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英国文学考试试题

英国文学考试试题

英国文学考试试题一、选择题(每题2分,共20分)1. 英国文学中被誉为“英国诗歌之父”的诗人是:A. 威廉·莎士比亚B. 杰弗里·乔叟C. 约翰·弥尔顿D. 托马斯·莫尔2. 以下哪部作品是查尔斯·狄更斯的代表作之一?A. 《简·爱》B. 《傲慢与偏见》C. 《雾都孤儿》D. 《呼啸山庄》3. 英国浪漫主义文学运动的兴起时间大约是:A. 16世纪B. 17世纪C. 18世纪D. 19世纪初4. 以下哪位作家被认为是现代主义文学的先驱?A. 乔治·奥威尔B. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫C. 托马斯·哈代D. 奥斯卡·王尔德5. 《坎特伯雷故事集》的作者是:A. 威廉·莎士比亚B. 杰弗里·乔叟C. 约翰·弥尔顿D. 亚历山大·波普二、填空题(每空2分,共20分)6. 威廉·莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和________。

7. 英国文学史上的“湖畔诗人”包括威廉·华兹华斯、塞缪尔·泰勒·科尔里奇和________。

8. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的代表作《到灯塔去》是现代主义文学的典型作品,其特点是________和内心独白。

9. 《鲁滨逊漂流记》是丹尼尔·笛福的作品,被认为是________小说的先驱。

10. 英国文学中的“维多利亚时代”是指________女王统治时期。

三、简答题(每题10分,共30分)11. 简述约翰·弥尔顿的《失乐园》的主题思想。

12. 描述一下简·奥斯汀在《傲慢与偏见》中如何通过人物塑造来反映当时英国社会的阶级观念。

13. 简述乔治·奥威尔的《1984》中对极权主义社会的批判。

四、论述题(共30分)14. 论述英国文学中的哥特式小说的特点及其对后世的影响。

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案一、选择题(每题2分,共20分)1. 英国文学史上被誉为“英国文学之父”的诗人是:A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案:A2. 下列哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀的作品?A. 《理智与情感》B. 《傲慢与偏见》C. 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D. 《简·爱》答案:D3. 英国浪漫主义文学的代表人物包括以下哪些?A. 华兹华斯B. 雪莱C. 拜伦D. 以上都是答案:D4. 以下哪位作家不是英国文学中的“湖畔诗人”?A. 华兹华斯B. 柯勒律治C. 雪莱D. 南希答案:C5. “荒原”是哪位英国诗人的代表作?A. 艾略特B. 奥登C. 叶芝D. 狄兰·托马斯答案:A6. 下列哪部作品是弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的代表作?A. 《到灯塔去》B. 《乌托邦》C. 《美丽新世界》D. 《1984》答案:A7. 英国现代主义文学的代表作家T.S.艾略特的代表作是:A. 《荒原》B. 《老人与海》C. 《了不起的盖茨比》D. 《太阳照样升起》答案:A8. 以下哪部作品是乔治·奥威尔的代表作?A. 《动物农场》B. 《杀死一只知更鸟》C. 《查泰莱夫人的情人》D. 《美丽新世界》答案:A9. 英国文学中“黑色幽默”的代表作家是:A. 弗朗西斯·培根B. 约瑟夫·海勒C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 乔治·奥威尔答案:B10. 英国文学中的“哥特式小说”起源于哪部作品?A. 《弗兰肯斯坦》B. 《呼啸山庄》C. 《简·爱》D. 《德古拉》答案:A二、填空题(每题2分,共20分)1. 英国文学史上的“文艺复兴”时期,代表作家有________和________。

答案:莎士比亚;克里斯托弗·马洛2. 英国文学中的“维多利亚时代”是指________年到________年。

答案:1837;19013. 英国文学中的“湖畔诗人”包括威廉·华兹华斯、________和________。

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案一、选择题(每题2分,共20分)1. 以下哪位作家被誉为“英国文学之父”?A. 乔治·奥威尔B. 威廉·莎士比亚C. 查尔斯·狄更斯D. 托马斯·哈代2. 英国浪漫主义文学运动的代表人物不包括以下哪一位?A. 威廉·华兹华斯B. 塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治C. 乔治·奥威尔D. 珀西·比希·雪莱3. 《傲慢与偏见》是哪位作家的作品?A. 简·奥斯汀B. 勃朗特三姐妹C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 乔治·艾略特4. 现代主义文学的代表作家弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的代表作是?A. 《到灯塔去》B. 《简·爱》C. 《呼啸山庄》D. 《雾都孤儿》5. 以下哪部作品被认为是英国现代主义文学的里程碑?A. 《乌托邦》C. 《百年孤独》D. 《追忆似水年华》二、填空题(每空2分,共20分)6. 威廉·莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和________。

7. 19世纪英国现实主义文学的代表作家之一是________,其代表作有《艰难时世》等。

8. 20世纪英国文学中,被称为“愤怒的青年”的作家是________,其作品反映了当时英国社会的不满和反抗。

9. 英国文学中,被称为“湖畔诗人”的是________,他们的作品强调自然美和个人情感。

10. 英国文学中的“哥特式小说”起源于18世纪末,其代表作品是________的《弗兰肯斯坦》。

三、简答题(每题15分,共30分)11. 简述威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧创作特点。

12. 描述19世纪英国现实主义文学的主要特征。

四、论述题(30分)13. 论述20世纪英国文学中的现代主义文学运动,并举例说明其对后世的影响。

英国文学试题答案一、选择题1. B. 威廉·莎士比亚2. C. 乔治·奥威尔3. A. 简·奥斯汀4. A. 《到灯塔去》二、填空题6. 《麦克白》7. 查尔斯·狄更斯8. 约翰·奥斯本9. 威廉·华兹华斯、塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治等10. 玛丽·雪莱三、简答题11. 威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧创作特点包括深刻的人性探讨、丰富的人物性格、复杂的情节构造、以及语言的韵律美和形象性。

英国文学试题答案

英国文学试题答案

英国文学选读样题答案一、选择题(本大题共15小题,每小题1分,总计15分)1---5 ABCCC6---10 ABBAB11---15 BBAAC二、填空(本大题共10小题,每小题2分,总计20分)1.Heroic 2 comedies 3. couplet 4. metaphysical poetry 5. Eve6. My Luve’s Like a Red, Red, Rose7.Houyhnynms8. Coleridge9. Odes 10. Emily Bronte三、诗歌分析(本大题共4个小题,每小题分值见各小题,共20分)1.William Wordsworth; I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud2.Iambic tetrameter; ababcc ababcc3.The waves beside them danced; but they_ / _ / _ / - /Out-did | the spark|ling waves | in glee:_ / _ / _ _ _ /A po|et could |not but |be gay,_ / _/ _ / _ _In such | a jo|cund com|pany:_ / _ / _ / _ /I gazed--|and gazed-|-but lit|tle thought_ / _ / _ / _ /What wealth |the show |to me |had brought:4. 水波在边上欢舞,但水仙比闪亮的水波舞得更乐;有这样快活的朋友做伴,诗人的心儿被欢愉充塞;我看了又看,却没领悟这景象给了我什么财富。

(黄杲炘)四、小说分析(本大题共5个小题,每小题分值见每小题,共20分)1.Jane Eyre; Sharlotte Bronte2.He had a mad wife who set the building on fire and climbed to the roof of thebuilding. He tried to save her. But the staircase broke and he fell down He was wounded and became blind.3.When Jane knew that Mr. Rochester had a wife. She was surprised and fledfrom Thornfield. Mr. Rochester was very sad at it.4.She wandered about and met Mr. Rivers and became a village school teacher.Mr. Rivers would go to work in India. He asked her to be his wife, which was refused. She heard Mr. Rochester calling her in the wind and came back.5.Though poor and plain, Jane Eyre, who had a strong will of life, tried hard toget her rights of equality. She lived the man very much who was about 20 years older than she and richer. She just wanted him to treat her equally. She was great because her love made disillusioned Rochester happy again. Mr.Rochester was a man full of life’s misery, yet he loved Jane truly and respected her very much. That’s why he got her love.五、文学术语解释(共5个术语,每个2分,共10分)1.Ballad: The narrative folk song that tells a story, which originates and is communicated orally mainly among illiterates.2.Couplet: A pair of rhymed lines that are equal in length and the same in rhythm and rhyme3.Soliloquy: The act of talking to oneself, whether silently or aloud. In drama it refersto the act of a character alone on the stage that utters his or her thoughts aloud.4.Elegy: Poems that lament the loss of something or someone, or loss or death more generally.5.Lyric: A poem, usually a short one, that expresses a speaker’s personal thoughts orfeelings. The elegy, ode, and sonnets are all forms of the lyric.六、简答题(本大题共3小题,每小题5分,共15分)ment briefly on the fate of Tess in Tess of the D’Urbervilles.Tess is actually a victim of her society. Hardy created the heroine Tess just to criticize the society in his time. Tess is a tragic person simply because she is not accepted by the society in which agriculture is menaced by the forces of invading capitalism. So in a way, Tess’ fate is decided by her society.2.What are the unique features of Shakespeare’s sonnets?Two features: (1) the principle person addressed by the poet is not a woman b uta young man and a mysterious dark lady. (2) the structure of three quatrainsand a concluding couplet is typically Shakespearean.3.What are the themes of Pride and Prejudice?1)a conservative criticism of the Romantic movement and in particular its con ceit oflove at first sight.2)Irony also permeates the novel.3)ordinary provincial life with keen observation.4)Marriage plays a huge role in the novel5)Social classes are also taken into account and play a major role as a theme6)Pride and prejudice both stand in the way of relationships,7)Family. Austen portrays the family as primarily responsible for the intellectual and moral education of children.(答出三个以上即可给全分)。

