广东英国文学选读 试题
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,12. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essenceis_______.A. scienceB. philosophyC. artsD. humanism13. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems.A. Edmund SpenserB. John DonneC. William BlakeD. Thomas Gray14. _______ is known as “the poet's poet”.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Edmund SpenserD. John Donne15. Romance，which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of____ adventures or other heroic deeds，is apopular literary form in the medieval period.A. ChristianB. knightlyC. pilgrimsD. primitive16. ________ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.A. Edmund Spenser, Christopher MarloweB. Thomas More, Christopher MarloweC. John Donne,Edmund Spenser D. John Milton, Thomas More17. Among the following plays which is not written by Christopher Marlowe?A. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. TamburlaineD. The School for Scandal18. Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are _______.A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo andJuliet C. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and Macbeth D. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth19. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?”is the line of one of Shakespeare's ________.A. comediesB. tragediesC. historiesD. sonnets20. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare,Sonnets 18) What does “this”refer to?A. LoverB. TimeC. SummerD. Poetry21. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18？A. The speaker eulogizes the power of NatureB. The speaker satirizes human vanityC. The speakerpraises the power of artistic creation D. The speaker meditates on man's salvation22. “Bassani Antonio，I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself；But life itself，my wife，and all the world，Are not with me esteem'd above thy life；I would lose all，ay，sacrifice them all，Here to thedevil，to deliver you. Portia：Your wife would give you little thanks for that，ff she were by to hear you make theoffer.”The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part canbe regarded as a good example to illustrateA. dramatic ironyB. personificationC. allegoryD. symbolism23. “The Fairy Queen”is the masterpiece written by____.A. John MiltonB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Edmund SpenserD. Alexander Pope24. Which of the following work did Bacon NOT write?A. Advancement of LearningB. Novum OrganumC. De AugmentisD. Areopagitica25. The greatest of pioneers of English drama in Renaissance is _______, one of whose drama is “DoctorFaustus”.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Oscar WildeD. R. Brinsley Sheridan26. “Euphues”was written by ________, the style of the novel was called “Euphuism”.A. John BunyanB. John LylyC. John DonneD. John Milton27. The most famous dramatist in the 18th century is ______, who is famous for “The School for Scandal”.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Thomas GrayC. R. Brinsley SheridanD. G.eorge Bernard Shawth century was ______, who was a c28. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17ritic, poet, andplaywright.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. John DrydenC. John MiltonD. T. G. Coleridge29. The representative of the “Metaphysical”poetry is ______, whose poems are famous for his use offantastic metaphors and extravagant hyperboles.A. John DonneB. John MiltonC. William BlakeD. Robert Burns30. Which of the following has / have associations with John Donne's poetry?A. reason and sentimentB. conceits and witsC. the euphuismD. writing in the rhymed couplet31. _____ is the successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The Pilgrim's ProgressB. The Canterbury TalesC. Paradise LostD. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded32. The 18th century England is known as the ______ in the history.A. RenaissanceB. ClassicismC. EnlightenmentD. Romanticism33. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, who was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to writespecially a “comic epic讽刺史诗in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style?A. Thomas GrayB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Johathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding34. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______________”, for his contribution to theestablishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Best writer of the English novelB. The father of English novelC. The most gifted writer of the English novelD. conventional writer of English novel35. Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists were Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry fieldingand _______.A. Laurence SterneB. John DrydenC. Charles DickensD. Alexander Pope36. John Milton's masterpiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of _____.A. rhymed stanzasB. blank verseC. alliterationD. sonnets37. Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out____，both in theory and practice，to write specifically a “______ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. (Refer to 19)A. tragic epicB. comic epicC. romanceD. lyric epicth century is ______. 38. Besides Sheridan, another great playwright in the 18A. Oliver Goldsmith B. Thomas Gray C. T. G. Smollet D. Laurence Sterne39. She Stoops to Conquer was written by _____.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. R. Brinsley SheridanC. John DrydenD. George Bernard Shaw40. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modernEnglish ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.A. proseB. short storyC. novelD. tragicomedyby Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are _____.41. The Houyhnhnms depictedA. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants thatare superior in wisdom D. hairy，wild，low and despicable creatures，who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways42. The unquenchable无法消除的spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence ona lonely island reflects ____.A. man's desire to return to natureB. the author's criticism of the colonization XC. the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie XD. the aristocrats' disillusionment of the harsh social reality43. Gothic novels are mostly stories of_____, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Agecastles.A. love and marriageB. sea adventuresC. mystery and horrorD. saints and martyrs44. “The father of English novel”is __________.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. John Donne。
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)。
英国文学期末考试试题 广外
英国文学期末考试试题（广东外语外贸大学）Instructions：This examination consists of 5 parts，and the total time for the examination is 2 hours. All the answers should be entered onto the Answer Sheet.Part I：Multiple Choices （10%）Choose the best answer to the following sentences.1.Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf？A. AlliterationB. Anglo-Saxons’ early life in EnglandC. Germanic languageD. The national epic of Anglo-Saxon people2.English Renaissance Period was an age of.A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays and journalsD. ballads and songs3.The main literary form of the early 17th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledged as the greatest. Besides him，there were two groups of poets. They were the Cavalier poets and.A. the lake poetsB. the university witsC. the Metaphysical poetsD. the Romantic poets4. Pamela is widely considered to be the first novel and was written by ___________.A. Thomas HardyB. James JoyceC. Samuel RichardsonD. Henry Fielding5.The publication of，which was the joint work of William Wordsworth and Samuel T. Coleridge，marked the beginning of the Romantic Age in England.A. Don JuanB. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerC. Lyrical BalladsD. Queen Mab6.Among the most famous realistic novelists of the Victorian age are，W. M. Thackeray，Bronte sisters，etc.A. Joseph ConradB. Henry FieldingC. Charles DickensD. D. H. Lawrence7.In James Joyce’s ____________ the story “Eveline” paints a portrait of a young woman from Dublin deciding whether or not to leave her hometown.A. UlyssesB. OrlandoC. DublinersD. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man8.In the 18th century England，satire was much used in writing. Literature of this age produced some excellent satirists，such as Jonathan Swift，Henry Fielding and.William Blake B. Robert Burns C.Alexander Pope D. Daniel Defoe9.William Wordsworth never used “gaudy and inane phraseology” because he felt that poetry should ____________.A. be read only by the well-educatedB. use difficult vocabulary to express complicated emotionsC. use simple speech to communicate the truths of human experienceD. rely on strange and uncommon words to bring people new experiences10. Virginia Woolf is renowned for adopting the technique，which displays the sequence of thoughts and impressions in a person’s mind.A. mind-readingB. third-person narrationC. stream-of-consciousnessD. feministPart II：Gap Filling （10%）Complete the following sentences and write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1.Geoffrey Chaucer’s work gives us a picture of the condition of English life of his day，such as its work and play，its deeds and dreams，its fun and sympathy.2.During the Norman Conquest，the most important form of literary composition is，the representative of which is the legend of King Arthur and the round table knights.3.Epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was William Shakespeare and who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.4.Hamlet，Othello，Macbeth and are generally regarded as William Shakespeare’s four great tragedies.5.Edmund Spenser is generally regarded as the greatest nondramatic poet of the Elizabethan Age. His fame is chiefly based on his masterpiece.6.In Elizabethan Period，wrote more than 50 excellent essays，which made him one of the best essayists in English literature.7.The was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century.8.In the latter part of the 18th century，there appeared，as a reaction against Reason，___________ novel and literature of sentimentality.9.Thomas Gray’s highly praised poem shows the poet’s sympathy for the poor，and condemns the great ones who despise the poor and bring sufferings to the common people.10.The Romantic movement in England had two significant movements as its background：the French Revolution and.11________ is perhaps the most talented early novelist. She wrote a number of books concerning young，relatively wealthy women pursuing marriage，such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma.12.George Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems. One is Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and the other is.13John Keats wrote several famous ___________， a type of lyric poem that is meditative and formal.14._________，the eldest of the two famous novelist sisters，wrote Jane Eyre in the middle of the 19th century.15._____________ monologue was first successfully used in poetry by Robert Browning.16.One of the most striking features of in the 20th century literature is anti-past，anti-tradition，anti-novel，anti-hero，etc.17.__________，the manifesto of modernist poetry in the 20th century，was written by T. S. Eliot.18. A Passage to India，Howard’s End，and A Room with a View are three of the most famous novels by ___________.19.Lord Jim is one of the most famous novels by _________，who was born in Poland and learned English as his third language.20.Man and Superman and Pygmalion are two of most famous plays by __________.Part III：Definition of Terms （15%）Choose THREE out of the following terms and explain them in two or three sentences.Sonnet；Point of view；Soliloquy；Setting；Heroic coupletPart IV：Appreciation （40%）Choose TWO of the following three excerpts and write a passage of comment （about 80 words）on each one. Your comment should cover the questions after each excerpt.Excerpt 1：I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills，When all at once I saw a crowd，A host，of golden daffodils；Beside the lake，beneath the trees，Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.…For oft，when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood，They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude；And then my heart with pleasure fills，And dances with the daffodils.（William Wordsworth，“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”）Questions：1. What is the central image of this poem？What is the poet’s reaction as revealed in the poem？2. Wordsworth believes that “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”and poetry “takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility”. How does this poem reflect the poet’s philosophy of composition？Excerpt 2：The proper study of mankind is man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state，A being darkly wise，and rudely great：With too much knowledge for the Skeptic side，With too much weakness for the Stoic’s pride，He hangs between；in doubt to act，or rest；In doubt to deem himself a God，or beast；In doubt his mind or body to prefer；Born but to die，and reasoning such，Whether he thinks too little or too much；Chaos of thought and passion，all confused；Still by himself abused or disabused；Created half to rise，and half to fall；（Alexander Pope，An Essay on Man）Questions：1. What’s the topic of the above lines？2.Summarize the main idea in a few sentences.Excerpt 3：I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts，which I hope will not be liable to the least objection.I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London，that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious，nourishing，and wholesomefood，whether stewed，roasted，baked，or boiled；and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the hundred and twenty thousand children，already computed，twenty thousand may be reserved for breed，whereof only one fourth part to be males，which is more than we allow to sheep，black cattle，or swine；and my reason is that these children are seldom the fruits of marriage，a circumstance not much regarded by our savages，therefore one male will be sufficient to serve four females. That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the person of quality and fortune through the kingdom，always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month，so as to render them plump and fat for a good table.A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends，and when the family dines alone，the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish；and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day，especially in winter.（Jonathan Swift，A Modest Proposal）Questions：1. What is the author’s modest proposal in the passage？And what do you think is his real idea behind it？2. What kind of tone is shown in the passage？（Explain it with specific quotations from the text）Part V. Critical Reading （25%）Read the attached short story and answer the questions in essay form.1. What’s the turning point in the murder trial？Describe it in a few sentences.2.Read carefully the last two paragraphs of the story and comment，in the form of a 150-200-word essay，on the message or real meaning of the author.The Case for the DefenseGraham Greene1It was the strangest murder trial that I ever attended. They named it the Peckham murder in the headlines，though Northwood Street，where the old woman was found battered to death，was not strictly speaking in Peckham. This was not one of those cases of circumstantial evidence in which you feel the juryman’s anxiety—because mistakes havebeen made—like domes of silence muting the court. No，this murderer was all but found with the body；no one present when the Crown counsel outlined his case believed that the man in the dock stood any chance at all.2He was a heavy stout man with bulging bloodshot eyes. All his muscles seemed to be in his thighs. Yes，an ugly customer，one you wouldn’t forget in a hurry—and that was an important point because the Crown proposed to call four witnesses who hadn’t forgotten him，who had seen him hurrying away from the little red villa in Northwood Street. The clock had just struck two in the morning.3Mrs. Salmon in 15 Northwood Street had been unable to sleep；she heard a door click shut and thought it was her own gate. So she went to the window and saw Adams （that was his name）on the steps of Mrs. Parker’s house. He had just come out and h e was wearing gloves. He had a hammer in his hand and she saw him drop it into the laurel bushes at the front gate. But before he moved away，he had looked up—at her window. The fatal instinct that tells a man when he is watched exposed him in the light of a street-lamp to her gaze—his eyes suffused with horrifying and brutal fear，like an animal’s when you raise a whip. I talked afterwards to Mrs. Salmon，who naturally after the astonishing verdict went in fear herself. As I imagined did all the witnesses—Henry MacDougall，who had been driving home from Benfleet late and nearly ran Adams down at the corner of Northwood Street. Adams was walking in the middle of the road looking dazed. And old Mr. Wheeler，who lived next door to Mrs. Parker，at No. 12 and was waken by a noise—like a chair falling—through the thin-as-paper villa wall，and got up and looked out of the window，just as Mrs. Salmon had done，saw Adam’s back and，as he turned，those bulging eyes. In Laurel Avenue he had been seen by yet another witness—his luck was badly out；he might as well have committed the crime in broad daylight.4“I understand，” the counsel said，“that the defense proposes to plead mistaken identity. Adams’ wife will tell you that he was with her at two in the morning on F ebruary 14，but after you have heard the witnesses for the Crown and examined carefully the features of the prisoner，I do not think you will be prepared to admit the possibility of a mistake.”5It was all over，you would have said，but the hanging.6After the formal evidence had been given by the policeman who had found the body and the surgeon who examined it，Mrs. Salmon was called. She was the ideal witness，with her slight Scotch accent and her expression of honesty，care and kindness.7The counsel for the Crown brought the story gently out. She spoke very firmly. There was no malice in her，and no sense of importance at standing there in the Central Criminal Court with a judge in scarlet handing on her words and the reporters writing them down. Yes，she said，and then she had gone down stairs and rung up the police station.8“And do you see the man here in court？”She looked straight and at the big man in the dock，who stared at her with his Pekingese eyes without emotion.“Yes，” she sai d，“there he is.”“You are quite certain？”She said simply，“I couldn’t be mistaken，sir.”It was as easy as that.“Thank you，Mrs. Salmon.”9Counsel for the defense rose to cross-examine. If you had reported as many murder trials as I have，you would have known beforehand what line he would take. And I was right，up to a point.10“Now，Mrs. Salmon，you must have remembered that a man’s life may depend on your evidence.”“I do remember it，sir.”“Is your eyesight good？”“I have never had to wear spectacles，sir.”“You are a woman of fifty-five？”“Fifty-six，sir.”“And the man you saw was on the other side of the road？”“Yes，sir.”“And it was two o’clock in the morning. You must have remarkable eyes，Mrs. Salmon？”“No，sir. There was moonlight，and the man looked up，he had the lamplight on his face.”11I couldn’t make out what he was at. He couldn’t have expected any other answer than the one he got.12“None whatever，sir. It isn’t a face one forgets.”13Counsel took a look around the court for a moment. Then he said，“Do you mind，Mrs. Salmon，examining again the people in court？No，not the prisoner. Stand up，please，Mr. Adams，” and there at the back of the court with thick stout body and muscular legs and a pair of bulging eyes，was the exact image of the man in the dock. He was even dressed the same—tight blue suit and striped tie.14“Now think very carefully，Mrs. Salmon. Can you still swear that the man you saw drop the hammer in Mrs. Parker’s garden was the p risoner—and not this man，who is his twin brother？”15Of course she couldn’t. She looked from one to the other and didn’t say a word.16There the big brute sat in the dock with his legs crossed，and there he stood too at the back of the court and they both stared at Mrs. Salmon. She shook her head.17What we saw then was the end of the case. There wasn’t a witness prepared to swear that it was the prisoner he’d seen. And the brother？He had his own alibi too；he was with his wife.18And so the man was acquitted for lack of evidence. But whether if he did the murder and not his brother—he was punished or not，I don’t know. That extraordinary day had an extraordinary end. I followed Mrs. Salmon out of court and we got wedged in the crowd who were waiting，of course，for the twins. The police tried to drive the crowd away，but all they could do was keep the roadway clear for traffic. I learned later that they tried to get the twins to leave by a back way，but they wouldn’t. One of them—no one knew which—said，“I’ve been acquitted，haven’t I？” and they walked bang out of the front entrance. Then it happened. I don’t know how，though I was only six feet away. The crowd moved and somehow one of the twins got pushed on to the road right in front of a bus.19He gave a squeal like a rabbit and that was all；he was dead，his skull smashed just as Mrs. Parker’s had been. Divine vengeance？I wish I knew. There was the other Adams getting on his feet from beside the body and looking straight over at Mrs. Salmon. He wascrying，but whether he was the murderer or the innocent man nobody will ever be able to tell. But if you were Mrs. Salmon，could you sleep at night？。
