2015-16年英国文学专八复习题库Part I. Multipul Choices1._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Ballad of Robin HoodC.The Song of BeowulfD.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght2._____is the most common foot in English poetry.A.The anapest抑抑扬格B.The trochee（英诗的）扬抑格，长短格C.The iamb抑扬格，短长格D.The dactyl强弱格，长短格；扬抑抑格；3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event?A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B.England’s domestic restC.New discovery in geography and astrologyD.The religious reformation and the economic expansion4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A.The Pilgrims ProgressB.Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC.The Life and Death of Mr.BadmanD.The Holy War5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is _____.A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ?A.Lover.B.Time.C.Summer.D.Poetry.7. It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of ______.A.elegyB.odeC.epicD.sonnet8.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”The sentence is the beginning of Shakespeare’s_______.edyB.tragedyC.sonnetD.poem9. Daniel Defoe’s novels mainly focus on _____.A.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC.the struggle of the pirates for wealthD.the desire of the criminals for property10. Francis Bacon is best known for his_____which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A.essaysB.poemsC.worksD.plays11. Most of Thomas Hardy’s novels are set in Wessex____.A.a crude region in EnglandB.a fictional primitive regionC.a remote rural areaD.Hardy’s hometown12. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?A.Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jan e Austen’s novels.B.Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions”.C.Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D.In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.13. Of the following writers, which is not the representative of the Romantic period?A.William Blake.B.John Bunyan.C.Jane Auten.D.John Keats.14. In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, what is the utmost concern of Blake?A.LoveB.ChildhoodC.DeathD.Human Experience15. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from____.A.the RenaissanceB.the Old TestamentC.Greek MythologyD.the New Testament16. Jane Austen’s first novel is _____.A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Plan of a Noel17.The term “metaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of ____.A.John MiltonB.John DonneC.John KeatsD.John Bunyan18. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?A.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.B.She Dwelt Among the Untrodden WaysC.The Solitary Reaper.D.The Chimney Sweeper.19. 1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeatingEngland.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius20. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer21. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay22. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales23. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d’Arthur24. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time.The Normans spoke _____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish25.10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about alegendary outlaw called _____.A. Morte d’ArthurB. Robin HoodC. The Canterbury TalesD. Piers the Plowman26. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland, was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden27. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey28. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, a tr anslation of the FrenchRoman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A. The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess29. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’spoem “Filostrato”.A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and CriseydeC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. Beowulf30. _____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type, which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. James I31.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad.____ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interests of the English merchants.A. Henry V.B. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth32.Except being a victory of England over ___, the rout of the fleet “Armada”(Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway33.____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.A. Ben JohnsonB. William ShakespeareC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe34.The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe35.Morality plays appeared after_____.A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classical plays36._____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A. Phillip SidneyB. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas MoreD. Walter Raleigh37._____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.A. Thomas NorthB. Thomas WyattC. George ChapmanD. John Florio38.____ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty tounderstand that the rich were becoming richer by robbing the poor.A. John WycliffeB. William CaxtonC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Thomas More39.Utopia was written in the form of _____.A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue40.One of the popular morality plays was ____.A. The ShepherdsB. EverymanC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurton’s Needle41.Shakespeare’s plays written between _____ are sometimes called “romances”and all end in reconciliation and reunion.A. 1590 and 1594B. 1595 and 1600C. 1601 and 1607D. 1608 and 161242.Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s ______.A. PericlesB. CymbelineC. The Winter’s TaleD. The Tempest43.In _____ appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet，Never before Imprinted（《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）which contains 154 sonnets.A. 1606B. 1607C. 1608 160944.Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____.A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. classicism45.Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) withthe _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. Couplet46.The r hyme scheme of Milton’s L’Allkegro and Il Penseroso is _____.A. aabbccbbcB. abbacdccdC. abacdeecD. ababcdcdd47. _____ , as a declaration of people’s freedom of the press, has been a weapon inthe later democratic revolutionary struggles.A. On the Morning of Christ’s NativityB. ComusC. Of Reformation in EnglandD. Areopagitica48. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and thelater sacred verses.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden49. _____ expressed Donne’s own way of describing love.A. Holy SonnetsB. Witchcraft by a PictureC. The Sun RisingD. Death, Be Not Proud50. George Herbert’s ______ is a well-known shaped poem.A. The AltarB. To His Coy MistressC. To DaffodilsD. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May51. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan52. Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet?A. Richard CrashawB. Henry VaughanC. Andrew MarvellD. Robert Burton53. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry?A. John SucklingB. Richard LovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. John Dryden54. ____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19thcentury.A. John DrydenB. Richard SteeleC. Joseph AddisonD. Alexander Pope55. ______ were looked upon as the model of English composition by British authorsall through the 18th century.A. Jeremy Taylor’s Holy LivingB. Thomas Browne’s Religio MeidicC. Samuel Pepys’s diariesD. Addison’s Spectator essays56. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _____.A. SteeleB. AddisonC. PopeD. Dryden57. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is ____.A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. Essay on ManD. The Dunciad58. Essay on Man is a _____poem in heroic couplets.A. didacticB. satiricalC. philosophicalD. dramatic59. ____ was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century.A. The Enclosure MovementB. The Industrial RevolutionC. The Religious ReformD. The Enlightenment60. The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the ____readers.A. aristocraticB. middle classC. low classD. intellectual61. ____ is a great classicist but his satire is not always just.A. SteeleB. MiltonC. AddisonD. Pope62. The main literary stream of the 18th century was ____ . What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.A. romanticismB. classicismC. realismD. Sentimentalism63. The 18th century was the golden age of the English ___. The novel of this period spoke the truth about life with an uncompromising (unbending) courage.A. dramaB. poetryC. essayD. novel64.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ____ and ___, whichmade him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Battle of the Books65.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” Thissentence is said by ____, one of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Daniel Defoe66._____’s best-known pamphlet was The Trueborn Englishman—A Satire, whichcontained a caustic exposure of the aristocracy and the tyranny of the church.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Daniel Defoe67.Henry Fielding’s first novel ____ was written in connection with Pamela ofSamuel Richardson. But after the first 10 chapters, Henry Fielding became so interested and absorbed in his own hovel as to forget his original plan of ridiculing Pamela.A. Tom JonesB. Joseph AndrewsC. Jonathan WildD. Amelia68.From the character Mr. Malaprop, in ___ by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is derivedthe term “malapropism” which means a ridiculous misusage of big words.A. The Rivals对手B. The School for Scandal丑闻学校C. The Beggar’s OperaD. The London Merchant69.Which of the following works are not written by Oliver Goldsmith? ____.A. The TravellerB. The Deserted VillageC. The Vicar of WakefieldD. The School for Scandal70.Which of the following works is written by Edward Gibbon?