PART ONE (40 POINTS)

I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)

  Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your choice on the answer sheet.

1.The most significant idea of the Renaissance is （　　　） .

A. humanism                                                    B. realism

C. naturalism                                                    D. skepticism

2.Shakespeare’s tragedies include all the following except （　　　） .

A. Hamlet and King Lear

B. Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth

C. Julius Caesar and Othello

D. The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream

3.The statement “ Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability ” opens one of well-known essays by （　　　） .

A. Francis Bacon                                               B. Samuel Johnson

C. Alexander Pope                                             D. Jonathan Swift

4.In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent （　　　） touch in his description of the simple though primitive rural life.

A. nostalgic                                                      B. humorous

C. romantic                                                      D. ironic