英国文学题
20世纪早期英国文学试题含答案
English Literature in the Early Twentieth CenturyI. Multiple Choice.1. The Way of All Flesh written by _____gives a devastating picture of the bourgeois family and hypocrisy of the British middle class.A. Samuel ButlerB. George MeredithC. Herbert George WellsD. John Galsworthy2. _____ is considered “the bard of imperialism”.A. Joseph ConradB. Arnold BennettC. Rudyard KiplingD. Sean O’Casey3. Arnold Bennett’s masterpiece is _____.A. KimB. The Old Wives’TaleC. Lord JimD. The History of Polly4. Henry James is the forerunner of the _____.A. ImagismB. ChartismC. impressionismD. stream of consciousness5. Katharine Mansfield is a master of ____ at the turn of the century.A. short story writerB. dramatic poetryC. realistic novelsD. humor6. After writing _____, Hardy turned to poetry.A. Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC. Jude the ObscureD. The Mayor of Casterbridge7. John Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize for Literature because of _____.A. The End of the ChapterB. The Forsyte SagaC. A Modern ComedyD. The Island Pharisees8. The Man of Property is taken from Galsworthy’s trilogy, _____.A. The End of the ChapterB. The Forsyte SagaC. A Modern ComedyD. The Island Pharisees9. The Abbey Theatre performed works by _____ dramatists.A. IrishB. BritishC. AmericanD. Scottish10. Yeats’s fame rests chiefly on his ______, using a lot of symbols in his poem.A. novelsB. poetryC. dramasD. prose11. ____ was a leader of the modernist movement in English poetry and a great innovator of verse technique.A. W.B. Yeats B. T. S. EliotC.D. H. Lawrence D. G. B. Shaw12. ____ is a great novel spending James Joyce 7 years of hard working to complete.A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB. UlyssesC. Finnegans WakeD. Dubliners13. ____ is a collection of short stories which reflect three aspects of life in politics, culture and religion.A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB. UlyssesC. Finnegans WakeD. Dubliners14. Which of the following is Not written by D. H. Lawrence? _____A. The Waste LandB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Women in Love15. Which of the following is not written by Yeats? _____A. Four QuartetsB. A VisionC. The Winding StairD. The TowerII. True-or-False Statement.1. George Meredith’s novels are masterpieces of satirical portrayal and psychological analysis.2. Joseph Conrad’s novels have groups: jungle novels, sea novels and political novels.3. Henry James’s fundamental theme was the innocence of the New World and the corruption of the Old.4. The story of Tess is filled with a feeling of dismal foreboding and doom.5. Fateful circumstances and tragic coincidences abound in the book of Jude the Obscure.6. Lady Gregory, John Millington Synge and Sean O’Casey were great Irish dramatists.7. The house in Shaw’s Heartbreak House embodies bourgeois England.8. Shaw’s Saint Joan is a historical play devoted to the great daughter of the English people, Joan of Arc, and her struggle for the liberty of her country.9. Alfred Edward Housman, a classical scholar of the highest order and professor of Latin at London University and Cambridge wrote poetry of crystal clarity.10. James Joyce and Virginia Woolf are the two best-known novelists of the “stream of consciousness” school.III. Matching.Column A Column B1. John Galsworthy A. The Waste Land2. James Joyce B. The Man of Property3. Virginia Woolf C. Dubliners4. Joseph Conrad D. A Passage to India5. D. H. Lawrence E. Heart of Darkness6. George Bernard Shaw F. The Rainbow7. E. M. Forster G. The Waves8. T. S. Eliot H. Saint Joan9. James Joyce I. When You Are Old10. William Butler Yeats J. Ulysses1-5: BC/JGEF 6-10: HDAJ/CIIV. Appreciation of Literature Works.1. PoetryWhen you are old and gray and full of sleepAnd nodding by the fire, take down this book,And slowly read, and dream of the soft lookYour eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;How many loved your moments of glad grace,And loved your beauty with love false or true;But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,And loved the sorrows of your changing face;And bending down beside the glowing bars,Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fledAnd paced upon the mountains overhead,And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.Questions:1) Who is the writer? What is the name of the poem?2) What is the meter? What is the rhyme scheme?3) What are features of the language in this poem?2. PlayMRS W ARREN:(piteously) Oh, my darling, how can you be so hard on me? Have I no rights over you as your mother?VIVIE: Are you my mother?MRS W ARREN: (appalled)Am I your mother? Oh, Vivie!VIVIE: Then where are our relatives? My father? Our family friends? You claim the rights of a mother; the right to call me fool and child; to speak to me as no woman in authority over me at college dare speak to me; to dictate my way of life; and to force on me the acquaintance of a brute whom anyone can see to be the most vicious sort of London man about town. Before I give myself the trouble to resist such claims, I may as well find out whether they have any real existence. MRS W ARREN: (distracted, throwing herself on her knees) Oh no, no. Stop, stop. I am your mother I swear it. Oh, you can 't mean to turn on me--my own child! It's not natural. You believe me, don't you? Say you believeme.VIVIE: Who was my father?MRS W ARREN: You don't know what you're asking. I can't tell you.VIVIE: (determinedly) Oh yes you can, if you like. I have a right to know; and you know very well that I have thatright. You can refuse to tell me, if you please, but if you do, will see the last of me tomorrow morning. MRS W ARREN: Oh, it's too horrible to hear you talk like that. You wouldn't--you couldn't leave me.VVIE: (ruthlessly)Yes，without a moment 's hesitation, if you trifle with me about this. (shivering with disgust) How can I feel sure that I may not have the contaminated blood of that brutal waster in my veins?MRS W ARREN: No, no. On my oath it’s not he, nor any of the rest that you have ever met. I’m certain of that, at least.(Vivie’s eyes fasten sternly on her mother as the significance of this flashes on her.) Questions:1. Identify the author and the title of the play.2.The sentence “Are you my mother?” is said to her mother by Vivie, which is very inappropriate and therefore unlikely in a congenial conversation between daughter and mother. Why does Vivie say to her mother in this way?3. Do you know what Mrs. Warren's profession is?4. Describe the female protagonist, Vivie.5. What is the theme of the play?V. Topic Discussion.Discuss the character of Lord Henry and his impact on Dorian.English Literature in the Early Twentieth CenturyI. Multiple Choice.1-5: ACBDA 6-10: CBBAB 11-15: BBDAAII. True-or-False Statement.1-5: TTTTF 6-10: TTFTTIII. Matching.1-5: BC/JGEF 6-10: HDAJ/CIIV. Appreciation of Literature Works.1. PoetryAnswers:1) William Butler Yeats. When You Are Old.2) Meter: Iambic pentameter; rhyme scheme: abba cddc effe3) The language of the poem is plain and veiled; there is no enthusiastic vent, only a quiet, sincere express. At the end of the poem, we can feel a kind of holy and tragedy beauty. Flowing and elegant in the screen revealed a faint sadness, but there is no lack of cordial and warm feeling.2. PlayAnswers:1.George Bernard Shaw; Mrs. Warren's Profession.2. Vivie is suspicious of her mother 's profession and she is determined to know the answer. She seems to have guessed the answer, thus she feels shameful and angry for the harsh reality.3.She runs brothels for profit.4. Vivie is a kind of new woman, intelligent and well educated, with a strong sense of justice and a passion for “honest” work. To Vivie, it is unacceptable that Mrs. Warren takes running brothels as profession，yet not excusable. Then she breaks off with her mother and starts to make her own living by finding an “honest” job in London, which shows Vivie’s search for a meaningful life and woman's independence in the man's world.5.In this play, Shaw proceeds from attacking one of the abuses in the capitalist world to the condemnation of the entire bourgeois, the whole capitalist system. At the same time Shaw exposes the extreme hypocrisy in that society. The noble and ruling class lives their grand civilized lives by the dirtiest and the cruelest ways of exploitation which lead to untold miseries for millions of poor down-trodden people.V. Topic Discussion.Discuss the character of Lord Henry and his impact on Dorian.Lord Henry’s charm, wit, and intellect hold tremendous sway over the impressionable Dorian. This influence is primarily negative —if Dorian is like Faust, the fictional character who sells his soul for knowledge, then Lord Henry is something of a Mephistopheles, the devil who tempts Faust into the bargain. Lord Henry is a cynical aesthete, a lover of beauty with contempt for conventional morality，and he views Dorian as a disciple with the potential to live out hisphilosophy of hedonism.Indeed, above all else, Lord Henry values individualism，which allows one to live one's life boldly and freely. Because Dorian so willingly assumes the role of disciple, the real source of his downfall rests in his willingness to sacrifice himself to another’s vision. Following Lord Henry's advice and influenced by the “yellow book” that Lord Henry gives him，Dorian gradually allows himself to fall deep into a life of sin, all in the name of pursuing pleasure —which, according to Lord Henry, is the highest good. But, significantly, Lord Henry himself never seems to stray from the straight and narrow: he shocks cocktail guests with his ideas but never puts them into practice himself. He is a thinker, not a doer, and by the end of the novel, he seems curiously naive about where his philosophy, if put into action, would lead him. Unable to see the effects of his philosophy, he continues to champion his ideas even after they have ruined his protégé's life.。
英国文学练习题及答案
