英国文学史习题全集含答案.docx

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英国文学史习题全集含答案

PartOneEarlyandMedievalEnglishLiterature

Ⅰ.Fillintheblanks.

1.In1066,____,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.

A.WilliamtheConquerorB.JuliusCaesar

C.AlfredtheGreatD.Claudius

2.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter（poet）is____.

A.LanglandB.WycliffeC.GowerD.Chaucer

3.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureis____.

A.novelB.dramaC.romanceD.essay

4.Thestoryof___istheculminationoftheArthurianromances.

A.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightB.Beowulf

C.PiersthePlowmanD.TheCanterburyTales

5.WilliamLangland’s____iswrittenintheformofadreamvision.

A.KublaKhanB.PiersthePlowman

C.TheDreamofJohnBullD.Morted’Arthur

6.AftertheNormanConquest,threelanguagesexistedinEnglandatthattime.TheNormansspoke_____.

A.FrenchB.EnglishC.LatinD.Swedish

7.______wasthegreatestofEnglishreligiousreformersandthefirsttranslatoroftheBible.

A.LanglandB.GowerC.WycliffeD.Chaucer

8.PiersthePlowmandescribesaseriesofwonderfuldreamstheauthordreamed,throughwhich,wecanseeapictureofthelifeinthe____England.

A.primitiveB.feudalC.bourgeoisD.modern

9.Thethemeof____tokingandlordwasrepeatedlyemphasizedinromances.

A.loyaltyB.revoltC.obedienceD.mockery

10.ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalled_____.

A.Morted’ArthurB.RobinHood

C.TheCanterburyTalesD.PiersthePlowman

11.______,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninabout1340.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDryden

12.ChaucerdiedonOctober25th,1400,andwasburiedin____.

A.FlandersB.FranceC.ItalyD.WestminsterAbbey

13.Chaucer’searliestworkofanylengthishis_____,atranslationoftheFrenchRomandelaRosebyGaillaumedeLorrisandJeandeMeung,whichwasaloveallegoryenjoyingwidespreadpopularityinthe13thand14thcenturiesnotonlyinFrancebutthroughoutEurope.

A.TheRomauntoftheRoseB.“ARed,RedRose”

C.TheLegendofGoodWomenD.TheBookoftheDuchess

14.InhislifetimeChaucerservedinagreatvarietyofoccupationsthathadimpactonthewiderangeofhiswritings.Whichoneisnothiscareer?

____.

A.engineerB.courtierC.officeholder

D.soldierE.ambassadorF.legislator（议员）

15.Chaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamed_____basedonBoccaccio’spoem“Filostrato”.

A.TheLegendofGoodWomenB.TroilusandCriseyde

C.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightD.Beowulf

Keytothemultiplechoices：

1-5ADCAB6-10ACBAB11-15ADAAB

Ⅱ.Questions

1.WhatarethefeaturesofBeowulf?

2.CommentonthesocialsignificanceandlanguageinTheCanterburyTales.

PartTwoTheEnglishRenaissance

Ⅰ.Matchthewriterandhisworks.

1.ThomasMore

2.Holinshed

3.Hakluyt

4.RichardTottel

5.PhilipSidney

6.WalterRaleigh

A.ApologyforPoetry

B.MiscellanyofSongsandSonnets

C.Utopia

D.DiscoveryofGuiana

E.PrincipalNavigations,VoyagesandDiscoveries

F.Chronicles

Thekey:

（1—C2—F3—E4—B5—A6—D）

Ⅱ.Choosethebestanswer.

1._____foundedtheTudorDynasty,acentralizedmonarchyofatotallynewtype,whichmettheneedsoftherisingbourgeoisie.

A.HenryVB.HenryVIIC.HenryVIIID.JamesI

2.ThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedby_______,“themorningstaroftheReformation”andhisfollowers.

A.WilliamTyndalB.JamesI

C.JohnWycliffeD.BishopLancelotAndrews

3.Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.____encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestsoftheEnglishmerchants.

A.HenryV.B.HenryVII

C.HenryVIIID.QueenElizabeth

4.ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover___,theroutofthefleet“Armada”（Invincible）wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.

A.SpainB.FranceC.AmericaD.Norway

5.Those,bothtradersandpirateslike____,establishedthefirstEnglishcolonies.

A.FrancisDrakeB.LancelotAndrews

C.WilliamCaxtonD.WilliamTyndal

6.____wasaforerunnerofclassicisminEnglishliterature.

A.BenJohnsonB.WilliamShakespeare

C.ThomasMoreD.ChristopherMarlowe

7.Themostgiftedofthe“universitywits”was____.

A.LylyB.PeeleC.GreeneD.Marlowe

8.Moralityplaysappearedafter_____.

A.miracleplaysB.mysteryplaysC.interludeD.Classicalplays

9._____isusedtosayanddogoodthings.

A.MercyB.FollyC.ViceD.Peace

10._____isoneoftheforerunnersofmodernsocialistthought.

A.PhillipSidneyB.EdmundSpenser

C.ThomasMoreD.WalterRaleigh

11._____isnotafamoustranslatorintheEnglishRenaissance.

