智慧树知到《英国文学史》章节测试答案

智慧树知到《英国文学史》章节测试答案
第一章单元测试
1、（）， the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England， was born in London；in about 1340.
A.Geoffrey Chaucer
B.Sir Gawain
C.Francis Bacon
D.John Dryden
正确答案：Geoffrey Chaucer
2、Of the following poets， which is not；regarded as “Lake Poets” ？
A.Saumel Taylor Coleridge
B.Robert Southey
C.William Wordsworth
D.John Donne.
正确答案：John Donne.
3、Who wrote Waiting for Godot ？
A.John Berger
B.Samuel Beckett
C.Harold Pinter
D.Martin Amis
正确答案：Samuel Beckett
4、The most gifted of the “university wits” was（）.。
A.Lyly
B.Peele
C.Greene
D.Marlowe
正确答案：Marlowe
5、Utopia was written in the form of（）.。
A.prose
B.drama
C.essay
D.dialogue
正确答案：dialogue
6、Shakespeare’s plays written between（）are sometimes called “romances” and all end in reconciliation and reunion.
A.1590 and 1594
B.1595 and 1600
C.1601 and 1607
D.1608 and 1612
正确答案：1590 and 1594
7、Shakespeare'；s greatest tragedies include（）.
A.Hamlet
B.Romeo and Juliet
C.Othello
D.King Lear；
E.Macbeth；
正确答案：Hamlet；Othello；King Lear；Macbeth；
8、Which of the following is Not written by D.H.Lawrence？
A.The Waste Land；
B.Dubliners
C.Women in Love
D.To the Lighthouse；
正确答案：The Waste Land；Dubliners；To the Lighthouse；
9、Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
10、Joseph Conrad’s novels have groups：jungle novels， sea novels and political novels.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：正确
第二章单元测试
1、What is the oldest literary form？Poetry.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：正确
2、Beowulf；is（）.
A.a hero
B.a monste
C.a king
D.a writer
正确答案：a hero ；a king
3、The；author of Piers Plowman；is（）.
A.Robin Hood
B.William Langland
C.William
D.Beowulf
正确答案：William Langland
4、The Canterbury Tales；is the only work of Chaucer.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
5、Shakespearean sonnet is imported from（）.
A.Italy
B.France
C.Spain
D.Russia
正确答案：Italy
6、Milton’s fame and reputation derive chiefly from（）.
A.Samson Agonistes
B.Comus；
C.Paradise Lost
D.“Lycidas”
正确答案：Paradise Lost
7、The first professional non-dramatic poet in English；is Alexander Pope.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：正确
8、（）；was the keystone of Shelley’s poetic achievement.
A.Prometheus Unbound；
B.Childe；Harold’s Pilgrimage
C.The Eve of St.Agnes
D.The Revolt of Islam
正确答案：Prometheus Unbound；
9、“The；Big Three”；of Victorian poets are Tennyson， Browning and Keats.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
10、In 1923 Yeats；was awarded（）.
A.the；Nobel Prize；for Literature
B.The Pulitzer Prize
C.Man Booker International Prize
D.Forward Prizes for Poetry
正确答案：the；Nobel Prize；for Literature
第三章单元测试
1、（）was considered the highest achievement of Oscar Wilde as a playwright.
A. The Importance of Being Earnest
B.King Lear
C.The Dumb Waiter
D.The School for Scandal
正确答案：The Importance of Being Earnest
2、In 1938， a film version of（）earned Bernard Shaw an Academy Award for his screenplay.
A.；The Second Shepherds’ Play
B.Pygmalion
C.；Doctor Faustus
D.Othello
正确答案：Pygmalion
3、Beckett secured his position as a master dramatist on April 3， 1957 when his second masterpiece，（）， premiered（in French） at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
A.Waiting for Godot
B.All That Fall
C.Krapp’s Last Tape
D.Endgame
正确答案：Endgame
4、Christopher Marlowe wrote；some；important plays， including；（）.
A.Tamburlaine
B.The Jew of Malta
C.Edward II
D.Doctor Faustus
正确答案：Tamburlaine；The Jew of Malta；Edward II；Doctor Faustus
5、Shakespeare；is marked by his romantic comedies；like（）.
