英国文学练习题
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英国文学选读练习
1.English Romanticism is generally said to have begun with_____in 1798.
A.the publication of Lyrical BalladsB.the death of Sir Scott
C.the birth of William WordsworthD the paage of the first Reform Bill in the Parliament
2.The Romantic Period is first of all an age of_____.
A.NovelB.poetryC.dramaD.prose
3.Romanticism does not emphasize_____.
A.the special qualities of each individual’s mindB.the inner world of the human spirit
C.IndividualityD.the features that men have in common
4._____ is not a Romantic poet.
A.William BlakeB.Sir ScottC.P.B.ShelleyD.Lord Byron
5._____ is a Romantic novelist but is impreed with neo-claic strains.
A.Walter ScottB.Mary ShelleyC.Jane AustenD.Ann Radcliff
6._____ is not characteristic of William Blake’s writing.
A.plain and direct languageB.compreion of meaningC.supernatural qualityD.symbolism
7.Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads in 1789 with _____.
A.ByronB.ColeridgeC.ShelleyD.Keats
8.Wordsworth thinks that _____ is the only subject of literary interest.
A.the life of rising bourgeoisieB.aristocratic lifeC.the life of the royal familyD.common life
9.Don Juan is the masterpiece of_____.
A.Lord Byron’sB.P.B.Shelley’sC.John Keats’sD.Samuel Coleridge’s
10._____ is not a novel written by Jane Austen.
A.Jane EyreB.Sense and SensibilityC.Pride and PrejudiceD.Emma
II.Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets.
( T )1.The Romantic period is also a great age of prose.
( T )2.Romantics also tend to be nationalistic, defending their own literary heritage against the advocates of claical rules.
( F)3.Coleridge has been rewarded as Poet Laureate.
( F )4.Keats is one of the “Lake Poets.”
( F )5.Jane Austen is a typical Romantic writer.
III.Name the author of each of the following literary work.
1.“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”-----Coleridge
2.Songs of Innocence-----Blake
3“Ode to a Nightingale”-----Keats
4.“A Song: Men of England”-----Shelley
5.The Prelude-----Wordsworth
IV.Define the literary terms listed below
1.Romanticism: Romanticism is a movement that flourished in literature, philosophy, music and art in western culture during most of the nineteenth century, beginning as a revolt against claicism.There have been many varieties of Romanticism in many different times and places.The leading features of Romantic movements are Wordsworth, Shelley, etc.
2.Ode:Ode is a complex and often lengthy lyric poem, written in a dignified formal style on some lofty or serious subject.Odes are often written for a special occasion, to honour a person or a season or to commemorate an event.
V.For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it.
1….Be through my lips to unawakened Earth.
The trumpet of a prophecy! O, Wind,
If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
2.For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bli of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
V.1.It is taken from Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind.In this poem, Shelley eulogizes the powerful west wind and exprees his eagerne to enjoy the boundle freedom from the reality.In these last lines, the poet shows his optimistic spirit for the future.
2.It is taken from Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” The poet thinks that it is a bli to recollect the beauty of nature in his mind while he is in solitude.He exprees his strong affecting for nature in the poem.
1.The Renaiance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is not such an event?
A.The rediscovery of ancient Rome and Greek culture.
B.England\'s domestic rest.
C.New discovery in geography and astrology.
D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion.
2.Which of the following is regarded as the most succeful religious allegory in the English language.
A.The Pilgrim\'s ProgreB.Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC.The Life and Death of Mr.BadmanD.The Holy War
3.It isalone 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 Chaucer B.Martin Luther C.William Langland D.John Gower
4.All of the following four exceptare the most eminent dramatists in the Renaiance England.
A.Francis Bacon B.Christopher Marlowe C.William Shakespeare D.Ben Jonson
5.It is generally regarded that Keats\'s most important and mature poems are in the form of.
A.elegy B.ode C.epic D.sonnet
6.Daniel Defoe\'s novels mainly focus on.
A.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existenceB.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for security
C.the struggle of the pirates for wealthD.the desire of the criminals for property
7.In Beowulf,fought against the monster Grendel and a five breathing dragon.
