英美文学选读-英国-文艺复兴时期-练习题汇总(选择大题)

I．Multiple Choice

Old and Medieval Period

1. ____ Beowulf ___, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.

A. The Canterbury Tales

B. Exodus

C. D. The Legend of Good Women

3. The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely __ B．Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales____________.

A．William Langland’ s Piers Plowman

C．John Gower’s Confession Amantis D．Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

2.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___.

A.Piers Plowman

B.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

C.Confessio Amantis

D.The Canterbury Tales

1. ____

A. B. George Gordon Byron

C. Edmund Spenser

D. Robert Browning

1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories

of B. knightly __. knightly _ adventures or other heroic

deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.

A .Christian C. Greek D. primitive

The Neoclassical Period

1.With classical culture and the（）humanistic ideas

coming into England, the English Renaissance began

flourishing.

A. French

B. German

C. Italian

D.

Greek

2. During the reign of ________, England started its Religious

Reformation and broke away from Rome.

A. Henry VII

B. Henry VIII

C. Edward VI

D.

Queen Elizabeth

3. The Protestant movement, which was seen as a means to recover

the purity of the early church from the corruption and

superstition of the Middle Ages, was initiated by _______.

A. Francis Bacon

B. Martin Luther

C. Thomas More

D.

William Shakespeare

4. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series

of historical events EXCEPT_________.

A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture

B．the vast expansion of British colonies in North America

C．the new discoveries in geography and astrology

D．the religious reformation and the economic expansion

5. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars

made attempts to do the following EXCEPT ______.

A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideas

B. getting control of the parliament and government

C. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the

rising bourgeoisie

D. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption

of the Roman Catholic Church

6.Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance humanism?

A. Cultivation of the art of this world and this life.

B. Tolerance of human foibles.

C. Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture.

D. Glorification of religious faith.

7. The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern

world.

A. the old English

B. the medieval

C. the feudalist

D. the capitalist

8. The English Renaissance period was an age of ______ .

A. poetry and drama

B. drama and novel

C. novel and poetry

D. romance and poetry

9.The most significant idea of the Renaissance is（）.

A. humanism

B. realism

C. naturalism

D. skepticism

10．__ Humanism ____ is the essence of the Renaissance.

A．Poetry B．Drama C． D．Reason

11. About the Renaissance humanists which of the following

A. They thought money and social status was the measure of all things.

B. They thought people were largely subordinated to the ruling

class without any freedom and independence.

C. They couldn’t see the human values in their works.

D. They emphasized the dignity of human beings and the importance

of the present life.

12. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is_____.

A. the flourishing of the drama

B. the popularity of the realistic novel

C. the domination of the classical poetry

D. the close-down of all the theatres

13. Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected

the __ blank verse ________and made it the principal

medium of English drama.

A. B. free verse C. sonnet D. alliteration

14. Marlowe gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “_mighty

lines _____”.

A. lyrical lines

B. soft lines

C. mighty lines

D.

religious lines

15._______ introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England,

while _______ brought in blank verse, i.e. the unrhymed iambic

pentameter line.

A. Wyatt...Surrey

B. Wyatt...Sidney

C. Surrey...Sidney

D. Sidney...Spenser

16. It was ________ who first introduced the Petrarchan sonnet

into England.

A. Caxton

B. Wyatt

C. Surrey

D.

Marlowe

17. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by

______.

A. Surrey

B. Wyatt

C. Sidney

D. Shakespeare

18. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called ______.

A. heroic couplet

B. quatrain

C. Spenserian stanza

D. terza rima

19. Christoph er Marlow’s “The Passiona te Shepherd to His

Love” is a (n) .

A. pastoral lyric

B. elegy

C. eulogy

D. epic

20.The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are

Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and ____________.

A．John Milton B．John Bunyan C．Ben Jonson

D．Edmund Spenser

21. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are

all the following EXCEPT ______.

A. Francis Bacon

B. Christopher Marlowe

C. William Shakespeare

D. Ben Jonson

22. “Metaphysical Poetry” refers to the works of the 17th -

century writers who wrote under the influence of _____.

A. John Donne

B. Alexander Pope

C. Christopher Marlowe

D. John Milton

23.Which of the following is NOT typical of metaphysical poetry

best represented by John Donne’s works?

A. Common speech.

B. Conceit.

C. Argument.

D. Refined language.

24. All the following poets except ________ belong to the metaphysical school.

A. Donne

B. Herbert

C. Marvell

D. Milton

25. Spenser’s mas terpiece is The Faierie Queene ______, which

is a great poem of the age.

A. The Shepheardes Calender

B.

C. The Rape of Lucrece

D. The Canterbury Tales

26.Edmund Spenser’s masterpiece is _____.

A. The Shephea red’s Calender

B. The Faerie Queen

C. Epithalamion

D. The Canterbury

Tales

27.___ Francis Bacon _ is the first important English essayist

and the founder of modern science in England.

A.Francis Bacon

B.Edmund Spenser

C.William Carxton

D.Sidney

28. Francis Bacon is not only the first important essayist but

also the founder of modern ______ in England.

A. poetry

B. novel

C. prose

D. science

29. ______, the first important English essayist, was also the

founder of modern science in England and one of the representatives of the English Renaissance.

A．Christopher Marlowe B．Thomas More C．Francis Bacon D．William Shakespeare

30. _____, the first important English essayist, is best known

for his essays which greatly influenced the development of this

literary form.