______.A. The School for ScandalB. She Stoops to ConquerC. The Good-natured ManD. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire71.The sentence of “The plowman homeward plods his weary way, /And leaves theworld to darkness and to me” is written by ____.A. William CowperB. George CrabbeC. Thomas GrayD. William Blake72.______ is not written by William Blake.A. The Marriage of Heaven and HellB. Songs of ExperienceC. Auld Lang SyneD. Poetical Sketches73.“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” This proverb is cited fromWilliam Blake’s _____.A. Songs of ExperienceB. Songs of InnocenceC. The Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Poetical Sketches74.The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties,______, which were satirized by Jonathan Swift in his Gulliver’s Travels.A. the Whigs and the ToriesB. the senate and the House of RepresentativesC. The upper House and lower HouseD. the House of Lords and the House of Commons75.____ found its representative writers in the field of poetry, such as Edward Youngand Thomas Gray, but it manifested itself chiefly in the novels of Lawrence Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith.A. Pre-romanticismB. RomanticismC. SentimentalismD. Naturalism76._____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became thefoundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.A. Ben JohnsonB. Samuel JohnsonC. Alexander PopeD. John Dryden77.Which of the following novels is not epistolary (written in letter form) novels?A. Clarissa HarloweB. PamelaC. Sir Charles GrandisonD. Tomes Jones78.Which play is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare?A. She Stoops to ConquerB. The RivalsC. The School for ScandalD. The Conscious Lovers79. Briefly discuss why Hamlet is so impressive in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.A. The hero Hamlet in Shakespesare is play Hamlet is noted for his hesition to take his revenge,his melancholy nature of action only to deny possibilities to do anything.B. He came to know that his father was murdered by his uncle who became king.He hated him so deeply that he wanted to kill him.But he loved his widowed mother who later married his uncle.This made him deep in trouble.C. When he planned to kill his uncle,he was afraid to hurt his mother.And also,when everything was ready for him to kill his uncle,he forgave him for his uncle was praying to God for his crime.Thus he lost good chance.Hamlet represented humanism of his time.D. ALL OF ABOVE.80. According to the setting of the poem “Paradise Lost,”discuss the theme,the author’sintension to create it and the implication that the poem expresses.A.The theme of the poem “ParadiseLost”is the” Fall of Man,”i.e.mans disobedience and the loss of Paradise, with its prime cause----Satan.B.The athor’s intention to write this poem is to expose the ways of Satan to” justifythe ways of God to men.”C..In this poem,the author implicitly expresses his fundamental concern with freedom and choice and his belief that the unquestionable truth of biblical revelation means that an all-knowing God was just in allowing Adam and eve to be tempted and of their free will to choose sin and its inevitable punishment.D. ALL OF ABOVE.82. By analyzing the poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley,discuss his art of poems.A.Percy Bysshe Shelly is an intense and original lyrical poet in the English language.A.His poems are full of classical and mythological allusions.B.His style abounds in personification and metaphor and other figures of speech.C.He describes vividly what we see and feel,or express what parsionately moves us.D. All of above.83.Based on her writings,discuss Jane Austen is greatest contribution to English literature.A.Jane Austen is one of the most important Romantic novelists in English literature.She creates six influential novels.B.Her main liteary concern is about human beings in their personal relationships,which make her novels have a univer-sal significance.C.Jane Austen has brought the English novel,as an art of form,to is maturity because of her sensitivity to universal pat-terns of human behavior and her accurate portrayal of human individuals.D.She describes the world from a woman is point of view,and depicts a group of authentic and common women.84. Why is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte a successful novel?A.This novel sharply criticize theexisting society,e.g.the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions,the social discrimi-nation Jane experiences and the false social convention as concerning love and marriage.B.The success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine Jane Eyre.C.It is an intense moral fable at the same time.Jans,like Mr.Rochester,has to undergo a series of physical and mor-al tests to grow up and achieve her final happiness.D. All of above.85. Analyze the character of Jane Eyre based on the selection taken from chapter xx 3 of Jane eyre.A.Jane Eyre, an orphan child with a fiery spirit and a longing to love and be loved,a poor,plain ,little governess who dares to love her master.B.InChapter X X 3,Jane finds herself hopelessly in love with Mr. Rochester bat she is aware that her love is out of the question.C.When forced to confront Mr. Rochester, she desperateld and openly declares her equalitywith him and love for him.D. All of the above.86.Romanticism fights against the ideas of ______.A. realismB. RenaissanceC. EnlightenmentD. feudalism87.The main literary stream in the Romanticism Period is ____.A. poetryB. novelsC. proseD. periodicals88.