1、Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1. _, 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 GawainC. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden2. Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, an
2、d was buried in _.A. Flanders B. FranceC. Italy D. Westminster Abbey3. The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. _ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A. Henry V B. Henry VIIC. Henry VIII D. Queen Eliz
3、abeth4. Except being a victory of England over _, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. Spain B. FranceC. America D. Norway5. At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist _ wrote his Utopi
4、a in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the peoples suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.A. Thomas More B. Thomas MarloweC. Francis Bacon D. William Shakespear6. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen _.A. Mary B. ElizabethC.
5、William D. Victoria7. English Renaissance Period was an age of _.A. prose and novel B. poetry and dramaC. essays and journals D. ballads and songs8. From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacons work: _.A. The Advancement of Learning B. The New InstrumentC. Essays D. The New Atlanti
6、csE. Venus and Adonis9. “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares _.A. songs B. playsC. comedies D. sonnets10. The heroines of Shakespeares great comedies, _ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whose images and stories will remain a legacy to reader
7、s and audiences of all time.A. Portia B. RoselandC. Viola D. Beatrice11. Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following _.A. Hamlet B. OthelloC. Macbeth D. King LearE. Timon of Athens12. Which play is not a comedy? _A. A Midsummer Nights Dream B. The Merchant of VeniceC. Twelfth N
8、ight D. Romeo and JulietE. As You Like It13. “Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the hero summarise his observation of his world into such a bitter sentence? _A. Charles I B. OthelloC. Henry VIII D. Hamlet14. The works of _ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great trea
9、suries of the English language.A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Edmund SpenserC. William Shakespeare D. Ben Johnson15. In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “What a piece of wok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” _A. Romeo and Juliet B. Hamle
10、tC. Othello D. The Merchant of Venice16. In 1649, _ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A. James I B. James IIC. Charles I D. Charles II17. The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: _.A. the supremacy of ParliamentB. the beginning of modern EnglandC. the triumph of the prin
11、cipal libertyD. the triumph of the principle of political libertyE. the Restoration of monarchy18. Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? _A. John Donne B. George HerbertC. John Milton D. Richard Lovelace19. Which work was NOT written by John Milton? _A. Paradise Lost B. Paradis
12、e RegainedC. Samson Agonistes D. Volpone20. Paradise Lost is _.A. John Miltons masterpieceB. a great epic in 12 booksC. written in blank verseD. about the heroic revolt of Satan against Gods authority21. John Milton is _.A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB. an outstanding political pa
13、mphleteerC. a great stylistD. a great master of blank verse22. From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. _.A. the creationB. the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC. their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD. the creation of the death and of adam and E
14、veE. the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF. Satans temptation of EveG. the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23. 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. SatanC. Adam D. Eve24. Who is the greatest of the M
15、etaphysical school of poetry? _A. John Donne B. George HerbertC. Andrew Marvell D. Henry Vaugham25. _ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. The Renaissance B. The EnlightenmentC. The Religious Reformation D. The Chartist Movement26. The main literar
16、y stream of the 18th century was _. What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.A. naturalism B. romanticismC. classicism D. realismE. sentimentalism27. The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English _. The novel of this period spoke the truth about life with an
17、uncompromising courage.A. drama B. poetryC. essay D. novel28. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, _ and _, which made him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of a Tub B. Bickerstaff AlmanacC. Gullivers Travels D. A Modest Proposal29. “Proper words in proper places, makes the true de
18、finition of a style.” This sentence is said by _, one of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander Pope B. Henry FieldingC. Daniel Defoe D. Jonathan Swift30. As a journalist, _ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use of circumstantial detail. This power to
19、 make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A. Joseph Addison B. Daniel DefoeC. Samuel Richarson D. Tobias Smollett31. Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? _A. Poetical Sketches B. Songs of InnocenceC. Songs of Experience D. Auld Lang SyneE. The Marr
20、iage of Heaven and Hell F. ProphecisG. Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32. In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were _.A. William Wordsworth B. William BlakeC. Robert Burns D. Jonathan Swift33. The Romantic Age begab with the p
21、ublication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by _.A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Wordsworth and Coleridge34. The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer _.A. Jane Austen B. Walter ScottC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D
22、. William Wordsworth35. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of _.A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. George Gordon Byron D. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE. John Keats36. The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are _.A. George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe Shell
23、eyB. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Walter Scott and Jane AustenD. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37. Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? _A. George Gordon Byron B. William WordsworthC. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. John KeatsE. John Milton38. Which poets belong to the Lake
24、rs? _A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. John Keats D. Robert SoutheyE. Walter Scott39. Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? _A. To the Cuckoo B. The Lyrical BalladsC. Lucy Poems D. The Solitary ReaperE. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40. The publication of _ marked th
