英国文学史及选读（学校试题库）

I. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (30%; 1.5 points for each)

1. Romance, which uses verse or prose to describe the adventures and life of the knights, is the popular literary form in ___C _.

A. Romanticism B. Renaissance

C. medieval period D. Anglo-Saxon period

2. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of___D A. Piers Plowman B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C. Confessio Amantis D. The Canterbury Tales

3. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is____D___.

A. science B. philosophy C. arts D. humanism

4. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the line of one of Shakespeare’s（） A. comedies B. tragedies C. histories D. sonnets

5. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare?s Sonnet 18? C A. The speaker eulogizes (praise) the power of B. The speaker satirizes human vanity

C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creationD. The speaker meditates on man?s salvation 6. “The Fairy Queen” is the masterpiece written by__C__.

A. John Milton B. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Edmund Spenser D. Alexander Pope 7. Which of the following work did Bacon NOT write? D

A. Advancement of Learning B. Novum Organum C. De Augmentis D. Areopagitica

8. The most distinguished literary figure of the 17th century was（B） who was a critic, poet, and playwright. A. Oliver Goldsmith B. John Dryden C. John Milton D. S.T. Coleridge

9. Which of the following has / have associations with John Donne?s poetry? B

A. reason and sentiment B. conceits and wits C. the euphuism D. writing in the rhymed couplet

10. Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “___B___”, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.

A. Best writer of the English novelB. The father of English novel

C. The most gifted writer of the English novel D. conventional writer of English novel

11. John Milton?s masterpiece—Paradise Lost was written in the poetic style of __ B _. A. rhymed stanzas B. blank verse C. alliteration D. sonnets

12. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver?s Travels are ____A_.

A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities

C. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways

13. Gothic novels are mostly stories of___C_____, which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles.

A. love and marriage B. sea adventuresC. mystery and horror D. saints and martyrs 14. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT __D_. A. the use of everyday language spoken by the common people B. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings C. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matter

D. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech

15. Charles Dickens? works are characterized by a mingling of ___A____ and pathos. A. humor B. satire C. passion D. metaphor

16. In __B____ ?s hands, “dramatic monologue” reaches its maturity and perfection. A. Alfred Tennyson B. Robert Browning C. William Shakespeare D. George Eliot 17. The three trilogies of（）’s Forsyte novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century. A. John Galsworthy B. Arnold Bennett C. James Joyce D. H. G. Wells

18. The bard of imperialism was（B）, who glorified the colonial expansion of Great Britain in his works. A. R. L. Stevenson B. Rudyard Kipling C. H. G. Wells D. Daniel Defoe 19. “art for art?s sake” was put forth by ___A___.

A. aestheticism B. naturalism C. realism D. neo-romanticism

20. Which of the following is taken from John Keats? “Ode on a Grecian Urn”? D

A. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!”B. “They are both gone up to the church to pray.” C. “Earth has not anything to show more fair.”D. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” II. Fill in the blanks with correct information. (16%; 1 points for each blank)

1. In 1066, the Normans headed by Duke William, defeated the Anglo-Saxons. This marked the beginning of feudalism in England and England entered into feudal society.

2. Chaucer?s The Canterbury Tales is written in the style of rhymed (metrical) stanza instead of alliteration in the Anglo-Saxon period.

3. The Pilgrims Progress is the masterpiece of John Bunyan (the writer), written in the old-fashioned, medieval form of dream and allegory, in which the main character is Christian .

4. Dorian Gray was the main character in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray written by (Oscar) Wilde .

5. Romanticism extended from 1798 when The Lyrical Ballads was published and in 1832 when (Walter)

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Scott died.

6. The writer who figured his hometown—the Wessex country in his works is _(Thomas) Hardy.

7. In “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, hills, vales, lakes, bays and the daffodils are parts of , and “daffodils” symbolize (the beauty of) .

8. “Dubliners” is a collection of short stories written by James Joyce in the writing style of stream of consciousness.

9. In the “The Idylls of the King”, the poet Alfred Tennyson painted the first English hero, King Arthur , and gave a new meaning to the legends about the knights of the Round Table.

III. Answer the following questions briefly based on your understanding of the texts studied. (12%; 1 point for each question)

1. Dull sublunary lover?s love

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