英国文学选读练习题-含答案.docVIP

ExerciseforEnglishLiterature(2)

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________,the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.

GeoffreyChaucer B.SirGawain

FrancisBacon D.JohnDryden

Chaucerdiedonthe25thOctober1400,andwasburiedin________.

Flanders B.France

Italy D.WestminsterAbbey

Theprogressinindustryathomestimulatedthecommercialexpansionabroad.________encouragedexplorationandtravel,whichwerecompatiblewiththeinterestoftheEnglishmerchants.

HenryV B.HenryVII

HenryVIII D.QueenElizabeth

ExceptbeingavictoryofEnglandover________,theroutofthefleet“Armada”(Invincible)wasalsothetriumphoftherisingyoungbourgeoisieoverthedecliningoldfeudalism.

Spain B.France

America D.Norway

Atthebeginningofthe16thcenturytheoutstandinghumanist________wrotehisUtopiainwhichhegaveaprofoundandtruthfulpictureofthepeople’ssufferingandputforwardhisidealofafuturehappysociety.

ThomasMore B.ThomasMarlowe

FrancisBacon D.WilliamShakespear

AbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueen________.

Mary B.Elizabeth

William D.Victoria

EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof________.

proseandnovel B.poetryanddrama

essaysandjournals D.balladsandsongs

Fromthefollowing,choosetheonewhichisnotFrancisBacon’swork:________.

TheAdvancementofLearning B.TheNewInstrument

Essays D.TheNewAtlantics

VenusandAdonis

“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?”ThisisthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare’s________.

songs B.plays

comedies D.sonnets

TheheroinesofShakespeare’sgreatcomedies,________arethedaughtersoftheRenaissance,whoseimagesandstorieswillremainalegacytoreadersandaudiencesofalltime.

Portia B.Roseland

Viola D.Beatrice

ChoosethefourgreattragediesofShakespearefr