英国文学习题3
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1. ____________________________________ The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is .A Robin HoodB Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC The Canterbury TalesD Beowulf2. __ w as the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written inalliterative verse.A The Canterbury TalesB Piers the PlowmanC Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD Beowulf3. __ w as famous for The Canterbury Tales.A Geoffrey ChaucerB John MiltonC William ShakespeareD Francis Bacon4. Most of the ballads of the 15th century focused on the legend about __ as a heroicfigure.A Green NightsB GawainC Robin HoodD Hamlet5.In the 16th century, Thomas More's work ______ became immediately popular after its publication.A Paradise LostB A Pleasant Satire of the Three EstatesC Of StudiesD Utopia6. __ was Edmund Spencer 's masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the great poems in the English language.A AmorettiB The Shepherd 's CalendarC The Faerie QueeneD Four Hymns7. __ is from Shakespeare 's sonnet No.18.A “Lemt e not to the marriage of true minds ”B “Tobe or not to be: that is the question ”C “ ShallI compare thee to a summer's day” D“ Nolonger mourn for me when I am dead”8. ___ , the “father of English poetry ”and one of the greatest narrative poets of England,was born in London about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden9. The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ___A. Antony and CleopatraB. Julius CaesarC Twelfth NightD King Lear10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare 's romantic love comedies?A Twelfth NightB The TempestC As You Like ItD The Merchant of VeniceD C A C D C C A D B1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in theRenaissance England except __________ .a. William Shakespeareb. Ben Jonsonc. Christopher Marlowed. Francis Bacon2. The English Renaissance period was an age ofa. poetry and dramab. drama and novelc. novel and poetryd. romance and poetry3. Paradise Lost is the masterpiece of ______a. William Shakespeareb. Robert Burnsc. John Miltond. William Blake4. Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play ?a. A Midsummer Night ' s Dreamb. The Merry Wives of Windsorc. H enry IVd. King Lear5. The first official version of Bible known asthe Great Bible , was revised in ______a. 16th centuryb. 17th centuryc. 18th centuryd. 19th century6. Francis Bacon ' s Essays first published in 1597 has beenconsidered as an important landmark in the development of English , and as the firstcollection of essays in the English language.a. poetryb. epicsc. fictiond. prose7. Daniel Defoe was famous for his novel ___ whichfirst established his reputation.a. Gulliver ' s Travelsb. The Adventure of Robinson Crusoec. The Pilgrim ' s Progressd. Oliver Twist8. The famous poem “ A Red Red Rose ” was written bya. William Wordsworthb. George Byronc. Robert Burnsd. William Blake9. Mary Shelley ' s nvoel Frankenstein belongs to thetype of ____ which is often set in gloomy castles wherehorrifying, supernatural events take place.a. Gothicb. Realismc. Romanticismd. Classicism10. The first complete English Bible was translated by , “the morning star of the Reformationand his followers.A. William LanglandB. James IC. John WycliffeD. Bishop Lancelot AndrewsD A C C B D B C A C1. The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions, ___________ and Christian.a. Paganb. Romanc. Frenchd. Danish2. “ Poetry is Spontaneous ” was put forward by _______________a. Robert Burnsb. William Blakec. William Wordsworthd. Charles Lamb3. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typical belonging to the school of Romantic literature?c. Jane Eyrea. Don Juanb. Ulyssesd. Sons and Lovers4. ____ is the first important English essayist and thefounder of modern science in England.a. Francis Baconb. Edmund Spenserc. Thomas Mored. Sidney5. What is flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature?a. novelb.dramac. essayd. poetry6. The publication of _____ marked the beginning of theRomantic Age.a. Don Juanb. The Rime of the Ancient Marinerc. The Lyrical Balladsd. Ode to the West Wind7. Which of the following did not belong to Romanticism?a. John Keatsb. Percy Shelleyc. William Wordsworthd. Alfred Tennyson8. Frankenstein was filmed many times. Who wrote the book?a. Edgar Allan Poeb. James Joycec. Mary Shelleyd. Walter Scott9. In the mid-18th century, a new literary movement called came to Europe and then to England.a. Romanticismb. Classicismc. Realismd. Restoration10. Which of the following poem was not written by John Keats?a. Ode to the West Windb. Ode to Autumnc. Ode on a Grecian Urnd. Ode to a NightingaleA C A ABCD C A A1. William Shakespeare is one of the giants of ______a. Romanticismb. Critical Realismc. Aestheticismd. the Renaissance2. ______ is the first important religious poet in Englishliterature.a. John Donneb. George Herbertc. Caedmond. Milton3. _______ was the first to introduce thesonnet into English literature.a. Thomas Wyattb. William Shakespearec. Philip Sidneyd. Thomas Gray4. The English poets _______ , WilliamWordsworth, and Robert Southey, were known as “ Lake Poets ”because they lived in the LakeDistrict Northwestern England at the beginning ofthe 19th century.a. George Byronb. John Keatsc. Percy Shelleyd. Samuel Coleridge5. The most gifted of the “University Wits ”was ___ .A. John LilyB. Thomas KydC. Thomas GreeneD. Christopher Marlowe6. __ is one of the forerunners of modern socialistthought.A. Phillip SidneyB. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe7. Morality plays appeared after ____ .A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classical plays8. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of characteristics of Renaissance?a. Exaltation of man 's pursuit of happiness in thislife.b. Cultivation of the genuine flavor of ancient culture.c. Tolerance of human weaknesses.d. Praise of man 's efforts in having his soul delivered.9. The most intellectual movement of the Renaissance was .A. the ReformationB. HumanismC. the Italian revivalD. Geographical exploration10. What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet?A. CousinsB. Uncle and nephewC. Father-in-lawD. Father and sonD C A D D C A D B B1. Which of the following is a typical feature of Swift's writings?A. Great wit.B. Bitter satire.C. Rich mythic allusions.D. Complicated sentence structures.2. __ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan3. The _______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. RomanticismB. HumanismC. EnlightenmentD. Sentimentalism4. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century?A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Richard SheridanC. Laurence SterneD. Henry Fielding5. In which of the following works can you find the proper names“ Lilliput ” , “ Brobdingnag ” , “ Houyhnhnm” and “ Yahoo ”? A.The Pilgrim ' s ProgressB. The Faerie QueeneC. Gulliver ' s TravelsD. The School for Scandal6. _ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthfullove lyrics and the later sacred verses.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden7. In The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in atone.A. delightfulB. solemnC. sentimentalD. satirical8. Defoe 'Rsobinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprisingEnglishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the _________century.A. 17thB. 19thC. 18thD. 20th9. ___ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Languagewhich became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.A. Ben JohnsonB. Samuel JohnsonC. Alexander PopeD. John Dryden10. __ found its representative writers in the field of poetry, such as Edward Young and Thomas Gray, but it manifested itself chiefly in the novels of Lawrence Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith. A. Pre-romanticism B. RomanticismC. SentimentalismD. NaturalismB AC B C CD C B C。
英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案一、选择题(每题2分,共20分)1. 以下哪位作家被誉为“英国文学之父”?A. 乔治·奥威尔B. 威廉·莎士比亚C. 查尔斯·狄更斯D. 托马斯·哈代2. 英国浪漫主义文学运动的代表人物不包括以下哪一位?A. 威廉·华兹华斯B. 塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治C. 乔治·奥威尔D. 珀西·比希·雪莱3. 《傲慢与偏见》是哪位作家的作品?A. 简·奥斯汀B. 勃朗特三姐妹C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 乔治·艾略特4. 现代主义文学的代表作家弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的代表作是?A. 《到灯塔去》B. 《简·爱》C. 《呼啸山庄》D. 《雾都孤儿》5. 以下哪部作品被认为是英国现代主义文学的里程碑?A. 《乌托邦》C. 《百年孤独》D. 《追忆似水年华》二、填空题(每空2分,共20分)6. 威廉·莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和________。
7. 19世纪英国现实主义文学的代表作家之一是________,其代表作有《艰难时世》等。
8. 20世纪英国文学中,被称为“愤怒的青年”的作家是________,其作品反映了当时英国社会的不满和反抗。
9. 英国文学中,被称为“湖畔诗人”的是________,他们的作品强调自然美和个人情感。
10. 英国文学中的“哥特式小说”起源于18世纪末,其代表作品是________的《弗兰肯斯坦》。
三、简答题(每题15分,共30分)11. 简述威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧创作特点。
12. 描述19世纪英国现实主义文学的主要特征。
四、论述题(30分)13. 论述20世纪英国文学中的现代主义文学运动,并举例说明其对后世的影响。
英国文学试题答案一、选择题1. B. 威廉·莎士比亚2. C. 乔治·奥威尔3. A. 简·奥斯汀4. A. 《到灯塔去》二、填空题6. 《麦克白》7. 查尔斯·狄更斯8. 约翰·奥斯本9. 威廉·华兹华斯、塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治等10. 玛丽·雪莱三、简答题11. 威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧创作特点包括深刻的人性探讨、丰富的人物性格、复杂的情节构造、以及语言的韵律美和形象性。
英国文学练习题 附答案

英国文学练习题附答案1.The nal epic of the Anglo-Saxons XXX.2.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was the most XXX.3.XXX XXX.4.Most of the ballads of the 15th century focused on the legend about Robin Hood as a heroic figure.5.In the 16th century。
Thomas More's work XXX.6.XXX XXX which has been regarded as one of the great poems in the English language.7."Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is from XXX。
Revised:1.Beowulf is considered the nal epic of the Anglo-Saxons.2.The most remarkable single romance based on the Arthurian legend and XXX.3.XXX XXX。
XXX.4.During the 15th century。
most ballads focused on the XXX.5.XXX More's XXX XXX 16th century.6.Edmund XXX.7.The famous line "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is from XXX 18.1.Delete the problematic paragraph.2.XXX Chaucer。
(完整版)英国文学史习题3

I. Choose the best answer for each blank。
1. wrote under the influence of Scottish folk tradition and old Scottish poetry。
A。
Jonathan Swift B. Robert BurnsC. William Blake D。
Geoffrey Chaucer2。
A Red, Red Rose is a(n)______。
A. lyric B。
satirical poemC. epicD. ode3. In the 18th century English literature, the representative poet of pre—romanticism were______。
A。
Alexander Pope B. William BlakeC. Jonathan Swift D。
Daniel Defoe4. Protestants refers to all the religious sects except ________.A。
Church of England B. PuritanismC。
Calvinism D. Catholicism5。
In 1649, ______ was beheaded. English became a commonwealth.A. James IB. James IIC. Charles ID. Charles II6。
Which of the following is not correct about the Revolution of 1688?A。
the supremacy of Parliament B。
the beginning of modern EnglandC. the triumph of the principle of political liberty D。
英国文学练习题及标准答案

英国文学练习题及标准答案1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ____.A Robin HoodB Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC The Canterbury TalesD Beowulf2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse.A The Canterbury TalesB Piers the PlowmanC Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD Beowulf3. ____was famous for The Canterbury Tales.A Geoffrey ChaucerB John MiltonC William ShakespeareD Francis Bacon4. Most of the ballads of the 15th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic figure.A Green NightsB GawainC Robin HoodD Hamlet5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after its publication.A Paradise LostB A Pleasant Satire of the Three EstatesC Of StudiesD Utopia6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the grea t poems in the English language.A AmorettiB The Shepherd’s CalendarC The Faerie QueeneD Four Hymns7. ____ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18.A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”B “To be or not to be: that is the question”C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead”8. _____, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ___ _.A. Antony and CleopatraB. Julius CaesarC Twelfth NightD King Lear10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s romantic love comedies?A Twelfth NightB The TempestC As You Like ItD The Merchant of VeniceD C A C D C C A D B1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England except______.a. William Shakespeareb. Ben Jonsonc. Christopher Marlowed. Francis Bacon2. The English Renaissance period was an age of _________.a. poetry and dramab. drama and novelc. novel and poetryd. romance and poetry3. Paradise Lost is the masterpiece of _____a. William Shakespeareb. Robert Burnsc. John Miltond. William Blake4. Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play ?a. A Midsummer Night’s Dreamb. The Merry Wives of Windsorc. H enry IVd. King Lear5. The first official version of Bible known as the Great Bible, was revised in ______a. 16th centuryb. 17th centuryc. 18th centuryd. 19th century6. Francis Bacon’s Essays first published in 1597 has been considered as an important landmark in thedevelopment of English_______, and as the firstcollection of essays in the English language.a. poetryb. epicsc. fictiond. prose ?7. Daniel Defoe was famous for his novel ____ which first established his reputation.a.Gulliver’s Travelsb. The Adventure of Robinson Crusoec.The Pilgrim’s Progressd. Oliver Twist8. The famous poem “ A Red Red Rose” was written by_________a. William Wordsworthb. George Byronc. Robert Burnsd. William Blake9. Mary Shelley’s no vel Frankenstein belongs to the type of ____ which is often set in gloomy castles where horrifying, supernatural events take place.a. Gothicb. Realismc. Romanticismd. Classicism10. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of the Reformation”and his followers.A. William LanglandB. James IC. John WycliffeD. Bishop Lancelot AndrewsD A C C B D B C A C1. The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions, ______ and Christian.a. Paganb. Romanc. Frenchd. Danish2. “ Poetry is Spontaneous” was put forward by________? a.Robert Burns b. William Blakec. William Wordsworthd. Charles Lamb3. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typical belonging to the school of Romantic literature?a. Don Juanb. Ulyssesc. Jane Eyred. Sons and Lovers4. ______is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.a. Francis Baconb. Edmund Spenserc. Thomas Mored. Sidney5. What is flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature?a. novelb.dramac. essayd. poetry6. The publication of _______marked the beginning of the Romantic Age.a. Don Juanb. The Rime of the Ancient Marinerc. The Lyrical Balladsd. Ode to the West Wind7. Which of the following did not belong to Romanticism? ?a. John Keatsb. Percy Shelleyc. William Wordsworthd. Alfred Tennyson8. Frankenstein was filmed many times. Who wrote the book?a. Edgar Allan Poeb. James Joycec. Mary Shelleyd. Walter Scott9. In the mid-18th century, a new literary movement called _______came to Europe and then to England.a. Romanticismb. Classicismc. Realismd. Restoration10. Which of the following poem was not written by John Keats?a. Ode to the West Windb. Ode to Autumnc. Ode on a Grecian Urnd. Ode to a NightingaleA C A ABCD C A A1. William Shakespeare is one of the giants of________a. Romanticismb. Critical Realismc. Aestheticismd. the Renaissance2. ________is the first important religious poet in English literature.a. John Donneb. George Herbertc. Caedmond. Milton3. _________was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.a. Thomas Wyattb. William Shakespearec. Philip Sidneyd. Thomas Gray4. The English poets________, William Wordsworth, and Robert Southey, were known as “ Lake Poets” because theylived in the Lake District Northwestern England at the beginning of the 19th century.a. George Byronb. John Keatsc. Percy Shelleyd. Samuel Coleridge ? 5. The most gifted of the “University Wits” was ____.A. John LilyB. Thomas KydC. Thomas GreeneD. Christopher Marlowe6. _____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A. Phillip SidneyB. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe7. Morality plays appeared after_____.A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classical plays8. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of characteristics of Renaissance?a. Exaltation of man’s pursuit of happiness in this life.b. Cultivation of the genuine flavor of ancient culture.c. Tolerance of human weaknesses.d. Praise of man’s efforts in having his soul delivered.9. The most intellectual movement of the Renaissance was ________.A. the ReformationB. HumanismC. the Italian revivalD. Geographical exploration10. What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet?A. CousinsB. Uncle and nephewC. Father-in-lawD. Father and son ?D C A D D C A D B B1. Which of the following is a typical feature of Swift’s writings?? A. Great wit. B. Bitter satire.C. Rich mythic allusions.D. Complicated sentence structures.2. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan3. The ______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. RomanticismB. HumanismC. EnlightenmentD. Sentimentalism4. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century?A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Richard SheridanC. Laurence SterneD. Henry Fielding5. In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput”, “Brobdingnag”, “Houyhnhnm” and “Yahoo”?A.The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. The Faerie QueeneC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The School for Scandal6. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden7. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in a _____ tone.A. delightfulB. solemnC. sentimentalD. satirical8. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the _____ century.A. 17thB. 19thC. 18thD. 20th。
