65★英国文学史及选读(学校试题库)

1I.Eachofthefollowingbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.(30%;1.5pointsforeach)1.Romance,whichusesverseorprosetodescribetheadventuresandlifeoftheknights,isthepopularliteraryformin___C_.A.RomanticismB.RenaissanceC.medievalperiodD.Anglo-Saxonperiod2.AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionof___DA.PiersPlowmanB.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightC.ConfessioAmantisD.TheCanterburyTales3.Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies,itsessenceis____D___.A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism4.Thesentence“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?”isthelineofoneofShakespeare’s（）A.comediesB.tragediesC.historiesD.sonnets5.WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare’sSonnet18?CA.Thespeakereulogizes(praise)thepowerofB.ThespeakersatirizeshumanvanityC.ThespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreationD.Thespeakermeditatesonman’ssalvation6.“TheFairyQueen”isthemasterpiecewrittenby__C__.A.JohnMiltonB.GeoffreyChaucerC.EdmundSpenserD.AlexanderPope7.WhichofthefollowingworkdidBaconNOTwrite?DA.AdvancementofLearningB.NovumOrganumC.DeAugmentisD.Areopagitica8.Themostdistinguishedliteraryfigureofthe17thcenturywas（B）whowasacritic,poet,andplaywright.A.OliverGoldsmithB.JohnDrydenC.JohnMiltonD.S.T.Coleridge9.Whichofthefollowinghas/haveassociationswithJohnDonne’spoetry?BA.reasonandsentimentB.conceitsandwitsC.theeuphuismD.writingintherhymedcouplet10.HenryFieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas“___B___”,forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.A.BestwriteroftheEnglishnovelB.ThefatherofEnglishnovelC.ThemostgiftedwriteroftheEnglishnovelD.conventionalwriterofEnglishnovel11.JohnMilton’smasterpiece—ParadiseLostwaswritteninthepoeticstyleof__B_.A.rhymedstanzasB.blankverseC.alliterationD.sonnets12.TheHouyhnhnmsdepictedbyJonathanSwiftinGulliver’sTravelsare____A_.A.horsesthatareendowedwithreasonB.pigmiesthatareendowedwithadmirablequalitiesC.giantsthataresuperiorinwisdomD.hairy,wild,lowanddespicablecreatures,whoresemblehumanbeingsnotonlyinappearancebutalsoinsomeotherways13.Gothicnovelsaremostlystoriesof___C_____,whichtakeplaceinsomehauntedordilapidatedMiddleAgecastles.A.loveandmarriageB.seaadventuresC.mysteryandhorrorD.saintsandmartyrs14.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingEXCEPT__D_.A.theuseofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeopleB.theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelingsC.theuseofhumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatterD.theuseofelegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech15.CharlesDickens’worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingof___A____andpathos.A.humorB.satireC.passionD.metaphor16.In__B____’shands,“dramaticmonologue”reachesitsmaturityandperfection.A.AlfredTennysonB.RobertBrowningC.WilliamShakespeareD.GeorgeEliot17.Thethreetrilogiesof（）’sForsytenovelsaremasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcentury.A.JohnGalsworthyB.ArnoldBennettC.JamesJoyceD.H.G.Wells18.Thebardofimperialismwas（B）,whoglorifiedthecolonialexpansionofGreatBritaininhisworks.A.R.L.StevensonB.RudyardKiplingC.H.G.WellsD.DanielDefoe19.“artforart’ssake”wasputforthby___A___.A.aestheticismB.naturalismC.realismD.neo-romanticism20.WhichofthefollowingistakenfromJohnKeats’“OdeonaGrecianUrn”?DA.“Ifalluponthethornsoflife!Ibleed!”B.“Theyarebothgoneuptothechurchtopray.”C.“Earthhasnotanythingtoshowmorefair.”D.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty.”II.Fillintheblankswithcorrectinformation.(16%;1pointsforeachblank)1.In1066,theNormansheadedbyDukeWilliam,defeatedtheAnglo-Saxons.ThismarkedthebeginningoffeudalisminEnglandandEnglandenteredintofeudalsociety.2.Chaucer’sTheCanterburyTalesiswritteninthestyleofrhymed(metrical)stanzainsteadofalliterationintheAnglo-Saxonperiod.3.ThePilgrimsProgressisthemasterpieceofJohnBunyan(thewriter),writtenintheold-fashioned,medievalformofdreamandallegory,inwhichthemaincharacterisChristian.4.DorianGraywasthemaincharacterinthenovelThePictureofDorianGraywrittenby(Oscar)Wilde.5.Romanticismextendedfrom1798whenTheLyricalBalladswaspublishedandin1832when(Walter)2Scottdied.6.Thewriterwhofiguredhishometown—theWessexcountryinhisworksis_(Thomas)Hardy.7.In“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”,hills,vales,lakes,baysandthedaffodilsarepartsof,and“daffodils”symbolize(thebeautyof).8.“Dubliners”isacollectionofshortstorieswrittenbyJamesJoyceinthewritingstyleofstreamofconsciousness.9.Inthe“TheIdyllsoftheKing”,thepoetAlfredTennysonpaintedthefirstEnglishhero,KingArthur,andgaveanewmeaningtothelegendsabouttheknightsoftheRoundTable.III.Answerthefollowingquestionsbrieflybasedonyourunderstandingofthetextsstudied.(12%;1pointforeachquestion)1.Dullsublunarylover’slove?(Whosesoulissense)cannotadmitAbsence,becauseitdothremoveThosethingswhichelementedit.a.Whowasthewriter?JohnDonneb.Whatisthename/titleofthepoem?AValediction:ForbiddingMourningc.Whatdoesitmeanby“Dullsublunarylover’slove”?(Explainit.)secularlove/ordinary(lover’s)loved.Whatdoes“soul”mean?essencee.Whatdoes“sense”heremean?senseorgans/hands,eyes,lips,etcf.Whatdoes“it”meanin“becauseitdothremove”?absenceg.Whatdoes“Thosethings”mean?se