1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ____.A Robin HoodB Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC The Canterbury TalesD Beowulf2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse.A The Canterbury TalesB Piers the PlowmanC Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD Beowulf3. ____was famous for The Canterbury Tales.A Geoffrey ChaucerB John MiltonC William ShakespeareD Francis Bacon4. Most of the ballads of the 15th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic figure.A Green NightsB GawainC Robin HoodD Hamlet5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after its publication.A Paradise LostB A Pleasant Satire of the Three EstatesC Of StudiesD Utopia6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the grea t poems in the English language.A AmorettiB The Shepherd’s CalendarC The Faerie QueeneD Four Hymns7. ____ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18.A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”B “To be or not to be: that is the question”C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead”8. _____, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ___ _.A. Antony and CleopatraB. Julius CaesarC Twelfth NightD King Lear10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s romantic love comedies?A Twelfth NightB The TempestC As You Like ItD The Merchant of VeniceD C A C D C C A D B▪ 1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England except______.▪ a. William Shakespeare▪ b. Ben Jonson▪ c. Christopher Marlowe▪ d. Francis Bacon▪ 2. The English Renaissance period was an age of _________.▪ a. poetry and drama▪ b. drama and novel▪ c. novel and poetry▪ d. romance and poetry▪ 3. Paradise Lost is the masterpiece of _____▪ a. William Shakespeare▪ b. Robert Burns▪ c. John Milton d. William Blake▪ 4. Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play ?▪ a. A Midsummer Night’s Dream▪ b. The Merry Wives of Windsor▪ c. H enry IV d. King Lear▪ 5. The first official version of Bible known as the Great Bible, was revised in ______a. 16th centuryb. 17th century▪ c. 18th century d. 19th century▪ 6. Francis Bacon’s Essays first published in 1597 has been considered as an important landmark in thedevelopment of English_______, and as the firstcollection of essays in the English language.▪ a. poetry b. epics c. fiction d. prose ▪7. Daniel Defoe was famous for his novel ____ which first established his reputation.▪ a.Gulliver’s Travels▪ b. The Adventure of Robinson Crusoe▪ c.The Pilgrim’s Progress▪ d. Oliver Twist▪8. The famous poem “ A Red Red Rose” was written by_________▪ a. William Wordsworth▪ b. George Byron▪ c. Robert Burns▪ d. William Blake▪9. Mary Shelley’s no vel Frankenstein belongs to the type of ____ which is often set in gloomy castles where horrifying, supernatural events take place.▪ a. Gothic b. Realism▪ c. Romanticism d. Classicism▪10. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of the Reformation”and his followers.▪ A. William Langland B. James I▪ C. John Wycliffe▪ D. Bishop Lancelot Andrews▪ D A C C B D B C A C▪▪ 1. The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions, ______ and Christian.▪ a. Pagan b. Roman▪ c. French d. Danish▪ 2. “ Poetry is Spontaneous” was put forward by________▪ a. Robert Burns b. William Blake▪ c. William Wordsworth▪ d. Charles Lamb▪ 3. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typical belonging to the school of Romantic literature?▪ a. Don Juan b. Ulysses▪ c. Jane Eyre▪ d. Sons and Lovers▪ 4. ______is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.▪ a. Francis Bacon▪ b. Edmund Spenser▪ c. Thomas More d. Sidney▪ 5. What is flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature?▪ a. novel b.drama▪ c. essay d. poetry▪ 6. The publication of _______marked the beginning of the Romantic Age.▪ a. Don Juan▪ b. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner▪ c. The Lyrical Ballads▪ d. Ode to the West Wind▪7. Which of the following did not belong to Romanticism? ▪ a. John Keats▪ b. Percy Shelley▪ c. William Wordsworth▪ d. Alfred Tennyson▪8. Frankenstein was filmed many times. Who wrote the book?▪ a. Edgar Allan Poe▪ b. James Joyce▪ c. Mary Shelley▪ d. Walter Scott▪9. In the mid-18th century, a new literary movement called _______came to Europe and then to England.▪ a. Romanticism b. Classicism▪ c. Realism d. Restoration▪10. Which of the following poem was not written by John Keats?▪ a. Ode to the West Wind▪ b. Ode to Autumn▪ c. Ode on a Grecian Urn▪ d. Ode to a Nightingale▪A C A A B C D C A A▪▪ 1. William Shakespeare is one of the giants of________▪ a. Romanticism▪ b. Critical Realism▪ c. Aestheticism▪ d. the Renaissance▪ 2. ________is the first important religious poet in English literature.▪ a. John Donne b. George Herbert▪ c. Caedmon d. Milton▪3. _________was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.▪a. Thomas Wyatt b. William Shakespeare▪c. Philip Sidney d. Thomas Gray▪4. The English poets________, William Wordsworth, and Robert Southey, were known as “ Lake Poets” because they lived in the Lake District Northwestern England at the beginning of the 19th century.▪a. George Byron b. John Keats▪c. Percy Shelley d. Samuel Coleridge ▪ 5. The most gifted of the “University Wits” was ____.▪ A. John Lily B. Thomas KydC. Thomas GreeneD. Christopher Marlowe▪ 6. _____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.▪ A. Phillip Sidney▪ B. Edmund Spenser▪ C. Thomas More▪ D. Christopher Marlowe▪7. Morality plays appeared after_____.▪A. miracle plays▪B. mystery plays▪C. interlude▪D. Classical plays▪8. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of characteristics of Renaissance?▪ a. Exaltation of man’s pursuit of happiness in this life.b. Cultivation of the genuine flavor of ancient culture.c. Tolerance of human weaknesses.d. Praise of man’s efforts in having his soul delivered.▪9. The most intellectual movement of the Renaissance was ________.▪A. the Reformation▪B. Humanism▪C. the Italian revival▪D. Geographical exploration▪10. What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet?▪ A. Cousins B. Uncle and nephew▪ C. Father-in-law D. Father and son ▪▪ D C A D D C A D B B▪ 1. Which of the following is a typical feature of Swift’s writings?▪ A. Great wit. B. Bitter satire.▪ C. Rich mythic allusions.▪ D. Complicated sentence structures.▪ 2. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.▪ A. John Donne B. George Herbert▪ C. Andre Marvell D. Henry Vaughan▪ 3. The ______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.▪ A. Romanticism B. Humanism▪ C. Enlightenment D. Sentimentalism▪ 4. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century?▪ A. Oliver Goldsmith▪ B. Richard Sheridan▪ C. Laurence Sterne▪ D. Henry Fielding▪ 5. In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput”, “Brobdingnag”, “Houyhnhnm” and “Yahoo”?▪ A.The Pilgrim’s Progress▪ B. The Faerie Queene▪ C. Gulliver’s Travels▪ D. The School for Scandal▪ 6. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses.▪ A. John Milton B. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden▪7. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in a _____ tone.▪ A. delightful B. solemn▪ C. sentimental D. satirical▪8. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the _____ century.▪ A. 17th B. 19th C. 18th D. 20th▪9. _____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.▪ A. Ben Johnson B. Samuel Johnson▪ C. Alexander Pope D. John Dryden▪10. ____ found its representative writers in the field of poetry, such as Edward Young and Thomas Gray, but it manifested itself chiefly in the novels of Lawrence Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith.▪ A. Pre-romanticism B. Romanticism▪ C. Sentimentalism D. Naturalism▪B A C B C C D C B C▪（资料素材和资料部分来自网络，供参考。
英国文学练习题及答案
1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxonsis ____.A Robin HoodB Sir Gawain and the GreenKnightC The TalesD Beowulf2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend writteninalliterative verse.A The TalesB Piers the PlowmanC Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD Beowulf3. ____was famous for The Canterbury Tales.A Geoffrey ChaucerB John MiltonC William ShakespeareD Francis Bacon4. Most of the ballads of the15th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroicfigure.A Green NightsB GawainC Robin HoodD Hamlet5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after itspublication.A LostB A Pleasant Satire of the Three EstatesC Of StudiesD Utopia6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has b een regarded as one of the great poems in the Eng lish language.A AmorettiB The Shepherd’s CalendarC The Faerie QueeneD Four Hymns7. ____ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18.A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds”B “To be or not to be: that is the question”C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead”8. _____, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of , was born in about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ____.A. Antony and CleopatraB. Julius CaesarC Twelfth NightD King Lear10. Which of the following does not belong to Shak espeare’s romantic love comedies?A Twelfth NightB The TempestC As You Like ItD The Merchant ofD C A C D C C A D B▪ 1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England except______.▪ a. William Shakespeare▪ b. Ben Jonson▪ c. Christopher Marlowe▪ d. Francis Bacon▪ 2. The English Renaissance period was an age of _________.▪ a. poetry and drama▪ b. drama and novel▪ c. novel and poetry▪ d. romance and poetry▪ 3. Paradise Lost is the masterpiece of _____▪ a. William Shakespeare▪ b. Robert Burns▪ c. John Miltond. William Blake▪ 4. Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play ?▪ a. A Midsummer Night’s Dream▪ b. The Merry Wives of Windsor▪ c. Henry IVd. King Lear▪ 5. The first official version of Bible known as the Great Bible, was revised in ______a. 16th centuryb. 17th century▪ c. 18th centuryd. 19th century▪ 6. Francis Bacon’s Essays first published in 1597 has been considered as an important landmark in thedevelopment of English_______, and as the firstcollection of essays in the English language.▪ a. poetryb. epics c. fiction d. prose▪7. Daniel Defoe was famous for his novel ____ which first established his reputation.▪ a. Gulliver’s Travels▪ b. The Adventure of Robinson Crusoe▪ c. The Pilgrim’s Progress▪ d. Oliver Twist▪8. The famous poem “ A Red Red Rose” was written by_________▪ a. William Wordsworth▪ b. George Byron▪ c. Robert Burns▪ d. William Blake▪9. Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein belongs to the type of ____ which is often set in gloomy castles wherehorrifying, supernatural events take place.▪ a. Gothicb. Realism▪ c. Romanticismd. Classicism▪10. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of the Reformation” and his followers.▪ A. William LanglandB. James I▪ C. John Wycliffe▪ D. Bishop Lancelot Andrews▪ D A C C BD B C A C▪▪ 1. The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions, ______ and Christian.▪ a. Paganb. Roman▪ c. Frenchd. Danish▪ 2. “ Poetry is Spontaneous” was put forward by________▪ a. Robert Burnsb. William Blake▪ c. William Wordsworth▪ d. Charles Lamb▪ 3. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typical belonging to the school of Romantic literature?▪ a. Don Juanb. Ulysses▪ c. Jane Eyre▪ d. Sons and Lovers▪ 4. ______is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.▪ a. Francis Bacon▪ b. Edmund Spenser▪ c. Thomas Mored. Sidney▪ 5. What is flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature?▪ a. novelb.drama▪ c. essayd. poetry▪ 6. The publication of _______marked the beginning of the Romantic Age.▪ a. Don Juan▪ b. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner▪ c. The Lyrical Ballads▪ d. Ode to the West Wind▪7. Which of the following did not belong to Romanticism?▪ a. John Keats▪ b. Percy Shelley▪ c. William Wordsworth▪ d. Alfred Tennyson▪8. Frankenstein was filmed many times. Who wrote the book?▪ a. Edgar Allan Poe▪ b. James Joyce▪ c. Mary Shelley▪ d. Walter Scott▪9. In the mid-18th century, a new literary movement called _______came to Europe and then to England.▪ a. Romanticismb. Classicism▪ c. Realismd. Restoration▪10. Which of the following poem was not written by John Keats?▪ a. Ode to the West Wind▪ b. Ode to Autumn▪ c. Ode on a Grecian Urn▪ d. Ode to a Nightingale▪ A C A A BC D C A A▪▪ 1. William Shakespeare is one of the giants of________▪ a. Romanticism▪ b. Critical Realism▪ c. Aestheticism▪ d. the Renaissance▪ 2. ________is the first important religious poet in English literature.▪ a. John Donne b. George Herbert▪ c. Caedmon d. Milton▪ 3. _________was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.▪ a. Thomas Wyatt b. William Shakespeare▪ c. Philip Sidneyd. Thomas Gray▪ 4. The English poets________, William Wordsworth, and Robert Southey, were known as “ Lake Poets” because they lived in the Lake District Northwestern England at the beginning of the 19th century.▪ a. George Byronb. John Keats▪ c. Percy Shelleyd. Samuel Coleridge▪ 5. The m ost gifted of the “University Wits” was ____.▪ A. John LilyB. Thomas KydC. Thomas GreeneD. Christopher Marlowe▪ 6. _____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.▪ A. Phillip Sidney▪ B. Edmund Spenser▪ C. Thomas More▪ D. Christopher Marlowe▪7. Morality plays appeared after_____.▪ A. miracle plays▪ B. mystery plays▪ C. interlude▪ D. Classical plays▪8. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of characteristics of Renaissance?▪ a. Exaltation of man’s pursuit of happiness in this life.b. Cultivation of the genuine flavor of ancient culture.c. Tolerance of human weaknesses.d. Praise of man’s efforts in having his soul delivered.▪9. The most intellectual movement of the Renaissance was ________.▪ A. the Reformation▪ B. Humanism▪ C. the Italian revival▪ D. Geographical exploration▪10. What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet?▪ A. Cousins B. Uncle and nephew▪ C. Father-in-law D. Father and son▪▪ D C A D DC A D B B▪ 1. Which of the following is a typical feature of Swift’s writings?▪ A. Great wit.B. Bitter satire.▪ C. Rich mythic allusions.▪ D. Complicated sentence structures.▪ 2. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.▪ A. John DonneB. George Herbert▪ C. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan▪ 3. The ______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.▪ A. Romanticism B. Humanism▪ C. EnlightenmentD. Sentimentalism▪ 4. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century?▪ A. Oliver Goldsmith▪ B. Richard Sheridan▪ C. Laurence Sterne▪ D. Henry Fielding▪ 5. In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput”, “Brobdingnag”, “Houyhnhnm” and “Yahoo”?▪ A. The Pilgrim’s Progress▪ B. The Faerie Queene▪ C. Gulliver’s Travels▪ D. The School for Scandal▪ 6. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses.▪ A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden▪7. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in a _____ tone.▪ A. delightfulB. solemn▪ C. sentimental D. satirical▪8. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the Englishbourgeoisie in the _____ century.▪ A. 17th B. 19thC. 18thD. 20th▪9. _____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.▪ A. Ben JohnsonB. Samuel Johnson▪ C. Alexander PopeD. John Dryden▪10. ____ found its representative writers in the field of poetry, such as Edward Young and Thomas Gray, but it manifested itself chiefly in the novels of Lawrence Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith.▪ A. Pre-romanticism B. Romanticism▪ C. Sentimentalism D. Naturalism▪ B A C B C C D C B C。
(完整word版)英国文学期末考试题目(英语专业必备)
一．中古英语时期♦Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language.♦The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.♦Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature.♦Chaucer is considered as the father of English poetry and the founder of English realism.二．文艺复兴Renaissance♦Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It marks a transition(过渡) from the medieval to the modern world.♦It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture（雕塑）and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe.♦Humanism is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the measure of all things. ♦This was England’s Golden Age in literature. Queen Elizabeth reigned over the country in this period. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.♦The greatest of the pioneers of English drama was Christopher Marlowe.♦Francis Bacon was the best known essayist of this period. “Of Studies”is themost popular of Bacon’s 58 essays.♦Thomas More ——Utopia♦Edmund Spenser——The Faerie Queene相关练习♦ 1. Which is the oldest poem in the English language?♦ A. Utopia B. Faerie Queene♦ C. Beowulf D. Hamlet♦ 2. _____ is the father of English poetry.♦ A. Edmund Spenser B. William Shakespeare♦ C. Francis Bacon D. Geoffrey Chaucer♦ 3. ____ is not a playwright during the Renaissance period on England.♦ A. William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer♦ C. Christopher Marlowe D. Ben Johnson三．莎士比亚William Shakespeare♦“All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”——William Shakespeare♦William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language. Shakespeare understood people more than any other writers. He could create characters that have meaning beyond the time and place of his plays. His four tragedies are Hamlet(《哈姆雷特》), Othello(《奥赛罗》), King Lear(《李尔王》) and Macbeth(《麦克白》).♦Shakespeare’s sonnets, 154 in number, are the only direct expression of the poet’s own feelings; Sonnet 18 deserves its fame because it is one of the mostbeautifully written verses in the English language♦诗选♦Sonnet 18♦Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day?♦Thou art more lovely and more temperate.♦Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,♦And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.♦（我怎能将你与夏日相比? /你比它更温和可爱：/动人的花蕾在五月咆哮的风中颤抖，/夏日的美好时光也绝不长久：）♦Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,♦And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;♦And every fair from fair sometime declines,♦By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimm’d;♦（太阳的金色光芒虽然耀眼，/却常常以灰暗的面貌出现；/再美貌的物什都逃不过凋谢，/命运流转或无意间将其拆解；）♦But thy eternal Summer shall not fade,♦Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st♦Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,♦When in eternal line to time thou grow’st.♦So long as men can breath or eyes can see,♦So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.♦（可你如夏日般不会褪色, /你的美貌也将永存; /死神无法夸耀你曾在它的阴影中游荡, /伴随永恒的诗篇你将留存。
英国文学期末考试题目(英语专业必备)
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英国文学选读练习题含答案
Exercise for English Literature 2Choose the best answer for each blank.1.________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born inLondon about 1340.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC.Francis BaconD. John Dryden2.Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________.A.FlandersB. FranceC.ItalyD. Westminster Abbey3.The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouragedexploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants.A.Henry VB. Henry VIIC.Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4.Except being a victory of England over ________, the rout of the fleet “Armada”Invincible was also thetriumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.A.SpainB. FranceC.AmericaD. Norway5.At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ________ wrote his Utopia in which he gave aprofou nd and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.A.Thomas MoreB. Thomas MarloweC.Francis BaconD. William Shakespear6.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of Queen ________.A.MaryB. ElizabethC.WilliamD. Victoria7.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.A.prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC.essays and journalsD. ballads and songs8.From the following, choose the one which is not Francis Bacon’s work: ________.A.The Advancement of LearningB. The New InstrumentC.EssaysD. The New AtlanticsE.Venus and Adonis9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” This is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ________.A.songsB. playsediesD. sonnets10.The heroines of Shakespeare’s great comedies, ________ are the daughters of the Renaissance, whoseimages and stories will remain a legacy to readers and audiences of all time.A.PortiaB. RoselandC.ViolaD. Beatrice11.Choose the four great tragedies of Shakespeare from the following ________.A.HamletB. OthelloC.MacbethD. King LearE.Timon of Athens12.Which play is not a comedy ________A.A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC.Twelfth NightD. Romeo and JulietE.As You Like It13.“Denmark is a prison”. In which play does the hero summarise his observation of his world into such a bittersentence ________A.Charles IB. OthelloC.Henry VIIID. Hamlet14.The works of ________ and the Authorised Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of theEnglish language.A.Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC.William ShakespeareD. Ben Johnson15.In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence: “What a piece ofwok is a man How nobel in reason How finite in faculty” ________A.Romeo and JulietB. HamletC.OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice16.In 1649, ________ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth.A.James IB. James IIC.Charles ID. Charles II17.The revolution of 1688 meant three of the following things: ________.A.the supremacy of ParliamentB.the beginning of modern EnglandC.the triumph of the principal libertyD.the triumph of the principle of political libertyE.the Restoration of monarchy18.Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.John MiltonD. Richard Lovelace19.Which work was NOT written by John Milton ________A.Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD. Volpone20.Paradise Lost is ________.A.John Milton’s masterpieceB.a great epic in 12 booksC.written in blank verseD.about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority21.John Milton is ________.A.a great revolutionary poet of the 17th centuryB.an outstanding political pamphleteerC.a great stylistD.a great master of blank verse22.From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, . ________.A.the creationB.the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angelsC.their defeat and expulsion from HeavenD.the creation of the death and of adam and EveE.the fallen angels in hell plotting against GodF.Satan’s temptation of EveG.the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden23.The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero ofthe poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Eve24.Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry ________A.John DonneB. George HerbertC.Andrew MarvellD. Henry Vaugham25.________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.A.The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC.The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement26.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works weremainly social realities.A.naturalismB. romanticismC.classicismD. realismE.sentimentalism27.The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truthabout life with an uncompromising courage.A.dramaB. poetryC.essayD. novel28.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.A.A Tale of a TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC.Gulliver’s TravelsD. A Modest Proposal29.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by ________, oneof the greatest masters of English prose.A.Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC.Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30.As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use ofcircumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A.Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC.Samuel RicharsonD. Tobias Smollett31.Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake ________A.Poetical SketchesB. Songs of InnocenceC.Songs of ExperienceD. Auld Lang SyneE.The Marriage of Heaven and HellF. ProphecisG.Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy32.In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.A.William WordsworthB. William BlakeC.Robert BurnsD. Jonathan Swift33.The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge34.The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.A.Jane AustenB. Walter ScottC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. William Wordsworth35.The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe ShelleyE.John Keats36.The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.A.George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.Walter Scott and Jane AustenD.Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt37.Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group ________A.George Gordon ByronB. William WordsworthC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. John KeatsE.John Milton38.Which poets belong to the Lakers ________A.William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.John KeatsD. Robert SoutheyE.Walter Scott39.Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY ________A.To the CuckooB. The Lyrical BalladsC.Lucy PoemsD. The Solitary ReaperE.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud40.The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century, .,with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.A.The Lyrical BalladsB. The PreludeC.Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. Don Juan41.As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in theirpoetical creations, ________ based his own poetical pr inciple on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.”A.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC.Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth42.________ was the first critic of the Romantic School.A.William WordworthB. Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordworth and Coleridge43.Which of the following statements is are NOT true about George Gordon Byron ________A.Byron’s early years had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes hismother called him “you lame brat.”B.Byron died in Italy annd was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughoutthe world.C.The reactionary criticism of the 19th century tried to belittle Byron’s genius and his role in the development ofEnglish literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.D.Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron’s poems have been translated into Chinese andwell received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets in our country.44.In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled ________.A.Biographia literariaB. The PreludeC.Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads45.________ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems onnature, on love, and on politics.A.William WordsworthB. John KeatsC.George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley46.Which of the following statements is are NOT true about Percy Bysshe Shelley ________A.Prometheus Unbound is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B.At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal faggingsystem, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the older boys and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.C.George Gordon Byron alled Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”D.Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.47.________’s pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspiration after a better life than the sordid realityunder capitalism. His leading principle is: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”A.Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC.William WordsworthD. John Keats48.Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ________A.Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC.To AutumnD. Ode on MelancholyE.Ode on a Grecian Urn49.Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________A.Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC.Northanger Abbey C. EmmaE.Mansfield ParkF. Persuasion50.In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called ________ appeared. And it flourished in theforties and in the early fifties.A.romanticismB. naturalismC.realismD. critical realism51.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ________. The critical realists, most ofwho were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticised the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint.A.novelB. dramaC.poetryD. essay52.The greatest English critical realist novelist was ________, who criticised the bourgeois civilisation andshowed the misery of the common people.A.William Makepeace ThackerayB. Charles DickensC.Charlotte BronteD. Emily Bronte53.Which of the following writers belong to critical realists ________A.Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Thomas Hardy54.________ wrote a number of little sketches of “cockney characters”. He signed them “Boz”, which was hisnickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.A.Elizabeth GaskellB. William M. ThackerayC.Charles DickensD. Jane Austen55.________ has been called “the supreme epic of English life.”A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist56.The theme underlying ________ is the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”.A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist57.In the Victorian Age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the agewere ________.A.Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC.Mrs. BrowningD. Robert BurnsE.William Blake58.The ________ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers wereable to appear as an independent political force and were already realising the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A.EnlightenmentB. RenaissanceC.ChartistD. Romanticist59.Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher societyregardless of the social reality ________A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC.Great ExpectationD. Dombey and Son60.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ________.A.A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationC.Hard TimesD. David Copperfield61.________ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of thehero is largely based on the author’s early life.A.Tom JonesB. David CopperfieldC.Oliver TwistD. Great Expectation62.The Bronte sisters are ________. They were all talented writers and all of them died young.A.Charlotte BronteB. Emily BronteC.Anne BronteD. Jane AustenE.Catherine63.Charlotte Bronte produced four novels: ________.A.ProfessorB. Jane EyreC.ShirleyD. VilletteE.Agnes Grey64.Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ________.A.Wuthering HeightsB. Jane EyreC.EmmaD. Agnes Grey65.Choose the names appear in the novel Jane Eyre. ________A.Jane EyreB. Mr. RochesterC.Mary BartonD. Silas Marner66.Which characters appear in the novel Wuthering Heights ________A.HeathcliffB. CatherineC.HindleyD. CathyE.Hareton67.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ________.A.pours a great deal of her own experienceB.criticises the bourgeois system of educationC.shows that true love is the foundation of marriageD.shows that women should have equal rights with men68.Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the ________ century.A.17thB. 18thC.19thD. 20th69.Anne Bronte also wrote two novels ________ and ________.A.ShirleyB. VilletteC.The Tenant of the Wildfell HallD. Agnes Grey70.Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre ________A.One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education.B.Another problem raised in the novel is the position of women in society.C.This book is Charlottel Bronte’s best literary production.D.In this book, the author attacked the greed, petty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie andsympathised with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was coloured by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.71.Most of Robert Browning’s important works, including ________, are written in the form of dramaticmonologue.A.Dramatic LyricsB. Dramatic RomancesC. Men and WomenD. dramatics Personae72.Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English ________ at the turn of the 19th century.A.critical realismB. pre-romanticismC.neo-classicismD. new romanticism73.Which statement is true ________A.Thomas Hardy is a famous novelist.B.Thomas Hardy is also a poet.C.Thomas Hardy is a critical realist.D.Fatalism is strongly reflected in Thomas Hardy’ novels.74.According to Thomas Hardy’s own classification, his novels divided themselves into three groups. They are________.A.Novels of character and environmentB.Romances and FantasiesC.Novels of IngenuityD.Working class literature75.Novels of character and environment are also called Wessex novels, taking the southwest counties ofEngland for their setting. They include: ________.A.Under the Greenwood TreeB. The Return of the NativeC.The Mayor of CasterbridgeD. Tess of the D’UrbervillesE.Jude the Obscure76.The following statements are about Thomas Hardy’s novels, which are true ________A.His Wessex novels are of great significance.B.The Southwest counties of England are the setting of his Wessex novels.C.There is pessimism in his novels.D.Mankind is subjected to hostile and mysterious fate.E.There are elements of naturalism in his works.77.Oscar Wilde is one of the important dramatists in the 19th century. In his comedies, he criticises the upperclass of the English bourgeois society. His best comedies are ________.dy Windermere’s FanB.A Woman of No ImportanceC.An Ideal HusbandD.The Importance of Being EarnestE.The Picture of Dorian Gray78.Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of ________.A.aestheticismB. decadenceC.critical realismD. pre-romanticism79.Alfred Tennyson’s poetic output was vast and varied. His main poems are ________.A.The PrincessB. MaudC.In MemoriamD. Idylls of the KingE.Crossing the Bar80.Which of the following short poems was/were written by Alfred Tennyson ________A.Break, Break, BreakB. Crossing the BarC.The EagleD. Sweet and LowE.Tears, Idle Tears81.Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam ________A.In MemoriamB. LycidasC.AdodaisD. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard82.My Last Duchess is ________.A.a dramatic monologueB. a short lyricC.a novelD. an essay83.________ are generally regarded as Joseph Conrad’s finest novels.A.Lord JimB. NostromoC.YouthD. The Old Wives’ Tale84.Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th centuryA.John GalsworthyB. Henry JamesC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. James Joyce85.George Bernard Shaw’s essay ________, a commentary on Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic works, served also as theauthor’s own program of dramatic creation.A.Widower’s HousesB. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC.Major BarbaraD. The Quintessence of Ibsenism86.In English literature, ________ and ________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream ofconsciousness” school.A.David Herbert LawrenceB. Robert TressellC.James JoyceD. Virginia Woolf87.________’s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.”A.. LawrenceB. . EliotC.James JoyceD. . Yeats88.________ is the climax of Virginia Woolf’s experiments in novel form.A.The WindowB. Time PassesC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves89.Which of the following novels belongs to the “stream of consciousness” school of novel writingA.UlyssesB. Finnegans WakeC.To the LighthouseD. The Waves90.________ was written by James Joyce.A.The Portrait of an Artist as a Young ManB.Portrait of a LadyC.The Picture of Dorian GrayD.To the Lighthouse91.. Lawrence’s representative work ________ was positively taken as a typical example and livelymanifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence’s long-range study of the psychologic theories of Sigmund Freud.A.Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Women in Love92.Which of the characters are in the novel Sons and LoversA.Mrs. MorelB. PaulC. MiriamD. Clara93.Which of the following writers were from IrelandA.George Bernard ShawB. Jonathan SwiftC.James Joyce Oscar WildeE.. Yeats94.Which of the following plays was/were NOT written by George Bernard ShawA.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionB. Widower’s HousesC.Major BarbaraD. PygmalionE.The Man of Property95.Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-calledhigh-civilised EnglishA.Major BarbaraB. PygmalionC.Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionD. Man and Superman96.In 1923, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.A.William Butler YeatsB. Samuel ButlerC.Thomas Stearns EliotD. David Herbert Lawrence97.William Butler Yeats was _______.A.an Irish poetB. a dramatistC. a criticD. a senator in the Irish Free State in 192198.Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ________.A.classicist in literatureB. royalist in politicsC.Anglo-Catholic in religionD. all of the above99.Which of the following statement is NOT trueA.Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in America.B.Thomas Stearns Eliot became a British subject in 1927.C.Thomas Stearns Eliot was educated in Harvard University and Oxford University.D.Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, a critic and a playwright.E.Thomas Stearns Eliot was also a great novelist.100.In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after 1st World War expressedA.Ode to the West WindB. The Solitary ReapermiaD. The Waste LandKeys:1-5: A, D, D, A, A 6-10: B, B, D, D, ABCD11-15:ABCD, D, D, C, B 16-20: C, ABC, AB, D, ABCD21-25: ABCD, ABCDEFG, B, A, B 26-30: D, D, AD, D, B31-35: D, BC, D, B, ABCDE 36-40: C, ACD, ABD, ACDE, A41-45: D, C, B, B, D 46-50: A, D, BCDE, ABCDEF, D51-55: A, B, ABCD, C, C 56-60: A, ABC, C, C, A61-65: B, ABC, ABCD, A, AB 66-70: ABCDE, ABCD, C, CD, ABCD71-75: ABCD, A, ABCD, ABC, ABCDE76-80: ABCDE, ABCD, AB, ABCED, ABCDE81-85: A. A. AB, B, D 86-90: CD, C, D, ABCD, A91-95: A, ABCE, ABCDE, E, B 96-100: A, ABCD, D, E, D。
20世纪英国文学试题含答案
English Literature in the Early Twentieth CenturyI. 选择题：1. Which of the following brings little impact on the development of 20th century literature?A. Friedrich Nietzche’s assertions: “God is dead.”B. Arthur Schopenharuer’s and Henry Bergson’s philosophical ideas of irrationality.C. Oscar Wilde’s idea of “Art for Art’s Sake.”D. Freudian-Jungian psycho-analysis.2. _____ 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 Shaw3. G. B. Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a realistic exposure of the _____ in the English society.A. slum landlordismB. inequality between men and womenC. political corruptionD. economic exploitation of women4. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of ____, who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. moralityB. justiceC. propertyD. humor5. Here is a scene in John Galsworthy’s novel The Man of Property: In the carriage, James urged Irene to give Soames, Irene’s husband, more affection. Then the novel reads, “Irene flushed, and said in a low voice: ‘I cannot show what I haven’t got.’” What didn’t Irene get from Soames?A. The fur coat she liked so muchB. An expensive painting Soames promised to buy for her.C. The love and respect she deservedD. The turtle soup she ordered6. In which of the following poems by William Butler Yeats did you find the allusion to Helen and the Trojan War?A. Sailing to ByzantiumB. Leda and the SwanC. The Lake Isle of InnisfreeD. Down by the Sally Garden7. In The Lake Isle of Innisfree, William Butler Yeats expresses his _____.A. desire to escape from the materialistic societyB. fear caused by the impending warC. interest in the Irish legendsD. love for Maud Gonne, a beautiful Irish actress8. In The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot describes the 20th century as ________.A. a pool among the rockB. a heap of broken imagesC. the brown fog of a winter noonD. the broken fingernails of dirty hands9. Which of the following best describes the speaker of T. S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?A. He is a man of actionB. He is a man of apathyC. He is a man of passionD. He is a man of inactivity10. “When the evening is spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table.” (T. S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock)What does the image in the quoted lines suggest?A. ViolenceB. HorrorC. InactivityD. Indifference11. Modernism takes ______ as its theoretical base.A. the irrational philosophyB. the theory of psycho-analysisC. both A and BD. neither A or B12. Modernism rose out of _______.A. skepticismB. disillusion of capitalismC. irrational philosophyD. all the above.13. Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against ______.A. romanticismB. realismC. post-modernismD. all the above14. ______ is not D.H. Lawrence’s work.A. FinnegansB. Sons and LoversC. Lady Chatterley’s loverD. The Rain Bow15. ______ is not James Joyce’s novel.A. UlyssesB. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. DublinersD. Finnegans WakeII．判断题1. James Joyce and Virginia Woolf are the two best known novelists of the “stream of consciousness”school.2. Symbolism, surrealism, imagism, expressionism, etc. all belong to school of modernism.3. The Rainbow is D. H. Lawrence’s autobiographical work.4. As a literary figure, Stephen Dedalus appears in two novels by John Galsworthy.5. James Joyce is the author of Jude the Obscure.6. The major concern of John Galsworthy’s 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 nature.7. John Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature because of his master piece The Man of property.8. George Bernard Shaw, an England playwright, critic, is considered the leading dramatist of his generation.9. It is generally regarded that Keats’ most important and mature poems are in the form of ode.10. Pygmalion is a Greek myth written by George Bernard Shaw.III. 匹配题1) William Langland A. Utopia2) Thomas More B. Paradise Lost3) Daniel Defoe C. “Of Studies”4) Francis Bacon D. Piers, the Plowman5) John Milton E. The Faerie Queen6) Byron F. Sentimental Journey7) Laurence Sterne G. Don Juan8) Edmund Spencer H. Mary Barton9) D. H. Lawrence I. Sons and Lovers10) Elizabeth Gaskell J. Robinson CrusoeIII.