英国文学I期末考试试题B
英国文学1考试题及答案
英国文学1考试题及答案一、选择题(每题2分,共20分)1. 英国文学史上第一位伟大的诗人是:A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案:A2. 下列哪位作家被誉为“英国小说之父”?A. 简·奥斯汀B. 亨利·菲尔丁C. 查尔斯·狄更斯D. 乔治·艾略特答案:B3. 《坎特伯雷故事集》的作者是:A. 乔叟B. 斯宾塞C. 雪莱D. 拜伦答案:A4. 莎士比亚的“四大悲剧”中不包括以下哪部作品?A. 《哈姆雷特》B. 《奥赛罗》C. 《李尔王》D. 《威尼斯商人》答案:D5. 以下哪位诗人不属于浪漫主义诗人?A. 华兹华斯B. 柯勒律治C. 拜伦D. 布朗宁答案:D6. 《简·爱》的作者是:A. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特B. 艾米莉·勃朗特C. 安妮·勃朗特D. 乔治·艾略特答案:A7. 以下哪部作品是现代主义文学的代表作?A. 《荒原》B. 《尤利西斯》C. 《好兵之帅之帅》D. 《到灯塔去》答案:B8. 以下哪位作家是“愤怒的青年”运动的代表人物?A. 金斯利·艾米斯B. 约翰·奥斯本C. 哈罗德·品特D. 艾伦·西利托答案:B9. 《动物农场》的作者是:A. 乔治·奥威尔B. 阿道司·赫胥黎C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 威廉·戈尔丁答案:A10. 以下哪位作家是后现代主义文学的代表人物?A. 托马斯·品钦B. 萨尔曼·鲁西迪C. 伊恩·麦克尤恩D. 朱利安·巴恩斯答案:A二、填空题(每空1分,共20分)1. 英国文学史上的“文艺复兴”时期,涌现出了许多伟大的作家,其中被誉为“英国戏剧之父”的是______。
答案:莎士比亚2. 19世纪英国现实主义文学的代表作家查尔斯·狄更斯的代表作之一是______。
英国文学期末考试题目(英语专业必备)
英国⽂学期末考试题⽬(英语专业必备)⼀.中古英语时期?Beowulf is theoldestpoem intheEnglishlanguage,andthemostimportantspecimen (范例、典范)ofAnglo-Saxonliterature,andalsotheoldestsurvivingepicintheEnglishlangua ge.Theromance isapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod(中世纪).Itusesverseorprosetosing knightly adventuresorotherheroicdeeds.GeoffreyChaucer,oneofthegreatestEnglishpoets,whosemasterpiece,TheCanterA.EdmundSpenserB.WilliamShakespeareC.FrancisBaconD.GeoffreyChaucer3.____isnotaplaywrightduringtheRenaissanceperiodonEngland.A.WilliamShakespeareB.GeoffreyChaucerC.ChristopherMarloweD.BenJohnson三.莎⼠⽐亚WilliamShakespeare“Alltheworld'sastage,andallthemenandwomenmerelyplayers.”——WilliamShakespeare WilliamShakespeareisconsideredthegreatestplaywrightintheworldandthefinestpo etwhohaswrittenintheEnglishlanguage.Shakespeareunderstoodpeoplemorethananyotherwriters.Hecouldcreatecharactersthathavemeaningbeyondthetimeandplaceo fhisplays.Hisfourtragediesare Hamlet(《哈姆雷特》),Othello(《奥赛罗》),KingLear(《李尔王》)andMacbeth(《麦克⽩》).Shakespeare’s sonnets,154innumber,aretheo nlydirectexpressionofthepoet’sownfeelings;Sonnet18deservesitsfamebecauseitisoneofthemostbeautifullywrittenvers esintheEnglishlanguage诗选Sonnet18A.GeographicalexplorationB.ReligiousreformationC.PublishingandtranslationD.Humanism.3.In“Sonnet18”,Shakespeare_________________.A.Meditateonthedestructivepoweroftimeandeternalbeautybypoetry.B.Satirize(讽刺)human’svanity.C.Predict(预测)theeternityoflove.D.Eulogize(颂扬)thepowerofthebeauty.4.WhichofthefollowingstatementbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare’sSonnet1 8A.ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature.B.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity.C.Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation.D.Thespeakermeditatesonman’ssalvation.5.TheRenaissancereferstobetween14th-mid-17thcentury,whichwasunderthereignofQueen___andabsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummit,andinwhichthe’re almainstream(真正的⽂学主流)’was____.A.Victoria/poetryB.Elizabeth/dramaC.Mary/novelGulliver'sTravels,JonathanSwift'sbestfictionalwork,containsfourparts,eachab outoneparticularvoyageduringwhichGulliverhasextraordinaryadventuresonsomer emoteislandafterhehasmetwithshipwreckorpiracyorsomeothermisfortune.相关练习1.Inwhichofthefollowingworkscanyoufindthepropernames"Lilliput","Brobdingn ag",Houyhnhnm"and"Yahoo”A.ThePilgrim’sProgressB.TheFarrieQueeneC.Gulliver’sTravelsD.TheSchoolofScandal2.______isatypicalfeatureofSwift’swritings.A.ElegantstyleB.Causalnarration/doc/786579943.htmlplicatedsentencestructure3.TheHouyhnhnmsdepictedbyJonathanSwiftinGulliver’sTravelsare________.A.horsesthatareendowedwithreason.B.pigmiesthatareendowedwithadmirablequalitiesC.giantsthataresuperiorinwisdom.D.Hairy,wild,lowanddespicablecreatures,whoresemblehumanbeingsnotonlyinappe arancebutalsoinsomeotherways.五.浪漫主义诗歌(⼀)先驱:RobertBurns罗伯特·彭斯,WilliamBlake威廉·布莱克RobertBurns is anationalpoetofScotland,apoetofpeasants,hispoemsarewritteninesthedominantsubjectmatter.A.loveB.manC.natureD.death3.IntheRomanticperiod,____isthemostprosperousliteraryform.A.proseB.poetryC.fictionD.play4.RomanticismisaperiodofBritishliteratureroughlydatedfrom__.A.1660-----1798B.1798----1832C.1483-----1546D.1836-----19015.ThetwomajornovelistsoftheEnglishRomanticPeriodare_____andWalterScott. A.WashingtonIrving B.JaneAustenC.HermanMelvilleD.CharlesDickens6.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingEXCEPT___.A.theuseofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeopleB.theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelingsC.theuseofhumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatterD.theuseofelegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech7.Thepublicationof“_______”markedthebeginningofRomanticAge.A.DonJuanB.TheRimeoftheAncientMarinerC.TheLyricalBalladsD.QueenMab8.ThemajorrepresentativesofthepoeticrevolutioninEnglishRomanticperiodwereSTheyflashuponthatinwardeyeWhichistheblissofsolitude;Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,Anddanceswiththedaffodils.我好似⼀朵孤独的流云,⾼⾼地飘游在⼭⾕之上,突然我看到⼀⼤⽚鲜花,是⾦⾊的⽔仙遍地开放。
英国文学期末考试练习
Romanticism in England :ExercisesI.Choose one or more from a, b, c, d, e, or f to complete each statement.1.The Romantic Age began with the publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” which was written by _____.a. William Wordsworthb. Samuel Johnsonc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. Wordsworth and Coleridge2.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer _____.a. Jane Austenb. Walter Scottc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. William Wordsworth3. The publication of “ _____ ” marked the beginning of Romantic Age.a. Don Juanb. The Rime of the Ancient Marinerc. The Lyrical Balladsd. Queen Mab4. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of _____.a. Wordsworthb. Coleridgec. Byrond. Shelleye. Keats5. The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are_____.a. Byron and Shelleyb. Wordsworth and Coleridgec. Scott and Austend. Lamb and Hazlitt6. Which of the following works are elegies?a. Adonaisb. Lycidasc. Lamiad. Isabellae. Queen Mab7. The prose writing of the Romantic Period was represented by _____.a. Lambb. Hazlittc. De Quinceyd. Humee. Keats8. Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group?a. Byronb. Wordsworthc. Shelleyd. Keatse. Milton9. Which poets belong to the lakers?a. Wordsworthb. Coleridgec. Keatsd. Southeye. Scott10. Which of the following were written by Wordsworth only?a. To the Cuckoob. The Lyrical Balladsc. Lucy Poemsd. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloude. The Solitary Reaper11. Choose the poems written by Wordsworth with the theme on Nature and country life.a. To the Cuckoob. We Are Sevenc. Lucy Poemsd. The Solitary Reapere. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud12. The first poem in “The Lyrical Ballads” is Coleridge’s masterpiece “ _____ ”.a. Kubla Khanb. The Preludec. The Rime of Ancient Marinerd. Tintern Abbey13. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled “ _____ ”.a. Biographia Literariab. The Preludec. Lucy Poemsd. The Lyrical Ballads14. Choose Byron’s two long poems.a. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimageb. Don Juanc. Tom Jonesd. The Pilgrim’s Progresse. The Isle of Greece15. Which short lyrics were written by Byron?a. She Walks in Beautyb. When We Two Partedc. Hebrew Melodiesd. One Word is Too Often Profanede. A Red, Red Rose16. Which is Shelley’s masterpiece?a. Queen Mabb. Prometheus Unboundc. Prometheus Boundd. The Revolt of Islam17. The following statements are about “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”. Which statement is true?a. Byron used his own experiences as the material of the long poem.b. The first canto deals with the hero’s journey in Portugual andSpain.c. The second canto describes Albania and Greece.d. In the third canto appeared his description of Waterloo.e. The fourth canto describes Italy.18. Choose the works written by Coleridge himself.a. The Rime of Ancient Marinerb. Kubla Khanc. Biographia Literariad. The Fall of the Bastillee. The Lyrical Ballads19. Choose the works written by Byron.a. Ode to the Framers of the Frame-billb. Oriental Talesc. Manfredd. Caine. Prometheus Unbound20. Choose the poetic dramas written by Byron.a. Hours of Idlenessb. Manfredc. Caind. Oriental Talese. Prometheus Unbound21. Which were Shelley’s poetic dramas?a. Prometheus Unboundb. The Cencic. The Masque of Anarchyd. Queen Mabe. Cain22. Which were Shelley’s lyrics on nature?a. Ode to the West Windb. To a Skylarkc. The Cloudd. Ode to the Nightingalee. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud23. Shelley’s fine love lyrics include such well-known poems as _____.a. Love’s Philosophyb. One Word is Too Often Profanedc. When We Two Partedd. A Red, Red Rosee. Song to Celia24. Which were Shelley’s political lyrics?a. A Defence of Poetryb. To a Skylarkc. Song to the Men of Englandd. England in 1819e. The Masque of Anarchy25. Which is Shelley’s work of literary critici sm?a. An Essay on Criticismb. A Defence of poetryc. On the Necessity of Atheismd. of Studies26. Choose the historical novels written by Scott.a. Rob Royb. Ivanboec. Marmiond. The Lady of the Lakee. Waverly27. Choose the four immortal odes written by Keats.a. Ode to the West Windb. Ode to a Nightingalec. Ode to Autumnd. Ode on Melancholye. Ode on a Grecian Urn28. Which sonnets were written by Keats?a. London, 1802b. When I Have Fearsc. Bright Stard. On the Grasshopper and Cricket29. Choose the long poems by Keats.a. Endymionb. Lamiac. Isabellad. The Eve of St. Agnese. Ode to a Nightingale30. Which of the following deal with the theme of love and the cost of true lovers in the society of tyranny and oppression?a. Romeo and Julietb. Lamiac. Isabellad. The Eve of St. Agnese. Adonais31. Which poem tells a story similar to Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”?a. Isabellab. The Eve of St. Agnesc. Lamiad. All for Love32. Which works are based on ancient Greek mythology?a. Prometheus Boundb. Prometheus Unboundc. Endymiond. Paradise Loste. The Rime of Ancient Mariner33. Which works have employed the subjects from the Bible?a. Paradise Lostb. Paradise Regainedc. Samson Agonistesd. Caine. Prometheus Unbound34. Choose the works written by Austen.a. Pride and Prejudiceb. Sense and Sensibilityc. Northanger Abbeyd. Emmae. Mansfield Parkf. PersuasionII. Fill in the blanks.1. The Roma ntic Age began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work “_____”.2. The Romantic Age came to an end in 1832 when the last Romantic writer _____ died.3. The publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” marked the break with classicism and t he beginning of the _____.4. Women as _____ appeared in the romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time, an important place in English literature.5. The greatest historical novelist _____ was produced in the Romantic Age.6. The English Romantic period produced two major novelists: _____ and _____.7. _____ was regarded as the best essayist during the Romantic Age.8. Among Wordsworth’s longer poems, the best-known one is “_____”.9. _____ marked the transition from romanticism to the period of realism which followed it.10. In 1817, _____ finished his literary criticism, “Biographia Literaria”.11. The first poem in the collection “The Lyrical Ballads” is _____’s masterpiece “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”.12. On the death of Robert Southey in 1843, _____ was made poet laureate.13. In 1805, Wordsworth completed “_____”, containing all together 14 books.14. In 1807 Byron published his lyric poems in a small V olume called “Hours of Idleness”. The V olume was sharply attacked in the influential Edinburgh Review. Byron responded with his first important poem, a biting satire called “_____”.15. Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems, one is “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”, the other is _____.16. In 1824, the Revolutionary Romantic poet _____ went to Greece to help that country in its struggle for liberty against Turks. Not long, he died of fever there.17. The poem “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” contains _____ cantos. It is written in Spenserian stanza.18. Byron wrote _____ in Italy. It contains sixteen cantos.19. Byron’s masterpiece is _____.20. _____ is Byron’s philosophical poetic drama.21. _____ is Byron’s poetic drama with the material taken from Biblical story.22. Byron’s first volume of poems is “_____”.23. _____ was expelled after only six months at Oxford, because he had written the pamphlet “The Necessity of Atheism”.24. “_____”, a lyrical drama, is Shelley’s masterpiece. The story was taken from Greek mythology.25. After the death of Shelley’s first wife, he was compelled to leave England in 1818, and spent all the rest of his life in _____.26. “_____” is Shelley’s first long poem of importance. It was written in the form of a fairy tale dream.27. “The Masque of Anarchy” is one of Shelley’s political ly rics. It deals with the infamous _____ which happened on August 16, 1819.28. “_____” is Shelley’s well-known political lyric which calls upon the working class to fight against their rulers and exploiters.29. Shelley wrote an elegy _____ lamenting the early death of his fellow-poet _____.30. “Ode to a Nightingale” was written by _____.31. Jane Austen’s masterpiece is “_____”.32. “Ivanhoe” is the masterpiece of the historical novelist _____.III. Error correction.1.The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wor dsworth and Coleridge published their joint work “Kubla Khan”.2.The Romantic Age came to an end in 1832 when the last romantic writer Jane Austen died.3.The publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” marked the break with classicism and the beginning of the age of Reason.4.The Romantic Age is emphatically an age of novel. Many young enthusiastic writers turned to poetry.5.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the prose of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.6.Women as poets appeared in the Romantic Age, such as Jane Austen.7.Romantic novel of the romantic age was represented by Lamb, Hazlitt, De Quincey and Hume.8. “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” is written by Coleridge.9. The first poem in “The Lyrical Ballads” is Wordsworth’s masterpiece“The Rime of Ancient Mariner”.10. The brillant literary criticism “Biographia Literaria” is written by Samuel Johnson.11. In 1805, Southey completed a long autobiographical poem entitled “The Prelude”.12. Byron’s masterpiece is “Tom Jones”.13. “Manfred” and “Cain” were Byron’s two poems.14. “The Isle of Greece” is taken from the 3rd canto of “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”.15. “Queen Mab” is the first long poem written by Keats.16. Shelley’s masterpiece is “Prometheus Bound”.17. “Prometheus Unbound” i s a novel.18. “Song to the Men of England” is Byron’s political lyric.19. “Ode to a Nightingale” is Shelley’s best poem.20. Jane Austen is the first historical novelist in English literature.21. “The Pride and Prejudice” is the masterpiece of Charles D ickens.22. Chronologically, Jane Austen’s career belongs to the Renaissance period. She was a contemporary of Wordsworth and Coleridge.23. Jane Austen is one of the naturalist novelists. She drew vivid and realistic pictures of everyday life of the country society in her novels.24. Walter Scott is the greatest historical novelist whose masterpiece is “Richard I”.25. Charles Lamb is one of the great novelists of the Romantic Age. “Tales from Shakespeare” was written by him and his sister Mary Lamb.IV. Find the relevant match from column B for each item in column A.A1.( ) George Gordon Byron2.( ) Percy Bysshe Shelley3.( ) John Keats1.( ) Charles Lamb2.( ) William Hazlitt3.( ) Walter Scott4.( ) Jane Austen5.( ) Samuel Taylor Coleridge6.( ) Robert Southey7.( ) William WordsworthBa.Endymionb.Tales From Shakespearec.The Characters of Shakespeare’s Playsd.Don Juane.Prometheus Unboundf.Ivanhoeg.Kubla Khanh.Pride and Prejudicei.The Preludej.Life of NelsonV. Answer the following questions.1.What is Romanticism?2.What are the main features of the works of the romanticists?3.Make a contrast between the two generations of Romantic poets during the Romantic Age.4.What are Austen’s writing features?5.Make a comment on Wordsworth.6.Make a comment on Byron.7.Make a comment on Keats.Part VIII The Victorian Age ExerciseIn the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend ______appeared. And it flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.a. romanticismb. naturalismc. realism d,critical realism2. