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英国文学练习题

PartOneEnglishLiterature

Chapter1AnIntroductiontoOldandMedievalEnglishLiterature&TheRenaissancePeriod

A.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.

（）1.______,atypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.

A.TheWife'sComplaintB.Beowulf

C.TheDreamoftheRoodD.TheSeafarer

（）2.It'sChauceralonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyinhismasterpiece______.

A.TheCanterburyTalesB.TheLegendofGoodWomen

C.TheRomauntoftheRoseD.TroilusandCriseyde

（）3.InTheLegendofGoodWomen,ChaucerusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameter,whichistobecalledlater______.

A.theSpenserianstanzaB.Theheroiccouplet

C.theblankverseD.Thefreeverse

（）4.TheElizabethan______,initstotality,istherealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissance.

A.poetryB.novel

C.humanismD.drama

（）5Dr.Faustusisaplaybasedonthe______legendofamagicianaspiringforknowledgeandfinallymeetinghistragicendasaresultofsellinghissoultotheDevil.

AGermanB.British

CFrenchD.American

（）6ChristopherMarlowe'sgreatestachievementliesinthefactthatheperfected______andmadeittheprincipalmediumofEnglishdrama.

A,theheroiccoupletB.thefreeverse

C.theblankverseD.theSpenserianstanza

（）7ChristopherMarlowe'ssecondachievementishiscreationoffortheEnglishdrama.

AtheByronicheroB.theRenaissancehero

CtheRealisticheroD.theRomantichero

（）8Thefirstandsecondpartsof______areundoubtedlythemostwidelyreadamongShakespeare'shistoryplays.

AHenryVB.RichardII

C.HenryIVD.RichardIII

（）9ThemostimportantandpopularcomedywrittenbyShakespeareis______.

ARorneoandJulietB.TwelfthNight

CTheMerchantofVeniceD.AsYouLikeIt

（）10.______,thefirstofthegreattragedies,isgenerallyregardedasShakespeare'smostpopularplayonthestage.

ATheMerchantofVeniceB.Hamlet

CKingLearD.JuliusCaesar

（）11.______isbasedonawidespreadlegendinnorthernEurope.

A.TamburlaineB.TheJewofMalta

C.HamletD.TheWinter'sTale

（）12."______,thebestofhisfinalromances,isatypicalexampleofShakespeare'spessimisticviewtowardhumanlifeandsocietyinhislateyears.

A.TheTempestB.KingLear

C.CymhelineD.Pericles

（）13.______EssaysisthefirstexampleofthatgenreinEnglishliterature.

A.JohnMilton'sB.FrancisBacon's

C.Montaigne'sD.ThomasGray's

（）14.______istheleadingfigureofthemetaphysicalschool.

A.JohnMiltonB.JohnDonne

C.JohnBunyanD.JohnKeats

（）15.______isindeedtheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.

A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegained

C.SamsonAgonistesD.'TheFaerieQueene

B.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.

1.Generallyspeaking,theOldEnglishpoetrythathassurvivedcanbedividedintotwogroups:

the______groupandthe______one..

2.Thoughessentiallystilla______writer,GeoffreyChaucerboremarksof______andanticipatedaneweratocome.

3.JohnDryden,whomodernizedseveraloftheCanterburytales,calledChaucerthe______ofEnglishpoetry.

4.ChristopherMarlowegavenewvigortotheblankversewithhis"______".

5.ItisEdmundSpenser'sidealism,hisloreofbeauty,andhisexquisitemelodythatmakehimknownas"_______".

6.ARenaissanceheroisalways_______andfullof_______,facingbravelythechallengefrombothgodsandmen.

7.InportrayingFaustus,Marlowepraiseshissoaringaspirationforknowledgewhilewarningagainst_______sinceFaustus'sdownfallwascausedbyhisdespairin_______andtrustinDevil.

8.ChristopherMarlowe'sbrilliantachievementasawholeraisedhimtoaneminenceasthe_______ofEnglishdrama.

9.Inhisromanticcomedies,Shakespearetakesa（n）_______attitudetowardloveandyouth,andtheromanticelementsarebroughtintofullplay.

10.Comparedwiththeidealismofotherplays,TheMerchantofVenicetakesastepforwardinitsrealisticpresentationofhuman_______andhuman_______.

11.Hamlethasthequalitiesofa"_______"thrillerandaphilosophicalexplorationof_______and_______.

12.InSonnet18,Shakespearehasaprofoundmeditationonthe_______poweroftimeandthe_______beautybroughtforthbypoetrytotheoneheloves.

13.InSonnet18,Shakespeareshowsafaithinthe_______ofpoetry.

14.EssayshavebeenrecognizedasanimportantlandmarkinthedevelopmentofEnglish_______.

15.ThemoststrikingfeatureofJohnDonne'spoetryispreciselyitstangofrealit