英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案在英国文学领域有许多经典作品和重要的作家,这些作品和作家对于英国文学的发展产生了深远影响。
本篇文章将为您介绍一些英国文学的试题及答案,希望能够对您的学习有所帮助。
试题一:请简要介绍威廉·莎士比亚的作品和他在英国文学中的地位。
答案:威廉·莎士比亚(William Shakespeare)被认为是英国文学史上最伟大的戏剧作家之一。
他的作品包括戏剧、诗歌和史诗。
莎士比亚共创作了37个戏剧作品,包括悲剧、喜剧、历史剧和十四行诗。
他的作品以丰富的人物形象、深入的情感描写和复杂的剧情而闻名。
莎士比亚的作品深刻地揭示了人性的善恶、爱恨和欲望等诸多主题,对于英国文学及全球文学的发展都产生了巨大影响。
试题二:简要介绍查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》及其在英国文学中的地位。
答案:《雾都孤儿》是查尔斯·狄更斯(Charles Dickens)的一部重要小说作品。
这部小说于1859年首次出版,以伦敦的贫民窟为背景,通过讲述主人公奥利弗·特威斯特的成长历程,揭示了当时社会的不公和贫困问题。
《雾都孤儿》描写了贫富悬殊、社会阶级问题以及人性的善恶等主题,对于英国社会的改革起到了重要的推动作用。
该小说深受读者的喜爱,被誉为狄更斯最伟大的作品之一,也是英国文学中的经典之作。
试题三:请简要介绍简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》及其在英国文学中的地位。
答案:《傲慢与偏见》是简·奥斯汀(Jane Austen)的代表作之一,被视为英国文学史上最伟大的小说之一。
这部小说于1813年首次出版,以描写19世纪英国社会的阶级观念和婚姻观念为主题。
《傲慢与偏见》通过讲述女主人公伊丽莎白·本内特与达西先生之间的爱情故事,探讨了社会的偏见、男女间的相互误解以及人性的盲目等问题。
奥斯汀以幽默和讽刺的手法展现了社会的虚伪和愚昧,对当时英国社会的改革产生了积极的影响。
通过以上试题及答案,我们可以了解到威廉·莎士比亚、查尔斯·狄更斯和简·奥斯汀等作家对于英国文学的重要地位以及他们作品所揭示的社会问题和人性的思考。
英国文学史习题第二、三部分

Part II The RenaissanceI.Fill in the blanks.1.The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up of _____________relations andthe establishing of the foundations of _______________.2.____________ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in thecountry, confiscated their lands and proclaimed himself head of ______________________.3.The old English aristocracy having been exterminated in the course of the War of ________,a new nobility, totally dependent on King’s power, come to the fore.4.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of __________.5._____________ was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature. In Elizabethantime, the three greatest sonnet writers are William Shakespeare, __________________ and _________________.6.Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and ___________ are generally regarded as Shakespeare’s fourgreat tragedies.7.During the twenty-two years of his literary work, Shakespeare produced ______plays,_____narrative poems and ______ sonnets.8.The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is one of ______________’s best plays. And it is himwho made __________ the principal vehicle of expression in drama.9._____________ is often referred to as the poets’ poet.10.Pope described Francis Bacon as the ___________, ___________, _____________ ofmankind. Bacon’s works may be divided into three classes, the __________, the __________, the _________ works.II. Find out the match from column B for each item in column A.(I) Find out the author and his work.A B1. ( ) Thomas More a. Gorge Green2. ( ) Edmund Spenser b. Eupheus3. ( ) John Lyly c. The Fairy Queen4. ( ) Marlowe d. Utopia5. ( ) Robert Greene e. The Jew of Malta(II). The relationship with Hamlet.A B1. ( ) Ghost a. friend2. ( ) Claudius b. mother3. ( ) Queen Gertrude c. father4. ( ) Horatio d. girlfriend5. ( ) Polonius e. girlfriend’s father6. ( ) Ophelia f. uncle(III). The character in the play.A B1. ( ) The Merchant of Venice a. Desdemona2. ( ) As You Like It b. Cordelia3. ( ) Hamlet c. Juliet4. ( ) King Lear d. Ophelia5. ( ) Othello e. Portia6. ( ) Romeo and Juliet f. RosalindIII. Define the literary terms listed below.1.Renaissance:1)The word, meaning “rebirth”, is commonly applied to the movement or period whichmarks the transition from the medieval to the modern in Western Europe.2)In the usual sense of the word, Renaissance suggests especially the 14th, 15th, 16th, andearly 17th centuries, the dates differing for different countries.3)(It is best to regard the Renaissance as the result of a new emphasis upon and a newcombination of tendencies and attitudes already exiting, stimulated by a series of historical events. )The new humanistic learning resulted from the rediscovery of classical literature is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side, since it was to the treasures of classical culture and to the authority of classical writers that the people of the Renaissance turned for inspiration.2.sonnet:1)It is a lyric poem of 14 lines with formal rhyme scheme, expressing different aspects of asingle thought, mood, or feeling, sometimes resolved or summed up in the last lines of the poem.2)The form originated from medieval Italy in about 1230-1240, and reached its peak withthe Italian poet Petrarch. In the first half of the 16th century, Thomas Wyatt introduced the Italian sonnet into England and established English sonnet. The most famous English sonnet sequences appeared in Elizabethan times, including Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella (1591), Edmund Spenser’s Amoretti(1595) and Shakespeare’s Sonnets (1593-1598).3)The two main forms of the sonnet are the Patrarchan, or Italian, and the English, orShakespearean. The former consists of an octave, or eight-line stanza, and a sestet, or six-line stanza. The octave has two quatrains, rhyming abba, abba; the first quatrain presents the theme, the second develops it. The sestet is built on a few different rhymes, arranged cddcee, cdecde, cdccdc, or cdedce; the first three lines exemplify or reflect on the theme, and the last three lines bring the whole poem to a unified close. Philip Sidney’s sonnets are excellent examples of this style in the English language.4)The English sonnet consists of three quatrains, each rhymed differently, with a final,independently rhymed couplet that makes an effective, unifying climax to the whole.The rhyme scheme is abab, cdcd, efef, gg.3.humanism:1)Broadly, this term suggests any attitude which tends to exalt the human elements orstress the importance of human interests, as opposed to the supernatural, divine elements —or as opposed to the grosser, animal elements.2)In a more specific sense, humanism suggests a devotion to those studies supposed topromote human culture most effectively—in particular, those dealing with the life, thought, language, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. In literary history the most important use of the term is to designate the revival of classical culture which accompanied the Renaissance.4.tragedy:1)Tragedy is concerned with the harshness and apparent injustice of life.2)It usually recounts an important and causally related series of events in the life of aperson of significance. The events would culminate in trials and catastrophes of a hero, who falls down from power and whose eventual death leads to the downfall of others.Often the hero’s fall from happiness is due to a weakness in his character, a weakness such as the excessive pride of Faustus, the overweening ambition of Macbeth, or the uncontrolled jealousy of Othello, which brings self-destruction.3)The tragic action aroused feelings of awe in the audience, who often leave the theatrewith a renewed sense of the seriousness and significance of human life. The word catharsis is often used to describe the audience’s feelings. It means the purging from the mind of the feelings of pity and fear the play has aroused.5.essay:1)The term refers to literary composition devoted to the presentation of the writer’s ownideas on a topic and generally addressing a particular aspect of the subject. Often brief in scope and informal in style, the essay differs from such formal expository forms as the thesis, dissertation, or treatise.2)The development of the form may be considered a result of the Renaissance emphasis onthe individual, which fostered exploration of one’s inner self in relation to the outside world.6.classicism: 1) As a critical term, classicism is a body of doctrine thought to be derivedfrom or to reflect the qualities of ancient Greek criticism. Classicism stands for certain definite ideas and attitudes, mainly drawn from the critical utterances of the Greeks and Romans or developed through an imitation of ancient art and literature. These include restraint, restricted scope, dominance of reason, sense of form, unity of design and aim, clarity, simplicity, balance, attention to structure and logical organization, chasteness in style, severity of outline, moderation, self-control, intellectualism, decorum, respect for tradition, imitation, conservation, and good sense.IV. Answer the following questions.1.Give a summary about the English literature during the Renaissance period.Answer:a)English literature in the Renaissance Period is usually regarded as the highlight in thehistory of English literature. In the second period of English Renaissance, that is, in Elizabethan Period, English literature developed with a great speed and made a magnificent achievement.b)The greatest and most distinctive achievement of Elizabethan literature is the drama.Thus appeared a group of excellent dramatists. They are John Lyly, Thomas Kyd, George Peele, Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, and Ben Johnson.c)Next to the drama is the lyrical poetry. Elizabethan poetry is remarkable for its variety,its freshness, its youthfulness, and its romantic feeling. A group of great poets appeared, such as Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, Philip Sidney, and Edmund Spenser. In that time, writing poetry became a fashion, and Queen Elizabeth herself was also a poet.d)Besides drama and poetry, there were also some prose writings, though not so many,such as Thomas More’s Utopia, which may be thought as the first literary masterpiece of the English Renaissance, and Francis Bacon’s Essays, which makes the author one of the best essayists in English literature.2.Give a brief comment on The Merchant of Venice.Answer:a)Of Shakespeare’s earlier comedies, The Merchant of Venice is certainly the mostoutstanding one in which Shakespeare creates tension, ambiguity, a self-conscious and self-delighting artifice that is at once intellectually exciting and emotionally engaging.The sophistication derives in part from the play between high, outgoing romance and dark forces of negativity and hate.b)The traditional theme of the play is to praise the friendship between Antonio andBassano, to idealize Portia as a heroine of great beauty, wit and loyalty, and to expose the insatiable greed and brutality of the Jew, but later, especially after the holocaust committed by the Nazi Germany during the Second World War, it is very difficult to see Shylock as a conventional evil figure. And many people today tend to regard the play asa satire of the Christian hypocrisy and their false standard of friendship and love, theircunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning prejudice against Jews.3.Read Bacon’s “Of Studies” carefully, and use it as an example to illustrate Bacon’s writingstyle.Answer:Bacon’s essays are famous for their brevity, compactness, and powerfulness. Yet there is an obvious stylistic change in his Essays. The sentences in the first edition are charged and crowded with symmetries. They are composed in a rather affected way. However, the final edition not only enlarges the range of theme, but also brings forth the looser and more persuasive style. The essays are well arranged and enriched by biblical allusions, metaphors, and cadence.V. For each of the quotation listed below please give the title of the literary work from which it is taken, then give a brief analysis of them.1.To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep:……With this regard their currents turn awry,And lose the name of action.Answer: 1) This quotation is taken from Hamlet.2) Analysis:①Hamlet is urged by the ghost to seek revenge for his father’s foul and most unnaturalmurder. But Hamlet has none of the single-minded blood lust of the earlier revenges. It is not because he is incapable of action, but the cast of his mind is so speculative, so questioning, and so contemplative. That action, when it finally comes, seems almost like defeat, diminishing rather than adding to the stature of the hero.②Trapped in a nightmare world of spying, testing and plotting, and apparently bearingthe intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his father’s death, Hamlet is obliged to inhabit a shadow world, to live suspended between fact and fiction, language and action.His life is one of constant role-playing, examining the nature of action only to deny its possibility; for he is too sophisticated to degrade his nature to the conventional role of astage revenger.③For such a figure, soliloquy is a natural medium, a necessary release of his anguish,and some of his questioning monologues possess surpassing power and insight, which have survived centuries of being torn from their context.④But our interest is not only in Hamlet the tragic hero for this play but alsoShakespeare’s most detailed exposure of a corrupted court—“an unweeded garden” in which there is nothing but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. By revealing the power-seeking, the jostling for place, the hidden motive, the courteous superficialities that veil lust and guilt, Shakespeare condemns the hypocrisy and treachery and general corruption at the royal court.2.Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:……So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.Answer: 1) This poem is taken from Shakespeare’s Sonnets.2) Analysis: Though they are well with the general tradition of Elizabethan sonnet cycles,Shakespeare’s sonnets are in several ways unique.①The principal person addressed by the poet is not a woman but a young man; the darklady, when she appears, is vastly different from the Delias and Celias of Petrarchan convention. More importantly, the depths of moral and aesthetic contemplation in Shakespeare’s sonnets are far more profound than we find in other Elizabethan cycle.②With 3 exceptions (99, 126 and 154) Shakespeare uses the sonnet in the popularEnglish form, first fully developed by Shakespeare. The couplet usually ties the sonnet to one of the general themes of the series, leaving the quatrains free to develop the poetic intensity, which makes the separate sonnets so memorable.