英國文學復習資料[1]

1、一選擇題 1. _____ was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.a. Thomas Wyatt b. William Shakespearec. Phillip Sidney d. Thomas Campion2. The epoch of Renaissance witnes

2、sed a particular development of English Drama. It was _______ who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.a. Christopher Marlowe b. Thomas Logec. Edmund Spenser d. Thomas Mor

3、e3. Great popularity was won by John Lyly’s prose romance_______ which gave rise to the term “euphuism”, designating an effected style of court speech.a. Arcadia b. Venus and Adonis.c. Eupheus

4、 d. Lucrece4. At the beginning the 16th century the outstanding humanist_____ wrote his Utopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of

5、 a future happy society. a. Christopher Marlowe b. Thomas More c. Phillip Sidney d. Edmund Spencer 5. English absolute monarchy was once again adopted in the reign of ________after the Qu

6、een Elizabeth. a. Edward VI b. James Ic. Charles I d. Queen Ann 6. Beowulf is the most important and the first epic in the Old English ever written. It was written in _______. a.

7、sonnets b. balladsc. alliteration d. heroic couplet7. Paradise Lost is a (n)________.a. lyrical poem b. hymn c. epic d. nar

8、rative poem8. Pamela is a___________.a. historical novel b. romanceb. novel of naturalism d. novel of epistles and psychology9. Gulliver’s Travels is a ________. a. sentimental nove

9、l b. novel of satire and allegory c. Gothic novel d. novel of stream of consciousnesstemptation and sinning, his quest for salvation and his confrontation with death.a. elegy

10、 b. dream c. ambition d. allegories23. The hero in morality plays usually represents Mankind or _______. a. Devil b. God c. valian

11、t d. everyone24. The rhyme scheme of Spenser’s Amorretti is created by Spenser himself, and it is now called ____, rhyme pattern of which is ______. a. English sonnet/ abab cdcd, efef gg

12、 b. Italian sonnet/ abba abba cde cde c. Miltonic sonnet/ abab bcbc cde cde d. Spenserian sonnet/ abab bcbc cdcd ee 25. In the Faerie Queene, Spenser signifies glory in abstract, and the Queen Elizabeth______

13、in particular. a. Glory b. famec. honesty d. virtue26. Spenser not only wrote in Spenserian sonnet, he also invented Spensrian stanza, a nine-line stanza used

14、by him in Faerie Queene, the rhyme scheme of which is ________. a. abab ababa b. abab bcbccc. abcb cdcdc d. aabb ccddd 27. Spenser is usually considered “poets’ poet”,

15、 because of his superb technical skill, perfect melodies, rare senses of beauty. However, in his poetry there still remain two defects: _______. a. power and unity b. power and steadinessc. steadiness

16、 and unity d. unity and melody 28. The Tragic History of Dr. Faustus is based on a _____.a. German legend b. Greek legend c. Roman Legend d. Celtic Legend29.

17、The hero of Dr. Fustus is a young ______. a. scholar b. doctorc. philosopher d. magician 30. The significance of Marlowe’s plays lies in the playwright’s presentin

18、g of, in various ways, the spirit of ________. a. feudal lords b. the rising bourgeoisiec. the intellectuals d. common people31. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century?a. G