1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ____.
A Robin Hood B Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
C The Canterbury Tales D Beowulf
2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse.
A The Canterbury Tales B Piers the Plowman
C Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D Beowulf
3. ____was the most famous for The Canterbury Tales.
A Geoffrey Chaucer B John Milton
C William Shakespeare D Francis Bacon
4. Most of the ballads of the 5th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic figure.
A Green Nights B Gawain
C Robin Hood D Hamlet
5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after its publication.
A Paradise Lost B A Pleasant Satire of the Three Estates
C Of Beauty D Utopia
6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the great poems in the English language.
A Amoretti B The Shepherd’s Calendar
C The Faerie Queen D Four Hymns
7. ____ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18.
A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”
B “To be or not to be: that is the question”
C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”
D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead”
8. The vivid portrayal of ____ by Shakespeare in Henry IV has earn for him an enviable place in the history of English literature.
A Julius Caesar B Falstaff C Hamlet D King Henry
9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ____.
A. Antony and Cleopatra B. Julius Caesar
C Twelfth Night D King Lear
10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s romantic love comedies?
A Twelfth Night B The Tempest
C As You Like It D The Merchant of Venice
練習(xí)題答案及題解:
1.D 《貝奧武夫》是英國一部的英國史詩，也是英國文學(xué)中的一部重要作品，用古英語寫成。
2.C 《高文爵士和綠衣》以亞瑟王和他的騎士為題材，歌頌勇敢、忠貞、美德，是中古英語傳奇文學(xué)秀的作品之一。
3. Chaucer被譽為“英國詩歌之父”，他的代表作是《坎特伯雷故事集》，它是以本土文學(xué)為主流的英國書面文學(xué)歷史開始的重要標(biāo)志。
4.C 英國15十幾民謠大部分是關(guān)于流傳于英國民間家喻戶曉的傳奇人物羅賓漢和他的伙伴們的故事。民謠中的羅賓漢是一個仗義疏財，劫富濟貧的綠林好漢。
5.D 托馬斯.莫爾是英國重要的早期人文主義者。他的著作《烏托邦》勾畫出了一個社會平等，財產(chǎn)共有，人民和諧相處的理想大同國。
6. C 長詩《仙后》是英國杰出詩人Edmund Spencer的杰作，它是英國詩歌創(chuàng)作的典范。Spencer在《仙后》一詩中創(chuàng)造了的“斯賓塞詩體”，其影響深遠。
7.C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”源自莎士比亞的第十八首詩。
8.B 喜劇人物福斯坦福是莎士比亞在《亨利四世》中創(chuàng)造的一個為百姓喜聞樂見的不朽的藝術(shù)形象。福斯坦福是個50多歲的破落騎士，愛冒險又膽怯，喜歡吹牛又貪婪，說謊欺詐，渾水摸魚，無所不能。同時他生性幽默，喜劇情節(jié)和笑料通過他的所言所行妙趣橫生。
9.D 莎士比亞的四大悲劇一般指：Hamlet，Macbeth，Othello 以及King Lear。
10.B The Tempest 是莎士比亞后期一部浪漫主義傳奇劇，莎士比亞在創(chuàng)作中堅持人文主義理想，以寬恕仁愛為主要精神，期創(chuàng)作風(fēng)格添加了不少濃郁的浪漫空幻色彩。
A Robin Hood B Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
C The Canterbury Tales D Beowulf
2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse.
A The Canterbury Tales B Piers the Plowman
C Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D Beowulf
3. ____was the most famous for The Canterbury Tales.
A Geoffrey Chaucer B John Milton
C William Shakespeare D Francis Bacon
4. Most of the ballads of the 5th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic figure.
A Green Nights B Gawain
C Robin Hood D Hamlet
5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after its publication.
A Paradise Lost B A Pleasant Satire of the Three Estates
C Of Beauty D Utopia
6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the great poems in the English language.
A Amoretti B The Shepherd’s Calendar
C The Faerie Queen D Four Hymns
7. ____ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18.
A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”
B “To be or not to be: that is the question”
C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”
D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead”
8. The vivid portrayal of ____ by Shakespeare in Henry IV has earn for him an enviable place in the history of English literature.
A Julius Caesar B Falstaff C Hamlet D King Henry
9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ____.
A. Antony and Cleopatra B. Julius Caesar
C Twelfth Night D King Lear
10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s romantic love comedies?
A Twelfth Night B The Tempest
C As You Like It D The Merchant of Venice
練習(xí)題答案及題解:
1.D 《貝奧武夫》是英國一部的英國史詩，也是英國文學(xué)中的一部重要作品，用古英語寫成。
2.C 《高文爵士和綠衣》以亞瑟王和他的騎士為題材，歌頌勇敢、忠貞、美德，是中古英語傳奇文學(xué)秀的作品之一。
3. Chaucer被譽為“英國詩歌之父”，他的代表作是《坎特伯雷故事集》，它是以本土文學(xué)為主流的英國書面文學(xué)歷史開始的重要標(biāo)志。
4.C 英國15十幾民謠大部分是關(guān)于流傳于英國民間家喻戶曉的傳奇人物羅賓漢和他的伙伴們的故事。民謠中的羅賓漢是一個仗義疏財，劫富濟貧的綠林好漢。
5.D 托馬斯.莫爾是英國重要的早期人文主義者。他的著作《烏托邦》勾畫出了一個社會平等，財產(chǎn)共有，人民和諧相處的理想大同國。
6. C 長詩《仙后》是英國杰出詩人Edmund Spencer的杰作，它是英國詩歌創(chuàng)作的典范。Spencer在《仙后》一詩中創(chuàng)造了的“斯賓塞詩體”，其影響深遠。
7.C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”源自莎士比亞的第十八首詩。
8.B 喜劇人物福斯坦福是莎士比亞在《亨利四世》中創(chuàng)造的一個為百姓喜聞樂見的不朽的藝術(shù)形象。福斯坦福是個50多歲的破落騎士，愛冒險又膽怯，喜歡吹牛又貪婪，說謊欺詐，渾水摸魚，無所不能。同時他生性幽默，喜劇情節(jié)和笑料通過他的所言所行妙趣橫生。
9.D 莎士比亞的四大悲劇一般指：Hamlet，Macbeth，Othello 以及King Lear。
10.B The Tempest 是莎士比亞后期一部浪漫主義傳奇劇，莎士比亞在創(chuàng)作中堅持人文主義理想，以寬恕仁愛為主要精神，期創(chuàng)作風(fēng)格添加了不少濃郁的浪漫空幻色彩。