③Shakespeare’s sonnets constitute a vast landscape of metaphor, surprising oftenbecause it seems to anticipate the atmosphere of some of the later plays. In this landscape are some vividly recognizable figures—the poet, the friend, the Dark Lady, and, more indefinite, the rival poetPart III The Period of Revolution and RestorationI. Fill in the blanks.1.The 17th century was a period when _________________ impeded the further developmentof capitalism in England and the ____________ could no longer bear the sway of ______________.2.There were religious division and confusion and a long bitter struggle between the people’sParliament and the Throne—___________ fighting against the ____________ who helped the king.3.After _________’s death, monarchy was again restored (1660). It was called the period of the______________.4.The Glorious Revolution in _______ meant three things: the supremacy of __________, thebeginning of __________________, and the final triumph of the principle of _____________.5.The Puritans believed in ____________ of life. Under the powerful influence of them, thetheatres were closed in ________. And the Revolution Period is also called ______________, because the English Revolution was carried out under a religious cloak.6.Restoration created a literature of its own, that was often ______ and _______, but on thewhole __________ and _________. The most popular genre in the literature of the Restoration was that of ____________ whose chief aim was to entertain the licentious aristocrats.7.Donne entered the church in 1615, where he rose rapidly to be Dean of ______________.The first thing to strike the reader is Donne’s extraordinary ____________ and penetrating ___________. The next is the ___________ which marks certain of the lighter poems and which represents a conscious reaction from the extreme _____________ of woman encouraged by the Petrachan tradition.ton opposed the ____________ party and gave all his energies to the writing of_____________ dedicated to the people’s liberties.9.Paradise Lost, consisting of ______books, tells how ________ rebelled against God and how_______ and ________ were driven out of Eden. And it presents the author’s view in an_________, ___________ form.10.In Revolution Period _________ towers over his age as William Shakespeare towers over theElizabethan Age and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval Period.11.During the civil war and commonwealth, there were two leaders in England, Cromwell, theman of action, and __________, the man of thought.ton and Bunyan represented the extreme of English life in the 17th century. One gave usthe only epic since _____________, the other gave us the only great ___________.13.Bunyan’s most important work is ______________________________, written in theold-fashioned, medieval form of ___________ and dream. In the book, Bunyan gives a vivid and satirical description of ___________________, which is the symbol of London at the time of Restoration.14.The literature of the middle and later periods of the 17th century cultivated in the poetry of___________, in the prose writing of _________, and also in the plays and literary criticism of ___________.II. Define the literary terms listed below.1.three unities:Three rules or absolutes of 16th-17th-century Italian and French drama, broadly adapted from Aristotle’s Poetics: the unity of time, which limits a play to a single day, the unity of place, which limits a play’s setting to a single location, and the unity of action, which limits a play to a single story line.2.conceit:1)It comes from the Italian concetto, meaning “concept”or “idea”, and was uses inRenaissance poetry to mean a precise and detailed comparison of something more remote or abstract with something more present or concrete; and often detailed through a chain of metaphors or similes.2)Two types of conceit are often distinguished by specific names:①The Petrarchan conceit is a type of figure used in love poems that had been noveland effective in the Italian poet Petrarch, but became hackneyed in some of his imitators among the Elizabethan sonneteers.②The metaphysical conceit is a characteristic figure in John Donne and othermetaphysical poets of the 17th century. The metaphysical poets exploited all knowledge for the vehicle of these figures; and their comparisons, whether succinct or expanded, were often novel and witty, and at their best startlingly effective.3) The metaphysical conceit fell out of favor in the 18th century, when it came to beregarded as strained and unnatural. But with the great revival of interest in the metaphysical poets during the early decades of the 20th century, a number of modern poets exploited this type of figure. At the beginning of “The Love of J. Alfred Prufrock”, for example, T. S. Eliot compares the evening to “ a patient etherized upon a table”.3.masque:An elaborate form of court entertainment——a mixture of drama, music, song, and dance ——developed in the Renaissance Italy and transported to England during Elizabethan times. The speaking characters, who were often courtiers, wore masks. Comus (1634) by John Milton is probably the most important masque in English literature.4.pastoral:A literary work dealing with, and often celebrating, a rural world and a way of life livedclose to nature. Pastoral denotes subject matter rather than form; hence, the terms pastoral lyric, pastoral ode, pastoral elegy, pastoral drama, pastoral epic, and pastoral novel. A poetic example of English pastoral poetic conventions occurs in Christopher Marlowe’s The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.5.allegory:1)It is a fictional literary narrative or artistic expression that conveys a symbolic meaningparallel to but distinct from, and more important than the literal meaning. Allegory has also been defined as an extended metaphor. The symbolic meaning is usually expressed through personifications and other symbols. Related forms are the fable and the parable, which are didactic, comparatively short, and simple allegories.2)The art of allegory reached its height during the Middle Ages, especially in the works ofthe Italian poet Dante and the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, and during the Renaissance.3)Two early example of allegory are Le Roman de la Rose (《玫瑰传奇》, by French writerDaniel Poirion and was translated into English by Chaucer.) and Piers the Plowman. The former is an allegory of human love, the latter an allegorical protest against the clergy. In The Faerie Queen the English poet Edmund Spenser conceals, beneath a surface of chivalric romance, a commentary on religious and ethical doctrines and on social conditions in 16th century England. One of the greatest of all allegories is Pilgrim’s Progress by the English writer John Bunyan, a prose narrative symbolically concerning the search for spiritual salvation. Although modern authors generally favor less abstract, more personal symbolism, allegories are still written. One extremely popular example is Animal Farm (1945) by the English writer George Orwell.6.genre:A form, class, or type of literary work, e.g. , the short story, novel, poem play, or essay; oftenused to denote such literary subclassifications as the detective story, the Gothic novel, the pastoral elegy, or the revenge tragedy.III. Find out the work from column A and its content from column B.1. ( ) Il Penseroso a. defense of the Revolution2. ( ) Lycidas b. Satan against God3. ( ) Comus c. about dear friend4. ( ) Areopagitica d. happiness5. ( ) Eikonolastes e. meditation6. ( ) Defense for the English People f. masque7. ( ) Paradise Lost g. attack on the censorship8. ( ) L’Allegro h. justifying the executionIV. Answer the following questions.1.What are the different aspects between the literature of Elizabethan Period and that of theRevolution Period?Answer:The Revolution Period was of confusion in literature. English literature of the Period witnessed a decline and degeneration. We can see that it is different from the literature ofElizabethan Period in three aspects.1)Elizabethan literature had a marked unity and the feeling of patriotism and devotion tothe Queen, but in the Revolution Period, all this was changed, the king became the open enemies of the people, and the country was divided by the struggle for political and religious liberty. So literature was as divided in spirit as were the struggling parties.2)Elizabethan literature was generally inspiring. It throbbed with youth, hope, and vitality.Literature in the Puritan Age expressed age and sadness. Even its brightness hours were followed by gloom and pessimism.3)Elizabethan literature was intensely romantic. The romance sprang from the heart ofyouth. People believed all things, even the impossible. But in literature of the Puritan Period, we can not find romantic ardor.2.Make a brief introduction to Paradise Lost.Answer:Paradise Lost is Milton’s masterpiece, and the greatest English epic. Before its actual writing, he had the subject in his mind for a quarter of a century, and made drafts about the characters and plot. It is a long epic in 12 books, done in blank verse. The stories were taken from the Old Testament: The creation; the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angels; their defeat and expulsion from Heaven; the creation of the earth and of Adam and Eve; the fallen angels in hell plotting against God; Satan’s temptation of Eve; and the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden.3.Why do people say Samson is Milton?1)Samson Agonistes is a poetical drama modeled on the Greek tragedies. The story wastaken from the Old Testament. Samson was an athlete of the Israelites. He stood as their champion fighting for the freedom of their country. But he was betrayed by his wife and blinded by his enemies, the Philistines. One day he was summoned to provide amusement for his enemies by feats of strength in a temple. There he wreaked his vengeance upon his enemies by pulling down the temple upon himself in a common ruin.2)In this poetic drama, Milton is telling us his own story. Like Samson, he has beenbetrayed by his wife. He has suffered from blindness and been scorned by his enemies,and yet he has struggled heroically against his enemies. Samson’s miserable blind servitude among his enemies, his agonizing longing for sight and freedom, and the last terrible triumph are all allusions to the poet’s own story. So the whole poem strongly suggests Milton’s passionate longing that he too could bring destruction down upon the enemy at the cost of his own life. Samson is Milton.V. Read Donne’s “The Flea” carefully, then give a brief analysis of it.The FleaMark but this flea, and mark in this,How little that which thou deniest me is;Me it sucked first, and now sucks thee,And in this flea our two bloods mingled be;Thou know’st that this cannot be saidA sin, or shame, or loss of maidenhead,Yet this enjoys before it woo,And pampered swells with one blood made of two,And this, alas, is more than we would doOh stay, three lives in one flea spare,Where we almost, nay more than married are.This flea is you and I, and thisOur marriage bed and marriage temple is;Though parents grudge, and you, we are met,And cloistered in these living walls of jet.Though use make you apt to kill meLet not to that, self-murder added be,And sacrilege, three sins in killing three.Cruel and sudden, hast thou sincePurpled thy nail in blood of innocence?Wherein could this flea guilty be,Except in that drop which it sucked from thee?Yet thou triumph’st, and say’st that thouFind’st not thy self nor me the weaker now;’Tis true; then learn how false fears be;Just so much honour, when thou yield’st to me,Will waste, as this flea’s death look life from thee.Analysis:1) At the heart of Donne’s poetic practice is the conceit, on which Donne’s strong argumentation or persuasion is built. His conceits are seldom simple or plain, on the contrary, they are complex, crafty, and sometimes systematic, for his ingenuity enables him to combine things unlike in his poetry.2) A poem may be composed of a group of conceits based on a central one. For instance, in “The Flea”, conceits on different levels are employed in the forceful persuasion. The flea’s sucking both the man’s and the lady’s blood is compared to be a worldly marriage; the flea then unifies them; when the lady angrily kills the flea, she commits suicide as well as murder. The central conceit ——is reinforced through different levels. Thus, the image is made more round and vivid.3) Donne is undoubtedly the master of conceits. And from these far-fetched conceits, he has got his fame as the great writer of conceited verse.。
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英国⽂学试题.1-7汇总英国⽂学试题1. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of .A. aestheticismB. naturalismC. neo-romanticismD. sentimentalism2. List the following terms according to the time when they appeared.A. romanticism, neoclassicism, humanism, critical realismB. humanism, neoclassicism, romanticism, critical realismC. romanticism, humanism, modernism, critical realismD. modernism, critical realism, romanticism, humanism3. Charles Dickens and William Thackeray were the two great representatives of the English critical realism in the _______century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20th4. Thomas Hardy wrote novels of _______.A. character and environmentB. pure romance艺术C. stream of consciousnessD. psychoanalysis5. The typical f eature of Robert Browning’s poetry is the ________.A. bitter satireB. larger-than-life caricatureC. Latinized dictionD. dramatic monologue6. The author of the novel The Return of the Native is _______.A. Thomas HardyB. D. H. LawrenceC. Robert BrowningD. Alfred Tennyson7. Most of Hardy’s novels are set in _______.A. LondonB. YoknapatawphaC. WessexD. Paris8. ______ works are known as “novels of characters and environment.”A. Charles Dicken s’B. Thomas Hardy’sC. Jane Austen’sD. George Eliot’s9. ______ believes that man’s fate is predeterminedly tragic, driven by a combined force of “nature”, both inside and outside.A. Charles DickensB. Thomas HardyC. Jane AustenD. George Eliot10. In Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles, the heroine’s tragic ending is due to ______.A. her weak characterB. her ambitionC. Angel’s selfishnessD. a hostile society2.Identify the author with his work.b1) Samuel Taylor Coleridge a. Utopiad2) John Galsworthy b. The Rhyme of the Ancient Marinerg3) R. L. Stevenson c. Far from the Madding Crowdh4) William Wordsworth d. The Man of Propertyf5) Jane Austen e. Robinson Crusoei6) P. B. Shelley f. Sense And Sensibilitye7) Daniel Defoe g. Treasure Islandj8) John Milton h. I Wandered Lonely as a Clouda9) Thomas More i. Prometheus Unboundc10) Thomas Hardy j. Paradise Regained3. Identify the author with his or her work.1) William Langland D A. V anity Fair2) William Makepeace Thackeray A B. Tom Jones3) Jonathan Swift J C. Of Studies4) Francis Bacon C D. Piers, the Plowman5) Henry Fielding B E. The Faerie Queen6) George Gordon Byron G F. Wuthering Heights7) Emily Bronte F G .Don Juan8) Edmund Spencer E H. The Canterbury Tales9) John Bunyan T I. The Pilgrim’s Progress10) Geoffrey Chaucer H J. Gulliver’s TravelsI. Choose the best answer for each blank.1. wrote under the influence of Scottish folk tradition and old Scottish poetry.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Robert BurnsC. William BlakeD. Geoffrey Chaucer2. A Red, Red Rose is a(n)______.A. lyricB. satirical poemC. epicD. ode3. In the 18th century English literature, the representative poet of pre-romanticism were______.A. Alexander PopeB. William BlakeC. Jonathan SwiftD. Daniel Defoe4. Protestants refers to all the religious sects except ________.A. Church of EnglandB. PuritanismC. CalvinismD. Catholicism5. In 1649, ______ was beheaded. English became a commonwealth.A. James IB. James IIC. Charles ID. Charles II6. Which of the following is not correct about the Revolution of 1688?A. the supremacy of ParliamentB. the beginning of modern EnglandC. the triumph of the principle of political libertyD. the Restoration of monarchy7. In the last twenty years of the 18th century, England produced two great romantic poets. They are _____.A. Johnson and BlakeB. Gray and Y oungC. Pope and GoldsmithD. Blake and Burns8. The object of ______ novels was to present a faithful picture of life, with sound teaching woven into their texture.A. John Bunyan’sB. Alexander Pope’sC. Jonathan Swift’sD. Henry Fielding’s9. ______ brings Henry Fielding the name of the “prose Homer.”A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. T om JonesC. Robinson CrusoeD. Colonel Jack10. ________ was the only important dramatist of the 18th century..A. Alexander PopeB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Samuel JohnsonD. George Bernard Shaw11. The poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is regarded as the most representative work of _________.A. the Metaphysical SchoolB. the Graveyard SchoolC. the Gothic SchoolD. the Romantic School12. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, __________ best and most representative work has been ranked among the best of the 18th century English poetry.A. Alexander Pope’sB. Thomas Gray’sC. Robert Burns’D. William Blake’s13. In his novel Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the _______.A. aristocratic classB. enterprising landlordsC. rising bourgeoisieD. hard-working people14. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce _____ to England.A. rationalismB. criticismC. romanticismD. realism15. Along with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British _______ also grew very rapidly.A. bourgeoisB. proletariansC. aristocratic classD. royal family16. An Essay on Man is a didactic poem written in _______.A. heroic coupletsB. English sonnetC. blank verseD. Italian sonnet17. _______ by Pope is a comprehensive study of the theories of literary criticism, exerting great influence upon his contemporary writers in advocating the classical rules and popularizing the neoclassicist tradition in England.A. An Essay on ManB. The DunciadC. The EssaysD. An Essay on Criticism18. During the reign of reason the enlightenment meant education of people to free them from all the unreasonable fetters which include______.A. theologyB. conventional ideologyC. feudal governmentD. all the above19. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20th20. The 18th century England is known as the _______ in the history.A. RomanticismB. EnlightenmentC. ClassicismD. Renaissance21. Fielding has been termed by some as _______, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. best writer of the English novelB. Father of English novelC. conventional writer of the English proseD. the most talented writer of the English novel22. Which of the following writings is NOT completed by William Blake?A. Songs of ExperienceB. Songs of ExperienceC. The TygerD. Emma23. The tone of literature in Songs of Experience by Eilliam Blake is _______.A. positiveB. livelyC. plainD. doleful1.As a poet, Blake’s fame has been chiefly resting upon two volumes of poems, ______songs of innocense_________ and Songs of Experience .2. Friday is a character in the novel ___Robinson Crusoe_______________.3. “And I will luve thee still, my dear./ Till a’ the seas gang dry.” is taken from the famous poem ______Ared ,red rose__._______.I. Identify the author with his work.1) William Langland ( c) a. Utopia2) Edmund Spenser ( d ) b. Romeo and Juliet3)William Shakespeare ( b) c. Piers, the Plowman4) Francis Bacon ( g ) d. The Faerie Queene5) Thomas More ( a) e. Doctor Faustus6) Geoffrey Chaucer ( f ) f. The Canterbury Tales7) Christopher Marlowe ( e) g. Advancement of LearningII. Choose the best answer for each blank.1. English Renaissance Period was an age of .A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. romance and balladD. essay and drama2. “ Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is the opening line of one of Shakespeare’s .A. songsB. playsC. sonnetsD. tragedies3. was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature .A. Thomas WyattB. William ShakespeareC. Henry HowardD. John Lyly4. first made blank verse the principal instrument of English drama in the Renaissance period.A. William ShakespeareB. Thomas WyattC. Christopher MarlowD. Henry Howard5. The essence of humanism is to ________A. restore a medieval reverence for the churchB. avoid the circumstances of earthly lifeC. explore the next world in which men could live after deathD. emphasize human qualities6. Although _____ was essentially a medieval writer, he bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new era of literature to come.A. Thomas MoreB. William LanglandC. Edmund SpenserD. William Shakespeare7. Which of the following historical events does NOT directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement?A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.B. The new discoveries in geography and astronomy.C. The Glorious Revolution.D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.8. In 1066, _________led the Norman army to invade and defeat England.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius9. Chaucer died on the 25th of October 1400, and was buried in _______.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey10. In Anglo-Saxon period, Beowulf represented the _________ poetry.A. paganB. religiousC. romanticD. sentimental11. A ___ is a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second and the fourth rhymed.A. balladB. romanceC. sonnetD. lyric12. Among the following plays which is NOT written by Christopher Marlowe?A. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. TamburlaineD. New Instrument13. ______ is NOT written by Francis Bacon.A. Of StudiesB. New InstrumentC. Advancement of LearningD. Edward IIIII. Fill in the blanks.1. A ___Morality___ play presents the conflicts between good and evil with allegorical personages such as Mercy, Peace and Hate.2. A Miracle SS play is chiefly based on the biblical stories or the stories of the saints.I. Choose the best answer for each blank.1. wrote under the influence of Scottish folk tradition and old Scottish poetry.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Robert BurnsC. William BlakeD. Geoffrey Chaucer2. A Red, Red Rose is a(n)______.A. lyricB. satirical poemC. epicD. ode3. In the 18th century English literature, the representative poet of pre-romanticism were______.A. Alexander PopeB. William BlakeC. Jonathan SwiftD. Daniel Defoe4. Protestants refers to all the religious sects except ________.A. Church of EnglandB. PuritanismC. CalvinismD. Catholicism5. In 1649, ______ was beheaded. English became a commonwealth.A. James IB. James IIC. Charles ID. Charles II6. Which of the following is not correct about the Revolution of 1688?A. the supremacy of ParliamentB. the beginning of modern EnglandC. the triumph of the principle of political libertyD. the Restoration of monarchy7. In the last twenty years of the 18th century, England produced two great romantic poets. They are _____.A. Johnson and BlakeB. Gray and Y oungC. Pope and GoldsmithD. Blake and Burns8. The object of ______ novels was to present a faithful picture of life, with sound teaching woven into their texture.A. John Bunyan’sB. Alexander Pope’sC. Jonathan Swift’sD. Henry Fielding’s9. ______ brings Henry Fielding the name of the “prose Homer.”A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. T om JonesC. Robinson CrusoeD. Colonel Jack10. ________ was the only important dramatist of the 18th century..A. Alexander PopeB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Samuel JohnsonD. George Bernard Shaw11. The poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is regarded as the most representative work of _________.A. the Metaphysical SchoolB. the Graveyard SchoolC. the Gothic SchoolD. the Romantic School12. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, __________ best and most representative work has been ranked among the best of the 18th century English poetry.A. Alexander Pope’sB. Thomas Gray’sC. Robert Burns’D. William Blake’s13. In his novel Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the _______.A. aristocratic classB. enterprising landlordsC. rising bourgeoisieD. hard-working people14. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce _____ to England.A. rationalismB. criticismC. romanticismD. realism15. Along with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British _______ also grew very rapidly.A. bourgeoisB. proletariansC. aristocratic classD. royal family16. An Essay on Man is a didactic poem written in _______.A. heroic coupletsB. English sonnetC. blank verseD. Italian sonnet17. _______ by Pope is a comprehensive study of the theories of literary criticism, exerting great influence upon his contemporary writers in advocating the classical rules and popularizing the neoclassicist tradition in England.A. An Essay on ManB. The DunciadC. The EssaysD. An Essay on Criticism18. During the reign of reason the enlightenment meant education of people to free them from all the unreasonable fetters which include______.A. theologyB. conventional ideologyC. feudal governmentD. all the above19. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the______century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20th20. The 18th century England is known as the _______ in the history.A. RomanticismB. EnlightenmentC. ClassicismD. Renaissance21. Fielding has been termed by some as _______, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. best writer of the English novelB. Father of English novelC. conventional writer of the English proseD. the most talented writer of the English novel22. Which of the following writings is NOT completed by William Blake?A. Songs of ExperienceB. Songs of ExperienceC. The TygerD. Emma23. The tone of literature in Songs of Experience by Eilliam Blake is _______.A. positiveB. livelyC. plainD. doleful1.As a poet, Blake’s fame has been chiefly resting upon two volumes of poems, ______songs of innocense_________ and Songs of Experience .2. Friday is a character in the novel ___Robinson Crusoe_______________.3. “And I will luve thee still, my dear./ Till a’ the seas gang dry.” is taken from the famous poem ______Ared ,red rose__._______.。
英国文学练习题

英国文学史及作品选读练习题Old and Middle English PeriodThe most important romance of the Middle English period is about . It was written in Latin.所选答案:[未给定]正确答案: B。
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table问题2Today Chaucer is regarded as the father of English poetry. His masterpiece is .所选答案:[未给定]正确答案:The Canterbury Tales问题3captured the spirit of the medieval period just as it was ending。
所选答案:[未给定]正确答案: D。
Geoffrey Chaucer问题4In the 14th century,the two most famous are and Langland。
所选答案:[未给定]正确答案:Geoffrey ChaucerChaucer问题5得0 分,满分2 分Chaucer’s active career provided him not only with knowledge but also experiences, whichaccounted for the wide range of his writings。
The following are all his careerEXCEPT .所选答案:[未给定]正确答案: D。
businessman and churchman问题6得0 分,满分2 分Beowulf unfolds a picture of an early society, of its public life,its customs, rituals and cultural activities。
英国文学期末复习(各种题型)

英国文学练习题一、写出下列作品的作者1、The Canterbury Tales(Geoffrey Chaucer)2、Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)3、The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (Henry Fielding)4、The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)5、The Pilgrim’s Progress (John Bunyan)6、Ode to the West Wind (Percy Bysshe Shelley)7、Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)8、Bleak House (Charles Dickens)9、Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)10、The Picture of Dorian Gray ( Oscar Wilde)11、Moby Dick (Herman Melville)12、The Last of the Mohicans ( James Fenimore Cooper)13、The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)14、The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)15、The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)16、The Portrait of A Lady (Henry James)17、Martin Eden (Jack London)18、Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)19、The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)20、The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)二、作品辨析,写出节选部分的作品及作家名1.作品Annabel Lee作家Edgar Allan Poe2.作品Because I could not stop for Death---作家Emily Dickinson3.作品The Road Not Taken作家Robert Frost4.作品The Great Gatsby作家F. Scott Fitzgerald5. 作品I wander Lonely as a Cloud作者William Wordsworth6. 作品The Picture of Dorian Gray作家Oscar Wilde7. 作品Hamlet作家William Shakespeare8.作品Of Studies作家Francis Bacon1、was a child and she was a child,In this kingdom by the sea,But we love with a love that was more than love----I and my ANNABEL LEE----With a love that the winged seraphs of heavenCoveted her and me.作品作者2、cause I could not stop for Death-----He kindly stopped for me-----The carriage held out but just Ourselves----And Immortality.We slowly drove----He knew no hasteAnd I and put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For his Civility-----作品作者3、Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth作品作者4、There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.作品作者5、I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host of golden daffodilsBeside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.作品作者6、As they entered they saw Dorian Gray. He was seated at the piano, with his back to them, turning over thepages of a volume of Schumann’s “Forest Scenes.”“You must lend me these, Basil,” he cried. “I want to learn them.” They are perfectly charming.”作品作者7、To be, or not to be: that is the question,Whether’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep;No more; and by a sleep to say we endThe heartache, the thousand natural shocks作品作者8、Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.作品作者三、选择题1、Which is not the works of Herman Melville?()A. Moby DickB. TypeeC. OmooD. The Pioneers2、Which is the central figure in the Leatherstocking Tales? ()A. Natty BumppoB. TomC. DavidD. Uncas3、The author of The Scarlet Letter also writes ______.()A. ThanatopsisB. The RavenC. The House of the Seven GablesD. Omoo4、Pick up the one that is not of the same author. ()A. The Sound and the FuryB. As I Lay DyingC. Go Down, MosesD. The Sea Wolf5、The author of A Farewell to Arms also writes _____.()A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. A Rose for EmilyC. ChicagoD. Uncle Tom’s Cabin6. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fa ir in a ______ tone.A. delightfulB. satiricalC. sentimentalD. solemn7. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form -the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of the common English people.A. romanticB. idealisticC. propheticD. realistic8. As a literary figure, John Rivers appears in _______.A. Fielding’s Tom JonesB. Dickens’s Oliver TwistC. Bronte’s Jane EyreD. Austen’s Pride and Prejudice9. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______ century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20th10. In "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," Thomas Gray compares the common folk with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the ______.A. chanceB. loveC. moneyD. material sources11. The poetic view of ______ can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is, "all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. John KeatsC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe Shelly12. Pip, Estella, Havisham, Magwitch, and Joe Gargery are most likely names of characters in _______.A. Oliver TwistB. David CopperfieldC. Bleak HouseD. Great Expectations13. In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.A. iambB. anapestC. trocheeD. dactyl14. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers?A. Blindness.B. Partiality.C. Snobbishness.D. Prejudice.15. In Byron’s poem "Song for the Luddites," the word "Luddite" refers to the _______.A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemploymentB. rising bourgeoisie who fought against the aristocratic classC. descendents of the ancient king, King LudD. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord class16. "Five miles meandering with a mazy motion\ Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean." The above lines are taken from ______.A. Wordsworth’s "The Solitary Reaper"B. Blake’s "The Chimney Sweeper"C. Coleridge’s "Kubla Khan"D. Keats’s "Ode on an Grecian Urn"17. In his poem, "Ode to the West Wind," Shelley intends to present his wind as a central _______ around which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth.A. conceptB. symbolC. simileD. metonymy18. In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a(n) ______ tone with sarcastic humor.A. solemnB. harshC. arrogantD. teasing19. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel ______.A. Great ExpectationsB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Bleak HouseD. Oliver Twist20. A typical feature of the English ______ literature is that writers became social and moral critics, exposing all kinds of social evils.A. RenaissanceB. RomanticC. VictorianD. Medieval21. The statement that those extraordinary people, seeking something beyond the provincial life, have finally to subject themselves to the limitations of the reality either due to their own weakness or the social environment may well sum up one of the major themes of ______.A. Fielding’s Tom JonesB. Defoe’s Robinson CrusoeC. Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceD. Eliot’s Middlemarch22. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of ______, who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. justiceB. propertyC. moralityD. humor23. Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is NOT true?A. It explores man’s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires.B. It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.C. It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.D. It presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the characters.24. "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind" is a famous quote from _______’s writings.A. Walt WhitmanB. Henry David ThoreauC. Herman MelvilleD. Ralph Waldo Emerson25. Which of Hemingway’s novels describ es the drifting life of American exiles in Europe?A. The Sun Also Rises.B. A Farewell to Arms.C. For Whom the Bell Tolls.D. The Old Man and the Sea.四、名词解释1、heroic couplet2、Spenserian stanza3、sonnet4、ode五、问答题1、What are the main characteristics of naturalistic literature in American literature?2、Give a brief comment on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.3、What are the characteristic features of the romantic movement in British literature?4、Give a brief introduction of Charles Dickens’ artistic technique.PART TWOII. Reading Comprehension1. "Busy old fool, unruly sun,Why dost thou thus,Through windows and through curtains call on us?"Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What does the word "fool" refer to?C. What idea does the quotation express?2. "Most mighty Emperor of Lilliput, delight and terror of the universe, whose dominions extend five thousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference) to the extremities of the globe; Monarch of all Monarchs; taller than the sons of men; whose feet press down to the center, and whose head strikes against the sun; at whose nod the princes of the earth shake their knees; pleasant as spring, comfortable as summer, fruitful as autumn, dreadful as winter."Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What is the tone of the author?C. What does the author parody here?3. "She thanked men -good! but thanked Somehow -I know not how -as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody’s gift."Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What kind of tone does the speaker use here?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?4. "This is my letter to the World . That never wrote to Me - The simple News that Nature told - With tender Majesty"Questions:A. Identify the poetB. What does the word "World" refer to?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?III. Questions and Answers5. "For herein Fortune shows herself more kind .Than in her custom; it is still her use .To let the wretched man outlive his wealth, To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow ,An age of poverty; from which ling’ring penance .Of such misery doth she cut me off." .The above lines are taken from a speech made by Antonio, a major character in Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice. Why does Antonio say that Fortune is more kind to him than in her custom?6. "The first shot I made among these creatures, I killed a she-goat which had a little kid by her which she gave suck to, which grieved me heartily; but when the old one fell, the kid stood stock still by her till I came and took her up, and not only so, but when I carried the old one with me upon my shoulders, the kid followed me quite to my enclosure, upon which I laid down the dam, and took the kid in my arms, and carried it over my pale, in hopes to have it bred up tame, but it would not eat, so I was forced to kill it and eat it myself; these two supplied me with flesh a great while, for I ate sparingly; and saved my provisions (my bread especially) as much as possibly I could." This is a very significant sentence with great details that reveals the character of Robinson Crusoe. What aspects of Crusoe’s char acter are revealed then?7. Situational irony occurs when what happens turns out to be quite different from what is expected; sometimes what happen is just the opposite of what is expected. In "Indian Camp," Hemingway makes a successful use of this kind of irony. Please illustrate it with some examples.8. "The only thing I don’t like, she proceeded, is the society." ("Daisy Miller" by Henry James) What kind of society does Daisy not like? Why?IV Topic Discussion9. List three distinctive features of English Renaissance movement in literature and then illustrate each with proofs from either the concerned chapter in your textbook or your own reading.10. "My faith is gone!" cried he (Goodman Brown), after one stupefied moment. "There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! for to thee is this world given." Comment on this passage from Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown".练习题答案三、选择题1 、D 2、A 3、C 4、D 5、A 6、B 7、D 8、C 9、B 10、A11、C 12、B 13、A 14、C 15、A 16、C 17、B 18、D 19、B 20、C21、D 22、B 23、B 24、D 25、B四、名词解释1.heroic couplet ( a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter lines)2.Spenserian stanza ( the Spenserian stanza is a group of eight lines of iambic pentameter followed by asix-stress iambic line, with a rhyme scheme ababbcbcc)3.sonnet (a sonnet is a short song in the original meaning of the word. Later it became a poem of 14 lines,usually in iambic pentameter with various rhyming schemes.)4.ode (an ode is a rhymed lyric expressing noble feelings, often addressed to a person or celebrating anevent.)五、问答题1.The characteristics of naturalistic literature are that first it seems that the naturalistic writers depicted the social reality objectively. They turned literary creation into a mechanical record of society, and never made comments on the characters and their behaviors.Secondly, the viewpoint from which naturalistic writers understood problems was “non-moral,” and was not controlled by the contemporary moral and ethical sense.Thirdly, the creative material of a naturalistic writer was infinite. He may make no secret of describing sexual love and man’s selfish desire. He not only discarded the traditional morals, but used the language any nasty circumstances needed without scruple.2—4答案见教材PART TWOII. Reading Comprehension1、A It i s taken from Jone Donne’s "The Sun Rising"B. "fool" refers to the sun.C. Donne’s great prose works are his sermons, the quotation expresses a strong sense of rebelliousspirit, the author tried to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry.2、A. The passage comes from "Gulliver’s Travels" written by Jonanthan Swift.B. The author used the Ironic tone of the passage.C. Romance (prose)/ Adventurous prose is the parody here.3、A. The poem is "My Last Duchess", by Robert Browning.B. The speaker is Duke, he is a villain. The speaker uses the tone of arrogant (傲慢的) here.C. The quoted passage reveals the duke is a self-conceited, cruel and tyrannical man.4、A. The poet is Emily Dickinson.B. "World" refers to the outside world.C. The poem expresses Dickinson’s anxiety about her communication with the outside world.III. Questions and Answers5、This sentence means she, Lady Fortune, is more kind to him because she is taking away both his wealth and life. The spea ker is Antonio, it’s said that his ship have all been lost, and he is penniless, and will have to pay the pound of flesh. (Because Shylock has made a strange bond that requires Antonio to pay him a pound of flesh if he can’t repay him, the money that he bo rrowed for his friend in due time.)6、1) In most of his works, Defoe gave his praise to the hard-working, sturdy middle class and showed his sympathy for the lower-class people. Robinson Crusoe was such a character.2) Robison goes out to sea, gets shipwrecked and marooned/landed on a lonely island, struggles to live for 24 years there and finally is saved by a ship and returns to England. During the period Robinson leads a harsh and lonely life and survives by growing corps, taming animals, etc. growing from a nave young man into a hardened man.3) With a great capacity for work, inexhaustible energy (精力充沛), courage and persistence in overcoming difficulties(在克服困难方面持之以恒), in struggling against nature, Crusoe becomes the prototype / representative of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist. (他是大英帝国缔造者的完美典范,同时也是殖民者的先驱).4) In the novel, Defoe glorified human labor and the puritan fortitude which the middle class praised highly, so he can be regarded as a spokesman of the bourgeois.7、(本题属于超纲题,书上没有现成的答案,可忽略不计)8、She doesn’t like the old world ---European life. Because she is the American Girl in Europe, a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World. However, innocence, the keynote of her character, turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.IV Topic Discussion9、1) The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimilation. Petrarch was regarded as the fountainhead of literature by the English writers. Wyatt introduced the Petrachan sonnet into England and Surrey brought in blank verse.2) The Elizabethan drama, in its totality, is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. The Greek and Roman Drams had a great influence on the Elizabeth Drama, especially on Shakespeare’s tragedies. E.g. Hamlet, the first of the great tragedies, is regarded as Shakespeare’s most popular play on the stage.3) Francis Bacon, the first important English essayist, is best known for his essays which greatly influenced the development of his literary form. He was the founder of modern science in England.10、1) Allegorically, Young Goodman Brown becomes an Everyman called Brown, who will be aged in one night by an evil adventure, and the evilness makes everyone a fallen idol in the world.2) "My Faith is gone" is a pun, it means my wife has disappeared or my faith to God has gone. In the angle of Symbol: "Brown look up to the Heaven and resist the wicked one" symbols Brown has the force to resist the evilness of the Nature and he still has the faith to God; but "he is alone in the forest" symbols the society is the place full of sins and evilness, Brown’s strength is not enough at all; then after returning, he lives a dismal and gloomy life symbols he has been crushed down by the social evilness and lost his belief in goodness and piety.。
(完整word版)英国文学选读练习题-含答案(word文档良心出品)

Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.C.Geoffre.Chaucer B.Si.Gawain2.Franci.Bacon D.Joh.Dryden3.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.C.Flanders B.France3.Italy D.Westminste.Abbeymercia.expansio.abroad._______.encourage.exploratio.an.travel.wpatibl.wit.th.interes.o.th.Englis.merchants.C.Henr.V B.Henr.VII4.Henr.VIII D.Quee.Elizabeth5.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also thetriumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.C.Spain B.France5.America D.Norway6.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aprofound and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happ y society.C.Thoma.More B.Thoma.Marlowe6.Franci.Bacon D.Willia.Shakespear7.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.C.Mary B.Elizabeth7.William D.Victoria8.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.C.pros.an.novel B.poetr.an.drama8.essay.an.journals D.ballad.an.songs9.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.C.Th.Advancemen.o.Learning B.Th.Ne.InstrumentE.Essays D.Th.Ne.AtlanticsF.Venus and Adonis9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.C.songs B.playsedies D.sonnets11.The heroines of Shakespeare’s great comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whoseimages and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.C.Portia B.Roseland11.Viola D.Beatrice12.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.C.Hamlet B.OthelloE.Macbeth D.Kin.LearF.Timon of Athens12.Which play is not a comedy? ________C..Midsumme.Night’.Dream B.Th.Merchan.o.VeniceE.Twelft.Night D.Rome.an.JulietF.As You Like ItA.“Denmar.i..prison”.I.whic.pla.doe.th.her.summaris.hi.observatio.o.hi.worl.int.suc..bitte.sentence.________C.Charle.I B.Othello14.Henr.VIII D.Hamlet15.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.C.Geoffre.Chaucer B.Edmun.Spenser15.Willia.Shakespeare D.Be.Johnson16.In which play does the hero show his prof ound reverence for man through the sentence: “What a piece ofwok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” ________C.Rome.an.Juliet B.Hamlet16.Othello D.Th.Merchan.o.VeniceA.I.1649._______monwealth.C.Jame.I B.Jame.II17.Charle.I D.Charle.II18.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A.the supremacy of ParliamentB.the beginning of modern EnglandC.the triumph of the principal libertyD.the triumph of the principle of political libertyE.the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________C.Joh.Donne B.Georg.Herbertton D.Richar.Lovelace20.Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________C.Paradis.Lost B.Paradis.Regained20.Samso.Agonistes D.Volpone21.Paradise Lost is ________.A.John Milton’s masterpieceB.a great epic in 12 booksC.written in blank verseD.about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority21.John Milton is ________.A.a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verseto.too.hi.storie.o.Paradis.Lost.i.e.________.B.the creationC.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsD.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenE.the creation of the death and of adam and EveF.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodG.Satan’s temptation of EveH.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero ofthe poem.A.GodB.Satan24. C.Adam D.Eve25.Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________C.Joh.Donne B.Georg.Herbert25.Andre.Marvell D.Henr.Vaugham26.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.C.Th.Renaissance B.Th.Enlightenment26.Th.Religiou.Reformation D.Th.Chartis.MovementA.Th.mai.literar.strea.o.th.18t.centur.wa.________.Wha.th.writer.describe.i.thei.work.wer.mainl.socia.realities.C.naturalism B.romanticismE.classicism D.realismF.sentimentalismA.Th.eighteent.centur.wa.th.golde.ag.o.th.Englis.________.Th.nove.o.thi.perio.spok.th.trut.abou.lif.wit.a.uncompromisin.courage.C.drama B.poetry28.essay D.novel29.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.C..Tal.o..Tub B.Bickerstaf.Almanac29.Gulliver’.Travels D..Modes.Proposal30.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by ________, oneof the greatest masters of English prose.C.Alexande.Pope B.Henr.Fielding30.Danie.Defoe D.Jonatha.SwiftA.A..journalist._______.o.circumstantia.detail.Thi.powe.t.mak.hi.character.aliv.an.hi.storie.credibl.i.a.inimitabl.gift.C.Josep.Addison B.Danie.Defoe31.Samue.Richarson D.Tobia.Smollett32.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________C.Poetica.Sketches B.Song.o.InnocenceE.Song.o.Experience n.SyneG.Th.Marriag.o.Heave.an.Hell F.ProphecisH.Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Willia.Blake33.Rober.Burns D.Jonatha.Swift34.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Samue.Johnson34.Samue.Taylo.Coleridge D.Wordswort.an.Coleridge35.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.C.Jan.Austen B.Walte.Scott35.Samue.Taylo.Coleridge D.Willia.Wordsworth36.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Samue.Taylo.ColeridgeE.Georg.Gordo.Byron D.Perc.Byssh.ShelleyF.John KeatsA.Th.Englis.Romanti.Ag.produce.tw.majo.novelists.The.ar.________.B.George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyC.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD.Walter Scott and Jane AustenE.Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________C.Georg.Gordo.Byron B.Willia.WordsworthE.Perc.Byssh.Shelley D.Joh.KeatsF.John Milton38.Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Samue.Taylo.ColeridgeE.Joh.Keats D.Rober.SoutheyF.Walter Scott39.Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________C.T.th.Cuckoo B.Th.Lyrica.BalladsE.Luc.Poems D.Th.Solitar.ReaperF.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.C.Th.Lyrica.Ballads B.Th.Prelude41.Child.Harold’.Pilgrimage D.Do.Juan42.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.”C.Samue.Taylo.Coleridge B.Georg.Gordo.Byron42.Perc.Byssh.Shelley D.Willia.Wordsworth43.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.C.Willia.Wordworth B.Samue.Johnson43.Samue.Taylo.Coleridge D.Wordwort.an.Coleridge44.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A.Byron’s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him “you lame brat.”B.Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C.The reactionary criticism of the 19th ce ntury tried to belittle Byron’s genius and his role in the development ofEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.44.Sinc.th.Ma..Movemen.i.1919.mor.an.mor.o.Byron’.poem.hav.bee.translate.int.Chines.an.wel.receive.b.th.poet.an.youn.readers.Byro.ha.no.becom.on.o.th.best-know.Englis.poet.i.ou.country.45.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.C.Biographi.literaria B.Th.Prelude45.Luc.Poems D.Th.Lyrica.Ballads46.________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Joh.Keats46.Georg.Gordo.Byron D.Perc.Byssh.Shelley47.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A.Prometheus Unbound is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal faggingsystem, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.C.George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D.Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.A.________’.pursui.o.beaut.i.al.thing.bespok.a.aspiratio.afte..bette.lif.tha.th.sordi.realit.unde.capitalism.Hi.leadin.principl.is.“Beaut.i.truth.trut.beauty.”C.Perc.Byssh.Shelley B.Georg.Gordo.Byron48.Willia.Wordsworth D.Joh.KeatsA.Choos.th.fou.immorta.ode.writte.b.Joh.Keats.________C.Od.t.th.Wes.Wind B.Od.t..NightingaleE.T.Autumn D.Od.o.MelancholyF.Ode on a Grecian UrnA.Choos.th.work.writte.b.Jan.Austen.________C.Prid.an.Prejudice B.Sens.an.SensibilityE.Northange.Abbey C.Emma50.Mansfiel.Park F.PersuasionA.I.th.19t.centur.Englis.literature..ne.literar.tren.calle._______.appeared.An.i.flourishe.i.th.fortie.an.i.th.earl.fifties.C.romanticism B.naturalism51.realism D.critica.realismA.Englis.critica.realis.foun.it.expressio.chiefl.i.th.for.o.________.Th.critica.realists.mos.o.wh.wer.novelists.describe.wit.vividnes.an.artisti.skil.th.chie.trait.o.th.Englis.societ.an.criticise.th.capitalis.syste.fro..democrati.viewpo int.C.novel B.drama52.poetry D.essay53.The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.C.Willia.Makepeac.Thackeray B.Charle.Dickens53.Charlott.Bronte D.Emil.Bronte54.Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________Charle.Dickens B.Charlott.Bronte54. C.Emil.Bronte D.Thoma.HardyA._______.wrot..numbe.o.littl.sketche.o.“cockne.characters”.H.signe.the.“Boz”.whic.wa.hi.nicknam.fo.hi.youn.brother.Hi.firs.book.Sketche.b.Bo.appeare.i.1836.C.Elizabet.Gaskell B.Willia.M.Thackeray55.Charle.Dickens D.Jan.Austen56.________ has been called “the supreme epic of English life.”C..Tal.o.Tw.Cities B.Davi.Copperfield56.Pickwic.Papers D.Olive.Twist57.The theme underlying ________ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”.C..Tal.o.Tw.Cities B.Davi.Copperfield57.Pickwic.Papers D.Olive.TwistA.I.th.Victoria.Age.poetr.wa.no..majo.ar.intende.t.chang.th.world.Th.mai.poet.o.th.ag.wer.________.C.Alfre.Tennyson B.Rober.BrowningE.Mrs.Browning D.Rober.BurnsF.William BlakeA.Th._______.Movemen.appeare.i.th.thirtie.o.th.19t.century.I.showe.th.Englis.worker.wer.abl.t.appea.a.a.independen.politica.forc.an.wer.alread.realisin.th.fac.tha.th.industria.bourgeoisi.wa.thei.principa.enemy.C.Enlightenment B.Renaissance59.Chartist D.Romanticist60.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality? ________C..Tal.o.Tw.Cities B.Davi.Copperfield60.Grea.Expectation D.Dombe.an.Son61.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.C..Tal.o.Tw.Cities B.Grea.Expectation61.Har.Times D.Davi.Copperfield62.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehe ro is largely based on the author’s early life.C.To.Jones B.Davi.Copperfield62.Olive.Twist D.Grea.ExpectationA.Th.Bront.sister.ar.________.The.wer.al.talente.writer.an.al.o.the.die.young.C.Charlott.Bronte B.Emil.BronteE.Ann.Bronte D.Jan.AustenF.Catherine63.Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.C.Professor B.Jan.EyreE.Shirley D.VilletteF.Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.C.Wutherin.Heights B.Jan.Eyre65.Emma D.Agne.Grey.appea.i.th.nove.Jan.Eyre.________C.Jan.Eyre B.Mr.Rochester66.Mar.Barton D.Sila.Marner67.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________C.Heathcliff B.CatherineE.Hindley D.CathyF.Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A.pours a great deal of her own experienceB.criticises the bourgeois system of educationC.shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD.shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.C.17th B.18th69.19th D.20th70.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.C.Shirley B.Villette70.Th.Tenan.o.th.Wildfel.Hall D.Agne.Grey71.Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C.This book is Charlottel Bronte’s best literary production.c.o.cultur.amon.th.bourgeoisi.an.sympathise.wit.th.suffering.o.th.poo.people.He.realis.wa.coloure.b.petty-bourgeoi.philanthropy.72.Most of Robert Browning’s important works, including ________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.Dramati.Lyrics B.Dramati.Romances72. C.Me.an.Women D.dramatic.Personae73.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.C.critica.realism B.pre-romanticism73.neo-classicism D.ne.romanticism74.Which statement is true? ________A.Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B.Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C.Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D.Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.A.Accordin.t.Thoma.Hardy’.ow.classification.hi.novel.divide.themselve.int.thre.groups.The.ar.________.B.Novels of character and environmentC.Romances and FantasiesD.Novels of IngenuityE.Working class literatureA.Novel.o.characte.an.environmen.ar.als.calle.Wesse.novels.takin.th.southwes.countie.o.Englan.fo.thei.setting.The.include.________.C.Unde.th.Greenwoo.Tree B.Th.Retur.o.th.NativeE.Th.Mayo.o.Casterbridge D.Tes.o.th.D’UrbervillesF.Jude the Obscure76.The following statements are about Thomas Hardy’s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.edies.h.criticise.th.uppe.clas.o.th.Englis.bourgeedie.ar.________.dy Windermere’s FanC.A Woman of No ImportanceD.An Ideal HusbandE.The Importance of Being EarnestF.The Picture of Dorian Gray78.Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.C.aestheticism B.decadence79.critica.realism D.pre-romanticismA.Alfre.Tennyson’.poeti.outpu.wa.vas.an.varied.Hi.mai.poem.ar.________.C.Th.Princess B.MaudE.I.Memoriam D.Idyll.o.th.KingF.Crossing the Bar80.Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________C.Break.Break.Break B.Crossin.th.BarE.Th.Eagle D.Swee.an.LowF.Tears, Idle Tears81.Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________C.I.Memoriam B.Lycidas82.Adodais D.Eleg.writte.i..Countr.Churchyard83.My Last Duchess is ________.C..dramati.monologue B..shor.lyric83..novel D.a.essay84.________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad’s finest novels.C.Lor.Jim B.Nostromo84.Youth D.Th.Ol.Wives.Tale85.Who is regar ded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century?C.Joh.Galsworthy B.Henr.James85.Thoma.Stearn.Eliot D.Jame.Joyce86.George Bernard Shaw’s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic works, served also as theauthor’s own program of dramatic creation.C.Widower’.Houses B.Mrs.Warren’.Profession86.Majo.Barbara D.Th.Quintessenc.o.Ibsenism87.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream ofconsciousness” school.wrence B.Rober.Tressell87.Jame.Joyce D.Virgini.Woolf88.________’s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.”wrence B.T.S.Eliot88.Jame.Joyce D.W.B.Yeats89.________ is the climax of Vir ginia Woolf’s experiments in novel form.C.Th.Window B.Tim.Passes89.T.th.Lighthouse D.Th.Waves90.Which of the following novels belong(s) to the “stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?C.Ulysses B.Finnegan.Wake90.T.th.Lighthouse D.Th.Waves91.________ was written by James Joyce.A.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB.Portrait of a LadyC.The Picture of Dorian GrayD.To the Lighthousewrence’.representativ.wor._______.wa.positivel.take.a..typica.exampl.an.livel.manifestatio.o.th.Oediwrence’.long-rang.stud.o.th.psychologi.theorie.o.Sigmun.Freud.Son.an.Lovers B.Th.Rainbow92. d.Chatterley’.Lover D.Wome.i.Love93.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?93.Mrs.Morel B.Pau.. C.Miriam D.Clara94.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?C.Georg.Bernar.Shaw B.Jonatha.SwiftCI.James Joyce Oscar Wilde94.W.B.Yeats95.Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?C.Mrs.Warren’.Profession B.Widower’.HousesE.Majo.Barbara D.PygmalionF.The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised English?C.Majo.Barbara B.Pygmalion96.Mrs.Warren’.Profession D.Ma.an.Superman97.In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.C.Willia.Butle.Yeats B.Samue.Butler97.Thoma.Stearn.Eliot wrence98.William Butler Yeats was _______.98. a.Iris.poe. B..dramatis..C..criti.. D..senato.i.th.Iris.Fre.Stat.i.192199.Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.C.classicis.i.literature B.royalis.i.politics99.Anglo-Catholi.i.religion D.al.o.th.above100.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A.Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B.Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.C.Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.D.Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.E.Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressed?C.Od.t.th.Wes.Wind B.Th.Solitar.ReaperLamia ndKeys:1-5: A, D, D, A, A 6-10: B, B, D, D, ABCD11-15:ABCD, D, D, C, B 16-20: C, ABC, AB, D, ABCD21-25: ABCD, ABCDEFG, B, A, B 26-30: D, D, AD, D, B31-35: D, BC, D, B, ABCDE 36-40: C, ACD, ABD, ACDE, A41-45: D, C, B, B, D 46-50: A, D, BCDE, ABCDEF, D51-55: A, B, ABCD, C, C 56-60: A, ABC, C, C, A61-65: B, ABC, ABCD, A, AB 66-70: ABCDE, ABCD, C, CD, ABCD71-75: ABCD, A, ABCD, ABC, ABCDE76-80: ABCDE, ABCD, AB, ABCED, ABCDE81-85.A.A.AB.B.D 86-90.CD.C.D.ABCD.A91-95: A, ABCE, ABCDE, E, B 96-100: A, ABCD, D, E, D。
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英国文学史习题Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureⅠ.Fill in the blanks.1.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____.nglandB.WycliffeC.GowerD.Chaucer3.The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is____.A.novelB.dramaC.romanceD.essay4.The story of___is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB.BeowulfC.Piers the PlowmanD.The Canterbury Tales5.William Langland’s____is written in the form of a dream vision.A.Kubla KhanB.Piers the PlowmanC.The Dream of John BullD.Morte d’Arthur6.After the Norman Conquest,three languages existed in England at that time.The Normans spoke_____.A.FrenchB.EnglishtinD.Swedish7.______was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.nglandB.GowerC.WycliffeD.Chaucer8.Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed,through which,we can see apicture of the life in the____England.A.primitiveB.feudalC.bourgeoisD.modern9.The theme of____to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.A.loyaltyB.revoltC.obedienceD.mockery10.The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called_____.A.Morte d’ArthurB.Robin HoodC.The Canterbury TalesD.Piers the Plowman11.______,the“father of English poetry”and one of the greatest narrati ve poets of England,was born in London inabout 1340.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB.Sir GawainC.Francis BaconD.John Dryden12.Chaucer died on October 25th,1400,and was buried in____.A.FlandersB.FranceC.ItalyD.Westminster Abbey13.Chaucer’s earliest work of an y length is his_____,a translation of the French Roman de la Rose by Gaillaumede Lorris and Jean de Meung,which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A.The Romaunt of the RoseB.“A Red,Red Rose”C.The Legend of Good WomenD.The Book of the Duchess14.In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact on the wide range of hiswritings.Which one is not his career?____.A.engineerB.courtierC.office holderD.soldierE.ambassadorF.legislator(议员)15.Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named_____based on Boccaccio’s poem“Filostrato”.A.The Legend of Good WomenB.Troilus and CriseydeC.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD.Beowulf3Key to the multiple choices:1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAABⅡ.Questions1.What are the features of Beowulf?ment on the social significance and language in The Canterbury Tales.Part Two The English Renaissance Ⅰ.Match the writer and his works.1.Thomas More2.Holinshed3.Hakluyt4.Richard Tottel5.Philip Sidney6.Walter Raleigh A.Apology for PoetryB.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.UtopiaD.Discovery of GuianaE.Principal Navigations,Voyages and DiscoveriesF.ChroniclesThe key:(1—C 2—F 3—E 4—B 5—A 6—D)Ⅱ.Choose the best answer.1._____founded the Tudor Dynasty,a centralized monarchy of a totally new type,which met the needs of therising bourgeoisie.A.Henry VB.Henry VIIC.Henry VIIID.James I2.The first complete English Bible was translated by_______,“the morning star of the Reformation”and hisfollowers.A.William TyndalB.James IC.John WycliffeD.Bishop Lancelot Andrews3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad.____encouraged explorationand travel,which were compatible with the interests of the English merchants.A.Henry V.B.Henry VIIC.Henry VIIID.Queen Elizabeth4.Except being a victory of England over___,the rout of the fleet“Armada”(Invincible)was also the triumph ofthe rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A.SpainB.FranceC.AmericaD.Norway5.Those,both traders and pirates like____,established the first English colonies.A.Francis Drakencelot AndrewsC.William CaxtonD.William Tyndal6.____was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.A.Ben JohnsonB.William ShakespeareC.Thomas MoreD.Christopher Marlowe7.The most gifted of the“university wits”was____.A.LylyB.PeeleC.GreeneD.Marlowe8.Morality plays appeared after_____.A.miracle playsB.mystery playsC.interludeD.Classical plays9._____is used to say and do good things.A.MercyB.FollyC.ViceD.Peace10._____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A.Phillip SidneyB.Edmund SpenserC.Thomas MoreD.Walter Raleigh11._____is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.4A.Thomas NorthB.Thomas WyattC.George ChapmanD.John Florio12.____had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar.A.Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes《希腊罗马名人传》B.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.Don QuixoteD.History of the World13.____was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty to understand that the rich werebecoming richer by robbing the poor.A.John WycliffeB.William CaxtonC.Geoffrey ChaucerD.Thomas More14.Utopia was written in the form of_____.A.proseB.dramaC.essayD.dialogue15.One of the popular morality plays was____.A.The ShepherdsB.EverymanC.The Play of the WeatherD.Gammer Gurton’s Needle16.Shakespeare’s plays written between_____are sometimes called“romances”and all end in reconciliation andreunion.A.1590 and 1594B.1595 and 1600C.1601 and 1607D.1608 and 161217.Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s______.A.PericlesB.CymbelineC.The Winter’s TaleD.The Tempest18.In_____appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet,Never before Imprinted(《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”)which contains 154 sonnets.A.1606B.1607C.1608 160919.Shakespeare is one of the founders of____.A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD.classicism20.Among many poetic forms,Shakespeare was especially at home(good at)with the_______.A.dramatic blank verseB.songC.sonnetD.couplet21.In the plays,Shakespeare used about______words.A.15000B.16000C.17000D.1800022._____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A.Christopher MarlowB.Francis BaconC.W.ShakespeareD.Ben JohnsonKey to the multiple choices:1-5 BCDAA 6-10 DDCBA 11-15 BDADA 16-22 ACBADDBⅢ.Fill in the blanks.1.The____was universally used by the Catholic Churches.2.The English translation of the Bible emerged as a result of the struggle between____and___.3.The Bible was notably translated into English by the____.4.The first complete English Bible was translated by____,“the morning star of the_____”.5._____translated the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament,which is known as Tyndale’s Bible.6.After Tydale’s Bible,then appeared the______,which was made in 1611 under the auspices of_____.And sowas sometimes called the____.57.Apart from the religious influence,the Authorized Version has had a great influence on English___and____.8.With the widespread influence of the English Bible,the standard modern English has been_____and_____.9. A great number of____and phrases have passed into daily English speech as household words.10.The____and____language of the Authorized Version has colored the style of the English prose for the last300 years.11.