第 1页 英国文学史及作品选读 （模拟试题二） Ⅰ. Multiple Choice（1′×20=20分）
1． ______can be justly termed England’s national epic. A. The Canterbury Tales B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C. The Song of Beowulf D. The Romance of the Rose 2. Among of the following dramas, which is one of Shakespeare’s four tragedies? A.Macbeth B.As You Like it C. Twelfth Night D. The Merchant of Venice 3. _______ is called as “ father of English novels” A. William Shakespeare B. Christopher Marlowe C. Daniel Defoe D.John Donne 4. It was ____who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama. A. Thomas Wyatt B. William Shakespeare C. Edmund Spenser D. Christopher Marlowe 5. Absoulute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of ____, especially Britain’s sea power was established. A.James I B. Henry VIII C. Queen Elizabeth D. Charles I 6. Hamlet, the most popular of Shakespeare's plays for readers and theater audiences, tells about the story of Hamlet, Prince of _______, and son of the dead king, who seeks revenge for his father’s death. A. England B. Norway C. Scotland D. Denmark 7. Which comment on John Donne is wrong? A. He is the leading figure of metaphysical poetry. B. His poetry is characterized by mysticism and peculiar conceit. C. John Donne’s poetry is characterized regularity among irregularity D. He never shows positive attitude towards love. 8. Robinson Crosue can be termed as____. A. a self-dependent person B. a person with colonial mind C. an adventuous person D. all of the above 9. Robert Burns is the representative of _____. A. Sentimentalism B. Pre-Romanticism C. Romanticism D. English Renaissance 10. William Blake’s ____ paint a world of misery, poverty, disease, war and repression with a melancholy tone. A.Poetical Sketches B. The Book of Thel C. Songs of Experience D. Songs of Innocence 11. The notorious “Peterloo Massacre” happened in _____. A. English Romantic period B. English Renaissance C. period of Restoration D. Neo-classical period 12. Lyrical Ballads are made by ____. A. Wordsworth and Shelley B. Wordsworth and Southey C. Wordsworth and Coleridge D. Shelley and Byron 13. According to____, poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings which originates in emotion and recollected in tranquillity. 第 2页
A. William Blake B. William Shakespeare C. Robert Burns D. William Wordsworth 14. Which of the following statement is NOT correct? A. English Renaissance is the rebirth of Greek and Roman culture. B.The 17th century was one of the most tempestuous periods in English history. C. The Romantic period is an age of poetry, no other literary form is developed D. Romanticists paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of man.Personified nature plays an important role in the pages of their works. 15. ____ was a novel dealing with the matter of marriages of that time. A. Northanger Abbey B. Pride and Prejudice C. Persuasion D. Sense and Sensibility 16. King ____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in the country, which is known as Religious Reformation. A. Henry VII B. Henry VIII C. Mary I D.Elizabetha I 17. Which of the following statement about Geoffrey Chaucer is NOT correct? A. He was the father of English poetry and one of the greatest narrative poets of England. B. In The Canterbury Tales, he praises man’s energy, intellect and quick wit. C. All the best poems and histories in Latin, French and Italian were well known to Chaucer. D. He is a famous poet in Renaissance Period. 18. The image of Satan is from ____. A. Greek Mythology B. Roman Mythology C. Old Testament D. New Testament 19. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties_____ A. the Whigs and the Tories B. the Senate and the House of Representatives C. the upper House and lower House D. the House of Lords and the House of Representatives 20. Which of the following is NOT written by Shelley?. A. Ode to the West Wind B. Solitary Reaper C. To a Skylark D. Promethus Unbound
Ⅱ. Translate the following literary terms (English into Chinese and Chinese into English) （1′×10=10分）
1．blank verse 2.quatrain 3. foreshadowing 4. poetic stanza 5. Puritanism 6. 奇喻 7. 史诗 8. 抑扬格四音步 9. 挽歌 10. 人文主义
III. Identify the author and title of the literary work (2′×5=10分) 1. In every cry of every man, In every voice, in every ban The mind-forge’d manacles I hear. 2. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man. 3. It came now very warmly upon my thoughts, and indeed irresistibly, that now was my time to get me a servant, and perhaps a companion, or assistant.