英美文学选读模题二.doc

英美文学选读模拟题二 A. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets. (20×1points)( ) 1. ________is regarded as the pioneer of English drama.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher Marlowe.C. Edmund SpenserD. John Donne( ) 2. She I compare thee to a summers day? This is the beginning line of Shakespeares _________.A. songs?B. playsC. comediesD. sonnets( ) 3. Thomas Grays masterpiece, ________ once and for all established his fame ass the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day, especially The Graveyard School.A. Ode on the SpringB. Ode on a Distant Prospect Of Eton CollegeC. Hymn to AdversityD. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard( ) 4. Which play is regarded ass the best English comedy since Shakespeare?A. She Stoops to ConquerB. The RivalsC. The School for ScandalD. The Conscious Lovers( ) 5. The publication of _______ marked the beginning of Romantic Age.A. Don JuanB. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerC. The Lyrical Ballads?D. Queen Mab( ) 6. As a new kind of ideology, ____ was widely accepted and practised in the later Victorian period.A. earnestnessB. utilitarianismC. respectabilityD. modesty( ) 7. In his novels, Charles Dickens depicted a lot of child characters except _________.A. Oliver TwistB. Little NellC. Little DorritD. Charles Surface( ) 8. _______ is acknowledged by many as the most original poet of the Victorian period.A. Robert BrowningB. Alfred TennysonC. George EliotD. John Keats( )9. _______ is the last important novelist and poet of the 19th century.A. Thomas HardyB. George EliotC. Alfred TennysonD. Robert Browning( ) 10. ______ does not belong to the post - modernism after the Second World War.A. Existentialist literatureB. Black HumorC. Heater of the AbsurdD. Stream of consciousness( ) 11. In the works of E. M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence, the subject matter is ________.A