英国文学练习题及答案

英国文学练习题及答案

1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ____.A Robin HoodB Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC The Canterbury TalesD Beowulf2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse.A The Canterbury TalesB Piers the PlowmanC Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD Beowulf3. ____was famous for The Canterbury Tales.A Geoffrey ChaucerB John MiltonC William ShakespeareD Francis Bacon4. Most of the ballads of the 15th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic figure.A Green NightsB GawainC Robin HoodD Hamlet5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after its publication.A Paradise LostB A Pleasant Satire of the Three EstatesC Of StudiesD Utopia6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the grea t poems in the English language.A AmorettiB The Shepherd’s CalendarC The Faerie QueeneD Four Hymns7. ____ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18.A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”B “To be or not to be: that is the question”C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead”8. _____, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ___ _.A. Antony and CleopatraB. Julius CaesarC Twelfth NightD King Lear10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s romantic love comediesA Twelfth NightB The TempestC As You Like ItD The Merchant of VeniceD C A C D C C A D B▪ 1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England except______.▪ a. William Shakespeare▪ b. Ben Jonson▪ c. Christopher Marlowe▪ d. Francis Bacon▪ 2. The English Renaissance period was an age of _________.▪ a. poetry and drama▪ b. drama and novel▪ c. novel and poetry▪ d. romance and poetry▪ 3. Paradise Lost is the masterpiece of _____▪ a. William Shakespeare▪ b. Robert Burns▪ c. John Milton d. William Blake▪ 4. Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play▪ a. A Midsummer Night’s Dream▪ b. The Merry Wives of Windsor▪ c. H enry IV d. King Lear▪ 5. The first official version of Bible known as the Great Bible, was revised in ______a. 16th centuryb. 17th century▪ c. 18th century d. 19th century▪ 6. Francis Bacon’s Essays first published in 1597 has been considered as an important landmark in thedevelopment of English_______, and as the firstcollection of essays in the English language.▪ a. poetry b. epics c. fiction d. prose ▪7. Daniel Defoe was famous for his novel ____ which first established his reputation.▪ a.Gulliver’s Travels▪ b. The Adventure of Robinson Crusoe▪ c.The Pilgrim’s Progress▪ d. Oliver Twist▪8. The famous poem “ A Red Red Rose” was written by_________▪ a. William Wordsworth▪ b. George Byron▪ c. Robert Burns▪ d. William Blake▪9. Mary Shelley’s nove l Frankenstein belongs to the type of ____ which is often set in gloomy castles where horrifying, supernatural events take place.▪ a. Gothic b. Realism▪ c. Romanticism d. Classicism▪10. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of the Reformation”and his followers.▪ A. William Langland B. James I▪ C. John Wycliffe▪ D. Bishop Lancelot Andrews▪ D A C C B D B C A C▪▪ 1. The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions, ______ and Christian.▪ a. Pagan b. Roman▪ c. French d. Danish▪ 2. “ Poetry is Spontaneous” was put forward by________▪ a. Robert Burns b. William Blake▪ c. William Wordsworth▪ d. Charles Lamb▪ 3. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typical belonging to the school of Romantic literature▪ a. Don Juan b. Ulysses▪ c. Jane Eyre▪ d. Sons and Lovers▪ 4. ______is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.▪ a. Francis Bacon▪ b. Edmund Spenser▪ c. Thomas More d. Sidney▪ 5. What is flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature▪ a. novel b.drama▪ c. essay d. poetry▪ 6. The publication of _______marked the beginning of the Romantic Age.▪ a. Don Juan▪ b. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner▪ c. The Lyrical Ballads▪ d. Ode to the West Wind▪7. Which of the following did not belong to Romanticism ▪ a. John Keats▪ b. Percy Shelley▪ c. William Wordsworth▪ d. Alfred Tennyson▪8. Frankenstein was filmed many times. Who wrote the book▪ a. Edgar Allan Poe▪ b. James Joyce▪ c. Mary Shelley▪ d. Walter Scott▪9. In the mid-18th century, a new literary movement called _______came to Europe and then to England.▪ a. Romanticism b. Classicism▪ c. Realism d. Restoration▪10. Which of the following poem was not written by John Keats▪ a. Ode to the West Wind▪ b. Ode to Autumn▪ c. Ode on a Grecian Urn▪ d. Ode to a Nightingale▪A C A A B C D C A A▪▪ 1. William Shakespeare is one of the giants of________▪ a. Romanticism▪ b. Critical Realism▪ c. Aestheticism▪ d. the Renaissance▪ 2. ________is the first important religious poet in English literature.▪ a. John Donne b. George Herbert▪ c. Caedmon d. Milton▪3. _________was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.▪a. Thomas Wyatt b. William Shakespeare▪c. Philip Sidney d. Thomas Gray▪4. The English poets________, William Wordsworth, and Robert Southey, were known as “ Lake Poets” because they lived in the Lake District Northwestern England at the beginning of the 19th century.▪a. George Byron b. John Keats▪c. Percy Shelley d. Samuel Coleridge ▪ 5. The most gifted of the “University Wits” was ____.▪ A. John Lily B. Thomas KydC. Thomas GreeneD. Christopher Marlowe▪ 6. _____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.▪ A. Phillip Sidney▪ B. Edmund Spenser▪ C. Thomas More▪ D. Christopher Marlowe▪7. Morality plays appeared after_____.▪A. miracle plays▪B. mystery plays▪C. interlude▪D. Classical plays▪8. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of characteristics of Renaissance▪ a. Exaltation of man’s pursuit of happiness in this life.b. Cultivation of the genuine flavor of ancient culture.c. Tolerance of human weaknesses.d. Praise of man’s efforts in having his soul delivered.▪9. The most intellectual movement of the Renaissance was ________.▪A. the Reformation▪B. Humanism▪C. the Italian revival▪D. Geographical exploration▪10. What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet▪ A. Cousins B. Uncle and nephew▪ C. Father-in-law D. Father and son ▪▪ D C A D D C A D B B▪ 1. Which of the following is a typical feature of Swift’s writings▪ A. Great wit. B. Bitter satire.▪ C. Rich mythic allusions.▪ D. Complicated sentence structures.▪ 2. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.▪ A. John Donne B. George Herbert▪ C. Andre Marvell D. Henry Vaughan▪ 3. The ______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.▪ A. Romanticism B. Humanism▪ C. Enlightenment D. Sentimentalism▪ 4. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century▪ A. Oliver Goldsmith▪ B. Richard Sheridan▪ C. Laurence Sterne▪ D. Henry Fielding▪ 5. In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput”, “Brobdingnag”, “Houyhnhnm” and “Yahoo”▪ A.The Pilgrim’s Progress▪ B. The Faerie Queene▪ C. Gulliver’s Travels▪ D. The School for Scandal▪ 6. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses.▪ A. John Milton B. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden▪7. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in a _____ tone.▪ A. delightful B. solemn▪ C. sentimental D. satirical▪8. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the _____ century.▪ A. 17th B. 19th C. 18th D. 20th▪9. _____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries. ▪ A. Ben Johnson B. Samuel Johnson▪ C. Alexander Pope D. John Dryden▪10. ____ found its representative writers in the field of poetry, such as Edward Young and Thomas Gray, but it manifested itself chiefly in the novels of Lawrence Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith.▪ A. Pre-romanticism B. Romanticism▪ C. Sentimentalism D. Naturalism▪B A C B C C D C B C▪。

英国文学1考试题及答案

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. 英国文学中,被誉为“英国文学之父”的诗人是:A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案:A2. 以下哪位作家是现代主义文学的代表人物?A. 狄更斯B. 哈代C. 伍尔夫D. 奥斯汀答案:C3. 《荒原》是哪位诗人的作品?A. 雪莱B. 济慈C. 艾略特D. 叶芝答案:C4. 《简·爱》的作者是:A. 勃朗特B. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特C. 艾米莉·勃朗特D. 安妮·勃朗特答案:B5. 英国文学中的“湖畔诗人”是指:A. 华兹华斯、柯勒律治和骚塞B. 雪莱、拜伦和济慈C. 奥斯汀、勃朗特和艾略特D. 狄更斯、哈代和萨克雷答案:A6. 《乌托邦》的作者是:A. 托马斯·莫尔B. 弗朗西斯·培根C. 约翰·弥尔顿D. 乔纳森·斯威夫特答案:A7. 《呼啸山庄》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:B8. 以下哪位作家是维多利亚时代的代表?A. 简·奥斯汀B. 托马斯·哈代C. 查尔斯·狄更斯D. 乔治·奥威尔答案:C9. 《坎特伯雷故事集》的作者是:A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案:A10. 《鲁滨逊漂流记》的作者是:A. 丹尼尔·笛福B. 亨利·菲尔丁C. 乔纳森·斯威夫特D. 亚历山大·蒲柏答案:A二、填空题(每空1分,共20分)1. 英国文学史上第一部现实主义小说是________的《鲁滨逊漂流记》。

答案:丹尼尔·笛福2. 英国浪漫主义文学的代表诗人有________、雪莱和拜伦。

答案:济慈3. 英国现代主义文学的代表作之一是弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的________。

