1. _____is a fork legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental1 homes, it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic2 of the English people.
A Beowulf
B sir Gawain
C the Canterbury tale
D king Arthur and his knights3
2. The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of ____.
A Romeo and Juliet
B the faerie queen
C Tamburlainc
D the Canterbury tales
3. The group of Shakespeare plays known as romanceor reconciliation plays is ______.
A merchant of Venice, as you like it
B the tempest, pericles, the winters tale
C Romeo and Juliet, antonym4 and Cleopatra
4. Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeares four great tragedies?
A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King Lear
B Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, Macbeth
C hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
D Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens
5. Which of the following is not the work of Francis bacon?
A advancement5 of learning
B new instrument
C songs of innocence6
D essays
6. At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, ____is the founder7 of metaphysical poetry.
A Ben Johnson
B john Milton
C john Bunyan
D john Donne
7. Daniel Defoe is a famous____.
A poet
B novelist
C playwright8
D essayist
8. He has a servant called Friday. hein the quoted sentence is a character in______.
A Henry fieldings tom jones
B john Bunyan the pilgrims progress
C Richard brinsley Sheridans the school for scandal
D Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe
9. Guiiliver travel was written by____.
A Daniel Defoe
B Charles dickens
C Jonathan swift
D Joseph Addison
10. William Wordsworth is generally known as a ____poet.
A romantic
B realistic
C naturalistic
D neo-classic
答案
1. A
Beowulf是Anglo-Saxon年代留下的要紧的古英语文学作品，它被觉得是英国的民族史诗。sir Gawain and the green knight，king Arthur and his knights of the round table是中古英语时期的浪漫传奇。the Canterbury tale是英国大诗人乔叟的一部诗体简短小说集。
2. D
乔叟被誉为英国诗歌之父，Troilus and Criseyde是他的要紧作品之一。
3. D
1608-1612被觉得是莎翁的浪漫剧创作时期，包含四部浪漫剧和解剧the tempest, pericles, the winters tale，Cymbeline 。 merchant of Venice, as you like it，twelfth night，the merry wives of Windsor为莎翁的喜剧，Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra为悲剧。
4. C
莎翁最杰出的四大悲剧为hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth。
5. C
songs of innocence是英国18世纪末19世纪初浪漫主义诗人William Blake的著作。
6. D
john Donne是17世纪玄学派诗人的要紧代表人物，Ben Johnson是莎翁同年代的剧作家，john Milton，john Bunyan虽都是17世纪著名作家，但作品风格与玄学派大相径庭。
7. B
Daniel Defoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记为他取得了英国小说之父的称号。
8. D
Daniel Defoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记中的主人公Robinson Crusoe有个同伴和仆人叫Friday。
9. C
Guiiliver travel是Jonathan swift一部极具魔力的儿童故事，同时包括深刻的思想内容。
10. A
William Wordsworth为英国浪漫派诗人
