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(完整word 版)英国文学史习题全集(含答案)3Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureⅠ. Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____， with his Norman army, succeeded ininvading and defeating England 。
A. William the ConquerorB. Julius Caesar C 。
Alfred the Great D. Claudius2。
In the 14th century ， the most important writer (poet)is ____ .A. LanglandB. Wycliffe C 。
Gower D. Chaucer 3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is____。
A. novel B 。
drama C. romance D. essay 4。
The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurianromances 。
A 。
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. BeowulfC 。
Piers the PlowmanD 。
TheCanterbury Tales5。
William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of adream vision 。
A 。
Kubla KhanB 。
Piers the PlowmanC 。
The Dream of John Bull D. Morte d'Arthur1—5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB6. After the Norman Conquest ， three languages existedin England at that time 。
英国文学试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 英国文学史上被誉为“英国文学之父”的诗人是：A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案：A2. 下列哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀的作品？A. 《理智与情感》B. 《傲慢与偏见》C. 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D. 《简·爱》答案：D3. 英国浪漫主义文学的代表人物包括以下哪些？A. 华兹华斯B. 雪莱C. 拜伦D. 以上都是答案：D4. 以下哪位作家不是英国文学中的“湖畔诗人”？A. 华兹华斯B. 柯勒律治C. 雪莱D. 南希答案：C5. “荒原”是哪位英国诗人的代表作？A. 艾略特B. 奥登C. 叶芝D. 狄兰·托马斯答案：A6. 下列哪部作品是弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的代表作？A. 《到灯塔去》B. 《乌托邦》C. 《美丽新世界》D. 《1984》答案：A7. 英国现代主义文学的代表作家T.S.艾略特的代表作是：A. 《荒原》B. 《老人与海》C. 《了不起的盖茨比》D. 《太阳照样升起》答案：A8. 以下哪部作品是乔治·奥威尔的代表作？A. 《动物农场》B. 《杀死一只知更鸟》C. 《查泰莱夫人的情人》D. 《美丽新世界》答案：A9. 英国文学中“黑色幽默”的代表作家是：A. 弗朗西斯·培根B. 约瑟夫·海勒C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 乔治·奥威尔答案：B10. 英国文学中的“哥特式小说”起源于哪部作品？A. 《弗兰肯斯坦》B. 《呼啸山庄》C. 《简·爱》D. 《德古拉》答案：A二、填空题（每题2分，共20分）1. 英国文学史上的“文艺复兴”时期，代表作家有________和________。
答案：莎士比亚；克里斯托弗·马洛2. 英国文学中的“维多利亚时代”是指________年到________年。
答案：1837；19013. 英国文学中的“湖畔诗人”包括威廉·华兹华斯、________和________。
英国文学试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 以下哪位作家被誉为“英国文学之父”？A. 乔治·奥威尔B. 威廉·莎士比亚C. 查尔斯·狄更斯D. 托马斯·哈代2. 英国浪漫主义文学运动的代表人物不包括以下哪一位？A. 威廉·华兹华斯B. 塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治C. 乔治·奥威尔D. 珀西·比希·雪莱3. 《傲慢与偏见》是哪位作家的作品？A. 简·奥斯汀B. 勃朗特三姐妹C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 乔治·艾略特4. 现代主义文学的代表作家弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的代表作是？A. 《到灯塔去》B. 《简·爱》C. 《呼啸山庄》D. 《雾都孤儿》5. 以下哪部作品被认为是英国现代主义文学的里程碑？A. 《乌托邦》C. 《百年孤独》D. 《追忆似水年华》二、填空题（每空2分，共20分）6. 威廉·莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和________。
7. 19世纪英国现实主义文学的代表作家之一是________，其代表作有《艰难时世》等。
8. 20世纪英国文学中，被称为“愤怒的青年”的作家是________，其作品反映了当时英国社会的不满和反抗。
9. 英国文学中，被称为“湖畔诗人”的是________，他们的作品强调自然美和个人情感。
10. 英国文学中的“哥特式小说”起源于18世纪末，其代表作品是________的《弗兰肯斯坦》。
三、简答题（每题15分，共30分）11. 简述威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧创作特点。
12. 描述19世纪英国现实主义文学的主要特征。
四、论述题（30分）13. 论述20世纪英国文学中的现代主义文学运动，并举例说明其对后世的影响。
英国文学试题答案一、选择题1. B. 威廉·莎士比亚2. C. 乔治·奥威尔3. A. 简·奥斯汀4. A. 《到灯塔去》二、填空题6. 《麦克白》7. 查尔斯·狄更斯8. 约翰·奥斯本9. 威廉·华兹华斯、塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治等10. 玛丽·雪莱三、简答题11. 威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧创作特点包括深刻的人性探讨、丰富的人物性格、复杂的情节构造、以及语言的韵律美和形象性。
英国文学1考试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 英国文学史上第一位伟大的诗人是：A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案：A2. 下列哪位作家被誉为“英国小说之父”？A. 简·奥斯汀B. 亨利·菲尔丁C. 查尔斯·狄更斯D. 乔治·艾略特答案：B3. 《坎特伯雷故事集》的作者是：A. 乔叟B. 斯宾塞C. 雪莱D. 拜伦答案：A4. 莎士比亚的“四大悲剧”中不包括以下哪部作品？A. 《哈姆雷特》B. 《奥赛罗》C. 《李尔王》D. 《威尼斯商人》答案：D5. 以下哪位诗人不属于浪漫主义诗人？A. 华兹华斯B. 柯勒律治C. 拜伦D. 布朗宁答案：D6. 《简·爱》的作者是：A. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特B. 艾米莉·勃朗特C. 安妮·勃朗特D. 乔治·艾略特答案：A7. 以下哪部作品是现代主义文学的代表作？A. 《荒原》B. 《尤利西斯》C. 《好兵之帅之帅》D. 《到灯塔去》答案：B8. 以下哪位作家是“愤怒的青年”运动的代表人物？A. 金斯利·艾米斯B. 约翰·奥斯本C. 哈罗德·品特D. 艾伦·西利托答案：B9. 《动物农场》的作者是：A. 乔治·奥威尔B. 阿道司·赫胥黎C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 威廉·戈尔丁答案：A10. 以下哪位作家是后现代主义文学的代表人物？A. 托马斯·品钦B. 萨尔曼·鲁西迪C. 伊恩·麦克尤恩D. 朱利安·巴恩斯答案：A二、填空题（每空1分，共20分）1. 英国文学史上的“文艺复兴”时期，涌现出了许多伟大的作家，其中被誉为“英国戏剧之父”的是______。
答案：莎士比亚2. 19世纪英国现实主义文学的代表作家查尔斯·狄更斯的代表作之一是______。
Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureⅠ. Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeatingEngland.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer明朝3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.中世纪A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.亚瑟王的顶峰A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB.BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d’Arthur6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. TheNormans spoke _____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator ofthe Bible.A. LanglandB. GowerC. Wycliffe威克利夫D. Chaucer8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed,through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England.A. primitiveB. feudal封建的；领地的；世仇的C. bourgeois 资本家D. modern9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.A. loyaltyB. revolt反抗C. obedience顺从D. mockery嘲弄10. The most famous cycle of English ballads民歌centers on the stories about alegendary outlaw called _____.A. Morte d’ArthurB. Robin HoodC. The Canterbury TalesD. Piers the Plowman11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland, was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey威斯敏斯特教堂（英国名人墓地13. Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his _____, a translation of the FrenchRoman de la Rose by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but throughout Europe.A.The Romaunt of the Rose 传奇故事B. “A Red, Red Rose”C. The Legend of Good WomenD. The Book of the Duchess14. In his lifetime Chaucer served in a great variety of occupations that had impact onthe wide range of his writings. Which one is not his career? ____.A. engineerB. courtierC. office holderD. soldierE. ambassadorF. legislator (议员)15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem na med _____ based on Boccaccio’spoem “Filostrato”.A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and CriseydeC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. BeowulfKey to the multiple choices：1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAABⅡ. Questions1.What are the features of Beowulf?文体。
英国文学史试题Ⅰ. Identification. (15%)1. Identify each writer on the left column with what is written on the right column. (10%)(1) John Lyly a. pre-romanticism(2) William Blake b. impressionism(3) Laurence Sterne c. Angry Young Man(4) Kingsley Amis d. comic epic in prose(5) Joseph Conrad e. historical novel(6) Walter Scott f. University Wit(7) Pamela g. sentimentalism(8) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man h. Oedipus Complex(9) Sons and Lovers i. Künstlerroman(10) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling j. epistolary novel2. Identify the author with his or her work. (5%)(1) Charles Dickens a. Don Juan(2) E. M. Foster b. Hard Times(3) John Milton c. Mrs. Warren’s Profession(4) Henry Fielding d. The Faerie Queene(5) George Bernard Shaw e. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”(6) Oscar Wilde f. The Pilgrim’s Progress(7) John Bunyan g. A Passage to India(8) Edmund Spencer h. Paradise Regained(9) Thomas Gray i. Jonathan Wild the Great(10) George Gordon Byron j. The Importance of Being EarnestⅡ. Choose the best answer for each blank. (20%)1. The hero in the romance is usually a .A. kingB. knightC. ChristD. churchman2. Modern English novel, as a product of the 18th century Enlightenment and industrialization, really came with the rising of the class.A. workingB. aristocraticC. bourgeoisD. capitalist3. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is written in the form of a novel.A. epistolaryB. picaresqueC. GothicD. psychological4. Which of the following is NOT from Ireland?A. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. George Bernard ShawD. James Joyce5. is the most accomplished example of medieval romance, dealing with Arthurian romance.