英國文學選擇題

英國文學選擇題

Old&MedievalAges

ThemostfamouscycleofEnglishballadscentersonthestoriesaboutalegendaryoutlawcalled

Morted'Arthur

RobinHood

TheCanterburyTales

PiersthePlowman

ThestoryofistheculminationoftheArthurianromances.

SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

Beowulf

PiersthePlowman

TheCanterburyTales

3.Inhisliterarydevelopment,Chaucerwasinfluencedbythreeliteratures,whichoneisnotincluded?

Frenchliterature

Italianliterature

Englishliterature

Germanliterature

Itisalonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousa

comprehensivere；alisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflife.

GeoffreyChaucer

MartinLuther

WilliamShakespeare

JohnGower

Chaucer'searliestworkofanylengthishis,atranslationofFrenchRomandelaRoseby

GaillaumedeLorrisandJeandeMeung,whichwasaloveallegoryenjoyingwidespreadpopularityinthe13thand14thcenturiesnotonlyinFrancebutthroughtoutEurope.

TroilusandCriseyde

RomanceoftheRose

ARed,RedRose

PiersthePlowman

,isatypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenationalepicof

theAnglo-Saxons.

TheWife'sComplaint

Beowulf

TheDreamoftheRood

TheSeafarer

7.ln1066,,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.

WilliamtheConqueror

JuliusCaesar

AlfredtheGreatD.Claudius

ChaucerdiedonOctober25th,1400,andwasburiedin.

Flanders

France

ltaly

WestminsterAbbey

lnhislifetimeChaucerservedinagreatvarietyofoccupationsthathadimpactonthewide

rangeofhiswritings.Whichoneisnothiscareer?.

engineer

officeholder

ambassador

Legislator

Romance,whichusesverseorprosetodescribetheadventuresandlifeoftheknights,isthe

popularliteraryformin.

Romanticism

Renaissance

medievalperiod

Anglo-Saxonperiod

11.OneofChaucer'smaincontributionstoEnglishpoetryis.

heintroducedtherhymedstanzasfromFrancetoEnglishpoetry

hecreatedstrikingbrilliantpanoramaofhistimeandhiscountry

hewroteinblankverse

hewasthefirsttowritesonnet

,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,was

borninLondoninabout1340.

GeoffreyChaucer

SirGawain

FrancisBacon

JohnDryden

ChaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemnamedbasedonBoccaccio'spoem

“Filostrato”.

TheLegendofGoodWomen

TroilusandCriseyde

SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

Beowulf

Thethemeoftokingandlordwasrepeatedlyemphasizedinromances.

loyalty

revolt

obedience

Mockery

15.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter(poet)is.

Langland

Wycliffe

Gower

Chaucer

TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureis.

novel

drama

romance

Essay

ThemostimportantworkofisTheAnglo-SaxonChronicles,whichisregardedasthe

bestmomumentoftheoldEnglishprose.

AlfredtheGreat

Caedmon

Cynewulf

VenerableBede

AftertheNormanConquest,threelanguagesexistedinEnglandatthattime.TheNormans

spoke.

French

English

Latin

Swedish

19.Shakespeare'sgreatesttragediesarethefollowingworksexcept.

Hamlet

KingLear

RomeoandJuliet

Othello

20.made“blankverse”theprincipalvehicleofexpressioninEnglishdrama.

BenJohnson

WilliamShakespeare

ThomasMore

ChristopherMarlowe

21.Shakespeare'splayswrittenbetweenaresometimescalled“romances”andallendin

reconciliationandreunion.

1590and1599

1595and1600

1601and1608

1609and1612

Lyly

Peele

Greene

Marlowe

23.Shakespeareisoneofthefoundersof

romanticism

realism

naturalism

Classicism

TheRenaissance

1.Shakespeareisoneofthefoundersof__B__.

romanticism

realism

naturalism

Classicism

___B__foundedtheTudorDynasty,acentralizedmonarchyofatotallynewtype,whichmettheneedsoftherisingbourgeoisie.

HenryV

HenryVII

HenryVIII

JamesI

TheabsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignof__D___.

