英国文学期末试卷
I. Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.
1. The greatest poet of the Middle English period is ______，the father of English poetry.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. John Lyly
C. William Langland D. John Milton
2. In “The Pilgrim's Progress” Christian and Faithful come to the ______where both are arrested as alien agitators and tried.
A. Vanity Fair B. Doubting Castle C. Celestial City D. hell
3. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are： Hamlet， Othello， ______ and ______.
A. King Lear…Romeo and Juliet B. King Lear…Macbeth
C. King John…Julius Caesar D. King John…The Merchant of Venice
4. The keynote of the Renaissance is ____________.
寂寞 好了A. humanism B. realism C. naturalism D. skepticism
A. poetry and drama B. drama and novel
C. novel and poetry D. romance and poetry
6. The predominated metaphor in The Pilgrim’s Progress is that ______.
A. Life is a journey B. Life is a dream
C. Life is to endure hardship D. none of the above
7. _____is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.
A. Bitter satire B. Elegant style
C. Casual narration D. Complicated sentence structure
8. "Do you think， because I am poor， obscure， plain， and little， I am soulless and heartless? ... And if God had gifted me with some beauty， and much wealth， I should have made it as hard for you to leave me， as it is now for me to leave you." The above quoted passage is most probable taken from_______ .
A. Pride and Prejudice B. Jane Eyre C. Wuthering Heights D. Great Expectations
9. After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice， we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of_________ .
A. simple character and quick wit B. simple character and poor understanding
C. intricate character and quick wit D. intricate character and poor understanding
10. 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______.
溜溜的情歌A. William Langland ’ Piers Plowman
B. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
C. Beowulf D. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Ⅱ. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false on your answer sheet.
( ) 1. William Wordsworth is one of the representative writers of Critical Realism.
( ) 2. Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as the father of English poetry.
( ) 3. Paradise Lost is one of Milton’s novels.
( ) 4. The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge copublished their joint work “Kubla Khan”
( ) 5. Renaissance is also called the Age of Reason.
( ) 6. Mr. Rochester is a character in the novel Jane Eyre， which was written by Emily Bronte.
( ) 7. In English literature， the Elizabethan period is traditionally called “Age of Shakespeare”.
( ) 8. The greatest English critical realist was Charles Dickens.
( ) 9. English literature in the Renaissance Period is usually regarded as the highlight in the history of English literature.
( ) 10. Gulliver’s Travels is a novel mainly about love and friendship.
III. Matching.
Writers and works
A B
(1)Charles Dickens A. Battle of Books
(2)Charlotte Bronte B. Pride and Prejudice
(3) William Shakespeare C. Romeo and Juliet
(4) Jane Austen D. Oliver Twist
(5) Jonathan Swift E. Jane Eyre
(6) William Thackeray F. Farie Queen
(7) Edmund Spenser G. Ivanhoe
(8) Sir. Walter Scott H. Mrs. Dalloway
(9) Virginia Woolf I. Tom Jones
(10) Henry Fielding J. Vanity Fair
B. Characters and works
(1)Banquo A. Oliver Twist
(2) Lydia B. Macbeth
(3) Nancy C. Robinson Crusoe
(4) Friday D. Pride and Pejudice
(5) Marianne E. Mrs. Warren’s Profession
(6) Pip F. Sense and Sensibility
喜欢你没道理(7) Vivie G. Great Expectations
(8) Satan H. Paradise Lost
央视女主播家产案(9) Sophia I. Wuthering Heights
(10) Catherine J. Tom Jones
C Quotations and works
(1) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day ? A. Jane Austen
(2) It is a truth universally acknowledged that every single man
in possession of a good fortune， must be in want of a wife. B. William Wordsworth原来爱上你
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