本期内容包括:英国诗歌代表人物及著名剧作家,思想家

__1__ “Utopia” was written by ___.
A Thomas More
B Francis Bacon
C Daniel Defoe
D Jonathan Swift

__2__ William Blake wrote all the following except ___.
A Poetical Sketches
B Songs of Innocence
C The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
D The Tree of Liberty

__3__ “Auld Lang Syne” was written by the author of ___.
A A Red, Red Rose
B The Sick Rose
C A Rose for Emily
D Tigar

__4__ All of the following poets except ___ are called “Lake Poets”.
A William Wordsworth
B Robert Southey
C Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D Percy Bysshe Shelley

__5__ Love for love is a comedy written by ___.
A William Shakespeare
B Ben Jonson
C William Conger
D Christopher Marlowe

__6__ Which of the following group of writers are the playwrights of the 17th century?
A Ben Jonson and John Dryden
B Christopher Marlowe and Daniel Defoe
C John Milton and Oscar Wilde
D Ben Jonson and George Bernard Shaw

__7__ “The poet’s poet” is ___.
A Geoffrey Chaucer
B Edmund Spenser
C Francis Bacon
D John Donne

__8__ “The founder of English poetry” is ___.
A Geoffrey Chaucer
B Edmund Spenser
C Francis Bacon
D John Donne

__9__ “The founder of English materialist philosophy” is ___.
A Geoffrey Chaucer
B Edmund Spenser
C Francis Bacon
D John Donne

__10__ “The founder of metaphysical school” is ___.
A Geoffrey Chaucer
B Edmund Spenser
C Francis Bacon
D John Donne

答案:
1选A。托马斯莫尔(Thomas More)是英国最主要的早期人文主义者，他的《乌托邦》批评了当时的英国和欧洲社会，设计了一个社会平等，财产公有，人们和谐相处的理想国。乌托邦现已成为空想社会主义的代名词。

2选D。《自由树》(The Tree of Liberty)是罗伯特.彭斯(Robert Burns)的诗作。

3选A。“A Red, Red Rose”(《一朵红红的玫瑰》)是英国苏格兰著名的农民诗人Robert Burns罗伯特.彭斯根据苏格兰民谣创作的一首脍炙人口的爱情诗篇，彭斯在仔细研究苏格兰民谣的基础上，创作了大量抒情诗，如《我心在高原》（My Heart’s in the Highlands）， 《一朵红红的玫瑰》(A Red, Red Rose),《约翰.安德生.我的爱人》（John Anderson, My Jo）,《昔日时光》（Auld Lang Syne）

4 选D。湖畔派三诗人有：William Wordsworth, Robert Southey和Samuel Taylor Coleridge。三人均为英国浪漫派诗歌的杰出代表。

5 选C。17世纪出现的风俗喜剧是当时喜剧的最高成就，威廉.康格里夫的《以爱还爱》（Love for Love）,《如此世道》（The Way of the World）等剧作是风俗喜剧的代表作品。

6 选A。奥斯卡.王尔德（Oscar Wilde），是19世纪剧作家（George Bernard Shaw）萧伯纳是20世纪剧作家。笛福（Daniel Defoe）是小说家，弥尔顿（John Milton）是诗人。

7 选B。Geoffrey Chaucer被称为“英国诗歌之父”。培根被马克斯誉为“英国唯物主义及现代实验科学之父”。而邓恩是玄学诗歌的奠基人，斯宾塞被称为“诗人中的诗人”。

8 选A。Geoffrey Chaucer被称为“英国诗歌之父”。

9 选C。培根被马克斯誉为“英国唯物主义及现代实验科学之父”。

10 选D。邓恩是玄学诗歌的奠基人。