question\ a. Hamlet b. Othello c. King Lear d. The Merchant of Venice 29. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are________, William Shakespeare and Ben Johnson. a. Christopher Marlowe b. John Marlowe c. John Milton d. Edmund Spenser
30. ________'s Essays is the first example of that genre in English literature, which has been
recognized as an important landmark in the development of English prose.
a. John Donne b. John Milton c. Francis Bacon d. Edmund Spenser 31. According to Edmund Spenser' s own explanation, his The Faerie Queen is a “________”,
but it is also an allegory.
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a. imaginary poem b. historical poem c. romantic poem d. poetic drama
32. In his The Advancement of Learning, ________divided knowledge into two kinds: the one
obtained from Divine Revelation, and the other from the workings of human mind. a. Chaucer b. Francis Bacon c. Edmund Spenser d. John Milton
33. ________'s literary achievements can be divided into three groups, the early poetic works, the
middle prose pamphlets and the last great poems. a. William Shakespeare b. Christopher Marlowe c. John Donne d. John Milton
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34. The English Renaissance was perhaps England' s ________Age, especially in literature.
a. Golden b. Fruitful c. Volcanic d. Dark
35. In the early stage of the English Renaissance, poetry and________were the most outstanding
literary forms and they were carried on especially by William Shakespeare and Ben Johnson.
a. fiction b. dramatic fiction c. poetic drama d. novel
36. In Canto I, Book I of The Faerie
Queen the Redcross knight symbolizes the church of England, and he is the protector of the Virgin Una who stands for________or the true religion.
a. love b. friendship c. truth d. honest
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37. Paradise Regained shows how mankind, in the person of ________, withstands the tempter
and is established once more in the divine favor.
a. God b. Zeus c. Christ d. Santa Claus
38. Francis Bacon's essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and________.
a. complicity b. complexity c. powerfulness d. mildness
39. In Samson Agonistes, Milton again
borrows his story from the________. But this time he turns to a more vital and personal theme.
a. history b. religion c. legend d. Bible
40. ________was known as \poets' s poet\ a. William Shakespeare b. Edmund Spenser c. John Donne
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d. John Milton
三 新古典主义时期（17—18世纪） 1. The neoclassical period in English literature refers to the one between the return of the Stuarts to the English throne in 1660 and the full assertion of ________which came with the publication of Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge in 1798.
a. realism b. humanism c romanticism d. neoclassicism
2. As a representative of the Enlightenment, ________was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.
a. Swift b. Defoe c Milton d. Pope
3. Christian, Faithful and Pliable are the literary figures in________.
a. Daniel Defoe' s Moll Flanders
b. John Bunyan' s The Pilgrim' s Progress
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