英美文学选读-英国-新古典主义时期-练习题汇总
1. The 18th-century England is known as ( ) (浙0710)
A. the Age of Puritanism
B. the Age of Reason
C. the Era of Capitalism
D. the Age of Glory
2. English Enlighteners in the 18th century held ________ as the yardstick for the measurement of all human activities and relations. （一）1
A. property
B. education
C. emotion
D. reason
3. In the Enlightenment Movement, the progressive representatives intended ______. (浙0810)
A. to call the people to fight against poverty and hardship
B. to tell people to economize and to accumulate wealth
C. to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern philosophical and artistic ideas
D. to instruct people to obtain their present social status through hard work
4. As to education, the enlighteners thought that ______. （浙0310）
A. human beings were limited, dualistic, imperfect, and not capable of rationality and perfection through education.
B. universal education was unnecessary.
C. if the common people were well educated, there would be great chance for a democratic and equal human society.
D. most of the human beings were perfect themselves, so only a few needed further education.
5. Why did the enlighteners regard education the major means to improve the society and the people? ( ) (浙0710)
A. Because most of the human beings were perfect themselves, so only a few needed further education.
B. If the common people were well educated, there would be great chance for a democratic and equal human society.
C. Because universal education was limited , dualistic, imperfect, and unnecessary.
D. Because human beings were not capable of rationality and perfection through education.
6. About reason , the enlighteners thought _____. （浙0210）
A. reason or rationality should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activities
B. reason couldn't lead to truth and justice
C. superstition was above reason and rationality
D. equality and science is contrary to reason and rationality
7. In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about the tendency of ( )
A. realism
B. puritanism
C. neoclassicism
D. romanticism
8. Which of the following statements about Neo-Classicism and Enlightenment Movement is true?
A. The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the
17th century.
B. Neo-Classicism found its artistic models in the classical literature of the ancient Greek and Roman writers like Homer, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, etc. and in the contemporary French writers.
C. Neo-Classicism put the stress on the classical artistic ideals of order, logic, proportion, spontaneous emotion, and passion.
D. Satire was much used in writing in the neo-classic works. English literature of this age produced a distinguished satirist Daniel Defoe.
9. Which of the following descriptions of Enlightenment Movement is NOT true? (097)
A. It was a progressive intellectual movement that flourished in France.
B. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries.
C. The purpose was to enlighten the whole world with modern philosophical and artistic ideas.
D. The Enlighteners advocate individual education.（common people）
10. The enlighteners placed much emphasis on reason, because they thought （）(浙0710）
A. superstition was above reason and rationality.
B. reason and emotion both could lead to truth and justice.
C. reason or rationality should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activities.
D. equality and science is contrary to reason and rationality.
11. All of the following statements can correctly describe the Enlightenment Movement EXCEPT
A. The movement flourished in France.
B. The movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance.
C. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.
D. The purpose of the movement was to enhance the religious education.
12. As a representative of the Enlightenment, ______ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England. (094)
A. John Bunyan
B. Daniel Defoe
C. Alexander Pope
D. Jonathan Swift
13.(The)（）was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century. (054)
A. Romanticism
B. Humanism
C. Enlightenment
D. Sentimentalism
14. According to the neoclassicists, all forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek and ______ writers. （浙0210）
A. Italian
B. British
C. German
D. Roman
15. Which of the following statements is true according to the principles of the neoclassicists? (浙0801)
A. All forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek and Roman writers.
B. They tried to delight, instruct and correct human beings as social animals.
C. They tried to develop a polite, urbane, witty and intellectual art.
D. All of the above.
16. The neoclassicists did not believe that ( ) (浙0710)
A. the literature should be used to delight and instruct human beings.
B. the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy.
C. the literary works should be created independently and originally.
D. both A and C
17. The great political and social events in the English society of neoclassical period were the following EXCEPT ______. (104)
A. the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660
B. the Great Plague of 1665
C. the Great London Fire in 1666
D. the Wars of Roses in 1689（1455-1487）
18. 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 people. (044)
