英国文学史及选读试题
Ⅰ. Multiple Choice（1′×20=20分）
1. ______ was respected as “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England. A.William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. John Milton D.John Donne
2. In terms of influence upon England, ____ brought French civilization and French language to England. A. Anglo-Saxons B. Romans C. Anglo-Normans D. Teutons 3. According to Thomas More, “it was a time when sheep devoured men”. It refers to____.
A. Industrialization B. Religious Reformation C. Commercial Expansion D. Enclosure Movement 4. It was ____who introduced sonnet into English literature.
A. Thomas Wyatt B. William Shakespeare C. Edmund Spenser D. Philip Sidney 5. Which of the following is NOT Shakespeare’s tragedies?
A. Hamlet B. King Lear C. The Merchant of Venice D. Othello
6. In 1649 ____ was beheaded. England became a commonwealth under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell. A.James I B. Henry VIII C. Elizabeth I D. Charles I 7. Which comment on John Donne is wrong?
A. He is the leading figure of metaphysical poetry.
B. His poetry is characterized by mysticism and peculiar conceit. C. John Donne usually employs traditional and regular poetic form. D. His attitudes toward love are both positive and negative.
8. Friday in The Adventuous of Robinson Crosue can be termed as EXCEPT____. A. a kind-hearted person B. a person with colonial mind C. a smart person D. a friendly person 9. Thomas Gray is the representative of _____.
A. Sentimentalism B. Pre-Romanticism C. Romanticism D. English Renaissance 10. William Blake’s ____is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a happy and innocent world, though not without its evils and sufferings.
A.Poetical Sketches B. The Book of Thel C. Songs of Experience D. Songs of Innocence
11. ____, the national peasant poet in Scotland, and his poem____ shows his passionate love for his Beloved. A.William Blake, Lodon B. William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud C. Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose D. Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne 12. English Romanticism begins with____ and ends with____.
A. the publication of Lyrical Ballads, John Keats’s death B. French Revolution, Walter Scott’s death C. the publication of Lyrical Ballads, Walter Scott’s death D. Industrialization, John Keats’s death 13. ____ are named as Lake Poets and Escapist Romanticists.
A. Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats B. Wordsworth, Byron and Shelley C. Wordsworth, Coleridge and Shelley D. Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey 14. Which of the following statement is NOT correct? A. Romantic literature is decidely an age of poetry.
B. Dramma was fully developed during the Romantic period.
C. The general feature is a dissatisfaction with the bourgeoise society.
D. Romanticists paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of man.Personified nature plays an important role in the pages of their works.
15. ____ was the founder of the novel which deals with unimportant middle class people and of which there are many fine examples in latter English fiction.
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A. Charlotte Bronte B. Emily Bronte C. Charles Dickens D. Jane Austen
16. King ____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in the country, which is known
as Religious Reformation.
A. Henry VII B. Henry VIII C. Mary I D.Elizabetha I 17. ____ was honored as Poet Laureate.
A. Byron B. P. B Shelley C. John Keats D. William Wordsworth 18. John Milton’s Paradise Lost is based on the story of ____.
A. Greek Mythology B. Roman Mythology C. Old Testament D. New Testament 19. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties_____ A. the Whigs and the Tories B. the Senate and the House of Representatives
C. the upper House and lower House D. the House of Lords and the House of Representatives 20.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by __.
A. William Wordsworth B. P. B. Shelley C. George Byron D. John Keats
Ⅱ. Translate the following literary terms (English into Chinese and Chinese into
English) （1′×10=10分）
1．iambic pentameter 2. heroic couplet 3. antagonist 4. soliloquy 5. sonnet 6. 无韵体诗 7. 民谣 8. 伏笔, 铺垫 9. 诗节 10. 清教主义
III. Identify the author and title of the literary work (2′×5=10分)
1.So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
2.Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
3.All is not lost: the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? 4. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi’ the sun: I will love thee still, my dear, While the sands o’ life shall run. 5. And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils
IV. Define the following literary terms (Each term should include the time, the features and representative figures or significance) (5′×4=20分)
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1. English Renaissance 2. English Enlightenment 3. Pre-Romanticism 4. Metaphysical Poetry
V. Interpreting the following texts (20′×2=40分)
Text 1
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. (stanza 1)
The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-bulit shed, The cock’s shrill clarion, or the echoing horn,
No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. (stanza 5) Questions:
1. Identify the author and the title of this poem (2分)
2. Examine the poetic form (rhyme, foot and meter should be involved) (3分) 3. Explain the underlined words (4分)
4. What is the tone in stanza 1? How does the poet achieve it? (3分)
5. Stanza 5 involoves rich imagery, please classify them and give examples. (6分) 6. Point out the rhetorical devices in the above poem (2分) Text 2
I wander through each chartered street, Near where the chartered Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe.
In every cry of every man, In every infant's cry of fear,
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In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forged manacles I hear.
How the chimney-sweeper's cry Every blackening church appals; And the hapless soldier's sigh Runs in blood down palace walls. Questions:
1. Explain the underlined words. (5分) 2. Identify the poetic form (3分)
3. This poem is the mightiest brief poem, how does William Blake convey the mighty lines? (4分) 4. Understand “chartered street and chartered Thames” and “Mind-forged manacles”? (4分) 5. Please analyze the images of “Chimney-sweeper” and “soldier’s sigh”. (4分)
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英国文学史及作品选读（模拟试题一）参考答案
Ⅰ. Multiple Choice
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Ⅱ. Translate the following literary terms (English into Chinese and Chinese
into English)
1.抑扬格五音步 2. 英雄双韵体 3.反面人物 4.独白 5.十四行 6.blank verse 7.ballads 8.foreshadowing 9. stanza 10. Puritanism
III. Identify the author and title of the literary work
1. William Shakespeare Sonnet 18 2. Francis Bacon Of Studies 3. John Milton Paradise Lost 4. Robert Burns A Red, Red Rose
5.William Wordsworth I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
IV. Define the following literary terms (Each term should include the time, the features and representative figures or significance)
1.English Renaissance
It sprang first in Italy in the 14th century and gradually spread all over Europe. It made its appearance in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. It means the rebirth of Greek and Roman culture. Two features are striking of this movement. The one is a thirsting curiosity for the classical literature. Another one is the keen interest in the activities of humanity. Humanism is the key-note of Renaissance. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English Reanaissance.
2. English Enlightenment
The 18th century marked the beginning of an intellectual movement in Europe, known as the
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英国文学史及选读试题及答案