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. The Canterbury TalesC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Song of Beowulf6. by Alexander Pope is taken as a manifesto of the English Neo-classicism as Pope put forward his aesthetic theories in it.A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. DunciadD. An Essay on Man7. “Some books are to be tasted, others are to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested” is taken from ’s work.A. Thomas MoreB. Francis BaconC. John BunyanD. Matthew Arnold8. Literature of Neo-classicism is different from that of Romanticism in that .A. the former is an intellectual movement, the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for politicalrights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivationB. the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC. the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as anexpression on an individual’s feelings and experiencesD. the former advocates the “return to nature” whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Romanwriters for its models9. Which of the following places does Gulliver visit last in Gulliver’s Travels?A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. LaputaD. Houyhnhnms10. defined poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”.A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. T. S. Eliot11. could be classified to be both a naturalistic and a critical realistic writer.A. Charles DickensB. George EliotC. Thomas HardyD. Emily Brontë12. are Nobel Prize winners.A. James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, D. H. LawrenceB. Rudyard Kipling, T. S. Eliot, John GalsworthyC. W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, Thomas HardyD. Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce13. Christopher Marlowe first made the principal instrument of English drama.A. blank verseB. heroic coupletC. free verseD. monologue14. William Langland’s is written in the form of a dream vision.A. Kubla KhanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. The Faerie Queene15. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from .A. Gulliver’s TravelsB. The Pilgrim’s ProgressC. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. The Canterbury Tales16. In the chaos of the contemporary world and the despair and despondency among the westerners after the First World War are expressed.A. Ode to the West WindB. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudC. The Waste LandD. Tess of the D’Urbervilles17. Which of the following is NOT true about The Canterbury Tales?A. It is written in the form of a dream.B. Chaucer chose a pilgrimage as the framework for the stories involved in it.C. It is written for the greater part in heroic couplet.D. “The General Prologue” introduces the pilgrims and the time and occasion of the pilgrimage.18. Robert Louis Stevenson is the representative of the literary school .A. aestheticismB. neo-romanticismC. euphuismD. sentimentalism19. Which of the following is a Gothic novel?A. Northanger AbbeyB. The Mysteries of UdolphoC. Tristram ShandyD. Robinson Crusoe20. Which is correct according to the time when they appeared?A. romanticism, neo-classicism, humanism, critical realismB. humanism, neo-classicism, romanticism, critical realismC. romanticism, humanism, realism, naturalismD. realism, critical realism, romanticism, humanismⅢ. Fill in the blanks. (15%)1. wrote under the influence of Scottish folk traditions and old Scottish poetry.2. The slogan of aesthetic literature is .3. The Romantic Age is said to have begun in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work .4. In “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, John Donne compares the souls of lovers to .5. A play presents the conflicts between good and evil with allegorical personages such as Mercy, Peace and Hate.6. The narrator in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling is a(n) one.7. is the oldest poem in the English language and also the national epic.8. The dominant influence over modernist poetry came from two traditions: and .9. The three unities followed by neo-classical dramatists are the unity of , the unity of time and the unity of place.10. The most famous English ballads of the 15th century is the Ballads of , a legendary outlaw.11. The Rape of the Lock takes the form of a , which describes the triviality of high society in a grand style.12. is usually taken as the Father of English Prose.13. Modernism upholds a new view of time by emphasizing the time over the chronological time.14. written by Charles Dickens is generally taken as a semi-autobiographical novel.Ⅳ. Define the following terms. (16%)1. Omniscient narrator2. Heroic couplet3. Allegory4. Metaphysical poetry5. Naturalism6. Sonnet7. Comedy of manners8. Byronic heroⅤ. Short-answer questions. (24%)1. What are the major themes of modernist literature?2. Analyse the character of Tom Jones in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.3. What are the essential features of Medieval Romance?4. Name three Romantic poets and state their chief characteristics.5. Make a comparison between the two volumes of William Blake: The Songs of Innocence and The Songs of Experience.6. How many groups does Old English poetry fall into? Briefly explain.7. What are the general features of English Romanticism?8. Make a comparison between James Joyce and D. H. Lawrence.Ⅵ. Essay question. (10%)Write an essay on the following poem so as to demonstrate your understanding as well as your Englishproficiency. You’re expected to write a well-organized essay in about 150 words, with your thesis clearly stated, effectively developed and properly concluded.The Garden of LoveI went to the Garden of Love,And saw what I never had seen:A Chapel was built in the midst,Where I used to play on the green.And the gates of this Chapel were shut,And “Thou shalt not” writ over the door;So I turn’d to the Garden of Love,That so many sweet flowers bore.And I saw it was filled with graves,And tomb-stones where flowers should be:And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,And binding with briars my joys and desires.Notes: 1. shalt: shall2. writ: written3. Chapel: 小教堂4. bind: 束缚Part IV. Short questions (20 points).1.What does the story “The Garden Party” tell you about the class system?2.How might the plot structure of “The Dead” best be described?3.The sub-title of “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” is “A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented”. What is youropinion about the heroine?4.Mention one example of symbolism in Tess, and explain.5.What is the symbolic significance of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange in the novel?6.What is the main idea of the poem “The Second Coming”? How does it reflect Yeats’view of thecivilization of his time?7.In what way is the west wind in The West Wind by Shelley both a destroyer and a preserver?8.What are the major themes of Pride and Prejudice? List at least two and elaborate them in a fewsentences.9.What significances have Clarissa attached to her parties?10.What purpose does the rain shower serve in the first act of Pygmalion?Final Examination Paper for Grade 2002History of English LiteratureDate: January 10, 2005Ⅰ. Identification (10%)1. Identify each writer on the left column with what is written on the right column.1) Jonathan Swift A. Neo-romanticism2) John Donne B. Euphuism3) Alexander Pope C. Historical novel4) Anne Radcliff D. Lake poet5) John Lyly E. English satire6) R. L. Stevenson F. Gothic novel7) Walter Scott G. Neoclassicism8) Thomas Gray H. Metaphysical poetry9) Southey I. Epistolary novel10) Pamela J. Sentimentalism2. Identify the author with his or her work.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 CrusoeⅡ.Choose the best answer for each blank. (20%)1. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from .A. The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageD. The Canterbury Tales2. The story of is the highest point of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB. The Song of BeowulfC. Piers, the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales3. is the only novel written by Oscar Wilde.A. The Importance of Being EarnestB. The Picture of Dorian GrayC. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManD. The Picture of a Lady4. was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature .A. Thomas WyattB. William ShakespeareC. Henry HowardD. John Lyly5. eulogized imperialism in his works, esp. in his poems.A. John GalsworthyB. Joseph ConradC. Rudyard KiplingD.E.M. Foster6. English Renaissance Period was an age of .A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. romance and balladD. essay and drama7. The major form of Chcrtist literature is in .A. proseB. dramaC. verseD. novel8. “ Shall I compare thee to a summer’s eay”`is the opening line of one of Shakespeare’s .A. songsB. plays K. sonnets D. tragedies9. In Gulliver’s Travels, Yahoos are the creatures living on .A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. LaputaD. Houyhnhnms10. List the following terms according to the time when they appeareD.A. romanticism , neoclassicism , humanism , critical realismB.humanism , neoclassicism , romanticism , critical realismC.romanticism , humanism , realism , naturalismD.r ealism , critical realism , romanticism , humanism11. wrote under the influence of Scottish folk tradition and old Scottish poetry.