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ExerciseforEnglishLiterature

（2）

Choosethebestanswerforeachblank.

1.

________,the

“fatherofEnglishpoetry

”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasbornin

Londonabout1340.

A.GeoffreyChaucer

B.SirGawain

C.FrancisBacon

D.JohnDryden

2.

Chaucerdiedonthe25thOctober1400,andwasburiedin________.

A.

Flanders

B.France

C.

Italy

D.WestminsterAbbey

3.Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.________encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestoftheEnglishmerchants.

A.HenryV

B.HenryVII

C.HenryVIII

D.QueenElizabeth

4.

ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover________,theroutofthefleet

“Armadawasalso”the（Invincible）

triumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.

A.Spain

B.France

C.America

D.Norway

5.

Atthebeginningofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanist________wrotehisUtopiainwhichhegavea

profoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople

and’putssufferingforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.

A.ThomasMore

B.ThomasMarlowe

C.FrancisBacon

D.WilliamShakespear

6.

AbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueen________.

A.Mary

B.Elizabeth

C.William

D.Victoria

7.

EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof________.

A.proseandnovel

B.poetryanddrama

C.essaysandjournals

D.balladsandsongs

8.

Fromthefollowing,choosetheonewhichisnotFrancisBacon

’swork:

________.

A.TheAdvancementofLearning

B.TheNewInstrument

C.Essays

D.TheNewAtlantics

E.VenusandAdonis

9.

“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer

’sday?

”ThisisthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare

A.songs

B.plays

C.comedies

D.sonnets

10.TheheroinesofShakespeare’greatscomedies,________arethedaughtersoftheRenaissance,whose

imagesandstorieswillremainalegacytoreadersandaudiencesofalltime.

A.PortiaB.RoselandC.ViolaD.Beatrice

11.ChoosethefourgreattragediesofShakespearefromthefollowing________.

A.HamletB.Othello

C.MacbethD.KingLear

E.TimonofAthens

12.Whichplayisnotacomedy?

________

A.AMidsummerNight’sDreamB.TheMerchantofVenice

C.TwelfthNightD.RomeoandJuliet

E.AsYouLikeIt

13.“Denmarkisaprison”.Inwhichplaydoeserothesummarisehhisobservationofhisworldintosuchabitter

sentence?

________

A.CharlesIB.OthelloC.HenryVIIID.Hamlet

14.Theworksof________andtheAuthorisedVersionoftheEnglishBiblearethetwogreattreasuriesoftheEnglishlanguage.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpenser

C.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJohnson

15.Inwhichplaydoestheheroshowhisprofoundreverenceformanthroughthesentence:

“Wha

wokisaman!

Hownobelinreason!

Howfiniteinfaculty!

”________

A.RomeoandJulietB.Hamlet

C.OthelloD.TheMerchantofVenice

16.In1649,________wasbeheaded.Englandbecameacommonwealth.

A.JamesIB.JamesII

C.CharlesID.CharlesII

17.Therevolutionof1688meantthreeofthefollowingthings:

________.A.thesupremacyofParliament

B.thebeginningofmodernEnglandC.thetriumphoftheprincipalliberty

D.thetriumphoftheprincipleofpoliticallibertyE.theRestorationofmonarchy

18.Whoofthefollowingweretheimportantmetaphysicalpoets?

________

A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbert

C.JohnMiltonD.RichardLovelace

19.WhichworkwasNOTwrittenbyJohnMilton?

________

A.ParadiseLostB.ParadiseRegained

C.SamsonAgonistesD.Volpone

20.ParadiseLostis________.

A.JohnMilton’smasterpiece

B.agreatepicin12books

C.writteninblankverse

D.abouttheheroicrevoltofSatanagainstGod’sauthority

21.JohnMiltonis________.

A.agreatrevolutionarypoetofthe17thcentury

B.anoutstandingpoliticalpamphleteer

C.agreatstylist

D.agreatmasterofblankverse

22.FromtheOldTestament,JohnMiltontookhisstoriesofParadiseLost,i.e.________.A.thecreation

B.therebellioninHeavenofSatanandhisfellow-angelsC.theirdefeatandexpulsionfromHeaven

D.thecreationofthedeathandofadamandEveE.thefallenangelsinhellplottingagainstGodF.Satan’stemptationofEve

G.thedepartureofAdamandEvefromEden

23.ThefinestthinginParadiseLostisthedescriptionofhell,and________isoftenregardedastherealheroofthepoem.

A.GodB.Satan

C.AdamD.Eve

24.WhoisthegreatestoftheMetaphysicalschoolofpoetry?

________

A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbert

C.AndrewMarvellD.HenryVaugham

25.________wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.

A.TheRenaissanceB.TheEnlightenment

C.TheReligiousReformationD.TheChartistMovement

26.Themainliterarystreamofthe18thcenturywas________.Whatthewritersdescribedintheirworksweremainlysocialrealities.

A.

naturalism

B.romanticism

C.

classicism

D.realism

E.

sentimentalism

27.TheeighteenthcenturywasthegoldenageoftheEnglish________.Thenovelofthisperiodspokethetruth

aboutlifewithanuncompromisingcourage.

