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BritishLiterature
I.MultipleChoice.
TheMiddleAge
1.WhenwespeakoftheOldEnglishprose,thefirstnamethatcomesintoourmindsis_______,whoisthefirstscholarinEnglishliteratureandhasbeenregardedasfatherofEnglishlearning.
A.WilliamShakespeareB.Beowulf
C.JuliusCaesarD.VenerableBede
2.ThemostimportantworkofAlfredtheGreatis_______,whichisregardedasthebestmonumentoftheOldEnglishprose.
A.TheSongofBeowulfB.TheAnglo-SaxonChronicle
C.TheEcclesiasticalHistoryoftheEnglishPeopleD.Brut
3._______isthefirstimportantreligionspoetinEnglishliterature.
A.JohnDonneB.GeorgeHerbert
C.CaedmonD.Milton
4.InAnglo-Saxonperiod,Beowulfrepresentedthe_______poetry.
A.paganB.religiousC.romanticD.sentimental
5.Proseliteraturedidnotshowitsappearanceuntilthe______century.
A.6thB.7thC.8thD.10th
6.Beowulfdescribestheexploitsofahero,Beowulf,infightingagainstthemonsterGrendel,hisrevengefulmother,andafire-breathingdragon.
A.DanishB.Scandinavian
C.EnglishD.Norwegian
7.EnglishliteraturebeganwiththesesettlementsinEngland.OfoldEnglishliterature,Beowulf,thenationalepicoftheEnglishpeople,isanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends.
A.Anglo-SaxonB.Roman
C.NormanD.Britain
8.In1066,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEnglish.
A.WilliamtheConquerorB.JuliusCaesar
C.AlfredtheGreatD.Claudius
9.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter(poet)is.
A.LanglandB.Wyclif
C.GowerD.Chaucer
10.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureisthe.
A.novelB.drama
C.romanceD.essay
11.ThestoryofistheculminationoftheArthurianromances.
A.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight
B.TheStoryofBeowulf
C.PiersthePlowman
D.TheCanterburyTales
12.WilliamLangland’siswrittenintheformofadreamvia-ion.
A.KublaKhanB.PiersthePlowman
C.TheDreamofJohnBullD.Morted’Arthur
13.PiersthePlowmandescribesaseriesofwonderfuldreamstheauthordreamed,throughwhich,wecanseeapictureofthelifeintheEngland.
A.primitiveB.feudal
C.bourgeoisD.modern
14.Thethemeoftokingandlordwasrepeatedlyemphasizedinromances.
A.loyaltyB.revolt
C.obedienceD.mockery
15.ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalled.
A.Morted’ArthurB.RobinHood
C.TheCanterburyTalesD.PiersthePlowman
16.InEnglishpoetry,afour-linestanzaiscalled.
A.heroiccoupletB.quatrain
C.SpenserianstanzaD.terzarima
17.,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.
A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawain
C.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden
18.Chaucerdiedonthe25thOctober1400,andwasburiedin.
A.FlandersB.France
C.ItalyD.WestminsterAbbey
19.Chaucer’searliestworkofanylengthishis,atranslationoftheFrenchRomandelaRosebyGaillaumedeLorrisandJeandeMeung,which14thcenturiesnotonlyinFrancebutthroughoutEurope.
A.TheRomauntoftheRoseB.Ared,RedRose
C.PiersthePlowmanD.TheBookoftheDuchess
20.ThesecondperiodofChaucer’sliterarycareerincludesmainlythethreelongerpoemswrittenpriortoTheCanterburyTales.Choosethethreefromthefollowing.
A.TheHouseofFameB.TroilusandCriseyde
C.TheLegendofGoodWomenD.TheBookoftheDuchess
21.creativeworkvividlyreflectedthechangeswhichhadtakenrootinEnglishcultureofthesecondhalfofthe14thcentury.
A.Chaucer’sB.Byron’s
C.Shelley’sD.Eliot’s
22.Apartfromoriginalpoems,ChaucertranslatedvariousworksofFrenchauthors,amongthemisthefamous.
A.TheCanterburyTalesB.TheRomauntoftheRose
C.TheParliamentofFowlsD.TheHouseofFame
23.ChaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamedbasedonBoccaccio’spoemFilostrato.
A.TheLegendofGoodWoman
B.TroilusandCriseyde
C.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight
D.Beowulf
24.Generallyspeaking,Chaucer’sworksfallintothreemaingroupscorrespondingroughlytothethreeperiodofhisadultlife.Whichperiodiswrong?
.
A.TheperiodofFrenchinfluence(1359-1372)
B.TheperiodofItalianinfluence(1372-1386)
C.TheperiodofEnglishperiod(1386-1400)
D.TheperiodofAmericanperiod(1371-1382)
25.Chaucer’sdiplomaticmissionstoItalyenabledhimtostudythepoemsof,famousItalianwritersoftheRenaissanceperiod,whichwerelatertohaveprofoundinfluenceuponhisownwriting.
A.DanteB.Petriarch
C.HomerD.Boccaccio
26.ChaucerwasthefirstimportantpoetofaroyalcourttowriteinaftertheNormanConquest.
A.FrenchB.Latin
C.EnglishD.Greek
TheRenaissance
27.wasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.
A.ThomasWyattB.WilliamShakespeare
C.PhilipSidneyD.ThomasCampion
28.wasthefirsttogivethesonnetitsEnglishform.AndhismetricalinnovationsareveryimportantinEnglishpoetry.