A.The Merchant of Venice
B.Much Ado about Nothing
C.；As You Like It；
D.Twelfth Night
正确答案：The Merchant of Venice；Much Ado about Nothing；As You Like It；Twelfth Night
6、George Bernard Shaw’s plays；include（）.
A.Widower’s Houses
B.Mrs.Warren’s Profession
C.Saint Joan
D.Pygmalion
正确答案：Widower’s Houses；Mrs.Warren’s Profession；Saint Joan；Pygmalion
7、Morality plays；used religious characters and religious themes to teach a moral lesson.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：正确
8、Macbeth；has been the most popular of Shakespeare’s plays in the last 400 years.It was the firstof Shakespeare’s plays；to be translated into Chinese.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
9、The Rivals is generally recognized as one of the masterpieces of British Drama and the greatest of the 18th-century English comedy of manners.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
10、The first half of the 20th；century also saw the attempted revival of drama in verse.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：正确
第四章单元测试
1、Which of the following；has been considered as the best specimen of the Old English prose？
A.Utopia
B.History of King Richard III
C.The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
D.An Apology for Poetry
正确答案：The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
2、John Milton’s（）；（1644） is the first great plea in English for the freedom of the press.。
A.Paradise Lost
B.Areopagitica
C.The Complete Angler
D.Religio Medici；
正确答案：Areopagitica
3、（）；is sometimes called the third great Victorian poet， along with；Alfred；Tennyson；and；Robert Browning.
A.Matthew Arnold
B.Sir Richard Steele
C.Joseph Addison
D.William Hazlitt
正确答案：Matthew Arnold
4、Senecan style of English prose；emphasizes（）；and（）.
A.lucidity
B.rhetoric
C.expressiveness
D.logic
正确答案：lucidity；expressiveness
5、According to what we have discussed about English essay， which of the following genre can；NOT；be understood as Essay？
A.Prose
B.Poetry
C.Drama
D.Novel
正确答案：Poetry；Drama；Novel
6、Which of the following prose works were written by Thomas Carlyle？
A.Chartism
B.The French Revolution
C.A Tale of Two Cities
D.The Spectator
正确答案：Chartism；The French Revolution
7、The reason why Maugham is so popular among the readers；might be that his writting is complicated and confusing.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
8、Jonathan Swift shows his support for the rich English in；A Modest Proposal.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
9、Thomas Carlyle handled the English language as if it were completely raw material that he had to recast from the ground up.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：正确
10、The 18th；century witnessed the rising of magazines and the increasing popularity of essays.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：正确
第五章单元测试
1、What kind of elements should be taken into consideration when we analyze a novel？
A.Setting
B.characterization
C.plot
D.themes
正确答案：Setting；characterization；plot；themes
2、Distinct achievements of Charles Dickens’ novels are the following EXCEPT（）.
A.character sketches and exaggeration.
B.broad humor and penetrating satire.
C.complicated and fascinating plot.
D.the high praise for the power of proletariat
正确答案：the high praise for the power of proletariat
3、Thomas Hardy’s novel can be divided into three groups：Romances and Fantasies， Novels of Ingenuity and Novels of Character and Environment.The most important ones were the third group， among which Tess and（）were very famous.
A. Under the Greenwood Tree
B.Jude the Obscure
C.Far from the Madding Crowd
D.The Mayor of Casterbidge；
正确答案：Jude the Obscure
4、Which of the following novels were written by George Eliot？
A.Silas Marner；
B.；Adam Bede；
C.To the Lighthouse
D.Middlemarch
正确答案：Silas Marner；Adam Bede；Middlemarch
5、Which of the following statements is true about Bronte sisters？
A.Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece is Wuthering Heights.
B.Jane Eyre；is Emily Bronte’s autographical fiction.
C.Their novels by them include The Professor， Shirley， Adam Bede.
D.Together with George Eliot， they were important female writers of Victorian Age.
正确答案：Together with George Eliot， they were important female writers of Victorian Age.
