英国文学试题
1. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of .
A. aestheticism
B. naturalism
C. neo-romanticism
D. sentimentalism
2. List the following terms according to the time when they appeared.
A. romanticism, neoclassicism, humanism, critical realism
B. humanism, neoclassicism, romanticism, critical realism
C. romanticism, humanism, modernism, critical realism
D. modernism, critical realism, romanticism, humanism
3. Charles Dickens and William Thackeray were the two great representatives of the English critical realism in the _______century.
A. 17th
B. 18th
C. 19th
D. 20th
4. Thomas Hardy wrote novels of _______.
A. character and environment
B. pure romance艺术
C. stream of consciousness
D. psychoanalysis
5. The typical f eature of Robert Browning’s poetry is the ________.
A. bitter satire
B. larger-than-life caricature
C. Latinized diction
D. dramatic monologue
6. The author of the novel The Return of the Native is _______.
A. Thomas Hardy
B. D. H. Lawrence
C. Robert Browning
D. Alfred Tennyson
7. Most of Hardy’s novels are set in _______.
A. London
B. Yoknapatawpha
C. Wessex
D. Paris
8. ______ works are known as “novels of characters and environment.”
A. Charles Dicken s’
B. Thomas Hardy’s
C. Jane Austen’s
D. George Eliot’s
9. ______ believes that man’s fate is predeterminedly tragic, driven by a combined force of “nature”, both inside and outside.
A. Charles Dickens
B. Thomas Hardy
C. Jane Austen
D. George Eliot
10. In Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles, the heroine’s tragic ending is due to ______.
A. her weak character
B. her ambition
C. Angel’s selfishness
D. a hostile society
2.Identify the author with his work.
b1) Samuel Taylor Coleridge a. Utopia
d2) John Galsworthy b. The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner
g3) R. L. Stevenson c. Far from the Madding Crowd
h4) William Wordsworth d. The Man of Property
f5) Jane Austen e. Robinson Crusoe
i6) P. B. Shelley f. Sense And Sensibility
e7) Daniel Defoe g. Treasure Island
j8) John Milton h. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
a9) Thomas More i. Prometheus Unbound
c10) Thomas Hardy j. Paradise Regained
3. Identify the author with his or her work.
1) William Langland D A. V anity Fair
2) William Makepeace Thackeray A B. Tom Jones
3) Jonathan Swift J C. Of Studies
4) Francis Bacon C D. Piers, the Plowman
5) Henry Fielding B E. The Faerie Queen
6) George Gordon Byron G F. Wuthering Heights
7) Emily Bronte F G .Don Juan
8) Edmund Spencer E H. The Canterbury Tales
9) John Bunyan T I. The Pilgrim’s Progress
10) Geoffrey Chaucer H J. Gulliver’s Travels
I. Choose the best answer for each blank.
1. wrote under the influence of Scottish folk tradition and old Scottish poetry.
A. Jonathan Swift
B. Robert Burns
C. William Blake
D. Geoffrey Chaucer
2. A Red, Red Rose is a(n)______.
A. lyric
B. satirical poem
C. epic
D. ode
3. In the 18th century English literature, the representative poet of pre-romanticism were______.
A. Alexander Pope
B. William Blake
C. Jonathan Swift
D. Daniel Defoe
4. Protestants refers to all the religious sects except ________.
A. Church of England
B. Puritanism
C. Calvinism
D. Catholicism
5. In 1649, ______ was beheaded. English became a commonwealth.
A. James I
B. James II
C. Charles I
D. Charles II
6. Which of the following is not correct about the Revolution of 1688?
A. the supremacy of Parliament
B. the beginning of modern England
C. the triumph of the principle of political liberty
D. the Restoration of monarchy
7. In the last twenty years of the 18th century, England produced two great romantic poets. They are _____.
A. Johnson and Blake
B. Gray and Y oung
C. Pope and Goldsmith
D. Blake and Burns
8. The object of ______ novels was to present a faithful picture of life, with sound teaching woven into their texture.
A. John Bunyan’s
B. Alexander Pope’s
C. Jonathan Swift’s
D. Henry Fielding’s
9. ______ brings Henry Fielding the name of the “prose Homer.”
