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I. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would bet complete the statement.

1. The long poem ______ in Anglo-Saxon period was termed England’s national epic.

A. The Canterbury Tales

B. Paradise Lost

C. The Song of Beowulf

D. The Fairy Queen

2. 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

3. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of____.

A. Piers Plowman

B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

C. Confessio Amantis

D. The Canterbury Tales

4. _______ is regarded as the father of English poetry.

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Edmund Spenser

C. John Milton

D. W. Wordsworth

5. It is _____ alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic 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

6. 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

7. During the Renaissance, _______ was the first one to introduce the sonnet into English poetry.

A. Chaucer

B. John Donne

C. Thomas Wyatt

D. Earl of Surrey

8. During the Renaissance, _______ wrote the first English blank verse.

A. Chaucer

B. Edmund Spencer

C. Thomas Wyatt

D. Earl of Surrey

9. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement？

A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture

B. The new discoveries in geography and astrology

C. The Glorious revolution

D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion

10. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events. Which one of the following is NOT such an event?

A. The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.

B. England’s domestic rest

C. New discovery in geography and astrology.

D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.

11. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ______ and ______ centuries.

A. 14th...mid-17th

B. 14th...mid-18th

C. 16th...mid-18th

D. 16th...mid-17th

12. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence

is_______.

A. science

B. philosophy

C. arts

D. humanism

13. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems.

A. Edmund Spenser

B. John Donne

C. William Blake

D. Thomas Gray

14. _______ is known as “the poet’s poet”.

A. William Shakespeare

B. Christopher Marlowe

C. Edmund Spenser

D. John Donne

15. Romance，which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of____ adventures or other heroic deeds，is

a popular literary form in the medieval period.

A. Christian

B. knightly

C. pilgrims

D. primitive

16. ________ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.

A. Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe

B. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe

C. John Donne, Edmund Spenser

D. John Milton, Thomas More

17. Among the following plays which is not written by Christopher Marlowe?

A. Dr. Faustus

B. The Jew of Malta

C. Tamburlaine

D. The School for Scandal

18. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are _______.

A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth

B. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and

Juliet C. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and Macbeth D. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth

19. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.

A. comedies

B. tragedies

C. histories

D. sonnets

20. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” (Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to?

A. Lover

B. Time

C. Summer

D. Poetry

21. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18？

A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature

B. The speaker satirizes human vanity

C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation

D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation

22. “Bassani Antonio，I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself；But life itself，my wife，and all the world，Are not with me esteem’d above thy life；I would lose all，ay，sacrifice them all，Here to the devil，to deliver you. Portia：Your wife would give you little thanks for that，ff she were by to hear you make the

offer.” The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare’s comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate

A. dramatic irony

B. personification

C. allegory

D. symbolism

23. “The Fairy Queen” is the masterpiece written by____.

A. John Milton

B. Geoffrey Chaucer

C. Edmund Spenser

D. Alexander Pope

24. Which of the following work did Bacon NOT write?

A. Advancement of Learning

B. Novum Organum

C. De Augmentis

D. Areopagitica

25. The greatest of pioneers of English drama in Renaissance is _______, one of whose drama is “Doctor Faustus”.

A. William Shakespeare

B. Christopher Marlowe

C. Oscar Wilde

D. R. Brinsley Sheridan

26. “Euphues” was written by ________, the style of the novel was called “Euphuism”.

A. John Bunyan

B. John Lyly

C. John Donne

D. John Milton

27. The most famous dramatist in the 18th century is ______, who is famous for “The School for Scandal”.

A. Oliver Goldsmith

B. Thomas Gray

C. R. Brinsley Sheridan

D. G.eorge Bernard Shaw

28. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17th century was ______, who was a critic, poet, and playwright.

A. Oliver Goldsmith

B. John Dryden

C. John Milton

D. T. G. Coleridge

29. The representative of the “Metaphysical” poetry i s ______, whose poems are famous for his use of fantastic metaphors and extravagant hyperboles.

A. John Donne

B. John Milton

C. William Blake

D. Robert Burns

30. Which of the following has / have associations with John Donne’s poetry?

A. reason and sentiment

B. conceits and wits

C. the euphuism

D. writing in the rhymed couplet

31. _____ is the successful religious allegory in the English language.

A. The Pilgrim’s Progress

B. The Canterbury Tales

C. Paradise Lost

D. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded

32. The 18th century England is known as the ______ in the history.

A. Renaissance

B. Classicism

C. Enlightenment

D. Romanticism

33. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, who was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specially a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style?

A. Thomas Gray

B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

C. Johathan Swift

D. Henry Fielding

34. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______________”, for his contribution t o the establishment of the form of the modern novel.

A. Best writer of the English novel

B. The father of English novel

C. The most gifted writer of the English novel

D. conventional writer of English novel

35. Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists were Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry fielding and _______.

