(完整版)英国文学史测试题(全)

1、英国文学史1.The statement“ Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability” openwell-known essays by_.Francis Bacon Samuel Johnson Alexander Pope Jonathan Swift 参考答案 Francis Bacon2.When he died, Chaucer was buried in _ the Poets Corner.Westminster AbbeyNormandyCanterburySouthwark参考答案 Westminster

2、 Abbey3.Among the great MiddleEnglish poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for hisproduction of.Piers PlowmanSir Gawain and the Green KnightConfessio AmantisThe Canterbury Tales参考答案 The Canterbury Tales4.The first mention of Robin Hood in literature is in Langlands _.The Legend of Good WomanThe Vison of

3、 Piers the PlowmanBoewulfFables参考答案 The Vison of Piers the Plowman5.Which literary genra does Sir Gawain and the Green Knight belong to?epicromancenovelprose参考答案 romance6.English literature at the Anglo-Norman Period was also a combination of _ andSaxonelements.LatinGreekEnglishFrench参考答案 French7.In

4、 the 14th century, the two most important writers are_ and ChaucerCaedmonCynewulfLanglandShakespeare参考答案 Langland8.Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of Beowulf?HrothgatHeorotGrendelBeowulf参考答案 Grendel9.The most important work of_is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles,w

5、hich is regardedas the best monument of the old English prose.Alfred the GreatCaedmonCynewulfVenerable Bede参考答案 Alfred the Great10.The epic, The Song of Beowulf, represents the spirit of_.monksromanticistssentimentalistspagan参考答案 pagan11.The sentence“ Shall I compare thee to a summer s day ?ing”line

6、istheof beginnone of Shakespeares .comediestragedieshistoriessonnets参考答案 sonnets112.In his literary development, Chaucer was influenced by three literatures, which one is not true?French literature Italian literature English literature German litereature 参考答案 German litereature13.Who is the father o

7、f English poetry and one of the greatest narrative poets of English?Geoffrey ChaucerMartin LutherWilliam LanglandJohn Gower参考答案 Geoffrey Chaucer14.In the 15th century, there is only one important prose writer whose namen is_.He wrote an important work called Le Morte dArthur.Thomas MarloryLanglandCh

8、aucerAdam Bede参考答案 Thomas Marlory16._s Essays is the first example of that genre in English literature, whichhas been highly esteemed.John DonneJohn MiltonFrancis BaconEdmund Spenser参考答案 Francis Bacon17.In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called _.heroic coupletquatrainSpenserian stanzaterza ri

9、ma参考答案 quatrain18.In the first part of Gullivers Travels, Gulliver told his experience in _.LilliputBrobdingnagHouyhnhnmEngland参考答案 Lilliput19.is the successful religious allegory in the English language .The Pilgrim s ProgressGrace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersThe Life and Death of Mr. BadmanTh

10、e Holy War参考答案 The Pilgrim s Progress20.Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of RobinsonGrusoe, of York, Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe)by.Jonathan SwiftDaniel DefoeGeorge Eliot参考答案 Daniel Defoe21.Which of the following is NOT typical of metaphysical poetry best r

11、epresented byJohn Donnes works?Common speechConceitArgumentRefined Language参考答案 Common speech22.The linesDeath ,butnotproud,though some have clledthee/Mightyandpowerful,for thou are not so are found in_.William Wordsworths writingsJohn Keats writingsJohn Donnes writingsPercy Bysshe Shelleys writings

12、参考答案 John Donnes writings23.The story of Paradise Lost is taken from _.a legendBiblean epica folklore参考答案 Bible224.The 18th century witnessed a new literary formthe modern English novel, which,contrary to the medieval romance, gives a _ presentation of life of thecommon people.romanticrealisticproph

13、eticidealistic参考答案 realistic25.As a whole, _is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms andsatires of all aspects in the then English and European life socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally.Moll FlandersGulliver s TravelsPilgrim s ProgressThe Sc

14、hool for Scandal参考答案 Gulliver s Travels26.Jonathan SwiftsGullivers Travels gives an unparalleled_depiction of thevices of his age.religiousromanticsatiricalcomic参考答案 satirical27.The ture subject of John Donnes poem,“ The Sun Rising,” is to _.A.attack the sun as an unruly servantB.give compliments to

15、 the mistress and her power of beautyC.criticize the suns intrusion into the lovers private lifeD.lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie参考答案 give compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty28.In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a (n) _ of theBennet

16、 family.high opiniongreat admirationlow opinionerroneous view我的答案 low opinion29.Which of the following is taken from John Keats “ Ode on a Grecian Urn”?A.“ I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!”B.“ They are both gone up to the church to pray.”C.“ Earth has not anythingto show more fair.”D.“ Beaut

