英美文学习题.doc

1. Shakespeare’s tragedies include all the following except（　　）. A. Hamlet and King Lear B. Antony and Cleopatra 《安东尼与克莉奥佩特拉》 and Macbeth C. Julius Caesar and Othello D. The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream  2. The statement “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability” opens one of well-known essays by（　　）. A. Francis Bacon B. Samuel Johnson C. Alexander Pope D. Jonathan Swift 3. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” Is an epigrammatic警句的 line by（　 ）. A. J. Keats B. W. Blake C. W. Wordsworth D. P. B. Shelley 4.The poems such as “The Chimney Sweeper” are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by（　）. A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake C. John Keats D. Lord Gordon Byron 5.John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is often regarded as a typical example of（　　）. A. allegory B. romance C. epic in prose D. fable  6. In his essay “Of Studies,” Bacon said: “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and（　）.” A. skimmed B. perfected C. imitated D. digested 7. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for ____and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil. A immortality B political C money D. knowledge 8.Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ______. A .the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individual’s feeling and experiences B. the former is heavily religious but the latter secular C. the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivation. D. the former advocates the return to nature whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its models9.The tragedy of Dr. Faustus, the protagonist in Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragic History of Dr. Faustus, is the v