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16年英国文学专八复习题库
2015-16年英国文学专八复习题库
PartI.MultipulChoices
1._____,atypicalexampleofoldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.
A.TheCanterburyTalesB.TheBalladofRobinHood
C.TheSongofBeowulfD.SirGawainandtheGreenKinght
2._____isthemostcommonfootinEnglishpoetry.
A.Theanapest抑抑扬格B.Thetrochee(英诗的)扬抑格,长短格
C.Theiamb抑扬格,短长格D.Thedactyl强弱格,长短格;扬抑抑格;
3.TheRenaissanceisactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,whichoneofthefollowingisNOTsuchanevent?
A.TherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture.
B.England’sdomesticrest
C.Newdiscoveryingeographyandastrology
D.Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion
4._____isthemostsuccessfulreligiousallegoryintheEnglishlanguage.
A.ThePilgrimsProgress
B.GraceAboundingtotheChiefofSinners
C.TheLifeandDeathofMr.Badman
D.TheHolyWar
5.Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies,itsessenceis_____.
A.scienceB.philosophy
C.artsD.humanism
6.“Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,/Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.”(Shakespeare,Sonnets18)Whatdoes“this”referto?
A.Lover.B.Time.
C.Summer.D.Poetry.
7.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats’smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof______.
A.elegyB.ode
C.epicD.sonnet
8.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?
”ThesentenceisthebeginningofShakespeare’s_______.
A.comedyB.tragedy
C.sonnetD.poem
9.DanielDefoe’snovelsmainlyfocuson_____.
A.thestruggleoftheunfortunateformereexistence
B.thestruggleoftheshipwreckedpersonsforsecurity
C.thestruggleofthepiratesforwealth
D.thedesireofthecriminalsforproperty
10.FrancisBaconisbestknownforhis_____whichgreatlyinfluencedthedevelopmentofthisliteraryform.
A.essaysB.poemsC.worksD.plays
11.MostofThomasHardy’snovelsaresetinWessex____.
A.acruderegioninEnglandB.afictionalprimitiveregion
C.aremoteruralareaD.Hardy’shometown
12.IntermsofPrideandPrejudice,whichisnottrue?
A.PrideandPrejudiceisthemostpopularofJaneAusten’snovels.
B.PrideandPrejudiceisoriginallydraftedas“FirstImpressions”.
C.PrideandPrejudiceisatragicnovel.
D.Inthisnovel,theauthorexplorestherelationshipbetweengreatloveandrealisticbenefits.
13.Ofthefollowingwriters,whichisnottherepresentativeoftheRomanticperiod?
A.WilliamBlake.B.JohnBunyan.
C.JaneAuten.D.JohnKeats.
14.InSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperience,whatistheutmostconcernofBlake?
A.LoveB.ChildhoodC.DeathD.HumanExperience
15.ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom____.
A.theRenaissanceB.theOldTestament
C.GreekMythologyD.theNewTestament
16.JaneAusten’sfirstnovelis_____.
A.PrideandPrejudiceB.SenseandSensibility
C.EmmaD.PlanofaNoel
17.Theterm“metaphysicalpoetry”iscommonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceof____.
A.JohnMiltonB.JohnDonneC.JohnKeatsD.JohnBunyan
18.WhichofthefollowingwritingsisnotcreatedbyWilliamWordsworth?
A.IWanderedLonelyasaCloud.
B.SheDweltAmongtheUntroddenWays
C.TheSolitaryReaper.
D.TheChimneySweeper.
19.1.In1066,____,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.
A.WilliamtheConquerorB.JuliusCaesar
C.AlfredtheGreatD.Claudius
20.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter(poet)is____.
A.LanglandB.WycliffeC.GowerD.Chaucer
21.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureis____.
A.novelB.dramaC.romanceD.essay
22.Thestoryof___istheculminationoftheArthurianromances.
A.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightB.Beowulf
C.PiersthePlowmanD.TheCanterburyTales
23.WilliamLangland’s____iswrittenintheformofadreamvision.
A.KublaKhanB.PiersthePlowman
C.TheDreamofJohnBullD.Morted’Arthur
24.AftertheNormanConquest,threelanguagesexistedinEnglandatthattime.TheNormansspoke_____.
A.FrenchB.EnglishC.LatinD.Swedish
25.10.ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalled_____.
A.Morted’ArthurB.RobinHood
C.TheCanterburyTalesD.PiersthePlowman
26.______,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninabout1340.
A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden
27.ChaucerdiedonOctober25th,1400,andwasburiedin____.
A.FlandersB.FranceC.ItalyD.WestminsterAbbey
28.Chaucer’searliestworkofanylengthishis_____,atranslationoftheFrenchRomandelaRosebyGaillaumedeLorrisandJeandeMeung,whichwasaloveallegoryenjoyingwidespreadpopularityinthe13thand14thcenturiesnotonlyinFrancebutthroughoutEurope.
A.TheRomauntoftheRoseB.“ARed,RedRose”
C.TheLegendofGoodWomenD.TheBookoftheDuchess
29.Chaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamed_____basedonBoccaccio’spoem“Filostrato”.