A. The Pilgrim’s Progress
B. T om Jones
C. Robinson Crusoe
D. Colonel Jack
10. ________ was the only important dramatist of the 18th century..
A. Alexander Pope
B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
C. Samuel Johnson
D. George Bernard Shaw
11. The poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is regarded as the most representative work of _________.
A. the Metaphysical School
B. the Graveyard School
C. the Gothic School
D. the Romantic School
12. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, __________ best and most representative work has been ranked among the best of the 18th century English poetry.
A. Alexander Pope’s
B. Thomas Gray’s
C. Robert Burns’
D. William Blake’s
13. In his novel Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the _______.
A. aristocratic class
B. enterprising landlords
C. rising bourgeoisie
D. hard-working people
14. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce _____ to England.
A. rationalism
B. criticism
C. romanticism
D. realism
15. Along with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British _______ also grew very rapidly.
A. bourgeois
B. proletarians
C. aristocratic class
D. royal family
16. An Essay on Man is a didactic poem written in _______.
A. heroic couplets
B. English sonnet
C. blank verse
D. Italian sonnet
17. _______ by Pope is a comprehensive study of the theories of literary criticism, exerting great influence upon his contemporary writers in advocating the classical rules and popularizing the neoclassicist tradition in England.
A. An Essay on Man
B. The Dunciad
C. The Essays
D. An Essay on Criticism
18. During the reign of reason the enlightenment meant education of people to free them from all the unreasonable fetters which include______.
A. theology
B. conventional ideology
C. feudal government
D. all the above
19. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______century.
A. 17th
B. 18th
C. 19th
D. 20th
20. The 18th century England is known as the _______ in the history.
A. Romanticism
B. Enlightenment
C. Classicism
D. Renaissance
21. Fielding has been termed by some as _______, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.
A. best writer of the English novel
B. Father of English novel
C. conventional writer of the English prose
D. the most talented writer of the English novel
22. Which of the following writings is NOT completed by William Blake?
A. Songs of Experience
B. Songs of Experience
C. The Tyger
D. Emma
23. The tone of literature in Songs of Experience by Eilliam Blake is _______.
A. positive
B. lively
C. plain
D. doleful
1.As a poet, Blake’s fame has been chiefly resting upon two volumes of poems, ______songs of innocense_________ and Songs of Experience .
2. Friday is a character in the novel ___Robinson Crusoe_______________.
3. “And I will luve thee still, my dear./ Till a’ the seas gang dry.” is taken from the famous poem ______A
red ，red rose__._______.
I. Identify the author with his work.
1) William Langland ( c) a. Utopia
2) Edmund Spenser ( d ) b. Romeo and Juliet
3)William Shakespeare ( b) c. Piers, the Plowman
4) Francis Bacon ( g ) d. The Faerie Queene
5) Thomas More ( a) e. Doctor Faustus
6) Geoffrey Chaucer ( f ) f. The Canterbury Tales
7) Christopher Marlowe ( e) g. Advancement of Learning
II. Choose the best answer for each blank.
1. English Renaissance Period was an age of .
A. prose and novel
B. poetry and drama
C. romance and ballad
D. essay and drama
2. “ Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is the opening line of one of Shakespeare’s .
A. songs
B. plays
C. sonnets
D. tragedies
3. was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature .
A. Thomas Wyatt
B. William Shakespeare
C. Henry Howard
D. John Lyly
4. first made blank verse the principal instrument of English drama in the Renaissance period.
A. William Shakespeare
B. Thomas Wyatt
C. Christopher Marlow
D. Henry Howard
5. The essence of humanism is to ________
A. restore a medieval reverence for the church
B. avoid the circumstances of earthly life
C. explore the next world in which men could live after death
D. emphasize human qualities
6. Although _____ was essentially a medieval writer, he bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new era of literature to come.
A. Thomas More
B. William Langland
C. Edmund Spenser
D. William Shakespeare
7. Which of the following historical events does NOT directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement?
A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture.
