13级英国文学史及选读练习(新)13级英国文学史及选读练习(新).doc

Exercises for History English Literature and Selected Readings I. Choose the best answer: _________, a typical example of Old English poetry, is considered the greatest national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. a. Piers Plowman b. The Canterbury Tales c. The House of Fame d. Beowulf It was _________ who made London dialect the foundation of the modern English speech. a. Chaucer b. Shakespeare c. Wyatt d. Boccaccio Piers Plowman is __________ that gives a picture of the life in feudal England. a. a novel b. a poem c. a drama d. a ballad Chaucer is acclaimed not only as the father of English poetry but also as the father of English fiction. His masterpiece is __________. a. Troilus and Cressie b. Romance of the Rose c. The Canterbury Tales d. Decameron The Canterbury Tales is Chaucers greatest work written for the greater part in ________ couplet and contains _________ stories. a. iambic….29 b. pentameter....21 c. metrical....20 d. heroic….24 ________ are anonymous narrative songs that have been preserved by oral transmission. a. Ballads b. Epics c. Odes d. Folklores Divine Comedy was one of the greatest Renaissance literary works by the Italian poet _______. a. Boccaccio b. Dante c. da Vincci d. Petrarch After the old English aristocracy had been exterminated in the course of War of _______ in the 15th century, a new nobility, totally dependent on the King’s power, came into being. a. the Churches b. the Holy Allies c. Troyans d. Roses ___________ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type, which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie. A. James I B. Henry V C. Henry VII D. Henry VIII 10. Thomas More wrote his famous prose work ________, in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the people’