Ⅲ. Say true or false.
1. English Romantic literature started from mid-18th to the early 19th century. 2. Jane Austen is one of the greatest romantic woman novelists.
3. After composing the Lucy poems, Wordsworth began his The Prelude .
4. P.B. Shelley gained his nickname, “Mad Shelley” because of his independent
and rebellious attitude.
5. The rhythm scheme of “The Ode to the West Wind” is aba, bcb, cdc, ded, ee. 6. Charles Lamb is a romanticist of the village life.
7. Lyrical Ballads begins with Coleridge’s long poem, “Tintern Abbey”.
8. Many of the subjects of the poems in Lyrical Ballads deal with elements of
nature.
9. Coleridge wrote the majority of poems in Lyrical Ballads.
10. Wordsworth’s “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud” has another name, Growth of a
Poet’s Mind.
11. The Prelude is a long and autobiographical poem considered as Coleridge’s
masterpiece.
12. Hazlitt’s life and career had been greatly influenced by the rise and fall of the
French Revolution.
13. Hazlitt became a master of novels in English Romantic literature.
14. Some romantic writers stood on the side of the feudal forces and even combined
themselves with those forces.
15. Wordsworth and Coleridge are revolutionary Romantic poets.
16. Byron and Shelley and Keats are known as the romantic poets of the second
generation.
17. The romanticists paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of man. 18. The poets of the second generation described the beautiful scenes and the
country people of that area in their writings.
19. Jane Austen is a writer who regards novel writing as a sophisticated art.
20. The story of Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound was taken from Roman mythology. 21. Shelley is one of the leading Romantic poets, an intense and original lyrical poet
in the English language.
22. Byron’s Don Juan begins with descriptions of the hero’s childhood.
23. Byron’s literary career was closely linked with the struggle and progressive
movements of his age.
24. Byron opposed oppression and slavery, and has a passionate love for liberty. 25. But some critics think Keats lacks the care for artistic finish; many of his lines
are harsh, rugged and not rhythmical;
26. Byron’s leading principle is “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”. 27. Lamb’s essays are intensely personal.
28. Keats’ essays are marked by relaxed style, conversational tone and wide range
of subject matter.
29. Wordsworth drew inspirations from the mountains and lakes.
30. Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” tells a strange story in the form of ballad.
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Key to True/False statements:
1. F (from late 18th to the mid-19th century) 2. T 3. T 4. T 5. T
6. F (city)
7. F (“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”) 8. T
9. F (Wordsworth) 10. F (“The Daffodils”) 11. F (Wordsworth) 12. T
13. F (familiar essay) 14. T
15. F ( Passive Romantic poets)
Ⅳ. Terms: 1. Romanticism 2. Lake Poets
Ⅴ. Questions:
1. Comment on Lyrical Ballads. 2. Comment on Charles Lamb. 3. Comment on those Lake Poets. 4. What are the features of Romanticism. 5. Comment on The Prelude. 6. Comment on Endymion.
16. T 17. T
18. F (the first generation/ The Lake Poets) 19. T
20. F (Greek) 21. T 22. T 23. T 24. T
25. F (Byron) 26. F (Keats) 27. T
28. F (Lamb) 29. T
30. F (Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”)
7. Comment on all the writers of the Romantic Age.
8. Tell the main idea of some representative works of the Romantic writers.
Part Six English Critical Realism
Ⅰ. Choose the right answer.
1. ____ is the greatest representative of English critical realism. A. Jane Austen B. Thackeray
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C. Dickens D. Charlotte
2. ____ is Thackeray’s one of the best known works. A. Sense and Sensibility B. The Book of Snobs C. The Pickwick Papers D. The Song of Lower Class
3. Pride and Prejudice’s first title is ____. A. First Impression B. A Book Without a Hero C. The Newcomes D. Persuasion
4. Vanity Fair has a sub-title. It is ____. A. First Impression B. A Book Without a Hero C. The Newcomes D. Persuasion
5. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend ____ appeared. And it flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.