A. Charles Lamb

B. Ben Jonson

C. Francis Bacon

D. John Lyly

31．Francis Bacon’s essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and ______________.

A．complicity B．complexity C．powerfulness

D．mildness

William Shakespeare

1. Shakespeare is known to have used _________ different words.

His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the

old ones also create striking effects on the reader.

A. 16,000

B. 1600

C.20,000

D. 2000

2. As a Renaissance humanist, Shakespeare ( )

A. is against religious persecution and racial discrimination,

against social inequality and the corrupting influence of gold

and money.

B. holds that literature should be a combination of beauty,

kindness and truth, and should reflect nature and reality. C. gives faithful reflection of the social realities of his time through his works.

D. all of the above.

3．Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are__ Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth______.

A．Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, Hamlet B．Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice C．Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth

D．Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet 4. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, ______and ______.（）

A. King Lear...Romeo and Juliet

B. King Lear…Macbeth

C. King John...Julius Caesar

D.King John…The Merchan t of Venice

5.Shakespeare’s tragedies include all the following except （）.

A. Hamlet and King Lear

B. Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth

C. Julius Caesar and Othello

D. The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream

6. In Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, which of the following

is the typical characteristic the heroes share in common? ( )

A. They have a strong lust for power and finally go into incessant crimes.

B. They are perfect heroes without any weakness.

C. They face the injustice of human life but are never caught in a difficult situation.

D. They have a fate which is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation.

7. As to the great tragedy Hamlet, which of the following is not true? （一）12(浙0301)

A. The timeless appeal of this mighty drama lies in its combination of intrigue, emotional conflict and searching philosophic melancholy.

B. The bare outline of the play is based on a widespread legend in northern Europe.

C. The whole story of the play is created by Shakespeare himself.

D. In it, Shakespeare condemns the hypocrisy and treachery and general corruption at the royal court.

8. ______, the melancholic scholar, prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind.

A. Othello

B. Macbeth

C. Hamlet

D. Antonio

9. In Hamlet, the hero’s trouble mainly lies in ( )

A. his pride in refusing to acknowledge his mother’s second

marriage

B. his hesitation in carrying out his plan of revenge

C. his suspicion that his father was murdered by his uncle

D. his ambition to gain quick access to the throne

10. ____ Soliloquy ____ is a natural means of writing in

revealing the prince’s inner conflict and psychological

predicament in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

A．Dialogue B．

C．Dramatic monologue D．Satire

11.“To be, or not to be - that is the question;/Whether’ tis

nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of

outrageous fortune,/Or to take arms against a sea of

troubles ,/And by opposing end then?” These lines are taken

from _____.

A. King Lear

B. Romeo and Juliet

C. Othello

D.

Hamlet

12．“To be, or not to be—that is the question”is a line taken

from___________.

A．Hamlet B．Othello C．King Lear D．The

merchant of venice

13.“To be, or not to be —that is the question；／whether’

tis nobler in the mind to suffer，／the slings and arrows of

outrageous fortune,／Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

／And by opposing end them?” The quoted lines are taken from

______.

A. King Lear

B. Romeo and Juliet

C. Othello

D.

Hamlet

14. _. Macbeth’s ____ lust for power stirs up his ambition and

leads him to incessant crimes.

A. Othello’s

B. Hamlet’s

C. Shylock’s D

15. _ Othello’s ____ inner weakness is made use of by the

outside evil force.

A. Hamlet’s

B. Othello’s

C. King Lear’s

D. Macbeth’s

16. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the

following is true?

A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth.

B. The romantic elements are not brought into full play at all.

C. He presents the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual

excitement and emotion.

D. There is a wonderful balance of characters.

17. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is not true?

A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth.

B. The romantic elements are brought into full play.

C. He praises the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion.

D. His youthful Renaissance spirit of jollity is fully reflected.

18.The most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____.

A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

B. The Merchant of Venice

C. As You Like It

D. Twelfth Night

19.It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____.

A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

B. As You Like It

C. The Merchant of Venice

D. Twelfth Night

20.Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of Venice: “Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew/Thou mak’st thy knife keen.” What kind of figurative device is used in the above lines?（）

A. Simile.

B. Metonymy.

C. Pun.

D. Synecdoche.

21.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wife

Which is as dear to me as life itself;

But life itself, My wife, and all the world.

Are not with me esteem'd above thy life;

I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,

Here to the devil, to deliver you.

Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer.”

The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice.

The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____.

A.dramatic irony

B.personification

C.allegory

D.symbolism

22.In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.

A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry

B. his enterprise went bankrupt

C. Bassanio was able to pay his own debt

D. his ships had all been lost

23.The Tempest is a typical example of

Shakespeare’s__________view of li fe towards human life and

society in his late years.

A. pessimistic

B. optimistic

C. satirical

D. none of the above

24. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances, ______ is a

typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and

society in his late years.

A. The Tempest

B. The Winter's Tale

C. Cymbeline

D. The Rape of Lucrece

25. Shakespeare’ s ______, an elaborate and fantastic story,

is known as the best of his final romances.

A. The Winter’s Tale

B. The Tempest

C. The Taming of the Shrew

D. Love’ s Labour’ s Lost

26. Shakespeare’s ______ are mainly written under the

principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign

is a necessity.

A. comedies

B. tragedies

C. history plays

D. dark comedies

27. Which of the following is William Shakespeare’s history

play?

A. Macbeth

B. Henry IV

C. Romeo and Juliet

D. King Lear

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