英国文学知识120题(4)

英国文学常识,备考专八用。

31. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress is a(n) _____.

A. allegory B. romance

C. comedy of manners D. realistic novel

32. Which of the following can not be used to describe John Dryden?

A. poet B. playwright C. essayist D. novelist

33. “Conceit” was wildly used by the _____poets.

A. metaphysical B. romantic C. religious D. realistic

34. Of the many contemporaries and successors of Shakespeare, the most well known was Ben Johnson. He has been chiefly remembered for his _____. The best of which include “Every Man in His Humour”, “Volpone”, and “The Alchemist”.

A. tragedies B. comedies C. histories D. sonnets

35. John Milton created Satan the real hero in his poem _____.

A. Paradise Lost” B. “Paradise Regained”

C. “Agonistes” D. Lycidas

36. “University Wits” refers to a group of _____.

A. poets B. playwrights C. essayists D. novelists

37. Marlowe’s best works includes three of his plays but _____.

A. “Tamburlaine” B. “The Jew of Malta”

C. “Doctor Faustus” D. “Julius Caesar”

38. The author of “The Flea” was the representative of _____ poets.

A. religious B. romantic C. metaphysical D. realistic

39. “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.” Is one of the epigrams found in _____.

A. Bacon’s “Of Studies”

B. Bunyan’s “The Pilgrim’s Progress”

C. Fiedlding’s “Tom Jones”

D. Johnson’s “A Dictionary of the English Language”

40. In the line “So long lives this, and this gives life to thee” of Sonnet 18, Shakespeare _____.

A. meditates on man’s mortality

B. eulogizes the power of artistic creation

C. satirizes human vanity

D. presents a dream vision

31-40 A D A B A B D C A B