoetandasa.

A.essayistB.dramatist

C.acriticofpoetryD.novelist

32.GreatpopularitywaswonbyJohnLily’sproseromancewhichgaverisetotheterm“euphuism”,designatinganaffectedstyleofcourtspeech.

A.CymbelineB.VenusandAdonis

C.LucreceD.Euphues

33.Intheconclusionoftheprose,theauthorpointsoutthattherootofpovertyistheprivateownershipofsocialwealth.

A.AdvancementofLearningB.Utopia

C.TamburlaineD.HenryIV

34.Fromthefollowing,choosetheonewhichisnotEdmundSpencer’swork:

.

A.TheShepherd’sCalendarB.Epithalamion

C.TheFaerieQueenD.Amoretti

35.EuphuesofJohnLilywaswritteninapeculiarstyleknownas“Euphuism”,whichconsistsontheuseof.

A.balancedsentencesB.wordsalliterating

C.rimingoridenticalD.precision

36.TheintellectualenergyoftheEnglishRenaissanceshoweditselfintheachievementofFrancisBacon，.

A.thefounderofEnglishmaterialistphilosophy

B.thefounderofmodernscienceinEnglish

C.thefirstEnglishessayist

D.themostgiftedofthe“universitywits”

37.EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof___________.

A.proseandnovelB.poetryanddrama

C.essaysandjournalsD.balladsandsongs

38.ThegreatestandmostdistinctiveachievementofElizabethanliteratureisdrama.Thusappearedagroupofexcellentdramatists.Mainlytheyare_______.

A.JohnLilyB.ThomasKyd

C.GeorgePeeleD.ChristopherMarlowe

E.WilliamShakespeare

39.Elizabethanpoetryisremarkable.Englandthenbecame”anestofsingingbirds”.Thefamouspoetsofthatperiodwere___.

A.WilliamShakespeareB.EdmundSpencer

C.PhilipSidneyD.ThomasWyatt

40.Sidneyiswell—knownasapoetandacriticofpoetry.Heisknownmainlyforhisthreeprincipalworks.Theyare_____.

A.ArcadiaB.ArtrophelandStella

C.ApologyforPoetryD.Utopia

41.”Liberty,FraternityandEquality”werefirstutteredinthebook_______.

A.TheShepherd’sCalendar

B.Utopia

C.TheRightsofMan

D.TheDeclarationofIndependence

42.Marlowe’sbestplaysinclude______.

A.TamburlainetheGreatB.TheJewofMalta

C.TheTragicallyHistoryofDoctorFaustus

D.Cymbeline

43.WhichareBenJohnson’smaincomedies?

________.

A.EveryManinHisHumorB.Vulpine

C.TheAlchemistD.TheSilentWoman

E.TheMerchantofVeniceF.TheWinter’sTale

44.In1593and1594,WilliamShakespearepublishedhistwonarrativepoems,whichare______.

A.VenusandAdonisB.AtrophicandStella

C.TherapeofLucerneD.Vulpine

45.TheheroinesofWilliamShakespeare’sgreatcomedies,______arethedaughtersoftheRenaissance,whoseimagesandstorieswillremainalegacytoreadersandaudienceofalltime.

A.PortiaB.Roseland

C.ViolaD.Beatrice

46.ChoosethefourgreattragediesofShakespearefromthefollowing:

______.

A.HamletB.Othello

C.MacbethD.KingLear

E.TimmonsofAthens

47.Shylockisacharacterintheplay______.

A.TamburlainewrittenbyMarlowe

B.OthellowrittenbyMarlowe

C.TheJewofMaltawrittenbyMarlowe

D.TheMerchantofVenicewrittenbyShakespeare

48.WhichhistoricalplayswerewrittenbyShakespeare?

___.

A.HenryVIB.HenryIV

C.RichardIIID.HenryV

E.RichardIIF.CharlesI

G.OnetheGreat

49.”Denmarkisaprison”.Inwhichplaydoestheherosummarizehisobservationofhisworldintosuchabittersentence?

_______.

A.CharlesIB.Othello

C.HenryVIIID.Hamlet

50.Theworksof_____andtheAuthorizedVersionoftheEnglishBiblearethetwogreattreasuriesoftheEnglishlanguage.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpencer

C.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJohnson

51.Inwhichplaydoestheheroshowhisprofoundreverencefirmmanthroughthesentence:

”Whatapieceofworkisaman!

Hownobleinreason!

Howinfiniteinfaculty!

”_____.

A.RomeoandJulietB.Hamlet

C.OthelloD.TheMerchantofVenice

52.SirPhilipSidney’sArcadiawasalong____writteninanelaboratelyartfulprose.

A.pastoraleclogueB.pastorallyric

C.pastoralromanceD.pastoraldrama

53.WhichoffollowingpoeticformsistheprincipalformofShakespeare’sdramas?

______.

A.lyricB.sonnet

C.blankverseD.quatrain

54.______isthemostco