英美文学选读自考题-5_真题-无答案 .pdf

英美文学选读自考题-5 (总分 100,考试时间 90 分钟) Ⅰ.Multiple Choice Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. 1. John Miltons ______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica 2. As the best of Shakespeares final romances, ______ is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years. A. The Tempest B. The Winters Tale C. Cymbeline D. The Rape of Lucrece 3. ______ writings paved the way for the use of scientific method. A. George Bernard shaw B. T. S. Eliot C. Francis Bacon D. Alexander Pope 4. With classical culture and the ______ humanistic **ing into England, the English Renaissance began flourishing. A. French B. German C. Italian D. Greek 5. In the early stage of the English Renaissance, poetry and ______ were the most outstanding literary forms and they were carried on especially by William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. A. fiction B. dramatic fiction C. poetic drama D. novel 6. Shakespeares ______ are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity. A. history plays B. tragedies C. comedies D. plays 7. William Shakespeares greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, ______, King Lear and ______. A. Romeo and Juliet; Othel