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英美文学作品选读试题4 英美文学作品选读试题 4 I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 2 for each) Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement and write the letter in the blanks. 1. Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period. A. Christian B. knightly C. Greek D. primitive 2. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___. A. Piers Plowman B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C. Confessio Amantis D. The Canterbury Tales 3. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement? A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture. B. The new discoveries in geography and astrology. C. The Glorious revolution. D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion. 4. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeares Sonnet 18? 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. 5. “And we will sit upon the rocks, /Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, /By shallow rivers to whose falls /Melodious birds sing madrigals.” The above lines are probably taken from __. A. Spensers The Faerie Queene B. John Donnes “The Sun Rising” C. Shakespeares “Sonnet 18” D. Marlowes “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” A. Heathcliff himself B. Catherine C. ones spiritual life D. ones ghost 17.The typical feature of Robet Browning s poetry is the ___. A.bitter satire B.larger-than-life caricature C.Latinized diction D.dramatic monologue 18.The Victorian Age was largely an age of ____,eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray. A.poetry