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Robert BurnsC. William BlakeD. Geoffrey Chaucer12. first made blank verse the principal instrument of English drama in the Renaissance perioD.A. William ShakespeareB. Thomas WyattC. Christopher MarlowD. Henry Howard13. The greatest English critical realist novelist was , who criticized thebourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common people .A. Emily BronteB. Charles DickensC. W.M. ThackerayD. Charlotte Bronte14. were made poets Laureates in the 18th and 19th century .A. Wordsworth and BrowningB.Byron and ShelleyC.Keats and BrowningD.W ordsworth and Tennyson15. The principal elements of novel are mystery, horror and suspense.A. GothicB. RomanticC. SentimentalD. Realistic16. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in .A. essayB. dramaC. poetryD. novel17. Which of the following is NOT true about The Canterbury Tales?A. It is written for the great part in heroic couplets.B. It is written in the form of a dream vision.C. Chaucer chose a pilgrimage as the framework for the stories involved in it.D. “The General Prologue” introduces the pilgrims and the time and occasion of the pilgrimage.18. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress is a(n) .A. allegoryB. romanceC. comedy of mannersD. realistic novel19. Friday is a character in the novel .A. Tom Jones, a FoundlingB. Robinson CrusoeC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. Rob Roy20. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into English literature, the struggle of the for itsrights.A. soldiersB. peasantsC. bourgeoisieD. proletariatⅢ. Fill in the blanks. (20%)1. Old English poetry can be divided into two groups: poetry andpoetry.2. and are the two factors that had large influence on contemporary English literature.3. The slogan of aesthetic literature is .4. Modern English novel is a natural product of the Industrial Revolution and a symbol of the growing importance of the English class.5. The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work .6. “And I will luve thee still, my dear./ Till a’ the seas gang dry.” is taken from the famous poem .7. The central character in a romance is usually a .8. A play is chiefly based on the biblical stories or the stories of the saints.9. is called the father of English poetry.10. It is in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling that Henry Fielding succeeds best in creating a in prose.11. Dickens takes the French revolution as the background of the novel .11. In “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, John Donne compares the souls of lovers to .12. Bacon’s Essays has been recognized as an important landmark in the development of English (genre).13. The most important poet in the Victorian age is . Next to him was Robert Browning.14. Three kinds of irony are verbal irony, and .15. Popular ballad is an important stream of English medieval literature. Of all the ballads, those of are of paramount importance.16. The Pickwick Papers takes the form of a novel.Ⅳ. Define the following terms. (12%)1. Epic2. Iambic pentameter3. Intrusive narrator4. Bildungsroman5. Naturalism6. Conceit答案及评分标准Final Examination Paper for Grade 2003History of English LiteratureⅠ. Identification. (15%)1. (10%) f a g c b e j i h d2. (5%) b g h I c j g d e aⅡ.Choose the best answer for each blank. (20%)1-5: B C B B A 6-10: A B C D A11-15: C B A B B 16-20: C A B B BⅢ. Fill in the blanks. (15%)1. Robert Burns2. art for art’s sake3. Lyrical Ballads4. compasses5. morality6. intrusive7. Beowulf8. Metaphysical poetry; French symbolism9. action 10. Robin Hood 11. mock epic12. John Dryden 13. psychic 14. David CopperfieldⅣ. Define the following terms. (16%)1.Omniscient narrator is a third-person narrator, who is not a character in the story. The narrator is “all-knowing”, who can describe and comment on all the characters and actions in the story.2. Heroic couplet is the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter.3. Allegory is a tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities. Thus, an allegory is a story with two meaning, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.4. Metaphysical poetry: the poetry of John Donne and other 17th-century poets who wrote ina similar style. It is characterized by verbal wit and excess, ingenious structure, irregular meter, colloquial language, elaborate imagery, and a drawing together of dissimilar ideas .5. Naturalism is a post—Darwinian movement of the late 19th century that tried to apply the laws of scientific determinism to fiction. The naturalists went beyond the realists’ insistence onthe objective presentation of the details of everyday life to insist that the materials of literature should be arranged to reflect a deterministic universe in which a person is a biological creature controlled by environment and heredity.6. Sonnet is a verse form of fourteen lines, in English characteristically in iambic pentameter and most often in one of the two rhyme schemes: the Italian(or Petrarchan) or Shakespearean ( or English ).7. Comedy of manners is a kind of comedy representing the complex and sophisticated code of behavior current in fashionable circles of society, where appearances count for more than true moral character. Its humor relies chiefly on elegant verbal wit and repartee. In England, the comedy of manners flourished as the dominant form of Restoration comedy in the works of Etheredge, Wycherley and Congreve. It was revived in a more subdued form in the 1770s by Goldsmith and Sheridan, and later by Oscar Wilde.8. Byronic hero is a character-type found in Byron’s narrative Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. He is a boldly defiant but bitterly self-tormenting outcast, proudly contemptuous of social norms but suffering for some unnamed sin. Emily Bronte’s Heathcliff is a later example.Ⅴ. Short-answer questions. (24%)1. The distorted, alienated and ill relationship between man and nature, man and society, man and man, and man and himself.2. Tom Jones is the pattern of the good-natured unheroic hero of the age. He is a very handsome young man of manly virtues: kind, frank, generous, high-spirited, loyal and courageous, but impulsive, wanting prudence and full of animal spirits and sensuality. He represents everyman. (He is of manly virtues and yet not without fault.)3. 1) The hero is usually a knight using sword, who sets out on a journey to seek adventures and accomplish some goal. He is devoted to the church and the king.2) It lacks general resemblance to truth or reality. (liberal use of the improbable or even the supernatural things)3) It exaggerates the vices of human nature and idealizes the virtues. (standardizedcharacterization)4) It lays emphasis on the supreme devotion to a fair lady. (Romantic love is an important part of the plot.)4. Wordsworth:the great theme remains the world of simple, natural things, in the countryside or among people.Coleridge: his interest is towards the strange, the exotic, and the mysterious things. Shelley: expresses two main ideas --- the external tyranny is the main enemy; the inherent human goodness will eliminate evil form the world.Byron: example of a personality in tragic revolt against society; prototype of romantic hero. Keats: his poetry is a response to sensuous impressions; cares about beauty.5. The two books hold the similar subject matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.1) Songs of Innocence is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy and innocent world, though not without its evils and sufferings.2) Songs of Experience paints a different world, a world of misery, poverty, disease, war and repression with a melancholy tone.6. Religious (Christian) poetry and secular (pagan) poetry.1) Religious poetry is mainly on biblical themes and saints’ lives, represented by Caedmon and Cynewulf.2) Secular poetry emphasizes the harshness of the circumstance and the helplessness of humans before the power of fate, represented by Beowulf.7. 1) the emphasis on imagination2) the idealization of nature3) the praise of individualism4) the glorification of the commonplace5) the lure of the exotic8. Both are modernist novelists. James Joyce is interested in technical innovation. He introduced three new techniques into English literature: the use of myth, stream-ofconsciousness and epiphany. Lawrence is interested in the tracing of the psychological development of his major characters and the criticism of the dehumanizing effect of industrialization on human nature.