英美文学题目

Quiz on English Literature （Part 2）

I. Fill in the blanks. (27%)

1. Renaissance, as a great _________ and ___________ movement, first started in _________ and then swept all over Europe.

2. __________________ is the key note and essence of the Renaissance.

3. Renaissance, means “rebirth” or “revival”, marked by a reawakening of interest in __________, in the __________ and in the world of nature.

4. As a Renaissance giant, ________________ was both a great and terrible king.

5. Thomas More’s masterpiece _________ gives a profound and truthful picture of people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.

6. In Elizabethan Period, ___________ wrote more than fifty excellent essays, which made him one of the best essayists in English literature.

7. ____________ is often referred to as “the poets’ poet”. His masterpiece is ___________.

8. The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus is one of ___________________’s best plays.

9. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is one of _______________’s best known sonnets.

10. The bourgeois Revolution is also called ___________________, because the English Revolution was carried out under a religious cloak.

11. The Puritan literature produced one of the most important poets in English literature. His name is _____________, a man of thought that towers over his age, second only to ____________.

12. The Puritan Revolution brought about great changes in the___________ structure of English society. Before the Revolution, ______________ are highly valued, while after the Revolution, _____________became the core of value system.

13. Two schools of poetry are popular during the 17th c English literature. They are ____________ headed by ________, and the other is ______________ Poets headed by ____________.

14. ______________ wrote his masterpiece The Pilgrim’s Progress during his second imprisonment. It gives a vivid and satirical description of ______________ which is the symbol of London at the time of the Restoration.

15. “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes” is the beginning line of sonnet _________ written by ____________.

II. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false.

( ) 1. In 1649, James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of the country.

( ) 2. Renaissance was slow in reaching England because of its domestic unrest and separation from the Continent.

( ) 3. King James’ Bible is considered as the most authoritative version of the Scripture.

( ) 4. After the Glorious Revolution in 1685, England has become a constitutional monarchy.

( ) 5. Thomas More’s Utopia was written in Latin.

( ) 6. Elizabethan Drama is the chief claim of the English writers to world attention.

( ) 7. “He was not of an age, but for all time” is Shakespeare’s comment on Ben Jonson.

( ) 8. Maxims of the Law was written in Latin because its author believed that Latin would make him immortal, but ironically, it’s his written English that made him so.

( ) 9. The Metaphysical poets mainly wrote to show off their erudite knowledge.