英国文学期末考试题目(英语专业必备)
英国文学史及选读 期末试题及答案
考试课程:英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式:闭卷出卷教师：XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I。
Multiple choice (30 points，1 point for each）select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement。
1._____,a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo—Saxons.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Ballad of Robin HoodC。
The Song of Beowulf D.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght2._____is the most common foot in English poetry.A。
The anapest B。
The trocheeC。
The iamb D.The dactyl3。
The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event？A。
The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B.England's domestic restC。
New discovery in geography and astrologyD。
The religious reformation and the economic expansion4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language。
英国文学期末测试题
英国文学期末测试题I. Authors and their works (one point for each)A. Try to give one of the works by the following writers1. Thomas More _________________________2. Daniel Defoe _________________________3. John Milton _________________________4. Henry Fielding _________________________5. Percy Bysshe Shelley _________________________6. Charlotte Bronte _________________________7. G. Bernard Shaw _________________________8. Virginia Woolf _________________________B. Please point out the author of the following works9. The Canterbury Tales _________________________10. Macbeth _________________________11. The Pilgrim’s Progress _________________________12. Gulliver’s Travels _________________________13. IWandered Lonely as a Cloud _________________________14. Hard Times _________________________15. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists ___________________ ______II. Multiple Choice（one point for each）A. The Geste of Robin HoodB. BeowulfC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. Mort d’Arthur2. ________ is the main literary trend in the first period of the English Enlightenment.A. RealismB. RomanticismC. Neo-classicismD. Sentimentalism3. Robert Burns wrote his poems chiefly in the ________ dialect.A. IrishB. LondonC. DublinD. Scottish4. The rise and growth of the ________ is the most prominent achievement of the 18th century English literature.A. romantic poetryB. realistic novelC. neo-classical poetryD. sentimental novel5. Most of Shakespeare’s best plays were written in the ________ period of his dramatic career.A. firstB. secondC. thirdD. fourth6. John Milton is a great poet in the period of English ________.A. feudalismB. RenaissanceC. Bourgeois RevolutionD. Enlightenment7. ________ is regarded as“Father of English Prose”, who was the first to write essays in the English language.A. BedeB. AlfredC. Francis BaconD. Samuel Johnson8. The well-known soliloquy by Hamlet“To be or not to be…”shows his ________.A. hatred for his uncleB. love for lifeC. resolution of revengeD. inner strife9. The impact of ________ upon Bernard Shaw was important and far reaching, which could find evident expression in many of his literary efforts.A. socialismB. capitalismC. UtopiaD. Fabianism10. “Don Juan”was written by Byron in ________. Don Juan, the hero in the poem, is a （an）________ youth of noble birth.A. Italy; SpanishB. Span; ItalianC. England; ItalianD. Italy; EnglishIII. Blank-filling （one point for each）1. The story in“Hamlet”2. Sir ThomasWyatt first brought the sonnet to England from ________________.3. “The Geste of Robin Hood”is the best known ________________ in the Middle English period.4. Paradise Lost is a long ________________ divided into 12 books.5. Robert Browning’s principal achievement lies in his introducing to English poetry________________.6. The most important poet in the Age of Elizabeth was ________________.7. English literature began with the ________________ settlement in England.8. ________________ was the representative poet of passive romanticism.9. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was the most important English dramatist of the 18th century. His masterpiece is ________________.10. In his novel“A Tale of Two Cities”, Dickens takes the ________________ as the background.IV. Explain the following terms (five points for each)1. Oxford Reformers2. Romanticism3. Enlightenment4. HumanismV. Talk about the following topics1. Analyze the theme of “Oliver Twist”. (15 points)2. Analyse the image of Maggie in “The Mill on the Floss”. (20 points)VI. Analyze the following lines (10 points)“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is allYe know on earth, and all ye need to know英国文学试题(C)参考答案及评分细则I.A.1. Thomas More Utopia2. Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe3. John Milton Paradise Lost4. Henry Fielding The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling5. Percy Bysshe Shelley Prometheus Unbound6. Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre7. G. Bernard Shaw Widowers’ Houses8. Virginia Woolf To the LighthouseB.9. The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer10. Macbeth William Shakespeare11. The Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan12. Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift13. IWandered Lonely as a Cloud WilliamWordsworth14. Hard Times Charles Dickens15. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell每小题1 分,共15 分, 作家名字中姓拼写错的扣1 分, 名拼写错的扣0.5 分; 作品中拼写错单词酌情扣0.25-0.5 分, 作家代表作之外的作品与代表作一样得全分.II. （每小题1分,共10分）1.B2.C3.D4.B5.B6.C7.C8.D9.D 10.AIII. 填空。
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（完整word版）英国文学期末必备复习题Exercises:1. After the fall of the Roman Empire and the withdrawal of Roman troops from Albion , the aboriginal _Cletic____ population of the larger part of the island was soon conquered and almost totally exterminated by the Teutonic tribes of___Angles_ , __Saxons__ , and __Jutes___ who came from the continent and settled in the island , naming its central part __Anglio___ , or England.2. For nearly __400__ years prior to the coming of the English , British had been a Roman province . In__410_, the Rome withdrew their legions from Britain to protect herself against swarms of Teutonic invaders.3. The literature of early period falls naturally into two divisions, __pagan_and__Christian__.4.__The song of Beowulf__ can be justly termed England’s national epic and its hero _Beowulf___—one of the national heroes of the English people.5. The Song of Beowulf reflects events which took place on the _European Continent___ approximately at the beginning of the _6th___ century , whenthe forefathers of the Jutes lived in the southern part of the __ Scandinavian peninsula __ and maintained close relations with kindred tribes ,e.g. with the__Danes__who lived on the other side of the straits.6. Among the early Anglo-Saxon poets we may mention _Caedmon___ who lived in the half of the ___7th_ century and who wrote a poeticParaphrase of the Bible.7. __Caedmon__ is the first know religious poet of Engla nd . He is known as the father of English song.8. The didactic poem The Christ was produced by __Cynewulf__ .9. The most important work of __a__ is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles , which is regarded as the best monument of the old English prose.a. Alfred the Greatb. Caedmonc. Cynewulfd. Venerable Bede10. Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of Beowulf?ca. Hrothgatb. Heorotc. Grendeld. Beowulf11. ___b_ is the first important religious poet in English literature.a. Gynewulfb. Caedmonc. Shakespeared. Adam Bede12. The epic , The Song of Beowulf ,represents the spirit of _d__.a. Monksb. romanticistsc. sentimentalistsd. pagan13. Define the literary terms listed below. 1). Alliteration 2). Epic14. Please give brief description of The Song of Beowulf.Exercise:1.In the year __1066__, at the battle of _ Hasting___, the ___Normans_ headed by William Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-Saxons.2. The literature with Normans brought to England is remarkable for its bright,__romantic__ tales of ___love_ and adventures, in marked contrast with the__strength__ and __somberness__ of Anglo-Saxon poetry.3. English literature of Anglo-Norman period is also a combination of __French__ and _Saxon___ elements.4. Defines the literary terms listed below.(1) Anglo-Norman Romance (2) Middle EnglishExercise:1. In the 14th century, the two most important writers are __William Langland__ and Chaucer.2. In the 15th century, there is only one important prose writer whose name is __Sir Thomas Malory__ . He wrote an important work called Morte d’Arthur.3. Geoffrey Chaucer ,the “__father of English poetry__” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about the year 1340.4. Chaucer’s masterpiece is _The Canterbury Tales__,one of the most works in all literature.5.The _general prologue__ provides a frame work for the tales in The Canterbury Tales, and it comprises a group of vivid pictures of various medieval figures.6. Chaucer created in The Canterbury Tales a strikingly brilliant and picturesque panorama of _his time and his country___.7. The Canterbury Tales opens with a general “prologue” where we are told of a company of pilgrims that gathered at __Tabard__ Inn in Southwark ,a suburbof London.8. Chaucer believes in the right of man to __earthly__ happiness.9.The name of the “jolly innkeeper” in The Canterbury Tales is __Harry Bailey__,who proposes that each pilgrim of the __30__ should tell two tales on the way to Canterbury and two more on the way back.10.The pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales are on their way to the shrine of __St. Thomas Becket’s __ at a place named Canterbury.11.Despite the enormous plan , The Canterbury Tales in fact contains a general “prologue” and only _24__ tale , of which two are left unfinished.12.In contradistinction to the __alliterative__ verse of Anglo-Saxon poetry , Chaucer chose the metrical from which laid the foundation of the English__T onico-syllabic___ verse.13. Who is the “ father of English poetry ” and one of the greatest narrative poets of English?bA . Christopher Marlow B. Geoffrey ChaucerC. W. ShakespeareD. Alfred the Great14. When he died, Chaucer was buried in _a___ the Poet’s Corner. A．Westminster Abbey B. NormandyC. CanterburyD. Southwark15. Chaucer’s ea rliest work of any length is his __c__ a translation of the French “Roman de la Rose”, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries throughout Europe.A. Troilus and CriseydeB. A Red Red RoseC. Romance of the RoseD. Piers the Plowman16. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named __b___ based on Boccaccio’s poem “Filostrato”.A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and CriseydeC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. Beowulf17. In his literary development, Chaucer was influenced by three literatures. Which one is not true?dA. French literatureB. Italian literatureC. English literatureD. German literature18. There are various kinds of ballads _historical___, __legendary__,__fantanstical__, __lyrical__ and ___homorous__.19. In the numerous __border ballads__, the age-long struggle between the Scots and the English is reflected.20. Bishop __Thomas Perry__ was among the first to take a literary interestin ballads.21. Robin Hood, a __Saxon__ by birth, was an outlaw, a robber but he robbed only the rich and never molested the poor and needy.22. The first mention of Robin Hood in literature is in Langland’s ___Piers the Plowman__.23. Define the literary terms listed below. (1) Ballad (2) Heroic couplet24. Comment on Geoffrey Chaucer and his The Canterbury Tales.Exercise:1. The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up of __feudal __ relation and the establishing of the foundations of __capitalism__.2. Because the wool trade was rapidly growing in bulk , it was s timewhen , according to Thomas More , “__shape devoured man__ ”.3. __King Henry the VIII__ broke off with the Pope , dissolved all the monasteries and Abbeys in the country , confiscated their lands proclaimed himself head of __Church of England__.4. Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of __Queen Elizabeth I__.5. Together with the development of bourgeois relationships and formation of the English national state this period is marked by a Flourishing of national culture known as the __Renaissance__.6.__Thomas More_wrote his _Utopia__in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of people’s sufferings and put forwards his ideal of a future happy society.7._Thomas Wyatt__was the first to introduce the Italian sonnet into English literature.8. Edmund Spenser was the author of the greatest epic poem of _The Faire Queene___.9. Define the literary terms listed below. (1)renaissance (2)Spenserian StanzaExercise:1.Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and __Macbeth___ are generally regarded as Shakespeare’s four g reat tragedies.2. During the 22 years of his literary work, Shakespeare produced __37__ plays,__2__ narrative poems and __154___ sonnets.3. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is one of ___Christ opher Marlowe__’s best plays.4. __Edmund Spenser__ is often referred to as “ the poet’s poet”.5. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is one of _Shakespeare’s___ best known sonnets.6. In the __Elizabethan__ Period, William Shakespeare is the greatest writerof England.7. Define the literary terms listed below: Dramatic Irony8. Comment on William Shakespeare and The Merchant of Venice.9. Comment on William Shakespeare and Hamlet.Exercises:1.Pope described Francis Bacon as “ the _wisest__, _brightest__, __meanest_of mankind”.2. Bacon’s works may b e divided into three classes, the _philosophy__, the__professional_, the _literary__ works.3. The final edition of Bacon’s essays contains __58_ essays.4. The 17th century was a period when _absolute monarchy__ impeded the further development of capitalism in England and the _bourgeoisie__ could no longer bear the sway of __landed nobility_.5. The government of James I was a __despotism_ based on the theory of the divine right of kings.6. There were religious division and confusion and a long bitter struggle between the people’s Parliament and the Throne--- __Puritans_ fighting against the _Cavaliers__ who helped the king.7. England became a commonwealth under the leadership of __Oliver Cromwell_.8. After _Oliver Cromwell__’s death, monarchy as again restored (1660). It was called the period of the Restoration____.9. The Glorious Revolution in _1688__ meant three things the supremacy of_Parliament__, the beginning of _modern England__, and the final triumph of the principle of _political liberty__.10. The Puritans believed in __simplicity_ of life.11. The Revolution Period is also called _the Puritan Age__, because the English Revolution was carried out under a religious cloak.12. Define the literary term – Blank verse.13. The first thing to stri ke the reader is Donne’s extraordinary _frankness__ and penetrating _realism__. The next is the _cynicism__ which marks certain of thelighter poems and which represents a conscious reaction from the extreme__idealism__ of woman encouraged by the Petrarchantradition.14. Donne entered the church in 1615, where he rose rapidly to be Dean of _St Paul’s Cathedral__, and the most famous preacher of his time.15. Milton’s father was a __Puritan_, but not so harsh as most of the _Puritans__ of his day.16. Milton opposed the __Monarchic_ party and gave all his energies to the writing of __pamphlets_ dedicated to the people’s liberties.17. Paradise Lost tells how __Satan_ rebelled against God and how _Adam__ and __Eve_ were driven out of Eden.18. Paradise Lost presents the author’s view in an _allegorical__, _religious__ form.19. The poem Paradise Lost consists of _12__ books.20. Paradise Lost is based on the __Bibelical__ legend of the imaginary progenitors of the human race --- __Adam_ and __Eve_ , and involves God and his eternal adversary _Santan__ in its plot.21. In Revolution period __John Milton__ towers over his age as William Shakespeare towers over the Elizabethan Age and as Chaucer over the Medieval period.22. During the civil war and the commonwealth, there were two leadersin England, Cromwell, the man of action, and _John Milton__ the man of thought.23. In 1637Milton wrote the finest pastoral elegy in English, “__Lycidas_”to memorize the tr agic death of a Cambridge friend.24. Milton wrote his masterpiece __Paradise Lost_ during his blindness.25. Comment on John Milton and his Paradise Lost.Exercise:1. Milton and Bunyan represented the extreme of English life in the 17th century. One gave us the only epic since _Beowulf___, the other gave us the only great_allegry___.2. Bunyan’s most important work is _Pilgrim’s Progess___, written in theold-fashioned medieval form of __allegory__ and ___dream_.3. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, the story b egins with a man called __Christian__setting out with a book in his hand and a great load on his back from the city of__Destuction__.4. Christian has two objects,--- to get rid of his __bureden__, which holds the sins and fears of his life, and to make his way to the __Celestial City_.5. John Bunyan gives a vivid and satirical description of __Vanity Fair__ which is the symbol of London at the time of Restoration.6. The literature of the middle and later periods of the 17th century cultimated in the poetry of _John Milton___, in the prose writing of __John Bunyan__, and also in the plays and literary criticism of ___John Dryden_.Exercise:1. No sooner were the people in control of the government than they divided into hostile parties: the liberal _Whigs___, and the conservative __Tories__.2. Another feature of the 18th century was the rapid development of __social life__.3. The Enlighteners believed in the power of reason and therefore the 18th century is also called “the age of _Reason___”.4. The Enlightenment on the whole was an expression of struggle of the progressive class of _bourgeoisie__ against __feudalism__.5. The enlighteners repudiate the false religious doctrines about the __viciousness__ of human nature, and prove that man is born ___kind_ and __honest__, and if he becomes depraved, it is only due to the influence of _corrupted__ social environment.6. It is simply for convenience that we study 18th century writings in three main divisions: the reign of so-called __neo-classicism__, the revival of __romatic_poetry, and the beginnings of the ___modern novel__.7. The essays and stories of Addison and Steele devoted not only to social problems, but also to __private_ life_ and __adventures__.8. Pope was a man of extraordinary __wit__ and extensive __learning__, and his contemporaries considered him as the highest __authority__ in matters of literary art.9. The image of an enterprising Englishman of the 18th century was created by Daniel Defoe in his famous novel__Robinson Crusoe__.10. ___Alexander Pope_ is the leading figure of neo-classicism in the early period of the 18th century.11. Robinson Crusoe is largely an _adventure__ story, rather than the study of__human character__ which Defoe probably intended it to be.12. In The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, in a vein of grim _humor__ which recalls Swift’s Modest Proposal Defoe advocated hanging all dissenting ministers, and sending all member of the free churches into exile.13. The full name of Robinson Crusoe is __The Life andStrange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe__.14. The story of Robinson Crusoe itself is real enough to have come straight from a sailor’s __logbook__.15. Robinson named __Friday__ to the saved savage.16. Define the literary term, Picaresque Novels.Exercise:1.The 18th century in English literature is an age of __Prose___.2. Swift is born of English parents in ___Dublin Ireland___.3. Swift was the most remarkable __satirist__ in the 18th centurywho criticized the new bourgeois-aristocratic society of his age with outmercy.4. Jonathan Swift’s masterpiece is __Gulliver’s Travels__.5. Gulliver’s adventures begins with __Liliputians__, who are so small that Gulliver isa giant among them.6. The country in Gulliver’s Travels is __Houyhnhnms__, where horses are the real people and human beings , __Yahoos___ are their filthy servants.7. In the country of __Brobdingnag __, Gulliver is but pygmy.8. Gulliver’s third voyage is occupied with a visit to the flying island of __Laputa__.9. A Modest Proposal is made to __English__ government to relieve the poverty of _Irish___ people.10. The Tale of a Tub is a satire on the various __churches__ of the day. Exercise:1.Henry Fielding is the greatest novelist of the __18th__ century.2.Fielding’s first novel , _Joseph Andrews___ was inspired bythe success ofRichardso n’s novel Pamela.3. Fielding’s later novels are ___Jonathon Wild___, the story of a rogue , which suggests Defoe’s narrative ; __The History of _Tom Jones_, a Foundling_(1749) his best work; and __Amelia____ (1751) , the story of a good wife in contrast with an unworthy husband.1.In his works Fielding strongly criticizes __social relations__ in theContemporary England.5. Fielding hates that hypocrisy which tries to conceal itself under A mask of__morality__.6. The lack of __spirituality__ of the age finds the most ample expression in his page.1.To read Milton’s __Il Penseroso__ and Gray’s is to see the beginning and theperfection of that “literature of melancholy” which largely Occupied Englishpoets for more than a century.8. The author of the famous Elegy is the most scholarly and well-balanced of all the early __romantic__ poets.9. Oliver Goldsmith was one of the most __versatile__ of author and made distinguished contributions in several literary forms.10. Goldsmith was born in __Ireland__ , the son of an __Anglican__ clergyman whose geniality he inherited and whose improvidence he imitated.11. As ___essayest_ ,Goldsmith is among the best of the century.12. As a __poet__ he makes the riming couples as natural and simple as his prose.13. The Deserted Village is a (n )__idylice__ story of the family of a clergy-man after they have lost their money and are living in poverty.14. Goldsmith’s two comedies , The Good-natured Man and She Stoops to Conquer met with opposition because the fashion was then for __sentimental__ comedy. 15. The two plays by Sheridan and _Goldsmith___ are the only plays of the 18th century that have been kept alive upon the modem stage.16. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was, like Goldsmith ,a (n) _Irish__man.17. His famous comedy , _The Rivals__ , was written in his twenty-four year.18. Sheridan’s famous comedy _The School of Scadal___, written in 1777, is considered his masterpiece.19. Define the literary term, comedy of humors.20. Of all the romantic poets of the 18th century ,Blake is the most independent and the most _original___.21. For greater part of his life Blake was the poet of inspiration alone , following no man’ s __lead__, obeying no voice but that which be heard in his own mystic__soul__.22. Beyond learning to __read__ and __write__, he received no education.23. His only formal education was in __art__.24. At 14, Blake apprenticed for seven years to a well-known __engraver__ , James Basire.25. After three years at Felpham ,Blake moved back toLondon , determined to follow his “__Divine Vision___” though it meant a life of isolation , misunderstanding , and poverty.26. The underlying theme in Songs of Innocence is the all-pervading presenceof divine and __sympathy__ , even in trouble and sorrow.27.In 1790 Blake engraved his principal prose , ___The Marriage of Heaven and Hell_ , in which, with vigorous satire and telling apologue , he takes up his Revolutionary position.28. The__Songs of Experienc__ (1794) are in marked contrast with the Songs of Innocence.29. The brightness of the earlier work gives place to a sense of _gloom___ and mystery , and of the power of __evil__.30. In Jerusalem we have expounded Blake ‘s theory of__Imagination__ .31. The greatest of __Scottish__ poets is Robert Burns.32. In 1786. when he was 27 years old ,Burns resolved to abandon the struggle and seek position in the far-off island of __Jamaica__.33.Burns wrote some __patriotic__ poems , in which he expressed his de ep love for his motherland ,such as “My Heart’s in the Highlands”.34. Burns’ poetry bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh ofthe __Scottish__ common people。