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of______. The critical realists, most of whom were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticized the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.a. novelb. dramac. poetryd. Sonnet3. The greatest English critical realist novelist was _______,who criticized the bourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common people.a. William Makepeace Thackerayb. Charles Dickensc. Charlotte Bronted. Emily Dickinson4,______was a critical realist and also a severe exposer of contemporary society . His novels, such as “Vanity Fair”, are mainly a satirical portray of the upper strata of society.a. George Eliotb. Elizabeth Caskellc. William Makepeace Thackerayd. John Bunyan5. Which of the following writers belong to critical realists?a. Charles Dickensb. William Makepeace Thackerayc. Elizabeth Caskelld. Thomas Hardy6. Which of the following writers belong to English critical realists?a. George Eliotb. Emily Brontec. Thomas Hardyd. Charles Dickens7. Which of the following writers don’t belong to English critical realists?a. Oliver Goldsmithb. Charles Dickensc. William Makepeace Thackerayd. Jonathan Swifte. Daniel Defoe8. In the 19th century, the social contradictions were also reflected in the prose writing. The important prosewriters who criticized the evils of the capitalist society were ______.a. Thomas Carlyleb. John Ruskinc. Matthew Arnoldd. Charles Lambe. John Dryden9.In the Victorian age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the age were ______.a. Tennysonb. Robert Browningc. Mrs. Browningd. Robert Burnse. William Blake10. The _____ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers were able to appear as an independent political force and were already realizing the face that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.a. Enlightenmentb. Renaissancec. Chartistd. Romanticist11. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature, the struggle of the ______for its rights.a. soldiersb. peasantsc. bourgeoisied. proletariat12. The heroic and revolutionary Chartist poetry played an important role in the development of English proletarian literature in connection with the working class movement. The greatest of Chartist poets was______.a. Ernest Jonesb. John Miltonc. Thomas Hardyd. John Keats13. The main poets of the Chartist poetry were______.a. Ernest Jonesb. Thomas Hoodc. Thomas Cooperd. John Miltone. Robert Browning14. In 1864, the First International was formed in London. Under the leadership of_____, the working class movement developed quickly.a. Marx and Englesb. Byron and Shelleyc. Milton and Cromwell d, Tennyson and Browning15.______ was the first English poet and writer who voiced the revolutionary ideal of Socialism in his poetry and prose.a. William Makepeace Thackerayb. William Shakepearec. William Wordsworthd. William Morris16. Dickens’ first literary career is referred to those years from 1836 to 1841. It is marked for youthful optimis m. The main novels written in this period by Dickens are ______.a. The Pickwick Papersb. Oliver Twistc. Nicholas Nicklebyd. Hard Times17. The story of “______” deals with the adventures of a retired old merchant.a. A tale of Two Citiesb. David Copperfieldc. Pickwick Papersd. Oliver Twist18. The novel “______”exposes the terrible conditions of English private schools.a. Nicholas Nicklebyb. Oliver Twistc. Hard Timesd. Great Expectations19. The story of “______”deals with the sufferings and hardships of an man named Trent, and his grand-daughter, Nell.a. Pickwick Papersb. The Old Curiosity Shopc. Great Expectationsd. Hard Times20.The second period of Dickens’s literary career, which be gan from 1842.and ended in 1849,was a period of excitement and irritation. Dickens’s naïve optimism toward the capitalist society was profoundly shaken. The main novels produced in this period are______.a. “Martin Chuzzlewit”b.“Dombey and Son”c. “David Copperfield”d.“Pickwick Papers”e.“Oliver Twist”21.In the third period of Dickens’s literary career, his works showed the intensifying pessimism. His main novels produced in this period are ______.a. “Hard Times”b.“Great Expectations”c. “A Tale of Two Cities”d.“Bleak House”e.“David Copperfield”22. Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and bourgeois utilitarianism?a. “Oliver Twist”b.“Hard Times”c.“Great Expectations”d.“A Tale of Two Cities”23. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality?a. “Oliver Twist”b.“David Copperfield”c.“Great Expectations”d.“Dombey and Son”24. In the novel “______” , Dickens describes the Chartist Movement. He shows that the Chartist Movement is the just struggle of the workers for better conditions, and expresses his sympathy for the workers.a. Great Expectationsb. A Tale of Two Citiesc. Hard Timesd. Oliver Twist25. Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel”______”.a. A Tale of Two Citiesb. Great Expectationsc. Little Dorritd. Bleak House26. In the novel “_____”, the revolutionaries are represented by Defarge (Dr. Manette’s servant) and Madame Defarge.a. Dombey and Sonb. A Tale of Two Citiesc. Little Dorritd. Bleak House27. In the novel “_____”, Dr. Manette i s a typical bourgeois intellectual. He sympathizes with the poor and defends the oppressed people, but feels terrified before the fire of revolution.a. David Copperfieldb. Wuthering Heightsc. The Forsyte Sagad. A Tale of Two cities28. “______” is often regarded as the semiautobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author’s early life.a. Tom Jonesb. David Copperfieldc. Oliver Twistd. Great Expectations29. In the novel “_____”, Dickens gives a truthful presentation of the sufferance of the poor, and makes a complete exposure of the terrible conditions in the English workhouse of the time and the brutality and corruption of the oppressors under the mask f philanthropy.a. David Copperfieldb. Oliver Twistc. Great Expectationsd. Hard Times30.In 1864,Dickens published his last complete novel “_____”.a. The Old Curiosity Shopb. The Pickwick Paperc. Our Mutual Friendd. Little Dorrit31. Which is Thackeray’s masterpiece?a. “The Virginians”b.“Vanity Fair”c. “The Books of Snobs”d.“The Newcomes”32. The sub-title of “Vanity Fair” is “_____”.a. A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayedb. The Spirit and the Fleshc. A Novel Without a Herod. Sense and Sensibility33. The title of the novel “Vanity Fair” was taken from Bunyan’s masterpiece “_____” .a. The Pilgrim’s Progressb.Childe Harold’s Pilgrimagec. Gulliver’s Travel sd. The Canterbury Tales34. Which characters are in the novel “Vanity Fair”?a. Amelia Sedleyb. Rebecca Sharpc. George Osborned. Joseph Sedley35. The Bronte sisters are ______. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.a. Charlotte Bronteb. Emily Brontec. Anne Bronted. Jane Eyree. Catherine36. Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: “______”.a. Professorb. Jane Eyrec. Shirleyd. Villettee. Agnes Grey37. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled “_____”.a. Wuthering Heightsb. Jane Eyrec. Emmad. Agnes Grey38. Choose the names appearing in the novel Jane Eyre.a. Jane Eyreb. Mr. Rochestec. rMary Bartond. Silas Marner39. Which characters appear in the novel “Wuthering Heights”?a. Heathcliffb. Catherinec. Hindleyd. Cathye. Hareton40. In the novel “Jane Eyre”, Charlotte______.a. Pours a great deal of her own experienceb. Criticizes the bourgeois system of educationc. Shows that true love is the foundation of marriaged. Shows that women should have equal rights with men41. The author of “Mary Barton” is Mrs.Gaskell, whose full name is _______.a. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskellb. Elizabeth Barrett Browningc. Harriet Beecher Stowed. Samuel Langhorne Clemens42. Mrs.Gaskell was the friend of Charlotte Bronte. Her “______” is one of the best biographies in English Literature.a. Life of Charlotte Bronteb. Life of Johnsonc. Tales of Skakespeared. Adonais43. Mrs. Gaskell wrote the novel “Mary Barton”______.a. with the idea of making it the social instrument of social reformb. to show her Sympathy toward the working classc. to reflect the class conflict of her timed. with realistic description of the social and political life of that periodwhich was criticized by the bourgeois critics as a book hostile to the employers44. Which of the novels belongs to critical realism?a. “Mary Barton”b.“North and South”c. “Cranford”d.“Life of Charlotte Bronte”45. The novel “Mary Barton”______.a. is about the class struggle between the workers and the capitalistsb. is one of the important social novels of that periodc. reflects something about Chartist Movementd. contains such characters as John Barton, Mary, Wilson and Carson46. George Eliot was the pseudonym of ______.a. Mark Twinb. Mary Ann Evansc. Ellis Bell d,Samuel Langhorne Clemen47. George Eliot produced three remarkable novels which made her famous. They are “______”.a. Adam Bedeb. The Mill on the Flossc. Silas Marnerd. Mary Bartone. Pamela48. Hardy is one of the representatives of English ______ at the turn of the 19th century.a. critical realism.b. preromanticismc. neo-classicismd. new romanticism49. Which statement is true?a. Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.b. Hardy is also a poet.c. Hardy is a critical realist.d. Fatalism is strongly reflected in Hardy’ s novels.50. According to Hardy’ s own classification, his novels divide themselves into three groups. They are_______.a. Novels of character and Environmentb. Romances and Fantasiesc. Novels of Ingenuityd. Working class literature51. Novels of character and Environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties of England for their setting. They include: “_______”.a. Under the Greenwood Treeb. The Return of the Nativec. The Mayor of Casterbridged. Tess of the D’Urbervillese. Jude the Obscure52. The following statements are about Hardy’s novels, which is ture?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 novelsd. .Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.e. There are elements of naturalism in his works.53. Hardy was not only a novelist, but also a poet. Which are Hardy’ s poetic works?a. “Wessex Poems and Other Verses”b.“Poems of the Past and the Present”c. “The Dynasts”d.“The Queen of Cornwall” e,“Under the Greenwood Tree”54. George Meredit h published a number a number of poems and novels. His main novels are “_______”.a. The Ordeal of Richarh Feverelb. Beauchamp’s Careerc. The Egoistd. Mary Bartone. Diana of the Crossways55. George Meredith’ s main poems are “______”.a. Modern Loveb. Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earthc. The Idea of Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spiritd. The Egoist56. In the novel “______” ,Samuel Butler satirizes the religion, school education and the theory of posit ivism.a. News and Nowhereb. Utopiac. Gulliver’s Travelsd.Erewhon57. The novel “______” describes a country where disease is considered to be a kind of crime while theft and other vices are considered to be diseases.a. Erewhonb. Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Laterc. The way of All Fleshd. News From Nowhere58. ______ is the representative of New Romanticism in novel writing at the end of the 19th century.a. Robert Louis Stevensonb. Lawrence Sternec. Robert Browning d,Percy Bysshe Shelley59. Stevenson’s writings include novels, short stories, essays and poems. His main novels are “______”.a. Treasure Islandb. The Strange Case of Dr. Jeykell and Mr. Hydec. Kidnappedd. A Child’s Garden of Verses60. “The Way of All Flesh” was written by ______.a. Samuel Johnsonb. Samuel Butlerc. William Butler Yeatsd. Ben Jonsn61. Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticizes the upper class of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are “ ______”.a. Lady Windermere’s Fanb. A Woman of No Importancec. An Ideal Husbandd. The Importance of Being EarnesteThe Picture of Dorian Gray62. Which of the following was written by Wilde?a. “Lady Windermere’s Fan”b.“The Merry Wives of Windsor”c. “The Portrait of a Lady”d.“A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”e. “The Picture of Dorian Gray”63. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ______.a. aestheticismb. decadencec. critical realismd. preromanticism64. Tennyson’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are:a. “The Princess”b.“Maud”c. “In Memoriam”d.“Idylls of the King”e.“Crossing the Bar”65. Which short poem was written by Tennyson?a. “Break, Break, Break”b.“Crossing the Bar”c. “The Eagle”d.“Sweet and Low”e.“Tears, Idle Tears”66. Which of the following concerns the story of King Arther.a. “Idylls of the King”b.“Morte d’Arthur”c. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”d.“The History of the Kings of Britain”e.“Brut”67. Which lament was written by Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam?a. “In Memoriam”b.“Lycidas”c. “Adodais”d.“Elegy written in a Country”68. Which of the following were written by Robert Browning?a. “The Ring and the Book’b.“My Last Duchess”c. “Men and Women”d.“Sonnets from the Portuguese”e.“Pauline”69. Which is Robert Browning’s short poem?a. “Home Thought, from Abroad”b.“Home Thought, from Sea”c. “Meeting at Night”d.“Cry of the Children”e.“Pauline”70.Which of the following belong to the working class literature in the 19th century?a. “The Song of the Lower Classes’ sb.“The Song of the Wage-Slave”c. “The poor Man’s Guardian”d.“A Dream of John Ball”e. “News From Nowhere”71. “My Last Duchess” is ______.a. a dramatic monologueb. a short lyricc. a noveld. an essay72. Ernest Jones was the greatest Chartist poet. His main works are:a. “The Song of the Lower Classes’ s”b.“The Song of the Wage-Slave”c. “The New World”d.“A Dream of John Ball”73. Which of the following is Chartist poet?a. Ernest Jonesb. Thomas Cooperc. William James Lintond. Mary Barton74. Which of the following is written by Morris?a. “A Dream of John Ball”b.“News From Nowhere”c. “Chants for Socialism”d.“Pilgrims of Hope”e.“The Earthly Paradise”Fill in each blank.1. English ______of the 19th century flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.2. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend _____appeared after the romantic poetry.3.ritical realism found its fine expression in the form of novel. Most of the critical realists were______4. The greatest English realist of the 19th century was ______, who pictures bourgeois civilization, and shows the misery and sufferings of the common people.5. ______ was also a critical realist. His novels are mainly a satirical portrayal of society.6.Critical realism reveals the corrupting influence of the rule of cash upon human nature. Here lies the essentially democratic and humanistic character of______.7. The Victorian Age in English Literature was largely an age of prose, especially of the ______.8.The most important poet of the Victorian Age was ______. Next to him were Robert Browning and his wife.9. The ______Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century.10.The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature: the struggle of the ______for its rights.11.The Chartist poetry played an important role in the development of English proletariat literature, the greatest Chartist poet was______.12.In 1864, the ______ International was formed in London, under the leadership of Marx and Engels.13.______ was the first writer who voiced the ideal of Socialism in his poetry and prose in the 19th century.14. ______ was the greatest representative of English critical realism.15.The novel“______” deals with the adventures of Mr. Pickwick, a retired old merchant, who is the founder and chairman of the Pickwick Club.16.The novel “Oliver Twist” tells the story of a poor child named ______who is born in a workhouse and brought up under miserable conditions.17.The novel “______” touches upon a burning question of Dickens’s time: the education of children in the private school.18. Of all of Dickens’s novels, “______” is regarded as his masterpiece.19. Mr. Peggotty and Steerforth are two characters in Dickens’s novel “______”’20.In the novel “David Copperfield”, the hero h as undergone a series of love adventures. He falls in love with, and then marries a pretty, empty-headed girl called Dora. After his wife’s death, David marries ______, the daughter of his aunt’s lawyer.21.The novel “Hard Times” makes fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and the bourgeois philosophy.22. In the novel “A Tale of Two Cities”, the two cities are ______ in the time of revolution.23. Madame Defarge is relentless revolutionary in the novel “______”.24.In 1847,Thackeray published his masterpiece “______”, which marks the peak of his literary career.25.The sub-title of “Vanity Fair” is ______.The writer’s intention was not to portray individuals, but the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.26.The title of the novel “Vanity Fair” is suggestive of that Vanity Fair in Bunyan’ s “______”, where all sorts of vanity vanities are on sale.27.The main plot of “Vanity Fair” centers on the story of two women: Amelia Sedley and ______. Their characters are in sharp contrast.28. The Bronte sisters are Charlotte Bronte,______ and Anne Bronte.29. Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece is “______”.30. Emily Bronte’s masterpiece is “______”.31. Heathcliff is a character in the novel of _______.32. Mr. Rochester is a character in the novel of _______.33. The novel “______” shows that pure and true love in a class society is impossible of attainment. Its author is Emily Bronte.34. The author of “Mary Barton” is ______.35. Mrs. Gaskell’s novel “______” is undoubtedly her best novel because of its realistic description of the social and political life of that period.36. Mrs. Gaskell’s novel “______”makes a turning point in her literary creation, for in his this novel she abandoned critical realism for a kind of writing acceptable to the bourgeois public.37.With sympathy, keen observation and humor, Mrs.Gaskelldescribes the small affairs of a country village, Cranford, in her novel “______”.38. In “Mary Barton”,_______ is an active Chartist. He kills a capitalist called Carson.39. George Eliot was the pseudonym of _______’40. The author of “The Mill On the Floss” is _______.41. George Eliot produced three remarkable novels including “Adam Bede”, “The Mill on the Floss” and ______.42. In the novel “Adam Bede”, Adam fa lls in love with a village girl called ______.43. The central characters of “The Mill on the Floss” are Tom and his sister _______.44. Hardy’ s novels of character and environment, which are also called ______, are of great significance.45. Among Hardy’ s novels, the best-known are “______” and “Jude the Obscure”.46. Hardy’ s novel “______”, tells the story about a school mistress’ s unhappy love affairs with a clergyman.。