Ⅵ. Essay question. (10%)Part IV. Short questions. (20 points)1.The story shows strict class system, the differences and lack of communication between the rich and thepoor.2.The story is comprised of four episode, which are quite unified with Gabriel’s frustration, and eachepisode witnesses more serious conflict than the previous, thus, it is a climaxing order in terms of structure.3.Tess is a pure woman, although society and other people believed otherwise. She has done nothingwrong. She is seduced, but does not have sex of her own accord with Alec. She is sacrificed to society, yet she has no evil intensions when she go across the threshold of her parents’ and enters the world. She is a victim.4.An example of symbolism would be the ribbon Tess wears at the may day dance, the read spot of bloodon the ceiling at the Herons, Sandbourne, that the landlady sees, the Stonehenge, the black flag at Tess’s hanging, the spoiled milk by garlic, or the dying pheasants Tess sees in the woods.5.a). The two houses embody the two major principles of life in the book: storm and calm. WutheringHeights is located on a hill and is constantly attacked by wild winds. The inhabitants are constantly being torn by strong passions and violence is their natural language. Thrushcross Grange is comparatively sheltered from the wild elements. It is delicate and refined. The people of the Grange are gentle and seek not so much wild sparkle and dance of life. b). They also represent nature and culture.6.The poem expresses Yeats’ thought that modern civilization is in a state of decay, and that a long cycleof history is ending while another is approaching. But the new historical age might be led by a monster.It expresses his disillusionment of the civilization of his time.7.The west wind is both a destroyer and a preserver because it destroys in autumn (blowing the leaves offthe trees and bury them beneath the earth) in order to revive in the spring (the seeds grow and bring new life to the Earth). It marks the cycle of the seasons. It is around this image the poem weaves various cycles of death and regeneration—vegetational, human, and divine.8.marriage and women’s fate, self-acknowledge, manners, virtue and sense of responsibility9.Richard thinks the party childish and he thinks that it is foolish of Clarissa to like excitement in spite ofher heart; Peter thinks her snobbish, liking to have famous people around her. But to Clarissa, the party is an offering, to combine and to create. The parties are her effort to create some human connection and dialogue. She hopes to be remembered even after her death.10.It helps to create a chaotic world of confusion. The crowd gather under the portico to seek shelter; theyrepresent slice of society of people from different social strata. It also provides a opportunity for themain characters to meet in an unlikely circumstance.KeysFinal Examination for Grade 2002History of English LiteratureⅠ. Identification (10%)1. 1) e2) h3) g4) f5) b6) a7) c8) j9) d10) c2. 1) d2) a3) j4) c5) b6) g7) f8) e9) i10) hⅡ.Choose the best answer for each blank. (20%)1—5 : a a b a c 6—10 : b c c d b11—15 : b c b d a 16—20 : d b a b dⅢ. Fill in the blanks. (20%)1. pagan, Christian2. Imperialism, demand for social reform3. art for art’s sake4. (bourgeois) middle5. The Lyrical Ballads6. “A Red Red Rose”7. knight 8. miracle9. Geoffrey Chaucer 10. comic epic11. A Tale of Two Cities12. a pair of compasses13. essay 14. Alfrd Tennyson15. situational, dramatic 16. Robin Hood17. picaresqueⅣ. Define the following terms. (12%)1.Epic: a long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated. The two most famous English epics are Beowulf and John Milton’s Paradise Lost.2.Iambic pentameter: a poetic line consisting of five verse feet, with each foot an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Iambic pentameter is the most common verse line in English poetry.3.Intrusive narrator: an omniscient narrator who, in addition to reporting the events of a novel’s story, offers further comments on characters and events, and who sometimes reflects more generally upon the significance of the story.4.Bildungsroman: a novel that traces the initiation, development, and education of a young person. Examples are Dickens’s David Copperfield and James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.5.Naturalism: a post--Darwinian movement of the late 19th century that tried to apply the laws of scientific determinism to fiction. The naturalists went beyond the realists’ insistence on the objective presentation of the details of everyday life to insist that the materials of literature should be arranged to reflect a deterministic universe in which a person is a biological creature controlled by environment and heredity.6. Conceit: a kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startlingly different things. A conceit usually provides the framework for an entire poem. An especially unusual and intellectual kind of conceit is the metaphysical conceit, used by certain 17th-century poets, such as John Donne.。
英国文学试题及答案### 英国文学试题一、选择题1. 谁被认为是英国文学之父？- A. 莎士比亚- B. 乔叟- C. 狄更斯- D. 拜伦2. 以下哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀所写？- A. 《傲慢与偏见》- B. 《理智与情感》- C. 《简·爱》- D. 《诺桑觉寺》3. 以下哪位作家是现代主义文学的代表人物？- A. 托马斯·哈代- B. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫- C. 乔治·奥威尔- D. 奥斯卡·王尔德二、填空题4. 莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和__________。
5. 英国浪漫主义诗人拜伦的代表作《唐璜》是一部__________。
三、简答题6. 简述查尔斯·狄更斯在19世纪英国文学中的地位及其作品的特点。
7. 描述《呼啸山庄》中希斯克利夫和凯瑟琳的关系。
四、论述题8. 讨论《简·爱》中简·爱的性格特点及其对女性独立意识的影响。
答案一、选择题1. B. 乔叟2. C. 《简·爱》3. B. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫二、填空题4. 《麦克白》5. 长篇叙事诗三、简答题6. 查尔斯·狄更斯是19世纪英国最伟大的小说家之一，他的作品以其对社会不公和贫困的深刻描绘而闻名。
狄更斯通过他的作品，如《双城记》和《远大前程》，展现了维多利亚时代英国社会的复杂面貌，同时，他的作品也以其幽默感和对人物的深刻刻画而受到读者的喜爱。
7. 在《呼啸山庄》中，希斯克利夫和凯瑟琳的关系是小说的核心。
他们从小一起长大，彼此深爱，但由于社会阶层和财富的差异，他们的爱情受到了挑战。
凯瑟琳最终选择了嫁给富有的林顿，这导致了希斯克利夫的复仇计划，以及他们之间悲剧性的爱情故事。
四、论述题8. 《简·爱》是夏洛蒂·勃朗特的代表作，小说的主人公简·爱以其独立、坚强和有原则的性格而著称。
大学英国文学考试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 英国文学中，被誉为“英国诗歌之父”的诗人是：A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案：A2. 下列哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀所著？A. 《傲慢与偏见》B. 《理智与情感》C. 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D. 《呼啸山庄》答案：D3. 威廉·莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中，主人公哈姆雷特的著名独白是：A. “生存还是毁灭，这是一个问题。
”B. “人生如梦，一切皆虚妄。
”C. “听我说，霍拉旭，我将讲述一个故事。
”D. “我将归来，我的爱人。
”答案：A4. 以下哪位诗人是浪漫主义时期的代表人物？A. 约翰·多恩B. 托马斯·哈代C. 威廉·华兹华斯D. 约翰·弥尔顿答案：C5. 《坎特伯雷故事集》是由哪位英国作家创作的？A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案：A6. 以下哪部作品是查尔斯·狄更斯的代表作？A. 《大卫·科波菲尔》B. 《简·爱》C. 《呼啸山庄》D. 《远大前程》答案：A7. “To be, or not to be, that is the question” 是哪部戏剧中的台词？A. 《麦克白》B. 《李尔王》C. 《哈姆雷特》D. 《奥赛罗》答案：C8. 以下哪部作品是托马斯·哈代的“威塞克斯系列”之一？A. 《德伯家的苔丝》B. 《简·爱》C. 《呼啸山庄》D. 《远大前程》答案：A9. “Do not go gentle into that good night” 是哪位诗人的诗句？A. 约翰·济慈B. 威廉·华兹华斯C. 威廉·巴特勒·叶芝D. 珀西·比希·雪莱答案：C10. 下列哪部作品是乔治·奥威尔的反乌托邦小说？A. 《动物农场》B. 《1984》C. 《美丽新世界》D. 《我们》答案：B二、简答题（每题10分，共30分）11. 简述约翰·弥尔顿的《失乐园》中，撒旦的形象及其对人类历史的影响。
英国文学试题及答案在英国文学领域有许多经典作品和重要的作家，这些作品和作家对于英国文学的发展产生了深远影响。
本篇文章将为您介绍一些英国文学的试题及答案，希望能够对您的学习有所帮助。
试题一：请简要介绍威廉·莎士比亚的作品和他在英国文学中的地位。
答案：威廉·莎士比亚（William Shakespeare）被认为是英国文学史上最伟大的戏剧作家之一。
他的作品包括戏剧、诗歌和史诗。
莎士比亚共创作了37个戏剧作品，包括悲剧、喜剧、历史剧和十四行诗。
他的作品以丰富的人物形象、深入的情感描写和复杂的剧情而闻名。
莎士比亚的作品深刻地揭示了人性的善恶、爱恨和欲望等诸多主题，对于英国文学及全球文学的发展都产生了巨大影响。
试题二：简要介绍查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》及其在英国文学中的地位。
答案：《雾都孤儿》是查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens）的一部重要小说作品。
这部小说于1859年首次出版，以伦敦的贫民窟为背景，通过讲述主人公奥利弗·特威斯特的成长历程，揭示了当时社会的不公和贫困问题。
《雾都孤儿》描写了贫富悬殊、社会阶级问题以及人性的善恶等主题，对于英国社会的改革起到了重要的推动作用。
该小说深受读者的喜爱，被誉为狄更斯最伟大的作品之一，也是英国文学中的经典之作。
试题三：请简要介绍简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》及其在英国文学中的地位。
答案：《傲慢与偏见》是简·奥斯汀（Jane Austen）的代表作之一，被视为英国文学史上最伟大的小说之一。
这部小说于1813年首次出版，以描写19世纪英国社会的阶级观念和婚姻观念为主题。
《傲慢与偏见》通过讲述女主人公伊丽莎白·本内特与达西先生之间的爱情故事，探讨了社会的偏见、男女间的相互误解以及人性的盲目等问题。
奥斯汀以幽默和讽刺的手法展现了社会的虚伪和愚昧，对当时英国社会的改革产生了积极的影响。
通过以上试题及答案，我们可以了解到威廉·莎士比亚、查尔斯·狄更斯和简·奥斯汀等作家对于英国文学的重要地位以及他们作品所揭示的社会问题和人性的思考。