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考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Ballad of Robin HoodC.The Song of BeowulfD.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght2._____is the most common foot in English poetry.A.The anapestB.The trocheeC.The iambD.The dactyl3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event?A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B.England’s domestic restC.New discovery in geography and astrologyD.The religious reformation and the economic expansion4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A.The Pilgrims ProgressB.Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC.The Life and Death of Mr.BadmanD.The Holy War5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is _____.A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ?A.Lover.B.Time.C.Summer.D.Poetry.7.“O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th’ embattled seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton’s Paradise Los t, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _____conduct.A.God’sB.Satan’sC.Adam’sD.Eve’s8. It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of ______.A.elegyB.odeC.epicD.sonnet9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”The sentence is the beginning of Shakespeare’s_______.edyB.tragedyC.sonnetD.poem10. Daniel Defoe’s novels mainly focus on _____.A.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC.the struggle of the pirates for wealthD.the desire of the criminals for property11. Francis Bacon is best known for his_____which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A.essaysB.poemsC.worksD.plays12. Most of Thomas Hardy’s novels are set in Wessex____.A.a crude region in EnglandB.a fictional primitive regionC.a remote rural areaD.Hardy’s hometown13. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?A.Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels.B.Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions”.C.Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D.In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.14. Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to _____A.1798-1832B.1836-1901C.1798-1901D.the Neoclassical Period15. In the following figures, who is Dickens’s first child hero?A.Fagin.B.Mr.Brownlow.C.Olive Twist.D.Bill Sikes16. “And where are they? And where art thou,”My country? On thy voiceless shoreThe heroic lay is tuneless now-The heroic bosom beats no more! (George Gordon Byron, Don Juan)In the above stanza,“art thou”literally means_____.A.“art you ”B.“are though”C.“art though”D.“are you ”17. Of the following writers, which is not the representative of the Romantic period?A.William Blake.B.John Bunyan.C.Jane Auten.D.John Keats.18. In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, what is the utmost concern of Blake?A.LoveB.ChildhoodC.DeathD.Human Experience19. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from____.A.the RenaissanceB.the Old TestamentC.Greek MythologyD.the New Testament20. Jane Austen’s first novel is _____.A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Plan of a Noel21. Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets’”?A.Saumel Taylor Coleridge.B.Robert Southey.C.William Wordsworth.D.William Shakespeare.22.Daniel Defoe describes____as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A.Robinson CrusoeB.Moll FlandersC.GulliverD.Tom Jones23. The lines“Death, be not proud, though some have calld thee/Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;”are found in ______.A.William Wordsworth’s writingsB.John Keats’ writingsC.John Donne’s writingsD.Percy Bysshe Shelley’s writings24.The Pilgrim’s progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_____.A.self-fulfillmentB.spiritual salvationC.material wealthD.universal truth25.With so many poems such as “The Sparrow’s Nest,”“To a Skylark,”“To the Cuckoo”and “To a Butterfly”,William Wordsworth is regarded as a “______”.A.poet of genius.B.royal poet.C.worshipper of nature.D.conservative poet.26.In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told this experience in ____.A.LilliputB.BrobdingnagC.HouyhnhnmD.England27.Which of the following can not describe“Byronic hero”?A.Proud.B.Mysterious.C.Noble origin.D.Progressive.28.The poetic form which Browning attached to maturity and perfection is ____.A.dramatic monologuee of symbole of ironic languagee of lyrics29.The term “metaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of ____.A.John MiltonB.John DonneC.John KeatsD.John Bunyan30. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?A.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.B.She Dwelt Among the Untrodden WaysC.The Solitary Reaper.D.The Chimney Sweeper.II. Find the relevant match from colunm B for each item in Colomn A (10 points in all. 1 point for each)A B1.Geoffrey Chaucer A. A Red, Red Rose2.Francis Bacon B. Ode to a Nightingale3.Jonathan Swift C. Of Truth4.William Blake D.Northanger Abbey5.Robert Burns E.The Canterbury Tales6.John Keats F.A Modest Proposal7.Jane Austen G.The Tiger8.Charles Dickens H. Ulysses9.Tennyson I.David Copperfield10.Robert Browning J.My Last DuchessIII. Fill in the following blanks (10 points in all, 1 point for each)1. In the year____,at the battle of Hastings, the Normans headed by william, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-saxons.2. Since historical times, England, where the early inhabitants were celts, has been conquered three times. It was conquered by the Romans, the ____,and the Normans.3.____is regared as shakespeare’s successful romantic tragedy.4. No sooner were the people in control of the government than they divided into hostile parties: the liberal whigs and the conservative_____.5. The Glorious Revolution in ___meant three things the supremacy of parliament, the beginning of modern English, and the final triumph of the principle of political liberty.6. Romanticism as a literary movement come into being in England early in the latter half of the ___century.7. With the publication of william Wordsworth’s____in collaboration with S.T Coleridge, Romanticism began to bloom and found a firm place in the history of English literatare.8. Woman as ____ appeared in the Romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time ,an important place in English literature.9. The most important poet of the victoria Age was____, Next to him, were Robert Browning and his wife.10. The ____movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th cenfury.IV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all ,10points for each) Give brief answers to each of following questions in English.(1) A selection from a poemWherefore feed and clothe and saveForm the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat_nay, drink your blood?Whrefore, Bees of England, forgeMany a weepon, chain, and scourgeThat these stingless drones may spoilThe forced produce of your tail?Questions (10’)1. These lines are taken fr om a poem entitled___(1’)written by ___(1’).2. The rhyme scheme in the selection of the poem is ____.(1’)3.What idea does the quotation express?(7’)(2) A Selection from a workSome books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy and extracts made of them by others, but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled bookd are like common distilled waters.Question(10’)1. This passage is taken from a well-known work entiled___,(2’) written by ____.(1’)2. What’s the main idea of the whole work. (7’)V. Topic Discussion (30 points in all,15 points for each). Write no less than 100 words on each of the following topics in English , in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, discuss the theme of her works, the image of woman protagonists and what and how her novels truthfully present.(15’)2. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Aasten explored three kinds of motivations of marriage that the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen’s attitude towards these motivations.(15’)200x－200x学年度第一学期期末考试试卷答案及评分标准考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I. Multiple Choice (1’×30=30’)01-05 C C B A D 06-10 D B B C A11-15 A B C B C 16-20 D B D B B21-25 D A C B C 26-30 A D A B DII. Find the relevant match from column B for each item in colamn A (1’×10=10’)1-E 2-C 3-F 4-G 5-A6-B 7-D 8-I 9-H 10-JIII. Fill in the following blanks (1’×10=10’)1. 10662. Anglo-Saxons3. Romeo and Juliet4. Tories5. 16886.18th7.Lyrical Ballads 8.novelists 9.Tennyson 10.ChartistIV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all )(1) A PoemQues tions(10’)1. A Song: Men of England(1’) Shelley(1’)2. aabb ccdd (1’)3. This poem is a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, it points out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation. The poet calls the exploiters “ungrateful drones”, Who drain the sweat and drink the blood of the labouring people, He illustrates with concrete examples the relationship of economic exploitation between the ruling class and the working people.(7’)(2) A Selection from a work1. Of Studies(1’) Bacon(1’)2. It analyzes the use and abuse of studies ,the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies. And how studies exert influence over human character.V .Topic Discussion (30 points in all, 15 points for each)A. Charlotte’s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards self-realization, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fiece longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.B. All ber heroines’ highest joy arises from some sacrifice of self or some human weakness overcome.C. The image of woman protagonists in her works are mostly the life of the middle-calss working women, particularly governesses.D. Her works present a vivid realistic picture of the English society by exposing the cruelty, hypocrisy and other evils of the upper calsses, and by showing the misery and suffering of the poor. Especially in Jane Eyre by her, she sharply criticises the existing society, e.g. religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.(2) In the novel ,three kinds of attitudes towards marriage are presented for manifestation: marriage merely for material wealth and social position; marriage just for beauty, attraction and passion regardless of economic condition or personal merits; and the ideal marriage for true love with a consideration of the partner’s personal merit as well as his economic and social status. What j ane Aasten tries to say is that it is wrong to marry just for money or for beauty, but it is also wrong to marny without consideration of economic conditions.。
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一．中古英语时期♦Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language.♦The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.♦Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature.♦Chaucer is considered as the father of English poetry and the founder of English realism.二．文艺复兴Renaissance♦Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It marks a transition(过渡) from the medieval to the modern world.♦It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture（雕塑）and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe.♦Humanism is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the measure of all things. ♦This was England’s Golden Age in literature. Queen Elizabeth reigned over the country in this period. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.♦The greatest of the pioneers of English drama was Christopher Marlowe.♦Francis Bacon was the best known essayist of this period. “Of Studies”is themost popular of Bacon’s 58 essays.♦Thomas More ——Utopia♦Edmund Spenser——The Faerie Queene相关练习♦ 1. Which is the oldest poem in the English language?♦ A. Utopia B. Faerie Queene♦ C. Beowulf D. Hamlet♦ 2. _____ is the father of English poetry.♦ A. Edmund Spenser B. William Shakespeare♦ C. Francis Bacon D. Geoffrey Chaucer♦ 3. ____ is not a playwright during the Renaissance period on England.♦ A. William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer♦ C. Christopher Marlowe D. Ben Johnson三．莎士比亚William Shakespeare♦“All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”——William Shakespeare♦William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language. Shakespeare understood people more than any other writers. He could create characters that have meaning beyond the time and place of his plays. His four tragedies are Hamlet(《哈姆雷特》), Othello(《奥赛罗》), King Lear(《李尔王》) and Macbeth(《麦克白》).♦Shakespeare’s sonnets, 154 in number, are the only direct expression of the poet’s own feelings; Sonnet 18 deserves its fame because it is one of the mostbeautifully written verses in the English language♦诗选♦Sonnet 18♦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.♦（我怎能将你与夏日相比? /你比它更温和可爱：/动人的花蕾在五月咆哮的风中颤抖，/夏日的美好时光也绝不长久：）♦Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,♦And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;♦And every fair from fair sometime declines,♦By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimm’d;♦（太阳的金色光芒虽然耀眼，/却常常以灰暗的面貌出现；/再美貌的物什都逃不过凋谢，/命运流转或无意间将其拆解；）♦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 line to time thou grow’st.♦So long as men can breath or eyes can see,♦So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.♦（可你如夏日般不会褪色, /你的美貌也将永存; /死神无法夸耀你曾在它的阴影中游荡, /伴随永恒的诗篇你将留存。
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Romanticism in England ：ExercisesI.Choose one or more from a, b, c, d, e, or f to complete each statement.1.The Romantic Age began with the publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” which was written by _____.a. William Wordsworthb. Samuel Johnsonc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. Wordsworth and Coleridge2.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer _____.a. Jane Austenb. Walter Scottc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. William Wordsworth3. The publication of “ _____ ” marked the beginning of Romantic Age.a. Don Juanb. The Rime of the Ancient Marinerc. The Lyrical Balladsd. Queen Mab4. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of _____.a. Wordsworthb. Coleridgec. Byrond. Shelleye. Keats5. The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are_____.a. Byron and Shelleyb. Wordsworth and Coleridgec. Scott and Austend. Lamb and Hazlitt6. Which of the following works are elegies?a. Adonaisb. Lycidasc. Lamiad. Isabellae. Queen Mab7. The prose writing of the Romantic Period was represented by _____.a. Lambb. Hazlittc. De Quinceyd. Humee. Keats8. Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group?a. Byronb. Wordsworthc. Shelleyd. Keatse. Milton9. Which poets belong to the lakers?a. Wordsworthb. Coleridgec. Keatsd. Southeye. Scott10. Which of the following were written by Wordsworth only?a. To the Cuckoob. The Lyrical Balladsc. Lucy Poemsd. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloude. The Solitary Reaper11. Choose the poems written by Wordsworth with the theme on Nature and country life.a. To the Cuckoob. We Are Sevenc. Lucy Poemsd. The Solitary Reapere. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud12. The first poem in “The Lyrical Ballads” is Coleridge’s masterpiece “ _____ ”.a. Kubla Khanb. The Preludec. The Rime of Ancient Marinerd. Tintern Abbey13. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled “ _____ ”.a. Biographia Literariab. The Preludec. Lucy Poemsd. The Lyrical Ballads14. Choose Byron’s two long poems.a. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimageb. Don Juanc. Tom Jonesd. The Pilgrim’s Progresse. The Isle of Greece15. Which short lyrics were written by Byron?a. She Walks in Beautyb. When We Two Partedc. Hebrew Melodiesd. One Word is Too Often Profanede. A Red, Red Rose16. Which is Shelley’s masterpiece?a. Queen Mabb. Prometheus Unboundc. Prometheus Boundd. The Revolt of Islam17. The following statements are about “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”. Which statement is true?a. Byron used his own experiences as the material of the long poem.b. The first canto deals with the hero’s journey in Portugual andSpain.c. The second canto describes Albania and Greece.d. In the third canto appeared his description of Waterloo.e. The fourth canto describes Italy.18. Choose the works written by Coleridge himself.a. The Rime of Ancient Marinerb. Kubla Khanc. Biographia Literariad. The Fall of the Bastillee. The Lyrical Ballads19. Choose the works written by Byron.a. Ode to the Framers of the Frame-billb. Oriental Talesc. Manfredd. Caine. Prometheus Unbound20. Choose the poetic dramas written by Byron.a. Hours of Idlenessb. Manfredc. Caind. Oriental Talese. Prometheus Unbound21. Which were Shelley’s poetic dramas?a. Prometheus Unboundb. The Cencic. The Masque of Anarchyd. Queen Mabe. Cain22. Which were Shelley’s lyrics on nature?a. Ode to the West Windb. To a Skylarkc. The Cloudd. Ode to the Nightingalee. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud23. Shelley’s fine love lyrics include such well-known poems as _____.a. Love’s Philosophyb. One Word is Too Often Profanedc. When We Two Partedd. A Red, Red Rosee. Song to Celia24. Which were Shelley’s political lyrics?a. A Defence of Poetryb. To a Skylarkc. Song to the Men of Englandd. England in 1819e. The Masque of Anarchy25. Which is Shelley’s work of literary critici sm?a. An Essay on Criticismb. A Defence of poetryc. On the Necessity of Atheismd. of Studies26. Choose the historical novels written by Scott.a. Rob Royb. Ivanboec. Marmiond. The Lady of the Lakee. Waverly27. Choose the four immortal odes written by Keats.a. Ode to the West Windb. Ode to a Nightingalec. Ode to Autumnd. Ode on Melancholye. Ode on a Grecian Urn28. Which sonnets were written by Keats?a. London, 1802b. When I Have Fearsc. Bright Stard. On the Grasshopper and Cricket29. Choose the long poems by Keats.a. Endymionb. Lamiac. Isabellad. The Eve of St. Agnese. Ode to a Nightingale30. Which of the following deal with the theme of love and the cost of true lovers in the society of tyranny and oppression?a. Romeo and Julietb. Lamiac. Isabellad. The Eve of St. Agnese. Adonais31. Which poem tells a story similar to Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”?a. Isabellab. The Eve of St. Agnesc. Lamiad. All for Love32. Which works are based on ancient Greek mythology?a. Prometheus Boundb. Prometheus Unboundc. Endymiond. Paradise Loste. The Rime of Ancient Mariner33. Which works have employed the subjects from the Bible?a. Paradise Lostb. Paradise Regainedc. Samson Agonistesd. Caine. Prometheus Unbound34. Choose the works written by Austen.a. Pride and Prejudiceb. Sense and Sensibilityc. Northanger Abbeyd. Emmae. Mansfield Parkf. PersuasionII. Fill in the blanks.1. The Roma ntic Age began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work “_____”.2. The Romantic Age came to an end in 1832 when the last Romantic writer _____ died.3. The publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” marked the break with classicism and t he beginning of the _____.4. Women as _____ appeared in the romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time, an important place in English literature.5. The greatest historical novelist _____ was produced in the Romantic Age.6. The English Romantic period produced two major novelists: _____ and _____.7. _____ was regarded as the best essayist during the Romantic Age.8. Among Wordsworth’s longer poems, the best-known one is “_____”.9. _____ marked the transition from romanticism to the period of realism which followed it.10. In 1817, _____ finished his literary criticism, “Biographia Literaria”.11. The first poem in the collection “The Lyrical Ballads” is _____’s masterpiece “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”.12. On the death of Robert Southey in 1843, _____ was made poet laureate.13. In 1805, Wordsworth completed “_____”, containing all together 14 books.14. In 1807 Byron published his lyric poems in a small V olume called “Hours of Idleness”. The V olume was sharply attacked in the influential Edinburgh Review. Byron responded with his first important poem, a biting satire called “_____”.15. Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems, one is “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”, the other is _____.16. In 1824, the Revolutionary Romantic poet _____ went to Greece to help that country in its struggle for liberty against Turks. Not long, he died of fever there.17. The poem “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” contains _____ cantos. It is written in Spenserian stanza.18. Byron wrote _____ in Italy. It contains sixteen cantos.19. Byron’s masterpiece is _____.20. _____ is Byron’s philosophical poetic drama.21. _____ is Byron’s poetic drama with the material taken from Biblical story.22. Byron’s first volume of poems is “_____”.23. _____ was expelled after only six months at Oxford, because he had written the pamphlet “The Necessity of Atheism”.24. “_____”, a lyrical drama, is Shelley’s masterpiece. The story was taken from Greek mythology.25. After the death of Shelley’s first wife, he was compelled to leave England in 1818, and spent all the rest of his life in _____.26. “_____” is Shelley’s first long poem of importance. It was written in the form of a fairy tale dream.27. “The Masque of Anarchy” is one of Shelley’s political ly rics. It deals with the infamous _____ which happened on August 16, 1819.28. “_____” is Shelley’s well-known political lyric which calls upon the working class to fight against their rulers and exploiters.29. Shelley wrote an elegy _____ lamenting the early death of his fellow-poet _____.30. “Ode to a Nightingale” was written by _____.31. Jane Austen’s masterpiece is “_____”.32. “Ivanhoe” is the masterpiece of the historical novelist _____.III. Error correction.1.The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wor dsworth and Coleridge published their joint work “Kubla Khan”.2.The Romantic Age came to an end in 1832 when the last romantic writer Jane Austen died.3.The publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” marked the break with classicism and the beginning of the age of Reason.4.The Romantic Age is emphatically an age of novel. Many young enthusiastic writers turned to poetry.5.