A.ThomasWyattB.WilliamShakespeare
C.PhilipSidneyD.HenryHoward,EarlofSurrey
29.TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama.Itwaswhomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.
A.ChristopherMarloweB.ThomasLoge
C.EdmundSpencerD.ThomasMore
30.ThankstoSurrey,Englishprosodyhasgainedamagnificentinstrumentblankverse,whichwasusedbymanywriters,suchas.
A.MarloweB.Shakespeare
C.MiltonD.Byron
31.SirPhilipSidneyisknownbothasapoetandasa.
A.essayistB.dramatist
C.acriticofpoetryD.novelist
32.GreatpopularitywaswonbyJohnLily’sproseromancewhichgaverisetotheterm“euphuism”,designatinganaffectedstyleofcourtspeech.
A.CymbelineB.VenusandAdonis
C.LucreceD.Euphues
33.Intheconclusionoftheprose,theauthorpointsoutthattherootofpovertyistheprivateownershipofsocialwealth.
A.AdvancementofLearningB.Utopia
C.TamburlaineD.HenryIV
34.Fromthefollowing,choosetheonewhichisnotEdmundSpencer’swork:
.
A.TheShepherd’sCalendarB.Epithalamion
C.TheFaerieQueenD.Amoretti
35.EuphuesofJohnLilywaswritteninapeculiarstyleknownas“Euphuism”,whichconsistsontheuseof.
A.balancedsentencesB.wordsalliterating
C.rimingoridenticalD.precision
36.TheintellectualenergyoftheEnglishRenaissanceshoweditselfintheachievementofFrancisBacon,.
A.thefounderofEnglishmaterialistphilosophy
B.thefounderofmodernscienceinEnglish
C.thefirstEnglishessayist
D.themostgiftedofthe“universitywits”
37.EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof___________.
A.proseandnovelB.poetryanddrama
C.essaysandjournalsD.balladsandsongs
38.ThegreatestandmostdistinctiveachievementofElizabethanliteratureisdrama.Thusappearedagroupofexcellentdramatists.Mainlytheyare_______.
A.JohnLilyB.ThomasKyd
C.GeorgePeeleD.ChristopherMarlowe
E.WilliamShakespeare
39.Elizabethanpoetryisremarkable.Englandthenbecame”anestofsingingbirds”.Thefamouspoetsofthatperiodwere___.
A.WilliamShakespeareB.EdmundSpencer
C.PhilipSidneyD.ThomasWyatt
40.Sidneyiswell—knownasapoetandacriticofpoetry.Heisknownmainlyforhisthreeprincipalworks.Theyare_____.
A.ArcadiaB.ArtrophelandStella
C.ApologyforPoetryD.Utopia
41.”Liberty,FraternityandEquality”werefirstutteredinthebook_______.
A.TheShepherd’sCalendar
B.Utopia
C.TheRightsofMan
D.TheDeclarationofIndependence
42.Marlowe’sbestplaysinclude______.
A.TamburlainetheGreatB.TheJewofMalta
C.TheTragicallyHistoryofDoctorFaustus
D.Cymbeline
43.WhichareBenJohnson’smaincomedies?
________.
A.EveryManinHisHumorB.Vulpine
C.TheAlchemistD.TheSilentWoman
E.TheMerchantofVeniceF.TheWinter’sTale
44.In1593and1594,WilliamShakespearepublishedhistwonarrativepoems,whichare______.
A.VenusandAdonisB.AtrophicandStella
C.TherapeofLucerneD.Vulpine
45.TheheroinesofWilliamShakespeare’sgreatcomedies,______arethedaughtersoftheRenaissance,whoseimagesandstorieswillremainalegacytoreadersandaudienceofalltime.
A.PortiaB.Roseland
C.ViolaD.Beatrice
46.ChoosethefourgreattragediesofShakespearefromthefollowing:
______.
A.HamletB.Othello
C.MacbethD.KingLear
E.TimmonsofAthens
47.Shylockisacharacterintheplay______.
A.TamburlainewrittenbyMarlowe
B.OthellowrittenbyMarlowe
C.TheJewofMaltawrittenbyMarlowe
D.TheMerchantofVenicewrittenbyShakespeare
48.WhichhistoricalplayswerewrittenbyShakespeare?
___.
A.HenryVIB.HenryIV
C.RichardIIID.HenryV
E.RichardIIF.CharlesI
G.OnetheGreat
49.”Denmarkisaprison”.Inwhichplaydoestheherosummarizehisobservationofhisworldintosuchabittersentence?
_______.
A.CharlesIB.Othello
C.HenryVIIID.Hamlet
50.Theworksof_____andtheAuthorizedVersionoftheEnglishBiblearethetwogreattreasuriesoftheEnglishlanguage.
A.GeoffreyChaucerB.EdmundSpencer
C.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJohnson
51.Inwhichplaydoestheheroshowhisprofoundreverencefirmmanthroughthesentence:
”Whatapieceofworkisaman!
Hownobleinreason!
Howinfiniteinfaculty!
”_____.
A.RomeoandJulietB.Hamlet
C.OthelloD.TheMerchantofVenice
52.SirPhilipSidney’sArcadiawasalong____writteninanelaboratelyartfulprose.
A.pastoraleclogueB.pastorallyric
C.pastoralromanceD.pastoraldrama
53.WhichoffollowingpoeticformsistheprincipalformofShakespeare’sdramas?
______.
A.lyricB.sonnet
C.blankverseD.quatrain
54.______isthemostco
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