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1、(完整版)英国文学史及作品选读习题集(2)2 English Literature in the Renaissance Period。 Essay questions.1. Comment on the theme of Thomas Mores Utopia.2。 Comment on Christopher Marlowes contribution to English literature.3。 What is your opinion about the moral expressed in Christopher Marlowes The Tragical History of
2、Doctor Faustus?4. What is the theme of The Merchant of Venice?5. What gives Shakespeare the unwavering reputation for greatness in age after age?。 Define the following terms。1。 Renaissance 2。 Elizabethan period 3。 Drama 4. Jacobean age 5。 Sonnet 6. Essay 7soliloquy7。 Soliloquy 8。 Eclogue9。 Hymn 10.
3、Spenserian stanza 11。 Miracle play 12。 Interlude 13. Euphuism 14. Revenge tragedy 15. Comedy 16. Dirge17。 Farce 18. Tragedy19。 Tragicomedy 20。 History play21. Caroline age。 Fill in the blanks.1。 The second period of English renaissance is also called the _period or the age of _。2. Soon after the _ w
4、as introduced by the earl of surrey in his translation lf Virgils The Aeneid, and it became the standard meter for Elizabethan and later poetic drama。3。 Shakespeares plays have been traditionally divided into four categories according to dramatic type: histories, _, tragedies and _.4. William Caxton
5、 is important to the development of English literature in that he introduced _ into England.5. Thomas Wyatt is usually regarded as the first great English sonneteer. It is he who first used a _ for the conclusion of Sonnet practice followed by Shakespeare。6。 Edmund Spenser is often referred as “the
6、poets _”because of his considerable influence on later poets.7。 There are two kinds of allegory: those that use _, as in John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress, and those that use a special kind of _, as in Dantes Divine Comedy.8。 Edmund Spensers best-known Poem The Shepherds Calendar consists of 12 _po
7、em or eclogues, one for each month of the year。9. Edmund Spensers Amoretti is a series of 88 _ in which he links each quatrain to the next by a continuing rhyme: abab bcbc cdcd ee. This form is usually called _。10. Generally speaking, the development of early English drama experiences three periods:
8、 religious period, moral period and _ periods.11。 _ is considered the first great English dramatist and the most important Elizabethan playwright before Shakespeare.12。 Shakespeare a 154 sonnets fall into two series: one series are addressed to W。H, a young man, and the other addressed to _.13。 The
9、writings of Francis bacon mainly fall into three categories: _, purely literary and professional.14。 The major, or central, character of the plot is called the _; his opponent, the character against whom he struggles or contends, is called the _。15. A Shakespearean sonnet is composed of three fourli
10、ne quatrains and a concluding twoline _。. Choose the best answer。1。 In the English renaissance period, scholars began to emphasize the capacities of the human mind and the achievements of human culture. The most significant intellectual movement was _。A。 reformationB. geographical explorationsC. hum
11、anismD。 the Italian revival2。 _is regarded as the earliest popular tragedy of bold and revenge。A。 The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher MarloweB. The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas KydC。 Alexander and Campaspe by John LylyD. King Lear by William Shakespeare3。 Which of the following plays
12、does not belong to Shakespeares great tragedies?A。 OthelloB。 MacbethC。 Romeo and JulietD. Hamlet4. Which of the following plays does not belong to Shakespeares comedies?A。 Henry B。 The Merchant of VeniceC。 A Midsummer Nights DreamD。 The Winters Tale5. An important Variety of ode in the 16th century
13、was _, a poem in praise of marriage, conventionally following the course of the wedding day。 A. hymnB。 epithalamionC。odeD。 ballad6. Sir Philip Sidneys arcadia was a long _ written in an elaborately artful prose.A。 pastoral eclogueB. pastoral lyricC。 pastoral romanceD。 pastoral drama7。 Sir Philip Sid
14、ney is known for the following three works except _ A. ArcadiaB. Astrophel and StellaC。 The Shepherds CalendarD. Apology for Poetry8。 The following playwrights belong to the “university wits”, Shakespeares predecessors, except _.A. John LylyB. Ben JonsonC。 Thomas KydD. Christopher Marlowe9。 Which is
15、 not the works of Christopher Marlowe?A。 LycidasB. Tamburlaine the GreatC。 The Jew of MaltaD. The tragic history of doctor Faustus10. Which of the following poetic forms is the principal form of Shakespeares dramas?A。 lyricB。 sonnetC. blank verseD。 quatrain11。 Ben Jonsons poetic line “not of an age,
16、 but for all time” was dedicated to _。A. Edmund SpenserB. Christopher MarloweC。 Geoffrey ChaucerD. William Shakespeare12. Which kind of comedy do Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew and The Merry Wives of Windsor belong to?A。 farceB。 romantic comedyC. satiric comedyD. comedy of humours13。 Of the fo
17、llowing plays, which is not written by Ben Jonson?A. Every Man in His HumorB。 VolponeC。 The AlchemistD. The Shoemakers Holiday14. _is the most common foot in the English poetry.A。 the iambB. the anapestC。 the trocheeD. the dactyl15。 “Prince Arthurs great mission is his search for Gloriana, with whom
18、 he has fallen in love through a love vision。” The two literary figures “Arthur” and “Gloriana are from _.A。 Morte dArthurB。 The Tragical History of Doctor FaustusC。 The Faerie QueeneD. Piers the Plowman16. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is one of Christopher Marlowes best works in which dr。
19、 Faustus seeds _no matter at what cost and finally meets his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the devil.A。 money B。 immoralityC。 knowledgeD。 political power17. “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested” is one of the epigrams found in _
20、A。 Francis bacons “of studies”B。 Thomas Morss utopiaC. john Bunyans the pilgrims progressD。 Henry fieldings tom Jones18. Christopher Marlows The Passionate Shepherd to His Love is a (n) .A. pastoral lyricB. elegyC. eulogyD。 epic19。 Here are four lines taken from Edmund Spensers The Faerie Queene:” b
21、ut on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore, / the deare remembrance of his dying lord, / For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, / and dead as living ever him adored.” who is the dying lord discussed in the above lines?A。 BeowulfB. king ArthurC. Jesus ChristD. Jupiter20. In Shakespeares The
22、 Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from shylock because _.A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB. his enterprise went bankruptC。 Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD。 his ships had all been lost21。 Which of the following statements
23、best illustrate the theme of Shakespeares 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 mans salvation.22。 The sentence “shall I compare thee to a summers day? is the begi
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