英美文学练习讲解(第一章-第四章)练习.doc

第一部分：Exercises of the First Part of the British Literature Section One: Multiple-choice questions 1. “Upon a great adventure he was bond, / That greatest Gloriana to him gave.” These two lines are taken from( B) [A] Miltons Samson Agonistes [B] Spensers The Faerie Queene [C] Beowulf [D] Grays Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 2. O prince, O chief of many throned powers, That led th embattled Seraphim to war Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds Fearless, endangered Heavens perpetual King. In the first line of the above passage quoted from Miltons Paradise Lost, the phrase O prince, O chief of many throned powers” refers to________. (A) [A] Satan [B] God [C] Adam [D] Eve 3. Shakespeare claims through the mouth of Hamlet that the end of the dramatic creation is to give ________ of the social realities of the time. (A) [A] faithful reflection [B] instructive representation [C] imaginative narration [D] allegorical description 4. Humanists of the Renaissance turned to the spirit of ________ culture for inspiration.(C) [A] Anglo-Saxon [B] Italian and French [C] Greeek and Roman [D] medieval 5. Paradise Lost is composed in blank verse, which permits the ________ Milton needed for his subject. [A] epic grandeur（波澜壮阔的史诗形式）*[B] narrative sweep（叙述的扫描手法） [C] descriptive subtlety [D] intellectual grasp Sweep=at one stroke//a mind of wonderful sweep//the sweep of the tide 6. Donne’s famous analogy类比 of parting lovers to a drawing compass affords a prime example of________ [A] dramatic style戏剧 [B] exaggeration夸张 [C] paradox自相矛盾 [D] conceit矫揉造作 7. ________ is a study of the lust for wealth, which centers on Barabas, the Jew, a terrible old money lender. [A] The Jew of Malta [B] The Merchant of Venice [C] Tamburlaine the Great [D] The Tempest 8. In his conception of tragedy, Marlowe perceived that tragic action must issue from, and be reflected in, ________. [A] the Renaissance hero [B] endless