C．Dramatic monologue D．Satire
11. “To be, or not to be - that is the question;/Whether’ tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/Or to take arms against a sea of troubles ,/And by opposing end then?” These lines are taken from _____.
A. King Lear B. Romeo and Juliet C. Othello D. Hamlet 12．“To be, or not to be—that is the question” is a line taken from___________. A．Hamlet
B．Othello C．King Lear D
．
The
merchant of venice
13. “To be, or not to be — that is the question；／whether’ tis nobler in the mind to suffer，／the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,／Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, ／And by opposing end them?” The quoted
lines
are
taken
from
______.
A. King Lear B. Romeo and Juliet C. Othello D. Hamlet 14. _. Macbeth’s ____ lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.
A. Othello’s B. Hamlet’s C. Shylock’s D 15. _ Othello’s ____ inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force. A. Hamlet’s
B. Othello’s C. King Lear’s D. Macbeth’s
16. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is
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true?
A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth. B. The romantic elements are not brought into full play at all.
C. He presents the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion.
D. There is a wonderful balance of characters.
17. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is not true?
A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth. B. The romantic elements are brought into full play.
C. He praises the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion.
D. His youthful Renaissance spirit of jollity is fully reflected.
18. The most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____. A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
B. The Merchant of Venice
C. As You Like It D. Twelfth Night
19. It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____. A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
B. As You Like It
C. The Merchant of Venice D. Twelfth Night
20.Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of Venice: “Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew/Thou mak’st thy knife keen.” What kind
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of figurative device is used in the above lines?（ ） A. Simile. C. Pun.
B. Metonymy. D. Synecdoche.
21.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself; But life itself, My wife, and all the world. Are not with me esteem'd above thy life; I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you.
Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer.”
The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice.
The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____. A.dramatic irony B.personification C.allegory D.symbolism
22.In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.
A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry B. his enterprise went bankrupt
C. Bassanio was able to pay his own debt D. his ships had all been lost
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23. The Tempest is a typical example of Shakespeare’s__________view
of life towards human life and society in his late years. A. pessimistic C. satirical
B. optimistic D. none of the above
24. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances, ______ is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.
A. The Tempest B. The Winter's Tale C. Cymbeline D. The Rape of Lucrece
25. Shakespeare’ s ______, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as
the best of his final romances. A. The Winter’s Tale B. The Tempest
C. The Taming of the Shrew D. Love’ s Labour’ s Lost
26. Shakespeare’s ______ are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity. A. comedies B. tragedies C. history plays D. dark comedies
27. Which of the following is William Shakespeare’s history play? A. Macbeth
B. Henry IV D. King Lear
C. Romeo and Juliet
28. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?
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A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature. B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.
C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation.
29．The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the
beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s _____ sonnets _________. A．comedies B．tragedies C．sonnets D．histories
30.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 includes three stanzas according to the content with these last two lines as a（ couplet ）,
which completes the sense of the above lines. A. prelude exposition
31. In his tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare eulogizes _____. A. the faithfulness of love B. the spirit of pursuing happiness
C. the heroine's great beauty , wit and loyalty D. both A and B
John Milton
1．Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from ______________.
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B. couplet C. epigraph D.