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1、-英国文学复习资料-第 12 页英国文学复习资料1Chapter One （一般掌握）Chapter Two English Literature of the Late Medieval AgesI 可出选择题有：( ) 1. Apart from original poems, Chaucer translated various works of French authors, among them is the famous _A. The Canterbury TalesB. The Romance of the RoseC. The Parliament of FowlsD. Th

2、e House of Fame( ) 2. Generally speaking, Chaucers works fall into three main groups corresponding roughly to the three periods of his adult life, which period is wrong?A. The period of French influenceB. The period of Italian influenceC. The period of his maturity D. The period of American influenc

3、e( ) 3. Which of the following information about Chaucer is wrong?A. He died on the 25th of October 1400, he was the first to be buried in the writers corner of Westminster AbbyB. He was considered as “father of English Poetry”C. He was one of the narrative poets of EnglandD. His masterpiece is The

4、Canterbury Tales( ) 4. Of the following, the one which employs the form of romance is_.A. Amoretti B. Venus and Adonis C. The Tempest D. Sir Gawain and Green Knight( ) 5. The characters in the Canterbury Tales can be divided into the following groups except_.A. rural dwellers B. church members C. tr

5、adesman D. nobles( ) 6. Piers the Plowman is similar in form to the work written by A. Chaucer B. Shakespeare C. Marlowe D. BunyanChapter Three English Literature in the RenaissanceI 可出选择题有：( ) 1. English Renaissance Period was an age of _A. prose and novel B. poetry and drama C. essays and journals

6、D. ballads and songs( ) 2. “Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore art thou Romeo?” is one of the most famous lines from Romeo and Juliet. Which of the following comments on the line is NOT true?A. Juliet speaks the line in the balcony scene.B. She is unaware of Romeos presence.C. She asks him to deny his family f

7、or her love.D. A major theme in Romeo and Juliet is the tension between social and family identity and ones inner identity (represented by ones name).( ) 3. The Elizabethan literature_A. had a marked unity and the feeling of patriotism and devotion to the queen.B. witnessed a decline of degeneration

8、C. expressed age and sadness, even the brightest hours were followed by gloom and pessimism.D. was not romantic.( ) 4. One of the following plays takes its subject matter from Chinese historyA. Henry IVB. Macbeth C. Tamburlaine D. Alchemist( ) 5. Dr Faustus sells his soul to the devil because he_.A.

9、 is faced by MephistophelesB. wants to gain more money C. wants to live an extravagant life D. wants to know more about the world( ) 6. Shakespeare is a poet , playwright and _.A. critic B. novelist C. an actor D. both b and c( ) 7. Of the following, the one which employs the form of romance is_.A.

10、Amoretti B. Venus and Adonis C. The Tempest D. Sir Gawain and Green Knight( ) 8. The difference of Surreys contribution to English poetry from that of Wyatt lies in that Surrey_.A. wrote the first English sonnet B. introduce the couplet into England C. wrote the first English blank verse D. made the

11、 sonnet popular( ) 9. The one who first made blank verse the principal instrument of English drama isA. Surrey B. Marlowe C. Shakespeare D. Jonson( ) 10. The recurrent theme of Marlowe s play is the praise of _.A. capitalism B. feudalism C. individualism D. nationalismII 可出填空题有：1. Rough winds do sha

12、ke the _of May, And _has all too short a date. 2. Sometimes too hot the _shines, and often is his _dimmed.3. Shakespeare produced _plays and _sonnet.4. _is praised by Marx as “the progenitor of English Materialism”.III 可出简答题有：Analyze Shakespeares four periods of career concisely.Chapter Four English

13、 Literature of the Seventeenth CenturyI 可出选择题有：( ) 1. _was a progressive intellectual movement which began in France and had a wide impact throughout Europe in 18th century.A. The Renaissance B. The EnlightenmentC. The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement( ) 2.Which of the following comment

14、 on the image of Satan in Paradise Lost is NOT correct?A. The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of Hell and Satan was the real hero.B. He is firmer than the rest of the fallen angelsC. He remains obeyed and admired by all the angelsD. It is he who makes man revolt against God.( ) 3. W

15、hich of the following information about John Donne is NOT true?A. He was born in a Roman Catholic family.B. He received his education at Oxford and Cambridge.C. Later he gave up his Catholic faith and took orders in the Anglican Church.D. He wrote only religious poems.( ) 4. Drydens contribution to

16、English literature lies in the following except_.A. he established the heroic couplet as one of the principal English verse formB. he clarified the English proseC. he raised the English literature criticism to a new levelD. he raised English comedy to a higher level( ) 5. Apology for Poetry is _.A.

17、a poem B. a romance C. a criticism D. a sonnetII 可出判断题有：( ) 1. John Donne is famous for his metaphysical conceit, that is, a comparison between the two strikingly resemblant objects. ( ) 2. Newspaper was born in 17th century.( ) 3. One of the characteristics of the English bourgeois revolution was t

18、hat it was carried out under the cloak of religion.III 可出填空题有：1 _is the glorious pioneer to introduce blank verse into non-dramatic poetry.IV 可出术语有：metaphysical poetsChapter Five English Literature in the Eighteenth CenturyI 可出选择题有：( ) 1. In the 18th century, satire was much used in writing, English

19、 literature of this age produced some excellent satirists, such as _A. Swift B. Defoe C. Blake D. Burns( ) 2. In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of Pre-romanticism were_A. Blake and WordsworthB. Burns and ColeridgeC. Blake and Burns D. Wordsworth and Coleridge( ) 3. Whi