A. Laurence Sterne

B. John Dryden

C. Charles Dickens

D. Alexander Pope

36. John Milton’s masterpiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of _____.

A. rhymed stanzas

B. blank verse

C. alliteration

D. sonnets

37. Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out____，both in theory and practice，to write specifically a “ ______ in prose,” the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. (Refer to 19)

A. tragic epic

B. comic epic

C. romance

D. lyric epic

38. Besides Sheridan, another great playwright in the 18th century is ______.

A. Oliver Goldsmith

B. Thomas Gray

C. T. G. Smollet

D. Laurence Sterne

39. She Stoops to Conquer was written by _____.

A. Oliver Goldsmith

B. R. Brinsley Sheridan

C. John Dryden

D. George Bernard Shaw

40. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modern English ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.

A. prose

B. short story

C. novel

D. tragicomedy

41. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are _____.

A. horses that are endowed with reason

B. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities

C. giants that are superior in wisdom

D. hairy，wild，low and despicable creatures，who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways

42. The unquenchable spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence on a lonely island reflects ____.

A. man’s desire to return to nature

B. the author’s criticism of the colonizat ion

C. the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie

D. the aristocrats’ disillusionment of the harsh social reality

43. Gothic novels are mostly stories of_____, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.

A. love and marriage

B. sea adventures

C. mystery and horror

D. saints and martyrs

44. “The father of English novel” is __________.

A. Henry Fielding

B. Daniel Defoe

C. Jonathan Swift

D. John Donne

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1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ____. A Robin Hood B Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C The Canterbury Tales D Beowulf 2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse. A The Canterbury Tales B Piers the Plowman C Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D Beowulf 3. ____was famous for The Canterbury Tales. A Geoffrey Chaucer B John Milton C William Shakespeare D Francis Bacon 4. Most of the ballads of the 15th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic figure. A Green Nights B Gawain C Robin Hood D Hamlet 5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after its publication. A Paradise Lost B A Pleasant Satire of the Three Estates C Of Studies D Utopia 6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the grea t poems in the English language. A Amoretti B The Shepherd’s Calendar C The Faerie Queene D Four Hymns 7. ____ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18. A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” B “To be or not to be: that is the question” C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead” 8. _____, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ___ _. A. Antony and Cleopatra B. Julius Caesar C Twelfth Night D King Lear 10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s romantic love comedies? A Twelfth Night B The Tempest C As You Like It D The Merchant of Venice D C A C D C C A D B 1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England except______.

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1．{The Isles of Greece} QUESTIONS: 1. Who is the writer of these lines? Byron 2. It is taken from the writer's masterpiece entitled ___ "Don Juan"_________. 3. Who is "Sappho" in line 2? Sappho is an ancient Greek poetess , known for her passionate love lyrics. 4. Who is "Phoebus" in line 4? It's Apollo, the Greek Sun-god. 5. Whom does the "Scian muse" refer to? Homer, because Scio claimed to be the birthplace of Homer. 6. What does the whole section "The Isles of Greece" write about? The section "The Isles of Greece" is among Byron's most effective poetical utterances on national freedom. All the 16 stanzas are supposed to have been sung by a Greek singer at the wedding feast of Don Juan and Haidee on the isle of Greece. In the song, by contrasting the freedom enjoyed by the Greek ancient people with the enslavement of the early 19th century Greeks under the Turkish rule, the poet calls on the Greeks to struggle for their national freedom and liberation. 7. This selection consists of two six-lined stanzas of iambic tetrameter, with a rime scheme of ___ Ababcc__________ What does the poem mainly write about? This poem is about the beauty of nature. There is a vivid picture of the daffodils, mixed with the poet’s philosophical and somewhat mystical thoughts. What is the rime scheme in each stanza? ababcc 2．I wandered lonely as a cloud 1.What does the poem mainly write about? This poem is about the beauty of nature. There is a vivid picture of the daffodils, mixed with the po et’s philosophical and somewhat mystical thoughts. 2.What is the rime scheme in each stanza? ababcc 3. What is the poet’s view on nature? And how is that view shown in this poem? Wordsworth’s conception of nature is that nature has a lot to do with man, it can not only refresh one’s soul and fill one with happiness, but it can also be reduced into a beautiful memory which will comfort one’s heart when in solitude. In the narrative poem, the poet successfully compared his loneliness with the happy daffodils. The daffodils, the symbol of the nature, bring great joy and relief to the speaker. The diction of this poem is, in general, simple, direct, and clear. The image of the daffodils conveys qualities of movement and radiance through carefully chosen words. At first sight, the flowers are seen as “fluttering and dancing”; then the poet compares the flowers to the “stars that shine and twinkle on the milky way”, and then to the “sparkling waves” of a nearby lake. The daffodils are described as “golden”, not yellow, because “golden” suggests more than a color; it connotes light. These words of movement and radiance create a picture of nature as vital, animated, and glowing. Words for joy (glee, sprightly, gay, jocund, bliss) are used in a crescendo that suggests the intensity of the speaker’s happiness.