6、What are Thackeray’s greatest achievement in novel writing？
A.the narrative skill
B.subtle characterization
C.descriptive power make
D.complicated plots.
正确答案：the narrative skill；subtle characterization； descriptive power make；complicated plots.
7、Novel in the；modern era；usually makes use of a literary prose style .。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：正确
8、Daniel Defoe was regarded as the farther of epistolary novel.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
9、Oliver Goldsmith was famous for his novel A Sentimental Journey.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
10、Sir Walter Scott was among the first to draw upon religion as source material for his fiction and is generally cited as the father of the critical realism.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
第六章单元测试
1、In the Edward Period， the Victorian values totally diminisheD.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
2、H.G.Wells is a prominent social satirist.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：正确
3、Animal Farm isn’t an anti- Utopian novel.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
4、（）proposed that both clock and psychological time should be measured.。
A.Sigmund Freud
B.Bertrand Russell
C.Henri Bergson
D.Aristotle
正确答案：Henri Bergson
5、The three literary giants in the Edwardian Period include Herbert George Wells， Arnold Bennett， and（）.
A.John Galsworthy
B.James Joyce
C.William Somerset
D.The other three are right.
正确答案：John Galsworthy
6、Most of Henry James’ novels deal with the clashes between（）.
A.flesh and spirit
B.the American and the European
C.the past and the future
D.The other three are right.
正确答案：the American and the European
7、In the short lifetime， Mansfield produced more than 70 short stories， among which，（）may be the best one.
A.“The Garden Party”
B.“Bliss”
C.“Araby”
D.The other three are right.
正确答案：“The Garden Party”
8、Virginia Woolf’s major novels include（）.
A.Mrs.Dalloway
B.The Rainbow；
C.To the Lighthouse；
D.The Waves
正确答案：Mrs.Dalloway；To the Lighthouse；The Waves
9、In the transition of British fiction from realism to modernism， major figures included（）.
A.Henry James
B.E.M.Forster
C.Joseph Conrad
D.Virginia Woolf
正确答案：Henry James；E.M.Forster；Joseph Conrad
10、At the peak of British modernist fiction， there appeared such masters as（）.
A.Henry James
B.D.H.Lawrence
C.James Joyce
D.Virginia Woolf
正确答案：D.H.Lawrence；James Joyce；Virginia Woolf
第七章单元测试
1、Britain began to build a “welfare state” after 1954.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：错误
2、John Wayne and Kingsley Aymis’s novels became the precursors of “angry young men”.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：正确
3、The；novels of the “Angry Young Men” are also called “Social Satirical Comedy”.。
A.正确
B.错误
正确答案：正确
4、Most of “The Angry Young Men” are from（）.
A.Middle Class
B.Upper-Class
C.Lower Class
D.Bourgeoisie
正确答案：Lower Class
5、Which；of；following is regarded as the；representative of “The Angry Young Men”？
A.Jim Dixon
B.Kingsley Amis
C.Thomas Hardy
D.John Galsworthy
正确答案：Kingsley Amis
6、In 1990，（）followed Margaret Thatcher as the Prime Minister.
A.John Major
B.Tony；Blair
C.George Bush
D.Clement Attlee
正确答案：John Major
7、Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize for Literature in（）.
A.1963
B.1969
C.1973
D.1980
正确答案：1969
8、Which of the following won Novel Prize for Literature？
A.Elias Canetti
B.William Golding
C.V.S.Naipaul
D.Doris Lessing
正确答案：Elias Canetti；William Golding；V.S.Naipaul；Doris Lessing
9、Iris Murdoch’s philosophical books include（）.
A.Sartr
E.Romantic Rationalist
B.The Sovereignty of Good；
C.The Fire and the Sun
D.Existentialists and Mystics（1997）.
正确答案：Sartr
E.Romantic Rationalist；The Sovereignty of Good；The Fire and the Sun；Existentialists and Mystics（1997）.
10、Malcolm Bradbury’s novels include（）.
A.The History Man
B.Rate of；Exchange；
C.Changing Places；
D.Eating；People；Is；Wrong；
正确答案：The History Man；Rate of；Exchange；Eating；People；Is；Wrong；