英美文学测试题1

测试题（1）

1.Of the four alternative answers, choose the one that would best complete the

statement.

1.Spenser is regarded as one of the greatest poets in the English Renaissance.

His masterpiece is _______________.

a.Utopia

b. The Song of Beowulf C. The Faerie Queene D. The

Canterbury Tales

2.Which of the following is not Malowe’s play?

a.Tamlurlaine the Great

b. The Jew of Malta

c. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

d. Cymbeline

3. “Hamlet” “Othello” “King Lear” and “_________” are regarded as

Shake speare’s four great tragedies.

a. Macbeth

b. Romeo and Juliet

c. The Winter’s Tale

d. Tempest

4. Of the following plays by Shakespeare, which is not a comedy?

a. Midsummer Night Dream

b. The Merchant of Venice

c. Twelfth Night

d. Romeo and Juliet

5. Which of the following is not a historical play by Shakespeare?

a. Henry VI

b. Henry IV

c. Richard III D. Charles I

6. From the following choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work.

a. The Advancement of Learning

b. The New Instrument

c. Essays

d. Venus and Adonis

7. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of

Shakespeare’s ___________________.

a. songs

b. plays

c. comedies

d. sonnets

8. English Renaissance Period was an age of __________.

a. prose and novel

b. poetry and drama

c. essays and journals

d.

ballads and songs

9. Of the following _______was the important metaphysical poet.

a. John Donne

b. Ben Johnson

c. John Milton

d. George Peele

10. Of the following “________” was not written by Milton.

a. Paradise Lost

b. Paradise regained

c. Samson Agonistes

d. Volpone

11. “Dr. Faustus” is a play based on the _______legend of a magician aspiring for

knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end.

a. English

b. French

c. German D. Irish

12. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his

_______plays. 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.

a. 47

b. 38

c. 27

d. 52

13. The principle of Shakespeare’s historical play is that the national ______under

a mighty and jut sovereign is a necessity.

a. peace

b. prosperity

c. unity

d. progress

14. “Romeo and Juliet” though a tragedy, is permeated with ____________spi rit.

a. optimistic

b. pessimistic

c. satirical

d. realistic