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1、名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Quiz on English Literature . Multiple Choice Questions 1. 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 2. In the 14th century, the most important wri

2、ter poet is _ . A. Langland B. Wycliffe C. Gower D. Chaucer 3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is _. A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay 4. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke _. A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish 5

3、. The theme of _ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances. A. loyalty B. revolt C. obedience D. mockery 6. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called _. A. Morte dArthur B. Robin Hood C. The Canterbury Tales D. Piers the Plowman 7. _

4、, 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 8. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in _. A. Flanders B. France C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey 9.

5、 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. _. A. engineer B. courtier C. office holder s D. soldier E. ambassador F. legislator 10. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _ based on Boccaccio

6、 poem “ Filostrato” . A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and Criseyde C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D. Beowulf 11. 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.

7、 Greek D. primitive 12. The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely _. AWilliam Langland s Piers Plowman BGeoffrey Chaucers T

8、he Canterbury Tales CJohn Gowers Confession Amantis 1 细心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 1 页,共 8 页 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -DSir Gawain and the Green Knight 13. The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. _ encouraged ex

9、ploration and travel, which were compatible with the interests of the English merchants. A. Henry V. B. Henry VII C. Henry VIII D. Queen Elizabeth 14. _ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature. A. Ben Johnson B. William Shakespeare C. Thomas More D. Christopher Marlowe 15. The most gift

10、ed of the “ university wits” was _. A. Lyly B. Peele C. Greene D. Marlowe 16. Utopia was written in the form of _. A. prose B. drama C. essay D. dialogue 17. Shakespeare plays written between _ are sometimes called “ romances” and all end in reconciliation and reunion. A. 1590 and 1594 B. 1595 and 1

11、600 D. classicism C. 1601 and 1607 D. 1608 and 1612 18. Shakespeare is one of the founders of _. A. romanticism B. realism C. naturalism 19. Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home good at with the _. A. dramatic blank verse B. song C. sonnet D. couplet 20. In the plays, Shakespe

12、are used about _words. A. 15000 B. 16000 C. 17000 D. 18000 21. _has been called the summit of the English Renaissance. A. Christopher Marlow B. Francis Bacon C. W. Shakespeare D. Ben Johnson 22. _was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19th century. A. John Dryden B.

13、Richard Steele C. Joseph Addison D. Alexander Pope 23. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _. A. Steele B. Addison C. Pope D. Dryden 24. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is _. A. Essay on Criticism B. The Rape of the LockC. Essay on Man D. The Dunciad25. Essay on Man is a

14、 _poem in heroic couplets. A. didactic B. satirical C. philosophical D. dramatic 26. _ was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18 th century. A. The Enclosure Movement C. The Religious Reform B. The Industrial Revolution D. The Enlightenment 27. The literature of the Enlightenment in E

15、ngland mainly appealed to the _ readers. A. aristocratic B. middle class C. low class D. intellectual 2 细心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 2 页,共 8 页 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -28. _ is a great classicist but his satire is not always just. A. Steele B. Mil

16、ton C. Addison D. Pope 29. The main literary stream of the 18 th century was _ . What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities. A. romanticism B. classicism C. realism D. sentimentalism 30. The 18th century was the golden age of the English _. The novel of this period spoke

17、the truth about life with an uncompromising unbending courage. A. drama B. poetry C. essay D. novel 31. In a series of pamphlets Jonathan Swift denounced the cruel and unjust treatment of Ireland by the English government. One of the most famous is _. A. Essays on CriticismB. A Modest Proposal C. Gu

18、lliver s Travels D. The Battle of the Books 32. “ Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style. This sentence is said by _, one of the greatest masters of English prose. A. Alexander Pope B. Henry Fielding C. Jonathan Swift D. Daniel Defoe 33. The sentence of “ The plowman hom

19、eward plods his weary way, /And leaves the world to darkness and to me” is written by _.A. William Cowper B. George Crabbe C. Thomas Gray D. William Blake 34. _ is not written by William Blake. A. The Marriage of Heaven and HellB. Songs of ExperienceC. Auld Lang Syne D. Poetical Sketches 35. The 18t

20、hcentury witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, _, which were satirized by Jonathan Swift in his Gulliver s Travels. A. the Whigs and the Tories B. the senate and the House of Representatives C. The upper House and lower House D. the House of Lords and the House of Commons 3

21、6. _ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries. A. Ben Johnson B. Samuel Johnson D. feudalism C. Alexander Pope D. John Dryden 37. Romanticism fights against the ideas of _. A. realism B. Renaissance C. Enlightenment 38.

22、_ has another name called “The Daffodils”. A. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”B. “Tintern Abbey”C. “Revolution”D. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”39. Byron s _ is regarded as the great poem of the Romantic Age. A. Childe Harold s PilgrimageB. Hours of IdlenessC. Lara D. Don Juan40. Prometheus Unbound

23、 is _ masterpiece. A. Wordsworths B. Byrons C. Shelleys D. Keats41. _ lived the longest life. 3 细心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 3 页,共 8 页 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -A. Wordsworth B. Byron C. Shelley D. Keats 42. Keats best ode is _. A. “On a Grecian Ur

24、n”B. “To Autumn”C. “To Psyche”D. “To a Nightingale”43. The publication of _ marks the beginning of the Romantic Movement in England. A. “Tintern Abbey”C. Frost at Night B. Lyrical Ballads D. “The Daffodils”44. _ is considered Wordsworth s masterpiece. A. The Prelude B. Endymion C. Don Juan D. Biogra

25、phia Literaria 45. The prose writers in the English Romantic Age developed a kind of _. A. models of classicism B. familiar essay C. rules of neo-romanticism D. ways of modernism 46. The best essayist in the English Romantic Age is _. A. Keats B. Walter Scott C. Charles Lamb D. William Hazlitt 47. T

