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英国文学习题Realist and modern period of British Literature1.____ is the greatest representative of English critical realism.A. Jane AustenB. ThackerayC. DickensD. Charlotte2.____ is Thackeray‟s one of the best known works.A. Sense and SensibilityB. The Book of SnobsC. The Pickwick PapersD. The Song of Lower Class3.Pride and Prejudice‟s first title is ____.A. First ImpressionB. A Book Without a HeroC. The NewcomesD. Persuasion4.Vanity Fair has a sub-title. It is ____.A. First ImpressionB. A Book Without a HeroC. The NewcomesD. Persuasion5.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend ____ appeared. And itflourished in the forties and in the early fifties.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. critical realism6.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ____ .A. novelB. dramaC. poetryD. sonnet7.______‟s Vanity Fair is a satirical portrayal of the upper strata(阶层) of society.A. George EliotB. Elizabeth GaskellC. W. M. ThackerayD. John Buyan8.The ____ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century.A. EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC. ChartistD. Romanticist9.The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature, the struggle of the _____ for itsrights.A. soldiersB. peasantsC. bourgeoisieD. proletariat10.The greatest of Chartist poets was _____.A. Earnest JonesB. John MiltonC. Thomas HardyD. John Keats11.The story of ______ deals with the adventures of a retired old merchant.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist12.The story of _____ deals with the sufferings and hardships of an old man named Trent, andhis granddaughter, Nell.A. Pickwick PapersB. The Old Curiosity ShopC. Great ExpectationsD. Hard Times13.Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education?A. Oliver TwistB. Hard TimesC. Great ExpectationsD. A Tale of Two Cities14.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the highersociety regardless of the social reality?A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Great ExpectationsD. Dombey and Son15.In the novel ______, Dickens describes the Chartist Movement and shows his sympathy forthe workers.A. Great ExpectationsB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Hard TimesD. Oliver Twist16.In the novel ___ , Defarge and Madame Defarge represent the revolutionaries.A. Dombey and SonB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Little DorritD. Bleak House17.In the novel _____, Dr. Manette is a typical bourgeois intellectual.A. David CopperfieldB. Wuthering HeightsC. Bleak HouseD. A Tale of Two Cities18._____ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the earlylife of the hero is largely based on the author‟s early life.A. The Curiosity ShopB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Great Expectations19.In 1864, Dickens published his last complete novel _______.A. The Old Curiosity ShopB. The Pickwick PaperC. Our Mutual FriendD. Little Dorrit20.Which of the following is Thackeray‟s masterpiece?A. The VirginiansB. The Books of SnobsC. The NewcomesD. Vanity Fair21.The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from Bunyan‟s masterpiece _____.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Child Harold’s PilgrimageC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Canterbury Tales22.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ______.A. Jane EyreB. Agnes GreyC. Wuthering HeightsD. Emma23.Dickens‟ third literary period shows intensifying ______.A. optimismB. excitementC. irritationD. pessimism24.______is Dickens‟ best of social satires.A. American NotesB. Martin ChuzzlewitC. Dombey and SonD. David Copperfield25.The Chartists refer to those _____ in the early Victorian AgeA. Romantic writersB. working class writersC. realistic poetsD. bourgeois writers26.The Victorian Literature began in____ and ended in _____.A. 1837...1900 B. 1835...1901 C. 1832...1902 D. 1830 (1903)27.The conflicts between the capitalists and the proletarian in industrial England caused the______.A. Enlightenment MovementB. Industrial RevolutionC. Chartist MovementD. Romantic Movement28._____ is the greatest among the critical realists of the Victorian Age.A. Earnest JonesB. Emily BrontёC. Charlotte BrontёD. Charles Dickens29.Charles Dickens was impressive for his _____.A. wide spread of critical realismB. his spirit of democracy and humanismC.his unforgettable figures with satire and simple and clear languageD.including A, B and C30.