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the prose of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.6.Women as poets appeared in the Romantic Age, such as Jane Austen.7.Romantic novel of the romantic age was represented by Lamb, Hazlitt, De Quincey and Hume.8. “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” is written by Coleridge.9. The first poem in “The Lyrical Ballads” is Wordsworth’s masterpiece“The Rime of Ancient Mariner”.10. The brillant literary criticism “Biographia Literaria” is written by Samuel Johnson.11. In 1805, Southey completed a long autobiographical poem entitled “The Prelude”.12. Byron’s masterpiece is “Tom Jones”.13. “Manfred” and “Cain” were Byron’s two poems.14. “The Isle of Greece” is taken from the 3rd canto of “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”.15. “Queen Mab” is the first long poem written by Keats.16. Shelley’s masterpiece is “Prometheus Bound”.17. “Prometheus Unbound” i s a novel.18. “Song to the Men of England” is Byron’s political lyric.19. “Ode to a Nightingale” is Shelley’s best poem.20. Jane Austen is the first historical novelist in English literature.21. “The Pride and Prejudice” is the masterpiece of Charles D ickens.22. Chronologically, Jane Austen’s career belongs to the Renaissance period. She was a contemporary of Wordsworth and Coleridge.23. Jane Austen is one of the naturalist novelists. She drew vivid and realistic pictures of everyday life of the country society in her novels.24. Walter Scott is the greatest historical novelist whose masterpiece is “Richard I”.25. Charles Lamb is one of the great novelists of the Romantic Age. “Tales from Shakespeare” was written by him and his sister Mary Lamb.IV. Find the relevant match from column B for each item in column A.A1.( ) George Gordon Byron2.( ) Percy Bysshe Shelley3.( ) John Keats1.( ) Charles Lamb2.( ) William Hazlitt3.( ) Walter Scott4.( ) Jane Austen5.( ) Samuel Taylor Coleridge6.( ) Robert Southey7.( ) William WordsworthBa.Endymionb.Tales From Shakespearec.The Characters of Shakespeare’s Playsd.Don Juane.Prometheus Unboundf.Ivanhoeg.Kubla Khanh.Pride and Prejudicei.The Preludej.Life of NelsonV. Answer the following questions.1.What is Romanticism?2.What are the main features of the works of the romanticists?3.Make a contrast between the two generations of Romantic poets during the Romantic Age.4.What are Austen’s writing features?5.Make a comment on Wordsworth.6.Make a comment on Byron.7.Make a comment on Keats.Part VIII The Victorian Age ExerciseIn the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend ______appeared. And it flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.a. romanticismb. naturalismc. realism d,critical realism2. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of______. The critical realists, most of whom were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticized the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.a. novelb. dramac. poetryd. Sonnet3. The greatest English critical realist novelist was _______,who criticized the bourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common people.a. William Makepeace Thackerayb. Charles Dickensc. Charlotte Bronted. Emily Dickinson4,______was a critical realist and also a severe exposer of contemporary society . His novels, such as “Vanity Fair”, are mainly a satirical portray of the upper strata of society.a. George Eliotb. Elizabeth Caskellc. William Makepeace Thackerayd. John Bunyan5. Which of the following writers belong to critical realists?a. Charles Dickensb. William Makepeace Thackerayc. Elizabeth Caskelld. Thomas Hardy6. Which of the following writers belong to English critical realists?a. George Eliotb. Emily Brontec. Thomas Hardyd. Charles Dickens7. Which of the following writers don’t belong to English critical realists?a. Oliver Goldsmithb. Charles Dickensc. William Makepeace Thackerayd. Jonathan Swifte. Daniel Defoe8. In the 19th century, the social contradictions were also reflected in the prose writing. The important prosewriters who criticized the evils of the capitalist society were ______.a. Thomas Carlyleb. John Ruskinc. Matthew Arnoldd. Charles Lambe. John Dryden9.In the Victorian age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the age were ______.a. Tennysonb. Robert Browningc. Mrs. Browningd. Robert Burnse. William Blake10. The _____ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers were able to appear as an independent political force and were already realizing the face that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.a. Enlightenmentb. Renaissancec. Chartistd. Romanticist11. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature, the struggle of the ______for its rights.a. soldiersb. peasantsc. bourgeoisied. proletariat12. The heroic and revolutionary Chartist poetry played an important role in the development of English proletarian literature in connection with the working class movement. The greatest of Chartist poets was______.a. Ernest Jonesb. John Miltonc. Thomas Hardyd. John Keats13. The main poets of the Chartist poetry were______.a. Ernest Jonesb. Thomas Hoodc. Thomas Cooperd. John Miltone. Robert Browning14. In 1864, the First International was formed in London. Under the leadership of_____, the working class movement developed quickly.a. Marx and Englesb. Byron and Shelleyc. Milton and Cromwell d, Tennyson and Browning15.______ was the first English poet and writer who voiced the revolutionary ideal of Socialism in his poetry and prose.a. William Makepeace Thackerayb. William Shakepearec. William Wordsworthd. William Morris16. Dickens’ first literary career is referred to those years from 1836 to 1841. It is marked for youthful optimis m. The main novels written in this period by Dickens are ______.a. The Pickwick Papersb. Oliver Twistc. Nicholas Nicklebyd. Hard Times17. The story of “______” deals with the adventures of a retired old merchant.a. A tale of Two Citiesb. David Copperfieldc. Pickwick Papersd. Oliver Twist18. The novel “______”exposes the terrible conditions of English private schools.a. Nicholas Nicklebyb. Oliver Twistc. Hard Timesd. Great Expectations19. The story of “______”deals with the sufferings and hardships of an man named Trent, and his grand-daughter, Nell.a. Pickwick Papersb. The Old Curiosity Shopc. Great Expectationsd. Hard Times20.The second period of Dickens’s literary career, which be gan from 1842.and ended in 1849,was a period of excitement and irritation. Dickens’s naïve optimism toward the capitalist society was profoundly shaken. The main novels produced in this period are______.a. “Martin Chuzzlewit”b.“Dombey and Son”c. “David Copperfield”d.“Pickwick Papers”e.“Oliver Twist”21.In the third period of Dickens’s literary career, his works showed the intensifying pessimism. His main novels produced in this period are ______.a. “Hard Times”b.“Great Expectations”c. “A Tale of Two Cities”d.“Bleak House”e.“David Copperfield”22. Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and bourgeois utilitarianism?a. “Oliver Twist”b.“Hard Times”c.“Great Expectations”d.“A Tale of Two Cities”23. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality?a. “Oliver Twist”b.“David Copperfield”c.“Great Expectations”d.“Dombey and Son”24. In the novel “______” , Dickens describes the Chartist Movement. He shows that the Chartist Movement is the just struggle of the workers for better conditions, and expresses his sympathy for the workers.a. Great Expectationsb. A Tale of Two Citiesc. Hard Timesd. Oliver Twist25. Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel”______”.a. A Tale of Two Citiesb. Great Expectationsc. Little Dorritd. Bleak House26. In the novel “_____”, the revolutionaries are represented by Defarge (Dr. Manette’s servant) and Madame Defarge.a. Dombey and Sonb. A Tale of Two Citiesc. Little Dorritd. Bleak House27. In the novel “_____”, Dr. Manette i s a typical bourgeois intellectual. He sympathizes with the poor and defends the oppressed people, but feels terrified before the fire of revolution.a. David Copperfieldb. Wuthering Heightsc. The Forsyte Sagad. A Tale of Two cities28. “______” is often regarded as the semiautobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author’s early life.a. Tom Jonesb. David Copperfieldc. Oliver Twistd. Great Expectations29. In the novel “_____”, Dickens gives a truthful presentation of the sufferance of the poor, and makes a complete exposure of the terrible conditions in the English workhouse of the time and the brutality and corruption of the oppressors under the mask f philanthropy.a. David Copperfieldb. Oliver Twistc. Great Expectationsd. Hard Times30.In 1864,Dickens published his last complete novel “_____”.a. The Old Curiosity Shopb. The Pickwick Paperc. Our Mutual Friendd. Little Dorrit31. Which is Thackeray’s masterpiece?a. “The Virginians”b.“Vanity Fair”c. “The Books of Snobs”d.“The Newcomes”32. The sub-title of “Vanity Fair” is “_____”.a. A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayedb. The Spirit and the Fleshc. A Novel Without a Herod. Sense and Sensibility33. The title of the novel “Vanity Fair” was taken from Bunyan’s masterpiece “_____” .a. The Pilgrim’s Progressb.Childe Harold’s Pilgrimagec. Gulliver’s Travel sd. The Canterbury Tales34. Which characters are in the novel “Vanity Fair”?a. Amelia Sedleyb. Rebecca Sharpc. George Osborned. Joseph Sedley35. The Bronte sisters are ______. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.a. Charlotte Bronteb. Emily Brontec. Anne Bronted. Jane Eyree. Catherine36. Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: “______”.a. Professorb. Jane Eyrec. Shirleyd. Villettee. Agnes Grey37. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled “_____”.a. Wuthering Heightsb. Jane Eyrec. Emmad. Agnes Grey38. Choose the names appearing in the novel Jane Eyre.a. Jane Eyreb. Mr. Rochestec. rMary Bartond. Silas Marner39. Which characters appear in the novel “Wuthering Heights”?a. Heathcliffb. Catherinec. Hindleyd. Cathye. Hareton40. In the novel “Jane Eyre”, Charlotte______.a. Pours a great deal of her own experienceb. Criticizes the bourgeois system of educationc. Shows that true love is the foundation of marriaged. Shows that women should have equal rights with men41. The author of “Mary Barton” is Mrs.Gaskell, whose full name is _______.a. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskellb. Elizabeth Barrett Browningc. Harriet Beecher Stowed. Samuel Langhorne Clemens42. Mrs.Gaskell was the friend of Charlotte Bronte. Her “______” is one of the best biographies in English Literature.a. Life of Charlotte Bronteb. Life of Johnsonc. Tales of Skakespeared. Adonais43. Mrs. Gaskell wrote the novel “Mary Barton”______.a. with the idea of making it the social instrument of social reformb. to show her Sympathy toward the working classc. to reflect the class conflict of her timed. with realistic description of the social and political life of that periodwhich was criticized by the bourgeois critics as a book hostile to the employers44. Which of the novels belongs to critical realism?a. “Mary Barton”b.“North and South”c. “Cranford”d.“Life of Charlotte Bronte”45. The novel “Mary Barton”______.a. is about the class struggle between the workers and the capitalistsb. is one of the important social novels of that periodc. reflects something about Chartist Movementd. contains such characters as John Barton, Mary, Wilson and Carson46. George Eliot was the pseudonym of ______.a. Mark Twinb. Mary Ann Evansc. Ellis Bell d,Samuel Langhorne Clemen47. George Eliot produced three remarkable novels which made her famous. They are “______”.a. Adam Bedeb. The Mill on the Flossc. Silas Marnerd. Mary Bartone. Pamela48. Hardy is one of the representatives of English ______ at the turn of the 19th century.a. critical realism.b. preromanticismc. neo-classicismd. new romanticism49. Which statement is true?a. Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.b. Hardy is also a poet.c. Hardy is a critical realist.d. Fatalism is strongly reflected in Hardy’ s novels.50. According to Hardy’ s own classification, his novels divide themselves into three groups. They are_______.a. Novels of character and Environmentb. Romances and Fantasiesc. Novels of Ingenuityd. Working class literature51. Novels of character and Environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties of England for their setting. They include: “_______”.a. Under the Greenwood Treeb. The Return of the Nativec. The Mayor of Casterbridged. Tess of the D’Urbervillese. Jude the Obscure52. The following statements are about Hardy’s novels, which is ture?a. His Wessex novels are of great significance.b. The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.c. There is pessimism in his novelsd. .Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.e. There are elements of naturalism in his works.53. Hardy was not only a novelist, but also a poet. Which are Hardy’ s poetic works?a. “Wessex Poems and Other Verses”b.“Poems of the Past and the Present”c. “The Dynasts”d.“The Queen of Cornwall” e,“Under the Greenwood Tree”54. George Meredit h published a number a number of poems and novels. His main novels are “_______”.a. The Ordeal of Richarh Feverelb. Beauchamp’s Careerc. The Egoistd. Mary Bartone. Diana of the Crossways55. George Meredith’ s main poems are “______”.a. Modern Loveb. Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earthc. The Idea of Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spiritd. The Egoist56. In the novel “______” ,Samuel Butler satirizes the religion, school education and the theory of posit ivism.a. News and Nowhereb. Utopiac. Gulliver’s Travelsd.Erewhon57. The novel “______” describes a country where disease is considered to be a kind of crime while theft and other vices are considered to be diseases.a. Erewhonb. Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Laterc. The way of All Fleshd. News From Nowhere58. ______ is the representative of New Romanticism in novel writing at the end of the 19th century.a. Robert Louis Stevensonb. Lawrence Sternec. Robert Browning d,Percy Bysshe Shelley59. Stevenson’s writings include novels, short stories, essays and poems. His main novels are “______”.a. Treasure Islandb. The Strange Case of Dr. Jeykell and Mr. Hydec. Kidnappedd. A Child’s Garden of Verses60. “The Way of All Flesh” was written by ______.a. Samuel Johnsonb. Samuel Butlerc. William Butler Yeatsd. Ben Jonsn61. Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticizes the upper class of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are “ ______”.a. Lady Windermere’s Fanb. A Woman of No Importancec. An Ideal Husbandd. The Importance of Being EarnesteThe Picture of Dorian Gray62. Which of the following was written by Wilde?a. “Lady Windermere’s Fan”b.“The Merry Wives of Windsor”c. “The Portrait of a Lady”d.“A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”e. “The Picture of Dorian Gray”63. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ______.a. aestheticismb. decadencec. critical realismd. preromanticism64. Tennyson’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are:a. “The Princess”b.“Maud”c. “In Memoriam”d.“Idylls of the King”e.“Crossing the Bar”65. Which short poem was written by Tennyson?a. “Break, Break, Break”b.“Crossing the Bar”c. “The Eagle”d.“Sweet and Low”e.“Tears, Idle Tears”66. Which of the following concerns the story of King Arther.a. “Idylls of the King”b.“Morte d’Arthur”c. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”d.“The History of the Kings of Britain”e.“Brut”67. Which lament was written by Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam?a. “In Memoriam”b.“Lycidas”c. “Adodais”d.“Elegy written in a Country”68. Which of the following were written by Robert Browning?a. “The Ring and the Book’b.“My Last Duchess”c. “Men and Women”d.“Sonnets from the Portuguese”e.“Pauline”69. Which is Robert Browning’s short poem?a. “Home Thought, from Abroad”b.“Home Thought, from Sea”c. “Meeting at Night”d.“Cry of the Children”e.“Pauline”70.Which of the following belong to the working class literature in the 19th century?a. “The Song of the Lower Classes’ sb.“The Song of the Wage-Slave”c. “The poor Man’s Guardian”d.“A Dream of John Ball”e. “News From Nowhere”71. “My Last Duchess” is ______.a. a dramatic monologueb. a short lyricc. a noveld. an essay72. Ernest Jones was the greatest Chartist poet. His main works are:a. “The Song of the Lower Classes’ s”b.“The Song of the Wage-Slave”c. “The New World”d.“A Dream of John Ball”73. Which of the following is Chartist poet?a. Ernest Jonesb. Thomas Cooperc. William James Lintond. Mary Barton74. Which of the following is written by Morris?a. “A Dream of John Ball”b.“News From Nowhere”c. “Chants for Socialism”d.“Pilgrims of Hope”e.“The Earthly Paradise”Fill in each blank.1. English ______of the 19th century flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.2. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend _____appeared after the romantic poetry.3.ritical realism found its fine expression in the form of novel. Most of the critical realists were______4. The greatest English realist of the 19th century was ______, who pictures bourgeois civilization, and shows the misery and sufferings of the common people.5. ______ was also a critical realist. His novels are mainly a satirical portrayal of society.6.Critical realism reveals the corrupting influence of the rule of cash upon human nature. Here lies the essentially democratic and humanistic character of______.7. The Victorian Age in English Literature was largely an age of prose, especially of the ______.8.The most important poet of the Victorian Age was ______. Next to him were Robert Browning and his wife.9. The ______Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century.10.The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature: the struggle of the ______for its rights.11.The Chartist poetry played an important role in the development of English proletariat literature, the greatest Chartist poet was______.12.In 1864, the ______ International was formed in London, under the leadership of Marx and Engels.13.______ was the first writer who voiced the ideal of Socialism in his poetry and prose in the 19th century.14. ______ was the greatest representative of English critical realism.15.The novel“______” deals with the adventures of Mr. Pickwick, a retired old merchant, who is the founder and chairman of the Pickwick Club.16.The novel “Oliver Twist” tells the story of a poor child named ______who is born in a workhouse and brought up under miserable conditions.17.The novel “______” touches upon a burning question of Dickens’s time: the education of children in the private school.18. Of all of Dickens’s novels, “______” is regarded as his masterpiece.19. Mr. Peggotty and Steerforth are two characters in Dickens’s novel “______”’20.In the novel “David Copperfield”, the hero h as undergone a series of love adventures. He falls in love with, and then marries a pretty, empty-headed girl called Dora. After his wife’s death, David marries ______, the daughter of his aunt’s lawyer.21.The novel “Hard Times” makes fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and the bourgeois philosophy.22. In the novel “A Tale of Two Cities”, the two cities are ______ in the time of revolution.23. Madame Defarge is relentless revolutionary in the novel “______”.24.In 1847,Thackeray published his masterpiece “______”, which marks the peak of his literary career.25.The sub-title of “Vanity Fair” is ______.The writer’s intention was not to portray individuals, but the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.26.The title of the novel “Vanity Fair” is suggestive of that Vanity Fair in Bunyan’ s “______”, where all sorts of vanity vanities are on sale.27.The main plot of “Vanity Fair” centers on the story of two women: Amelia Sedley and ______. Their characters are in sharp contrast.28. The Bronte sisters are Charlotte Bronte,______ and Anne Bronte.29. Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece is “______”.30. Emily Bronte’s masterpiece is “______”.31. Heathcliff is a character in the novel of _______.32. Mr. Rochester is a character in the novel of _______.33. The novel “______” shows that pure and true love in a class society is impossible of attainment. Its author is Emily Bronte.34. The author of “Mary Barton” is ______.35. Mrs. Gaskell’s novel “______” is undoubtedly her best novel because of its realistic description of the social and political life of that period.36. Mrs. Gaskell’s novel “______”makes a turning point in her literary creation, for in his this novel she abandoned critical realism for a kind of writing acceptable to the bourgeois public.37.With sympathy, keen observation and humor, Mrs.Gaskelldescribes the small affairs of a country village, Cranford, in her novel “______”.38. In “Mary Barton”,_______ is an active Chartist. He kills a capitalist called Carson.39. George Eliot was the pseudonym of _______’40. The author of “The Mill On the Floss” is _______.41. George Eliot produced three remarkable novels including “Adam Bede”, “The Mill on the Floss” and ______.42. In the novel “Adam Bede”, Adam fa lls in love with a village girl called ______.43. The central characters of “The Mill on the Floss” are Tom and his sister _______.44. Hardy’ s novels of character and environment, which are also called ______, are of great significance.45. Among Hardy’ s novels, the best-known are “______” and “Jude the Obscure”.46. Hardy’ s novel “______”, tells the story about a school mistress’ s unhappy love affairs with a clergyman.。
大二下半学期英国文学期末考试题
大二下半学期英国文学期末考试题一、听力第一节(共5小题，每小题1分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的'相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