英国文学题库2（含正确答案）1.______ is not a novel written by Jane Austen.A. Jane EyreB. Sense and SensibilityC. Pride and PrejudiceD. Emma2. Alexander Pope worked painstakingly on his poems and finally brought to its last perfection ______ Dryden had successfully used in his plays.A. the heroic coupletB. the free verseC. the bland verseD. the Spenserian stanza3. ______ has been regarded by some as the “Father of the English Novel” for hi s contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. John BunyanB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefoeD. Alexander Pope4. ______ defines the poet as a “man speaking to men,” and poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, whi ch originates in emotion recollected in tranquility.”A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. John Keats5. Romanticism does not emphasize ______ .A. the special qualities of each individual’s mindB. the inner world of the human spiritC. individualityD. the features that men have in common6. Which of the following is NOT a typical aspect of Defoe’s language?A. Elegant.B. Colloquial.C. Vernacular.D. Smooth.7. The Rivals and ______ are generally regarded as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw.A. The School for ScandalB. The DuennaC. Widowers HousesD. The Doctor’s Dilemma8. ______ was the only important dramatist of the 18th century.A. Alexander PopeB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Samuel JohnsonD. George Bernard Shaw9. What makes Jonathan Swift’s satire all the more bitter, biting and poignant is that his satire is often masked by ______ on the part of the author.A. an apparent eagerness, gravity, sincerity and detachment in toneB. a softness and persuasiveness in manner and firmness and thoroughness in actionC. a strong indignation in tone and open defiance and challengeD. a friendliness and frankness in tone and the seeming indifference and nonchalance10. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modern English ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.A. proseB. tragicomedyC. short storyD. novel11. ______ is a sharp satire on the moral degeneracy of the aristocratic-bourgeois society in the 18th-century England.A. The RivalsB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Tom JonesD. The School for Scandal12. The novel, which prospered in the hands of Swift, Defoe and Fielding, gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people. This is quite contrary to the traditional ______ of aristocrats.A. elegyB. epicC. romanceD. morality play13. Henry Fielding adopted “the third-person narration,” which enables the author to present as the ______ not only the characters external behavior but also the internal workings of their minds. A. “all-knowing God” B. intimate participant C. invisible man D. ignorant narrator14. In his novel Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the heroof the ______ .A. aristocratic classB. enterprising landlordsC. rising bourgeoisieD. hard-working people15. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce ______ to England.A. rationalismB. criticismC. romanticismD. realism16. Alone with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British ______ also grew very rapidly.A. bourgeoisB. proletariansC. aristocratic classD. royal family17. The Enlightenment Movement did not advocate ______ .A. rationality, reason, order and rulesB. return to the ancient classical worksC. inner feelings of individualsD. universal education18. ______ is not written by Alexander Pope.A. An Essay on CriticismB. The EssaysC. An Essay on ManD. The Dunciad19. “He has a servant called Friday”. “He” in the quoted sentence is a character in ______ .A. Henry Fielding’s Tom JonesB. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s ProgressC. Richard Bringsley Sheridan’s The School for ScandalD. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe20. Joh n Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress is a(n) ______ .（北京师范大学2004年）A. allegoryB. romanceC. comedy of mannersD. realistic novel21. The tone of Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels is ______ .A. sadB. sarcasticC. praisingD. detached22. In field of literature, the Enlightenment brought about a(n) ______ the old classical works. This tendency is known as neoclassicism.A. rebellion againstB. indifference toC. revived interest inD. rational scrutiny of23. The ______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century.A. RenaissanceB. EnlightenmentC. Religious ReformationD. Chartist Movement24. In the 18th-century English literature, the representative writer of neoclassicism is ______ .A. Alexander PopeB. Jonathan SwiftC. Daniel DefoeD. John Milton25. John Bunyan’s style was modeled after that of the English ______ , with concrete and living language and carefully observed and vividly presented details.A. romanceB. folkloreC. dramaD. Bible26. Which of the following plays is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare?A. The School for Scandal.B. She Stoops to Conquer.C. The Rivals.D. The Conscious Lover27. The statement “______ ” is NOT true in describing Gothic novel.A. Gothic novel is a type of romantic fictionB. Gothic novel predominated in the early 18th centuryC. Its principal elements are violence, horror and supernaturalD. The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe is typical Gothic romance28. ______ is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The RivalsB. The Pilgrim’s ProgressC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. Paradise Lost29. 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-fulfillment30. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes “the Vanity Fair” in a ______ tone.A. delightfulB. satiricalC. sentimentalD. solemn31. The 18th century witnesses a new literary form—the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of the common English people.A. romanticB. idealisticC. propheticD. realistic32. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______ century.A. 17thB. 18thC. 19thD. 20th33. Daniel Defoe describes ______ as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A. Tom JonesB. GulliverC. Moll FlandersD. Robinson Crusoe34. Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ______ .A. the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individual’s feelings and experiencesB. the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC. the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivation.D. the former advocates the return to nature whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its models.35. ______ is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.A. Bitter satireB. Elegant styleC. Casual narrationD. Complicated sentence structure36. You may have met the term “yahoo” on the Internet, but you may also have met it in English literature. It is found in ______ .A. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Samuel Johnson’s The Vanity of Human Wish esC. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s TravelsD. Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones37. Alexander Pope strongly advocated ______ , emphasizing that literary works should be judged by classical rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A. neoclassicismB. sentimentalismC. idealismD. romanticism38. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are ______ .A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways39. The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of ______ .A. Gulliver’s TravelsB. The Rape of the LockC. Robinson CrusoeD. The Pilgrim’s Progress40. Which of the following statements on The Neoclassical Period is NOT true?A. The Neoclassical Period is prior to the Romantic Period.B. Henry Fielding is one of the representatives of the Neoclassical Period.C. The modern English novel came into being in the Neoclassical Period.D. The Neoclassical Period is also known as the Age of Enlightenment.41. In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told hisexperience in ______ .A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. HouyhnhnmD. England42. The following comments on Daniel Defoe are true EXCEPT ______ .A. in his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shownB. he was a member of the upper classC. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpieceD. Robinson Crusoe is his first novel43. Which of the following comments on the Enlightenment Movement is NOT true?A. It advocated individual education.B. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.C. The Enlightenment Movement flourished in France.D. The Enlightenment Movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance.44. English Romanticism, as a historical phase of literature, is generally said to have ended in 1832 with ______ .A. Sir Walter Scott’s death and the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB. the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s L yrical BalladsC. the publication of The Sketch BookD. the publication of Leaves of Grass45. “You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are ashandsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.” The above passage is taken from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The figure of speech used here is ______ .A. paradoxB. ironyC. simileD. hyperbole46. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ Ode on a Grecian Urn?A. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!”B. “They are both gone up to the church to pray.”C. “Earth has not anything to show more fair.”D. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”47. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line by ______ .A. J. KeatsB. W. BlakeC. W. WordsworthD. P. B. Shelley48. ______ is a poem based on a traditional Spanish Legend of a great lover and seducer of women.A. AdonaisB. Don JuanC. Prometheus UnboundD. The Revolt of Islam49. Of the following poets, which is NOT regarded as “Lake Poets”?A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.B. Robert Southey.C. William Wordsworth.D. Alfred Tennyson.50______ is written in the terza rima form Shelley derived from his reading of Dante.A. Prometheus UnboundB. Ode to the West WindC. AdonaisD. Men of England。
