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PAGE/NUMPAGESI.MultiplechoicesA1.In1066,____,withhisNormanarmy,succeededininvadinganddefeatingEngland.A.WilliamtheConquerorB.JuliusCaesarC.AlfredtheGreatD.ClaudiusD2.Inthe14thcentury,themostimportantwriter(poet)is____.A.LanglandB.WycliffeC.GowerD.ChaucerC3.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureis____.A.novelB.dramaC.romanceD.EssayC4.______wasthegreatestofEnglishreligiousreformersandthefirsttranslatoroftheBible.A.LanglandB.GowerC.WycliffeD.ChaucerA5.______,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninabout1340.A.GeoffreyChaucerB.SirGawainC.FrancisBaconD.JohnDrydenA6. _____wasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.a.ThomasWyattb.WilliamShakespearec.PhillipSidneyd.ThomasCampionA7.  TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishDrama.Itwas_______whomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.a.ChristopherMarloweb.ThomasLogec.EdmundSpenserd.ThomasMoreB8.Atthebeginningthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanist_____wrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople’ssufferingandputforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.a.ChristopherMarloweb.ThomasMorec.PhillipSidneyd.EdmundSpencerB9.RenaissancePeriodwasanageof____.a.proseandnovelb.poetryanddramac.essaysandjournalsd.balladsandsongsA10.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?”ThislineistakenfromoneofShakespeare’s____________.a.Sonnet18b.thetragedyKingLearc.alongpoemVenusandAdonisd.thecomedyAsYouLikeItD11.Fromthefollowingchoosetheone______thatisnotbyFrancisBacon.a.TheAdvancementofLearningb.TheNewInstrumentc.OfStudiesd.TherapeoftheLockA12. Elizabethanpoetryisremarkable.Englandthenbecame“anestofsingingbirds”.Thefamouspoetofthatperiodwas_______.a.EdmundSpenserb.ThomasKydc.EarlofSurryd.ThomasMoreA13. Whichplayisnotacomedy?a.TheJewofMaltab.EveryOneinHisHumorc.AMidsummerNight’sDreamd.MuchAdoaboutNothingD14.  TheTragicHistoryofDoctorFaustusisoneof______‘sbestplays.a.Shakespeareb.ThomasKydc.BenJonsond.ChristopherMarloweD15.  Thename“thefatherofEnglishpoetry”wasgiventothegreatestpoetborninLondonabout1340andtheonewhodidmuchinmakingthedialectofLondon(Midlanddialectthelanguageofthecourt,thelearnedandthewell-todo)thefoundationformodernEnglishlanguage.a.Shakespeareb.Spenserc.C.PhilipSidneyd.ChaucerA16.  ThebasicnoteofChaucer’sstyleis_______.a.thefusionofhumorandgenialsatireb.thefusionofironywithsarcasmc.thefusionofhumorwithepigramsd.thefusionofhumorwithironyD17.    _____wasthefirstburiedinthePoet’sCornerofWestminsterAbby.a.Southyb.FrancisBaconc.Shakespeared.ChaucerA18.MacbethbyShakespeareisa______.a.tragedyb.comedyc.tragicomedyd.historicalplay19.“Tobe,ornottobe:thatisthequestion:Whether‘tisnoblerinthemindtosufferTheslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortuneOrtotakearmsagainstaseaoftrouble,DAndbyopposingendthem...”arethefamouslinesinHamletwhichexpressestheHamlet’s______character.a..resoluteb.resoluteandhesitantc.stubbond.indecisiveandhesitantD20.Protestantsreferstoallthereligioussectsexcept________.a.ChurchofEnglandb.Puritanismc.Calvinismd.Catholicism B21.ThoughBeowulfwasintroducedbyAngles,theeventsand_____areScandinavian.a.beliefb.charactersc.idead.GodA22.In1066,___ledtheNormanarmytoinvadeanddefeatEngland.a.Williamtheconquerorb.JuliusCaesarc.AlfredtheGreatd.ClaudiusC23.   OfmanycontemporariesandsuccessorsofShakespeare,themostimportantandwellknownwas______whobecamethePoetLaureatein1616.a.JohnDrydenb.SamuelJohnsonc.BenJonsond.RobertSouthyA24.   