英国文学史及选读第一册复习题.doc

History and Anthology of English Literature

I Multiple Choices

1.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

2.Chaucer died on October 25th, 140(), and was buried in __________ ・

A.Flanders

B. France

C. Italy

D. Westminster Abbey

3・Utopia was written in the form of _________ ・

A. prose

B. drama C・ essay D. dialogue

4.________ i s the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.

A. John Donne

B. George Herbert

C. Andre Marvell

D. Henry Vaughan

5.________ i s not written by William Blake.

A. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

B. Songs of Experience

C. Auld Lang Syne

D. Poetical Sketches

6."Some book are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested：

This sentence is taken from __________ .

A. Swifts A Modest Proposal

B. Dickens\ Oliver l\vist

C. Fielding 9s Tom Jones

D. Bacon's Of Studies

7.Which poet is not the "Lake Poet"?

A. William Wordsworth

B. S. T. Coleridge

C. Southey

D. Keats

8.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its

essence is _________ •

A. Science

B. Arts

C. Philosophy

D. Humanism

9.Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is the

popular literary form in _________ .

A・ Romanticism B. Renaissance C. medieval period D・ Anglo-Saxon period

10.Gothic novels are mostly stories of _________ , which take place in some haunted or dilapidated

Middle Age castles・

A.love and marriage

B. sea adventures

C. mystery and horror

D. saints and martyrs

II• The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gull iver's Travels arc _______ ・A・ horses that are endowed with reason

B.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities

C.giants that are superior in wisdom

D.hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but

also in some other ways

12. John Milton's masterpiece 一Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of ___________ ・

A. rhymed stanzas

B. blank verse

C. alliteration D・ sonnets

13・ Which of the following has / have associations with John Donners poetry?

A. reason and sentiment

B. conceits and wits

C. the euphuism

D. writing in the rhymed couplet

14.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is