___________I. Multiple Choice: from a, b, c or d, choose the best one to complete the statements below. (1×50, 50 points) 1.--------- is the first important religious poet in English literature.a. John Donneb. George Herbertc. Caedmond. Milton2.The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions, ---------- and Christian.a. Paganb. Romanc. Frenchd. Danish3.“----------”is the oldest poem in the English language, and also the surviving epic in the English language.a. Beowulfb. Sir Gawain and Green Knightc. The Canterbury Talesd. Hamlet 4.Fielding has been regarded by some as the“----------”for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.a.Best Writer of English Novelb. Father of English Novelc. Father of English Poetryd. Father of EnglishEssay5.All of the following three writers except---------- are the most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England.a.Marloweb. Shakespearec. Bacond.Thomas Kyd6.Byronic Hero was created by Lord Byron in one of his following works ---------.a. Don Juanb. Ode to the West windc. She Walks in Beautyd. Daffodils 7.Which play is not Shakespeare's tragedy? ----------a.Othellob. The Merchant of Venicec.Romeo and Julietd. King Lear 8.The literary form of The Faerie Queen is ----------.a. lyric poemb. narrative poemc. epic poemd. elegy9.Which of the following cannot correctly describe the English Enlightenment Movement ----------?a.It flourished in France.b. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance.c.Its purpose was to enlighten the whole world. d. It emphasized “reason & order.”10.“Blindness, partiality, prejudice and absurdity”in the novel Pride and Prejudice are most likely to be the characteristics of ----------.a. Elizabethb. Darcyc. Mrs. Bennetd.Lydia 11.The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the----------.a. Frenchb. Latinc. romanced. science 12.The story of “----------”is the culmination of the Arthurian metricalromances.a.Sir Gawain and the Green Knightb. Beowulfc.Piers the Plowmand. The Canterbury Tales 13.Chaucer, the‘father of English poetry' and one of the greatest ----------1poets of England, was born in London about 1340, and was the first to be buried in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. a. lyrical b. blank verse c. narrative d. ballad 14.Which kind of metrical form was adopted by Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales? a. London dialect b. Heroic Couplet c. sonnet d. elegy 15.Generally speaking, Chaucer's works fall into three main groups corresponding roughly to the three periods of his adult life. Which period is wrong? a.The period of French influence (1359-1372) b.The period of Italian influence(1372-1386) c.The period of English influence (1386-1400) d.The period of American influence (1371-1382) 16.--------- was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature. a. Thomas Wyatt b. William Shakespeare c. Philip Sidney d. Thomas Campion 17. 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. Edmund Spenserb. Thomas Lodgec. Christopher Marlowed. Thomas More 18.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summitduring the reign of Queen ----------.a. Maryb. Elizabethc. Victoriad. William 19.English Renaissance Period was an age of ----------.a. prose and novelb. poetry and dramac. essays and journalsd. ballads and songs 20.From the following, choose the one that is not Francis Bacon's work. ----------a.The Advancement of Learningb. Essaysc.Maxims of the Lawd. Othello 21.English Renaissance Period was not an age of prose, but Thomas More wrote his famous prose work ----------.a. Of Studiesb. Robinson Crusoec. Gulliver's Travelsd. Utopia 22.Which play is not Shakespeare's comedy? ---------a.A Midsummer Night's Dreamb. The Merchant of Venicec.Romeo and Julietd. As You Like It23. ----------, considered John Milton's masterpiece, vividly tells the story ofSatan's rebellion against God and his tempting of Adam and Eve to eat theforbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge.a. Paradise Regainedb. Biblec. The Pilgrim's Progressd. Paradise Lost 24.---------- was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western th Europe in the 18 century.a. The Renaissanceb. The Enlightenmentc. The Religious Reformationd. The Chartist Movement2th century, England produces two great the last 20 years of the 1825.In pre-romantic poets. They were ----------.a. Johnson and Blakeb. Grey and Youngc. Pope and Goldsmithd. Blake and Burns th26.The 18-century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, ----------, which were satirized by Swift in his Gulliver's Travels. a.The Whigs and the Toriesb.The senate and the House of Representativesc.The upper House and lower Housed.The House of Lords and the House of Commons thrd The critical realism in 19-century England has been considered as the 327.important literary achievement after the ancient Greek tragedy and the Renaissance drama. It has some basic characteristics as follows except: ----------a.Truthful reflection of the society with superb artistic styleb.Violent exposure and criticism with profound humanismc. Harmonious unity between the characters and situationd. The use of simple and common language 28.The Romantic Age began with the publication of Lyrical Ballads, which was written by ----------.a. William Wordsworthb. Samuel Johnsonc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. Wordsworth andColeridge 29.Which poet did not belong to the Lakers? a. Coleridge b. Wordsworth c. Southey d. Keats 30.Choose the ode that is not written by Keats. ----------a. Ode to the West Windb. Ode to a Nightingalec. To Autumnd. Ode on a Grecian Urn 31.Choose the work that was not written by Jane Austen. ----------a. Emmab. Sense and Sensibilityc. Mansfield Parkd. Jane Eyre 32.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ----------. a. novel b. drama c. poetry d. prose 33.Which of the following writers did not belong to English critical realists? a. Charles Dickens b. Charlotte Bronte c. Daniel Defoe d. W. M. Thackeray 34.Dickens's David Copperfield is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the writer in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author's early life, while his --------- is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.a. Oliver Twistb. Great Expectationsc. Hard Timesd. A Tale of Two Cities 35.The sub-title of Vanity Fair is ‘---------'. a.A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayed b. The Spirit and the Flesh c.A Novel Without a Hero d. Sense and Sensibility 36.In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte has some basic subject matters to express as follows except----------.a.pours a great deal of her own experienceb.criticizes the American bourgeois system of educationc.shows that true love is the foundation of marriaged.shows that women should have equal rights with men337.James Joyce was one of the foremost writers of --------- novels. a. critical realist b. Gothic c. stream of consciousness d. romantic historical38. The first English essayist Francis Bacon composed, during his lifetime,numerous prose work, and --------- is unmistakably among the most eloquent and elegant essays produced in English Renaissance.a. Of Studiesb. Ode to the West Windc. The Tigerd. Don Juan th-century Irish writers, who is the spokesman for Among the following 2039.the school of “Art for Art's Sake”? ---------- a. Bernard Shaw b. Oscar Wilde c. James Joyce d. W. B. Yeats 40. Wordsworth believes that ---------- can inspires poetry, and it is his nurse, guide, guardian and anchor of his thoughts.a. natureb. Godc. loved. wealth 41.Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques, writers in the Victorian Period shared one thing in common, that is, they were all concerned about ----------.a.the love story of the richb. the future of their countryc.the fate of common peopled. the love-making of the middle class people 42.--------- lays the foundation for modern science with his insistence on scientific way of thinking and fresh observation rather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge.a. Charles Dickensb. Francis Baconc. Thomas Hardyd. Thomas More 43.The following comments on Daniel Defoe are true except ---------.a.Robinson Crusoe is his first novel.b.He is a member of the upper class.c.Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpiece.d.He embarked on a new career—the writing of novel—when he was 60.44.The term “metaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the th-century writers who wrote under the influence of ----------. 17a. John Donne b. John Keats c. John Milton d. John Bunyan 45.The cradle of the Renaissance is ----------.a. Germanyb. Englandc. Italyd. Franceth46.The middle of the 18 century was predominated by a newly rising literary form that is the modern English ----------, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.a. proseb. novelc. tragicomedyd. drama 47.Which of the following writings did Wordsworth not create? ------c--a.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloudb. The Solitary Reaperc.TheChimney Sweeper d. The Prelude 48.Which of the following writings is not the work by Dickens? ca. A Tale of Two Citiesb. Hard Timesc. Sons and Loversd. Oliver Twist 49.The Victorian Age was largely an age of ---------, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.a. poetryb. dramac. essayd. novel450. The 23-year-old Austen composed three novels, and among them, FirstImpressions was early version of --00------.a. Pride & Prejudiceb. Sense & Sensibilityc. Emmad. Northanger AbbeyⅡ. Reading Comprehension: read the following selected parts carefully, andgive the best answer to the relevant questions. (0.5×50, 25 points)Part 1 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: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed: 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 lines to time thou grow'st, So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.Questions:51.This is one of Shakespeare's best known ----------.a. sonnetsb. balladsc. songs52.It runs in iambic pentameter rhymed ----------.a. abba abba cdcd cdb. abab cdcd efef gg53. The 14 lines include three quatrains together with the lasttwo lines as ---------- which completes the sense of the lines above.a. preludeb. coupletc. epigraph 54. The theme of this poem is ----------.a. loveb. friendshipc. immortality of arts Part 2 I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.Questions:55.This is the first two stanza of a poem that is written by5--------.a. Byronb. Wordsworthc. Keats 56.The title of the poem is ----------.a. To Autumnb. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloudc. TheSolitary Reaper57.The poem's theme is about ----------.a. beauty of natureb. country lifec.love58.The poet adopts one kind of figure of speech: ---------- to describe the flowers in the poem.a. personificationb. alliterationc.conceit59.The rhyme scheme in each stanza is ----------.a. abababb. ababccc. abcdcd Part 3IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one orother of their daughters. Questions:60. This passage is the opening of a novel entitled ----------.a. Sense and Sensibilityb. Pride and Prejudicec. Jane Eyre61.The writer of the novel is the first famous womannovelist—---------.a. George Eliotb. Charlotte Brontec. Jane Austen 62.The story in this novel is based on the lovemaking of the th young people in the ------- families in 18-century England. a. upper-middle-class b. aristocratic c. royal Part 4 That's my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I call That piece a wonder, now: FràPandolf's hands Worked busily a day, and there she stands. Will 't please you sit and look at her? I said 'FràPandolf' by design, for never read Strangers like you that pictured countenance, Questions:63. These lines are quoted from the poem entitled-------.a. Songb. My Last Duchessc. When We Two Parted 64. It was composed by the outstanding poet -------.a. Robert Browningb. Lord Byronc. William Wordsworth65. In the famous piece, the form of ------- is skillfully employed.a. balladb. dramatic monologuec. blank versePart 5 GO and catch a falling star,6Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the devil's foot,Teach me to hear mermaids singing, Or to keep off envy's stinging,And find What windServes to advance an honest mind. If thou be'st born to strange sights, Things invisible to see,Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee, Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me, All strange wonders that befell thee, And swear, No where Lives a woman true and fair. Questions:66.These are the first 2 stanzas of the poem written by ------- inth17-century England.a. John Miltonb. John Donnec. John Bunyan 67.The poet is the most outstanding figure of the poetic school of“-------”during this period. a. Graveyard Poets b. Metaphysical Poets c. Romantic poets68.He was appointed by King James I in 1621 as the dean of------- and he held this post till his last day. a. Westminster Abbey b. St. Paul Cathedral c. Canterbury Cathedral69.Besides his unique love poetry, he is also famous for his religious-------.a. poetryb. sermonsc. plays70.This group of poets prefers to use an elaborate and surprisingfigure of speech, -------, to express ideas in a sharp and harsh manner, by comparing two very dissimilar things.a. conceitb. similarc. alliteration Part 6I tell you I must go! I retorted, roused to something like passion. Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?--a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!--I have as much soul asyou,--and full as much heart! And if 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 me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;--it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the7grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal,--as we are! Questions:71.This passage is taken from the novel “-------”. a. Emma b. Wuthering Heights c. Jane Eyre 72.The author of the work is-------.a. Jane Austenb. Emily Brontec. Charlotte Bronte73.The speaker in the passage is -------.a. Cathyb. Lydiac. Jane 74.The character is passionately emphasizing the significance of------- between men and women.a. marriageb. equalityc. relationship75.The character is speaking to -------.a. Mr. Rochesterb. Mr. Bingleyc. Mr. Bennet Part 7 `I have been hoping, longing, praying, to make you happy! I have thought what joy it will be to do it, what an unworthy wife I shall be if I do not! That's what I have felt, Angel!' `I know that.' `I thought, Angel, that you loved me - me, my very self! If it is I you do love, O how can it be that you look and speak so? It frightens me! Having begun to love you, I love you for ever - in all changes, in all disgraces, because you are yourself. I ask no more. Then how can you, O my own husband, stop loving me?' `I repeat, the woman I have been loving is not you.' `But who?' `Another woman in your shape.' Questions:76.This passage is taken from the novel “-------”. a. Sons and Loversb. Tess of the D'Urbervillesc. Jane Eyre 77.The author of the work is -------.a. William Thackerayb. Thomas Hardyc. Charles Dickens78.The female speaker in the passage is --------.a. Tessb. Elizabethc. Jane 79.The novelreveals women's dreadful life in ------- England. ththth-century c.17 b. 18 a. 19-century -century Part 8 Her only gift was knowing people almost by instinct, she thought, walking on. If you put her in a room with some one, up went her back like a cat's; or she purred. Devonshire House, Bath House, the house with the china cockatoo, she had seen them all lit up once; and remembered Sylvia, Fred, Sally Seton—such hosts of people; and dancing all night; and the waggons plodding past to market; and driving home across the Park. She remembered once throwing a shilling into the Serpentine. But every one remembered; what she loved was this, here, now, in front of her; the fat lady in the cab. Did it matter then, she asked herself, walking towards Bond Street,8did it matter that she must inevitably cease completely; all this must go on without