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Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureⅠ. Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading anddefeating England.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d’Arthur1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at thattime. The Normans spoke _____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the firsttranslator of the Bible.A. LanglandB. GowerC. WycliffeD. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the authordreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England.A. primitiveB. feudalC. bourgeoisD. modern9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized inromances.A. loyaltyB. revoltC. obedienceD. mockery10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about alegendary outlaw called _____.A. Morte d’ArthurB. Robin HoodC. The Canterbury TalesD. Piers the Plowman11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatpoets of England, was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. JohnDryden12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. WestminsterAbbey13. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of theFrench Roman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung,which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A. The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that hadimpact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career?____.A. engineerB. courtierC. office holderD. soldierE. ambassadorF. legislator (议员)15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based onBoccaccio’s poem “Filostrato”.A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and CriseydeC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. BeowulfKey to the multiple choices：1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAAB自考真题2002-4.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A.ChristianB.knightlyC.GreekD.primitive（B）Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___.A.Piers PlowmanB.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC.Confessio AmantisD.The Canterbury Tales（D）The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely ______________.B．Geoffrey Chaucer’s T he A．William Langland’ s Piers PlowmanCanterbury TalesC．John Gower’s Confession Amantis D．Sir Gawain and the Green Knight（B）Ⅱ. Questions1.What are the features of Beowulf?ment on the social significance and language in The CanterburyTales.Part Two The English RenaissanceⅠ. Match the writer and his works.1.Thomas More2.Holinshed3.Hakluyt4.Richard Tottel5.Philip Sidney6.Walter RaleighA.Apology for PoetryB.M iscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.UtopiaD.Discovery of GuianaE.Principal Navigations, Voyages andDiscoveriesF.ChroniclesThe key: (1—C 2—F 3—E 4—B 5—A 6—D)Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.1._____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totallynew type, which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. James I2.The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “themorning star of the Reformation” and his followers.A. William TyndalB. James IC. John WycliffeD. Bishop Lancelot Andrews3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansionabroad. ____ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interests of the English merchants.A. Henry V.B. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4.Except being a victory of England over ___, the rout of the fleet“Armada” (Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5.Those, both traders and pirates like ____, established the first Englishcolonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lancelot AndrewsC. William CaxtonD. William Tyndal6.____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.A. Ben JohnsonB. William ShakespeareC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe7.The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe8.Morality plays appeared after_____.A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classical plays9._____ is used to say and do good things.A. MercyB. FollyC. ViceD. Peace10._____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A. Phillip SidneyB. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas MoreD. Walter Raleigh11._____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.A. Thomas NorthB. Thomas WyattC. George ChapmanD. John Florio12.____ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar.A.Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes《希腊罗马名人传》B.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.Don QuixoteD.History of the World13.____ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth andpoverty to understand that the rich were becoming richer by robbing the poor.A. John WycliffeB. William CaxtonC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Thomas More14.Utopia was written in the form of _____.A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue15.One of the popular morality plays was ____.A. The ShepherdsB. Everymans NeedleC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurton’plays written between _____ are sometimes called 16.Shakespeare’s“romances” and all end in reconciliation and reunion.A. 1590 and 1594B. 1595 and 1600C. 1601 and 1607D. 1608 and 1612ACBADDBMiranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s ______.17.Tale D. TheA. PericlesB. CymbelineC. The Winter’sTempest，Never before Imprinted（《莎18.In _____ appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）which contains 154 sonnets.A. 1606B. 1607C. 1608 160919.Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____.A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. classicism20.Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (goodat) with the _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet21.In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 1800022._____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben JohnsonKey to the multiple choices:1-5 BCDAA 6-10 DDCBA 11-15 BDADA 16-22 ACBADDBtin Bible2.Protestantism; Catholicism3.Protestants4.John Wycliffe; Reformation5.William TyndalⅢ. Fill in the blanks.1.The ____ was universally used by the Catholic Churches.2.The English translation of the Bible emerged as a result of the strugglebetween ____ and ___.3.The Bible was notably translated into English by the ____.4.The first complete English Bible was translated by ____, “the morningstar of the _____”．5._____ translated the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament,which is known as Tyndale’s Bible.__, which was made in 1611 6.After Tydale’s Bible, then appeared the ____under the auspices of _____. And so was sometimes called the ____.7.Apart from the religious influence, the Authorized Version has had a greatinfluence on English ___ and ____.8.With the widespread influence of the English Bible, the standard modernEnglish has been _____ and _____.9.A great number of ____and phrases have passed into daily English speechas household words.10.The ____and ____ language of the Authorized Version has colored thestyle of the English prose for the last 300 years.11.____ was the first English printer.12.William Caxton was a prosperous merchant himself, but he was fondof ___ , and his interest was turning to ____.13.He translated The Recuyell of Historyes of Troy into English fromFrench which was the ___ book printed in English.《特洛14.The Recuyell served as a source for ____ Troilus and Cressida.埃勒斯与克雷雪达》15.After having established his printing press, William Caxton devotedhimself to the career of a ____ and _____.16.William Caxton published about ____ books, ___ of which weretranslated by himself.17.By rendering (翻译) French books into English, Caxton exercised theyouthful language in the airs (曲调), the graces, the crafts of the elder andcontributed to the development of the style of ___ century English ____.publications is also great in fixing a ____ 18.The influence of Caxton’slanguage in England.19.As the first English printer, Caxton invented in England the professionof ____, which in fact has had a lasting significance to the development of English ___ as a whole.20.The Renaissance started in the ______ century and ended in the______century.21.The word, “renaissance” means ________, which was stimulateseries of historical events, such as ________.22.In the Renaissance, the humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get ridof those old ____in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expresses ____ of the rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the ____of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.23.____ is the theme of the English Renaissance, which emphasized thecapacities of ____and the achievements of ____.24.____ Stanza is a verse form created by _____ for his poem, ______, inwhich the rhyme scheme is ____.25.The Wars of the Roses (1455—1485) between the House of ___ andthe House of ___ struggling for the Crown continued for 30 years.26.Because of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and theKing of England, the far-reaching movement of ___ took place in England, started by Henry VIII.27.After ___ in England, the helpless, dispossessed p easants, beingcompelled to work at a low wage, became hired laborers for the merchants. These laborers were the fathers of modern English ___.28.The introduction of ___ to England by William Caxton (1476) broughtclassical works within reach of the common multitude.29.The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up ____ofrelations and the establishing of the foundations of ____.30.Because the wool trade was rapidly growing in bulk, it was a timewhen, according to Thomas More, “___”．31.____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeysin the country, confiscated their lands and proclaimed himself head of the Church of England.32.Together with the development of bourgeois relationships andformation of the English national state this period is marked by a flourishing of national culture known as ____.33.____, in his translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, wrote the first Everse.Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets contained _____ 34.Richard Tottel’spoems by ______ and _____ by _____.Philip Sidney thought that _____ had superiority over philosophy and history. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey96, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 40, Henry Howard, Earl of SurreypoetryUtopia, Book One; povertyprivate ownershipItalian/Petrarchan ; ShakespeareanDramaBiblereal35._____ is a picture of contemporary England with forcible exposure ofthe ___ among the laboring classes.36.More points out that the root of poverty is the ____ _____ of socialwealth.37.Sonnets contain _____ sonnets and ____ sonnets.38.The highest glory of the English Renaissance w as unquestionably its____.39.The “miracles” were simple plays based on ______stories.40.There are significant touches of _____ life in the play titled TheShepherds.41.A morality play presented the _____ of good and _____ with_____personages.42.Vice was the predecessor of the modern _____.Conflict; evil; allegoricalClownGreek; LatinStructure; style; comedy; tragedy16thGammer Gurton’s Needle 《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》Gorboduc 《高波特克》43.Through the revival of classical literature, English playwrights cameinto contact with ______ and ______drama.44.From the contact with Greek and Latin drama, English playwrightslearned all the important rules in ____ and ____, the more exact conception of ____ and ____.45.English comedies and tragedies on classical models appeared i n themiddle of the ____ century.46.The first English comedy is ______.47.The first English tragedy is _____.Mi racle plays, morality plays, interludes and classical plays paved the way for the flourishing of ____. DramaLondon1567Elizabethan theatresactress; boyscountryside48.In the 16th century _____ became the centre of English drama.49.By ____, professional actors were organized into companies.50.____ were wooden buildings, usually circular in form, with tiers（一排排）of galleries surrounding a roofless pit（楼下剧场）.51.In the Elizabethan Theater, there were no ____ and women’s partswere always taken by ____.52.Shakespeare’snarrative poem, Venus and Adonis, is full of vivid images of the ______, and aphorisms (格言、警句) on life.53.Shakespeare was a great ____ of the English language.54.Shakespeare’s dramatic creation often used the method of _____.55.Shakespeare’s drama becomes a monument of the English ______.56.Shakespeare was a _____ for play-writing.57.Shakespeare’s_____ people represent all the complexities and implications of real life.masteradaptation (revision)Renaissancemaster-hand (能手)full-bloodKey to the blanks:Latin BibleProtestantism; Catholicism ProtestantsJohn Wycliffe; Reformation William TyndalAuthorized Version, James I; King James Bible. Language; literature6.fixed; confirmed7.Bible coinages8.simple; dignified9.William Caxton10.Reading; literature11.First12.Shakespeare13.Printer; publisher14.100; 2415.15th ; prose16.National17.Publisher; culture18.14th; 17th 19.Religious reformation20.feudalist ideas; interests; purity21.Humanism; human mind; humanculture22.Spenserian; Edmund Spenser; TheFaerie Queene; ababbcbccncaster; York24.The Reformation25.the Enclosure Movement;proletarians26.printing27.feudal; capitalism28.sheep devours men29.William VIII30.RenaissanceHenry Howard, Earl of Surrey96, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 40, Henry Howard, Earl of SurreypoetryUtopia, Book One; povertyprivate ownershipItalian/Petrarchan ; ShakespeareanDramaBiblerealConflict; evil; allegoricalClownGreek; LatinStructure; style; comedy; tragedy16thGammer Gurton’s Needle 《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》Gorboduc 《高波特克》DramaLondon1567Elizabethan theatres actress; boys countrysidemasteradaptation (revision) Renaissancemaster-hand (能手)full-bloodⅣ. Say true or false.1.The old English aristocracy having been exterminated (wiped out) in thecourse of the War of the Roses, a new nobility, totally dependent on King’s power, come to the fore.2.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign ofQueen Elizabeth.3.The progress of bourgeois economy made England a powerful state andenabled her in 1588 to inflict a defeat on the Spanish Invincible Armada.4.The Protestant Reformation was in essence a religious movement in apolitical guise.5.Before the Reformation, the English Bible was universally used by theCatholic churches.6.Walter Raleigh wrote his History of the World in imprisonment.7.More the man is even more interesting than More the writer.8.Utopia, Book One, describes an ideal communist society.9.Translations occupied an important place in the English Renaissance.10.Philip Sidney’s collection oflove sonnets is Astrophel and Stella.11.The Miracle plays were not forbidden to perform in churches after theactors introduced secular and even comical elements into the performance.12.The writer of Gammer Gurton’s Needle is unknown.13.Two lawyers who wrote Gorboduc were Thomas Sackville (托马斯·萨克维尔) and Thomas Norton（托马斯·诺顿）.14.Shakespeare’s sonnets are divided into three groups: Numbers 117,Numbers 18—126, and Numbers 127—154.15.Shakespeare’s sonnets are written for variety of virtues.16.Engels said, “Realism implies, besides truth in detail, the truthfulreproduction of typical characters under typical circumstances.17.Shakespeare wrote about his own people and for his own time.(contains more than one 18.Shakespeare’s one play contains one theme.theme)19.To reproduce the real life, Shakespeare often combines the majesticwith the funny, the poetic with the prosaic(散文体的) and tragic with the comic.20.Engels called Shakespeare’s plays the “Shakespearean viv活泼、快活) and wealth of (大量的) action”.21.Utopia is More’s masterpiece, w ritten in the form of letters betweenMore and Hythloday, a voyage.21. F (a conversation)22. F (poet and critic of poetry)23. F24. F(darma)25. T26. T27. T28. T29. T30. T22.Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist.23.Carl Marx commented highly on More’s Utopia and mentioned it inhis great work, The Capital.24.The highest glory of the English Renaissance w as unquestionably itspoetry.25.The miracle plays were simple plays based on Bible stories, such asthe creation of the world, Noah and the flood, and the birth of Christ.26.Grammer Gurton’s Needle is the first English comedy, Gorboduc thefirst English tragedy.27.Both the gentlemen and the common people went to the theatres. Butthe upper class was the dominant force in Elizabethan theatre.death, Herminge and Condell collected and 28.After Shake speare’spublished his plays in 1623.29.From Shakespeare’s history plays, it can be seen that Shakespearea great interest in the political questions of his time.historical plays, historical accuracy is not strictly 30.In Shakespeare’sregarded.31.King Lear is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier andnational hero to degenerate into a bloody murder and despot right to his doom.ing from an old Danish legend, Othello is considered the summitof Shakespeare’s art.29. T30. T31. F (Macbeth)32. F (Hamlet)33. F (realism)34. F(decline)35. F (not an age of prose)36. T37. F (ordinary people were)38. T33.Shakespeare is one of the founders of romanticism in world literature.34.Generally speaking, after Shakespeare, the English drama wasundergoing a process of prosperity.35.English Renaissance Period was an age of poetry and drama, and wasan age of prose.36.There are two main characters in As You Like It: Orlando andRosalind.37.Ben Johnson’ｓc omedies are “comedies of humors” a nd everycharacter in his comedies personifies a definite “humor”38.In Ben Johnson’s later years he became the “literary king Key to the True/False statements:1.T2.T3.T4. F. (a political movement in a religious guise)5. F. (the Latin Bible)6.T7. F (Sidney)8.T9.T10.T6.T7.T8. F ( Book Two)9.T10.T 11.T12.T13. F14.T15.T21. F (a conversation)22. F (poet and critic of poetry)23. F24.F(darma)25.T26.T27.T28.T29.T30.T31. F (Macbeth)32. F (Hamlet)33. F (realism)34.F(decline)35. F (not an age of prose)36.T37. F (ordinary people were)38.TⅤ. Questions on the English Renaissancement on the image of Henry V and Sir John Falstaff.ment on the character of Hamlet.3.What are the features of Shakespeare’s drama?4.Remember Shakespeare’s major plays in each literary career.social significance and literary achievement.ment on Marlowe’ｓment on The Faerie Queene.未复习Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois RevolutionI.Choose the right answer.1.The rhyme scheme of Milton’s L’Allkegro and Il Penseroso is _____.A. aabbccbbcB. abbacdccdC. abacdeecD. ababcdcdd2. _____ , as a declaration of peopl e’s freedom of the press, has been a weapon in the later democratic revolutionary struggles.B. ComusA. On the Morning of Christ’s NativityC. Of Reformation in EnglandD. Areopagitica3. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden4. _____ expressed Donne’s own way of describing love.A. Holy SonnetsB. Witchcraft by a PictureC. The Sun RisingD. Death, Be Not Proud-known shaped poem.5. George Herbert’s ______ is a wellA. The AltarB. To His Coy MistressC. To DaffodilsD. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May6. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan7. Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet?A. Richard CrashawB. Henry VaughanC. Andrew MarvellD. Robert Burton8. ____is a prose poem on death and immortality.A. The Anatomy of MelancholyB. Religio MeciciC. Holy DyingD. Urn-Burial9. Izaak Walton’s ____ is a delightful description of the English countryside and the simple and kind people.A. The Compleat AnglerB. Holy LivingC. To His Coy MistressD. To Daffadils10. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry?A. John SucklingB. Richard LovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. John Dryden11. ____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19th century.A. John DrydenB. Richard SteeleC. Joseph AddisonD. Alexander PopeKey to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAADII.Fill in the blanks.1.In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, _______ occupies the most important place.2.The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian writing produced during the _____ Age.3.______gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol of London at the time of Restoration.ith4._____masterpiece, The Pilgrim’s Progress, is an allegory, a narrative in which general concepts such as sins, despair, and faare represented as people or as aspects of the natural world.5._____ is the most excellent representative of English classicism in the Restoration period.6.In English literature, the Restoration period is traditionally called “Age of _____.7.In political affairs, ____ was quite changeable in attitude.ciation of Shakespeare.8.In his “An Essay of Dramatic Poesy”, ____ showed his famous appre9.Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is _______, a tragedy dealing with the same story as ShakespeareCleopatra.10.The main literary achievements of the 17th century lies in the poetry of John Milton, in the prose writing of John Bunyan, andin the plays and literary criticism of ______.11.Paradise Lost is one of Milton’s ______.12.Satan is the hero in Milton’s masterpiece __________.13.Paradise Lost took its material from ______.14.The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, generally speaking, by _____in content and fantasticality in form.15._______ was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 18th century.f _____.16.Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton’s belief in the powers o17.The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious allegory and _____ is another writing feature.18.In the second half of the 17th century we may hear the voices of the private citizens by letters and _____.Key to the blanks:1.(John Bunyan)2.(Puritan)3.(The Pilgrim’s Progress)4.(John Bunyan’s)5.(John Dryden)6.(Dryden)7.(John Dryden)8.(John Dryden)9.(All for Love)10.(John Dryden)11.(epics)12.(Paradise Lost)13.(mysticism)14.(the Bible)15.(Dryden)16.(man)17.(symbolism)18.(diaries)III.Say true or false.1.The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17th century were over land ownership.2.After the victory of the English Revolution, the movement of the Diggers broke out. The leader of this revolt is Wat Tyler.3.With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became the Protector of the English Commonwealth.4.The spirit of unity and the feeling of patriotism ended with the reign of James I, and England was then convulsed (shook,quivered) with the conflict between the two antagonistic camps, the Royalists and the Puritans.5.In 1644, James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of the country.6.English literature of the 17th century witnessed a flourish on the whole.7.The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in English literature, William Shakespeare.8.The Revolution Period is also called Age of Milton because it produced a great poet whole name is William Milton.9.The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama.10.Among the English poets during the Revolution Period, John Donne was the greatest one.11.John Milton towers over his age as Byron towers over the Elizabethan Age, and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval Period.ove poem, a sonnet, on His Deceased Wife.12.On his first wife’s death, Milton wrote his only l13.The greatest epic produced by Milton, Paradise Lose, is written in heroic couplets.14.The poem of Samson Agonistes was “to justify the ways of God to man”, i.e. to advocate submission to the Alm15.It has been noticed by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by his angels who never think of expressing anyopinions of their own, resembles the court of an absolute monarch.16.Izaak Walton’s The Compleat Angler becomes a “Piscatorial classic”.17.Thomas Bro wne’s Religia Medici is a collection of opinions on a vast number of subjects more or less connected with religion.Key to True/False statements:1. F (ownership: monopolies)2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley)3. F (Charles II: Oliver Cromwell)4. F (Donne: Milton)5. F (James I: Charles I)6. F (flourish: decline)7.T (William Shakespeare)8. F (William: John)9. F (drama: poetry)10. F (James I: Elizabeth I)11. F (Byron: Shakespeare)12. F (first: second)13. F (heroic couplets: blank verse)14. F (Satan: God)15. F (Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost)16.T17.T。
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Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureI . Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____ , with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeatingEn gla nd.A. William the Conq uerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudiusth2. In the 14 century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. Lan gla ndB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer3. The prevaili ng form of Medieval En glish literature is __ .A. no velB. dramaC. roma neeD. essay4. The story of ___ i s the cul min ati on of the Arthuria n roma nces.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. BeowulfC. Piers the Plowma nD. The Can terbury Tales5. William Langland ' s ______ i s written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla Kha nB. Piers the Plowma nC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d ' Arthur6. After the Norma n Conq uest, three Ian guages existed in En gla nd at that time. TheNorma ns spoke ___ .A. FrenchB. En glishC. LatinD. Swedish7. _____ w as the greatest of En glish religious reformers and the first tran slator ofthe Bible.A. Lan gla ndB. GowerC. WycliffeD. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowma n describes a series of won derful dreams the author dreamed,through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ___ En gla nd.A. primitiveB. feudalC. bourgeoisD. moder n9. The theme of ____ to ki ng and lord was repeatedly emphasized in roma nces.A. loyaltyB. revoltC. obedie neeD. mockery10. The most famous cycle of En glish ballads cen ters on the stories about a lege ndaryoutlaw called ____ .A. Morte d ' ArthurB. Robin HoodC. The Can terbury TalesD. Piers the Plowma n11. _____ , the “ father of English poetry ” and one crfaheitgr e aiee t s ofEn gla nd, was born in Londonin about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir Gawa inC. Francis Bac onD. Joh n Dryde n12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ___ .A. Fla ndersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westmi nster Abbey13. Chaucer' earliest work of any length is his _______ , a translation of the FrenchRoma n de la Roseby Gaillaume de Lorris and Jea n de Meung, which was a love th th allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13 and 14 centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A. The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose ”C. The Lege nd of Good Wome nD. The Book of the Duchess14. I n his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupatio ns that had impact onthe wide range of his writi ngs. Which one is not his career? ___ .A. engin eerB. courtierC. office holderD. soldierE. ambassadorF. legislator 议员)15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio ' spoem “ Filostrato ” .A. The Lege nd of Good Wome n C. Sir Gawa in and the Gree n Knight Key to the multiple choices 1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAAB n . Questions1. What are the features oBeowulf?2. Comme nt on the social sig nifica nee and Ian guage iiThe Can terbury TalesPart Two The English Renaissance I . Match the writer and his works.1. Thomas MoreA. Apology for Poetry 2. Holi nshedB. Miscella ny of Songs and Sonn ets 3. HakluytC. Utopia4. Richard Tottel D. Discovery of Guia na5. Philip Sid ney E. Prin cipal Navigati ons. Voyages andDiscoveries 6.Walter Raleigh F. Chro nicies The key: (1— C 2— F 3—E 4— B 5— A 6—D)n . Choose the best answer.1. ___ foun ded the Tudor Dyn asty, a cen tralized mon archy of a totally new type,which met the n eeds of the rising bourgeoisie.A. He nry VB. He nry VIIC. He nry VIIID. James I2. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______ , the morning star ofthe Reformation" and his followers.A. William Tyn dalB. James IC. Joh n WycliffeD. Bishop Lan celot An drews3. The progress in in dustry at home stimulated the commercial expa nsion abroad. encouraged exploratio n and travel, which were compatible with the in terests of the En glish mercha nts.A. Henry V.B. He nry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4. Except being a victory of England over ______ , the rout of the fleet Armada ”(Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over theB. Troilus and CriseydeD. Beowulfdecli ning old feudalism.A. Spai nB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5. Those, both traders and pirates like ____ , established the first En glish colonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lan celot An drewsC. William Caxt onD. William Tyn dal6. ___ was a forerunner of classicism in En glish literature.A. Ben Joh nsonB. William ShakespeareC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe7. The most gifted of the “ university wits ” was ____ .A. LylyB. PeeleC. Gree neD. Marlowe8. Morality plays appeared after ____ .A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classical plays9. ___ is used to say and do good thi ngs.A. MercyB. FollyC. ViceD. Peace10. ___ is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A. Phillip Sid neyB. Edmu nd Spe nserC. Thomas MoreD. Walter Raleigh11. ___ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissanee.A. Thomas NorthB. Thomas WyattC. George Chapma nD. Joh n Florio12. ___ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar.A. Lives of Greek and Roan Heroe《希腊罗马名人传》B. Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC. Don QuixoteD. History of the World13. ___ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty toun dersta nd that the rich were beco ming richer by robb ing the poor.A. Joh n WycliffeB. William Caxt onC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Thomas More14. Utopia was written in the form of ____ .A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue15. One of the popular morality plays was ____ .A. The ShepherdsB. Everyma nC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurtons Needle16. Shakespeare ' s plays written between _____ are sometimes calledall end in rec on ciliati on and reunion.A. 1590 and 1594B. 1595 and 1600C. 1601 and 1607D. 1608 and 161217. Miranda is a heroinein Shakespeare ' s _______ .A. PericlesB. Cymbeli neC. The Win ters T aleD. The Tempest18. In _____ appearedShakespear^ Sonne, Never before Imprinted （《莎士比亚十四行诗》迄今从未干刊印过”）which contains 154 sonnets.A. 1606B.1607C.1608 160919. Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____ .a ”roma ncesA. roma nticismB. realismC. n aturalismD. classicism20. Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) withthe _______ .A. dramatic bla nk verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet21. In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______ w ords.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 1800022. ___ has been called the summit of the English Renaissanee.