25、e break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century, i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A. The Lyrical Ballads B. The PreludeC. Childe Harolds Pilgrimage D. Don Juan41. As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, cl
26、assical traditions the criteria in their poetical creations, _ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.”A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. George Gordon ByronC. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. William Wordsworth42. _ was the first crit
27、ic of the Romantic School.A. William Wordworth B. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Wordworth and Coleridge43. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? _A. Byrons early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent fami
28、ly scenes his mother called him “you lame brat.”B. Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughout the world.C. The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byrons genius and his role in the development of English literatu
29、re, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D. Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byrons poems have been translated into Chinese and well received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets in our c
30、ountry.44. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled _.A. Biographia literaria B. The PreludeC. Lucy Poems D. The Lyrical Ballads45. _ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems on nature, on love, and on politics.A. William Wo
31、rdsworth B. John KeatsC. George Gordon Byron D. Percy Bysshe Shelley46. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? _A. Prometheus Unbound is Percy Bysshe Shelleys masterpiece, a long epic poem.B. At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his ob
32、stinate opposition to the brutal fagging system, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.C. George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D. Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the pe
33、ople and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47. _s pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspiration after a better life than the sordid reality under capitalism. His leading principle is: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”A. Percy Bysshe Shelley B. George Gordon ByronC. William Wordsworth D. J
34、ohn Keats48. Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. _A. Ode to the West Wind B. Ode to a NightingaleC. To Autumn D. Ode on MelancholyE. Ode on a Grecian Urn49. Choose the works written by Jane Austen. _A. Pride and Prejudice B. Sense and SensibilityC. Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE. Mansfie
35、ld Park F. Persuasion50. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called _ appeared. And it flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.A. romanticism B. naturalismC. realism D. critical realism51. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of _. The
36、 critical realists, most of who were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A. novel B. dramaC. poetry D. essay52. The greatest English critical realist novelist was _, who critic
37、ised the bourgeois civilisation and showed the misery of the common people.A. William Makepeace Thackeray B. Charles DickensC. Charlotte Bronte D. Emily Bronte53. Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? _A. Charles Dickens B. Charlotte BronteC. Emily Bronte D. Thomas Hardy54. _ w
38、rote a number of little sketches of “cockney characters”. He signed them “Boz”, which was his nickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A. Elizabeth Gaskell B. William M. ThackerayC. Charles Dickens D. Jane Austen55. _ has been called “the supreme epic of Engli
39、sh life.”A. A Tale of Two Cities B. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick Papers D. Oliver Twist56. The theme underlying _ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”.A. A Tale of Two Cities B. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick Papers D. Oliver Twist57. In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a majo
40、r art intended to change the world. The main poets of the age were _.A. Alfred Tennyson B. Robert BrowningC. Mrs. Browning D. Robert BurnsE. William Blake58. The _ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers were able to appear as an independent political for
41、ce and were already realising the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A. Enlightenment B. RenaissanceC. Chartist D. Romanticist59. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality? _A. A
42、Tale of Two Cities B. David CopperfieldC. Great Expectation D. Dombey and Son60. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel _.A. A Tale of Two Cities B. Great ExpectationC. Hard Times D. David Copperfield61. _ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author
43、Dickens in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the authors early life.A. Tom Jones B. David CopperfieldC. Oliver Twist D. Great Expectation62. The Bronte sisters are _. They were all talented writers and all of them died young. A. Charlotte Bronte B. Emily BronteC. Anne Bronte D. Ja
44、ne AustenE. Catherine63. Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: _.A. Professor B. Jane EyreC. Shirley D. VilletteE. Agnes Grey64. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled _.A. Wuthering Heights B. Jane EyreC. Emma D. Agnes Grey65. Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. _A. Jane Eyre B. Mr
45、. RochesterC. Mary Barton D. Silas Marner66. Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? _A. Heathcliff B. CatherineC. Hindley D. CathyE. Hareton67. In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte _.A. pours a great deal of her own experienceB. criticises the bourgeois system of educationC. sho
46、ws that true love is the foundation of marriageD. shows that women should have equal rights with men68. Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the _ century.A. 17th B. 18thC. 19th D. 20th69. Anne Bronte also wrote two novels _ and _.A. Shirley B. VilletteC. The Tenant o
47、f the Wildfell Hall D. Agnes Grey70. Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? _A. One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B. Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C. This book is Charlottel Bront
48、es best literary production.D. In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie and sympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.71. Most of Robert Brownings important works, including _, are written in the form of dramatic monologue.A. Dramatic Lyrics B
