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《英国文学简史》试卷 A 卷
________级 _______专业 _____班 学号___________ 姓名___________ 题号 得分 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ Ⅴ 总分 You are required to write down all your answers on the sheet.
Ⅰ. Multiple choices (50 points, 1 point each)
1. The most important work of Alfred the Great is _________, which is
regarded as the best monument of the old English prose. A. The Song of Beowulf B. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles C. Brut D. History of the King of Britain
2. William Langland’s “_________” is written in the form of a
dream vision. A. Kubla Kan B. Piers the Plowman C. The Dream of John Bull D. Morte d’Arthur 3. In 1066, ________ led the Norman army to invade and defeat England.
A.Julius Caesar B. Alexander the Great C.William the Conqueror D. Claudius
4. _________ was the first to be buried in the Poet’s Corner of
Westminster Abbey. A. Keats B. Southey C. Tennyson D. Chaucer 5. _________ composed a long narrative poem named “________” based
on Boccaccio’s poem “Filostrato”. A. Shakespeare, Troilus and Criseyde B. Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde C. Chaucer, The House of Fame
D. Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose
6. In the following, which word is not French origin?
A. pork B. mutton C. veal D. swine
7. The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of
English drama. It was _______ who first made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.
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A. Robert Greene B. Edmund Spenser C. Christopher Marlowe D. William Shakespeare 8. English Renaissance Period was an age of ______.
A. prose and novel B. poetry and drama C. essays and journal D. ballads and songs
9. Great popularity was won by John Lyly’s prose romance _________
which gave rise to the term “euphuism”, designating an affected style of court speech. A. Cymbeline B. Venus and Adonis C. The Rape of Lucrece D. Euhpues
10. Which one is not the resource of medieval romance?
A. adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of Round Table B. Emperor Charlemagne and his peers
C. Alexander the Great and matters of Rome D. The Rising of 1381
11. “When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentlemen?”
is the sermon of __________. A. Wat Tyler B. John Ball C. Langland D. Thomas Malory
12. Which statement about More’s “Utopia” is NOT true?
A. Book One of “Utopia” is a picture of contemporary England with forcible exposure of the poverty among the laboring classes, the greed and luxury among the rich, and an eagerness for war on the part of the rulers
B. In Book Two we have a sketch of an ideal commonwealth in some unknown ocean, where prosperity is held in common and there is no poverty.
C. “Utopia” is More’s masterpiece, written in the form of a conversation between More and Hythloday, a returned voyager. D. As a great thinker, More had pointed out that the root of poverty is the private ownership of the social wealth, so he wished to arouse the people to start a revolutionary movement against the ruling classes, which cost his life.
13. Chaucer is the first great poet who wrote in the English language,
and one of his great contributions is the introduction of the rhymed stanza from France, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter--- _______, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon _________.
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A. alliterative verse, heroic couplet; B. heroic couplet, sonnets;
C. heroic couplet, alliterative verse; D. alexandrine verse, ballads.
14. Among various English versions of Bible, which one is the best?
A. John Wycliffe’s Bible; B. William Tyndal’s Bible; C. The King James Bible; D. Miles Coverdale’s Bible.
15. Among the so-called “university wits”, it is _______ that
satirized William Shakespeare as “an upstart crow”. A. Peele B. Marlowe, C. Nash D. Greene 16. It is _______ that says of Hamlet,
“The courtier’s, soldier’s, scholar’s, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion, and the mould of form…” (Ⅲ.1.)
A. Ophelia B. Polonius C. Claudius D. Gertrude 17. “Hamlet”, “Othello”, “King Lear”, and ________ are called
the four great tragedies.
A. “Romeo and Juliet” B. “Antony and Cleopatra” C. “Julius Caesar” D. “Macbath”
18. Of many contemporaries and successors of Shakespeare, the most
important and well-know was __________, who became the first poet laureate in 1616.
A. John Dryden B. Samuel Johnson C. Ben Jonson D. Robert Southey
19. In Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the mariner
suffers the horror of death, because __________. A. he experience a ship wreck B. he is tortured with starvation C. he undergoes much suffering D. he kills an albatross
20. _____ is the central concern to Blake’s concern in the “Songs
of Innocence”. A. Woman B. Poetry C. Happiness D. Childhood
21. “All is not lost: the unconquerable will, and study of revenge,
immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield: And what is
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else not to be overcome?” The above “Excerpt” comes from _________.
A. Dr. Faustus B. Paradise Lost C. Paradise Regained D. Tamburlaine 22. William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originates from _______.
A. form B. thoughts C. artistic devices D. emotions
23. Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Criticism is a didactic _____.
A. allegory B. prose C. poem D. play
24. ________ wrote twice “Defense of the English People” to reply
to the European scholar Salmasius’ latin pamphlet on accusing the regicide by English people.
A. John Milton B. John Bunyan C. John Donne D. John Dryden
25. “Vanity Fair” in _________ “The Pilgrim’s Progress” was
quoted later as the title of a critical realism novel “Vanity Fair” by _________.
A. Bunyan’s Walter Scott B. Bunyan’s Thackeray C. Bunyan’s Jane Austen D. Bunyan’s Charles Dickens
26. _________, the Poet Laureate, and the author of An Essay of Dramatic Poesy, was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature.
A. Alexander Pope B. Addison C. Steele D. John Dryden
27. The following proverbial maxims, “For fools rush in where angels
fear to tread”, “To err is human, to forgive, divine” and “A little learning is a dangerous thing”, are from ______ by _____. A. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy, John Dryden B. The Rowley Papers, Chatterton
C. Essay on Criticism, Alexander Pope D. The Spectator, Addison
28. Lilliput, Bobdingnag, Flying Island, and the country of
Houyhnhnms are scenes in _________ by ________. A. Robinson Crusoe, Defoe B. Gulliver’s Travels, Swift
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C. Roderick Random, Smollett D. Tristram Shandy, Sterne 29. In order to criticize the excessive sentimentality and poor ethics
in “Pamela” by Richardson, Henry Fielding wrote a novel ________.
A. “Joseph Andrews” B. “Jonathan Wild” C. “Tome Jones” D. “Amelia”
30. The first English psycho-analytical novel is _______.
A. “Clarissa Harlowe” B. “Pamela” C. “Sir Charles Grandison” D. “Amelia”
31. On the eve of the publication of “Dictionary”,______ letter to
Lord Chesterfield declared the independence of English writers, signifying the end of their reliance on the patronage of noblemen for support.
A. Samuel Johnson’s B. John Milton’s C. Adam Smith’s D. Sheridan’s
32. The Romantic Age began with the publication of “The Lyrical
Ballads” which was written by __________. A. William Wordsworth B. Southey
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Wordsworth and Coleridge
33. Which poet below doesn’t belong to the Lakers?
A. Wordsworth B. Keats C. Southey D. Coleridge
34. Which works have NOT employed the subjects from the Bible?
A. Samson Agonistes B. Cain
C. Prometheus Unbound D. Paradise Lost
35. Shelley wrote an elegy ______ lamenting the premature death of
his fellow poet _______.
A. Adonais, Keats B. Hellas, Byron C. The Cenci, Hazlitt D. Queen Mab, Leigh Hunt 36. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” was written in the form of
_______, while “Don Juan” was written in _______. And both were created by a famous romanticist _______. A. Ottava rima, Spenserian stanza, Byron B. Ottava rima, Spenserian stanza, Shelley C. Spenserian stanza, Ottava rima, Byron
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