英国文学知识120题1._____is a folk legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes, it isa long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people.A.BeowulfB.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC.The Canterbury TalesD.King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table2.The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of the _____.A. Romeo and JulietB. The Faerie QueenC. TamburlaineD. The Canterbury Tales3. The group of Shakespeare plays known as “romance” or “reconciliantion plays” is _____.A. Merchant of Venice, As You Like ItB. The Tempest, Pericles, The Winter’s TaleC. Romeo and Juliet, Antony and CleopatraD. The Merry Wives of Winsor, Twelfth Night4. Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?A. Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King LearB. Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, MacbethC. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD. Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens5. Which of the following is not the work of Francis Bacon?A. Advancement of LearningB. New InstrumentC. Songs of InnocenceD. Essays6. At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, _____is the founder of metaphysical poetry.A. Ben JohnsonB. John MiltonC. John BunyanD. John Donne7. Daniel Defoe is a famous_____.A. poetB. novelistC. playwrightD. essayist8. “He has a servant called Friday.”“He” in the quoted sentence is a character in _____.A. Henry Fielding’s Tom JonesB. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s ProgressC. Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for ScandalD. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe9. Gulliver’s Travels was written by_____.A. Daniel DefoeB. Charles DickensC. Jonathan SwiftD. Joesph Addison10. William Wordsworth is generally known as a _____poet.A. romanticB. realisticC. naturalisticD. neo-classic1-10 A D B C C D B D C A11. “Ode to the west wind” was written by the author of _____.A. “I wandered lonely as a cloud”B. “Kubla Khan”C. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”D. “A Defence of Poetry”12. Which of the following poets does not belong to the school of romantic poets?A. William WordsworthB. Percy Bysshe ShelleyC. George Gordon ByronD. John Donne13. Charles Dickens wrote all of the following except _____.A. Oliver TwistB. David CopperfieldC. A Tale of Two CitiesD. Heart of Darkness14. “A Red, Red Rose” was written by _____.A. Alexandra PopB. Robert BurnsC. William BlakeD. John Keats15. Pip is the character of Charles Dickens’ novel _____.A. Oliver TwistB. David CopperfieldC. A Tale of Two CitiesD. Great Expectations16. Sense and Sensibility is a _____ by _____.A. play … Jane AustenB. novel… Jane AustenC. play … Emily BronteD. novel … Anne Bronte17. In reading Shakespeare, you must have come across the line “To be or not to be---that is the question” by _____.A. Iago in OthelloB. Lear in King LearC. Shylock in the Merchant of VeniceD. Hamlet in Hamlet18. Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” is composed in the form of a(n) _____.A. dramatic monologueB. extended metaphorC. syllogistic argumentD. dialogue19. Thomas Hardy wrote novels of _____.A. character and environmentB. pure romanceC. “stream of consciousness”D. psychoanalysis20. “Wessex novels” refers to the novels written by _____.A. Charles DickensB. D. H. LawrenceC. James JoyceD. Thomas Hardy11-20 A D D B D B D A A D21. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s _____.A. comediesB. tragediesC. sonnetsD. histories22. The three dialects spoken by _____ _____ and _____ mixed into a single language called Anglo-Saxon, or old English.A. Anglos, Saxons, JutesB. Anglos, Saxons, IrishC. Anglos, Saxons, ScottishD. Anglos, Saxons, Welsh23. _____ contribution to English lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in Iambic meter--- the Heroic couplet-to English poetry.A. William Shakespeare’sB. Geoffrey Chaucer’sC. Thomas More’sD. Edmund Spenser’s24. Spenserian Stanza is a form of poetry first employed by Edmund Spenser in his long poetry _____.A. The Faerie QueeneB. The Shepherd’s CalendarC. EpihalamionD. Amoretti25. Francis Bacon is a _____.A. poetB. playwrightC. essayistD. novelist26. We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley’s poem “Ode to the West Wind” with all the following terms except _____.A. tamedB. swiftC. proudD. wild27. The novel starts with “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” This novel is Jane Austen’s _____.A. EmmaB. PersuasionC. Sense and SensibilityD. Pride and Prejudice28. 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.A. Charles Dickens’sB. D. H. Lawrence’sC. Thomas Hardy’sD. John Galsworthy’s29. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you.”The above quoted passage is most probably taken from _____.A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD. Great Expectations30. Which of the Following is not one of the Bronte Sisters?A. Charlotte BronteB. Anne BronteC. Jenny BronteD. Emily Bronte21-30 C A B A C A D B B C31. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress is a(n) _____.A. allegoryB. romanceC. comedy of mannersD. realistic novel32. Which of the following can not be used to describe John Dryden?A. poetB. playwrightC. essayistD. novelist33. “Conceit” was wildly used by the _____poets.A. metaphysicalB. romanticC. religiousD. realistic34. Of the many contemporaries and successors of Shakespeare, the most well known was Ben Johnson. He has been chiefly remembered for his _____. The best of which include “Every Man in His Humour”, “Volpone”, and “The Alchemist”.A. tragediesB. comediesC. historiesD. sonnets35. John Milton created Satan the real hero in his poem _____.A. Paradise Lost”B. “Paradise Regained”C. “Agonistes”D. Lycidas36. “University Wits” refers to a group of _____.A. poetsB. playwrightsC. essayistsD. novelists37. Marlowe’s best works includes three of his plays but _____.A. “Tamburlaine”B. “The Jew of Malta”C. “Doctor Faustus”D. “Julius Caesar”38. The author of “The Flea” was the representative of _____ poets.A. religiousB. romanticC. metaphysicalD. realistic39. “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.”Is one of the epigrams found in _____.A. Bacon’s “Of Studies”B. Bunyan’s “The Pilgrim’s Progress”C. Fiedlding’s “Tom Jones”D. Johnson’s “A Dictionary of the English Language”40. In the line “So long lives this, and this gives life to thee” of Sonnet 18, Shakespeare _____.A. meditates on man’s mortalityB. eulogizes the power of artistic creationC. satirizes human vanityD. presents a dream vision31-40 A D A B A B D C A B41. “Utopia” was written by _____.A. Thomas MoreB. Francis BaconC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift42. William Blake wrote all the following except _____.A. Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC. The Marriage of Heaven and HellD. The Tree of Liberty43. “Auld Lang Sygn” was written by the author of _____.A. A Red, Red RoseB. The Sick RoseC. A Rose for EmilyD. Tiger44. All of the following poets except _____ are called “Lake Poets”.A. William WordsworthB. Robert SoutheyC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Percy Bysshe Shelley45. Love for Love is a comedy written by _____.A. William ShakespeareB. Ben JohnsonC. William CongereD. Christopher Marlowe46. Which of the following group of writers are the playwrights of the 17th century?A. Ben Johnson and John Dryden.B. Christopher Marlowe and Daniel Defoe.C. John Milton and Oscar Wilde.D. Ben Johnson and George Bernard Shaw.47. “The poet’s poet” is _____.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. Francis BaconD. John Donne48. “The founder of English poetry” is _____.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. Francis BaconD. John Donne49. “The founder of English materialist philosophy ” is _____.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. Francis BaconD. John Donne50. “The founder of metaphysical school” is _____.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. Francis BaconD. John Donne41-50：A D A D C A B A D51. The representatives of the Enlightenment in English literature were the following writers but _____.A. Joseph AddisonB. Richard SteeleC. William BlakeD. Alexander Pope52. Joseph Addison, Richard Steele and Alexander Pope belonged to the school of _____.A. classicismB. romanticismC. realismD. modernism53. _____ is a didactic poem written in heroic couplets by Alexander Pope. It sums up the art of poetry as taught by Aristotle, Horace, Boileau and the 18th century classicists. It tells the poets and critics to write and appreciate poetry according to the principles set up by the old Greek and Roman writers.A. The DunciadB. The Rap of the RockC. Essay on CriticismD. Essay on Man54. “The three Unities”, formulated by Renaissance dramatists, are the unities of the following elements but _____.A. timeB. placeC. actionD. character55. “The father of the English novel” is _____.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. Francis BaconD. Henry Fielding56. “Tom Jones” was written by _____.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson57. Why is Samuel Johnson called “Dictionary Johnson”?A. Because he knows a lot more than other writers in words.B. Because he often consults an encyclopedia while writing.C. Because he is a master of English language.D. Because he is author of the first English dictionary.58. “The School for Scandal’ is a _____ written by _____.A. Tragedy…Richard Brinsley SheridanB. Comedy…Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Comedy…Samuel JohnsonD. Tragedy…Samuel Johnson59. Oliver Goldsmith’s “The Deserted Village” is a poem of _____.A. transcendentalismB. romanticismC. sentimentalismD. realism60. Oliver Goldsmith’s “The Citizen of the World” was originally published as _____.A. English LettersB. Chinese