26、he themes of Pride and Prejudice are _. A. pride and prejudice B. the writers own personalities C. love and marriage D. Both A and C 48. _ is considered the father of historical novelist in the English Romantic Age. i.Jane Austen B. Charles Lamb C. William Hazlitt D. Walter Scott 49. Lamb is a roman

27、ticist of _. A. the city B. the countryside C. nature D. imagination 50. Critics agree that _ is a great romantic poet, standing with Shakespeare, Milton and Wordsworth in the history English literature. A. Keats B. Wordsworth C. Coleridge D. William 51. The reader can get a broad panorama of the so

28、cial life of the English Romantic Age from _. A. Dun JuanB. The PreludeC. Kubla KhanD. Isabella52. Some critics think that some of Byron s poems show his _. A. individual heroism and pessimism C. love of old writers 53. _ is Shelley s masterpiece. B. love of nature and optimism D. hatred for the imp

29、erialism A. Zastrozzi C. Queen MabB. The Necessity of Atheism D. Prometheus Unbound54. Because of _, Shelley was expelled from the Oxford University. A. The Masque of Anarchy C. The Necessity of Atheism B. A Defence of Poetry D. The Triumph of Life55. The Romantic Age began in_ and came to an end in

30、 _. A. 1789 1821 B. 1778 1823 C. 1798 1832 D. 1768 1819 56. Byron, Shelley and Keats belong to Romantic poets of _ generation. A. the first B. the second C. the third D. the forth 57. The Examiner is a famous _ in the English Romantic Age. A. novel B. poem C. periodical D. newspaper 4 细心整理归纳 精选学习资料

31、- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 4 页,共 8 页 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -58. _ is the greatest representative of English critical realism. A. Jane Austen B. Thackeray C. Dickens D. Charlotte 59. _ is Thackerays one of the best known works.A. Sense and Sensibility B. The

32、 Book of Snobs C. The Pickwick Papers D. The Song of Lower Class60. Pride and PrejudiceA. First Impression s first title is _.B. A Book Without a HeroC. The Newcomes D. Persuasion61. Vanity Fair has a sub-title. It is _. A. First Impression B. A Book Without a HeroC. The NewcomesD. Persuasion 62. In

33、 the 19 th century English literature, a new literary trend _ appeared. And it in the forties and in the early fifties. flourished _ for its A. romanticism B. naturalism C. realism D. critical realism 63. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of _ . A. novel B. drama C. p

34、oetry D. sonnet 64. _Vanity Fair is a satirical portrayal of the upper strata阶层 of society. A. George Eliot B. Elizabeth Gaskell C. W. M. Thackeray D. John Buyan 65. The _ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19 th century. A. Enlightenment B. Renaissance C. Chartist D. Romanticist 66. The Chart

35、ist writers introduced a new theme into literature, the struggle of the rights. A. soldiers B. peasants C. bourgeoisie D. proletariat 67. The story of _ deals with the adventures of a retired old merchant. A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick Papers D. Oliver Twist68. Which novel m

36、akes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education. A. Oliver Twist C. Great ExpectationsB. Hard Times D. A Tale of Two Cities69. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality. sympathy A. A Tale of Two C

37、itiesB. David CopperfieldC. Great ExpectationsD. Dombey and Son70. In the novel _, Dickens describes the Chartist Movement and shows his for the workers. - 5 - 细心整理归纳 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 5 页,共 8 页 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 精品学习资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -A. Great Expectations B

38、. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Hard Times D. Oliver Twistthe 71. In the novel _, Dr. Manette is a typical bourgeois intellectual. A. David CopperfieldB. Wuthering HeightsC. Bleak HouseD. A Tale of Two Cities72. _ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which early life of the

39、hero is largely based on the authors early life.A. The Curiosity ShopB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Great Expectations 73. Which of the following is Thackerays masterpiece.A. The VirginiansB. The Books of SnobsC. The Newcomes D. Vanity Fair74. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from

40、 Bunyans masterpiece _.A. The Pilgrim s Progress B. Child Harold s PilgrimageC. Gulliver s Travels D. The Canterbury Tales75. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled _. A. Jane Eyre B. Agnes Grey C. Wuthering Heights D. Emma 76. Dickens third literary period shows intensifying _.A. optimism B. ex

41、citement C. irritation D. pessimism 77. Tennyson In Memoriam is a collection of _ short poems. A. 130 B. 131 C. 132 D. 133 78. The Chartists refer to those _ in the early Victorian Age. A. Romantic writers B. working class writers C. realistic poets D. bourgeois writers 79. The Victorian Literature

42、began in_ and ended in _. A. 1837 1900 B. 1835 1901 C. 1832 1902 D. 1830 190380. The conflicts between the capitalists and the proletarian in industrial England caused the _. A. Enlightenment Movement C. Chartist Movement B. Industrial Revolution D. Romantic Movement 81. _ is the greatest among the

43、critical realists of the Victorian Age. A. Earnest Jones C. Charlotte BrontB. Emily Bront D. Charles Dickens 82. Charles Dickens was impressive for his _. A. wide spread of critical realism B. his spirit of democracy and humanism C. his unforgettable figures with satire and simple and clear language

44、 D. including A, B and C 83. The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities refer to _. A. London and New York B. London and Paris C. Paris and New York D. Brussels and Washington 84. _ is the major literary form in the Victorian Period. A. essay B. poetry C. novel D. drama 85. _ is the main hero in the novel of Wuthering Heights. A. Rochester B. Heathcliff C. Manette D. Martin 86. Both Charlotte and Emily wrote about the