A. romantic
B. realistic
C. prophetic
D. idealistic
19. Which of the following terms can be used to refer to the 18th-century English literature?
A. The Age of Romance.
B. The Age of Drama .
C. The Age of Prose.
D. The Age of Poetry.
20. The belief of the eighteenth - century neoclassicists in England led them to seek the following EXCEPT ______. (104)
A. proportion
B. Unity
C. harmony
D. spirit
21. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the following notions EXCEPT ______.(094)
A. self - esteem
B. self - reliance
C. self - restraint
D. hard work
22. In the 18th century, the British government was mainly controlled by two political parties in turn. They are （）(浙0801)
A. the upper House and the lower House.
B. the House of Lords and the House of Representatives.
C. the Whigs and the Tories.
D. the Senate and the House of Representatives.
23．Contrary to the traditional romance of aristocrats, the modern English novel gives a realistic presentation of life of ______. （084）A．the common English people B．the upper class
C．the rising bourgeoisie D．the enterprising landlords
24. The principal elements of _________in the late eighteenth century are violence, horror, and the
supernatural, which strongly appeal to reader’s emotion.( ) （一）3 (浙0601)
A. history novel
B. Gothic novel
C. romantic novel
D. sentimental novel
25. “Graveyard School” writers are the following sentimentalists EXCEPT ______. (094)
A. James Thomson
B. William Collins
C. William Cowper
D. Thomas Jackson
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26. The poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”墓园挽诗established ______ as the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day，especially “the Graveyard School”. (087)(047) A. Thomas Gray 汤姆斯-葛雷 B. Samuel Johnson
C. John Bunyan
D. John Milton
27. Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT_____.（一）4 （097）
A. being precise
B. being direct
C. being flexible
D. being satiric
28. In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period, ________ was the leading figure among the host of playwrights.
A．William Blake B．Richard Brinsley Sheridan理查德.比.谢立丹
C．Ben Jonson D．Bernard Shaw
29. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was the only English dramatist of the ______ century. (浙0810)
A. sixteenth
B. seventeenth （一）5
C. eighteenth
D. nineteenth
30. In the last few decades of the 18th century, the neoclassicism was gradually replaced by __. (浙0510)
A. romanticism
B. critical realism
C. modernism
D. naturalism
31. The middle of the 18th century saw a newly rising literary form—( ) (浙0301)
A. the modern English novel
B. the modern English poetry
C. the modern English drama
D. both A and B
32. Britain witnessed two major romantic poets in the later half of the 18th century. They are ( ) （浙0701）
A. John Milton and William Blake （一）6
B. Robert Burns and John Keats
C. George Herbert and John Donne
D. Robert Burns and William Blake
33. _____ was the last greatest neoclassicist enlightener in the later 18th century. (浙0501)
A. Henry Fielding
B. Alexander Pope
C. Richard Steele
D. Samuel Johnson
34. ______ was the last great neoclassicist enlightener in the later eighteenth century. He was very much concerned with the theme of the vanity of human wishes.（）（一）7 （浙0901）
A. William Blake
B. Samuel Johnson
C. Thomas Gray
D. Henry Fielding
35. Which of the following authors does not belong to the enlighteners of the 18th century? （浙0701）
A. Jonathan Swift.
B. Walter Scott .
C. Daniel Defoe.
D. Henry Fielding.
Daniel Defoe
36. Which of the following is not Daniel Defoe’s works? (浙0710 )
A. Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift
B. Captain Singleton
C. Moll Flanders
D. Robinson Crusoe
37. In Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe glorifies all the following qualities of middle-class men EXCEPT_____.