A. romanticism B. naturalism C. realism D. critical realism 6. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ____ . A. novel B. drama C. poetry D. sonnet
7. ______’s Vanity Fair is a satirical portrayal of the upper strata(阶层) of society. A. George Eliot B. Elizabeth Gaskell C. W. M. Thackeray D. John Buyan
8. The ____ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century.
A. Enlightenment B. Renaissance C. Chartist D. Romanticist
9. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature, the struggle of the _____ for its rights.
A. soldiers B. peasants C. bourgeoisie D. proletariat 10. The greatest of Chartist poets was _____.
A. Earnest Jones B. John Milton C. Thomas Hardy D. John Keats
11. The story of ______ deals with the adventures of a retired old merchant.
A. A Tale of Two Cities B. David Copperfield C. Pickwick Papers D. Oliver Twist
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12. The novel _____ exposes the terrible conditions of English private schools.
A. Nicholas Nickleby B. Oliver Twist C. Hard Times D. Great Expectations
13. The story of _____ deals with the sufferings and hardships of an old man named Trent, and his granddaughter, Nell.
A. Pickwick Papers B. The Old Curiosity Shop C. Great Expectations D. Hard Times
14. Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education?
A. Oliver Twist B. Hard Times C. Great Expectations D. A Tale of Two Cities
15. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality? A. A Tale of Two Cities B. David Copperfield
C. Great Expectations D. Dombey and Son
16. In the novel ______, Dickens describes the Chartist Movement and shows his sympathy for the workers.
A. Great Expectations B. A Tale of Two Cities C. Hard Times D. Oliver Twist
17. In the novel ___ , Defarge and Madame Defarge represent the revolutionaries.
A. Dombey and Son B. A Tale of Two Cities C. Little Dorrit D. Bleak House
18. In the novel _____, Dr. Manette is a typical bourgeois intellectual.
A. David Copperfield B. Wuthering Heights C. Bleak House D. A Tale of Two Cities
19. _____ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author’s early life. A. The Curiosity Shop B. David Copperfield C. Oliver Twist D. Great Expectations 20. In 1864, Dickens published his last complete novel _______.
A. The Old Curiosity Shop B. The Pickwick Paper C. Our Mutual Friend D. Little Dorrit 21. Which of the following is Thackeray’s masterpiece?
A. The Virginians B. The Books of Snobs C. The Newcomes D. Vanity Fair 22. The sub-title of Vanity Fair is _____.
A. The First Impression B. A Novel Without a Hero
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C. The Spirit of the Age D. The Daffodils
23. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from Bunyan’s masterpiece _____.
A. The Pilgrim’s Progress B. Child Harold’s Pilgrimage C. Gulliver’s Travels D. The Canterbury Tales 24. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ______.
A. Jane Eyre B. Agnes Grey C. Wuthering Heights D. Emma 25. Charlotte’s Villette is based on her sad days in_____.
A. Germany B. London C. Paris D. Brussels 26. Dickens’ third literary period shows intensifying ______.
A. optimism B. excitement C. irritation D. pessimism 27. ______is Dickens’ best of social satires.
A. American Notes B. Martin Chuzzlewit C. Dombey and Son D. David Copperfield 28. Tennyson’s In Memoriam is a collection of ____ short poems.
A. 130 B. 131 C. 132 D. 133
29. The chief source of Tennyson’s Idylls of the King is taken from _____.
A. The History of the King of Britain B. The History of Pendennis C. The History of Henny Esmond D. Morte d’Arthur. 30. The Chartists refer to those _____ in the early Victorian Age
A. Romantic writers B. working class writers C. realistic poets D. bourgeois writers 31. The Victorian Literature began in____ and ended in _____.
A. 1837…1900 B. 1835…1901 C. 1832…1902 D. 1830…1903 32. The conflicts between the capitalists and the proletarian in industrial England caused the ______.
A. Enlightenment Movement B. Industrial Revolution C. Chartist Movement D. Romantic Movement 33. _____ is the greatest among the critical realists of the Victorian Age.
A. Earnest Jones B. Emily Brontё C. Charlotte Brontё D. Charles Dickens 34. Charles Dickens was impressive for his _____.
A. wide spread of critical realism B. his spirit of democracy and humanism
C. his unforgettable figures with satire and simple and clear language D. including A, B and C
35. “The pride of wealth” or “purse-pride” is the theme of _____.
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