B. The new discoveries in geography and astronomy.
C. The Glorious Revolution.
D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.
8. In 1066, _________led the Norman army to invade and defeat England.
A. William the Conqueror
B. Julius Caesar
C. Alfred the Great
D. Claudius
9. Chaucer died on the 25th of October 1400, and was buried in _______.
A. Flanders
B. France
C. Italy
D. Westminster Abbey
10. In Anglo-Saxon period, Beowulf represented the _________ poetry.
A. pagan
B. religious
C. romantic
D. sentimental
11. A ___ is a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second and the fourth rhymed.
A. ballad
B. romance
C. sonnet
D. lyric
12. Among the following plays which is NOT written by Christopher Marlowe?
A. Dr. Faustus
B. The Jew of Malta
C. Tamburlaine
D. New Instrument
13. ______ is NOT written by Francis Bacon.
A. Of Studies
B. New Instrument
C. Advancement of Learning
D. Edward II
III. Fill in the blanks.
1. A ___Morality___ play presents the conflicts between good and evil with allegorical personages such as
Mercy, Peace and Hate.
2. A Miracle SS play is chiefly based on the biblical stories or the stories of the saints.
I. Choose the best answer for each blank.
1. wrote under the influence of Scottish folk tradition and old Scottish poetry.
A. Jonathan Swift
B. Robert Burns
C. William Blake
D. Geoffrey Chaucer
2. A Red, Red Rose is a(n)______.
A. lyric
B. satirical poem
C. epic
D. ode
3. In the 18th century English literature, the representative poet of pre-romanticism were______.
A. Alexander Pope
B. William Blake
C. Jonathan Swift
D. Daniel Defoe
4. Protestants refers to all the religious sects except ________.
A. Church of England
B. Puritanism
C. Calvinism
D. Catholicism
5. In 1649, ______ was beheaded. English became a commonwealth.
A. James I
B. James II
C. Charles I
D. Charles II
6. Which of the following is not correct about the Revolution of 1688?
A. the supremacy of Parliament
B. the beginning of modern England
C. the triumph of the principle of political liberty
D. the Restoration of monarchy
7. In the last twenty years of the 18th century, England produced two great romantic poets. They are _____.
A. Johnson and Blake
B. Gray and Y oung
C. Pope and Goldsmith
D. Blake and Burns
8. The object of ______ novels was to present a faithful picture of life, with sound teaching woven into their texture.
A. John Bunyan’s
B. Alexander Pope’s
C. Jonathan Swift’s
D. Henry Fielding’s
9. ______ brings Henry Fielding the name of the “prose Homer.”
A. The Pilgrim’s Progress
B. T om Jones
C. Robinson Crusoe
D. Colonel Jack
10. ________ was the only important dramatist of the 18th century..
A. Alexander Pope
B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
C. Samuel Johnson
D. George Bernard Shaw
11. The poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is regarded as the most representative work of _________.
A. the Metaphysical School
B. the Graveyard School
C. the Gothic School
D. the Romantic School
12. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, __________ best and most representative work has been ranked among the best of the 18th century English poetry.
A. Alexander Pope’s
B. Thomas Gray’s
C. Robert Burns’
D. William Blake’s
13. In his novel Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the _______.
A. aristocratic class
B. enterprising landlords
C. rising bourgeoisie
D. hard-working people
14. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce _____ to England.
A. rationalism
B. criticism
C. romanticism
D. realism
15. Along with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British _______ also grew very rapidly.
A. bourgeois
B. proletarians
C. aristocratic class
D. royal family
16. An Essay on Man is a didactic poem written in _______.
A. heroic couplets
B. English sonnet
C. blank verse
D. Italian sonnet
17. _______ by Pope is a comprehensive study of the theories of literary criticism, exerting great influence upon his contemporary writers in advocating the classical rules and popularizing the neoclassicist tradition in England.
A. An Essay on Man
B. The Dunciad
C. The Essays
D. An Essay on Criticism
18. During the reign of reason the enlightenment meant education of people to free them from all the unreasonable fetters which include______.
A. theology
B. conventional ideology
C. feudal government
D. all the above
19. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______century.
