1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A.ChristianB.knightlyC.GreekD.primitive2. In The song of Beowulf , Beowulf fought against _______.A. GrendelB. a knightC. HrothgarD. Sir Gawain3. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___.A.Piers PlowmanB.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC.Confessio AmantisD.The Canterbury Tales4. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B.The speaker satirizes human vanity.C.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D.The speaker meditates on man's salvation.5. John Milton was the writer of ______A. Paradise lostB. The Pilgrims progressC. TessD. Emma6. The greatest of all English authors is _______A. William ShakespeareB. Charles Dickens C, Thomas Hardy D. Robert Frost7. Of all the 18thcentury novelists, _______ and Tobias Gorge Smollet may be regard as the real founders of the genre of the bourgeois realistic novel in England and Europe.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. Joseph AddisonD. Richard Steel8. The most outstanding figure of English sentimentalism was _____A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. Joseph Addisonurence Sterne9. The most outstanding figure of the epoch of Enlightenment in England was ______.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Jonathan Swift c. Thomas Grey D. Richard Steel10. Daniel Defoe was the writer of ______A. Gulliver’s TravelsB. Robinson CrusoeC. Jane EyreD. A Modest Proposal11. Gulliver’s Travels was written by ______.A. Laurence SterneB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. Oliver Goldsmith12. Tom Jones was written by _____A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Jonathan Swift c. Thomas Grey D. Henry Feilding13. The songs of Innocence was written by ____A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Robert BurnsD. J.Keats14. With the publication of William Wordsworth’s _____ in collaboration with S.T. Colerige, romanticism began to bloom and found a firm place in the history of English literature.A. The CloudB. To a Sky-larkC. to AutumnD. Lyrical Ballads15.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!” is an epigrammatic line by __.A.J.KeatsB.W.BlakeC.W.WordsworthD.P.B.Shelley16. ______ was Byron’s greatest work.A. Don JuanB.She Walks in BeautyC. CainD. Manfred.17.Ulysses (1922) is generally acknowledged to be ______’s masterpiece and a typical example of stream of consciousness technique.A. James JoyceB. Virginia WoolfC.D. h. Lawrence D. Charles Dickens18. The Title Vanity Fair was borrowed by Thackeray from the_____ by Bunyan.A. Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Canterbury TalesC. Paradise LostD. Beowulf19.___is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.A.Jane EyreB.EmmaC.Wuthering HeightsD.Middlemarch20.The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.wrence'sB.J.Galsworthy'sC.W.Thackeray’sD.T.Hardy’s21.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ___ in the American literary histrory.A.individual feelingsB.idea of survival of the fittestC.strong imaginationD.return to nature22. _______ has been entitled the father of American Poetry.A.Philip FreneauB. Anne BradstreetC. William Cullen BryantD. Edgar Ellen Poe23. ________ was the first American writer of imaginative literature accepted by European readers.A. Edgar Ellen PoeB. Anne BradstreetC. William Cullen BryantD. Washington Irving.24. _______was considered as the first genuine American novelist who opened the new horizon of the frontier for literary works, widened the theme for fictional writings.A. James Fenimore CooperB. Anne BradstreetC. William Cullen BryantD. Washington Irving.25. Annabel Lee was written by _______.A.Philip FreneauB. Anne BradstreetC. William Cullen BryantD. Edgar Ellen Poe26. The Eighteenth Century was definitely an age of ___________.A.poetryB. novelC. dramaD.prose27_____ is widely regarded as the summit not only of Melville’s art, but also of the 19th century American fiction.A. the Scarlet LetterB. Moby DickC. Rip Van WinkleD. Sister Carrie28. Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of __, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A.blank verseB.heroic coupletC.free verseD.iambic pentameter29.Hester Pryme, Dimmsdale,Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in ___.A.The Scarlet LetterB.The House of the Seven GablestC.The Portrait of a LadyD.The pioneers30. The greatest of Scottish poets is ________A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Robert BurnsC. William ShakespeareD. John MiltonⅡMultiple Choice。