HenryV.

HenryVII

HenryVIII

QueenElizabethI

Lyly

Peele

Greene

Marlowe

5.ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover_A_,theroutofthefleet“Armada”(Invincible)wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.

Spajn

France

America

Norway

6.Shakespeare'splayswrittenbetween__D___aresometimescalled“romances”andallendinreconciliationandreunion.

1590and1599

1595and1600

1601and1608

1609and1612

__D__made“blankverse”theprincipalvehicleofexpressioninEnglishdrama.

BenJohnson

WilliamShakespeare

ThomasMore

ChristopherMarlowe

8.Shakespeare'sgreatesttragediesarethefollowingworksexcept__C__.

Hamlet

KingLear

RomeoandJuliet

Othello

___C___wasthefounderofEnglishmaterialistphilosophyandmodernscience.

W.Shakespeare

ThomasMore

FrancisBacon

EdmundSpenser

ThePeriodofRevolutionandRestoration

1.Shakespeare'sgreatestcomediesarethefollowingworksexcept__C

Asyoulikeit

ThemerchantofVenice

Muchadoaboutnothing

TwelfthNight

2.___D__isnotwrittenbyJohnMilton.

SamsonAgonists

ParadiseLost

Paradiseregained

Tamburlaine

andcapableofrisingtoanemergency.

__C__isthemostsuccessfulreligiousallegoryintheEnglishlanguage.

ParadiseLost

TheHolyWar

ThePilgrim'sprogress

Exodus

EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof__B___.

proseandnovel

poetryanddrama

essaysandjournals

balladsandsongs

Fromthefollowing,choosetheonewhichisnotFrancisBacon'swork.

TheAdvancementofLearning

TheNewInstrument

Essays

TheNewAtlantics

TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama.Itwas

D___whomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.

EdmundSpenser

ThomasMore

WilliamShakespeare

ChristopherMarlowe

8.InTheLegendofGoodWomen,ChaucerusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameter,whichistobecalledlater_B_.

TheSpenserianstanza

Theheroiccouplet

Theblankverse

Thefreeverse

___AwasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.

ThomasWyatt

WilliamShakespeare

PhilipSidney

ThomasCampion

TheperiodoftheoldEnglishliteratureextendsfromabout450to1066,theyearofthe_B_ofEngland.

religiousReformation

NormanConquest

RomanInvasion

thecentralizationofpower

InAnglo-Saxonperiod,“Beowulf”representedthe___A__poetry.

pagan

religious

romantic

Sentimental

__A__isthefounderofMetaphysicalpoetry.

AJohnDonne

GeorgeHerbert

AndreMarvell

HenryVaughan

ThegreatestpoetoftheMiddleEnglishperiodis___A__,thefatherofEnglishpoetry.

GeoffreyChaucer

JohnLyly

WilliamLangland

JohnMilton

__B__,isatypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.

TheWife'sComplaint

Beowulf

TheDreamoftheRood

TheSeafarer

Milton'sParadiseLosttookitsmaterialfrom___A.

theBible

Greekmyth

Romanmyth

Frenchromance

Whichplayisnotacomedy?D

AMidsummerNight'sDream

TheMerchantofVenice

TwelfthNight

RomeoandJuliet

Apartfromoriginalpoems,ChaucertranslatedvariousworksofFrenchauthors,amongthem

isthefamous“B”.

TheCanterburyTales

TheRomanceoftheRose

TheParliamentofFowls

TheHouseofFame

Thefollowingbelongtothecharacteristicsof'metaphysicalpoetry'representedby'JohnDonne'except__D_.

Conceits

Actualimageryandsimplediction

Argumentativeform

Elegantstyle

___D__,asadeclarationofpeople'sfreedomofthepress,hasbeenaweaponinthelaterdemocraticrevolutionarystruggles.

OntheMorningofChrist'sNativity

Comus

OfReformationinEngland

Areopagitica

20.It'sChauceralonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishSocietyinhismasterpieceA.

TheCanterburyTales

TheLegendofGoodWomen

TroilusandCriseyde

TheRomauntoftheRose.

AgeofEnlightenment

__B__compiledtheADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewhichbecamethefoundationofallthesubsequentEnglishdictionaries.

BenJohnson

Samue門ohnson

AlexanderPope

JohnDryden

The18thcenturywitnessedthatinEnglandthereappearedtwopoliticalparties,___A___,whichweresatirizedbyJonathanSwiftinhisGulliver'sTravels.

theWhigsandtheTories

thesenateandtheHouseofRepresentatives

TheupperHouseandlowerHouse

theHouseofLordsandtheHouseofCommons

_D_wasanintellectualmovementinthefirsthalfofthe18thcentury.

TheEnclosureMovement

TheIndustrialRevolution

TheReligiousReform

TheEnlightenment

___C___isatypicalfeatureofSwift'swritings.

Elegantstyle

Causalnarration

Bittersatire

Complicatedsentencestructure

___C___isnotwrittenbyWilliamBlake.

TheMarriageofHeavenandHell

SongsofExperience

AuldLangSyne

PoeticalSketches

Ofallthe18thcenturynovelists_A__wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespeciallya“comicepicinprose.”

HenryFielding

DanielDefoe

JonathanSwift

JohnBunyan

WhichisthemostpopularnewspaperpublishedbySteele?A

TheTatler

TheSpectator

TheTheatre

TheEnglish

__B__wastheonlyimportantdramatistofthe18thcentury,inhisplays,moralityistheconstanttheme.

AlexanderPope

RichardBrinsleySheridan

SamuelJohnson

GeorgeBernardShaw

HenryFielding'snovel__B__waswritteninconnectionwithPamelaofSamuelRichardson.Butafterthefirst10chapters,HenryFieldingbecamesointerestedandabsorbedinhisownhovelastoforgethisoriginalplanofridiculingPamela.

TomJones

BJosephAndrews

JonathanWild

Amelia

WhichplayisregardedasthebestEnglishcomedysinceShakespeare?C

SheStoopstoConquer

TheRivals

TheSchoolforScandal

TheConsciousLovers

"Asshadesmoresweetlyrecommendthelight,Somodestplainnesssetsoffsprightlywit:For

worksmayhavemorewitthandoes'emgood,Asbodiesperishthroughexcessofblood.”Withtheabovelines,Popetriestosaythat.

plainnessismoreimportantthanwitinpoetry

toomuchwitwilldestroygoodpoetry

plainnesswillmakewitdull

witwillmakebetterpoetry

The18thcenturywasthegoldenageoftheEnglish__D_.Thenovelofthisperiodspokethetruthaboutlifewithanuncompromising(unbending)courage.

drama

poetry

essay

novel

Inwhichofthefollowingworkscanyoufindthepropernames“Lilliput”,“Brobdingnag”,“Houyhnhnm”and“Yahoo”?C

ThePilgrim'sProgress

TheFaerieQueene

Gulliver'stravels

TheSchoolofScandal

__A__thefirstimportantworkbyTobiasSmollett,isbasedonhisownexperienceasanavaldoctorandinpartautobiographical.

RoderickRandom

HumphryClinker

PeregrinePickle

ASentimentalJourney

__D__werelookeduponasthemodelofEnglishcompositionbyBritishauthorsallthroughthe18thcentury.

JeremyTaylor'sHolyLiving

ThomasBrowne'sReligioMeidic

SamuelPepys'sdiaries

Addison'sSpectatoressays

__B__hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishnovel”forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.

JohnBunyan

HenryFielding

DanielDefoe

JohnathanSwift

Whichofthefollowingnovelsisnotepistolary(writteninletterform)novels?D

ClarissaHarlowe

Pamela

SirCharlesGrandison

TomeJones

Thesentenceof“Theplowmanhomewardplodshiswearyway,/Andleavestheworldtodarknessandtome”iswrittenby__C__.

