I.Choose the best to complete the following statements
1.“O Wind/If winter comes,can spring be far behind?” The two lines are from _______.
A. “To Autumn” B. “To a Nightingale”
C. “Ode to the West Wind” D. “To a Skylark”
2. “To be or not to be----that is the question” is taken from_______.
A.Hamlet B.Romeo and Juliet C.The Merchant of theVenice D.Macbeth
3. _______ is romantic love tragedy.
A. Romeo and Juliet B. Macbeth
C.The Merchant of the Venice D. Hamlet
4. Beowulf. is considered as _______.
A. the best epic in English literature B. the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons
C. the best narrative poem in English literature D.the best romance
5. In_____,Chaucer created a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society and a whole gallery of vivid characters.
A.The Canterbury Tales B.The Romaunt of the Rose
C.The Legend of Good Women D.Troilus and Criseyde
6. ___ marks a transition from the medieval to the modern world.
A. Enlightenment Movement B. The Glorious Revolution
C. The Renaissance D. Reformation
7. _____is not a writer in the Renaissance.
A .Francis Bacon B .William Shakespeare C. John Milton D .Jonathan Swift
8. __ is NOT the style of Bacon’s essays.
A. brevity B. compactness C .powerfulness D .high-flowness
9 ______ is generally accepted as an English epic besides Beowulf.
A.Samson Agonistes B.Paradise Lost C.Paradise Regained D. “Lycidas”
10.The Neo-classicism is markedly characterized by the emphisis of__________.
A.realism B.didactic function C.elegant style D. lyricism
11.____________ is not a picaresque novel.
A. Great Expectations B Gulliver’s Travels
C. Robinson Crosue D. The Pilgrim’s Progress
12. “Death, Be not Proud” is an Italian sonnet by____.
A.Shakespeare B.John Milton C.John Donne D. Drydon
13. In Paradise Lost, Milton doesn’t refers God to____.
A.King B.Foe C.Victor D. Friend
14._________ is not a Lake poet?
A.Southey B.Wordworth C.Shelley D.Coleridge
15. ____is a typical Byronic heroe.
A.Don Juan B.Shelley C. Beowulf D. Iliad
16.He was the 1st important Romantic poet,showing a contempt for rationalism and bringing something fresh to British poetry.He is __.
A .Wordsworth B.Blake worshipping C.Keats D.Coleridge
17. “Did he smile his work to see? /Did he who made the Lamb make thee?”, the 2 lines are from___.
A. “the Lamb” B. “The Tyger” C. “The Cheminey Sweeper” D. “The Sick Roes”
18. In the above quoted lines, “the Lamb” refers to____.
A .Nature B.Jesus Christ C.God D.Uncertain
19. “The waves beside them danced; but they /Outdid the sparking waves in glee; ” here, “they ”refer to____.
A. roses B.volets C.daffodils D.girls
20.The pleasure dome is described in ____.
A. “Kubla Khan” B. “Christabel” C. “Frost at Midnight” D. “Dejection:An Ode”
21.“Ode to the West Wind” is in____.
A.abb bbc B.terza rima C.aab bcb D.free verse
22.In“Ode to the West Wind”, west wind is the biggest symbol; it symbolizes______.
A. destroyer and preserver B.boundless freedom C.a lyre D.both A and B
23. “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard /Are sweeter;therefore,ye soft pipes,play on;”the 2 lines are from“Ode on a Grecian Urn”by _____.
A. John Keats B.William Wordsworth C.Byron D.Sheelley
24.The striking characteristic of the Victorian fiction lies in___.
A.critical realism B.a return to rationalism
C.naturalism D.an overall negation of society
25.____is not a character created by Charles Dickens.
A.Oliver Twist B.David Copperfield C.Pip D. Ishmael
26. Tess is sandwiched between and murdered by two so-called gentlemen: one is Alec, and the other is ______.
A. Angel Clare B. Alec’s brother C. Louis D. Babalou
27.Linguist Higgins appears in____.
A.Widower’s Houses B. Mrs. Warren’s Profession C. St. Joan D. Pygmalion
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