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BritishLiterature I.MultipleChoice. TheMiddleAge 1.WhenwespeakoftheOldEnglishprose,thefirstnamethatcomesintoourmindsis_______,whoisthefirstscholarinEnglishliteratureandhasbeenregardedasfatherofEnglishlearning.A.WilliamShakespeare B.Beowulf C.JuliusCaesar D.VenerableBede 2.ThemostimportantworkofAlfredtheGreatis_______,whichisregardedasthebestmonumentoftheOldEnglishprose. A.TheSongofBeowulf B.TheAnglo-SaxonChronicleC.TheEcclesiasticalHistoryoftheEnglishPeople D.Brut3._______isthefirstimportantreligionspoetinEnglishliterature.A.JohnDonne B.GeorgeHerbertC.Caedmon D.Milton 4.InAnglo-Saxonperiod,Beowulfrepresentedthe_______poetry.A.pagan B.religious C.romantic D.sentimental5.Proseliteraturedidnotshowitsappearanceuntilthe______century.A.6thB.7th C.8th 6.Beowulfdescribestheexploitsofa hero,Beowulf,infightingagainstthemonsterGrendel,hisrevengefulmother,andafire-breathingdragon.A.Danish B.ScandinavianC.English D.Norwegian 7.Englishliteraturebeganwiththese settlementsinEngland.OfoldEnglishliterature,Beowulf,thenationalepicoftheEnglishpeople,isanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends. A.Anglo-Saxon B.RomanC.Norman D.Britain 8.In1066, withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEnglish.A.WilliamtheConqueror B.JuliusCaesarC.AlfredtheGreat D.Claudius 9.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter(poet)is .A.Langland B.WyclifC.Gower D.Chaucer 10.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureisthe .A.novel B.dramaC.romance D.essay 11.Thestoryof istheculminationoftheArthurianromances.A.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightB.TheStoryofBeowulfC.PiersthePlowman D.TheCanterburyTales 12.WilliamLangland‘s iswrittenintheformofadreamvia-ion.A.KublaKhan B.PiersthePlowmanC.TheDreamofJohnBull D.Morted’Arthur 13.PiersthePlowmandescribesaseriesofwonderfuldreamstheauthordreamed,throughwhich,wecanseeapictureofthelifeinthe England. 1 A.primitive B.feudalC.bourgeois D.modern 14.Thethemeof tokingandlordwasrepeatedlyemphasizedinromances.A.loyalty B.revoltC.obedience D.mockery 15.ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalled. A.Morted’Arthur B.RobinHood C.TheCanterburyTales D.PiersthePlowman 16.InEnglishpoetry,afour-linestanzaiscalled .A.heroiccouplet B.quatrainC.Spenserianstanza D.terzarima 17. ,the―fatherofEnglishpoetry‖andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340. A.GeoffreyChaucer B.SirGawainC.FrancisBacon D.JohnDryden 18.Chaucerdiedonthe25thOctober1400,andwasburiedin .A.Flanders B.France C.Italy D.WestminsterAbbey 19.Chaucer‘searliestworkofanylengthishis ,atranslationoftheFrenchRomandelaRosebyGaillaumedeLorrisandJeandeMeung,which14thcenturiesnotonlyinFrancebutthroughoutEurope. A.TheRomauntoftheRose B.Ared,RedRose C.PiersthePlowman D.TheBookoftheDuchess 20.ThesecondperiodofChaucer‘sliterarycareerincludesmainlythethreelongerpoemswrittenpriortoTheCanterburyTales.Choosethethreefromthefollowing.A.TheHouseofFame B.TroilusandCriseydeC.TheLegendofGoodWomenD.TheBookoftheDuchess 21. creativeworkvividlyreflectedthechangeswhichhadtakenrootinEnglishcultureofthesecondhalfofthe14thcentury. A.Chaucer‘s B.Byron‘sC.Shelley‘s D.Eliot‘s 22.Apartfromoriginalpoems,ChaucertranslatedvariousworksofFrenchauthors,amongthemisthefamous .A.TheCanterburyTales B.TheRomauntoftheRoseC.TheParliamentofFowlsD.TheHouseofFame 23. Chaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamed basedonBoccaccio‘spoemFilostrato.A.TheLegendofGoodWomanB.TroilusandCriseyde C.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightD.Beowulf 24.Generallyspeaking,Chaucer‘sworksfallintothreemaingroupscorrespondingroughlytothethreeperiodofhisadultlife.Whichperiodiswrong?