大二下半学期英国文学期末考试题
大二下半学期英国文学期末考试题一、听力第一节(共5小题,每小题1分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的'相应位置。
听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
【听力材料】:(Text 1)W: What’s new with you,Jack?M:Well,I met a really nice woman.We’ve been going out for three months and things look good now.(Text 2)M: When did you first find the door broken and things missing?W:After I got up,around 5:20.Then I called the police station.(Text 3)W: Pass me the flour,please.M:Which tin is it in?W:The one at the end of the shelf.It’s slightly smaller than the others.M:Oh,right.(Text 4)W:Do you know why George hasn’t come yet?M:Yes.He was planning to come,but his wife’s father fell down some stairs and they had to take him to a hospital.W:I’m sorry to hear that.(Text 5)W:Hi,Tony.How did your experiment go yesterday?M: Well,it wasn’t as easy as I had thought.I have to continue doing it tonight.(Text 6)M:Is that Ann?W:Yes.M:This is Mike.How are things with you?W:Oh,very well,but I’m very busy.M:Busy? But you’ve finished all your exams?W:Yes,but I have to help my little sister with her foreign language.M:How about coming out with me this evening?There’s a newfilm on.W:I’m afraid I can’t.A friend of mine is coming from the south and I have to go to the station to meet him.M:What a pity!How about the weekend then?W:No,I’ve arranged to go to an art exhibition with my parents.M:What about next week sometime?W:Maybe.(Text 7)W:I hear there will be a football competition between all senior schools next month.Is that so?M:Th at’s true.W:Would you please go into some more details?M:Well,the competition will be held in our school and it will begin on August 11.The competition will last a whole week.W:Anything else?M:Yes,both the girls and boys competition will be held at the same time.The girls competition will be held in the morning and the boys competition will be held in the afternoon.W:Yes? Sounds exciting.M:We are both members of our school football team.We should be ready for it.W:Of course.It’s a long time since we had the last football competition last time.I’m really looking forward to another competition.M:Me,too.(Text 8)W: Excuse me.I am from STM.We are carrying out a survey on the traffic in our city.Do you mind if I ask you some questions?M:No,not at all.Go ahead.W:Good,thanks.What do you do,sir?M:I am a teacher.I teach children French.W:Great.Do you live far from the school? I mean,how do you usually go to work?M:Well,mostly by car.But once in a while,I prefer to ride my bike.You know,I live quite far from the school,about 20 miles.And I have to spend about an hour riding to school.But it only takes me less than a quarter of an hour to drive my car,unless the traffic is very bad.W:I see.Does this happen often? I mean the bad traffic.M:Yes,sure! I often get stuck on the way,and the problem’s getting worse and worse.W:That’s all of my questions.Thank you very much.M:You are welcome.(Text 9)M: Customer service.Andney Grant speaking.How may I help you?W:I can’t believe this is happening.I called and or dered a 32?inch bag last Friday.But today I found that you sent me a 24?inch one.I was planning to use that bag during our vacation in Mexico,but it doesn’t seem possible any more because we will take off on Saturday.It’s only two days away.What am I suppo sed to do?M:I’m really sorry,madam. I’ll check right away.Would you please tell me your order number?W:It’s CE2938.M:Just a minute.I do apologize,madam.There did seem to be a mistake.I’ll have the correct size bag sent to you by overnight mail right away.It will arrive in time for your Saturday trip.Again Iapologize for any inconvenience caused by our mistake.I promise it won’t happen again.W:OK.Well,thank you.M:Thank you,madam,for choosing Linch mail.I hope you will have a wonderful vacation.(Text 10)I wasn’t too fond of the lecture classes of 400 students in my general course.Halfway through my second term when I was considering whether or not to come back in the fall,I went on the Internet and came across Americorp.Then I joined in an organization,and that’s what I did last school year.I worked on making roads,building a house,serving as a teacher’s assistant and working as a camp officer in several projects in South Carolina and Florida.It’s been a great experience,and I’ve almost learned more tha n what I could have in college since I didn’t really want to be at that school and wasn’t interested in my major anyway,I thought this was better for me.After 1,700 hours of service I received 4,750 dollars.I can use that to pay off the money I borrowed from the bank or for what is needed when I go back to school this fall at ColumbusState in Ohio.Classes are smaller there and I’ll be majoring in German education.After working with the kids,now I know,I want to be a teacher.1、Who is the man talking about now?A.His girlfriend.B.His sister.C.His mother.2、What are they talking about?A.A traffic accident.B.A fire.C.A crime.3、Where does the conversation most probably take place?A.At a bookshop.B.At a kitchen.C.At a bank.4、Who was injured?A.George.B.George’s wife.C.George’s wife’s father.5、What do we learn from the conversation?A.Tony could not continue the experiment.B.Tony finished the experiment last night.C.Tony will go on with his experiment.第二节(共15小题,每小题1分)听下面5段对话或独白。
英国文学期末考试题目(英语专业必备)
英国文学期末考试题目(英语专业必备)country and her patronage of the arts led to a flourishing of literature。
including the works of William Shakespeare。
her Marlowe。
and Ben Jonson.一.中古英语时期XXX in the English language and is XXX of Anglo-Saxon literature。
It is also the oldest surviving epic in the English language。
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XXX Chaucer。
one of the greatest English poets。
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The Canterbury Tales。
XXX.二.文艺复兴RenaissanceXXX Renaissance refers to the d een the 14th and mid-17th centuries。
It XXX to the modern world and began in Italy with the flourishing of painting。
sculpture。
and literature before spreading to the rest of Europe。
Humanism was the essence of the Renaissance。
emphasizing that man is the measure of all things。
This d was England's Golden XXX。
with Queen Elizabeth'spatronage of the arts leading to a flourishing of literature。
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III. Explain the following literary terms in your own words. (20%)A. 1. epic2. romance3.Blank verse4.Sonnet5.AllegoryB. C-E translation:1. 人文主义2. 喜剧3.感伤主义 4 史诗5.十四行诗IV. Identify the names of the works from which the characters come: (15%):1. Christian and Faithful from___________________2. Portia, Bassanio and Shylock from___________________3. Robinson and Friday from____________________4. The Nun and Wife of Bath from____________________5. Satan, Adam and Eve from____________________6. Ophelia and the Prince of Denmark from__________________7. Beowulf and Grendal, the monster from__________________IV. Identify the following quotations by indicating the FULL NAMES of the authors and the WORKS from which they are taken. (15%)1. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.Author W ork2.When I consider how my light is spentEre half my days in this dark world and wideAuthor W ork3. Then I saw in my dream, that when they were got out of the wilderness, they presently sawa town before them, and the name of the town is Vanity;Author W ork4. Shall I compare thee to a summer‟s day?Thou are more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer‟s lease hath all too short a date:Author W ork5.Go and catch a falling star,Get with child a mandrake root,Tell me where all past years are,Or who cleft the Devil‟s foot,Author W ork6. As soon as April pierces to the rootThe drought of March, and bathes each bud and shootAuthor W ork7. All is not lost: the unconquerable will,And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to be submit or yield:And what is else not to be overcome?Author W orkV.(20%)A)The following stanza is taken from Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Rewritethem in your own words and tell briefly the main idea conveyed in these lines.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.B) The following lines are taken from Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. Rewritethem in your own words and tell briefly the main idea conveyed in these lines.Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow‟st;Nor shall Death brag thou wand‟rst in his shade,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.。
英国文学期末考试试题
Part I Multiple Choice (30 points, 30×1)Directions: In this part of the test, there are thirty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1.Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf?2. English Renaissance Period was an age of .3. The main literary form of the early 17th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledgedas the greatest. Besides him, there were two groups of poets. They were the Cavalier poets and .4 .The greatest poet of the Middle English period is__________ ,the father of Englishpoetry.5. Which of the following can be said of the essence of the Renaissance?6. In Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, which of the following is the typical characte ristic the heroes share in common?7. In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about the tendency of _______8. “The curfew tolls the knell of parting day/ The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea” These lines are taken from ________.9. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is __________.10. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events,which one of the following is not such an event?11. Don Juan is written by __________.12. Heathcliff is character of the novel ____________.13. Which of the following works were not written by Defoe?14. Which of the following statements about Paradise Lost is true?15. The 18th-century England is known as ________16. ________ compiled The Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation ofall the subsequent English dictionaries.17. English Romanticism began in 1798 with the publication of ________and ended in 1832with’s ________ death and the passage of the first Reform Bill.18. Which of the following statements about Paradise Lost is true? ________.19. Which of the following statements is true about John Keats’ poetry? ________.20. Jane Austen’s main literary concern is about the following except ________.21. What makes Jane Eyre one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age arethe followings except ________.22. Which of the following groups is not written by Charles Dickens? ________.23. The name of Robert Browning is often associated with the term ________.24. In many of Hardy’s novels, the fate of the characters is always driven by ________.25. Murder in the Cathedral, with its purely dramatic power, remains the most popularof________ verse plays in spite of its primarily religious purpose.26. The overall style of Yeats’ early poetry is ________.27. Much of Bernard Shaw’s drama is constructed around the ________of a conventionaltheatrical situation. The device is an integral part of an interpretation of life.28. In her works, George Eliot is deeply concerned with the people and life of her time and tries topursue________.29. Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature?________.30. In his novels, Lawrence made a bold psychological exploration of various human relationshipsand believed that ________.31. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one ofShakespeare’s ________.32. “And where are they? And where art thou,”My country? On thy voiceless shoreThe heroic lay is tuneless now-The heroic bosom beats no more!”(George Gordon Byron, Don Juan)In the above stanza, “art thou” literally means _______ .33. Which of the following can be said of the essence of the Renaissance? ________.34. The major concern of _______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development ofhis characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.35. Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English Middle-class man of the eighteenthcentury, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.36. _______ is a typical feature of Swift's writings.37. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?…Andif God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you.”The above quoted passage is most probably taken from _______ .39. The Pilgrim’s Pr ogress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_______ .40. Alexander Pope strongly advocated _______, emphasizing that literary works should bejudged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.41. After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennetis a woman of _______ .42. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, _______ was the first to set out, both in theory andpractice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose,” and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.43. In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent _______ touch in his description of the simpleand beautiful though primitive rural life.44. We can perhaps describ e the west wind in Shelley’s poem “Ode to the West Wind” with allthe following terms except _______.45. In his novels, Lawrence made a bold psychological exploration of various human relationshipsand believed that ________.46. Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ________.47. ________was composed in a dream after Coleridge took opium.48. Britain witnessed two major romantic poets in the latter half of the 18th century. They are________.49. Jane Austen’s main li terary concern is about the following except ________.50. What makes Jane Eyre one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age arethe followings except ________.51. The name of Robert Browning is often associated with the term ________.52. The overall style of Yeats’ early poetry is ________.53. In her works, George Eliot is deeply concerned with the people and life of her time and tries topursue________.54. Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature?________.55. In the last few decades of the 18th century, the neoclassicism was gradually replaced by________.Part II Match ( 10 points, 10×1)Directions: Choose the correct letters from the list of the authors for the following works and put them into the Table.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Henry FieldingC. Walter ScottD. George Gorden ByronE. William Makepeace ThackerayF. Thomas HardyG. James JoyceH. Charles DickensI. T. S. EliotJ. Oscar WildePart III TermsDirections: In this part of the test, there are five terms. Please give the definition for these terms. Scores will be given for the related contents. (20 points, 4x5)1. Epic2. Soliloquy3. Romanticism4. Realism5. Modernism6. Renaissance7. Classicism8.Romanticism 9. Stream of consciousness 10. Heroic coupletPart IV Appreciation(20 points 6, 7, 7)Directions: In this part of the test, there are three excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by several questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions.Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice, William Wordsworth: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, William Shakespeare :Sonnet 18 William Blake:The Typer Robert Burns:A Red Red RosePART V COMMENT(20 points 1×20)Directions: Choose one of the following questions to write an ESSAY of at least 200 words. 1. Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine in Pride and Prejudice, is often regarded as the most successful character created by Jane Austen. Make a brief comment on Elizabeth’s character.2. Make a brief comment on Pride and Prejudice.。
EnglishLiterature英国文学期末考试卷
