【优质】英国文学史及作品选读习题集5
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I. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (30%; 1.5 points for each)1. Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is the popular literary form in ___C _.A. RomanticismB. RenaissanceC. medieval periodD. Anglo-Saxon period2. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of___DA. Piers PlowmanB. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. Confessio AmantisD. The Canterbury Tales3. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is____D___.A. scienceB. philosophyC. artsD. humanism4. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”is the line of one of Shakespeare’s（）A. comediesB. tragediesC. historiesD. sonnets5. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18? CA. The speaker eulogizes (praise) the power ofB. The speaker satirizes human vanityC. The speaker praises the power of artistic creationD. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation6. “The Fairy Queen” is the masterpiece written by__C__.A. John MiltonB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Edmund SpenserD. Alexander Pope7. Which of the following work did Bacon NOT write? DA. Advancement of LearningB. Novum OrganumC. De AugmentisD. Areopagitica8. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17th century was（B）who was a critic, poet, and playwright.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. John DrydenC. John MiltonD. S.T. Coleridge9. Which of the following has / have associations with John Donne’s poetry? BA. reason and sentimentB. conceits and witsC. the euphuismD. writing in the rhymed couplet10. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “___B___”, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Best writer of the English novelB. The father of English novelC. The most gifted writer of the English novelD. conventional writer of English novel11. John Milton’s masterpiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of __ B _.A. rhymed stanzasB. blank verseC. alliterationD. sonnets12. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are ____A_.A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways13. Gothic novels are mostly stories of___C_____, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.A. love and marriageB. sea adventuresC. mystery and horrorD. saints and martyrs14. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT __D_.A. the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech15. Charles Dickens’ works are c haracterized by a mingling of ___A____ and pathos.A. humorB. satireC. passionD. metaphor16. In __B____ ’s hands, “dramatic monologue” reaches its maturity and perfection.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. William ShakespeareD. George Eliot17. The three trilogies of（）’s Forsyte novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century.A. John GalsworthyB. Arnold BennettC. James JoyceD. H. G. Wells18. The bard of imperialism was（B）, who glorified the colonial expansion of Great Britain in his works.A. R. L. StevensonB. Rudyard KiplingC. H. G. WellsD. Daniel Defoe19. “art for art’s sake” was put forth by ___A___.A. aestheticismB. naturalismC. realismD. neo-romanticism20. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’“Ode on a Grecian Urn”? DA. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!”B. “They are both gone up to the church to pray.”C. “Earth has not anything to show more fair.”D. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”II. Fill in the blanks with correct information. (16%; 1 points for each blank)1. In 1066, the Normans headed by Duke William, defeated the Anglo-Saxons. This marked the beginning of feudalism in England and England entered into feudal society.2. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is written in th e style of rhymed (metrical) stanza instead of alliteration in the Anglo-Saxon period.3. The Pilgrims Progress is the masterpiece of John Bunyan (the writer), written in the old-fashioned, medieval form of dream and allegory, in which the main character is Christian .4. Dorian Gray was the main character in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray written by (Oscar) Wilde .5. Romanticism extended from 1798 when The Lyrical Ballads was published and in 1832 when (Walter)6. The writer who figured his hometown—the Wessex country in his works is _(Thomas) Hardy.7. In “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, hills, vales, lakes, bays and the daffodils are parts of , and “daffodils” symbolize (the beauty of) .8. “Dubliners” is a collection of short stories written by James Joyce in the writing style of stream of consciousness.9. In the “The Idylls of the King”, the poet Alfred Tennyson painted the first English hero, King Arthur , and gave a new meaning to the legends about the knights of the Round Table.III. Answer the following questions briefly based on your understanding of the texts studied. (12%; 1 point for each question)1. Dull sublunary lover’s love(Whose soul is sense) cannot admitAbsence, because it doth removeThose things which elemented it.a. Who was the writer? John Donneb. What is the name/ title of the poem?A Valediction: Forbidding Mourningc. What does it mean by “Dull sublunary lover’s love”? (Explain it.)secular love/ ordinary (lover’s) loved. What does “soul” mean? essencee. What does “sense” here mean?sense organs/ hands, eyes, lips, etcf. What does “it” mean in “because it doth remove”? absenceg. What does “Those things” mean?sense organs/ hands, eyes, lips, etch. What does “it” refer to in “Those things which elemented it”?dull sublunary lover’s love2. Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; (1)Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear! (2)a. What is the title of the poem? Ode to the West Windb. In line (1), why is the west wind called “Wild Spirit”?Because it is the “breath of Autumn’s being” (it has the soul, breath, and inspiration) which (on earth, sky, and sea) destroys in autumn to revives in the spring.c. In line (2), why is it called “Destroyer”?Because the West Wind destroys the dead leaves/ the old things (or the poet’s old thoughts and the old world) d. In line (2), what does “Preserver” mean?Because the West Wind preserves seeds (and revives in spring)/ spreads new things (or preserve the new and give the poet/world a new birth.)IV. Give your answers to the following items logically and concisely. You have to mention the writer (and the title of the work) first if necessary. (24%)1. In your opinion, why does Satan in Paradise Lost choose the Garden of Eden for his battlefield? (7 points) Answer: 1) Paradise Lost was written by John Milton. (1points)2) The Garden of Eden is the most perfect of spot ever created by God ; (2 points)3) There live in innocent bliss God’s masterpiece, the f irst man and woman, Adam and Eve, who are allowed by God to enjoy /revel in the supreme beauties of Paradise, provided they do not eat the fruit that grows on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; (3 point)4) Satan desires to tear them away from the influence of God and to make them instrumental in his struggle against God’s authority. (1 point)2. What is your opinion on the character Rebecca Sharp? (7 points)Answer:1) Rebecca Sharp is the main character in Vanity Fair written by William Makepeace Thackeray. (1 point)2) She is the perfect embodiment of the spirit of Vanity Fair (as her only aspiration in life is to gain wealth and position by any means: through lies, mean actions and unscrupulous speculating with every sacred ideal) (3 points)3) She is shrewd and unscrupulous, supplicated beyond her years; determined to worm her way into society at all cost; she is full-blooded and many-sided. (3 points)3. Based on your understanding of “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”, “She D welt Among the Untroden Ways”, and “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, discuss “What are the functions of for the poet expressed in the poems?” (10 points)Answer:(1) The poems were written by William Wordsworth (in which he described the functions and benefits that has/brings). (1 point)(2) (open-end question: 只要回答中包含以下相关内容或三首诗中的例子，陈述比较清楚，即可得分；表述不清者在原给分基础上可酌情扣1至2分) (9 points) 如：could make him love more, make his thoughts purer and loftier and mind and soul more comfort. (For example, in “Lines”, he said because of and by recalling , he could have the sweet sensation and pleasures in lonely rooms and amid the din of towns and cities, could make him have the actions of kindness and love, give him the blessed and sublime mood, lighten the burden of theheavy and weary world, see into the life of things, make him look on with thoughts, hear the still and sad music of humanity. could be the anchor of his purest thought, the nurse, guide, guardian of his heart and soul and life and food for his future years.（5分）In “I wondered lonely as a cloud”, the daffodils () in vacant or pensive mood flash upon his inward eye and fill his heart with pleasure and dance with the daffodils.（2分）In “She dwelt among the untrodden ways”, could make him look on more carefully and with a special mind.（2分）V. Write a summery of Pride and Prejudice and make a short comment on the theme. Your marks depends on the elements of the writer (1 point), the main characters and their relations (2 points), the main plot and result (8 points), comment on the theme (4 points), and grammar and structure (3 points). (18%)Answer:1) the writer (1分)；(Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austen, in the romantic period)2) the main characters and their relations (2分)；? (Mr. and Mrs. Bennet; The Bennet’s 5 daughters: the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Elizabeth—Mr. Darcy;(Jane—Mr. Bingley; Lydia—Mr. Wickham))? 3) the main plot（7分；主要情节表述不全或不连贯者酌情扣分）and result (1分)；(Unfortunately for the Bennets, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependant on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival in the neighborhood of the rich gentleman Mr. Bingley, who rents a large house so he can spend the summer in the country. Mr. Bingley brings with him his sister and the dashing (and richer) but proud Mr. Darcy. Love is soon in the air for one of the Bennet sisters, while another may have jumped to a hasty prejudgment. For the Bennet sisters many trials and tribulations stand between them and their happiness, including class, gossip and scandal.)4) comment on the theme (4分) ?(Theme: exploration of the marriage, property and intrigue between the main and minor characters; delicate probing of the values of gentry/ marriage, class, money) 5) grammar and structure (3分).I. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would bet complete the statement.1. The long poem _C_ in Anglo-Saxon period was termed England’s national epic.P67A. The Canterbury TalesB. Paradise LostC. The Song of BeowulfD. The Fairy Queen2. Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is the popular literary form in ____C__.A. RomanticismB. RenaissanceC. medieval periodD. Anglo-Saxon period4. __A_____ is regarded as the father of English poetry.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. John MiltonD. W. Wordsworth5. It is ____A____ alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Martin LutherC. William ShakespeareD. John Gower6. One of Chaucer’s main contributions to English poetry is _A_____.A. he introduced the rhymed stanzas from France to English poetryB. he created striking brilliant panorama of his time and his countryC. he wrote in blank verseD. he was the first to write sonnet7. During the Renaissance, __C_____ was the first one to introduce the sonnet into English poetry.A. ChaucerB. John DonneC. Thomas WyattD. Earl of Surrey8. During the Renaissance, _D______ wrote the first English blank verse.A. ChaucerB. Edmund SpencerC. Thomas WyattD. Earl of Surrey9. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement? CA. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman cultureB. The new discoveries in geography and astrologyC. The Glorious revolutionD. The religious reformation and the economic expansion10. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events. Which one of the following is NOT such an event? BA. The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B. England’s domestic restC. New discovery in geography and astrology.D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.11. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ___A___ and ______ centuries.A. 14th...mid-17thB. 14th...mid-18thC. 16th...mid-18thD. 16th...mid-17th13. ___B____ frequently applied conceits in his poems. P282A. Edmund SpenserB. John DonneC. William BlakeD. Thomas Gray14. ___C____ is known as “the poet’s poet”.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Edmund SpenserD. John Donne15. Romance，which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of__B__ adventures or other heroic deeds，is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A. ChristianB. knightlyC. pilgrimsD. primitive16. ____B____ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.A. Edmund Spenser, Christopher MarloweB. Thomas More, Christopher MarloweC. John Donne, Edmund SpenserD. John Milton, Thomas More17. Among the following plays which is not written by Christopher Marlowe? DA. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. TamburlaineD. The School for Scandal18. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are __A__.A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and JulietC. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and MacbethD. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth19★. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”is the line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.A. comediesB. TragediesC. historiesD. sonnets20. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, /So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” (Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to? DA. LoverB. TimeC. SummerD. Poetry21. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18? CA. The speaker eulogizes the power ofB. The speaker satirizes human vanityC. The speaker praises the power of artistic creationD. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation22.★“Bassani Antonio，I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself；But life itself，my wife，and all the world，Are not with me esteem’d above thy life；I would lose all，ay，sacrifice them all，Here to the devil，to deliver you. Portia：Your wife would give you little thanks for that，ff she were by to hear you make the offer.”The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare’s comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate A/DA. dramatic ironyB. personificationC. allegoryD. symbolism23. “The Fairy Queen” is the masterpiece written by__C__.A. John MiltonB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Edmund SpenserD. Alexander Pope24. Which of the following work did Bacon NOT write? DA. Advancement of LearningB. Novum OrganumC. De AugmentisD. Areopagitica25. The greatest of pioneers of English drama in Renaissance is ___B____, one of whose drama is “Doctor Faustus”.A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Oscar WildeD. R. Brinsley Sheridan26. “Euphues” was written by _B_____, the style of the novel was called “Euphuism”.A. John BunyanB. John LylyC. John DonneD. John Milton27. The most f amous dramatist in the 18th century is ____C__, who is famous for “The School for Scandal”.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. Thomas GrayC. R. Brinsley SheridanD. G.eorge Bernard Shaw28. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17th century was(B ), who was a critic, poet, and playwright.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. John DrydenC. John MiltonD. T. G. Coleridge29. The representative of the “Metaphysical” poetry is __A____, whose poems are famous for his use of fantastic metaphors and extravagant hyperboles.A. John DonneB. John MiltonC. William BlakeD. Robert Burns30. Which of the following has / have associations with John Donne’s poetry? B(P)A. reason and sentimentB. conceits and witsC. the euphuismD. writing in the rhymed couplet31. ___(P152). A__ is the successful religious allegory(讽喻，寓言) in the English language.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. The Canterbury TalesC. Paradise LostD. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded32. The 18th century England is known as the __C____ in the history.A. RenaissanceB. ClassicismC. EnlightenmentD. Romanticism33. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, who was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specially a “comic滑稽的epic史诗in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style?A. Thomas GrayB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Johathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding34. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “B”, for his to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Best writer of the English novelB. The father of English novelC. The most gifted writer of the English novelD. Conventional writer of English novel35. Among the pioneers先驱of the 18th century novelists were Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry fielding and ___A___.A. Laurence Sterne (P169)B. John DrydenC. Charles DickensD. Alexander Pope36. John Milton’s masterpiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of _B____.A. rhymed stanzas押韵节B. blank verse无韵诗C. alliteration头韵法D. sonnets十四行诗37. Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out____, both in theory and practice，to write specifically a “____B_____ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. (Refer to19)A. tragic epicB. comic epicC. romanceD. lyric epic38. Besides Sheridan, another great playwright in the 18th century is ___A___.A. Oliver Goldsmith 喜剧she stoops to conquerB. Thomas Gray 诗人C. T. G. Smollet 小说家D. Laurence Sterne 小说家39. She Stoops to Conquer was written by __A___.A. Oliver GoldsmithB. R. Brinsley SheridanC. John DrydenD. George Bernard Shaw40. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modern English ___B___, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.A. proseB. short storyC. novelD. tragicomedy41. The Houyhnhnm s depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are __A___.A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways42. The unquenchable spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence on a lonely island reflects ____D______.A. man’s desire to return toB. the author’s criticism of the c olonizationC. the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie中产阶级D. the aristocrats’ disillusionment of the harsh social reality43. Gothic novels are mostly stories of__C___, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.A. love and marriageB. sea adventuresC. mystery and horrorD. saints and martyrs44. “The father of English novel” is ___A_______.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. Jonathan SwiftD. John Donne45. The greatest Scottish poet in the pre-romanticism is ____D____.A. William WordswothB. Oliver GoldsmithC. Thomas GrayD. Robert Burns46. ___A___ is written by William Blake, a great poet in the pre-romanticism.A. The Songs of InnocenceB. Reliques of Ancient English poetryC. Songs and SonnetsD. Kubla Khan47. The Rights of Man, a pamphlet, was written by __D____, in which he advocated that politics was the business of the whole mass of common people and not only of a government oligarchy.A. John MiltonB. Jonathan SwiftC. Robert BurnsD. Thomas Paine48. William Wordsworth，a romantic poet，advocated all the following EXCEPT (D).A. the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech49. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”? DA. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!”B. “They are both gone up to the church to pray.”C. “Earth has not anything to show more fair.”D. “Beauty is truth，truth beauty.”50. “If Winter comes，can Spring be far behind.”is an epigrammatic line by DA. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. P. B. Shelley51★. “Ode on a Grecian Urn”shows the contrast between the___B___ of art and the____ of human passion.A. Glory, uglinessB. permanence, transienceC. transience, sordidnessD. glory, permanence52. One of the great essay writers of the early 19th century is BA. Jane AustenB. Charles LambC. Walter ScottD. George Eliot53. Tales form Shakespeare was written by ___D__.A. Charles LambB. William HazlittC. Charles Lamb and Mary LambD. Wordsworth and Coleridge54. Charles Dickens’ works are characterized by a mingling of ____A___ and pathos.A. humorB. satireC. passionD. metaphor55★. In Chapter III of Oliver Twist, Oliver is punished for that “impious and profane offence of asking for more”. What did Oliver ask for more?A. More time to playB. More food to eatC. More books to readD. More money to spend56. In ___B___ ’s hands, “dramatic monologue” reaches its maturity and perfection.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. William ShakespeareD. George Eliot57. The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first __D____ heroine.A. explorerB. peasantC. workerD. governess 家庭女教师58. The three trilogies of __A___ ’s Forsyte novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century.A. John GalswortryB. Arnold BennettC. James JoyceD. H. G. Wells59. The Victorian Age was largely an age of___C___ eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. poetryB. dramaC. novelD. prose60★. The title of Alfred Tennyson’s poem “Ulysses”reminds the reader of the following EXCEPT___C/D______.A. the Trojan WarB. Homer’s OdysseyC. adventures over the seaD. religious quest61. The work __B___ written by Alfred Tennyson was about the question of higher education of women.A. Crossing the BarB. The PrincessC. Break, Break, BreakD. Ulysses62. The bard of imperialism政治和贸易优势was _B___, who glorified the colonial expansion of Great Britain in his works.A. R. L. StevensonB. Rudyard KiplingC. H. G. WellsD. Daniel Defoe63. The Dynasts was a gigantic epic史诗的drama written by ___B__.A. George Bernard ShawB. Thomas HardyC. Oscar WildeD. John Galsworthy64. The major concern of___A/B____ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human .A. D. H. Lawrence’sB. J. Galsworthy’sC. W. Thackeray’sD. T. Hardy’s65. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of___A____, who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. propertyB. justiceC. moralityD. humor66. ____D__is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare，and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A. Richard SheridanB. Oliver GoldsmithC. Oscar WildeD. George Bernard Shaw67. “art for art’s sake” was put forth by _A_____.A. aestheticismB. naturalismC. realismD. neo-romanticism68. James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPT___B_____.A. DublinersB. Jude the ObscureC. A portrait of the Artist as a Young ManD. UlyssesII. Choose one or more correct answers to complete the statement.69. __BC_______ belonged to the stream of consciousness.A.D. H. LawrencB.James JoyceC.Virginia WoolfD.T. S. Eliot★87. How do you understand “To be, or not to be”? Give your evidence to support your ideas.★92. What are Chaucer’s contributions to English literature答：(①Chaucer's language now called Middle English is vivid,smooth and exact. He is the first great poet writing in the current English.②His contribution is to lies chiefly in his introduction of various rhymed stanzas of various types. Especially he introduced rhymed stanzas from France to English, instead of the old alliterative Angle Saxon poetry.③He is the first great poet to write in the current English. His production of so much excellent poetry was an important factor in establishing English as the literary language of the country. The spoken English of the time consist of several dialect,and Chaucer did much in making the dialect of London as the foundation for modern English speech.)93. What are Shakespeare’s contributions to English literature?Construction:a. Shakespeare's plays are well-known for their adroit plot construction. He borrows them from some old plays or storybooks, or from ancient Greek and Roman sources.b. He would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several threads running through the play.★94. What is the theme of “Paradise Lost”?答：(the exposure of reactionary forces of his time and passionate appeal for freedom)★95. Why did Satan choose the Garden of Eden as the battlefield? (书上、样卷有答案)★108. What does “She”(referring to Lucy) in “She Dwelt Among the Untroden Ways”imply?( 暗指所有新鲜的有活力和有生命的事物)★109. What is the theme of “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways”?(①She 的特点②violet的特点③she与violet的联想特点④诗人的态度)What the theme of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?答：(①作者都自然的赞美和喜爱②自然给人带来财富和给人以安慰的作用) 笔记上的Theme:1.Nature embodies human beings in their diversecircumstance. It is nature that give hi m “strengthand knowledge fullof peace”2.It is bliss to recolled the beauty of nature in poetmind while he is in solitude.★113. What are the functions of “West Wind”in Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind? What do they mean?同下答：Destroyer andpreserver. The west wind to destroyer of the old who drives the last signs of life from the trees, and preserver of the new who scatter the seads shich sill come to life in the spring. This is a poem about renewal, about the wind blowing life back into dead things, implying not just an arc of life (which would end at death) but a cycle, which only starts again when something dies.115. Why did Percy Bysshe Shelly in his “Ode to the West Wind” ask for the West Wind to “lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud”? Give your analysis.116. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!/A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed/ One too like thee: tameless, and swift, and proud.” The above quotation is taken from Shelley’s poem ‘Ode to the West wind”. What does the underlined part mean?★117.(同115题) Why did Shelley wish to be “a dead leaf”, “a swift cloud”and asked the West wind to “lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud”?★124. What is the character Rebecca Sharp?P195下册(样卷原题)She is a perfect embodiment of the spirit of Vanity Fair as her only aspiration in life is to gain wealth and position by any means: through lies, mean actions and unscrupulous speculating with every sacred ideal.★125. What is your opinion on the character Rebecca Sharp?样卷原题126. What are the major contributions made by the 19th century critical realists? (The major contribution is their perfection of the novel. Like the realists of the 18th century, the 19th century critical realist made use of the form of novel of full and detailed representations of social and political events, and of the fate of individuals and of whole social classes. However, the realistic novels of the 19th century went a step further than those of the 18th century in that they not only pictured the conflicts between individuals who stood for definite social strata, but also showed the broad social conflicts over and above the fate of mere individuals. Their artistic representation of vital social movements such as Chartism, and their vivid description of the dramatic conflicts of the time make the 19th century realistic novel “the epic of the bourgeois society”.)127. What does the subtitle “A Pure Woman” of the novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles mean?答：To show what Hardy thought of his heroine, who is seduced, abandoned, and finally driven to murder for which she is hanged. Through it all she remains his most lovable woman character, cruelly tormented by fate and innocent of any intention to sin.。
英国文学史及作品选读习题集（5）