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis Baco nC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben Joh nsonKey to the multiple choices:1-5 BCDAA 6-10 DDCBA 11-15 BDADA 16-22 ACBADDB川.Fill in the blanks.1. The ___ was uni versally used by the Catholic Churches.2. The En glish tran slati on of the Bible emerged as a result of the struggle betwee n___ and ___ .3. The Bible was no tably tran slated in to En glish by the __ .4. The first complete En glish Bible was tran slated by __ , “ the morni ng star of the5. ___ tran slated the New Testame nt and porti ons of the Old Testame nt, which isknown as Tyndale ' s Bible.6. After Tydale ' s Bible, then appeared the ________ , which was made in 1611 underthe auspices of ____ . And so was sometimes called the ____ .7. Apart from the religious in flue nee, the Authorized Versio n has had a greatin flue nee on En glish _ a nd ___ .8. With the widespread in flue nee of the En glish Bible, the sta ndard moder n En glishhas bee n ____ a nd _____ .9. A great number of _____ a nd phrases have passedinto daily English speech ashousehold words.10. The ___ and ____ Ianguage of the Authorized Version has colored the style ofthe En glish prose for the last 300 years.11. ___ was the first English printer.12. William Caxton was a prosperous merchant himself, but he was fond of __ , andhis in terest was tur ning to ___ .13. He translated The Recuyell of Historyes of Troy into English from French whichwas the ___ book prin ted in En glish.14. The Recuyell served as a source for __ roilus and Cressida《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》15. After having established his printing press, William Caxton devoted himself tothe career of a ____ and _____ .16. William Caxton published about ____ books, ___ of which were translated byhimself.17. By rendering (翻译)French books into English, Caxton exercised the youthfulIan guage in the airs (曲调),the graces, the crafts of the elder and con tributed to the developme nt of the style of ______________ cen tury En glish___ .18. The in flue nee of Caxt on ' s publicati ons greas on fixing a ___ Ian guage inEn gla nd.19. As the first En glish prin ter, Caxt on inven ted in En gla nd the professi on of ,which in fact has had a lasti ng sig nifica nee to the developme nt of En glish asa whole.20. The Renaissanee started in the _____ century and ended in the ______ century.21. The word, “renaissanee ” means ________ , which was stimulated by a series ofhistorical eve nts, such as _______ .22. In the Renaissanee, the humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of those oldin medieval Europe, to in troduce new ideas that expresses of the risi ng bourgeoisie, and to recover the of the early church from the corrupti on of theRoma n Catholic Church.23. ___ is the theme of the English Renaissanee, which emphasized the capacities of___ and the achieveme nts of ___ .24. ___ Stanza is a verse form created by _____ for his poem, _______ , in which therhyme scheme is ____ .25. The Wars of the Roses (145—1485) between the House of ___ and the House of___ struggli ng for the Crow n continued for 30 years.26. Becauseof the eonflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King ofEn gla nd, the far-reach ing moveme nt of _ took place in En gla nd, started byHe nry VIII.27. After ___ in England, the helpless, dispossessedpeasants,being compelled towork at a low wage, became hired laborers for the merchants. These laborers were the fathers of moder n En glish _______________ .28. The introduction of __ to England by William Caxton (1476) brought classicalworks withi n reach of the com mon multitude.th29. The 16 eentury in England was a period of the breaking up ___ of relations andthe establishi ng of the foun dati ons of __ .30. Because the wool trade was rapidly growing in bulk, it was a time when,according to Thomas More, “”.31. ___ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in theeountry, eonfiscated their lands and proclaimed himself head of the Church of En gla nd.32. Together with the developme nt of bourgeois relati on ships and formati on of theEn glish n ati onal state this period is marked by a flourish ing of n ati onal culture known as .33. ___ , in his translation of Virgil Aeneid, wrote the first English blank verse.34. Richard Tottel Mscellany of Songsand Sonnets contained ________ poems by_____ and _____ by _____ .35. Philip Sidney thought that _____ h ad superiority over philosophy and history.36. ____ is a picture of eon temporary En gla nd with forcible exposure of the ____among the labori ng classes.37. More points out that the root of poverty is the ________ of social wealth.38. Sonnets contain ____ sonnets and ____ sonnets.39. The highest glory of the En glish Ren aissa nee was unq uesti on ably its .40. The “ miracles ” were simple plays based on ______ stories.41. There are significant touches of _____life in the play titledThe Shepherds42. A morality play prese nted the ___ of good and _____ with _____ pers on ages.43. Vice was the predecessor of the modern _____ .44. Through the revival of classical literature, En glish playwrights came into con tactwith _____ and ______ drama.45. From the con tact with Greek and Lat in drama, En glish playwrights lear ned all theimporta nt rules in ___ and ____ , the more exact con cepti on of ___ a nd ____ .46. English comedies and tragedies on classical models appeared in the middle of the cen tury.47. The first English comedy is ______ .48. The first English tragedy is ____ .49. Miracle plays, morality plays, interludes and classical plays paved the way for theflourish ing of ___ .th50. In the 16 century _____ became the centre of English drama.51. By ___ , professional actors were organized into companies.52. ___ were wooden buildings, usually circular in form, with tiers （一排排）ofgalleries surro unding a roofless pit （楼下剧场）53. In the Elizabethan Theater, there were no ____ a nd women ' s parts were alwaystake n by __ .54. Shakespeare ' s narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, is full of vividnages of the , andaphorisms 格言、警句）on life.55. Shakespeare was a great ____ of the English Ianguage.56. Shakespeare ' s dramatic creation often used the method of ______ .57. Shakespeare ' s drama becomes a monument of the English ______ .58. Shakespeare was a ____ for play-writing.59. Shakespeare ' s people represent all the complexities and implications of real life.Key to the blanks:1. Latin Bible2. Protestantism; Catholicism3. Protestants4. John Wycliffe; Reformation5. William Tyndal6. Authorized Version, James I; King James Bible.7. Language; literature8. fixed; con firmed9. Bible coin ages 10. simple; dignified11. William Caxt on12. Reading; literature13. First14. Shakespeare15. Printer; publisher16.100; 2417.15th ; prose18. National19. Publisher; culture37. private ownership 38. Italian/Petrarchan ; Shakespearean 39. Drama 40. Bible 41. real 42. Conflict; evil; allegorical 43. Clown 44. Greek; Latin 45. Structure; style; comedy; tragedy 46. 16 47. Gammer Gurtons Needle 《葛顿大娘的缝 衣针》 48. Gorboduc 《高波特克》 49. Drama 50. London 51.1567 52. Elizabethan theatres 53. actress; boys 54. countryside 55. master 56. adaptation (revision) 57. Renaissanee 58. master-hand 能手) 59. full-bloodIV . Say true or false.1. The old En glish aristocracy hav ing bee n exterm in ated (wiped out) in the course of the Warof the Roses, a new no bility, totally depe ndent on Ki ng 's power, come to the fore.2. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.3. The progress of bourgeois economy made England a powerful state and enabled her in 1588to in flict a defeat on the Spanish In vi ncible Armada.4. The Protesta nt Reformati on was in esse ncea religious moveme nt in a political guise.5. Before the Reformatio n, the En glish Bible was uni versally used by the Catholic churches.6. Walter Raleigh wrote his History of the World in impris onment.7. More the man is eve n more in teresti ng tha n Morehe writer.8. Utopia, Book One, describes an ideal com munist society.9. Tran slati ons occupied an importa nt place in the En glish Ren aissa nee.10. Philip Sidney ' s collection of love sonnAk s triophel and Stella.11. The Miracle plays were not forbidden to perform in churches after the actors in troducedsecular and eve n comical eleme nts into the performa nee.12. The writer of Gammer Gurton sNeedleis unknown.13. Two lawyers who wrote Gorboduc were Thomas Sackville （托马斯 萨克维尔） and ThomasNorton （托马斯 诺顿）.小c 八th 」_th 20. 14 ; 1721. Religious reformation22. feudalist ideas; interests; purity23. Humanism; human mind;huma n culture24. Spenserian; Edmund Spenser;The Faerie Quee neababbcbcc25. Lan caster; York26. The Reformation27. the Enclosure Movement;proletaria ns28. printing29. feudal; capitalism30. sheep devours men31. William VIII32. Renaissanee33. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey34. 96, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 40,Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey35. poetry36. Utopia, Book One; poverty14. Shakespeare 'onnets are divided into three groups: Numbers 1 —, Numbers 18—126, andNumbers 12—154.15. Shakespeare ' s sonnets are written for variety of virtues.16. Engels said, “ Realism implies, besides truth in detail, the truthful reproduction oftypical characters un der typical circumsta nces. ”17. Shakespeare wrote about his own people and for his own time.18. Shakespeare ' s one play contains one thenOco ntains more than one theme）19. To reproduce the real life, Shakespeareoften combines the majestic with the funny, the poeticwith the prosaic散文体的）and tragic with the comic.20. Engels called Shakespeare ' s plays the “ ShakespeO活泼nvl ft acityandwealth of （大量的）action ” .21. Utopia is More ' masterpiece,written in the form of letters between More and Hythloday, avoyage.22. Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist.23. Carl Marx commented highly on More' Utopia and mentioned it in his great work, The Capital.24. The highest glory of the En glish Ren aissa nee was unq uesti on ably its poetry.25. The miracle plays were simple plays based on Bible stories, such as the creation of the world,Noah and the flood, and the birth of Christ.26. Grammer Gurton'Needleis the first English comedy, Gorboduc the first English tragedy.27. Both the gen tleme n and the com mon people went to the theatres. But the upper class wasthe dominant force in Elizabetha n theatre.28. After Shakespeares death, Herminge and Con dell collected and published his plays in 1623.29. From Shakespeares history plays, it can be seen that Shakespearetook a great in terest in thepolitical questio ns of his time.30. In Shakespeareshistorical plays, historical accuracy is not strictly regarded.31. King Lear is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national hero to degenerate into a bloody murder and despot right to his doom.32. Coming from an old Danish lege nd, Othello is con sidered the summit of Shakespeares art.33. Shakespeare is one of the founders of romanticism in world literature.34. Gen erally speak ing, after Shakespeare,the En glish drama was un derg oing a process ofprosperity.35. English Renaissanee Period was an age of poetry and drama, and was an age of prose.36. There are two main characters inAs You Like It Orlando and Rosalind.37. Ben Johnson's comedies are comedies of humors” and every character in hiscomedies personifies a definite humor”.38. In Ben Johnson'later years he became the “literarydng” of his time.Key to the True/False statements:1. T2. T3. T4. F. (a political movement in areligious guise)5. F. (the Latin Bible)6. T7. F (Sidney)8. T9. T10. T11. T12. T13. F ( Book Two)14. T15. T16. T17. T18. F19. T20. T21. F (a conversation)22. F (poet and critic of poetry)23. F24. F(darma)25. T26. T27. T28. T29. T30. T31. F (Macbeth)32. F (Hamlet)33. F (realism)34. F(decline)35. F (not an age of prose)36. T37. F (ordinary people were)38. TV . Questions on the English Renaissance1. Comment on the image of Henry V and Sir John Falstaff.2. Comment on the character of Hamlet.3. What are the features of Shakespea'drama?4. RememberShakespeare m ajor plays in each literary career.5. Comment on Marlowe'ssocial significanee and literary achievement.6. Comment on The Faerie QueenePart Three The Period of the English Bourgeois RevolutionI. Choose the right answer.1. The rhyme scheme of Milton ' s L ' Allkegro and Il Penseroso is _______ .A. aabbccbbcB. abbacdccdC. abacdeecD. ababcdcdd2. ____ , as a declaration of people ' s freedom of the press, has been a weapon inthe later democratic revoluti onary struggles.A. On the Morning of Christ ' s NaBv ityomusC. Of Reformati on in En gla ndD. Areopagitica3. ____ p oems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and thelater sacred verses.A. Joh n Milt onB. Joh n Bu nya nC. Joh n DonneD. Joh n Dryde n4. ____ expressed Donne ' s own way of describing love.A. Holy So nn etsB. Witchcraft by a PictureC. The Sun Risi ngD. Death, Be Not Proud5. George Herbert ' s ________ is a-kvelwn shaped poem.A. The AltarB. To His Coy MistressC. To DaffodilsD. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May6. ____ i s the lead ing figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. Joh n DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaugha n7. Which of the follow ing is not a Metaphysical poet?A. Richard CrashawB. Henry Vaugha nC. An drew MarvellD. Robert Burto n8. ____ i s a prose poem on death and immortality.A. The An atomy of Mela ncholyB. Religio MeciciC. Holy Dyi ngD. Urn-Burial9. Izaak Walt on ' s ______ i s a delightful descripti on of the En glish coundysi nd thesimple and kind people.A. The Compleat An glerB. Holy Livi ngC. To His Coy MistressD. To Daffadils10. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry?A. Joh n Suckli ngB. Richard LovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. Joh n Dryde n11. ___ was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19thcen tury.A. Joh n Dryde nB. Richard SteeleC. Joseph Addis onD. Alexa nder PopeKey to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAADII. Fill in the blanks.1. In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, ___________ o ccupies the mostimporta nt place.2. The Pilgrim 'isogress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian writingproduced duri ng the ____ Age.3. ____ gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol ofLondon at the time of Restorati on.4. ____ masterpiece,The Pilgrim 'Psogress, is an allegory, a narrative in whichgen eral con cepts such as sins, despair, an dfaith are represe ntedas people or as aspects of the n atural world.5. ____ is the most excellent representative of English classicism in the Restorationperiod.“Age of6. In En glish literature, the Restorati on period is traditi on ally called7. In political affairs, ____ was quite changeable in attitude.8. In his “A Essay of Dramatic Poesy” __ __ s howed his famous appreciation ofShakespeare.9. Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is ______ , a tragedy dealing withthe same story as Shakespeare ' s Antony and Cleopatra.10. The main literary achievements of the 17th century lies in the poetry of JohnMilt on, in the prose writi ng of Joh n Bunyan, and in the plays and literary criticism of .11. Paradise Lost is one of Milt on ' s _______ .12. Sata n is the hero in Milt on ' s masterpiece __________ .13. Paradise Lost took its material from _____ .14. The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, gen erally speak ing, by in content andfan tasticality in form.15. ______ was the forerunner of the En glish classical school of literature in the 18cen tury.16. Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton ' s belief in the powers of _____17. The Pilgrim ' s Progress is a religious allegory and is another writing feature.18. In the second half of the 17 century we may hear the voices of the privatecitize ns by letters and ____ .Key to the blanks:1. (John Bunyan)2. (Puritan)3. (The Pilgrim ' s Progress)4. (John Bunyan ' s)5. (John Dryden)6. (Dryden)7. (John Dryden)8. (John Dryden)9. (All for Love)10. (John Dryden)11. (epics)12. (Paradise Lost)13. (mysticism)14. (the Bible)15. (Dryden)16. (man)17. (symbolism)18. (diaries)III. Say true or false.1. The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17th century were over land own ership.2. After the victory of the English Revolution, the movement of the Diggers broke out. The leader ofthis revolt is Wat Tyler.3. With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became the Protector of the English Com mon wealth.4. The spirit of unity and the feeling of patriotism ended with the reign of James I, and En gla nd wasthe n conv ulsed (shook, quivered) with the con flict betwee n the two an tag oni stic camps, the Royalists and the Purita ns.5. In 1644, James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of the coun try.6. English literature of the 17th century witnessed a flourish on the whole.7. The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in English literature, WilliamShakespeare.8. The Revoluti on Period is also called Age of Milt on because it produced a great poet whole n ameis William Milt on.9. The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama.10. Among the English poets during the Revolution Period, John Donne was the greatest one.11. Joh n Milt on towers over his age as Byro n towers over the Elizabetha n Age, and as Chaucertowers over the Medieval Period.12.0 n his first wife ' death, Milt on wrote his on ly love poem, a sonn et, on His Deceased Wife.13. The greatest epic produced by Milt on, Paradise Lose, is writte n in heroic couplets.14. The poem of Sams on Agon istes was “ to justify the ways of God to man ”，i.e. toadvocate submissi on to the Almighty.15. It has been noticed by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by his an gels who n everthink of express ing any opinions of their own, resembles the court of an absolute mon arch.16. Izaak Waton ' s The Compleat Angler becomes a “ Piscatorial classic ” .17. Thomas Browne' s Religia Medici is a collection of opinions on a vast number of subjects more orless conn ected with religio n.IV. Questions1. What are the writing features ofThe Pilgrim s Progress?2. Comment on the image of Satan.3. Comme nt on Sams on.Key to True/False statements:1. F (ownership: monopolies)2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley)3. F (Charles II: Oliver Cromwell)4. F (Do nne: Milt on)5. F (James I: Charles I)6. F (flourish: decline)7. T (William Shakespeare)8. F (William: John)9. F (drama: poetry) 10. F (James I: Elizabeth I)11. F (Byron: Shakespeare)12. F (first: seco nd)13. F (heroic couplets: blank verse)14. F (Satan: God)15. F (Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost)16. T17. TPart Four The English CenturyI . Match the works and the characters. (3 points)A B1.( )Tome Jones a. Friday2.( )The Vicar of Wakefield b. King of Brodingnag3.( )Robinson Crusoe c. Sophia4.( )Gulliver ' s Travels d. Mr. B5.( )Pamela e. William Thornhill6.( )The School for Scan dal f. Charles SurfaceThe key: (1 —c, 2—e, 3—a, 4 —b, 5—d, 6—f )n . Choose the right answer.1. In 1701, Steele published a pamphlet, ______ , in which he first displayed hismoraliz ing spirit.A. The Fun eralB. The Lying LoverC. The Christian HeroD. The Ten der Husba nd2. Which is the most popular n ewspaper published by Steele?A. The TatlerB. The SpectatorC. The TheatreD. The En glish3. ___ is Addis onb great tragedy.A. A Letter from ItalyB. Rosam ondC. The Campaig nD. Cato4. Which of the followi ng is not the hero in The Spectato?A. Isaac BickerstaffB. Mr. RogerC. Capta in SentryD. Andrew Freeport5. were looked upon as the model of En glish compositi on by British authors all through the 18century.A. Jeremy Taylors Holy Livi ngB. Thomas Brow ne's Religio MeidicC. Samuel Pepyss diariesD. Addis on's Spectator essays6. The most importa nt classicist in the En lighte nment Moveme nt is __ .A. SteeleB. Addis onC. PopeD. Dryde n7. The masterpiece of Alexa nder Pope is ___ .A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. Essay on ManD. The Dun ciad8. Essay on Manis a ____ poem in heroic couplets.A. didacticB. satiricalC. philosophicalD. dramatic9. ___ was an in tellectual moveme nt in the first half of the 1$ cen tury.A. The En closure Moveme ntB. The In dustrial Revolutio nC. The Religious ReformD. The En lighte nment10. The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the ________readers.A. aristocraticB. middle classC. low classD. i ntellectual11. ___ i s a great classicist but his satire is not always just.A. SteeleB. Milt onC. Addis onD. Pope。
