英国文学A答案

英国文学A答案
Ⅰ. Choose the best answer for each question or statement.
1. Britain got its name from ______, a tribe of Celts, who were the earliest settlers in the UK.
A. Angles
B. Normans
C. Danes
D. Britons
2. The first Roman general who came to Britain was ______.
A. Hannibal
B. Julius Caesar
C. Mark Antony
D. Octavianus
3.In the middle of the 5th century, Britain was invaded by three ______ tribes: the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes.
A. Germanic
B. Danish
C. French
D. Roman
4.During the time of the Danish Invasion, ______ succeeded in
driving off the Danish Vikings.
A. King Arthur
B. William Wallace
C. King Alfred the Great
D. Robin Hood
5. From the 11th to the 13th centuries, European Christians launched the ______ to take back Holy Land from the Muslims.
A. Crusades
B. Restoration
C. Renaissance
D. Rising of 1381
6. Henry VIII (1491-1547) was King of England who transformed his
country into a _____ nation during the Reformation.
A. Protestant
B. modern
C. Catholic
D. feudal
7. In Greek mythology, ______ stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind.
A. Theseus
B. Prometheus
C. Heracles
D. Achilles
8. The author of The Iliad and The Odyssey is ______, a blind Greek
poet.
A. Aeschylus
B. Sappho
C. Homer
D. Sophocles
9. Which of the following is NOT a playwright of Greek tragedies?
A. Aeschylus
B. Aristophanes
C. Sophocles
D. Euripides
10.The Odyssey is a great ______ about Odysseus’ return from the
Trojan War.
A. Greek epic
B. Norse myth
C. English ballad
D. French romance
11. Greek drama evolved from the song and dance in the ceremonies
honoring ______ at Athens.
A. Hermes
B. Dionysus
C. Artemis
D. Athena
12. In Freudian theory, the ______ complex is the attachment of the
child to the parent of the opposite sex.
A. Jason
B. Heracles
C. Oedipus
D. Prometheus
13.Born on the island of Lesbos, ______ is a great Greek lyric
poetess although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved.
A. Lady Gregory
B. Jane Austen
C. Mrs Browning
D. Sappho
14. ______ was the supreme god of the Olympians. He was the father
of the heroes Perseus and Heracles.
A. Zeus
B. Hera
C. Apollo
D. Ares
15. The following are Greek tragedies EXCEPT ______.
A. Medea
B. Prometheus Bound
C. Oedipus Rex
D. Othello
16. Who is the chief god in old mythology of Northern Europe?
A. Tyr
B. Thor
C. Odin
D. Freyr
17. Which of the following is NOT true of the English Ballads?
A. Flourished in the 15th century.
B. Originally oral literature.
C. Collective creation.
D. Mainly on kinship.
18. Dante is an Italian poet famous for his ______, which is widely
considered one of the greatest of world literature.
A. Volpone, or the Fox
B. The Divine Comedy
C. Paradise Lost
D. Much Ado about Nothing
19. All of the following four EXCEPT ______ are the most eminent
dramatists in the Renaissance England.
A. Spencer
B. Marlowe
C. Shakespeare
D. Jonson
20. ______ is a Medieval English romance in the Arthurian tradition.
It is an alliterative poem of 2530 lines written by an anonymous author.
A. Beowulf
B. Le Morte D’Arthur
C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
D. History of the Kings of Britain
21.Which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of
English Literature?
A. the legend of King Arthur
B. the Greek and Roman Mythology
C. the Holy Bible
D. the old mythology of Northern Europe
22. The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ______.
A. Le Morte D’Arthur
B. The Faerie Queene
C. The Canterbury Tales
D. Beowulf
23. In The Faerie Queene, each book concerns the story of a ______,
representing a particular Christian virtue.
A. knight
B. king
C. god
D. lady
24.Chaucer served in the Hundred Years’ War between
England and
______, both as a soldier and as a diplomat.
A. France
B. Germany
C. Spain
D. Italy
25. ______ is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in
the 14th century.
A. Piers the Plowman
B. The Geste of Robin Hood
C. The Canterbury Tales
D. The Shepherds’ Calendar
26. The heroic couplet was used for the first time by ______.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Edmund Spenser
C. John Dryden
D. William Shakespeare
27.The Canterbury Tales was written in ________.
A. Old English
B. Middle English
C. Modern English
D. Current Modern English
28.In Arthurian legend, all the knights traveled to distant lands to
quest ______, but only three knights found it.
A. the Sword of King Arthur
B. the Green Knight
C. the Round Table
D. the Holy Grail
29. In Arthurian legend, Excalibur is the magical sword belonging to
______.
A. Sir Lancelot
B. King Arthur
C. Sir Bedivere
D. Sir Gawain
30. In Arthurian legend, the bravest knights were allowed to sit at a
huge table. They were known as the “______”.
