英美文学练习题4
练习题
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1. The Romantic Age began in 1798 when William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor
Coleridge published their joint work ___lyrical ballads______.
2. The Romantic Age came to an end in 1832 when the last Romantic writer _walt
scott_____ died.
3. Women as __jane austen_____ appeared in the romantic age. It was during this
period that women took, for the first time, an important place in English literature.
4. The greatest historical novelist __ walt scott ______ was produced in the romantic
age.
5. The English Romantic period produced two major novelists: _ walt scott _______
and __ jane austen ______.
6. Among Wordsworth’s long poems, the best-known one is _the prelude_______.
7. _ walt scott ______ marked the transition from romanticism to the period of
realism which followed it.
8. In 1817, _samuel taylor coleridge_______ finished his literary criticism,
Biographia Literaria.
9. At the turn of the 18th and 19th century __romanticism______ appeared in England
as a new trend in literature.
10. In contrast to the rationalism of the enlighteners and classicists in the 18th century,
the __romanticists____ paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of
man.
11. _percy bysshe shelley________ was the first poet in Europe who sang for the
working people. His political lyrics are among the best of their king in the whole
sphere of European romantic poetry.
12. After his second book Endymion appeared in 1818, __john keats_____ gave up
medicine for poetry.
13. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage is a long poem written in _spenserian stanza____.
14. The First poem in the collection Lyrical Ballads is __ samuel taylor coleridge
___’s masterpiece The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
15. In 1805, Wordsworth completed _the prelude_____, containing all together 14
books.
16. In 1824, the Revolutionary Romantic poet __george gordon byron______ went to
Greece to help that country in its struggle for liberty against Turks. Not long, he
died of fever there.
17. George Gordon Byron wrote _don juan______ in Italy. It contains 16 cantos.
18. The Poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage contains __4____ cantos. It is written in
Spenserian Stanzas.
19. George Gordon Byron’s masterpiece is __ don juan ______.
20. __Queen mab______ is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s first long poem of importance. It
was written in the form of a fairy tale dream.
21. _prometheus unbound_______, a lyrical drama, is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s
masterpiece. The story was taken from Greek mythology.
22. Ode to a Nightingale was written by __john keats_______. 23. Jane Austen’s masterpiece is _pride and prejudice_______.
24. Wordsworth, Coleridge and __robert southey_______ are known as the lake poets.
T/F
1. The Romantic Age began in 1798 when William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor
Coleridge published their joint work Kubla Kham(lyrical ballads). F
2. The Romantic Age came to an end in 1823 when the last Romantic writer Jane
Austen(walter scott) died. F
3. The publication of Lyrical Ballads marked the break with classicism and the
beginning of the Age of Reason(romanticism). F
4. The Romantic Age is emphatically an age of novel(poetry). F
5. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the prose(poetry) of William Wordsworth,
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John
Keats. F
6. Women as poets(novelists) appeared in the Romantic Age, such as Jane Austen.
F
7. The first poem in Lyrical Ballads is William Wordsworth(samuel taylor
coleridge)’s masterpiece The Rime of Ancient Mariner. F
8. The brilliant literary criticism Biographia Literaria was written by Samuel
Johnson(samuel taylor coleridge). F
9. The preface to Don Juan (lirical ballads)served as the manifesto of the English
Romantic Movement in poetry. F
10. William Wordsworth and George Gordon Byron (samuel taylor coleridge ) have
often been mentioned as the “Lake Poets” because they lived in the Lake District
in the northwestern part of England. F
11. Lyrical Ballads(the prelude) is the spiritual record of William Wordsworth’s mind,
honestly recording his own intimate mental experiences, showing the development
of his own thought and sentiment. F
12. In dream, Samuel Taylor Coleridge composed a poem, which is the dream-poem,
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.(kubla khan) F
13. In looking after his brother, who died of consumption, Percy Bysshe Shelley(john
keats) was stricken with the same illness and could not marry his sweetheart on
account of his poverty and illness. F
14. In 1805, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (William Wordsworth ) completed a long
英美文学欣赏考题整理及答案
Part One：English Poetry
1.William Shakespeare
Sonnet 18
• Why does the poet compare `thee` to a summer’s day? And who could `thee`
be?