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Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureⅠ. Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeatingEngland.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB.BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d’Arthur6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. TheNormans spoke _____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator ofthe Bible.A. LanglandB. GowerC. WycliffeD. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed,through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England.A. primitiveB. feudalC. bourgeoisD. modern9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.A. loyaltyB. revoltC. obedienceD. mockery10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendaryoutlaw called _____.A. Morte d’ArthurB. Robin HoodC. The Canterbury TalesD. Piers the Plowman11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland, was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey13. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of the FrenchRoman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A.The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess314. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact onthe wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.A. engineerB. courtierC. office holderD. soldierE. ambassadorF. legislator (议员)15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’spoem “Filostrato”.A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and CriseydeC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. BeowulfⅡ. Questions1.What are the features of Beowulf?ment on the social significance and language in The Canterbury Tales.Part Two The English RenaissanceⅠ. Match the writer and his works.1.Thomas More2.Holinshed3.Hakluyt4.Richard Tottel5.Philip Sidney6.Walter Raleigh A.Apology for PoetryB.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.UtopiaD.Discovery of GuianaE.Principal Navigations, V oyages and DiscoveriesF.ChroniclesThe key: (1—C 2—F 3—E 4—B 5—A 6—D)Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.1._____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type,which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. James I2.The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star ofthe Reformation” and his followers.A. William TyndalB. James IC. John WycliffeD. Bishop Lancelot Andrews3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad.____ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interests of the English merchants.A. Henry V.B. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4.Except being a victory of England over ___, the rout of the fleet “Armada”(Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway45.Those, both traders and pirates like ____, established the first English colonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lancelot AndrewsC. William CaxtonD. William Tyndal6.____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.A. Ben JohnsonB. William ShakespeareC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe7.The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe8.Morality plays appeared after_____.A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classical plays9._____ is used to say and do good things.A. MercyB. FollyC. ViceD. Peace10._____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A. Phillip SidneyB. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas MoreD. Walter Raleigh11._____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.A. Thomas NorthB. Thomas WyattC. George ChapmanD. John Florio12.____ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar.A.Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes《希腊罗马名人传》B.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.Don QuixoteD.History of the World13.____ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty tounderstand that the rich were becoming richer by robbing the poor.A. John WycliffeB. William CaxtonC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Thomas More14.Utopia was written in the form of _____.A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue15.One of the popular morality plays was ____.A. The ShepherdsB. EverymanC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurton’s Needle16.Shakespeare’s plays written between _____ are sometimes called “romances” andall end in reconciliation and reunion.A. 1590 and 1594B. 1595 and 1600C. 1601 and 1607D. 1608 and 161217.Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s ______.A. PericlesB. CymbelineC. The Winter’s TaleD. The Tempest18.In _____ appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet，Never before Imprinted（《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）which contains 154 sonnets.A. 1606B. 1607C. 1608 160919.Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____.A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. classicism20.Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with5the _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet21.In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 1800022._____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben JohnsonKey to the multiple choices:1-5 BCDAA 6-10 DDCBA 11-15 BDADA 16-22 ACBADDBⅢ. Fill in the blanks.1.The ____ was universally used by the Catholic Churches.2.The English translation of the Bible emerged as a result of the struggle between____ and ___.3.The Bible was notably translated into English by the ____.4.The first complete English Bible was translated by ____, “the morning star of the_____”.5._____ translated the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament, which isknown as Tyndale’s Bible.6.After Tydale’s Bible, then appeared the ______, which was made in 1611 underthe auspices of _____. And so was sometimes called the ____.7.Apart from the religious influence, the Authorized Version has had a greatinfluence on English ___ and ____.8.With the widespread influence of the English Bible, the standard modern Englishhas been _____ and _____.9. A great number of ____and phrases have passed into daily English speech ashousehold words.10.The ____and ____ language of the Authorized Version has colored the style ofthe English prose for the last 300 years.11.____ was the first English printer.12.William Caxton was a prosperous merchant himself, but he was fond of ___ , andhis interest was turning to ____.13.He translated The Recuyell of Historyes of Troy into English from French whichwas the ___ book printed in English.14.The Recuyell served as a source for ____ Troilus and Cressida. 《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》15.After having established his printing press, William Caxton devoted himself tothe career of a ____ and _____.16.William Caxton published about ____ books, ___ of which were translated byhimself.17.By rendering (翻译) French books into English, Caxton exercised the youthfullanguage in the airs (曲调), the graces, the crafts of the elder and contributed to 6the development of the style of ___ century English ____.18.The influence of Caxton’s publications is also great in fixing a ____ language inEngland.19.As the first English printer, Caxton invented in England the profession of ____,which in fact has had a lasting significance to the development of English ___ asa whole.20.The Renaissance started in the ______ century and ended in the ______century.21.The word, “renaissance” means ________, which was stimulated by a series ofhistorical events, such as ________.22.In the Renaissance, the humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of those old____in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expresses ____ of the rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the ____of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.23.____ is the theme of the English Renaissance, which emphasized the capacities of____and the achievements of ____.24.____ Stanza is a verse form created by _____ for his poem, ______, in which therhyme scheme is ____.25.The Wars of the Roses (1455—1485) between the House of ___ and the House of___ struggling for the Crown continued for 30 years.26.Because of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King ofEngland, the far-reaching movement of ___ took place in England, started by Henry VIII.27.After ___ in England, the helpless, dispossessed peasants, being compelled towork at a low wage, became hired laborers for the merchants. These laborers were the fathers of modern English ___.28.The introduction of ___ to England by William Caxton (1476) brought classicalworks within reach of the common multitude.29.The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up ____of relations andthe establishing of the foundations of ____.30.Because the wool trade was rapidly growing in bulk, it was a time when,according to Thomas More, “___”.31.____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in thecountry, confiscated their lands and proclaimed himself head of the Church of England.32.Together with the development of bourgeois relationships and formation of theEnglish national state this period is marked by a flourishing of national culture known as ____.33.____, in his translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, wrote the first English blank verse.34.Richard Tottel’s Miscellany of So ngs and Sonnets contained _____ poems by______ and _____ by _____.35.Philip Sidney thought that _____ had superiority over philosophy and history.36._____ is a picture of contemporary England with forcible exposure of the ___among the laboring classes.37.More points out that the root of poverty is the ____ _____ of social wealth.738.Sonnets contain _____ sonnets and ____ sonnets.39.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its ____.40.The “miracles” were simple plays based on ______stories.41.There are significant touches of _____ life in the play titled The Shepherds.42.A morality play presented the _____ of good and _____ with _____personages.43.Vice was the predecessor of the modern _____.44.Through the revival of classical literature, English playwrights came into contactwith ______ and ______drama.45.From the contact with Greek and Latin drama, English playwrights learned all theimportant rules in ____ and ____, the more exact conception of ____ and ____.46.English comedies and tragedies on classical models appeared in the middle of the____ century.47.The first English comedy is ______.48.The first English tragedy is _____.49.Miracle plays, morality plays, interludes and classical plays paved the way for theflourishing of ____.50.In the 16th century _____ became the centre of English drama.51.By ____, professional actors were organized into companies.52.____ were wooden buildings, usually circular in form, with tiers（一排排）ofgalleries surrounding a roofless pit（楼下剧场）.53.In the Elizabethan Theater, there were no ____ and women’s parts were alwaystaken by ____.54.Shakespeare’s narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, is full of vivid images of the______, and aphorisms (格言、警句) on life.55.Shakespeare was a great ____ of the English language.56.Shakespeare’s dramatic creation o ften used the method of _____.57.Shakespeare’s drama becomes a monument of the English ______.58.Shakespeare was a _____ for play-writing.59.Shakespeare’s _____ people represent all the complexities and implications ofreal life.Key to the blanks:tin Bible2.Protestantism; Catholicism3.Protestants4.John Wycliffe; Reformation5.William Tyndal6.Authorized Version, James I;King James Bible.nguage; literature8.fixed; confirmed9.Bible coinages10.simple; dignified11.William Caxton 12.Reading; literature13.First14.Shakespeare15.Printer; publisher16.100; 2417.15th ; prose18.National19.Publisher; culture20.14th; 17th21.Religious reformation22.feudalist ideas; interests; purity23.Humanism; human mind; human culture824.Spenserian; Edmund Spenser;The Faerie Queene;ababbcbccncaster; York26.The Reformation27.the Enclosure Movement;proletarians28.printing29.feudal; capitalism30.sheep devours men31.William VIII32.Renaissance33.Henry Howard, Earl ofSurrey34.96, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 40,Henry Howard, Earl ofSurrey35.poetry36.Utopia, Book One; poverty37.private ownership38.Italian/Petrarchan ;Shakespearean 39.Drama40.Bible41.real42.Conflict; evil; allegorical43.Clown44.Greek; Latin45.Structure; style; comedy; tragedy46.16th47.Gammer Gurton’s Needle《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》48.Gorboduc 《高波特克》49.Drama50.London51.156752.Elizabethan theatres53.actress; boys54.countryside55.master56.adaptation (revision)57.Renaissance58.master-hand (能手)59.full-bloodⅣ. Say true or false.1.The old English aristocracy having been exterminated (wiped out) in the course ofthe War of the Roses, a new nobility, totally dependent on King’s power, come to the fore.2.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of QueenElizabeth.3.The progress of bourgeois economy made England a powerful state and enabledher in 1588 to inflict a defeat on the Spanish Invincible Armada.4.The Protestant Reformation was in essence a religious movement in a politicalguise.5.Before the Reformation, the English Bible was universally used by the Catholicchurches.6.Walter Raleigh wrote his History of the World in imprisonment.7.More the man is even more interesting than More the writer.8.Utopia, Book One, describes an ideal communist society.9.Translations occupied an important place in the English Renaissance.10.Philip Sidney’s collection of love sonnets is Astrophel and Stella.11.The Miracle plays were not forbidden to perform in churches after the actorsintroduced secular and even comical elements into the performance.12.The writer of Gammer Gurton’s Needle is unknown.913.Two lawyers who wrote Gorboduc were Thomas Sackville (托马斯·萨克维尔)and Thomas Norton（托马斯·诺顿）.14.Shakespeare’s sonnets are divided into three groups: Numbers 1—17, Numbers18—126, and Numbers 127—154.15.Shakespeare’s sonnets are written for variety of virtues.16.Engels said, “Realism implies, besides truth in detail, the truthful reproduction oftypical characters under typical circumstances.”17.Shakespeare wrote about his own people and for his own time.18.Shakespeare’s one play contains one theme. (contains more than one theme)19.To reproduce the real life, Shakespeare often combines the majestic with thefunny, the poetic with the prosaic(散文体的) and tragic with the comic.20.Engels called Shakespeare’s plays the “Shakespearean vivacity (活泼、快活) andwealth of (大量的) action”.21.Utopia is More’s masterpiece, written in the form of letters between More andHythloday, a voyage.22.Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist.23.Carl Marx commented highly on More’s Utopia and mentioned it in his greatwork, The Capital.24.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its poetry.25.The miracle plays were simple plays based on Bible stories, such as the creationof the world, Noah and the flood, and the birth of Christ.26.Grammer Gurton’s Needle is the first English comedy, Gorboduc the first Englishtragedy.27.Both the gentlemen and the common people went to the theatres. But the upperclass was the dominant force in Elizabethan theatre.28.After Shakespeare’s death, Herminge and Condell collected and published hisplays in 1623.29.From Shakespeare’s history plays, it can be seen that Shakespeare took a greatinterest in the political questions of his time.30.In Shakespeare’s historical plays, historical accuracy is not strictly regarded.31.King Lear is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national heroto degenerate into a bloody murder and despot right to his doom.ing from an old Danish legend, Othello is considered the summit ofShakespeare’s art.33.Shakespeare is one of the founders of romanticism in world literature.34.Generally speaking, after Shakespeare, the English drama was undergoing aprocess of prosperity.35.English Renaissance Period was an age of poetry and drama, and was an age ofprose.36.There are two main characters in As You Like It: Orlando and Rosalind.37.Ben Johnson’s comedies are “comedies of humors”and every character in hiscomedies personifies a definite “humor”.38.In Ben Johnson’s later years he became the “literary king” of his time.10Key to the True/False statements:1.T2.T3.T4. F. (a political movement in areligious guise)5. F. (the Latin Bible)6.T7. F (Sidney)8.T9.T10.T11.T12.T13.F ( Book Two)14.T15.T16.T17.T18.F19.T20.T21.F (a conversation)22.F (poet and critic of poetry)23.F24.F(darma)25.T26.T27.T28.T29.T30.T31.F (Macbeth)32.F (Hamlet)33.F (realism)34.F(decline)35.F (not an age of prose)36.T37.F (ordinary people were)111.The r hyme scheme of Milton’s L’Allkegro and Il Penseroso is _____.A. aabbccbbcB. abbacdccdC. abacdeecD. ababcdcdd2. _____ , as a declaration of people’s freedom of the press, has been a weapon inthe later democratic revolutionary struggles.A. On the Morning of Christ’s NativityB. ComusC. Of Reformation in EnglandD. Areopagitica3. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and thelater sacred verses.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden4. _____ expressed Donne’s own way of describing love.A. Holy SonnetsB. Witchcraft by a PictureC. The Sun RisingD. Death, Be Not Proud5. George Herbert’s ______ is a well-known shaped poem.A. The AltarB. To His Coy MistressC. To DaffodilsD. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May6. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan7. Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet?A. Richard CrashawB. Henry VaughanC. Andrew MarvellD. Robert Burton8. ____is a prose poem on death and immortality.A. The Anatomy of MelancholyB. Religio MeciciC. Holy DyingD. Urn-Burial9. Izaak Walton’s ____ is a delightful description of the English countryside and thesimple and kind people.A. The Compleat AnglerB. Holy LivingC. To His Coy MistressD. To Daffadils10. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry?A. John SucklingB. Richard LovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. John Dryden11. ____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19thcentury.A. John DrydenB. Richard SteeleC. Joseph AddisonD. Alexander PopeKey to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAADIn the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, _______ occupies the most important place.1.The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian wri tingproduced during the _____ Age.2.______gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol of11London at the time of Restoration.3._____masterpiece, The Pilgrim’s Progress, is an allegory, a narrative in whichgeneral concepts such as sins, despair, and faith are represented as people or as aspects of the natural world.4._____ is the most excellent representative of English classicism in the Restorationperiod.5.In English literature, the Restoration period is traditionally called “Age of _____.6.In political affairs, ____ was quite changeable in attitude.7.In his “A n Essay of Dramatic Poesy”, ____ showed his famous appreciation ofShakespeare.8.Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is _______, a tragedy dealing withthe same story as Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.9.The main literary achievements of the 17th century lies in the poetry of JohnMilton, in the prose writing of John Bunyan, and in the plays and literary criticism of ______.10.Paradise Lost is one of Milton’s ______.11.Satan is the hero in Milton’s masterpiece __________.12.Paradise Lost took its material from ______.13.The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, generally speaking, by_____in content and fantasticality in form.14._______ was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 18thcentury.15.Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton’s belief in the powers of _____.16.The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious allegory and _____ is another writing feature.17.In the second half of the 17th century we may hear the voices of the privatecitizens by letters and _____.Key to the blanks:1.(John Bunyan)2.(Puritan)3.(The Pilgrim’s Progress)4.(John Bunyan’s)5.(John Dryden)6.(Dryden)7.(John Dryden)8.(John Dryden)9.(All for Love) (John Dryden)10.(epics)11.(Paradise Lost)12.(mysticism)13.(the Bible)14.(Dryden)15.(man)16.(symbolism)17.(diaries)12Say true or false.1.The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17th century were over landownership.2.After the victory of the English Revolution, the movement of the Diggers brokeout. The leader of this revolt is Wat Tyler.3.With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became theProtector of the English Commonwealth.4.The spirit of unity and the feeling of patriotism ended with the reign of James I,and England was then convulsed (shook, quivered) with the conflict between the two antagonistic camps, the Royalists and the Puritans.5.In 1644, James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of thecountry.6.English literature of the 17th century witnessed a flourish on the whole.7.The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in Englishliterature, William Shakespeare.8.The Revolution Period is also called Age of Milton because it produced a greatpoet whole name is William Milton.9.The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama.10.Among the English poets during the Revolution Period, John Donne was thegreatest one.11.John Milton towers over his age as Byron towers over the Elizabethan Age, and asChaucer towers over the Medieval Period.12.On his first wife’s death, Milton wrote his only love poem, a sonnet, on HisDeceased Wife.13.The greatest epic produced by Milton, Paradise Lose, is written in heroic couplets.14.The poem of Samson Agonistes was “to justify the ways of God to man”, i.e. toadvocate submission to the Almighty.15.It has been noticed by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by hisangels who never think of expressing any opinions of their own, resembles the court of an absolute monarch.16.Izaak Wa lton’s The Compleat Angler becomes a “Piscatorial classic”.17.Thomas Browne’s Religia Medici is a collection of opinions on a vast number ofsubjects more or less connected with religion.Key to True/False statements:1. F (ownership: monopolies)2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley)3. F (Charles II: Oliver Cromwell)4. F (Donne: Milton)5. F (James I: Charles I)6. F (flourish: decline)7.T (William Shakespeare)8. F (William: John)9. F (drama: poetry) 10.F (James I: Elizabeth I)11.F (Byron: Shakespeare)12.F (first: second)13.F (heroic couplets: blank verse)14.F (Satan: God)15.F (Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost)16.T17.T13In 1701, Steele published a pamphlet, _____, in which he first displayed his moralizing spirit.A. The FuneralB. The Lying LoverC. The Christian HeroD. The Tender Husband2. Which is the most popular newspaper published by Steele?A. The TatlerB. The SpectatorC. The TheatreD. The English3. _____ is Addison’s great tragedy.A. A Letter from ItalyB. RosamondC. The CampaignD. Cato4. Which of the following is not the hero in The Spectator?A. Isaac BickerstaffB. Mr. RogerC. Captain SentryD. Andrew Freeport5. ______ were looked upon as the model of English composition by British authorsall through the 18th century.A. Jeremy Taylor’s Holy LivingB. Thomas Browne’s Religio MeidicC. Samuel Pepys’s diariesD. Addison’s Spectator essays6. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _____.A. SteeleB. AddisonC. PopeD. Dryden7. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is ____.A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. Essay on ManD. The Dunciad8. Essay on Man is a _____poem in heroic couplets.A. didacticB. satiricalC. philosophicalD. dramatic9. ____ was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century.A. The Enclosure MovementB. The Industrial RevolutionC. The Religious ReformD. The Enlightenment10. The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the ____readers.A. aristocraticB. middle classC. low classD. intellectual11. ____ is a great classicist but his satire is not always just.A. SteeleB. MiltonC. AddisonD. Pope12.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ____ . What the writersdescribed in their works were mainly social realities.A. romanticismB. classicismC. realismD. sentimentalism13.The 18th century was the golden age of the English ___. The novel of this periodspoke the truth about life with an uncompromising (unbending) courage.A. dramaB. poetryC. essayD. novel14.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ____ and ___, whichmade him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Battle of the Books15.In a series of pamphlets Jonathan Swift denounced the cruel and unjust treatmentof Ireland by the English government. One of the most famous is ____.15。
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2英国文学史习题全集（含答案）Part One Early and Medieval English Literature 1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England. A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar C. Alfred the Great D. Claudius 2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer 3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____. A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay 4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances. A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. Beowulf C. Piers the Plowman D. The Canterbury Tales 5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dreamvision. A. Kubla Khan B. Piers the Plowman C. The Dream of John Bull D. Morte d’Arthur 6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke _____. A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish 7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible. A. Langland B. Gower C. Wycliffe D. Chaucer 8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England. A. primitive B. feudal C. bourgeois D. modern 9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances. A. loyalty B. revolt C. obedience D. mockery 10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about alegendary outlaw called _____. A. Morte d’Arthur B. Robin Hood C. The Canterbury Tales D. Piers the Plowman 11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about 1340. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____. A. Flanders B. France C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey 13. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of the French Roman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A. The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____. word文档可自复制编辑 A. engineer B. courtier C. office holder D. soldier E. ambassador F. legislator (议员) 15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’s poem “Filostrato”. A. The Legend of Good Women B. Troilus and Criseyde C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D. Beowulf Key to the multiple choices：1-5 ADCAB6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAAB Part Two The English Renaissance Ⅰ. Match the writer and his works. 1. Thomas More A. Apology for Poetry 2. Holinshed B. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets 3. Hakluyt C. Utopia 4. Richard Tottel D. Discovery of Guiana 5. Philip SidneyE. Principal Navigations, V oyages and Discoveries 6. Walter RaleighF. Chronicles The key: (1—C 2—F3—E4—B5—A 6—D) 1. _____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type, which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie. A. Henry V B. Henry VII C. Henry VIII D. James I 2. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of the Reformation” and his followers. A. William Tyndal B. James I C. John Wycliffe D. Bishop Lancelot Andrews 3. The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ____ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interests of the English merchants. A. Henry V.B. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID.Queen Elizabeth 4. Except being a victory of England over ___, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism. A. Spain B. France C. America D. Norway 5. Those, both traders and pirates like ____, established the first English colonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lancelot AndrewsC. William CaxtonD. William Tyndal 6. ____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature. A. Ben Johnson B. William Shakespeare C. Thomas More D. Christopher Marlowe 7. The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe word文档可自复制编辑8. Morality plays appeared after_____. A. miracle plays B. mystery plays C. interlude D.Classical plays 9. _____ is used to say and do good things. A. Mercy B. Folly C. Vice D. Peace 10. _____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought. A. Phillip Sidney B. Edmund Spenser C. Thomas More D. Walter Raleigh 11. _____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance. A. Thomas North B. Thomas Wyatt C. George Chapman D. John Florio 12. ____ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar. A. Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes《希腊罗马名人传》 B. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets C. Don Quixote D. History of the World 13. ____ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty to understand that the rich were becoming richer by robbing the poor. A. John Wycliffe B. William Caxton C. Geoffrey Chaucer D. Thomas More14. Utopia was written in the form of _____. A. prose B. drama C. essay D. dialogue 15. One of the popular morality plays was ____.A. The ShepherdsB. EverymanC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurton’s Needle 16. Shakespeare’s plays written between _____ are sometimes called “romances” and all end in reconciliation and reunion. A. 1590 and 1594 B. 1595 and 1600 C. 1601 and 1607 D. 1608 and 1612 17. Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s ______. A. Pericles B. Cymbeline C. The Winter’s Tale D. The Tempest 18. In _____ appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet，Never before Imprintedwhich contains 154 sonnets. A. 1606 B. 1607 C. 1608 1609 19. Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____. A. romanticism B. realism C. naturalism D.classicism 20. Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with the _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet 21. In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 18000 22. _____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson 1-5 BCDAA6-10 DDCBA11-15 BDADA16-22 ACBADDB word文档可自复制编辑 1. The ____ was universally used by the Catholic Churches. 2. The English translation of the Bible emerged as a result of the struggle between ____ and ___. 3. The Bible was notably translated into English by the ____. 4. The first complete English Bible was translated by ____, “the morning star ofthe _____”. 