英国文学史题库

Part1---Part31.TheOldEnglishpoetrycanbedividedintotwogroups:thesecularand_______.2.Inthe14thcentury,thetwomostfamouswritersare_________andWilliamLonglandwhowrotePiersthePlowman.3.Today，ChaucerisregardedasthefatherofEnglishpoetry.Hismasterpieceis_______4.TheCanterburyTalescontainsthe_______and24tales,twoofwhichleftunfinished.5.Chauceremployedthe_______coupletinwritinghisgreatestworkTheCanterburyTales.6._______isthemostprevailingliteraryformintheMiddleAges.7.The______isanimportantstreamoftheBritishliteratureinthe15thcentury.8.Poetrycanbeclassifiedasnarrativeorlyric.Narrativepoemsstressaction,andlyrics______.Part41.Shakespeare’sfourgreatcomediesare_____._____,______,_____.2.InElizabethanperiod,______wrotemanyexcellentessays,suchas“OfStudies”.3.____wasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.4.____wrotethefamousTheFaerieQueenandisoftenreferredtoas“thepeots’poet”.5.AShakespeareansonnetiscomposedofthreefour-linequatrainsandaconcluding_____.6.ThemostsignificantintellectualmovementduringtheEnglishRenaissanceperiodwas_____.A.theReformationB.geographicalexplorationsC.HumanismD.theItalianrevival7.WhichofthefollowingpoeticformsistheprincipalformofShakespeare’sdramas?A.lyricB.blankverseC.sonnetD.quatrain8.WhichofthefollowingplaysdoesNOTbelongtoShakespeare’sgreattragedies?A.OthelloB.MacbethC.RomeoandJulietD.Hamlet9.ChristopherMarlow’sThePassionateShepherdtoHisLoveisa(n)A.pastorallyricB.elegyC.eulogyD.epic10.TherealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissanceis_____.A.ancientpoemB.dramaC.proseD.romanticnovelPassage1Todie,tosleepNomoreandbyasleeptosayweendTheheartache,andthethousandnaturalshocksThatfleshisheirto,’tisaconsummationDevotedlytobewished.Todie,tosleepTosleep-perchancetodream:aythere’stherub,Forinthatsleepofdeathwhatdreammaycome?Whenwehaveshuffledoffthismortalcoil,Mustgiveusapause.There’stherespectThatmakescalamityofsolonglife.Forwhowouldbearthewhipsandscornsoftime,Theoppressor’swrong,theproudman’scontumelyThepangsofdespisedlove,thelaw’sdelay,Theinsolenceofoffice,andthespurns,Thepatientmeritofth’unworthytakesQUESTION:1.1.Theselinesaretakenfromafamousplaynamed________.2.2.Theauthoroftheplayis____________.3.3.Intheplaytheselinesareutteredby____________.4.4.Abouttheutterancewhatdoesthespeechshow?Passage2ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday?Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate.RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummer'sleasehathalltooshortadate.Sometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshines,Andoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimmed;Andeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines,Bychanceornature'schangingcourseuntrimmed;Butthyeternalsummershallnotfade,Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow'st;NorshallDeathbragthouwander'stinhisshadeWhenineternallinestotimethougrow'st.Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee..Questions:1.1.ThisisoneofShakespeare’sbestknown______.a.sonnetsb,balladsc,songs2.2.Itrunsiniambicpentameterrhymedin_________.3.3.Thefourteenlinesincludethreestanzasaccordingtotheircontentwiththelasttwolinesas______whichcompletethesenseofthewholepoem.a.preludeb.coupletc.epigraph4.Whatistherealpurposethatthepoetcomparethebelovedtothedaysofearlysummer?Passage3Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested;thatis,somebooksaretobereadonlyinparts;otherstoberead,butnotcuriously;andsomefewtobereadwholly,andwithdiligenceandattention.Someboosalsomaybereadbydeputy,andextractsmadeofthembyothers;butthatwouldbeonlyinthelessimportantarguments,andthemeanersortofbooks;elsedistilledbooksare,likecommondistilledwaters,flashythings.Questions:1.1.Thispassageistakenfromafamousessaywrittenby______.2.2.Whatisthetitleofthispassage?3.3.What’sthethemeofthearticle?Part51,JohnDonneisthefounderoftheschoolof______.Hispoetryischaracterizedbymysticismincontentandfantasticalityinform.2.The18thcenturyEnglandisknownastheAgeof______ortheAgeofReason.3.______iscalledtheFatheroftheEnglishNovel.4.______isatypicalfeatureofSwift’swritings.5.______,writteninheroiccoupletbyPope,isconsideredmanifestoofEnglishneoclassicism.6.ThomasGrayhasbeenregardedastheleaderofthe______oftheday.A.romanticB.sentimentalC.religiousD.modernpoetry7.Inhisnovel,RobinsonCrusoe,Defoeeulogizestheheroofthe_____.A.aristocraticclassB.enterprisingclassC.risingbourgeoiseD.hard-workingpeople8.ThemodernEnglishnovelcameintobeingin_____-A.themiddleofthe17thcenturyB.the17thcenturyC.thelate18thcenturyD.themiddleofthe18thcentury9.ThePilgrim’sProgressisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor______.A.materialwealthB.spiritualsalvationC.universaltruthD.self-fulfillment10.Ofthe18thcenturynovelists,_____wasthefirsttosetoutintheoryandpractice,towritespeciallya“comicepicinprose”.A.DannielDefoeB.SamuelRichardsonC.HenryFieldingD.OliverGoldsmith11.EssayonCriticismisadidacticpoemwrittenin_____.A.alliterationB.heroiccoupletC.sonnetD.blankverse12._____isWilliamBlake’smostimportantprosework,whichisthemanifestoofhisspiritualindependence.A.SongsofInnocenceB.SongsofExperienceC.TheMarriageofHeavenandHellD.LondonPart61.TheRomanticPeriodbeganin1798whenWordsworthandColeridgepublishedtheirjointwork