A. the indignity of labour
B. religious devotion
C. loyalty to the king
D. pioneering spirit
38. In Robinson Crusoe, the writer glorifies （）（一）8 (浙0710)
A. pride and happiness.
B. independence and strong will.
C. human labor and the Puritan fortitude.
D. hard work and success.
39. The language in Robinson Crusoe is ( ). （浙0310）
A. easy, smooth and colloquial
B. difficult and artificial
C. lengthy and imaginative
D. obscene and difficult
40. The novels of _______ are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people.
A．Bunyan B．Defoe
C．Fielding D．Swift
41. Defoe’s group of four novels are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people. They are the following EXCEPT ______.（一）9 （107）
A. Captain Singleton
B. Moll Flanders
C. Roxana
D. Robinson Crusoe
42. Daniel Defoe, at the age of nearly 60, started his first novel__________,which is universally considered his masterpiece. (浙0410) A. Robinson Crusoe B. Moll Flanders
C. Colonel Jack
D. Captain Singleton
43. Daniel Defoe’s ______ is universally considered as his masterpiece. (104)
A. Colonel Jack
B. Robinson Crusoe
C. Captain Singleton
D.A Journal of the Plague Year
44. Daniel Defoe’s works are all the following EXCEPT_____. （097）
A. Moll Flanders
B. A Tale of a Tub
C. A Journal of the Plague Year
D. Colonel Jack
45．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. （074）A．Tom Jones B．Gulliver
C．Moll Flanders D．Robinson Crusoe
46. Daniel Defoe describes ______ as a typical English middle — class man of the eighteenth century，
the very prototype of the empire builder，the pioneer colonist．(087)
A. Robinson Crusoe
B. Moll Flanders
C. Gulliver
D. Tom Jones
47. The hero Robinson Crusoe is a typical （）man, who has a great capacity for work, inexhaustible
energy, courage, patience and persistence in overcoming obstacles and struggling against the hostile natural environment. (浙0510)
A. seventeenth-century English upper class
B. eighteenth-century English middle class
C. seventeenth-century English working class
D. eighteenth-century English lower class
48. The hero Robinson Crusoe is a typical 18th century English middle-calss man who __. (浙0610)
A. has a great capacity for work, inexhaustible energy, courage, patience and persistence in
overcoming obstacles and struggling against the hostile natural environment.
B. has strong will, but can’t endure life’s loneliness.
C. has a great capacity for work, but is frightened by the hostile natural environment.
D. thinks all the people are born equal.
49. The hero in Robinson Crusoe is the prototype of ( ) （一）10 （浙0210）（浙0810）
A. the then progressive bourgeoisie
B. the empire builder
C. the pioneer colonist
D. all of the above
50. In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the ________? (047)
A. aristocratic class
B. enterprising landlords
C. rising bourgeoisie
D. hard-working people
51. _____, an adventure story very much in spirit of the time, is universally considered Defoe’s
masterpiece. (浙0501)
A. Moll Flanders
B. Colonel Jack
C. Robinson Crusoe
D. Roxana
52. Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18th-century England?
A. Robinson Crusoe
B. Gulliver’s Travels (044)
C. Jonathan Wild the Great
D. A Sentimental Journey
53.Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Grusoe, of York, Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe)by. (034)
A. Jonathan Swift
B. Daniel Defoe
C. George Eliot
D. https://www.360docs.net/doc/0f9023276.html,wrence
54．All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people EXCEPT ______. （084）A．Robinson Crusoe B．Captain Singleton
C．Moll Flanders D．Colonel Jack
55. Which of the following is NOT Defoe’s work?( ) (浙0401)
A. Moll Flanders
B. Colonel Jack
C. Silas Marner
D. Roxana
Jonathan Swift
56. Which of the following is true about Jonathan Swift’s thoughts as a representative of the enlightenment movement? ( )（一）11 (浙0701)
A. To better human life, enlightenment is unnecessary.
B. Human nature is simple and naive.
C. Human nature was destined and couldn’t be chan ged.
D. It’s possible to reform and improve human nature and human institutions.
57. English literature of the 18th century produces some excellent satirists, among whom _______ is a master satirist.
A．Jonathan Swift B．Henry Fielding
C．Samuel Richardson D．Thomas Gray
58. As a master satirist, Swift’s satire is usually masked by ( ) （一）12 (浙0710)
A. outward gravity and apparent earnestness
B. apparent eagerness and sincerity
C. pessimism and bitterness
D. seemingly gentleness and sweetness
59. In the book Gulliver’s Travels the hero traveled to the following places except ( )（浙0810）
A. the Indian Island
B. Brobdingnag
C. Lilliput
D. the Houyhnhnm land
60.In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,”“Houyhnhnm,” and “Yahoo”? (034)
A. James Joyce’s Ulsses.
B. Charles Dickens’s Bleak House.
C. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.
D. D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love.
61. Lilliput is _____in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. (浙0301)
A. the name of the hero who made deep-sea voyages
B. an imaginary island inhabited by people not more than six inches high
C. a minor character who accompanied the hero during his voyages
D. the country of horses endowed with human intelligence
62. Brobdingnag is an imaginary island where the inhabitants are_____.（一）13 (浙0301)
A. ten times taller and larger than the ordinary human beings
B. the horses who are hairy, wild, low and despicable
C. the Yahoos who are wise and intelligent
D. the small people who are only six inches tall
63.TheHouyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are ___. (024)
A.horses that are endowed with reason
B.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities
C.giantsthat 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.