____was the first English printer.12.William Caxton was a prosperous merchant himself,but he was fond of___,and his interest was turningto____.13.He translated The Recuyell of Historyes of Troy into English from French which was the___book printed inEnglish.14.The Recuyell served as a source for____Troilus and Cressida.《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》15.After having established his printing press,William Caxton devoted himself to the career of a____and_____.16.William Caxton published about____books,___of which were translated by himself.17.By rendering(翻译)French books into English,Caxton exercised the youthful language in the airs(曲调),thegraces,the crafts of the elder and contributed to the development of the style of___century English____.18.The influence of Caxton’s publications is also great in fixing a____language in England.19.As the first English printer,Caxton invented in England the profession of____,which in fact has had a lastingsignificance to the development of English___as a whole.20.The Renaissance started in the______century and ended in the______century.21.The word,“renaissance”means________,which was stimu lated by a series of historical events,suchas________.22.In the Renaissance,the humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of those old____in medieval Europe,tointroduce new ideas that expresses____of the rising bourgeoisie,and to recover the____of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.23.____is the theme of the English Renaissance,which emphasized the capacities of____and the achievementsof____.24.____Stanza is a verse form created by_____for his poem,______,in which the rhyme scheme is____.25.The Wars of the Roses(1455—1485)between the House of___and the House of___struggling for the Crowncontinued for 30 years.26.Because of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King of England,the far-reachingmovement of___took place in England,started by Henry VIII.27.After___in England,the helpless,dispossessed peasants,being compelled to work at a low wage,became hiredlaborers for the merchants.These laborers were the fathers of modern English___.28.The introduction of___to England by William Caxton(1476)brought classical works within reach of thecommon multitude.29.The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up____of relations and the establishing of thefoundations of____.30.Because the wool trade was rapidly growing in bulk,it was a time when,according to Thomas More,“___”.31.____broke off with the Pope,dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in the country,confiscated their landsand proclaimed himself head of the Church of England.32.Together with the development of bourgeois relationships and formation of the English national state thisperiod is marked by a flourishing of national culture known as____.33.____,in his translation of Virgil’s Aeneid,wrote the first English blank verse.34.Richard Tottel’s Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets contained_____poems by______and_____by_____.635.Philip Sidney thought that_____had superiority over philosophy and history.36._____is a picture of contemporary England with forcible exposure of the___among the laboring classes.37.More points out that the root of poverty is the_________of social wealth.38.Sonnets contain_____sonnets and____sonnets.39.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its____.40.The“miracles”were simple plays based on______stories.41.There are significant touches of_____life in the play titled The Shepherds.42. A morality play presented the_____of good and_____with_____personages.43.Vice was the predecessor of the modern_____.44.Through the revival of classical literature,English playwrights came into contactwith______and______drama.45.From the contact with Greek and Latin drama,English playwrights learned all the important rulesin____and____,the more exact conception of____and____.46.English comedies and tragedies on classical models appeared in the middle of the____century.47.The first English comedy is______.48.The first English tragedy is_____.49.Miracle plays,morality plays,interludes and classical plays paved the way for the flourishing of____.50.In the 16th century_____became the centre of English drama.51.By____,professional actors were organized into companies.52.____were wooden buildings,usually circular in form,with tiers(一排排)of galleries surrounding a rooflesspit(楼下剧场).53.In the Elizabethan Theater,there were no____and women’s parts were always taken by____.54.Shakespeare’s narrati ve poem,Venus and Adonis,is full of vivid images of the______,and aphorisms(格言、警句)on life.55.Shakespeare was a great____of the English language.56.Shakespeare’s dramatic creation often used the method of_____.57.Shakespeare’s drama becomes a monument of the Engl ish______.58.Shakespeare was a_____for play-writing.59.Shakespeare’s_____people represent all the complexities and implications of real life.Key to the blanks:tin Bible2.Protestantism;Catholicism3.Protestants4.John Wycliffe;Reformation5.William Tyndal6.Authorized Version,James I;KingJames Bible.nguage;literature8.fixed;confirmed9.Bible coinages10.simple;dignified11.William Caxton12.Reading;literature13.First 14.Shakespeare15.Printer;publisher16.100;2417.15th;prose18.National19.Publisher;culture20.14th;17th21.Religious reformation22.feudalist ideas;interests;purity23.Humanism;human mind;human culture24.Spenserian;Edmund Spenser;The FaerieQueene;ababbcbccncaster;York26.The Reformation727.the Enclosure Movement;proletarians28.printing29.feudal;capitalism30.sheep devours men31.William VIII32.Renaissance33.Henry Howard,Earl of Surrey34.96,Sir Thomas Wyatt,40,HenryHoward,Earl of Surrey35.poetry36.Utopia,Book One;poverty37.private ownership38.Italian/Petrarchan;Shakespearean39.Drama40.Bible41.real42.Conflict;evil;allegorical 43.Clown44.Greek;Latin45.Structure;style;comedy;tragedy46.16th47.Gammer Gurton’s Needle《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》48.Gorboduc《高波特克》49.Drama50.London51.156752.Elizabethan theatres53.actress;boys54.countryside55.master56.adaptation(revision)57.Renaissance58.master-hand(能手)59.full-bloodⅣ.Say true or false.1.The old English aristocracy having been exterminated(wiped out)in the course of the War of the Roses,a newnobility,totally dependent on King’s power,come to the fore.2.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.3.The progress of bourgeois economy made England a powerful state and enabled her in 1588 to inflict a defeaton the Spanish Invincible Armada.4.The Protestant Reformation was in essence a religious movement in a political guise.5.Before the Reformation,the English Bible was universally used by the Catholic churches.6.Walter Raleigh wrote his History of the World in imprisonment.7.More the man is even more interesting than More the writer.8.Utopia,Book One,describes an ideal communist society.9.Translations occupied an important place in the English Renaissance.10.Philip S idney’s collection of love sonnets is Astrophel and Stella.11.The Miracle plays were not forbidden to perform in churches after the actors introduced secular and evencomical elements into the performance.12.The writer of Gammer Gurton’s Needle is unknown.13.Two lawyers who wrote Gorboduc were Thomas Sackville(托马斯·萨克维尔)and Thomas Norton(托马斯·诺顿).14.Shakespeare’s sonnets are divided into three groups:Numbers 1—17,Numbers 18—126,and Numbers127—154.15.Shakespeare’s sonnets are written for variety of virtues.16.Engels said,“Realism implies,besides truth in detail,the truthful reproduction of typical characters undertypical circumstances.”17.Shakespeare wrote about his own people and for his own time.18.Shakespeare’s one play contains one theme.(contains more than one theme)19.To reproduce the real life,Shakespeare often combines the majestic with the funny,the poetic with theprosaic(散文体的)and tragic with the comic.820.Engels called Shakespeare’s plays the“Shakespearean vivacity(活泼、快活)and wealth of(大量的)action”.21.Utopia is More’s masterpiece,written in the form of letters between More and Hythloday,a voyage.22.Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist.23.Carl Marx commented highly on More’s Utopia and mentioned it in his great work,The Capital.24.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its poetry.25.The miracle plays were simple plays based on Bible stories,such as the creation of the world,Noah and theflood,and the birth of Christ.26.Grammer Gurton’s Needle is the first English comedy,Gorboduc the first English tragedy.27.Both the gentlemen and the common people went to the theatres.But the upper class was the dominant forcein Elizabethan theatre.28.After Shakespeare’s death,Herminge and Condell collected and published his plays in 1623.29.From Shakespeare’s history plays,it can be seen that Shakespeare took a great interest in the politicalquestions of his time.30.In Shakespeare’s historical plays,historical accuracy is not strictly regarded.31.King Lear is a tragedy of ambition,which drives a brave soldier and national hero to degenerate into a bloodymurder and despot right to his doom.ing from an old Danish legend,Othello is considered the summit of Shakespeare’s art.33.Shakespeare is one of the founders of romanticism in world literature.34.Generally speaking,after Shakespeare,the English drama was undergoing a process of prosperity.35.English Renaissance Period was an age of poetry and drama,and was an age of prose.36.There are two main characters in As You Like It:Orlando and Rosalind.37.Ben Johnson’s comedies are“comedies of humors”and every character in his comedies personifies adefinite“humor”.38.In Ben Johnson’s later years he became the“literary king”of his time.Key to the True/False statements:1.T2.T3.T4. F.(a political movement in a religious guise)5. F.(the Latin Bible)6.T7.F(Sidney)8.T9.T10.T11.T12.T13.F(Book Two)14.T15.T16.T17.T18. F19.T 20.T21.F(a conversation)22.F(poet and critic of poetry)23. F24.F(darma)25.T26.T27.T28.T29.T30.T31.F(Macbeth)32.F(Hamlet)33.F(realism)34.F(decline)35.F(not an age of prose)36.T37.F(ordinary people were)38.T9Ⅴ.Questions on the English Renaissancement on the image of Henry V and Sir John Falstaff.ment on the character of Hamlet.3.What are the features of Shakespeare’s drama?4.Remember Shakespeare’s major plays in each literary career.ment on Marlowe’s social significance and literary achievement.ment on The Faerie Queene.Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois RevolutionI.Choose the right answer.1.The r hyme scheme of Milton’s L’Allkegro and Il Penseroso is_____.A.aabbccbbcB.abbacdccdC.abacdeecD.ababcdcdd2._____,as a declaration of people’s freedom of the press,has been a weapon in the later democratic revolutionarystruggles.A.On the Morning of Christ’s NativityusC.Of Reformation in EnglandD.Areopagitica3.____poems can be divided into two categories:the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses.A.John MiltonB.John BunyanC.John DonneD.John Dryden4._____expressed Donne’s own way of describing love.A.Holy SonnetsB.Witchcraft by a PictureC.The Sun RisingD.Death,Be Not Proud5.George Herbert’s______is a well-known shaped poem.A.The AltarB.To His Coy MistressC.To DaffodilsD.Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May6.____is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A.John DonneB.George HerbertC.Andre MarvellD.Henry Vaughan7.Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet?A.Richard CrashawB.Henry VaughanC.Andrew MarvellD.Robert Burton8.____is a prose poem on death and immortality.A.The Anatomy of MelancholyB.Religio MeciciC.Holy DyingD.Urn-Burial9.Izaak Walton’s____is a delightful description of the E nglish countryside and the simple and kind people.A.The Compleat AnglerB.Holy LivingC.To His Coy MistressD.To Daffadils10.Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry?A.John SucklingB.Richard LovelaceC.Robert HerrickD.John Dryden11.____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19th century.A.John DrydenB.Richard SteeleC.Joseph AddisonD.Alexander PopeKey to the multiple choices:1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAADII.Fill in the blanks.1.In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age,_______occupies the most important place.112.The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian writing produced during the_____Age.3.______gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol of London at the time ofRestoration.4._____masterpiece,The Pilgrim’s Progress,is an allegory,a narrative in which general concepts such assins,despair,and faith are represented as people or as aspects of the natural world.5._____is the most excellent representative of English classicism in the Restoration period.6.In English literature,the Restoration period is traditionally called“Age of_____.7.In political affairs,____was quite changeable in attitude.8.In his“A n Essay of Dramatic Poesy”,____showed his famous appreciation of Shak espeare.9.Dryden wrote about 27 plays.The famous one is_______,a tragedy dealing with the same story asShakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.10.The main literary achievements of the 17th century lies in the poetry of John Milton,in the prose writing ofJohn Bunyan,and in the plays and literary criticism of______.11.Paradise Lost is one of Milton’s______.12.Satan is the hero in Milton’s masterpiece__________.13.Paradise Lost took its material from______.14.The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized,generally speaking,by_____in content andfantasticality in form.15._______was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 18th century.16.Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton’s belief in the powers of_____.17.The Pilgrim’s Progress is a relig ious allegory and_____is another writing feature.18.In the second half of the 17th century we may hear the voices of the private citizens by letters and_____.Key to the blanks:1.(John Bunyan)2.(Puritan)3.(The Pilgrim’s Progress)4.(John Bunyan’s)5.(John Dryden)6.(Dryden)7.(John Dryden)8.(John Dryden)9.(All for Love)10.(John Dryden)11.(epics)12.(Paradise Lost)13.(mysticism)14.(the Bible)15.(Dryden)16.(man)17.(symbolism)18.(diaries)12III.Say true or false.1.The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17th century were over land ownership.2.After the victory of the English Revolution,the movement of the Diggers broke out.The leader of this revolt isWat Tyler.3.With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship,Charles II became the Protector of the EnglishCommonwealth.4.The spirit of unity and the feeling of patriotism ended with the reign of James I,and England was thenconvulsed(shook,quivered)with the conflict between the two antagonistic camps,the Royalists and the Puritans.5.In 1644,James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of the country.6.English literature of the 17th century witnessed a flourish on the whole.7.The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in English literature,William Shakespeare.8.The Revolution Period is also called Age of Milton because it produced a great poet whole name is WilliamMilton.9.The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama.10.Among the English poets during the Revolution Period,John Donne was the greatest one.11.John Milton towers over his age as Byron towers over the Elizabethan Age,and as Chaucer towers over theMedieval Period.12.On his first wife’s death,Milton wrote his only love poem,a sonnet,on His Deceased Wife.13.The greatest epic produced by Milton,Paradise Lose,is written in heroic couplets.14.The po em of Samson Agonistes was“to justify the ways of God to man”,i.e.to advocate submission to theAlmighty.15.It has been noticed by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by his angels who never think ofexpressing any opinions of their own,resembles the court of an absolute monarch.16.Izaak Wa lton’s The Compleat Angler becomes a“Piscatorial classic”.17.Thomas Browne’s Religia Medici is a collection of opinions on a vast number of subjects more or lessconnected with religion.Key to True/False statements:1.F(ownership:monopolies)17.T2.F(Wat Tyler:Gerald Winstanley)3.F(Charles II:Oliver Cromwell)4.F(Donne:Milton)5.F(James I:Charles I)6.F(flourish:decline)7.T(William Shakespeare)8.F(William:John)9.F(drama:poetry)10.F(James I:Elizabeth I)11.F(Byron:Shakespeare)12.F(first:second)13.F(heroic couplets:blank verse)14.F(Satan:God)15.F(Samson Agonistes:Paradise Lost)16.T13IV.Questions1.What are the writing features of The Pilgrim’s Progress?ment on the image of Satan.ment on Samson.Part Four The English Century Ⅰ.Match the works and the characters.(3 points)A1.()Tome Jones2.()The Vicar of Wakefield3.()Robinson Crusoe4.()Gulliver’s Travels5.()Pamela6.()The School for ScandalBa.Fridayb.King of Brodingnagc.Sophiad.Mr.Be.William Thornhillf.Charles SurfaceThe key:(1—c,2—e,3—a,4—b,5—d,6—f)Ⅱ.Choose the right answer.1.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 Husband2.Which is the most popular newspaper published by Steele?A.The TatlerB.The SpectatorC.The TheatreD.The English3._____is Addison’s great tragedy.A.A Letter from ItalyB.RosamondC.The CampaignD.Cato4.Which of the following is not the hero in The Spectator?A.Isaac BickerstaffB.Mr.RogerC.Captain SentryD.Andrew Freeport5.______were looked upon as the model of English composition by British authors all through the 18th century.A.Jeremy Taylor’s Holy LivingB.Thomas Browne’s Religio MeidicC.Samuel Pepys’s diariesD.Addison’s Spectator essays6.The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is_____.A.SteeleB.AddisonC.PopeD.Dryden7.The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is____.A.Essay on CriticismB.The Rape of the LockC.Essay on ManD.The Dunciad8.Essay on Man is a_____poem in heroic couplets.A.didacticB.satiricalC.philosophicalD.dramatic9.____was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century.A.The Enclosure MovementB.The Industrial RevolutionC.The Religious ReformD.The Enlightenment10.The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the____readers.A.aristocraticB.middle classC.low classD.intellectual11.____is a great classicist but his satire is not always just.A.SteeletonC.AddisonD.Pope12.The main literary stream of the 18th century was____.What the writers described in their works were mainlysocial realities.15。
