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TestofBritishLiteratureChapter4

TestofBritishLiterature-Chapter4

Chapter4TheVictorianPeriod

A.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativean?

swers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.

（）1.______,thepioneeringwoman,accordingtoD.H.Lawrence,wasthefirstnovelistthat"startedputtingalltheactionsinside."

A.GeorgeEliotB.JaneAusten

C.CharlotteBronteD.EmilyBronte

（）2.TheVictorianpoetrywasmainlycharacterizedbyexperi?

mentswithnewstylesandnewwaysofexpression.Amongthesefamousexperimentalpoetswas______whocreatedtheversenovelbyadoptingthenovelisticpresentationofcharacters.

A.CharlesDickensB.AlfredTennyson

C.RobertBrowningD.ThomasHardy

（）3.______worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingofhumorandpathos.

A.ThomasHardy'sB.CharlesDickens's

C.CharlotteBronte'sD.GeorgeEliot's

（）4.ThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickens'sworksliesinhis______.

A.socialcriticismB.optimism

C.character-portrayalD.socialsetting

（）5.______isfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoftheworkhouseandlifeoftheunderworldinthe19thcenturyLondon.

A.OliverTwistB.GreatExpectations

C.DavidCopperfieldD.HardTimes

（）6.______worksareallaboutthestruggleofanindividualcon?

sciousnesstowardsself-realization,aboutsomelonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlove,under?

standingandafullhappylife.

A.GeorgeEliot'sB.CharlotteBronte's

C.ThomasHardy'sD.JaneAusten's

（）7.______isonethatintroducestotheEnglishnovelthefirstgovernessheroine.

A.JaneEyreB.WutheringHeights

C.MiddlemarchD.AgnesGrey

（）8.______isanelaborateandpowerfulexpressionofAlfredTennyson'sphilosophicalandreligiousthoughts.

A.IdyllsoftheKingB."Ulysses"

C.Poems,ChieflyLyricalD.InMemoriam

（）9.______isbasedontheCelticlegendsofKingArthurandhisknightsoftheRoundTable.

A.InMemoriamB."Ulysses"

C.IdyllsoftheKingD.ThePrincess

（）10.______isRobertBrowning'sbest-knowndramaticmono?

logue.

A."MyLastDuchess"B."MeetingatNight"

C."PartingatMorning"D."PippaPasses"

（）11.______initiatesanewtypeofrealismandsetsintomotionavarietyofdevelopments,leadinginthedirectionofboththenaturalisticandpsychologicalnovel.

A.CharlesDickensB.GeorgeEliot

C.CharlotteBronteD.ThomasHardy

（）12.MostofHardy'snovelsaresetin______,thefictionalprimi?

tiveandcruderegionwhichisreallythehomeplacehebothlovesandhates.

A.LondonB.Yoknapatawpha

C.WessexD.Paris

（）13.______worksareknownas"novelsofcharactersandenvi?

ronment."

A.CharlesDickens'sB.ThomasHardy's

C.JaneAusten'sD.GeorgeEliot's

（）14.______couldbeclassifiedtobebothanaturalisticandacrit?

icalrealisticwriter.

A.CharlesDickensB.GeorgeEliot

C.ThomasHardyD.T.S.Eliot

（）15.______believesthatman'sfateispredeterminedlytragic,drivenbyacombinedforceof"nature",bothinsideandoutside.

A.CharlesDickensB.ThomasHardy

C.BernardShawD.T.S.Eliot

B.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.

1.IntheVictorianperiod,______andmoralpropriety,whichwereignoredbytheRomanticists,becamethepredominantpreoccupationinliteraryworks.

2.IntheVictorianperiod,the______becamethemostwidelyreadandthemostvitalandchallengingexpressionofprogres?

sivethought.

3.Althoughwritingfromdifferentpointsofviewandwithdif?

ferenttechniques,theVictoriannovelistssharedonethingincommon,thatis,theywereallconcernedaboutthefateofthe______people.

4.RobertBrowning'spoeticexperimentstransferredthethemat?

icinterestfrommerenarrationofthestorytorevelationandstudyofcharacters'______andbroughttotheVictorianpoet?

rysome______element.

5.Inhiswoks,Dickenssetsoutafullmapandalarge-scalecrit?

icismofthe19thcenturyEngland,particularly______.

6.OliverTwistpresentsOliverTwistasDickens'sfirst______heroandFaginthefirst______figure.

7.JaneEyrerepresentsthose______workingwomen,whoarestrugglingfortherecognitionoftheirbasicrightsandequalityasahumanbeing.

8.Inhernovels,GeorgeEliotseekstopresentthe______—ofasoulandtorevealthemotives,impulsesandhereditaryinflu?

enceswhichgovernhumanaction.

9.Middlemarchprovidesa______viewoflifeinasmallEnglishtownanditssurroundingcountrysideinthemid-19thcentu?

ry.

10.Livingattheturnofthecentury,ThomasHardyisoftenre?

gardedasa______writer.

11.ThepessimisticviewoflifethatpredominatesmostofHardy'slaterworksearnshimareputationasa______writer.

12.ThetwomostpredominatingpoetsoftheVictorianperiodare______and______.

13.InmanyofHardy'slaternovels,theconflictbetweenthe______andthe______isbroughttothecenterofthestage.

