英美文学英国部分练习题
England
Review
Chapter 1
1、In Anglo-Saxon period, Beowulf represented the_______ poetry.
A. pagan
B. religious
C. romantic
D.sentimental
2、The Anglo-Saxons were Christianized in the _______ century.
A. 6th
B. 7th
C. 8th
D. 10th
3、Beowulf describes the exploits of a ______ hero, Beowulf, in fighting against the
monster Grendel, his revengeful mother, and a fire-breathing dragon.
A. Danish
B. Scandinavian
C. English
D. Norwegian
4、English literature began with the ______ settlement in England.
A. Anglo-Saxon
B. Roman
C. Norman
D. Britain
5、The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the _______.
A. novel
B. drama
C. romance
steeleD. essay
6、The theme of ______ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.
A. loyalty
B. revolt
C. obedience
D. mockery
7、_______ was the first to be buried in the Poet?s Corner of Westminster Abbey.
A. Chaucer
B. Shakespeare
C. Marlowe
D. Spenser
Answers: ABBAC AA
Chapter 2
1、_______was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.
A. Thomas Wyatt
B. William Shakespeare
C. Philip Sidney
D. Thomas Campion
2、The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was______ who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.
A. Christopher Marlowe
B. Thomas Loge
C. Edmund Spenser
D. Thomas More
3、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
4、English Renaissance Period was an age of_______.
A. prose and novel
B. poetry and drama
C. essays and journals
D. ballads and songs
5、＂Liberty, Fraternity and Equality＂were first uttered in the book_______.
A. The Shepherd?s Calendar
B. Utopia
C. The Rights of Man
D. The Declaration of Independence
6、＂Denmark is a prison＂. In which play does the hero summarize his observation of his world into such a bitter sentence? _______
A. Charles I
B. Othello
C. Henry VIII
D. Hamlet
7、In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence：＂What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty!＂_______
A. Romeo and Juliet
B. Hamlet
C. Othello
D. The Merchant of Venice
Answers: AABBB DB
How much do you know about America?
1、American Revolutionary War, also called American War of Independence, lasted from 1775 to 1783
2、The United States of America (also referred to as the America) is comprising fifty states and a federal district
3、The official motto of America is In God We Trust
4、The capital of America is Washington, D.C. or New York City?
5、What does the name Washington, D.C. signify?
Chapter 3
1、Which was not written by John Milton?________
A. Paradise Lost
B. Lycidas
C. L?Allegro
D. Song to Celia
2、John Milton wrote his best-know prose work, _______, in the form of a speech addressed to the Houses of Parliament, in which he appealed for the freedom of the press.
A. Areopagitica
B. Lycidas
C. L?Allegro
D. Of Reformation in England
3、In which famous pamphlet did Milton thus write: ”Our king made not us, but we him. Nature has given fathers to us all, but we ourselves appointed out own king; so that the people are not for the king, but the king for them”?_____
A. Second Defence of the English People 《未为英国人民再辩》
B. The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth
C. Of Reformation in English
D. Defence of the English People 《为英国人民申辩》
4、The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ______is often regarded as the real hero of the poem.
A. God
B. Satan
C. Adam
D. Raphael
5、Another school of poetry prevailing in 17th century was that of ____,i.e. those verse-writers, often knights and squires, who sided with the King against the Parliament and Puritans.
A. Metaphysical Poets
B. Cavalier Poets
C. John Milton
D. John Dryden
6、Explain the” Puritanism” during the English Revolution.
Answers: DADB__
Chapter 4
1、____was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Westem Europe in the 18th century.
A. The Renaissance
B. The Enlightenment
C.The Religious Reformation
D. The Chartist Movement
2、Most of the English writers in the 18th century were enlighteners. They fell into two gr
oups, one is______, and the other is______.

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