Part III. Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.(50%)

1. The Protestant movement, which was seen as a means to recover the purity of the early church

from the corruption and superstition of the Middle Ages, was initiated by （       ）

A. Francis Bacon                                          B. Martin Luther

C. Thomas More                                          D. William Shakespeare

2. As to the great tragedy Hamlet, which of the following is not true? （       ）

A. The timeless appeal of this mighty drama lies in its combination of intrigue, emotional conflict and searching philosophic melancholy.

B. The bare outline of the play is based on a widespread legend in northern Europe.

C. The whole story of the play is created by Shakespeare himself.

D. In it, Shakespeare condemns the hypocrisy and treachery and general corruption at the royal court.

3. The story of Paradise Lost is taken from the Bible. It tells about （       ）

A. Satan’s rebellion against God.

B. the expulsion of Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden.

C.a young prince’s revenge on his father’s murderer.

D. both A and B

4. Which of the following statements is true about the metaphysical poets? （       ）

A. The diction of their writing is comparatively lengthy.

B. The form is frequently that of an argument with the poet’s beloved, with God, or with himself.

C. They tried to be reconciled with the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry.

D. The imagery is usually drawn from the ideal life.

5. The enlighteners placed much emphasis on reason, because they thought （       ）

A. superstition was above reason and rationality.

B. reason and emotion both could lead to truth and justice.

C. reason or rationality should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activities.

D. equality and science is contrary to reason and rationality.