____ has a another name called “The Daffodils”.A. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”B. “Tintern Abbey”C. “Revolution”D. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”89.Byron’s ____ is regarded as the great poem of the Romantic Age.A. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageB. Hours of IdlenessC. LaraD. Don Juan唐璜90.Prometheus Unbound被缚的普罗米修斯is ____ masterpiece.A. Wordsworth’sB. Byron’sC. Shelley’sD. Keats’91.____ lived the longest life.A. WordsworthB. ByronC. ShelleyD. Keats92.Keats’ best ode is ____.A. “On a Grecian Urn”B. “To Autumn”C. “To Psyche”D. “To a Nightingale”93.The publication of ______ marks the beginning of the Romantic Movement inEngland.A. “Tintern Abbey”B. Lyrical BalladsC. Frost at NightD. “The Daffodils”94.The Prelude has also been called _____.A. The Last BrazilB. The First ImpressionC. Growth of a Poet’s MindD. The Spirit of the Age95._____ is considered Wordsworth’s masterpiece.A. The PreludeB. EndymionC. Don JuanD. Biographia Literaria96.The best essayist in the English Romantic Age is _____.A. KeatsB. Walter ScottC. Charles Lamb兰波D. William Hazlitt97.The themes of Pride and Prejudice are _____.A. pride and prejudiceB. the writer’s own personalitiesC. love and marriageD. Both A and C98._____ is considered the father of historical novelist in the English Romantic Age.i.Jane Austen B. Charles Lamb C. William Hazlitt D. Waler Scottmb’s writings are full of ______for he is especially fond of old writers.A. romanticismB. conversationsC. inspirationsD. Archaisms古词mb兰波is a romanticist of ______.A. the city都市诗人B. the countrysideC. natureD. imagination 101._____ is based on Boccaccio薄伽丘’s Decameron.十日谈A. EndymionB. Isabella伊莎贝拉 D. Hyperion D. Lamia102.Critics agree that ____ is a great romantic poet, standing with Shakespeare, Milton and Wordsworth in the history English literature.A. KeatsB. WordsworthC. ColeridgeD. William103.The reader can get a broad panorama of the social life of the EnglishRomantic Age from _____.A. Don JuanB. The PreludeC. Kubla KhanD. Isabella104.Some critics think that some of Byron’s poems show his _____.A. individual heroism and pessimism英雄主义和悲观主义B. love of nature and optimismC. love of old writersD. hatred for the imperialism105.____ is Shelley’s masterpiece.A. ZastrozziB. The Necessity of AtheismC. Queen MabD. Prometheus Unbound被缚的普罗米修斯106.Because of _______, Shelley was expelled from the Oxford University.A. The Masque of AnarchyB. A Defence of PoetryC. The Necessity of Atheism论无神论的必要性D. The Triumph of Life 107.The Romantic Age began in____ and came to an end in _____.A. 1789...1821 B. 1778...1823 C. 1798...1832 D. 1768 (1819)108.Byron, Shelley and Keats belong to Romantic poets of ___ generation.A. the firstB. the secondC. the thirdD. the forth109. The romanticists paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of man. T110. English Romantic literature started from mid-18th to the early 19th century. F 111.Jane Austen is one of the greatest romantic woman novelists. T112. Jane Austen is a writer who regards novel writing as a sophisticated art. T 113.The story of Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound was taken from Roman mythology.F 114.Shelley is one of the leading Romantic poets, an intense and original lyrical poet in the English language. T115.In The School for Scandal, Sheridan contrasts two brothers, Joseph Surface and Charles Surface. T116.My Heart’s in the Highlands is one of the best known poems written by Robert Burns in which he pored his unshakable love for his homeland. T117.Utopia is More’s masterpiece, written in the form of letters between More and Hythloday, a voyage. F118.Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist. F119.Carl Marx commented highly on More’s Utopia and mentioned it in his great work, The Capital. F120.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its poetry.F121.The miracle plays were simple plays based on Bible stories, such as the creation of the world, Noah and the flood, and the birth of Christ. T122.King Lear is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national hero to degenerate into a bloody murder and despot right to his doom. F ing from an old Danish legend, Othello is considered the summit of Shakespeare’s art. F124.Shakespeare is one of the founders of romanticism in world literature. F。