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1、欧美文学名篇选读试题.Multiple Choice 1.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.Greek D.primitive2.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his produc
2、tion of _.A.Piers Plowman B.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC.Confessio Amantis D.The Canterbury Tales3.Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaisssance Movement?A.The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.B.The new discoveries in ge
3、ography and astrology.C.The Glorious revolution.D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion.4.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeares Sonnet 18?A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B.The speaker satirizes human vanity.C.The speaker praises the p
4、ower of artistic creation.D.The speaker meditates on mans salvation.5Generally speaking, the Old English poetry that has survived can be divided into two groups: the religious group and the secular group. The poetry of the religious groups is mainly on themes.A.romantic B.sentimental C.sad D.biblica
5、l6.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, My wife, and all the world.Are not with me esteemd above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,Here to the devil, to deliver you.Portia:Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she
6、 were by to hear you make the offer.”The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeares comedy The Merchant of Venice.The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate _. A.dramatic irony B.personification C.allegory D.symbolism7 A typical example of Old English poety, is regarded as the
7、 national epic if the Anglo-Saxons.A.The Canterbury Tales B.Exodus C.Beowulf D.The Legend of Good Women8.Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “_ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and st
8、yle. A.tragic epic B.comic epic C.romance D.lyric epic9. “Paradise Lost” is actually a story taken from A.the Renaissance B.the Old Testament C.Greek Mythology D.the Metal morphoses10.Francis Bacon is best known for his which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A.essays B.poems
9、C.works D.plays11.The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of _.A.Gullivers Travels B.BeowulfC.Sonnet 18 D. The pilgrims Progress12.William
10、Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT _.A.the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB.the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC.the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD.the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speec
11、h13. is known as “the poets poet”.A.Shakespeare B.Marlowe C.Spenser D.Donne14.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!” is an epigrammatic line by _.A.J.Keats B.W.Blake C.W.Wordsworth D.P.B.Shelley15. is the essence of the Renaissance.A.Poetry B.Drama C.Humanism D.Reason16. Shakespeares greatest
12、four tragedies are .A.Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB.Romeo and Juliet,Cymbeline,Percles and Julius Caesar C.Antony and Cleopatra, King John, Measure for Measure, and Richard IIID.Troilus and Cressida,Coriolanus,As You Like It and loves Labours Lost17.Miltons literary achievements can be div
13、ided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle and the last great poems.A.romances B.dramas C.prose pamphlets D.ballads18.Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy which permeated with spirit.A.pessimistic B.optimistic C.despairing D.cheerful18.The most significant idea of the Renaissance is . A.hum
14、anism B.realism C.naturlism D.skepticism19.Samuel Johnson distinguished himself as the author of .A.“The Vanity of Human Wishes” B.Lives of the PoetsC.Prince of Abyssinia D.A Dictionary of the English Language20. made Thomas Gray the leader of “the Graveyard School”A.“Ode on the Death of a Favourite
15、 cat”B.“Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”C.“Ode on the Death of a Favourite cat”D.“Hymn to Adversity”21.The author of “Sonnet 29”is .A.Wordsworth B.Austen C.Byron D.Shakespeare22.Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets”?A.Samuel Taylor Coleridge B.Robert Southey C.Willian Wordsworth D.George Gordon Byron23.The Romantic Age began with th
