自学考试《英国文学选读》试题及答案

　　PART ONE

　　I. Multiple Choice

　　1. Although _______ was essentially a medieval writer, he bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new

　　era of literature to come.

　　A. William Langland

　　B. John Gower

　　C. Geoffrey Chaucer

　　D. Edmund Spenser

　　Answer: C

　　2. The religious reformation in the early 16th-century England was a reflection of the class struggles

　　waged by the _____.

　　A. rising bourgeoisie against the feudal class and its ideology

　　B. working class against the corruption of the bourgeoisie

　　C. landlord class against the rising bourgeoisie and its ideology

　　D. feudal class against the corruption of the Catholic Church

　　Answer: A

　　3. The statement that a man gained the whole world but lost his own soul makes a good summary of the main

　　plot of ______.

　　A. Paradise Lost

　　B. The Merchant of Venice

　　C. Hamlet

　　D. The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus

　　Answer: D

　　4. "Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and

　　when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?"

　　The above passage is taken from _______.

　　A. Francis Bacon’s "Of Studies"

　　B. William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice

　　C. Samuel Johnson’s "To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield"

　　D. Jonathan Swift’s "A Modest Proposal"

　　Answer: C

　　5. The essence of humanism is to ______.

　　A. restore a medieval reverence for the church

　　B. avoid the circumstances of earthly life

　　C. explore the next world in which men could live after death

　　D. emphasize human qualities

　　Answer: D

　　6. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in a ______ tone.

　　A. delightful

　　B. satirical

　　C. sentimental

　　D. solemn

　　Answer: B

　　7. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form -the modern English novel, which, contrary to the

　　medieval romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of the common English people.

　　A. romantic

　　B. idealistic

　　C. prophetic

　　D. realistic

　　Answer: D

　　8. As a literary figure, John Rivers appears in _______.

　　A. Fielding’s Tom Jones

　　B. Dickens’s Oliver Twist

　　C. Bronte’s Jane Eyre

　　D. Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

　　Answer: C

　　9. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English

　　bourgeoisie in the ______ century.

　　A. 17th

　　B. 18th

　　C. 19th

　　D. 20th

　　Answer: B

　　10. In "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," Thomas Gray compares the common folk with the great ones,

　　wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the ______.

　　A. chance

　　B. love

　　C. money

　　D. material sources

　　Answer: A

　　11. The poetic view of ______ can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is, "all good

　　poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."

　　A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

　　B. John Keats

　　C. William Wordsworth

　　D. Percy Bysshe Shelly

　　Answer: C

　　12. Pip, Estella, Havisham, Magwitch, and Joe Gargery are most likely names of characters in _______.

　　A. Oliver Twist

　　B. David Copperfield

　　C. Bleak House

　　D. Great Expectations

　　Answer: B

　　13. In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.

　　A. iamb

　　B. anapest

　　C. trochee

　　D. dactyl

　　Answer: A

　　14. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of

　　judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers?

　　A. Blindness.

　　B. Partiality.

　　C. Snobbishness.

　　D. Prejudice.

　　Answer: C

　　15. In Byron’s poem "Song for the Luddites," the word "Luddite" refers to the _______.

　　A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemployment

　　B. rising bourgeoisie who fought against the aristocratic class

　　C. descendents of the ancient king, King Lud

　　D. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord class

　　Answer: A