英国文学复习题含问题详解

___________I. Multiple Choice: from a, b, c or d, choose the best one to complete the statements below. (1×50, 50 points)1.---- ----- is the first important religious poet in English literature.a. John Donneb. George Herbertc. Caedmond. Milton2.The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions,---------- and Christian.a. Paganb. Romanc. Frenchd. Danish3.“----------”is the oldest poem in the English language, and also thesurviving epic in the English language.a. Beowulfb.Sir Gawain and Green Knightc. The Canterbury Talesd. Hamlet4.Fielding has been regarded by some as the “----------”for his contributionto the establishment of the form of the modern novel.a.Best Writer of English Novelb. Father of English Novelc. Father of English Poetryd. Father of English Essay5.All of the following three writers except---------- are the most famousdramatists in the Renaissance England.a.Marloweb. Shakespearec. Bacond.Thomas Kyd6.Byronic Hero was created by Lord Byron in one of his following works---------.a. Don Juanb. Ode to the West windc. She Walks in Beautyd.Daffodils7.Which play is not Shakespeare’s tragedy? ----------a.Othellob. The Merchant of Venicec.Romeo and Julietd. King Lear8.The literary form of The Faerie Queen is ----------.a. lyric poemb. narrative poemc. epic poemd. elegy9.Which of the following cannot correctly describe the EnglishEnlightenment Movement ----------?a.It flourished in France.b. It was a furtherance of theRenaissance.c.Its purpose was to enlighten the whole world. d. It emphasized“reason & order.”10.“Blindness, partiality, prejudice and absurdity”in the novel Pride andPrejudice are most likely to be the characteristics of ----------.a. Elizabethb. Darcyc. Mrs. Bennetd. Lydia11.T he prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the ----------.a. Frenchb. Latinc. romanced. science12.T he story of “----------”is the culmination of the Arthurian metricalromances.a.Sir Gawain and the Green Knightb. Beowulfc.Piers the Plowmand. The Canterbury Tales13.C haucer, the ‘father of English poetry’and one of the greatest ----------poets of England, was born in London about 1340, and was the first to be buried in the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey.a. lyricalb. blank versec. narratived. ballad14.W hich kind of metrical form was adopted by Chaucer in The CanterburyTales?a. London dialectb. Heroic Coupletc. sonnetd. elegy15.G enerally speaking, Chaucer’s works fall into three main groupscorresponding roughly to the three periods of his adult life. Which period is wrong?a.The period of French influence (1359-1372)b.The period of Italian influence (1372-1386)c.The period of English influence (1386-1400)d.The period of American influence (1371-1382)16.--------- was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.a. Thomas Wyattb. William Shakespearec. Philip Sidneyd.Thomas Campion17.T he epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of Englishdrama. It was ---------- who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.a. Edmund Spenserb. Thomas Lodgec. Christopher Marlowed.Thomas More18.A bsolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign ofQueen ----------.a. Maryb. Elizabethc. Victoriad. William19.E nglish Renaissance Period was an age of ----------.a. prose and novelb. poetry and dramac. essays and journalsd.ballads and songs20.F rom the following, choose the one that is not Francis Bacon’s work.----------a.The Advancement of Learningb. Essaysc.Maxims of the Lawd. Othello21.E nglish Renaissance Period was not an age of prose, but Thomas Morewrote his famous prose work ----------.a. Of Studiesb. Robinson Crusoec. Gulliver’s Travelsd. Utopia22.W hich play is not Shakespeare’s comedy? ---------a. A Midsummer Night’s Dreamb. The Merchant of Venicec.Romeo and Julietd. As You Like It23. ----------, considered John Milton’s masterpiece, vividly tells the story ofSatan’s rebellion against God and his tempting of Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge.a. Paradise Regainedb. Biblec. The Pilgrim’s Progressd. Paradise Lost24.---------- was a progressive intellectual movement throughout WesternEurope in the 18th century.a. The Renaissanceb. The Enlightenmentc. The Religious Reformationd. The Chartist Movement25.I n the last 20 years of the 18th century, England produces two greatpre-romantic poets. They were ----------.a. Johnson and Blakeb. Grey and Youngc. Pope and Goldsmithd. Blake and Burns26.T he 18th-century witnessed that in England there appeared two politicalparties, ----------, which were satirized by Swift in his Gulliver’s Travels.a.The Whigs and the Toriesb.The senate and the House of Representativesc.The upper House and lower Housed.The House of Lords and the House of Commons27.T he critical realism in 19th-century England has been considered as the 3rdimportant literary achievement after the ancient Greek tragedy