文件-1-英美文学(第一章-第四章)练习.doc

Wo y第一部分：Exercises of the First Part of the British Literature Section One: Multiple-choice questions 1. “Upon a great adventure he was bond, / That greatest Gloriana to him gave.” These two lines are taken from [A] Miltons Samson Agonistes [B] Spensers The Faerie Queene [C] Beowulf [D] Grays Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 2. O prince, O chief of many throned powers, That led th embattled Seraphim to war Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds Fearless, endangered Heavens perpetual King. In the first line of the above passage quoted from Miltons Paradise Lost, the phrase O prince, O chief of many throned powers” refers to________. [A] Satan [B] God [C] Adam [D] Eve 3. Shakespeare claims through the mouth of Hamlet that the end of the dramatic creation is to give ________ of the social realities of the time. [A] faithful reflection [B] instructive representation [C] imaginative narration [D] allegorical description 4. Humanists of the Renaissance turned to the spirit of ________ culture for inspiration. [A] Anglo-Saxon [B] Italian and French [C] Greeek and Roman [D] medieval 5. Paradise Lost is composed in blank verse, which permits the ________ Milton needed for his subject. [A] epic grandeur [B] narrative sweep [C] descriptive subtlety [D] intellectual grasp 6. Donne’s famous analogy of parting lovers to a drawing compass affords a prime example of________ [A] dramatic style [B] exaggeration [C] paradox [D] conceit 7. ________ is a study of the lust for wealth, which centers on Barabas, the Jew, a terrible old money lender. [A] The Jew of Malta [B] The Merchant of Venice [C] Tamburlaine the Great [D] The Tempest 8. In his conception of tragedy, Marlowe perceived that tragic action must issue from, and be reflected in, ________. [A] the Renaissance hero [B] endless aspiration for knowledge [C] the individual [D] human dignity and capacity 9. In The Faerie Queene, the