20、ch of the following information about William Blake is NOT true?A. He was born in London, the son of Irish hosier.B. He was a poet as well as an engraver.C. His first book of poem was Songs of Innocence.D. His later poems are mysterious and hard to understand.( ) 4. The main literary stream of the 1

21、8th century was_. A. RomanticismB. RealismC. Pre-romanticismD. Critical realism( ) 5. _was considered as “father of English Novel”.A. Swift B. FieldingC. ChaucerD. Jane Austin( ) 6. In 1704, _founded the periodicals “the Review”.A. Swift B. Blake C. Milton D. DefoeII 可出判断题有：( ) 1. Pope established t

22、he heroic couplet as one of the principal English verse forms.( ) 2. Burns poems are largely based on imitation and revision of folk ballads of his motherland.( ) 3. Neo-classicism means restraint, thus it is unfit for the requirement of French Revolution, which aroused the age of Romantic Revival t

23、o unfetter spirit of humankind. ( ) 4. Swift is known as a pioneer novelist of English and also a prolific writer of books and pamphlets on variety of subjects.( ) 5. The Houyhnhnms represent an ideal rational existence, a life governed by sense.III 可出填空题有：1. _is the glorious pioneer to introduce bl

24、ank verse into non-dramatic poetry.2. People in 18th century believed in _and their watchword was “common sense”.V 可出术语有：EnlightenmentChapter Six English Literature of the Romantic AgeI 可出选择题有：( ) 1. The Romantic Age began with the publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” which was written by_A. William

25、 WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge( ) 2. Which poet does not belong to the Active Romantic Poet?A. Byron B. Shelley C. Keats D. Blake( ) 3. The first poem in “The Lyrical Ballads” is Coleridges masterpiece_A. Kubla KhanB. The Prelude C. The Rime of Anci

26、ent Mariner D. Tintern Abbey( ) 4. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long auto-biographical poem entitled _.A. Biographia Literaria B. The PreludeC. Lucy Poems D. The Lyrical Ballads( ) 5. The following stanza is from a poem written by_.When we two parted In silence and in tears, Half broken-hearted,T

27、o sever for years.Pale grew thy cheek and coldColder than thy kiss; Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this!A. Percy Bysshe Shelly B. William BlakeC. George Gordon Byron D. Robert Browning ( ) 6. The Lake Poets include all the following members except the author of the following work.A. The PreludeB

28、. Don JuanC. The Ancient MarinerD. Joan of Arc ( ) 7. Scotts chief contribution to English literature lies in his novels of_.A. warB. history C. city D. romance II 可出判断题有：( ) 1. With the establishment of the Jacobin dictatorship in France, Wordsworths attitude toward revolution changed into active.(

29、 ) 2. In the revised version of Lyrical Ballads, Coleridge held that poetry is the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling”. ( ) 3. Romanticism is a literary trend. It prevailed in England in the period (1798-1832)( ) 4. The most important impetus of the Romantic movement was the French Revolution

30、( ) 5. The ideals of French Revolution are liberty, democracy, and equality.( ) 6. The brilliant literary criticism “Biographia Literaria” is written by Wordsworth.III 可出填空题有：1. _ marked the transition from romanticism to the period of realism which followed it. 2In 1843 Wordsworth was made _.IV 可出术

31、语有：lake poetsV 可出简答题有：What are the qualities of Romanticism?Chapter Seven English Literature of the Victorian AgeI 可出选择题有：( ) 1. The following statements are features of Dickenss novels except_.A. The power of exposureB. Complicated and fascinating plot C. Broad humor and penetrating satire D. Tragi

32、c mood and feeling of depressionII 可出判断题有：( ) 1. A Tale of Two Cities belongs to the first writing phase of Dickenss career, and the two cities are London and Paris.( ) 2. Though the Victorian poets are called The Third Generation of Romanticism, they showed no vigor and power in production of poetr

33、y as their previous poets.III 可出填空题有：1In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend _ appeared after the romantic poetry.2The title of the novel Vanity Fair is suggestive of that Vanity Fair in Bunyans masterpiece _, where all sorts of vanities are on sale.3The central characters of T

34、he Mill on Floss are Tom and his sister _.4_ is the representative of New Romanticism in the novel writing at the end of the 19th century.IV 可出术语有：Dramatic monologueV 可出简答题有：The contribution of the setting to the expression of the speakers situation in “Crossing the Bar”.Chapter Eight English Litera

35、ture of the First Half of the Twentieth CenturyI 可出判断题有：( T ) 1. Symbolism, Surrealism, Imagism, Expressionism, etc, all belong to School of Modernism.( T ) 2. The Rainbow is D. H. Lawrences autobiographical work. II 可出简答题有：The significance of the theme of Araby.March the works in column A and autho

36、rs in column B and write the letter of your choice in the bracketsA B( g )1. Robert Burnsa. To Celia( d )2. Shakespeareb. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner( f )3. Andrew Marvellc. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock( b )4. Samuel Coleridged. Macbeth( j )5. John Keatse. An Ideal Husband( h )6. Henry Fi

37、eldingf. To His Coy Mistress( a )7. Ben Jonsong. A Red, Red Rose( i )8. Walter Scotth. Tom Jones( e )9. Oscar Wildei. Rob Roy( c )10. T. S. Eliotj. Ode to a Nightingale A B( e )1. Henry Fielding a. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard( I )2. John Miltonb. The Picture of Dorian Gray( g )3. Jane Austinc. Great Expectation( j )4. Shakespeare d. Jude the Obscure( a )5. Thomas Graye. Joseph Andrews( c )6. Dickensf. The Invisible Man( b )7. Oscar Wildeg. Emma( f )8. H. G. Wellsh. Don Juan( d )9. Thomas Hardyi. Paradise Lost( h )10. Byronj. King Lear