(完整word版)英美文学练习题2

练习题2
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1.The Wars of the Roses (1455—1485) between the House of _Lancaster__ and the House
of _York_ struggling for the Crown continued for 30 years。

2.Because of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King of England，
the far-reaching movement of _Religous Reformation__ took place in England, started by Henry Ⅷ。

3.The introduction of _printing___ to England by William Caxton brought classical works
within reach of the common multitude.
4.The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up of feudal relation and
the foundation of ___capitalism_______。

5.In Elizabethan Period, __Francis Bacon______ wrote more than fifty excellent essays,
which made him one of the best essayists in English literature。

6.Spenser is generally regarded as the greatest non-dramatic poet of the Elizabeth Age。

His fame is chiefly based on his masterpiece _The Faerie Queen_____.
7.From the first half of the 16th century， __the English Renaissance_____ began to
develop into a flowering of literature and then England became “a nest of singing birds”.
8.In the Elizabethan Period， __William Shakesperare______ is the greatest playwright
of England。

9.__George Herbert_____ is the saint of the metaphysical school。

10.In the Elizabethan Period, __Francis Bacon____ wrote many excellent essays， such
as Of Studies。

11.__Edmund Spenser_____ wrote his masterpiece The Faerie Queene。

12.Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and __Macbeth___ are generally regarded as Shakespeare’s
four great tragedies。

13.The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is one of __Christopher Marlowe_____’s best
plays。

14.Shakespearean Sonnet is made up of three quatrains with different rhymes， followed
by a couplet。

The rhyme scheme is _abab，cdcd，efef，gg___.
15.The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama。

It
was _Christopher Marlowe______ who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama。

16.The intellectual energy of the English Renaissance showed itself in the achievement
of __ Francis Bacon ______， who is the first English essayist。

17.English Renaissance was an age of ___poetry and drama_____.
18.“Denmark is a prison". The hero summarizes his observation of his world into such
a bitter sentence in _Hamlet_____ written by William Shakespeare。

19.John Milton wrote his masterpiece _The Paradise Lost____ during his blindness.
20.John Donne is a poet of Peculiar _conceit_____, having his own way of reasoning and
comparison.
21._ John Milton ___ is the greatest writer of the 17th century， and one of the giants
of English literature.
22.__ John Donne ____ is the founder of the “metaphysical school”。

23.Robert Herrick is a poet in English Renaissance who belongs to the school of
_cavalier_____.
24.__ Edmund Spenser _____ is often referred to as “the poets’ poet”.
25.Shakespeare's plays are poetical dramas。

A great number of important dialogues and
soliloquies in his plays assume the form of __poemtry_____.
26.The second period of Shakespeare’s work is mainly a period of “great comedies”
and nature historical plays。

The general spirit in this period is _optimism_____。

27.In the 17th century, __ John Milton _____ towers over his age as William Shakespeare
towers over the Elizabeth Age and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval Period. 28.During the civil war and the commonwealth, there were two leaders in England, Cromwell,
the man of action， and __ John Milton _____ the man of thought。

T/F
1.The Protestant Reformation was in essence a religious(political） movement in a
political guise. F
2.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its poetry(drama）。

F
3.From Shakespeare's history plays, it can be seen that Shakespeare took no（great)
interest in the political questions of his time. F
4.King Lear（macbeth)is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national
hero to degenerate into a bloody murderer and despot right to his doom。

F
ing from an old Danish legend, Othello （hamlet） is considered the summit of
Shakespeare’s art。

F
6.Generally speaking， after Shakespeare， the English drama was undergoing a process
of prosperity(decline）. F
7.English Renaissance Period was an age of poetry and drama， and was（not) an age of
prose。

F
8.The greatest epic produced by Milton, Paradise Lost, is written in heroic couplet
（blank verse）. F
9.Paradise Lost took its material from Greek mythology。

T
10.The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, generally speaking, by
fantasticality(mysticism） in content and mysticism（fantasticality) in form。

F Questions：
1.Make a brief introduction of Paradise Lost
2.Summarize the main story of The Merchant of Venice。

3.What features do Shakespeare's plays possess？
4.How much do you know about William Shakespeare’s sonnets？
Explain the following terms
1.sonnet
2.Spenserian stanza
3.blank verse
4.Renaissance。