A. 17th
B. 18th
C. 19th
D. 20th
20. The 18th century England is known as the _______ in the history.
A. Romanticism
B. Enlightenment
C. Classicism
D. Renaissance
21. Fielding has been termed by some as _______, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.
A. best writer of the English novel
B. Father of English novel
C. conventional writer of the English prose
D. the most talented writer of the English novel
22. Which of the following writings is NOT completed by William Blake?
A. Songs of Experience
B. Songs of Experience
C. The Tyger
D. Emma
23. The tone of literature in Songs of Experience by Eilliam Blake is _______.
A. positive
B. lively
C. plain
D. doleful
1.As a poet, Blake’s fame has been chiefly resting upon two volumes of poems, ______songs of innocense_________ and Songs of Experience .
2. Friday is a character in the novel ___Robinson Crusoe_______________.
3. “And I will luve thee still, my dear./ Till a’ the seas gang dry.” is taken from the famous poem ______A
red ，red rose__._______.
.. ;.. 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 a dventures 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 r efers 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 r eigned over the country in this period. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance i s the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance E ngland are Christopher Marlowe and W illiam 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 the most 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 t he world 's a stage, a nd all the men and women merely p layers.”——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
考试课程：英国文学史及选读考核类型：A 卷 考试方式：闭卷出卷教师: XXX 考试专业：英语考试班级：英语xx班 I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. 1._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. A.The Canterbury Tales B.The Ballad of Robin Hood C.The Song of Beowulf D.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght 2._____is the most common foot in English poetry. A.The anapest B.The trochee C.The iamb D.The dactyl 3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event? A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B.England’s domestic rest C.New discovery in geography and astrology D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion 4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language. A.The Pilgrims Progress B.Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners C.The Life and Death of Mr.Badman D.The Holy War 5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is _____. A.science B.philosophy C.arts D.humanism 6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ? A.Lover. B.Time. C.Summer. D.Poetry. 7.“O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th’ embattled seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton’s Paradise Los t, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _____conduct. A.God’s B.Satan’s C.Adam’s D.Eve’s
I. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would bet complete the statement. 1. The long poem ______ in Anglo-Saxon period was termed England’s national epic. A. The Canterbury Tales B. Paradise Lost C. The Song of Beowulf D. The Fairy Queen 2. Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is the popular literary form in ______. A. Romanticism B. Renaissance C. medieval period D. Anglo-Saxon period 3. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of____. A. Piers Plowman B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C. Confessio Amantis D. The Canterbury Tales 4. _______ is regarded as the father of English poetry. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Edmund Spenser C. John Milton D. W. Wordsworth 5. It is _____ alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Martin Luther C. William Shakespeare D. John Gower 6. One of Chaucer’s main contributions to English poetry is ______. A. he introduced the rhymed stanzas from France to English poetry B. he created striking brilliant panorama of his time and his country C. he wrote in blank verse D. he was the first to write sonnet 7. During the Renaissance, _______ was the first one to introduce the sonnet into English poetry. A. Chaucer B. John Donne C. Thomas Wyatt D. Earl of Surrey 8. During the Renaissance, _______ wrote the first English blank verse. A. Chaucer B. Edmund Spencer C. Thomas Wyatt D. Earl of Surrey 9. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement？ A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture B. The new discoveries in geography and astrology C. The Glorious revolution D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion 10. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events. Which one of the following is NOT such an event? A. The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B. England’s domestic rest C. New discovery in geography and astrology. D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion. 11. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ______ and ______ centuries. A. 14th...mid-17th B. 14th...mid-18th C. 16th...mid-18th D. 16th...mid-17th 12. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is_______. A. science B. philosophy C. arts D. humanism 13. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems. A. Edmund Spenser B. John Donne C. William Blake D. Thomas Gray 14. _______ is known as “the poet’s poet”. A. William Shakespeare B. Christopher Marlowe C. Edmund Spenser D. John Donne 15. Romance，which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of____ adventures or other heroic deeds，is a popular literary form in the medieval period. A. Christian B. knightly C. pilgrims D. primitive 16. ________ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism. A. Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe B. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe
Part One Early and Medieval English Literature Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks. 1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England. A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar C. Alfred the Great D. Claudius 2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ . A. Langland B. Wycliffe C. Gower D. Chaucer 3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____. A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay 4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances. A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B.Beowulf C. Piers the Plowman D. The Canterbury Tales 6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke _____. A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish 9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances. A. loyalty B. revolt C. obedience D. mockery 11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about 1340. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____. A. Flanders B. France C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey 15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’s poem “Filostrato”. A. The Legend of Good Women B. Troilus and Criseyde C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D. Beowulf Key to the multiple choices：1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAAB Ⅱ. Questions 1.What are the features of Beowulf? https://www.doczj.com/doc/2617029723.html,ment on the social significance and language in The Canterbury Tales. Part Two The English Renaissance Ⅰ. Match the writer and his works. 1.Thomas More 2.Holinshed 3.Hakluyt 4.Richard Tottel 5.Philip Sidney 6.Walter Raleigh 3
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 ? ?“Of Studies” is the most 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
2018年自学《英国文学选读》试题及答案 1. What are Shakespeare ’s achievements? a. Shakespeare represented the trend of history in giving voice to de desires and aspirations of the people. b. Shakespeare’s humanism: more important than his historical sense of his time, Shakespeare in his plays reflects the spirit of his age. c. Shakespeare’s characterization: Shakespeare was most successful in his characterization. In his plays he described a great number of characters. d. Shakespeare’s originality: Shakespeare drew most of his materials from sources that were known to his audienc e. But his plays are original because he instilled into the old materials a new spirit that gives new life to his plays. e. Shakespeare as a great poet: Shakespeare was not only a great dramatist, but also a great poet. Apart from his sonnets and long poems, his dramas are poetry. f. Shakespeare as master of the English language. 2. What are the basic characteristics of ballads? a. The beginning is often abrupt. b. There are strong dramatic elements. c. The story is often told through dialogue and action. d. The theme is often tragic, though there are a number of comic
Instructions： This examination consists of 5 parts， and the total time for the examination is 2 hours. All the answers should be entered onto the Answer Sheet. Part I：Multiple Choices （10%） Choose the best answer to the following sentences. 1.Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf？ A. Alliteration B. Anglo-Saxons’ early life in England C. Germanic language D. The national epic of Anglo-Saxon people 2.English Renaissance Period was an age of. A. prose and novel B. poetry and drama C. essays and journals D. ballads and songs 3.The main literary form of the early 17th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledged as the greatest. Besides him， there were two groups of poets. They were the Cavalier poets and. A. the lake poets B. the university wits C. the Metaphysical poets D. the Romantic poets 4. Pamela is widely considered to be the first novel and was written by ___________. A. Thomas Hardy B. James Joyce C. Samuel Richardson D. Henry Fielding 5.The publication of， which was the joint work of William Wordsworth and Samuel T. Coleridge， marked the beginning of the Romantic Age in England. A. Don Juan B. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner C. Lyrical Ballads D. Queen Mab 6.Among the most famous realistic novelists of the Victorian age are， W. M. Thackeray， Bronte sisters， etc. A. Joseph Conrad B. Henry Fielding C. Charles Dickens D. D. H. Lawrence 7.In James Joyce’s ____________ the story “Eveline” paints a portrait of a young woman from Dublin deciding whether or not to leave her hometown. A. Ulysses B. Orlando C. Dubliners D. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 8.In the 18th century England， satire was much used in writing. Literature of this age produced some excellent satirists， such as Jonathan Swift， Henry Fielding and.
