英国文学史名词英文解释

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‟st thou dost overthrow/ Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.” What does he mean? A. Death is very strong. B. Death is not death, because after death we wake up to live eternally. C. One must face death courageously and defiantly. D. Death is not as strong as he thinks he is. 13. Milton‟s Paradise Lost took its material from ____. A. the Bible B. Greek myth C. Roman myth D. French romance 14. Christopher Marlowe wrote all the following plays except ___. A. Tamburlaine the Great B. The Jew of Malta D. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus 15. Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is NOT a edy? A. The Merchant of Venice B. A Midsummer Night’s Dream C. As You Like It D. Romeo and Juliet 16. _____ is the most mon foot in English poetry. A. The iamb B. The anapest C. The trochee D. The dactyl 17. In “Son 18”, William Shakespeare ______. 文学青年 @2班 英国文学史及选读 主讲教师：曹小雪 4 on man‟s mortality. B. eulogizes the power of artistic creation C. satirizes human vanity D. presents a dream vision 18. In Paradise Lost, Satan says: “We may with more successful hope resolve/ To wage by force or guile eternal war,/ Irreconcilable to our grand Foe.” What is the “eternal war” Satan and his followers were to wage against God? A. To plant a tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden. B. To turn into poisonous snakes to threaten man‟s life. C. To remove God from His throne. D. To corrupt God‟s creation of man and woman. 19. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for ______ and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil. A. money B. immorality C. knowledge D. political power 20. “Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself。 But life itself, my wife, and all he 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. Potia: 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 edy The Merchant of Venice, which can be regarded as a good example to illustrate what _____ is. A. dramatic irony B. personification C. allegory D. symbolism 21. “Read not to contradict and confuse, nor to believe and take for granted” is one of the epigrams found in _____. A. Bacon‟s “Of Studies” B. Bunyan‟s Pilgrim’s Progress C. More‟s Utopia D. Fielding‟s Tom Jones 22. Which of the following is not typical of metaphysical poetry best represented by John Donne‟s work? A. Common speech B. Conceit C. Argument D. Elegant language B. Blankfilling 1. “When in disgrace with fortune and men‟s eye” is the beginning line of a ______ written by William Shakespeare. 2. The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was Christopher Marlowe who made ____ the principal vehicle of expression in drama. 3. The greatest and most distinctive achievement of Elizabethan literature is _____. 4. John Milton is regarded the greatest ______ of the 17th century, and one of the giants of English literature. 文学青年 @2班 英国文学史及选读 主讲教师：曹小雪 5 5. Shakespeare‟s plays have been traditionally divided into three categories: histories, _______ and tragedies. 6. In 1637 Milton wrote the finest _____ in English, Lycidas, in honor of a Cambridge friend. 7. “Death, Be Not Proud” focuses on a key _____ of Christian doctrine: we are afraid of death, yet we are not afraid of death. 8. The predominant rhetorical device employed in “The Sun Rising” is _______. 9. With few exceptions Shakespeare uses the son form in the popular English form of three _______ and a couplet. 10. Edmund Spenser is often referred to as “the poet‟s _____”. His masterpiece is The Fairie Queene.。