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黔南民族师院 外语系 08级《英国文学》模拟考试01 年级 08 班级 2 姓名 赫彦明 学号 5 题 目 I II III IV V VI 总 分 分 数 阅卷人 I．Multiple Choices (30 x 1%) 1. The essence of humanism is to ____D___ . A. restore a medieval reverence for the church B. avoid the circumstances of earthly life C. explore the next world in which men could live after death D. emphasize human qualities 2 .Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeares Sonnet 18? B A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature. B. The speaker satirizes human vanity. C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D. The speaker meditates on mans salvation. 3 Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between C and centuries. A. 16th/mid-19th B. 14th/mid-18th C. 14th/mid-l7th D. 16th/mid-17th 4 In his life, B shows himself a real revolutionary, a master poet and a great prose writer. He fought for freedom in all aspects as a Christian humanist, while his achievements in literature make him tower over all other English writers of his time and exert a great influence over later ones. A. Edmund Spenser B. John Milton C. John Donne D. William Shakespeare 5 “Metaphysical poetry” refers to the works of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of ___C___ . A. John Milton B. Christopher Marlowe C. John Donne D. John Bunyan 6 Francis Bacons achievements mainly lie in the following fields EXCEPT__A___ . A. poem writing B. science C. essay writing D. philosophy 7 Shakespeares greatest tragedies are_A__ . A. Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear B. Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice C. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth D. Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet 8 The most important and popul