英国文学选读试题
英国文学选读试题I. Prose selection：In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions below. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves, do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.Questions:1.Which book is this passage taken from?And what’s the title of the essay?Who is the author of it?Essays; Of Studies; Francis Bacon2.How many abuses or misuses of studies the author summarized in this passage,and do you agree with him, why or why not?3.What is the relationship of practice and studies, try to illustrate it by relatingyour own experience.According to the author, what is the most effective way to pursue one’s studies and why?II. Poem selection：In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions after the selection. Writeyour answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so ;For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.From rest and sleep, which but thy picture[s] be,Much pleasure, then from thee much more must flow,And soonest our best men with thee do go,Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.Thou'rt slave to Fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,And better than thy stroke ; why swell'st thou then ?One short sleep past, we wake eternally,And Death shall be no more ; Death, thou shalt dieQuestions:1.What type of poem is this one, and who is the poet? What is the poet’s attitudetoward Death?2.What is the Renaissance idea of sleep, can you describe death's image andcompare it to that expressed in Hamlet’s soliloquy (To be or not to be, that is the question…).3.Why does the poet say that Death is “slave to fate, chance, kings and desperatemen”, do you think death is powerful enough to choose who is to die?4.What is your idea about death, do you think Death can be swelling with pridetoday?III. Novel Selection: In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions after the selection. Writeyour answers on the Answer Sheet ((40 points).Questions:1.Do you agree with the statement “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that asingle man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”, why or why not?2.Describe the relationship between Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet. Tell how youthink they feel about each other, and give details from the excerpts to support your opinion.3.Hyperbole and irony are effectively used by Jane Austen in this novel. Point outwith a single underline the hyperbolic or ironical expressions in the following sentences:"It is more than I engage for, I assure you.""Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces""I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years atleast.""It is very unlucky: but as I have actually paid the visit, we cannot escape the acquaintance now"(Chap.2).4.What do you think of the theme of this novel? Does it have anything to do withits original title: First Impressions?5.Who is your favourite character of this novel, and why?5※<试题四>英国文学选读试题I. Prose selection：In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from some famous literary works, and then answer the questions below. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).Histories make men wise, poets witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. There is no stond or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit studies, like as the diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like. So if a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstration, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are hair splitters. So every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.Questions:1.Which book is this passage taken from? And what’s the title of the essay?Who is the author of it?2.In what sense does reading make a full man? And what kind of reading does theauthor refer to in this context?3.Can you give an example to show the effect of a special kind of reading or sportupon human character by relating your own experience?According to the author, every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. Do youagree with the author, why or why not?II. Poem selection：In this section, you are required to read a poem taken from some famous collection, and then answer the questions after the selection. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet (30 points).Questions:1.What type of poem is this one, and its poetic features? Who is the poet? Sonnet2.Why does the poet compare `thee` to a summer’s day? And who could `thee` be, why?3.Point out some of the figures of speech used in this poem.4.What is the theme of the poem?III. Novel Selection: In this section, you are required to read the selection taken from Robinson Crosoe, and then answer the questions after the selection. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet ((40 points)Questions:1.Do you find the description of Defoe’s setting up the tent con vincing?Couldyou think of better ways to build a shelter in his situation?2.Why does Robinson pay particular attention to the entrance of his tent? Whydoes he go into his tent by a ladder instead of a door?3.From this passage, make some comment on the stylistic features of DanielDefoe’s novel?4.Try to summarize the ideas of the last two paragraphs?5.From this excerpt, what do you find admirable in Robinson Crusoe?。
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Sorry :-(1.Multiple Choice choose the best answer (20%).2.Cloze Fill in the blanks (10%)3.Choose T/F statement (10%)4.Answer briefly like writers, their masterpiece ect. (15%)5.Read passages (3 passages 30%) answer questions like ?6.Essay question (15%)美国文学选读题型：1.Multiple choice1.1which of the followings is written by Walt Whitman?A.The most of itB. Rights of manC. The song of HiawathaD. Song of myself1.2__’s famous essay”civil Disobedience” came from his experience in Jail. In this essay hestated his belief that no man should violate his conscience at the command of agovernment.B.Emerson B.HawthorneC.ThoreauD.Longfellow1.3In American literature,the 18th century was an age of__A.Colonial AmericaB.Reason and RevolutionC.RomanticismD.Realism.1.4Which of the following is not written by Carl Sandburg?A.ChicargoB.Cool tombsC.The harborD.To Helen.1.5 The Grapes of Wrath is generally regarded as __’s masterpiece?A.John SteinbeckB.Willam FaulknerC.F.scott FitzgeraldD.Ernest Hemingway.1.6 __has been called the “Father of American poerty”?A.Thomas TelfersonB.Thomas PaineC.Philip Freneau.D.Anne Bradstreet.1.7 ___ is the finest example of Henry James’s early work?A.Martin EdenB.The sea wolf c.The portrait of a lady后面由于时间关系大致记了题型The __第几___muse lately spring up in America is a…by Anne bradstreet.Which role 出现在scarlet letter中,选项给出了几个人名。
英国文学选读试题
英国文学选读试题PART ONEI. Multiple Choice1. Although _______ was essentially a medieval writer, he bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new era of literature to come.A. William LanglandB. John GowerC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Edmund SpenserAnswer: C2. The religious reformation in the early 16th-century England was a reflection of the class struggles waged by the _____.A. rising bourgeoisie against the feudal class and its ideologyB. working class against the corruption of the bourgeoisieC. landlord class against the rising bourgeoisie and its ideologyD. feudal class against the corruption of the Catholic ChurchAnswer: A3. The statement that a man gained the whole world but lost his own soul makes a good summary of the main plot of ______.A. Paradise LostB. The Merchant of VeniceC. HamletD. The Tragic History of Doctor FaustusAnswer: D4. "Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?"The above passage is taken from _______.A. Francis Bacon’s "Of Studies"B. William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of VeniceC. Samuel Johnson’s "To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield"D. Jonathan Swift’s "A Modest Proposal"Answer: C5. The essence of humanism is to ______.A. restore a medieval reverence for the churchB. avoid the circumstances of earthly lifeC. explore the next world in which men could live after deathD. emphasize human qualitiesAnswer: D6. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunya n describes The Vanity Fair in a ______ tone.A. delightfulB. satiricalC. sentimentalAnswer: B7. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form -the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of the common English people.A. romanticB. idealisticC. propheticD. realisticAnswer: D8. As a literary figure, John Rivers appears in _______.A. Fielding’s Tom JonesB. Dickens’s Oliver TwistC. Bronte’s Jane EyreD. Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceAnswer: C9. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Engl ishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______ century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20thAnswer: B10. In "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," Thomas Gray compares the common folk with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the ______.A. chanceB. loveC. moneyD. material sourcesAnswer: A11. The poetic view of ______ can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is, "all goodpoetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. John KeatsC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe ShellyAnswer: C12. Pip, Estella, Havisham, Magwitch, and Joe Gargery are most likely names of characters in _______.A. Oliver TwistB. David CopperfieldC. Bleak HouseD. Great ExpectationsAnswer: B13. In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.B. anapestC. trocheeD. dactylAnswer: A14. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers?A. Blindness.B. Partiality.C. Snobbishness.D. Prejudice.Answer: C15. In Byron’s poem "Song for the Luddi tes," the word "Luddite" refers to the _______.A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemploymentB. rising bourgeoisie who fought against the aristocratic classC. descendents of the ancient king, King LudD. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord classAnswer: A16. "Five miles meandering with a mazy motion\Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,Then reached the caverns measureless to man,And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean."The above lines are taken from ______.A. Wordsworth’s "The Solitary Reaper"B. Blake’s "The Chimney Sweeper"C. Coleridge’s "Kubla Khan"D. Keats’s "Od e on an Grecian Urn"Answer: C17. In his poem, "Ode to the West Wind," Shelley intends to present his wind as a central _______ around which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth.A. conceptB. symbolC. simileD. metonymyAnswer: B18. In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a(n) ______ tone with sarcastic humor.A. solemnB. harshC. arrogantD. teasingAnswer: D19. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel ______.A. Great ExpectationsB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Bleak HouseD. Oliver TwistAnswer: B20. A typical feature of the English ______ literature is that writers became social and moral critics, exposing all kinds of social evils.A. RenaissanceB. RomanticC. VictorianD. MedievalAnswer: C21. The statement that those extraordinary people, seeking something beyond the provincial life, have finally to subject themselves to the limitations of the reality either due to their own weakness or thesocial environment may well sum up one of the major themes of ______.A. Fielding’s Tom JonesB. Defoe’s Robinson CrusoeC. Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceD. Eliot’s MiddlemarchAnswer: D22. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of ______, who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. justiceB. propertyC. moralityD. humorAnswer: B23. Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is NOT true?A. It explores man’s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires.B. It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.C. It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.D. It presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the characters.Answer: B24. "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind" is a famous quote from _______’s writings.A. Walt WhitmanB. Henry David ThoreauC. Herman MelvilleD. Ralph Waldo EmersonAnswer: D25. Which of Hemingway’s novels describes the drifting life of American exiles in Europe?A. The Sun Also Rises.B. A Farewell to Arms.C. For Whom the Bell Tolls.D. The Old Man and the Sea.Answer: B26. The theme of _______ may be well stated as "It sings of nationalism and of the nature of the self in relation to the cosmos and the meaning and purpose of birth and death."A. Edgar Allan Poe’s "To H elen"B. Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken"C. Walt Whitman’s "Song of Myself"D. Emily Dickenson’s "Because I could not stop for Death"Answer: C27. The American Puritanism as a cultural heritage benefited the Americans in _______.A. strengthening their moral valuesB. weakening their religious faithC. knowing truth intuitivelyD. developing their science and technologyAnswer: A28. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ______.A. international themeB. waste-land imageryC. local colorD. symbolismAnswer: C29. "Strange names were over the doors -strange faces at the windows -every thing was strange. His mind now began to misgive him, that both he and the world around him were bewitched. Surely this was his native village, which he had left but the day before." The above passage is taken from ______.A. Irving’s "Rip Van Winkle"B. Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown"C. James’ "Daisy Miller"D. Hemingway’s "Ind ian Camp"Answer: A30. According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter "A" which originally stood for "_______" finally obtained the meaning of "able" or "angel" through Hester’s efforts.A. adulteryB. arroganceC. accomplishmentD. agonyAnswer: A31. As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by _______.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Charles DarwinC. Henry JamesD. Ralph Waldo EmersonAnswer: B32. In Sister Carrie, Hurstwood, extremely hopeless and totally devastated, ends his life by turning on the gas, while at the same time Carrie is rocking comfortably in her luxurious hotel room before sheboards a ship for _______.A. New YorkB. LondonC. ParisD, GenevaAnswer: B33. In Henry James’ "Daisy Miller," the author tries to portray the p rotagonist as an embodiment of______.A. the force of conventionB. the decline of aristocracyC. the free spirit of the New WorldD. the corruption of the new richAnswer: C34. American writers of the first postwar era who were devoid of faith and alienated from thecivilization were commonly called "______."A. sons of libertyB. fatherless childrenC. a beat generationD. a lost generationAnswer: D35. The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all the following EXCEPT ______.A. a return to natureB. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized societyC. the heavenly kingdom of ChristianityD. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happilyAnswer: C36. Of the following American poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge of Chinese culture is _______.A. Robert FrostB. Allen GinsbergC. Ezra PoundD. E. E. CummingsAnswer: C37. Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story "A Rose for Emily," can be regarded as a symbol standing for all the following qualities EXCEPT _______.A. no prejudice against the northernersB. rigid ideas of social statusC. bigotry and eccentricityD. grace and integrityAnswer: D38. Robert Frost is a regional poet in the sense that his poems are mainly concerned about the _______.A. life in New YorkB. country life in New EnglandC. sea adventuresD. life on the MississippiAnswer: B39. In Hemingway’s story "Indian Camp" Nick, the protagonist, witnesses _______.A. a tragic killing of the Indians by the white manB. real friendship between the white men and the IndiansC. men’s senseless killing of each otherD. terrible scenes of birth and deathAnswer: D40. Great Gatsby, written by Fitzgerald in 1925, is a story about ______ who was destroyed by the influence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him.A. a vagabondB. an idealistC. an eccentricD. an opportunistAnswer: BPART TWOII. Reading Comprehension41. "Busy old fool, unruly sun,Why dost thou thus,Through windows and through curtains call on us?"Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What does the word "fool" refer to?C. What idea does the quotation express?参考答案：A It is taken from Jone Donne’s "The Sun Rising" (P66)B. "fool" refers to the sun.C. Donne’s great prose works are his sermons, the quotation expresse s a strong sense of rebellious spirit, the author tried to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry.(P63+66)42. "Most mighty Emperor of Lilliput, delight and terror of the universe, whose dominions extend five thousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference) to the extremities of the globe; Monarch of all Monarchs; taller than the sons of men; whose feet press down to the center, and whose head strikes against the sun; at whose nod the princes of the earth shake their knees; pleasant as spring, comfortable as summer, fruitful as autumn, dreadful as winter."Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What is the tone of the author?C. What does the author parody here?Answers:A. The passage comes from "Gulliver’s Travels" written by Jonanthan Swift. (P115)B. The author used the Ironic tone of the passage.C. Romance (prose)/ Adventurous prose is the parody here.43. "She thanked men -good! but thankedSomehow -I know not how -as if she rankedMy gift of a nine-hundred-years-old nameWith anybody’s gift."Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What kind of tone does the speaker use here?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?Answers:A. The poem is "My Last Duchess", by Robert Browning. (P286)B. The speaker is Duke, he is a villain. The speaker uses the tone of arrogant (傲慢的) here.C. The quoted passage reveals the duke is a self-conceited, cruel and tyrannical man. (P287)44. "This is my letter to the WorldThat never wrote to Me -The simple News that Nature told -With tender Majesty"Questions:A. Identify the poetB. What does the word "World" refer to?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?Answers:A. The poet is Emily Dickinson. (P520)B. "World" refers to the outside world.C. The poem expresses Dickinson’s anxiety about her communication with the outs ide world. (P520) III. Questions and Answers45. "For herein Fortune shows herself more kindThan in her custom; it is still her useTo let the wretched man outlive his wealth,To view with hollow eye and wrinkled browAn age of poverty; from which ling’ring pena nceOf such misery doth she cut me off."The above lines are taken from a speech made by Antonio, a major chara cter in Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice. Why does Antonio say that Fortune is more kind to him than in her custom?参考答案:This sentence means she, Lady Fortune, is more kind to him because she is taking away both his wealth and life. The speaker is Antonio, it’s said that his ship have all been lost, and he is penniless, andwill have to pay the pound of flesh. (Because Shylock has made a strange bond that requires Antonio to pay him a pound of flesh if he can’t repay him, the money that he borrowed for h is friend in due time.) (P38)46. "The first shot I made among these creatures, I killed a she-goat which had a little kid by her which she gave suck to, which grieved me heartily; but when the old one fell, the kid stood stock still by hertill I came and took her up, and not only so, but when I carried the old one with me upon my shoulders, the kid followed me quite to my enclosure, upon which I laid down the dam, and took the kid in my arms, and carried it over my pale, in hopes to have it bred up tame, but it would not eat, so I was forced tokill it and eat it myself; these two supplied me with flesh a great while, for I ate sparingly; and savedmy provisions (my bread especially) as much as possibly I could."This is a very significant sentence with great details that reveals the character of Robinson Crusoe.What aspects of Crusoe’s character are re vealed then?参考答案:1) In most of his works, Defoe gave his praise to the hard-working, sturdy middle class and showed his sympathy for the lower-class people. Robinson Crusoe was such a character.2) Robison goes out to sea, gets shipwrecked and marooned/landed on a lonely island, struggles to livefor 24 years there and finally is saved by a ship and returns to England. During the period Robinsonleads a harsh and lonely life and survives by growing corps, taming animals, etc. growing from a na?veyoung man into a hardened man.3) With a great capacity for work, inexhaustible energy (精力充沛), courage and persistence in overcoming difficulties（在克服困难方面持之以恒）, in struggling against nature, Crusoe becomes the prototype / representative of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist. （他是大英帝国缔造者的完美典范，同时也是殖民者的先驱）．4) In the novel, Defoe glorified human labor and the puritan fortitude which the middle class praisedhighly, so he can be regarded as a spokesman of the bourgeois. (P98-100)47. Situational irony occurs when what happens turns out to be quite different from what is expected; sometimes what happen is just the opposite of what is expected. In "Indian Camp," Hemingway makes a successful use of this kind of irony.Please illustrate it with some examples.(本题属于超纲题，书上没有现成的答案，可忽略不计)48. "The only thing I don’t like, she proceeded, is the society." ("Daisy Miller" by Henry James)What kind of society does Daisy not like? Why?参考答案:She doesn’t like the old world ---European life. Because she is the American Girl in Europe, acelebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World. However, innocence, the keynote of her character, turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in theOld World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures. (P499---500)IV Topic Discussion49. List three distinctive features of English Renaissance movement in literature and then illustrateeach with proofs from either the concerned chapter in your textbook or your own reading.参考答案:1) The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimilation. Petrarch wasregarded as the fountainhead of literature by the English writers. Wyatt introduced the Petrachan sonnetinto England and Surrey brought in blank verse.2) The Elizabethan drama, in its totality, is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. The Greekand Roman Drams had a great influence on the Elizabeth Drama, especially on Shakespeare’s tragedies. E.g. Hamlet, the first of the great tragedies, is regarded as Shakespeare’s most popular play on the stage.3) Francis Bacon, the first important English essayist, is best known for his essays which greatlyinfluenced the development of his literary form. He was the founder of modern science in England.(P10---12)50. "My faith is gone!" cried he (Goodman Brown), after one stupefied moment. "There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! for to thee is this world given."Comment on thi s passage from Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown".参考答案:1) Allegorically, Young Goodman Brown becomes an Everyman called Brown, who will be aged in one night by an evil adventure, and the evilness makes everyone a fallen idol in the world.2) "My Faith is gone" is a pun, it means my wife has disappeared or my faith to God has gone. In theangle of Symbol: "Brown look up to the Heaven and resist the wicked one" symbols Brown has the force to resist the evilness of the Nature and he still has the faith to God; but "he is alone in the forest"symbol s the society is the place full of sins and evilness, Brown’s strength is not enough at all; thenafter returning, he lives a dismal and gloomy life symbols he has been crushed down by the socialevilness and lost his belief in goodness and piety. (P434—435)。
