08-09第一学期英美文学A卷.docVIP

四川外语学院成都学院 2008－2009学年第一学期 《英美文学》期末考试试卷(本)(A) 考试时间： 90 分钟 系：__ 年级：_ 班级： 姓名： 学号：___________ I. Multiple Choice: from a, b, c or d, choose the best one to complete the statements below. (1×50, 50 points) ----d----- is the first important religious poet in English literature. a. John Donne b. George Herbert c. Caedmon d. Milton The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions, -------a--- and Christian. a. Pagan b. Roman c. French d. Danish “--------a--” is the oldest poem in the English language, and also the surviving epic in the English language. a. Beowulf b. Sir Gawain and Green Knight c. The Canterbury Tales d. Hamlet Fielding has been regarded by some as the “------b----” for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel. Best Writer of English Novel b. Father of English Novel c. Father of English Poetry d. Father of English Essay All of the following three writers except ------c---- are the most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England. Marlowe b. Shakespeare c. Bacon d. Thomas Kyd Byronic Hero was created by Lord Byron in one of his following works -----a----. a. Don Juan b. Ode to the West wind c. She Walks in Beauty d. Daffodils Which play is not Shakespeare’s tragedy? ----b------ Othello b. The Merchant of Venice Romeo and Juliet d. King Lear The literary form of The Faerie Queen is ------c----. a. lyric poem b. narrative poem c. epic poem d. elegy Which of the following cannot correctly describe the English Enlightenment Movement -----a-----? It flourished in France. b. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance. Its purpose was to enlighten the whole world. d. It emphasized “reason order.” “Blindness, partiality, prejudice and absurdity” in the novel Pride and Prejudice are most likely to be the characteristics of -------a---. a