unit3-4Q修改版
Multiple Choice
1. The nine-line verse stanza was originated from _______ .
A. Edmund Spenser
B. Philip Sidney
C. Thomas More C. William Shakespeare
2. Which of the following does not belong to the plays of Christopher Marlowe?
A. Tamburlaine.
B. The Tempest
C. Doctor Faustus
D. The Jew of Malta
3. The literary form of The Faerie Queen is _______ .
A. lyric poem
B. ironic poem
C. narrative poem
D. allegorical poem
4. What flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature?
A. Novel
B. Drama
C. Essay
D. Poetry
5. Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia in _______ in 151
6.
A. French
B. English
C. Latin
D. Italian
6. Which is Not among Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?
A. Hamlet
B. Macbeth
C. King Lear
D. Romeo and Juliet
7. Bacon’s _______ is the first example of that genre in English literature, which has been recognized as an important landmark in the development of English prose.
A. The Advancement of Learning
B. Essays
C. The New Atlantis
D. Volpone
8. ______ first made blank verse in the principle instrument of English drama.
A. Shakespeare
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. Bacon
D. Ben Johnson
9. The Pilgrim’s Progress is the most successful religious _______ in the English language.
A. elegy
B. allegory
C. epic
D. legendmonarchy
10. Which of the following is NOT John Dryden’s work?
A. All for Love
B. Absalom and Achitophel
C. The Essay of Dramatic Poesy
D. The Holy War
11. ________ is the founder of the Metaphysical School?
A. John Donne
B. John Milton
B. John Bunyan D. George Herbert
12. William Shakespeare is one of the giants of ________.
A. Romanticism
B. critical realism
C. Aestheticism
D. the Renaissance
13. Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play?
A. Juliet Caesar
B. The Merry Wives of Windsor
C. Henry IV
D. King Lear
14. Which of the following is NOT the work of Sir Philip Sidney?
A. Astrophel and Stella
B. Defense of Poetry
C. Arcadia
D. Samson Agonists
15. Which of the following is NOT the feature of Metaphysical poems?
A. They use conceits to express ideas in sharp and harsh manner.
B. They reject the romantic exaggeration of Elizabethan love poetry.
C. Their metaphors are commonly used in daily life.
D. The form of them is often an argument with the poet’s lover, God or himself.
16. Which is not the work of Abraham Cowley?
A.The visions and prophecies Concerning England
B. Guardian
C. The Weeper
D. Pyramus and Thisbe
17. John Dryden was all of the following EXCEPT ________in the literary world of Restoration England.
A. a poet
B. a dramatist
C. a literary critic
D. a short story writer
18. Which play is not a comedy?
A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
B. The Merchant of Venice
C. Romeo and Juliet
D. As You Like It
19. In the Songs and Sonnets, by which Donne is probably best known, ________is the basic theme.
A. love
B. friendship
C. parental relations
D. citizenship
20. ________is not Milton’s work.
A. Areopagitica
B. Paradise Lost
C. Paradise regained
D. Gulliver’s Travels
21. In literature a try in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as _______.
A. allegory
B. sonnet
C. blank verse
D. rhyme
22. ________lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinking and fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge.
A. Francis Bacon
B. John Milton
C. John Dryden
D. Ben Johnson
23. ________is not one of the metaphysical poets.
A. Herbert
B. Vaughan
C. Crashaw
D. Carew
24. ________was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.
A. Thomas Wyatt
B. John Wycliffe
C. Philip Sidney
D. William Shakespeare
25. Sir Philip Sidney is known both as a poet and as a ________.
A. essayist
B. dramatist
C. a critic of poetry
D. novelist
26. In the conclusion of the prose ________, the author points out that the root of poverty is the private ownership of social wealth.
A. Advancement of Learning
B. Utopia
C. Tamburlaine
D. Henry IV
27. To His Coy Mistress is one of ________’s famous poems.
A. John Donne
B. George Herbert
C. Andrew Marvell
D. Richard Crashaw
28. In the following which one doesn’t belong to the Cavalier group?
A. Sir John Suckling
B. Robert Herrick
C. Richard Lovelace
D. George Herbert
29. In the 17th century, ________turned with the tide and always placed himself on the winning side. Thus, he has been called a time-server by some critics.

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