English Literature 英国文学考试试题及答案

Part One Early and Medieval English Literature

Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks.

1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating

England.

A. William the Conqueror

B. Julius Caesar

C. Alfred the Great

D. Claudius

2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .

A. Langland

B. Wycliffe

C. Gower

D. Chaucer明朝

3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.中世纪

A. novel

B. drama

C. romance

D. essay

4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.亚瑟王的顶峰

A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

B.Beowulf

C. Piers the Plowman

D. The Canterbury Tales

5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.

A. Kubla Khan

B. Piers the Plowman

C. The Dream of John Bull

D. Morte d’Arthur

6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The

Normans spoke _____.

A. French

B. English

C. Latin

D. Swedish

7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of

the Bible.

A. Langland

B. Gower

C. Wycliffe威克利夫

D. Chaucer

8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed,

through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England.

A. primitive

B. feudal封建的；领地的；世仇的

C. bourgeois 资本家

D. modern

9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.

A. loyalty

B. revolt反抗

C. obedience顺从

D. mockery嘲弄

10. The most famous cycle of English ballads民歌centers on the stories about a

legendary outlaw called _____.

A. Morte d’Arthur

B. Robin Hood

C. The Canterbury Tales

D. Piers the Plowman

11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of

England, was born in London in about 1340.

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Sir Gawain

C. Francis Bacon

D. John Dryden

12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.

A. Flanders

B. France

C. Italy

D. Westminster Abbey威

斯敏斯特教堂（英国名人墓地

13. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of the French

Roman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.

A.The Romaunt of the Rose 传奇故事

B. “A Red, Red Rose”

C. The Legend of Good Women

D. The Book of the Duchess

14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact on

the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.

A. engineer

B. courtier

C. office holder

D. soldier

E. ambassador

F. legislator (议员)

15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem na med _____ based on Boccaccio’s

poem “Filostrato”.

A. The Legend of Good Women

B. Troilus and Criseyde

C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

D. Beowulf

Key to the multiple choices：1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAAB

Ⅱ. Questions

1.What are the features of Beowulf?文体。维基网

ment 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

2.Holinshed

3.Hakluyt

4.Richard Tottel

5.Philip Sidney

6.Walter Raleigh A.Apology for Poetry

B.Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets

C.Utopia

D.Discovery of Guiana

E.Principal Navigations, V oyages and Discoveries

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.新兴的资产阶级

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威克利夫

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 BCDAA