Because summer’s day and thee both represent beauty . thee could be beauty,
love.
• What picture have you got of English summer, and could you explain why?
Warm, beautiful, sunshine. Because summer is the best season of a year ,the
most beautiful season. It is like our May.
• How does the poet answer the question he puts forth in the first line?
Thee is more beautiful than summer.
• What
makes the poet think that “thou”
can be more fair than summer and
immortal?
Because humanism is more eternal than summer and immortal.
• What figures of speech are used in this poem?
Simile, metaphor, personification, oxymoron and so on .
• What is the theme of the poem?
Love conquers all, Beauty lives on.
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英国文学习题与练习
Week 2 Early and Medieval English Literature
Reference Questions:
1. Who were the earliest settlers of
Britton/England? What do you know about them (home,
language, belief, life style)?
2. What are the 3 conquests? What effects they had
upon the nation?
3. Ideologically what is the most significant
change in people’s spiritual life?
4. How was the nation developed politically or what
changes were there in the form of the social structure?
5. In terms of literature, what influence had the
French upon England?
6. How many languages were spoken during the French
reign? How do you understand modern English as a
language?
7. What was the essence of Christian doctrine
preached at the time? Was there any ignoble reason
英美文学选读试题详解
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. 英美文学选读-阶段测评3
成绩：
87.5
分
一、Multiple Choice 共 40 题
题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分
wrence’s novels( )are generally regarded as his masterpieces.
A、The Rainbow，Women in Love
B、The Rainbow，Sons and Lovers
C、Sons and Lovers，Lady Chatterley’s Lover
D、Women in Love，Lady Chatterley’s Lover
（P370.para2）劳伦斯的成名作是《儿子和情人》，而其代表作是《虹》和《恋爱中的女人》
标准答案：A
考生答案：A
本题得分：2.5 分
题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分
T.S.Eliot’s poem( )is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the stream - of -consciousness
technique,also a prelude to The Waste Land.
A、“Prufrock”
B、“Gerontion”
C、The Hollow Men
D、Lyrical Ballads
（P358.para3）“Gerontion”是一部用戏剧式独白写成的诗歌，是《荒原》的前奏曲，也采用了意识流派的文风。
标准答案：B
考生答案：B
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. 本题得分：2.5
分
题号: 3
本题分数:2.5
分
wrence’s autobiographical novel is( ).
A、The Rainbow
B、Women in Love
C、Sons and Lovers
D、Lady Chatterley’s Lover
（P369.para1）劳伦斯的作品大多都是从心理上去探求让人的本能的，同时也反映人性中最内在的东西。其作品《儿子和情人》真实地反映了自己在童年时期的家庭状况，被视为其半自传体小说。
英美文学选读-美国-浪漫主义时期-练习题汇总(选择大题)
I． Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)
Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question
or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the
answer sheet.
Chapter
23.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ___ in
the American literary histrory.
A.individual feelings B.idea of survival of the fittest
C.strong imagination D.return to nature (024)
24. Henry David Thoreau's work,__,has always been regarded as a masterpiece of
New England Transcendentalism.5
A.Walden B.The pioneers
C.Nature D.Song of Myself (024)
23.The hightide of Romanticism in American literature occurred around .
[A]1820 [B]1850 [C]1880 [D]1920(034)
25.Which group of writers are among those who may be called early pioneers of
英国文学练习题及答案
1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ____.
A Robin Hood B Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
C The Canterbury Tales D Beowulf
2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in
alliterative verse.
A The Canterbury Tales B Piers the Plowman
C Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D Beowulf
3. ____was famous for The Canterbury Tales.
