英国文学选读练习题含答案(推荐文档)

Exercise for English Literature (2)

Choose the best answer for each blank.

1. ” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in A. C.

2. A. C.

3. A. C.

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C. 8. A. C. E. 9. A. C.

__________ , the “ father of English p oetry London about 1340. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawa in Fran cis Bac on

D. Joh n Dryde n Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ___________________ . Fla nders B. France Italy D. Westmi nster Abbey The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. expIo rati on and travel, which were comp atible with the in terest of the En glish mercha nts. Henry V B. Henry VII Henry VIII

D. Queen Elizabeth Exce pt being a victory of En gla nd over ____________ , the rout of the fleet triu mph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the decli ning old feudalism. Spain B. France

America D. Norway At the beg inning of the 16th cen tury the outsta nding huma nist ______________ w rote his Utopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the people andp utsoffeanghis ideal of a future happy society. Thomas More B. Thomas Marlowe Fran cis Bac on D. William Shakes pear Absolute mon archy in En gla nd reached its summit duri ng the reig n of Quee n _________ Mary B. Elizabeth William D. Victoria En glish Ren aissa nee P eriod was an age of ______________ . p rose and novel

B. po etry and drama essays and journ als D. ballads and songs From the follow ing, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon The Adva nceme nt of Lear ning B. The New In strume nt Essays D. The New Atla ntics Venus and Adonis

“ Shall I compare thee to a summer songs comedies en couraged “ /XrmsadaO the nvin

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10. The heroines of Shakespeare 'reat comedies,

's day? ” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare B. plays D.

sonn ets

are the daughters of the Renaissanee, whose

images and stories will rema in a legacy to readers and audie nces of all time. A. Portia B. Roseland C. Viola D. Beatrice 11. Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ___________________ .

A. Hamlet

B. Othello

C. Macbeth

D. King Lear

E. Tim on of Athe ns

12. Which play is not a comedy? _________ A. A Midsummer Night ' s Dream C. Twelfth Night E. As You Like It 13.

“ Denmark is a prison ” .In which p lay

dossohsummarise his observatio n of his world into such a bitter sentence? __________

A. Charles I C. Henry VIII

14. The works of ________

En glish Ian guage. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Edmund Spenser C. William Shakespeare

D. Ben Johnson

15. In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence:

wok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty! ” _______

A. Romeo and Juliet

B. Hamlet

C. Othello

D. The Merchant of Venice 16. In 1649, ____________ w as beheaded. En gla nd became a com mon wealth.

A. James I

B. James II

B. The Mercha nt of Ven ice

D. Romeo and Juliet

B. Othello

D. Hamlet and the Authorised Versio n of the En glish

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