英美文学选读 自考 练习题

I． Multiple Choice Old and Medieval Period

1. _______, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded as the national epic

of the Anglo-Saxons.

A. The Canterbury Tales B. Exodus

C. Beowulf D. The Legend of Good Women

1．The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive

realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid

characters from all walks of life is most likely ______________.（一）1 (074)

A．William Langland’ s Piers Plowman B．Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury

Tales

C．John Gower’s Confession Amantis D．Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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 (024)

C.Confessio Amantis D.The Canterbury Tales

1. ________ employed the heroic couplet with true ease and charm for the first time

in the history of English Literature. （一）2 (057)(047)

A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. George Gordon Byron

C. Edmund Spenser D. Robert Browning

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. (024)

A.Christian B.knightly C.Greek D.primitive

The Neoclassical Period

1.With classical culture and the（ ）humanistic ideas coming into England, the

English Renaissance began flourishing. (057) A. French B. German C. Italian D. Greek

1. During the reign of ________, England started its Religious Reformation and broke

away from Rome.

A. Henry VII B. Henry VIII C. Edward VI D. Queen Elizabeth

1. The Protestant movement, which was seen as a means to recover the purity of the

early church from the corruption and superstition of the Middle Ages, was initiated by

_______.（一）3

A. Francis Bacon B. Martin Luther C. Thomas More D. William Shakespeare

1．The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events

EXCEPT_________.（一）4 (084)

A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture

B．the vast expansion of British colonies in North America