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英美文学名著导读期末考试模拟题 (You are required to write down your answers on the Answer Sheet) I. Multiple Choice: 1. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is Not such an event? ( ) the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture new discovery in geography and astrology England’s domestic rest 2. It is ____alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life. ( ) A. Matin Luther B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. William Langland 3. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s____. ( ) A. comedies B. odes C. sonnets 4. All the following 3 except ____ are the most famous dramatist in the Renaissance England. ( ) A. Francis Bacon B. William Shakespeare C. Christopher Marlowe 5. In Beowulf, ____ fought against the monster Grendel and a fire breathing dragon. ( ) A. the Scandinavians B. the Winter Dragon C. the Anglo-Saxons 6. Francis Bacon is best known for his ____ which greatly influenced the development of this literary form. ( ) A. works B. poems C. essays 7. _____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language. ( ) A. The Holy War B. The Pilgrim’s Process C. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman 8. Generally, the renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is ____( ) A. philosophy B. science C. humanism 9. “ So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ” What does “this ” refer to? ( ) A. poetry B. time C. lover 10. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? … And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I shou