【听力材料】：(Text 1)W: What’s new with you,Jack?M:Well,I met a really nice woman.We’ve been going out for three months and things look good now.(Text 2)M: When did you first find the door broken and things missing?W:After I got up,around 5:20.Then I called the police station.(Text 3)W: Pass me the flour,please.M:Which tin is it in?W:The one at the end of the shelf.It’s slightly smaller than the others.M:Oh,right.(Text 4)W:Do you know why George hasn’t come yet?M:Yes.He was planning to come,but his wife’s father fell down some stairs and they had to take him to a hospital.W:I’m sorry to hear that.(Text 5)W:Hi,Tony.How did your experiment go yesterday?M: Well,it wasn’t as easy as I had thought.I have to continue doing it tonight.(Text 6)M:Is that Ann?W:Yes.M:This is Mike.How are things with you?W:Oh,very well,but I’m very busy.M:Busy? But you’ve finished all your exams?W:Yes,but I have to help my little sister with her foreign language.M:How about coming out with me this evening?There’s a newfilm on.W:I’m afraid I can’t.A friend of mine is coming from the south and I have to go to the station to meet him.M:What a pity!How about the weekend then?W:No,I’ve arranged to go to an art exhibition with my parents.M:What about next week sometime?W:Maybe.(Text 7)W:I hear there will be a football competition between all senior schools next month.Is that so?M:Th at’s true.W:Would you please go into some more details?M:Well,the competition will be held in our school and it will begin on August 11.The competition will last a whole week.W:Anything else?M:Yes,both the girls and boys competition will be held at the same time.The girls competition will be held in the morning and the boys competition will be held in the afternoon.W:Yes? Sounds exciting.M:We are both members of our school football team.We should be ready for it.W:Of course.It’s a long time since we had the last football competition last time.I’m really looking forward to another competition.M:Me,too.(Text 8)W: Excuse me.I am from STM.We are carrying out a survey on the traffic in our city.Do you mind if I ask you some questions?M:No,not at all.Go ahead.W:Good,thanks.What do you do,sir?M:I am a teacher.I teach children French.W:Great.Do you live far from the school? I mean,how do you usually go to work?M:Well,mostly by car.But once in a while,I prefer to ride my bike.You know,I live quite far from the school,about 20 miles.And I have to spend about an hour riding to school.But it only takes me less than a quarter of an hour to drive my car,unless the traffic is very bad.W:I see.Does this happen often? I mean the bad traffic.M:Yes,sure! I often get stuck on the way,and the problem’s getting worse and worse.W:That’s all of my questions.Thank you very much.M:You are welcome.(Text 9)M: Customer service.Andney Grant speaking.How may I help you?W:I can’t believe this is happening.I called and or dered a 32?inch bag last Friday.But today I found that you sent me a 24?inch one.I was planning to use that bag during our vacation in Mexico,but it doesn’t seem possible any more because we will take off on Saturday.It’s only two days away.What am I suppo sed to do?M:I’m really sorry,madam. I’ll check right away.Would you please tell me your order number?W:It’s CE2938.M:Just a minute.I do apologize,madam.There did seem to be a mistake.I’ll have the correct size bag sent to you by overnight mail right away.It will arrive in time for your Saturday trip.Again Iapologize for any inconvenience caused by our mistake.I promise it won’t happen again.W:OK.Well,thank you.M:Thank you,madam,for choosing Linch mail.I hope you will have a wonderful vacation.(Text 10)I wasn’t too fond of the lecture classes of 400 students in my general course.Halfway through my second term when I was considering whether or not to come back in the fall,I went on the Internet and came across Americorp.Then I joined in an organization,and that’s what I did last school year.I worked on making roads,building a house,serving as a teacher’s assistant and working as a camp officer in several projects in South Carolina and Florida.It’s been a great experience,and I’ve almost learned more tha n what I could have in college since I didn’t really want to be at that school and wasn’t interested in my major anyway,I thought this was better for me.After 1,700 hours of service I received 4,750 dollars.I can use that to pay off the money I borrowed from the bank or for what is needed when I go back to school this fall at ColumbusState in Ohio.Classes are smaller there and I’ll be majoring in German education.After working with the kids,now I know,I want to be a teacher.1、Who is the man talking about now?A.His girlfriend.B.His sister.C.His mother.2、What are they talking about?A.A traffic accident.B.A fire.C.A crime.3、Where does the conversation most probably take place?A.At a bookshop.B.At a kitchen.C.At a bank.4、Who was injured?A.George.B.George’s wife.C.George’s wife’s father.5、What do we learn from the conversation?A.Tony could not continue the experiment.B.Tony finished the experiment last night.C.Tony will go on with his experiment.第二节(共15小题，每小题1分)听下面5段对话或独白。
英国文学史选读 期末试题
英国文学史及选读期末试题及答案考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Ballad of Robin HoodC.The Song of BeowulfD.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght2._____is the most common foot in English poetry.A.The anapestB.The trocheeC.The iambD.The dactyl3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event?A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B.England’s domestic restC.New discovery in geography and astrologyD.The religious reformation and the economic expansion4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A.The Pilgrims ProgressB.Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC.The Life and Death of Mr.BadmanD.The Holy War5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is _____.A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ?A.Lover.B.Time.C.Summer.D.Poetry.7.“O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th’embattled seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton’s Parad ise Lost, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _____conduct.A.God’sB.Satan’sC.Adam’sD.Eve’s8. It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of ______.A.elegyB.odeC.epicD.sonnet9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”The sentence is the beginning of Shakespeare’s_______.edyB.tragedyC.sonnetD.poem10. Daniel Defoe’s novels mainly focus on _____.A.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC.the struggle of the pirates for wealthD.the desire of the criminals for property11. Francis Bacon is best known for his_____which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A.essaysB.poemsC.worksD.plays12. Most of Thomas Hardy’s novels are set in Wessex____.A.a crude region in EnglandB.a fictional primitive regionC.a remote rural areaD.Hardy’s hometown13. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?A.Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels.B.Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions”.C.Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D.In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.14. Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to _____A.1798-1832B.1836-1901C.1798-1901D.the Neoclassical Period15. In the following figures, who is Dickens’s first child hero?A.Fagin.B.Mr.Brownlow.C.Olive Twist.D.Bill Sikes16. “And where are they? And where art thou,”My country? On thy voiceless shoreThe heroic lay is tuneless now-The heroic bosom beats no more! (George Gordon Byron, Don Juan)In the above stanza,“art thou”literally means_____.A.“art you ”B.“are though”C.“art though”D.“are you ”17. Of the following writers, which is not the representative of the Romantic period?A.William Blake.B.John Bunyan.C.Jane Auten.D.John Keats.18. In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, what is the utmost concern of Blake?A.LoveB.ChildhoodC.DeathD.Human Experience19. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from____.A.the RenaissanceB.the Old TestamentC.Greek MythologyD.the New Testament20. Jane Austen’s first novel is _____.A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Plan of a Noel21. Of the following poets, w hich is not regarded as “Lake Poets’”?A.Saumel Taylor Coleridge.B.Robert Southey.C.William Wordsworth.D.William Shakespeare.22.Daniel Defoe describes____as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A.Robinson CrusoeB.Moll FlandersC.GulliverD.Tom Jones23. The lines“Death, be not proud, though some have calld thee/Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;”are found in ______.A.William Wordsworth’s writingsB.John Keats’writingsC.John Donne’s writingsD.Percy Bysshe Shelley’s writings24.The Pilgrim’s progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_____.A.self-fulfillmentB.spiritual salvationC.material wealthD.universal truth25.With so many poems such as “The Sparrow’s Nest,”“To a Skylark,”“To the Cuckoo”and “To a Butterfly”,William Wordsworth is regarded as a “______”.A.poet of genius.B.royal poet.C.worshipper of nature.D.conservative poet.26.In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told this experience in ____.A.LilliputB.BrobdingnagC.HouyhnhnmD.England27.Which of the following can not describe“Byronic hero”?A.Proud.B.Mysterious.C.Noble origin.D.Progressive.28.The poetic form which Browning attached to maturity and perfection is ____.A.dramatic monologuee of symbole of ironic languagee of lyrics29.The term “metaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of ____.A.John MiltonB.John DonneC.John KeatsD.John Bunyan30. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?A.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.B.She Dwelt Among the Untrodden WaysC.The Solitary Reaper.D.The Chimney Sweeper.II. Find the relevant match from colunm B for each item in Colomn A (10 points in all. 1 point for each)A B1.Geoffrey Chaucer A. A Red, Red Rose2.Francis Bacon B. Ode to a Nightingale3.Jonathan Swift C. Of Truth4.William Blake D.Northanger Abbey5.Robert Burns E.The Canterbury Tales6.John Keats F.A Modest Proposal7.Jane Austen G.The Tiger8.Charles Dickens H. Ulysses9.Tennyson I.David Copperfield10.Robert Browning J.My Last DuchessIII. Fill in the following blanks (10 points in all, 1 point for each)1. In the year____,at the battle of Hastings, the Normans headed by william, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-saxons.2. Since historical times, England, where the early inhabitants were celts, has been conquered three times. It was conquered by the Romans, the ____,and the Normans.3.____is regared as shakespeare’s successful romantic tragedy.4. No sooner were the people in control of the government than they divided into hostile parties: the liberal whigs and the conservative_____.5. The Glorious Revolution in ___meant three things the supremacy of parliament, the beginning of modern English, and the final triumph of the principle of political liberty.6. Romanticism as a literary movement come into being in England early in the latter half of the ___century.7. With the publication of william Wordsworth’s____in collaboration with S.T Coleridge, Romanticism began to bloom and found a firm place in the history of English literatare.8. Woman as ____ appeared in the Romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time ,an important place in English literature.9. The most important poet of the victoria Age was____, Next to him, were Robert Browning and his wife.10. The ____movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th cenfury.IV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all ,10points for each) Give brief answers to each of following questions in English.(1) A selection from a poemWherefore feed and clothe and saveForm the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat_nay, drink your blood?Whrefore, Bees of England, forgeMany a weepon, chain, and scourgeThat these stingless drones may spoilThe forced produce of your tail?Questions (10’)1. These lines are taken from a poem entitled___(1’)written by ___(1’).2. The rhyme scheme in the selection of the poem is ____.(1’)3.What idea does the quotation express?(7’)(2) A Selection from a workSome books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy andextracts made of them by others, but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled bookd are like common distilled waters.Question(10’)1. This passage is taken from a well-known work entiled___,(2’) written by ____.(1’)2. What’s the main idea of the whole work. (7’)V. Topic Discussion (30 points in all,15 points for each). Write no less than 100 words on each of the following topics in English , in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, discuss the theme of her works, the image of woman protagonists and what and how her novels truthfully present.(15’)2. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Aasten explored three kinds of motivations of marriage that the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen’s attitude towards these motivations.(15’)200x－200x学年度第一学期期末考试试卷答案及评分标准考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I. Multiple Choice (1’×30=30’)01-05 C C B A D 06-10 D B B C A11-15 A B C B C 16-20 D B D B B21-25 D A C B C 26-30 A D A B DII. Find the relevant match from column B for each item in colamn A (1’×10=10’)1-E 2-C 3-F 4-G 5-A6-B 7-D 8-I 9-H 10-JIII. Fill in the following blanks (1’×10=10’)1. 10662. Anglo-Saxons3. Romeo and Juliet4. Tories5. 16886.18th7.Lyrical Ballads 8.novelists 9.Tennyson 10.ChartistIV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all )(1) A PoemQuestions(10’)1. A Song: Men of England(1’) Shelley(1’)2. aabb ccdd (1’)3. This poem is a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, it points out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation. The poet calls the exploiters “ungrateful drones”, Who drain the sweat and drink the blood of the labouring people, He illustrates with concrete examples the relationship of economic exploitation between the ruling class and the working people.(7’)(2) A Selection from a work1. Of Studies(1’) Bacon(1’)2. It analyzes the use and abuse of studies ,the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies. And how studies exert influence over human character.V .Topic Discussion (30 points in all, 15 points for each)A. Charlotte’s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards self-realization, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fiece longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.B. All ber heroines’highest joy arises from some sacrifice of self or some human weakness overcome.C. The image of woman protagonists in her works are mostly the life of the middle-calss working women, particularly governesses.D. Her works present a vivid realistic picture of the English society by exposing the cruelty, hypocrisy and other evils of the upper calsses, and by showing the misery and suffering of the poor. Especially in Jane Eyre by her, she sharply criticises the existing society, e.g. religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.(2) In the novel ,three kinds of attitudes towards marriage are presented for manifestation: marriage merely for material wealth and social position; marriage just for beauty, attraction and passion regardless of economic condition or personal merits; and the ideal marriage for true love with a consideration of the partner’s personal merit as well as his economic and social status. What jane Aasten tries to say is that it is wrong to marry just for money or for beauty, but it is also wrong to marny without consideration of economic conditions.。
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一．中古英语时期♦Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language.♦The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.♦Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature.♦Chaucer is considered as the father of English poetry and the founder of English realism.二．文艺复兴Renaissance♦Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It marks a transition(过渡) from the medieval to the modern world.♦It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture（雕塑）and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe.♦Humanism is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the measure of all things. ♦This was England’s Golden Age in literature. Queen Elizabeth reigned over the country in this period. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England♦♦“Of Studies” is the most popular of Bacon’s 58 essays.♦Thomas More ——Utopia♦Edmund Spenser——The Faerie Queene相关练习♦ 1. Which is the oldest poem in the English language?♦ A. Utopia B. Faerie Queene♦ C. Beowulf D. Hamlet♦ 2. _____ is the father of English poetry.♦ A. Edmund Spenser B. William Shakespeare♦ C. Francis Bacon D. Geoffrey Chaucer♦ 3. ____ is not a playwright during the Renaissance period on England.♦ A. William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer♦ C. Christopher Marlowe D. Ben Johnson三．莎士比亚William Shakespeare♦“All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”——William Shakespeare♦William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language. Shakespeare understood people more than any other writers. He could create characters that havemeaning beyond the time and place of his plays. His four tragedies are Hamlet(《哈姆雷特》), Othello(《奥赛罗》), King Lear(《李尔王》) and Macbeth(《麦克白》).♦Shakespeare’s sonnets, 154 in number, are the only direct expression of the poet’s own feelings; Sonnet 18 deserves its fame because it is one of the most beautifully written verses in the English language♦诗选♦Sonnet 18♦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.♦（我怎能将你与夏日相比? /你比它更温和可爱：/动人的花蕾在五月咆哮的风中颤抖，/夏日的美好时光也绝不长久：）♦Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,♦And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;♦And every fair from fair sometime declines,♦By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimm’d;♦（太阳的金色光芒虽然耀眼，/却常常以灰暗的面貌出现；/再美貌的物什都逃不过凋谢，/命运流转或无意间将其拆解；）♦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 line to time thou grow’st.♦So long as men can breath or eyes can see,♦So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.♦（可你如夏日般不会褪色, /你的美貌也将永存; /死神无法夸耀你曾在它的阴影中游荡, /伴随永恒的诗篇你将留存。
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英国文学期末试卷I.Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1.The greatest poet of the Middle English period is __________________ , the fatherof English poetry.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. John LylyC. William LanglandD. John MiltonIn “The PiIgrims Progress" Christian and Faithful come to the where both are arrested as alien agitators and tried.A.Vanity FairB. Doubting CastleC. Celestial CityD. hell2.Shakespeare' s four great tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, _______________________ and _______ .A. King Lear... Romeo and JulietB. King Lear... MacbethC. King John ...Julius CaesarD. King John.^The Merchant of Venice3.The keynote of the Renaissance is ______________________ .A. humanismB. realismC. naturalismD. skepticism4.The English Renaissance period was an age of _________________ •A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry5.The predominated metaphor in The Pilgrim' s Progress is that ____________________ .A. Life is a journey Life is a dreamC.Life is to endure hardshipD. none of the above6._____ is a typical feature of Swift' s writings.A. Bitter satireB. Elegant styleC. Casual narrationD. Complicated sentence structure7.Do you thinks because I am poor, obscure, plain , and little,I am soulless and heartless? And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. The above quoted passage is most probable taken from ・A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD.Great Expectations8.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may cometo know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of __________________ .A. simple character and quick witB. simple character and poor understandingC. intricate character and quick witD. intricate character and poor understanding9.The work that presented , for the first time in English literature,a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gal lery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely .A.William Langland ' Piers PlowmanB.Geoffrey Chaucer' s The Canterbury TalesC.BeowulfD. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightII ・Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write Tfor true and F for false on your answer sheet.( )1. William Wordsworth is one of the representative writers of Critical Realism.( )2. Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as the father of English poetry.( )3. Paradise Lost is one of Milton' s novels.( )4. The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge copublished their joint work “Kubla Khan”( )5. Renaissance is also called the Age of Reason.( )6. Mr. Rochester is a character in the novel Jane Eyre, which was written by Emily Bronte.( )7. In English literature, the Elizabethan period is traditionally called "Age of Shakespeare”.( )8. The greatest English critical realist was Charles Dickens.( )9. English literature in the Renaissance Period is usually regarded as the highlight in the history of English literature.( )10. Gulliver' s Travels is a novel mainly about love and friendship.III.Matching.Writers and worksA B(1 )Charlcs Dickens A. Battle of Books(2)Charlotte Bronte B. Pride and Prejudice(3)William Shakespeare C. Romeo and Juliet(4)Jane Austen D. Oliver Twist(5) Jonathan Swift E. Jane Eyre(6) William ThackerayF. Farie Queen(7) Edmund SpenserG. Ivanhoe(8) Sir. Walter Scott H. Mrs. Dalloway(9) Virginia Woolf I. Tom Jones(1 0) Henry Fielding J. Vanity FairB. Characters and works(1)Banquo A. Oliver Twist(2) Lydia B. Macbeth(3) NancyC. Robinson Crusoe(4) Friday D. Pride and Pejudice(5) Marianne E. Mrs. Warren' s Profession(6) Pip F. Sense and Sensibility(7) Vivie G. Great Expectations(8) Satan H. Paradise Lost(9) Sophia I. Wuthcring Heights(1 0) Catherine J. Tom JonesC Quotations and worksB.(3) I am Heathcliff!C. William ShakespeareD. T. S. Eliot(1) Shall I compare thee to a summer ? s day ? A. Jane Austen (2) It is a truth universallyacknowledged that every single manin possession of a good fortune. must be in want of a wife. William Wordsworth(4) My love is like a red, red rose.E. Emily Bronte(5)I wandered lonely as a cloud.(6)She walks in beauty like the night. F. Robert Burns(7)If winter comes, can spring be far behind? H. Percy Bysshe Shelly(8)Awake, arise, or be forever fallen. I. John Keats(9)Beauty is truth, truth beauty. J. John Milton(10)Let us go then, you and I K. George Gordon ByronIV.Terms. (You can choose four of the followings to give your definition.)1 .Sonnet2.Renaissance3.Alliteration4.British Romanticismke Poets/Lakers6.The Metaphysical SchoolV.Interpretation : Read the following selections and then answer the questions.Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1.For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.Questions ：(1 )What docs the poem describe?(2)Can you paraphrase the meaning o f “the bliss of the solitude?(3)What is the relation between man and nature, and in what way does the poem reflect some characteristics of Romanticism?2.It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.My dear Mr. Bennet, said his lady to him one day, have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.But it is, returned she; for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.Mr. Bennet made no answer.Do not you want to know who has taken it? cried his wife impatiently.You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.This was invitation enough.Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.What is his name? Bingley. Is he married or single?Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year.What a fine thing for our girls!Questions：(1 )Why Mrs. Bennet insist Mr. Bennet visiting Netherfield and Mr. Bingley?(2)What kind of people are Mr. and Mrs. Bennet ?(3)The underlined sentence reveals the subject that interests Mrs.Bennet most. From the sentence can you discern why she is so excited?IV. Essay Question:In this part you arc asked to choose one topic from the followings and write a short essay. You should concentrate on those important points and demonstrate your ideas with brief, apt episodes or quotations from the Text. Try your best to be logical in your essay, (within 500 words)1 .Gulliver has made four travels to Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the land of Houyhnhnms. His travels away from England bring the readers closer to the problems of the English society. Use two or three examples to explain what kinds of problems the novel has revealed.e examples from Oliver Twist or Jane Eyre to illustrate the majorthemes of the novel.3.Select two major characters from Pride and Prejudice or Sense andSensibility to analyze the characteristics of these characters.4.Who is the real victim of Macbeth? How to understand its tragic factors? Use relative quotations to illustrate your viewpoints.。
