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.Christian

B.knightly

C.Greek

D.primitive

(B)

Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___.

A.Piers Plowman

B.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

C.Confessio Amantis

D.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 ______________.

A.William Langland s Piers Plowman

B.Geoffrey Chaucers The Canterbury Tales

C.John Gowers Confession Amantis

D.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

(B)

Ⅱ. Questions

1. What are the features of Beowulf?

2. Comment on the social significance and language in The Canterbury Tales.

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 Sidney E. Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries

6. Walter Raleigh F. Chronicles

The 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 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 VII

C. Henry VIII

D. 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 Drake

B. Lancelot Andrews

C. William Caxton

D. William Tyndal

6. ____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.

A. Ben Johnson

B. 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.