17、y is truth, truth beauty” . 我的答案 “ Beauty is truth, truth beauty” .30.And where are they? And where art thou,/ My country? On thou voiceless shore/ The heroic lay is tuneless now-/The heroic bossom beats no more!(George Gordon Byron, Don Juan) In the above stanaz, art thou literally means_.art youar

18、e thoughart thoughare you我的答案 are you31.Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of _ adventuresor other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.ChristianknightlyGreekprimitive我的答案 knightly332.Which of the following descriptions of Gothic Novels is NOT cor

19、rect?A.It predominated in the early eighteenth century.B.It was one phase of the Romantic movement.C.Its principal elements are violence, horror and the supernatural.D.Works like The Mysteries of Udolpho and Frankenstein are typical Gothic romance.我的答案 It predominated in the early eighteenth century

20、.33. “ Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewedand digested;” ( Of Studies). Here Bacon compares reading to.walkingeatingdrinkingacting我的答案 eating34.Daniel Defoe describes _ as a typical English middle-class man of the18thcentury,the very prototype of the empire

21、 builder or the pioneer colonist.Robinson CrusoeMoll FlandersGulliverTom Jones我的答案 Robinson Crusoe35. _ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became thefoundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.Ben JonsonSamuel JohnsonAlexander PopeJohn Dryden我的答案 Samuel Johnson36.Donne

22、 s famous analogy of parting lovers to a drawing compass affords a primeexample of.dramatic styleexaggerationparadoxconceit我的答案 conceit37.Which of the following shows in a more implicit way that the poet was touched by the song of the solitary reaper?I listened, motionless land stillWill no one tell

23、 me what she sings ?I saw her singing at her work.The music in my heart I bore.我的答案 I listened, motionless land still38.What is his name?”“ Bingley.”“ Is he married or single?”“ Oh! Single, my dear,sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thingfor our girls!” Th

24、e above dialogue must be taken from_.Jane Austen s Pride and PrejudiceEmily Bronte s Wuthering HeightsJohn Galsworthy s The Forsyte SagaGeorge Eliot s Middlemarch我的答案 Jane Austen s Pride and Prejudice39.The English Renaissance period was an age of _ .poetry and drama drama and novel novel and poetry

25、 romance and poetry 我的答案 poetry and drama40.The well-known soliloquy by Hamlet“ To be , or not to be shows his_.hatred for his unclelove for lifeinner- striferesolution of revenge我的答案 inner- strife441.In his essay “ OfStudies,” Baconsaid: “ Somebooks are to be tasted, others to beswallowed, and some

26、 few to be chewed and_.”skimmedperfectedimitateddigested我的答案 digested42.Beowulf, the oldest great long poem ever written in English, is composed in a formof.epicslyricsfolk songssagas我的答案 epics43. ” _” is the cooperative work of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge.Tintern AbbeyThe Rime of the An

27、cient MarinerLyrical BalladsPrelude我的答案 Lyrical Ballads44._ is central to Blake concerns in his Songs of Innocence and Songs ofExperience.PoliticsReligionChildhoodManhood我的答案 Childhood45.Shakespeare wrote _sonnets.125154245138我的答案 15446. “ So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So longivesl

28、this , and this giveslife to thee.” (Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does“ this ” refer to ?LoverTimeSummerPoetry我的答案 Poetry47.Keats was born in the family of a _.landlordapothecarystable keeperdoctor我的答案 stable keeper48.In Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Thomas Gray compares the common folk wi

29、th the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if theyhad had the.chancelovemoneymaterial sources我的答案 chance49.In _, Shakespearehas not only made a profound analysis of the socialcrisis in which the evils can be seen everywhere, but also criticized the bourgeois egoism.HamletOthel

30、loKing LearMacbeth我的答案 King Lear50.Poetry is spontaneouswas put forward by _.Robert BurnsWilliam BlakeWilliam WordsworthCharles Lamb我的答案 William Wordsworth551.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT .A.the using of everyday language spoken by the common people.B.the e

31、xpression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.C.the humble and rustic life as subject matter.D.elegant wordings and inflated figures of speech.我的答案 elegant wordings and inflated figures of speech.52.Portia,theheroinein_isoneofShakespearesidealwomen-beautiful,prudent,cultured and capable

32、 of rising to an emergency.The Merchant of VeniceAs You Like ItKing LearTwelfth Night我的答案 The Merchant of Venice53.The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by _.SurreyWyattSidneyShakespeare我的答案 Wyatt54.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem written in the form of.balladsonnetheroic

