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★英国文学史及选读(学校试题库)

I.Eachofthefollowingbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.(30%;1.5pointsforeach)

1.Romance,whichusesverseorprosetodescribetheadventuresandlifeoftheknights,isthepopularliteraryformin___C_.

A.RomanticismB.Renaissance

C.medievalperiodD.Anglo-Saxonperiod

2.AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionof___DA.PiersPlowmanB.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightC.ConfessioAmantisD.TheCanterburyTales

3.Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies,itsessenceis____D___.

A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism

4.Thesentence“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?”isthelineofoneofShakespeare’s（）A.comediesB.tragediesC.historiesD.sonnets

5.WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare?sSonnet18?CA.Thespeakereulogizes(praise)thepowerofB.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity

C.ThespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreationD.Thespeakermeditatesonman?ssalvation6.“TheFairyQueen”isthemasterpiecewrittenby__C__.

A.JohnMiltonB.GeoffreyChaucerC.EdmundSpenserD.AlexanderPope7.WhichofthefollowingworkdidBaconNOTwrite?D

A.AdvancementofLearningB.NovumOrganumC.DeAugmentisD.Areopagitica

8.Themostdistinguishedliteraryfigureofthe17thcenturywas（B）whowasacritic,poet,andplaywright.A.OliverGoldsmithB.JohnDrydenC.JohnMiltonD.S.T.Coleridge

9.Whichofthefollowinghas/haveassociationswithJohnDonne?spoetry?B

A.reasonandsentimentB.conceitsandwitsC.theeuphuismD.writingintherhymedcouplet

10.HenryFieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas“___B___”,forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.

A.BestwriteroftheEnglishnovel