A Geoffrey Chaucer B John Milton
C William Shakespeare D Francis Bacon
4. Most of the ballads of the 15th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic
figure.
A Green Nights B Gawain
C Robin Hood D Hamlet
5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after its
publication.
A Paradise Lost B A Pleasant Satire of the Three Estates
英美文学史练习答案The Elizabethan
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问题 1 2 分 保存
The writings of Francis bacon mainly fall into
three categories: ___philosophical_______,
purely literary and professional.
问题 2 2 分 保存
Ben Jonson’s poetic line “not of an age, but
for all time” was dedicated to __________.
A. Edmund Spenser
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. William Shakespeare
问题 3 2 分 保存
Which is not the works of Christopher Marlowe
A. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
B. Lycidas
C. Tamburlaine the Great
D. The Jew of Malta
问题 4 2 分 保存
The Elizabethan age was one in
which Renaissance transformed Chaucer’s Medieval England into
英美文学选读-英国-维多利亚时期-练习题汇总(选择大题)
1 I． Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)
Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question
or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the
answer sheet.
chapter
18.The Victorian Age was largely an age of ____, eminently represented by Dickens and
Thackeray.
A.poetry B.drama C.prose D.epic prose (024)
18. A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral
______, exposing all kinds of social evils.
A. revolutionaries B. idealists C. critics D. defenders(044)
16. The Victorian Age is most famous for its ________.
A. plays B. novels
C. poems D. essays (047)
14.Which of the following statements about Victorian literature is NOT true?（ ）4
A. Novels became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression
英国文学练习题及答案 2
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 Knight
C The TalesD Beowulf
2. ____was the most outstanding single
romance on the Arthurian legend written in
alliterative verse.
A The TalesB Piers the Plowman
C Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD Beowulf
3. ____was famous for The Canterbury Tales.
A Geoffrey ChaucerB John Milton
C William ShakespeareD Francis Bacon
4. Most of the ballads of the
15th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic
figure.
A Green NightsB Gawain
C Robin HoodD Hamlet 英国文学练习题及答案
5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after its
publication.
A LostB A Pleasant Satire of the Three Estates
C Of StudiesD Utopia
6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the great poems in the English language.
英美文学选读-英国-文艺复兴时期-练习题汇总
1英美文学选读选择题1. _______, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A. The Canterbury Tales B. ExodusC. Beowulf D. The Legend of Good Women2. The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely ______________. A．William Langland’ s Piers Plowman B．Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC．John Gower’s Confession Amantis D．Sir Gawain and the Green Knight3. With classical culture and the（ ）humanistic ideas coming into England, the English Renaissance began flourishing. A. French B. German C. Italian D. Greek4. During the reign of_______, England started its Religious Reformation and broke away from Rome.A. Henry VII B. Henry VIII C. Edward VI D. Queen Elizabeth5. The Protestant movement, which was seen as a means to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption and superstition of the Middle Ages, was initiated by _______.A. Francis Bacon B. Martin Luther C. Thomas More Utopia D. William Shakespeare 6．The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________.A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB．the vast expansion of British colonies in North AmericaC．the new discoveries in geography and astrologyD．the religious reformation and the economic expansion7. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following EXCEPT ______. A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church8. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance humanism? A. Cultivation of the art of this world and this life.
英国文学练习题附答案
英国文学练习题附答案
1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ____.
A Robin Hood
B Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
C The Canterbury Tales
D Beowulf
2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the
Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse.
A The Canterbury Tales
B Piers the Plowman
C Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
D Beowulf
3. ____was famous for The Canterbury Tales.
A Geoffrey Chaucer
B John Milton
C William Shakespeare
D Francis Bacon
4. Most of the ballads of the
15th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic
figure.
A Green Nights
B Gawain
C Robin Hood
D Hamlet
5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became
immediately popular after its publication.
A Paradise Lost
B A Pleasant Satire of the Three Estates
C Of Studies D Utopia
6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been