英国文学1考试题及答案

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______。

英国文学试题加答案

英国文学试题加答案

英国文学史试题Ⅰ. Identification. (15%)1. Identify each writer on the left column with what is written on the right column. (10%)(1) John Lyly a. pre-romanticism(2) William Blake b. impressionism(3) Laurence Sterne c. Angry Young Man(4) Kingsley Amis d. comic epic in prose(5) Joseph Conrad e. historical novel(6) Walter Scott f. University Wit(7) Pamela g. sentimentalism(8) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man h. Oedipus Complex(9) Sons and Lovers i. Künstlerroman(10) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling j. epistolary novel2. Identify the author with his or her work. (5%)(1) Charles Dickens a. Don Juan(2) E. M. Foster b. Hard Times(3) John Milton c. Mrs. Warren’s Profession(4) Henry Fielding d. The Faerie Queene(5) George Bernard Shaw e. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”(6) Oscar Wilde f. The Pilgrim’s Progress(7) John Bunyan g. A Passage to India(8) Edmund Spencer h. Paradise Regained(9) Thomas Gray i. Jonathan Wild the Great(10) George Gordon Byron j. The Importance of Being EarnestⅡ. Choose the best answer for each blank. (20%)1. The hero in the romance is usually a .A. kingB. knightC. ChristD. churchman2. Modern English novel, as a product of the 18th century Enlightenment and industrialization, really came with the rising of the class.A. workingB. aristocraticC. bourgeoisD. capitalist3. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is written in the form of a novel.A. epistolaryB. picaresqueC. GothicD. psychological4. Which of the following is NOT from Ireland?A. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. George Bernard ShawD. James Joyce5. is the most accomplished example of medieval romance, dealing with Arthurian romance.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. The Canterbury TalesC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Song of Beowulf6. by Alexander Pope is taken as a manifesto of the English Neo-classicism as Pope put forward his aesthetic theories in it.A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. DunciadD. An Essay on Man7. “Some books are to be tasted, others are to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested” is taken from ’s work.A. Thomas MoreB. Francis BaconC. John BunyanD. Matthew Arnold8. Literature of Neo-classicism is different from that of Romanticism in that .A. the former is an intellectual movement, the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for politicalrights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivationB. the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC. the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as anexpression on an individual’s feelings and experiencesD. the former advocates the “return to nature” whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Romanwriters for its models9. Which of the following places does Gulliver visit last in Gulliver’s Travels?A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. LaputaD. Houyhnhnms10. defined poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. T. S. Eliot11. could be classified to be both a naturalistic and a critical realistic writer.A. Charles DickensB. George EliotC. Thomas HardyD. Emily Brontë12. are Nobel Prize winners.A. James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, D. H. LawrenceB. Rudyard Kipling, T. S. Eliot, John GalsworthyC. W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, Thomas HardyD. Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce13. Christopher Marlowe first made the principal instrument of English drama.A. blank verseB. heroic coupletC. free verseD. monologue14. William Langland’s is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. The Faerie Queene15. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from .A. Gulliver’s TravelsB. The Pilgrim’s ProgressC. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. The Canterbury Tales16. In the chaos of the contemporary world and the despair and despondency among the westerners after the First World War are expressed.A. Ode to the West WindB. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudC. The Waste LandD. Tess of the D’Urbervilles17. Which of the following is NOT true about The Canterbury Tales?A. It is written in the form of a dream.B. Chaucer chose a pilgrimage as the framework for the stories involved in it.C. It is written for the greater part in heroic couplet.D. “The General Prologue” introduces the pilgrims and the time and occasion of the pilgrimage.18. Robert Louis Stevenson is the representative of the literary school .A. aestheticismB. neo-romanticismC. euphuismD. sentimentalism19. Which of the following is a Gothic novel?A. Northanger AbbeyB. The Mysteries of UdolphoC. Tristram ShandyD. Robinson Crusoe20. Which is correct according to the time when they appeared?A. romanticism, neo-classicism, humanism, critical realismB. humanism, neo-classicism, romanticism, critical realismC. romanticism, humanism, realism, naturalismD. realism, critical realism, romanticism, humanismⅢ. Fill in the blanks. (15%)1. wrote under the influence of Scottish folk traditions and old Scottish poetry.2. The slogan of aesthetic literature is .3. The Romantic Age is said to have begun in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work .4. In “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, John Donne compares the souls of lovers to .5. A play presents the conflicts between good and evil with allegorical personages such as Mercy, Peace and Hate.6. The narrator in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling is a(n) one.7. is the oldest poem in the English language and also the national epic.8. The dominant influence over modernist poetry came from two traditions: and .9. The three unities followed by neo-classical dramatists are the unity of , the unity of time and the unity of place.10. The most famous English ballads of the 15th century is the Ballads of , a legendary outlaw.11. The Rape of the Lock takes the form of a , which describes the triviality of high society in a grand style.12. is usually taken as the Father of English Prose.13. Modernism upholds a new view of time by emphasizing the time over the chronological time.14. written by Charles Dickens is generally taken as a semi-autobiographical novel.Ⅳ. Define the following terms. (16%)1. Omniscient narrator2. Heroic couplet3. Allegory4. Metaphysical poetry5. Naturalism6. Sonnet7. Comedy of manners8. Byronic heroⅤ. Short-answer questions. (24%)1. What are the major themes of modernist literature?2. Analyse the character of Tom Jones in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.3. What are the essential features of Medieval Romance?4. Name three Romantic poets and state their chief characteristics.5. Make a comparison between the two volumes of William Blake: The Songs of Innocence and The Songs of Experience.6. How many groups does Old English poetry fall into? Briefly explain.7. What are the general features of English Romanticism?8. Make a comparison between James Joyce and D. H. Lawrence.Ⅵ. Essay question. (10%)Write an essay on the following poem so as to demonstrate your understanding as well as your Englishproficiency. You’re expected to write a well-organized essay in about 150 words, with your thesis clearly stated, effectively developed and properly concluded.The Garden of LoveI went to the Garden of Love,And saw what I never had seen:A Chapel was built in the midst,Where I used to play on the green.And the gates of this Chapel were shut,And “Thou shalt not” writ over the door;So I turn’d to the Garden of Love,That so many sweet flowers bore.And I saw it was filled with graves,And tomb-stones where flowers should be:And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,And binding with briars my joys and desires.Notes: 1. shalt: shall2. writ: written3. Chapel: 小教堂4. bind: 束缚Part IV. Short questions (20 points).1.What does the story “The Garden Party” tell you about the class system?2.How might the plot structure of “The Dead” best be described?3.The sub-title of “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” is “A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented”. What is youropinion about the heroine?4.Mention one example of symbolism in Tess, and explain.5.What is the symbolic significance of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange in the novel?6.What is the main idea of the poem “The Second Coming”? How does it reflect Yeats’view of thecivilization of his time?7.In what way is the west wind in The West Wind by Shelley both a destroyer and a preserver?8.What are the major themes of Pride and Prejudice? List at least two and elaborate them in a fewsentences.9.What significances have Clarissa attached to her parties?10.What purpose does the rain shower serve in the first act of Pygmalion?Final Examination Paper for Grade 2002History of English LiteratureDate: January 10, 2005Ⅰ. Identification (10%)1. Identify each writer on the left column with what is written on the right column.1) Jonathan Swift A. Neo-romanticism2) John Donne B. Euphuism3) Alexander Pope C. Historical novel4) Anne Radcliff D. Lake poet5) John Lyly E. English satire6) R. L. Stevenson F. Gothic novel7) Walter Scott G. Neoclassicism8) Thomas Gray H. Metaphysical poetry9) Southey I. Epistolary novel10) Pamela J. Sentimentalism2. Identify the author with his or her work.1) William Langland A. Utopia2) Thomas More B. Paradise Lost3) Daniel Defoe C. “Of Studies”4) Francis Bacon D. Piers, the Plowman5) John Milton E. The Faerie Queen6) Byron F. Sentimental Journey7) Laurence Sterne G. Don Juan8) Edmund Spencer H. Mary Barton9) D. H. Lawrence I. Sons and Lovers10) Elizabeth Gaskell J. Robinson CrusoeⅡ.Choose the best answer for each blank. (20%)1. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from .A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. The Canterbury Tales2. The story of is the highest point of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. The Song of BeowulfC. Piers, the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales3. is the only novel written by Oscar Wilde.A. The Importance of Being EarnestB. The Picture of Dorian GrayC. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManD. The Picture of a Lady4. was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature .A. Thomas WyattB. William ShakespeareC. Henry HowardD. John Lyly5. eulogized imperialism in his works, esp. in his poems.A. John GalsworthyB. Joseph ConradC. Rudyard KiplingD.E.M. Foster6. English Renaissance Period was an age of .A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. romance and balladD. essay and drama7. The major form of Chcrtist literature is in .A. proseB. dramaC. verseD. novel8. “ Shall I compare thee to a summer’s eay”`is the opening line of one of Shakespeare’s .A. songsB. plays K. sonnets D. tragedies9. In Gulliver’s Travels, Yahoos are the creatures living on .A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. LaputaD. Houyhnhnms10. List the following terms according to the time when they appeareD.A. romanticism , neoclassicism , humanism , critical realismB.humanism , neoclassicism , romanticism , critical realismC.romanticism , humanism , realism , naturalismD.r ealism , critical realism , romanticism , humanism11. wrote under the influence of Scottish folk tradition and old Scottish poetry.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Robert BurnsC. William BlakeD. Geoffrey Chaucer12. first made blank verse the principal instrument of English drama in the Renaissance perioD.A. William ShakespeareB. Thomas WyattC. Christopher MarlowD. Henry Howard13. The greatest English critical realist novelist was , who criticized thebourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common people .A. Emily BronteB. Charles DickensC. W.M. ThackerayD. Charlotte Bronte14. were made poets Laureates in the 18th and 19th century .A. Wordsworth and BrowningB.Byron and ShelleyC.Keats and BrowningD.W ordsworth and Tennyson15. The principal elements of novel are mystery, horror and suspense.A. GothicB. RomanticC. SentimentalD. Realistic16. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in .A. essayB. dramaC. poetryD. novel17. Which of the following is NOT true about The Canterbury Tales?A. It is written for the great part in heroic couplets.B. It is written in the form of a dream vision.C. Chaucer chose a pilgrimage as the framework for the stories involved in it.D. “The General Prologue” introduces the pilgrims and the time and occasion of the pilgrimage.18. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress is a(n) .A. allegoryB. romanceC. comedy of mannersD. realistic novel19. Friday is a character in the novel .A. Tom Jones, a FoundlingB. Robinson CrusoeC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. Rob Roy20. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into English literature, the struggle of the for itsrights.A. soldiersB. peasantsC. bourgeoisieD. proletariatⅢ. Fill in the blanks. (20%)1. Old English poetry can be divided into two groups: poetry andpoetry.2. and are the two factors that had large influence on contemporary English literature.3. The slogan of aesthetic literature is .4. Modern English novel is a natural product of the Industrial Revolution and a symbol of the growing importance of the English class.5. The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work .6. “And I will luve thee still, my dear./ Till a’ the seas gang dry.” is taken from the famous poem .7. The central character in a romance is usually a .8. A play is chiefly based on the biblical stories or the stories of the saints.9. is called the father of English poetry.10. It is in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling that Henry Fielding succeeds best in creating a in prose.11. Dickens takes the French revolution as the background of the novel .11. In “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, John Donne compares the souls of lovers to .12. Bacon’s Essays has been recognized as an important landmark in the development of English (genre).13. The most important poet in the Victorian age is . Next to him was Robert Browning.14. Three kinds of irony are verbal irony, and .15. Popular ballad is an important stream of English medieval literature. Of all the ballads, those of are of paramount importance.16. The Pickwick Papers takes the form of a novel.Ⅳ. Define the following terms. (12%)1. Epic2. Iambic pentameter3. Intrusive narrator4. Bildungsroman5. Naturalism6. Conceit答案及评分标准Final Examination Paper for Grade 2003History of English LiteratureⅠ. Identification. (15%)1. (10%) f a g c b e j i h d2. (5%) b g h I c j g d e aⅡ.Choose the best answer for each blank. (20%)1-5: B C B B A 6-10: A B C D A11-15: C B A B B 16-20: C A B B BⅢ. Fill in the blanks. (15%)1. Robert Burns2. art for art’s sake3. Lyrical Ballads4. compasses5. morality6. intrusive7. Beowulf8. Metaphysical poetry; French symbolism9. action 10. Robin Hood 11. mock epic12. John Dryden 13. psychic 14. David CopperfieldⅣ. Define the following terms. (16%)1.Omniscient narrator is a third-person narrator, who is not a character in the story. The narrator is “all-knowing”, who can describe and comment on all the characters and actions in the story.2. Heroic couplet is the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter.3. Allegory is a tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities. Thus, an allegory is a story with two meaning, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.4. Metaphysical poetry: the poetry of John Donne and other 17th-century poets who wrote ina similar style. It is characterized by verbal wit and excess, ingenious structure, irregular meter, colloquial language, elaborate imagery, and a drawing together of dissimilar ideas .5. Naturalism is a post—Darwinian movement of the late 19th century that tried to apply the laws of scientific determinism to fiction. The naturalists went beyond the realists’ insistence onthe objective presentation of the details of everyday life to insist that the materials of literature should be arranged to reflect a deterministic universe in which a person is a biological creature controlled by environment and heredity.6. Sonnet is a verse form of fourteen lines, in English characteristically in iambic pentameter and most often in one of the two rhyme schemes: the Italian(or Petrarchan) or Shakespearean ( or English ).7. Comedy of manners is a kind of comedy representing the complex and sophisticated code of behavior current in fashionable circles of society, where appearances count for more than true moral character. Its humor relies chiefly on elegant verbal wit and repartee. In England, the comedy of manners flourished as the dominant form of Restoration comedy in the works of Etheredge, Wycherley and Congreve. It was revived in a more subdued form in the 1770s by Goldsmith and Sheridan, and later by Oscar Wilde.8. Byronic hero is a character-type found in Byron’s narrative Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. He is a boldly defiant but bitterly self-tormenting outcast, proudly contemptuous of social norms but suffering for some unnamed sin. Emily Bronte’s Heathcliff is a later example.Ⅴ. Short-answer questions. (24%)1. The distorted, alienated and ill relationship between man and nature, man and society, man and man, and man and himself.2. Tom Jones is the pattern of the good-natured unheroic hero of the age. He is a very handsome young man of manly virtues: kind, frank, generous, high-spirited, loyal and courageous, but impulsive, wanting prudence and full of animal spirits and sensuality. He represents everyman. (He is of manly virtues and yet not without fault.)3. 1) The hero is usually a knight using sword, who sets out on a journey to seek adventures and accomplish some goal. He is devoted to the church and the king.2) It lacks general resemblance to truth or reality. (liberal use of the improbable or even the supernatural things)3) It exaggerates the vices of human nature and idealizes the virtues. (standardizedcharacterization)4) It lays emphasis on the supreme devotion to a fair lady. (Romantic love is an important part of the plot.)4. Wordsworth:the great theme remains the world of simple, natural things, in the countryside or among people.Coleridge: his interest is towards the strange, the exotic, and the mysterious things. Shelley: expresses two main ideas --- the external tyranny is the main enemy; the inherent human goodness will eliminate evil form the world.Byron: example of a personality in tragic revolt against society; prototype of romantic hero. Keats: his poetry is a response to sensuous impressions; cares about beauty.5. The two books hold the similar subject matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.1) Songs of Innocence is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy and innocent world, though not without its evils and sufferings.2) Songs of Experience paints a different world, a world of misery, poverty, disease, war and repression with a melancholy tone.6. Religious (Christian) poetry and secular (pagan) poetry.1) Religious poetry is mainly on biblical themes and saints’ lives, represented by Caedmon and Cynewulf.2) Secular poetry emphasizes the harshness of the circumstance and the helplessness of humans before the power of fate, represented by Beowulf.7. 1) the emphasis on imagination2) the idealization of nature3) the praise of individualism4) the glorification of the commonplace5) the lure of the exotic8. Both are modernist novelists. James Joyce is interested in technical innovation. He introduced three new techniques into English literature: the use of myth, stream-ofconsciousness and epiphany. Lawrence is interested in the tracing of the psychological development of his major characters and the criticism of the dehumanizing effect of industrialization on human nature.Ⅵ. Essay question. (10%)Part IV. Short questions. (20 points)1.The story shows strict class system, the differences and lack of communication between the rich and thepoor.2.The story is comprised of four episode, which are quite unified with Gabriel’s frustration, and eachepisode witnesses more serious conflict than the previous, thus, it is a climaxing order in terms of structure.3.Tess is a pure woman, although society and other people believed otherwise. She has done nothingwrong. She is seduced, but does not have sex of her own accord with Alec. She is sacrificed to society, yet she has no evil intensions when she go across the threshold of her parents’ and enters the world. She is a victim.4.An example of symbolism would be the ribbon Tess wears at the may day dance, the read spot of bloodon the ceiling at the Herons, Sandbourne, that the landlady sees, the Stonehenge, the black flag at Tess’s hanging, the spoiled milk by garlic, or the dying pheasants Tess sees in the woods.5.a). The two houses embody the two major principles of life in the book: storm and calm. WutheringHeights is located on a hill and is constantly attacked by wild winds. The inhabitants are constantly being torn by strong passions and violence is their natural language. Thrushcross Grange is comparatively sheltered from the wild elements. It is delicate and refined. The people of the Grange are gentle and seek not so much wild sparkle and dance of life. b). They also represent nature and culture.6.The poem expresses Yeats’ thought that modern civilization is in a state of decay, and that a long cycleof history is ending while another is approaching. But the new historical age might be led by a monster.It expresses his disillusionment of the civilization of his time.7.The west wind is both a destroyer and a preserver because it destroys in autumn (blowing the leaves offthe trees and bury them beneath the earth) in order to revive in the spring (the seeds grow and bring new life to the Earth). It marks the cycle of the seasons. It is around this image the poem weaves various cycles of death and regeneration—vegetational, human, and divine.8.marriage and women’s fate, self-acknowledge, manners, virtue and sense of responsibility9.Richard thinks the party childish and he thinks that it is foolish of Clarissa to like excitement in spite ofher heart; Peter thinks her snobbish, liking to have famous people around her. But to Clarissa, the party is an offering, to combine and to create. The parties are her effort to create some human connection and dialogue. She hopes to be remembered even after her death.10.It helps to create a chaotic world of confusion. The crowd gather under the portico to seek shelter; theyrepresent slice of society of people from different social strata. It also provides a opportunity for themain characters to meet in an unlikely circumstance.KeysFinal Examination for Grade 2002History of English LiteratureⅠ. Identification (10%)1. 1) e2) h3) g4) f5) b6) a7) c8) j9) d10) c2. 1) d2) a3) j4) c5) b6) g7) f8) e9) i10) hⅡ.Choose the best answer for each blank. (20%)1—5 : a a b a c 6—10 : b c c d b11—15 : b c b d a 16—20 : d b a b dⅢ. Fill in the blanks. (20%)1. pagan, Christian2. Imperialism, demand for social reform3. art for art’s sake4. (bourgeois) middle5. The Lyrical Ballads6. “A Red Red Rose”7. knight 8. miracle9. Geoffrey Chaucer 10. comic epic11. A Tale of Two Cities12. a pair of compasses13. essay 14. Alfrd Tennyson15. situational, dramatic 16. Robin Hood17. picaresqueⅣ. Define the following terms. (12%)1.Epic: a long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated. The two most famous English epics are Beowulf and John Milton’s Paradise Lost.2.Iambic pentameter: a poetic line consisting of five verse feet, with each foot an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Iambic pentameter is the most common verse line in English poetry.3.Intrusive narrator: an omniscient narrator who, in addition to reporting the events of a novel’s story, offers further comments on characters and events, and who sometimes reflects more generally upon the significance of the story.4.Bildungsroman: a novel that traces the initiation, development, and education of a young person. Examples are Dickens’s David Copperfield and James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.5.Naturalism: a post--Darwinian movement of the late 19th century that tried to apply the laws of scientific determinism to fiction. The naturalists went beyond the realists’ insistence on the objective presentation of the details of everyday life to insist that the materials of literature should be arranged to reflect a deterministic universe in which a person is a biological creature controlled by environment and heredity.6. Conceit: a kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startlingly different things. A conceit usually provides the framework for an entire poem. An especially unusual and intellectual kind of conceit is the metaphysical conceit, used by certain 17th-century poets, such as John Donne.。