赏析题1. “And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,Then how should I beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways.”Questions:1) Identify the poem and poet.2) What does the phrase “butt-ends” mean?3) What idea does the quoted passage express?2. “Her eyes met his and he looked away. He neither believed nor disbelieved her, but he knew thathe had made a mistake in asking; he never had known, never would know, what she was thinking.The sight of her inscrutable face, the thought of all the hundreds of evenings he had seen her sitting there like that, soft and passive, but so unreadable, unknown, enraged him beyond measure.”Questions:1) Identify the writer and the work.2) What does the phrase “inscrutable face” mean?3) What idea does the quoted passage express?IV. 论述题What are the themes of Pygmalion?English Literature in the Early Twentieth CenturyI. 选择题：1-5：CDDCC 6-10: BABDC 11-15: CDBACII. 判断题1-5: TTTFF 6-10: TFFTFIII. 匹配题1-5：DAJCB 6-10: GFEIHIII. 赏析题1.1) T. S. Eliot: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”;2) The ends of cigarettes, meaning trivial things here;3) Here, Prufrock’s inability to do anything against the society he is in is made strikingly clear by using a sharp comparison. Prufrock imagines himself as a kind of insect pinned on the wall and struggling in vain to get free. This image vividly shows Prufrock’s current predicament.2.1) John Galsworthy: The Man of Property.2) A face does not show any emotion or reaction so that it is impossible to know how that person is feeling or what he is thinking about.3) It presents the inner mind of Soames in face of his wife’s coldness. He can never know what is on his wife’s mind because the makeup of his or her mentality is different. His wife Irene, whose mind is romantically inclined, is disgusted with her husband’s possessiveness. Being unable to read his wife’s mind is as good as saying that he really can’t regard her as his property---- this is the very reason why he is enraged beyond measure.IV. 论述题Language - Nature of it, connection to perception of the speaker, etc.Social Roles - are they innate; can they be taught?Roles of the Sexes - What does it mean to be a “lady” of society? A “gentleman” of society? Human Evolution - Fixed or ever-changing?Manners - Important or Ridiculous?Class Distinctions - What purpose do they serve? How are they maintained?Personal Identity- Is one what society perceives one to be or something controlled by the self? Idealism - What drives human acts?。
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英国文学期末考试题四川大学锦江学院I. Multiple Choice（50 points in all, 1for each）Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completesthe statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1.The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?"is the beginning line of one ofShakespeare’s .A. comediesB. tragediesC. sonnetsD. histories2.The major concern of fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of hischaracters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalistindustrialization on human nature.A. Charles Dickens’sB. D. H. Lawrence’ｓC. Thomas Hardy’sD. John Galsworthy’ｓ3.Daniel Defoe describes as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, thevery prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A. Tom JonesB. GulliverC. Moll FlandersD. Robinson Crusoe4."She lived unknown, and few could knowWhen Lucy ceased to be;But she is in her grave, and, oh,The difference to me?""She Dwelt The word "me" in the last line of the above stanza quoted from Wordsworth’s poem Among the Untrodden Ways" may possibly refer to .A. the poetB. the readerC. her one-sided loverD. everybody5. is a typical feature of Sw ift’s writings.A. Bitter satireB. Elegant styleC. Casual narrationD. Complicated sentence structure6.The statement "It reveals the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminalunderworld life" may well sum up the main theme of Dickens’s .A. David CopperfieldB. Bleak HouseC. Great ExpectationsD. Oliver Twist7."Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? ... Andif God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for meto leave you."The above quoted passage is most probable taken from .A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD. Great Expectations8.The short story“Eveline”is one of the stories in James Joyce’s collection .A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB. UlyssesC. Finnegans WakeD. Dubliners9.In William Blake’s poetry, the father (and any other in whom he saw the image of the fathersuch as God, priest, and king) was usually a figure of .A. benevolenceB. admirationC. loveD. tyranny10.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet isa woman of .A. simple character and quick witB. simple character and poor understandingC. intricate character and quick witD. intricate character and poor understandingfor more, Oliver11.“For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of askingOliver Twist) What did remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room ...”(Dickens,Oliver ask for?A. More time to play.B. More food to eat.C. More book to read.D. More money to spend.is a (n) .12.Christopher Marlow’ｓ“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”A. pastoral lyricB. elegyC. folk songD. epicthere is a apparent touch in his description of the simple and13.In Hardy’s Wessex novels,beautiful though primitive rural life.A. humorousB. romanticC. nostalgicD. sarcastic“Brobdingnag,”14.In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,”“Houyhnhnm,” and “Yahoo”?Ulysses. B. Charles Dickens’sBleak House.A. James Joyce’sWomen in love.s Travels. D. D. H. Lawrence’sGulliver’C. Jonathan Swift’s"Ode to the West Wind" with all the15.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley’s poemfollowing terms except .A. tamedB. swiftC. proudD. wild16.“When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table.”(T.s.) What does the image in the quoted lines suggest?Eliot, “The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock”A. Violence.B. Horror.C. Inability.D. Indifference.17.Which of the following qualifies does NOT feature Jane Austen's style?A.Austen's main literary concern is about human beings in their personal relationships.B.Everything in Austen's novel results in an observation, of a quiet, uneventful and contentedlife of the English country.C.Austen is a great realist and her characters are from all walks of life.D.Austen's works show clearly her firm belief in the predominance of reason over passion.18.The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic pictureof the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks oflife is most likely .Piers Plowman B. Geoffrey Chaucer’ｓThe Canterbury TalesA. William Langland’sConfession Amantis D. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. John Gower’19." Damn the fool! There he is’, cried Heathcliff, sinking back into his seat. ’HusHush, hush, Catherine! I’ll stay. If he shot me so, I’d expire with a blessing in my lips.novel from which the passage is taken must be .Pride and PrejudiceA.Jane Austen’sThe Old Curiosity ShopB.Charles Dickens’sPamelaC.Samuel Richa rdson’sWuthering HeightsD.Emily Bronte’s20.James Joyce is the author of all the following novels except .A. DublinersB. Jude the ObscureC. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManD. Ulysses21.Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious aless sympathetic but more ironic and more .A. rationalB. humorousC. optimisticD. pessimistic22."He was afraid of her - the small, severe woman with graying hair suddenly bursting out in suchfrenzy. The postman came running back, afraid something had happened. They saw his trippedcap over the short curtains. Mrs. Morel rushes to the door." The above passage is taken from.Domebey and SonThe Professor B. Ch arles Dickens’ｓA. Charlotte Bronte’sThe Forsyte SagaC. D. H. Lawrence ’s Sons and Lovers D. John Galsworthy’s23.Tess of the D’Urbervilles, one of Thomas Hardy’s best known novels, portrays man as.A. being hereditarily either good or badB. being self-sufficientC. having no control over his own fateD. still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion24.Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of adventures or other heroicdeeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A. ChristianB. KnightlyC. GreekD. Primitive25."Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wifeWhich 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,If she were by to hear you make the offer."The Merchant of Venice. The quoted The above is a quotation taken from Shakesp eare’s comedypart can be regarded as a good example to illustrate .A. dramatic ironyB. personificationC. simileD. symbolism26."If Winter comes, can spring be far behind?"is an epigrammatic line by .A. J. KeatsB. W. BlakeC. W. WordsworthD. P. B. Shelley27.The Victorian Age was largely and age of , eminently represented by Dickens andThackeray.A. poetryB. dramaC. proseD. novel28.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?A. To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B. To put the stress on traditional values.C. To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.D. To advocate a conscious break with the past.29."And we will sit upon the rocks, /Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, /By shallow rivers towhose falls/ Melodious birds sing madrigals." The above lines are probably taken from .Paradise LostA. John Milton’s"The Sun Rising"B. John Donne’s"Sonnet 18"C. Shakespeare’ｓ"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"D. Marlowe’s30.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the in theAmerican literary history.A. individual feelingsB. idea of survival of the fittestC. strong imaginationD. return to nature31.The essence of humanism is to .A. restore a medieval reverence for the churchB. avoid the circumstances of earthly lifeC. explore the next world in which men could live after deathD. emphasize human qualities32.The poetic view of can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is, "allgood poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. John KeatsC. William WordsworthD. Percy Bysshe Shelly33.In his poem, "Ode to the West Wind," Shelley intends to present his wind as a centralaround which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth.A. conceptB. symbolC. simileD. personificationhis deepest tone, speaking in 34.