Themainliteraryformofseventeenthcenturywaspoetry.Amongthepoets,_______wasthegreatest.a.Miltonb.Bunyanc.theMetaphysicalpoetsd.theCavalierpoets25.   ChoosethepoetswhobelongtotheCavaliergroup.a.SirJohnSucklingb.RichardLovelacec.ThomasCarewd.GeorgeHerbertD26.Thetitleof“Poet’spoet”isgiventothewriterofthefollowingwork_______.a.DeathBeNotProudb.VenusandAdonisc.RomeoandJulietd.TheFaerieQueenA27.  TheMerchantofVenicebelongstoShakespearianplaysof_______.a.comedyb.sequenceofsonnetsc.tragedyd.historicalplayC28.Chaucerwasthefirstimportantpoetofaroyalcourttowritein______aftertheNormanconquest.a.Frenchb.Latinc.Englishd.CeltA29.“Hewasnotofanage,butforallthetime”.“He”hererefersto_____.a.Shakespeareb.Chaucerc.C.JohnMiltond.BenJonsonC30.ThefatheroftheschoolofMetaphysicalpoetsis_______.a.ThomasMoreb.Spenserc.JohnDonned.WyattD31.ThemostimportantprosewriterofElizabethanAgewas_______,whowasalsothefounderoftheEnglishmaterialisticphilosophy.a.ThomasMoreb.Spenserc.JohnDonned.FrancisBaconA32.TheculminationofallRenaissancetranslationis________.a.KingJamesBibleb.NewInstrumentc.OfStudyd.TheReasonofChurchGovernmentA33.Donne’spoetryisfullofmetaphors,originalimages,witand______,exceptingenuity,dexteroususeofcolloquialspeech,considerableflexibilityofrhythmandmeter,complexthemesandcaustichumor.a.conceitsb.Petrarchenimagesc.rhetoricsd.brevityB34.TheCavaliersmostlydealtinshortsongsontheflittingjoysoftheday,butunderneaththeirlight-heartednessliessomeforebodingof_____toenjoythepresentday.Thisistypicalofpessimismandcynicism.a.philosophicalthoughtb.impendingdoomc.intellectualidead.expectinghappiness.C35.ParadiseRegainedandSamsonAgonisteswerethepoemswrittenby_______.a.Miltonb.WilliamShakespearec.BenJonsond.MarloweC36.InParadiseLosttheauthoreulogizesthespiritof______thatisthoughlost,butthe______cannotbeconquered,andthepursuitofrevenge,immortalhatetowardsgodwillneverbeovercome.a.pessimism,knowledgeb.optimism,idealc.rebellion,willd.cynicism,conceptB37.Blankversewasfirstusedby______astheprincipleinstrumentofEnglishdrama.a.theEarlofSurryb.ChristopherMarlowec.SamuelJohnsond.ShakespeareC38.ThethemeofthesonnetDeathBeNotProudisthat________.a.deathispredestinedb.deathisthemostdreadfulthingc.deathyouarenothingtobefearedd.deathisgentletowardsmeC39._____hasbeencalledthesummitoftheEnglishRenaissance.A.ChristopherMarlowB.FrancisBaconC.W.ShakespeareD.BenJohnsonB40.Shakespeareisoneofthefoundersof____.A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD.classicismA41.Amongmanypoeticforms,Shakespearewasespeciallyathome(goodat)withthe_______.A.dramaticblankverseB.songC.sonnetD.coupletA42._____isoneoftheforerunnersofmodernsocialistthought.A.PhillipSidneyB.EdmundSpenserC.ThomasMoreD.WalterRaleighD43.____wasaforerunnerofclassicisminEnglishliterature.A.BenJohnsonB.WilliamShakespeareC.ThomasMoreD.ChristopherMarloweD44.Themostgiftedofthe“universitywits”was____.A.LylyB.PeeleC.GreeneD.MarloweD45.____wastheforerunneroftheEnglishclassicalschoolofliteratureinthe19thcentury.A.JohnDrydenB.RichardSteeleC.JosephAddisonD.AlexanderPopeB46._____isthefirstphilosopherofindustrialscience.A.ChristopherMarlowB.FrancisBaconC.W.ShakespeareD.BenJohnsonA48.