英国文学知识120题

英国文学常识,备考专八用。

英国文学知识120题

1. _____is a folk legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes, it is

a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people.

A. Beowulf

B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

C. The Canterbury Tales

D. King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table

2. The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of the _____.

A. Romeo and Juliet B. The Faerie Queen

C. Tamburlaine D. The Canterbury Tales

3. The group of Shakespeare plays known as “romance” or “reconciliantion plays” is _____.

A. Merchant of Venice, As You Like It

B. The Tempest, Pericles, The Winter’s Tale

C. Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra

D. The Merry Wives of Winsor, Twelfth Night

4. Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s 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. Advancement of Learning B. New Instrument

C. Songs of Innocence D. Essays

6. At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, _____is the founder 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. playwright D. essayist

8. “He has a servant called Friday.” “He” in the quoted sentence is a character in _____.

A. Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones

B. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress

C. Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal

D. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe

9. Gulliver’s Travels was written by_____.

A. Daniel Defoe B. Charles Dickens

C. Jonathan Swift D. Joesph Addison

10. William Wordsworth is generally known as a _____poet.

A. romantic B. realistic C. naturalistic D. neo-classic

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