英国文学中的考点

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Multiple choices

1, which of the following is not a feature of Beowulf? B

A. one of the earliest of Old English literary works.

B. new language

C. story about battles with monsters and dragons

D. the epic of anglo-saxon people

2. English Renaissance Period was an age of ……B

A. prose and novel

B. poetry and drama

C. essays and journals D the Romantic poets

3.The main literary form of the early 17th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledged as the greatest, besides him, there were two groups of poets. They were the Cavalier poets and…….C

A.the lake poets B the university wits C the Metaphysical poets D the romantic poets

4. Robinson Crusoe, widely considered to be the first modern novel, was written by…….D

A. Geoffrey Chaucer B, Charles Dickens C, Henry Fielding D, Daniel Defoe

5. The publication of …..C, which was the joint work of William Wordsworth and Samuel T.Coleridge, marked the beginning of the Romantic Age in England.

A. Joseph Conrad

B.The Rime of the Ancient Marinet

C. Lyrical Ballads

D.Queen Mab

6.Among the most famous realistic novelists of the Victorian age are ….C, W.M.Thackeray, Bronte sisters, etc.

A. Joseph Conrad

B.Henry Fielding

C. Charles Dickens

D. Charlotte Bronte

7. …..C in his novels such as Hard Times and Oliver Twist describes the misery and sufferings of common people.

A. Francis Bacon

B. Jane Austen

C. Charles Dickens

D. Pride and Prejudice

8. Which of the following is not Shakespeare’s play?

A. Hamlet

B.King Lear

C. Othello plays

D. Pride and Prejudice

9. Here is a sentence from an essay, “Read not to contradict and confuse, nor to believe and confuse, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider”. The essay must be…D..

A.”Of Studies” by Francis Bacon

B. Ghe Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon

C. Novum Organum by Francis Bacon

D. “On Reading”by Francis Bacon

10. Paradise Lost is the masterpiece of ….C.

A. William Shakespeare

B. Robert Burns

C. John Milton

D. William Blake

11. The novel Gulliver’s Travels was written by…B..

A. Tobias Smollett

B. Jonathan

C. Laurence Sterne

D. John Milton D. William Blake

12. The author of “Ode to the West Wind”is ….A…

A. Shelley

B. Byron

C. Keats

D. Coleridge

13. Wuthering Heights is the masterpiece by ….B..

A. Jane Austen

B. Emily Bronte

C. Charles Dickens

D. William Makespeace Thackeray

14. Which of the following is not a typical feature of Romanticism in England? B

A. Spontaneity in expressing feelings

B. Emphasis on reason

C. Worship of nature

D. Simplicity in language

15. Which of following can be said of the essence of the Renaissance? A

A. Humanism

B. Capitalism

C. Feudalism

D. Enilightenment

16. William Wordsworth never used “gaudy and inane phraseology”because he felt that poetry