英国文学考试复习题:Part I.1. Geoffrey Chaucer is the founder of English ________.A. PoetryB. DramaC. NovelD. Prose2. Percy Bysshe Shelley was a famous __________ poet.A. NaturalistB. RealistC. RomanticistD. Classicist3. Beowulf is the national ________ of Britain.A. balladB. epicC. romanceD. sonnet4. Wuthering Heights is ______________ 's masterpiece.A. Jane AustenB. Emily Bronte C Anne Bronte B George Eliot5. The English Renaissance began in the_____.A. 14th centuryB. 15th centuryC. 16th centuryD. 17th century6. The English Renaissance began during the reign of_____.A. Elizabeth IB. James IC. Henry VIIID. Charles II7. A stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter and the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc ic called_____.A. Shakespearean SonnetB. Petrarchan SonnetC. Spenserian StanzaD. Blank V erse8. Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus is a play based on a(n)_____legend.A. GermanB. EnglishC. IrishD. Italian9_____is not Shakespeare’s work.A. HamletB. King LearC. OthelloD. The Faerie Queene10. The Four Greatest Tragedies of Shakespeare’s do not include:A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. MacbethD. Othello11._____is not a Metaphysical poet.A. John DonneB. MarloweC. HerbertD. Marvell12._____is not written by John MiltonA. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf13. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s_____.A. songB. tragedyC. sonnetD. comedy14. English Renaissance Period was an age of_____.A. ballads and songsB. prose and novelsC. essays and journalsD. poetry and drama15. Ode to the Grecian Urn is written by _________ .A. John KeatsB. Walter ScottC. ByronD. Shelley16.Tess of the D’Urbervilles is written by ___________ .A. Charles DickensB. George EliotC. Thomas HardyD. William Thackeray17. Walter Scott has been universally regarded as the founder and great master of _____________.A. the historical novelB. The realistic novelC. the scientific novelD. The gothic novel18. In which poem did Shelley write the following lines: The trumpet of a prophecy! O wind, / If winter comes, can spring be far behind?A. OzymandiasB. A Song: Men of EnglandC. Ode to the West WindD. Queen Mab19. What works of the following were NOT written by Byron?A. Don JuanB. Childe Harold PilgrimageC. CainD. Waverley20. Which of the following poems was written by William Wordsworth?A. The Faerie QueenB. Venus and AdonisC. The PreludeD. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner21. Which of the following poets does not belong to the Lake Poets?A. WordsworthB. SoutheyC. ColeridgeD. Keats22. Which of the following novels, written by Charles Dickens, shows the life experience of the author's youth?A. Great ExpectationB. Hard TimesC. David CopperfieldD. Edwin Drood23. Which of the following plays is not the greatest tragedies of Shakespeare?A. King LearB. Twelfth NightC. MacbethD. Othello24. From the following, choose the poem written by William Blake.A. A Red, Red RoseB. The TigerC. Get Up and Bar the DoorD. I Wander Lonely as a Cloud25. The writer of Utopia is _________ .A. Francis BaconB. Thomas WyattC. Thomas MoreD. Philip Sidney26 Along with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British _____ also grew very rapidly.A. bourgeoisB. proletariansC. aristocratic classD. royal family27. The Enlightenment Movement did not advocate_____.A. rationality, reason, order and rulesB. return to the ancient classical worksC. inner feelings of individualsD. universal education28._____is not written by Alexander Pope.A. An Essay on CriticismB. The EssaysC. An Essay on ManD. The Dunciad29. An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in_____.A. heroic coupletsB. English sonnetC. bland verseD. Italian sonnet30._____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 Criticism31. In Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the_____.A. aristocratic classB. enterprising landlordC .rising bourgeoisie D. hard-working people32. The tone of Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travel is_____.A. sadB. sarcasticC. praisingD. detached33._____has been regarded as “Father of English Novel.”A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson34. The _____ Period has been generally regarded as one of the most glorious in the English history, producing the literary giants such as Charles Dickens.A. RenaissanceB. NeoclassicalC. RomanticD. Victorian35. The School for Scandal was written by_____.A. Thomas GrayB. Samuel JohnsonC. Richard B. SheridanD. Daniel Defoe36. _____ is not Thomas Hardy’s work.A. The Mill on the FlossB. Tess of the D’UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. The Mayor of Casterbridge37. “My Last Duchess” is _____.A. a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC. a novelD. an essay38. Tennyson’s “Ulysses” gets its inspiration from the following works or writers except_____.A. Homer’s OdesseyB. Joyce’s UlyssesC. DanteD. Greek Mythology39. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend _____ appeared. And it flourished in the 1840s and in the early 1950s.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. critical realism40. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from_____.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Childe Ha rold’s PilgrimageC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Canterbury Tales41.The rhyming scheme adopted in the English epic Beowulf is _________.A) consonant B) assonant C) heroic couplet D) Alliteration42.The theme of Beowulf is manifested in the spirit of ___________.A) Heroism B) Romanticism C) Fatalism D) Determinism42. Beowulf is the national ________ of Britain.A. balladB. epicC. romanceD. sonnet43. The English Renaissance began during the reign of_____.A. Elizabeth IB. James IC. Henry VIIID. Charles II44. A stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter and the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc is called_____.A. Shakespearean SonnetB. Petrarchan SonnetC. Spenserian StanzaD. Blank V erse45. Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus is a play based on a(n)_____legend.A. GermanB. EnglishC. IrishD. Italian46._____is not Shakespeare’s work.A. HamletB. King LearC. OthelloD. T he Faerie Queene47. The Four Greatest Tragedies of Shakespeare’s do not include:A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. MacbethD. Othello48._____is not a Metaphysical poet.A. John DonneB. MarloweC. HerbertD. Marvell49._____is not written by John MiltonA. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf50. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s_____.A. songB. tragedyC. sonnetD. comedy51. Which of the following poems was written by William Wordsworth?A. The Faerie QueenB. Venus and AdonisC. The PreludeD. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner52. Which of the following poets does not belong to the Lake Poets?A. WordsworthB. SoutheyC. ColeridgeD. Keats53. Which of the following novels, written by Charles Dickens, shows the life experience of the author's youth?A. Great ExpectationB. Hard TimesC. David CopperfieldD. The Tale of Two Cities54. Except being a victory of England over ______, the rout of the fleet “Armada”(Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Germany55. From the following, choose the poem written by William Blake.A. A Red, Red RoseB. The TigerC. Get Up and Bar the DoorD. I Wander Lonely as a Cloud56. The writer of Utopia is _________ .A. Francis BaconB. Thomas WyattC. Thomas MoreD. Philip Sidney57 Along with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British _____ also grew very rapidly.A. bourgeoisB. proletariansC. aristocratic classD. royal family58. The Enlightenment Movement did not advocate_____.A. rationality, reason, order and rulesB. return to the ancient classical worksC. inner feelings of individualsD. universal education59. English Renaissance was not an age of prose, but Francis Bacon wrote his famous prose work ___________ ..A. An Essay on CriticismB. The EssaysC. An Essay on ManD. The Dunciad60. An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in_____.A. heroic coupletsB. English sonnetC. bland verseD. Italian sonnetPart II:1. The lyric poem:2. Elegy:3. Ballad:4. Romances:5."Stream of Consciousness":6. Blank verse:7. Sonnet:8. Byronic Hero:9. Alliteration:10. Heroic Couplet:11. Chivalry12. Farce13.Spenserian stanza14. Soliloquy15.Conceit16. Epic:17. Minstrel:18. miracle play19. Stanza20. SatirePart V.I. Write a 200-word essay about Charles Dickens’ no vel, Oliver Twist: 30%1. Who is the hero of the novel? How well does he live his life?2. Why does Dickens end his novel with the final happiness of Oliver Twist?3. Who are responsible for his misfortune?4. Do you think Oliver Twist lives in modern city today?5. Why did Dickens often take children as main characters to describe the society? II. Write a 200-word essay about Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice: 30% 1. Discuss the importance of social class in the novel, especially as it impacts the relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy.2. Analyze how Austen depicts Mr. Bennet. Is he a positive or negative figure?3. Pride and Prejudice is a novel about women who feel they have to marry to be happy. Taking Charlotte Lucas as an example, do you think the author is making a social criticism of her era’s view of marriage?4. Giving special attention to Wickham, Charlotte Lucas, and Elizabeth, compare and contrast male and female attitudes toward marriage in the novel.5. Discuss the relationship between Mrs. Bennet and her children, especially Elizabeth and LydiaIII. Write a 200-word essay about Daniel Defoe’ novel, Robinson Crusoe: 30%1. What are the personal characters of Robinson Crusoe?2. How does Robinson Crusoe set up a new society on the island?3. What example does he set for the later colonists?4. What are the language features in Robinson Crusoe?(Analyzing plot, characterization, theme and language)。
4. 2015 5 英国文学 B卷试卷
课程编号:99900145北京理工大学2014-2015 学年第二学期英国文学期末试题B卷班级学号姓名成绩I. Multiple Choice(50 points in all, 1for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1.The Renaissance refers to between 14 th ---mid--17 th century ,which was under the reign ofQueen and absolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the real mainstream was drama.A. VictoriaB. ElizabethC. MaryD. James2."So much the worse for me, that I am strong. Do I want to live? What kind of living will it bewhen you -oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?"In the above passage quoted from Emily Bronte’s "Wuthering Heights", the word "soul"apparently refers to________.A. HeathcliffB. CatherineC. Catherine’s ghostD. one’s sp iritual life3.The essence of Renaissance, the most significant intellectual movement, was ______.A. geographical explorationB. religious reformationC. publishing and translationD. humanism4.Shakespeare’s greatest tragedie s are the following works except _________ .A. HamletB. King LearC. Romeo and JulietD. Othello5.Daniel Defoe describes____ as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, thevery prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A. Tom JonesB. GulliverC. Moll FlandersD. Robinson Crusoe6.__________ is not written by John Milton.A. Samson AgonistesB. Paradise lostC. Paradise Regained D .Tamburlaine7.Although _______ was essentially a medieval writer, he bore marks of humanism andanticipated a new era of literature to come.A. William LanglandB. John GowerC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Edmund Spenser8.The poetic view of ______ can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is, "allgood poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. John KeatsC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe Shelly9.The statement "It reveals the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminalunderworld life" may well sum up the main theme of Dickens’s____ .A. David CopperfieldB. Bleak HouseC. Great ExpectationsD. Oliver Twist10.In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in theprocess of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers?A. Blindness.B. Partiality.C. Snobbishness.D. Prejudice.11.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. teasing12.Prometheus Unbound is Shelley’s greatest achievement. Prometheus, according to the _____mythology, was chained by Zeus on Mo unt Caucasus and suffered the vulture’s feeding on his liver .A. GreekB. RomanC. the BibleD. German legend13.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel ______.A. Great ExpectationsB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Bleak HouseD. Oliver Twist14.The statement “A demanding mother turns away from her husband and gives all her affection toher sons” sums up the main plot of D. H. Lawrence’s____.A. Lady Chatterley’s LoverB. Women in loveC. Sons and LoversD. The Plumed Serpent15.Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York,Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe)by_____ .A. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. George EliotD. D. H. Lawrence16.Which of the following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy’s later works?A. Sentimentalism.B. Tragic sense.C. Surrealism.D. Comic sense.17.Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature?A. Friedrich Nietzche’s assertions: "God is dead"B. Arther Schopenharuer’s and Henry Bergson’s philosophical ideas of irrationality.C. Oscar Wilde’s idea of "Art for Art’s Sake".D. Freudian-Jungian psycho-analysis18.In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,”“Houyhnhnm,” and “Yahoo”?A.James J oyce’s Ulsses.B. Charles Dickens’s Bleak House.C. Jonathan Swift’s Gu lliver’s Travels.D. D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love.19.Which of the following best describes the speaker of T. S. Eliot’s " The Love Song of J. AlfredPrufrock"?A. He is an man of a action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of passion.D. He is a man of inactivity20.Which of the following qualifies does NOT feature Jane Austen's style?A. Austen's main literary concern is about human beings in their personal relationships.B. Everything in Austen's novel results in an observation, of a quiet, uneventful and contentedlife of the English country.C. Austen is a great realist and her characters are from all walks of life.D. Austen's works show clearly her firm belief in the predominance of reason over passion.21.Which of the following statements is NOT a typical feature of Charles Dickens?A. The settings of his stories have an extraordinary vividness.B. His novels achieve psychological depth.C. His humor and wit seem inexhaustible.D. His character portrayal is the most distinguishing feature.22.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?A. To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B. To put the stress on traditional values.C. To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.D. To advocate a conscious break with the past.23.The English Renaissance period was an age of_____.A.poetry and drama B.drama and novelC.novel and poetry D.romance and poetry24.In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed fromShylock, because____.A.his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB.his enterprise went bankruptC.Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD.his ships had all been lost25.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.C.The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D. The speaker meditates on man's salvation.26.In the first part of the novel Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a(n)____ of the Bennet family.A. high opinionB. great admirationC. low opinionD. erroneous view27."He was silent with conceit of his son. Mrs. Morel sniffed, as if it were nothing." (Sons andLovers by D. H. Lawrence) From the above quotation, we can see that Mrs. Morel's attitude to her husband is ___.A.sincerely warm B.genuinely kindC.seemingly angry D.merely contemptuous28.A boy makes a quest of his idealized childish love through painful experience up to the point oflosing his innocence and coming to see the drabness and harshness of the adult world. The above sentence may well sum up the major theme of____.A.Eliot's poem The love song of J. Alfred PrufrockB.Bernard Shaw's play Mrs. Warren's ProfessionC.Joyce's story ArabyD.Lawrence's story The Horse Dealer's Daughter29.Shakespeare’s tragedies include all the following EXCEPT_____.A. Hamlet and King LearB. MacbethC. OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice30.Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to ______.A. Modernism B.ScientismC. Post-Modernism D.Feminism31.“What is his name?” “Bingley.” “Is he married or single?” “Oh! Single, my dear, tobe sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”The above dialogue must be taken from______.A. Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceB. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering HeightsC. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte SagaD. George Eliot’s Middlemarch32.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line by_____.A. J. KeatsB. W. BlakeC. W. WordsworthD. P. B. Shelley33.The poems such as“The Chimney Sweeper” are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs ofExperience by______.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. John KeatsD. Lord Gordon Byron34.The story starting with the marriage of Paul’s parents Walter Morel and Mrs. Morel must be____.A. Thomas Hardy’s Te ss of the D’UrbervillesB. D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and LoversC. George Eliot’s MiddlemarchD. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre35.In subject matter, William Wordsworth' s poems have two major concerns. One is about nature.The other is about ______A. French RevolutionB. literary theoryC. deathD. common life of ordinary people36.Through the character of Elizabeth, Jane Austen emphasizes the importance of _____forwomen,A. marriageB. physical attractivenessC. independence and self-confidenceD. submissive character37.The major theme of Jane Austen's novels is love and marriage. Which of the following is not acouple that appeared in Pride and Prejudice?A. Catherine and HeathcliffB. Lydia and WickhamC. Jane and BinleyD. Charlotte and Collins38.T.S. Eliot' s early poems are marked by ____ in comparison to his later ones.A. a philosophical and emotional calmB. a set of historical, cultural and religious themesC. a dreamy quality, expressing melancholy and serf- indulgent feelingsD. a mood of disillusionment and the sufferings of modem people39.Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from ________.A. the RenaissanceB. the Old TestamentC. Greek MythologyD. the New Testament40.“ To be, or not to be —that is the question ” is a line taken from______________.A. HamletB. OthelloC. King LearD. The Merchant of Venice41. The English Renaissance period was an age of _____.A.poetry and drama B.drama and novelC.novel and poetry D.romance and poetry42. In the first part of the novel Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a(n) _____ of the Bennet family.A.high opinion B.great admiration C.low opinion D.erroneous view 43. In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed fromShylock, because ______.A.his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB.his enterprise went bankruptC.Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD.his ships had all been lost44. "He was silent with conceit of his son. Mrs. Morel sniffed, as if it were nothing." (Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence) From the above quotation, we can see that Mrs. Morel's attitude to her husband is ().A.sincerely warm B.genuinely kindC.seemingly angry D.merely contemptuous45. The preface to the second edition of the _____ acts as a manifesto for the Romantic school in England.A. Poetical SketchesB.Lyrical BalladsC. The PreludeD. An Essay on Criticism46.“A violet by mossy stone / Half hidden from the eye!---Fair as a star, when only one / is shiningin the sky.” These lines are taken fromA. “The Solitary Reaper”B.“Ode on a Grecian Urn”C.“She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways”D.“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”47.“Come to me-come to me entirely now,” said he ; and added, in his deepest tone, speaking in my ear as his cheek was laid on mine, “Make my happiness-I will make yours.”The above passage presents a scene in_____ .A. Emily Br onte’s Withering HeightsB. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane EyreC. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte SagaD.Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D′ Urbervilles48.“Drive my dead thought over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth.”(Percy Bysshe Shelley,“Ode to the West Wind”)What rhetorical device does the poet use in the quoted lines?A. Synecdoche.B.Metaphor.C.Simile.D. Onomatopoeia.49. Which of the following best describes the nature o f Thomas Hardy’s later works?A. Sentimentalism.B.Tragic sense.C. Surrealism.D. Comic sense.50.“When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table.”(T. s.Eliot,“The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock”) What does the image in the quoted lines suggest?A. Violence.B. Horror.C. Inactivity.D. Indifference.II.Reading Comprehension (20 points in all, 10 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.51. "Then naked &white, all their bags left behindthey rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind.And the angle told Tom, if he'd be a good boy,He'd have God for his father, and never want joy.Questions:(1) Identify the poem and its poet;(2) What does the poem implies?52.“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulles s and heartless? —You think wrong!… And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you…—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!”Questions:(1) Identify the author and the novel from which the quoted part is taken.(2) What does the quoted part imply about the speaker?III. Topic Discussion(30 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.53. Please analyze the style of Charles Dickens:54. Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plotconstruction and language.55. How do you know about Renaissance? Give a summary about English literature in theperiod.。
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.。
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英国文学考试复习题:Part I.1. Geoffrey Chaucer is the founder of English ________.A. PoetryB. DramaC. NovelD. Prose2. Percy Bysshe Shelley was a famous __________ poet.A. NaturalistB. RealistC. RomanticistD. Classicist3. Beowulf is the national ________ of Britain.A. balladB. epicC. romanceD. sonnet4. Wuthering Heights is ______________ 's masterpiece.A. Jane AustenB. Emily Bronte C Anne Bronte B George Eliot5. The English Renaissance began in the_____.A. 14th centuryB. 15th centuryC. 16th centuryD. 17th century6. The English Renaissance began during the reign of_____.A. Elizabeth IB. James IC. Henry VIIID. Charles II7. A stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter and the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc ic called_____.A. Shakespearean SonnetB. Petrarchan SonnetC. Spenserian StanzaD. Blank Verse8. Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus is a play based on a(n)_____legend.A. GermanB. EnglishC. IrishD. Italian9_____is not Shakespeare’s work.A. HamletB. King LearC. OthelloD. The Faerie Queene10. The Four Greatest Tragedies of Shakespeare’s do not include:A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. MacbethD. Othello11._____is not a Metaphysical poet.A. John DonneB. MarloweC. HerbertD. Marvell12._____is not written by John MiltonA. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf13. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s_____.A. songB. tragedyC. sonnetD. comedy14. English Renaissance Period was an age of_____.A. ballads and songsB. prose and novelsC. essays and journalsD. poetry and drama15. Ode to the Grecian Urn is written by _________ .A. John KeatsB. Walter ScottC. ByronD. Shelley16.Tess of the D’Urbervilles is written by ___________ .A. Charles DickensB. George EliotC. Thomas HardyD. William Thackeray17. Walter Scott has been universally regarded as the founder and great master of _____________.A. the historical novelB. The realistic novelC. the scientific novelD. The gothic novel18. In which poem did Shelley write the following lines: The trumpet of a prophecy! O wind, / If winter comes, can spring be far behind?A. OzymandiasB. A Song: Men of EnglandC. Ode to the West WindD. Queen Mab19. What works of the following were NOT written by Byron?A. Don JuanB. Childe Harold PilgrimageC. CainD. Waverley20. Which of the following poems was written by William Wordsworth?A. The Faerie QueenB. Venus and AdonisC. The PreludeD. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner21. Which of the following poets does not belong to the Lake Poets?A. WordsworthB. SoutheyC. ColeridgeD. Keats22. Which of the following novels, written by Charles Dickens, shows the life experience of the author's youth?A. Great ExpectationB. Hard TimesC. David CopperfieldD. Edwin Drood23. Which of the following plays is not the greatest tragedies of Shakespeare?A. King LearB. Twelfth NightC. MacbethD. Othello24. From the following, choose the poem written by William Blake.A. A Red, Red RoseB. The TigerC. Get Up and Bar the DoorD. I Wander Lonely as a Cloud25. The writer of Utopia is _________ .A. Francis BaconB. Thomas WyattC. Thomas MoreD. Philip Sidney26 Along with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British _____ also grew very rapidly.A. bourgeoisB. proletariansC. aristocratic classD. royal family27. The Enlightenment Movement did not advocate_____.A. rationality, reason, order and rulesB. return to the ancient classical worksC. inner feelings of individualsD. universal education28._____is not written by Alexander Pope.A. An Essay on CriticismB. The EssaysC. An Essay on ManD. The Dunciad29. An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in_____.A. heroic coupletsB. English sonnetC. bland verseD. Italian sonnet30._____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 Criticism31. In Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the_____.A. aristocratic classB. enterprising landlordC .rising bourgeoisie D. hard-working people32. The tone of Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travel is_____.A. sadB. sarcasticC. praisingD. detached33._____has been regarded as “Father of English Novel.”A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson34. The _____ Period has been generally regarded as one of the most glorious in the English history, producing the literary giants such as Charles Dickens.A. RenaissanceB. NeoclassicalC. RomanticD. Victorian35. The School for Scandal was written by_____.A. Thomas GrayB. Samuel JohnsonC. Richard B. SheridanD. Daniel Defoe36. _____ is not Th omas Hardy’s work.A. The Mill on the FlossB. Tess of the D’UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. The Mayor of Casterbridge37. “My Last Duchess” is _____.A. a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC. a novelD. an essay38. Tennys on’s “Ulysses” gets its inspiration from the following works or writers except_____.A. Homer’s OdesseyB. Joyce’s UlyssesC. DanteD. Greek Mythology39. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend _____ appeared. And it flourished in the 1840s and in the early 1950s.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. critical realism40. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from_____.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Childe Harold’s Pilgr imageC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Canterbury Tales41.The rhyming scheme adopted in the English epic Beowulf is _________.A) consonant B) assonant C) heroic couplet D) Alliteration42.The theme of Beowulf is manifested in the spirit of ___________.A) Heroism B) Romanticism C) Fatalism D) Determinism42. Beowulf is the national ________ of Britain.A. balladB. epicC. romanceD. sonnet43. The English Renaissance began during the reign of_____.A. Elizabeth IB. James IC. Henry VIIID. Charles II44. A stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter and the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc is called_____.A. Shakespearean SonnetB. Petrarchan SonnetC. Spenserian StanzaD. Blank Verse45. Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus is a play based on a(n)_____legend.A. GermanB. EnglishC. IrishD. Italian46._____is not Shakespeare’s work.A. HamletB. King LearC. OthelloD. T he Faerie Queene47. The Four Greatest Tragedies of Shakespeare’s do not include:A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. MacbethD. Othello48._____is not a Metaphysical poet.A. John DonneB. MarloweC. HerbertD. Marvell49._____is not written by John MiltonA. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf50. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s_____.A. songB. tragedyC. sonnetD. comedy51. Which of the following poems was written by William Wordsworth?A. The Faerie QueenB. Venus and AdonisC. The PreludeD. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner52. Which of the following poets does not belong to the Lake Poets?A. WordsworthB. SoutheyC. ColeridgeD. Keats53. Which of the following novels, written by Charles Dickens, shows the life experience of the author's youth?A. Great ExpectationB. Hard TimesC. David CopperfieldD. The Tale of Two Cities54. Except being a victory of England over ______, the rout of the fleet “Armada”(Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Germany55. From the following, choose the poem written by William Blake.A. A Red, Red RoseB. The TigerC. Get Up and Bar the DoorD. I Wander Lonely as a Cloud56. The writer of Utopia is _________ .A. Francis BaconB. Thomas WyattC. Thomas MoreD. Philip Sidney57 Along with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British _____ also grew very rapidly.A. bourgeoisB. proletariansC. aristocratic classD. royal family58. The Enlightenment Movement did not advocate_____.A. rationality, reason, order and rulesB. return to the ancient classical worksC. inner feelings of individualsD. universal education59. English Renaissance was not an age of prose, but Francis Bacon wrote his famous prose work ___________ ..A. An Essay on CriticismB. The EssaysC. An Essay on ManD. The Dunciad60. An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in_____.A. heroic coupletsB. English sonnetC. bland verseD. Italian sonnetPart II:1. The lyric poem:2. Elegy:3. Ballad:4. Romances:5."Stream of Consciousness":6. Blank verse:7. Sonnet:8. Byronic Hero:9. Alliteration:10. Heroic Couplet:11. Chivalry12. Farce13.Spenserian stanza14. Soliloquy15.Conceit16. Epic:17. Minstrel:18. miracle play19. Stanza20. SatirePart V.I. Write a 200-word essay about Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist: 30%1. Who is the hero of the novel? How well does he live his life?2. Why does Dickens end his novel with the final happiness of Oliver Twist?3. Who are responsible for his misfortune?4. Do you think Oliver Twist lives in modern city today?5. Why did Dickens often take children as main characters to describe the society? II. Write a 200-word essay about Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice: 30% 1. Discuss the importance of social class in the novel, especially as it impacts the relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy.2. Analyze how Austen depicts Mr. Bennet. Is he a positive or negative figure?3. Pride and Prejudice is a novel about women who feel they have to marry to be happy. Taking Charlotte Lucas as an example, do you think the author is making a social criticism of her era’s view of marriage?4. Giving special attention to Wickham, Charlotte Lucas, and Elizabeth, compare and contrast male and female attitudes toward marriage in the novel.5. Discuss the relationship between Mrs. Bennet and her children, especially Elizabeth and LydiaIII. Write a 200-word essay about Daniel Defoe’ novel, Robinson Crusoe: 30%1. What are the personal characters of Robinson Crusoe?2. How does Robinson Crusoe set up a new society on the island?3. What example does he set for the later colonists?4. What are the language features in Robinson Crusoe?(Analyzing plot, characterization, theme and language)。
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Romanticism in England :ExercisesI.Choose one or more from a, b, c, d, e, or f to complete each statement.1.The Romantic Age began with the publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” which was written by _____.a. William Wordsworthb. Samuel Johnsonc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. Wordsworth and Coleridge2.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer _____.a. Jane Austenb. Walter Scottc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. William Wordsworth3. The publication of “ _____ ” marked the beginning of Romantic Age.a. Don Juanb. The Rime of the Ancient Marinerc. The Lyrical Balladsd. Queen Mab4. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of _____.a. Wordsworthb. Coleridgec. Byrond. Shelleye. Keats5. The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are_____.a. Byron and Shelleyb. Wordsworth and Coleridgec. Scott and Austend. Lamb and Hazlitt6. Which of the following works are elegies?a. Adonaisb. Lycidasc. Lamiad. Isabellae. Queen Mab7. The prose writing of the Romantic Period was represented by _____.a. Lambb. Hazlittc. De Quinceyd. Humee. Keats8. Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group?a. Byronb. Wordsworthc. Shelleyd. Keatse. Milton9. Which poets belong to the lakers?a. Wordsworthb. Coleridgec. Keatsd. Southeye. Scott10. Which of the following were written by Wordsworth only?a. To the Cuckoob. The Lyrical Balladsc. Lucy Poemsd. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloude. The Solitary Reaper11. Choose the poems written by Wordsworth with the theme on Nature and country life.a. To the Cuckoob. We Are Sevenc. Lucy Poemsd. The Solitary Reapere. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud12. The first poem in “The Lyrical Ballads” is Coleridge’s masterpiece “ _____ ”.a. Kubla Khanb. The Preludec. The Rime of Ancient Marinerd. Tintern Abbey13. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled “ _____ ”.a. Biographia Literariab. The Preludec. Lucy Poemsd. The Lyrical Ballads14. Choose Byron’s two long poems.a. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimageb. Don Juanc. Tom Jonesd. The Pilgrim’s Progresse. The Isle of Greece15. Which short lyrics were written by Byron?a. She Walks in Beautyb. When We Two Partedc. Hebrew Melodiesd. One Word is Too Often Profanede. A Red, Red Rose16. Which is Shelley’s masterpiece?a. Queen Mabb. Prometheus Unboundc. Prometheus Boundd. The Revolt of Islam17. The following statements are about “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”. Which statement is true?a. Byron used his own experiences as the material of the long poem.b. The first canto deals with the hero’s journey in Portugual andSpain.c. The second canto describes Albania and Greece.d. In the third canto appeared his description of Waterloo.e. The fourth canto describes Italy.18. Choose the works written by Coleridge himself.a. The Rime of Ancient Marinerb. Kubla Khanc. Biographia Literariad. The Fall of the Bastillee. The Lyrical Ballads19. Choose the works written by Byron.a. Ode to the Framers of the Frame-billb. Oriental Talesc. Manfredd. Caine. Prometheus Unbound20. Choose the poetic dramas written by Byron.a. Hours of Idlenessb. Manfredc. Caind. Oriental Talese. Prometheus Unbound21. Which were Shelley’s poetic dramas?a. Prometheus Unboundb. The Cencic. The Masque of Anarchyd. Queen Mabe. Cain22. Which were Shelley’s lyrics on nature?a. Ode to the West Windb. To a Skylarkc. The Cloudd. Ode to the Nightingalee. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud23. Shelley’s fine love lyrics include such well-known poems as _____.a. Love’s Philosophyb. One Word is Too Often Profanedc. When We Two Partedd. A Red, Red Rosee. Song to Celia24. Which were Shelley’s political lyrics?a. A Defence of Poetryb. To a Skylarkc. Song to the Men of Englandd. England in 1819e. The Masque of Anarchy25. Which is Shelley’s work of literary critici sm?a. An Essay on Criticismb. A Defence of poetryc. On the Necessity of Atheismd. of Studies26. Choose the historical novels written by Scott.a. Rob Royb. Ivanboec. Marmiond. The Lady of the Lakee. Waverly27. Choose the four immortal odes written by Keats.a. Ode to the West Windb. Ode to a Nightingalec. Ode to Autumnd. Ode on Melancholye. Ode on a Grecian Urn28. Which sonnets were written by Keats?a. London, 1802b. When I Have Fearsc. Bright Stard. On the Grasshopper and Cricket29. Choose the long poems by Keats.a. Endymionb. Lamiac. Isabellad. The Eve of St. Agnese. Ode to a Nightingale30. Which of the following deal with the theme of love and the cost of true lovers in the society of tyranny and oppression?a. Romeo and Julietb. Lamiac. Isabellad. The Eve of St. Agnese. Adonais31. Which poem tells a story similar to Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”?a. Isabellab. The Eve of St. Agnesc. Lamiad. All for Love32. Which works are based on ancient Greek mythology?a. Prometheus Boundb. Prometheus Unboundc. Endymiond. Paradise Loste. The Rime of Ancient Mariner33. Which works have employed the subjects from the Bible?a. Paradise Lostb. Paradise Regainedc. Samson Agonistesd. Caine. Prometheus Unbound34. Choose the works written by Austen.a. Pride and Prejudiceb. Sense and Sensibilityc. Northanger Abbeyd. Emmae. Mansfield Parkf. PersuasionII. Fill in the blanks.1. The Roma ntic Age began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work “_____”.2. The Romantic Age came to an end in 1832 when the last Romantic writer _____ died.3. The publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” marked the break with classicism and t he beginning of the _____.4. Women as _____ appeared in the romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time, an important place in English literature.5. The greatest historical novelist _____ was produced in the Romantic Age.6. The English Romantic period produced two major novelists: _____ and _____.7. _____ was regarded as the best essayist during the Romantic Age.8. Among Wordsworth’s longer poems, the best-known one is “_____”.9. _____ marked the transition from romanticism to the period of realism which followed it.10. In 1817, _____ finished his literary criticism, “Biographia Literaria”.11. The first poem in the collection “The Lyrical Ballads” is _____’s masterpiece “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”.12. On the death of Robert Southey in 1843, _____ was made poet laureate.13. In 1805, Wordsworth completed “_____”, containing all together 14 books.14. In 1807 Byron published his lyric poems in a small V olume called “Hours of Idleness”. The V olume was sharply attacked in the influential Edinburgh Review. Byron responded with his first important poem, a biting satire called “_____”.15. Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems, one is “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”, the other is _____.16. In 1824, the Revolutionary Romantic poet _____ went to Greece to help that country in its struggle for liberty against Turks. Not long, he died of fever there.17. The poem “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” contains _____ cantos. It is written in Spenserian stanza.18. Byron wrote _____ in Italy. It contains sixteen cantos.19. Byron’s masterpiece is _____.20. _____ is Byron’s philosophical poetic drama.21. _____ is Byron’s poetic drama with the material taken from Biblical story.22. Byron’s first volume of poems is “_____”.23. _____ was expelled after only six months at Oxford, because he had written the pamphlet “The Necessity of Atheism”.24. “_____”, a lyrical drama, is Shelley’s masterpiece. The story was taken from Greek mythology.25. After the death of Shelley’s first wife, he was compelled to leave England in 1818, and spent all the rest of his life in _____.26. “_____” is Shelley’s first long poem of importance. It was written in the form of a fairy tale dream.27. “The Masque of Anarchy” is one of Shelley’s political ly rics. It deals with the infamous _____ which happened on August 16, 1819.28. “_____” is Shelley’s well-known political lyric which calls upon the working class to fight against their rulers and exploiters.29. Shelley wrote an elegy _____ lamenting the early death of his fellow-poet _____.30. “Ode to a Nightingale” was written by _____.31. Jane Austen’s masterpiece is “_____”.32. “Ivanhoe” is the masterpiece of the historical novelist _____.III. Error correction.1.The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wor dsworth and Coleridge published their joint work “Kubla Khan”.2.The Romantic Age came to an end in 1832 when the last romantic writer Jane Austen died.3.The publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” marked the break with classicism and the beginning of the age of Reason.4.The Romantic Age is emphatically an age of novel. Many young enthusiastic writers turned to poetry.5.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the prose of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.6.Women as poets appeared in the Romantic Age, such as Jane Austen.7.Romantic novel of the romantic age was represented by Lamb, Hazlitt, De Quincey and Hume.8. “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” is written by Coleridge.9. The first poem in “The Lyrical Ballads” is Wordsworth’s masterpiece“The Rime of Ancient Mariner”.10. The brillant literary criticism “Biographia Literaria” is written by Samuel Johnson.11. In 1805, Southey completed a long autobiographical poem entitled “The Prelude”.12. Byron’s masterpiece is “Tom Jones”.13. “Manfred” and “Cain” were Byron’s two poems.14. “The Isle of Greece” is taken from the 3rd canto of “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”.15. “Queen Mab” is the first long poem written by Keats.16. Shelley’s masterpiece is “Prometheus Bound”.17. “Prometheus Unbound” i s a novel.18. “Song to the Men of England” is Byron’s political lyric.19. “Ode to a Nightingale” is Shelley’s best poem.20. Jane Austen is the first historical novelist in English literature.21. “The Pride and Prejudice” is the masterpiece of Charles D ickens.22. Chronologically, Jane Austen’s career belongs to the Renaissance period. She was a contemporary of Wordsworth and Coleridge.23. Jane Austen is one of the naturalist novelists. She drew vivid and realistic pictures of everyday life of the country society in her novels.24. Walter Scott is the greatest historical novelist whose masterpiece is “Richard I”.25. Charles Lamb is one of the great novelists of the Romantic Age. “Tales from Shakespeare” was written by him and his sister Mary Lamb.IV. Find the relevant match from column B for each item in column A.A1.( ) George Gordon Byron2.( ) Percy Bysshe Shelley3.( ) John Keats1.( ) Charles Lamb2.( ) William Hazlitt3.( ) Walter Scott4.( ) Jane Austen5.( ) Samuel Taylor Coleridge6.( ) Robert Southey7.( ) William WordsworthBa.Endymionb.Tales From Shakespearec.The Characters of Shakespeare’s Playsd.Don Juane.Prometheus Unboundf.Ivanhoeg.Kubla Khanh.Pride and Prejudicei.The Preludej.Life of NelsonV. Answer the following questions.1.What is Romanticism?2.What are the main features of the works of the romanticists?3.Make a contrast between the two generations of Romantic poets during the Romantic Age.4.What are Austen’s writing features?5.Make a comment on Wordsworth.6.Make a comment on Byron.7.Make a comment on Keats.Part VIII The Victorian Age ExerciseIn the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend ______appeared. And it flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.a. romanticismb. naturalismc. realism d,critical realism2. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of______. The critical realists, most of whom were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticized the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.a. novelb. dramac. poetryd. Sonnet3. The greatest English critical realist novelist was _______,who criticized the bourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common people.a. William Makepeace Thackerayb. Charles Dickensc. Charlotte Bronted. Emily Dickinson4,______was a critical realist and also a severe exposer of contemporary society . His novels, such as “Vanity Fair”, are mainly a satirical portray of the upper strata of society.a. George Eliotb. Elizabeth Caskellc. William Makepeace Thackerayd. John Bunyan5. Which of the following writers belong to critical realists?a. Charles Dickensb. William Makepeace Thackerayc. Elizabeth Caskelld. Thomas Hardy6. Which of the following writers belong to English critical realists?a. George Eliotb. Emily Brontec. Thomas Hardyd. Charles Dickens7. Which of the following writers don’t belong to English critical realists?a. Oliver Goldsmithb. Charles Dickensc. William Makepeace Thackerayd. Jonathan Swifte. Daniel Defoe8. In the 19th century, the social contradictions were also reflected in the prose writing. The important prosewriters who criticized the evils of the capitalist society were ______.a. Thomas Carlyleb. John Ruskinc. Matthew Arnoldd. Charles Lambe. John Dryden9.In the Victorian age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the age were ______.a. Tennysonb. Robert Browningc. Mrs. Browningd. Robert Burnse. William Blake10. The _____ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers were able to appear as an independent political force and were already realizing the face that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.a. Enlightenmentb. Renaissancec. Chartistd. Romanticist11. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature, the struggle of the ______for its rights.a. soldiersb. peasantsc. bourgeoisied. proletariat12. The heroic and revolutionary Chartist poetry played an important role in the development of English proletarian literature in connection with the working class movement. The greatest of Chartist poets was______.a. Ernest Jonesb. John Miltonc. Thomas Hardyd. John Keats13. The main poets of the Chartist poetry were______.a. Ernest Jonesb. Thomas Hoodc. Thomas Cooperd. John Miltone. Robert Browning14. In 1864, the First International was formed in London. Under the leadership of_____, the working class movement developed quickly.a. Marx and Englesb. Byron and Shelleyc. Milton and Cromwell d, Tennyson and Browning15.______ was the first English poet and writer who voiced the revolutionary ideal of Socialism in his poetry and prose.a. William Makepeace Thackerayb. William Shakepearec. William Wordsworthd. William Morris16. Dickens’ first literary career is referred to those years from 1836 to 1841. It is marked for youthful optimis m. The main novels written in this period by Dickens are ______.a. The Pickwick Papersb. Oliver Twistc. Nicholas Nicklebyd. Hard Times17. The story of “______” deals with the adventures of a retired old merchant.a. A tale of Two Citiesb. David Copperfieldc. Pickwick Papersd. Oliver Twist18. The novel “______”exposes the terrible conditions of English private schools.a. Nicholas Nicklebyb. Oliver Twistc. Hard Timesd. Great Expectations19. The story of “______”deals with the sufferings and hardships of an man named Trent, and his grand-daughter, Nell.a. Pickwick Papersb. The Old Curiosity Shopc. Great Expectationsd. Hard Times20.The second period of Dickens’s literary career, which be gan from 1842.and ended in 1849,was a period of excitement and irritation. Dickens’s naïve optimism toward the capitalist society was profoundly shaken. The main novels produced in this period are______.a. “Martin Chuzzlewit”b.“Dombey and Son”c. “David Copperfield”d.“Pickwick Papers”e.“Oliver Twist”21.In the third period of Dickens’s literary career, his works showed the intensifying pessimism. His main novels produced in this period are ______.a. “Hard Times”b.“Great Expectations”c. “A Tale of Two Cities”d.“Bleak House”e.“David Copperfield”22. Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and bourgeois utilitarianism?a. “Oliver Twist”b.“Hard Times”c.“Great Expectations”d.“A Tale of Two Cities”23. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality?a. “Oliver Twist”b.“David Copperfield”c.“Great Expectations”d.“Dombey and Son”24. In the novel “______” , Dickens describes the Chartist Movement. He shows that the Chartist Movement is the just struggle of the workers for better conditions, and expresses his sympathy for the workers.a. Great Expectationsb. A Tale of Two Citiesc. Hard Timesd. Oliver Twist25. Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel”______”.a. A Tale of Two Citiesb. Great Expectationsc. Little Dorritd. Bleak House26. In the novel “_____”, the revolutionaries are represented by Defarge (Dr. Manette’s servant) and Madame Defarge.a. Dombey and Sonb. A Tale of Two Citiesc. Little Dorritd. Bleak House27. In the novel “_____”, Dr. Manette i s a typical bourgeois intellectual. He sympathizes with the poor and defends the oppressed people, but feels terrified before the fire of revolution.a. David Copperfieldb. Wuthering Heightsc. The Forsyte Sagad. A Tale of Two cities28. “______” is often regarded as the semiautobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author’s early life.a. Tom Jonesb. David Copperfieldc. Oliver Twistd. Great Expectations29. In the novel “_____”, Dickens gives a truthful presentation of the sufferance of the poor, and makes a complete exposure of the terrible conditions in the English workhouse of the time and the brutality and corruption of the oppressors under the mask f philanthropy.a. David Copperfieldb. Oliver Twistc. Great Expectationsd. Hard Times30.In 1864,Dickens published his last complete novel “_____”.a. The Old Curiosity Shopb. The Pickwick Paperc. Our Mutual Friendd. Little Dorrit31. Which is Thackeray’s masterpiece?a. “The Virginians”b.“Vanity Fair”c. “The Books of Snobs”d.“The Newcomes”32. The sub-title of “Vanity Fair” is “_____”.a. A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayedb. The Spirit and the Fleshc. A Novel Without a Herod. Sense and Sensibility33. The title of the novel “Vanity Fair” was taken from Bunyan’s masterpiece “_____” .a. The Pilgrim’s Progressb.Childe Harold’s Pilgrimagec. Gulliver’s Travel sd. The Canterbury Tales34. Which characters are in the novel “Vanity Fair”?a. Amelia Sedleyb. Rebecca Sharpc. George Osborned. Joseph Sedley35. The Bronte sisters are ______. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.a. Charlotte Bronteb. Emily Brontec. Anne Bronted. Jane Eyree. Catherine36. Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: “______”.a. Professorb. Jane Eyrec. Shirleyd. Villettee. Agnes Grey37. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled “_____”.a. Wuthering Heightsb. Jane Eyrec. Emmad. Agnes Grey38. Choose the names appearing in the novel Jane Eyre.a. Jane Eyreb. Mr. Rochestec. rMary Bartond. Silas Marner39. Which characters appear in the novel “Wuthering Heights”?a. Heathcliffb. Catherinec. Hindleyd. Cathye. Hareton40. In the novel “Jane Eyre”, Charlotte______.a. Pours a great deal of her own experienceb. Criticizes the bourgeois system of educationc. Shows that true love is the foundation of marriaged. Shows that women should have equal rights with men41. The author of “Mary Barton” is Mrs.Gaskell, whose full name is _______.a. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskellb. Elizabeth Barrett Browningc. Harriet Beecher Stowed. Samuel Langhorne Clemens42. Mrs.Gaskell was the friend of Charlotte Bronte. Her “______” is one of the best biographies in English Literature.a. Life of Charlotte Bronteb. Life of Johnsonc. Tales of Skakespeared. Adonais43. Mrs. Gaskell wrote the novel “Mary Barton”______.a. with the idea of making it the social instrument of social reformb. to show her Sympathy toward the working classc. to reflect the class conflict of her timed. with realistic description of the social and political life of that periodwhich was criticized by the bourgeois critics as a book hostile to the employers44. Which of the novels belongs to critical realism?a. “Mary Barton”b.“North and South”c. “Cranford”d.“Life of Charlotte Bronte”45. The novel “Mary Barton”______.a. is about the class struggle between the workers and the capitalistsb. is one of the important social novels of that periodc. reflects something about Chartist Movementd. contains such characters as John Barton, Mary, Wilson and Carson46. George Eliot was the pseudonym of ______.a. Mark Twinb. Mary Ann Evansc. Ellis Bell d,Samuel Langhorne Clemen47. George Eliot produced three remarkable novels which made her famous. They are “______”.a. Adam Bedeb. The Mill on the Flossc. Silas Marnerd. Mary Bartone. Pamela48. Hardy is one of the representatives of English ______ at the turn of the 19th century.a. critical realism.b. preromanticismc. neo-classicismd. new romanticism49. Which statement is true?a. Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.b. Hardy is also a poet.c. Hardy is a critical realist.d. Fatalism is strongly reflected in Hardy’ s novels.50. According to Hardy’ s own classification, his novels divide themselves into three groups. They are_______.a. Novels of character and Environmentb. Romances and Fantasiesc. Novels of Ingenuityd. Working class literature51. Novels of character and Environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties of England for their setting. They include: “_______”.a. Under the Greenwood Treeb. The Return of the Nativec. The Mayor of Casterbridged. Tess of the D’Urbervillese. Jude the Obscure52. The following statements are about Hardy’s novels, which is ture?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 novelsd. .Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.e. There are elements of naturalism in his works.53. Hardy was not only a novelist, but also a poet. Which are Hardy’ s poetic works?a. “Wessex Poems and Other Verses”b.“Poems of the Past and the Present”c. “The Dynasts”d.“The Queen of Cornwall” e,“Under the Greenwood Tree”54. George Meredit h published a number a number of poems and novels. His main novels are “_______”.a. The Ordeal of Richarh Feverelb. Beauchamp’s Careerc. The Egoistd. Mary Bartone. Diana of the Crossways55. George Meredith’ s main poems are “______”.a. Modern Loveb. Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earthc. The Idea of Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spiritd. The Egoist56. In the novel “______” ,Samuel Butler satirizes the religion, school education and the theory of posit ivism.a. News and Nowhereb. Utopiac. Gulliver’s Travelsd.Erewhon57. The novel “______” describes a country where disease is considered to be a kind of crime while theft and other vices are considered to be diseases.a. Erewhonb. Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Laterc. The way of All Fleshd. News From Nowhere58. ______ is the representative of New Romanticism in novel writing at the end of the 19th century.a. Robert Louis Stevensonb. Lawrence Sternec. Robert Browning d,Percy Bysshe Shelley59. Stevenson’s writings include novels, short stories, essays and poems. His main novels are “______”.a. Treasure Islandb. The Strange Case of Dr. Jeykell and Mr. Hydec. Kidnappedd. A Child’s Garden of Verses60. “The Way of All Flesh” was written by ______.a. Samuel Johnsonb. Samuel Butlerc. William Butler Yeatsd. Ben Jonsn61. Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticizes the upper class of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are “ ______”.a. Lady Windermere’s Fanb. A Woman of No Importancec. An Ideal Husbandd. The Importance of Being EarnesteThe Picture of Dorian Gray62. Which of the following was written by Wilde?a. “Lady Windermere’s Fan”b.“The Merry Wives of Windsor”c. “The Portrait of a Lady”d.“A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”e. “The Picture of Dorian Gray”63. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ______.a. aestheticismb. decadencec. critical realismd. preromanticism64. Tennyson’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are:a. “The Princess”b.“Maud”c. “In Memoriam”d.“Idylls of the King”e.“Crossing the Bar”65. Which short poem was written by Tennyson?a. “Break, Break, Break”b.“Crossing the Bar”c. “The Eagle”d.“Sweet and Low”e.“Tears, Idle Tears”66. Which of the following concerns the story of King Arther.a. “Idylls of the King”b.“Morte d’Arthur”c. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”d.“The History of the Kings of Britain”e.“Brut”67. Which lament was written by Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam?a. “In Memoriam”b.“Lycidas”c. “Adodais”d.“Elegy written in a Country”68. Which of the following were written by Robert Browning?a. “The Ring and the Book’b.“My Last Duchess”c. “Men and Women”d.“Sonnets from the Portuguese”e.“Pauline”69. Which is Robert Browning’s short poem?a. “Home Thought, from Abroad”b.“Home Thought, from Sea”c. “Meeting at Night”d.“Cry of the Children”e.“Pauline”70.Which of the following belong to the working class literature in the 19th century?a. “The Song of the Lower Classes’ sb.“The Song of the Wage-Slave”c. “The poor Man’s Guardian”d.“A Dream of John Ball”e. “News From Nowhere”71. “My Last Duchess” is ______.a. a dramatic monologueb. a short lyricc. a noveld. an essay72. Ernest Jones was the greatest Chartist poet. His main works are:a. “The Song of the Lower Classes’ s”b.“The Song of the Wage-Slave”c. “The New World”d.“A Dream of John Ball”73. Which of the following is Chartist poet?a. Ernest Jonesb. Thomas Cooperc. William James Lintond. Mary Barton74. Which of the following is written by Morris?a. “A Dream of John Ball”b.“News From Nowhere”c. “Chants for Socialism”d.“Pilgrims of Hope”e.“The Earthly Paradise”Fill in each blank.1. English ______of the 19th century flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.2. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend _____appeared after the romantic poetry.3.ritical realism found its fine expression in the form of novel. Most of the critical realists were______4. The greatest English realist of the 19th century was ______, who pictures bourgeois civilization, and shows the misery and sufferings of the common people.5. ______ was also a critical realist. His novels are mainly a satirical portrayal of society.6.Critical realism reveals the corrupting influence of the rule of cash upon human nature. Here lies the essentially democratic and humanistic character of______.7. The Victorian Age in English Literature was largely an age of prose, especially of the ______.8.The most important poet of the Victorian Age was ______. Next to him were Robert Browning and his wife.9. The ______Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century.10.The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature: the struggle of the ______for its rights.11.The Chartist poetry played an important role in the development of English proletariat literature, the greatest Chartist poet was______.12.In 1864, the ______ International was formed in London, under the leadership of Marx and Engels.13.______ was the first writer who voiced the ideal of Socialism in his poetry and prose in the 19th century.14. ______ was the greatest representative of English critical realism.15.The novel“______” deals with the adventures of Mr. Pickwick, a retired old merchant, who is the founder and chairman of the Pickwick Club.16.The novel “Oliver Twist” tells the story of a poor child named ______who is born in a workhouse and brought up under miserable conditions.17.The novel “______” touches upon a burning question of Dickens’s time: the education of children in the private school.18. Of all of Dickens’s novels, “______” is regarded as his masterpiece.19. Mr. Peggotty and Steerforth are two characters in Dickens’s novel “______”’20.In the novel “David Copperfield”, the hero h as undergone a series of love adventures. He falls in love with, and then marries a pretty, empty-headed girl called Dora. After his wife’s death, David marries ______, the daughter of his aunt’s lawyer.21.The novel “Hard Times” makes fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and the bourgeois philosophy.22. In the novel “A Tale of Two Cities”, the two cities are ______ in the time of revolution.23. Madame Defarge is relentless revolutionary in the novel “______”.24.In 1847,Thackeray published his masterpiece “______”, which marks the peak of his literary career.25.The sub-title of “Vanity Fair” is ______.The writer’s intention was not to portray individuals, but the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.26.The title of the novel “Vanity Fair” is suggestive of that Vanity Fair in Bunyan’ s “______”, where all sorts of vanity vanities are on sale.27.The main plot of “Vanity Fair” centers on the story of two women: Amelia Sedley and ______. Their characters are in sharp contrast.28. The Bronte sisters are Charlotte Bronte,______ and Anne Bronte.29. Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece is “______”.30. Emily Bronte’s masterpiece is “______”.31. Heathcliff is a character in the novel of _______.32. Mr. Rochester is a character in the novel of _______.33. The novel “______” shows that pure and true love in a class society is impossible of attainment. Its author is Emily Bronte.34. The author of “Mary Barton” is ______.35. Mrs. Gaskell’s novel “______” is undoubtedly her best novel because of its realistic description of the social and political life of that period.36. Mrs. Gaskell’s novel “______”makes a turning point in her literary creation, for in his this novel she abandoned critical realism for a kind of writing acceptable to the bourgeois public.37.With sympathy, keen observation and humor, Mrs.Gaskelldescribes the small affairs of a country village, Cranford, in her novel “______”.38. In “Mary Barton”,_______ is an active Chartist. He kills a capitalist called Carson.39. George Eliot was the pseudonym of _______’40. The author of “The Mill On the Floss” is _______.41. George Eliot produced three remarkable novels including “Adam Bede”, “The Mill on the Floss” and ______.42. In the novel “Adam Bede”, Adam fa lls in love with a village girl called ______.43. The central characters of “The Mill on the Floss” are Tom and his sister _______.44. Hardy’ s novels of character and environment, which are also called ______, are of great significance.45. Among Hardy’ s novels, the best-known are “______” and “Jude the Obscure”.46. Hardy’ s novel “______”, tells the story about a school mistress’ s unhappy love affairs with a clergyman.。
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Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A. (10%)Section Acolumn A column B(1)Charles Dickens A. Oliver Twist(2)D。
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The Forsyte Saga(3)Jonathan Swift C. The Jew of Malta(4)John Galsworthy D. Sons and Lovers(5)Christopher Marlowe E. A Modest ProposalSection Bcolumn A column B(1) Doctor Faustus A。
Darcy(2) The Merchant of Venice B。
Joseph Surface(3) The School for Scandal C. Portia(4)Pride and Prejudice D. Friday(5)Robinson Crusoe E。
MephistophilisPart Ⅱ: Complete each of the following statements with a proper words or a phrase. (10%)1。
The Canterbury Tales first time to use“”2.It is Spenser’s idealism, his love of beauty, and his exquisite melody that made him known as “_____ _”.3. is a playwright & poet who is considered above all writers in the past and in the present time 4。
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英国文学期末试卷I.Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1.The greatest poet of the Middle English period is __________________ , the fatherof English poetry.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. John LylyC. William LanglandD. John MiltonIn “The PiIgrims Progress" Christian and Faithful come to the where both are arrested as alien agitators and tried.A.Vanity FairB. Doubting CastleC. Celestial CityD. hell2.Shakespeare' s four great tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, _______________________ and _______ .A. King Lear... Romeo and JulietB. King Lear... MacbethC. King John ...Julius CaesarD. King John.^The Merchant of Venice3.The keynote of the Renaissance is ______________________ .A. humanismB. realismC. naturalismD. skepticism4.The English Renaissance period was an age of _________________ •A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry5.The predominated metaphor in The Pilgrim' s Progress is that ____________________ .A. Life is a journey Life is a dreamC.Life is to endure hardshipD. none of the above6._____ is a typical feature of Swift' s writings.A. Bitter satireB. Elegant styleC. Casual narrationD. Complicated sentence structure7.Do you thinks because I am poor, obscure, plain , and little,I am soulless and heartless? And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. The above quoted passage is most probable taken from ・A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD.Great Expectations8.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may cometo know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of __________________ .A. simple character and quick witB. simple character and poor understandingC. intricate character and quick witD. intricate character and poor understanding9.The work that presented , for the first time in English literature,a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gal lery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely .A.William Langland ' Piers PlowmanB.Geoffrey Chaucer' s The Canterbury TalesC.BeowulfD. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightII ・Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write Tfor true and F for false on your answer sheet.( )1. William Wordsworth is one of the representative writers of Critical Realism.( )2. Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as the father of English poetry.( )3. Paradise Lost is one of Milton' s novels.( )4. The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge copublished their joint work “Kubla Khan”( )5. Renaissance is also called the Age of Reason.( )6. Mr. Rochester is a character in the novel Jane Eyre, which was written by Emily Bronte.( )7. In English literature, the Elizabethan period is traditionally called "Age of Shakespeare”.( )8. The greatest English critical realist was Charles Dickens.( )9. English literature in the Renaissance Period is usually regarded as the highlight in the history of English literature.( )10. Gulliver' s Travels is a novel mainly about love and friendship.III.Matching.Writers and worksA B(1 )Charlcs Dickens A. Battle of Books(2)Charlotte Bronte B. Pride and Prejudice(3)William Shakespeare C. Romeo and Juliet(4)Jane Austen D. Oliver Twist(5) Jonathan Swift E. Jane Eyre(6) William ThackerayF. Farie Queen(7) Edmund SpenserG. Ivanhoe(8) Sir. Walter Scott H. Mrs. Dalloway(9) Virginia Woolf I. Tom Jones(1 0) Henry Fielding J. Vanity FairB. Characters and works(1)Banquo A. Oliver Twist(2) Lydia B. Macbeth(3) NancyC. Robinson Crusoe(4) Friday D. Pride and Pejudice(5) Marianne E. Mrs. Warren' s Profession(6) Pip F. Sense and Sensibility(7) Vivie G. Great Expectations(8) Satan H. Paradise Lost(9) Sophia I. Wuthcring Heights(1 0) Catherine J. Tom JonesC Quotations and worksB.(3) I am Heathcliff!C. William ShakespeareD. T. S. Eliot(1) Shall I compare thee to a summer ? s day ? A. Jane Austen (2) It is a truth universallyacknowledged that every single manin possession of a good fortune. must be in want of a wife. William Wordsworth(4) My love is like a red, red rose.E. Emily Bronte(5)I wandered lonely as a cloud.(6)She walks in beauty like the night. F. Robert Burns(7)If winter comes, can spring be far behind? H. Percy Bysshe Shelly(8)Awake, arise, or be forever fallen. I. John Keats(9)Beauty is truth, truth beauty. J. John Milton(10)Let us go then, you and I K. George Gordon ByronIV.Terms. (You can choose four of the followings to give your definition.)1 .Sonnet2.Renaissance3.Alliteration4.British Romanticismke Poets/Lakers6.The Metaphysical SchoolV.Interpretation : Read the following selections and then answer the questions.Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1.For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.Questions :(1 )What docs the poem describe?(2)Can you paraphrase the meaning o f “the bliss of the solitude?(3)What is the relation between man and nature, and in what way does the poem reflect some characteristics of Romanticism?2.It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.My dear Mr. Bennet, said his lady to him one day, have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.But it is, returned she; for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.Mr. Bennet made no answer.Do not you want to know who has taken it? cried his wife impatiently.You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.This was invitation enough.Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.What is his name? Bingley. Is he married or single?Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year.What a fine thing for our girls!Questions:(1 )Why Mrs. Bennet insist Mr. Bennet visiting Netherfield and Mr. Bingley?(2)What kind of people are Mr. and Mrs. Bennet ?(3)The underlined sentence reveals the subject that interests Mrs.Bennet most. From the sentence can you discern why she is so excited?IV. Essay Question:In this part you arc asked to choose one topic from the followings and write a short essay. You should concentrate on those important points and demonstrate your ideas with brief, apt episodes or quotations from the Text. Try your best to be logical in your essay, (within 500 words)1 .Gulliver has made four travels to Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the land of Houyhnhnms. His travels away from England bring the readers closer to the problems of the English society. Use two or three examples to explain what kinds of problems the novel has revealed.e examples from Oliver Twist or Jane Eyre to illustrate the majorthemes of the novel.3.Select two major characters from Pride and Prejudice or Sense andSensibility to analyze the characteristics of these characters.4.Who is the real victim of Macbeth? How to understand its tragic factors? Use relative quotations to illustrate your viewpoints.。
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IV. Identify the following quotations by indicating the FULL NAMES
of the authors and the WORKS from which they are taken. (15%) 1. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.
