测试题（1）
1.Of the four alternative answers, choose the one that would best complete the
statement.
1.Spenser is regarded as one of the greatest poets in the English Renaissance.
His masterpiece is _______________.
a.Utopia
b. The Song of Beowulf C. The Faerie Queene D. The
Canterbury Tales
2.Which of the following is not Malowe’s play?
a.Tamlurlaine the Great
b. The Jew of Malta
c. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
d. Cymbeline
3. “Hamlet” “Othello” “King Lear” and “_________” are regarded as
Shake speare’s four great tragedies.
a. Macbeth
b. Romeo and Juliet
c. The Winter’s Tale
d. Tempest
4. Of the following plays by Shakespeare, which is not a comedy?
a. Midsummer Night Dream
b. The Merchant of Venice
c. Twelfth Night
d. Romeo and Juliet
5. Which of the following is not a historical play by Shakespeare?
a. Henry VI
b. Henry IV
c. Richard III D. Charles I
6. From the following choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work.
a. The Advancement of Learning
b. The New Instrument
c. Essays
d. Venus and Adonis
7. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of
Shakespeare’s ___________________.
a. songs
b. plays
c. comedies
d. sonnets
8. English Renaissance Period was an age of __________.
a. prose and novel
b. poetry and drama
c. essays and journals
d.
ballads and songs
9. Of the following _______was the important metaphysical poet.
a. John Donne
b. Ben Johnson
c. John Milton
d. George Peele
10. Of the following “________” was not written by Milton.
a. Paradise Lost
b. Paradise regained
c. Samson Agonistes
d. Volpone
11. “Dr. Faustus” is a play based on the _______legend of a magician aspiring for
knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end.
a. English
b. French
c. German D. Irish
12. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his
_______plays. 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.
a. 47
b. 38
c. 27
d. 52
13. The principle of Shakespeare’s historical play is that the national ______under
a mighty and jut sovereign is a necessity.
a. peace
b. prosperity
c. unity
d. progress
14. “Romeo and Juliet” though a tragedy, is permeated with ____________spi rit.
a. optimistic
b. pessimistic
c. satirical
d. realistic
15. Francis Bacon lays the foundation for ______with his insistence on scientific
way of thinking and fresh observation as a basis for obtaining knowledge.
a. English novels
b. poetic art
c. modern science
d. modern
literature
16. The total number of the essays published by Bacon is _______.
a. 10
b. 26
c. 45
d. 58
II. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it.
1.And every fair from fair sometimes declines.
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed:
But they eternal summer shall not fade.
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st.
2.Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them,
for they teach not their own use, but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
III. Give brief answers to the following questions:
1.What is the theme of “The Merchant of Venice”?
2.What are the characteristics in the style of “Paradise Lost?”
IV. Short essay question:
Please summarise the period of Shakespeare’s literary career.。