湖南城市学院英国文学作品选读期末复习题

英国文学作品选读-模板试题

一、单项选择题（共40小题,共100分）

第1 题：Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is the popular literary form in （）.

A. Romanticism

B. Renaissance

C. medieval period

D. Anglo-Saxon period

第2 题：2Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of（）

A. Piers Plowman

B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

C. Confessio Amantis

D. The Canterbury Tales

第3 题：Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is（）.

A. science

B. philosophy

C. arts

D. humanism

第4 题：Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?（）

A. The speaker eulogizes (praise) the power of

B. The speaker satirizes human vanity

C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation

D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation

第5 题：“The Fairy Queen” is the masterpiece written by（）.

A. John Milton

B. Geoffrey Chaucer

C. Edmund Spenser

D. Alexander Pope

第6 题：Which of the following work did Bacon NOT write?

A. Advancement of Learning

B. Novum Organum

C. De Augmentis

D. Areopagitica

第7 题：Which of the following has / have associations with John Donne’s poetry?

A. reason and sentiment

B. conceits and wits

C. the euphuism

D. writing in the rhymed couplet

第8 题：Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “（）”, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.

A. Best writer of the English novel

B. The father of English novel

C. The most gifted writer of the English novel

D. conventional writer of English novel

第9 题：John Milton’s masterpiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of（） .

A. rhymed stanzas

B. blank verse

C. alliteration

D. sonnets

第10 题：The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are（）.

A. horses that are endowed with reason

B. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities

C. giants that are superior in wisdom

D. hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways

第11 题：Gothic novels are mostly stories of（）, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.

A. love and marriage

B. sea adventures

C. mystery and horror

D. saints and martyrs

第12 题：William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT（）.

A. the use of everyday language spoken by the common people

B. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings

C. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matter

D. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech

第13 题：Charles Dickens’ works are characterized by a mingling of （） and pathos.

A. humor

B. satire

C. passion

D. metaphor

第14 题：In （）’s hands, “dramatic monologue” reaches its maturity and perfection.

A. Alfred Tennyson

B. Robert Browning

C. William Shakespeare

D. George Eliot

第15 题：The three trilogies of（）’s Forsyte novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century.

A. John Galsworthy

B. Arnold Bennett

C. James Joyce

D. H. G. Wells

第16 题：The bard of imperialism was（）, who glorified the colonial expansion of Great Britain in his works.

A. R. L. Stevenson

B. Rudyard Kipling

C. H. G. Wells

D. Daniel Defoe

第17 题：“art for art’s sake” was put forth by（）.

A. aestheticism

B. naturalism

C. realism

D. neo-romanticism

第18 题：Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is the popular literary form in（）.

A. Romanticism

B. Renaissance

C. medieval period

D. Anglo-Saxon period

第19 题：Among the great Middle English poets，Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of（）.

A. Piers Plowman

B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

C. Confessio Amantis

D. The Canterbury Tales

第20 题：（）is regarded as the father of English poetry.

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Edmund Spenser

C. John Milton

D. W. Wordsworth

第21 题：One of Chaucer’s main contributions to English poetry is （）.

A. he introduced the rhymed stanzas from France to English poetry

B. he created striking brilliant panorama of his time and his country

C. he wrote in blank verse

D. he was the first to write sonnet

第22 题：During the Renaissance, （） was the first one to introduce the sonnet into English poetry.

A. Chaucer

B. John Donne

C. Thomas Wyatt

D. Earl of Surrey

第23 题：During the Renaissance, （）wrote the first English blank verse.

A. Chaucer

B. Edmund Spencer

C. Thomas Wyatt

D. Earl of Surrey

第24 题：Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement?（）

A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture

B. The new discoveries in geography and astrology

C. The Glorious revolution

D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion

第25 题：Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between （）and centuries.

A. 14th...mid-17th

B. 14th...mid-18th

C. 16th...mid-18th

D. 16th...mid-17th

第26 题：Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is（）.

A. science

B. philosophy

C. arts

D. humanism

第27 题：（）is known as “the poet’s poet”.

A. William Shakespeare

B. Christopher Marlowe

C. Edmund Spenser

D. John Donne

第28 题：Romance，which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of（） adventures or other heroic deeds，is a popular literary form in the medieval period.

A. Christian

B. knightly

C. pilgrims

D. primitive

第29 题：Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are（）.

A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth

B. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet

C. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and Macbeth

D. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth

第30 题：Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?

A. The speaker eulogizes the power of

B. The speaker satirizes human vanity

C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation

D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation