《英国文学史及选读》试题

英国文学史及选读试卷. Multiple choice（40 points, 2 for each）1. _ employed the heroic couplet with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English Literature.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. George Gordon ByronC. Edmund SpenderD. Robert Browning2. Which of the following is William Shakespeares history play?A. MacbethB. Henry IVC. Romeo and JulietD. King Lear3. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, _ has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel”.A. Henry FieldingB. Daniel DefoeC. John BunyanD. James Joyce4. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough. “4. These two lines are quoted from _s poem?A. Emily DickinsonB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. William B. Yeats5. Jane Austen wrote within a very narrow sphere. The subject matter, the social setting, and plots are all restricted to the provincial life of the _.A. late 19th centuryB. 17th -centuryC. 20th centuryD. late 18th -century6. Usually basing on her own experiences, Emily Dickinson addresses issues that concern the whole human beings. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. Life and DeathB. ReligionC. Love and NatureD. War and Peace7. Walden is a _.A. Transcendentalist workB. epic in proseC. lyric poemD. short story8. Henry James realism is different from others, because he pays more attention to _.A. the traditional styleB. the common peopleC. the inner world of human beingsD. the class struggle9. _ is considered Mark Twains greatest achievement.A. The Gilded AgeB. Innocents AbroadC. The Adventures of Tom SawyerD. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn10. At the beginning of Faulkners A Rose for Emily, there is a detailed description of Emilys old house. The purpose of such description is to imply that the person living in it _.A. is a wealthy ladyB. is a conservative aristocratC. is a prisoner of the pastD. has good taste11. _ is NOT a Nobel Prize winner.A. Eugene ONeillB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner12. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twains language?A. VernacularB. ElegantC. ColloquialD. Humorous13. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens works lies in his _.A. social criticismB. optimismC. characterportrayalD. social setting14. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce _ to England.A. rationalismB. romanticismC. criticismD. realism15. Shelleys greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama _.A. AdonaisB. To a SkylarkC. A Song: Men of EnglandD. Prometheus Unbound16. The Victorian Age is most famous for its _.A. plays B. novelsC. poems D. essays17. Which of the following women does not belong to the famous Bronte Sisters?A. Mary BronteB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Anne Bronte18. “Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores. ” This sentence appears in _.A. The Advancement of Learning B. A Dictionary of the English LanguageC. An Essay on Criticism D. Of Studies19. In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the _?A. aristocratic class B. enterprising landlordsC. rising bourgeoisie D. hard-working people20. Which of the following works does not belong to John Milton?A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise RegainedC. Adonais D. LlycidasII Fill in the following blanks: ( 20 points, 2 for each )1.John Milton wrote Paradise Lost in the form of epic, which describes the fall of _in a grand style.2. Walter Scott has been universally regarded as the founder and great master of the _ novel.3. Though _ is not the first English novelist, he has generally been considered as the father of English novel, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.4. Richard Brinsley Sheridan is the only important English _of the eighteenth century. In his plays, morality is the constant theme.5. The_ couplet is a pair of rhymed iambic pentameter lines, a verse form first used by the 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer.6. Oscar Wilde, who advocated the idea of _, represented the literary school of decadence in the late 19th century.7.Pilgrims Progress is written as a book of religious instructions in the form of _and dream.8. In England, the literary technique of stream of consciousness is best represented in the works of James Joyce and _.9. In his novels, Arnold Bennett depicts life and society with a strong_ _tendency influenced by the French writer Zola and Guy de Maupassant.10. Charles Dickens and William Thackeray were the two great representatives of the English critical realism in the _century. Match authors in Column A with their literary works in Column B. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet. （20 points, 2 for each pair）1. John Milton A. The Canterbury Tales2. Samuel JohnsonB. Mrs. Warrens Profession3. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Joseph Andrews4. Jane AustenD. She Stoops to Conquer5. Richard Brinsley Sheridan E. A Dictionary of the English Language6. George Bernard ShawF. Song of Innocence7. William BlakeG. Samson Agonistes8. Robert BurnsH. Pride and Prejudice9. Thomas HardyI. My Hearts in the Highlands10. Henry FieldingJ. Tess of the DUrbervilles. Give a brief explanation to each of the following items. Please write your answer on the Answer Sheet. (10 points in total, 2 for each)1. Epic2. Popular ballad3. Romance4. Byronic hero5. English Renaissance. Answer the following questions.(10 points)What is the theme of The Wasted Land?