5. _____ translated the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament, which is known as Tyndale’s Bible. 6. After Tydale’s Bible, then appeared the ______, which was made in 1611 under the auspices of _____. And so was sometimes called the ____. 7. Apart from the religious influence, the Authorized Version has had a great influence on English ___ and ____. 8. With the widespread influence of the English Bible, the standard modern English has been _____ and _____. 9. A great number of ____and phrases have passed into daily English speech as household words.10. The ____and ____ language of the Authorized Version has colored the style of the English prose for the last 300 years. 11. ____ was the first English printer. 12. William Caxton was a prosperous merchant himself, but he wasfond of ___ , and his interest was turning to ____. 13. He translated The Recuyell of Historyes of Troy into English from French which was the ___ book printed in English. 14. The Recuyell served as a source for ____ Troilus and Cressida. 《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》15. After having established his printing press, William Caxton devoted himself to the career of a ____ and _____. 16. William Caxton published about ____ books, ___ of which were translated by himself.17. By rendering (翻译) French books into English, Caxton exercised the youthful language in the airs (曲调), the graces, the crafts of the elder and contributed to the development of the style of ___ century English ____. 18. The influence of Caxton’s publications is also great in fixing a ____ language in England.19. As the first English printer, Caxtoninvented in England the profession of ____, which in fact has had a lasting significance to the development of English ___ as a whole. 20. The Renaissance started in the ______ century and ended in the ______century. 21. The word, “renaissance” means ________, which was stimulated by a series of historical events, such as ________. 22. In the Renaissance, the humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of those old ____in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expresses ____ of the rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the ____of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church. word文档可自复制编辑23. ____ is the theme of the English Renaissance, which emphasized the capacities of ____and the achievements of ____.24. ____ Stanza is a verse form created by _____ for his poem, ______, in which therhyme scheme is ____. 25. The Wars of the Roses (1455—1485) between the House of ___ and the House of ___ struggling for the Crown continued for 30 years. 26. Because of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King of England, the far-reaching movement of ___ took place in England, started by Henry VIII. 27. After ___ in England, the helpless, dispossessed peasants, being compelled to work at a low wage, became hired laborers for the merchants. These laborers were the fathers of modern English ___. 28. The introduction of ___ to England by William Caxton (1476) brought classical works within reach of the common multitude. 29. The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up ____of relations and the establishing of the foundations of ____. 30. Because the wool trade was rapidlygrowing in bulk, it was a time when, according to Thomas More, “___”.31. ____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in the country, confiscated their lands and proclaimed himself head of the Church of England. 32. Together with the development of bourgeois relationships and formation of the English national state this period is marked by a flourishing of national culture known as ____. 33. ____, in his translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, wrote the first English blank verse. 34. Richard Tottel’s Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets contained _____ poems by ______ and _____ by _____. 35. Philip Sidney thought that _____ had superiority over philosophy and history. 36. _____ is a picture of contemporary England with forcible exposure of the ___ among the laboring classes. 37. More pointsout that the root of poverty is the ____ _____ of social wealth. 38. Sonnets contain _____ sonnets and ____ sonnets.39. The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its ____.40. The “miracles” were simple plays based on ______stories. 41. There are significant touches of _____ life in the play titled The Shepherds. 42. A morality play presented the _____ of good and _____ with _____personages. 43. Vice was the predecessor of the modern _____.44. Through the revival of classical literature, English playwrights came into contact with ______ and ______drama. 45. From the contact with Greek and Latin drama, English playwrights learned all the important rules in ____ and ____, the more exact conception of ____ and ____. 46. English comedies and tragedies on classical models appeared in the middle of the____ century. 47. The first English comedy is ______. word文档可自复制编辑48. The first English tragedy is _____. 49. Miracle plays, morality plays, interludes and classical plays paved the way for the flourishing of ____. 50. In the 16th century _____ became the centre of English drama. 51. By ____, professional actors were organized into companies.52. ____ were wooden buildings, usually circular in form, with tiers of galleries surrounding a roofless pit.53. In the Elizabethan Theater, there were no ____ and women’s parts were always taken by ____. 54. Shakespeare’s narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, is full of vivid images of the ______, and aphorisms (格言、警句) on life. 55. Shakespeare was a great ____ of theEnglish language. 56. Shakespeare’s dramatic creation often used the method of _____. 57. Shakespeare’s drama becomes a monument of the English ______. 58. Shakespeare was a _____ for play-writing. 59. Shakespeare’s _____ people represent all the complexities and implications of real life. Key to the blanks: 1. Latin Bible 2. Protestantism; Catholicism 3. Protestants 4. John Wycliffe; Reformation 5. William Tyndal 6. Authorized Version, James I; King James Bible. 7. Language; literature 8. fixed; confirmed 9. Bible coinages 10. simple; dignified 11. William Caxton 12. Reading; literature 13. First 14. Shakespeare 15. Printer; publisher 16. 100;24 17. 15th ; prose 18. National 19. Publisher; culture 20. 14th; 17th 21. Religious reformation 22. feudalist ideas; interests; purity 23.Humanism; human mind; word文档可自复制编辑human culture 24. Spenserian; Edmund Spenser; The Faerie Queene; ababbcbcc 25. Lancaster; York 26. The Reformation 27. the Enclosure Movement; proletarians 28. printing 29. feudal; capitalism 30. sheep devours men 31. William VIII 32. Renaissance 33. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey 34. 96, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 40, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey 35. poetry 36. Utopia, Book One; poverty 37. private ownership 38. Italian/Petrarchan ; Shakespearean 39. Drama 40. Bible 41. real 42. Conflict; evil; allegorical 43. Clown 44. Greek; Latin 45. Structure; style; comedy; tragedy 46. 16th 47. Gammer Gurton’s Needle 《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》48. Gorboduc 《高波特克》49. Drama 50. London 51. 1567 52. Elizabethan theatres 53. actress; boys 54.countryside 55. master 56. adaptation (revision) 57. Renaissance 58. master-hand (能手) 59. full-b word 文档可自复制编辑Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois Revolution 1. The rhyme scheme of Milton’s L’Allkegro and Il Penseroso is _____. A. aabbccbbc B. abbacdccd C. abacdeec D. ababcdcdd 2. _____ , as a declaration of people’s freedom of the press, has been a weapon in the later democratic revolutionary struggles.A. On the Morning of Christ’s NativityB. ComusC. Of Reformation in EnglandD. Areopagitica 3. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses. A. John Milton B. John Bunyan C. John Donne D. John Dryden 4. _____ expressed Donne’s own way of describinglove. A. Holy Sonnets B. Witchcraft by a Picture C. The Sun Rising D. Death, Be Not Proud 5. George Herbert’s ______ is a well-known shaped poem. A. The Altar B. To His Coy Mistress C. To Daffodils D. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May 6. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan7. Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet? A. Richard Crashaw B. Henry Vaughan C. Andrew Marvell D. Robert Burton 8. ____is a prose poem on death and immortality. A. The Anatomy of Melancholy B. Religio Mecici C. Holy Dying D. Urn-Burial 9. Izaak Walton’s ____ is a delightful description of the English countryside and the simple and kind people.A. The Compleat AnglerB. Holy LivingC. To His Coy MistressD. To Daffadils 10. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry? A. John Suckling B. Richard LovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. John Dryden11. ____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19th century. A. John Dryden B. Richard Steele C. Joseph Addison D. Alexander Pope Key to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAAD 1. In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, _______ occupies the most important place.2. The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian writing produced during the _____ Age.3. ______gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol of word文档可自复制编辑London at the time of Restoration.4._____masterpiece, The Pilgrim’s Progress, is an allegory, a narrative in which general concepts such as sins, despair, and faith are represented as people or as aspects of the natural world. 5. _____ is the most excellent representative of English classicism in the Restoration period.6. In English literature, the Restoration period is traditionally called “Age of _____.7. In political affairs, ____ was quite changeable in attitude.8. In his “An Essay of Dramatic Poesy”, ____ showed his famous appreciation of Shakespeare.9. Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is _______, a tragedy dealing with the same story as Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.10. The main literary achievements of the 17th century lies in the poetry of John Milton, in the prose writing of John Bunyan, and in the plays and literary criticism of ______.11. ParadiseLost is one of Milton’s ______. 12. Satan is the hero in Milton’s masterpiece __________. 13. Paradise Lost took its material from ______. 14. The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, generally speaking, by _____in content and fantasticality in form.15. _______ was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 18th century. 16. Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton’s belief in the powers of _____. 17. The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious allegory and _____ is another writing feature. 18. In the second half of the 17th century we may hear the voices of the private citizens by letters and _____. Key to the blanks: 1. (John Bunyan) 17. (symbolism) 2. (Puritan) 18. (diaries) 3. (The Pilgrim’s Progress) 4. (John Bunyan’s) 5. (John Dryden) 6. (Dryden) 7. (John Dryden) 8. (John Dryden) 9. (All for Love) 10.(John Dryden) 11. (epics) 12. (Paradise Lost) 13. (mysticism) 14. (the Bible) 15. (Dryden) 16. (man) word文档可自复制编辑。
大学_英国文学史试题及答案
英国文学史试题及答案英国文学史试题及答案(一).Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A.ChristianB.knightlyC.GreekD.primitive(B)Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___.A.Piers PlowmanB.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC.Confessio AmantisD.The Canterbury Tales(D)The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval Englishsociety and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely ______________.A.William Langland s Piers PlowmanB.Geoffrey Chaucers The Canterbury TalesC.John Gowers Confession AmantisD.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight(B)Ⅱ. Questions1. What are the features of Beowulf?2. Comment on the social significance and language in The Canterbury Tales.Part Two The English RenaissanceⅠ. Match the writer and his works.1. Thomas More A. Apology for Poetry2. Holinshed B. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets3. Hakluyt C. Utopia4. Richard Tottel D. Discovery of Guiana5. Philip Sidney E. Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries6. Walter Raleigh F. ChroniclesThe key: (1—C 2—F 3—E 4—B 5—A 6—D)Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.1. _____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type, which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. James I2. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of the Reformation” and his followers.A. William TyndalB. James IC. John WycliffeD. Bishop Lancelot Andrews3. The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ____ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interests of the English merchants.A. Henry V.B. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4. Except being a victory of England over ___, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5. Those, both traders and pirates like ____, established the first English colonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lancelot AndrewsC. William CaxtonD. William Tyndal6. ____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.A. Ben JohnsonB. William Shakespeare英国文学史试题及答案(二)Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales5. William Langlands ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte dArthur6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke _____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.A. LanglandB. GowerC. WycliffeD. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England.A. primitiveB. feudalC. bourgeoisD. modern9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.A. loyaltyB. revoltC. obedienceD. mockery10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called _____.A. Morte dArthurB. Robin HoodC. The Canterbury TalesD. Piers the Plowman11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey13. Chaucers earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of the French Roman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A. The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.A. engineerB. courtierC. office holderD. soldierE. ambassadorF. legislator (议员)15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccios poem “Filostrato”.A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and CriseydeC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. BeowulfKey to the multiple choices： 1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAAB。
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A.Kubla KhanB.Piers the Plowman
C.The Dream of John BullD.Morte d’Arthur
6.After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed inEnglandat that time. TheNormansspoke _____.
A.The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”
C.The Legend of Good WomenD.The Book of the Duchess
14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupationsthathad impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.
A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish
7.______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.
A. LanglandB. GowerC.WycliffeD. Chaucer
Part One Early and Medieval English Literature
1.In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeatingEngland.
英国文学试题及答案
英国文学试题及答案在英国文学领域有许多经典作品和重要的作家，这些作品和作家对于英国文学的发展产生了深远影响。
本篇文章将为您介绍一些英国文学的试题及答案，希望能够对您的学习有所帮助。
试题一：请简要介绍威廉·莎士比亚的作品和他在英国文学中的地位。
答案：威廉·莎士比亚（William Shakespeare）被认为是英国文学史上最伟大的戏剧作家之一。
他的作品包括戏剧、诗歌和史诗。
莎士比亚共创作了37个戏剧作品，包括悲剧、喜剧、历史剧和十四行诗。
他的作品以丰富的人物形象、深入的情感描写和复杂的剧情而闻名。
莎士比亚的作品深刻地揭示了人性的善恶、爱恨和欲望等诸多主题，对于英国文学及全球文学的发展都产生了巨大影响。
试题二：简要介绍查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》及其在英国文学中的地位。
答案：《雾都孤儿》是查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens）的一部重要小说作品。
这部小说于1859年首次出版，以伦敦的贫民窟为背景，通过讲述主人公奥利弗·特威斯特的成长历程，揭示了当时社会的不公和贫困问题。
《雾都孤儿》描写了贫富悬殊、社会阶级问题以及人性的善恶等主题，对于英国社会的改革起到了重要的推动作用。
该小说深受读者的喜爱，被誉为狄更斯最伟大的作品之一，也是英国文学中的经典之作。
试题三：请简要介绍简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》及其在英国文学中的地位。
答案：《傲慢与偏见》是简·奥斯汀（Jane Austen）的代表作之一，被视为英国文学史上最伟大的小说之一。
这部小说于1813年首次出版，以描写19世纪英国社会的阶级观念和婚姻观念为主题。
《傲慢与偏见》通过讲述女主人公伊丽莎白·本内特与达西先生之间的爱情故事，探讨了社会的偏见、男女间的相互误解以及人性的盲目等问题。
奥斯汀以幽默和讽刺的手法展现了社会的虚伪和愚昧，对当时英国社会的改革产生了积极的影响。
通过以上试题及答案，我们可以了解到威廉·莎士比亚、查尔斯·狄更斯和简·奥斯汀等作家对于英国文学的重要地位以及他们作品所揭示的社会问题和人性的思考。
英国文学史习题全集(含答案)_(2)
16.Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embodyMilton’s belief in the powers of _____.
