最新英国文学试题库1
I. Multiple Choice
1. Generally speaking, the Renaissance refers to the period between the ___and mid-17th centuries.
A 13th
B 14th
C 15th翠竹山
D 16th
2. The Faerie Queene was written by______.
A Sir Philip Sidney
B W. Shakespeare
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C E. Spenr
D F. Bacon
3. ____was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.
A Thomas Wyatt
B William Shakespeare
C Philip Sidney
D Thomas Campion
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4. Which of the following was not written by Henry Fielding?
A The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
B The History of the Adventures of Joph Andrew
C The History of Amelia
D Pamela
5. _____ compiled The Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subquent English dictionaries.
A Ben Jonson
B Samuel Johnson
C Alexander Pope
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D John Dryden
6. Henry Fiellding was a versatile man. But he was not a(n) ____.
A novelist
B dramatist
C essayist
D critic
7. The Romantic Period began in 1798 with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by_____.1,5,10,12,19,21,23,32,37,39
A Wordsworth
B Johnson
C Coleridge
D Wordsworth and Coleridge
8. Which of the following is not a novel by Austen?
A Pride and Prejudice
B Sen and Sensibility
C Northanger Abbey
D Waverly
9. Which of the following is the hero in the novel Jane Eyre?
A Mr. Rochester
B Heathcliff
C Hindley宝马壁纸
D Silas Marner
10. It is Browning who developed the literary form ____.
A monodrama
B dramatic monologue
C soliloquy
D point of view key
II. Filling the blanks with proper words
1. In the year _____, at the battle of _______, the Normans headed by William, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-Saxons.
2. Chaucer died on the 25th of October, 1400, and was buried in _______.
3. _______ are anonymous narrative songs that have been prerved by oral transmission.
4. At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist_______ wrote his Utopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the people’s sufferings and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.
5. Edmund Spenr was the author of the greatest epic poem of the time, _______.
6. During the 22 years of his literary work Shakespeare produced_______ play, _______narrative poems and _______sonnets. 7,11,19,32,35,39,61,90,126,131
7. Paradi Lost tells how_______ rebelled against God and how Adam and Eve were driven out of________.
8. Robinson names_______ to commemorate the day of the savage’s rescue.
9. ________and _______reprented the spirit of what is usually called Pre-Romanticism.
10. ________, ________and ________were the watchwords of the French Revolution. key
III. True or Fal Questions
1. The word “essay” was coined by Bacon.
2. John Donne is the leading figure of the “metaphysical ” school.
3. John Milton completed Paradi Lost after he became totally blind.
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4. According to the Neoclassicists, all forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek and Roman writers.
5. The Pilg rim’s Progress is the most successful political allegory in the English language.
6. Gulliver’s Travels was written by Alexander Pope.
7. The hero in Robinson Crusoe lived on the island for twenty four years. 3478,1213,15,25,31,32
8. Drama in the Romantic Period is as successful as fiction, poetry and essay.
9. Influenced by both Darwin and Spencer, Hardy became a naturalistic writer.
10. Tess was hanged becau she killed Angel.
IV. Questions for brief answers:
1. What is the dominant moral of Dr. Faustus?
2. What is the writing style of Bacon’s essays?
3. What are John Milton’s literary achievements?
4. What are some of the features of Fielding’s novels?
5. How does Wordsworth define the poet?
6. What is a Gothic novel? And name some of Gothic novels and their writers respectively.
7. What is an ode?
8. When did the Victorian Age begin and end?
9. What is Olive Twist famous for?
10. Why was Galsworthy a conventional writer?
V. Essay questions:
1. What is the main idea of The Merchant of Venice?
2. Give a very brief account of Paradi Lost.
3. Summarize the novel Tom Jones and make some comments on the main characters in it.
4. What is Romanticism and what are some of the major features of the Romanticists?
5. What is the famous line in Ode to the West Wind? Give your own opinion about it.
