英国文学史及作品选读期中测试09学年Word文件下载.docx

1、 Group B Characters Works 1. （ ） Cordelia a. Robison Crusoe2. （ ） Blifil b. Beowulf3. （ ） Ophelia c. The Tempest4. （ ） Iago d. Tom Jones5. （ ） Grendel e. King Lear6. （ ） Portia f. Paradise Lost7. （ ） Prospero g. Othello8. （ ） Friday h. Gullivers Travels9. （ ） Satan i. The Merchant of Venice 10. （ ）

2、Houyhnhnms j. HamletII. Choose the best answer. （35%）1. Beowulf is a _ poem, describing an all-round picture of the tribal society.A. pagan B. puritanC. romantic D. lyric2. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is _.A. the flourishing of the drama B. the popularity of the realistic no

3、velC. the domination of the classical poetryD. the close-down of all the theatres3. The period between and centuries is generally referred to Renaissance. A. 13th, early 16th B. 14th, early 17th C. 14th, mid-16th D. 14th, mid-17th4. As a Renaissance humanist, Shakespeare A. is against religious pers

4、ecution and racial discrimination, against social inequality and the corrupting influence of gold and money.B. holds that literature should be a combination of beauty, kindness and truth, and should reflect nature and reality.C. gives faithful reflection of the social realities of his time through h

5、is works.D. All of the above. 5. Which of the following plays does not belong to Shakespeares great tragedies?A. Othello B. MacbethC. Romeo and Juliet D. Hamlet6. The following playwrights belong to the “university wits”, Shakespeares predecessors, except .A. John Lyly B. Ben JonsonC. Thomas Kyd D.

6、Christopher Marlowe7. Which of the following poetic forms is the principal form of Shakespeares dramas?A. lyric B. sonnetC. blank verse D. quatrain8. The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus is one of Christopher Marlowes best works in which Dr. Faustus seeks no matter at what cost and finally meets his

7、 tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the devil.A. money B. immoralityC. knowledgeD. political power9. In Hamlets soliloquy, when he says, “To sleep, perchance to dream:-ay, theres the rub.” What is he primarily thinking about?A. The bad dreams that have recently been troubling him. B. The

8、fact that if dying is like going to sleep, then perhaps after death we have bad dreams.C. The sinful behavior of Gertrude, whose guilty dreams he would like to know.D. His desire to sleep so that he will not have to take vengeful action.10. “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and s

9、ome few to be chewed and digested” is one of the epigrams found in .A. Francis Bacons “Of Studies”B. Thomas Morss UtopiaC. john Bunyans The Pilgrims ProgressD. Henry Fieldings Tom Jones11. The sentence “shall I compare thee to a summers day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares .A. comedies

10、 B. tragediesC. sonnets D. histories12. In John Miltons Paradise Lost, Adam and Eve are forbidden to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of _.A. Love and Hate B. Good and EvilC. Faith and Betrayal D. Scene and Sensibility13. The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with

11、the search for _.A. Material wealth B. spiritual salvation C. Universal truth D. self-fulfillment14. Modern English novel arose in the century.A. 16th B. 17th C. 18th D. 19th15. Of the eighteenth-century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to _.A. instruct the people through his writingB. give th

12、e modern novel its structure and style C. amuse the people through his worksD. adopt the third-person narration16. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, _.A. the Whigs and the ToriesB. the Senate and the House of RepresentativesC. the upper House and lower

13、HouseD. the House of Lords and the House of Representatives17. was a progressive intellectual movement going on throughout Europe in the 18th century. A. The Renaissance B. Puritan Movement B. Romantic Movement D. The Enlightenment18. According to the neoclassicists, which of the following is true?A

14、. All forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek and Roman writers.B. They tried to delight, instruct and correct human beings as social animals.C. They tried to develop a polite, urbane, witty, and intellectual art.D. All the above.19. The social significa

15、nce of Gullivers Travels lies in _.A. the devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European lifeB. his artistic skill in making the story an organic whole C. his central concern of study of human nature and lifeD. both B and C20. In the 18th century, found its expres

