智慧树知到《英国文学》章节测试答案

第一章单元测试

1、English literature began with the（） settlement in EnglanD.

A.Anglo-Saxon

B.English

C.Roman

D.Celtic

正确答案：Anglo-Saxon

2、Beowulf， written about the life of England in the（） society， is said to be the national epic of the English people.

A.medieval

B.feudal

C.primitive

D.agricultural

正确答案：feudal

3、Beowulf is written in the form of（）， a popular form of poetry in Anglo-Saxon literature.

A.blank verse

B.alliterative verse

C.ballad

D.couplet

正确答案：alliterative verse

第二章单元测试

1、The medieval period is often called the Dark Age for the dominating power of（） over everything in the society.

A.the King

B.the knights

C.the Church

D.feudal lords

正确答案：the Church

2、The central character of a romance is（）， who follows the code of behavior called chivalry.

A.a soldier

B.the warrior

C.the Gladiator

D.the knight

正确答案：the knight

3、The stories of（） are the most well-known ballads， songs of stories told orally in 4-line stanzas.

A.the green knights

B.King Arthur

C.Robin Hood

D.the Vikings

正确答案：Robin Hood

4、Piers the Plowman written by William Langland in the form of（） represents the achievements of popular literature of Medieval England.

A.a dream

B.allegory

C.epic

D.symbolism

正确答案：allegory

5、（） is considered the father of English poetry， whose most representative work is The Canterbury Tales.

A.John Milton

B.William Langland

C.Geoffrey Chaucer

D.Edmund Spenser

正确答案：Geoffrey Chaucer

6、The Canterbury Tales， a collection of stories strung together and told by 30 pilgrims on their way to pilgrimage， is written in the form of（）.

A.ballad

B.blank verse

C.heroic couoplet

D.alliterative verse

正确答案：heroic couoplet

7、The key-note of the Renaissance is（）.

A.romanticism

B.asceticism

C.humanism

D.realism

正确答案：humanism

第三章单元测试

1、It was（） who first introduced and reformed the English drama which reached its climax in the hands of William Shakespeare.

A.University Wits

B.Ben Johnson

C.John Wycliff

D.Christopher Marlowe

正确答案：University Wits

2、Great writers of the English Renaissance who are known for humanism， took（） as the centre of the world and voiced the human aspirations for freedom and equality.