英国文学史及作品选读习题集（5）5 English Literature in the Romantic PeriodⅠ. Essay questions.1. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen explored three kinds of motivations of marriage 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.2. What are the general features of English Romanticism3. Tell the story of Pride and Prejudice and make a comment on it.4. Make a comment on Wordsworth concerning his contribution to poetry.5. Irony abounds in Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. Please illustrate it with reference to some examples.6. Make a general comment on Walter Scott.’Ⅱ. Define the following terms.1. Romanticism2. Ode3. Byronic hero4. Ottava rima5. Terza rima6. Irony7. Lyric8. Motif9. Theme10. Symbol11. Imagery12. Foil13. Synaesthesia14. Character15. Flat character16. Round character17. Negative capacityⅢ Fill in the blanks.1. As an age of romantic enthusiasm, the Romantic Age began in 1798 when ______and ______published _______ and ended in 1832 when ______died.2. In the Preface of the 2nd and 3rd editions of __________, Wordsworth laid down the principles of poetry composition.3. The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists, _________ and ______.4. _____, ________, and_________ are referred to as the “Lake Poets” because they lived in the Lake District i n the northwestern part of England.5. In 1805, Wordsworth completed his long autobiographical poem entitled__________.6. Scott’s historical novels depicted Scotland, England, and the Continent covering a period ranging from _______ up to, and including, _______.7. _______ mourned for _______’s premature death in an elegy “Adonais”, w riting “He is made one with Nature.”8. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” is a long poem created by contains four cantos in the_______ stanza, namely a 9-line stanza rhymed ababbcbcc, in which the first eight lines are in iambic pentameter while the ninth in iambic hexameter,9. _______ is Byron’s masterpiece, written in the prime of his creativepower. He called it an “epic satire”, “a satire on abuses ofthe present state of soc iety.”10. The great novelist in the Romantic period_______ marked the transition from Romanticism to the period of Realism which followed it.11. The plot of Shelley’s lyrical drama Prometheus Unbound is borrowed from _______, a play of the Greek tragedian Aeschylus.12. In “To Autumn”, Keats writes,” Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, / Clise bosom-friend of the maturing sun; / Conspiring with him how to load and bless / With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; / …” The figure of speech used in the lines is _______.13. “Ode to a Nightingale” expresses the contrast be tween _______ and _______.14. The unifying principle in Don Juan is the basic ironic theme of _______, ., what things seem to be and what they actually are.15. Byron employed _______ from Italian mock-heroic poetry. His first experiment was made in Beppo. It was perfected in Don Juan in which the convention flows with ease and naturalness.was memorized and honored as “the heart of all hearts” after his death. 17. Many critics regard Shelley as one of the greatest of all English poets. They point especially to his_______.18. Romanticism was in effect a revolt of the English _______against the neoclassical _______, which prevailed from the days of pope to those of Johnson.19. _______ are generally regarded as Keats’s most important and mature works.20. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” shows the contrast between _______and21. Among the Romantic figures, _______has a fundamentalconviction of the health of the social system, of its ability to reform itself, and of the assurance of social well-being and the likelihood of a reasonable personal happiness.22. Scott is considered “the father of _______” which open(s) up to fiction the rich and lively realm of history.23. Two prevailing themes of Pride and Prejudice are _______ and _______.24. _______ was composed in a dream after the poet Coleridge took the opium.25. All such works of Coleridge as “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, “Christable” and “Kubla Khan” revealed his keen interest in_______,26. _______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.27. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, “An Evening Walk”, “My Heart Leaps up” and “Tintern Abbey” are all masterpieces on _______.28. The main idea running through the dramatic poem Prometheus Unboundis that of _______.29. _______, with a triumphant praise of the imagination, highly exalts the role of poetry, thinking that poetry alone could free man and offer the mind a wider view of its powers. He holds that poetry “is a more direct represe ntation of the actions and passions of our internal being”.30. The Romantic period is an age of poetry. The major Romantic poets such as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as _______.31. _______ and _______ gave great impetus to the rise of the Romantic32. _______ is a great critic of the romantic period on Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama, and English poetry. He is also a maser of the familiar essays.33. With _______, the essay is no longer chiefly a mode of intellectual inquiry and moral address. Rather, the essay becomes a medium for a delightful literary treatment of life’s small pleasures and reassurances.Ⅳ. Choose the best answer1. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is an epigrammatic line by _______.A. Kohn KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe Shelley2. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following EXCEPT _______.A. Normal contemporary speech patternsB. Humble and rustic life as subject matterC. Elegant wording and inflated figures of speechD. Intensely subjective feeling toward individual experience3. In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”, “A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice “_______.A. Refers to the palace where Kubla Khan once livedB. Vividly describes a building of poor qualityC. Is the gift given to a beautiful girl called AbyssinianD. Symbolizes the reconciliation of the conscious and the unconscious4. _______is one of the first generation of English Romantic poets.A. KeatsB. ShelleyD. Wordsworth5. “If winter comes, can spring be far behind” is taken from _______.A. The Solitary ReaperB. Ode to the West WindC. To AutumnD. Song to the Man of England6. _______is NOT among the representative essayists in the romantic times.A. Charles LambB. William HazlittC. Thomas De QuinceyD. Walter Scott7. In_______, _______set forth his principles of poetry, “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling”.A. The Preface to Lyrical Ballads; WordsworthB. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”; ColeridgeC. “A Defence of Poetry”; ShelleyD. “Lectures on the English Poets”; Hazlitt8. _______is NOT a lyric written by Wordsworth.A. My Heart Leaps UpB. Intimations of ImmortalityC. Love’s PhilosophyD. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud9. All the poems were written by Byron EXCEPT_______.A. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageB. Don Juan。
英国文学史及选读PartVI-The Victorian Period(with answers)
I.Multiple Choice1.The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to itsintroduction to the English novel the first _________ heroine.A. explorerB. peasantC. workerD. governess(女家庭教师)2.Charles Dickens‘ works are characterized by a mingling of __________ and pathos.A. humorB. satireC. passionD. metaphor3.The Victorian Age was largely an age of_________ eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. poetryB. dramaC. novelD. prose4.“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? …And if God had giftedme 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 passage is taken from _____________.A. Great ExpectationsB. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane EyreD. Pride and Prejudice5. _________ is the greatest representative of English critical realism.A. Jane AustenB. ThackerayC. DickensD. Charlotte6. Pride and Prejudice’s first title is ____.A. First ImpressionB. A Book Without a HeroC. The NewcomesD. Persuasion7. Vanity Fair has a sub-title. It is ____.A. First ImpressionB. A Novel Without a HeroC. The NewcomesD. Persuasion8.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend ____ appeared. And it flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. critical realism9.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ____ .A. novelB. dramaC. poetryD. sonnet10.______’s Vanity Fair is a satirical portrayal of the upper strata(阶层) of society.A. George EliotB. Elizabeth GaskellC. W. M. ThackerayD. John Buyan11.The ____ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century.A. EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC. ChartistD. Romanticist12.The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature, the struggle of the _____ for its rights.A. soldiersB. peasantsC. bourgeoisieD. proletariat10. The story of ______ deals with the adventures of a retired old merchant.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist13. The story of _____ deals with the sufferings and hardships of an old man named Trent, and his granddaughter, Nell.A. Pickwick PapersB. The Old Curiosity ShopC. Great ExpectationsD. Hard Times14. Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education?A. Oliver TwistB. Hard TimesC. Great ExpectationsD. A Tale of Two Cities15. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality?A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Great ExpectationsD. Dombey and Son16. In the novel ______, Dickens describes the Chartist Movement and shows his sympathy for the workers.A. Great ExpectationsB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Hard TimesD. Oliver Twist17. In the novel ___ , Defarge and Madame Defarge represent the revolutionaries.A. Dombey and SonB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Little DorritD. Bleak House18. In the novel _____, Dr. Manette is a typical bourgeois intellectual.A. David CopperfieldB. Wuthering HeightsC. Bleak HouseD. A Tale of Two Cities19. _____ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which hero is largely based on the auth or’s early life.A. The Curiosity ShopB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Great Expectations20. In 1864, Dickens published his last complete novel _______.A. The Old Curiosity ShopB. The Pickwick PaperC. Our Mutual FriendD. Little Dorrit21. Which of the follow ing is Thackeray’s masterpiece?A. The VirginiansB. The Books of SnobsC. The NewcomesD. Vanity Fair22. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from Bunyan’s masterpiece _____.A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Child Harold’s PilgrimageC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Canterbury Tales23. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ______.A. Jane EyreB. Agnes GreyC. Wuthering HeightsD. Emma24. ______is D ickens’ best of social satires.A. American NotesB. Martin ChuzzlewitC. Dombey and SonD. David Copperfield25. The Victorian Literature began in____ and ended in _____.A. 1837...1900 B. 1835...1901 C. 1832...1902D. 1830 (1903)26. The conflicts between the capitalists and the proletarian in industrial England caused the ______.A. Enlightenment MovementB. Industrial RevolutionC. Chartist MovementD. Romantic Movement27. _____ is the greatest among the critical realists of the Victorian Age.A. Earnest JonesB. Emily BrontёC. Charlotte BrontёD. Charles Dickens28. The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities refer to ____.A. London and New YorkB. London and ParisC. Paris and New YorkD. Brussels and Washington29. ____ is the major literary form in the Victorian Period.A. essayB. poetryC. novelD. drama30. ____ is the main hero in the novel of Wuthering Heights.A. RochesterB. HeathcliffC. ManetteD. Martin31. The most important poet in the Victorian Age was _____.A. Earnest JonesB. Elizabeth GaskellC. Mr. BrowningD. Alfred Tennyson32. ______ made Dickens famous overnight.A. Sketches by BozB. The Pickwick PapersC. Oliver TwistD. The Old Curiosity Shop33. _____ is Dickens’ first novel of social history reflecting the sharp social contradictions.A. Sketches by BozB. American NotesC. Martin ChuzzlewitD. Barnaby Rudge (《巴纳比·拉奇》)34. _____ is an autobiographical novel and loved by Dickens himself most.A. Great ExpectationsB. David CopperfieldC. Bleak HouseD. The Pickwick Papers35. _____ has been called “the supreme epic of English life”.A. Nicholas NicklebyB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Hard TimesD. The Pickwick PapersII.Term Translation1.Critical Realism (批判现实主义)2. Chartism(宪章运动)III.Definition:Critical Realism: Critical Realism is a literary movement in the 19th century. It sticks to the principal offaithful representation of the 18th century realistic novel and carries its duty forward to the criticism of the society and the defense of the mass. The representative figures are Dickens, Charlotte Bronte and MrsGaskell.IV.Topic Discussion. Write no less than 100 words on each of the following topics in English.1.Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, discuss the theme of her works, the image of womanprotagonists and what and how her novels truthfully present.Answer: (for your reference only)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 fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life.B. All h er heroines’ highest joy arises from some sacrifice of self or some human weakness overc ome.C. The image of woman protagonists in her works are mostly the life of the middle-class working women,particularly governesses.D. Her works present a vivid realistic picture of the English society by exposing the cruelty, hypocrisy andother evils of the upper classes, and by showing the misery and suffering of the poor. Especially in Jane Eyre by her, she sharply criticizes the existing society, e.g. religious hypocrisy of charity institutions.。
22春“英语”专业《英国文学史及选读》离线作业-满分答案5