14.Asawomanofexceptionalintelligenceandlifeexperience,GeorgeEliotshowsaparticularconcernforthe______ofwomen.

15.Dickens'sbest-depictedcharactersarethoseinnocent,virtu?

ous,persecuted,helpless______characterssuchasOliverTwist,LittleNell,DavidCopperfieldandLittleDorrit.

C.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseandwriteyouranswersinthebrackets.

（）1.ThomasHardyhasbeencalledthelastimportantnovelistandpoetof19thcentury.

（）2.ThepoetryoftheVictorianperiodwasmainlycharacterizedbyexperimentswithrhythms.

（）3.TheVictorianageproducedahostofgreatprosewritersandtheybroughtEnglishprosetoaveryhighpointinbothproseartandliterarycriticism.

（）4.CharlesDickensremainedoptimisticaboutlifeandsocietyallhislife.

（）5.Dickenswritesbestwhenhewritesfromtheadult'spointofview.

（）6.WutheringHeightsisastoryabouttwofamiliesandanin?

trudingstranger.

（）7.AlfredTennysoniscertainlythemostrepresentativeVictori?

anpoet.

（）8.IdyllsoftheKingisnotonlyareproductionofanoldlegendbutalsoamoderninterpretationofaclassicmyth.

（）9.ThemoralstandardsandsentimentsreflectedinIdyllsoftheKingbelongtothemedievalroyalpeople.

（）10."Break,Break,Break"iswrittenbyTennysoninmemoryofhisbestfriend,whosedeathhasalifelonginfluenceonthepoet.

（）11."CrossingtheBar"showsRobertBrowning'sfearlessnesstowardsdeath,hisfaithinGodandanafterlife.

（）12."Ulysses"writtenbyTennysonrevealsnotonlyhisownde?

terminationandcouragetobravethestruggleoflifebutalsotherestlessnessandaspirationoftheage.

（）13.ToBrowning,thedramaticmonologueisaningeniousmeanstoexploithisliterarygiftwithoutgettingtoopersonal.

（）14.RobertBrowningisthefirstpoetwhowritesintheformofdramaticmonologue.

（）15.In"MyLastDuchess,"theDuke,ashetalksaboutthepor?

traitofhislastDuchess,revealsbitbybithiscrueltyandpossessiveness,

（）16.RobertBrowningandAlfredTennysonhavemanypointsincommon,forexample,intheirstyle,theirlanguageandtheirsubjects.

（）17.InTennyson's"MeetingatNight",thespeaker,alover,de?

scribesthewhereaboutsoftheirmeetingplace.

（）18.TheMillontheFlossisdrawnfromGeorgeEliot'slifelongknowledgeofEnglishcountrylifeandnotableforitsrealis?

ticdetails,pungentcharacterizationandhighmoraltone.

（）19.ThomasHardyturnedtopoetry-writingbecausehewastiredofallthosehostilecriticismsagainsthislasttwonovels:

TessoftheD'UrbervillesandJudetheObscure.

（）20.ThoughhehadneverreadDarwin'sTheOriginofSpecies,ThomasHardysubconsciouslyadoptedtheideaof"survivalofthefittest."

D.Nametheauthorofeachofthefollowingliteraryworks.

I.JudetheObscure2.TheReturnoftheNative

3.Middlemarch4."PartingatMorning"

5."MyLastDuchess"6."Ulysses"

7."CrossingtheBar"8."Break,Break,Break"

9.IdyllsoftheKing10.InMemoriam

11.WutheringHeights12.JaneEyre

13.OliverTwist14.ATaleofTwoCities

15.HardTimes16.BleakHouse

E.Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow.

DramaticMonologue

F.

A）Foreachofthequotationslistedbelowpleasegivethenameoftheauthorandthetitleoftheliteraryworkfromwhichitistakenandthenbrieflyinterpretit.

1."O,wellforthefisherman'sboy,Thatheshoutswithhissisteratplay!

O,wellforthesailorlad,Thathesingsinhisboatonthebay!

Andthestatelyshipsgoon

Totheirhavenunderthehill;

ButOforthetouchofavanishedhand,

Andthesoundofavoicethatisstill!

"

2."Sunsetandeveningstar,Andoneclearcallforme!

Andmaytherebenomoaningofthebar,WhenIputouttosea,

Butsuchatideasmovingseemsasleep,

Toofullforsoundandfoam,

Whenthatwhichdrewfromouttheboundlessdeep

Turnsagainhome."

3."...

Thelightsbegintotwinklefromtherocks;

Thelongdaywanes;theslowmoonclimbs;thedeep

Moansroundwithmanyvoices.Come,myfriends.'

'Tisnottoolatetoseekanewerworld.

Pushoff,andsittingwellinordersmite

Thesoundingfurrows;formypurposeholds

Tosailbeyondthesunset,andthebaths

Ofallthewesternstars,untilIdie.

4."...Evenhadyouskill

Inspeech—（whichIhavenot）—tomakeyourwill

Quitecleartosuchanone,andsay,"Justthis

Orthatinyoudisgustsme;hereyoumiss,

Orthereexceedthemark"—andifshelet

Herselfbelessonedso,norplainlyset

Herwitstoyours,forsooth,andmadeexcuse

—E'enthenwouldbesomestooping;andIchoose

Neverto