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　　1 _____is a fork legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes, it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people.

　　A Beowulf

　　B sir Gawain

　　C the Canterbury tale

　　D king Arthur and his knights

　　2 The father of English poetry, the author of Troilus and Criseyde is also the one of ____.

　　A Romeo and Juliet

　　B the faerie queen

　　C Tamburlainc

　　D the Canterbury tales

　　3 The group of Shakespeare plays known as “romance”or “reconciliation plays” is ______.

　　A merchant of Venice, as you like it

　　B the tempest, pericles, the winter’s tale

　　C Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra

　　4 Which of the following are regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?

　　A Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, King Lear

　　B Romeo and Juliet, hamlet, Othello, Macbeth

　　C hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth

　　D Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Timon of Athens

　　5 Which of the following is not the work of Francis bacon?

　　A advancement of learning

　　B new instrument

　　C songs of innocence

　　D essays

　　6 At the beginning of 17th century appeared a school of poets called metaphysics by Samuel Johnson, ____is the founder of metaphysical poetry.

　　A Ben Johnson

　　B john Milton

　　C john Bunyan

　　D john Donne

　　7 Daniel Defoe is a famous____.

　　A poet

　　B novelist

　　C playwright

　　D essayist

　　8 “He has a servant called Friday.” “he”in the quoted sentence is a character in______.

　　A Henry fielding’s tom jones

　　B john Bunyan’ the pilgrim’s progress

　　C Richard brinsley Sheridan’s the school for scandal

　　D Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe

　　9 Guiiliver’ travel was written by____.

　　A Daniel Defoe

　　B Charles dickens

　　C Jonathan swift

　　10 William Wordsworth is generally known as a ____poet.

　　A romantic

　　B realistic

　　C naturalistic

　　D neo-classic

　　D Joseph Addison

　　答案：

　　解答 A Beowulf是Anglo-Saxon时代留下的重要的古英语文学作品，它被认为是英国的民族史诗。sir Gawain and the green knight，king Arthur and his knights of the round table是中古英语时期的浪漫传奇。the Canterbury tale是英国大诗人乔叟的一部诗体短篇小说集。

　　解答 D 乔叟被誉为英国诗歌之父，Troilus and Criseyde是他的重要作品之一。

　　解答 D 1608-1612被认为是莎翁的浪漫剧创作时期，包括四部浪漫剧和解剧the tempest, pericles, the winter’s tale，Cymbeline 。 merchant of Venice, as you like it，twelfth night，the merry wives of Windsor为莎翁的喜剧，Romeo and Juliet, antonym and Cleopatra为悲剧。

　　解答 C莎翁最杰出的四大悲剧为hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth。

　　解答 C songs of innocence是英国18世纪末19世纪初浪漫主义诗人William Blake的着作。

　　解答 D john Donne是17世纪玄学派诗人的重要代表人物，Ben Johnson是莎翁同时代的剧作家，john Milton，john Bunyan虽都是17世纪着名作家，但作品风格与玄学派大相径庭。

　　解答 B Daniel Defoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记为他赢得了英国小说之父的称号。

　　解答 D Daniel Defoe创作的鲁宾逊漂流记中的主人公Robinson Crusoe有个同伴和仆人叫Friday。

　　解答 C Guiiliver’ travel是Jonathan swift一部极具魅力的儿童故事，同时包含深刻的思想内容。

　　解答 A William Wordsworth为英国浪漫派诗人。

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