英国文学史习题全集(含答案)

3PartOneEarlyandMedievalEnglishLiteratureⅠ.Fillintheblanks.1.In1066,____,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.A.WilliamtheConquerorB.JuliusCaesarC.AlfredtheGreatD.Claudius2.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter(poet)is____.A.LanglandB.WycliffeC.GowerD.Chaucer3.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureis____.A.novelB.dramaC.romanceD.essay4.Thestoryof___istheculminationoftheArthurianromances.A.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightB.BeowulfC.PiersthePlowmanD.TheCanterburyTales5.WilliamLangland’s____iswrittenintheformofadreamvision.A.KublaKhanB.PiersthePlowmanC.TheDreamofJohnBullD.Morted’Arthur6.AftertheNormanConquest,threelanguagesexistedinEnglandatthattime.TheNormansspoke_____.A.FrenchB.EnglishC.LatinD.Swedish7.______wasthegreatestofEnglishreligiousreformersandthefirsttranslatoroftheBible.A.LanglandB.GowerC.WycliffeD.Chaucer8.PiersthePlowmandescribesaseriesofwonderfuldreamstheauthordreamed,throughwhich,wecanseeapictureofthelifeinthe____England.A.primitiveB.feudalC.bourgeoisD.modern9.Thethemeof____tokingandlordwasrepeatedlyemphasizedinromances.A.loyaltyB.revoltC.obedienceD.mockery10.ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalled_____.A.Morted’ArthurB.RobinHoodC.TheCanterburyTalesD.PiersthePlowman11.______,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninabout1340.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden12.ChaucerdiedonOctober25th,1400,andwasburiedin____.A.FlandersB.FranceC.ItalyD.WestminsterAbbey13.Chaucer’searliestworkofanylengthishis_____,atranslationoftheFrenchRomandelaRosebyGaillaumedeLorrisandJeandeMeung,whichwasaloveallegoryenjoyingwidespreadpopularityinthe13thand14thcenturiesnotonlyinFrancebutthroughoutEurope.A.TheRomauntoftheRoseB.“ARed,RedRose”C.TheLegendofGoodWomenD.TheBookoftheDuchess414.InhislifetimeChaucerservedinagreatvarietyofoccupationsthathadimpactonthewiderangeofhiswritings.Whichoneisnothiscareer?____.A.engineerB.courtierC.officeholderD.soldierE.ambassadorF.legislator(议员)15.Chaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamed_____basedonBoccaccio’spoem“Filostrato”.A.TheLegendofGoodWomenB.TroilusandCriseydeC.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightD.BeowulfKeytothemultiplechoices：1-5ADCAB6-10ACBAB11-15ADAABⅡ.Questions1.WhatarethefeaturesofBeowulf?2.CommentonthesocialsignificanceandlanguageinTheCanterburyTales.PartTwoTheEnglishRenaissanceⅠ.Matchthewriterandhisworks.1.ThomasMore2.Holinshed3.Hakluyt4.RichardTottel5.PhilipSidney6.WalterRaleighA.ApologyforPoetryB.MiscellanyofSongsandSonnetsC.UtopiaD.DiscoveryofGuianaE.PrincipalNavigations,VoyagesandDiscoveriesF.ChroniclesThekey:(1—C2—F3—E4—B5—A6—D)Ⅱ.Choosethebestanswer.1._____foundedtheTudorDynasty,acentralizedmonarchyofatotallynewtype,whichmettheneedsoftherisingbourgeoisie.A.HenryVB.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.JamesI2.ThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedby_______,“themorningstaroftheReformation”andhisfollowers.A.WilliamTyndalB.JamesIC.JohnWycliffeD.BishopLancelotAndrews3.Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.____encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestsoftheEnglishmerchants.A.HenryV.B.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.QueenElizabeth4.ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover___,theroutofthefleet“Armada”(Invincible)wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthe5decliningoldfeudalism.A.SpainB.FranceC.AmericaD.Norway5.Those,bothtradersandpirateslike____,establishedthefirstEnglishcolonies.A.FrancisDrakeB.LancelotAndrewsC.WilliamCaxtonD.WilliamTyndal6.____wasaforerunnerofclassicisminEnglishliterature.A.BenJohnsonB.WilliamShakespeareC.ThomasMoreD.ChristopherMarlowe7.Themostgiftedofthe“universitywits”was____.A.LylyB.PeeleC.GreeneD.Marlowe8.Moralityplaysappearedafter_____.A.miracleplaysB.mysteryplaysC.interludeD.Classicalplays9._____isusedtosayanddogoodthings.A.MercyB.FollyC.ViceD.Peace10._____isoneoftheforerunnersofmodernsocialistthought.A.PhillipSidneyB.EdmundSpenserC.ThomasMoreD.WalterRaleigh11._____isnotafamoustranslatorintheEnglishRenaissance.A.ThomasNorthB.ThomasWyattC.GeorgeChapmanD.JohnFlorio12.____hadsuppliedShakespearewiththematerialforJuliusCaesar.A.LivesofGreekandRoanHeroes《希腊罗马名人传》B.MiscellanyofSongsandSonnetsC.DonQuixoteD.HistoryoftheWorld13.____wasoneofthefirsttoseetherelationbetweenwealthandpovertytounderstandthattherichwerebecomingricherbyrobbingthepoor.A.JohnWycliffeB.WilliamCaxtonC.GeoffreyChaucerD.ThomasMore14.Utopiawaswrittenintheformof_____.A.proseB.dramaC.essayD.dialogue15.Oneofthepopularmoralityplayswas____.A.TheShepherdsB.EverymanC.ThePlayoftheWeatherD.GammerGurton’sNeedle16.Shakespeare’splayswrittenbetween_____aresometimescalled“romances”andallendinreconciliationandreunion.A.1590and1594B.1595and1600C.1601and1607D.1608and161217.MirandaisaheroineinShakespeare’s______.A.PericlesB.CymbelineC.TheWinter’sTaleD.TheTempest18.In_____appearedShakespeare’sSonnet，NeverbeforeImprinted（《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）whichcontains154sonnets.A.1606B.1607C.1608160919.Shakespeareisoneofthefoundersof____.6A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD.classicism20.Am