“Come to me－come to me entirely now,” said he ; and added, inhappiness－I will make yours.” The above my ear as his cheek was laid on mine, “Make mypassage presents a scene in .Jane EyreA. Emily Bronte’sWithering Height s B. Charlotte Bronte’sTess of the D′ Urbervilles The Forsyte Saga D. Thomas Hardy’sC. John Galswo rthy’s35.Which of the following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy’s later works?A. Sentimentalism.B. Tragic sense.C. Surrealism.D. Comic sense.36.A possible theme of James Joyce’s short story"Araby" is .A. hopeB. disillusionmentC. puppy loveD. loss37.The Normans brought the Mediterranean civilization, include to England.A. Greek cultureB. Roman lawC. the Christian religionD. all of above38.The Enlighteners believed in EXCEPT .A.They believed in self-restraint, self-reliance and hard work.B.They believed in God and fate.C.They celebrated reason/rationality, equality and science.D.They advocated universal education, which could make people rational and perfect, theybelieved.39.In the poem “A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!－Fair as a star, when onlyone Is shining in the sky.” What literary devices are used?A. simile and personificationB. simile and metaphorC. metaphor and symbolD. simile and pun40.In Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed fromShylock, because .A．his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB．his enterprise went bankruptC．Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD．his ships had all been lost41. In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in .A. BrobdingnagB. LilliputC. Flying IslandD. Houyhnhnm42. All of the following novels by Thomas Hardy reveal the conflict between the traditional and themodern EXCEPTA. The Mayor of CasterbridgeB. Tess of the D’UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Under the Greenwood Tree43. D. H. Lawrence’s novel is a rema rkable novel in which the individual consciousness i ssubtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up.A. Sons and LoversB. The RainbowC. Woman in LoveD. Lady Chatterley’s Lover44. All of the following plays are among Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies EXCEPT。
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Exercises for English literature （1）I. Fill in the blanks.（25%）1. The Old English poetry can be divided into two groups: the_________poetry and the_________poetry.2. _________ is regarded as the "Father of English Song", the first known religious poet of England.3. In the second half of the 7th century, the first English poet, _________ by name, began to sing.4. The history of English literature begins in the__________ century.5._________, the first English poem, still intact as a whole piece today, is the greatest epic ever left by the ancient Germanic tribes and the most ancient ever since the demise of the Greek and Roman literatures6.It was __________ who decided that literature should be written in the vernacular or Old English.7.__________ is the first English poet ever to sign his composition8._________made the translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate Version into Middle English, the firstattempt ever to translate the Holy Scripture into English.9.The most important work of Alfred the Great is _________, which is regarded as the best monument of the OldEnglish Prose.10.__________ is the most prevailing literary form in the Middle Ages.11.The most magnificent prose work of the 15th century is Morte d' Arthur concerning with _________legend.12.Critics tend to divide Chaucer's literary career into three periods: the___________period, the__________periodand the_________period.13.Among the Middle English poets, three are the greatest. One is the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.The other two are _________ and____________14._________ was the first most significant poet in English history to write in Middle English.15.The Canterbury Tales contains the________ and 24 tales, four of which are fragments.16._________ is the author of Decameron, which has the similar way of telling stories to that of The CanterburyTales.17.The framework in The Canterbury Tales is a__________18.When Chaucer died in 1400, he was the first to be buried in Westminster Abbey and founded ________19.________, the first English printer, brought the technique of printing from movable type into England fromItaly.20.The Elizabethan age was one in which Renaissance transformed from Chaucer’s_____England intoShakespeare’s _______ one.21.The translation of the Homeric classics, Iliad and Odyssey, won _______ the title “a translator of the prince ofpoets”22.Thomas Wyatt, the first great Englsih sonneteer, introduced the ______ into England. He first used a couplet forthe conclusion of sonnets---a practice followed by Shakespeare.23.Henry Howard, Earl of Surry, brought the _______ into English poetry in his translation of Virgils’ The Aenied,and it became the standard meter for Elizabethan and later poetic drama.24.Edmund Spenser is often referred to as "the poets' _______" because of his considerable influence on laterpoets.25.The word “euphemism” comes from John Lyly’s _________26.As a sonnet sequence, Sidney’s sonnet cycle ______________ was probably the first of its kind ever to appearin English literary history.27.The drama had gone through a number of phases over the centuries including those of the ____, the _____, the_______, the _______ and the _______drama.28.________ is considered the first great English dramatist and the most important Elizabethan playwright beforeShakespeare.29.Shakespeare's 154 sonnets fall into two series: one series are addressed to W. H, a young man, and the otheraddressed to a________30.A Shakespearean sonnet is composed of three four-line quatrains and a concluding two-line________31. The second period of English Renaissance is also called the________ period or the Age of________32. Soon after the ________was introduced by the Earl of Surrey in his translation of Virgil's The Aeneid, and it became the standard meter for Elizabethan and later poetic drama.33. Shakespeare's plays have been traditionally divided into four categories according to dramatic type: histories, _______ , tragedies and___________34. Though written in the form of an________, the characters in The Pilgrim's Progress impress the readers like real persons. The places in it are English scenes, and the conversations which enliven his narratives vividly repeat the language of the writer's time.35. The poems of John Donne belong to two categories: the _______ , and the___________ later.36. John Donne is the founder of the school of ____________. His works are characterized by mysticism in content and fantasticality in form.37. Because of the success of Paradise Lost, John Milton produced in 1671 another epic,________38. John Milton's Paradise Lost opens with the description of a meeting among the fallen angels, and ends with the departure of _______ and___________from the Garden of Eden.39. The most distinguished literary figure of the Restoration Period was John Dryden, poet, _______ , and playwright.40. Paradise Lost is a long epic. The stories are taken from___________ .41. The Pilgrim's Progress tells of the spiritual pilgrimage of Christian, who flies form City of Destruction, and finally comes to the Delectable Mountains and the_____________42. Pamela is written in the form of a __________novel.43.____________ written by Sheridan is a clever satire on the sentimental and pseudo-romantic fancies of many young women of the upper classes of the 18th century.44. The biography of Samuel Johnson entitled Life of Johnson is frequently considered the best in the English language. The author of the book is_________45. The only important English dramatist produced in the 18th century is___________46. Friday is a character in the novel___________.47__________is called the Father of the English Novel.48. Among the representatives of the Enlightenment, ______ was the first to introduce rationalism to England.49. The 18th century England is known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of_________50. __________is Alexander Pope's best satirical poem. Its satire is directed at Dullness in general.II. Choose the best answer.（23%）1.Beowulf is a ________ poem, describing an all-round picture of the tribal society.A. paganB. ChristianC. romanticD. lyric2.Caedmon's life story is vividly described in _______ 's Historic Ecclesiastica .A. GrendelB. BedeC. CynewulfD. Beowulf3.In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called_________A. heroic coupletB. quatrainC. Spenserian stanzaD. terza rima4.The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of themedieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely________A. William Langland's Piers the PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower's Confessio AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight5.In the English Renaissance period, scholars began to emphasize the capacities of the human mind and theachievements of human culture. The most significant intellectual movement was______A. the ReformationB. geographical explorationsC. humanismD. the Italian revival6.Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia was a long _________ written in an elaborately artful prose.A. pastoral eclogueB. pastoral lyricC. pastoral romanceD. pastoral drama7.Sir Philip Sidney is known for the following three works EXCEPT__________A. ArcadiaB. Astrophel and StellaC. The Shepherd's CalendarD. Apology for Poetry8.The following playwrights belong to the "university wits", EXCEPT_________A. John LylyB. Ben JonsonC. Thomas KydD. Christopher Marlowe9.Which is NOT the works of Christopher Marlowe?A. LycidasB. Tamburlaine the GreatC. The Jew of MaltaD.The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus10.The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is one of Christopher Marlowe's best works in which Dr. Faustus seeks________ no matter at what cost and finally meets his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.A. moneyB. immoralityC. knowledgeD. political power11.Which of the following plays does NOT belong to Shakespeare's great tragedies?A. OthellloB. MacbethC. Romeo and JulietD. Hamlet12.Which of the following plays does NOT belong to Shakespeare's comedies?A. Heary VB. The Merchant of VeniceC. A Midsummer Night's DreamD. The Winter's Tale13.An important variety of ode in the 16th century was________ , a poem in praise of marriage, conventionallyfollowing the course of the wedding day.A. hymnB. epithalamionC. odeD. ballad14.Which of the following poetic forms is the principal form of Shakespeare's dramas?A. lyricB. sonnetC. blank verseD. quatrain15.5. "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested" is foundin_________ A. Francis Bacon's "Of Studies" B. Thomas More's Utopia C. John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress D. Fielding's Tom Jones16.6. In Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylockbecause__________A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB. his enterprise went bankruptC. Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD. his ships had all been lost17.The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is the beginning line of one ofShakespeare's____________A. comediesB. tragediesC. sonnetsD. histories18.8. John Dryden's tragedy All for Love deals with the same story as ___________ 's Antony and Cleopatra.A. William ShakespeareB. John MiltonC. Christopher MarloweD. John Bunyan19.9. In John Milton's Paradise Lost, Adam and Eve are forbidden to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledgeof___________A. Love and HateB. Good and EvilC. Faith and BetrayalD. Sense and Sensibility20.10. Which of the following novels by Henry Fielding satirizes the politicalsystem of England and the then Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole?A. Joseph AndrewsB. Jonathan Wild the GreatC. The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingD. Amelia21.11. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_________A. material wealthB. spiritual salvationC. universal truthD. self-fulfillment22.12. "To wage by force or guile eternal war, Irreconcilable to our grad Foe." (John Milton, Paradise Lost ) Bywhat means were Satan and his followers to wage this war against God?A. By planting a tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden.B. By turning into poisonous snakes to threaten man's life.C. By removing God from His throne.D. By corrupting man and woman created by God.23.13. By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of Vanity Fair, John Bunyan intendsto show the prevalent political and religious__________of his time.A. persecutionB. improvementC. prosperityD. disillusionment24.14. Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in______________A. alliterationB. heroic coupletC. sonnetD. blank verse25.15. Lives of the Poets consists of the biographies of 52 poets and affords some of the best-known pictures of theearly English poets. Its author is_____________A. Samuel RichardsonB. Jonathan SwiftC. Joseph AddisonD. Samuel Johnson26.16. Jonathan Swift's famous prose work _______ is a satirical dialogue between the Ancients and the Modernsin the character of the Bee and the Spider.A. A Modest ProposalB. The Battle of the BooksC. The Drapier 's LettersD. A Tale of a Tub27.17. Of all the 18th century novelists, __________ was the first to set out in theory and practice, to writespecially a "comic epic in prose", and the first to give the modem novel its structure and style.A. Daniel DefoeB. Samuel RichardsonC. Henry FieldingD. Oliver Goldsmith28.Which of the following is NOT a character in the novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling?A. BlifilB. SophiaC. Mr. AllworthyD. Amelia29._________ is the author of the first English dictionary by an Englishman--Dictionary of the English Language,which has become the foundation of all subsequent English dictionaries.A. Samuel JohnsonB. Laurence SterneC. Oliver GoldsmithD. Samuel Richardson30.In Sheridan's The School for Scandal, the man who wins the hand of his beloved as well as the inheritance ofhis rich uncle is__________A. Charles SurfaceB. Joseph SurfaceC. Sir Peter TeazleD. Sir Benjamin Backbite31.Modern English novel arose in the___________century.A. 16thB. 17thC. 18thD. 19th32._________was a progressive intellectual movement going on throughoutEurope in the 18th century.A. The RenaissanceB. Puritan MovementC. Romantic MovementD. The Enlightenment33.Sheridan's ___________ is the best English comedy since the days of Shakespeare.A. She Stoops to ConquerB. The RivalsC. The School for ScandalD. The Conscious Lovers34.Which of the following place does Gulliver visit first in Gulliver's Travels?A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. LaputaD. Houyhnhnms35.The rise and growth of ____________ is the most prominent achievement of the 18th century English literature,which has given the world such writers as Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift and Henry Fielding.A. nco-classical poetryB. realistic novelC. sentimentalist novelD. Gothic novel36. _________ is Poet Laureate in English Literary history?A. John DrydenB. Edmund SpenserC. William ShakespeareD. Christopher Marlowe37. The most significant intellectual movement of the Renaissance was________A. the ReformationB. humanismC. the Italian revivalD. geographical exploration38. Which of the following plays does not belong to Shakespeare's great tragedies?A. Romeo and JulietB. King LearC. HamletD. Macbeth39. Which statement about the Elizabethan age is not true?A.It is the age of translation.B.It is the age of poetryC. It is the age of exploration.D. It is the age of the protestant reformation.40. _________ first made blank verse the principal instrument of English dramaA. ShakespeareB. WyattC. SidneyD. MarloweIV. Definitions: (37%)1.alliteration2.assonance3.understatement4.blank verse5.heroic couplet6.iambic pentameter7.eclogue8.university wits9.renaissance hero10. Spenserian stanza。
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Chapter 1 The Anglo—Saxon Period1 The earliest settlers of the British Isles were the Celts, who originally lived in the upper Rhineland and migrated to the British Isles about 600 B。
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2. About 400 to 300 B。
C. ，the Brythons，a branch of the Celts，came to the British Isles and from them came the name Britain。
The culture of the Celts belonged to an early stage of the iron age.3 From 55 B。
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D. , the British Isles were under the rule of the Roman Empire。
At that time the Roman Empire was a slave society。
4 It ruled over Europe and had a high level of the civilization. The Romans defeated the Celts and became the master of the British Isles. It was during the Roman occupation that London was founded。
5 The first Roman general who came to British was the famous Julius Caesar who crossed the Dover Strait in 55 B. C。
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Part One The Anglo-Saxon Period II. Choose the best answer for each blank. 1. When we speak of the old English prose, the first name that comes into our minds is ____, who is the first scholar in English literature and has been regarded as father of English learning. a. William Shakespeare b. Beowulf c. Julius Caesar d. Venerable Bede 2. The most important work of Alfred the Great is ____, which is regarded as the best monument of the old English prose. a. The Song of Beowulf b. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles c. The Ecclesiastical History of the English People d. Brut 3. ____ is not only a prose writer but also a king of Wessex. a. Alfred the Great b. Venerable Bede c. Adam Bede d. King Arthur 4. ____ is the first important religious poet in English literature. a. John Donne b. George Herbert c. Caedmon d. Milton 5. In Anglo-Saxon period, Beowulf represented the ____ poetry. a. pagan b. religious c. romantic d. sentimental 6. Prose literature did not show its appearance until the ____century. a. 6th b. 7th c. 8th d. 10th 7. The Anglo-Saxons were Christianized in the ____ century. a. 5th b. 6th c. 7th d. 8th 8. Beowulf describes the exploits of a ____ hero, Beowulf, in fighting against the monster Grendel, his revengeful mother, and a fire-breathing dragon. a. Denmark b. Scandinavian c. England d. Norway 9. The Roman occupation lasted for about 400 years in Britain, and in ____, all the Roman troops went back to the continent and never returned. a. 55 B.C. b. 78 A.D. c.400 A.D d.410 A.D 10. English literature began with the ____ settlement in England. Of old English literature, Beowulf, the national epic of the English people, is an example of the mingling of nature myths and heroic legends. a. Anglo-Saxon b. Roman c. Norman d. Britain III. Explain the following terms. 1. Epic 2. Alliteration 3. metaphor
Part Two The Anglo-Norman Period II. Choose the best answer for each statement. 1. In 1066, ____ led the Norman army to invade and defeat England. a. William the Conqueror b. Julius Caesar c. Alfred the Great d. Claudius 2. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a verse romance of_______. a. over 3000 lines b. over 2000 lines c. over 1000 lines d. over 4000 lines 3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the ____. a. French b. Latin c. romance d. science 4. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Norman spoke ____. a. French b. English c. Latin d. Swedish 5. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called ____. a. Morte d’Arthur b. Robin Hood c. The Canterbury Tales d. Piers the Plowman III. Explain the following terms: 1. Romance 2. Ballad
Part Four The Age of English Renaissance II. Choose one or more than one suitable answers for each statement. 1. The first complete English Bible was translated by _____________ a. William Tyndal b. James I c. John Wycliffe d. Bishop Lancelot Andrewes 2. ____was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature. a. Thomas Wyatt b. William Shakespeare c. Philip Sidney d. Thomas Campion 3. The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was ____ who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama. a. Christopher Marlowe b. Thomas Loge c. Edmund Spenser d. Thomas More 4. From the following, choose the one which is not Edmund Spenser’s work: ____. a. The Shepherd’s Calendar b. Epithalamion c. The Faerie Queene d. Amoretti e. Astrophel and Stella 5. At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ____ wrote his Utopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society. a. Thomas More b. Thomas Marlowe c. Francis Bacon d. William Shakespeare 6. English Renaissance Period was an age of ____. a. prose and novel b. poetry and drama c. essays and journals d. ballads and songs 6. ____ and the Authorized Version of the English Bible are the two great treasuries of the English language. a. Chaucer b. Spenser c. Shakespeare d. Ben Johnson 7. The keynote of the English Renaissance was _________. a. humanism b. reformation c. Enclosure movement d. realism 8. Elizabethan poetry is remarkable for its variety, freshness, youthfulness and its___________. a. prosperity b. lyrical nature c. romantic feeling d. nostalgia 9. __________is credited with introducing the blank verse into English poetry. a. Thomas Wyatt b. Philip Sidney c. Henry Howard d. William Shakespeare 10. As a philosopher ___________is praised by Marx as “the progenitor of English materialism” because he stressed the importance of experience ,r experiment.