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C.Henry VIIID. Hamlet
14.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two gish language.
A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund Spenser
10.The heroines of Shakespeare’s great comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whose images and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.
A.MaryB. Elizabeth
C.WilliamD. Victoria
7.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.
A.prose and novelB. poetry and drama
C.essays and journalsD. ballads and songs
E.Timon of Athens
12.Which play is not a comedy? ________
A.A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of Venice
C.Twelfth NightD. Romeo and Juliet
E.As You Like It
A.SpainB. France
C.AmericaD. Norway
5.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.
8.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.
A.The Advancement of LearningB. The New Instrument
C.EssaysD. The New Atlantics
Exercise for English Literature (2)
Choose the best answer for each blank.
1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.
13.“Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the hero summarise his observation of his world into such a bitter sentence? ________
A.Charles IB. Othello
A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir Gawain
C.Francis BaconD. John Dryden
2.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.
A.FlandersB. France
C.ItalyD. Westminster Abbey
3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.
A.Henry VB. Henry VII
C.Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth
4.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.
A.Thomas MoreB. Thomas Marlowe
C.Francis BaconD. William Shakespear
6.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.
E.Venus and Adonis
9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.
A.songsB. plays
ediesD. sonnets
A.PortiaB. Roseland
C.ViolaD. Beatrice
11.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.
A.HamletB. Othello
C.MacbethD. King Lear