英国文学试题及答案2 (1)(1)(1)

英国文学试题及答案2 (1)(1)(1)

I、Multiple Choice. (40%)There are 15 questions in this part. Choose A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet.A 1. Beowulf is a ___ poem, describing an all-round picture of the tribal society.A. paganB. ChristainC. romanticD. lyricB 2.The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, acomprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely___.A. William Langland’s Piers the PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower’s Confessio AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC 3. In “ Sonnet 18 ” ,Shakespeare has a profound meditation on thedestructive power of __C___ and the eternal __________ brought forth by poetry to the one he loves .A. death/ lifeB. time / beautyC. death/ loveD. hate / loveC. 4. Which of the following poetic forms is the principle form of Shakespeare’sdrama?A. lyricB. sonnetC. blank verseD. quatrainC 5. Which of the following statements best illustrate the theme of Shakespeare’sSonnet 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.A 6. Which of the following place does Gulliver visit first in Gulliver’s Travels?A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. LaputaD. HouyhnhnmsB 7. Which of the following is NOT true about Robinson Crusoe?A.It is written in the autobiographical form.B.It is a record of Defoe’s own experiences.C.Robinson spends 28 years of isolated life on the island.D.It is set in the middle of the 17th century.B.8.Many of Burn s’ songs deal with friendship.____ has long become a universalparting-song of all the English speaking countries.A. A Red, Red RoseB. Auld Lang SyneC. My Heart’s in the HighlandsD. John Anderson, My JoA 9.The Tiger was written by___.A. William BlakeB. John KeatsC. William WordsworthD. Percy ShelleyB 10.“One short sleep past, we wake eternally” is taken from___A. The Solitary ReaperB. Death be not proudC. To AutumnD. Song to the Man of EnglandA 11. _____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.A. Thomas NorthB. Thomas WyattC. George ChapmanD. John FlorioC 12. _____is considered to be the summit of Shakespeare’s art.A.Romeo and JulietB. The Comedy of ErrorsC. HamletD. The TempestC 13. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses.A.John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John DrydenD 14. The main literary stream of the 18th century was ____ .What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.A. romanticismB. classicismC. realismD. SentimentalismD 15. Which of the following works are not written by Oliver Goldsmith? ____.A. The TravellerB. The Deserted VillageC. The Vicar of WakefieldD. The School for ScandalA 16.In the 18th century English literature ,the representative writer of neo-classicism is _A___ .A. PopeB. SwiftC. DefoeD. MiltonB 17.The __B_ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century .A. RenaissanceB. EnlightenmentC. Religious ReformationD. Chartist MovementB18. Blake ,Wordsworth ,__B__ ,Byron ,Shelley and _________ are the major Romantic poets .A. Coleridage / SoutheyB. Coleridge / KeatsC. Keats / ScottD. Scott / ColeridgeB 19. The Canterbury Tales was written in_____A. Old EnglishB. Middle EnglishC. Modern EnglishD. Current Modern EnglishA 20. “The father of English poetry” is _____.A. Geoffrey ChaocerB. Edmund SpenserC. Francis Bacon D Henry FieldingII. Fill in the Blanks in the following summary statement accordingto what you have learnt of British history and literature. (20%)1. Chaucer employed the_ Heroic _couplet in writing his greatest work The Canterbury tales.2.Shakespeare’s plays have been traditionally divided into four categoriesaccording to dramatic type: histories, _ comedies _, tragedies and romances.3. A Shakespearean sonnet is composed of three quatrains and a concluding_couplet .4.John Donne is the founder of the school of_ metaphysical poetry _. His works arecharacterized by mysticism in content and fantasticality in form.5. John Milton’s Paradise Lost opens with the description of a meeting among thefallen angels, and ends with the departure of Adam and _ Eve _from the Garden of Eden.6.Othello,__Hamlet _, Kinglear, and Macbeth are the four greatest tragedies ofWilliam Shakespeare.7.Literature can be divided into poetry, fiction/novel and_ Drama ______.8. Joseph Addison and Richard Steele jointly created _ The Spectator __.9. _ Odes __are generally regarded as Keats ’ most important and mature works.10. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is written byA narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to besung.2.Tragedy : A literary work in which the protagonist meets an unhappy or disastrous end.3.Sonnet: A 14-line verse form usually written in iambic pentameter.4.Sentimentalism: A sentimental expression or idea.四. Short Answers Read the materials first , and then answer the questions accordingto the requirements .Remember you should write your answers correctly ,completely and briefly (20%)“Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep, moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.”Questions:1) What kind of rhetorical devices does the sentence used?Analogy (类比)2) Please translate this sentence.读史使人明智,读诗使人灵秀,数学使人周密,科学使人深刻,伦理学使人庄重,逻辑修辞使人善变。

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案### 英国文学试题一、选择题1. 谁被认为是英国文学之父?- A. 莎士比亚- B. 乔叟- C. 狄更斯- D. 拜伦2. 以下哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀所写?- A. 《傲慢与偏见》- B. 《理智与情感》- C. 《简·爱》- D. 《诺桑觉寺》3. 以下哪位作家是现代主义文学的代表人物?- A. 托马斯·哈代- B. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫- C. 乔治·奥威尔- D. 奥斯卡·王尔德二、填空题4. 莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和__________。

5. 英国浪漫主义诗人拜伦的代表作《唐璜》是一部__________。

三、简答题6. 简述查尔斯·狄更斯在19世纪英国文学中的地位及其作品的特点。

7. 描述《呼啸山庄》中希斯克利夫和凯瑟琳的关系。

四、论述题8. 讨论《简·爱》中简·爱的性格特点及其对女性独立意识的影响。

答案一、选择题1. B. 乔叟2. C. 《简·爱》3. B. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫二、填空题4. 《麦克白》5. 长篇叙事诗三、简答题6. 查尔斯·狄更斯是19世纪英国最伟大的小说家之一,他的作品以其对社会不公和贫困的深刻描绘而闻名。