A.the Anglo-Saxons B.Beowulf C.the Scandinavian D.the Winter Dragon
8.Francis Bacon is best known for hiswhich greatly influenced the development of this literary form.
A.eays B.poems C.works D plays
9.Most of Thomas Hardy\'s novels are set in Weex.
A.a crude region in EnglandB.a fictional primitive regionC.a remote rural areaD.Hardy\'s hometown
10.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley\'s poem \"Ode to the West Wind\" with all the following terms except.
A.swift B.proud C.tamed D.wild
11.\"Blindne\", \"partiality\", \"prejudice\", and \"absurdity\" in the novel \"Pride and Prejudice\" are most likely the characteristics of.
A.Elizabeth B.Darcy C.Mr.Bennet D.Mrs.Bennet
12.The modern English novel came into being in.
A.the middle of the 17th centuryB.the 17th centuryC.the late 18th centuryD.the middle of the 18th century
13.Who is not the major figure of modernist movement?
A.Eliot B.Joyce C.Charles Dickens D.Pound
14.Who is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare?
A.Oscar Wilde B.John Galsworthy C.W.B.Yeats D.George Bernard Shaw
15.Of the following poets, which is not regarded as \"Lake Poets\"?
A.Samuel Taylor Coleridge B.Robert Southy C.William Words worth D.William Shakespeare
16.In the first part of Gulliver\'s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in.
A.Lilliput B.Brobdingnag C.Houyhnhnm D.England
17.Which of the following cannot describe \"Byronic hero\"?
A.proud B.mysterious C.noble origin D progreive
18.In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as.
A.the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all
experience.
B.the thought that designates man as a social animal
C.the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in common
D.the modes of thinking
19.The term \"metaphysical poetry\" is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of.
A.John Milton B.John Donne C.John Keats D.John Bunyan
20.\"The Vanity Fair\" is a well-known part in.
A.The Pilgrim\'s Progre B.Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
C.The Life and Death of Mr.Badman D.The Holy War
21.In Oliver Twist, Charles criticizes.
A.money worshipping tendencyB.dehumanizing of workhouse systemC.hypocrisy of the upper societyD.distortion of human heart
22.Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is history play?
A.Otharo B.The Merry Wives of Windsor C.Henry IV D.King Lear
23.Who is regarded as a \"worshipper of nature\".
A.John Keats B.William Blake C.William Wordsworth D.Jane Austen
24.Which of the following writing is not the work by Charles Dickens?
A.A Tale of Two Cities B.Hard Times C.Oliver Twist D.Sons and Lovers
25.The 18th century England is known as thein the history.
A.Romanticism B.Claicism C.Renaiance D.Enlightenment
26.Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of ___ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.
A.ChristianB.knightlyC.GreekD.Primitive
27.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following iues EXCEPT the ___ .
A.individual feelingsB.idea of survival of the fittestC.strong imaginationD.return to nature
28.Generally , the Renaiance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its eence is .
A.scienceB .philosophyC.artsD.humanism
29.In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old claical works.This tendency is known as.
A.ClaicismB.NeoclaicismC.RomanticismD.pre-Romanticism
30.Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from
A.the RenaianceB.the Old TestamentC.Greek MythologyD.the New Testament
Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook.( 20×1 points)
1.In \"The Canterbury Tales\", Chaucer employed theheroic couplet with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature.2.Christopher Marlowe is the most gifted of the \"University Wits \".3.The term \" metaphysical poetry\" is commonly used to name the work of the 17th“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”, which might appear rhetorical, but is more probably intended to indicate Shelley\'s own uncertainty.It is important to note that Shelley did not advocate the willing application of force and revolution.Clearly the poet hoped that radical social change, or a rebirth of personal inspiration, could be accomplished without violence.His comments in his notebook are useful to help us to read this final line: \"the spring rebels not against winter but it succeeds it - the dawn rebels not against night but it disperses it.\" The unanswered question in this poem is whether or not the same cyclical inevitability will apply to social and political change as it does to the changes within Nature.
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