英美文学考试复习选择题

一．盎格鲁-撒克逊时期

1. The most important work of _a _is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, which is regarded

as the best monument of the English prose.

a. Alfred the Great b. Caedmon c. Cynewulf d. Venerable Bede

2. Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of

Beowulf ？_c_

a. Hrothgat b. Heorot c. Grendel d. Beowulf

3. _b_ is the first important religious poet in English literature.

a. Cynewulf b. Caedmon c. Shakespeare d. Adam Bede

4. The epic, The Song of Beowulf, represents the spirit of _d__.

a. monks b. romanticists c. sentimentalists d. Pagan（异教徒）

5. When we speak of the old English prose, the first name that comes into our minds

is_ d_, who is the first scholar in English literature and has been regarded as father of

English learning.

a. William Shakespeare b. Beowulf c. Julius Caesar d. Venerable Bede

6. _a_ is not only a prose writer but also a king of Wessex.

a. Alfred the Great b. venerable Bede c. Adam Bede d. King Arthur

7. Prose literature did not show its appearance until the _c_ century.

a. 6th b. 7th c. 8th d. 10th

8. The Anglo-Saxons were Christianized in the _c_ century.

a. 5th b. 6th c. 7th d. 8th

9. Beowulf describes the exploits of a _d_ hero, Beowulf, in fighting against the

monster Grendel, his revengeful mother, and a fire-breathing dragon.

a. Danish b. Scandinavian c. English d. Norwegian

10. The Roman occupation lasted for about 400 years in Britain, and in _d_, all the

Roman troops went back to the continent and never returned.

a. 55 B.C. b. 78 A.D. c. 400 A.D. d. 410 A.D.

11. English literature began with the _a_ settlement in English. Of old English

literature, Beowulf, the national epic of the English people, is an example of the

mingling of nature myths and heroic legends.

a. Anglo-Saxon b. Roman c. Norman d. Britain

二．盎格鲁-诺曼时期

1. In 1066, _a_, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating English.

a. William the Conqueror b. Julius Caesar c. Alfred the Great d. Claudius

2. In the 14th century, the most important writer is _d_

a. Langland b. Wycliffe c. Gower d. Chaucer

3. The prevailing from of Medieval English literature is the _c_.

a. novel b. drama c. romance a. essay

4. The story of _a_ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.

a. Sir Gawain and the Green Knights b. The story of Beowulf

c. Piers the plowman d. The Canterbury

5. William Langland’s _b_ is written in the form of a dream vision.

a. Kubla Khan b. Piers the Plowman c. The Dream of John Bull d. Morte

d’ Arthur

6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in English at that time. The

Normans spoke _a_.

a. French b. English c. Latin d. Swedish

7._c_ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the

Bible.

a. Langland b. Gower c. Wycliffe d. Chaucer

8. Piers the Plowman describes a serous of wonderful dreams the author dreamed,

through which, we can see a picture of the life in the _b_ English.

a. primitive b. feudal c. bourgeois d. modern

9. The theme of _a_ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.

a. loyalty b. revolt c. obedience d. mockery

10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary

outlaw called _b_.

a. Morte d’ Aryhur b. Robin Hood c. The Canterbury Tales d. Piers the

Plowman

三．乔叟时期

1. Who is the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of

England? _b_

a. Christopher Marlow b. Geoffrey Chaucer

c. W. Shakespeare d. Alfred the Great

2. When he died, Chaucer was buried in a the Poet’s Corner.

a. Westminster Abbey b. Normandy c. Canterbury d. Southwark

3. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his “ c ” a translation of the

French “ Roman de la Rose ” by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which

was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not

only in France but throughout Europe.

a. Troilus and Criseyde b. A Red, Red Rose

c. Romance of the Rose d. Piers the Plowman

4. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named “ b ” based on

Boccaccio’s poem “ Filotrato”.

a. The Legend of Good Women b. Troilus and Cirseyde

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight d. Beowulf

5. In his literary development, Chaucer was influenced by three literatures, Which one

is not true? _d_

French literature b. Italian literature

c. English literature d. German literature

6. _a_ creative work vividly reflected the changes which had taken root in English

culture of the second half of the 14th century.

a. Chaucer’s b. Byron’s c. Shelley’s d. Eliot’s

四．文艺复兴时期

1. The cradle of Renaissance is_ D_.

A. Germany B. England C. America D. Italy

2. English Renaissance Period was not an age of prose, but Thomas More wrote his

famous prose work_ A_.

A. Utopia B. Song and Sonnets C. Of Studies D. The Shepherd’s Calendar

3. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is _A_

A. the Elizabethan drama B. the Elizabethan prose

C. ancient poem D. romantic novel

4. Which of the following doesn’t belong to one of the University Wits? _D_

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