【正文】 e 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. 文學青年 2班 英國文學史及選讀 主講教師：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. C. TF statements 1. Odyssey, Beowulf and Samson Agonistes are all great epics. 2. In his love poetry, Donne describes love as single, constant, spiritual and eternal. 3. In all his works, Spenser effectively blended classical literary themes and conventions w ith Christian morallism. 4. It was first in Dr. Faustus that Marlowe influenced later drama with his concentration on one heroic figure and his development of blank verse into a flexible poetic form for tragedy. 5. Donne?s dramatic conversational style enables him to devour all kinds of experiences in life and to put them into poetry. 6. William Caxton is important to the development of English literature because he wrote important tales about King Arthur. 7. In his history plays, Shakespeare expressed his wish for freedom and national unity. 8. Hamlet?s melancholy derives from his sudden exposure to the evil world and his thoughtfulness of the meaning of life in a corrupted society. 9. The Reformation was the great 16thcentury religious revolution that resulted in the establishment of the Catholic churches. 10. The new humanistic learning that resulted from the renovation of classical literature is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side. D. Workauthor pairingup: ( ) 1. Samson Agonistes A. Thomas More ( ) 2. Songs and Sons B. Francis Bacon ( ) 3. “Of Studies” C. John Donne ( ) 4. King Lear D. Edmund Spenser ( ) 5. Tamburlaine the Great E. John Milton ( ) 6. The Shepheardes Calender F. Philip Sidey ( ) 7. Antony and Cleopatra G. William Shakespeare ( ) 8. Lycidas H. Gee Herbert ( ) 9. The Jew of Malta I. Ben Jonson ( ) 10. As You Like It J. Christopher Marlowe E. Reading Comprehension (For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the 文學青年 2班 英國文學史及選讀 主講教師：曹小雪 6 literary work from w