22春“英语”专业《英国文学史及选读》离线作业-满分答案1. It may be necessary to stop ______ in the learning process and go back to the difficult points in the lessons.A.at caseB.at lengthC.at intervalsD.at a distance参考答案：C2. Backbite，Sneerwell，and Lady Teazle are characters in the play the School for Scandal by ____.A.Christopher MarloweB.Ben JonsonC.Richard Brinsley SheridanD.George Bernard Shaw参考答案：C3. An optimist is someone who expects the best to happen.( )A.错误B.正确参考答案：B4. These overseas students show great ______ for learning a new language.A.faithB.authorityC.enthusiasmD.convention参考答案：C5. American schools increased homework loads to improve education after 1957 because of the Soviets’ Sputnik la unch.( )A.错误B.正确参考答案：B6. I have______the building instinct of beavers.A．spoken ofB．speakedI have______the building instinct of beavers.A．spoken ofB．speaked ofC．spokeD．spoke about正确答案：A7. The duty of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is ( ).A.curing the pain under apartheidB.reconciling the survivals with the killersC.all aboveD.none of them参考答案：C8. Mr.Smith asked his secretary to ______ a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.A.invadeB.installC.insertD.inject参考答案：C9. 易卜生最初是以( )创作登上文坛的。
英国文学史习题全集(含答案)
Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureⅠ. Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeatingEngland.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB.BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d’Arthur6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. TheNormans spoke _____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator ofthe Bible.A. LanglandB. GowerC. WycliffeD. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed,through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England.A. primitiveB. feudalC. bourgeoisD. modern9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.A. loyaltyB. revoltC. obedienceD. mockery10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendaryoutlaw called _____.A. Morte d’ArthurB. Robin HoodC. The Canterbury TalesD. Piers the Plowman11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland, was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey13. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of the FrenchRoman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A.The Romaunt of the RoseB. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess314. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact onthe wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.A. engineerB. courtierC. office holderD. soldierE. ambassadorF. legislator (议员)15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’spoem “Filostrato”.A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and CriseydeC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. BeowulfKey to the multiple choices：1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAABⅡ. Questions1.What are the features of Beowulf?ment on the social significance and language in The Canterbury Tales.Part Two The English RenaissanceⅠ. Match the writer and his works.1.Thomas More2.Holinshed3.Hakluyt4.Richard Tottel5.Philip Sidney6.Walter Raleigh A.Apology for PoetryB.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.UtopiaD.Discovery of GuianaE.Principal Navigations, V oyages and DiscoveriesF.ChroniclesThe key: (1—C 2—F 3—E 4—B 5—A 6—D)Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.1._____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type,which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie.A. Henry VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. James I2.The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star ofthe Reformation” and his followers.A. William TyndalB. James IC. John WycliffeD. Bishop Lancelot Andrews3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad.____ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interests of the English merchants.A. Henry V.B. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4.Except being a victory of England over ___, the rout of the fleet “Armada”(Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the4declining old feudalism.A. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5.Those, both traders and pirates like ____, established the first English colonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lancelot AndrewsC. William CaxtonD. William Tyndal6.____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.A. Ben JohnsonB. William ShakespeareC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe7.The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe8.Morality plays appeared after_____.A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classical plays9._____ is used to say and do good things.A. MercyB. FollyC. ViceD. Peace10._____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A. Phillip SidneyB. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas MoreD. Walter Raleigh11._____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.A. Thomas NorthB. Thomas WyattC. George ChapmanD. John Florio12.____ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar.A.Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes《希腊罗马名人传》B.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.Don QuixoteD.History of the World13.____ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty tounderstand that the rich were becoming richer by robbing the poor.A. John WycliffeB. William CaxtonC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Thomas More14.Utopia was written in the form of _____.A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue15.One of the popular morality plays was ____.A. The ShepherdsB. EverymanC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurton’s Needle16.Shakespeare’s plays written between _____ are sometimes called “romances” andall end in reconciliation and reunion.A. 1590 and 1594B. 1595 and 1600C. 1601 and 1607D. 1608 and 161217.Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s ______.A. PericlesB. CymbelineC. The Winter’s TaleD. The Tempest18.In _____ appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet，Never before Imprinted（《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”）which contains 154 sonnets.A. 1606B. 1607C. 1608 160919.Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____.5A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. classicism20.Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) withthe _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet21.In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 1800022._____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben JohnsonKey to the multiple choices:1-5 BCDAA 6-10 DDCBA 11-15 BDADA 16-22 ACBADDBⅢ. Fill in the blanks.1.The ____ was universally used by the Catholic Churches.2.The English translation of the Bible emerged as a result of the struggle between____ and ___.3.The Bible was notably translated into English by the ____.4.The first complete Engl ish Bible was translated by ____, “the morning star of the_____”.5._____ translated the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament, which isknown as Tyndale’s Bible.6.After Tydale’s Bible, then appeared the ______, which was made in 1611 underthe auspices of _____. And so was sometimes called the ____.7.Apart from the religious influence, the Authorized Version has had a greatinfluence on English ___ and ____.8.With the widespread influence of the English Bible, the standard modern Englishhas been _____ and _____.9. A great number of ____and phrases have passed into daily English speech ashousehold words.10.The ____and ____ language of the Authorized Version has colored the style ofthe English prose for the last 300 years.11.____ was the first English printer.12.William Caxton was a prosperous merchant himself, but he was fond of ___ , andhis interest was turning to ____.13.He translated The Recuyell of Historyes of Troy into English from French whichwas the ___ book printed in English.14.The Recuyell served as a source for ____ Troilus and Cressida. 《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》15.After having established his printing press, William Caxton devoted himself tothe career of a ____ and _____.16.William Caxton published about ____ books, ___ of which were translated byhimself.617.By rendering (翻译) French books into English, Caxton exercised the youthfullanguage in the airs (曲调), the graces, the crafts of the elder and contributed to the development of the style of ___ century English ____.18.The influence of Caxton’s publications is also great in fixing a ____ language inEngland.19.As the first English printer, Caxton invented in England the profession of ____,which in fact has had a lasting significance to the development of English ___ asa whole.20.The Renaissance started in the ______ century and ended in the ______century.21.The word, “renaissance” means ________, which was stimulated by a series ofhistorical events, such as ________.22.In the Renaissance, the humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of those old____in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expresses ____ of the rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the ____of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.23.____ is the theme of the English Renaissance, which emphasized the capacities of____and the achievements of ____.24.____ Stanza is a verse form created by _____ for his poem, ______, in which therhyme scheme is ____.25.The Wars of the Roses (1455—1485) between the House of ___ and the House of___ struggling for the Crown continued for 30 years.26.Because of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King ofEngland, the far-reaching movement of ___ took place in England, started by Henry VIII.27.After ___ in England, the helpless, dispossessed peasants, being compelled towork at a low wage, became hired laborers for the merchants. These laborers were the fathers of modern English ___.28.The introduction of ___ to England by William Caxton (1476) brought classicalworks within reach of the common multitude.29.The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up ____of relations andthe establishing of the foundations of ____.30.Because the wool trade was rapidly growing in bulk, it was a time when,according to Thomas More, “___”.31.____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in thecountry, confiscated their lands and proclaimed himself head of the Church of England.32.Together with the development of bourgeois relationships and formation of theEnglish national state this period is marked by a flourishing of national culture known as ____.33.____, in his translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, wrote the first English blank verse.34.Richard Tottel’s Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets contained _____ poems by______ and _____ by _____.35.Philip Sidney thought that _____ had superiority over philosophy and history.36._____ is a picture of contemporary England with forcible exposure of the ___7among the laboring classes.37.More points out that the root of poverty is the ____ _____ of social wealth.38.Sonnets contain _____ sonnets and ____ sonnets.39.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its ____.40.The “miracles” were simple plays based on ______stories.41.There are significant touches of _____ life in the play titled The Shepherds.42.A morality play presented the _____ of good and _____ with _____personages.43.Vice was the predecessor of the modern _____.44.Through the revival of classical literature, English playwrights came into contactwith ______ and ______drama.45.From the contact with Greek and Latin drama, English playwrights learned all theimportant rules in ____ and ____, the more exact conception of ____ and ____.46.English comedies and tragedies on classical models appeared in the middle of the____ century.47.The first English comedy is ______.48.The first English tragedy is _____.49.Miracle plays, morality plays, interludes and classical plays paved the way for theflourishing of ____.50.In the 16th century _____ became the centre of English drama.51.By ____, professional actors were organized into companies.52.____ were wooden buildings, usually circular in form, with tiers（一排排）ofgalleries surrounding a roofless pit（楼下剧场）.53.In the Elizabethan Theater, there were no ____ and women’s parts were alwaystaken by ____.54.Shakespeare’s narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, is full of vivid images of the______, and aphorisms (格言、警句) on life.55.Shakespeare was a great ____ of the English language.56.Shakespeare’s dramatic creation often used the method of _____.57.Shakespeare’s drama becomes a monument of the English ______.58.Shakespeare was a _____ for play-writing.59.Shakespeare’s _____ people represent all the complexities and implications ofreal life.Key to the blanks:tin Bible2.Protestantism; Catholicism3.Protestants4.John Wycliffe; Reformation5.William Tyndal6.Authorized Version, James I;King James Bible.nguage; literature8.fixed; confirmed9.Bible coinages 10.simple; dignified11.William Caxton12.Reading; literature13.First14.Shakespeare15.Printer; publisher16.100; 2417.15th ; prose18.National19.Publisher; culture820.14th; 17th21.Religious reformation22.feudalist ideas; interests;purity23.Humanism; human mind;human culture24.Spenserian; Edmund Spenser;The Faerie Queene;ababbcbccncaster; York26.The Reformation27.the Enclosure Movement;proletarians28.printing29.feudal; capitalism30.sheep devours men31.William VIII32.Renaissance33.Henry Howard, Earl ofSurrey34.96, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 40,Henry Howard, Earl ofSurrey35.poetry36.Utopia, Book One; poverty 37.private ownership38.Italian/Petrarchan ; Shakespearean39.Drama40.Bible41.real42.Conflict; evil; allegorical43.Clown44.Greek; Latin45.Structure; style; comedy; tragedy46.16th47.Gammer Gurton’s Needle《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》48.Gorboduc 《高波特克》49.Drama50.London51.156752.Elizabethan theatres53.actress; boys54.countryside55.master56.adaptation (revision)57.Renaissance58.master-hand (能手)59.full-bloodⅣ. Say true or false.1.The old English aristocracy having been exterminated (wiped out) in the course ofthe War of the Roses, a new nobility, totally dependent on King’s power, come to the fore.2.