WilliamCowper

GeorgeCrabbe

ThomasGray

WilliamBlake

19.InaseriesofpamphletsJonathanSwiftdenouncedthecruelandunjusttreatmentofIrelandbytheEnglishgovernment.Oneofthemostfamousis_B___.

EssaysonCriticism

AModestProposal

Gulliver'sTravels

TheBattleoftheBooks

WhichofthefollowingworksarenotwrittenbyOliverGoldsmith?__D__.

TheTraveller

TheDesertedVillage

TheVicarofWakefield

TheSchoolforScandal

ThemostimportantclassicistintheEnlightenmentMovementis___C__.

Steele

Addison

Pope

Dryden

Themainliterarystreamofthe18thcenturywas__C__.Whatthewritersdescribedintheirworksweremainlysocialrealities.

romanticism

classicism

realism

Sentimentalism

TheliteratureoftheEnlightenmentinEnglandmainlyappealedtothe__B__readers.

aristocratic

middleclass

lowclass

intellectual

__C__founditsrepresentativewritersinthefieldofpoetry,suchasEdwardYoungandThomasGray,butitmanifesteditselfchieflyinthenovelsofLawrenceSterneandOliverGoldsmith.

Pre-romanticism

Romanticism

Sentimentalism

Naturalism

RomanticPeriod

“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortune,must

beinwantofaC.”ThisquotationinAusten'sPrideandPrejudicesetsthetoneofthe

novel.

house

title

wife

Fame

__D___isconsideredthefatherofhistoricalnovelistintheEnglishRomanticAge.

JaneAusten

CharlesLamb

WilliamHazlitt

WalterScott

ThebestessayistintheEnglishRomanticAgeis__C___.

Keats

WalterScott

CharlesLamb

WilliamHazlitt

EnglishRomanticism,asahistoricalphaseofliterature,isgenerallysaidtohavebegunwiththepublicationofWordsworthandColeridge's__C___.

PoeticalSketches

ADefenceofPoetry

LyricalBallads

ThePrelude

AmongthefollowingBritishRomanticpoets___B___isregardedasa“worshipperofnature”.

WilliamBlake

WilliamWordsworth

GeorgeGordonByron

JohnKeats

Inhispoem“Tyger,Tyger,”WilliamBlakeexpresseshisperceptionofthe“fearfulsymmetry”ofthebigcat.Thephrase“fearfulsymmetry”suggestsD___.

thetiger'stwoeyeswhicharedazzlinglybrightandsymmetricallyset

thepoet'sfearofthepredator

theanalogyofthehammerandtheanvil

theharmonyofthetwooppositeaspectsofGod'screation

ThroughthecharacterofElizabeth,JaneAustenemphasizestheimportanceofC__for

woman.

marriage

physicalattractiveness

independenceandself-confidence

submissivecharacter

“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind!”isanepigrammaticlineby_D_.

J.Keats

W.Blake

W.Wordsworth

P.B.Shelley

__A__livedthelongestlife.

Wordsworth

Byron

Shelley

Keats

BestofalltheRomanticwell-knownlyricpiecesisShelley's___D__.

“TheCloud”

“ToaSkylark”

“OdetoaNightingale”

“OdetotheWestWind”

LiteratureofNeoclassicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthatB.

theformerisheavilyreligiousbutthelattersecular

theformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelatterseesliteratureasanexpressionofanindividual'sfeelingandexperiences

theformerisanintellectualmovement,thepurposeofwhichistoarousethemiddleclassforpoliticalrightswhilethelatterisconcernedwiththepersonalcultivation

theformeradvocatesthe“returntonature”whereasthelatterturnstotheancientGreekandRomanwritersforitsmodels.

JaneAusten'smainliteraryconcernisabout___A__.

humanbeingsintheirpersonalrelationships

thelo