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英美文学知识练习 Beowulf is considered as the greatest epic in ________. Anglo-Saxon times The Roman Occupation The Middle Ages The renaissance 2. _______ is considered as “the Father of English Poetry”. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. William Shakespeare C. John Milton D. Edmund Spenser 3. Which of the following is Not an author of the English Renaissance? A. Sir Thomas More B. Christopher Marlowe C. Francis Bacon D. Geoffrey Chaucer 4. Which of the following is Not considered as one of Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies? A. Hamlet B. Romeo and Juliet C. King Lear D. Macbeth 5. Portia is the famous character in Shakespeare’s play_______. A. Hamlet B. Merchant of Venice C. The Tempest D. Othello 6．John Milton’s works included all the following except_________. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. The Pilgrim’s Progress 7. During 1711-1712 Richard Steele collaborated with ____ in publishing the daily paper The Spectator. A. Joseph Addison B. Alexander Pope C. Samuel Johnson D. John Dryden 8. Which of the following is not considered as a so-called sentimentalist of 18th century? A. Thomas Gray B. John Keats C. Oliver Goldsmith D. Laurence Sterne 9. _____ is considered as the first English psycho-analytical novel. A. Pamela by Samuel Richardson B. The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith C. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe D. Jonathon Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels 10. Which of the following is not a novel by Henry Fielding? A. Jonathan Wild B. Tom Jones C. Joseph Andrews D. Don Quixote 11. ‘To be or not to be, that is a question’ is a famous line from the soliloquy of __________. A. Hamlet B. King Lear C. Macbeth D. Shylock 12. Songs of Innocence is a collection of lyric poems composed by __________. A. Robert Frost B. Mrs. Browning C. William Blake D. Charles Swinburne 13. The poem Auld Lang Syne, now the universal parting-s