LettersC. French LettersD. American Letters51-60: C A C D D A D B C B61. “Pamela” by Samuel Richardson is written in forms of _____.A. diaryB. letterC. autobiographyD. reminiscences62. “Clarissa Harlowe” by Samuel Richardson is written in forms of _____.A. diaryB. letterC. autobiographyD. reminiscences63. “The Adventure of Roderick Random” is written by _____.A. Samuel RichardsonB. Tobias SmollettC. Lawrence SterneD. Henry Fielding64. “The Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy” is written by _____.A. Samuel RichardsonB. Tobias SmollettC. Lawrence SterneD. Henry Fielding65. _____ named his own realistic novel as “comic epic in prose”.A. Henry FieldingB. Charles DickensC. Jack LondonD. Tobias Smollett66. “Lyrical Ballads” was written by _____ and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.A. Robert BurnsB. Robert southeyC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe Shelley67. George Gordon Byron was most famous for _____.A. Don JuanB. Ode to the West WindC. Kubla KhanD. Ode to a Nightingale68. George Gordon Byron created a “Byronic hero” firstly in his _____.A. Prometheus UnboundB. Childe Herold’s PilgrimageC. Kubla KhanD. Ode on a Grecian Urn69. Prometheus Unbound was written by _____ who also wrote _____.A. George Gordon Byron…Childe Herold’s PilgrimageB. Percy Bysshe Shelley… Ode to a NightingaleC. George Gordon Byron… Ode to the West WindD. Percy Bysshe Shelley…Ode to the West Wind70. John Keats is the author of _____.A. Ode to a Skylark and Ode to a NightingaleB. Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to the West WindC. Ode to a Nightingale and Ode on a Grecian UrnD. Ode to the West Wind and Ode to a Nightingale61-70: B B B C A C A B D C71. Percy Bysshe Shelley is famous for _____.A. Ode to a Skylark and Ode to a NightingaleB. Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to the West WindC. Ode to a Nightingale and Ode on a Grecian UrnD. Ode to the West Wind and Ode to a Skylark72. “Three or four families in a country village is something to work..”This statement was presented by _____.A. Emily BronteB. Jane AustenC. Mrs. GaskellD. George Eliot73. George Eliot wrote all the following except _____.A. The Mill of FlossB. Silas MarnerC. MiddlemarchD. Agnes Grey74. The novel Vanity Fair was written by _____.A. William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC. O. HenryD. Henry James75. Vanity Fair was a novel written by William Makepeace Thackeray, and the term “vanity fair”firstly appeared in _____ by _____.A. Canterbury Tales…Geoffrey ChaucerB. The Pilgrim’s Progress…John BunyanC. Tome Jones…Henry FieldingD. Dubliners…James Joyce76. The novel Vanity Fair was written by William Makepeace Thackeray who also wrote _____.A. The Way of All LifeB. The History of Henry EsmondC. Sister CarrieD. Howards End77. Barchester Series is a series of novels written by _____.A. BarchesterB. Thomas HardyC. Anthony TrollopeD. Mark Twin78. Erehwon is a satiric novel written by _____.A. Samuel ButlerB. Henry FieldingC. Thomas MoreD. Mark Twin79. In “the Lake Isle of Innisfree” Willaim Butler Yeats express his _____?A. desire to escape from the materialistic societyB. fear caused by the impending warC. interest in the Irish legendD. Love for Maud Gonne, a beautiful Irish actress80. Walter Scott’s historical novels cover a long period of time, from the Middle Ages to 18th century. His work Ivanhoe deals with an epoch of _____ history.A. EnglishB. FrenchC. ScotlandD. Irish71-80: D B D A B B C A A A81. “The Graveyard Poets” got the name because _____.A. they chose to live near graveyardsB. they often wrote about death and melancholyC. they always wrote about dead people.D. they often use “graveyard” as the title.82. It is generally understood that the recurrent theme in many of Thomas Hardy’s novel is _____.A. man against natureB. love and marriageC. social criticismD. fate and destiny83. The Romantic Period in English literature began with the publication of _____.A. William Blake’s Songs of InnocenceB. Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceC. Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s Lyrical BalladsD. Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe84. It is generally regarded that Keats’ most important and mature poems are in the form of _____.A. odeB. elegyC. epicD. sonnet85. G..B. Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a realistic exposure of the _____ in the English society.A. slum landlordismB. inequality between men and womenC. political corruptionD. economic exploitation of women86. The Preface to Shakespeare and Lives of the Poets are the works of critic ______.A. G.B. Shaw B. Samuel JohnsonC. Ben JohnsonD.E.M. Foster87. The Ring and the Book is a masterpiece of _____.