____hassixknightsrepresenting6virtues:holiness,Temperance,Chastity,Friendship,JusticeandCourtesy.a.TheFaerieQueenb.ThePilgrim’sProgressc.ParadiseLostD.EssaysII.Literaryterms1.BlankverseUnrhymediambicpentameter.SeealsoMeter.InGorboduc(1561),ThomasSackvilleandThomasNortonintroducedblankverseintothedrama,whenceitsoaredwithMarloweandShakespeareinthe1590s.MiltonforgeditanewfortheepicinParadiseLost(1667).2.EpicAlongnarrativepoem,typicallyarecountingofhistoryorlegendorofthedeedsofanationalheroandofreflectingthevaluesofthesocietyfromwhichitoriginated.Manyepicsweredrawnfromanoraltraditionandweretransmittedbysongandrecitationbeforetheywerewrittendown.Lateronthisliterarygenrewaswrittendownbythepoets,suchasParadiseLost,ParadiseRegained.TwoofthegreatestepicsareHomer’sIliadandOdyssey.WhileinBritishliteraryhistory,thenationalepicisBeowulf.3.MetaphysicalPoetryThepoetryofJohnDonneandotherseventeenth-centurypoetswhowroteinasimilarstyle.Metaphysicalpoetryischaracterizedbyverbalwitandexcess,ingeniousstructure,irregularmeter,colloquiallanguage,elaborateimagery,andadrawingtogetherofdissimilarideas.4.Sentimentalism Sentimentalismoriginatedinthe18thcentury,andwasadirectreactionagainstthecold,hardcommercialismandrationalismthathaddominatedpeople’slifesincethelastdecadesofthe17thcentury.Besides,itseemedtohaveappearedhandinhandwiththeriseofrealisticEnglishnovel.SentimentalismoftenrelatestosentimentalityandsensibilityinsomeliteraryworkssuchasRichardson’sPamela;Goldsmith’sTheVicarofWakefield;Sterne’sASentimentalJourneythroughFranceandItaly.InPoetry,wehaveThomasGray’s“AnElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard”,Goldsmith’s“TheDesertedVillage”,andCowper’s“Task”,notmentionthevariousodesofsensibilitywhichflourishedinthelaterhalfofthecentury.5.HumanismHumanismreferstothemainliterarytrendandisthekeynoteofEnglishRenaissance.Humaniststookinterestinhumanlifeandhumanactivitiesandgaveexpressiontothenewfeelingofadmirationforhumanbeauty,humanachievement.6.PuritanismThetermisusedinanarrowsenseofreligiouspracticeandattitudes,andinabroadsenseofanethicaloutlook,whichismuchlesseasytodefine.1).Initsstrictsense,“Puritan”wasappliedtothoseProtestantreformerswhorejectedQueenElizabeth’sreligioussettlementof1560.ThissettlementsoughtamiddlewaybetweenRomanCatholicismandtheextremespiritofreformofGeneva.ThePuritans,influencedbyGeneva,Zurich,andothercontinentalcenters,objectedtotheretentionofbishopsandtoanyappearanceofwhattheyregardedassuperstitioninchurchworship---thewearingofvestmentsbythepriests,andanykindofreligiousimage.ApartfromtheirunitedoppositiontoRomanCatholicismandtheirinsistenceonsimplicityinreligiousforms,Puritansdisagreedamongthemselvesonquestionsofdoctrineandchurchorganization.Puritanswereverystronginthefirsthalfof17thcenturyandreacheditspeakofpoweraftertheCivilWarof1642-6,awar,whichwasostensiblyreligious,althoughitwasalsopolitical.2).Inthebroadsenseofawholewayoflife,Puritanismhasalwaysrepresentedstrictobediencetothedictatesofconscienceandstrongemphasisonthevirtueofself-denial.Theword“Puritan”isoftenthoughttoimplyhostilitytoarts,butthisisnotnecessarilytrue.7.RenaissanceItisaculturalmovementoftherisingbourgeoisie.Thekeywordforitishumanism,whichemphasizesthebeliefinhumanbeings,hisenvironmentanddoingsandhisbravefightfortheemancipationofmanfromthetyrannyofthechurchandreligiousdogmas.Itoriginallyindicatesarevivalofclassicalartsandlearningafterthedarkagesofmedievalobscurantism.Itsaimistogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinmedievaltimeandintroducenewideasthatexpresstheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie.Shakespeare,Spenser,andMarloweareallfamousliteraryfiguresinthisperiod.友情：部分文档来自网络整理，供您参考！文档可复制、编辑，期待您的好评与关注！