英美文学练习题2.doc

Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.-author-date英美文学练习题2练习题2练习题2Blanks:1. The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) between the House of _Lancaster_ and the House of _York_ struggling for the Crown continued for 30 years. 2. Because of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King of England, the far-reaching movement of _Religous Reformation_ took place in England, started by Henry . 3. The introduction of _printing_ to England by William Caxton brought classical works within reach of the common multitude. 4. The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up of feudal relation and the foundation of _capitalism_. 5. In Elizabethan Period, _Francis Bacon_ wrote more than fifty excellent essays, which made him one of the best essayists in English literature. 6. Spenser is generally regarded as the greatest non-dramatic poet of the Elizabeth Age. His fame is chiefly based on his masterpiece _The Faerie Queen_. 7. From the first half of the 16th century, _the English Renaissance_ began to develop into a flowering of literature and then England became “a nest of singing birds”. 8. In the Elizabethan Period, _William Shakesperare_ is the greatest playwright of England. 9. _George Herbert_ is the saint of the metaphysical school. 10. In the Elizabethan Period, _Francis Bacon_ wrote many excellent essays, such as Of Studies. 11. _Edmund Spenser_ wrote his masterpiece The Faerie Queene. 12. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and _Macbeth_ are generally regarded as Shakespeares four great tragedies. 13. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is one of _Christopher Marlowe_s best plays. 14. Shakespearean Sonnet is made up of three quatrains with different rhymes, followed by a couplet. The rhyme scheme is _abab,cdcd,efef,gg_. 15. The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was _Christopher Marlowe_ who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama. 16. The intellectual energy of the English Renaissance showed itself in the achievement of _ Francis Bacon _, who is the first English essayist. 17. English Renaissance was an age of _poetry and drama_. 18. “Denmark is a prison”. The hero summarizes his observation of his world into such a bitter sentence in _Hamlet_ written by William Shakespeare. 19. John Milton wrote his masterpiece _The Paradise Lost_ during his blindness. 20. John Donne is a poet of Peculiar _conceit_, having his own way of reasoning and comparison. 21. _ John Milton _ is the greatest writer of the 17th century, and one of the giants of English literature. 22. _ John Donne _ is the founder of the “metaphysical school”. 23. Robert Herrick is a poet in English Renaissance who belongs to the school of _cavalier_. 24. _ Edmund Spenser _ is often referred to as “the poets poet”. 25. Shakespeares plays are poetical dramas. A great number of important dialogues and soliloquies in his plays assume the form of _poemtry_. 26. The second period of Shakespeares work is mainly a period of “great comedies” and nature historical plays. The general spirit in this period is _optimism_.27. In the 17th century, _ John Milton _ towers over his age as William Shakespeare towers over the Elizabeth Age and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval Period. 28. During the civil war and the commonwealth, there were two leaders in England, Cromwell, the man of action, and _ John Milton _ the man of thought. T/F1. The Protestant Reformation was in essence a religious(political) movement in a political guise. F2. The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its poetry(drama). F3. From Shakespeares history plays, it can be seen that Shakespeare took no(great) interest in the political questions of his time. F4. King Lear (macbeth)is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national hero to degenerate into a bloody murderer and despot right to his doom. F5. Coming from an old Danish legend, Othello (hamlet) is considered the summit of Shakespeares art. F6. Generally speaking, after Shakespeare, the English drama was undergoing a process of prosperity(decline). F7. English Renaissance Period was an age of poetry and drama, and was(not) an age of prose. F8. The greatest epic produced by Milton, Paradise Lost, is written in heroic couplet(blank verse). F9. Paradise Lost took its material from Greek mythology. T10. The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, generally speaking, by fantasticality(mysticism) in content and mysticism(fantasticality) in form. FQuestions:1. Make a brief introduction of Paradise Lost2. Summarize the main story of The Merchant of Venice.3. What features do Shakespeares plays possess?4. How much do you know about William Shakespeares sonnets?Explain the following terms1. sonnet2. Spenserian stanza3. blank verse4. Renaissance-