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of QueenElizabeth.3.The progress of bourgeois economy made England a powerful state and enabledher in 1588 to inflict a defeat on the Spanish Invincible Armada.4.The Protestant Reformation was in essence a religious movement in a politicalguise.5.Before the Reformation, the English Bible was universally used by the Catholicchurches.6.Walter Raleigh wrote his History of the World in imprisonment.7.More the man is even more interesting than More the writer.8.Utopia, Book One, describes an ideal communist society.9.Translations occupied an important place in the English Renaissance.10.Philip Sidney’s collection of love sonnets is Astrophel and Stella.911.The Miracle plays were not forbidden to perform in churches after the actorsintroduced secular and even comical elements into the performance.12.The writer of Gammer Gurton’s Needle is unknown.13.Two lawyers who wrote Gorboduc were Thomas Sackville (托马斯·萨克维尔)and Thomas Norton（托马斯·诺顿）.14.Shakespeare’s sonnets are divided into three groups: Numbers 1—17, Numbers18—126, and Numbers 127—154.15.Shakespeare’s sonnets are written for variety of virtues.16.Engels said, “Realism implies, besides truth in detail, the truthful reproduction oftypical characters under typical circumstances.”17.Shakespeare wrote about his own people and for his own time.18.Shakespeare’s one play contains one theme. (contains more than one theme)19.To reproduce the real life, Shakespeare often combines the majestic with thefunny, the poetic with the prosaic(散文体的) and tragic with the comic.20.Engels called Shakespeare’s plays the “Shakespearean vivacity (活泼、快活) andwealth of (大量的) action”.21.Utopia is More’s masterpiece, written in the form of letters between More andHythloday, a voyage.22.Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist.23.Carl Marx commented highly on More’s Utopia and mentioned it in his greatwork, The Capital.24.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its poetry.25.The miracle plays were simple plays based on Bible stories, such as the creationof the world, Noah and the flood, and the birth of Christ.26.Grammer Gurton’s Needle is the first English comedy, Gorboduc the first Englishtragedy.27.Both the gentlemen and the common people went to the theatres. But the upperclass was the dominant force in Elizabethan theatre.28.After Shakespeare’s death, Herminge and Condell collected and published hisplays in 1623.29.From Shakespeare’s history plays, it can be seen that Shakespeare took a greatinterest in the political questions of his time.30.In Shakespeare’s historical plays, historical accuracy is not strictly regarded.31.King Lear is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national heroto degenerate into a bloody murder and despot right to his doom.ing from an old Danish legend, Othello is considered the summit ofShakespeare’s art.33.Shakespeare is one of the founders of romanticism in world literature.34.Generally speaking, after Shakespeare, the English drama was undergoing aprocess of prosperity.35.English Renaissance Period was an age of poetry and drama, and was an age ofprose.36.There are two main characters in As You Like It: Orlando and Rosalind.37.Ben Johnson’s comedies are “comedies of humors”and every character in his 10comedies personifies a definite “humor”.38.In Ben Johnson’s later years he became the “literary king” of his time.Key to the True/False statements:1.T2.T3.T4. F. (a political movement in areligious guise)5. F. (the Latin Bible)6.T7. F (Sidney)8.T9.T10.T11.T12.T13.F ( Book Two)14.T15.T16.T17.T18.F19.T20.T21.F (a conversation)22.F (poet and critic of poetry)23.F24.F(darma)25.T26.T27.T28.T29.T30.T31.F (Macbeth)32.F (Hamlet)33.F (realism)34.F(decline)35.F (not an age of prose)36.T37.F (ordinary people were)38.T11Ⅴ. Questions on the English Renaissancement on the image of Henry V and Sir John Falstaff.ment on the character of Hamlet.3.What are the features of Shakespeare’s drama?4.Remember Shakespeare’s major plays in each literary career.ment on Marlowe’s social significance and literary achievement.ment on The Faerie Queene.Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois RevolutionI.Choose the right answer.1.The r hyme scheme of Milton’s L’Allkegro and Il Penseroso is _____.A. aabbccbbcB. abbacdccdC. abacdeecD. ababcdcdd2. _____ , as a declaration of people’s freedom of the press, has been a weapon inthe later democratic revolutionary struggles.A. On the Morning of Christ’s NativityB. ComusC. Of Reformation in EnglandD. Areopagitica3. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and thelater sacred verses.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden4. _____ expressed Donne’s own way of describing love.A. Holy SonnetsB. Witchcraft by a PictureC. The Sun RisingD. Death, Be Not Proud5. George Herbert’s ______ is a well-known shaped poem.A. The AltarB. To His Coy MistressC. To DaffodilsD. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May6. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan7. Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet?A. Richard CrashawB. Henry VaughanC. Andrew MarvellD. Robert Burton8. ____is a prose poem on death and immortality.A. The Anatomy of MelancholyB. Religio MeciciC. Holy DyingD. Urn-Burial9. Izaak Walton’s ____ is a delightful description of the English countrysi de and thesimple and kind people.A. The Compleat AnglerB. Holy LivingC. To His Coy MistressD. To Daffadils10. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry?A. John SucklingB. Richard LovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. John Dryden11. ____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19thcentury.A. John DrydenB. Richard SteeleC. Joseph AddisonD. Alexander PopeKey to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAADII.Fill in the blanks.1.In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, _______ occupies the mostimportant place.2.The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian writingproduced during the _____ Age.3.______gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol ofLondon at the time of Restoration.4._____masterpiece, The Pilgrim’s Progress, is an allegory, a narrative in whichgeneral concepts such as sins, despair, and faith are represented as people or as aspects of the natural world.5._____ is the most excellent representative of English classicism in the Restorationperiod.6.In English literature, the Restoration period is traditionally called “Age of _____.7.In political affairs, ____ was quite changeable in attitude.8.In his “A n Essay of Dramatic Poesy”, ____ showed his famous appreciation ofShakespeare.9.Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is _______, a tragedy dealing withthe same story as Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.10.The main literary achievements of the 17th century lies in the poetry of JohnMilton, in the prose writing of John Bunyan, and in the plays and literary criticism of ______.11.Paradise Lost is one of Milton’s ______.12.Satan is the hero in Milton’s masterpiece __________.13.Paradise Lost took its material from ______.14.The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, generally speaking, by_____in content and fantasticality in form.15._______ was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 18thcentury.16.Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton’s belief in the powers of _____.17.The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious allegory and _____ is another writing feature.18.In the second half of the 17th century we may hear the voices of the privatecitizens by letters and _____.Key to the blanks:1.(John Bunyan)2.(Puritan)3.(The Pilgrim’s Progress)4.(John Bunyan’s)5.(John Dryden)6.(Dryden)7.(John Dryden)8.(John Dryden)9.(All for Love)10.(John Dryden)11.(epics)12.(Paradise Lost)13.(mysticism)14.(the Bible)15.(Dryden)16.(man)17.(symbolism)18.(diaries)III.Say true or false.1.The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17th century were over landownership.2.After the victory of the English Revolution, the movement of the Diggers brokeout. The leader of this revolt is Wat Tyler.3.With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became theProtector of the English Commonwealth.4.The spirit of unity and the feeling of patriotism ended with the reign of James I,and England was then convulsed (shook, quivered) with the conflict between the two antagonistic camps, the Royalists and the Puritans.5.In 1644, James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of thecountry.6.English literature of the 17th century witnessed a flourish on the whole.7.The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in Englishliterature, William Shakespeare.8.The Revolution Period is also called Age of Milton because it produced a greatpoet whole name is William Milton.9.The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama.10.Among the English poets during the Revolution Period, John Donne was thegreatest one.11.John Milton towers over his age as Byron towers over the Elizabethan Age, and asChaucer towers over the Medieval Period.12.On his first wife’s death, Milton wrote his only l ove poem, a sonnet, on HisDeceased Wife.13.The greatest epic produced by Milton, Paradise Lose, is written in heroic couplets.14.The poem of Samson Agonistes was “to justify the ways of God to man”, i.e. toadvocate submission to the Almighty.15.It has been noticed by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by hisangels who never think of expressing any opinions of their own, resembles the court of an absolute monarch.16.Izaak Wa lton’s The Compleat Angler becomes a “Piscatorial classic”.17.Thomas Bro wne’s Religia Medici is a collection of opinions on a vast number ofsubjects more or less connected with religion.Key to True/False statements:1. F (ownership: monopolies)2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley)3. F (Charles II: Oliver Cromwell)4. F (Donne: Milton)5. F (James I: Charles I)6. F (flourish: decline)7.T (William Shakespeare)8. F (William: John)9. F (drama: poetry) 10.F (James I: Elizabeth I)11.F (Byron: Shakespeare)12.F (first: second)13.F (heroic couplets: blank verse)14.F (Satan: God)15.F (Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost)16.T17.TIV. Questions1.What are the writing features of The Pilgrim’s Progress?ment on the image of Satan.ment on Samson.Part Four The English Century Ⅰ. Match the works and the characters. (3 points)A1. ( ) Tome Jones2. ( ) The Vicar of Wakefield3. ( ) Robinson Crusoe4. ( ) Gulliver’s Travels5. ( ) Pamela6. ( ) The School for ScandalBa.Fridayb.King of Brodingnagc.Sophiad.Mr. Be.William Thornhillf.Charles SurfaceThe key: (1—c, 2—e, 3—a, 4—b, 5—d, 6—f )Ⅱ. Choose the right answer.1.In 1701, Steele published a pamphlet, _____, in which he first displayed hismoralizing spirit.A. The FuneralB. The Lying LoverC. The Christian HeroD. The Tender Husband2. Which is the most popular newspaper published by Steele?A. The TatlerB. The SpectatorC. The TheatreD. The English3. _____ is Addison’s great tragedy.A. A Letter from ItalyB. RosamondC. The CampaignD. Cato4. Which of the following is not the hero in The Spectator?A. Isaac BickerstaffB. Mr. RogerC. Captain SentryD. Andrew Freeport5. ______ were looked upon as the model of English composition by British authorsall through the 18th century.A. Jeremy Taylor’s Holy LivingB. Thomas Browne’s Religio MeidicC. Samuel Pepys’s diariesD. Addison’s Spectator essays6. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _____.A. SteeleB. AddisonC. PopeD. Dryden7. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is ____.A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. Essay on ManD. The Dunciad8. Essay on Man is a _____poem in heroic couplets.A. didacticB. satiricalC. philosophicalD. dramatic9. ____ was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century.。
吴伟仁《英国文学史及选读》(重排版)-章节题库(第四~五章)【圣才出品】
第四章英国启蒙运动阶段一、填空题1.The Graveyard Poets were a number of pre-Romantic English poets of the18th century characterized by their gloomy meditations on mortality in the context of the graveyard.A contemplative and mellow mood is achieved in the celebrated opening verse of Gray’s_____.【答案】Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard【解析】这首诗充满感伤情调，成为18世纪后期感伤主义诗歌的典范之作。
2.Swift is a master of_____,his satire is usually masked by an outward gravity andan apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful.【答案】satirist【解析】乔纳森·斯威夫特（1667—1745）是英国作家、政治家、讽刺文学大师，代表作品《格列夫游记》《一只桶的故事》。
3.It is simply for convenience that we study the18th century English literature in three main divisions:the region of_____,the revival of_____,and the beginning of _____.【答案】classicism;poetry;novel【解析】受启蒙运动的影响，18世纪英国文学出现新流派——新古典主义；18世纪后半期，前浪漫主义产生并逐渐取代新古典主义；小说产生于18世纪，并成为一个重要的文学体裁。
英国文学史及选读练习题
