英国文学选择题1

1I.Multiplechoices1.In1066,____,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.A.WilliamtheConquerorB.JuliusCaesarC.AlfredtheGreatD.Claudius2.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter(poet)is____.A.LanglandB.WycliffeC.GowerD.Chaucer3.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureis____.A.novelB.dramaC.romanceD.Essay4.______,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninabout1340.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden5.TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishDrama.Itwas_______whomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.a.ChristopherMarloweb.ThomasLogec.EdmundSpenserd.ThomasMore6.Atthebeginningthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanist_____wrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople’ssufferingandputforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.a.ChristopherMarloweb.ThomasMorec.PhillipSidneyd.EdmundSpencer7.RenaissancePeriodwasanageof____.a.proseandnovelb.poetryanddramac.essaysandjournalsd.balladsandsongs8.Amongmanypoeticforms,Shakespearewasespeciallyathome(goodat)withthe_______.A.dramaticblankverseB.songC.sonnetD.couplet9.Themostgiftedofthe“universitywits”was____.A.LylyB.PeeleC.GreeneD.Marlowe10.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?”ThislineistakenfromoneofShakespeare’s______.a.Sonnet18b.thetragedyKingLearc.alongpoemVenusandAdonisd.thecomedyAsYouLikeIt11.Amongthefollowing,______isnotwrittenbyFrancisBacon.a.TheAdvancementofLearningb.TheNewInstrumentc.OfStudiesd.TherapeoftheLock12.ThethemeofthesonnetDeathBeNotProudisthat________.a.deathispredestinedb.deathisthemostdreadfulthingc.deathyouarenothingtobefearedd.deathisgentletowardsme13._____hasbeencalledthesummitoftheEnglishRenaissance.A.ChristopherMarlowB.FrancisBaconC.W.ShakespeareD.BenJohnson14.TheTragicHistoryofDoctorFaustusisoneof______’sbestplays.a.Shakespeareb.ThomasKydc.BenJonsond.ChristopherMarlowe15.Thename“thefatherofEnglishpoetry”wasgiventothegreatestpoetborninLondonabout1340andtheonewhodidmuchinmakingthedialectofLondon(Midlanddialectthelanguageofthecourt,thelearnedandthewell-todo)thefoundationformodernEnglishlanguage.a.Shakespeareb.Spenserc.C.PhilipSidneyd.Chaucer16.ThebasicnoteofChaucer’sstyleis_______.a.thefusionofhumorandgenialsatireb.thefusionofironywithsarcasmc.thefusionofhumorwithepigramsd.thefusionofhumorwithirony17._____wasthefirstburiedinthePoet’sCornerofWestminsterAbby.a.Southyb.FrancisBaconc.Shakespeared.Chaucer18.MacbethbyShakespeareisa______.a.tragedyb.comedyc.tragicomedyd.historicalplay219.“Tobe,ornottobe:thatisthequestion:Whether‘tisnoblerinthemindtosufferTheslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortuneOrtotakearmsagainstaseaoftrouble,Andbyopposingendthem...”arethefamouslinesinHamletwhichexpressestheHamlet’s______character.a..resoluteb.resoluteandhesitantc.stubbond.indecisiveandhesitant20.Blankversewasfirstusedby______astheprincipleinstrumentofEnglishdrama.a.theEarlofSurryb.ChristopherMarlowec.SamuelJohnsond.Shakespeare21.ThoughBeowulfwasintroducedbyAngles,theeventsand_____areScandinavian.a.beliefb.charactersc.idead.God22.In1066,___ledtheNormanarmytoinvadeanddefeatEngland.a.Williamtheconquerorb.JuliusCaesarc.AlfredtheGreatd.Claudius23.OfmanycontemporariesandsuccessorsofShakespeare,themostimportantandwellknownwas______whobecamethePoetLaureatein1616.a.JohnDrydenb.SamuelJohnsonc.BenJonsond.RobertSouthy24.Themainliteraryformofseventeenthcenturywaspoetry.Amongthepoets,___wasthegreatest.a.Miltonb.Bunyanc.theMetaphysicalpoetsd.theCavalierpoets25.ParadiseRegainedandSamsonAgonisteswerethepoemswrittenby_______.a.Miltonb.WilliamShakespearec.BenJonsond.Marlowe26.InParadiseLosttheauthoreulogizesthespiritof_____thatisthoughlost,butthe____cannotbeconquered,andthepursuitofrevenge,immortalhatetowardsgodwillneverbeovercome.a.pessimism,knowledgeb.optimism,idealc.rebellion,willd.cynicism,concept27.TheMerchantofVenicebelongstoShakespearianplaysof_______.a.comedyb.sequenceofsonnetsc.tragedyd.historicalplay28.Chaucerwasthefirstimportantpoetofaroyalcourttowritein____aftertheNormanconquest.a.Frenchb.Latinc.Englishd.Celt29.“Hewasnotofanage,butforallthetime”.“He”hererefersto_____.a.Shakespeareb.Chaucerc.C.JohnMiltond.BenJonson30.ThefatheroftheschoolofMetaphysicalpoetsis_______.a.ThomasMoreb.Spenserc.JohnDonned.Wyatt31.ThemostimportantprosewriterofElizabethanAgewas_______,whowasalsothefounderoftheEnglishmaterialisticphilosophy.a.ThomasMoreb.Spenserc.JohnDonned.FrancisBacon32.Donne’spoetryisfullofmetaphors,originalimages,witand______,exceptingenuity,dexteroususeofcolloquialspeech,considerableflexibilityofrhythmandmeter,complexthemesandcaustichumor.a.conceitsb.Petrarchenimagesc.rhetoricsd.brevity