英国文学考试参考练习.doc

I.Multiple Choices: 40%
1.Geoffrey Chaucer is the founder of English ______ .
A. Poetry
B. Drama
C. Novel
D. Prose
2.Percy Bysshe Shelley was a famous _________ poet.
A. Naturalist
B. Realist
C. Romanticist
D. Classicist
3.Beowulf is the national _______ of Britain.
A. ballad
B. epic
C. romance
D. sonnet
4.Wuthering Heights is ____________ 's masterpiece.
A. Jane Austen
B. Emily Bronte C Anne Bronte B George Eliot
5.The English Renaissance began in the ___ .
A. 14th century
B. 15th century
C. 16th century
D. 17th century
6.The English Renaissance began during the reign of __ .
A. Elizabeth I
B. James I
C. Henry VIII
D. Charles II
7. A stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter and the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc is called ____ .
A. Shakespearean Sonnet
B. Petrarchan Sonnet
C. Spenserian Stanza
D. Blank Verse
8.Marlowe's De Faustus is a play based on a(n) ____ legend.
A. German
B. English
C. Irish
D. Italian
9 _____ i s not Shakespeare^ work.
A. Hamlet
B. King Lear
C. Othello
D. The Faerie Queene
10.The Four Greatest Tragedies of Shakespeare^ do not include:
A. Romeo and Juliet
B. Hamlet
C. Macbeth
D.Othello
11.___ i s not a Metaphysical poet.
A. John Donne
B.Marlowe
C. Herbert
D.Marvell
12.___ i s not written by John Milton
A. Paradise Lost
B. Paradise Regained
C. Samson Agonistes
D. Beowulf
13."Shall I compare thee to a summer^ day?" is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare^ _____ .
A. song
B. tragedy
C. sonnet
D. comedy
14.English Renaissance Period was an age of ____ .
A. ballads and songs
B. prose and novels
C. essays and journals
D. poetry and drama
15.Ode to the Grecian Urn is written by ________ .
A. John Keats
B. Walter Scott
C. Byron
D. Shelley
16.Tess of the D^rbervilles is written by __________ .
A. Charles Dickens
B. George Eliot
C. Thomas Hardy
D. William Thackeray
17.Walter Scott has been universally regarded as the founder and great master of _____________ .
A. the historical novel
B. The realistic novel
C. the scientific novel
D. The gothic novel
18.In which poem did Shelley write the following lines: The trumpet of a prophecy! O wind, / If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
.A Ozymandias B. A Song: Men of England
C. Ode to the West Wind
D. Queen Mab
19.What works of the following were NOT written by Byron?
A. Don Juan
B. Childe Harold Pilgrimage
C. Cain
D. Waverley
20.Which of the following poems was written by William Wordsworth?
A. The Faerie Queene
B. Venus and Adonis
C. The Prelude
D. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner II. Explain the following terms: 10%
1.The lyric poem:
2.Elegy:
3.Ballads:
4.Romances:
5.The "Stream of Consciousness":
6.Blank verse:
7.Sonnet:
8.Byronian Hero:
9.Alliteration
10.Heroic Couplet
11.Bard
12.Miracle play
13.Renaissance
14.Humanism
15.Allegory
16.University Wits
17.Dramatic monologue
18.Utopia
19.Sentimentalism
20.Glorious Revolution
III.Read the poem, and analyze it in its theme, form, style and language: 15%: The following poem, written by William Shakespeare:
Sonnet 106
When in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights.
And beauty making beautiful old rhyme
In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights, Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen would have expressed Even such a beauty as you master now.
So all their praises are but prophecies Of this our time, all you prefiguring;
And, for they looked but with divining eyes, They had not skill enough your worth to sing: For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.
IV.Translate the following short poem: 15%
MY HEART LEAPS UP WHEN I BEHOLD
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
V.Write a 300-word essay about Daniel Defoe，s novel, Robinson Crusoe x 20%
1.In what way is the novel an adventurous story, and why is it not only such an adventurous tale?
2.How well is the hero, Robinson Crusoe, judged as a highly civilized man?
3.What is the relationship between Robison and Friday?
4.In what ways does Robinson Crusoe survive the isolated life on the wild island?
5.What enterprise or cause does the hero carry out?
6.If you were Robinson, how could you follow his example to survive the crisis on the island?
V. Write a 300-word essay about Charles Dickens，novel, Oliver Twistz 20%
1.Who is the hero of the novel? How well does he live his life?
2.Why does Dickens end his novel with the final happiness of Oliver Twist?
3.Who are responsible for his misfortune?
4.Do you think Oliver Twist lives in modem city today ?
5.Why did Dickens often take children as main characters to describe the society?
V. Write a 300-word essay about Jane Austen^s novel, Pride and Prejudices 20%
1.Discuss the importance of social class in the novel, especially as it impacts the relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy.
2.Analyze how Austen depicts Mr. Bennet. Is he a positive or negative figure?
3.Pride and Prejudice is a novel about women who feel they have to marry to be happy. Taking Charlotte Lucas as an example, do you think the author is making a social criticism of her era's view of marriage?
4.Giving special attention to Wickham, Charlotte Lucas, and Elizabeth, compare and contrast male and female attitudes toward marriage in the novel.
5.Discuss the relationship between Mrs. Bennet and her children, especially Elizabeth and Lydia.。