A.TheLegendofGoodWomenB.TroilusandCriseyde
C.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightD.Beowulf
30._____foundedtheTudorDynasty,acentralizedmonarchyofatotallynewtype,whichmettheneedsoftherisingbourgeoisie.
A.HenryVB.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.JamesI
31.Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.____encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestsoftheEnglishmerchants.
A.HenryV.B.HenryVII
C.HenryVIIID.QueenElizabeth
32.ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover___,theroutofthefleet“Armada”(Invincible)wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.
A.SpainB.FranceC.AmericaD.Norway
33.____wasaforerunnerofclassicisminEnglishliterature.
A.BenJohnsonB.WilliamShakespeare
C.ThomasMoreD.ChristopherMarlowe
34.Themostgiftedofthe“universitywits”was____.
A.LylyB.PeeleC.GreeneD.Marlowe
35.Moralityplaysappearedafter_____.
A.miracleplaysB.mysteryplaysC.interludeD.Classicalplays
36._____isoneoftheforerunnersofmodernsocialistthought.
A.PhillipSidneyB.EdmundSpenser
C.ThomasMoreD.WalterRaleigh
37._____isnotafamoustranslatorintheEnglishRenaissance.
A.ThomasNorthB.ThomasWyatt
C.GeorgeChapmanD.JohnFlorio
38.____wasoneofthefirsttoseetherelationbetweenwealthandpovertytounderstandthattherichwerebecomingricherbyrobbingthepoor.
A.JohnWycliffeB.WilliamCaxton
C.GeoffreyChaucerD.ThomasMore
39.Utopiawaswrittenintheformof_____.
A.proseB.dramaC.essayD.dialogue
40.Oneofthepopularmoralityplayswas____.
A.TheShepherdsB.Everyman
C.ThePlayoftheWeatherD.GammerGurton’sNeedle
41.Shakespeare’splayswrittenbetween_____aresometimescalled“romances”andallendinreconciliationandreunion.
A.1590and1594B.1595and1600
C.1601and1607D.1608and1612
42.MirandaisaheroineinShakespeare’s______.
A.PericlesB.CymbelineC.TheWinter’sTaleD.TheTempest
43.In_____appearedShakespeare’sSonnet,NeverbeforeImprinted(《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”)whichcontains154sonnets.
A.1606B.1607C.16081609
44.Shakespeareisoneofthefoundersof____.
A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD.classicism
45.Amongmanypoeticforms,Shakespearewasespeciallyathome(goodat)withthe_______.
A.dramaticblankverseB.songC.sonnetD.Couplet
46.TherhymeschemeofMilton’sL’AllkegroandIlPenserosois_____.
A.aabbccbbcB.abbacdccdC.abacdeecD.ababcdcdd
47._____,asadeclarationofpeople’sfreedomofthepress,hasbeenaweaponinthelaterdemocraticrevolutionarystruggles.
A.OntheMorningofChrist’sNativityB.Comus
C.OfReformationinEnglandD.Areopagitica
48.____poemscanbedividedintotwocategories:
theyouthfullovelyricsandthelatersacredverses.
A.JohnMiltonB.JohnBunyanC.JohnDonneD.JohnDryden
49._____expressedDonne’sownwayofdescribinglove.
A.HolySonnetsB.WitchcraftbyaPicture
C.TheSunRisingD.Death,BeNotProud
50.GeorgeHerbert’s______isawell-knownshapedpoem.
A.TheAltarB.ToHisCoyMistress
C.ToDaffodilsD.GatherYeRoseBudsWhileYeMay
51.____istheleadingfigureofMetaphysicalpoetry.
A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbert
C.AndreMarvellD.HenryVaughan
52.WhichofthefollowingisnotaMetaphysicalpoet?
A.RichardCrashawB.HenryVaughan
C.AndrewMarvellD.RobertBurton
53.WhoisthegreatestfigureoftheCavalierpoetry?
A.JohnSucklingB.RichardLovelace
C.RobertHerrickD.JohnDryden
54.____wastheforerunneroftheEnglishclassicalschoolofliteratureinthe19thcentury.
A.JohnDrydenB.RichardSteele
C.JosephAddisonD.AlexanderPope
55.______werelookeduponasthemodelofEnglishcompositionbyBritishauthorsallthroughthe18thcentury.
A.JeremyTaylor’sHolyLivingB.ThomasBrowne’sReligioMeidic
C.SamuelPepys’sdiariesD.Addison’sSpectatoressays
56.ThemostimportantclassicistintheEnlightenmentMovementis_____.
A.SteeleB.AddisonC.PopeD.Dryden
57.ThemasterpieceofAlexanderPopeis____.
A.EssayonCriticismB.TheRapeoftheLock
C.EssayonManD.TheDunciad
58.EssayonManisa_____poeminheroiccouplets.
A.didacticB.satiricalC.philosophicalD.dramatic
59.____wasanintellectualmovementinthefirsthalfofthe18thcentury.
A.TheEnclosureMovementB.TheIndustrialRevolution
C.TheReligiousReformD.TheEnlightenment