英美文学讲练 English Literature EXERCISES.doc

Chapter I An Introduction to Old and Medieval English Literature The Renaissance Period I. Choose the right answer:1. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the _Germeny____legend of a magician aspiring for _knowlege___ and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil. A.British/ immoralityB.French/moneyC.German/knowledgeD.American/political powerAnswer: C (可参考课本P21)2. _Beowulf____, is a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A.The Wife’s Complaint B.BeowulfC.The Dream of the RoodD.The SeafarerAnswer: B (可参考课本P1)3.It’s Chaucer alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English Society in his masterpiece_The Canterbury Tales_________.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Legend of Good WomenC.Troilus and CriseydeD. The Romaunt of the Rose.Answer: A (可参考课本P4)4. The Essence of Renaissance, the most significant intellectual movement, was_humanism____.A. Geographical explorationB. Religious reformationC. Publishing and translationD. Humanism.Answer: D (可参考课本P8)5. “Prince Arthur’s greatest mission is his search for Gloriana, with whom he has fallen in love through a love vision.”The two figures come from_The farie Queen____.A.Paradise Lost B.Dr. FaustusC.The Faerie QueeneD.HamletAnswer: C (可参考课本P13)A6. In “Sonnet 18”, Shakespeare_________________.A.Meditate on the destructive power of time and eternal beauty by poetry.B.Satirize human’s vanity.C.Predict the eternity of love.D.Eulogize the power of the beauty.Answer: A (P37)C7. ____ gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “mighty lines” and make ’blank verse’ the principle vehicle of expression in drama.A.Surrey B.WyattC.MarloweD.SidneyAnswer: C (P21)C8. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except____.A.HamletB.King LearC.Romeo and JulietD.OthelloAnswer: C (P33)B9. The Renaissance refers to between 14th----mid-17th century, which was und