.A.TheperiodofFrenchinfluence(1359-1372)B.TheperiodofItalianinfluence(1372-1386) 2 C.TheperiodofEnglishperiod(1386-1400)D.TheperiodofAmericanperiod(1371-1382) 25.Chaucer‘sdiplomaticmissionstoItalyenabledhimtostudythepoemsof ,famousItalianwritersoftheRenaissanceperiod,whichwerelatertohaveprofoundinfluenceuponhisownwriting. A.Dante B.PetriarchC.Homer D.Boccaccio 26. Chaucerwasthefirstimportantpoetofaroyalcourttowritein aftertheNormanConquest. A.French B.LatinC.English D.Greek TheRenaissance 27. wasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.A.ThomasWyatt B.WilliamShakespeareC.PhilipSidney D.ThomasCampion 28. wasthefirsttogivethesonnetitsEnglishform.AndhismetricalinnovationsareveryimportantinEnglishpoetry. A.ThomasWyatt B.WilliamShakespeare C.PhilipSidney D.HenryHoward,EarlofSurrey 29.TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama.Itwas whomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.A.ChristopherMarlowe B.ThomasLogeC.EdmundSpencer D.ThomasMore 30.ThankstoSurrey,Englishprosodyhasgainedamagnificentinstrumentblankverse,whichwasusedbymanywriters,suchas .A.Marlowe B.ShakespeareC.Milton D.Byron 31.SirPhilipSidneyisknownbothasapoetandasa .A.essayist B.dramatistC.acriticofpoetry D.novelist 32.GreatpopularitywaswonbyJohnLily‘sproseromance whichgaverisetotheterm―euphuism‖,designatinganaffectedstyleofcourtspeech.A.Cymbeline B.VenusandAdonisC.Lucrece D.Euphues 33.Intheconclusionoftheprose ,theauthorpointsoutthattherootofpovertyistheprivateownershipofsocialwealth. A.AdvancementofLearning B.UtopiaC.Tamburlaine D.HenryIV 34.Fromthefollowing,choosetheonewhichisnotEdmundSpencer‘swork:
.A.TheShepherd‘sCalendar B.EpithalamionC.TheFaerieQueen D.Amoretti 35.EuphuesofJohnLilywaswritteninapeculiarstyleknownas―Euphuism‖,whichconsistsontheuseof . A.balancedsentences B.wordsalliteratingC.rimingoridentical D.precision 36.TheintellectualenergyoftheEnglishRenaissanceshoweditselfintheachievementof 3 FrancisBacon, .A.thefounderofEnglishmaterialistphilosophyB.thefounderofmodernscienceinEnglishC.thefirstEnglishessayist D.themostgiftedofthe―universitywits‖ RenaissancePeriodwasanageof___________.A.proseandnovel B.poetryanddramaC.essaysandjournals D.balladsandsongs 38.ThegreatestandmostdistinctiveachievementofElizabethanliteratureisdrama.Thusappearedagroupofexcellentdramatists.Mainlytheyare_______.A.JohnLily B.ThomasKyd C.GeorgePeele D.ChristopherMarloweE.WilliamShakespeare 39.Elizabethanpoetryisremarkable.Englandthenbecame‖anestofsingingbirds‖.Thefamouspoetsofthatperiodwere___. A.WilliamShakespeare B.EdmundSpencerC.PhilipSidney D.ThomasWyatt 40.Sidneyiswell—knownasapoetandacriticofpoetry.Heisknownmainlyforhisthreeprincipalworks.Theyare_____. A.Arcadia B.ArtrophelandStellaC.ApologyforPoetry D.Utopia 41.‖Liberty,FraternityandEquality‖werefirstutteredinthebook_______.A.TheShepherd‘sCalendarB.Utopia C.TheRightsofMan D.TheDeclarationofIndependence42.Marlowe‘sbestplaysinclude______. A.TamburlainetheGreat B.TheJewofMaltaC.TheTragicallyHistoryofDoctorFaustusD.Cymbeline 43.WhichareBenJohnson‘smaincomedies?
________.A.EveryManinHisHumor B.Vulpine C.TheAlchemist D.TheSilentWomanE.TheMerchantofVenice heWinter‘sTale 44.In1593and1594,WilliamShakespearepublishedhistwonarrativepoems,whichare______. A.VenusandAdonis B.AtrophicandStellaC.TherapeofLucerne D.Vulpine 45.TheheroinesofWilliamShakespeare‘sgreatcomedies,______arethedaughtersoftheRenaissance,whoseimagesandstorieswillremainalegacytoreadersandaudienceofalltime.A.Portia B.RoselandC.Viola D.Beatrice 46.ChoosethefourgreattragediesofShakespearefromthefollowing:
______.A.Hamlet B.OthelloC.Macbeth D.KingLearE.TimmonsofAthens 4 47.Shylockisacharacterintheplay______.A.TamburlainewrittenbyMarloweB.OthellowrittenbyMarlowe C.TheJewofMaltawrittenbyMarlowe D.TheMerchantofVenicewrittenbyShakespeare 48.WhichhistoricalplayswerewrittenbyShakespeare?
___.A.HenryVI B.HenryIVC.RichardIII D.HenryVE.RichardII F.CharlesIG.OnetheGreat 49.‖Denmarkisaprison‖.Inwhichplaydoestheherosummarizehisobservationofhisworldintosuchabittersentence?
_______.A.CharlesI B.OthelloC.HenryVIII D.Hamlet 50.Theworksof_____andtheAuthorizedVersionoftheEnglishBiblearethetwogreattreasuriesoftheEnglishlanguage. A.GeoffreyChaucer B.EdmundSpencerC.WilliamShakespeare D.BenJohnson 51.Inwhichplaydoestheheroshowhisprofoundreverencefirmmanthroughthesentence:
‖Whatapieceofworkisaman!
Hownobleinreason!
Howinfiniteinfaculty!
‖_____.A.RomeoandJuliet B.Hamlet C.Othello D.TheMerchantofVenice 52.SirPhilipSidney‘sArcadiawasalong____writteninanelaboratelyartfulprose.A.pastoraleclogue B.pastorallyricC.pastoralromance D.pastoraldrama 53.
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