英国文学选读样题答案 一、选择题（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，总计15分） 1---5 ABCCC 6---10 ABBAB 11---15 BBAAC 二、填空（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，总计20分） 1．Heroic 2 comedies 3. couplet 4. metaphysical poetry 5. Eve 6. My Luve’s Like a Red, Red, Rose 7.Houyhnynms 8. Coleridge 9. Odes 10. Emily Bronte 三、诗歌分析（本大题共4个小题，每小题分值见各小题，共20分） 1．William Wordsworth; I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 2．Iambic tetrameter; ababcc ababcc 3. The waves beside them danced; but they _ / _ / _ / - / Out-did | the spark|ling waves | in glee: _ / _ / _ _ _ / A po|et could |not but |be gay, _ / _/ _ / _ _ In such | a jo|cund com|pany: _ / _ / _ / _ / I gazed--|and gazed-|-but lit|tle thought _ / _ / _ / _ / What wealth |the show |to me |had brought: 4. 水波在边上欢舞，但水仙 比闪亮的水波舞得更乐； 有这样快活的朋友做伴， 诗人的心儿被欢愉充塞； 我看了又看，却没领悟 这景象给了我什么财富。（黄杲炘） 四、小说分析（本大题共5个小题，每小题分值见每小题，共20分） 1.Jane Eyre; Sharlotte Bronte 2.He had a mad wife who set the building on fire and climbed to the roof of the building. He tried to save her. But the staircase broke and he fell down He was wounded and became blind. 3.When Jane knew that Mr. Rochester had a wife. She was surprised and fled from Thornfield. Mr. Rochester was very sad at it.
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 regarded as one of the grea t poems in the English language. A Amoretti B The Shepherd’s Calendar C The Faerie Queene D Four Hymns 7. ____ 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 Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ___ _. A. Antony and Cleopatra B. Julius Caesar C Twelfth Night D King Lear 10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s romantic love comedies? A Twelfth Night B The Tempest C As You Like It D The Merchant of Venice D C A C D C C A D B 1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England except______.
1．{The Isles of Greece} QUESTIONS: 1. Who is the writer of these lines? Byron 2. It is taken from the writer's masterpiece entitled ___ "Don Juan"_________. 3. Who is "Sappho" in line 2? Sappho is an ancient Greek poetess , known for her passionate love lyrics. 4. Who is "Phoebus" in line 4? It's Apollo, the Greek Sun-god. 5. Whom does the "Scian muse" refer to? Homer, because Scio claimed to be the birthplace of Homer. 6. What does the whole section "The Isles of Greece" write about? The section "The Isles of Greece" is among Byron's most effective poetical utterances on national freedom. All the 16 stanzas are supposed to have been sung by a Greek singer at the wedding feast of Don Juan and Haidee on the isle of Greece. In the song, by contrasting the freedom enjoyed by the Greek ancient people with the enslavement of the early 19th century Greeks under the Turkish rule, the poet calls on the Greeks to struggle for their national freedom and liberation. 7. This selection consists of two six-lined stanzas of iambic tetrameter, with a rime scheme of ___ Ababcc__________ What does the poem mainly write about? This poem is about the beauty of nature. There is a vivid picture of the daffodils, mixed with the poet’s philosophical and somewhat mystical thoughts. What is the rime scheme in each stanza? ababcc 2．I wandered lonely as a cloud 1.What does the poem mainly write about? This poem is about the beauty of nature. There is a vivid picture of the daffodils, mixed with the po et’s philosophical and somewhat mystical thoughts. 2.What is the rime scheme in each stanza? ababcc 3. What is the poet’s view on nature? And how is that view shown in this poem? Wordsworth’s conception of nature is that nature has a lot to do with man, it can not only refresh one’s soul and fill one with happiness, but it can also be reduced into a beautiful memory which will comfort one’s heart when in solitude. In the narrative poem, the poet successfully compared his loneliness with the happy daffodils. The daffodils, the symbol of the nature, bring great joy and relief to the speaker. The diction of this poem is, in general, simple, direct, and clear. The image of the daffodils conveys qualities of movement and radiance through carefully chosen words. At first sight, the flowers are seen as “fluttering and dancing”; then the poet compares the flowers to the “stars that shine and twinkle on the milky way”, and then to the “sparkling waves” of a nearby lake. The daffodils are described as “golden”, not yellow, because “golden” suggests more than a color; it connotes light. These words of movement and radiance create a picture of nature as vital, animated, and glowing. Words for joy (glee, sprightly, gay, jocund, bliss) are used in a crescendo that suggests the intensity of the speaker’s happiness.