英国文学选择题
Old & Medieval Ages
1.The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called ____.
A. Morted’ Arthur
B. Robin Hood
C. The Canterbury Tales
D. Piers the Plowman
2.The story of       is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.
A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
B. Beowulf
C. Piers the Plowman
D. The Canterbury Tales
3.In his literary development, Chaucer was influenced by three literatures, which one is not included?_______
A. French literature
B. Italian literature
C. English literature
D. German literature
4. It is _______ alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive re；alistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Martin Luther
C. William Shakespeare
D. John Gower
5. Chaucer's earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of French Roman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughtout Europe.
A. Troilus and Criseyde
B. Romance of the Rose
C. A Red, Red Rose
D. Piers the Plowman
6.         , is a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.
A. The Wife’s Complaint
B. Beowulf
C. The Dream of the Rood
D. The Seafarer
7.In 1066, _          _, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.
A. William the Conqueror
B. Julius Caesar
C. Alfred the Great  D. Claudius
8. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.
A. Flanders
B. France
C. Italy
D. Westminster Abbey
9. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact on the wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.steele
A. engineer
B. office holder
C. ambassador
D. Legislator
10.Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is the popular literary form in ____.
A. Romanticism
B. Renaissance
C. medieval period
D. Anglo-Saxon period
11.One of Chaucer’s main contributions to English poetry is ______.
A. he introduced the rhymed stanzas from France to English poetry
B. he created striking brilliant panorama of his time and his country
C. he wrote in blank verse
D. he was the first to write sonnet
12.______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about 1340.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Sir Gawain
C. Francis Bacon
D. John Dryden
13.Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’s poem “Filostrato”.
A. The Legend of Good Women
B. Troilus and Criseyde
C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
D. Beowulf
14.The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.
A. loyalty
B. revolt
C. obedience
D. Mockery
15.In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .
A. Langland
B. Wycliffe
C. Gower
D. Chaucer
16.The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.
A. novel
B. drama
C. romance
D. Essay
17.The most important work of ______ is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, which is regarded as the best momument of the old English prose.
A. Alfred the Great
B. Caedmon
C. Cynewulf
D. Venerable Bede
18.After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke _____.
A. French
B. English
C. Latin
D. Swedish
19.Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except____.
A. Hamlet
B. King Lear
C. Romeo and Juliet
D. Othello
20.____ made “blank verse ” the principal vehicle of expression in English drama.
A.Ben Johnson
B. William Shakespeare
C. Thomas More
D. Christopher Marlowe
21.Shakespeare’s plays written between _____ are sometimes called “romances” and all end in reconciliation and reunion.
A. 1590 and 1599
B. 1595 and 1600
C. 1601 and 1608
D. 1609 and 1612
22.______was one of "the university wits", and was famous for his prose romance Euphues.
A.Lyly
B. Peele
C. Greene
D. Marlowe
23.Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____.
A.romanticism
B.realism
C.naturalism
D.Classicism
The Renaissance
1.Shakespeare is one of the founders of __B__.
A.romanticism
B.realism
C.naturalism

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