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. Thomas HardyD. Ralph Waldo Emerson88. Matthew Arnold is the writer of _____.A. Dover BeachB. My last DuchessC. Break, Break, BreakD. The Eagle89. The writer of Heart of Darkness is also the one of _____.A. Time of MachineB. JimC. Lord JimD. A Passage to India90. Of Human Bondage is a novel by _____.A. Herbert George WellsB. Arnold BennettC. William Somerset MaughamD. John Galsworthy81-90: B D C A D B B A C C91. The Time Machine is a piece of _____.A. science fictionB. detective storyC. picaresque novelsD. historical story92. All of the following but _____ are the plays written by George Bernard Shaw.A. Mr. Warren’s ProfessionB. Saint JoanC. PygmalionD. A Doll’s House93. “The Drama of Ideas” or “The Discussion Play” refers to the plays written by _____.A. George Bernard ShawB. Oscar WildeC. Richard Brinsley SheridanD. Arthur Miller94. The only tragedy of George Bernard Shaw _____ won him the Nobel Prize.A. Mr. Warren’s ProfessionB. Heartbreak HouseC. Saint JoanD. The Doctor’s Dilemma95. The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy by _____.A. George Bernard ShawB. Oscar WildeC. Richard Brinsley SheridandD. William Shakespeare96. Aspect of the Novel was originally a series of lectures delivered at Cambridge by _____. It was one of the most important books on the theory of novel.A. E.M. ForsterB. Mark TwainC. William FaulknerD. Henry James97. All the following writers are the great masters of “stream of consciousness” but ____.A. James JoyceB. Virginia WoolfC. William FaulknerD. Henry James98. The novel of Ulysses is a masterpiece of _____.A. James JoyceB. Virginia WoolfC. William FaulknerD. Henry James99. Possessions was written by _____.A. A. S. ByattB. Doris LessingC. Margaret DrabbleD. Anita Brookner100. Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse are novels of “stream of consciousness”written by _____.A. James JoyceB. Virginia WoolfC. William FaulknerD. Henry James91-100: A D A C B A D A A B101. T.S Eliot is most famous for _____A. The Waste LandB. A VisionC. The Unknown CitizenD. The North Ship102. William Butler Yeats is the writer of the following works but _____.A. A VisionB. The Waste LandC. The TowerD. Responsibilities103. Murder on the Orient Express is written by _____ a novelist of detective fiction.A. Arthur Conan DoyleB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Agatha ChristieD. John Fowels104. Death on the Nile is written by _____ a novelist of detective fiction.A. Arthur Conan DoyleB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Agatha ChristieD. John Fowels105. A Handful of Dust was _____ best novel and it took its title from T.S. Eliot’s The Waster Land (I have seen fear in a handful dust ) and it was a modern Gothic comic-tragedy.A. Graham Greene’sB. Evelyn Waugh’sC. Robert Graves’D. John Fowels’106. Robert Graves wrote all the following novels except _____.A. I, ClaudiusB. Claudius the God and His Wife MessalinaC. Count BelisariusD. The Power and the Glory107. The Power and the Glory was written by _____.A. Graham GreeneB. Evelyn WaughC. Robert GravesD. John Fowels108. Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four were written by _____.A. George OrwellB. William GoldingC. Graham GreeneD. Robert Graves109. Which of the following group of authors is sometimes referred to as belonging to the “angry young man”?A. Ernest Hemingway, John SteinbeckB. Kingsley Amis, John WainC. Willaim Golding, John SteinbeckD. John Wain, Willaim Golding110. _____ is the representative work of the school of “the angry young man”.A. Lucky Jim by Kingsley AmisB. Jim by Rudyard KiplingC. Lord Jim by Joseph ConradD. Heart of Darkness101-110: A B C C B D A A B A111. As a literary figure, Stephen Dedalus appears in two novels by _____.A. D. H. LawrenceB. John GalsworthyC. George EliotD. James Joyce112. The French Lieutenants Woman is the masterpiece of _____.A. John FowlesB. Doris LessingC. Muriel SparkD. Joseph Conrad113. The Golden Notebook was written by _____.A. John FowlesB. Doris LessingC. Muriel SparkD. Joseph Conrad114. Waiting for Godot is a (an) _____ by Samuel Beckett.A. novelB. poemC. playD. essay115. “Kitchen sink realism” is referred to as the works of _____.A. novelB. poemC. playD. essay116. Seamus Heaney won the Nobel Prize of literature in 1995 and most of his poems focused on the _____.A. city lifeB. legendC. countryD. history117. An article on “the Observer” describes the bursting of all these young _____as a kind of “the movement”.A. poetsB. playwrightC. novelistD. critic118. The novel _____ told a story of a Nazi war criminal. In this novel Martin Amis set the narrative clock in reverse.A. Money: a suicide NoteB. Time’s ArrowC. London FieldsD. Dead Bodies119. Satanic Verse was written by _____ who was born in a Muslin family in Bombay, India.A. Salman RushdieB. Kazuo IshguroC. Julian BarnesD. Grahm Swife120. The novel The Remains of the Day won the Booker Prize for its author_____ who was born in Japan.A. Salman RushdieB. Kazuo IshguroC. Julian BarnesD. Grahm Swife111-120: D A B C C C A B A B。