History and Anthology of English Literature
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Column B by putting the appropriate letter in the brackets. (15%)
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2012EnglishLiterature英国文学期末考试卷英国文学考试复习题:Part I.1. Geoffrey Chaucer is the founder of English ________.A. PoetryB. DramaC. NovelD. Prose2. Percy Bysshe Shelley was a famous __________ poet.A. NaturalistB. RealistC. RomanticistD. Classicist3. Beowulf is the national ________ of Britain.A. balladB. epicC. romanceD. sonnet4. Wuthering Heights is ______________ 's masterpiece.A. Jane AustenB. Emily Bronte C Anne Bronte B George Eliot5. The English Renaissance began in the_____.A. 14th centuryB. 15th centuryC. 16th centuryD. 17th century6. The English Renaissance began during the reign of_____.A. Elizabeth IB. James IC. Henry VIIID. Charles II7. A stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter and the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc ic called_____.A. Shakespearean SonnetB. Petrarchan SonnetC. Spenserian StanzaD. Blank Verse8. Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus is a play bas ed on a(n)_____legend.A. GermanB. EnglishC. IrishD. Italian9_____is not Shakespeare’s work.A. HamletB. King LearC. OthelloD. The Faerie Queene10. The Four Greatest Tragedies of Shakespeare’s do not include:A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. MacbethD. Othello11._____is not a Metaphysical poet.A. John DonneB. MarloweC. HerbertD. Marvell12._____is not written by John MiltonA. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf13. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” i s the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s_____.A. songB. tragedyC. sonnetD. comedy14. English Renaissance Period was an age of_____.A. ballads and songsB. prose and novelsC. essays and journalsD. poetry and drama15. Ode to the Grecian Urn is written by _________ .A. John KeatsB. Walter ScottC. ByronD. Shelley16.Tess of the D’Urbervilles is written by ___________ .A. Charles DickensB. George EliotC. Thomas HardyD. William Thackeray17. Walter Scott has been universally regarded as the founder and great master of _____________.A. the historical novelB. The realistic novelC. the scientific novelD. The gothic novel18. In which poem did Shelley write the following lines: The trumpet of a prophecy! O wind, / If winter comes, can spring be far behind?A. OzymandiasB. A Song: Men of EnglandC. Ode to the West WindD. Queen Mab19. What works of the following were NOT written by Byron?A. Don JuanB. Childe Harold PilgrimageC. CainD. Waverley20. Which of the following poems was written by William Wordsworth?A. The Faerie QueenB. Venus and AdonisC. The PreludeD. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner21. Which of the following poets does not belong to the Lake Poets?A. WordsworthB. SoutheyC. ColeridgeD. Keats22. Which of the following novels, written by Charles Dickens, shows the life experience of the author's youth?A. Great ExpectationB. Hard TimesC. David CopperfieldD. Edwin Drood23. Which of the following plays is not the greatest tragedies of Shakespeare?A. King LearB. Twelfth NightC. MacbethD. Othello24. From the following, choose the poem written by William Blake.A. A Red, Red RoseB. The TigerC. Get Up and Bar the DoorD. I Wander Lonely as a Cloud25. The writer of Utopia is _________ .A. Francis BaconB. Thomas WyattC. Thomas MoreD. Philip Sidney26 Along with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British _____ also grew very rapidly.A. bourgeoisB. proletariansC. aristocratic classD. royal family27. The Enlightenment Movement did not advocate_____.A. rationality, reason, order and rulesB. return to the ancient classical worksC. inner feelings of individualsD. universal education28._____is not written by Alexander Pope.A. An Essay on CriticismB. The EssaysC. An Essay on ManD. The Dunciad29. An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in_____.A. heroic coupletsB. English sonnetC. bland verseD. Italian sonnet30._____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 Criticism31. In Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the_____.A. aristocratic classB. enterprising landlordC .rising bourgeoisie D. hard-working people32. The tone of Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travel is_____.A. sadB. sarcasticC. praisingD. detached33._____has been regarded as “Father of English Novel.”A. Daniel DefoeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Samuel Richardson34. The _____ Period has been generally regarded as one of the most glorious in the English history, producing the literary giants such as Charles Dickens.A. RenaissanceB. NeoclassicalC. RomanticD. Victorian35. The School for Scandal was written by_____.A. Thomas GrayB. Samuel JohnsonC. Richard B. SheridanD. Daniel Defoe36. _____ is not Th omas Hardy’s work.A. The Mill on the FlossB. Tess of the D’UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. The Mayor of Casterbridge37. “My Last Duchess” is _____.A. a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC. a novelD. an essay38. Tennys on’s “Ulysses” gets its inspiration from the following works or writers except_____.A. Homer’s OdesseyB. Joyce’s UlyssesC. DanteD. Greek Mythology39. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend _____ appeared. And it flourished in the 1840s and in the early 1950s.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. critical realism40. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from_____.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Childe Harold’s Pilgr imageC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Canterbury Tales41.The rhyming scheme adopted in the English epic Beowulf is _________.A) consonant B) assonant C) heroic couplet D) Alliteration42.The theme of Beowulf is manifested in the spirit of ___________.A) Heroism B) Romanticism C) Fatalism D) Determinism42. Beowulf is the national ________ of Britain.A. balladB. epicC. romanceD. sonnet43. The English Renaissance began during the reign of_____.A. Elizabeth IB. James IC. Henry VIIID. Charles II44. A stanza of nine lines, with the first eight lines in iambic pentameter and the last line in iambic hexameter, rhyming ababbcbcc is called_____.A. Shakespearean SonnetB. Petrarchan SonnetC. Spenserian StanzaD. Blank Verse45. Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus is a play based on a(n)_____legend.A. GermanB. EnglishC. IrishD. Italian46._____is not Shakespeare’s work.A. HamletB. King LearC. OthelloD. T he Faerie Queene47. The Four Greatest Tragedies of Shakespeare’s do not include:A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. MacbethD. Othello48._____is not a Metaphysical poet.A. John DonneB. MarloweC. HerbertD. Marvell49._____is not written by John MiltonA. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf50. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s_____.A. songB. tragedyC. sonnetD. comedy51. Which of the following poems was written by William Wordsworth?A. The Faerie QueenB. Venus and AdonisC. The PreludeD. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner52. Which of the following poets does not belong to the Lake Poets?A. WordsworthB. SoutheyC. ColeridgeD. Keats53. Which of the following novels, written by Charles Dickens, shows the life experience of the author's youth?A. Great ExpectationB. Hard TimesC. David CopperfieldD. The Tale of Two Cities54. Except being a victory of England over ______, the rout of the fleet “Armada”(Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Germany55. From the following, choose the poem written by William Blake.A. A Red, Red RoseB. The TigerC. Get Up and Bar the DoorD. I Wander Lonely as a Cloud56. The writer of Utopia is _________ .A. Francis BaconB. Thomas WyattC. Thomas MoreD. Philip Sidney57 Along with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British _____ also grew very rapidly.A. bourgeoisB. proletariansC. aristocratic classD. royal family58. The Enlightenment Movement did not advocate_____.A. rationality, reason, order and rulesB. return to the ancient classical worksC. inner feelings of individualsD. universal education59. English Renaissance was not an age of prose, but Francis Bacon wrote his famous prose work ___________ ..A. An Essay on CriticismB. The EssaysC. An Essay on ManD. The Dunciad60. An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in_____.A. heroic coupletsB. English sonnetC. bland verseD. Italian sonnetPart II:1. The lyric poem:2. Elegy:3. Ballad:4. Romances:5."Stream of Consciousness":6. Blank verse:7. Sonnet:8. Byronic Hero:9. Alliteration:10. Heroic Couplet:11. Chivalry12. Farce13.Spenserian stanza14. Soliloquy15.Conceit16. Epic:17. Minstrel:18. miracle play19. Stanza20. SatirePart V.I. Write a 200-word essay about Charles Dickens’ novel,Oliver Twist: 30%1. Who is the hero of the novel? How well does he live his life?2. Why does Dickens end his novel with the final happiness of Oliver Twist?3. Who are responsible for his misfortune?4. Do you think Oliver Twist lives in modern city today?5. Why did Dickens often take children as main characters to describe the society? II. Write a 200-word essay about Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice: 30% 1. Discuss the importance of social class in the novel, especially as it impacts the relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy.2. Analyze how Austen depicts Mr. Bennet. Is he a positive or negative figure?3. Pride and Prejudice is a novel about women who feel they have to marry to be happy. Taking Charlotte Lucas as an example, do you think the author is making a social criticism of her era’s view of marriage?4. Giving special attention to Wickham, Charlotte Lucas, and Elizabeth, compare and contrast male and female attitudes toward marriage in the novel.5. Discuss the relationship between Mrs. Bennet and her children, especially Elizabeth and LydiaIII. Write a 200-word essay about Daniel Defoe’ novel, Robinson Crusoe: 30%1. What are the personal characters of Robinson Crusoe?2. How does Robinson Crusoe set up a new society on the island?3. What example does he set for the later colonists?4. What are the language features in Robinson Crusoe?(Analyzing plot, characterization, theme and language)。
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III. Explain the following literary terms in your own words. (20%)
A. 1. epic
2. romance
3.Blank verse
4.Sonnet
5.Allegory
B. C-E translation:
1. 人文主义
2. 喜剧
3.感伤主义 4 史诗5.十四行诗
IV. Identify the names of the works from which the characters come: (15%):
1. Christian and Faithful from___________________
2. Portia, Bassanio and Shylock from___________________
3. Robinson and Friday from____________________
4. The Nun and Wife of Bath from____________________
5. Satan, Adam and Eve from____________________
6. Ophelia and the Prince of Denmark from__________________
7. Beowulf and Grendal, the monster from__________________
IV. Identify the following quotations by indicating the FULL NAMES of the authors and the WORKS from which they are taken. (15%)
1. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.
Author Work
2.When I consider how my light is spent
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide
Author jhon swift Work when i consider how my light is spent
3. Then I saw in my dream, that when they were got out of the wilderness, they presently saw
a town before them, and the name of the town is Vanity;
Author Work
4. Shall I compare thee to a summer‟s day?
Thou are more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer‟s lease hath all too short a date:
Author william shakeshaper Work sonnet 18
5.Go and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,
Tell me where all past years are,
Or who cleft the Devil‟s foot,
Author Work
6. As soon as April pierces to the root
The drought of March, and bathes each bud and shoot
Author Work
7. All is not lost: the unconquerable will,
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to be submit or yield:
And what is else not to be overcome?
Author Work
V.(20%)
A)The following stanza is taken from Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Rewrite
them in your own words and tell briefly the main idea conveyed in these lines.
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether …tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them.
B) The following lines are taken from Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. Rewrite
them in your own words and tell briefly the main idea conveyed in these lines.
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow‟st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wand‟rst in his shade,
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.。