A. Knights Round the Table
B. Knights of the Round Table
C. Arthurian Table Knights
D. Brave Knights of the Table
31. ______ refers to the medieval codes of knighthood, which was often associated with ideals of knightly virtues, honor and courtly love.
A. Humanism
B. Feudalism
C. Chivalry
D. Monarchy
32. Christopher Marlowe is an English playwright who introduced
______ as a form of dramatic expression.
A. heroic couplet
B. romance
C. blank verse
D. sonnets
33. In German legend, Faustus was an alchemist who sold his ______
to the devil in exchange for ______.
A. soul, knowledge
B. knowledge, power
C. books, knowledge
D. freedom, soul
34.The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is a play written by
______.
A. Francis Bacon
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. Thomas More
D. Ben Jonson
35.The University Wits were a group of pioneer English ______
writing during the last 15 years of the 16th century.
A. poets
B. dramatists
C. critics
D. essayists
36. William Shakespeare wrote 38 _____, 154 _____ and 2 ______.
A. sonnets, plays, narrative poems
B. plays, sonnets, narrative poems
C. narrative poems, epics, novels
D. novels, sonnets, history plays
37.Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are ______, ______, ______,
and ______.
A. Romeo and Juliet Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Julius Caesar
B. King Lear, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth
C. Henry IV , Julius Caesar Hamlet, Othello, King John
D. The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, Hamlet, Othello
38. Most of Shakespeare’s plays were performed in ______,
which
was built in 1598 in London.
A. the Savoy Theatre
B. the Globe Theatre
C. the Windmill Theatre
D. the Abbey Theatre
39.In The Merchant of Venice, who enters the court disguised as a
young clerk?
A. Portia
B. Nerissa
C. Jessica
D. Lorenzo
40. Who performs Romeo and Juliet’s marriage?
A. Friar John
B. Friar Lawrence
C. Father Vincentio
D. Mercutio
41. How does Hamlet die?
A. He drinks the poisonous wine.
B. He commits suicide.
C. He dies of his poisoned wound.
D. Claudius kills him.
42.Francis Bacon is famous for his ______, which covers a wide
variety of subjects, such as love, truth, friendship, beauty, etc.
A. Essays
B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
C.Le Morte D’Arthur
D. Piers the Plowman
43. Thomas More is famous for his ______ —a description of
an
imaginary republic.
A. Tamburlaine the Great
B. New Instrument
C. Utopia
D. The Shepherds’ Calendar
44. ______ (1478-1535) was an English lawyer, scholar, writer, MP
and chancellor in the reign of Henry VIII, who was executed for refusing to recognize the break with Rome.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Thomas More
C. Francis Bacon
D. William Shakespeare
45. ______ is an English epic poem written in Spenserian stanza. It
was written in praise of Queen Elizabeth I.
A. Amoretti
B. The Shepherd’s Calendar
C. The Faerie Queene
D. Four Hymns
46. ______ is a traditional form for English poetry, which consists of
two lines of rhyming iambic pentameter.
A. Blank verse
B. Free verse
C. Heroic couplet
D. Lyric poem
47. What is the rhyme scheme of an English (or Shakespearian)
sonnet?
A. abba abba cdc dcd
B. abab cdcd efef gg
C. abab bcbc cdcd ee
D. abba bccb cdc ded
48.The repetition of initial sounds of words is ______, as the
following lines from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:
“If any so hardy in this house holds himself,
Be so bold in his blood, brain in his head”
A. blank verse
B. heroic couplet
C. alliteration
D. end rhyme
49. What does the underlined pronou n “She” refer to?
“She speaks.
O, speak again, bright angel! For thou art
As glorious to this night, being o'er my head,
As is a winged messenger of heaven”
A. Ophelia
B. Portia
C. Juliet
D. Cordelia
50. “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man, and writing
an exact man” is from ______’s essay “Of Studies”.
A. Alexander Pope
B. John Milton
C. Francis Bacon
D. Charles Lamb
51.The following excerpt is quoted from Shakespeare’s
______.
A. Sonnet 18
B. Sonnet 29
C. Sonnet 30
D. Sonnet 65
“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
52.What does the underlined word “wife” mean in the lines?
“There lived a wife at Usher's well,
And a wealthy wife was she;
She had three stout and stalwart sons,
And sent them o'er the sea.”
A. woman
B. girl
C. daughter
D. waitress
53.Sonnet was brought to England by ___________in mid-16th
century
A.Shakespeare
B. Thomas Wyatt
C. Spenser
D. Petrarch
54. How did Claudius murder King Hamlet?
A. By stabbing him through an arras
B. By pouring poison into his ear
C. By ordering him to be hanged
D. By poisoning his wineglass
55. Chaucer was a master of the heroic couplet which consists of two
rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter
means ________.
A. the line has 6 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.
B. the line has 6 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.
C. the line has 5 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllabl e.
D. the line has 5 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.。