Unit6 Q 1

Multiple Choice:1. The Romantic Movement expressed a more or less______ attitude toward the existing social and political conditions.A.positiveB.negativeC.neutralD.indifferentAnswer: B2. In William Blake’s later period, he wrote quite a few prophetic books including the following writings except ________ .A.The Book of UrizenB.The Book of LostonD.Lyrical BalladsAnswer: D3. The two major novelists of the English Romantic Period are _____and Walter Scott.A.Washington IrvingB.Jane AustenC.Herman MelvilleD.Charles DickensAnswer: B4. _____defines the poet as "man speaking to men," and poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings,which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility."A.William BlakeB.William WordsworthC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD.John KeatsAnswer: B5. For the Romantics, ____is not only the major source of poetic imagery, but also provides the dominant subject matter.A.loveB.manC.natureD.deathAnswer: C6. In the Romantic period, ____is the most prosperous literary form.A.proseB.poetryC.fictionD.playAnswer: B7. The tone of literature in "Song of Experience" by William Blake is _______.A.dolefulB.livelyC.plainD.utterAnswer: A8. William Wordsworth, Coleridge and ________ are known as the “Lake Poets”.A.John KeatsB.William BlakeC.Robert SoutheyD.Percy Bysshe ShelleyAnswer: C9.The two distinctive features of demonic possession by Coleridge are mysticism and _________ .A.conversationB.religionC.imaginationD.natureAnswer: C10. Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups:poems about nature and poems about________.A.loveB.human lifeC.freedomD.social activitiesAnswer: B11. "Don Juan" is Byron’s masterpiece, a great ______of the early 19th century.edyB.tragedyic epicD.novelAnswer: C12. In his lyrics such as "Ode to Liberty", "Ode to the West Wind", Percy Bysshe Shelly expressed his love for_____ and his hatred toward tyranny.A.the middle classB.the poorC.freedomD.the proletariatAnswer: C13. "Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; / Destroy and Preserver; hear, O hear!" The two lines are found in_____.A.Young Goodman Brown by HawthorneB.Ode to the West Wind by ShellyC.Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanD.Ulysses by JoyceAnswer: B14.A proud, mysterious rebel of noble origin is called ______ hero in Romantic Period of English literature.A.RomanticB.RealisticC.RenaissanceD.ByronicAnswer: D15. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of Romantic literature?A.Don JuanB.UlyssesC.Jane EyreD.Sons and LoversAnswer: A16. Jane Austen’s first novel is __________.A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.Emm aD.Plan of a NovelAnswer: B17. Prometheus Unbound is Shelley’s greatest achievement. Prometheus, according to the Greek mythology, as chained by Zeus on Mount Caucasus and suffered the vulture’s feeding on his liver for __________.A.planing a revolt to dethrone ZeusB.misinterpreting Zeus’s decree to reconcile man and natureC.prophesying the arrival of spring in a winter seasonD.stealing the fire from heaven and giving it to man.Answer: D18. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled _______.A.Biographia LiteratiaB.The PreludeC.Lucy PoemsD.The Lyrical BalladsAnswer: B19. Romanticism is a period of British literature roughly dated from _________.A.1660-----1798B.1798----1832C.1483-----1546D.1836-----1901 Answer: B20. The lines "It was a miracle of rare device, / A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice" are found in__________.A.Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s "Kubla Khan"B.William Wordsworth’s "I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud"C.John Keats’s "Ode to Autumn"D.Percy Bysshe Shelly’s "Ode to the West Wind"Answer: AFill in the Blanks:1.The Romantic Period began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work ( The Lyrical Ballads ) .2.Byron is chiefly known for his two poems, one is “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”, the other is “( Don Juan )”.3.( Charles Lamb ) was regarded as the best essayist during the Romantic Age.4.The great historical novelist ( Sir Walter Scott ) was produced in the Romantic Age.5.On the death of Robert Southey in 1843, (William Wordsworth ) was made poet laureate.6.The prose-writers in 19th century worked under the influence of the French Revolution in politics and of the Romantic Movement in literature. They did not write according to the old rules and models of classicism but made the informal essay a pliable vehicle for expressing the writer’s own personality, thus bringing into English literature ( the familiar essay ).Match:A B1. Endymion a. George Gordon Byron2. Tales from Shakespeare b. Percy Bysshe Shelley3. My Heart’s in the Highlands c. John Keats4. Don John d. Charles Lamb5. Prometheus Unbound e. William Blake6. Ivanhoe f. Robert Burns7. A sick Rose g.Jane Austen8. Christabel h. William Wordsworth9. The Solitary Reaper i. Walter Scott10. Emma j. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Terms:1.Romanticism2.The Characteristics of William Wordsworth’s poems3.The Characteristics of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poems4.The Characteristics of George Gordon Byron’s poemsRecitation:She Walks in Beauty。