英国文学复习题含问题详解.docx

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英国文学复习题含问题详解

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I.MultipleChoice:

froma,b,cord,choosethebestonetocompletethestatementsbelow.（1×50,50points）

1.---------isthefirstimportantreligiouspoetinEnglishliterature.

a.JohnDonneb.GeorgeHerbertc.Caedmond.Milton

2.TheliteratureoftheAnglo-Saxonperiodfallsnaturallyintotwodivisions,----------andChristian.

a.Paganb.Romanc.Frenchd.Danish

3.“----------”istheoldestpoemintheEnglishlanguage,andalsothesurvivingepicintheEnglishlanguage.

a.Beowulfb.SirGawainandGreenKnightc.TheCanterburyTalesd.Hamlet

4.Fieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeasthe“----------”forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.

a.BestWriterofEnglishNovelb.FatherofEnglishNovel

c.FatherofEnglishPoetryd.FatherofEnglishEssay

5.Allofthefollowingthreewritersexcept----------arethemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEngland.

a.Marloweb.Shakespearec.Bacond.ThomasKyd

6.ByronicHerowascreatedbyLordByroninoneofhisfollowingworks---------.

a.DonJuanb.OdetotheWestwindc.SheWalksinBeautyd.Daffodils

7.WhichplayisnotShakespeare’stragedy?

----------

a.Othellob.TheMerchantofVenice

b.RomeoandJulietd.KingLear

8.TheliteraryformofTheFaerieQueenis----------.

a.lyricpoemb.narrativepoemc.epicpoemd.elegy

9.WhichofthefollowingcannotcorrectlydescribetheEnglishEnlightenmentMovement----------?

a.ItflourishedinFrance.b.ItwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissance.

b.Itspurposewastoenlightenthewholeworld.d.Itemphasized“reason&order.”

10.“Blindness,partiality,prejudiceandabsurdity”inthenovelPrideandPrejudicearemostlikelytobethecharacteristicsof----------.

a.Elizabethb.Darcyc.Mrs.Bennetd.Lydia

11.TheprevailingformofMedievalEnglishliteratureisthe----------.

a.Frenchb.Latinc.romanced.science

12.Thestoryof“----------”istheculminationoftheArthurianmetricalromances.

a.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightb.Beowulf

b.PiersthePlowmand.TheCanterburyTales

13.Chaucer,the‘fatherofEnglishpoetry’andoneofthegreatest----------poetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340,andwasthefirsttobeburiedinthePoet’sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.

a.lyricalb.blankversec.narratived.ballad

14.WhichkindofmetricalformwasadoptedbyChaucerinTheCanterburyTales?

a.Londondialectb.HeroicCoupletc.sonnetd.elegy

15.Generallyspeaking,Chaucer’sworksfallintothreemaingroupscorrespondingroughlytothethreeperiodsofhisadultlife.Whichperiodiswrong?

a.TheperiodofFrenchinfluence（1359-1372）

b.TheperiodofItalianinfluence（1372-1386）

c.TheperiodofEnglishinfluence（1386-1400）

d.TheperiodofAmericaninfluence（1371-1382）

16.---------wasthefirsttointroducethesonnetintoEnglishliterature.

a.ThomasWyattb.WilliamShakespearec.PhilipSidneyd.ThomasCampion

17.TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama.Itwas----------whomadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.

a.EdmundSpenserb.ThomasLodgec.ChristopherMarlowed.ThomasMore

18.AbsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummitduringthereignofQueen----------.

a.Maryb.Elizabethc.Victoriad.William

19.EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof----------.

a.proseandnovelb.poetryanddramac.essaysandjournalsd.balladsandsongs

20.Fromthefollowing,choosetheonethatisnotFrancisBacon’swork.----------

a.TheAdvancementofLearningb.Essays

b.MaximsoftheLawd.Othello

21.EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasnotanageofprose,butThomasMorewrotehisfamousprosework----------.

a.OfStudiesb.RobinsonCrusoec.Gulliver’sTravelsd.Utopia

22.WhichplayisnotShakespeare’scomedy?

---------

a.AMidsummerNight’sDreamb.TheMerchantofVenice

b.RomeoandJulietd.AsYouLikeIt

23.----------, consideredJohnMilton’smasterpiece,vividlytellsthestoryofSatan’srebellionagainstGodandhistemptingofAdamandEvetoeattheforbiddenfruitofthetreeofknowledge.

a.ParadiseRegainedb.Biblec.ThePilgrim’sProgressd.Paradise Lost

23.----------wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutWesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.

a.TheRenaissanceb.TheEnlightenment

c.TheReligiousReformationd.TheChartistMovement

24.Inthelast20yearsofthe18thcentury,Englandproducestwogreatpre-romanticpoets.Theywere----------.

a.JohnsonandBlakeb.GreyandYoung

c.PopeandGoldsmithd.BlakeandBurns

25.The18th-centurywitnessedthatinEnglandthereappearedtwopoliticalparties,----------,whichweresatirizedbySwiftinhisGulliver’sTravels.

a.TheWhigsandtheTories

b.ThesenateandtheHouseofRepresentatives

c.TheupperHouseandlowerHouse

d.TheHouseofLordsandtheHouseofCommons

26.Thecriticalrealismin19th-centuryEnglandhasbeenconsideredasthe3rdimportantliteraryachievementaftertheancientGreektragedyandtheRenaissancedrama.Ithassomebasiccharacteristicsasfollowsexcept:

----------

a.Truthfulreflectionofthesocietywithsuperbartisticstyle

b.Violentexposureandcriticismwithprofoundhumanism

c.Harmoniousunitybetweenthecharactersandsituation

d.Theuseofsimpleandcommonlanguage

27.TheRomanticAgebeganwiththepublicationofLyricalBallads,whichwaswrittenby----------.

a.WilliamWordsworthb.SamuelJohnson

c.SamuelTaylorColeridged.WordsworthandColeridge

28.WhichpoetdidnotbelongtotheLakers?

a.Coleridgeb.Wordsworthc.Southeyd.Keats

29.ChoosetheodethatisnotwrittenbyKeats.----------

a.OdetotheWestWindb.OdetoaNightingale

c.ToAutumnd.OdeonaGrecianUrn

30.ChoosetheworkthatwasnotwrittenbyJaneAusten.----------

a.Emmab.SenseandSensibilityc.MansfieldParkd.JaneEyre

31.Englishcriticalrealismfounditsexpressionchieflyintheformof----------.

a.novelb.dramac.poetryd.prose

32.WhichofthefollowingwritersdidnotbelongtoEnglishcriticalrealists?

a.CharlesDickensb.CharlotteBrontec.DanielDefoed.W.M.Thackeray

33.Dickens’sDavidCopperfieldisoftenregardedasthesemi-autobiographyofthewriterinwhichtheearlylifeoftheheroislargelybasedontheauthor’searlylife,whilehis---------issetagainstthebackdropoftheFrenchRevolution.

a.OliverTwistb.GreatExpectationsc.HardTimesd.ATaleofTwoCities

34.Thesub-titleofVanityFairis‘---------’.

a.APureWomanFaithfullyPortrayedb.TheSpiritandtheFlesh

b.ANovelWithoutaHerod.SenseandSensibility

35.InthenovelJaneEyre,Charlottehassomebasicsubjectmatterstoexpressasfollowsexcept----------.

a.poursagreatdealofherownexperience

b.criticizestheAmericanbourgeoissystemofeducation

c.showsthattrueloveisthefoundationofmarriage

d.showsthatwomenshouldhaveequalrightswithmen

36.JamesJoycewasoneoftheforemostwritersof---------novels.

a.criticalrealistb.Gothic

c.streamofconsciousnessd.romantichistorical

38.ThefirstEnglishessayistFrancisBaconcomposed,duringhislifetime,numerousprosework,and---------isunmistakablyamongthemosteloquentandelegantessaysproducedinEnglishRenaissance.

a.OfStudiesb.OdetotheWestWindc.TheTigerd.DonJuan

37.Amongthefollowing20th-centuryIrishwriters,whoisthespokesmanfortheschoolof“ArtforArt’sSake”?

----------

a.BernardShawb.OscarWildec.JamesJoyced.W.B.Yeats

38.Wordsworthbelievesthat----------caninspirespoetry,anditishisnurse,guide,guardianandanchorofhisthoughts.

a.natureb.Godc.loved.wealth

39.Althoughwritingfromdifferentpointsofviewandwithdifferenttechniques,writersintheVictorianPeriodsharedonethingincommon,thatis,theywereallconcernedabout----------.

a.thelovestoryoftherichb.thefutureoftheircountry

b.thefateofcommonpeopled.thelove-makingofthemiddleclasspeople

40.---------laysthefoundationformodernsciencewithhisinsistenceonscientificwayofthinkingandfreshobservationratherthanauthorityasabasisforobtainingknowledge.

a.CharlesDickensb.FrancisBaconc.ThomasHardyd.ThomasMore

41.ThefollowingcommentsonDanielDefoearetrueexcept---------.

a.RobinsonCrusoeishisfirstnovel.

b.Heisamemberoftheupperclass.

c.RobinsonCrusoeisuniversallyconsideredhismasterpiece.

d.Heembarkedonanewcareer—thewritingofnovel—whenhewas60.

42.Theterm“metaphysicalpoetry”iscommonlyusedtonametheworkofthe17th-centurywriterswhowroteundertheinfluenceof----------.

a.JohnDonneb.JohnKeatsc.JohnMiltond.JohnBunyan

43.ThecradleoftheRenaissanceis----------.

a.Germanyb.Englandc.Italyd.France

44.Themiddleofthe18thcenturywaspredominatedbyanewlyrisingliteraryformthatisthemodernEnglish----------,whichgivesarealisticpresentationoflifeofthecommonEnglishpeople.

a.proseb.novelc.tragicomedyd.drama

45.WhichofthefollowingwritingsdidWordsworthnotcreate?

------c--

a.IWanderedLonelyasaCloudb.TheSolitaryReaper

b.TheChimneySweeperd.ThePrelude

46.WhichofthefollowingwritingsisnottheworkbyDickens?

c

a.ATaleofTwoCitiesb.HardTimesc.SonsandLoversd.OliverTwist

47.TheVictorianAgewaslargelyanageof---------,eminentlyrepresentedbyDickensandThackeray.

a.poetryb.dramac.essayd.novel

50.The23-year-oldAustencomposedthreenovels,andamongthem,FirstImpressionswasearlyversionof--00------.

a.Pride&Prejudiceb.Sense&Sensibilityc.Emmad.NorthangerAbbey

Ⅱ.ReadingCompreh