英美文学选读-英国-文艺复兴时期-练习题汇总

英美文学选读选择题

1. _______, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.

A. The Canterbury Tales

B. Exodus

C. Beowulf

D. The Legend of Good Women

2. 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 Langlan d’ s Piers Plowman B．Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales

C．John Gower’s Confession Amantis D．Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 3. With classical culture and the（）humanistic ideas coming into England, the English Renaissance began flourishing.

A. French

B. German

C. Italian

D. Greek

4. During the reign of_______, England started its Religious Reformation and broke away from Rome.

A. Henry VII

B. Henry VIII

C. Edward VI

D. Queen Elizabeth

5. The Protestant movement, which was seen as a means to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption and superstition of the Middle Ages, was initiated by _______.

A. Francis Bacon

B. Martin Luther

C. Thomas More Utopia

D. William Shakespeare

6．The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________.

A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture

B．the vast expansion of British colonies in North America

C．the new discoveries in geography and astrology

D．the religious reformation and the economic expansion

7. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following EXCEPT ______.

A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideas

B. getting control of the parliament and government

C. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie

D. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church

8. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance humanism?

A. Cultivation of the art of this world and this life.

B. Tolerance of human foibles.

C. Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture.

D. Glorification of religious faith.

9. The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern world.

A. the old English

B. the medieval

C. the feudalist

D. the capitalist

10. The English Renaissance period was an age of ________

A. poetry and drama

B. drama and novel

C. novel and poetry

D. romance and poetry

11. The most significant idea of the Renaissance is（）.

A. humanism

B. realism

C. naturalism

D. skepticism

12．______ is the essence of the Renaissance.

A．Poetry B．Drama C．Humanism D．Reason

13. About the Renaissance humanists which of the following statements is true?

A. They thought money and social status was the measure of all things.

B. They thought people were largely subordinated to the ruling class without any

freedom and independence.

C. They couldn’t see the human values in their works.

D. They emphasized the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life.

14. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is_______

A. the flourishing of the drama

B. the popularity of the realistic novel

C. the domination of the classical poetry

D. the close-down of all the theatres

15.Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the __________and made

it the principal medium of English drama.

A. blank verse

B. free verse

C. sonnet

D. alliteration