英国文学史及选读（学校试题库）(2)

V. Write a summery of Pride and Prejudice and make a short comment on the theme. Your marks depends on the elements of the writer (1 point), the main characters and their relations (2 points), the main plot and result (8 points), comment on the theme (4 points), and grammar and structure (3 points). (18%)

Answer:1) the writer (1分)； (Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austen, in the romantic period)2) the main characters and their relations (2分)；? (Mr. and Mrs. Bennet; The Bennet’s 5 daughters: the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Elizabeth—Mr. Darcy;(Jane—Mr. Bingley; Lydia—Mr. Wickham))? 3) the main plot（7分；主要情节表述不全或不连贯者酌情扣分）and result (1分)； (Unfortunately for the Bennets, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependant on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival in the neighborhood of the rich gentleman Mr. Bingley, who rents a large house so he can spend the summer in the country. Mr. Bingley brings with him his sister and the dashing (and richer) but proud Mr. Darcy. Love is soon in the air for one of the Bennet sisters, while another may have jumped to a hasty prejudgment. For the Bennet sisters many trials and tribulations stand between them and their happiness, including class, gossip and scandal.)4) comment on the theme (4分) ?(Theme: exploration of the marriage, property and intrigue between the main and minor characters; delicate probing of the values of gentry/ marriage, class, money) 5) grammar and structure (3分).

I. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would bet complete the statement.

1. The long poem _C_ in Anglo-Saxon period was termed England?s national epic.P67 A. The Canterbury TalesB. Paradise LostC. The Song of BeowulfD. The Fairy Queen

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

A. RomanticismB. RenaissanceC. medieval periodD. Anglo-Saxon period 4. __A_____ is regarded as the father of English poetry.

A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpenserC. John MiltonD. W. Wordsworth

5. It is ____A____ alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life. A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Martin LutherC. William ShakespeareD. John Gower 6. One of Chaucer?s main contributions to English poetry is _A_____. A. he introduced the rhymed stanzas from France to English poetry

B. he created striking brilliant panorama of his time and his countryC. he wrote in blank verse D. he was the first to write sonnet

7. During the Renaissance, __C_____ was the first one to introduce the sonnet into English poetry. A. ChaucerB. John DonneC. Thomas WyattD. Earl of Surrey

8. During the Renaissance, _D______ wrote the first English blank verse. A. ChaucerB. Edmund SpencerC. Thomas WyattD. Earl of Surrey

9. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement? C

A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman cultureB. The new discoveries in geography and astrologyC. The Glorious revolutionD. The religious reformation and the economic expansion

10. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events. Which one of the following is NOT such an event? B

A. The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.B. England?s domestic rest

C. New discovery in geography and astrology.D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion. 11. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ___A___ and ______ centuries. A. 14th...mid-17thB. 14th...mid-18thC. 16th...mid-18thD. 16th...mid-17th 13. ___B____ frequently applied conceits in his poems. P282

A. Edmund SpenserB. John DonneC. William BlakeD. Thomas Gray 14. ___C____ is known as “the poet?s poet”.

A. William ShakespeareB. Christopher MarloweC. Edmund SpenserD. John Donne

15. Romance，which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of__B__ adventures or other heroic deeds，is a popular literary form in the medieval period. A. ChristianB. knightlyC. pilgrimsD. primitive

16. ____B____ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism. A. Edmund Spenser, Christopher MarloweB. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe C. John Donne, Edmund SpenserD. John Milton, Thomas More

17. Among the following plays which is not written by Christopher Marlowe? D A. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. TamburlaineD. The School for Scandal

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18. Shakespeare?s greatest tragedies are __A__. A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth

B. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet C. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and Macbeth D. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth

19★. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the line of one of Shakespeare’s ________. A. comediesB. TragediesC. historiesD. sonnets

20. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, /So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” (Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to? D A. LoverB. TimeC. SummerD. Poetry

21. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare?s Sonnet 18? C A. The speaker eulogizes 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

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