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英国文学史及选读期末试题及答案考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.1._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A.The Canterbury TalesB.The Ballad of Robin HoodC.The Song of BeowulfD.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght2._____is the most common foot in English poetry.A.The anapestB.The trocheeC.The iambD.The dactyl3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event?A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B.England’s domestic restC.New discovery in geography and astrologyD.The religious reformation and the economic expansion4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A.The Pilgrims ProgressB.Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC.The Life and Death of Mr.BadmanD.The Holy War5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is _____.A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ?A.Lover.B.Time.C.Summer.D.Poetry.7.“O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th’embattled seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton’s Parad ise Lost, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _____conduct.A.God’sB.Satan’sC.Adam’sD.Eve’s8. It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of ______.A.elegyB.odeC.epicD.sonnet9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”The sentence is the beginning of Shakespeare’s_______.edyB.tragedyC.sonnetD.poem10. Daniel Defoe’s novels mainly focus on _____.A.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for securityC.the struggle of the pirates for wealthD.the desire of the criminals for property11. Francis Bacon is best known for his_____which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A.essaysB.poemsC.worksD.plays12. Most of Thomas Hardy’s novels are set in Wessex____.A.a crude region in EnglandB.a fictional primitive regionC.a remote rural areaD.Hardy’s hometown13. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?A.Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels.B.Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions”.C.Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D.In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.14. Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to _____A.1798-1832B.1836-1901C.1798-1901D.the Neoclassical Period15. In the following figures, who is Dickens’s first child hero?A.Fagin.B.Mr.Brownlow.C.Olive Twist.D.Bill Sikes16. “And where are they? And where art thou,”My country? On thy voiceless shoreThe heroic lay is tuneless now-The heroic bosom beats no more! (George Gordon Byron, Don Juan)In the above stanza,“art thou”literally means_____.A.“art you ”B.“are though”C.“art though”D.“are you ”17. Of the following writers, which is not the representative of the Romantic period?A.William Blake.B.John Bunyan.C.Jane Auten.D.John Keats.18. In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, what is the utmost concern of Blake?A.LoveB.ChildhoodC.DeathD.Human Experience19. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from____.A.the RenaissanceB.the Old TestamentC.Greek MythologyD.the New Testament20. Jane Austen’s first novel is _____.A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Plan of a Noel21. Of the following poets, w hich is not regarded as “Lake Poets’”?A.Saumel Taylor Coleridge.B.Robert Southey.C.William Wordsworth.D.William Shakespeare.22.Daniel Defoe describes____as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A.Robinson CrusoeB.Moll FlandersC.GulliverD.Tom Jones23. The lines“Death, be not proud, though some have calld thee/Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;”are found in ______.A.William Wordsworth’s writingsB.John Keats’writingsC.John Donne’s writingsD.Percy Bysshe Shelley’s writings24.The Pilgrim’s progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_____.A.self-fulfillmentB.spiritual salvationC.material wealthD.universal truth25.With so many poems such as “The Sparrow’s Nest,”“To a Skylark,”“To the Cuckoo”and “To a Butterfly”,William Wordsworth is regarded as a “______”.A.poet of genius.B.royal poet.C.worshipper of nature.D.conservative poet.26.In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told this experience in ____.A.LilliputB.BrobdingnagC.HouyhnhnmD.England27.Which of the following can not describe“Byronic hero”?A.Proud.B.Mysterious.C.Noble origin.D.Progressive.28.The poetic form which Browning attached to maturity and perfection is ____.A.dramatic monologuee of symbole of ironic languagee of lyrics29.The term “metaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influence of ____.A.John MiltonB.John DonneC.John KeatsD.John Bunyan30. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?A.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.B.She Dwelt Among the Untrodden WaysC.The Solitary Reaper.D.The Chimney Sweeper.II. Find the relevant match from colunm B for each item in Colomn A (10 points in all. 1 point for each)A B1.Geoffrey Chaucer A. A Red, Red Rose2.Francis Bacon B. Ode to a Nightingale3.Jonathan Swift C. Of Truth4.William Blake D.Northanger Abbey5.Robert Burns E.The Canterbury Tales6.John Keats F.A Modest Proposal7.Jane Austen G.The Tiger8.Charles Dickens H. Ulysses9.Tennyson I.David Copperfield10.Robert Browning J.My Last DuchessIII. Fill in the following blanks (10 points in all, 1 point for each)1. In the year____,at the battle of Hastings, the Normans headed by william, Duke of Normandy, defeated the Anglo-saxons.2. Since historical times, England, where the early inhabitants were celts, has been conquered three times. It was conquered by the Romans, the ____,and the Normans.3.____is regared as shakespeare’s successful romantic tragedy.4. No sooner were the people in control of the government than they divided into hostile parties: the liberal whigs and the conservative_____.5. The Glorious Revolution in ___meant three things the supremacy of parliament, the beginning of modern English, and the final triumph of the principle of political liberty.6. Romanticism as a literary movement come into being in England early in the latter half of the ___century.7. With the publication of william Wordsworth’s____in collaboration with S.T Coleridge, Romanticism began to bloom and found a firm place in the history of English literatare.8. Woman as ____ appeared in the Romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time ,an important place in English literature.9. The most important poet of the victoria Age was____, Next to him, were Robert Browning and his wife.10. The ____movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th cenfury.IV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all ,10points for each) Give brief answers to each of following questions in English.(1) A selection from a poemWherefore feed and clothe and saveForm the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat_nay, drink your blood?Whrefore, Bees of England, forgeMany a weepon, chain, and scourgeThat these stingless drones may spoilThe forced produce of your tail?Questions (10’)1. These lines are taken from a poem entitled___(1’)written by ___(1’).2. The rhyme scheme in the selection of the poem is ____.(1’)3.What idea does the quotation express?(7’)(2) A Selection from a workSome books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy andextracts made of them by others, but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled bookd are like common distilled waters.Question(10’)1. This passage is taken from a well-known work entiled___,(2’) written by ____.(1’)2. What’s the main idea of the whole work. (7’)V. Topic Discussion (30 points in all,15 points for each). Write no less than 100 words on each of the following topics in English , in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.1. Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, discuss the theme of her works, the image of woman protagonists and what and how her novels truthfully present.(15’)2. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Aasten explored three kinds of motivations of marriage that the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen’s attitude towards these motivations.(15’)200x－200x学年度第一学期期末考试试卷答案及评分标准考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班I. Multiple Choice (1’×30=30’)01-05 C C B A D 06-10 D B B C A11-15 A B C B C 16-20 D B D B B21-25 D A C B C 26-30 A D A B DII. Find the relevant match from column B for each item in colamn A (1’×10=10’)1-E 2-C 3-F 4-G 5-A6-B 7-D 8-I 9-H 10-JIII. Fill in the following blanks (1’×10=10’)1. 10662. Anglo-Saxons3. Romeo and Juliet4. Tories5. 16886.18th7.Lyrical Ballads 8.novelists 9.Tennyson 10.ChartistIV. Questions and Answers (20 points in all )(1) A PoemQuestions(10’)1. A Song: Men of England(1’) Shelley(1’)2. aabb ccdd (1’)3. This poem is a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, it points out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation. The poet calls the exploiters “ungrateful drones”, Who drain the sweat and drink the blood of the labouring people, He illustrates with concrete examples the relationship of economic exploitation between the ruling class and the working people.(7’)(2) A Selection from a work1. Of Studies(1’) Bacon(1’)2. It analyzes the use and abuse of studies ,the different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies. And how studies exert influence over human character.V .Topic Discussion (30 points in all, 15 points for each)A. Charlotte’s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards self-realization, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fiece longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.B. All ber heroines’highest joy arises from some sacrifice of self or some human weakness overcome.C. The image of woman protagonists in her works are mostly the life of the middle-calss working women, particularly governesses.D. Her works present a vivid realistic picture of the English society by exposing the cruelty, hypocrisy and other evils of the upper calsses, and by showing the misery and suffering of the poor. Especially in Jane Eyre by her, she sharply criticises the existing society, e.g. religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.(2) In the novel ,three kinds of attitudes towards marriage are presented for manifestation: marriage merely for material wealth and social position; marriage just for beauty, attraction and passion regardless of economic condition or personal merits; and the ideal marriage for true love with a consideration of the partner’s personal merit as well as his economic and social status. What jane Aasten tries to say is that it is wrong to marry just for money or for beauty, but it is also wrong to marny without consideration of economic conditions.。
英国文学期末考试试题
Part I Multiple Choice (30 points, 30×1)Directions: In this part of the test, there are thirty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1.Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf?2. English Renaissance Period was an age of .3. The main literary form of the early 17th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledgedas the greatest. Besides him, there were two groups of poets. They were the Cavalier poets and .4 .The greatest poet of the Middle English period is__________ ,the father of Englishpoetry.5. Which of the following can be said of the essence of the Renaissance?6. In Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, which of the following is the typical characte ristic the heroes share in common?7. In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about the tendency of _______8. “The curfew tolls the knell of parting day/ The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea” These lines are taken from ________.9. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is __________.10. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events,which one of the following is not such an event?11. Don Juan is written by __________.12. Heathcliff is character of the novel ____________.13. Which of the following works were not written by Defoe?14. Which of the following statements about Paradise Lost is true?15. The 18th-century England is known as ________16. ________ compiled The Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation ofall the subsequent English dictionaries.17. English Romanticism began in 1798 with the publication of ________and ended in 1832with’s ________ death and the passage of the first Reform Bill.18. Which of the following statements about Paradise Lost is true? ________.19. Which of the following statements is true about John Keats’ poetry? ________.20. Jane Austen’s main literary concern is about the following except ________.21. What makes Jane Eyre one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age arethe followings except ________.22. Which of the following groups is not written by Charles Dickens? ________.23. The name of Robert Browning is often associated with the term ________.24. In many of Hardy’s novels, the fate of the characters is always driven by ________.25. Murder in the Cathedral, with its purely dramatic power, remains the most popularof________ verse plays in spite of its primarily religious purpose.26. The overall style of Yeats’ early poetry is ________.27. Much of Bernard Shaw’s drama is constructed around the ________of a conventionaltheatrical situation. The device is an integral part of an interpretation of life.28. In her works, George Eliot is deeply concerned with the people and life of her time and tries topursue________.29. Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature?________.30. In his novels, Lawrence made a bold psychological exploration of various human relationshipsand believed that ________.31. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one ofShakespeare’s ________.32. “And where are they? And where art thou,”My country? On thy voiceless shoreThe heroic lay is tuneless now-The heroic bosom beats no more!”（George Gordon Byron, Don Juan）In the above stanza, “art thou” literally means _______ .33. Which of the following can be said of the essence of the Renaissance? ________.34. The major concern of _______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development ofhis characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.35. Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English Middle-class man of the eighteenthcentury, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.36. _______ is a typical feature of Swift's writings.37. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?…Andif God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you.”The above quoted passage is most probably taken from _______ .39. The Pilgrim’s Pr ogress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_______ .40. Alexander Pope strongly advocated _______, emphasizing that literary works should bejudged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.41. After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennetis a woman of _______ .42. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, _______ was the first to set out, both in theory andpractice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose,” and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.43. In Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent _______ touch in his description of the simpleand beautiful though primitive rural life.44. We can perhaps describ e the west wind in Shelley’s poem “Ode to the West Wind” with allthe following terms except _______.45. In his novels, Lawrence made a bold psychological exploration of various human relationshipsand believed that ________.46. Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ________.47. ________was composed in a dream after Coleridge took opium.48. Britain witnessed two major romantic poets in the latter half of the 18th century. They are________.49. Jane Austen’s main li terary concern is about the following except ________.50. What makes Jane Eyre one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age arethe followings except ________.51. The name of Robert Browning is often associated with the term ________.52. The overall style of Yeats’ early poetry is ________.53. In her works, George Eliot is deeply concerned with the people and life of her time and tries topursue________.54. Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature?________.55. In the last few decades of the 18th century, the neoclassicism was gradually replaced by________.Part II Match ( 10 points, 10×1)Directions: Choose the correct letters from the list of the authors for the following works and put them into the Table.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Henry FieldingC. Walter ScottD. George Gorden ByronE. William Makepeace ThackerayF. Thomas HardyG. James JoyceH. Charles DickensI. T. S. EliotJ. Oscar WildePart III TermsDirections: In this part of the test, there are five terms. Please give the definition for these terms. Scores will be given for the related contents. (20 points, 4x5)1. Epic2. Soliloquy3. Romanticism4. Realism5. Modernism6. Renaissance7. Classicism8.Romanticism 9. Stream of consciousness 10. Heroic coupletPart IV Appreciation(20 points 6, 7, 7)Directions: In this part of the test, there are three excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by several questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions.Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice, William Wordsworth: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, William Shakespeare ：Sonnet 18 William Blake：The Typer Robert Burns：A Red Red RosePART V COMMENT(20 points 1×20)Directions: Choose one of the following questions to write an ESSAY of at least 200 words. 1. Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine in Pride and Prejudice, is often regarded as the most successful character created by Jane Austen. Make a brief comment on Elizabeth’s character.2. Make a brief comment on Pride and Prejudice.。
专业英语英国文学与概论期末考试答题及答案
Hamlet—ShakespeareHumanism: broke the tradition of the medieval period. Humanist writers are concerned with worldly subjects rather than strictly religious themes and they glorify human beings, regarding them as measure of all things and most potential in the world.Hamlet is the most representative of Shakespeare‟s creations and the summit of the renaissance drama. It is not a simple revenge play, but a tragedy of humanist ideals crushed by cruel reality. It addresses the fundamental question of the meaning of human existence, with hamlet‟s meditation on life and death at the centre. It portrays the social realities in England at the end of 16th century and the start of the 17th century. For Shakespeare—a Christian—the choice between good and evil represents man‟s basic dilemma; for him, the human are indomitable. Though fate may ultimately win, a man must fight to the death, if necessary, in order to remain the master of his own choices—that ultimately decide if and how his fate defeats him.Paradise lost—John MiltonIambic pentameter in blank verse and including seven parts‟ the creation‟, …the main idea of the poem is the heroic revolt against God‟s authority. In the poems, god is no better than a selfish tyrant. This poem expresses the reactionary forces of his time and shows passionate appeal for freedom. The theme is also about the fall of the man: man‟s disobedience and the loss of Paradise. But having done it, Adam and eve get freedom. Concerned with the social upheavals of the time, Milton defended the English Commonwealth through this book.The English revolution was carried out under a religious cloak. So the English revolution is also called the Puritan revolution, which aimed to make man free.Robinson Crusoe—Daniel DefoeIt is an early tale of European colonial experience. The relationship between Crusoe and Friday is a touchstone for critiques of the cultural representation of colonialism.In Robinson Crusoe, Defoe imagines a true-born Englishman fulfilling his fantasy. Throughout the novel, Defoe makes clear that a man's power over himself and nature depends upon ceaseless labor —this is the secret to the colonial project.Romanticism: the core is individuality, subjectivity and spontaneity. It can be seen as a rejection of the percepts of neo-classicism and some to extent against Enlightenment. It believes in a return to nature and in the innate goodness of humans. They emphasized intuition over reason. Like Wordsworth says, “the good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”.I wandered lonely as a cloud—William Wordsworth“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” was written by William Wordsworth, the representative poet of the early romanticism.The whole poem contains four stanzas of six lines each. In each stanza, the first line rhymes with the third and the second with the fourth. The stanza then ends with a rhyming couplet. Besides, the lines in the poem are in iambic tetrameter that emphasized the excitement and movement when a lonely heart was integrated into Nature. As a great poet of nature, William Wordsworth had been trying to call human back to nature and enjoy the beauty of spiritual richness by his works, such as this short lyric.A red, red rose—Robert burnsThis is one of the best of Burns‟ love poems. Theme: Burns clearly states and restates the theme: The speaker loves the young lady beyond measure. The only way he can express his love for her is through vivid similes and hyperbolic comparisons.The poem takes the form of the ballad stanza, including quatrains with iambic alternating pentameter and trimester line and with rhymes falling of the 2nd and 4th lines of each stanza. It is also abundant with metaphors, Simile in first stanza, hyperbole in second and third stanza and repetition in the last stanza.Ode to the west wind--Percy Bysshe ShelleyIn iambic pentameter, it consists of five cantos written in terza rima, with each canto of four three-line stanzas (aba, bcb, cdc, ded) and a rhyming couplet.To the poet, the west wind, powerful as it is, is not merely a natural phenomenon. It is a …spirit‟, the “breath of Autumn‟being”that can spread messages of freedom far and wide, that both destroys and preserves the revival in the spring.(the west wind is considered the …destoryer‟ who send leaves to their burial and the preserver who encourage the seed‟ spring.) Shelley fuse in this poem a note of optimism for a promising future for humanity as is shown in the last lines of this poem” when winter comes, can spring be far behind?”When we two parted--George Gordon ByronIt was written in 8-line stanza with no meter but rhymed in the way …abababab‟. In the poem, byron make use of the form of monologue and meditates upon the present and the past and expresses the feelings and emotions of a man who lost his love. The feelings and emotions expressed are sincere and touching. The repetition of …silence and tears‟ makes the poem a whole, emphasizing that his feelings and emotions of the present are as they were in the past.。