64. The Honyhnhnm Land is an imaginary island where _____. (浙0501)
A. horses are endowed with reason and all good and admirable qualities.
B. yahoos are governing class.
C. horses are hairy, wild, low and despicable brutes, who resemble human beings not only in
appearance but also almost every other way.
D. yahoos are possessed of reason.
65. In the Houyhnhnm land, Gulliver found that ______ were hairy, wild, low and despicable brutes while ______ are endowed with reason and all good and admirable qualities. （一）14
A. the horses ... the Yahoos
B. the horses ... human beings （浙0710）
C. the Yahoos ... the horses
D. the Yahoos ... human beings
66. In ___________ of Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift satirizes the western civilization including false illusions about science, philosophy, history and immortality.
A．the first voyage to Lilliput小人国-利利普特，仅6英寸高，
B．the secondt voyage to Brobdingnag巨人岛-布鲁布丁鲁那可，国王60英尺
C．the third voyage to the Flying Island飞岛—与世隔绝的世界
D．the fourth voyage to Houyhnhnm land智慧岛—马-高度智慧-圈养YAHOOS
67. As a whole, ______is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life— socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally. (044)
A. Moll Flanders
B. Gulliver’s Travels（一）15
C. Pilgrim’s Progress
D. The School for Scandal
68. Which of the following is true about the book Gulliver’s Travels ?（）
A. It is a study of human nature and life.
B. It has high artistic skills in making the story an organic whole.
C. It makes criticisms and satires of all aspects in the contemporary English and European life.
D. It is not a book of satire though it is a book of rebellion.
69. The social significance of Gulliver’s Travels lies in ______. （浙0210）
A. the devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life.
B. his artistic skill in making the story an organic whole
C. his central concern of study of human nature and life
D. both B and C
70．As one of the greatest masters of English prose, ________ defined a good style as “proper words in proper places”. （084）A．Henry Fielding B．Jonathan Swift（一）16
C．Samuel Johnson D．Alexander Pope
71.Who defined a good style as “proper words in proper places?” (浙0307)
A. Jonathan Swift
B. Charles Dickens
C. Edmund Spencer
D. George Bernard Shaw
72. A good style of prose“ proper works in proper places” was defined by_____. （097）
A. John Milton
B. Henry Fielding
C. Jonathan Swift
D.T.S. Eliot
73. Jonathan Swift’s greatest satiric work is ______.
A. A Tale of a Tub
B. The Battle of the Books
C. Gulliver’s Travels
D. A Modest Proposal
74. Jonathan Swift’ s ______ is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the period but also in the whole English literary history. （一）17 (104)
A. Gulliver’s Travels
B. The Battle of the Books
C. “A Modest Proposal”
D.A Tale of a Tub
75. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swift's ______. (094)
A. A Modest Proposal
B. A Tale of a Tub
C. Gulliver's Travels
D. The Battle of the Books
76.Jonathan Swift is a master satirist in English literature. His A Tale of a Tub is an attack on（）.
A. the government
B. greed（一）18
C. the church
D. the abuse of power
77．______________ is a typical feature of Swift’s writings. （074）A．Bitter satire B．Elegant style
C．Casual narration D．Complicated sentence structure
78. Which of the following is not Swift’s works? (浙0310)
A. A Tale of a Tub
B. The Battle of the Books
C. Gulliver’s Travels
D. Tom Jones
79. Henry Fielding is mainly concerned about ______ in his works. (浙0701)
A. the miserable life of the middle-class people
B. the ordinary and usually ridiculous life of the common people
C. the special life style of some groups
D. the real life of the upper-class people
80. _____ is generally consiered Fielding’s masterpiece. (浙0610)
A. Joseph Andrews
B. Jonathan Wild the Great
C. Tom Jones
D. Gulliver’s Travels
81. _____ was first intended as a burlesque of the dubious morality and false sentimentality of Richardson’s Pamela. (浙0401)
A. Joseph Andrews
B. Tom Jones（一）19
C. Jonathan Wild the Great
D. Moll Flanders
82. Of all the eighteenth - century novelists ______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. (104)
A. Henry Fielding
B. Daniel Defoe
C. Jonathan Swift
D. Laurence Sterne
83.Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “___ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. (024)
A.tragic epic
https://www.360docs.net/doc/0f9023276.html,ic epic
C.romance
D.lyric epic
84 Of the eighteenth-century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to _____. （浙0210）
A. instruct the people through his writing
B. give the modern novel its structure and style
C. amuse the people through his works
D. adopt the third-person narration
85. In Tom Jones, the hero Tom is __________in contrast with Blifil who is __________.(浙0301)
A. innocent and kind-hearted ... hypocritical and wicked
B. hypocritical and wicked ... innocent and kindhearted
C. rude and stubborn ... cunning and speculating
D. cunning and speculating ... rude and stubborn
86. An honest, kind-hearted young man, who is full of animal spirit and lacks prudence, is expelled from the paradise and has to go through hard experience to gain knowledge of himself and finally to have been accepted both by a virtuous lady and a rich relative . （一）20 (044)
The above sentence may well sum up the theme of Fielding’s work .
