Exercise for English Literature (2)
Choose the best answer for each blank.
1.
________, the 鈥渇ather of English poetry鈥?nbsp;and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in
London about 1340.
A.
Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Sir Gawain
C.
Francis Bacon
D. John Dryden
2.
Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.
A.
Flanders
B. France
C.
Italy
D. 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 V
B. Henry VII
C.
Henry VIII
D. Queen Elizabeth
4.
Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet 鈥淎rmada鈥?nbsp;(Invincible)
was also the
triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.
A.
Spain
B. France
C.
America
D. 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鈥檚 suffering
and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.
A.
Thomas More
B. Thomas Marlowe
C.
Francis Bacon
D. William Shakespear
6.
Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.
A.
Mary
B. Elizabeth
C.
William
D. Victoria
7.
English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.
A.
prose and novel
B. poetry and drama
C.
essays and journals
D. ballads and songs
8.
From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon鈥檚 work: ________.
A.
The Advancement of Learning
B. The New Instrument
C.
Essays
D. The New Atlantics
E.
Venus and Adonis
9.
鈥淪hall I compare thee to a summer鈥檚 day?鈥?nbsp;This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare鈥檚 ________.
A.
songs
B. plays
C.
comedies
D. sonnets
10.
The
heroines
of
Shakespeare鈥檚
great
comedies
,
________
are
the
daughters
of
the
Renaissance,
whose
images and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.
A.
Portia
B. Roseland
C.
Viola
D. Beatrice
11.
Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.
A.
Hamlet
B. Othello
C.
Macbeth
D. King Lear
E.
Timon of Athens
12.
Which play is not a comedy? ________
A.
A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream
B. The Merchant of Venice
C.
Twelfth Night
D. Romeo and Juliet
E.
As You Like It
13.
鈥淒enmark is a prison鈥? In which play does the h
ero summarise his observation of his world into such a bitter
sentence? ________
A.
Charles I
B. Othello
C.
Henry VIII
D. Hamlet
14.
The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of the
English language.
A.
Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Edmund Spenser
C.
William Shakespeare
D. Ben Johnson
15.
In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: 鈥淲hat a piece of
wok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!鈥?nbsp;________
A.
Romeo and Juliet
B. Hamlet
C.
Othello
D. The Merchant of Venice
16.
In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.
A.
James I
B. James II