33、 coupletSpenserian stanza我的答案 ballad55.The most significant idea of the Renaissance is_.humanismrealismnaturalismskepticism我的答案 humanism56.What flourished in Elizabenthan age more than any other form of literature?noveldramaessaypoetry我的答案 drama57.The phrase“ to urge people to abide by Christian doc

34、trines and to seek salvationthrough constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils”may well sum up the implied meaning of _.Gullivers TravelsThe Rape of the LockRobinson CrusoeThe pilgrims Progress我的答案 The pilgrims Progress58.The_was a progressive intellectual movement th

35、roughout Western Europein the 18th century.RomanticismHumanismEnlightenmentSentimentalism我的答案 Enlightenment59. “ Byronic hero” is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT？.being proudbeing rebelliousbeing of humble originbeing mysterious我的答案 being of humble origin60.John Bunyan sPilgrimProgress isoft

36、en regarded as a typicalexampleof_.allegoryromanceepic in prosefable我的答案 allegory661.The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gullivers Travels are _.A.horses that are endowed with reasonB.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC.giants that are superior in wisdomD.hairy,wild, low and

37、despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only inappearance but also in some other ways.我的答案 horses that are endowed with reason62._ is the first important religious poet in English literature.CynewulfCaedmonShakepeareAdam Bede我的答案 Caedmon63.Which of these is not a song written by Robert B

38、urns?A Red, Red RoseAuld Lang SyneTo a MouseSpring and Fall我的答案 Spring and Fall64.The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, is often saidn to be concerned with thesearch for _.self-fulfilmentspiritual salvationmaterial wealthuniversal truth我的答案 spiritual salvation65.The unquenchable spirit of Robinson C

39、rusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence on a lonely island reflects .A.man s desire to return tonatureB.the author s criticism of the colonizationC.the ideal of the rising bourgeoisieD.the aristocrats disillusionment of the harsh social reality 我的答案 the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie66

40、.John Miltons greatest poetical work _ is the only generally acknowledgedepic in English literarure since Beowulf.AreopagiticaParadise LostLycidasSamson Agonistes我的答案 Paradise Lost67.Which of the following is NOT typical of metaphysical poetry best represented by John Donne s works?Common speech.Con

41、ceit.Argument.Refined language.我的答案 Common speech.68.Generally , the Renaissancerefers to the period between the 14th and mid-17thcenturies, its essence is.sciencephilosophyartshumanism我的答案 humanism69. “ Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is ” (Ode to the West Wind )This showsShelly s wish to be a

42、propagator of revolutionary ideassinger enjoying great fameman who can wander freelyheroic fighter in the forest我的答案 propagator of revolutionary ideas770._ is a typical feature of Swifts writings.Elegant styleBitter satireCasual narrationComplicated sentence structure参考答案 Bitter satire72.Gothic nove

43、ls are mostly stories of , which take place in some haunted ordilapidated Middle Age castles .love and marriagesea adventuresmystery and horrorsaints and martyrs参考答案 mystery and horror73.Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that _.A.the former celebrates reason, ratio

44、nality, order and instruction while the lattersees literature as an expression of an individual s feelings and experiencesB.the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC.the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse themiddle class for political rights while the

45、latter is concerned with the personalcultivation.D.the former advocates the return to nature whereas the latter turns to the ancientGreek and Roman writers for its models 参考答案 the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while thelatter sees literature as an expression of an indi

46、vidual s feelings and experiences74.ThemostimportantrepresentativeworkbyJonathanSwiftis“ _ ”.A Tale of a TubThe Battle of the BooksA Modest ProposalGulliver s Travels参考答案 Gulliver s Travels75._was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature .Thomas Wyatt William Shakespeare Henry Howar

47、d John Lyly 参考答案 Thomas Wyatt76.John Milton is a great poet in the _ Period.RenaissanceNeoclassicalRomanticRealist参考答案 Renaissance77.The sonnet “ Death Be Not Proud ” is written in the strict pattern. It reveals the poet belief that .A.Shakespearean, death is only a sleep, after which we live eterna

48、llyB.Petrarchan, death is but momentary while happiness after death is eternal.C.Elizabethan, death is not as strong as people think he isD.Portuguese, death is like a long sleep that offers final peace for the soul我的答案 Petrarchan, death is but momentary while happiness after death is eternal.8“ Let

49、not Ambition mock their useful toil,/Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;/Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile /The short and simple annals of the poor. ” The above lines are taken fromA.Alexander Pope s Essay on CriticismB.Coleridge s “ Kubla Khan ”C.John Donne s “ The Sun Rising”D.Thomas Gray s “ Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”我的答案 Thomas Gray s “ Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”79.