英国文学期末考试
Ⅰ. Author of each item 10’1. William Wordsworth (he ushered in the English romantic movement with the publication of Lyrical Ballads in 1798 in collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge)①She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways②I Travelled Among Unknown Men③I Wander Lonely as a Cloud④Sonnet: Composed Upon Westminster Bridge⑤Sonnet: London⑥The Solitary Reaper2. George Gordon, Lord Byron(great contribution is Byronic Hero)①When We Two Parted②She Walks in BEAUTY③Sonnet on Chillon④Childe Harold's Pilgrimage⑤Don Juan⑥Hours of Idleness (his first collection of poems)3. Percy Bysshe Shelley (the finest lyric poets in the English language)①Ozymandias②A Song :"Men of England"③Ode to the West Wind④The Cloud⑤To a Sky-Lark4. John Keats (remarkable master of lyrical poetry; a writer of "pure poetry"; a sort of "art for art's sake")①On First Looking into Chapman's Homer②Ode to a Nightingale③Ode on a Grecian Urn④To Autumn⑤Bright Star5. Walter Scott (historical novelist in England Romantic Period; Scott paves the way to realism and marks the transition from romanticism to realism )①Ivanhoe②Rob Roy6. Jane Austen (the feature of realism)①Pride and Prejudice (mainly tell us the love story between a rich, proud young man Darcy and the beautiful and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet.)7. Charles Lame①Poor Relations8. Charles Dickens (one of the greatest critical realists in the Victorian Age. His novels offer a most complete and realistic picture of the English bourgeois society of his age.)①The Pickwick Papers (first work make him popular)②Oliver Twist (inhumanity of city life under capitalism; powerful exposure of bourgeois society.)9. William Makepeace Thackeray (one of the greatest critical realists)①Vanity Fair(MP)10. George Eliot①Adam Bede11. Charlotte Bronte (introduced the first governess novel in the history of England literature; forerunner of the feminism and the feminism literary tradition.)①Jane Eyre(MP; Noted for its sharp criticism on the exciting society.)12. Emily Bronte①Wuthering Heights(criticize the bourgeois matrimonial system)13. Thomas Hood①The Song of the Shirt②The Bridge of Sighs14. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (The Big Three of Victorian age Browning, Arnold; Poet of the people)①Ulysses②Break, Break, Break③Crossing the Bar15. Robert Browning (most original poet of Victorian Age)①my last duchess(dramatic monologue)②home-thoughts, from abroad16. Elizabeth Barrett Browning①Sonnets from the PortugueseⅡ. Chose the best answer 15’Ⅲ. Appreciation 40’1. to a sky larkAuthor: Percy Bysshe Shelley(1)This stanza is quoted from Shelly‟s To a Skylark.(2)Shelly is an English romantic poet with revolutionary thought. He published the works which expressed the rebellious spirits against English politics and conservative values. His works produced a kind of connection with the politics. Most of his works reflected the revolutionary and optimistic belief for the future. Shelley is listed into the younger generation of English romantic poets including Byron and Keats while William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey were listed into the older generation. The older generation was labeled by simple ideas and a reverence for nature, while the poets of the younger generation came to be known for their sensuous aestheticism, their exploration of intense passions, their political radicalism, and their tragically short lives.(3)In this poem, the poet expresses his yearning for freedom. When the poet heard the beautiful song of the skylark, he also was moved by the song and shar ed the same happy feeling with the bird. “Blithe spirit” symbolizes the skylark. Shelley considered the skylark as the “blithe spirit”. The song of the skylark was so beautiful that the poet believed that it was an immortal bird. The poet expressed his yearning for freedom and wanted to get rid of all human fetters.2. Pride and prejudiceAuthor: Jane AustenLiterary style: RealismStory about: It is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr.Bennet is an English g entleman with his overbearing wife. The Bennets‟ five daughters: the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately for the Bennets, if Mr.Bennets dies, their house will be inherited by a distan t cousion whom they have never met. The family‟s future, happiness and security is dependent on the daughter‟s making good marriages. The main plot is about the five daughters,especially the main character Elizabeth Bennet and Mr.Darcy as they deal with matters of upbringing, marriage, moral rightness and education in her aristocratic society.3. Break, Break, BreakAuthor: Alfred TennysonThe “hand” and the “voice” refer to the hand and voice of the poet‟s dead friend Arthur Hallam.The poem is one of Alf red Tennyson‟s lyrics. The lyric is composed at the poet‟s best friend‟s sudden death. Here, the poet contrasts his own feeling of sadness over the loss of a dear friend, combining the nature and his inner world with the joys of the children and the unfeeling waves of the sea that break on the shore and the insensate ships that enter a harbor. The language is musical and rather beautiful.4. My last duchessAuthor: Robert browning(1) comments:In this poem, Browning creates a character of chilling coldness and cruelty. The speaker is a Duke who is conducting negotiations for a bride, a new duchess. He is talking with the representatives of potential father in law. Almost casually, he shows them the picture of the …last‟ duchess whom he had killed becaus e he could not dominate her.●The poem provides a classic example of a dramatic monologue:●the speaker is clearly distinct from the poet;●an audience is suggested but never appears in the poem;●and the revelation of the Duke's character is the poem's primary aim.(2)Character analysis:. the duke: proud, possessive, cruel, despotic jealous, hypocritical, selfish, narrow-minded; a lover of the arts. the duchess: gentle, kind, beautiful, noble-minded, democratic;(3)Meter"My Last Duchess" is in iambic pentameter6. Rhyme: Heroic Couplets(4)Type of Work: Poem as Dramatic MonologueThe form of a dramatic monologue.During his discourse, the speaker makes comments that reveal information about his personality and psyche, knowingly or unknowingly. The main focus of a dramatic monologue is this personal information, not the topic which the speaker happens to be discussing.(5)ThemeThe theme is the arrogant, authoritarian mindset of a proud Renaissance duke. In this respect, the more important portrait in the poem is the one the duke "paints" of himself with his words.Ⅳ. Terms 15’1. The subtitle of Vanity FairThe subtitle may suggest:1) No heroic people in this novel;2) No predominantly unique character in the novel, i.e. lots of characters will appear as a gallery;3) No more prominent male character in the story-telling or in other words, this book will be a book of women instead of men.2.Critical realismThe critical realism of the 19th century flourished in the forties and in the beginning of the fifties the realists first and foremost set themselves the task of criticizing capitalist society from a democratic viewpoint and delineated the crying contradictions of bourgeois reality. But they did not find a way to eradicate social evils. Charles Dickensis the most important critical realists.3. The Victorian lady noveliststhe Bronte sisters and Gorge Eliot.Charlotte Bronte and Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte had a great fondness for literature. Charlotte‟s first novel The Professor was rejected by the publisher, but her second one Jane Eyre won immediate success when it appeared in 1847; the same year, Emily‟s single and unique work Wuthering Heights and Anne‟s Agnes Grey were also published. Soon they were followed by Anne‟s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. After the death of Emily and Anne, Charlotte continued writing and published her next important novel Shirley. Another novel Villette appeared in 1853, her most autobiographical work, largely based on her experience on her experience in Brussels.George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, was born into an estate agent‟s family in England. Her most popular novels, Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss(1860), and Silas Marner (1861), all drawn from her knowledge of English country life and notable for their realistic details, pungent characterization and high moral toneⅤ. Comments 20’1. The gothic elements in Wuthering HeightsThe Gothic novel is a literary genre, in which he prominent features are mystery, doom, decay, old buildings with ghosts in them, madness, hereditary curses and so on.The setting is prominent in Gothic Literature. In this way, a Wuthering heights follows the convention of Gothic Literature. Wuthering heights is describes as a morbid place. ”Wuthering”, being the operative word, is used to show the great winds that pass through this area. Also, the actual structure of the house was built, ”strong: the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones”. Thus, the architectural structure of the house has a gothic nature.Heathcliff, the main male protagonist in the novel, shows aspects of Byronic Hero, a figure that has become familiar to fans of Gothic. His past is shrouded in mystery; his parentage is never discovered, and the reader knows only that old Mr.Earnshaw found him wandering the streets of Liverpool as a young boy. His lack of surname stresses the mystery of his background, and even as he grows older he maintains this air of secrecy---for example, when he returns to Wuthering Heights he becomes a wealthy man after a long absence and no one is ever able to say where he made his money. When heathcliff grows older he is nothing more than a villain. For example, he take advantage of Isabella; He locks young Catherine up in Wuthering Heights forcing her to marry her cousin, while her father lies dying at Thrushcross Grange. His only motive is revenge.A mysterious and ghostly atmosphere does pervade the novel. Not only does Lockwood experience Catherine‟s ghostly presence via his dream, but he also make other references to spiritual creatures---at the end of the novel, the house is to be shut up “for the use of such ghosts as choose to inhabit it”, and despite the positive nature of the union between young Cathy and Hareton, the novel ends on a more somber note with a visit to graves of Catherine, Heathcli ff and Edgar:” I lingered round them…and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unique slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”2. The main achievements of Robert Browning(1)Robert B rowning‟s main contribution to the English literature is the introduction of a new form to poetrywriting-----Dramatic Monologue(2)Dramatic Monologue is a kind of poem in which a single fictional or historical character other than the poetspeaks to a silent “audience” of one or more person. Such poem reveal not the poet‟s own thoughts but the mind of the impersonal character, whose personality is revealed while the implied presence of an auditor distinguishes it from a soliloquy.。
英国文学期末考试题目
Part Ⅰ： Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A。
(10%）Section Acolumn A column B（1）Charles Dickens A. Oliver Twist（2)D。
H Lawrence B. The Forsyte Saga(3)Jonathan Swift C. The Jew of Malta（4）John Galsworthy D。
Sons and Lovers(5)Christopher Marlowe E. A Modest ProposalSection Bcolumn A column B（1）Doctor Faustus A。
Darcy（2）The Merchant of Venice B。
Joseph Surface（3) The School for Scandal C. Portia（4) Pride and Prejudice D。
Friday(5) Robinson Crusoe E。
MephistophilisPart Ⅱ： Complete each of the following statements with a proper words or a phrase. (10％）1. The Canterbury Tales first time to use“”2.It is Spenser’s idealism， his love of beauty， and his exquisite melody that made him known as “_____ _”。
3. is a playwright ＆poet who is considered above all writers in the past and in the present time 4。
英国文学期末考试试题
I. Identify each of the authors in Column A with his or her work in Column B by putting the appropriate letter in the brackets. (15%)Column A Column B( ) Alexander Pope a. The Pilgrim’s Progress( ) Geoffrey Chaucer b. The Merchant of Venice( ) Jonathan Swift c. Samson Agonistes( ) Horace Walpole d. Moll Flanders( )John Bunyan e. of Truth( ) Daniel Defoe f. The Castle of Otranto( ) Robert Burns g. The Rape of the Lock( ) John Milton h. Doctor Faustus( ) John Donne i. The Canterbury Tales( ) Thomas More j. Gulliver’s Travels( ) Edmund Spenser k. A Red, Red Rose( ) William Shakespeare l. Songs and Sonnets( )Francis Bacon m. Utopia( )Christopher Marlowe n. The Fairy QueenII. Fill in the Blanks in the following summary statement according to what you 1. Hamlet, , King Lear and Macbeth are generally regarded as Shakespeare's four great tragedies.2.___________ was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.3. Of Ba con’s literary works, the most important are the ___________.4. Milton gave us the only _________ since Beowulf, and Bunyan gave us the only great _________.5. Defoe's masterpiece ___________ is based upon the experiences of Alexander Selkirk,6. Alexander Pope was called the representative poet in the ________ Age.7. ________is regarded as the “father of English prose”, w ho was the first to write essays8. In the 17th century, John Donne, Andrew Marvell, and George Herbert were the typical.9. Name three types of sonnet in English literature. They, , .10. As a whole, the 18th century is an age of _________ rather than of _________, and inIII. Explain the following literary terms in your own words. (20%)A. 1. epic2. romance3.Blank verse4.Sonnet5.AllegoryB. C-E translation:1. 人文主义2. 喜剧3．感伤主义 4 史诗5．十四行诗IV. Identify the names of the works from which the characters come: (15%):1. Christian and Faithful from___________________2. Portia, Bassanio and Shylock from___________________3. Robinson and Friday from____________________4. The Nun and Wife of Bath from____________________5. Satan, Adam and Eve from____________________6. Ophelia and the Prince of Denmark from__________________7. Beowulf and Grendal, the monster from__________________IV. Identify the following quotations by indicating the FULL NAMES of the authors and the WORKS from which they are taken. (15%)1. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.Author Work2.When I consider how my light is spentEre half my days in this dark world and wideAuthor Work3. Then I saw in my dream, that when they were got out of the wilderness, they presently sawa town before them, and the name of the town is Vanity;Author Work4. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou are more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:Author Work5.Go and catch a falling star,Get with child a mandrake root,Tell me where all past years are,Or who cleft the Devil’s foot,Author Work6. As soon as April pierces to the rootThe drought of March, and bathes each bud and shootAuthor Work7. All is not lost: the unconquerable will,And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to be submit or yield:And what is else not to be overcome?Author WorkV.(20%)A)The following stanza is taken from Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Rewritethem in your own words and tell briefly the main idea conveyed in these lines.To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them.B) The following lines are taken from Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. Rewritethem in your own words and tell briefly the main idea conveyed in these lines.Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;Nor shall Death brag thou wand’rst in his shade,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.。
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英国文学练习题一、写出下列作品的作者1、The Canterbury Tales（Geoffrey Chaucer）2、Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)3、The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (Henry Fielding)4、The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)5、The Pilgrim’s Progress (John Bunyan)6、Ode to the West Wind (Percy Bysshe Shelley)7、Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)8、Bleak House (Charles Dickens)9、Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)10、The Picture of Dorian Gray ( Oscar Wilde)11、Moby Dick (Herman Melville)12、The Last of the Mohicans ( James Fenimore Cooper)13、The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)14、The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)15、The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)16、The Portrait of A Lady (Henry James)17、Martin Eden (Jack London)18、Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)19、The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)20、The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)二、作品辨析，写出节选部分的作品及作家名1．作品Annabel Lee作家Edgar Allan Poe2．作品Because I could not stop for Death---作家Emily Dickinson3．作品The Road Not Taken作家Robert Frost4．作品The Great Gatsby作家F. Scott Fitzgerald5. 作品I wander Lonely as a Cloud作者William Wordsworth6. 作品The Picture of Dorian Gray作家Oscar Wilde7. 作品Hamlet作家William Shakespeare8.作品Of Studies作家Francis Bacon1、was a child and she was a child,In this kingdom by the sea,But we love with a love that was more than love----I and my ANNABEL LEE----With a love that the winged seraphs of heavenCoveted her and me.作品作者2、cause I could not stop for Death-----He kindly stopped for me-----The carriage held out but just Ourselves----And Immortality.We slowly drove----He knew no hasteAnd I and put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For his Civility-----作品作者3、Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth作品作者4、There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.作品作者5、I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host of golden daffodilsBeside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.作品作者6、As they entered they saw Dorian Gray. He was seated at the piano, with his back to them, turning over thepages of a volume of Schumann’s “Forest Scenes.”“You must lend me these, Basil,” he cried. “I want to learn them.” They are perfectly charming.”作品作者7、To be, or not to be: that is the question,Whether’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep;No more; and by a sleep to say we endThe heartache, the thousand natural shocks作品作者8、Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.作品作者三、选择题1、Which is not the works of Herman Melville?（）A. Moby DickB. TypeeC. OmooD. The Pioneers2、Which is the central figure in the Leatherstocking Tales? （）A. Natty BumppoB. TomC. DavidD. Uncas3、The author of The Scarlet Letter also writes ______.（）A. ThanatopsisB. The RavenC. The House of the Seven GablesD. Omoo4、Pick up the one that is not of the same author. （）A. The Sound and the FuryB. As I Lay DyingC. Go Down, MosesD. The Sea Wolf5、The author of A Farewell to Arms also writes _____.（）A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. A Rose for EmilyC. ChicagoD. Uncle Tom’s Cabin6. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fa ir in a ______ tone.A. delightfulB. satiricalC. sentimentalD. solemn7. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form -the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of the common English people.A. romanticB. idealisticC. propheticD. realistic8. As a literary figure, John Rivers appears in _______.A. Fielding’s Tom JonesB. Dickens’s Oliver TwistC. Bronte’s Jane EyreD. Austen’s Pride and Prejudice9. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______ century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20th10. In "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," Thomas Gray compares the common folk with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the ______.A. chanceB. loveC. moneyD. material sources11. The poetic view of ______ can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is, "all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. John KeatsC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe Shelly12. Pip, Estella, Havisham, Magwitch, and Joe Gargery are most likely names of characters in _______.A. Oliver TwistB. David CopperfieldC. Bleak HouseD. Great Expectations13. In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.A. iambB. anapestC. trocheeD. dactyl14. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers?A. Blindness.B. Partiality.C. Snobbishness.D. Prejudice.15. In Byron’s poem "Song for the Luddites," the word "Luddite" refers to the _______.A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemploymentB. rising bourgeoisie who fought against the aristocratic classC. descendents of the ancient king, King LudD. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord class16. "Five miles meandering with a mazy motion\ Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean." The above lines are taken from ______.A. Wordsworth’s "The Solitary Reaper"B. Blake’s "The Chimney Sweeper"C. Coleridge’s "Kubla Khan"D. Keats’s "Ode on an Grecian Urn"17. In his poem, "Ode to the West Wind," Shelley intends to present his wind as a central _______ around which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth.A. conceptB. symbolC. simileD. metonymy18. In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a(n) ______ tone with sarcastic humor.A. solemnB. harshC. arrogantD. teasing19. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel ______.A. Great ExpectationsB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Bleak HouseD. Oliver Twist20. A typical feature of the English ______ literature is that writers became social and moral critics, exposing all kinds of social evils.A. RenaissanceB. RomanticC. VictorianD. Medieval21. The statement that those extraordinary people, seeking something beyond the provincial life, have finally to subject themselves to the limitations of the reality either due to their own weakness or the social environment may well sum up one of the major themes of ______.A. Fielding’s Tom JonesB. Defoe’s Robinson CrusoeC. Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceD. Eliot’s Middlemarch22. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of ______, who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. justiceB. propertyC. moralityD. humor23. Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is NOT true?A. It explores man’s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires.B. It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.C. It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.D. It presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the characters.24. "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind" is a famous quote from _______’s writings.A. Walt WhitmanB. Henry David ThoreauC. Herman MelvilleD. Ralph Waldo Emerson25. Which of Hemingway’s novels describ es the drifting life of American exiles in Europe?A. The Sun Also Rises.B. A Farewell to Arms.C. For Whom the Bell Tolls.D. The Old Man and the Sea.