狄更斯通过他的作品,如《双城记》和《远大前程》,展现了维多利亚时代英国社会的复杂面貌,同时,他的作品也以其幽默感和对人物的深刻刻画而受到读者的喜爱。

7. 在《呼啸山庄》中,希斯克利夫和凯瑟琳的关系是小说的核心。

他们从小一起长大,彼此深爱,但由于社会阶层和财富的差异,他们的爱情受到了挑战。

凯瑟琳最终选择了嫁给富有的林顿,这导致了希斯克利夫的复仇计划,以及他们之间悲剧性的爱情故事。

四、论述题8. 《简·爱》是夏洛蒂·勃朗特的代表作,小说的主人公简·爱以其独立、坚强和有原则的性格而著称。

《英国文学》题库及答案

《英国文学》题库及答案

《英国文学》题库及答案《英国文学》题库及答案I.Choose the best to complete the following statements1.“O Wind/If winter comes,can spring be far behind?” The two lines are from _______.A. “T o Autumn”B. “To a Nightingale”C. “Ode to the West Wind”D. “To a Skylark”2. “To be or not to be----that is the question” is taken from_______.A.HamletB.Romeo and JulietC.The Merchant of theVeniceD.Macbeth3. _______ is romantic love tragedy.A. Romeo and JulietB. MacbethC.The Merchant of the VeniceD. Hamlet4. Beowulf. is considered as _______.A. the best epic in English literatureB. the national epic of the Anglo-SaxonsC. the best narrative poem in English literatureD.the best romance5. In_____,Chaucer created a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society and a whole gallery of vivid characters.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Romaunt of the RoseC.The Legend of Good WomenD.Troilus and Criseyde6. ___ marks a transition from the medieval to the modern world.A. Enlightenment MovementB. The Glorious RevolutionC. The RenaissanceD. Reformation7. _____is not a writer in the Renaissance.A .Francis BaconB .William Shakespeare C. John Milton D .Jonathan Swift8. __ is NOT the style of Bacon’s essa ys.A. brevityB. compactness C .powerfulness D .high-flowness9 ______ is generally accepted as an English epic besides Beowulf.A.Samson AgonistesB.Paradise LostC.Paradise RegainedD. “Lycidas”10.The Neo-classicism is markedly characterized by the emphisis of__________.A.realismB.didactic functionC.elegant styleD. lyricism11.____________ is not a picaresque novel.A. Great Expectations B Gulliver’s TravelsC. Robinson CrosueD. The Pilgrim’s Progress12. “Death, Be not Proud” is an Italian sonnet by____.A.ShakespeareB.John MiltonC.John DonneD. Drydon13. In Paradise Lost, Milton doesn’t refers God to____.A.KingB.FoeC.VictorD. Friend14._________ is not a Lake poet?A.SoutheyB.WordworthC.ShelleyD.Coleridge15. ____is a typical Byronic heroe.A.Don JuanB.ShelleyC. BeowulfD. Iliad16.He was the 1st important Romantic poet,showing a contempt for rationalism and bringing somethingfresh to British poetry.He is __.A .Wordsworth B.Blake C.Keats D.Coleridge17. “Did he smile his work to see? /Did he who made the Lamb make thee?”, the 2 lines are from___.A. “the Lamb”B. “The Tyger”C. “The Cheminey Sweeper”D. “The Sick Roes”18. In the above quoted lines, “the Lamb” refers to____.A .Nature B.Jesus Christ C.God D.Uncertain19. “The waves bes ide them danced; but they /Outdid the sparking waves in glee; ” here, “they ”refer to____.A. rosesB.voletsC.daffodilsD.girls20.The pleasure dome is described in ____.A. “Kubla Khan”B. “Christabel”C. “Frost at Midnight”D. “Dejection:An Ode”21.“Ode to the West Wind” is in____.A.abb bbcB.terza rimaC.aab bcbD.free verse22.In“Ode to the West Wind”, west wind is the biggest symbol; it symbolizes______.A. destroyer and preserverB.boundless freedomC.a lyreD.both A and B23. “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard /Are sweeter;therefore,ye soft pipes,play on;”the2 lines are from“Ode on a Grecian Urn”by _____.A. John KeatsB.William WordsworthC.ByronD.Sheelley24.The striking characteristic of the Victorian fiction lies in___.A.critical realismB.a return to rationalismC.naturalismD.an overall negation of society25.____is not a character created by Charles Dickens.A.Oliver TwistB.David CopperfieldC.PipD. Ishmael26. Tess is sandwiched between and murdered by two so-called gentlemen: one is Alec, and the other is ______.A. Angel ClareB. Alec’s brotherC. LouisD. Babalou27.Linguist Higgins appears in____.A.Widower’s HousesB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. St. JoanD. Pygmalion28.In “Auld Lang Syne”, the poet is singing for ______.A.loveB.friendshipC.patriotismD.his mother29.In “The Rocking Horse Winner”, Lawrence attacks____.A.money-worshippingB.hypocricyC.industrialism/doc/8411870195.html,mercialism30. “My Last Duchess” is a famous ______ by ______.A. love lyric; WordsworthB.dramatic monologue;TennysonC.dramatic monologue; BrowningD.tragedy; ShawII.Please explain the following terms briefly1. Neo-classicism:2.The Waste Land3. blank verse4.The Great Expectation 34.heroic couplet5. Shakespearean Sonnet6.Critical Realism7. dramatic monologueIII.Answer the following questions1.Why is Shakespeare great in the history of British literature?2.What does Wordsworth want to say in “I Wandered as A Lonely Cloud”?3.Please explain the theme of Tess of the D’Urbevilles.4. In what a way is Renaissance significant in the history of Europe?5. What does T.S. Eliot want to say in “The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock”?6. What does Wordsworth describe in “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways”?7. What is the major theme of the novels of Lawrence?8. What does Byron want to say in “She Walks in Beauty”?《英国文学》作业参考答案I.1.C2.A3.A4.B5.A6.C7.D8.D9.B 10.B11.A 12.C 13.D 14.C 15.A 16.B 17.B 18.B 19.C 20.A21.B 22.D 23.A 24.A 25.D 26.A 27.D 28.B 29.A 30.CII.1. Neo-classicism is revival of interest in the old classical works.According to theneo-classicists,all forms of literature werw to be modeled after the classical works of Greek and Roman writers and those of the contemporary French ones.They believed that the artisical ideals should be judged in terms of its service to humanity.This belief led them to seek proption,unity,harmony and grace in literary expression.Thus a polite,urbane,witty and intellectual art developed.2. The Waste Land has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry,comparable to Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads. With bold technical innovations in versification andstyle,the poem not only presents a panorama of physical disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world, but also reflects the prevalent mood of disillusionment and despair of a wholepost-war generation. The poem is about the spiritualbreakup of a modern civilization in which humanlife has lost its meaning, significance and purpose. It is regarded as a reflection of the 20th century people’s disillusionment and frustration in a sterile and futile society.3. blank verse refers to unrhymed verse of iambic pentametre.4.Heroic couplet refers to two lines of iambic pentameter rhyming with each other.5. Sonnet is a lyric poem almost invariably of 14 lines and following one of several set rhyme-schemeThere are 2 widely accepted rhyme-schemes:Italian (Petrarchan) sonnet and English (Shakespearean)sonnet.The former consists of a octave(abbaabba) and a sestet (cdecde,cdccdc or cdedce).The English is made up of 3 quatrains and an heroic couplet.It rhymes in ababcdcdefefgg.6. It is a literary movement in the 2nd half of the 19th century and the beginning decade of the 20thcentury as a reaction to Romanticism.The realists holds that literature should be faithful to andwrite about the possibilty of reality.They on one hand expose the social problems,on the other hand,try to find solutions to the problems.Most of them are democratic social reformers.7. Dramatic monologue refers to a lyrical poem which reveals “a soul in action” through the conversation of one character in a dramatic situation. The character is speaking to an identifiablebut silent lis tener at the dramatic moment of the speake r’s life.III.1.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is one of the most remarkable playwrightsand poets the world hasever known.With his 38 plays,154 sonnets and 2 long poems,he has established his giant position inworld literature.The influence of Shakespeare upon British literature is hard to measure and it isnot exegerated to say that all the writers after him have been influenced by him directly or indirectly.A. As a humanist, Shakepeare enthuiastically eulogizes humanity and writes in the spirit of Renaissance.He was against feudal tyranny ,religious persecution,racial discrimination,social inequality and the corrupting influence of money and gold.B. Shakespeare holds that literature should be a combination of beauty, kindness and truth,and shouldreflect nature and reality;he believes that only this kind of literature can reach immortality.C.Shakespeare is a great master of the English language2. This poem is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature, and one that takes usto the core of Wordsworth’s poetic beliefs. In his eyes, nature is sublime and sacred and willexert a lasting influence upon a soul. The poem is a record of his sublime communion with nature .3. This novel is one of the best and most popular work by Hardy. It is a fierce attack on the hypocritical morality of the bourgeois society and the capitalist invasion into the country and destruction of the English peasantry towands the end of the century.Tess, as a pure woman, broughtup with the traditional idea of womanly virtues, is abused and destroyed by both Alec and Angel,agents of the destructive force of the society. And the misery, the poverty and the heartfelt painshe suffers and her final tragedy give rise to a most bitter cry of protest and denunciation of the society.4. The Renaissance marks a transition from the medieval to the modern world.Generally ,it refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries.It first started in Italy,with the flowering of painting,sculpture and literature.From Italy the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe.The Renaissance ,which means rebirth or revival,is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events,such as the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture,the new discovery in geography and astrology,the religious reformation and the economic expansion.The Renaissance,therefore,in essence ,is a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe,to introduce new ideas that expressed the interest of the rising bourgeeoisie,and to recover the purity of early church from the corruption of Roman Catholic Church.5. The poem is Eliot’s most striking early achievement. It presents the meditation of an aging young man over the business of proposing marriage.The poem is in a form of dramatic monologue, suggesting an ironic contrast between a pretended “love song”and a confession of the speaker’s incapability facing up to love and to life in a sterile upper-class world. Prufrock, the protagonist of poem, is neurotic, self-important, illogical and incapable of action. He is a kind of tragic figure caught in asense of defeated idealism and tortured by unsatisfied desires. The poem is intensely anti-romantic with visual images of hard, gritty objects and evasive hellish atmosphere.6. (main points)He reveals his sympathy for the poor woman in rural area.7. In his novels he writes about the dehumanization brought about by the industrial civilization and he believes that individual’s psychological development lies in the sexual impulse—Life Force. Consequently, he frequently touches upon the sexual relationship between man and woman in most of hios novels.8. see textbook.。

大学英国文学考试题及答案

大学英国文学考试题及答案

大学英国文学考试题及答案一、选择题(每题2分,共20分)1. 英国文学中,被誉为“英国诗歌之父”的诗人是:A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案:A2. 下列哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀所著?A. 《傲慢与偏见》B. 《理智与情感》C. 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D. 《呼啸山庄》答案:D3. 威廉·莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中,主人公哈姆雷特的著名独白是:A. “生存还是毁灭,这是一个问题。

”B. “人生如梦,一切皆虚妄。

”C. “听我说,霍拉旭,我将讲述一个故事。

”D. “我将归来,我的爱人。

”答案:A4. 以下哪位诗人是浪漫主义时期的代表人物?A. 约翰·多恩B. 托马斯·哈代C. 威廉·华兹华斯D. 约翰·弥尔顿答案:C5. 《坎特伯雷故事集》是由哪位英国作家创作的?A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案:A6. 以下哪部作品是查尔斯·狄更斯的代表作?A. 《大卫·科波菲尔》B. 《简·爱》C. 《呼啸山庄》D. 《远大前程》答案:A7. “To be, or not to be, that is the question” 是哪部戏剧中的台词?A. 《麦克白》B. 《李尔王》C. 《哈姆雷特》D. 《奥赛罗》答案:C8. 以下哪部作品是托马斯·哈代的“威塞克斯系列”之一?A. 《德伯家的苔丝》B. 《简·爱》C. 《呼啸山庄》D. 《远大前程》答案:A9. “Do not go gentle into that good night” 是哪位诗人的诗句?A. 约翰·济慈B. 威廉·华兹华斯C. 威廉·巴特勒·叶芝D. 珀西·比希·雪莱答案:C10. 下列哪部作品是乔治·奥威尔的反乌托邦小说?A. 《动物农场》B. 《1984》C. 《美丽新世界》D. 《我们》答案:B二、简答题(每题10分,共30分)11. 简述约翰·弥尔顿的《失乐园》中,撒旦的形象及其对人类历史的影响。

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案在英国文学领域有许多经典作品和重要的作家,这些作品和作家对于英国文学的发展产生了深远影响。

本篇文章将为您介绍一些英国文学的试题及答案,希望能够对您的学习有所帮助。

试题一:请简要介绍威廉·莎士比亚的作品和他在英国文学中的地位。

答案:威廉·莎士比亚(William Shakespeare)被认为是英国文学史上最伟大的戏剧作家之一。

他的作品包括戏剧、诗歌和史诗。

莎士比亚共创作了37个戏剧作品,包括悲剧、喜剧、历史剧和十四行诗。

他的作品以丰富的人物形象、深入的情感描写和复杂的剧情而闻名。

莎士比亚的作品深刻地揭示了人性的善恶、爱恨和欲望等诸多主题,对于英国文学及全球文学的发展都产生了巨大影响。

试题二:简要介绍查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》及其在英国文学中的地位。

答案:《雾都孤儿》是查尔斯·狄更斯(Charles Dickens)的一部重要小说作品。

这部小说于1859年首次出版,以伦敦的贫民窟为背景,通过讲述主人公奥利弗·特威斯特的成长历程,揭示了当时社会的不公和贫困问题。

《雾都孤儿》描写了贫富悬殊、社会阶级问题以及人性的善恶等主题,对于英国社会的改革起到了重要的推动作用。

该小说深受读者的喜爱,被誉为狄更斯最伟大的作品之一,也是英国文学中的经典之作。

试题三:请简要介绍简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》及其在英国文学中的地位。

答案:《傲慢与偏见》是简·奥斯汀(Jane Austen)的代表作之一,被视为英国文学史上最伟大的小说之一。

这部小说于1813年首次出版,以描写19世纪英国社会的阶级观念和婚姻观念为主题。

《傲慢与偏见》通过讲述女主人公伊丽莎白·本内特与达西先生之间的爱情故事,探讨了社会的偏见、男女间的相互误解以及人性的盲目等问题。

奥斯汀以幽默和讽刺的手法展现了社会的虚伪和愚昧,对当时英国社会的改革产生了积极的影响。

通过以上试题及答案,我们可以了解到威廉·莎士比亚、查尔斯·狄更斯和简·奥斯汀等作家对于英国文学的重要地位以及他们作品所揭示的社会问题和人性的思考。

英国文学题库2(含正确答案)