16、sion chiefly in poetry, especially that of William Blake and Robert Burns.A. neoclassicism B. realism C. sentimentalism D. pre-romanticism21. Who does not belong to the school of Neo-classicism?A. Steele B. Laurence Sterne C. Pope D. Johnson 22. The leader of the sentimental poetry is .A. John Donne

17、 B. Thomas Gray C. William Blake D. Robert Burns23. The hero in Robinson Crusoe is the prototype of_.A. the empire builder B. the pioneer colonistC. the working people D. both A and B24. Many of Burns songs deal with friendship. has long become a universal parting-song of all the English-speaking co

18、untries.A. A Red, Red Rose B. Auld Lang Syne C. My Hearts in the Highlands D. John Anderson, My Jo25. Blakes Songs of Experience paints a world of _ with a melancholy tone.A. misery, poverty, disease, war and repression B. happiness and love and romantic idealsC. misery, poverty mixed with love and

19、happinessD. loss and institutional cruelty with sufferings26. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following EXCEPT _.A. normal contemporary speech patternsB. humble and rustic life as subject matterC. elegant wording and inflated figures of speechD. intensely subjective feeling

20、 toward individual experience27. Who is not among the “Lake Poets?”A. Wordsworth B. Keats C. Coleridge D. Southey28. In_ ,_set forth his principles of poetry, “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling”.A. The Preface to Lyrical Ballads; WordsworthB. “The Rime of the Ancient Ma

21、riner”; ColeridgeC. “A Defence of Poetry”; ShelleyD. “Lectures on the English Poets”; Hazlitt29. All the poems were written by Byron EXCEPT_.A. Childe Harolds PilgrimageB. Don Juan C. She Walks in BeautyD. Queen Mab30. In 1843, _was made poet laureate.A. Southey B. ShelleyC. Wordsworth D. Keats31. O

22、f the following statements about Lyrical Ballads, which is NOT true？A. The poems are noted for the uncompromising obscurity of much of the language.B. The poems show the strong sympathy not merely with the poor in general but with particular，dramatized examples of them.C. The poems Wordsworth added

23、to the1800 edition of the Lyrical Ballads are among the best of his achievements.D. The natural description and expressions of inward states of mind fused into one in most of the poems.32. All the following about Romanticism are true EXCEPT that .A. where their predecessors saw man as a social anima

24、l，the Romantics saw him essentially as an individual in the solitary stateB. where the Augustans emphasized those features that men have in common，the Romantics emphasized the special qualities of each individuals mindC. Romanticism constitutes a change of direction from attention to the inner world

25、 of human spirit to the outer world of social civilizationD. Romantics also tended to be nationalistic，defending the great poets and dramatists of their own national heritage against the advocates of classical rules who tended to glorify Rome and Rational Italian and French neoclassical art as super

26、ior to the native traditions.33. Which of the following statements about Paradise Lost is true?A. Adam and Eve were driven out of Paradise for their conspiracy with Satan.B. The writer intended to expose the ways of Satan and to justify the ways of God to men.C. Satan, as a rebel to God, was finally

27、 defeated and surrendered.D. Satan was finally reconciled with God.34. Which of the following historical events doesnt directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement?A. The Glorious Revolution. B. The new discoveries in geography and astrology. C. The rediscovery of ancient Greek

28、and Roman culture. D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.35. All the following about metaphysical poetry are true EXCEPT that .A. metaphysical poetry is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne B. metaphysical poetry is

29、characterized by verbal wit and excess, ingenious structure, irregular meter, colloquial language, elaborate imagery, and metaphysical conceits and a drawing together of dissimilar ideas C. generally, in metaphysical poetry, the diction is simple and echoes the words and cadences of common speechD. metaphysical poetry has gained new recognition because of their seriousness of art, their spirit of revolt, and their realism in the poetry of 19th centuryIII. Fill in the blanks. （20%）1. Among the Middle English poets, three are the greatest. One is the author of Sir Gawain and