英国文学史及选读练习题英国文学史及选读练习题Part ⅠI．Fill in the following blanks .1. After the fall of the Roman Empire and the withdraw of Roman troops fromAlbion ,the aboriginal_____ population of the larger part of the island was soon conquered and almost totally exterminated by the Teutonic of _____ ,_____ ,and _____who came from the continent and settled in the island ,naming its central part _____ ,or England .2. For nearly _____ years prior to the coming of the English ,British had been aRoman province .In _____ ,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, _____ and_____ .The former represents the poetry which the Anglo-Saxons probably brought with them in the form of _____ ,the crude material out of which literature was slowly developed on English soil ; the later represents the developed under the teaching of _____ .4. In reading the earliest poetry of English it is well to remember that all of it wascopied by _____ ,and seems to have been more or less altered to give it a _____ .5. _____ can be justly termed England’s national epic and its hero ______--one ofthe national heroes of the English people .6. The Song of Beowulf reflects events which took place on the _____ approximatelyat the beginning of the _____ century ,when the forefathers of the Jutes lived in the southern part of the _____ and maintained close relations with kindred tribes ,e.g. with the _______________ who lied on the other side of the straits . 7. Among the early Anglo-Saxon poets we may mention _____ who lived in the latter half of the _____ century and who wrote a poetic Paraphrase of the Bible .8. _____ is the first known religious poet of England .He is known as the father ofEnglish song .II．Choose the best answer for each blank.1. The most important work of _____ is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, which isregarded as the best monument of the old English prose .a. Alfred the Greatb. Caedmonc. Cynewulfd. Venerable Bede2. Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song ofBeowulf ?a. Hrothgatb. Heorotc. Grendeld. Beowulf3. _____ is the first important religious poet in English literature .a. Cynewulfb. Caedmonc. Shakespeared. Adam Bede4. The epic ,The Song of Beowulf ,represents the spirit of _____ .a. monksb. romanticistsc. sentimentalistsd. paganPart ⅡI．Fill in the following blanks.1. In the year _____ ,at the battle of _____ ,the _____ headed by William ,Duke ofNormandy ,defeated the Anglo-Saxons .2. The literature which Normans brought to England is remarkable for itsbright ,_____ tales of _____ and _____ ,in marked contrast with the _____ and _____ of Anglo-Saxon poetry .3. English literature is also a combination of _____ and _____ elements .4. In the 14th century ,the two most important writers are _____ and Chaucer .5. In the 15th century ,there is only one important prose writer whose name is_____ .He wrote an important work called Morte d’ Arthur .Part ⅢI．Fill in the following blanks.1. Geoffrey Chaucer ,the “_____ ”and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland ,was born in London in about the year 1340 .2. Chaucer’s master piece is _____ ,one of the most famous works in all literature .3. The _____ provides a frame work for the tales in The Canterbury Tales ,and itcomprises a group of vivid pictures of various medieval figures .4. Chaucer created in The Canterbury Tales a strikingly brilliant and picturesquepanorama of ____ .5. The Canterbury Tales opens with a general ”Prologue ” where we are told of acompany of pilgrims that gathered at _____ Inn in South-wark ,suburb of London .6. Chaucer believes in the right of man to ______ happiness .7. The name of the “jolly innkeeper” in The Canterbury Tales is _____ ,who proposes that each pilgrim of the _____ should tell two tales on the way to Canterbury and two more on the way back .8. The pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales are on their way to the shrine of_____ at a place named Canterbury .9. Despite the enormous plan ,The Canterbury Tales in fact contains a general“ Prologue ” and only _____ tales , of which two are left unfinished .10. In contradistinction to the _____ verse of Anglo-Saxon poetry , Chaucer chose themetrical form which laid the foundation of the English _____ verse . II．Choose the best answer for each blank .1. Who is the “ father of English poetry ” and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland ?a. Christopher Marlowb. Geoffrey Chaucerc. W .Shakespeared. Alfred the Great2. When he died , Chaucer was buried in _____ the Poet’s Corner.a. Westminster Abbeyb. Normandyc. Canterburyd. Southwark3. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his “_____ ” a translation of the French“ Roman de la Rose ” by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung , which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only France but throughout Europe .a. Troilus and Criseydeb. A Red , Red Rosec. Romance of the Rosed. Piers the Plowman4. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named “ _____ ” based onBoccaccio’s poem “ Filostrato ” .a. The Legend of Good Womenb. Troilus and Gressiec. Sir Gawain and the Green Knightd. Beowulf5. In his literary development , Chaucer was influenced by three literatures , Whichone is not true ?a. French literatureb. Italian literaturec. English literatured. German literature。
英国文学史及作品选读练习题(The 18th Century)教程文件
英国文学史及作品选读练习题(T h e18t hC e n t u r y)英美文学史及作品选读 (207023261) > 课程作业 > 复查测验：英国文学史及作品选读练习题（THE 18TH CENTURY)复查测验：英国文学史及作品选读练习题（The 18th Century)名称英国文学史及作品选读练习题（The 18th Century)状态已完成分数得 120 分，满分 120 分说明问题 1得 2 分，满分 2 分In the last twenty years of the 18th century, England produced two well-known romantic poets. They are WilliamBlake and .所选答案：Burns正确答案：Robert BurnsBurns问题 2得 2 分，满分 2 分Jonathan Swift’s famou s prose work ________ is a satirical dialoguebetween the Ancients and the Moderns in the character of the Bee and theSpider.所选答案： C. The Battle of the Books正确答案： C. The Battle of the Books反馈：The Battle of the Books问题 3得 2 分，满分 2 分The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two politicalparties, _____.所选答案： A. the Whigs and the Tories正确答案： A. the Whigs and the Tories反馈：the Whigs and the Tories问题 4得 2 分，满分 2 分Blake’s Songs of Innocence is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a world of .所选答案： D. happiness and innocence正确答案： D. happiness and innocence反馈：happiness and innocence问题 5得 2 分，满分 2 分Jonathan Swift held the opinion that humannature , thus human nature and humaninstitutions both needed constant reform and improvement.所选答案： C. was a mixture of the angelic and the satanic正确答案： C. was a mixture of the angelic and the satanic反馈：was a mixture of the angelic and the satanic问题 6得 2 分，满分 2 分According to the neoclassicists, which of the following is true?所选答案： D. All the above.正确答案： D. All the above.反馈：All the above.问题 7得 2 分，满分 2 分The social significance of Gulliver’s Travels lies in _____.所选答案：A. the devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life正确答案：A. the devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life反馈： the devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life问题 8得 2 分，满分 2 分Which of the following cannot correctly describeEnlightenment Movement?所选答案： C. It advocated individual education.正确答案： C. It advocated individual education.反馈：It advocated individual education.问题 9得 2 分，满分 2 分In , Jonathan Swift suggests that children of the poor Irish people be sold at one year old as food for theEnglish nobles. It shows his indignation toward theterrible oppression and exploitation of the Irish people bythe English ruling class.所选答案： A Modest Proposal正确答案： A Modest Proposal反馈： A Modest Proposal问题 10得 2 分，满分 2 分Sir Walter Scott called the father of English fiction.所选答案：Fielding正确答案：Henry FieldingFielding反馈：Henry Fielding; Fielding问题 11得 2 分，满分 2 分In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the .所选答案： B. rising bourgeoisie正确答案： B. rising bourgeoisie反馈：rising bourgeoisie问题 12得 2 分，满分 2 分The literary form of neoclassicism is of the strict symmetry. The prevailinggenre of neo-classical literature is the which consists of two riminglines of iambic pentameter, and the second line completes the thoughtsexpressed by the couplet.所选答案：heroic couplet正确答案：heroic couplet反馈：heroic couplet问题 13得 2 分，满分 2 分In the first part of Robinson Crusoe, the hero saved a savage and namedhim .所选答案：Friday正确答案：Friday反馈：Friday问题 14得 2 分，满分 2 分Thomas Gray has been regarded as the leader of the of the day.所选答案： D.sentimental poetry正确答案： D.sentimental poetry反馈：sentimental poetryWhich of the following is NOT a character in the novel The History of TomJones, a Foundling?所选答案： d.Amelia正确答案： d.Amelia反馈：Amelia问题 16得 2 分，满分 2 分is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.所选答案：Bitter Satire正确答案：Bitter Satire反馈：Bitter Satire问题 17得 2 分，满分 2 分Daniel Defoe describes as a typical English middle-class man of the18th century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneercolonist.所选答案：Robinson Crusoe正确答案：Robinson CrusoeCrusoe反馈：Robinson Crusoe; Crusoe问题 18得 2 分，满分 2 分In the Houyhnhnm land, Gulliver found that ______ were hairy, wild, low and despicable brutes while ______ areendowed with reason and all good and admirable qualities.所选答案： B. the Yahoos ... the horses正确答案： B. the Yahoos ... the horses反馈： the Yahoos ... the horses问题 19得 2 分，满分 2 分In the middle decades of the 18th century became the leader of theclassic school in English poetry and prose.所选答案：Samuel Johnson正确答案：Samuel JohnsonJohnson反馈：Samuel Johnson; Johnsonranks among the greatest satirist of England, and of the world. “A Modest Proposal” is one of his satirical works.所选答案：Jonathan Swift正确答案：Jonathan SwiftSwift反馈：Jonathan Swift; Swift问题 21得 2 分，满分 2 分_________came into being as a result of a bitter discontent on the part of certain enlighteners in society reality.所选答案： D. Sentimentalism正确答案： D. Sentimentalism反馈：Sentimentalism问题 22得 2 分，满分 2 分The following on Daniel Defoe are true except .所选答案： B. He was a member of the upper class正确答案： B. He was a member of the upper class反馈：He was a member of the upper class问题 23得 2 分，满分 2 分Which of the following place does Gulliver visit first inGulliver’s Travels?所选答案： D. Lilliput正确答案： D. Lilliput反馈：Lilliput问题 24得 2 分，满分 2 分The only novel of Oliver Goldsmith is _________, which gives a detailedaccount of the numerous misfortunes befalling the central character and his family.所选答案： C. The Vicar of Wakefield正确答案： C. The Vicar of Wakefield反馈：The Vicar of Wakefield问题 25得 2 分，满分 2 分In the following writings by Henry Fielding, which brings him the name of the “Prose Homer”?所选答案： D.The History of Tom Jones, aFoundling正确答案： D.The History of Tom Jones, aFoundling反馈：The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling问题 26得 2 分，满分 2 分Of all the 18the century novelists, _________ was the first to set out intheory and practice, to write specially a “comic epic in prose”, and thefirst to give the modern novel its structure and style.所选答案： A.HenryFielding正确答案： A.HenryFielding反馈：HenryFielding问题 27得 2 分，满分 2 分The Rivals written by is a clever satire on the sentimental andpseudo-romantic fancies of many young women of the upper classes ofthe 18th century.所选答案：Sheridan正确答案：Richard Brinsley SheridanBrinsley SheridanSheridan反馈：Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Brinsley Sheridan; Sheridan问题 28得 2 分，满分 2 分 Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that________.所选答案： C.the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression on anindividual’s feelings and experiences正确答案： C.the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression on anindividual’s feelings and experiences反馈： the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression on anindividual’s feelings and experiences问题 29得 2 分，满分 2 分In Gulliver’s Travels, Yahoos are the creatures living on ________.所选答案：Houyhnhnms正确答案：Houyhnhnms反馈：Houyhnhnms问题 30得 2 分，满分 2 分The greatest novelist of the 18th century, and also one of the greatest that England ever produced is , whois considered as the founder of the English realisticnovel.所选答案：Henry Fielding正确答案：Henry FieldingFielding问题 31得 2 分，满分 2 分1. The principal elements of the ________Novel are mystery, horror andsuspense.所选答案：Gothic正确答案：Gothic反馈：Gothic问题 32得 2 分，满分 2 分 Friday is a character in the novel__________.所选答案：Robinson Crusoe正确答案：The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson CrusoeRobinson Crusoe反馈：The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Robinson Crusoe问题 33得 2 分，满分 2 分_________is William Blake’s most important prose work, which is the manifesto of his spiritual independence.所选答案： A. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell正确答案： A. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell反馈：The Marriage of Heaven and Hell问题 34得 2 分，满分 2 分“Till a’ the seas gang d ry, my dear,And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:I will luve thee still, my dear,While the sands o’ life shall run.”The above verse lines are taken from the famous poem“________”.所选答案： A Red, Red Rose正确答案： A Red, Red Rose反馈： A Red, Red Rose问题 35得 2 分，满分 2 分Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is the greatest work in English literature.所选答案： A. satiric正确答案： A. satiric反馈：satiric问题 36得 2 分，满分 2 分The best part of Robinson Crusoe is the realistic account of his against the hostile nature.所选答案：struggle正确答案：strugglefight反馈：struggle; fight问题 37得 2 分，满分 2 分Which of the following is not true about Robinson Crusoe?所选答案： D. It is a record of Defoe’s own experience.正确答案： D. It is a record of Defoe’s own experience.反馈：It is a record of Defoe’s own experience.问题 38得 2 分，满分 2 分The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling has been praised for its excellentplot construction. The three big divisions of the adventures of the heroand the heroine are marked by the change of scenes: in the country, onthe road and in __________.所选答案：London正确答案：London反馈：London问题 39得 2 分，满分 2 分’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” is taken as a model of sentimentalist poetry, esp. the Graveyard school.所选答案：Gray正确答案：Thomas GrayGray反馈：Thomas Gray; Gray问题 40得 2 分，满分 2 分Which of the following is not true about Samuel Richardson?所选答案： D. He is the first novelist of realist tradition.正确答案： D. He is the first novelist of realist tradition.反馈：He is the first novelist of realist tradition.问题 41得 2 分，满分 2 分_______is of the author of the first dictionary by an Englishman—Dictionary of the English Language, which has become the foundationof all subsequent English dictionaries.所选答案： A. Samuel Johnson正确答案： A. Samuel Johnson反馈：Samuel Johnson问题 42得 2 分，满分 2 分Sheridan’s _____is the best English comedy since the daysof Shakespeare.所选答案： C. The School for Scandal正确答案： C. The School for Scandal反馈：The School for Scandal问题 43得 2 分，满分 2 分The 18th century England is known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Ageof ________.所选答案：Reason正确答案：Reason反馈：Reason问题 44得 2 分，满分 2 分Joseph Andrew is Fielding’s first novel. He wrote the novel with theintention of ridiculing Richard’s novel .所选答案：Pamela正确答案：Pamela反馈：Pamela问题 45得 2 分，满分 2 分In Robinson Crusoe, the writer glorifies .所选答案： A. human labor and the Puritan fortitude正确答案： A. human labor and the Puritan fortitude反馈：human labor and the Puritan fortitude问题 46得 2 分，满分 2 分Many of Burns’ songs deal with friendship, ______has long become a universal parting-song of all the English-speaking countries.所选答案： D. Auld Lang Syne正确答案： D. Auld Lang Syne反馈：Auld Lang Syne问题 47得 2 分，满分 2 分In the William Blake’s poetry, the father (and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as God, Priestand King) was usually a figure of_______.所选答案：tyranny正确答案：tyranny反馈：tyranny问题 48得 2 分，满分 2 分Gothic novels are mostly stories of ____, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.