英国文学选择题英国学选择题.doc

1. The Canterbury Tales was written in ________. A. Old English?????B. Middle English C. Modern English???? D. Current Modern English 2. Pilgrims travel to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury in ________. A. March?????B. April?????C. May?????D. June 3.The story of Hamlet takes place in ________. 燗. Englando????? B. Denmark????? C. Italy????? D. Germany 4. Shakespeare抯 four great tragedies are _________e A. Anthony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, King Lear, Timon of Athens ?????B. Twelfth Night, Cynbeline, The Winter抯 Tale, and The Tempest A?????C. Hamlet, Othello, King John, and Macbeth ?????D. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth 5.A sonnet is a poem of ________ lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to a certain definite patterns. ????? A. 8????? B. 6????? C. 14????? D. 24 6.Francis Bacon was ________ contemporary ?A. Geoffrey Chaucer’s?????B. Thomas More’s?????C. William Shakespeare’s?????D. John Milton’s 7.John Donne抯 揌oly Sonnet 10?expresses ________.t i 牋A. the fear of deathn????? B. the admiration of death????? C. the triumph over death????? D. the pleasure from death 8.The Metaphysical Poetry is characterized by its extensive use of ________. A. the impersonal voice????? B. conceits????? C. traditional symbols????? D. literary allusions 9.The Bible stories were used as source material for the following except ________.????? A. Paradise Lost????? B. Paradise Regained????? C. Samson Agonistes????? D. Lycidas 10. ______ has been regarded as the father of the novel.?????A. Geoffrey Chaucer?????B. Daniel Defoe?????C. Henry Fielding?????D. Samuel Richardson 11. In addition to The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Defoe also wrote ______。 Tom Jones Pamela The Adventures of Roderick Random Moll Flanders 12. Which of the following is not taken into consideration when Robinson Crusoe looks for a place to set up his tent: ______.????? A. health and fresh water????? B. shel