vagrants自考英美文学选读00604考前串讲(2)

2021年1月20日发(作者：抗辐射)
英美文学考前串讲（
2
）


Part One: English Literature

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 _____legend of a magician aspiring for ____ and finall
y meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.

h/ immorality
/money
/knowledge
an/political power
Answer: C (
可参考课本
P21)

2. _____, is a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national epic
of the Anglo- Saxons.

Wife
’
s Complaint
f
Dream of the Rood
Seafarer
Answer: B (
可参考课本
P1)


’
s Chaucer alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a compr
ehensive realistic picture of the English Society in his masterpiece__________.

Canterbury Tales
Legend of Good Women
s and Criseyde
D. The Romaunt of the Rose.
Answer: A (
可参考课本
P4)

4. The Essence of Renaissance, the most significant intellectual movement, was_____.

A. Geographical exploration
B. Religious reformation
C. Publishing and translation
D. 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 i

n love through a love vision.
”
The two figures come from_____.

se Lost
. Faustus
Faerie Queene

Answer: C (
可参考课本
P13)

6. In
“
Sonnet 18
”
, Shakespeare_________________.

te on the destructive power of time and eternal beauty by poetry.
ze human
’
s vanity.
t the eternity of love.
ze the power of the beauty.
Answer: A (P37)

7. ____ gave new vigor to the blank verse with his
“
mighty lines
”
and make
’
blank verse
’

the principle vehicle of expression in drama.



e

Answer: C (P21)

8. Shakespeare
’
s greatest tragedies are the following works except____.


Lear
and Juliet
o
Answer: C (P33)

9. The Renaissance refers to between 14th---- mid-17th century, which was under the reign of
Queen___and absolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the
’
real mainstr
eam (
真正的文学主流
)
’
was ____.

ia/poetry
eth/ drama
/ novel
/ drama
Answer: B (P11)

10. In The Legend of Good Women, Chaucer used for the first time in English the rhymed coupl
et of iambic pentameter, which is to be called later____.

Spenserian stanza
heroic couplet
blank verse
free verse
Answer: B (P5)

11. The Redcrosse Knight in
“
The Faerie Queene
”
stands for_____, and Una stands for_____.

y/ chastity
ss/ truth
/ delivery
gentleman/ lady.
Answer: B (P16)

12. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance?

overy of ancient Roman and Greek culture.
t to remove the old feudalist ideas in Medieval Europe.
tion of man
’
s pursuit of happiness in his life, and tolerance of man
’
s foibles.
of man
’
s efforts in soul delivery and personal salvation.
Answer: D (P7)

13.
“
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
”
is an example of ______.

or


ification
Answer: A (P55)

14. _____ introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.

/ Saxons
s/ Anglo-Saxons
/ Romans
/ Normans
Answer: B (P11)

15. It is ___ alone who, for the first time in English literature presented to us a comprehe
nsive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vi
vid characters from all walks of life.

Spenser
ey Chaucer
m Shakespeare
Donne
Answer: B (P4)

16. The following belong to the characteristics of
’
metaphysical poetry
’
represented by
’
J
ohn Donne
’
except___.

ts
imagery and simple diction
ntative form
t style
Answer: D (P63)

17. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from____.

Mythology
legend
Old Testament
New Testament
Answer: C (P73)

18. In
“
Paradise Lost
”
, Satan says
“
We may with more successful hope resolve/ To wage by
force or guile eternal war, / Irreconcilable to our grand Foe
”
What does the
“
Eternal war
”
mean?

remove God from his throne
burn the Heaven Down
corrupt God
’
s creation of man and woman-----Adam and Eve
beguile into a snake to threaten man
’
s life
Answer: C (P71,
节选部分在
P75)

19. _____, the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeare
’
s most po
pular play on the stage, for it has the qualities of a
“
blood-and-thunder
”
thriller and a
’
philosophical exploration
’
of life and death.

Merchant of Venice

Lear
Winter
’
s Tale
Answer: B (P33)

20. It was ___and ___ the two conquests that provided the source for the rise and growth of
English literature.

/ Saxons
s/ Anglo-Saxons
/ Normans
/ Romans
Answer: B (P1)

21. Paradise Lost is ___
’
s masterpiece, which is an epic in 12 books, written in blank vers
e, about the heroic revolt of Satan against God
’
s authority.

Donne
opher Marlowe
Milton
Spenser
Answer: C (P71)

22. The following description fit into Milton
’
except
’
_____.

A.a great revolutionary poet of the 17th century
outstanding political pamphleteer
C.a great stylist and master of blank verse
D.a kind of elegant and refine style.
Answer: D (P70---73)

23. _____is not written by John Milton.

Agonistes
se Lost
se regained
laine
Answer: D (P71)

24. Marlow
’
s greatest achievement is that he perfected the
’
blank verse
’
, and he is regar
ded as
’
the pioneer of English drama
’
, which of the following is not written by him?

laine
Jew of Malta
Passionate to His Love
Sun Rising
Answer: D (P20)

25. ____Essays is the first example of that genre in English literature, which has been reco
gnized as an important landmark in the development of English prose.