四、名词解释1、heroic couplet2、Spenserian stanza3、sonnet4、ode五、问答题1、What are the main characteristics of naturalistic literature in American literature?2、Give a brief comment on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.3、What are the characteristic features of the romantic movement in British literature?4、Give a brief introduction of Charles Dickens’ artistic technique.PART TWOII. Reading Comprehension1. "Busy old fool, unruly sun,Why dost thou thus,Through windows and through curtains call on us?"Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What does the word "fool" refer to?C. What idea does the quotation express?2. "Most mighty Emperor of Lilliput, delight and terror of the universe, whose dominions extend five thousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference) to the extremities of the globe; Monarch of all Monarchs; taller than the sons of men; whose feet press down to the center, and whose head strikes against the sun; at whose nod the princes of the earth shake their knees; pleasant as spring, comfortable as summer, fruitful as autumn, dreadful as winter."Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What is the tone of the author?C. What does the author parody here?3. "She thanked men -good! but thanked Somehow -I know not how -as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody’s gift."Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What kind of tone does the speaker use here?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?4. "This is my letter to the World . That never wrote to Me - The simple News that Nature told - With tender Majesty"Questions:A. Identify the poetB. What does the word "World" refer to?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?III. Questions and Answers5. "For herein Fortune shows herself more kind .Than in her custom; it is still her use .To let the wretched man outlive his wealth, To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow ,An age of poverty; from which ling’ring penance .Of such misery doth she cut me off." .The above lines are taken from a speech made by Antonio, a major character in Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice. Why does Antonio say that Fortune is more kind to him than in her custom?6. "The first shot I made among these creatures, I killed a she-goat which had a little kid by her which she gave suck to, which grieved me heartily; but when the old one fell, the kid stood stock still by her till I came and took her up, and not only so, but when I carried the old one with me upon my shoulders, the kid followed me quite to my enclosure, upon which I laid down the dam, and took the kid in my arms, and carried it over my pale, in hopes to have it bred up tame, but it would not eat, so I was forced to kill it and eat it myself; these two supplied me with flesh a great while, for I ate sparingly; and saved my provisions (my bread especially) as much as possibly I could." This is a very significant sentence with great details that reveals the character of Robinson Crusoe. What aspects of Crusoe’s char acter are revealed then?7. Situational irony occurs when what happens turns out to be quite different from what is expected; sometimes what happen is just the opposite of what is expected. In "Indian Camp," Hemingway makes a successful use of this kind of irony. Please illustrate it with some examples.8. "The only thing I don’t like, she proceeded, is the society." ("Daisy Miller" by Henry James) What kind of society does Daisy not like? Why?IV Topic Discussion9. List three distinctive features of English Renaissance movement in literature and then illustrate each with proofs from either the concerned chapter in your textbook or your own reading.10. "My faith is gone!" cried he (Goodman Brown), after one stupefied moment. "There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! for to thee is this world given." Comment on this passage from Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown".练习题答案三、选择题1 、D 2、A 3、C 4、D 5、A 6、B 7、D 8、C 9、B 10、A11、C 12、B 13、A 14、C 15、A 16、C 17、B 18、D 19、B 20、C21、D 22、B 23、B 24、D 25、B四、名词解释1.heroic couplet ( a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter lines)2.Spenserian stanza ( the Spenserian stanza is a group of eight lines of iambic pentameter followed by asix-stress iambic line, with a rhyme scheme ababbcbcc)3.sonnet (a sonnet is a short song in the original meaning of the word. Later it became a poem of 14 lines,usually in iambic pentameter with various rhyming schemes.)4.ode (an ode is a rhymed lyric expressing noble feelings, often addressed to a person or celebrating anevent.)五、问答题1．The characteristics of naturalistic literature are that first it seems that the naturalistic writers depicted the social reality objectively. They turned literary creation into a mechanical record of society, and never made comments on the characters and their behaviors.Secondly, the viewpoint from which naturalistic writers understood problems was “non-moral,” and was not controlled by the contemporary moral and ethical sense.Thirdly, the creative material of a naturalistic writer was infinite. He may make no secret of describing sexual love and man’s selfish desire. He not only discarded the traditional morals, but used the language any nasty circumstances needed without scruple.2—4答案见教材PART TWOII. Reading Comprehension1、A It i s taken from Jone Donne’s "The Sun Rising"B. "fool" refers to the sun.C. Donne’s great prose works are his sermons, the quotation expresses a strong sense of rebelliousspirit, the author tried to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry.2、A. The passage comes from "Gulliver’s Travels" written by Jonanthan Swift.B. The author used the Ironic tone of the passage.C. Romance (prose)/ Adventurous prose is the parody here.3、A. The poem is "My Last Duchess", by Robert Browning.B. The speaker is Duke, he is a villain. The speaker uses the tone of arrogant (傲慢的) here.C. The quoted passage reveals the duke is a self-conceited, cruel and tyrannical man.4、A. The poet is Emily Dickinson.B. "World" refers to the outside world.C. The poem expresses Dickinson’s anxiety about her communication with the outside world.III. Questions and Answers5、This sentence means she, Lady Fortune, is more kind to him because she is taking away both his wealth and life. The spea ker is Antonio, it’s said that his ship have all been lost, and he is penniless, and will have to pay the pound of flesh. (Because Shylock has made a strange bond that requires Antonio to pay him a pound of flesh if he can’t repay him, the money that he bo rrowed for his friend in due time.)6、1) In most of his works, Defoe gave his praise to the hard-working, sturdy middle class and showed his sympathy for the lower-class people. Robinson Crusoe was such a character.2) Robison goes out to sea, gets shipwrecked and marooned/landed on a lonely island, struggles to live for 24 years there and finally is saved by a ship and returns to England. During the period Robinson leads a harsh and lonely life and survives by growing corps, taming animals, etc. growing from a nave young man into a hardened man.3) With a great capacity for work, inexhaustible energy (精力充沛), courage and persistence in overcoming difficulties（在克服困难方面持之以恒）, in struggling against nature, Crusoe becomes the prototype / representative of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist. （他是大英帝国缔造者的完美典范，同时也是殖民者的先驱）．4) In the novel, Defoe glorified human labor and the puritan fortitude which the middle class praised highly, so he can be regarded as a spokesman of the bourgeois.7、(本题属于超纲题，书上没有现成的答案，可忽略不计)8、She doesn’t like the old world ---European life. Because she is the American Girl in Europe, a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World. However, innocence, the keynote of her character, turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.IV Topic Discussion9、1) The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and assimilation. Petrarch was regarded as the fountainhead of literature by the English writers. Wyatt introduced the Petrachan sonnet into England and Surrey brought in blank verse.2) The Elizabethan drama, in its totality, is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. The Greek and Roman Drams had a great influence on the Elizabeth Drama, especially on Shakespeare’s tragedies. E.g. Hamlet, the first of the great tragedies, is regarded as Shakespeare’s most popular play on the stage.3) Francis Bacon, the first important English essayist, is best known for his essays which greatly influenced the development of his literary form. He was the founder of modern science in England.10、1) Allegorically, Young Goodman Brown becomes an Everyman called Brown, who will be aged in one night by an evil adventure, and the evilness makes everyone a fallen idol in the world.2) "My Faith is gone" is a pun, it means my wife has disappeared or my faith to God has gone. In the angle of Symbol: "Brown look up to the Heaven and resist the wicked one" symbols Brown has the force to resist the evilness of the Nature and he still has the faith to God; but "he is alone in the forest" symbols the society is the place full of sins and evilness, Brown’s strength is not enough at all; then after returning, he lives a dismal and gloomy life symbols he has been crushed down by the social evilness and lost his belief in goodness and piety.。
英国文学期末考试练习
Romanticism in England ：ExercisesI.Choose one or more from a, b, c, d, e, or f to complete each statement.1.The Romantic Age began with the publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” which was written by _____.a. William Wordsworthb. Samuel Johnsonc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. Wordsworth and Coleridge2.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer _____.a. Jane Austenb. Walter Scottc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. William Wordsworth3. The publication of “ _____ ” marked the beginning of Romantic Age.a. Don Juanb. The Rime of the Ancient Marinerc. The Lyrical Balladsd. Queen Mab4. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of _____.a. Wordsworthb. Coleridgec. Byrond. Shelleye. Keats5. The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are_____.a. Byron and Shelleyb. Wordsworth and Coleridgec. Scott and Austend. Lamb and Hazlitt6. Which of the following works are elegies?a. Adonaisb. Lycidasc. Lamiad. Isabellae. Queen Mab7. The prose writing of the Romantic Period was represented by _____.a. Lambb. Hazlittc. De Quinceyd. Humee. Keats8. Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group?a. Byronb. Wordsworthc. Shelleyd. Keatse. Milton9. Which poets belong to the lakers?a. Wordsworthb. Coleridgec. Keatsd. Southeye. Scott10. Which of the following were written by Wordsworth only?a. To the Cuckoob. The Lyrical Balladsc. Lucy Poemsd. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloude. The Solitary Reaper11. Choose the poems written by Wordsworth with the theme on Nature and country life.a. To the Cuckoob. We Are Sevenc. Lucy Poemsd. The Solitary Reapere. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud12. The first poem in “The Lyrical Ballads” is Coleridge’s masterpiece “ _____ ”.a. Kubla Khanb. The Preludec. The Rime of Ancient Marinerd. Tintern Abbey13. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled “ _____ ”.a. Biographia Literariab. The Preludec. Lucy Poemsd. The Lyrical Ballads14. Choose Byron’s two long poems.a. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimageb. Don Juanc. Tom Jonesd. The Pilgrim’s Progresse. The Isle of Greece15. Which short lyrics were written by Byron?a. She Walks in Beautyb. When We Two Partedc. Hebrew Melodiesd. One Word is Too Often Profanede. A Red, Red Rose16. Which is Shelley’s masterpiece?a. Queen Mabb. Prometheus Unboundc. Prometheus Boundd. The Revolt of Islam17. The following statements are about “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”. Which statement is true?a. Byron used his own experiences as the material of the long poem.b. The first canto deals with the hero’s journey in Portugual andSpain.c. The second canto describes Albania and Greece.d. In the third canto appeared his description of Waterloo.e. The fourth canto describes Italy.18. Choose the works written by Coleridge himself.a. The Rime of Ancient Marinerb. Kubla Khanc. Biographia Literariad. The Fall of the Bastillee. The Lyrical Ballads19. Choose the works written by Byron.a. Ode to the Framers of the Frame-billb. Oriental Talesc. Manfredd. Caine. Prometheus Unbound20. Choose the poetic dramas written by Byron.a. Hours of Idlenessb. Manfredc. Caind. Oriental Talese. Prometheus Unbound21. Which were Shelley’s poetic dramas?a. Prometheus Unboundb. The Cencic. The Masque of Anarchyd. Queen Mabe. Cain22. Which were Shelley’s lyrics on nature?a. Ode to the West Windb. To a Skylarkc. The Cloudd. Ode to the Nightingalee. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud23. Shelley’s fine love lyrics include such well-known poems as _____.a. Love’s Philosophyb. One Word is Too Often Profanedc. When We Two Partedd. A Red, Red Rosee. Song to Celia24. Which were Shelley’s political lyrics?a. A Defence of Poetryb. To a Skylarkc. Song to the Men of Englandd. England in 1819e. The Masque of Anarchy25. Which is Shelley’s work of literary criticism?a. An Essay on Criticismb. A Defence of poetryc. On the Necessity of Atheismd. of Studies26. Choose the historical novels written by Scott.a. Rob Royb. Ivanboec. Marmiond. The Lady of the Lakee. Waverly27. Choose the four immortal odes written by Keats.a. Ode to the West Windb. Ode to a Nightingalec. Ode to Autumnd. Ode on Melancholye. Ode on a Grecian Urn28. Which sonnets were written by Keats?a. London, 1802b. When I Have Fearsc. Bright Stard. On the Grasshopper and Cricket29. Choose the long poems by Keats.a. Endymionb. Lamiac. Isabellad. The Eve of St. Agnese. Ode to a Nightingale30. Which of the following deal with the theme of love and the cost of true lovers in the society of tyranny and oppression?a. Romeo and Julietb. Lamiac. Isabellad. The Eve of St. Agnese. Adonais31. Which poem tells a story similar to Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”?a. Isabellab. The Eve of St. Agnesc. Lamiad. All for Love32. Which works are based on ancient Greek mythology?a. Prometheus Boundb. Prometheus Unboundc. Endymiond. Paradise Loste. The Rime of Ancient Mariner33. Which works have employed the subjects from the Bible?a. Paradise Lostb. Paradise Regainedc. Samson Agonistesd. Caine. Prometheus Unbound34. Choose the works written by Austen.a. Pride and Prejudiceb. Sense and Sensibilityc. Northanger Abbeyd. Emmae. Mansfield Parkf. PersuasionII. Fill in the blanks.1. The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work “_____”.2. The Romantic Age came to an end in 1832 when the last Romantic writer _____ died.3. The publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” marked the break with classicism and the beginning of the _____.4. Women as _____ appeared in the romantic age. It was during this period that women took, for the first time, an important place in English literature.5. The greatest historical novelist _____ was produced in the Romantic Age.6. The English Romantic period produced two major novelists: _____ and _____.7. _____ was regarded as the best essayist during the Romantic Age.8. Among Wordsworth’s longer poems, the best-known one is “_____”.9. _____ marked the transition from romanticism to the period of realism which followed it.10. In 1817, _____ finished his literary criticism, “Biographia Literaria”.11. The first poem in the collection “The Lyrical Ballads” is _____’s masterpiece “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”.12. On the death of Robert Southey in 1843, _____ was made poet laureate.13. In 1805, Wordsworth completed “_____”, containing all together 14 books.14. In 1807 Byron published his lyric poems in a small Volume called “Hours of Idleness”. The Volume was sharply attacked in the influential Edinburgh Review. Byron responded with his first important poem, a biting satire called “_____”.15. Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems, one is “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”, the other is _____.16. In 1824, the Revolutionary Romantic poet _____ went to Greece to help that country in its struggle for liberty against Turks. Not long, he died of fever there.17. The poem “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” contains _____ cantos. It is written in Spenserian stanza.18. Byron wrote _____ in Italy. It contains sixteen cantos.19. Byron’s masterpiece is _____.20. _____ is Byron’s philosophical poetic drama.21. _____ is Byron’s poetic drama with the material taken from Biblical story.22. Byron’s first volume of poems is “_____”.23. _____ was expelled after only six months at Oxford, because he had written the pamphlet “The Necessity of Atheism”.24. “_____”, a lyrical drama, is Shelley’s masterpiece. The story was taken from Greek mythology.25. After the death of Shelley’s first wife, he was compelled to leave England in 1818, and spent all the rest of his life in _____.26. “_____” is Shelley’s first long poem of importance. It was written in the form of a fairy tale dream.27. “The Masque of Anarchy” is one of Shelley’s political lyrics. It deals with the infamous _____ which happened on August 16, 1819.28. “_____” is Shelley’s well-known political lyric which calls upon the working class to fight against their rulers and exploiters.29. Shelley wrote an elegy _____ lamenting the early death of his fellow-poet _____.30. “Ode to a Nightingale” was written by _____.31. Jane Austen’s masterpiece is “_____”.32. “Ivanhoe” is the masterpiece of the historical novelist _____.III. Error correction.1.The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work “Kubla Khan”.2.The Romantic Age came to an end in 1832 when the last romantic writer Jane Austen died.3.The publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” marked the break with classicism and the beginning of the age of Reason.4.The Romantic Age is emphatically an age of novel. Many young enthusiastic writers turned to poetry.5.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the prose of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.6.Women as poets appeared in the Romantic Age, such as Jane Austen.7.Romantic novel of the romantic age was represented by Lamb, Hazlitt, De Quincey and Hume.8. “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” is written by Coleridge.9. The first poem in “The Lyrical Ballads” is Wordsworth’s masterpiece “The Rime of Ancient Mariner”.10. The brillant literary criticism “Biographia Literaria” is written by Samuel Johnson.11. In 1805, Southey completed a long autobiographical poem entitled “The Prelude”.12. Byron’s masterpiece is “Tom Jones”.13. “Manfred” and “Cain” were Byron’s two poems.14. “The Isle of Greece” is taken from the 3rd canto of “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”.15. “Queen Mab” is the first long poem written by Keats.16. Shelley’s masterpiece is “Prometheus Bound”.17. “Prometheus Unbound” is a novel.18. “Song to the Men of England” is Byron’s political lyric.19. “Ode to a Nightingale” is Shelley’s best poem.20. Jane Austen is the first historical novelist in English literature.21. “The Pride and Prejudice” is the masterpiece of Charles Dickens.22. Chronologically, Jane Austen’s career belongs to the Renaissance period. She was a contemporary of Wordsworth and Coleridge.23. Jane Austen is one of the naturalist novelists. She drew vivid and realistic pictures of everyday life of the country society in her novels.24. Walter Scott is the greatest historical novelist whose masterpiece is “Richard I”.25. Charles Lamb is one of the great novelists of the Romantic Age. “Tales from Shakespeare” was written by him and his sister Mary Lamb.IV. Find the relevant match from column B for each item in column A.A1.( ) George Gordon Byron2.( ) Percy Bysshe Shelley3.( ) John Keats1.( ) Charles Lamb2.( ) William Hazlitt3.( ) Walter Scott4.( ) Jane Austen5.( ) Samuel Taylor Coleridge6.( ) Robert Southey7.( ) William WordsworthBa.Endymionb.Tales From Shakespearec.The Characters of Shakespeare’s Playsd.Don Juane.Prometheus Unboundf.Ivanhoeg.Kubla Khanh.Pride and Prejudicei.The Preludej.Life of NelsonV. Answer the following questions.1.What is Romanticism?2.What are the main features of the works of the romanticists?3.Make a contrast between the two generations of Romantic poets during the Romantic Age.4.What are Austen’s writing features?5.Make a comment on Wordsworth.6.Make a comment on Byron.7.Make a comment on Keats.Part VIII The Victorian Age ExerciseIn the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend ______appeared. And it flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.a. romanticismb. naturalismc. realism d,critical realism2. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of______. The critical realists, most of whom were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticized the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.a. novelb. dramac. poetryd. Sonnet3. The greatest English critical realist novelist was _______,who criticized the bourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common people.a. William Makepeace Thackerayb. Charles Dickensc. Charlotte Bronted. Emily Dickinson4,______was a critical realist and also a severe exposer of contemporary society . His novels, such as “Vanity Fair”, are mainly a satirical portray of the upper strata of society.a. George Eliotb. Elizabeth Caskellc. William Makepeace Thackerayd. John Bunyan5. Which of the following writers belong to critical realists?a. Charles Dickensb. William Makepeace Thackerayc. Elizabeth Caskelld. Thomas Hardy6. Which of the following writers belong to English critical realists?a. George Eliotb. Emily Brontec. Thomas Hardyd. Charles Dickens7. Which of the following writers don’t belong to English critical realists?a. Oliver Goldsmithb. Charles Dickensc. William Makepeace Thackerayd. Jonathan Swifte. Daniel Defoe8. In the 19th century, the social contradictions were also reflected in the prose writing. The important prosewriters who criticized the evils of the capitalist society were ______.a. Thomas Carlyleb. John Ruskinc. Matthew Arnoldd. Charles Lambe. John Dryden9.In the Victorian age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the age were ______.a. Tennysonb. Robert Browningc. Mrs. Browningd. Robert Burnse. William Blake10. The _____ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers were able to appear as an independent political force and were already realizing the face that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.a. Enlightenmentb. Renaissancec. Chartistd. Romanticist11. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature, the struggle of the ______for its rights.a. soldiersb. peasantsc. bourgeoisied. proletariat12. The heroic and revolutionary Chartist poetry played an important role in the development of English proletarian literature in connection with the working class movement. The greatest of Chartist poets was______.a. Ernest Jonesb. John Miltonc. Thomas Hardyd. John Keats13. The main poets of the Chartist poetry were______.a. Ernest Jonesb. Thomas Hoodc. Thomas Cooperd. John Miltone. Robert Browning14. In 1864, the First International was formed in London. Under the leadership of_____, the working class movement developed quickly.a. Marx and Englesb. Byron and Shelleyc. Milton and Cromwell d, Tennyson and Browning15.______ was the first English poet and writer who voiced the revolutionary ideal of Socialism in his poetry and prose.a. William Makepeace Thackerayb. William Shakepearec. William Wordsworthd. William Morris16. Dickens’ first literary career is referred to those years from 1836 to 1841. It is marked for youthful optimism. The main novels written in this period by Dickens are ______.a. The Pickwick Papersb. Oliver Twistc. Nicholas Nicklebyd. Hard Times17. The story of “______” deals with the adventures of a retired old merchant.a. A tale of Two Citiesb. David Copperfieldc. Pickwick Papersd. Oliver Twist18. The novel “______”exposes the terrible conditions of English private schools.a. Nicholas Nicklebyb. Oliver Twistc. Hard Timesd. Great Expectations19. The story of “______”deals with the sufferings and hardships of an man named Trent, and his grand-daughter, Nell.a. Pickwick Papersb. The Old Curiosity Shopc. Great Expectationsd. Hard Times20.The second period of Dickens’s literary career, which began from 1842.and ended in 1849,was a period of excitement and irritation. Dickens’s naïve optimism toward the capitalist society was profoundly shaken. The main novels produced in this period are______.a. “Martin Chuzzlewit”b. “Dombey and Son”c. “David Copperfield”d. “Pickwick Papers”e. “Oliver Twist”21.In the third period of Dickens’s literary career, his works showed the intensifying pessimism. His main novels produced in this period are ______.a. “Hard Times”b. “Great Expectations”c. “A Tale of Two Cities”d. “Bleak House”e. “David Copperfield”22. Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and bourgeois utilitarianism?a. “Oliver Twist”b. “Hard Times”c. “Great Expectations”d. “A Tale of Two Cities”23. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality?a. “Oliver Twist”b. “David Copperfield”c. “Great Expectations”d. “Dombey and Son”24. In the novel “______” , Dickens describes the Chartist Movement. He shows that the Chartist Movement is the just struggle of the workers for better conditions, and expresses his sympathy for the workers.a. Great Expectationsb. A Tale of Two Citiesc. Hard Timesd. Oliver Twist25. Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel”______”.a. A Tale of Two Citiesb. Great Expectationsc. Little Dorritd. Bleak House26. In the novel “_____”, the revolutionaries are represented by Defarge (Dr. Manette’s servant) and Madame Defarge.a. Dombey and Sonb. A Tale of Two Citiesc. Little Dorritd. Bleak House27. In the novel “_____”, Dr. Manette is a typical bourgeois intellectual. He sympathizes with the poor and defends the oppressed people, but feels terrified before the fire of revolution.a. David Copperfieldb. Wuthering Heightsc. The Forsyte Sagad. A Tale of Two cities28. “______” is often regarded as the semiautobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author’s early life.a. Tom Jonesb. David Copperfieldc. Oliver Twistd. Great Expectations29. In the novel “_____”, Dickens gives a truthful presentation of the sufferance of the poor, and makes a complete exposure of the terrible conditions in the English workhouse of the time and the brutality and corruption of the oppressors under the mask f philanthropy.a. David Copperfieldb. Oliver Twistc. Great Expectationsd. Hard Times30.In 1864,Dickens published his last complete novel “_____”.a. The Old Curiosity Shopb. The Pickwick Paperc. Our Mutual Friendd. Little Dorrit31. Which is Thackeray’s masterpiece?a. “The Virginians”b. “Vanity Fair”c. “The Books of Snobs”d. “The Newcomes”32. The sub-title of “Vanity Fair” is “_____”.a. A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayedb. The Spirit and the Fleshc. A Novel Without a Herod. Sense and Sensibility33. The title of the novel “Vanity Fair” was taken from Bunyan’s masterpiece “_____” .a. The Pilgrim’s Progressb. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimagec. Gulliver’s Travelsd. The Canterbury Tales34. Which characters are in the novel “Vanity Fair”?a. Amelia Sedleyb. Rebecca Sharpc. George Osborned. Joseph Sedley35. The Bronte sisters are ______. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.a. Charlotte Bronteb. Emily Brontec. Anne Bronted. Jane Eyree. Catherine36. Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: “______”.a. Professorb. Jane Eyrec. Shirleyd. Villettee. Agnes Grey37. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled “_____”.a. Wuthering Heightsb. Jane Eyrec. Emmad. Agnes Grey38. Choose the names appearing in the novel Jane Eyre.a. Jane Eyreb. Mr. Rochestec. rMary Bartond. Silas Marner39. Which characters appear in the novel “Wuthering Heights”?a. Heathcliffb. Catherinec. Hindleyd. Cathye. Hareton40. In the novel “Jane Eyre”, Charlotte______.a. Pours a great deal of her own experienceb. Criticizes the bourgeois system of educationc. Shows that true love is the foundation of marriaged. Shows that women should have equal rights with men41. The author of “Mary Barton” is Mrs.Gaskell, whose full name is _______.a. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskellb. Elizabeth Barrett Browningc. Harriet Beecher Stowed. Samuel Langhorne Clemens42. Mrs.Gaskell was the friend of Charlotte Bronte. Her “______” is one of the best biographies in English Literature.a. Life of Charlotte Bronteb. Life of Johnsonc. Tales of Skakespeared. Adonais43. Mrs. Gaskell wrote the novel “Mary Barton”______.a. with the idea of making it the social instrument of social reformb. to show her Sympathy toward the working classc. to reflect the class conflict of her timed. with realistic description of the social and political life of that periodwhich was criticized by the bourgeois critics as a book hostile to the employers44. Which of the novels belongs to critical realism?a. “Mary Barton”b. “North and South”c. “Cranford”d. “Life of Charlotte Bronte”45. The novel “Mary Barton”______.a. is about the class struggle between the workers and the capitalistsb. is one of the important social novels of that periodc. reflects something about Chartist Movementd. contains such characters as John Barton, Mary, Wilson and Carson46. George Eliot was the pseudonym of ______.a. Mark Twinb. Mary Ann Evansc. Ellis Bell d,Samuel Langhorne Clemen47. George Eliot produced three remarkable novels which made her famous. They are “______”.a. Adam Bedeb. The Mill on the Flossc. Silas Marnerd. Mary Bartone. Pamela48. Hardy is one of the representatives of English ______ at the turn of the 19th century.a. critical realism.b. preromanticismc. neo-classicismd. new romanticism49. Which statement is true?a. Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.b. Hardy is also a poet.c. Hardy is a critical realist.d. Fatalism is strongly reflected in Hardy’ s novels.50. According to Hardy’ s own classification, his novels divide themselves into three groups. They are_______.a. Novels of character and Environmentb. Romances and Fantasiesc. Novels of Ingenuityd. Working class literature51. Novels of character and Environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties of England for their setting. They include: “_______”.a. Under the Greenwood Treeb. The Return of the Nativec. The Mayor of Casterbridged. Tess of the D’Urbervillese. Jude the Obscure52. The following statements are about Hardy’s novels, which is ture?a. His Wessex novels are of great significance.b. The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.c. There is pessimism in his novelsd. .Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.e. There are elements of naturalism in his works.53. Hardy was not only a novelist, but also a poet. Which are Hardy’ s poetic works?a. “Wessex Poems and Other Verses”b. “Poems of the Past and the Present”c. “The Dynasts”d. “The Queen of Cornwall” e,“Under the Greenwood Tree”54. George Meredith published a number a number of poems and novels. His main novels are “_______”.a. The Ordeal of Richarh Feverelb. Beauchamp’s Careerc. The Egoistd. Mary Bartone. Diana of the Crossways55. George Meredith’ s main poems are “______”.a. Modern Loveb. Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earthc. The Idea of Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spiritd. The Egoist56. In the novel “______” ,Samuel Butler satirizes the religion, school education and the theory of positivism.a. News and Nowhereb. Utopiac. Gulliver’s Travelsd. Erewhon57. The novel “______” describes a country where disease is considered to be a kind of crime while theft and other vices are considered to be diseases.a. Erewhonb. Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Laterc. The way of All Fleshd. News From Nowhere58. ______ is the representative of New Romanticism in novel writing at the end of the 19th century.a. Robert Louis Stevensonb. Lawrence Sternec. Robert Browning d,Percy Bysshe Shelley59. Stevenson’s writings include novels, short stories, essays and poems. His main novels are “______”.a. Treasure Islandb. The Strange Case of Dr. Jeykell and Mr. Hydec. Kidnappedd. A Child’s Garden of Verses60. “The Way of All Flesh” was written by ______.a. Samuel Johnsonb. Samuel Butlerc. William Butler Yeatsd. Ben Jonsn61. Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticizes the upper class of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are “ ______”.a. Lady Windermere’s Fanb. A Woman of No Importancec. An Ideal Husbandd. The Importance of Being EarnesteThe Picture of Dorian Gray62. Which of the following was written by Wilde?a. “Lady Windermere’s Fan”b. “The Merry Wives of Windsor”c. “The Portrait of a Lady”d. “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”e. “The Picture of Dorian Gray”63. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ______.a. aestheticismb. decadencec. critical realismd. preromanticism64. Tennyson’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are:a. “The Princess”b. “Maud”c. “In Memoriam”d. “Idylls of the King”e. “Crossing the Bar”65. Which short poem was written by Tennyson?a. “Break, Break, Break”b. “Crossing the Bar”c. “The Eagle”d. “Sweet and Low”e. “Tears, Idle Tears”66. Which of the following concerns the story of King Arther.a. “Idylls of the King”b. “Morte d’Arthur”c. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”d. “The History of the Kings of Britain”e. “Brut”67. Which lament was written by Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam?a. “In Memoriam”b. “Lycidas”c. “Adodais”d. “Elegy written in a Country”68. Which of the following were written by Robert Browning?a. “The Ring and the Book’b. “My Last Duchess”c. “Men and Women”d. “Sonnets from the Portuguese”e. “Pauline”69. Which is Robert Browning’s short poem?a. “Home Thought, from Abroad”b. “Home Thought, from Sea”c. “Meeting at Night”d. “Cry of the Children”e. “Pauline”70.Which of the following belong to the working class literature in the 19th century?a. “The Song of the Lower Classes’ sb. “The Song of the Wage-Slave”c. “The poor Man’s Guardian”d. “A Dream of John Ball”e. “News From Nowhere”71. “My Last Duchess” is ______.a. a dramatic monologueb. a short lyricc. a noveld. an essay72. Ernest Jones was the greatest Chartist poet. His main works are:a. “The Song of the Lower Classes’ s”b. “The Song of the Wage-Slave”c. “The New World”d. “A Dream of John Ball”73. Which of the following is Chartist poet?a. Ernest Jonesb. Thomas Cooperc. William James Lintond. Mary Barton74. Which of the following is written by Morris?a. “A Dream of John Ball”b. “News From Nowhere”c. “Chants for Socialism”d. “Pilgrims of Hope”e. “The Earthly Paradise”Fill in each blank.1. English ______of the 19th century flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.2. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend _____appeared after the romantic poetry.3.ritical realism found its fine expression in the form of novel. Most of the critical realists were______4. The greatest English realist of the 19th century was ______, who pictures bourgeois civilization, and shows the misery and sufferings of the common people.5. ______ was also a critical realist. His novels are mainly a satirical portrayal of society.6.Critical realism reveals the corrupting influence of the rule of cash upon human nature. Here lies the essentially democratic and humanistic character of______.7. The Victorian Age in English Literature was largely an age of prose, especially of the ______.8.The most important poet of the Victorian Age was ______. Next to him were Robert Browning and his wife.9. The ______Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century.10.The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature: the struggle of the ______for its rights.11.The Chartist poetry played an important role in the development of English proletariat literature, the greatest Chartist poet was______.12.In 1864, the ______ International was formed in London, under the leadership of Marx and Engels.13.______ was the first writer who voiced the ideal of Socialism in his poetry and prose in the 19th century.14. ______ was the greatest representative of English critical realism.15.The novel“______” deals with the adventures of Mr. Pickwick, a retired old merchant, who is the founder and chairman of the Pickwick Club.16.The novel “Oliver Twist” tells the story of a poor child named ______who is born in a workhouse and brought up under miserable conditions.17.The novel “______” touches upon a burning question of Dickens’s time: the education of children in the private school.18. Of all of Dickens’s novels, “______” is regarded as his masterpiece.19. Mr. Peggotty and Steerforth are two characters in Dickens’s novel “______”’20.In the novel “David Copperfield”, the hero has undergone a series of love adventures. He falls in love with, and then marries a pretty, empty-headed girl called Dora. After his wife’s death, David marries ______, the daughter of his aunt’s lawyer.21.The novel “Hard Times” makes fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and the bourgeois philosophy.22. In the novel “A Tale of Two Cities”, the two cities are ______ in the time of revolution.23. Madame Defarge is relentless revolutionary in the novel “______”.24.In 1847,Thackeray published his masterpiece “______”, which marks the peak of his literary career.25.The sub-title of “Vanity Fair” is ______.The writer’s intention was not to portray individuals, but the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.26.The title of the novel “Vanity Fair” is suggestive of that Vanity Fair in Bunyan’ s “______”, where all sorts of vanity vanities are on sale.27.The main plot of “Vanity Fair” centers on the story of two women: Amelia Sedley and ______. Their characters are in sharp contrast.28. The Bronte sisters are Charlotte Bronte,______ and Anne Bronte.29. Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece is “______”.30. Emily Bronte’s masterpiece is “______”.31. Heathcliff is a character in the novel of _______.32. Mr. Rochester is a character in the novel of _______.33. The novel “______” shows that pure and true love in a class society is impossible of attainment. Its author is Emily Bronte.34. The author of “Mary Barton” is ______.35. Mrs. Gaskell’s novel “______” is undoubtedly her best novel because of its realistic description of the social and political life of that period.36. Mrs. Gaskell’s novel “______”makes a turning point in her literary creation, for in his this novel she abandoned critical realism for a kind of writing acceptable to the bourgeois public.37.With sympathy, keen observation and humor, Mrs.Gaskelldescribes the small affairs of a country village, Cranford, in her novel “______”.38. In “Mary Barton”,_______ is an active Chartist. He kills a capitalist called Carson.39. George Eliot was the pseudonym of _______’40. The author of “The Mill On the Floss” is _______.41. George Eliot produced three remarkable novels including “Adam Bede”, “The Mill on the Floss” and ______.42. In the novel “Adam Bede”, Adam falls in love with a village girl called ______.43. The central characters of “The Mill on the Floss” are Tom and his sister _______.44. Hardy’ s novels of character and environment, which are also called ______, are of great significance.45. Among Hardy’ s novels, the best-known are “______” and “Jude the Obscure”.46. Hardy’ s novel “______”, tells the story about a school mistress’ s unhappy love affairs with a clergyman.。
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一．中古英语时期♦Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language.♦The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.♦Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature.♦Chaucer is considered as the father of English poetry and the founder of English realism.二．文艺复兴Renaissance♦Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It marks a transition(过渡) from the medieval to the modern world.♦It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture（雕塑）and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe.♦Humanism is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the measure of all things. ♦This was England’s Golden Age in literature. Queen Elizabeth reigned over the country in this period. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England♦♦“Of Studies” is the most popular of Bacon’s 58 essays.♦Thomas More ——Utopia♦Edmund Spenser——The Faerie Queene相关练习♦ 1. Which is the oldest poem in the English language?♦ A. Utopia B. Faerie Queene♦ C. Beowulf D. Hamlet♦ 2. _____ is the father of English poetry.♦ A. Edmund Spenser B. William Shakespeare♦ C. Francis Bacon D. Geoffrey Chaucer♦ 3. ____ is not a playwright during the Renaissance period on England.♦ A. William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer♦ C. Christopher Marlowe D. Ben Johnson三．莎士比亚William Shakespeare♦“All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”——William Shakespeare♦William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language. Shakespeare understood people more than any other writers. He could create characters that havemeaning beyond the time and place of his plays. His four tragedies are Hamlet(《哈姆雷特》), Othello(《奥赛罗》), King Lear(《李尔王》) and Macbeth(《麦克白》).♦Shakespeare’s sonnets, 154 in number, are the only direct expression of the poet’s own feelings; Sonnet 18 deserves its fame because it is one of the most beautifully written verses in the English language♦诗选♦Sonnet 18♦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.♦（我怎能将你与夏日相比? /你比它更温和可爱：/动人的花蕾在五月咆哮的风中颤抖，/夏日的美好时光也绝不长久：）♦Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,♦And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;♦And every fair from fair sometime declines,♦By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimm’d;♦（太阳的金色光芒虽然耀眼，/却常常以灰暗的面貌出现；/再美貌的物什都逃不过凋谢，/命运流转或无意间将其拆解；）♦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 line to time thou grow’st.♦So long as men can breath or eyes can see,♦So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.♦（可你如夏日般不会褪色, /你的美貌也将永存; /死神无法夸耀你曾在它的阴影中游荡, /伴随永恒的诗篇你将留存。
/只要人类生生不息我的诗句能被见证, /你就会在传承中得到永生！）♦相关练习♦ 1. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except ____.♦ A. Hamlet B. King Lear C. Romeo and Juliet D. Othello♦ 2. The Essence of Renaissance, the most significant intellectual movement, was_____.♦ A. Geographical exploration B. Religious reformation♦ C. Publishing and translation D. Humanism.♦ 3. In “Sonnet 18”, Shakespeare_________________.♦ A. Meditate on the destructive power of time and eternal beauty by poetry.♦ B. Satirize(讽刺) human’s vanity.♦ C. Predict(预测) the eternity of love.♦ D. Eulogize(颂扬) the power of the beauty.♦ 4. Which of the following statement best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?♦ A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.♦ B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.♦ C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.♦ D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation.♦ 5. The Renaissance refers to between 14th-mid-17th century, which was under the reign of Queen ___and absolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the ’real mainstream (真正的文学主流)’ was ____.♦ A. Victoria/poetry♦B. Elizabeth/ drama♦ C. Mary/ novel♦ D. James/ drama♦ 6. _____, the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeare’s most popular play on the stage, for it has the qualities of a “blood-and-thunder”thriller and a ’philosophical exploration’ of life and death.♦ A. The Merchant of Venice B. Hamlet♦ C. King Lear D. The Winter’s Tale四．18世纪英国文学♦The 18th-century England is known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason.♦17th century writer John Milton ranks as one of the greatest poets in the history of English literature. His masterpiece Paradise Lost(失乐园)was published in 1667. Later another epic poem Paradise Regained(复乐园), sequel to Paradise Lost, was published with the poetic drama Samson Agonistes(力士参孙).♦The mid-18th century was, however, predominated by a newly rising literary form, the modern English novel, which, contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people. ♦Daniel Defoe is considered to be the father of the English novel. His masterpiece is Robinson Crusoe.It is considered to be the first English novel ♦Jonathan Swift is generally considered the greatest prose satirist(讽刺散文家) in English literature. His language is simple, clear and vigorous. He once asserted: “ Proper words in proper place, makes the true definition of a style.”他曾把文字风格定义成“恰到好处的词语用在恰到好处的地方”♦There are no ornaments in his writings. In simple, direct and precise prose, Swift is almost unsurpassed in English literature.♦Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift's best fictional work, contains four parts, each about one particular voyage during which Gulliver has extraordinary adventures on some remote island after he has met with shipwreck or piracy or some other misfortune.♦相关练习♦ 1. In which of the following works can you find the proper names "Lilliput", "Brobdingnag", Houyhnhnm" and "Yahoo”?A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. The Farrie QueeneC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The School of Scandal2. ______is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.A. Elegant styleB. Causal narrationC. Bitter satireD. Complicated sentence structure3. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are________.A. horses that are endowed with reason.B. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdom.D. Hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.五．浪漫主义诗歌♦（一）先驱：Robert Burns 罗伯特·彭斯，William Blake 威廉·布莱克♦Robert Burns is a national poet of Scotland, a poet of peasants, his poems are written in Scottish dialect. A Red, Red Rose(《红红的玫瑰》) and Auld lang Syne are his most popular poems.♦To see a world in a grain of sand, /And a heaven in a wild flower, /Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, /And eternity in an hour. ——William Blake一花一世界，一沙一天国，君掌盛无边，刹那含永劫。