英国文学史及作品选读期中测试09学年.docx

1、英国文学史及作品选读期中测试09学年英国文学史及作品选读期中测试试题卷I. Find the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10%) Group A Column A Column B Writers Works1. ( ) Edmund Spenser a. Twelfth Night 2. ( ) Francis Bacon b. The New Instrument3. ( ) Shakespeare c. Holy Sonnets4. ( ) Christopher Marlowe d. Moll Fl

2、anders 5. ( ) William Blake e. Amelia6. ( ) John Donne f. Faerie Queen7. ( ) Henry Fielding g. London8. ( ) Jonathon Swift h. A Modest Proposal9. ( ) Daniel Defoe i. The Solitary Reaper10. ( ) Wordsworth j. The Jew of Malta Group B Column A Column B Characters Works 1. ( ) Cordelia a. Robison Crusoe

3、2. ( ) 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. ( ) Houyhnhnms j. HamletII. Choose the best answer. (35%)1. Beo

4、wulf 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 novelC. the domination of the classical poetryD. the close-do

5、wn 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 persecution and racial discrimination, against social inequalit

6、y 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 his works.D. All of the above. 5. Which of the following pla

7、ys 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. Christopher Marlowe7. Which of the following poetic forms i

8、s 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 tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the devil.A.

9、 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 fact that if dying is like going to sleep, then perhaps aft

10、er 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 some few to be chewed and digested” is one of the epigrams f

11、ound 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 B. tragediesC. sonnets D. histories12. In John Miltons Par

12、adise 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 the search for _.A. Material wealth B. spiritual salvation

13、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 the modern novel its structure and style C. amuse the people

14、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 HouseD. the House of Lords and the House of Representatives

15、17. 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. All forms of literature were to be modeled after the clas

16、sical 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 significance of Gullivers Travels lies in _.A. the devastating criti

17、cisms 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 expression chiefly in poetry, especially that of William Blake an

18、d 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 B. Thomas Gray C. William Blake D. Robert Burns23. The her

19、o 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 countries.A. A Red, Red Rose B. Auld Lang Syne C. My Hearts i

20、n 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 happinessD. loss and institutional cruelty with sufferings2

21、6. 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 toward individual experience27. Who is not among the “Lake

22、 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 Mariner”; ColeridgeC. “A Defence of Poetry”; ShelleyD. “Lectu

23、res 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. Of the following statements about Lyrical Ballads, which is

24、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 to the1800 edition of the Lyrical Ballads are among the bes

25、t 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 animal，the Romantics saw him essentially as an individual in the

26、 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 of human spirit to the outer world of social civilizationD

27、. 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 superior to the native traditions.33. Which of the following sta

28、tements 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 defeated and surrendered.D. Satan was finally reconciled

29、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 and Roman culture. D. The religious reformation and the ec

30、onomic 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 characterized by verbal wit and excess, ingenious structur

31、e, 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