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1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ____.A Robin HoodB Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC The Canterbury TalesD Beowulf2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse.A The Canterbury TalesB Piers the PlowmanC Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD Beowulf3. ____was famous for The Canterbury Tales.A Geoffrey ChaucerB John MiltonC William ShakespeareD Francis Bacon4. Most of the ballads of the 15th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic figure.A Green NightsB GawainC Robin HoodD Hamlet5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after its publication.A Paradise LostB A Pleasant Satire of the Three EstatesC Of StudiesD Utopia6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the grea t poems in the English language.A AmorettiB The Shepherd’s CalendarC The Faerie QueeneD Four Hymns7. ____ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18.A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”B “To be or not to be: that is the question”C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead”8. _____, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ___ _.A. Antony and CleopatraB. Julius CaesarC Twelfth NightD King Lear10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s romantic love comedies?A Twelfth NightB The TempestC As You Like ItD The Merchant of VeniceD C A C D C C A D B▪ 1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England except______.▪ a. William Shakespeare▪ b. Ben Jonson▪ c. Christopher Marlowe▪ d. Francis Bacon▪ 2. The English Renaissance period was an age of _________.▪ a. poetry and drama▪ b. drama and novel▪ c. novel and poetry▪ d. romance and poetry▪ 3. Paradise Lost is the masterpiece of _____▪ a. William Shakespeare▪ b. Robert Burns▪ c. John Milton d. William Blake▪ 4. Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play ?▪ a. A Midsummer Night’s Dream▪ b. The Merry Wives of Windsor▪ c. H enry IV d. King Lear▪ 5. The first official version of Bible known as the Great Bible, was revised in ______a. 16th centuryb. 17th century▪ c. 18th century d. 19th century▪ 6. Francis Bacon’s Essays first published in 1597 has been considered as an important landmark in thedevelopment of English_______, and as the firstcollection of essays in the English language.▪ a. poetry b. epics c. fiction d. prose ▪7. Daniel Defoe was famous for his novel ____ which first established his reputation.▪ a.Gulliver’s Travels▪ b. The Adventure of Robinson Crusoe▪ c.The Pilgrim’s Progress▪ d. Oliver Twist▪8. The famous poem “ A Red Red Rose” was written by_________▪ a. William Wordsworth▪ b. George Byron▪ c. Robert Burns▪ d. William Blake▪9. Mary Shelley’s no vel Frankenstein belongs to the type of ____ which is often set in gloomy castles where horrifying, supernatural events take place.▪ a. Gothic b. Realism▪ c. Romanticism d. Classicism▪10. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of the Reformation”and his followers.▪ A. William Langland B. James I▪ C. John Wycliffe▪ D. Bishop Lancelot Andrews▪ D A C C B D B C A C▪▪ 1. The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions, ______ and Christian.▪ a. Pagan b. Roman▪ c. French d. Danish▪ 2. “ Poetry is Spontaneous” was put forward by________▪ a. Robert Burns b. William Blake▪ c. William Wordsworth▪ d. Charles Lamb▪ 3. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typical belonging to the school of Romantic literature?▪ a. Don Juan b. Ulysses▪ c. Jane Eyre▪ d. Sons and Lovers▪ 4. ______is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.▪ a. Francis Bacon▪ b. Edmund Spenser▪ c. Thomas More d. Sidney▪ 5. What is flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature?▪ a. novel b.drama▪ c. essay d. poetry▪ 6. The publication of _______marked the beginning of the Romantic Age.▪ a. Don Juan▪ b. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner▪ c. The Lyrical Ballads▪ d. Ode to the West Wind▪7. Which of the following did not belong to Romanticism? ▪ a. John Keats▪ b. Percy Shelley▪ c. William Wordsworth▪ d. Alfred Tennyson▪8. Frankenstein was filmed many times. Who wrote the book?▪ a. Edgar Allan Poe▪ b. James Joyce▪ c. Mary Shelley▪ d. Walter Scott▪9. In the mid-18th century, a new literary movement called _______came to Europe and then to England.▪ a. Romanticism b. Classicism▪ c. Realism d. Restoration▪10. Which of the following poem was not written by John Keats?▪ a. Ode to the West Wind▪ b. Ode to Autumn▪ c. Ode on a Grecian Urn▪ d. Ode to a Nightingale▪A C A A B C D C A A▪▪ 1. William Shakespeare is one of the giants of________▪ a. Romanticism▪ b. Critical Realism▪ c. Aestheticism▪ d. the Renaissance▪ 2. ________is the first important religious poet in English literature.▪ a. John Donne b. George Herbert▪ c. Caedmon d. Milton▪3. _________was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.▪a. Thomas Wyatt b. William Shakespeare▪c. Philip Sidney d. Thomas Gray▪4. The English poets________, William Wordsworth, and Robert Southey, were known as “ Lake Poets” because they lived in the Lake District Northwestern England at the beginning of the 19th century.▪a. George Byron b. John Keats▪c. Percy Shelley d. Samuel Coleridge ▪ 5. The most gifted of the “University Wits” was ____.▪ A. John Lily B. Thomas KydC. Thomas GreeneD. Christopher Marlowe▪ 6. _____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.▪ A. Phillip Sidney▪ B. Edmund Spenser▪ C. Thomas More▪ D. Christopher Marlowe▪7. Morality plays appeared after_____.▪A. miracle plays▪B. mystery plays▪C. interlude▪D. Classical plays▪8. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of characteristics of Renaissance?▪ a. Exaltation of man’s pursuit of happiness in this life.b. Cultivation of the genuine flavor of ancient culture.c. Tolerance of human weaknesses.d. Praise of man’s efforts in having his soul delivered.▪9. The most intellectual movement of the Renaissance was ________.▪A. the Reformation▪B. Humanism▪C. the Italian revival▪D. Geographical exploration▪10. What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet?▪ A. Cousins B. Uncle and nephew▪ C. Father-in-law D. Father and son ▪▪ D C A D D C A D B B▪ 1. Which of the following is a typical feature of Swift’s writings?▪ A. Great wit. B. Bitter satire.▪ C. Rich mythic allusions.▪ D. Complicated sentence structures.▪ 2. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.▪ A. John Donne B. George Herbert▪ C. Andre Marvell D. Henry Vaughan▪ 3. The ______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.▪ A. Romanticism B. Humanism▪ C. Enlightenment D. Sentimentalism▪ 4. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century?▪ A. Oliver Goldsmith▪ B. Richard Sheridan▪ C. Laurence Sterne▪ D. Henry Fielding▪ 5. In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput”, “Brobdingnag”, “Houyhnhnm” and “Yahoo”?▪ A.The Pilgrim’s Progress▪ B. The Faerie Queene▪ C. Gulliver’s Travels▪ D. The School for Scandal▪ 6. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses.▪ A. John Milton B. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden▪7. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in a _____ tone.▪ A. delightful B. solemn▪ C. sentimental D. satirical▪8. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the _____ century.▪ A. 17th B. 19th C. 18th D. 20th▪9. _____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries. ▪ A. Ben Johnson B. Samuel Johnson▪ C. Alexander Pope D. John Dryden▪10. ____ found its representative writers in the field of poetry, such as Edward Young and Thomas Gray, but it manifested itself chiefly in the novels of Lawrence Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith.▪ A. Pre-romanticism B. Romanticism▪ C. Sentimentalism D. Naturalism▪B A C B C C D C B C▪。
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Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois RevolutionI.Choose the right answer.1.The r hyme scheme of Milton’s L’Allkegro and Il Penseroso is _____.A. aabbccbbcB. abbacdccdC. abacdeecD. ababcdcdd2. _____ , as a declar ation of people’s freedom of the press, has been a weapon inthe later democratic revolutionary struggles.A. On the Morning of Christ’s NativityB. ComusC. Of Reformation in EnglandD. Areopagitica3. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and thelater sacred verses.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden4. _____ expressed Donne’s own way of describing love.A. Holy SonnetsB. Witchcraft by a PictureC. The Sun RisingD. Death, Be Not Proud5. George Herbert’s ______ is a well-known shaped poem.A. The AltarB. To His Coy MistressC. To DaffodilsD. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May6. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan7. Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet?A. Richard CrashawB. Henry VaughanC. Andrew MarvellD. Robert Burton8. ____is a prose poem on death and immortality.A. The Anatomy of MelancholyB. Religio MeciciC. Holy DyingD. Urn-Burial9. Izaak Walton’s ____ is a delightful description of the English countryside and thesimple and kind people.A. The Compleat AnglerB. Holy LivingC. To His Coy MistressD. To Daffadils10. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry?A. John SucklingB. Richard LovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. John Dryden11. ____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19thcentury.A. John DrydenB. Richard SteeleC. Joseph AddisonD. Alexander PopeKey to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAADII.Fill in the blanks.1.In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, _______ occupies the mostimportant place.2.The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian writingproduced during the _____ Age.3.______gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol ofLondon at the time of Restoration.4._____masterpiece, The Pilgrim’s Progress, is an allegory, a narrative in whichgeneral concepts such as sins, despair, and faith are represented as people or as aspects of the natural world.5._____ is the most excellent representative of English classicism in the Restorationperiod.6.In English literature, the Restoration period is traditionally called “Age of _____.7.In political affairs, ____ was quite changeable in attitude.8.In his “An Essay of Dramatic Poesy”, ____ showed his famous appreciation ofShakespeare.9.Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is _______, a tragedy dealing withthe same story as Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.10.The main literary achievements of the 17th century lies in the poetry of JohnMilton, in the prose writing of John Bunyan, and in the plays and literary criticism of ______.11.Paradise Lost is one of Milton’s ______.12.Satan is the hero in Milton’s masterpiece __________.13.Paradise Lost took its material from ______.14.The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, generally speaking, by_____in content and fantasticality in form.15._______ was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 18thcentury.16.Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton’s belief in the powers of _____.17.The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious allegory and _____ is another writing feature.18.In the second half of the 17th century we may hear the voices of the privatecitizens by letters and _____.Key to the blanks:1.(John Bunyan)2.(Puritan)3.(The Pil grim’s Progress)4.(John Bunyan’s)5.(John Dryden)6.(Dryden)7.(John Dryden)8.(John Dryden)9.(All for Love)10.(John Dryden) 11.(epics)12.(Paradise Lost)13.(mysticism)14.(the Bible)15.(Dryden)16.(man)17.(symbolism)18.(diaries)III.Say true or false.1.The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17th century were over landownership.2.After the victory of the English Revolution, the movement of the Diggers brokeout. The leader of this revolt is Wat Tyler.3.With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became theProtector of the English Commonwealth.4.The spirit of unity and the feeling of patriotism ended with the reign of James I,and England was then convulsed (shook, quivered) with the conflict between the two antagonistic camps, the Royalists and the Puritans.5.In 1644, James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of thecountry.6.English literature of the 17th century witnessed a flourish on the whole.7.The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in Englishliterature, William Shakespeare.8.The Revolution Period is also called Age of Milton because it produced a greatpoet whole name is William Milton.9.The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama.10.Among the English poets during the Revolution Period, John Donne was thegreatest one.11.John Milton towers over his age as Byron towers over the Elizabethan Age, and asChaucer towers over the Medieval Period.12.On his first wife’s death, Milton wrote his only love poem, a sonnet, on HisDeceased Wife.13.The greatest epic produced by Milton, Paradise Lose, is written in heroic couplets.14.The poem of Samson Agonistes was “to justify the ways of God to man”, i.e. toadvocate submission to the Almighty.15.It has been noticed by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by hisangels who never think of expressing any opinions of their own, resembles the court of an absolute monarch.16.Izaak Wa lton’s The Compleat Angler becomes a “Piscatorial classic”.17.Thomas Browne’s Religia Medici is a collection of opinions on a vast number ofsubjects more or less connected with religion.Key to True/False statements:1. F (ownership: monopolies)2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley)3. F (Charles II: Oliver Cromwell)4. F (Donne: Milton)5. F (James I: Charles I)6. F (flourish: decline)7.T (William Shakespeare)8. F (William: John)9. F (drama: poetry) 10.F (James I: Elizabeth I)11.F (Byron: Shakespeare)12.F (first: second)13.F (heroic couplets: blank verse)14.F (Satan: God)15.F (Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost)16.T17.TIV. Questions1.What are the writing features of The Pilgrim’s Progress?ment on the image of Satan.ment on Samson.。