and the Renaissance drama. It has some basic characteristics as follows except: ----------a.Truthful reflection of the society with superb artistic styleb.Violent exposure and criticism with profound humanismc. Harmonious unity between the characters and situationd. The use of simple and common language28.T he Romantic Age began with the publication of Lyrical Ballads, which waswritten by ----------.a. William Wordsworthb. Samuel Johnsonc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. Wordsworth and Coleridge29.W hich poet did not belong to the Lakers?a. Coleridgeb. Wordsworthc. Southeyd. Keats30.C hoose the ode that is not written by Keats. ----------a. Ode to the West Windb. Ode to a Nightingalec. To Autumnd. Ode on a Grecian Urn31.C hoose the work that was not written by Jane Austen. ----------a. Emmab.Sense and Sensibilityc. Mansfield Parkd.JaneEyre32.E nglish critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ----------.a. novelb. dramac. poetryd. prose33.W hich of the following writers did not belong to English critical realists?a. Charles Dickensb. Charlotte Brontec. Daniel Defoed. W. M.Thackeray34.D ickens’s David Copperfield is often regarded as the semi-autobiographyof the writer in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author’s early life, while his --------- is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.a. Oliver Twistb. Great Expectationsc. Hard Timesd. A Tale ofTwo Cities35.The sub-title of Vanity Fair is ‘---------’.a. A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayedb. The Spirit and the Fleshc. A Novel Without a Herod. Sense and Sensibility36.I n the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte has some basic subject matters to expressas follows except ----------.a.pours a great deal of her own experienceb.criticizes the American bourgeois system of educationc.shows that true love is the foundation of marriaged.shows that women should have equal rights with men37.J ames Joyce was one of the foremost writers of --------- novels.a. critical realistb. Gothicc. stream of consciousnessd. romantic historical38. The first English essayist Francis Bacon composed, during his lifetime,numerous prose work, and --------- is unmistakably among the mosteloquent and elegant essays produced in English Renaissance.a. Of Studiesb. Ode to the West Windc. The Tigerd. Don Juan39.A mong the following 20th-century Irish writers, who is the spokesman forthe school of “Art for Art’s Sake”? ----------a. Bernard Shawb. Oscar Wildec. James Joyced. W. B.Yeats40.W ordsworth believes that ---------- can inspires poetry, and it is his nurse,guide, guardian and anchor of his thoughts.a. natureb. Godc. loved. wealth41.A lthough writing from different points of view and with different techniques,writers in the Victorian Period shared one thing in common, that is, they were all concerned about ----------.a.the love story of the richb. the future of their countryc.the fate of common peopled. the love-making of the middle classpeople42.--------- lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence onscientific way of thinking and fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge.a. Charles Dickensb. Francis Baconc. Thomas Hardyd.Thomas More43.T he following comments on Daniel Defoe are true except ---------.a.Robinson Crusoe is his first novel.b.He is a member of the upper class.c.Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpiece.d.He embarked on a new career—the writing of novel—when he was 60.44.T he term “metaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of ----------.a. John Donneb. John Keatsc. John Miltond. JohnBunyan45.T he cradle of the Renaissance is ----------.a. Germanyb. Englandc. Italyd. France46.T he middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literaryform that is the modern English ----------, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.a. proseb. novelc. tragicomedyd. drama47.W hich of the following writings did Wordsworth not create? ------c--a.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloudb. The Solitary Reaperc.The Chimney Sweeperd. The Prelude48.W hich of the following writings is not the work by Dickens? ca. A Tale of Two Citiesb. Hard Timesc. Sons and Loversd.Oliver Twist49.T he Victorian Age was largely an age of ---------, eminently represented byDickens and Thackeray.a. poetryb. dramac. essayd. novel50. The 23-year-old Austen composed three novels, and among them, FirstImpressions was early version of --00------.a. Pride & Prejudiceb. Sense & Sensibilityc. Emmad.Northanger AbbeyⅡ. Reading Comprehension:read the following selected parts carefully, and give the best answer to the relevant questions. (0.5×50, 25 points)Part 1 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed,And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed:But thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.Questions:51.This is one of Shakespeare’s best known ----------.a. sonnetsb. balladsc. songs52.It runs in iambic pentameter rhymed ----------.a. abba abba cdcd cdb. abab cdcd efef gg53. The 14 lines include three quatrains together with the last twolines as ---------- which completes the sense of the lines above.a. preludeb. coupletc. epigraph54. The theme of this poem is ----------.a. loveb. friendshipc. immortality of artsPart 2 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.Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.Questions:55.This is the first two stanza of a poem that is written by --------.a. Byronb. Wordsworthc. Keats56.The title of the poem is ----------.a. To Autumnb. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloudc. The Solitary Reaper57.The poem’s theme is about ----------.a. beauty of natureb. country lifec. love58.The poet adopts one kind of figure of speech: ---------- todescribe the flowers in the poem.a. personificationb. alliterationc. conceit59.The rhyme scheme in each stanza is ----------.a. abababb. ababccc. abcdcdPart 3 IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so wellfixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is consideredas the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.Questions:60. This passage is the opening of a novel entitled ----------.a. Sense and Sensibilityb. Pride and Prejudicec.Jane Eyre61.The writer of the novel is the first famous woman novelist—---------.a. George Eliotb. Charlotte Brontec. Jane Austen62.The story in this novel is based on the lovemaking of the youngpeople in the ------- families in 18th-century England.a. upper-middle-classb. aristocraticc. royalPart 4 That's my last Duchess painted on the wall,Looking as if she were alive. I callThat piece a wonder, now: FràPandolf's handsWorked busily a day, and there she stands.Will 't please you sit and look at her? I said'FràPandolf' by design, for never readStrangers like you that pictured countenance,Questions:63. These lines are quoted from the poem entitled-------.a. Songb. My Last Duchessc. When We Two Parted64. It was composed by the outstanding poet -------.a. Robert Browningb. Lord Byronc. WilliamWordsworth65. In the famous piece, the form of ------- is skillfully employed.a. balladb. dramatic monologuec. blank versePart 5 GO and catch a falling star,Get with child a mandrake root,Tell me where all past years are,Or who cleft the devil's foot,Teach me to hear mermaids singing,Or to keep off envy's stinging,And findWhat windServes to advance an honest mind.If thou be'st born to strange sights,Things invisible to see,Ride ten thousand days and nights,Till age snow white hairs on thee,Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me,All strange wonders that befell thee,And swear,No whereLives a woman true and fair.Questions:66.These are the first 2 stanzas of the poem written by ------- in17th-century England.a. John Miltonb. John Donnec. John Bunyan67.The poet is the most outstanding figure of the poetic school of“-------”during this period.a. Graveyard Poetsb. Metaphysical Poetsc.Romantic poets68.He was appointed by King James I in 1621 as the dean of -------and he held this post till his last day.a. Westminster Abbeyb. St. Paul Cathedralc. CanterburyCathedral69.Besides his unique love poetry, he is also famous for hisreligious -------.a. poetryb. sermonsc. plays70.This group of poets prefers to use an elaborate and surprisingfigure of speech, -------, to express ideas in a sharp and harshmanner, by comparing two very dissimilar things.a. conceitb. similarc. alliterationPart 6"I tell you I must go!" I retorted, roused to something like passion. "Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?--a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!--I have as much soul as you,--and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;--it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and westood at God's feet, equal,--as we are!"Questions:71.This passage is taken from the novel “-------”.a. Emmab. Wuthering Heightsc. Jane Eyre72.The author of the work is -------.a. Jane Austenb. Emily Brontec. CharlotteBronte73.The speaker in the passage is -------.a. Cathyb. Lydiac. Jane74.The character is passionately emphasizing the significance of------- between men and women.a. marriageb. equalityc. relationship75.The character is speaking to -------.a. Mr. Rochesterb. Mr. Bingleyc. Mr. BennetPart 7`I have been hoping, longing, praying, to make you happy! I have thought what joy it will be to do it, what an unworthy wife I shall be if I do not!That's what I have felt, Angel!'`I know that.'`I thought, Angel, that you loved me - me, my very self! If it is I you do love, O how can it be that you look and speak so? It frightens me! Having begun to love you, I love you for ever - in all changes, in all disgraces, because you are yourself. I ask no more. Then how can you, O my own husband, stop loving me?'