英国文学史100题.doc

100 Selected Questions on English Literature 1.The most significant idea of the Renaissance is（　　　）. A. humanism B. realism C. naturalism D. skepticism 2.Shakespeare’s tragedies include all the following except（　　　）. A. Hamlet and King Lear B. Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth C. Julius Caesar and Othello D. The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3. The statement “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability”opens one of well-known essays by A. Francis Bacon B. Samuel Johnson C. Alexander Pope D. Jonathan Swift 4.In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent（　　　）touch in his description of the simple though primitive rural life. A. nostalgic B. humorous C. romantic D. ironic 5.Backbite, Sneerwell, and Lady Teazle are characters in the play The School for Scandal by（　　　）. A. Christopher Marlowe B. Ben Jonson C. Richard Brinsley Sheridan D. George Bernard Shaw 6.Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a“（　　　）in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A. tragic epic B. comic epic C. romance D. lyric epic 7.In his poem “Tyger, Tyger,”William Blake expresses his perception of the“fearful symmetry”of the big cat. The phrase“fearful symmetry”suggests（　　　）. A. the tiger’s two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically set B. the poet’s fear of the predator C. the analogy of the hammer and the anvil D. the harmony of the two opposite aspects of God’s creation 8. “What is his name?” “Bingley.” “Is he married or single?” “Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!” The above dialogue must be taken from（　　　）. A. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice B. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights C. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga D. George Eliot’s Middlemarch 9.The short story“Araby”is one of the stories in James Joyce’s colle