8.____is a prose poem on death and immortality.
A. The Anatomy of Melancholy B. Religio Mecici
C. Holy DyingD. Urn-Burial
9.Izaak Walton’s ____ is a delightful description of the English countryside and the simple and kind people.
A. aabbccbbcB. abbacdccdC. abacdeecD. ababcdcdd
2._____ , as a declaration of people’s freedom of the press, has been a weapon in the later democratic revolutionary struggles.
9.Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is _______, a tragedy dealing with the same story as Shakespeare’sAntonyand Cleopatra.
10.The main literary achievements of the 17thcentury lies in the poetry of John Milton, in the prose writing of John Bunyan, and in the plays and literary criticism of ______.
英国文学试题及答案
英国文学试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 英国文学史上第一位伟大的诗人是：A. 威廉·莎士比亚B. 乔叟C. 约翰·弥尔顿D. 托马斯·哈代2. 以下哪部作品是乔治·奥威尔所著？A. 《1984》B. 《简·爱》C. 《傲慢与偏见》D. 《呼啸山庄》3. 被称为“英国文学之父”的是：A. 约翰·多恩B. 亚历山大·波普C. 威廉·华兹华斯D. 乔叟4. 以下哪位作家是维多利亚时代的代表人物？A. 威廉·布莱克B. 查尔斯·狄更斯C. 托马斯·哈代D. 约翰·弥尔顿5. 英国浪漫主义文学的代表人物包括以下哪些？A. 威廉·华兹华斯和塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治B. 威廉·莎士比亚和本·琼森C. 托马斯·哈代和乔治·艾略特D. 奥斯卡·王尔德和罗伯特·布朗宁二、填空题（每题2分，共10分）6. 威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧作品分为______、______和历史剧。
7. 《鲁滨逊漂流记》的作者是______。
8. 英国现代主义文学的代表人物之一是弗吉尼亚·______。
9. 《简·爱》的作者是______。
10. 《傲慢与偏见》的作者是简·奥斯汀，这部小说属于______文学。
三、简答题（每题10分，共20分）11. 简述威廉·莎士比亚的四大悲剧及其主要特点。
12. 描述查尔斯·狄更斯的写作风格及其对社会的影响。
四、论述题（每题25分，共50分）13. 论述托马斯·哈代的自然主义在《德伯家的苔丝》中的体现。
14. 分析《1984》中乔治·奥威尔对极权主义社会的批判。
答案一、选择题1. B2. A3. D4. B5. A二、填空题6. 喜剧、悲剧7. 丹尼尔·笛福8. 伍尔夫9. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特10. 现实主义三、简答题11. 威廉·莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和《麦克白》。
英国文学试题及答案
英国文学试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 威廉·莎士比亚是英国文学史上的一位重要剧作家，他的作品包括以下哪些？A. 《哈姆雷特》B. 《悲惨世界》C. 《麦克白》D. 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》答案：A, C, D2. 以下哪位作家被认为是现代主义文学的先驱？A. 乔治·奥威尔B. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫C. 简·奥斯汀D. 托马斯·哈代答案：B3. 《傲慢与偏见》是哪位作家的作品？A. 简·奥斯汀B. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特C. 艾米莉·勃朗特D. 玛丽·雪莱答案：A4. 以下哪部作品是查尔斯·狄更斯的代表作之一？A. 《大卫·科波菲尔》B. 《简·爱》C. 《呼啸山庄》D. 《弗兰肯斯坦》答案：A5. 以下哪部作品被认为是英国文学中的“现代史诗”？A. 《荒原》B. 《尤利西斯》C. 《追忆似水年华》D. 《百年孤独》答案：A二、填空题（每空2分，共20分）6. 英国浪漫主义诗人威廉·华兹华斯在《_______》中表达了对自然的热爱。
答案：《抒情歌谣集》7. 《简·爱》的作者是_______，她通过这部小说探讨了女性独立和自尊的主题。
答案：夏洛蒂·勃朗特8. 乔治·奥威尔的《1984》描绘了一个_______的社会，其中“老大哥”是无所不在的统治者。
答案：极权主义9. 托马斯·哈代的《德伯家的苔丝》讲述了一个关于_______、爱情和社会道德的故事。
答案：命运10. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的《到灯塔去》是一部_______小说，以其流意识的叙述技巧而著名。
答案：现代主义三、简答题（每题10分，共30分）11. 简述威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧创作特点。
答案：威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧创作特点包括深刻的人性探讨，丰富的人物性格，复杂的情节构造，以及对语言的精湛运用。
英国文学史习题全集(含答案)(汇编)
4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.
A.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB.Beowulf
C.Piers the PlowmanD.The Canterbury Tales
Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks.
1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.
A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar
C. Alfred the Great D. Claudius
2. In the 14thcentury, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .
A. Langland B. Wycliffe C. GowerD. Chaucer
3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.
A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish
7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.
A. Langland B. GowerC.Wycliffe D. Chaucer
A.Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden
(精品)英国文学史习题全集(含答案)
英国文学史习题全集(含答案)Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureⅠ. Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeatingEngland.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB.BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dream vis ion.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d’Arthur6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. TheNormans spoke _____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator ofthe Bible.A. LanglandB. GowerC. WycliffeD. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed,through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England.A. primitiveB. feudalC. bourgeoisD. modern9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.A. loyaltyB. revoltC. obedienceD. mockery10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendaryoutlaw called _____.A. Morte d’ArthurB. Robin HoodC. The Canterbury TalesD. Piers the Plowman11. ______, the “father of English poetry” an d one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland, was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey13. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of the FrenchRoman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A.The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact onthe wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.A. engineerB. courtierC. office holderD. soldierE. ambassadorF. legislator (议员)15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’spo em “Filostrato”.A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and CriseydeC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. BeowulfKey to the multiple choices： 1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAABⅡ. Questions1.What are the features of Beowulf?ment on the social significance and language in The Canterbury Tales.Part Two The English RenaissanceⅠ. Match the writer and his works.1.Thomas More2.Holinshed3.Hakluyt4.Richard Tottel5.Philip Sidney6.Walter Raleigh A.Apology for PoetryB.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.UtopiaD.Discovery of GuianaE.Principal Navigations, Voyages and DiscoveriesF.ChroniclesThe key: (1—C 2—F 3—E 4—B 5—A 6—D)Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.1._____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type,which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. James I2.The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star ofthe Reformation” and his followers.A. William TyndalB. James IC. John WycliffeD. Bishop Lancelot Andrews3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad.____ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interests of the English merchants.A. Henry V.B. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4.Except being a victory of England over ___, the rout of the fleet “Armada”(Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over thedeclining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5.Those, both traders and pirates like ____, established the first English colonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lancelot AndrewsC. William CaxtonD. William Tyndal6.____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.A. Ben JohnsonB. William ShakespeareC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe7.The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe8.Morality plays appeared after_____.A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classical plays9._____ is used to say and do good things.A. MercyB. FollyC. ViceD. Peace10._____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A. Phillip SidneyB. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas MoreD. Walter Raleigh11._____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.A. Thomas NorthB. Thomas WyattC. George ChapmanD. John Florio12.____ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar.A.Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes《希腊罗马名人传》B.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.Don QuixoteD.History of the World13.____ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty tounderstand that the rich were becoming richer by robbing the poor.A. John WycliffeB. William CaxtonC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Thomas More14.Utopia was written in the form of _____.A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue15.One of the popular morality plays was ____.A. The ShepherdsB. EverymanC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurton’s Needle16.Shakespeare’s plays written between _____ are sometimes called “romances” andall end in reconciliation and reunion.A. 1590 and 1594B. 1595 and 1600C. 1601 and 1607D. 1608 and 161217.Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s ______.A. PericlesB. CymbelineC. The Winter’s TaleD. The Tempest18.In _____ appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet，Never before Imprinted（《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）which contains 154 sonnets.A. 1606B. 1607C. 1608 160919.Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____.A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. classicism20.Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) withthe _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet21.In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 1800022._____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben JohnsonKey to the multiple choices:1-5 BCDAA 6-10 DDCBA 11-15 BDADA 16-22 ACBADDBⅢ. Fill in the blanks.1.The ____ was universally used by the Catholic Churches.2.The English translation of the Bible emerged as a result of the struggle between____ and ___.3.The Bible was notably translated into English by the ____.4.The first complete English Bible was translated by ____, “the morning star of the_____”.5._____ translated the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament, which isknown as Tyndale’s Bible.6.After Tydale’s Bible, then appeared the ______, which was made in 1611 underthe auspices of _____. And so was sometimes called the ____.7.Apart from the religious influence, the Authorized Version has had a greatinfluence on English ___ and ____.8.With the widespread influence of the English Bible, the standard modern Englishhas been _____ and _____.9. A great number of ____and phrases have passed into daily English speech ashousehold words.10.The ____and ____ language of the Authorized Version has colored the style ofthe English prose for the last 300 years.11.____ was the first English printer.12.William Caxton was a prosperous merchant himself, but he was fond of ___ , andhis interest was turning to ____.13.He translated The Recuyell of Historyes of Troy into English from French whichwas the ___ book printed in English.14.The Recuyell served as a source for ____ Troilus and Cressida. 《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》15.After having established his printing press, William Caxton devoted himself tothe career of a ____ and _____.16.William Caxton published about ____ books, ___ of which were translated byhimself.17.By rendering (翻译) French books into English, Caxton exercised the youthfullanguage in the airs (曲调), the graces, the crafts of the elder and contributed to the development of the style of ___ century English ____.18.The influence of Caxton’s publications is also great in fixing a ____ language inEngland.19.As the first English printer, Caxton invented in England the profession of ____,which in fact has had a lasting significance to the development of English ___ asa whole.20.The Renaissance started in the ______ century and ended in the ______century.21.The word, “renaissance” means ________, which was stimulated by a ser ies ofhistorical events, such as ________.22.In the Renaissance, the humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of those old____in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expresses ____ of the rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the ____of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.23.____ is the theme of the English Renaissance, which emphasized the capacities of____and the achievements of ____.24.____ Stanza is a verse form created by _____ for his poem, ______, in which therhyme scheme is ____.25.The Wars of the Roses (1455—1485) between the House of ___ and the House of___ struggling for the Crown continued for 30 years.26.Because of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King ofEngland, the far-reaching movement of ___ took place in England, started byHenry VIII.27.After ___ in England, the helpless, dispossessed peasants, being compelled towork at a low wage, became hired laborers for the merchants. These laborerswere the fathers of modern English ___.28.The introduction of ___ to England by William Caxton (1476) brought classicalworks within reach of the common multitude.29.The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up ____of relations andthe establishing of the foundations of ____.30.Because the wool trade was rapidly growing in bulk, it was a time when,according to Thomas More, “___”.31.____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in thecountry, confiscated their lands and proclaimed himself head of the Church of England.32.Together with the development of bourgeois relationships and formation of theEnglish national state this period is marked by a flourishing of national culture known as ____.33.____, in his translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, wrote the first English blank verse.34.Richard Tottel’s Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets contained _____ poems by______ and _____ by _____.35.Philip Sidney thought that _____ had superiority over philosophy and history.36._____ is a picture of contemporary England with forcible exposure of the ___among the laboring classes.37.More points out that the root of poverty is the ____ _____ of social wealth.38.Sonnets contain _____ sonnets and ____ sonnets.39.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its ____.40.The “miracles” were simpl e plays based on ______stories.41.There are significant touches of _____ life in the play titled The Shepherds.42.A morality play presented the _____ of good and _____ with _____personages.43.Vice was the predecessor of the modern _____.44.Through the revival of classical literature, English playwrights came into contactwith ______ and ______drama.45.From the contact with Greek and Latin drama, English playwrights learned all theimportant rules in ____ and ____, the more exact conception of ____ and ____.46.English comedies and tragedies on classical models appeared in the middle of the____ century.47.The first English comedy is ______.48.The first English tragedy is _____.49.Miracle plays, morality plays, interludes and classical plays paved the way for theflourishing of ____.50.In the 16th century _____ became the centre of English drama.51.By ____, professional actors were organized into companies.52.____ were wooden buildings, usually circular in form, with tiers（一排排） ofgalleries surrounding a roofless pit（楼下剧场）.53.In the E lizabethan Theater, there were no ____ and women’s parts were alwaystaken by ____.54.Shakespeare’s narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, is full of vivid images of the______, and aphorisms (格言、警句) on life.55.Shakespeare was a great ____ of the English language.56.Shakespeare’s dramatic creation often used the method of _____.57.Shakespeare’s drama becomes a monument of the English ______.58.Shakespeare was a _____ for play-writing.59.Shakespeare’s _____ people represent all the complexities and implications ofreal life.Key to the blanks:tin Bible2.Protestantism; Catholicism3.Protestants4.John Wycliffe; Reformation5.William Tyndal6.Authorized Version, James I;King James Bible.nguage; literature8.fixed; confirmed9.Bible coinages10.simple; dignified11.William Caxton12.Reading; literature13.First14.Shakespeare15.Printer; publisher16.100; 2417.15th ; prose18.National19.Publisher; culture20.14th; 17th21.Religious reformation22.feudalist ideas; interests;purity23.Humanism; human mind;human culture24.Spenserian; Edmund Spenser;The Faerie Queene;ababbcbccncaster; York26.The Reformation27.the Enclosure Movement;proletarians28.printing29.feudal; capitalism30.sheep devours men 31.William VIII32.Renaissance33.Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey34.96, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 40, Henry Howard,Earl of Surrey35.poetry36.Utopia, Book One; poverty37.private ownership38.Italian/Petrarchan ; Shakespearean39.Drama40.Bible41.real42.Conflict; evil; allegorical43.Clown44.Greek; Latin45.Structure; style; comedy; tragedy46.16th47.Gammer Gurton’s Needle《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》48.Gorboduc 《高波特克》49.Drama50.London51.156752.Elizabethan theatres53.actress; boys54.countryside55.master56.adaptation (revision)57.Renaissance58.master-hand (能手)59.full-bloodⅣ. Say true or false.1.The old English aristocracy having been exterminated (wiped out) in the course ofthe War of the Roses, a new nobility, totally dependent on King’s power, come to the fore.2.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of QueenElizabeth.3.The progress of bourgeois economy made England a powerful state and enabledher in 1588 to inflict a defeat on the Spanish Invincible Armada.4.The Protestant Reformation was in essence a religious movement in a politicalguise.5.Before the Reformation, the English Bible was universally used by the Catholicchurches.6.Walter Raleigh wrote his History of the World in imprisonment.7.More the man is even more interesting than More the writer.8.Utopia, Book One, describes an ideal communist society.9.Translations occupied an important place in the English Renaissance.10.Philip Sidney’s collection of love sonnets is Astrophel and Stella.11.The Miracle plays were not forbidden to perform in churches after the actorsintroduced secular and even comical elements into the performance.12.The writer of Gammer Gurton’s Needle is unknown.13.Two lawyers who wrote Gorboduc were Thomas Sackville (托马斯·萨克维尔)and Thomas Norton（托马斯·诺顿）.14.Shakespeare’s sonnets are divided into three groups: Numbers 1—17, Numbers18—126, and Numbers 127—154.15.Shakespeare’s sonnets are written for variety of virtues.16.Engels said, “Realism implies, besid es truth in detail, the truthful reproduction oftypical characters under typical circumstances.”17.Shakespeare wrote about his own people and for his own time.18.Shakespeare’s one play contains one theme. (contains more than one theme)19.To reproduce the real life, Shakespeare often combines the majestic with thefunny, the poetic with the prosaic(散文体的) and tragic with the comic.20.Engels called Shakespeare’s plays the “Shakespearean vivacity (活泼、快活)and wealth of (大量的) action”.21.Utopia is More’s masterpiece, written in the form of letters between More andHythloday, a voyage.22.Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist.23.Carl Marx commented highly on More’s Utopia and mentioned it in his greatwork, The Capital.24.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its poetry.25.The miracle plays were simple plays based on Bible stories, such as the creationof the world, Noah and the flood, and the birth of Christ.26.Grammer Gurton’s Needle is the first English comedy, Gorboduc the firstEnglish tragedy.27.Both the gentlemen and the common people went to the theatres. But the upperclass was the dominant force in Elizabethan theatre.28.After Shakespeare’s death, Herminge and Condell collected and published hisplays in 1623.29.From Shakespeare’s history plays, it can be seen that Shakespeare took a greatinterest in the political questions of his time.30.In Shakespeare’s historical plays, historical accuracy is not strictly regarded.31.King Lear is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national heroto degenerate into a bloody murder and despot right to his doom.ing from an old Danish legend, Othello is considered the summit ofShakespeare’s art.33.Shakespeare is one of the founders of romanticism in world literature.34.Generally speaking, after Shakespeare, the English drama was undergoing aprocess of prosperity.35.English Renaissance Period was an age of poetry and drama, and was an age ofprose.36.There are two main characters in As You Like It: Orlando and Rosalind.37.Ben Johnson’s comedies are “comedies of humors” and every character in hiscomedies personifies a definite “humor”.38.In Ben Johnson’s later years he became the “literary king” of his time.Key to the True/False statements:1.T2.T3.T4. F. (a political movement in areligious guise)5. F. (the Latin Bible)6.T7. F (Sidney)8.T9.T10.T11.T12.T13.F ( Book Two)14.T 15.T16.T17.T18.F19.T20.T21.F (a conversation)22.F (poet and critic of poetry)23.F24.F(darma)25.T26.T27.T28.T29.T30.T31.F (Macbeth)32.F (Hamlet)33.F (realism)34.F(decline)35.F (not an age of prose)36.T37.F (ordinary people were)38.TⅤ. Questions on the English Renaissancement on the image of Henry V and Sir John Falstaff.ment on the character of Hamlet.3.What are the features of Shakespeare’s drama?4.Remember Shakespeare’s major plays in each literary career.ment on Marlowe’s social significance and literary achievement.ment on The Faerie Queene.Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois RevolutionI.Choose the right answer.1.The r hyme scheme of Milton’s L’Allkegro and Il Penseroso is _____.A. aabbccbbcB. abbacdccdC. abacdeecD. ababcdcdd2. _____ , as a declaration of people’s freedom of the press, has been a weapon in thelater democratic revolutionary struggles.A. On the Morning of Christ’s NativityB. ComusC. Of Reformation in EnglandD. Areopagitica3. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and thelater sacred verses.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden4. _____ expressed Donne’s own way o f describing love.A. Holy SonnetsB. Witchcraft by a PictureC. The Sun RisingD. Death, Be Not Proud5. George Herbert’s ______ is a well-known shaped poem.A. The AltarB. To His Coy MistressC. To DaffodilsD. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May6. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan7. Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet?A. Richard CrashawB. Henry VaughanC. Andrew MarvellD. Robert Burton8. ____is a prose poem on death and immortality.A. The Anatomy of MelancholyB. Religio MeciciC. Holy DyingD. Urn-Burial9. Izaak Walton’s ____ is a delightful description of t he English countryside and thesimple and kind people.A. The Compleat AnglerB. Holy LivingC. To His Coy MistressD. To Daffadils10. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry?A. John SucklingB. Richard LovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. John Dryden11. ____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19thcentury.A. John DrydenB. Richard SteeleC. Joseph AddisonD. Alexander PopeKey to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAADII.Fill in the blanks.1.In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, _______ occupies the mostimportant place.2.The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian writingproduced during the _____ Age.3.______gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol ofLondon at the time of Restoration.4._____masterpiece, The Pilgrim’s Progress, is an allegory, a narrative in whichgeneral concepts such as sins, despair, and faith are represented as people or as aspects of the natural world.5._____ is the most excellent representative of English classicism in the Restorationperiod.6.In English literature, the Restoration period is traditionally called “Age of _____.7.In political affairs, ____ was quite changeable in attitude.8.In his “A n Essay of Dramatic Poesy”, ____ showed his famous appreciation ofShakespeare.9.Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is _______, a tragedy dealing withthe same story as Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.10.The main literary achievements of the 17th century lies in the poetry of JohnMilton, in the prose writing of John Bunyan, and in the plays and literary criticism of ______.11.Paradise Lost is one of Milton’s ______.12.Satan is the hero in Milton’s mast erpiece __________.13.Paradise Lost took its material from ______.14.The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, generally speaking, by_____in content and fantasticality in form.15._______ was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 18thcentury.16.Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton’s belief in the powers of _____.17.The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious allegory and _____ is another writing feature.18.In the second half of the 17th century we may hear the voices of the privatecitizens by letters and _____.Key to the blanks:1.(John Bunyan)2.(Puritan)3.(The Pilgrim’s Progress)4.(John Bunyan’s)5.(John Dryden)6.(Dryden)7.(John Dryden)8.(John Dryden)9.(All for Love)10.(John Dryden)11.(epics)12.(Paradise Lost)13.(mysticism)14.(the Bible)15.(Dryden)16. (man)17.(symbolism)18.(diaries)III.Say true or false.1.The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17th century were over landownership.2.After the victory of the English Revolution, the movement of the Diggers brokeout. The leader of this revolt is Wat Tyler.3.With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became theProtector of the English Commonwealth.4.The spirit of unity and the feeling of patriotism ended with the reign of James I,and England was then convulsed (shook, quivered) with the conflict between the two antagonistic camps, the Royalists and the Puritans.5.In 1644, James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of thecountry.6.English literature of the 17th century witnessed a flourish on the whole.7.The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in Englishliterature, William Shakespeare.8.The Revolution Period is also called Age of Milton because it produced a greatpoet whole name is William Milton.9.The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama.10.Among the English poets during the Revolution Period, John Donne was thegreatest one.11.John Milton towers over his age as Byron towers over the Elizabethan Age, and asChaucer towers over the Medieval Period.12.O n his first wife’s death, Milton wrote his only love poem, a sonnet, on HisDeceased Wife.13.The greatest epic produced by Milton, Paradise Lose, is written in heroic couplets.14.The poem of Samson Agonistes was “to justify the ways of God to man”, i.e. toadvocate submission to the Almighty.15.It has been noticed by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by hisangels who never think of expressing any opinions of their own, resembles the court of an absolute monarch.16.Izaak Wa lton’s The Compleat Angler becomes a “Piscatorial classic”.17.Thomas Browne’s Religia Medici is a collection of opinions on a vast number ofsubjects more or less connected with religion.Key to True/False statements:1. F (ownership: monopolies)2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley)3. F (Charles II: Oliver Cromwell)4. F (Donne: Milton)5. F (James I: Charles I)6. F (flourish: decline)7.T (William Shakespeare)8. F (William: John)9. F (drama: poetry) 10.F (James I: Elizabeth I)11.F (Byron: Shakespeare)12.F (first: second)13.F (heroic couplets: blank verse)14.F (Satan: God)15.F (Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost)16.T17.TIV. Questions1.What are the writing features of The Pilgrim’s Progress?ment on the image of Satan.ment on Samson.Part Four The English Century Ⅰ. Match the works and the characters. (3 points)A1. ( ) Tome Jones2. ( ) The Vicar of Wakefield3. ( ) Robinson Crusoe4. ( ) Gulliver’s Travels5. ( ) Pamela6. ( ) The School for ScandalBa.Fridayb.King of Brodingnagc.Sophiad.Mr. Be.William Thornhillf.Charles SurfaceThe key: (1—c, 2—e, 3—a, 4—b, 5—d, 6—f )Ⅱ. Choose the right answer.1.In 1701, Steele published a pamphlet, _____, in which he first displayed hismoralizing spirit.A. The FuneralB. The Lying LoverC. The Christian HeroD. The Tender Husband2. Which is the most popular newspaper published by Steele?A. The TatlerB. The SpectatorC. The TheatreD. The English3. _____ is Addison’s great tragedy.A. A Letter from ItalyB. RosamondC. The CampaignD. Cato4. Which of the following is not the hero in The Spectator?A. Isaac BickerstaffB. Mr. RogerC. Captain SentryD. Andrew Freeport5. ______ were looked upon as the model of English composition by British authorsall through the 18th century.A. Jeremy Taylor’s Holy LivingB. Thomas Browne’s Religio MeidicC. Samuel Pepys’s diariesD. Addison’s Spectator essays6. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _____.A. SteeleB. AddisonC. PopeD. Dryden7. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is ____.A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. Essay on ManD. The Dunciad8. Essay on Man is a _____poem in heroic couplets.。
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Think Critically & Air Your Views
3. How were religion and traveling linked in the Middle Ages?
I think religion and traveling were linked mostly by architecture and some paintings about religion. People visited different sites of religion. They helped each other forward.
On Hamlet’s “To Be, Or Not To Be”
2. Which lines in “To be, or not to be” suggest that Hamlet is contemplating suicide? Why does he not take such a drastic step?
“To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to” These line s suggest that Hamlet is contemplating suicide.
At last, he didn’t do it because he didn’t know what would happen after dying. He was afraid if he could be surviving after his death.
On English Renaissance and Humanism
1.What were the characteristics of Renaissance humanism?
Emphasize Human liberation and freedom of thought. Pay more attention to human but not religious authority. Make sure that the value of man is also important.
2.How is humanism reflected in Shakespeare’s works?
In Hamlet, the hero hamlet is influenced by humanism. He has beautiful ideal and hope that all things can be perfect as he thought. But the society is dark. There is a large gap between real life and ideal life.
On Bacon’s“Of Studies”
1. What are the proper attitude and purpose Bacon advices readers to take toward their books?
First, we should have a target. After we have a clear target, we can choose the way to read. Reading can enrich our spirit world. We cannot read book just for benefit.
3. What rhetorical devices did Bacon use in this essay?
Bacon used parallelism and metaphor in this essay. For example, “studies sever for delight, for o rnament, and for ability.” This sentence used parallelism. And “for natural abilities are like natural plants” used metaphor. He also used many other rhetorical devices.。