“The pride of wealth” or “purse-pride” is the theme of _____.A. Dombey and SonB. Nicholas NicklebyC. The Old Curiosity ShopD. Martin Chuzzlewit31.The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities refer to ____.A. London and New YorkB. London and ParisC. Paris and New YorkD. Brussels and Washington32.____ is the major literary form in the Victorian Period.A. essayB. poetryC. novelD. drama33.____ is the main hero in the novel of Wuthering Heights.A. RochesterB. HeathcliffC. ManetteD. Martin34.Both Charlotte and Emily wrote about the ____ around them.A. familiar thingsmon peopleC. neighborsD. evils35.The most important poet in the Victorian Age was _____.A. Earnest JonesB. Elizabeth GaskellC. Mr. BrowningD. Alfred Tennyson36.______ made Dickens famous overnight.A. Sketches by BozB. The Pickwick PapersC. Oliver TwistD. The Old Curiosity Shop37._____ is Dickens‟ first novel of social history reflecting the sharp social contradictions.A. Sketches by BozB. American NotesC. Martin ChuzzlewitD. Barnaby Rudge (《巴纳比·拉奇》)38._____ is an autobiographical novel and loved by Dickens himself most.A. Great ExpectationsB. David CopperfieldC. Bleak HouseD. The Pickwick Papers39.Dickens‟ writing is an encyclopedic knowledge of _____.A. ParisB. New YorkC. LondonD. Portsmoth40.The head of the gang of thieves is _____.A. FaginB. GradgrindC. PecksmiffD. Manette41._____ has been called “the supreme epic of English life”.A. Nicholas NicklebyB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Hard TimesD. The Pickwick Papers42._____marked a great advance in Dickens‟ art of novel-writing with closely knit and logicalplot of his maturer works.A. David CopperfieldB. Dombey and SonC. Little DorritD. The Chimes43．____is Oscar Wilde‟s only novel.A. Lady Windermere’s FanB. A Woman of No ImportanceC. The Picture of Dorian GrayD. The Importance of Being Earnest44. The greatest Scottish poet in the pre-romanticism is ________.A. William WordsworthB. Oliver GoldsmithC. Thomas GrayD. Robert Burns45. _______ is written by William Blake, a great poet in the pre-romanticism.A. The Songs of InnocenceB. Reliques of Ancient English poetryC. Songs and SonnetsD. Kubla Khan46.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ____ . What the writers described in theirworks were mainly social realities.A. romanticismB. classicismC. realismD. sentimentalism48. In a series of pamphlets Jonathan Swift denounced the cruel and unjust treatment of Ireland bythe English government. One of the most famous is ____.A. Essays on CriticismB. A Modest ProposalC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Battle of the Books49.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by ____, one of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Daniel Defoe50._____‟s best-known pamphlet was The Trueborn Englishman—A Satire, which contained acaustic exposure of the aristocracy and the tyranny of the church.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Daniel Defoe51.The sentence of “The plowman homeward plods his weary way, /And leaves the world to darkness and to me” is written by ____.A. William CowperB. George CrabbeC. Thomas GrayD. William Blake52.____ has another name called “The Daffodils”.A. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”B. “Tintern Abbey”C. “Revolution”D. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”53.Coleridge‟s _____ is a “conversation” poem.A. Frost at Midnigh tB. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”C. ChristabelD. Biographia Literaria54.Byron‟s ____ is regarded as the great poem of the Romantic Age.A. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageB. Hours of IdlenessC. LaraD. Don Juan55.Prometheus Unbound is ____ masterpiece.A. Wordsworth‟sB. Byron‟sC. Shelley‟sD. Keats56.Keats‟ best ode is ____.A. “On a Grecian Urn”B. “To Autumn”C. “To Psyche”D. “To a Nightingale”57.The best works of William Hazlitt is ____.A. The Spirit of the AgeB. Table TalkC. The Characters of Shakespeare’s PlaysD. On the English Poets58 The publication of ______ marks the beginning of the Romantic Movement in England.A. “Tintern Abbey”B. Lyrical BalladsC. Frost at NightD. “The Daffodils”59._____ is considered Wordsworth‟s masterpiece.A. The PreludeB. EndymionC. Don JuanD. Biographia Literaria60.The best essayist in the English Romantic Age is _____.A. KeatsB. Walter ScottC. Charles LambD. William Hazlitt61.The themes of Pride and Prejudice are _____.A. pride and prejudiceB. the writer‟s own personalitiesC. love and marriageD. Both A and C62._____ is considered the father of historical novelist in the English Romantic Age.A.Jane AustenB. Charles LambC. William HazlittD. Waler Scott63.Critics agree that ____ is a great romantic poet, standing with Shakespeare, Milton andWordsworth in the history English literature.A. KeatsB. WordsworthC. ColeridgeD. William64．The reader can get a broad panorama of the social life of the English Romantic Age from _____.A. Dun JuanB. The PreludeC. Kubla KhanD. Isabella65.Some critics think that some of Byron‟s poems show his _____.A. individual heroism and pessimismB. love of nature and optimismC. love of old writersD. hatred for the imperialism66____ is Shelley‟s masterpiece.A. ZastrozziB. The Necessity of AtheismC. Queen MabD. Prometheus Unbound67. Romantic Age began in____ and came to an end in _____.A. 1789...1821 B. 1778...1823 C. 1798...1832 D. 1768 (1819)68.Byron, Shelley and Keats belong to Romantic poets of ___ generation.A. the firstB. the secondC. the thirdD. the forth64._____ has been call ed “the supreme epic of English life”.A. Nicholas NicklebyB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Hard TimesD. The Pickwick Papers65._____marked a great advance in Dickens‟ art of novel-writing with closely knit and logicalplot of his maturer works.A. David CopperfieldB. Dombey and SonC. Little DorritD. The Chimes66.In the ____ period, Charles Dickens believed that all the evils of the capitalist world wouldbe remedies of only men who behaved to each other with kindliness, justice, and sympathetic understanding.A. firstB. secondC. thirdD. fourth67.____ is the most class-conscious book among the Christmas books.A. A Christmas CarolB. The ChimesC. The Cricket on the HearthD. The Battle of Life68.News from Nowhere is a prose work which ____ describes a dream of the future classlesssociety.A. MorrisB. GissingC. StevensonD. Wilde69.Katharine Mansfield is a master of ____ at the turn of the century.A. short story writerB. dramatic poetryC. realistic novelsD. humor70.After writing _____, Hardy turned to poetry.A. Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC. Jude the ObscureD. The Mayor of Casterbridge71.Yeats‟s fame rests chiefly on his ______, using a lot of symbols in his poem.A. novelsB. poetryC. dramasD. prose72.____ was a leader of the modernist movement in English poetry and a greatinnovator of verse technique.A. W.B. Yeats B. T. S. EliotC.D. H. Lawrence D. G. B. Shaw73.____ is a great novel spending James Joyce 7 years of hard working to complete.A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB. UlyssesC. Finnegans WakeD. Dubliners74.____ is a collection of short stories which reflect three aspects of life in politics, culture andreligion.A. A Portrait of the Artrist as a Young ManB. UlyssesC. Finnegans WakeD. Dubliners75.Which of the following is Not written by D. H. Lawrence?A. The Waste LandB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Women in Love76.Which of the following is not written by Yeats?A. Four QuartetsB. A VisionC. The Winding StairD. The Tower77.____ is the climax of Virginia Woolf‟s experiments through the novel form of “stream ofconsciousness”.A.Jacob’s RoomB. To the LighthouseC. OrlandoD. The Waves139. _____ is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.A. Jane Eyre B Emma C. Wuthering Height D. Middlemarch140. Which of the following best describes the nature of Hardy‟s later novels?A. SentimentalismB. SurrealismC. Comic senseD. Tragic sense.141.The typical feature of Robert Browning‟s poetry is the _____.A. bitter satireB. Larger-than-life caricatureC. Latinized dictionD. dramatic monologue142. The modernist writers such as Richardson, Joyce and Woolf are mainly concerned with the _____.A. external