所选答案： D. mystery and horror正确答案： D. mystery and horror反馈：mystery and horror问题 49得 2 分，满分 2 分The only important English dramatist produced in the 18th century is________.所选答案：Sheridan正确答案：Richard Brinsley SheridanBrinsley SheridanSheridan反馈：Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Brinsley Sheridan; Sheridan问题 50得 2 分，满分 2 分所选答案： D. give the modern novel its structure and style正确答案： D. give the modern novel its structure and style反馈：give the modern novel its structure and style问题 51得 2 分，满分 2 分Blake’s Songs of Experience paints a world of _____ with a melancholytone.所选答案： A. misery, poverty, disease, war and repression正确答案： A. misery, poverty, disease, war and repression反馈：misery, poverty, disease, war and repression问题 52得 2 分，满分 2 分In the 18th century, _______found its expression chiefly in poetry,especially that of William Blake and Robert burns.所选答案： D. pre-romanticism正确答案： D. pre-romanticism反馈：pre-romanticism问题 53得 2 分，满分 2 分 _______was a progressive intellectual movement going on throughout Europe in the 18th century.所选答案： C. The Enlightenment正确答案： C. The Enlightenment反馈：The Enlightenment问题 54得 2 分，满分 2 分The main literary stream of the 18th century was . What the writersdescribed were mainly social realities.所选答案：Realism正确答案：realism反馈： realism问题 55得 2 分，满分 2 分the 18th century English literature, which has given the world such writersas Daniel Defoe, Jonathan swift and Henry fielding.所选答案： B.realisticnovel正确答案： B.realisticnovel反馈：realisticnovel问题 56得 2 分，满分 2 分 is undoubtedly the greatest poet Scotland has ever produced. His“Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect” is of great importance.所选答案：Robert Burns正确答案：Robert BurnsBurns反馈：Robert Burns; Burns问题 57得 2 分，满分 2 分Among the representatives of the Enlightenment, _______ was the first tointroduce rationalism to England.所选答案：pope正确答案：Alexander PopePope反馈：Alexander Pope; Pope问题 58得 2 分，满分 2 分Modern English novel arose in the ________century.所选答案： C. 18th正确答案： C. 18th反馈：18th问题 59得 2 分，满分 2 分Pamela is written in the form of a ______novel.所选答案：epistolary正确答案：epistolary反馈：epistolary问题 60得 2 分，满分 2 分Which of the following novels by Henry Fielding satirizes the political system of England and the then PrimeMinister Sir Robert Walpole?所选答案： C.Jonathan Wild theGreat正确答案： C.Jonathan Wild theGreat反馈：Jonathan Wild theGreat。
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5 English Literature in the Romantic PeriodⅠ. Essay questions.1. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen explored three kinds of motivations of marriage 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.2. What are the general features of English Romanticism?3. Tell the story of Pride and Prejudice and make a comment on it.4. Make a comment on Wordsworth concerning his contribution to poetry.5. Irony abounds in Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. Please illustrate it with reference to some examples.6. Make a general comment on Walter Scott.’Ⅱ. Define the following terms.1. Romanticism2. Ode3. Byronic hero4. Ottava rima5. Terza rima6. Irony7. Lyric8. Motif9. Theme10. Symbol11. Imagery12. Foil13. Synaesthesia14. Character15. Flat character16. Round character17. Negative capacityⅢ Fill in the blanks.1. As an age of romantic enthusiasm, the Romantic Age began in 1798 when ______and ______published _______ and ended in 1832 when ______died.2. In the Preface of the 2nd and 3rd editions of __________, Wordsworth laid down the principles of poetry composition.3. The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists, _________ and ______.4. _____, ________, and_________ are referred to as the “Lake Poets” because they lived in the Lake District in the northwestern part of England.5. In 1805, Wordsworth completed his long autobiographical poem entitled__________.6. Scott’s historical novels depicted Scotland, England, and the Continent covering a period ranging from _______ up to, and including, _______.7. _______ mourned for _______’s premature death in an elegy “Adonais”, writing “He is made one with Nature.”8. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” is a long poem created by ________.It contains four cantos in the_______ stanza, namely a 9-line stanza rhymed ababbcbcc, in which the first eight lines are in iambic pentameter while the ninth in iambic hexameter, 9. _______ is Byron’s masterpiece, written in the prime of his creative power. He called it an “epic satire”, “a satire on abuses of the present state of society.”10. The great novelist in the Romantic period_______ marked the transition from Romanticism to the period of Realism which followed it.11. The plot of Shelley’s lyrical drama Prometheus Unbound is borrowed from _______, a play of the Greek tragedian Aeschylus.12. In “To Autumn”, Keats writes,” Season of mists and me llow fruitfulness, / Clise bosom-friend of the maturing sun; / Conspiring with him how to load and bless / With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; / …” The figure of speech used in the lines is _______.13. “Ode to a Nightingale” expresses the contrast between _______ and _______.14. The unifying principle in Don Juan is the basic ironic theme of _______, i.e., what things seem to be and what they actually are.15. Byron employed _______ from Italian mock-heroic poetry. His first experiment was made in Beppo. It was perfected in Don Juan in which the convention flows with ease and naturalness.16._______ was memorized and honored as “the heart of all hearts” after his death.17. Many critics regard Shelley as one of the greatest of all English poets. They point especially to his_______.18. Romanticism was in effect a revolt of the English _______against the neoclassical _______, which prevailed from the days of pope to those of Johnson.19. _______ are generally regarded as Keats’s most importa nt and mature works.20. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” shows the contrast between _______and _______.21. Among the Romantic figures, _______has a fundamental conviction of the health of the social system, of its ability to reform itself, and of the assurance of social well-being and the likelihood of a reasonable personal happiness.22. Scott is considered “the father of _______” which open(s) up to fiction the rich and lively realm of history.23. Two prevailing themes of Pride and Prejudice are _______ and _______.24. _______ was composed in a dream after the poet Coleridge took the opium.25. All such works of Coleridge as “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, “Christable” and “Kubla Khan” revealed his keen interest in_______,26. _______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.27. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, “An Evening Walk”, “My Heart Leaps up” and “Tintern Abbey” are all masterpieces on _______.28. The main idea running through the dramatic poem Prometheus Unbound is that of_______.29. _______, with a triumphant praise of the imagination, highly exalts the role of poetry, thinking that poetry alone could free man and offer the mind a wider viewof its powers. He holds that poetry “is a more direct representation of the actions and passions of our intern al being”.30. The Romantic period is an age of poetry. The major Romantic poets such as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as _______.31. _______ and _______ gave great impetus to the rise of the Romantic Movement.32. _______ is a great critic of the romantic period on Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama, and English poetry. He is also a maser of the familiar essays.33. With _______, the essay is no longer chiefly a mode of intellectual inquiry and moral address. Rather, the essay becomes a medium for a delightful literary treatment of life’s small pleasures and reassurances.Ⅳ. Choose the best answer1. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is an epigrammatic line by _______.A. Kohn KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe Shelley2. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following EXCEPT _______.A. Normal contemporary speech patternsB. Humble and rustic life as subject matterC. Elegant wording and inflated figures of speechD. Intensely subjective feeling toward individual experience3. In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”, “A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice “_______.A. Refers to the palace where Kubla Khan once livedB. Vividly describes a building of poor qualityC. Is the gift given to a beautiful girl called AbyssinianD. Symbolizes the reconciliation of the conscious and the unconscious4. _______is one of the first generation of English Romantic poets.A. KeatsB. ShelleyC. ByronD. Wordsworth5. “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” is taken from _______.A. The Solitary ReaperB. Ode to the West WindC. To AutumnD. Song to the Man of England6. _______is NOT among the representative essayists in the romantic times.A. Charles LambB. William HazlittC. Thomas De QuinceyD. Walter Scott7. In_______, _______set forth his principles of poetry, “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling”.A. The Preface to Lyrical Ballads; WordsworthB. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”; ColeridgeC. “A Defence of Poetry”; ShelleyD. “Lectures on the English Poets”; Hazlitt8. _______is NOT a lyric written by Wordsworth.A. My Heart Leaps UpB. Intimations of ImmortalityC. Love’s PhilosophyD. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud9. All the poems were written by Byron EXCEPT_______.A. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageB. Don JuanC. The Isle of GreeceD. The Masque of Anarchy10. Keats wrote five long poems. _______ is NOT among them.A. EndymionB. IsabellaC. The Eve of St. AgnesD. Annabel Lee11. It is said that all Keats’s personality seems to be breathed into his odes, of which the more famous odes are “de to Autumn”, “Ode on Melancholy”, ”Ode on a Grecian Urn” and “Ode to Nightingale”, all with the praise of _______ as their general theme.A. loveB. beautyC. natureD. art12. The first poem in The Lyrical Ballads is Coleridge’s masterpiece_______.A. The PreludeB. Kubla KhanC. The Time of the Ancient MarinerD. Tintern Abbey13. _______can be found among Shelley’s love lyrics.A. One Word is Too Often ProfanedB. When We Two PartedC. A Red, Red RoseD. Song to Celia14. Among the following, _______is an elegy.A. LamisB. IsabellaC. AdonaisD. Queen Mab15. _______is NOT a historical novel written by Scott.A. Rob RoyB. IvanhoeC. MarmionD. Waverly16. In Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the mariner suffers the horror of death, because _______.A. He experiences a shipwreckB. He is tortured with starvationC. He undergoes much sufferingD. He kills an albatross17. _______ is the poetic drama written by Byron.A. Hours of IdlenessB. Prometheus UnboundC. CainD. Oriental Tales18. The following statements are about “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”. Among them which one is NOT true?A. It is about a young aristocrat whose “world-weariness” bespeaks his loathing forEnglish high society.B. Besides Harold’s impressions of the countries he visits, the poem is interspersedwith Lyrical outbursts which give utterance to the poet’s own philosophical and political views.C. The first canto deals with Albania and Greece.D. The last canto sings of Italy and the Italian people who have given the worldgreat writers and thinkers like Dante.19. All the following are novels written by Jane Austen EXCEPT_______.A. Mansfield ParkB. ShirleyC. EmmaD. Persuasion20. Which one of the following statements about Don Juan is true?A. Byron began its writing in Italy in 1818, and finished it in 1823.B. It is in 10 cantos.C. The story of the poem takes place in the latter part of the 16th century.D. It displayed Byron’s genius as a romanticist and a realist simultaneously.21. In 1843, _______was made poet laureate.A. SoutheyB. ShelleyC. WordsworthD. Keats22. The revolutionary Romantic poet went to Greece to help that country in its struggle for liberty and died of fever there.A. ShelleyB. ByronC. KeatsD. Burns23. is Shelley’s well-known political lyric, which calls upon the working class to fight against their rulers and exploiters.A. Don JuanB. The CenciC. Prometheus UnboundD. Song to the Men of England24. is Byron’s poetic drama with the material taken from Biblical story or stories.A .Cain B. Don JuanC. Song for the LudditesD.Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage25. ’s poetry is always sensuous, colorful and rich in imagery, which expresses the acuteness of his senses. In his poetry, sight, sound, scent, taste and feeling are all taken into give an entire understanding of an experience.A. KeatsB. ShelleyC. WordsworthD. Byron26. All the following statements about “Ode on a Grecian Urn” are true EXCEPT .A. In this poem Keats shows the contrast between the permanence of art and thetransience of human passion.B. The poem presents Keats’ ambivalence about time and the nature of beauty.C. It has often been celebrated, together with “Ode to a Nightingale”, as the heightof Keats’ achi evement in poetry.D. In this poem, the poet spoke as bitterly of human woes as he did in “Ode to aNightingale”.27. Pride and Prejudice is noted for its vividly depicted characters who are revealed through comparison and contrast with each other. Among the following pairs of characters are NOT in contrast.A. Darcy and WickhamB. Elizabeth and CharlotteC. Elizabeth and JaneD. Lady Catherine and Mr. Collins28. At the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, the attitude of Darcy and Elizabeth toward each other is that of .A. mutual affectionB. mutual repulsionC. mutual hatredD. mutual indifference29. All the sonnets were written by Keats EXCEPT .A. London 1802B. When I Have FearsC. Bright StarD. On the Grasshopper and Cricket30. The Romantic Movement expressed a attitude toward the existing social and political conditions that came with industrialization and the growing importance of the bourgeoisie.A. negativeB. neutralC. positiveD. indifferent31. The prevailing tone in Pride and Prejudice is .A. bitter satireB. mild satireC. strong approvalD. strong disapproval32.”Ode to the West Wind” is concluded with mood.A. triumphant and hopefulB. pessimistic and skepticalC. desperate and sadD. indifferent33. Which one of the following does NOT describe the characteristics of Scott’s writing?A. The central heroes of his novels are young men of valor, who, taken as a whole,are rather superficial, lacking in virility and lacking depth of psychological characterization.B. His works display his marvelous command of the Scottish dialect.C. His plotting is often closely knitted.D. He has an eye for the telling detail.34. Of the following statements about Lyrical Ballads, which is NOT true?A. The poems are noted for the uncompromising obscurity of much of thelanguage.B. The poems show the strong sympathy not merely with the poor in general butwith particular, dramatized examples of them.C. The poems Wordsworth added to the1800 edition of the Lyrical Ballads areamong the best of his achievements.D. The natural description and expressions of inward states of mind fused into onein most of the poems.35.”You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.” The figure of speech used in the sentence is .A. simileB. ironyC. antithesisD. metaphor36. All the following about Romanticism are true EXCEPT .A. Where their predecessors saw man as a social animal, the Romantics saw himessentially as an individual in the solitary state.B. Where the Augustans emphasized those features that men have in common, theRomantics emphasized the special qualities of each individual’s mind.C. Romanticism constitutes a change of direction from attention to the inner worldof human spirit to the outer world of social civilization.D. Romantics also tended to be nationalistic, defending the great poets anddramatists of their own national heritage against the advocates of classical rules who tended to glorify Rome and Rational Italian and French neoclassical art as superior to the native traditions.37. The Romantic period is a great age of all literary genres EXCEPT .A .poetry B. proseC. dramaD. novel38. Romantic writers employ all the following EXCEPT as their poetic materials.A. the commonplaceB. the naturalC. the simpleD. the abstract39. Jane Austen’s view of life is a totally one.A. romanticB. sentimentalC. realisticD. pessimistic40. is NOT the essay written by Charles Lamb.A. Dream ChildrenB. The Praise of Chimney SweepersC. A Bachelor’s Complaint of the Behavior of Married PeopleD. Characters of Shakespeare’s PlaysⅤ. Short-answer questions.1. Explain and comment on the sentence with respect to its function in the novel where it is taken from,” It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”2. To Shelley, what kind of noble qualities does the image of Prometheus unite?3. State briefly the artistic features of Jane Austen.4. Tell about the theme of Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”.5. Name five representative essay writers of the romantic period.6. How is Shelly’s Prometheus Unbound different from the traditional Greek interpretation? What is the significance of this difference?7. Tell in a few words the theme of Don Juan.8. Name five of Keats’s immortal odes.9. Name the first and second generations of the Romantic poets.10. Why is Keats, unlike the radical Shelley and Byron, among the active Romantic poets?11. Tell the theme of “Ode to the West Wind”.12. What is the symbolic meaning of “the west wind”?13. Tell about Coleridge’s artistic ide as.Ⅵ. Answer the questions according to the followings passage.Passage 1O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s beingThou from whose unseen presence the leaves deadAre driven like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,Pestilence-stricken multitudes! O thouWho chariot test to their dark wintry bedThe winged seeds, where they lie cold and low,Each like a corpse within its grave, untilThine azure sister of the Spring shall blowHer clarion o’er the dream ing earth, and fill(Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air)With living hues and odours plain and hill;Wild spirit, which art moving everywhere;Destroyer and preserver ; hear, O hear!Questions:1. What is the title of the poem? Who is the poet?2. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?3. What figures of speech are used? Give examples.4. What do “Pestilence-stricken multitudes” refer to?5. Give examples to illustrate the life and death images employed in this excerpt. Comment briefly on them.6. Why is the West Wind called “Destroyer and preserver”?Passage 2It 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 neighbourhood, 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 hea rd that Netherfield Park is let at last?”Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.“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, yo u must know, Mrs., Long says that Netherfied 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 fi ve thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”“How so? How can it affect them?”“My dear Mr. Bennet,” replied his wife, “how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.”“Is that his design in settling here?”“Design! Nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.”“I can see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.”“My dear, you flatter me. I certainly have had my share of beauty, but I do not pretend to be any thing extraordinary now. When a woman has five grown up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.”“In such cases, a woman has not often much beauty to think of.”Questions:7. This excerpt is taken from the novel entitled _______ by_________.8. Comment on the characters of Mr., and Mrs. Bennet.9. What methods are used to depict the character of Mr., and Mrs. Bennet?10. This except is taken from a chapter that has been highly praised as an opening chapter. Do you consider such praise justified? Give reasons for your answer. Passage 3Wherefore, Bees of England, forgeMany a weapon, chain, and scourge,That these stingless drones may spoilThe forced produce of your toil?Have ye leisure, comfort, calm,Shelter, food, love’s gentle balm?Or what is it ye buy so dearWith your pain and with your fear?The seed ye sow, another reaps;The wealth ye find, another keeps;The robes ye weave, another wearsThe arms ye forge, another bears.Sow seed,—but let no tyrant reap;Find wealth,—let no impost or heap;Weave robes,—let not the idle wear;Forge arms,—in your defence to bear.Questions:11. What is the title of the poem this excerpt is taken from?12. Who is the writer of this poem?13. What do “Bees of England” and “these stingless drones” refer to?14. What is the possible theme of this poem?Passage4I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the Milky Way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand say I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.The waves beside them danced; but theyOut did the sparkling waves in glee;A poet could not but be gay,In such a jocund company;I gazed—and gazed—but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought: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:15. What is the recurrent central image in this poem?16. What does the persona feel at the end of the poem?17. Explain “What wealth the show to me had brought”.18. Explain in a few words “that inward eye / Which is the bliss of solitude”.19. This poem is considered by many the most anthologized poem in English literature, and one that takes us to the core of Wordsworth’s poetic beliefs. How is the core manifested?Passage5Fade faraway, dissolve, and quite forgetWhat thou among the leaves hast never known,The weariness, the fever, and the fretHere, where man sit and hear each other groan;Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last grey hairs,Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies;Where but to think is to be full of sorrowAnd lead en-eyed despairs,Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes,Or new Love pine at them beyond tomorrow.Away! Away! for I will fly to thee,Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,But on the viewless wings of Poesy,Though the dull brain perplexes and retards:Already with thee! tender is the night,And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne,Cluster’d around by all her starry Fays;But here there is no light,Save what from heaven is with the breezes blownThrough verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.Questions:20. Which poem is this excerpt taken from?21. “Tender is the Night” has been taken and used as the title of a novel written by .22. Explain the first stanza of the excerpt.23. What does the poet express in the poem?KeysⅠ. Essay questions.1. In this book, three kinds of motivations of or attitudes towards marriage are presented for manifestation.First, there is marriage merely for fortune, money and social rank. This is to be found in Miss Bingley’s pursuit of Darcy, Lady de Bourgh’sintention to arrange a marriage between her daughter and Darcy, and in Charlotte Lucas’ marriage to Mr. Collins. The snobbery and vanity of the rich and the practicality of the poor gentry women are fully accounted for.The second is the tendency to marry for beauty, attraction and passion regardless of economic conditions or personal merits. This is generally known as “love at first sight”. Typical examp les are found in the marriages of the skeptical Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet who has a beautiful face but an empty head and of their youngest daughter Lydia to the handsome, charming but morally weak and penniless Wickham. The terrible aftermath of such marriage is only too obvious in the marriages of the two generations of the Bennets.Lastly comes the ideal marriage, which is a love match with considerations of the lover’s personal merits and economic conditions. Such perfect happiness is to be found in the marriage of Darcy and Elizabeth and that of Mr. Bingley and Jane, although the satisfaction of both the personal and economic conditions like this is really a bit too idealistic.What Jane Austen tries to say is that it is wrong to marry just for money or for beauty, but it is also wrong to marry without consideration of economic conditions.Of the three types, she prefers the last one. And in the last type, she seems to give her particular preference to the marriage of Darcy and Elizabeth.2.(1) Expressi veness: Instead of regarding poetry as “a mirror to nature”, theromantics hold that the object of the artist should be the expression of the artist’s emotions, impressions, or beliefs. The role of instinct, intuition, and the feelings of “the heart” is stressed instead of neoclassicists’ emphasis on “the head”, on regularity, uniformity, decorum and imitation of the classical writers.Romantic poets describe poetry as “the spontaneous over flow of powerful feelings”.(2) Imagination: Romantic literature puts great emphasis on the creative functionof imagination, seeing art as a formulation of intuitive, imaginative perceptions that tend to speak a nobler truth than that of fact, logic, or the here and now.(3) Singularity: Romantic poets have a strong love for the remote, the unusual, thestrange, the supernatural, the mysterious, the splendid, the picturesque, and the illogical.(4) Worship of nature: Romantic poets see in nature revelation of truth, the “livinggarment of God”. In their view, the natural world is the dominant influence in changing people’s sensibilities nature to them is a source of mental cleanness and spiritual understanding.(5) Simplicity: Romantic poets tend to turn to the humble people and the everydaylife for subjects employing the commonplace, the natural and the simple as their materials and seeking always to find the absolute, the ideal by transcending the actual. They take to using everyday language spoken by the rustic people as opposed to the poetic diction used by neoclassic writers.(6) The romantic period is an age of poetry with Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge,Byron, Shelley and Keats as the major poets.3. The story centers around the heroine Elizabeth Bennet and the hero FitzwilliamDarcy and a minor couple, her sister Jane and his friend Charles Bingley. The Bennets have five grown-up daughters. They live at Longbourn near London. The marriage prospects of the girls are Mrs. Bennet’s chief concern in life, since under the law of the time the family estate will, on Mr. Benn et’s death, passion to his nearest male relation. Mr. Bingley, a rich bachelor, takes Netherfield Park, an estate near Longbourn, and brings there his friend Darcy. Bingley falls in love with Jane, the oldest Bennet girl. Darcy is attracted to her next sister, the lively and witty Elizabeth, but offends her by his supercilious behavior. He proposes to her but is rejected. Her prejudice against him increases as further misunderstandings arise. Thus Darcy’s pride is pitted against Elizabeth’s prejudice.After many twists and turns, however, things are cleared up, and false pride is humbled and prejudice is dissolved. In the end the two couples are happily united.Pride and Prejudice is generally considered one of the author’s most successful as well as popular works. The plot is very thin, but around it Austen has woven vivid pictures of everyday life of simple country society. The style is lucid and graceful, with touches of humor and mild satire. The conversations are interesting and amusing and immediately bring the characters to life.4. Wordsworth’s deliberate simplicity and refusal to decorate the truth of experience produced a kind of pure and profound poetry which no other poet has ever equaled. In defense of his unconventional theory of poetry Wordswort h wrote a “Preface” to the second edition of the Lyrical Ballads, which appeared in1800 (actual date of publication, 1801). His premise was that the source of poetic truth was the direct experience of the senses. Poetry, he asserted, originated from “emoti on recollected in tranquility”. Rejecting the contemporary emphasis on form and an intellectual approach that drained poetic writing of strong emotion, he maintained that the。