I. Multiple Choice
Old and Medieval Period
1. ___ Beowulf ___ , a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded as the n ati onal epic of the An glo-Sax ons.
A. The Can terbury Tales
B. Exodus
C. D. The Lege nd of Good Women
3. The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely __ B. Geoffrey Chaucer 'The Can terbury Tales ________________ A. William Langland ' s Piers Plowman
C. John Gower's Confession Amantis
D. Sir Gawain and the Gree n Kni ght
2. Am ong the great Middle En glish poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known
for his producti on of __ .
A. Piers Plowma n B Sir Gawai n and the
Gree n Kni ght
C.C on fessio Ama ntis
D.The Can terbury Tales
1. ____
A. B. George Gordon Byron
C. Edm und Spe nser
D. Robert Brow ning
1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of B.
knightly __. knightly _ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.
A .Christia n C. Greek D. primitive
The Neoclassical Period
1. With classical culture and the ( ) humanistic ideas coming into England, the English Renaissance began flourishing.
A. Fre nch
B. German
C. Italia n
D. Greek
2. During the reign of ___________ ,England started its Religious Reformati on and broke away from Rome.
A. Henry VII
B. He nry VIII
C. Edward VI
D. Queen Elizabeth
3. The Protesta nt moveme nt, which was see n as a means to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption and superstition of the Middle Ages, was in itiated by _________ .
A. Francis Bacon
B. Martin Luther
C. Thomas More
D. William Shakespeare
4. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical eve nts EXCEPT _______ .
A. the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture
B. the vast expansion of British colonies in North America
C. the new discoveries in geography and astrology
D. the religious reformation and the economic expansion
attempts to do the followi ng EXCEPT _____ .
5. In Ren aissa nee, the Europea n huma nist thi nkers and scholars made
A. gett ing rid of those old feudalist ideas
B. gett ing con trol of the parliame nt and gover nment
C. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie
D. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roma n Catholic Church
6. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Ren aissa nee huma ni sm?
A. Cultivation of the art of this world and this life.
B. Tolera nee of huma n foibles.
C. Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture.
D. Glorification of religious faith.
7. The Renaissanee marks a transition from ________ o the modern world.
A. the old En glish
B. the medieval
C. the feudalist
D. the capitalist
8. The En glish Ren aissa nee period was an age of ____ .
A. poetry and drama
B. drama and no vel
C. no vel and poetry
D. roma nee and poetry
9. The most significant idea of the Renaissanee is (
C. n aturalism
D. skepticism
A. huma nism
B. realism
10. ________________ __ Huma nism is the esse nee of the Ren aissa nee.
A. Poetry
B. Drama
C.
D. Reas on
11. About the Renaissanee humanists which of the following statements
A. They thought money and social status was the measure of all thi ngs.
B. They thought people were largely subord in ated to the ruli ng class
without any freedom and in depe nden ce.
C. They could n 'see the huma n values in their works.
D. They emphasized the dig nity of huma n beings and the importa nee of
the prese nt life.
12. One of the distinet features of the Elizabethan time is ___ .
A. the flourish ng of the drama
B. the popularity of the realistic no vel
C. the domin ati on of the classical poetry
D. the close-down of all the theatres
13. Marlowe ' greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the __
bla nk verse ________ a nd made it the pri ncipal medium of En glish drama.
A. B. free verse C. sonnet D. alliteration
14. Marlowe gave new vigor to the blank verse with his _ mighty
lines _____ ”.
A. lyrical lines
B. soft lines
C. mighty lines
D. religious lines
15. _____ n troduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England, while
______ b rought in bla nk verse, i.e. the un rhymed iambic pen tameter line.
A. Wyatt...Surrey
B. Wyatt...Sidney
C. Surrey...Sidney
D.
Sidn ey...Spe nser
16. It was ________ ho first in troduced the Petrarcha n sonnet in to
En gla nd.
A. Caxt on
B. Wyatt
C. Surrey
D. Marlowe
17. The Petrarcha n sonnet was first in troduced into En gla nd by ___ .
A. Surrey
B. Wyatt
C. Sid ney
D. Shakespeare
18. In En glish poetry, a four-li ne sta nza is called ____ .
A. heroic couplet
B. quatrain
C. Spen seria n sta nza
D. terza rima
19. Christopher Marlow ' The Passi on ate Shepherd to His Love ” is a (n」
A. pastoral lyric
B. elegy
C. eulogy
D. epic
20. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissanee England are Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and ___________ .
A. John Milt on
B. John Bun ya n
C. Ben Jon son
D. Edmund Spenser
21. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissanee England are all the followi ng EXCEPT _____ .
A. Fra ncis Bac on
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. William Shakespeare
D. Ben Jonson
22. Metaphysical Poetry ” refers to the works of the 17th - century writers who wrote un der the in flue nee of ___ .
A. Joh n Donne
B. Alexa nder Pope
C. Christopher Marlowe
D. Joh n Milt on
23. Which of the followi ng is NOT typical of metaphysical poetry best represented by John Donne 'works?