英国文学选读简答题
英国文学选读简答题1.What are Shakespeare’s achievements?a.Shakespeare represented the trend of history in giving voice to de desires and aspirations ofthe people.b.Shakespeare’s humanism: more important than his historical sense of his time, Shakespearein his plays reflects the spirit of his age.c.Shakespeare’s characterization: Shakespeare was most successful in his characterization. Inhis plays he described a great number of characters.d.Shakespeare’s originality: Shakespeare drew most of his materials from sources that wereknown to his audience. But his plays are original because he instilled into the old materials a new spirit that gives new life to his plays.e.Shakespeare as a great poet: Shakespeare was not only a great dramatist, but also a greatpoet. Apart from his sonnets and long poems, his dramas are poetry.f.Shakespeare as master of the English language.2.What are the basic characteristics of ballads?a.The beginning is often abrupt.b.There are strong dramatic elements.c.The story is often told through dialogue and action.d.The theme is often tragic, though there are a number of comic ballads.e.The ballad meter is used.3.How do you interpret Humanism?With the spreading of the Greek and Roman culture there appeared a number of humanist scholars who took great interest in the welfare of human beings. According to them it was against human nature to sacrifice the happiness of this life for an after life. They argued that man should be given full freedom to enrich their intellectual and emotional life. In religion they demanded the reformation of the church, in art and literature, instead of singing praise to God, they sang in praise of man and of the pursuit of happiness in this life. Humanism shattered the shackles of spiritual bondage of man’s mind by the Roman Catholic Church and opened his eyes to “a brave new world” in front of him.4.How do you sum up the characteristics of Neo-Classicism?a.People emphasized reason rather than emotion, form rather than content.b.As reason was stressed, most of the writings of the age were didactic and satirical.c.As elegance, correctness, appropriateness and restraint were preferred, the poet found closedcouplet the only possible verse form for serious work.d.It is almost exclusively a “town” poetry, catering to the interests of the “society” on greatcities. The humbler aspects of life are neglected and it shows no love of nature, landscape, or country things and people.e.It is entirely wanting in all those elements that are related with the “romantic”.5.What is the significance of The Canterbury Tales?a.It gives a comprehensive picture of Chaucer’s time.b.The dramatic structure of the poem has been highly commended by critics. In the CanterburyTales, stories are related to the personalities of the tellers.c.Chaucer’s humor: humor is a characteristic feature of the English literature. His gentle satireand mild irony.d.Chaucer’s contribution to the English language. Chaucer greatly increased the prestige of theEnglish language.6.Please summarize the characteristic features of the Romantic Movement.a.Subjectivism: romantic poets describe poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerfulfeelings” which expresses the poet’s mind.b.Spontaneity: Wordsworth defines poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of feelings”. The roleof instinct, intuition, and the feelings of “the heart” is stressed.c.Singularity: romantic poets have a strong love for the remote, the unusual, the strange, thesupernatural, the mysterious, the splendid, the picturesque, and the illogical.d.Worship of nature: the romantic poets are worshippers of nature, especially the sublime aspectof a natural scene.e.Simplicity: romantic poets take to using everyday language spoken by the rustic people asopposed to the poetic diction used by neo-classic writers. There is a dominating note of melancholy in the poems of the romantic poets.f.It was an age of poetry by which the poets outpoured their feelings and emotions.7.What is William Wordsworth’s definition of the word “poet”?He defines poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”.8.What are the main factors that explain the rise of novels asa dominantliterary genre during the Victorian age?First, the growth of urban population resulted in the appearance of a new reading public. Second, with the development of the method of printing and paper making, the price of books dropped, and besides regular books, there were serial publications. In addition, many libraries were set up by philanthropists so that books were now available to readers who could not afford to buy books.Third, writing had become a profession, which made it possible for the writers to make a living by writing.Fourth, with the ascendancy of the industrial capitalists, the majority of whom lived an idle life on interests, there was a large idle class who needed recreation and entertainment. Novels met with their desires.Fifth, the conditions of the time and the dire poverty on the one hand and the enormous wealth on the other hand needed a secular form to explore human relations rather than sermons given in the church.Finally, the feminist movement had much to do with the growth of the novel.9.Please summarize Dickens’ artis tic techniques.a.Dickens has a tendency to depict the grotesque (very odd or unusual, fantastically ugly orabsurd) characters or events.b.Dickens loves to instill life into inanimate things and to compare animate beings to inanimatethings.c.Dickens is noted for his descriptions of pathetic scenes that aim to arouse people’s sympathy.10.Please define Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue.A poem in which there is one imaginary speaker addressing an imaginary audience.In his dramatic monologues, he penetrates to depth the psychology of his characters and through their own speeches, he analyzes and dissects his characters and reveals the innermost secret of their lives.。
英国文学期末考试试题(广东外语外贸大学)
英国文学期末考试试题（广东外语外贸大学）Instructions：This examination consists of 5 parts，and the total time for the examination is 2 hours. All the answers should be entered onto the Answer Sheet.Part I：Multiple Choices （10%）Choose the best answer to the following sentences.1.Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf？A. AlliterationB. Anglo-Saxons’ early life in EnglandC. Germanic languageD. The national epic of Anglo-Saxon people2.English Renaissance Period was an age of.A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays and journalsD. ballads and songs3.The main literary form of the early 17th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledged as the greatest. Besides him，there were two groups of poets. They were the Cavalier poets and.A. the lake poetsB. the university witsC. the Metaphysical poetsD. the Romantic poets4. Pamela is widely considered to be the first novel and was written by ___________.A. Thomas HardyB. James JoyceC. Samuel RichardsonD. Henry Fielding5.The publication of，which was the joint work of William Wordsworth and Samuel T. Coleridge，marked the beginning of the Romantic Age in England.A. Don JuanB. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerC. Lyrical BalladsD. Queen Mab6.Among the most famous realistic novelists of the Victorian age are，W. M. Thackeray，Bronte sisters，etc.A. Joseph ConradB. Henry FieldingC. Charles DickensD. D. H. Lawrence7.In James Joyce’s ____________ the story “Eveline” paints a portrait of a young woman from Dublin deciding whether or not to leave her hometown.A. UlyssesB. OrlandoC. DublinersD. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man8.In the 18th century England，satire was much used in writing. Literature of this age produced some excellent satirists，such as Jonathan Swift，Henry Fielding and.William Blake B. Robert Burns C.Alexander Pope D. Daniel Defoe9.William Wordsworth never used “gaudy and inane phraseology” because he felt that poetry should ____________.A. be read only by the well-educatedB. use difficult vocabulary to express complicated emotionsC. use simple speech to communicate the truths of human experienceD. rely on strange and uncommon words to bring people new experiences10. Virginia Woolf is renowned for adopting the technique，which displays the sequence of thoughts and impressions in a person’s mind.A. mind-readingB. third-person narrationC. stream-of-consciousnessD. feministPart II：Gap Filling （10%）Complete the following sentences and write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1.Geoffrey Chaucer’s work gives us a picture of the condition of English life of his day，such as its work and play，its deeds and dreams，its fun and sympathy.2.During the Norman Conquest，the most important form of literary composition is，the representative of which is the legend of King Arthur and the round table knights.3.Epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was William Shakespeare and who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.4.Hamlet，Othello，Macbeth and are generally regarded as William Shakespeare’s four great tragedies.5.Edmund Spenser is generally regarded as the greatest nondramatic poet of the Elizabethan Age. His fame is chiefly based on his masterpiece.6.In Elizabethan Period，wrote more than 50 excellent essays，which made him one of the best essayists in English literature.7.The was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century.8.In the latter part of the 18th century，there appeared，as a reaction against Reason，___________ novel and literature of sentimentality.9.Thomas Gray’s highly praised poem shows the poet’s sympathy for the poor，and condemns the great ones who despise the poor and bring sufferings to the common people.10.The Romantic movement in England had two significant movements as its background：the French Revolution and.11________ is perhaps the most talented early novelist. She wrote a number of books concerning young，relatively wealthy women pursuing marriage，such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma.12.George Byron is chiefly know n for his two long poems. One is Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and the other is.13John Keats wrote several famous ___________， a type of lyric poem that is meditative and formal.14._________，the eldest of the two famous novelist sisters，wrote Jane Eyre in the middle of the 19th century.15._____________ monologue was first successfully used in poetry by Robert Browning.16.One of the most striking features of in the 20th century literature is anti-past，anti-tradition，anti-novel，anti-hero，etc.17.__________，the manifesto of modernist poetry in the 20th century，was written by T. S. Eliot.18. A Passage to India，Howard’s End，and A Room with a View are three of the most famous novels by ___________.19.Lord Jim is one of the most famous novels by _________，who was born in Poland and learned English as his third language.20.Man and Superman and Pygmalion are two of most famous plays by __________.Part III：Definition of Terms （15%）Choose THREE out of the following terms and explain them in two or three sentences.Sonnet；Point of view；Soliloquy；Setting；Heroic coupletPart IV：Appreciation （40%）Choose TWO of the following three excerpts and write a passage of comment （about 80 words）on each one. Your comment should cover the questions after each excerpt.Excerpt 1：I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills，When all at once I saw a crowd，A host，of golden daffodils；Beside the lake，beneath the trees，Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.…For oft，when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood，They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude；And then my heart with pleasure fills，And dances with the daffodils.（William Wordsworth，“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”）Questions：1. What is the central image of this poem？What is the poet’s reaction as revealed in the poem？2. Wordsworth believes that “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” and poetry “takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility”. How does this poem reflect the poet’s philosophy of composition？Excerpt 2：The proper study of mankind is man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state，A being darkly wise，and rudely great：With too much knowledge for the Skeptic side，With too much weakness for the Stoic’s pride，He hangs between；in doubt to act，or rest；In doubt to deem himself a God，or beast；In doubt his mind or body to prefer；Born but to die，and reasoning such，Whether he thinks too little or too much；Chaos of thought and passion，all confused；Still by himself abused or disabused；Created half to rise，and half to fall；（Alexander Pope，An Essay on Man）Questions：1. What’s the topic of the above lines？2.Summarize the main idea in a few sentences.Excerpt 3：I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts，which I hope will not be liable to the least objection.I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London，that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious，nourishing，and wholesome food，whether stewed，roasted，baked，or boiled；and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the hundred and twenty thousand children，already computed，twenty thousand may be reserved for breed，whereof only one fourth part to be males，which is more than we allow to sheep，black cattle，or swine；and my reason is that these children are seldom the fruits of marriage，a circumstance not much regarded by our savages，therefore one male will be sufficient to serve four females. That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the person of quality and fortune through the kingdom，always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month，so as to render them plump and fat for a good table.A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends，and when the family dines alone，the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish；and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day，especially in winter.（Jonathan Swift，A Modest Proposal）Questions：1. What is the author’s modest proposal in the passage？And what do you think is his real idea behind it？2. What kind of tone is shown in the passage？（Explain it with specific quotations from the text）Part V. Critical Reading （25%）Read the attached short story and answer the questions in essay form.1. What’s the turning point in the murder trial？Describe it in a few sentences.2.Read carefully the last two paragraphs of the story and comment，in the form of a 150-200-word essay，on the message or real meaning of the author.The Case for the DefenseGraham Greene1It was the strangest murder trial that I ever attended. They named it the Peckham murder in the headlines，though Northwood Street，where the old woman was found battered to death，was not strictly speaking in Peckham. This was not one of those cases of circumstantial evidence in which you feel the juryman’s anxiety—because mistakes have been made—like domes of silence muting the court. No，this murderer was all but found with the body；no one present when the Crown counsel outlined his case believed that the man in the dock stood any chance at all.2He was a heavy stout man with bulging bloodshot eyes. All his muscles seemed to be in his thighs. Yes，an ugly customer，one you wouldn’t forget in a hurry—and that was an important point because the Crown proposed to call four witnesses who hadn’t forgotten him，who had seen him hurrying away from the little red villa in Northwood Street. The clock had just struck two in the morning.3Mrs. Salmon in 15 Northwood Street had been unable to sleep；she heard a door click shut and thought it was her own gate. So she went to the window and saw Adams （that was his name）on the steps of Mrs. Parker’s house. He had just come out and he was wearing gloves. He had a hammer in his hand and she saw him drop it into the laurel bushes at the front gate. But before he moved away，he had looked up—at her window. The fatal instinct that tells a man when he is watched exposed him in the light of a street-lamp to her gaze—his eyes suffused with horrifying and brutal fear，like an animal’s when you raise a whip. I talked afterwards to Mrs. Salmon，who naturally after the astonishing verdict went in fear herself. As I imagined did all the witnesses—Henry MacDougall，who had been driving home from Benfleet late and nearly ran Adams down at the corner of Northwood Street. Adams was walking in the middle of the road looking dazed. And old Mr. Wheeler，who lived next door to Mrs. Parker，at No. 12 and was waken by a noise—like a chair falling—through the thin-as-paper villa wall，and got up and looked out of the window，just as Mrs. Salmon had done，saw Adam’s back and，as he turned，those bulging eyes. In Laurel Avenue he had been seen by yet another witness—his luck was badly out；he might as well have committed the crime in broad daylight.4“I understand，” the counsel said，“that the defense proposes to plead mistaken identity. Adams’ wife will tell you that he was with her at two in the morning on February 14，but after you have heard the witnesses for the Crown and examined carefully the features of the prisoner，I do not think you will be prepared to admit the possibility of a mistake.”5It was all over，you would have said，but the hanging.6After the formal evidence had been given by the policeman who had found the body and the surgeon who examined it，Mrs. Salmon was called. She was the ideal witness，with her slight Scotch accent and her expression of honesty，care and kindness.7The counsel for the Crown brought the story gently out. She spoke very firmly. There was no malice in her，and no sense of importance at standing there in the Central Criminal Court with a judge in scarlet handing on her words and the reporters writing them down. Yes，she said，and then she had gone down stairs and rung up the police station.8“And do you see the man here in court？”She looked straight and at the big man in the dock，who stared at her with his Pekingese eyes without emotion.“Yes，” she sa id，“there he is.”“You are quite certain？”She said simply，“I couldn’t be mistaken，sir.”It was as easy as that.“Thank you，Mrs. Salmon.”9Counsel for the defense rose to cross-examine. If you had reported as many murder trials as I have，you would have known beforehand what line he would take. And I was right，up to a point.10“Now，Mrs. Salmon，you must have remembered that a man’s life may depend on your evidence.”“I do remember it，sir.”“Is your eyesight good？”“I have never ha d to wear spectacles，sir.”“You are a woman of fifty-five？”“Fifty-six，sir.”“And the man you saw was on the other side of the road？”“Yes，sir.”“And it was two o’clock in the morning. You must have remarkable eyes，Mrs. Salmon？”“No，sir. There was moonlight，and the man looked up，he had the lamplight on his face.”11I couldn’t make out what he was at. He couldn’t have expected any other answer than the one he got.12“None whatever，sir. It isn’t a face one forgets.”13Counsel took a look around the court for a moment. Then he said，“Do you mind，Mrs. Salmon，examining again the people in court？No，not the prisoner. Stand up，please，Mr. Adams，” and there at the back of the court with thick stout body and muscular legs and a pair of bulging eyes，was the exact image of the man in the dock. He was even dressed the same—tight blue suit and striped tie.14“Now think very carefully，Mrs. Salmon. Can you still swear that the man you saw drop the hammer in Mrs. Parker’s garden was the prisoner—and not this man，who is his twin brother？”15Of course she couldn’t. She looked from one to the other and didn’t say a word.16There the big brute sat in the dock with his legs crossed，and there he stood too at the back of the court and they both stared at Mrs. Salmon. She shook her head.17What we saw then was the end of the case. There wasn’t a witness prepared to swear that it was the prisoner he’d seen. And the brother？He had his own alibi too；he was with his wife.18And so the man was acquitted for lack of evidence. But whether if he did the murder and not his brother—he was punished or not，I don’t know. That extraordinary day had an extraordinary end. I followed Mrs. Salmon out of court and we got wedged in the crowd who were waiting，of course，for the twins. The police tried to drive the crowd away，but all they could do was keep the roadway clear for traffic. I learned later that they tried to get the twins to leave by a back way，but they wouldn’t. One of them—no one knew which—said，“I’ve been acquitted，haven’t I？” and they walked bang out of the front entrance. Then it happened. I don’t know how，though I was only six feet away. The crowd moved and somehow one of the twins got pushed on to the road right in front of a bus.19He gave a squeal like a rabbit and that was all；he was dead，his skull smashed just as Mrs. Parker’s had been. Divine vengeance？I wish I knew. There was the other Adams getting on his feet from beside the body and looking straight over at Mrs. Salmon. He was crying，but whether he was the murderer or the innocent man nobody will ever be able to tell. But if you were Mrs. Salmon，could you sleep at night？。
英国文学选读练习题含答案
Exercise for English Literature 2Choose the best answer for each blank.1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC.Francis BaconD. John Dryden2.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A.FlandersB. FranceC.ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouragedexploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A.Henry VB. Henry VIIC.Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada”Invincible was also thetriumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A.SpainB. FranceC.AmericaD. Norway5.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aprofou nd and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.A.Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC.Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A.MaryB. ElizabethC.WilliamD. Victoria7.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A.prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC.essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.A.The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC.EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE.Venus and Adonis9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.A.songsB. playsediesD. sonnets10.The heroines of Shakespeare’s great comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whoseimages and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A.PortiaB. RoselandC.ViolaD. Beatrice11.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A.HamletB. OthelloC.MacbethD. King LearE.Timon of Athens12.Which play is not a comedy ________A.A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC.Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE.As You Like It13.“Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the hero summarise his observation of his world into such a bittersentence ________A.Charles IB. OthelloC.Henry VIIID. Hamlet14.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC.William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15.In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “What a piece ofwok is a man How nobel in reason How finite in faculty” ________A.Romeo and JulietB. HamletC.OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16.In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A.James IB. James IIC.Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A.the supremacy of ParliamentB.the beginning of modern EnglandC.the triumph of the principal libertyD.the triumph of the principle of political libertyE.the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19.Which work was NOT written by John Milton ________A.Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20.Paradise Lost is ________.A.John Milton’s masterpieceB.a great epic in 12 booksC.written in blank verseD.about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority21.John Milton is ________.A.a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verse22.From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, . ________.A.the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan’s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero ofthe poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24.Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A.The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC.The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works weremainly social realities.A.naturalismB. romanticismC.classicismD. realismE.sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truthabout life with an uncompromising courage.A.dramaB. poetryC.essayD. novel28.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.A.A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC.Gulliver’s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by ________, oneof the greatest masters of English prose.A.Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC.Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A.Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC.Samuel RicharsonD. Tobias Smollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake ________A.Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC.Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE.The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG.Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A.William WordsworthB. William BlakeC.Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A.Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE.John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A.George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.Walter Scott and Jane AustenD.Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group ________A.George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE.John Milton38.Which poets belong to the Lakers ________A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE.Walter Scott39.Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY ________A.To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC.Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century, .,with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A.The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC.Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical pr inciple on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.”A.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A.William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43.Which of the following statements is are NOT true about George Gordon Byron ________A.Byron’s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him “you lame brat.”B.Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C.The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’s genius and his role in the development ofEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D.Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’s poems have been translated into Chinese andwell received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets in our country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A.Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC.Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45.________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.A.William WordsworthB. John KeatsC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46.Which of the following statements is are NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley ________A.Prometheus Unbound is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal faggingsystem, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.C.George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D.Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47.________’s pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspiration after a better life than the sordid realityunder capitalism. His leading principle is: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”A.Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC.William WordsworthD. John Keats48.Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A.Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC.To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE.Ode on a Grecian Urn49.Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A.Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC.Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE.Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in theforties and in the early fifties.A.romanticismB. naturalismC.realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ________. The critical realists, most ofwho were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A.novelB. dramaC.poetryD. essay52.The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.A.William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC.Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53.Which of the following writers belong to critical realists ________A.Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardy54.________ wrote a number of little sketches of “cockney characters”. He signed them “Boz”, which was hisnickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A.Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC.Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55.________ has been called “the supreme epic of English life.”A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56.The theme underlying ________ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”.A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the agewere ________.A.Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC.Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE.William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers wereable to appear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A.EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC.ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality ________A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Great ExpectationD. Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC.Hard TimesD. David Copperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehero is largely based on the author’s early life.A.Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC.Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A.Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC.Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE.Catherine63.Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A.ProfessorB. Jane EyreC.ShirleyD. VilletteE.Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A.Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC.EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A.Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC.Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights ________A.HeathcliffB. CatherineC.HindleyD. CathyE.Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A.pours a great deal of her own experienceB.criticises the bourgeois system of educationC.shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD.shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A.17thB. 18thC.19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A.ShirleyB. VilletteC.The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70.Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C.This book is Charlottel Bronte’s best literary production.D.In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie andsympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.71.Most of Robert Browning’s important works, including ________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.A.Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramatics Personae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A.critical realismB. pre-romanticismC.neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true ________A.Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B.Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C.Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D.Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.According to Thomas Hardy’s own classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties ofEngland for their setting. They include: ________.A.Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC.The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D’UrbervillesE.Jude the Obscure76.The following statements are about Thomas Hardy’s novels, which are true ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upperclass of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________.dy Windermere’s FanB.A Woman of No ImportanceC.An Ideal HusbandD.The Importance of Being EarnestE.The Picture of Dorian Gray78.Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A.aestheticismB. decadenceC.critical realismD. pre-romanticism79.Alfred Tennyson’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A.The PrincessB. MaudC.In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE.Crossing the Bar80.Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson ________A.Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC.The EagleD. Sweet and LowE.Tears, Idle Tears81.Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam ________A.In MemoriamB. LycidasC.AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82.My Last Duchess is ________.A.a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC.a novelD. an essay83.________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad’s finest novels.A.Lord JimB. NostromoC.YouthD. The Old Wives’ Tale84.Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th centuryA.John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85.George Bernard Shaw’s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic works, served also as theauthor’s own program of dramatic creation.A.Widower’s HousesB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC.Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream ofconsciousness” school.A.David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC.James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87.________’s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.”A.. LawrenceB. . EliotC.James JoyceD. . Yeats88.________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf’s experiments in novel form.A.The WindowB. Time PassesC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves89.Which of the following novels belongs to the “stream of consciousness” school of novel writingA.UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB.Portrait of a LadyC.The Picture of Dorian GrayD.To the Lighthouse91.. Lawrence’s representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and livelymanifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence’s long-range study of the psychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A.Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and LoversA.Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from IrelandA.George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC.James Joyce Oscar WildeE.. Yeats94.Which of the following plays was/were NOT written by George Bernard ShawA.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionB. Widower’s HousesC.Major BarbaraD. PygmalionE.The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised EnglishA.Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96.In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A.William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. David Herbert Lawrence97.William Butler Yeats was _______.A.an Irish poetB. a dramatistC. a criticD. a senator in the Irish Free State in 192198.Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.A.classicist in literatureB. royalist in politicsC.Anglo-Catholic in religionD. all of the above99.Which of the following statement is NOT trueA.Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B.Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.C.Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.D.Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.E.Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressedA.Ode to the West WindB. The Solitary ReapermiaD. 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Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1. ________, the “ father of English poetry ” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden2. Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouragedexploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4. Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “ Armadawasalso”the(Invincible)triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5. At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aprofound and truthful picture of the people and’puts sufferingforward his ideal of a future happy society.A. Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC. Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A. MaryB. ElizabethC. WilliamD. Victoria7. English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8. From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon ’ s work: ________.A. The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC. EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE. Venus and Adonis9. “ Shall I compare thee to a summer ’ s day?” This is the beginning line of one of ShakespeareA. songsB. playsC. comediesD. sonnets10. The heroines of Shakespeare ’greats comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whoseimages and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A. PortiaB. RoselandC. ViolaD. Beatrice11. Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A. HamletB. OthelloC. MacbethD. King LearE. Timon of Athens12. Which play is not a comedy? ________A. A Midsummer Night ’ s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC. Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE. As You Like It13. “ Denmark is a prison ” . In which play doeserothesummariseh his observation of his world into such a bittersentence? ________A. Charles IB. OthelloC. Henry VIIID. Hamlet14. The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15. In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “ Whawok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty! ” ________A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16. In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A. James IB. James IIC. Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A. the supremacy of ParliamentB. the beginning of modern EnglandC. the triumph of the principal libertyD. the triumph of the principle of political libertyE. the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19. Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20. Paradise Lost is ________.A. John Milton’ s masterpieceB. a great epic in 12 booksC. written in blank verseD. about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’ s authority21. John Milton is ________.A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verse22.From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. ________.A. the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan ’ s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real heroof the poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24. Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A. The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC. The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works weremainly social realities.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. classicismD. realismE. sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truthabout life with an uncompromising courage.A. dramaB. poetryC. essayD. novel28. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC. Gulliver’ s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“ Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by _of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A. Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC. Samuel RicharsonD. TobiasSmollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________A. Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC. Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE. The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG. Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A. Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE. John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A. George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Walter Scott and Jane AustenD. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________A. George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE. John Milton38. Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE. Walter Scott39. Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________A. To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC. Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A. The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC. Childe Harold ’ sPilgrimage D. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “ allgood poetry is thespontaneous overflow of powerf ul feeling.”A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A. William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A. Byron ’ s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him“ you lame brat.”B. Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C. The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’ s genius and his role in the deEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D. Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’ s poems have been translated into Chinese andwell received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets inour country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A. Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC. Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45. ________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.A. William WordsworthB. John KeatsC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A. Prometheus Unbound is Percy By sshe Shelley ’ s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B. At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “ Mad Shelley” , for his obstinate opposition to the brutal faggingsystem, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great dealof cruel treatment.C. George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “ the best and least selfish man I ever knew.D. Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47. ________ ’pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspiration after a better life than the sordid realityunder capitalism. His leading principle is: “ Beauty is truth, truth beauty. ”A. Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC. William WordsworthD. John Keats48. Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A. Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC. To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE. Ode on a Grecian Urn49. Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE. Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in theforties and in the early fifties.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ________. The critical realists, most ofwho were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society andcriticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A. novelB. dramaC. poetryD. essay52. The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.A. William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC. Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53. Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________A. Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardy54. ________ wrote a number of little sketches of “ cockney characters ” . Hewhichsignedwasthemhis “ Boz”nickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A. Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC. Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55. ________ has been called “ the supreme epic of English life. ”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56. The theme underlying ________ is the idea “ Where there is oppression, there is revolution ”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of theage were ________.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE. William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers wereable to appear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrialbourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A. EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC. ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality? ________A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Great ExpectationD.Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC. Hard TimesD. DavidCopperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehero is largely based on the author’ s early life.A. Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A. Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC. Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE. Catherine63. Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A. ProfessorB. Jane EyreC. ShirleyD. VilletteE. Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A. Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC. EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A. Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC. Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________A. HeathcliffB. CatherineC. HindleyD. CathyE. Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A. pours a great deal of her own experienceB. criticises the bourgeois system of educationC. shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD. shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A. ShirleyB. VilletteC. The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70. Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C. This book is Charlottel Bronte’ s best literary production.D. In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie andsympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.71.Most of Robert Browning ’importants works, including ________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.A. Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramaticsPersonae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A. critical realismB. pre-romanticismC. neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true? ________A. Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B. Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C. Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D. Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.Accordi ng to Thomas Hardy’ s own classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties of Englandfor their setting. They include: ________.A. Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC. The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D ’ UrbervillesE. Jude the Obscure76. The following state ments are about Thomas Hardy ’ s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upperclass of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________.A. Lady Windermere s’FanB. A Woman of No ImportanceC. An Ideal HusbandD. The Importance of Being EarnestE. The Picture of Dorian Gray78. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A. aestheticismB. decadenceC. critical realismD. pre-romanticism79. Alfred Tennys on’ s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A. The PrincessB. MaudC. In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE. Crossing the Bar80. Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________A. Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC. The EagleD. Sweet and LowE. Tears, Idle Tears81. Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________A. In MemoriamB. LycidasC. AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82. My Last Duchess is ________.A. a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC. a novelD. an essay83. ________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad ’ s finest novels.A. Lord JimB. NostromoC. YouthD. The Old Wives ’ Tale84. Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “ stream of consciousness ” literature in the 20th century?A. John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85. George Bernard Shaw ’ s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen ’ s dramatic works, served alsoauthor ’ s own program of dramaticeationcr.A. Widower ’ s HousesB. Mrs. Warren ’ s ProfessionC. Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “ streamofconsciousness ” school.A. David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC. James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87. ________ ’ s admirers have praised him as “ second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.A. D.H. LawrenceB. T.S. EliotC. James JoyceD. W.B. Yeats88. ________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf experiments’s in novel form.A. The WindowB. Time PassesC. To the LighthouseD. The Waves89. Which of the following novels belong(s) to the“ stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?A. UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC. To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A. The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB. Portrait of a LadyC. The Picture of Dorian GrayD. To the Lighthouse91. D.H. Lawrence ’representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and livelymanifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence ’longs -range study of thepsychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’ s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?A. Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?A. George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC. James Joyce Oscar WildeE. W.B. Yeats94. Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?A. Mrs. Warren ’ s ProfessionB. Widower ’ s HousesC. Major BarbaraD.Pygmalion E. The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised English?A. Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC. Mrs. Warren ’ s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96. In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A. William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. David Herbert Lawrence97. William Butler Yeats was _______.A. an Irish poetB. a dramatistC. a criticD. a senator in the Irish Free State in 192198. Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.A. classicist in literatureB. royalist in politicsC. Anglo-Catholic in religionD. all of the above99.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A. Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B. Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.C. Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.D. Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.E. Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressed?A. Ode to the West WindB. The Solitary ReaperC. LamiaD. 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E x e r c i s e f o r E n g l i s h L i t e r a t u r e(2) Choose the best answer for each blank.1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC.Francis BaconD. John Dryden2.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A.FlandersB. FranceC.ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouraged exploration andtravel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A.Henry VB. Henry VIIC.Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also the triumph ofthe rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A.SpainB. FranceC.AmericaD. Norway5.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aprofound and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.A.Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC.Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A.MaryB. ElizabethC.WilliamD. Victoria7.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A.prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC.essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.A.The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC.EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE.Venus and Adonis9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.A.songsB. playsediesD. sonnets10.The heroines of Shakespeare’s great comedie s, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whose images andstories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A.PortiaB. RoselandC.ViolaD. Beatrice11.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A.HamletB. OthelloC.MacbethD. King LearE.Timon of Athens12.Which play is not a comedy? ________A.A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC.Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE.As You Like It13.“Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the hero summarise his observation of his world into such a bittersentence? ________A.Charles IB. OthelloC.Henry VIIID. Hamlet14.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of the Englishlanguage.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC.William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15.In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “What a piece of wok is aman! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” ________A.Romeo and JulietB. HamletC.OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16.In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A.James IB. James IIC.Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A.the supremacy of ParliamentB.the beginning of modern EnglandC.the triumph of the principal libertyD.the triumph of the principle of political libertyE.the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19.Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________A.Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20.Paradise Lost is ________.A.John Milton’s masterpieceB.a great epic in 12 booksC.written in blank verseD.about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority21.John Milton is ________.A.a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verse22.From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, . ________.A.the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan’s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero of thepoem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24.Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A.The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC.The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works were mainlysocial realities.A.naturalismB. romanticismC.classicismD. realismE.sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truth aboutlife with an uncompromising courage.A.dramaB. poetryC.essayD. novel28.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as asatirist.A.A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC.Gulliver’s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by ________, one of thegreatest masters of English prose.A.Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC.Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A.Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC.Samuel RicharsonD. Tobias Smollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________A.Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC.Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE.The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG.Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A.William WordsworthB. William BlakeC.Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A.Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE.John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A.George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.Walter Scott and Jane AustenD.Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________A.George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE.John Milton38.Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE.Walter Scott39.Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________A.To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC.Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century, ., withclassicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A.The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC.Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful fe eling.”A.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A.William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A.Byron’s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him “you lame brat.”B.Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughout theworld.C.The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’s genius and his role in the development ofEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D.Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’s poems have been translated into Chinese and wellreceived by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets in our country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A.Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC.Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45.________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems on nature, onlove, and on politics.A.William WordsworthB. John KeatsC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A.Prometheus Unbound is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal fagging system,according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.C.George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D.Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47.________’s pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspira tion after a better life than the sordid reality undercapitalism. His leading principle is: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”A.Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC.William WordsworthD. John Keats48.Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A.Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC.To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE.Ode on a Grecian Urn49.Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A.Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC.Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE.Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in the fortiesand in the early fifties.A.romanticismB. naturalismC.realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ________. The critical realists, most of who werenovelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A.novelB. dramaC.poetryD. essay52.The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation and showed themisery of the common people.A.William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC.Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53.Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________A.Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardy54.________ wrote a number of little sketches of “cockney characters”. He signed them “Boz”, which was hisnickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A.Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC.Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55.________ has been called “the supreme epic of English life.”A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56.The theme underlying ________ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”.A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the age were________.A.Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC.Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE.William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers were able toappear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A.EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC.ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless ofthe social reality? ________A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Great ExpectationD. Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC.Hard TimesD. David Copperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero islargely based on the auth or’s early life.A.Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC.Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A.Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC.Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE.Catherine63.Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A.ProfessorB. Jane EyreC.ShirleyD. VilletteE.Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A.Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC.EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A.Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC.Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________A.HeathcliffB. CatherineC.HindleyD. CathyE.Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A.pours a great deal of her own experienceB.criticises the bourgeois system of educationC.shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD.shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A.17thB. 18thC.19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A.ShirleyB. VilletteC.The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70.Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C.This book is Charlottel Bronte’s best literary production.D.In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie and sympathisedwith the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.71.Most of Robert Browning’s important works, including ________, are written in the form of dramatic monologue.A.Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramatics Personae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A.critical realismB. pre-romanticismC.neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true? ________A.Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B.Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C.Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D.Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.According to Thomas Hardy’s own classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties of England fortheir setting. They include: ________.A.Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC.The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D’UrbervillesE.Jude the Obscure76.The following statements are about Thomas Hardy’s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upper class ofthe English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________.dy Windermere’s FanB.A Woman of No ImportanceC.An Ideal HusbandD.The Importance of Being EarnestE.The Picture of Dorian Gray78.Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A.aestheticismB. decadenceC.critical realismD. pre-romanticism79.Alfred Tennyson’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A.The PrincessB. MaudC.In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE.Crossing the Bar80.Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________A.Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC.The EagleD. Sweet and LowE.Tears, Idle Tears81.Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________A.In MemoriamB. LycidasC.AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82.My Last Duchess is ________.A.a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC.a novelD. an essay83.________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad’s finest novels.A.Lord JimB. NostromoC.YouthD. The Old Wives’ Tale84.Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century?A.John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85.George Bernard Shaw’s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic works, served also as theauthor’s own program of dramatic creatio n.A.Widower’s HousesB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC.Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream of consciousness”school.A.David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC.James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87.________’s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.”A.. LawrenceB. . EliotC.James JoyceD. . Yeats88.________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf’s experiments i n novel form.A.The WindowB. Time PassesC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves89.Which of the following novels belong(s) to the “stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?A.UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB.Portrait of a LadyC.The Picture of Dorian GrayD.To the Lighthouse91.. Lawrence’s representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and lively manifestation ofthe Oedipus Comp lex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence’s long-range study of the psychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A.Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?A.Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?A.George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC.James Joyce Oscar WildeE.. Yeats94.Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?A.Mrs. Warren’s Prof essionB. Widower’s HousesC.Major BarbaraD. PygmalionE.The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-called high-civilised English?A.Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96.In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A.William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. David Herbert Lawrence97.William Butler Yeats was _______.A.an Irish poetB. a dramatistC. a criticD. a senator in the Irish Free State in 192198.Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.A.classicist in literatureB. royalist in politicsC.Anglo-Catholic in religionD. all of the above99.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A.Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B.Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.C.Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.D.Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.E.Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressed?A.Ode to the West WindB. The Solitary ReapermiaD. The Waste LandKeys:1-5: A, D, D, A, A 6-10: B, B, D, D, ABCD11-15:ABCD, D, D, C, B 16-20: C, ABC, AB, D, ABCD21-25: ABCD, ABCDEFG, B, A, B 26-30: D, D, AD, D, B31-35: D, BC, D, B, ABCDE 36-40: C, ACD, ABD, ACDE, A41-45: D, C, B, B, D 46-50: A, D, BCDE, ABCDEF, D51-55: A, B, ABCD, C, C 56-60: A, ABC, C, C, A61-65: B, ABC, ABCD, A, AB 66-70: ABCDE, ABCD, C, CD, ABCD71-75: ABCD, A, ABCD, ABC, ABCDE76-80: ABCDE, ABCD, AB, ABCED, ABCDE81-85: A. A. AB, B, D 86-90: CD, C, D, ABCD, A91-95: A, ABCE, ABCDE, E, B 96-100: A, ABCD, D, E, D。
（完整word版）英国文学选读上选择题（附答案）（2）
（完整word版）英国⽂学选读上选择题（附答案）（2）,12. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essenceis_______.A. scienceB. philosophyC. artsD. humanism13. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems.A. Edmund SpenserB. John DonneC. William BlakeD. Thomas Gray14. _______ is known as “the poet's poet”.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Edmund SpenserD. John Donne15. Romance，which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of____ adventures or other heroic deeds，is apopular literary form in the medieval period.A. ChristianB. knightlyC. pilgrimsD. primitive16. ________ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.A. Edmund Spenser, Christopher MarloweB. Thomas More, Christopher MarloweC. John Donne,Edmund Spenser D. John Milton, Thomas More17. Among the following plays which is not written by Christopher Marlowe?A. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. TamburlaineD. The School for Scandal18. Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are _______.A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo andJuliet C. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and Macbeth D. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth19. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?”is the line of one of Shakespeare's ________.A. comediesB. tragediesC. historiesD. sonnets20. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this”refer to?A. LoverB. TimeC. SummerD. Poetry21. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18？A. The speaker eulogizes the power of NatureB. The speaker satirizes human vanityC. The speakerpraises the power of artistic creation D. The speaker meditates on man's salvation22. “Bassani Antonio，I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself；But life itself，my wife，and all the world，Are not with me esteem'd above thy life；I would lose all，ay，sacrifice them all，Here to thedevil，to deliver you. Portia：Your wife would give you little thanks for that，ff she were by to hear you make the offer.”The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part canbe regarded as a good example to illustrateA. dramatic ironyB. personificationC. allegoryD. symbolism23. “The Fairy Queen”is the masterpiece written by____.A. John MiltonB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Edmund SpenserD. Alexander Pope24. Which of the following work did Bacon NOT write?A. Advancement of LearningB. Novum OrganumC. De AugmentisD. Areopagitica25. The greatest of pioneers of English drama in Renaissance is _______, one of whose drama is “Doctor Faustus”.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Oscar WildeD. R. Brinsley Sheridan26. “Euphues”was written by ________, the style of the novel was called “Euphuism”.A. John BunyanB. John LylyC. John DonneD. John Milton27. The most famous dramatist in the 18th century is ______, who is famous for “The School for Scandal”.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Thomas GrayC. R. Brinsley SheridanD. G.eorge Bernard Shawth century was ______, who was a c28. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17ritic, poet, and playwright.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. John DrydenC. John MiltonD. T. G. Coleridge29. The representative of the “Metaphysical”poetry is ______, whose poems are famous for his use of fantastic metaphors and extravagant hyperboles.A. John DonneB. John MiltonC. William BlakeD. Robert Burns30. Which of the following has / have associations with John Donne's poetry?A. reason and sentimentB. conceits and witsC. the euphuismD. writing in the rhymed couplet31. _____ is the successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The Pilgrim's ProgressB. The Canterbury TalesC. Paradise LostD. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded32. The 18th century England is known as the ______ in the history.A. RenaissanceB. ClassicismC. EnlightenmentD. Romanticism33. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, who was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specially a “comic epic讽刺史诗in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style?A. Thomas GrayB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Johathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding34. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______________”, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Best writer of the English novelB. The father of English novelC. The most gifted writer of the English novelD. conventional writer of English novel35. Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists were Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry fielding and _______.A. Laurence SterneB. John DrydenC. Charles DickensD. Alexander Pope36. John Milton's masterpiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of _____.A. rhymed stanzasB. blank verseC. alliterationD. sonnets37. Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out____，both in theory and practice，to write specifically a “______ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. (Refer to 19)A. tragic epicB. comic epicC. romanceD. lyric epicth century is ______. 38. Besides Sheridan, another great playwright in the 18A. Oliver Goldsmith B. Thomas Gray C. T. G. Smollet D. Laurence Sterne39. She Stoops to Conquer was written by _____.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. R. Brinsley SheridanC. John DrydenD. George Bernard Shaw40. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modernEnglish ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.A. proseB. short storyC. novelD. tragicomedyby Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are _____.41. The Houyhnhnms depictedA. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants thatare superior in wisdom D. hairy，wild，low and despicable creatures，who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways42. The unquenchable⽆法消除的spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence ona lonely island reflects ____.A. man's desire to return to natureB. the author's criticism of the colonization XC. the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie XD. the aristocrats' disillusionment of the harsh social reality43. Gothic novels are mostly stories of_____, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Agecastles.A. love and marriageB. sea adventuresC. mystery and horrorD. saints and martyrs44. “The father of English novel”is __________.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. John Donne。
英国文学期末考试试题广外
英国文学期末考试试题（广东外语外贸大学）Instructions：This examination consists of 5 parts，and the total time for the examination is 2 hours. All the answers should be entered onto the Answer Sheet.Part I：Multiple Choices （10%）Choose the best answer to the following sentences.1.Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf？A. AlliterationB. Anglo-Saxons’ early life in EnglandC. Germanic languageD. The national epic of Anglo-Saxon people2.English Renaissance Period was an age of.A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays and journalsD. ballads and songs3.The main literary form of the early 17th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledged as the greatest. Besides him，there were two groups of poets. They were the Cavalier poets and.A. the lake poetsB. the university witsC. the Metaphysical poetsD. the Romantic poets4. Pamela is widely considered to be the first novel and was written by ___________.A. Thomas HardyB. James JoyceC. Samuel RichardsonD. Henry Fielding5.The publication of，which was the joint work of William Wordsworth and Samuel T. Coleridge，marked the beginning of the Romantic Age in England.A. Don JuanB. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerC. Lyrical BalladsD. Queen Mab6.Among the most famous realistic novelists of the Victorian age are，W. M. Thackeray，Bronte sisters，etc.A. Joseph ConradB. Henry FieldingC. Charles DickensD. D. H. Lawrence7.In James Joyce’s ____________ the story “Eveline” paints a portrait of a young woman from Dublin deciding whether or not to leave her hometown.A. UlyssesB. OrlandoC. DublinersD. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man8.In the 18th century England，satire was much used in writing. Literature of this age produced some excellent satirists，such as Jonathan Swift，Henry Fielding and.William Blake B. Robert Burns C.Alexander Pope D. Daniel Defoe9.William Wordsworth never used “gaudy and inane phraseology” because he felt that poetry should ____________.A. be read only by the well-educatedB. use difficult vocabulary to express complicated emotionsC. use simple speech to communicate the truths of human experienceD. rely on strange and uncommon words to bring people new experiences10. Virginia Woolf is renowned for adopting the technique，which displays the sequence of thoughts and impressions in a person’s mind.A. mind-readingB. third-person narrationC. stream-of-consciousnessD. feministPart II：Gap Filling （10%）Complete the following sentences and write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1.Geoffrey Chaucer’s work gives us a picture of the condition of English life of his day，such as its work and play，its deeds and dreams，its fun and sympathy.2.During the Norman Conquest，the most important form of literary composition is，the representative of which is the legend of King Arthur and the round table knights.3.Epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was William Shakespeare and who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.4.Hamlet，Othello，Macbeth and are generally regarded as William Shakespeare’s four great tragedies.5.Edmund Spenser is generally regarded as the greatest nondramatic poet of the Elizabethan Age. His fame is chiefly based on his masterpiece.6.In Elizabethan Period，wrote more than 50 excellent essays，which made him one of the best essayists in English literature.7.The was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century.8.In the latter part of the 18th century，there appeared，as a reaction against Reason，___________ novel and literature of sentimentality.9.Thomas Gray’s highly praised poem shows the poet’s sympathy for the poor，and condemns the great ones who despise the poor and bring sufferings to the common people.10.The Romantic movement in England had two significant movements as its background：the French Revolution and.11________ is perhaps the most talented early novelist. She wrote a number of books concerning young，relatively wealthy women pursuing marriage，such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma.12.George Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems. One is Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and the other is.13John Keats wrote several famous ___________， a type of lyric poem that is meditative and formal.14._________，the eldest of the two famous novelist sisters，wrote Jane Eyre in the middle of the 19th century.15._____________ monologue was first successfully used in poetry by Robert Browning.16.One of the most striking features of in the 20th century literature is anti-past，anti-tradition，anti-novel，anti-hero，etc.17.__________，the manifesto of modernist poetry in the 20th century，was written by T. S. Eliot.18. A Passage to India，Howard’s End，and A Room with a View are three of the most famous novels by ___________.19.Lord Jim is one of the most famous novels by _________，who was born in Poland and learned English as his third language.20.Man and Superman and Pygmalion are two of most famous plays by __________.Part III：Definition of Terms （15%）Choose THREE out of the following terms and explain them in two or three sentences.Sonnet；Point of view；Soliloquy；Setting；Heroic coupletPart IV：Appreciation （40%）Choose TWO of the following three excerpts and write a passage of comment （about 80 words）on each one. Your comment should cover the questions after each excerpt.Excerpt 1：I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills，When all at once I saw a crowd，A host，of golden daffodils；Beside the lake，beneath the trees，Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.…For oft，when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood，They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude；And then my heart with pleasure fills，And dances with the daffodils.（William Wordsworth，“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”）Questions：1. What is the central image of this poem？What is the poet’s reaction as revealed in the poem？2. Wordsworth believes that “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”and poetry “takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility”. How does this poem reflect the poet’s philosophy of composition？Excerpt 2：The proper study of mankind is man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state，A being darkly wise，and rudely great：With too much knowledge for the Skeptic side，With too much weakness for the Stoic’s pride，He hangs between；in doubt to act，or rest；In doubt to deem himself a God，or beast；In doubt his mind or body to prefer；Born but to die，and reasoning such，Whether he thinks too little or too much；Chaos of thought and passion，all confused；Still by himself abused or disabused；Created half to rise，and half to fall；（Alexander Pope，An Essay on Man）Questions：1. What’s the topic of the above lines？2.Summarize the main idea in a few sentences.Excerpt 3：I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts，which I hope will not be liable to the least objection.I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London，that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious，nourishing，and wholesomefood，whether stewed，roasted，baked，or boiled；and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the hundred and twenty thousand children，already computed，twenty thousand may be reserved for breed，whereof only one fourth part to be males，which is more than we allow to sheep，black cattle，or swine；and my reason is that these children are seldom the fruits of marriage，a circumstance not much regarded by our savages，therefore one male will be sufficient to serve four females. That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the person of quality and fortune through the kingdom，always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month，so as to render them plump and fat for a good table.A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends，and when the family dines alone，the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish；and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day，especially in winter.（Jonathan Swift，A Modest Proposal）Questions：1. What is the author’s modest proposal in the passage？And what do you think is his real idea behind it？2. What kind of tone is shown in the passage？（Explain it with specific quotations from the text）Part V. Critical Reading （25%）Read the attached short story and answer the questions in essay form.1. What’s the turning point in the murder trial？Describe it in a few sentences.2.Read carefully the last two paragraphs of the story and comment，in the form of a 150-200-word essay，on the message or real meaning of the author.The Case for the DefenseGraham Greene1It was the strangest murder trial that I ever attended. They named it the Peckham murder in the headlines，though Northwood Street，where the old woman was found battered to death，was not strictly speaking in Peckham. This was not one of those cases of circumstantial evidence in which you feel the juryman’s anxiety—because mistakes havebeen made—like domes of silence muting the court. No，this murderer was all but found with the body；no one present when the Crown counsel outlined his case believed that the man in the dock stood any chance at all.2He was a heavy stout man with bulging bloodshot eyes. All his muscles seemed to be in his thighs. Yes，an ugly customer，one you wouldn’t forget in a hurry—and that was an important point because the Crown proposed to call four witnesses who hadn’t forgotten him，who had seen him hurrying away from the little red villa in Northwood Street. The clock had just struck two in the morning.3Mrs. Salmon in 15 Northwood Street had been unable to sleep；she heard a door click shut and thought it was her own gate. So she went to the window and saw Adams （that was his name）on the steps of Mrs. Parker’s house. He had just come out and h e was wearing gloves. He had a hammer in his hand and she saw him drop it into the laurel bushes at the front gate. But before he moved away，he had looked up—at her window. The fatal instinct that tells a man when he is watched exposed him in the light of a street-lamp to her gaze—his eyes suffused with horrifying and brutal fear，like an animal’s when you raise a whip. I talked afterwards to Mrs. Salmon，who naturally after the astonishing verdict went in fear herself. As I imagined did all the witnesses—Henry MacDougall，who had been driving home from Benfleet late and nearly ran Adams down at the corner of Northwood Street. Adams was walking in the middle of the road looking dazed. And old Mr. Wheeler，who lived next door to Mrs. Parker，at No. 12 and was waken by a noise—like a chair falling—through the thin-as-paper villa wall，and got up and looked out of the window，just as Mrs. Salmon had done，saw Adam’s back and，as he turned，those bulging eyes. In Laurel Avenue he had been seen by yet another witness—his luck was badly out；he might as well have committed the crime in broad daylight.4“I understand，” the counsel said，“that the defense proposes to plead mistaken identity. Adams’ wife will tell you that he was with her at two in the morning on F ebruary 14，but after you have heard the witnesses for the Crown and examined carefully the features of the prisoner，I do not think you will be prepared to admit the possibility of a mistake.”5It was all over，you would have said，but the hanging.6After the formal evidence had been given by the policeman who had found the body and the surgeon who examined it，Mrs. Salmon was called. She was the ideal witness，with her slight Scotch accent and her expression of honesty，care and kindness.7The counsel for the Crown brought the story gently out. She spoke very firmly. There was no malice in her，and no sense of importance at standing there in the Central Criminal Court with a judge in scarlet handing on her words and the reporters writing them down. Yes，she said，and then she had gone down stairs and rung up the police station.8“And do you see the man here in court？”