her; did she resent it; or did it not become consoling to believe that death ended absolutely? Questions:80.This passage is taken from the novel “-------”. a. Sons and Loversb. Mrs. Dallowayc. Dubliners81.The author of the work is -------.a. James Joyceb. D. H. Lawrencec. Virginia Woolf82. The writer is the representative figure of ------- novelists inth-century 20 England.a. steam-of-consciousnessb. critical realismc. aestheticism83.This passage reveals the inner spiritual world of --------.a. Clarissab. Tessc. Jane Eyre84. The author of the novel committed suicide by drowning because of --------.a. her insanityb. marriagec. poverty Part 9 He was a comely handsome Fellow, perfectly well made; withstraight strong Limbs, not too large; tall and well shap'd, and as I reckon, about twenty six Years of Age. He had a very good Countenance, not a fierce and surly Aspect; but seem'd to have something very manly in his Face, and yet he had all the Sweetness and Softness of an European in his Countenance too, especially when he smil'd. His Hair was long and black, not curl'd like Wool; his Forehead very high, and large, and a great Vivacity and sparkling Sharpness in his Eyes. The Colour of his Skin was not quite black, but very tawny; and yet not of an ugly yellow nauseous tawny, as the Brasilians, and Virginians,and other Natives of America are; but of a bright kind of a dun olive Colour, that had in it something very agreeable; tho' not very easy to describe. His Face was round, and plump; his Nose small, not flat like the Negroes, a very good Mouth, thin Lips, and his line Teeth well set, and white as Ivory.Questions:85. This passage is taken from the novel “---------”. a. Robinson Crusoe b. Ulysses c. Gulliver's Travels86. The author of the work is --------.a. Daniel Defoeb. Henry Fieldingc. Charles Dickens87. The writer was the representative figure of realistic novelistsin ------ century England. ththth c. 19 b. 18 a.17 88. The point of view used in this novel is the ---------.a. first-personb. third-personc. second-person89. The character described in this passage is -------- who issaved by the narrator. a. Crusoe b. Friday c. the slave trader9Part 10 To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we endThe heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;Questions:90.These lines are taken from a famous play named ----------.a. Hamletb. King Learc. Othello 91. The author of theplay is ----------.a. Marloweb. Wyattc. Shakespeare 92.In the play these lines are uttered by ---------.a. Opheliab. Hamletc. Gertrude93. These lines are written in ----- which was introduced firstly by Christopher Marlow from French literature. a. ode b. blank verse c. elegy 94.This play is a ----------.a. comedyb. tragicomedyc. tragedyPart 11 O, my luve is like a red, red rose,That's newly sprung in June;O, my luve is like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune. Questions:95.This is the first stanza of a poem that is written by apre-romantic poet -----.a. Byronb. Burnsc. Keats96.The poem is written in the form of ----------.a. ballad metreb. sonnetc. ode97. The “red, red rose”in the poem is a token of ---------. a. friendship b. lovec. happiness 98. The poet was cultivated by-------- culture.a. Scottishb. Englishc.Welsh 99. He spent his life among the common people in the countryside and is thus regarded as a -------- poet.a. aristocraticb. peasantc. lake100. He created a great deal of poems from the resource ofthe folksong in his homeland. Among them, --------- has become a world-famous one.a. Auld Lang Syneb. To a Mousec. JohnAnderson, My JoIII. True or False: if the statement is True, please mark A on the answer sheet;if it is False, please mark B on the answer sheet. (0.5×50, 25 points) 1. Imperialism and the demand for social reform are the two factors that had a10large influence on modern English literature. T2. The slogan of aesthetic literature is “Art for Art's Sake”. T3. Modern English novel is a natural product of the Industrial Revolution and asymbol of the growing importance of the English (bourgeoisie) middleclass. T4.Self-acknowledge is one of the major themes of Pride and Prejudice. T5. Robert Burn's passionate poem, My Heart's in the Highlands, opens with thelines: “My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, / My heart's in theHighlands a-chasing the deer”. T6. The central character in a romance is usually a knight. T7. Many of famous verses by John Keats are crafted in the form of ode. T8. Walter Scott is called the Father of English Prose. F9. It is in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling that Henry Fielding succeedsbest in creating “a comic epic in prose”. T10. In Gulliver's Travels, Yahoos are the creatures living on Laputa. F11. In “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, John Donne compares the souls oflovers to a pair of compasses. T12. Bacon's Essays has been recognized as an important landmark in the development of English essay. T13. The most important poet in the Victorian age is Robert Browning. Next tohim is Alfred Tennyson. F14. Popular ballad is an important stream of English medieval literature. Of allthe ballads, those of Robin Hood are of paramount importance. T15. The difficulty of knowing the truth, the connection between thought andaction, revenge, and death are all the themes explored in Shakespeare's Hamlet. T16. Thomas Gray's poetry is bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh of the Scottish people. F17.An elegy is a poem in which the poet mourns the death of a specific person. T18.Much like Jane, Mr. Bingley in Pride and Prejudice is an amiable and good-tempered person. T19.Shelley's most famous lyrics include To a Skylark and The Cloud. T20.Robert Burns wrote under the influence of Scottish folk traditions and oldScottish poetry. T21.The literary technique with which authors represent the flow of sensations andideas is called stream of consciousness. T th century is a period of struggle between end 22.The of the 19Romantic andRealistic trends in literature. F23.Optimism and positivism are strongly reflected in Hardy's writings. F24.Both The Waves and Women in Love are stream-of-consciousness novels. F25.Thomas Carlyle and Matthew Arnold are famous prose writers in the Victorianperiod. T1126.Thomas Hardy succeeded Tennyson and George Bernard Shaw as president ofthe Society of Authors. T27.In 1850 Wordsworth, who had been poet-laureate after Southey, died; andTennyson took the laurel. T28.The title Ulysses has been adopted by two British writers—one is Tennysonthe poet in his famous monologue; the other D. H. Laurence in his famousstream-of-consciousness novel. F29.The Bronte sisters published their first work—Poems by Currer, Ellis, andActon Bell in 1846. T30. Besides E. M. Foster, Virginia Woolf is also an active member of the“Bloomsbury Group”. T31.Dubliners—the starting point of Wilde's writing career—is a collection ofsharp realistic sketches about the Dublin life. F th-century English Gothic novel included principal writers of the 1732. TheHorace Walpole—author of The Castle of Otranto, and Ann Radcliffe—author of The Mysteries of Udolpho. F33.Wilde's most excellent success was as a writer of novels, esp. in The Portraitof Dorian Gray. F34.Jane Eyre, the masterpiece of Charlotte Bronte and an immediate success inher time, has been dedicated to Thackeray—the author of Vanity Fair. T 35.Because of the reception of Tess and Jude, Hardy turned with relief to thewriting of experimental lyrical poetry in 1896. T36. George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann or Marian Evans, was one of the best19th-century English novelists, whose best-known works are Adam Bede, TheMill on the Floss, and Silas Marner. T37. Sir Walter Scott, the author of Waverley and Rob Roy, was the firstmajorhistorical novelist. T38. The hero of the poem, Don Juan, was the first example of what came to beknown as the Byronic hero. T39.Mrs. Browning is most famous for her Sonnets from the Portuguese as well asAurora Leigh. T40.John Galsworthy, the first serious British writer on sex, was equally prolific asa dramatist who for many years rivaled Bernard Shaw. F41. Charles Dickens was the first to gain fame and popularity before other prominent Victorian novelists, including Thackeray, George Eliot and EmilyBronte. T42.The central figure in Vanity Fair is Rebecca Sharp who issimple-hearted andna?ve. F43.John Bunyan—the author of Paradise Lost—is the representative writer of th-century England. prose in 17F44.Tales from Shakespeare written by Charles and Mary Lamb is a guidance book。
