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外国文学（1）双语基础知识练习题（一）

单项选择题: 将正确的选项填在题前括号内。
( ) 1. The earliest book which describes systematically the origin of the universe
and the genealogy of gods is _________.
A. Homer’s Epics B. Theogony
C. Metamorphoses D. Works and Days

( ) 2. Homer’s Epics is about _________.
A. Olympics B. Mycenaean War
C. Trojan War D. Persia-Greece war

( ) 3. The poet who is called the tenth Muse is ———.
A. Homer B. Virgil
C. Sappho D. Dante

（ ）4. Aristotle's representative work of literary theory is ______.
A. The Republic B. The Republic
C. The Poetics D. Art of Poetry

（ ）5. which of the following tragedians is good at expressing the mental process
of women?
A. Sophocles B. Aristophanes
C. Aeschylus D. Euripides
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( ) 6. Who is famous for his fables?
A. Aesop B. Horace
C. Cicero D. Ovid

( ) 7. Which of the following tragedies tells that the protagonist has killed his
father Laius, the former king of Thebes.
A. Agamemnon B. Antigone
C. Oedipus the King D. Oedipus at Colonus

( ) 8. The Greek Drama comes from the festival of _________.
A. Zeus B. Athena
C. Muse D. Dionysus

( ) 9. The famous comedian in Old Greek literature is ———.
A. Aristophanes B. Aeschylus
C. Sophocles D. Euripides

( ) 10. The Oedipus Complex means that a man loves _________.
A. His sister B. His brother
C. His mother D. His friend

( ) 11. Metamorphoses was written by _________.
A. Brutus B. Plautus
C. Ovid D. Seneca

( ) 12. Aeneid was written by _________.
A. Homer B. Virgil
C. Sappho D. Ovid