英国文学题库2(含正确答案)

英国文学题库2(含正确答案)1.______ is not a novel written by Jane Austen.A. Jane EyreB. Sense and SensibilityC. Pride and PrejudiceD. Emma2. Alexander Pope worked painstakingly on his poems and finally brought to its last perfection ______ Dryden had successfully used in his plays.A. the heroic coupletB. the free verseC. the bland verseD. the Spenserian stanza3. ______ has been regarded by some as the “Father of the English Novel” for hi s contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. John BunyanB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefoeD. Alexander Pope4. ______ defines the poet as a “man speaking to men,” and poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, whi ch originates in emotion recollected in tranquility.”A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. John Keats5. Romanticism does not emphasize ______ .A. the special qualities of each individual’s mindB. the inner world of the human spiritC. individualityD. the features that men have in common6. Which of the following is NOT a typical aspect of Defoe’s language?A. Elegant.B. Colloquial.C. Vernacular.D. Smooth.7. The Rivals and ______ are generally regarded as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw.A. The School for ScandalB. The DuennaC. Widowers HousesD. The Doctor’s Dilemma8. ______ was the only important dramatist of the 18th century.A. Alexander PopeB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Samuel JohnsonD. George Bernard Shaw9. What makes Jonathan Swift’s satire all the more bitter, biting and poignant is that his satire is often masked by ______ on the part of the author.A. an apparent eagerness, gravity, sincerity and detachment in toneB. a softness and persuasiveness in manner and firmness and thoroughness in actionC. a strong indignation in tone and open defiance and challengeD. a friendliness and frankness in tone and the seeming indifference and nonchalance10. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modern English ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.A. proseB. tragicomedyC. short storyD. novel11. ______ is a sharp satire on the moral degeneracy of the aristocratic-bourgeois society in the 18th-century England.A. The RivalsB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Tom JonesD. The School for Scandal12. The novel, which prospered in the hands of Swift, Defoe and Fielding, gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people. This is quite contrary to the traditional ______ of aristocrats.A. elegyB. epicC. romanceD. morality play13. Henry Fielding adopted “the third-person narration,” which enables the author to present as the ______ not only the characters external behavior but also the internal workings of their minds. A. “all-knowing God” B. intimate participant C. invisible man D. ignorant narrator14. In his novel Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the heroof the ______ .A. aristocratic classB. enterprising landlordsC. rising bourgeoisieD. hard-working people15. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce ______ to England.A. rationalismB. criticismC. romanticismD. realism16. Alone with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British ______ also grew very rapidly.A. bourgeoisB. proletariansC. aristocratic classD. royal family17. The Enlightenment Movement did not advocate ______ .A. rationality, reason, order and rulesB. return to the ancient classical worksC. inner feelings of individualsD. universal education18. ______ is not written by Alexander Pope.A. An Essay on CriticismB. The EssaysC. An Essay on ManD. The Dunciad19. “He has a servant called Friday”. “He” in the quoted sentence is a character in ______ .A. Henry Fielding’s Tom JonesB. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s ProgressC. Richard Bringsley Sheridan’s The School for ScandalD. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe20. Joh n Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress is a(n) ______ .(北京师范大学2004年)A. allegoryB. romanceC. comedy of mannersD. realistic novel21. The tone of Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels is ______ .A. sadB. sarcasticC. praisingD. detached22. In field of literature, the Enlightenment brought about a(n) ______ the old classical works. This tendency is known as neoclassicism.A. rebellion againstB. indifference toC. revived interest inD. rational scrutiny of23. The ______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century.A. RenaissanceB. EnlightenmentC. Religious ReformationD. Chartist Movement24. In the 18th-century English literature, the representative writer of neoclassicism is ______ .A. Alexander PopeB. Jonathan SwiftC. Daniel DefoeD. John Milton25. John Bunyan’s style was modeled after that of the English ______ , with concrete and living language and carefully observed and vividly presented details.A. romanceB. folkloreC. dramaD. Bible26. Which of the following plays is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare?A. The School for Scandal.B. She Stoops to Conquer.C. The Rivals.D. The Conscious Lover27. The statement “______ ” is NOT true in describing Gothic novel.A. Gothic novel is a type of romantic fictionB. Gothic novel predominated in the early 18th centuryC. Its principal elements are violence, horror and supernaturalD. The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe is typical Gothic romance28. ______ is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The RivalsB. The Pilgrim’s ProgressC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. Paradise Lost29. The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for ______ .A. material wealthB. spiritual salvationC. universal truthD. self-fulfillment30. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes “the Vanity Fair” in a ______ tone.A. delightfulB. satiricalC. sentimentalD. solemn31. The 18th century witnesses 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. realistic32. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______ century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20th33. Daniel Defoe describes ______ as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A. Tom JonesB. GulliverC. Moll FlandersD. Robinson Crusoe34. Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ______ .A. the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individual’s feelings and experiencesB. the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC. the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivation.D. the former advocates the return to nature whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its models.35. ______ is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.A. Bitter satireB. Elegant styleC. Casual narrationD. Complicated sentence structure36. You may have met the term “yahoo” on the Internet, but you may also have met it in English literature. It is found in ______ .A. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Samuel Johnson’s The Vanity of Human Wish esC. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s TravelsD. Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones37. Alexander Pope strongly advocated ______ , emphasizing that literary works should be judged by classical rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. neoclassicismB. sentimentalismC. idealismD. romanticism38. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are ______ .A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways39. The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of ______ .A. Gulliver’s TravelsB. The Rape of the LockC. Robinson CrusoeD. The Pilgrim’s Progress40. Which of the following statements on The Neoclassical Period is NOT true?A. The Neoclassical Period is prior to the Romantic Period.B. Henry Fielding is one of the representatives of the Neoclassical Period.C. The modern English novel came into being in the Neoclassical Period.D. The Neoclassical Period is also known as the Age of Enlightenment.41. In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told hisexperience in ______ .A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. HouyhnhnmD. England42. The following comments on Daniel Defoe are true EXCEPT ______ .A. in his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shownB. he was a member of the upper classC. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpieceD. Robinson Crusoe is his first novel43. Which of the following comments on the Enlightenment Movement is NOT true?A. It advocated individual education.B. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.C. The Enlightenment Movement flourished in France.D. The Enlightenment Movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance.44. English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with ______ .A. Sir Walter Scott’s death and the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB. the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s L yrical BalladsC. the publication of The Sketch BookD. the publication of Leaves of Grass45. “You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are ashandsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.” The above passage is taken from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The figure of speech used here is ______ .A. paradoxB. ironyC. simileD. hyperbole46. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ Ode on a Grecian Urn?A. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!”B. “They are both gone up to the church to pray.”C. “Earth has not anything to show more fair.”D. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”47. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line by ______ .A. J. KeatsB. W. BlakeC. W. WordsworthD. P. B. Shelley48. ______ is a poem based on a traditional Spanish Legend of a great lover and seducer of women.A. AdonaisB. Don JuanC. Prometheus UnboundD. The Revolt of Islam49. Of the following poets, which is NOT regarded as “Lake Poets”?A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.B. Robert Southey.C. William Wordsworth.D. Alfred Tennyson.50______ is written in the terza rima form Shelley derived from his reading of Dante.A. Prometheus UnboundB. Ode to the West WindC. AdonaisD. Men of England。

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案英国文学作为世界文学的重要组成部分,以其丰富的内容和独特的魅力吸引着无数读者和学者。

本文将围绕英国文学的一些经典试题进行解析,并提供相应的答案,以帮助学习者更好地理解和掌握英国文学的精髓。

一、选择题1. 威廉·莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中,主角哈姆雷特的著名独白“生存还是毁灭”出现在第几幕?A. 第一幕B. 第二幕C. 第三幕D. 第四幕答案:C. 第三幕2. 简·奥斯汀的小说《傲慢与偏见》中,达西先生最初对伊丽莎白·班纳特的印象是什么?A. 聪明机智B. 傲慢无礼C. 温柔善良D. 普通平凡答案:B. 傲慢无礼3. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的《到灯塔去》中,灯塔象征着什么?A. 希望与指引B. 孤独与隔绝C. 家庭与亲情D. 艺术与创造答案:A. 希望与指引二、简答题1. 请简述查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》中,卡顿牺牲自己的生命以救露西的情节及其意义。

答案:在《双城记》的结尾部分,卡顿为了拯救他深爱的露西及其家人,自愿替代露西的丈夫达尼,并接受了死刑。

卡顿的这一行为体现了无私的爱和牺牲精神,他的自我牺牲展示了人性中的高尚与伟大,同时也反映了狄更斯对于社会不公和人性的深刻批判。

2. 描述托马斯·哈代的《德伯家的苔丝》中,苔丝悲剧命运的起因及其对社会的批判。

答案:苔丝的悲剧命运起因于她被亚历克·德伯维尔欺骗失身,之后又因误会而与她真正爱的人安吉尔·克莱尔分离。

哈代通过苔丝的悲剧命运批判了维多利亚时代的道德伪善和对女性的双重标准,揭示了社会对个体命运的残酷影响。

三、论述题1. 分析乔治·奥威尔的《1984》中,对极权主义社会的描绘及其对现代社会的警示意义。

答案:《1984》通过对一个全面监控、言论受限、个人自由被剥夺的极权主义社会的描绘,展示了一个被“大哥”统治的恐怖世界。

奥威尔通过小说对极权主义进行了深刻的批判,警示现代社会警惕政府权力的无限扩张和对个人自由的侵蚀。

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案一、选择题(每题2分,共20分)1. 英国文学史上第一位伟大的诗人是:A. 威廉·莎士比亚B. 乔叟C. 约翰·弥尔顿D. 托马斯·哈代2. 以下哪部作品是乔治·奥威尔所著?A. 《1984》B. 《简·爱》C. 《傲慢与偏见》D. 《呼啸山庄》3. 被称为“英国文学之父”的是:A. 约翰·多恩B. 亚历山大·波普C. 威廉·华兹华斯D. 乔叟4. 以下哪位作家是维多利亚时代的代表人物?A. 威廉·布莱克B. 查尔斯·狄更斯C. 托马斯·哈代D. 约翰·弥尔顿5. 英国浪漫主义文学的代表人物包括以下哪些?A. 威廉·华兹华斯和塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治B. 威廉·莎士比亚和本·琼森C. 托马斯·哈代和乔治·艾略特D. 奥斯卡·王尔德和罗伯特·布朗宁二、填空题(每题2分,共10分)6. 威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧作品分为______、______和历史剧。

7. 《鲁滨逊漂流记》的作者是______。

8. 英国现代主义文学的代表人物之一是弗吉尼亚·______。

9. 《简·爱》的作者是______。

10. 《傲慢与偏见》的作者是简·奥斯汀,这部小说属于______文学。

三、简答题(每题10分,共20分)11. 简述威廉·莎士比亚的四大悲剧及其主要特点。

12. 描述查尔斯·狄更斯的写作风格及其对社会的影响。

四、论述题(每题25分,共50分)13. 论述托马斯·哈代的自然主义在《德伯家的苔丝》中的体现。

14. 分析《1984》中乔治·奥威尔对极权主义社会的批判。

答案一、选择题1. B2. A3. D4. B5. A二、填空题6. 喜剧、悲剧7. 丹尼尔·笛福8. 伍尔夫9. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特10. 现实主义三、简答题11. 威廉·莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和《麦克白》。