worldB. public life of an individualC. social activities of human beingsD. inner life of an individual143. Eliot‟s poem, the Waste Land, is mainly concerned with the _____of a modern civilization.A. social corruptionB. spiritual breakupC. physical breakupD. religious corruption 144. Among the great writers of the modern period, ____might be the greatest on radical experimentation of technical innovation in novel writing.A. Joseph ConradB. D. H. LawrenceC. Virginia WoolfD. James Joyce145. The mission of ______ drama was to reveal the moral, political and economic truth from a radical reformist point of view.A . T. S. Eliot B. J. Galsworthy‟s C. B. Shaw‟s D. W. B. Yeats‟146. According to D. H. Lawrence, the ____is the most responsible for the alienation of the human relationships and the perversion of human personality.A. pride of the aristocratic classB. vanity of the middle classC. man‟s desire for power and moneyD. capitalist mechanical civilization147. The Victorian age was largely an age of _____, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. pessimismB. naturalismC. modernismD. critical realism 148. The Romantic Age in England came to an end with the death of ____.A. Jane AustinB. Walter ScottC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth 149.Who is the father of English poetry?A. William Shakespeare.B. Edmund Spencer.C. John Milton.D. Geoffrey Chaucer.150.____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines.A. Free VerseB. SonnetC. OdeD. Epigram151. John Galsworthy won the 1932 Nobel Prize for his work ____.A. UlyssesB. Hard TimesC. The Forsyte SagaD. Jude the Obscure152. Which of the following poems is NOT written by George Gordon Byron?A. She Walks in Beauty.B. The Solitary Reaper.C. When We Two Parted.D. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.153. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ____ centuries.A. 14th and mid 17thB.I 4th and mid-18thC. 16th and mid-18thD.I 6th and mid-17th154. ____ is the greatest songwriter in the world and the national poet of Scotland.A. William BlakeB. Robert BurnsC. ByronD. Keats155. William Blake's The Tiger is collected in ____.A. Songs of InnocenceB. Songs of ExperienceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Poetical Sketches156.Among the following poets, which is NOT a lake poet?A. William Wordsworth.B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.C. Robert Southey.D. William Collins.157. _____is a folk legend brought to England by Anglo-Saxons from their continental homes, it is a long poem of over 3000 lines and the national epic of the English people.A. BeowulfB. Sir GawainC. The Canterbury TalesD. King Arthur and His Knights158. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" is an epigrammatic line by ____.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe Shelley 159. Lyrical Ballad s is the joint work between Wordsworth and his friend ____.A. ColeridgeB. ByronC. KeatsD. Shelly 160. Which of the following writers has once won the Nobel Prize?A. William Butler Yeats.B. Thomas Hardy.C. Wystan Hugh Auden.D. Dylan Thomas. 161. Which of the following is NOT Virginia Woolf's novel?A. To the Lighthouse.B. Mrs. Dalloway.C. The Waves.D. Modern Painters. 162. ____ was the greatest poet between Milton and Pope and was Poet Laureate for 20 years.A. Edmund SpencerB. John DrydenC. John DonneD. George Herbert 163. ____ is D. H. Lawrence's semi-autographical novel.A. Sons and LoversB. Women in LoveC. RainbowD. Lady Chatterlay’s LoverReview 1I. Multiple choices1.In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. Essay4. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.A. LanglandB. GowerC. WycliffeD. Chaucer5. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden6. _____ was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.a. Thomas Wyattb. William Shakespearec. Phillip Sidneyd. Thomas Campion7. The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English Drama. It was _______ who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.a. Christopher Marloweb. Thomas Logec. Edmund Spenserd. Thomas More8. At the beginning the 16th century the outstanding humanist_____ wrote his Utopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the people‟s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.a. Christopher Marloweb. Thomas Morec. Phillip Sidneyd. Edmund Spencer9. Renaissance Period was an age of ____ .a. prose and novelb. poetry and dramac. essays and journalsd. ballads and songs10.