A.ThomasNorthB.ThomasWyatt

C.GeorgeChapmanD.JohnFlorio

12.____hadsuppliedShakespearewiththematerialforJuliusCaesar.

A.LivesofGreekandRoanHeroes《希腊罗马名人传》

B.MiscellanyofSongsandSonnets

C.DonQuixote

D.HistoryoftheWorld

13.____wasoneofthefirsttoseetherelationbetweenwealthandpovertytounderstandthattherichwerebecomingricherbyrobbingthepoor.

A.JohnWycliffeB.WilliamCaxton

C.GeoffreyChaucerD.ThomasMore

14.Utopiawaswrittenintheformof_____.

A.proseB.dramaC.essayD.dialogue

15.Oneofthepopularmoralityplayswas____.

A.TheShepherdsB.Everyman

C.ThePlayoftheWeatherD.GammerGurton’sNeedle

16.Shakespeare’splayswrittenbetween_____aresometimescalled“romances”andallendinreconciliationandreunion.

A.1590and1594B.1595and1600

C.1601and1607D.1608and1612

17.MirandaisaheroineinShakespeare’s______.

A.PericlesB.CymbelineC.TheWinter’sTaleD.TheTempest

18.In_____appearedShakespeare’sSonnet，NeverbeforeImprinted（《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）whichcontains154sonnets.

A.1606B.1607C.16081609

19.Shakespeareisoneofthefoundersof____.

A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD.classicism

20.Amongmanypoeticforms,Shakespearewasespeciallyathome（goodat）withthe_______.

A.dramaticblankverseB.songC.sonnetD.couplet

21.Intheplays,Shakespeareusedabout______words.

A.15000B.16000C.17000D.18000

22._____hasbeencalledthesummitoftheEnglishRenaissance.

A.ChristopherMarlowB.FrancisBacon

C.W.ShakespeareD.BenJohnson

Keytothemultiplechoices:

1-5BCDAA6-10DDCBA11-15BDADA16-22ACBADDB

Ⅲ.Fillintheblanks.

1.The____wasuniversallyusedbytheCatholicChurches.

2.TheEnglishtranslationoftheBibleemergedasaresultofthestrugglebetween____and___.

3.TheBiblewasnotablytranslatedintoEnglishbythe____.

4.ThefirstcompleteEnglishBiblewastranslatedby____,“themorningstarofthe_____”.

5._____translatedtheNewTestamentandportionsoftheOldTestament,whichisknownasTyndale’sBible.

6.AfterTydale’sBible,thenappearedthe______,whichwasmadein1611undertheauspicesof_____.Andsowassometimescalledthe____.

7.Apartfromthereligiousinfluence,theAuthorizedVersionhashadagreatinfluenceonEnglish___and____.

8.WiththewidespreadinfluenceoftheEnglishBible,thestandardmodernEnglishhasbeen_____and_____.

9.Agreatnumberof____andphraseshavepassedintodailyEnglishspeechashouseholdwords.

10.The____and____languageoftheAuthorizedVersionhascoloredthestyleoftheEnglishproseforthelast300years.

11.____wasthefirstEnglishprinter.

12.WilliamCaxtonwasaprosperousmerchanthimself,buthewasfondof___,andhisinterestwasturningto____.

13.HetranslatedTheRecuyellofHistoryesofTroyintoEnglishfromFrenchwhichwasthe___bookprintedinEnglish.

14.TheRecuyellservedasasourcefor____TroilusandCressida.《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》

15.Afterhavingestablishedhisprintingpress,WilliamCaxtondevotedhimselftothecareerofa____and_____.

16.WilliamCaxtonpublishedabout____books,___ofwhichweretranslatedbyhimself.

17.Byrendering（翻译）FrenchbooksintoEnglish,Caxtonexercisedtheyouthfullanguageintheairs（曲调）,thegraces,thecraftsoftheelderandcontributedtothedevelopmentofthestyleof___centuryEnglish____.

18.TheinfluenceofCaxton’spublicationsisalsogreatinfixinga____languageinEngland.

19.AsthefirstEnglishprinter,CaxtoninventedinEnglandtheprofessionof____,whichinfacthashadalastingsignificancetothedevelopmentofEnglish___asawhole.

20.TheRenaissancestartedinthe______centuryandendedinthe______century.

21.Theword,“renaissance”means________,whichwasstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,suchas________.

22.IntheRenaissance,thehumanistthinkersandscholarstriedtogetridofthoseold____inmedievalEurope,tointroducenewideasthatexpresses____oftherisingbourgeoisie,andtorecoverthe____oftheearlychurchfromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch.

23.____isthethemeoftheEnglishRenaissance,whichemphasizedthecapacitiesof____andtheachievementsof____.

24.____Stanzaisaverseformcreatedby_____forhispoem,______,inwhichtherhymeschemeis____.

25.TheWarsoftheRoses（1455—1485）betweentheHouseof___andtheHouseof___strugglingfortheCrowncontinuedfor30years.

26.BecauseoftheconflictbetweentheRomanCatholicChurchandtheKingofEngland,thefar-reachingmovementof___tookplaceinEngland,startedbyHenryVIII.

27.After___inEngland,thehelpless,dispossessedpeasants,beingcompelledtoworkatalowwage,becamehiredlaborersforthemerchants.