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1、1.ThenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxonsis_. ARobinHood BSirGawainandtheGreenKnight CTheCanterburyTales DBeowulf 2._wasthemostoutstandingsingleromanceontheArthurianlegendwrittenin alliterativeverse. ATheCanterburyTales BPiersthePlowman CSirGawainandtheGreenKnight DBeowulf 3._wasfamousforTheCanterburyTales
2、. AGeoffreyChaucer BJohnMilton CWilliamShakespeare DFrancisBacon 4.Mostoftheballadsofthe 15thcenturyfocusedonthelegendabout_asaheroicfigure. AGreenNights BGawain CRobinHood DHamlet 5.Inthe16thcentury,ThomasMoreswork_becameimmediatelypopularafteritspublication. AParadiseLost BAPleasantSatireoftheThre
3、eEstates COfStudies DUtopia 6._wasEdmundSpencersmasterpiecewhichhasbeenregardedasoneofthegreatpoemsintheEnglishlanguage. AAmoretti BTheShepherdsCalendar CTheFaerieQueene DFourHymns 7._isfromShakespearessonnetNo.18. A“Letmenottothemarriageoftrueminds” B“Tobeornottobe:thatisthequestion” C“ShallIcompar
4、etheetoasummersday” D“NolongermournformewhenIamdead” 8._, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.A.Geoffrey Chaucer B.Sir Gawain C.Francis Bacon D.John Dryden 9.ThefourgreattragedieswrittenbyShakespeareareHamlet,Macbeth,Othell
5、oand_. A.AntonyandCleopatra B.JuliusCaesar CTwelfthNight DKingLear 10.WhichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtoShakespearesromanticlovecomedies? ATwelfthNight BTheTempest CAsYouLikeIt DTheMerchantofVenice D C A C D C C A D B 1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England
6、 except_. a. William Shakespeare b. Ben Jonson c. Christopher Marlowe d. Francis Bacon 2. The English Renaissance period was an age of _. a. poetry and drama b. drama and novel c. novel and poetry d. romance and poetry 3. Paradise Lost is the masterpiece of _ a. William Shakespeare b. Robert Burns c
7、. John Milton d. William Blake 4. Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play ? a. A Midsummer Nights Dream b. The Merry Wives of Windsor c. Henry IV d. King Lear 5. The first official version of Bible known as the Great Bible, was revised in _ a. 16th century b. 17th century
8、 c. 18th century d. 19th century 6. Francis Bacons Essays first published in 1597 has been considered as an important landmark in the development of English_, and as the first collection of essays in the English language. a. poetry b. epics c. fiction d. prose 7. Daniel Defoe was famous for his nove
9、l _ which first established his reputation. a. Gullivers Travels b. The Adventure of Robinson Crusoe c. The Pilgrims Progress d. Oliver Twist 8. The famous poem “ A Red Red Rose” was written by_ a. William Wordsworth b. George Byron c. Robert Burns d. William Blake 9. Mary Shelleys novel Frankenstei
10、n belongs to the type of _ which is often set in gloomy castles where horrifying, supernatural events take place. a. Gothic b. Realism c. Romanticism d. Classicism 10. The first complete English Bible was translated by _, “the morning star of the Reformation” and his followers. A. William Langland B
11、. James I C. John Wycliffe D. Bishop Lancelot Andrews D A C C B D B C A C 1. The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions, _ and Christian. a. Pagan b. Roman c. French d. Danish 2. “ Poetry is Spontaneous” was put forward by_ a. Robert Burns b. William Blake c. William
12、 Wordsworth d. Charles Lamb 3. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typical belonging to the school of Romantic literature? a. Don Juan b. Ulysses c. Jane Eyre d. Sons and Lovers 4. _is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England. a. Francis Bacon b. Edmund Spenser c. Thomas More d. Sidney 5. What is flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature? a. novel b.drama c. essay d. poetry 6. The publication of _marked the beginning of the Romantic Age. a. Don Juan b. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner c