`I repeat, the woman I have been loving is not you.'`But who?'`Another woman in your shape.'Questions:76.This passage is taken from the novel “-------”.a. Sons and Loversb. Tess of the D’Urbervillesc.Jane Eyre77.The author of the work is -------.a. William Thackerayb. Thomas Hardyc. CharlesDickens78.The female speaker in the passage is --------.a. Tessb. Elizabethc. Jane79.The novel reveals women’s dreadful life in ------- England.a. 19th-centuryb. 18th-centuryc.17th-centuryPart 8 Her only gift was knowing people almost by instinct, she thought, walking on. If you put her in a room with some one, up went her back like a cat’s; or she purred. Devonshire House, Bath House, the house with the china cockatoo, she had seen them all lit up once; and remembered Sylvia, Fred, Sally Seton—such hosts of people; and dancing all night; and the waggons plodding past to market; and driving home across the Park. She remembered once throwing a shilling into the Serpentine. But every one remembered; what she loved was this, here, now, in front of her; the fat lady in the cab. Did it matter then, she asked herself, walking towards Bond Street, did it matter that she mustinevitably cease completely; all this must go on without her; did she resent it; or did it not become consoling to believe that death ended absolutely?Questions:80.This passage is taken from the novel “-------”.a. Sons and Loversb. Mrs. Dallowayc.Dubliners81.The author of the work is -------.a. James Joyceb. D. H. Lawrencec. VirginiaWoolf82. The writer is the representative figure of ------- novelists in20th-century England.a. steam-of-consciousnessb. critical realismc.aestheticism83.This passage reveals the inner spiritual world of --------.a. Clarissab. Tessc. Jane Eyre84. The author of the novel committed suicide by drowningbecause of --------.a. her insanityb. marriagec. povertyPart 9 He was a comely handsome Fellow, perfectly well made; with straight strong Limbs, not too large; tall and well shap'd, and as I reckon, about twenty six Years of Age. He had a very good Countenance, not a fierce and surly Aspect; but seem'd to have something very manly in his Face, and yet he had all the Sweetness and Softness of an European in his Countenance too, especially when he smil'd. His Hair was long and black, not curl'd like Wool; his Forehead very high, and large, and a great Vivacity and sparkling Sharpness in his Eyes. The Colour of his Skin was not quite black, but very tawny; and yet not of an ugly yellow nauseous tawny, as the Brasilians, and Virginians,and other Natives of America are; but of a bright kind of a dun olive Colour, that had in it something very agreeable; tho' not very easy to describe. His Face was round, and plump; his Nose small, not flat like the Negroes, a very good Mouth, thin Lips, and his line Teeth well set, and white as Ivory.Questions:85. This passage is taken from the novel “---------”.a.Robinson Crusoeb. Ulyssesc. Gulliver’sTravels86. The author of the work is --------.a. Daniel Defoeb. Henry Fieldingc. CharlesDickens87. The writer was the representative figure of realistic novelistsin ------ century England.a. 17thb. 18thc. 19th88. The point of view used in this novel is the ---------.a. first-personb. third-personc.second-person89. The character described in this passage is -------- who is savedby the narrator.a. Crusoeb. Fridayc. the slave traderPart 10To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;No more; and by a sleep to say we endThe heart-ache and the thousand natural shocksThat flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummationDevoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;Questions:90.These lines are taken from a famous play named ----------.a. Hamletb. King Learc. Othello91. The author of the play is ----------.a. Marloweb. Wyattc. Shakespeare92.In the play these lines are uttered by ---------.a. Opheliab. Hamletc. Gertrude93. These lines are written in ----- which was introduced firstly byChristopher Marlow from French literature.a. odeb. blank versec. elegy94.This play is a ----------.a. comedyb. tragicomedyc. tragedyPart 11O, my luve is like a red, red rose,That's newly sprung in June;O, my luve is like the melodieThat's sweetly played in tune.Questions:95.This is the first stanza of a poem that is written by a pre-romanticpoet -----.a. Byronb. Burnsc. Keats96.The poem is written in the form of ----------.a. ballad metreb. sonnetc. ode97. The “red, red rose”in the poem is a token of ---------.a. friendshipb. lovec. happiness98. The poet was cultivated by -------- culture.a. Scottishb. Englishc. Welsh99. He spent his life among the common people in thecountryside and is thus regarded as a -------- poet.a. aristocraticb. peasantc. lake100. He created a great deal of poems from the resource of thefolksong in his homeland. Among them, --------- hasbecome a world-famous one.a. Auld Lang Syneb. To a Mousec. John Anderson,My JoIII. True or False: if the statement is True, please mark A on the answer sheet; if it is False, please mark B on the answer sheet. (0.5×50, 25 points)1. Imperialism and the demand for social reform are the two factors that had a large influence on modern English literature. T2. The slogan of aesthetic literature is “Art for Art’s Sake”. T3. Modern English novel is a natural product of the Industrial Revolution and a symbol of the growing importance of the English (bourgeoisie) middle class. T4.Self-acknowledge is one of the major themes of Pride and Prejudice. T5. Robert Burn’s passionate poem, My Heart's in the Highlands, opens with the lines: “My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, / My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer”. T6. The central character in a romance is usually a knight. T7. Many of famous verses by John Keats are crafted in the form of ode. T8. Walter Scott is called the Father of English Prose. F9. It is in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling that Henry Fielding succeeds best in creating “a comic epic in prose”. T10. In Gulliver’s Travels, Yahoos are the creatures living on Laputa. F11. In “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, John Donne compares the souls oflovers to a pair of compasses. T12. Bacon’s Essays has been recognized as an important landmark in thedevelopment of English essay. T13. The most important poet in the Victorian age is Robert Browning. Next to himis Alfred Tennyson. F14. Popular ballad is an important stream of English medieval literature. Of all theballads, those of Robin Hood are of paramount importance. T15. The difficulty of knowing the truth, the connection between thought and action,revenge, and death are all the themes explored in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. T 16. Thomas Gray’s poetry is bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh of the Scottish people. F17.A n elegy is a poem in which the poet mourns the death of a specific person. T18.M uch like Jane, Mr. Bingley in Pride and Prejudice is an amiable andgood-tempered person. T19.S helley’s most famous lyrics include To a Skylark and The Cloud. T20.R obert Burns wrote under the influence of Scottish folk traditions and oldScottish poetry. T21.T he literary technique with which authors represent the flow of sensations andideas is called stream of consciousness. T22.T he end of the 19th century is a period of struggle between Romantic andRealistic trends in literature. F23.O ptimism and positivism are strongly reflected in Hardy’s writings. F24.B oth The Waves and Women in Love are stream-of-consciousness novels. F25.T homas Carlyle and Matthew Arnold are famous prose writers in the Victorianperiod. T26.T homas Hardy succeeded Tennyson and George Bernard Shaw as president ofthe Society of Authors. T27.I n 1850 Wordsworth, who had been poet-laureate after Southey, died; andTennyson took the laurel. T28.T he title Ulysses has been adopted by two British writers—one is Tennyson thepoet in his famous monologue; the other D. H. Laurence in his famous stream-of-consciousness novel. F29.T he Bronte sisters published their first work—Poems by Currer, Ellis, andActon Bell in 1846. T30. Besides E. M. Foster, Virginia Woolf is also an active member of the“Bloomsbury Group”. T31.D ubliners—the starting point of Wilde’s writing career—is a collection ofsharp realistic sketches about the Dublin life. F32. The principal writers of the 17th-century English Gothic novel included HoraceWalpole—author of The Castle of Otranto,and Ann Radcliffe—author of The Mysteries of Udolpho. F33.W ilde’s most excellent success was as a writer of novels, esp. in The Portraitof Dorian Gray. F34.J ane Eyre, the masterpiece of Charlotte Bronte and an immediate success in hertime, has been dedicated to Thackeray—the author of Vanity Fair. T35.B ecause of the reception of Tess and Jude, Hardy turned with relief to thewriting of experimental lyrical poetry in 1896. T36. George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann or Marian Evans, was one of the best19th-century English novelists, whose best-known works are Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner. T37. Sir Walter Scott, the author of Waverley and Rob Roy, was the first majorhistorical novelist. T38. The hero of the poem, Don Juan, was the first example of what came to beknown as the Byronic hero. T39.M rs. Browning is most famous for her Sonnets from the Portuguese as well asAurora Leigh. T40.J ohn Galsworthy, the first serious British writer on sex, was equally prolific as adramatist who for many years rivaled Bernard Shaw. F41. Charles Dickens was the first to gain fame and popularity before otherprominent Victorian novelists, including Thackeray, George Eliot and Emily Bronte. T。