A. Jonathan Wild the Great
B. Tom Jones
C. The Coffe-House Politician
D. Amelia
87. Henry Fielding adopted “______” to relate a story in his novel in which the author becomes the
“all- knowing God”. （107）
A. the first- person narration
B. the epistolary form
C. the picaresque form
D. the third -person narration
88. Henry Fielding adopted_________ as his way to relate the story in a novel. (浙0601 )
A. the epistolary form
B. the picaresque form
C. the third-person narration
D. flashback
89. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, ________ has been
regarded as “Father of the English Novel”. (047)
A. Henry Fielding
B. Daniel Defoe
C. John Bunyan
D. James Joyce
90. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,______ has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel”. （浙0301）
A. Daniel Defoe
B. Henry Fielding
C. Jonathan Swift
D. Samuel Richardson
91．Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel. （浙0310）
A．Father of the English Novel B．Father of the English Poetry
C．Father of the English Drama D．Father of the English Short Story
92. Henry Fielding has been regarded as “______” for his contribution to the establishment of the
form of the modern ______. (浙0810)（浙0210）(浙0510）
A. Father of English Poetry...poetry
B. Father of English Novel...novel
C. Father of Modern English Poetry...poetry
D. Father of Modern English Novel...novel
III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)
45. List at least two leading neoclassicists in England. What did Neoclassicists celebrate in literary creation? (094)（一）48
45. A. Alexander Pope, John Dryden, Samuel Johnson.
B. They believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy
and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity. They seek proportion, unity, harmony and grace in literary expressions, in an effort to delight, instruct and correct human beings. Thus a polite, elegant, witty, and intellectual art developed.
IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)
49．Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England. （084）
1. Give a brief comment on the hero in The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. (浙0810)
1.Why has Fielding been regarded as “Father of the English novel”? (浙0307)
（一）50
1. A. Fielding has been regarded as “Father of the English novel”, for his contribution
to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.
B. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and
practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose,” the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.
C. Before him, the relating go a story in a novel was either in the epistolary form (a series of letters),
as in Richardson’s Pamela, or the picaresque form (adventurous wanderings) through the mouth of the principal character, as in Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, but Fielding adopted “the third-person narration,” in which the author becomes the “all-kn owing God.”
D. In planning his stories, he tries to retain the grand epical form of the classical works but at the
same time keeps faithful to his realistic presentation of common life as it is.
英国文学史习题全集(含答案)
Part One Early and Medieval English Literature Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks. 1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England. A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar C. Alfred the Great D. Claudius 2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ . A. Langland B. Wycliffe C. Gower D. Chaucer 3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____. A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay 4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances. A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B.Beowulf C. Piers the Plowman D. The Canterbury Tales 6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke _____. A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish 9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances. A. loyalty B. revolt C. obedience D. mockery 11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about 1340. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____. A. Flanders B. France C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey 15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’s poem “Filostrato”. A. The Legend of Good Women B. Troilus and Criseyde C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D. Beowulf Key to the multiple choices：1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAAB Ⅱ. Questions 1.What are the features of Beowulf? https://www.360docs.net/doc/0f9023276.html,ment on the social significance and language in The Canterbury Tales. Part Two The English Renaissance Ⅰ. Match the writer and his works. 1.Thomas More 2.Holinshed 3.Hakluyt 4.Richard Tottel 5.Philip Sidney 6.Walter Raleigh 3
新古典主义风格详细介绍1
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