【正文】 hich it is taken and then briefly interpret it.) 1. “Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow?st?！?” A. To beg God for mercy and worship his power were as low as this downfall. B. To beg God for mercy and worship his power were more shameful and disgraceful than this downfall. C. To beg God for mercy is more shameful than worship his power. D. To fight against God is as low as to worship Satan. 12. In the son “Death, Be Not proud”, Donne says to death: “Those whom thou think?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 ______. 文學(xué)青年 2班 英國文學(xué)史及選讀 主講教師：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。 the metaphsical poets wrote poems full of wit and humor. But sometimes the logic argument and conceits bee pervasive, going to preposterous dimensions. The language is colloquial but very powerful, creating unorthodox images on the reader?s mind. John Donne and Andrew Marvell are the representative metaphisical poets. 5. Renaissance. It is the rebirth of artistic, literary and academic interest and creativity that marks the transition from Medieval Europe to the modern world. Generally dated from the 14th to the mid17th century, the Renaissance emerged in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe. In outlook the Renaissance brought new importance to individual expression, selfconsciousness, and worldy experience。文學(xué)青年 2班 英國文學(xué)史及選讀 主講教師：曹小雪 1 1. The Renaissance Period Part I. Definition of literary terms （請背誦下來?。。。? 1. Allegory. As a rule, an allegory (also defined as an extended metaphor) is a story in verse or prose with a double meaning: a primary or suface meaning, and a secondary or underthesurface meaning. It is a story that can be read, understood and interpreted at two levels (and in some cases at three or four levels). It is closely related to fable and parable, which are didactic, paratively short and simple allegories. The form may be literary or pictorial or both. An allegory has no definite length. The higher levels of meaning are usually concerned with moral, religious, political, symbolic or mythical ideas. In an allegory, characters or personifications represent something other than themselves virtues, vices, causes or issues. There