She looked straight and at the big man in the dock，who stared at her with his Pekingese eyes without emotion.“Yes，” she sai d，“there he is.”“You are quite certain？”She said simply，“I couldn’t be mistaken，sir.”It was as easy as that.“Thank you，Mrs. Salmon.”9Counsel for the defense rose to cross-examine. If you had reported as many murder trials as I have，you would have known beforehand what line he would take. And I was right，up to a point.10“Now，Mrs. Salmon，you must have remembered that a man’s life may depend on your evidence.”“I do remember it，sir.”“Is your eyesight good？”“I have never had to wear spectacles，sir.”“You are a woman of fifty-five？”“Fifty-six，sir.”“And the man you saw was on the other side of the road？”“Yes，sir.”“And it was two o’clock in the morning. You must have remarkable eyes，Mrs. Salmon？”“No，sir. There was moonlight，and the man looked up，he had the lamplight on his face.”11I couldn’t make out what he was at. He couldn’t have expected any other answer than the one he got.12“None whatever，sir. It isn’t a face one forgets.”13Counsel took a look around the court for a moment. Then he said，“Do you mind，Mrs. Salmon，examining again the people in court？No，not the prisoner. Stand up，please，Mr. Adams，” and there at the back of the court with thick stout body and muscular legs and a pair of bulging eyes，was the exact image of the man in the dock. He was even dressed the same—tight blue suit and striped tie.14“Now think very carefully，Mrs. Salmon. Can you still swear that the man you saw drop the hammer in Mrs. Parker’s garden was the p risoner—and not this man，who is his twin brother？”15Of course she couldn’t. She looked from one to the other and didn’t say a word.16There the big brute sat in the dock with his legs crossed，and there he stood too at the back of the court and they both stared at Mrs. Salmon. She shook her head.17What we saw then was the end of the case. There wasn’t a witness prepared to swear that it was the prisoner he’d seen. And the brother？He had his own alibi too；he was with his wife.18And so the man was acquitted for lack of evidence. But whether if he did the murder and not his brother—he was punished or not，I don’t know. That extraordinary day had an extraordinary end. I followed Mrs. Salmon out of court and we got wedged in the crowd who were waiting，of course，for the twins. The police tried to drive the crowd away，but all they could do was keep the roadway clear for traffic. I learned later that they tried to get the twins to leave by a back way，but they wouldn’t. One of them—no one knew which—said，“I’ve been acquitted，haven’t I？” and they walked bang out of the front entrance. Then it happened. I don’t know how，though I was only six feet away. The crowd moved and somehow one of the twins got pushed on to the road right in front of a bus.19He gave a squeal like a rabbit and that was all；he was dead，his skull smashed just as Mrs. Parker’s had been. Divine vengeance？I wish I knew. There was the other Adams getting on his feet from beside the body and looking straight over at Mrs. Salmon. He wascrying，but whether he was the murderer or the innocent man nobody will ever be able to tell. But if you were Mrs. Salmon，could you sleep at night？。
英国文学选读练习题含答案（推荐文档）（20200614213647）
英国⽂学选读练习题含答案（推荐⽂档）（20200614213647）Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC.Francis BaconD. John Dryden2.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A.FlandersB. FranceC.ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A.Henry VB. Henry VIIC.Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabethwas also the4.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible)triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A.SpainB. FranceC.AmericaD. Norway5.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave a and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.profound and truthful picture of the people’s sufferingA.Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC.Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A.MaryB. ElizabethC.WilliamD. Victoria7.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A.prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC.essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.A.The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC.EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE.Venus and Adonis9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’A.songsB. plays/doc/26720691930ef12d2af90242a8956bec0875a531.html ediesD. sonnets10.The heroines of Shakespeare’sgreat comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whose images and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A.PortiaB. RoselandC.ViolaD. Beatrice11.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A.HamletB. OthelloC.MacbethD. King LearE.Timon of Athens12.Which play is not a comedy? ________A. A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC.Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE.As You Like Itero summarise his observation of his world into such a bitter13.“Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the hsentence? ________A.Charles IB. OthelloC.Henry VIIID. Hamlet14.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of the English language.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC.William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15.In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “Whatwok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” ________A.Romeo and JulietB. HamletC.OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16.In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A.James IB. James IIC.Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A.the supremacy of ParliamentB.the beginning of modern EnglandC.the triumph of the principal libertyD.the triumph of the principle of political libertyE.the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19.Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________A.Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20.Paradise Lost is ________.A.John Milton’s masterpieceB. a great epic in 12 booksC.written in blank verseD.about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority21.John Milton is ________.A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC. a great stylistD. a great master of blank verse22.From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. ________.A.the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan’s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero of the poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24.Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A.The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC.The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.A.naturalismB. romanticismC.classicismD. realismE.sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truth about life with an uncompromising courage.A.dramaB. poetryC.essayD. novel28.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC.Gulliver’s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by __of the greatest masters of English prose.A.Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC.Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A.Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC.Samuel RicharsonD. Tobias Smollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________A.Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC.Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE.The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG.Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A.William WordsworthB. William BlakeC.Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A.Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE.John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A.George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.Walter Scott and Jane AustenD.Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________A.George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE.John Milton38.Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE.Walter Scott39.Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________A.To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC.Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A.The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC.Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in their poetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all g ood poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerf ul feeling.”A.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A.William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A.Byron’s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes his mother called him “you lame brat.”B.Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughout the world.C.The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’s genius and his role in the deEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D.Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’s poems have been translated into Chinese and well received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets in our country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A.Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC.Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45.________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems on nature, on love, and on politics.A.William WordsworthB. John KeatsC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A.Prometheus Unbound is Percy By sshe Shelley’s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal fagging system, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.C.George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D.Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47.________’s pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspiration after a better life than the sordid reality under capitalism. His leading principle is: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”A.Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC.William WordsworthD. John Keats48.Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A.Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC.To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE.Ode on a Grecian Urn49.Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A.Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC.Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE.Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.A.romanticismB. naturalismC.realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ________. The critical realists, most of who were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A.novelB. dramaC.poetryD. essay52.The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation and showed the misery of the common people.A.William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC.Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53.Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________A.Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardywhich was his54.________ wrote a number of little sketches of “cockney characters”. He signed them “Boz”nickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A.Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC.Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55.________ has been called “the supreme epic of English life.”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56.The theme underlying ________ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the age were ________.A.Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC.Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE.William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers were able to appear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A.EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC.ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality? ________A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Great ExpectationD. Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC.Hard TimesD. David Copperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author’s early life.A.Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC.Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A.Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC.Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE.Catherine63.Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A.ProfessorB. Jane EyreC.ShirleyD. VilletteE.Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A.Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC.EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A.Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC.Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________A.HeathcliffB. CatherineC.HindleyD. CathyE.Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A.pours a great deal of her own experienceB.criticises the bourgeois system of educationC.shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD.shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A.17thB. 18thC.19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A.ShirleyB. VilletteC.The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70.Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C.This book is Charlottel Bronte’s best literary production.D.In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie and sympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy. 71.Most of Robert Browning’s important works, including________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.A.Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramatics Personae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A.critical realismB. pre-romanticismC.neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true? ________A.Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B.Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C.Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D.Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.Accordi ng to Thomas Hardy’s own classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are ________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties of England for their setting. They include: ________.A.Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC.The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D’UrbervillesE.Jude the Obscure76.The following state ments are about Thomas Hardy’s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upper class of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________.s Fan/doc/26720691930ef12d2af90242a8956bec0875a531.html dy Windermere’B. A Woman of No ImportanceC.An Ideal HusbandD.The Importance of Being EarnestE.The Picture of Dorian Gray78.Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A.aestheticismB. decadenceC.critical realismD. pre-romanticism79.Alfred Tennys on’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A.The PrincessB. MaudC.In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE.Crossing the Bar80.Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________A.Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC.The EagleD. Sweet and LowE.Tears, Idle Tears81.Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________A.In MemoriamB. LycidasC.AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82.My Last Duchess is ________.A. a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC. a novelD. an essay83.________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad’s finest novels.A.Lord JimB. NostromoC.YouthD. The Old Wives’ Tale84.Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century?A.John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85.George Bernard Shaw’s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic works, served also a eation.author’s own program of dramatic crA.Widower’s HousesB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC.Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream o f consciousness” school.A.David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC.James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87.________’s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.A. D.H. LawrenceB. T.S. EliotC.James JoyceD. W.B. Yeats88.________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf’ｓexperiments in novel form.A.The WindowB. Time PassesC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves89.Which of the following novels belong(s) to the “stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?A.UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB.Portrait of a LadyC.The Picture of Dorian GrayD.To the Lighthouse91. D.H. Lawrence’s representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and lively manifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence’s long-range study of the psychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A.Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?A.Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?A.George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC.James Joyce Oscar WildeE.W.B. Yeats94.Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?A.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionB. Widower’s HousesC.Major BarbaraD. PygmalionE.The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-called high-civilised English?A.Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96.In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A.William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. 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Multiple Choice1. Contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, the modern English novel gives a realistic presentation of life of ________.A. the common English peopleB. the upper classC. the rising bourgeoisieD. the enterprising landlords2. 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. short storyC. novelD. tragicomedy3. Who is the first “Angry Young Man”?A. OsborneB. EliotC. ChristopherD. Bernard Shaw4. ________ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw5. G. B. Shaw’s play “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” is a realistic exposure of the ______ in the English society.A. political corruptionB. inequality between men and womenC. slum landlordismD. economic exploitation of women6. The following comments on George Bernard Shaw are true except ________.A. George Bernard Shaw’s career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play Widowers’ Houses was put on by the Independent Theatre SocietyB. Shaw began his literary career by writing novels soon after his setting down in LondonC. Shaw’s writings reflect the combination of realism and naturalismD. Shaw’s plays can be termed as problems plays7. Galsworthy was a _____ writer, having inherited the fine traditions of the great Victorian novelists of the critical realism such as Dickens and Thackeray.A. naturalisticB. romanticC. realisticD. conventional8. In “The Forsyte” by John Galsworthy, a typical Forsyte has a remarkable characteristic --- a strong sense of ________.A. moneyB. propertyC. successD. privilege9. “Sailing to Byzantium” written by Yeats is a poem exploring the problems of ____.A. death, love, old age and artB. religion and mythC. ambition, ideal and visionD. past, present and future10. In “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”, William Butler Yeats expresses his _____.A. hope to go abroadB. desire to escape into a “fairyland”C. love for common lifeD. hatred for war11. In which of the following poems by William Butler Yeats did you find the allusion to Helen and the Trojan War?A. Sailing to Byzantium.B. Down by the Sally Garden.C. The Lake Isle of Innisfree.D. Leda and the Swan.12. Of the following poems by T. S. Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry?A. Poems 1909—1925B. The Hollow MenC. Prufrock and Other ObservationsD. The Waste Land13. “The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes, / The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the windowpanes / Linked its tongue into the corners of the evening, /Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains.” The stanza is taken from _____.A. T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”B. Emily Dickenson’s “Because I could not stop for Death”C. Alfred Tennyson’s “Break, Break, Break”D. William Wordsworth’s “I wandered Lonely as a Cloud”14. Which of the following best describes the speaker of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”?A. He is a man of action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of inactivity.D. All the above are wrong.15. Of the following works by D. H. Lawrence, _____ established his position as novelist.A. The White PeacockB. The TrespasserC. Women in LoveD. Sons and Lovers16. Which of the following is considered to be a better-structured novel?A. Women in LoveB. Sons and LoversC. The RainbowD. Lady Chatterley’s Lover17. “The Lawrence trilogy” refers to the following three plays except _____.A. A Collier’s Friday NightB. The Daughter-in-LawC. The Widowing of Mrs. HolroyedD. Lady Chatterley’s Lover18. Which of the following writings is not the novel of D. H. Lawrence’s?A. Sons and Lovers.B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.C. The White PeacockD. The Rainbow.19. Of the following writings by James Joyce, which is a prime example of modernism inliterature?A. UlyssesB. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. DublinersD. Finnegans Wake20. In the English history, who is the most outstanding stream-of-consciousness novelist?A. Leopold BloomB. E. M. ForsterC. James JoyceD. D. H. Lawrence21. “At last she spoke to me. When she addressed the first words to me I was so confused that I did not know what to answer. She asked me was I going to Araby. I forget whether I answered yes or no. It would be a splendid bazaar, she said; she would love to go.” The passage is taken from _____.A. John Galsworthy’s The Man of PropertyB. James Joyce’s DublinersC. D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers D. James Joyce’s Ulysses22. Which of the following is not true according to James Joyce?A. Ulysses has become a prime example of modernism in literature.B. Joyce is regarded as the most prominent stream-of-consciousness novelist.C. Joyce is a realistic writer in English literature history.D. His novel “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” is a naturalistic account of the hero’s bitter experiences and his final artistic and spiritual liberation.。
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Exercise for English Literature (2)Choose the best answer for each blank.1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.C.Geoffre.Chaucer B.Si.Gawain2.Franci.Bacon D.Joh.Dryden3.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.C.Flanders B.France3.Italy D.Westminste.Abbeymercia.expansio.abroad._______.encourage.exploratio.an.travel.wpatibl.wit.th.interes.o.th.Englis.merchants.C.Henr.V B.Henr.VII4.Henr.VIII D.Quee.Elizabeth5.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also thetriumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.C.Spain B.France5.America D.Norway6.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aprofound and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happ y society.C.Thoma.More B.Thoma.Marlowe6.Franci.Bacon D.Willia.Shakespear7.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.C.Mary B.Elizabeth7.William D.Victoria8.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.C.pros.an.novel B.poetr.an.drama8.essay.an.journals D.ballad.an.songs9.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.C.Th.Advancemen.o.Learning B.Th.Ne.InstrumentE.Essays D.Th.Ne.AtlanticsF.Venus and Adonis9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.C.songs B.playsedies D.sonnets11.The heroines of Shakespeare’s great comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whoseimages and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.C.Portia B.Roseland11.Viola D.Beatrice12.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.C.Hamlet B.OthelloE.Macbeth D.Kin.LearF.Timon of Athens12.Which play is not a comedy? ________C..Midsumme.Night’.Dream B.Th.Merchan.o.VeniceE.Twelft.Night D.Rome.an.JulietF.As You Like ItA.“Denmar.i..prison”.I.whic.pla.doe.th.her.summaris.hi.observatio.o.hi.worl.int.suc..bitte.sentence.________C.Charle.I B.Othello14.Henr.VIII D.Hamlet15.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.C.Geoffre.Chaucer B.Edmun.Spenser15.Willia.Shakespeare D.Be.Johnson16.In which play does the hero show his prof ound reverence for man through the sentence: “What a piece ofwok is a man! How nobel in reason! How finite in faculty!” ________C.Rome.an.Juliet B.Hamlet16.Othello D.Th.Merchan.o.VeniceA.I.1649._______monwealth.C.Jame.I B.Jame.II17.Charle.I D.Charle.II18.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A.the supremacy of ParliamentB.the beginning of modern EnglandC.the triumph of the principal libertyD.the triumph of the principle of political libertyE.the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets? ________C.Joh.Donne B.Georg.Herbertton D.Richar.Lovelace20.Which work was NOT written by John Milton? ________C.Paradis.Lost B.Paradis.Regained20.Samso.Agonistes D.Volpone21.Paradise Lost is ________.A.John Milton’s masterpieceB.a great epic in 12 booksC.written in blank verseD.about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority21.John Milton is ________.A.a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verseto.too.hi.storie.o.Paradis.Lost.i.e.________.B.the creationC.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsD.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenE.the creation of the death and of adam and EveF.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodG.Satan’s temptation of EveH.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero ofthe poem.A.GodB.Satan24. C.Adam D.Eve25.Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________C.Joh.Donne B.Georg.Herbert25.Andre.Marvell D.Henr.Vaugham26.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.C.Th.Renaissance B.Th.Enlightenment26.Th.Religiou.Reformation D.Th.Chartis.MovementA.Th.mai.literar.strea.o.th.18t.centur.wa.________.Wha.th.writer.describe.i.thei.work.wer.mainl.socia.realities.C.naturalism B.romanticismE.classicism D.realismF.sentimentalismA.Th.eighteent.centur.wa.th.golde.ag.o.th.Englis.________.Th.nove.o.thi.perio.spok.th.trut.abou.lif.wit.a.uncompromisin.courage.C.drama B.poetry28.essay D.novel29.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.C..Tal.o..Tub B.Bickerstaf.Almanac29.Gulliver’.Travels D..Modes.Proposal30.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by ________, oneof the greatest masters of English prose.C.Alexande.Pope B.Henr.Fielding30.Danie.Defoe D.Jonatha.SwiftA.A..journalist._______.o.circumstantia.detail.Thi.powe.t.mak.hi.character.aliv.an.hi.storie.credibl.i.a.inimitabl.gift.C.Josep.Addison B.Danie.Defoe31.Samue.Richarson D.Tobia.Smollett32.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________C.Poetica.Sketches B.Song.o.InnocenceE.Song.o.Experience n.SyneG.Th.Marriag.o.Heave.an.Hell F.ProphecisH.Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Willia.Blake33.Rober.Burns D.Jonatha.Swift34.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Samue.Johnson34.Samue.Taylo.Coleridge D.Wordswort.an.Coleridge35.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.C.Jan.Austen B.Walte.Scott35.Samue.Taylo.Coleridge D.Willia.Wordsworth36.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Samue.Taylo.ColeridgeE.Georg.Gordo.Byron D.Perc.Byssh.ShelleyF.John KeatsA.Th.Englis.Romanti.Ag.produce.tw.majo.novelists.The.ar.________.B.George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyC.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD.Walter Scott and Jane AustenE.Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________C.Georg.Gordo.Byron B.Willia.WordsworthE.Perc.Byssh.Shelley D.Joh.KeatsF.John Milton38.Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Samue.Taylo.ColeridgeE.Joh.Keats D.Rober.SoutheyF.Walter Scott39.Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________C.T.th.Cuckoo B.Th.Lyrica.BalladsE.Luc.Poems D.Th.Solitar.ReaperF.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century,i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.C.Th.Lyrica.Ballads B.Th.Prelude41.Child.Harold’.Pilgrimage D.Do.Juan42.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.”C.Samue.Taylo.Coleridge B.Georg.Gordo.Byron42.Perc.Byssh.Shelley D.Willia.Wordsworth43.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.C.Willia.Wordworth B.Samue.Johnson43.Samue.Taylo.Coleridge D.Wordwort.an.Coleridge44.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about George Gordon Byron? ________A.Byron’s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him “you lame brat.”B.Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C.The reactionary criticism of the 19th ce ntury tried to belittle Byron’s genius and his role in the development ofEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.44.Sinc.th.Ma..Movemen.i.1919.mor.an.mor.o.Byron’.poem.hav.bee.translate.int.Chines.an.wel.receive.b.th.poet.an.youn.readers.Byro.ha.no.becom.on.o.th.best-know.Englis.poet.i.ou.country.45.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.C.Biographi.literaria B.Th.Prelude45.Luc.Poems D.Th.Lyrica.Ballads46.________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.C.Willia.Wordsworth B.Joh.Keats46.Georg.Gordo.Byron D.Perc.Byssh.Shelley47.Which of the following statements is (are) NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________A.Prometheus Unbound is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal faggingsystem, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.C.George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D.Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.A.________’.pursui.o.beaut.i.al.thing.bespok.a.aspiratio.afte..bette.lif.tha.th.sordi.realit.unde.capitalism.Hi.leadin.principl.is.“Beaut.i.truth.trut.beauty.”C.Perc.Byssh.Shelley B.Georg.Gordo.Byron48.Willia.Wordsworth D.Joh.KeatsA.Choos.th.fou.immorta.ode.writte.b.Joh.Keats.________C.Od.t.th.Wes.Wind B.Od.t..NightingaleE.T.Autumn D.Od.o.MelancholyF.Ode on a Grecian UrnA.Choos.th.work.writte.b.Jan.Austen.________C.Prid.an.Prejudice B.Sens.an.SensibilityE.Northange.Abbey C.Emma50.Mansfiel.Park F.PersuasionA.I.th.19t.centur.Englis.literature..ne.literar.tren.calle._______.appeared.An.i.flourishe.i.th.fortie.an.i.th.earl.fifties.C.romanticism B.naturalism51.realism D.critica.realismA.Englis.critica.realis.foun.it.expressio.chiefl.i.th.for.o.________.Th.critica.realists.mos.o.wh.wer.novelists.describe.wit.vividnes.an.artisti.skil.th.chie.trait.o.th.Englis.societ.an.criticise.th.capitalis.syste.fro..democrati.viewpo int.C.novel B.drama52.poetry D.essay53.The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.C.Willia.Makepeac.Thackeray B.Charle.Dickens53.Charlott.Bronte D.Emil.Bronte54.Which of the following writers belong to critical realists? ________Charle.Dickens B.Charlott.Bronte54. C.Emil.Bronte D.Thoma.HardyA._______.wrot..numbe.o.littl.sketche.o.“cockne.characters”.H.signe.the.“Boz”.whic.wa.hi.nicknam.fo.hi.youn.brother.Hi.firs.book.Sketche.b.Bo.appeare.i.1836.C.Elizabet.Gaskell B.Willia.M.Thackeray55.Charle.Dickens D.Jan.Austen56.________ has been called “the supreme epic of English life.”C..Tal.o.Tw.Cities B.Davi.Copperfield56.Pickwic.Papers D.Olive.Twist57.The theme underlying ________ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”.C..Tal.o.Tw.Cities B.Davi.Copperfield57.Pickwic.Papers D.Olive.TwistA.I.th.Victoria.Age.poetr.wa.no..majo.ar.intende.t.chang.th.world.Th.mai.poet.o.th.ag.wer.________.C.Alfre.Tennyson B.Rober.BrowningE.Mrs.Browning D.Rober.BurnsF.William BlakeA.Th._______.Movemen.appeare.i.th.thirtie.o.th.19t.century.I.showe.th.Englis.worker.wer.abl.t.appea.a.a.independen.politica.forc.an.wer.alread.realisin.th.fac.tha.th.industria.bourgeoisi.wa.thei.principa.enemy.C.Enlightenment B.Renaissance59.Chartist D.Romanticist60.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality? ________C..Tal.o.Tw.Cities B.Davi.Copperfield60.Grea.Expectation D.Dombe.an.Son61.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.C..Tal.o.Tw.Cities B.Grea.Expectation61.Har.Times D.Davi.Copperfield62.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehe ro is largely based on the author’s early life.C.To.Jones B.Davi.Copperfield62.Olive.Twist D.Grea.ExpectationA.Th.Bront.sister.ar.________.The.wer.al.talente.writer.an.al.o.the.die.young.C.Charlott.Bronte B.Emil.BronteE.Ann.Bronte D.Jan.AustenF.Catherine63.Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.C.Professor B.Jan.EyreE.Shirley D.VilletteF.Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.C.Wutherin.Heights B.Jan.Eyre65.Emma D.Agne.Grey.appea.i.th.nove.Jan.Eyre.________C.Jan.Eyre B.Mr.Rochester66.Mar.Barton D.Sila.Marner67.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights? ________C.Heathcliff B.CatherineE.Hindley D.CathyF.Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A.pours a great deal of her own experienceB.criticises the bourgeois system of educationC.shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD.shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.C.17th B.18th69.19th D.20th70.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.C.Shirley B.Villette70.Th.Tenan.o.th.Wildfel.Hall D.Agne.Grey71.Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre? ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C.This book is Charlottel Bronte’s best literary production.c.o.cultur.amon.th.bourgeoisi.an.sympathise.wit.th.suffering.o.th.poo.people.He.realis.wa.coloure.b.petty-bourgeoi.philanthropy.72.Most of Robert Browning’s important works, including ________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.Dramati.Lyrics B.Dramati.Romances72. C.Me.an.Women D.dramatic.Personae73.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.C.critica.realism B.pre-romanticism73.neo-classicism D.ne.romanticism74.Which statement is true? ________A.Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B.Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C.Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D.Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.A.Accordin.t.Thoma.Hardy’.ow.classification.hi.novel.divide.themselve.int.thre.groups.The.ar.________.B.Novels of character and environmentC.Romances and FantasiesD.Novels of IngenuityE.Working class literatureA.Novel.o.characte.an.environmen.ar.als.calle.Wesse.novels.takin.th.southwes.countie.o.Englan.fo.thei.setting.The.include.________.C.Unde.th.Greenwoo.Tree B.Th.Retur.o.th.NativeE.Th.Mayo.o.Casterbridge D.Tes.o.th.D’UrbervillesF.Jude the Obscure76.The following statements are about Thomas Hardy’s novels, which are true? ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.edies.h.criticise.th.uppe.clas.o.th.Englis.bourgeedie.ar.________.dy Windermere’s FanC.A Woman of No ImportanceD.An Ideal HusbandE.The Importance of Being EarnestF.The Picture of Dorian Gray78.Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.C.aestheticism B.decadence79.critica.realism D.pre-romanticismA.Alfre.Tennyson’.poeti.outpu.wa.vas.an.varied.Hi.mai.poem.ar.________.C.Th.Princess B.MaudE.I.Memoriam D.Idyll.o.th.KingF.Crossing the Bar80.Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson? ________C.Break.Break.Break B.Crossin.th.BarE.Th.Eagle D.Swee.an.LowF.Tears, Idle Tears81.Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ________C.I.Memoriam B.Lycidas82.Adodais D.Eleg.writte.i..Countr.Churchyard83.My Last Duchess is ________.C..dramati.monologue B..shor.lyric83..novel D.a.essay84.________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad’s finest novels.C.Lor.Jim B.Nostromo84.Youth D.Th.Ol.Wives.Tale85.Who is regar ded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century?C.Joh.Galsworthy B.Henr.James85.Thoma.Stearn.Eliot D.Jame.Joyce86.George Bernard Shaw’s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic works, served also as theauthor’s own program of dramatic creation.C.Widower’.Houses B.Mrs.Warren’.Profession86.Majo.Barbara D.Th.Quintessenc.o.Ibsenism87.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream ofconsciousness” school.wrence B.Rober.Tressell87.Jame.Joyce D.Virgini.Woolf88.________’s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.”wrence B.T.S.Eliot88.Jame.Joyce D.W.B.Yeats89.________ is the climax of Vir ginia Woolf’s experiments in novel form.C.Th.Window B.Tim.Passes89.T.th.Lighthouse D.Th.Waves90.Which of the following novels belong(s) to the “stream of consciousness” school of novel writing?C.Ulysses B.Finnegan.Wake90.T.th.Lighthouse D.Th.Waves91.________ was written by James Joyce.A.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB.Portrait of a LadyC.The Picture of Dorian GrayD.To the Lighthousewrence’.representativ.wor._______.wa.positivel.take.a..typica.exampl.an.livel.manifestatio.o.th.Oediwrence’.long-rang.stud.o.th.psychologi.theorie.o.Sigmun.Freud.Son.an.Lovers B.Th.Rainbow92. d.Chatterley’.Lover D.Wome.i.Love93.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and Lovers?93.Mrs.Morel B.Pau.. C.Miriam D.Clara94.Which of the following writers were from Ireland?C.Georg.Bernar.Shaw B.Jonatha.SwiftCI.James Joyce Oscar Wilde94.W.B.Yeats95.Which of the following play(s) was/were NOT written by George Bernard Shaw?C.Mrs.Warren’.Profession B.Widower’.HousesE.Majo.Barbara D.PygmalionF.The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised English?C.Majo.Barbara B.Pygmalion96.Mrs.Warren’.Profession D.Ma.an.Superman97.In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.C.Willia.Butle.Yeats B.Samue.Butler97.Thoma.Stearn.Eliot wrence98.William Butler Yeats was _______.98. a.Iris.poe. B..dramatis..C..criti.. D..senato.i.th.Iris.Fre.Stat.i.192199.Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.C.classicis.i.literature B.royalis.i.politics99.Anglo-Catholi.i.religion D.al.o.th.above100.Which of the following statement is NOT true?A.Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B.Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.C.Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.D.Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.E.Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressed?C.Od.t.th.Wes.Wind B.Th.Solitar.ReaperLamia ndKeys:1-5: A, D, D, A, A 6-10: B, B, D, D, ABCD11-15:ABCD, D, D, C, B 16-20: C, ABC, AB, D, ABCD21-25: ABCD, ABCDEFG, B, A, B 26-30: D, D, AD, D, B31-35: D, BC, D, B, ABCDE 36-40: C, ACD, ABD, ACDE, A41-45: D, C, B, B, D 46-50: A, D, BCDE, ABCDEF, D51-55: A, B, ABCD, C, C 56-60: A, ABC, C, C, A61-65: B, ABC, ABCD, A, AB 66-70: ABCDE, ABCD, C, CD, ABCD71-75: ABCD, A, ABCD, ABC, ABCDE76-80: ABCDE, ABCD, AB, ABCED, ABCDE81-85.A.A.AB.B.D 86-90.CD.C.D.ABCD.A91-95: A, ABCE, ABCDE, E, B 96-100: A, ABCD, D, E, D。
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2. In the year 1066, the Normans defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the battle of _____.
A. Hastings B. Canterbury
1. Geoffrey Chaucer a. Ivanhoe
2. Henry Fielding b. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
3. Walter Scott c. The House of Fame
4. George Gorden Byron d. Thy Mayor of Casterbridge
5. William Makepeace Thackeray e. Dubliners
6. Thomas Hardy f. Vanity Fair
C. York D. Tinchebrai
3. The representative work of __________ is Decameron.
A. Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Boccaccio
4. _______ can be justly termed England’s national epic and its hero Beowulf --- one of the national heroes of the English people.
[A] Jonathan Swift [B] Daniel Defoe [C] George Eliot [D] D. H. Lawrence
3.“Beauty is truth ， truth beauty .” is an epigrammatic line by ____.
[A] John Keats [B] William Blake [C]William Wordsworth
3.Give a brief analysis on the character Jane Eyre in Charlotte Bronte’s work.
VI. First identify the two authors and their works. Then write a short essay of no less than 150 words commenting on One of the following two pieces. (30points)
1. “For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more， Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room …” What did Oliver ask for？ _______
3. As You Like It
4. Tiger
5. Charlotte Bronte
6. Mrs. Warren’s Profession
7. John Milton
8. A Modest Proposal
9. Sons and Lovers
10. Jane Austen
II. Select the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. (1x5 points)
[C] Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels [D] D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love
III. Explain briefly the following terms. (3x5points)
1. sonnet 2.the Lake Poets
[A] More time to play [B] More food to eat
[C] More books to read [D] More money to spend
2. Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York，Mariner（also known as Robinson Crusoe ）by ______.
7. James Joyce g. Don Juan
8. Charles Dickens h. The Waste Land
9. T. S. Elioet i. The Importance of Being Earnest
A. ballads B. romances
C. sonnets
6. The ________ foot consists of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented
英国文学史及选读试题
I. Identifying the following items. (1x10 points)
噢！我的爱人就像一朵红红的玫瑰，在六月的春风中绽放。噢！我的爱人就像一首优美的旋律，和谐甜美地演奏着。
我美丽的女孩，你是那么漂亮，我有多么爱你！亲爱的，我将永远爱你，直到海水枯竭。
知道海水枯竭啊，我亲爱的，直到岩石和太阳碰撞！亲爱的，我将永远爱你，当沙漏里的全都流走。
再见，我的最爱！哪怕是一段短暂的时光！亲爱的，我将很快回来，即便已相隔万里！
[D] Percy Bysshe Shelley
4. Which of the following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy’s later works? _________
[A] Sentimentalism. [B] Tragic sense. [C] Surrealism. [D] Comic sense.
( Examples: John Webster: a dramatist during the reign of James I
The Dunciad: a satirical poem by Alexander Pope)
1. Beowulf
2. William Wordsworth
4.William Shakespeare has been considered the greatest writen in history,Please list at least 2 reasons for that.
5.How much have you known about John Milton?
英国文学史及选读共7道题：没有统一答案。请高手认真解答。
1.how much have you known about Beowulf?
2.what's Geoffrey Chaucer's greatest book? Make some comment on that book.
3.List four tragedies writen by William Shakespear,中英文都要写。
最佳答案
只知道一些答案，也许对你有用。。。
2.The Canterbury Tales
3.Hamlet哈姆雷特 Othello奥赛罗 King Lear李尔王 Macbeth麦克白
5John Milton的介绍有点多哦。。。书上很多的。。
7.to pride his lover,and show how deep he loves her,to make swear that they will not part forever...
3. Aestheticism 4.Symbolism 5. Stream-of-consciousness
IV. Match the author in Column A with his or her work in Column B. (2x10points)
2. In 1066, _________led the Norman army to invade and defeat England.
a. William the Conqueror b. Julius Caesar
c. Alfred the Great d. Claudius
10. Oscar Wilde j. The Great Expectation
1.--___ 2.--___ 3.--___ 4.--___ 5.--___
6.--___ 7.--___ 8.--___ 9.--___ 10.--___
V. Briefly answer Two of the following questions. (2x10points)
1.What is Byronic Hero? Give examples to illustrate it.
2.What kind of theme is presented in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?
作者是Robert Burns，介绍很长，自己翻书吧。。
英国文学史及选读》试题集（共4份）
1. In Anglo-Saxon period," Beowulf " represented the _________ poetry.