A.dramaB.poetryC.essayD.novel

28.In1704,JonathanSwiftpublishedtwoworkstogether,________and________,whichmadehimwell-knownasasatirist.

A.ATaleofaTubB.BickerstaffAlmanac

C.Gulliver’sTravelsD.AModestProposal

29.“Properwordsinproperplaces,makesthetruedefinitionofastyle.”Thissentenceissaidby_

ofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose.

A.AlexanderPopeB.HenryFielding

C.DanielDefoeD.JonathanSwift

30.Asajournalist,________hadlearnedhowtomakehisreportingvividandcrediblebyaskillfuluseofcircumstantialdetail.Thispowertomakehischaractersaliveandhisstoriescredibleisaninimitablegift.

A.JosephAddisonB.DanielDefoeC.SamuelRicharsonD.TobiasSmollett

31.WhichofthefollowingareNOTwrittenbyWilliamBlake?

________

A.

PoeticalSketches

B.SongsofInnocence

C.

SongsofExperience

D.AuldLangSyne

E.

TheMarriageofHeavenandHell

F.Prophecis

G.VisionsoftheDaughtersofAlbionandAmerica,aProphecy

32.Inthe18thcenturyEnglishliterature,therepresentativepoetsofpre-romanticismwere________.

A.WilliamWordsworthB.WilliamBlake

C.RobertBurnsD.JonathanSwift

33.TheRomanticAgebegabwiththepublicationofTheLyricalBalladswhichwaswrittenby________.

A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelJohnson

C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordsworthandColeridge

34.TheRomanticAgecametoanendwiththedeathofthelastwell-knownromanticwriter________.

A.JaneAustenB.WalterScott

C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WilliamWordsworth

35.ThegloryoftheRomanticAgeliesinthepoetryof________.

A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridge

C.GeorgeGordonByronD.PercyByssheShelley

E.JohnKeats

36.TheEnglishRomanticAgeproducedtwomajornovelists.Theyare________.A.GeorgeGordonByronandPercyByssheShelley

B.WilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge

C.WalterScottandJaneAusten

D.CharlesLambandWilliamHazlitt

37.WhichpoetsbelongtotheActiveRomanticgroup?

________

A.GeorgeGordonByronB.WilliamWordsworth

C.PercyByssheShelleyD.JohnKeats

E.JohnMilton

38.WhichpoetsbelongtotheLakers?

________

A.WilliamWordsworthB.SamuelTaylorColeridge

C.JohnKeatsD.RobertSouthey

E.WalterScott

39.WhichofthefolloeingwerewrittenbyWordsworthONLY?

________

A.TotheCuckooB.TheLyricalBallads

C.LucyPoemsD.TheSolitaryReaper

E.IWanderedLonelyasaCloud

40.Thepublicationof________markedthebreakwiththeconventionalpoeticaltraditionofthe18thcentury,

i.e.,withclassicism,andthebeginningoftheRomanticrevivalinEngland.

A.TheLyricalBalladsB.ThePreludeC.ChildeHarold’sPilgrimageD.DonJuan

41.Ascontrastedwiththeclassicistswhomadereason,orderandtheold,classicaltraditionsthecriteriaintheirpoeticalcreations,________basedhisownpoeticalprincipleonthepremisethat“allgoodpoetryisthe

spontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeeling.”

A.SamuelTaylorColeridgeB.GeorgeGordonByron

C.PercyByssheShelleyD.WilliamWordsworth

42.________wasthefirstcriticoftheRomanticSchool.

A.WilliamWordworthB.SamuelJohnson

C.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WordworthandColeridge

43.Whichofthefollowingstatementsis（are）NOTtrueaboutGeorgeGordonByron?

________

A.Byron’searlyyearshadbeenfarfromhappyforhewasbornwithaclubfoot,inthefrequentfamilysceneshis

mothercalledhim“youlamebrat.”

B.ByrondiedinItalyanndwasdeeplymournedbytheItalianpeopleandbyallprogressivepeoplethroughout

theworld.

C.Thereactionarycriticismofthe19thcenturytriedtobelittleByron’sgeniusandhisroleinthede

Englishliterature,butByronremainsoneofthemostpopularEnglishpoetsbothathomeandabroad.

D.SincetheMay4Movementin1919,moreandmoreofByron’spoemshavebeentranslatedintoChineseand

wellreceivedbythepoetsandyoungreaders.Byronhasnowbecomeoneofthebest-knownEnglishpoetsinourcountry.

44.In1805,Wordsworthcompletedalongautobiographicalpoementitled________.

A.BiographialiterariaB.ThePrelude

C.LucyPoemsD.TheLyricalBallads

45.________isregardedasthemostwonderfullyricistEnglandhaseverproducedmainlyforhispoemsonnature,onlove,andonpolitics.

A.WilliamWordsworth

B.JohnKeats

C.GeorgeGordonByron

D.PercyByssheShelley

46.Whichofthefollowingstatementsis（are）NOTtrueaboutPercyByssheShelley?

________

A.Prome