英国文学史及选读 期末试题及答案.docx

英国文学史及选读 期末试题及答案 考试课程：英国文学史及选读 考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷 出卷教师: XXX 考试专业：英语 考试班级：英语 xx 班 Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. ，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. A.The Canterbury Tales B.The Ballad of Robin Hood C.The Song of Beowulf D.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght 2. is the most common foot in English poetry. A.The anapest B.The trochee C.The iamb D.The dactyl The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event? The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B.England’s domestic rest C.New discovery in geography and astrology D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion is the most successful religious allegory in the English language. A.The Pilgrims Progress Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners The Life and Death of Mr.Badman The Holy War Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is . science B.philosophy C.arts D.humanism “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ? Lover. B.Time. C.Summer. D.Poetry. “O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th ’ embattled seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton’s Paradise Lost, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to conduct. God’s B.Satan’s C.Adam’s D.Eve’s It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of . elegy B.ode C.epic D.sonnet “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”The sentence is the beginning of Shakespeare’ s . comedy B.tragedy C.sonnet D.poem Daniel Defoe’s novels mainly focus on . A.the struggle of the unfortunate for