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案

英国文学试题及答案一、选择题(每题2分,共20分)1. 威廉·莎士比亚是英国文学史上的一位重要剧作家,他的作品包括以下哪些?A. 《哈姆雷特》B. 《悲惨世界》C. 《麦克白》D. 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》答案:A, C, D2. 以下哪位作家被认为是现代主义文学的先驱?A. 乔治·奥威尔B. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫C. 简·奥斯汀D. 托马斯·哈代答案:B3. 《傲慢与偏见》是哪位作家的作品?A. 简·奥斯汀B. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特C. 艾米莉·勃朗特D. 玛丽·雪莱答案:A4. 以下哪部作品是查尔斯·狄更斯的代表作之一?A. 《大卫·科波菲尔》B. 《简·爱》C. 《呼啸山庄》D. 《弗兰肯斯坦》答案:A5. 以下哪部作品被认为是英国文学中的“现代史诗”?A. 《荒原》B. 《尤利西斯》C. 《追忆似水年华》D. 《百年孤独》答案:A二、填空题(每空2分,共20分)6. 英国浪漫主义诗人威廉·华兹华斯在《_______》中表达了对自然的热爱。

答案:《抒情歌谣集》7. 《简·爱》的作者是_______,她通过这部小说探讨了女性独立和自尊的主题。

答案:夏洛蒂·勃朗特8. 乔治·奥威尔的《1984》描绘了一个_______的社会,其中“老大哥”是无所不在的统治者。

答案:极权主义9. 托马斯·哈代的《德伯家的苔丝》讲述了一个关于_______、爱情和社会道德的故事。

答案:命运10. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的《到灯塔去》是一部_______小说,以其流意识的叙述技巧而著名。

答案:现代主义三、简答题(每题10分,共30分)11. 简述威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧创作特点。

答案:威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧创作特点包括深刻的人性探讨,丰富的人物性格,复杂的情节构造,以及对语言的精湛运用。

英国文学试题加答案

英国文学试题加答案

试题及答案1Part One: J udge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false in the brackets in front of each statement. (15×1’ = 15’)1.Linguistics studies not any particular language, but languages in general.2. A scientific study of language is based on what the linguist thinks.nguage is culturally transmitted while animal call systems are geneticallytransmitted.nguage is a simple entity with multiple layers and facets.5.The classification of English consonants involves both manner of articulation andplace of articulation.6.Morphology and syntax study the same aspect of language.7.Syntax consists of a set of abstract rules that allow words to be combined withother words to form grammatical sentences.nguage is entirely arbitrary.9.Major lexical categories are open categories.10.Of the three branches of phonetics, acoustic phonetics is the longest established,and until recently the most highly developed.11.Meaning is central to the study of communication.12.Sometimes bound morphemes can be used by themselves.plete synonyms are rare in language.14.The structure of words is not governed by rules.15. The violations of the maxims make our language indirect.Part two: Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the fourchoices best completes the statement. (30×1’= 30’)16.A scientific study of language is based on the _____ investigation of languagedata.A. symbolicB. systemicC. systematicD. system17. A linguistic theory is constructed about what _____ is and how it works.A. langueB. linguistC. languageD. learning18. The study of language as a whole is often called _____ linguistics.A. particularB. generalC. ordinaryD. generative19. Traditional grammar regards the _____ form of language as primary, not thespoken form.A. oralB. writtenC. writingD. vocal20. According to F. de Sausure, ______ refers to the abstract linguistic.A. paroleB. performanceC. langueD. language21. Language is arbitrary in that there is no logical connection between meanings and______.A. wordsB. soundsC. objectsD. ideas22. Language is ______ in that it makes possible the construction and interpretation ofnew signals by its users.A. instructiveB. constructiveC. intuitiveD. productive23. Language is passed on from one generation to the next through _____, rather thanby instinct.A. learningB. teachingC. only learningD. both A and B24. ______ phonetics looks at the sounds from the hearer’s point of view and studieshow the sounds are perceived by the hearer.A. ArticulatoryB. AuditoryC. AcousticD. Oral25. The sounds produced without the vocal cords vibrating are _____ sounds.A. voicelessB. voicedC. vowelD. consonantal26. _____ [p] is a voiceless bilabial.A. affricateB. fricativeC. stopD. liquid27. A _____ is not a sound; it is a collection of distinctive phonetic features.A. phonemeB. phoneC. soundD. speech28. The word “boyish” contains two _____.A. phonemesB. morphsC. morphemesD. allomorphs29. ______ morphemes are those that cannot be used independently but have to becombined with other morphemes, either free or bound, to form a word.30. ______ modify the meaning of the stem, but usually do not change the part ofspeech of the original word.A. PrefixesB. SuffixesC. RootsD. Affixes31. A sentence is considered ______ when it conforms to the grammatical knowledgein the mind of native speakers.A. rightB. wrongC. grammaticalD. ungrammatical32. The syntactic rules of any language are ______ in number.A. largeB. smallC. finiteD. infinite33. In the study of meaning, the _____ are interested in understanding the relationsbetween linguistic expressions and what they refer to in the real world.A. linguistsB. philosophersC. psychologistsD. phoneticians34. Sence and reference are two related _____ different aspects of meaning.A. butB. andC. orD. as well as35. ______ means what a linguistic form refers to in the real, physical world.A. SenseB. ReferenceC. MeaningD. Semantics36. Dialectal synonyms are synonyms used in different ______ dialects.A. PersonalB. regionalC. socialD. professional37. Hyponyms of the same ______ are co-hyponyms.A. wordB. lexical itemC. superordinateD. hyponymy38. Words that are opposite in meaning are ______.A. synonymsB. hyponymsC. antonymsD. homophones39. Once the notion of _____ was taken into consideration, semantics spilled intopragmatics.A. meaningB. contextC. formD. content40. If a sentence is regarded as what people actually utter in the course ofcommunication, it becomes ______.A. a sentenceB. an actC. a unitD. an utterance41. A _____ analysis of an utterance will reveal what the speaker intends to do with it.A. semanticB. syntacticC. pragmaticD. grammatical42. _____ act theory is an important theory in the pragmatic study of language.A. SpeakingB. SpeechC. SoundD. Spoken43. _____ act is the act performed by or resulting from saying something.A. A locutionaryB. An illocutionaryC. A perlocutionaryD. A speech44. All the utterances that can be made to serve the same purpose may vary in their_____ form.A. syntacticB. semanticC. grammaticalD. pragmatic45. The Cooperative Principle is proposed by ______.A. John SearleB. John AustinC. Paul GriceD. John LyonsPart three: Give the Chinese meaning of the following English terms.(10×1’=10)46. design feature 47. duality 48. connotation 49. stem50. corticulation 51. speech community 52. prescriptive study53. macrolinguistics 54. metalanguage 55. utterancePart four: Define the following terms. (10×2’=20’)56. linguistics 57. allophone 58. blending 59. assimilation60. denotation 61. displacement 62. diachronic 63. root64. illocutionary act 65. paradigmatic relationPart five: Answer the following questions. (3×5’=15’)66.How does the Semantic Triangle illustrate meaning? Please draw it and explain itwith example.67.Please draw the tree diagram of the following sentence?The man hit the colorful ball.68.What is the difference between narrow transcription and broad transcription?AnswersPart one (每小题1分,共15分)1-5 TFTFT 6-10 FTFTF 11-15 TFTFTPart two(每小题1分,共30分)16-20 CCBBC 21-25 BDDBA 26-30 CACBA31-35 CCBAB 36-40 BCCBD 41-45 CBCACPart three (每小题1分,共10分)46. 结构特征47. 二重性48. 内涵49. 词干50. 协同发音51. 言语社团52.规定性研究53. 宏观语言学54. 元语言55.话语Part four (每小题2分,共20分)56. Linguistics: is generally defined as the scientific study of language.57. Allophone: the different phones which can represent a phoneme in different phonetic environments are called the allophones of that phoneme.58. Blending: a relatively complex from of compounding, in which two words are blended by joining the initial part of the first word and the final part of the second word, or by joining the initial parts of the two words.59. Assimilation: the change of a sound as a result of the influence.60. Denotation: the core sense of a word or a phrase that relates it to phenomena in the real world.61. Displacement: one design feature of human language, which means human language enable their users to symbolize objects, events and concepts which are not present in time and space, at the moment of communication.62. Diachronic: the study of a language is carried through the course of its history.63. Root: the base form of a word that can’t further be analyzed without total loss of identity.64. Illocutionary act: the act performed in saying something; its force is identical with the speaker’s intention.65. Paradigmatic relation: a relation holding between elements replaceable with each other at a particular place in a structure, or between one element present and theothers absent.Part five (每小题5分,共15分)66/67略68. The use of a simple set of symbols in our transcription is a broad transcription; the use of more specific symbols to show more phonetic detail is referred to as a narrow transcription.试题及答案2I、Multiple Choice. (40%)There are 15 questions in this part. Choose A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet.A 1. Beowulf is a ___ poem, describing an all-round picture of the tribalsociety.A. paganB. ChristainC. romanticD. lyricB 2.The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, acomprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created awhole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely___.A. William Langland’s Piers the PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower’s Confessio AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC 3. In “ Sonnet 18 ” ,Shakespeare has a profound meditation on thedestructive power of __C___ and the eternal __________ brought forth by poetry to the one he loves .A. death/ lifeB. time / beautyC. death/ loveD. hate / loveC. 4. Which of the following poetic forms is the principle form of Shakespeare’sdrama?A. lyricB. sonnetC. blank verseD. quatrainC 5. Which of the following statements best illustrate the theme ofShakespeare’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.A 6. Which of the following place does Gulliver visit first in Gulliver’s Travels?A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. LaputaD. HouyhnhnmsB 7. Which of the following is NOT true about Robinson Crusoe?A.It is written in the autobiographical form.B.It is a record of Defoe’s own experiences.C.Robinson spends 28 years of isolated life on the island.D.It is set in the middle of the 17th century.B.8.Many of Burn s’ songs deal with friendship.____ has long become auniversal parting-song of all the English speaking countries.A. A Red, Red RoseB. Auld Lang SyneC. My Heart’s in the HighlandsD. John Anderson, My JoA 9.The Tiger was written by___.A. William BlakeB. John KeatsC. William WordsworthD. Percy ShelleyB 10.“One short sleep past, we wake eternally” is taken from___A. The Solitary ReaperB. Death be not proudC. To AutumnD. Song to the Man of EnglandA 11. _____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.A. Thomas NorthB. Thomas WyattC. George ChapmanD. John FlorioC 12. _____is considered to be the summit of Shakespeare’s art.A.Romeo and JulietB. The Comedy of ErrorsC. HamletD. The TempestC 13. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyricsand the later sacred verses.A.John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John DrydenD 14. The main literary stream of the 18th century was ____ .What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.A. romanticismB. classicismC. realismD. SentimentalismD 15. Which of the following works are not written by Oliver Goldsmith?____.A. The TravellerB. The Deserted VillageC. The Vicar of WakefieldD. The School for ScandalA 16.In the 18th century English literature ,the representative writer ofneo-classicism is _A___ .A. PopeB. SwiftC. DefoeD. MiltonB 17.The __B_ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout westernEurope in the 18th century .A. RenaissanceB. EnlightenmentC. Religious ReformationD. Chartist MovementB18. Blake ,Wordsworth ,__B__ ,Byron ,Shelley and _________ are the major Romantic poets .A. Coleridage / SoutheyB. Coleridge / KeatsC. Keats / ScottD. Scott / ColeridgeB 19. The Canterbury Tales was written in_____A. Old EnglishB. Middle EnglishC. Modern EnglishD. Current Modern EnglishA 20. “The father of English poetry” is _____.A. Geoffrey ChaocerB. Edmund SpenserC. Francis Bacon D Henry FieldingII. Fill in the Blanks in the following summary statementaccording to what you have learnt of British history andliterature. (20%)1. Chaucer employed the_ Heroic _couplet in writing his greatest work The Canterbury tales.2. Shakespeare ’s plays have been traditionally divided into four categories according to dramatic type: histories, _ comedies _, tragedies and romances.3. A Shakespearean sonnet is composed of three quatrains and a concluding_ couplet .4. John Donne is the founder of the school of_ metaphysical poetry _. His works are characterized by mysticism in content and fantasticality in form.5. John Milton ’s Paradise Lost opens with the description of a meeting among thefallen angels, and ends with the departure of Adam and _ Eve _from the Garden of Eden.6. Othello,__ Hamlet _ , Kinglear, and Macbeth are the four greatest tragedies of William Shakespeare.7. Literature can be divided into poetry, fiction/novel and_ Drama ______.8. Joseph Addison and Richard Steele jointly created _ The Spectator __.9. _ Odes __are generally regarded as Keats ’ most important and mature works.10. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is written bythe following literary terms in your own words. 1.Ballad: A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung.2.Tragedy : A literary work in which the protagonist meets an unhappy or disastrous end.3.Sonnet: A 14-line verse form usually written in iambic pentameter.4.Sentimentalism: A sentimental expression or idea.四. Short Answers Read the materials first , and then answer the questionsaccording to the requirements .Remember you should write your answers correctly ,completely and briefly (20%)“Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep, moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.”Questions:1) What kind of rhetorical devices does the sentence used?Analogy (类比)2) Please translate this sentence.读史使人明智,读诗使人灵秀,数学使人周密,科学使人深刻,伦理学使人庄重,逻辑修辞使人善变。

