《英美文学选读》选择题模拟试卷.docVIP

试卷(三)1. The Renaissance ， in essence ， is a historical period in which the European ____ thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe ， to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoise ， and to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic church .　　A. religious　　B. great　　C. optimistic　　D. humanist　　2. Today ， Geoffrey Chaucers reputation has been securely established as one of the best English _____ for his wisdom ， humor ，and humanity .　　A. dramatists　　B. novelists　　C. poets　　D. humanist　　3. Many people today tend to regard the play The Merchant of Venice as a satire of the hypocrisy of _______ and their false standards of friendship and love ， their cunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning prejudice against ________ .　　A. Christians / Jews　　B. Jews / Christians　　C. oppressors / oppressed　　D. men/ women　　4. During the reign of reason the enlightenment meant education of people to free them from all the unreasonable fetters which include ______ .　　A. theology　　B. conventional ideology　　C. feudal governmental forms　　D. all of the above　　5. Returning to England from Germany in 1799 ， William Wordsworth and his sister settled at Dove Cottage in Grasmere ， Westmoreland . The poet _____ as well as ______ lived nearby ， and the three became known as the lake poets .　　A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge / George Gordon Byron　　B. Robert Southey / Samuel Taylor Coleridge　　C. John Keats / Robert Southey　　D. George Gordon Byron / Percy Bysshe Shelley　　6. The ________ are generally regarded as John Keats most important and nature works .　　A. epics　　B. lyrics　　C. odes　　D. poetry　　7. As a _______ writer ， Jane Austen considers it her duty to express in her works a discriminated and serious criticism of life ， and to expose the follies and illusions of mankind .　　A. romantic　　B. sentimentalist