1. “Utopia” was written by ___.
A Thomas More
B Francis Bacon
C Daniel Defoe
D Jonathan Swift
2. William Blake wrote all the following except ___.
C The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
D The Tree of Liberty
3. “Auld Lang
Syne4” was written by the author of ___.
A A Red, Red Rose
B The Sick Rose
C A Rose for Emily
D Tigar
4. All of the following poets except ___ are called “Lake Poets”.
A William Wordsworth
B Robert Southey
C Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D Percy Bysshe Shelley
5. Love for love is a comedy written by ___.
A William Shakespeare
B Ben Jonson
C William Conger
D Christopher Marlowe
6. Which of the following group of writers are the
playwrights5 of the 17th century?
A Ben Jonson and John Dryden
B Christopher Marlowe and Daniel Defoe
C John Milton and Oscar Wilde
D Ben Jonson and George Bernard Shaw
7. “The poet’s poet” is ___.
A Geoffrey Chaucer
B Edmund Spenser
C Francis Bacon
D John Donne
8. “The
founder6 of English poetry” is ___.
A Geoffrey Chaucer
B Edmund Spenser
C Francis Bacon
D John Donne
A Geoffrey Chaucer
B Edmund Spenser
C Francis Bacon
D John Donne
10. “The founder of metaphysical school” is ___.
A Geoffrey Chaucer
B Edmund Spenser
C Francis Bacon
D John Donne
【答案】
1选A
托马斯莫尔(Thomas More)是英国最主要的早期人文主义者,他的《乌托邦》批评了当时的英国和欧洲社会,设计了一个社会平等,财产公有,人们和谐相处的理想国。乌托邦现已成为空想社会主义的代名词。
2选D
《自由树》(The Tree of Liberty)是罗伯特.彭斯(Robert Burns)的诗作。
3选A
“A Red, Red Rose”(《一朵红红的玫瑰》)是英国苏格兰著名的农民诗人Robert Burns罗伯特.彭斯根据苏格兰民谣创作的一首脍炙人口的爱情诗篇,彭斯在仔细研究苏格兰民谣的基础上,创作了大量抒情诗,如《我心在高原》(My Heart’s in the Highlands), 《一朵红红的玫瑰》(A Red, Red Rose),《约翰.安德生.我的爱人》(John Anderson, My Jo),《昔日时光》(Auld Lang Syne)
4 选D
湖畔派三诗人有:William Wordsworth, Robert Southey和Samuel Taylor Coleridge。三人均为英国浪漫派诗歌的杰出代表。
5 选C
17世纪出现的风俗喜剧是当时喜剧的最高成就,威廉.康格里夫的《以爱还爱》(Love for Love),《如此世道》(The Way of the World)等剧作是风俗喜剧的代表作品。 更多信息
6 选A
奥斯卡.王尔德(Oscar Wilde),是19世纪剧作家(George Bernard Shaw)萧伯纳是20世纪剧作家。笛福(Daniel Defoe)是小说家,弥尔顿(John Milton)是诗人。
7 选B
Geoffrey Chaucer被称为“英国诗歌之父”。培根被马克斯誉为“英国唯物主义及现代实验科学之父”。而邓恩是玄学诗歌的奠基人,斯宾塞被称为“诗人中的诗人”。
8 选A
Geoffrey Chaucer被称为“英国诗歌之父”。
9 选C
培根被马克斯誉为“英国唯物主义及现代实验科学之父”。
10 选D
邓恩是玄学诗歌的奠基人。
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