English Literature 英国文学考试试题及答案

English Literature  英国文学考试试题及答案

Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureⅠ. Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeatingEngland.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer明朝3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.中世纪A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.亚瑟王的顶峰A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB.BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d’Arthur6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. TheNormans spoke _____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator ofthe Bible.A. LanglandB. GowerC. Wycliffe威克利夫D. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed,through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England.A. primitiveB. feudal封建的;领地的;世仇的C. bourgeois 资本家D. modern9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.A. loyaltyB. revolt反抗C. obedience顺从D. mockery嘲弄10. The most famous cycle of English ballads民歌centers on the stories about alegendary outlaw called _____.A. Morte d’ArthurB. Robin HoodC. The Canterbury TalesD. Piers the Plowman11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland, was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey威斯敏斯特教堂(英国名人墓地13. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of the FrenchRoman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A.The Romaunt of the Rose 传奇故事B. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact onthe wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.A. engineerB. courtierC. office holderD. soldierE. ambassadorF. legislator (议员)15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem na med _____ based on Boccaccio’spoem “Filostrato”.A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and CriseydeC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. BeowulfKey to the multiple choices:1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAABⅡ. Questions1.What are the features of Beowulf?文体。

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《英国文学》题库及答案I.Choose the best to complete the following statements1.“O Wind/If winter comes,can spring be far behind?” The two lines are from _______.A. “To Autumn”B. “To a Nightingale”C. “Ode to the West Wind”D. “To a Skylark”2. “To be or not to be----that is the question” is taken from_______.A.HamletB.Romeo and JulietC.The Merchant of theVeniceD.Macbeth3. _______ is romantic love tragedy.A. Romeo and JulietB. MacbethC.The Merchant of the VeniceD. Hamlet4. Beowulf. is considered as _______.A. the best epic in English literatureB. the national epic of the Anglo-SaxonsC. the best narrative poem in English literatureD.the best romance5. In_____,Chaucer created a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society and a whole gallery of vivid characters.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Romaunt of the RoseC.The Legend of Good WomenD.Troilus and Criseyde6. ___ marks a transition from the medieval to the modern world.A. Enlightenment MovementB. The Glorious RevolutionC. The RenaissanceD. Reformation7. _____is not a writer in the Renaissance.A .Francis BaconB .William Shakespeare C. John Milton D .Jonathan Swift8. __ is NOT the style of Bacon’s essays.A. brevityB. compactness C .powerfulness D .high-flowness9 ______ is generally accepted as an English epic besides Beowulf.A.Samson AgonistesB.Paradise LostC.Paradise RegainedD. “Lycidas”10.The Neo-classicism is markedly characterized by the emphisis of__________.A.realismB.didactic functionC.elegant styleD. lyricism11.____________ is not a picaresque novel.A. Great Expectations B Gulliver’s TravelsC. Robinson CrosueD. The Pilgrim’s Progress12. “Death, Be not Proud” is an Italian sonnet by____.A.ShakespeareB.John MiltonC.John DonneD. Drydon13. In Paradise Lost, Milton doesn’t refers God to____.A.KingB.FoeC.VictorD. Friend14._________ is not a Lake poet?A.SoutheyB.WordworthC.ShelleyD.Coleridge15. ____is a typical Byronic heroe.A.Don JuanB.ShelleyC. BeowulfD. Iliad16.He was the 1st important Romantic poet,showing a contempt for rationalism and bringingsomething fresh to British poetry.He is __.A .Wordsworth B.Blake C.Keats D.Coleridge17. “Did he smile his work to see? /Did he who made the Lamb make thee?”, the 2 lines are from___.A. “the Lamb”B. “The Tyger”C. “The Cheminey Sweeper”D. “The Sick Roes”18. In the above quoted lines, “the Lamb” refers to____.A .Nature B.Jesus Christ C.God D.Uncertain19. “The waves beside them danced; but they /Outdid the sparking waves in glee; ” here, “they ”refer to____.A. rosesB.voletsC.daffodilsD.girls20.The pleasure dome is described in ____.A. “Kubla Khan”B. “Christabel”C. “Frost at Midnight”D. “Dejection:An Ode”21.“Ode to the West Wind” is in____.A.abb bbcB.terza rimaC.aab bcbD.free verse22.In“Ode to the West Wind”, west wind is the biggest symbol; it symbolizes______.A. destroyer and preserverB.boundless freedomC.a lyreD.both A and B23. “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard /Are sweeter;therefore,ye soft pipes,play on;”the 2 lines are from“Ode on a Grecian Urn”by _____.A. John KeatsB.William WordsworthC.ByronD.Sheelley24.The striking characteristic of the Victorian fiction lies in___.A.critical realismB.a return to rationalismC.naturalismD.an overall negation of society25.____is not a character created by Charles Dickens.A.Oliver TwistB.David CopperfieldC.PipD. Ishmael26. Tess is sandwiched between and murdered by two so-called gentlemen: one is Alec, and the other is ______.A. Angel ClareB. Alec’s brotherC. LouisD. Babalou27.Linguist Higgins appears in____.A.Widower’s HousesB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. St. JoanD. Pygmalion28.In “Auld Lang Syne”, the poet is singing for ______.A.loveB.friendshipC.patriotismD.his mother29.In “The Rocking Horse Winner”, Lawrence attacks____.A.money-worshippingB.hypocricyC.industrialismmercialism30. “My Last Duchess” is a famous ______ by ______.A. love lyric; WordsworthB.dramatic monologue;TennysonC.dramatic monologue; BrowningD.tragedy; ShawII.Please explain the following terms briefly1. Neo-classicism:2.The Waste Land3. blank verse4.The Great Expectation 34.heroic couplet5. Shakespearean Sonnet6.Critical Realism7. dramatic monologueIII.Answer the following questions1.Why is Shakespeare great in the history of British literature?2.What does Wordsworth want to say in “I Wandered as A Lonely Cloud”?3.Please explain the theme of Tess of the D’Urbevilles.4. In what a way is Renaissance significant in the history of Europe?5. What does T.S. Eliot want to say in “The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock”?6. What does Wordsworth describe in “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways”?7. What is the major theme of the novels of Lawrence?8. What does Byron want to say in “She Walks in Beauty”?《英国文学》作业参考答案I.1.C2.A3.A4.B5.A6.C7.D8.D9.B 10.B11.A 12.C 13.D 14.C 15.A 16.B 17.B 18.B 19.C 20.A21.B 22.D 23.A 24.A 25.D 26.A 27.D 28.B 29.A 30.CII.1. Neo-classicism is revival of interest in the old classical works.According to theneo-classicists,all forms of literature werw to be modeled after the classical works of Greek and Roman writers and those of the contemporary French ones.They believed that the artisical ideals should be judged in terms of its service to humanity.This belief led them to seek proption,unity,harmony and grace in literary expression.Thus a polite,urbane,witty and intellectual art developed.2. The Waste Land has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry,comparable to Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads. With bold technical innovations in versification and style,the poem not only presents a panorama of physical disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world, but also reflects the prevalent mood of disillusionment and despair of a whole post-war generation. The poem is about the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose. It is regarded as a reflection of the 20th century people’s disillusionment and frustration in a sterile and futile society.3. blank verse refers to unrhymed verse of iambic pentametre.4.Heroic couplet refers to two lines of iambic pentameter rhyming with each other.5. Sonnet is a lyric poem almost invariably of 14 lines and following one of several set rhyme-scheme There are 2 widely accepted rhyme-schemes:Italian (Petrarchan) sonnet and English (Shakespearean)sonnet.The former consists of a octave(abbaabba) and a sestet (cdecde,cdccdc or cdedce).The English is made up of 3 quatrains and an heroic couplet.It rhymes in ababcdcdefefgg.6. It is a literary movement in the 2nd half of the 19th century and the beginning decade of the 20th century as a reaction to Romanticism.The realists holds that literature should be faithful to and write about the possibilty of reality.They on one hand expose the social problems,on the other hand, try to find solutions to the problems.Most of them are democratic social reformers.7. Dramatic monologue refers to a lyrical poem which reveals “a soul in action” through the conversation of one character in a dramatic situation. The character is speaking to an identifiable but silent lis tener at the dramatic moment of the speaker’s life.III.1.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is one of the most remarkable playwrightsand poets the world has ever known.With his 38 plays,154 sonnets and 2 long poems,he has established his giant position in world literature.The influence of Shakespeare upon British literature is hard to measure and it is not exegerated to say that all the writers after him have been influenced by him directly or indirectly.A. As a humanist, Shakepeare enthuiastically eulogizes humanity and writes in the spirit of Renaissance.He was against feudal tyranny ,religious persecution,racial discrimination,social inequality and the corrupting influence of money and gold.B. Shakespeare holds that literature should be a combination of beauty, kindness and truth,and should reflect nature and reality;he believes that only this kind of literature can reach immortality.C.Shakespeare is a great master of the English language2. This poem is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature, and one that takes us to the core of Wordsworth’s poetic beliefs. In his eyes, nature is sublime and sacred and will exert a lasting influence upon a soul. The poem is a record of his sublime communion with nature .3. This novel is one of the best and most popular work by Hardy. It is a fierce attack on the hypocritical morality of the bourgeois society and the capitalist invasion into the country and destruction of the English peasantry towands the end of the century.Tess, as a pure woman, brought up with the traditional idea of womanly virtues, is abused and destroyed by both Alec and Angel, agents of the destructive force of the society. And the misery, the poverty and the heartfelt pain she suffers and her final tragedy give rise to a most bitter cry of protest and denunciation of the society.4. The Renaissance marks a transition from the medieval to the modern world.Generally ,it refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries.It first started in Italy,with the flowering of painting,sculpture and literature.From Italy the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe.The Renaissance ,which means rebirth or revival,is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events,such as the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture,the new discovery in geography and astrology,the religious reformation and the economic expansion.The Renaissance,therefore,in essence ,is a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe,to introduce new ideas that expressed the interest of the rising bourgeeoisie,and to recover the purity of early church from the corruption of Roman Catholic Church.5. The poem is Eliot’s most striking early achievement. It presents the meditation of an aging young man over the business of proposing marriage.The poem is in a form of dramatic monologue, suggesting an ironic contrast between a pretended “love song” and a confession of the speaker’s incapability facing up to love and to life in a sterile upper-class world. Prufrock, the protagonist of poem, is neurotic, self-important, illogical and incapable of action. He is a kind of tragic figure caught in asense of defeated idealism and tortured by unsatisfied desires. The poem is intensely anti-romantic with visual images of hard, gritty objects and evasive hellish atmosphere.6. (main points)He reveals his sympathy for the poor woman in rural area.7. In his novels he writes about the dehumanization brought about by the industrial civilization and he believes that individual’s psychological development lies in the sexual impulse—Life Force. Consequently, he frequently touches upon the sexual relationship between man and woman in most of hios novels.8. see textbook.。

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