“Shall I compare thee to a summer‟s day?” This line is taken fro m one of Shakespeare‟s____________.a. Sonnet 18b. the tragedy King Learc. a long poem Venus and Adonisd. the comedy As You Like It11. From the following choose the one______ that is not by Francis Bacon.a. The Advancement of Learningb. The New Instrumentc. Of Studiesd. The rape of the Lock12. Elizabethan poetry is remarkable. England then became “a nest of singing birds”. The famous poet of that period was_______.a. Edmund Spenserb. Thomas Kydc. Earl of Surryd. Thomas More13. Which play is not a comedy?a. The Jew of Malt ab. Every One in His Humorc.A Midsummer Night’s Dreamd. Much Ado about Nothing14. The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus is one of ______ …s best plays.a. Shakespeareb. Thomas Kydc. Ben Jonsond. Christopher Marlowe15. The name “the father of English poetry” was given to the greatest poet born in London about 1340 and the one who did much in making the dialect of London (Midland dialect the language of the court, the learned and the well-to do) the foundation for modern English language.a. Shakespeareb. Spenserc. C. Philip Sidneyd. Chaucer16. The basic not e of Chaucer‟s style is_______.a. the fusion of humor and genial satireb. the fusion of irony with sarcasmc. the fusion of humor with epigramsd. the fusion of humor with irony17. _____was the first buried in the Poet‟s Corner of Westminst er Abby.a. Southyb. Francis Baconc. Shakespeared. Chaucer18. Macbeth by Shakespeare is a ______.a. tragedyb. comedyc. tragicomedyd. historical play19. “To be, or not to be: that is the question:Wheth er …tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortuneOr to take arms against a sea of trouble,And by opposing end them...” are the famous lines in Hamlet which expresses the Hamlet‟s ______ character.a.. resoluteb. resolute and hesitantc. stubbond. indecisive and hesitant20. Protestants refers to all the religious sects except ________.a.Church of Englandb. Puritanismc.Calvinismd. Catholicism21. Though Beowulf was introduced by Angles, the events and _____ are Scandinavian.a.beliefb. charactersc. idead. God23. Of many contemporaries and successors of Shakespeare, the most important and well known was ______who became the Poet Laureate in 1616.a. John Drydenb. Samuel Johnsonc. Ben Jonsond. Robert Southy24. The main literary form of seventeenth century was poetry. Among the poets, _______was the greatest.a. Miltonb. Bunyanc. the Metaphysical poetsd. the Cavalier poets26.The title of “Poet‟s poet” is given to the writer of the following work __ _____.a. Death Be Not Proudb. Venus and Adonisc. Romeo and Julietd. The Faerie Queen27. The Merchant of Venice belongs to Shakespearian plays of_______.a. comedyb. sequence of sonnetsc. tragedyd. historical play28.Chaucer was the first important poet of a royal court to write in______ after the Norman conquest.a. Frenchb. Latinc. Englishd. Celt29. “He was not of an age, but for all the time”. “He” here refers to _____.a. S hakespeareb. Chaucerc. C.John Miltond. Ben Jonson30. The father of the school of Metaphysical poets is _______.a.Thomas Moreb. Spenserc. John Donned. Wyatt31. The most important prose writer of Elizabethan Age was _______, who was also the founder of the English materialistic philosophy.a. Thomas Moreb. Spenserc. John Donned. Francis Bacon32. The culmination of all Renaissance translation is ________.a. K ing James Bibleb. New Instrumentc. O f Studyd. The Reason of Church Government33. Donne‟s poetry is full of metaphors, original images, w it and______, except ingenuity, dexterous use of colloquial speech, considerable flexibility of rhythm and meter, complex themesand caustic humor.a.conceitsb. Petrarchen imagesc.rhetoricsd. brevity34. The Cavaliers mostly dealt in short songs on the flitting joys of the day, but underneath their light-heartedness lies some foreboding of _____ to enjoy the present day. This is typical of pessimism and cynicism.a. philosophical thoughtb. impending doomc. intellectual idead. expecting happiness.35. Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes were the poems written by _______.a. Miltonb. William Shakespearec. Ben Jonsond. Marlowe36. In Paradise Lost the author eulogizes the spirit of ______ that is though lost, but the ______cannot be conquered, and the pursuit of revenge, immortal hate towards god will never be overcome.a. pessimism, knowledgeb. optimism, idealc. rebellion, willd. cynicism, concept37. Blank verse was first used by ______ as the principle instrument of English drama.a. the Earl of Surryb. Christopher Marlowec. Samuel Johnsond. Shakespeare38.The theme of the sonnet Death Be Not Proud is that ________.a. death is predestinedb. death is the most dreadful thingc. d eath you are nothing to be fearedd. death is gentle towards me39. _____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson40. Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____.A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. classicism41.Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with the _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet42._____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A. Phillip SidneyB. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas MoreD. Walter Raleigh43.____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.A. Ben JohnsonB. William ShakespeareC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe44.The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe45. ____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19th century.A. John DrydenB. Richard SteeleC. Joseph AddisonD. Alexander Pope46. _____is the first philosopher of industrial science.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson48. ____has six knights representing 6 virtues: holiness, Temperance, Chastity, Friendship, Justiceand Courtesy.a. The Faerie Queenb. The Pilgrim’s Progressc. Paradise Lost D. Essays49.In 1701, Steele published a pamphlet, _____, in which he first displayed his moralizing spirit.A. The FuneralB. The Lying LoverC. The Christian HeroD. The Tender Husband50. Which is the most popular newspaper published by Steele?A. The TatlerB. The SpectatorC. The TheatreD. The English51. _____ is Addison‟s great tragedy.A. A Letter from ItalyB. RosamondC. The CampaignD. Cato52. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _____.A. SteeleB. AddisonC. PopeD. Dryden53. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is ____.A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. Essay on ManD. The Dunciad54. Essay on Man is a _____poem in heroic couplets.A. didacticB. satiricalC. philosophicalD. dramatic55. ____ was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century.A. The Enclosure MovementB. The Industrial RevolutionC. The Religious ReformD. The Enlightenment56. The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the ____ readers.A. aristocraticB. middle classC. low classD. intellectual57. ____ is a great classicist but his satire is not always just.A. SteeleB. MiltonC. AddisonD. Pope58.The 18th century was the golden age of the English ___. The novel of this period spoke thetruth about life with an uncompromising (unbending) courage.A. dramaB. poetryC. essayD. novel59.In a series of pamphlets Jonathan Swift denounced the cruel and unjust treatment of Ireland bythe English government. One of the most famous is ____.A. Essays on CriticismB. A Modest ProposalC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Battle of the Books60.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by____, one of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Daniel Defoe61.From the character Mr. Malaprop, in ___ by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is derived the term“malapropism” which means a ridiculous misusage of big words.A. The RivalsB. The School for ScandalC. The Beggar’s OperaD. The London Merchant62.Which of the following periodicals is edited by Samuel Johnson? _____.A. The ReviewB. The TatlerC. The RamblerD. The Bee63.Which of the following works are not written by Oliver Goldsmith? ____.A. The TravellerB. The Deserted VillageC. The Vicar of WakefieldD. The School for Scandal64.Which of the following works is written by Edward Gibbon?______.。