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1、. MultipleMultiple choicechoice（4040 points,points, 2 2 forfor eacheach）1. _ employed the heroic couplet with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English Literature.A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. George Gordon ByronC. Edmund Spender D. Robert Browning2. Which of the following is William
2、 Shakespeares history play?A. Macbeth B. Henry IVC. Romeo and Juliet D. King Lear3. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, _ has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Henry Fielding B. Daniel DefoeC. John Bunyan D. James Joyce4. “The apparition of thes
3、e faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough. “4. These two lines are quoted from _s poem?A. Emily Dickinson B. Robert FrostC. Ezra Pound D. William B. Yeats5. Jane Austen wrote within a very narrow sphere. The subject matter, the social setting, and plots are all restricted to the provincial l
4、ife of the _.A. late 19th century B. 17th -centuryC. 20th century D. late 18th -century6. Usually basing on her own experiences, Emily Dickinson addresses issues that concern the whole human beings. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. Life and Death B. ReligionC
5、. Love and Nature D. War and Peace7. Walden is a _.A. Transcendentalist work B. epic in proseC. lyric poem D. short story8. Henry James realism is different from others, because he pays more attention to _.A. the traditional style B. the common peopleC. the inner world of human beings D. the class s
6、truggle9. _ is considered Mark Twains greatest achievement.A. The Gilded Age B. Innocents AbroadC. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn10. At the beginning of Faulkners A Rose for Emily, there is a detailed description of Emilys old house. The purpose of such description is
7、 to imply that the person living in it _.A. is a wealthy lady B. is a conservative aristocratC. is a prisoner of the past D. has good taste11. _ is NOT a Nobel Prize winner.A. Eugene ONeill B. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest Hemingway D. William Faulkner12. Which of the following is NOT a typical featu
8、re of Mark Twains language?A. Vernacular B. ElegantC. Colloquial D. Humorous13. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens works lies in his _.A. social criticism B. optimismC. characterportrayal D. social setting14. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to in
9、troduce _ to England.A. rationalism B. romanticismC. criticism D. realism15. Shelleys greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama _.A. Adonais B. To a SkylarkC. A Song: Men of England D. Prometheus Unbound16. The Victorian Age is most famous for its _.A. plays B. novelsC. poems D. essays17. Wh
10、ich of the following women does not belong to the famous Bronte Sisters?A. Mary Bronte B. Charlotte BronteC. Emily Bronte D. Anne Bronte18. “Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studia in m
11、ores. ” This sentence appears in _.A. The Advancement of Learning B. A Dictionary of the English LanguageC. An Essay on Criticism D. Of Studies19. In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the _?A. aristocratic class B. enterprising landlordsC. rising bourgeoisie D. hard-working peo
12、ple20. Which of the following works does not belong to John Milton?A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise RegainedC. Adonais D. LlycidasIIII FillFill inin thethe followingfollowing blanks:blanks: ( ( 2020 points,points, 2 2 forfor eacheach ) )1.John Milton wrote “Paradise Lost“ in the form of epic, which describes the fall of _in a grand style.2. Walter Scott has been universally regarded as the founder and great master of the _ novel.3. Though _ is not the first English novelist, he has generally been considered as “the father of English novel“, for his contribution to the establishment of the form
