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1、English LiteratureQuestions on The Canterbury Tales1. Lines 1-18 are the introduct ion to the weather Why did the author wr ite so many words to descr ibe itTo answer why so many piIgr im go to the Canterbury at the same time.2. Summar i ze the ma i n i dea of Ii nes 19-34.A group of pi Igr ims came

2、 across at the Canterbury and go together.3. How many peopIe are there in the group of pi Igr imsThirty4. Based on Prioress' s portrait, can you give a possible reason why she is undertaking this pi Igr imageShe wants to look for the worIdly Iove5. Wha t det ails does the n arra tor use i n desc

3、r i b ing the Pr i oress, and in what order1, Facial expression2, voice 3,etiquette 4 , sympathy and char ity 5 , appearance 6, dress 7, persona I accessor ies6. Why does the Wife of Bath go on piIgr imageFor husband7 What is theraming device" that Chaucer uses for his col lectionof storiesFram

4、ework: a narrative which was composed for the purpose of introducing and connecting a ser i es of ta Ies8. The Genera I Prologue v/as wr itten in heroic couplet, ana Iyze some of the Ii nes9. PI ease n ame and def i ne five specific methods of characterization Chaucer uses i n the "General Pro

5、Iogue v Appearance descr iption: her nose was elegant, her eyes glass-gray; her mouth was very sma I I, but soft and red Facial descr iption: her way of smi I ing was simple and coy behavior descr iption:Color descr iption 夸張Questions on Sonnet 181. What are the themes of the sonnet 182. What images

6、 does Shakespeare use in order to strengthen the theme And whatkinds of figures of speech are used in the sonnet3. Ana Iyze the meter and rhyme of the poem.Questions on Paradise Lost1 The poem opens with a long sentence Ana Iyze the fi rst sentence and identify the wr i ter' s conception about t

7、he poem.2. Who fi rst seduced the mother of mankind to the revolt3. How Iong does Satan and hi s peers suffer the penaI fi re4. How does Satan fee I about be i ng i n He I I accord i ng to the poem5. Descr i be the condition of the He I I i n your own words accord ing to the poe m.6. Wr i te an essa

8、y about the image of Satan.Questions on The Pilgrim' s Progress1. Why is the market cal led "Vanity Fair”2. What is the original of the fai r3. What did peopIe in the fai r do to Chr istian and his fr iend4. What does this episode symboIizeQuestions on William Wordsworths poems1 I dentify t

9、he meter of the fi rst poem.2. What mood does the opening simile suggest, and what change in mood occurs later on3. At what time of day is London being descr ibed in the second poem4. Which descr iptive eIements are presented objectively and which subjectiveIy5. What are the themes of the thi rd poe

10、m6. There are two i mages i n the th i rd poem I dent i f y them and ana I yze them.Questions on Great Expectations1. In what details does Pip descr ibe Miss Havisham and her room2. What is Pip' s impress i on about EsteI I a3. How does EsteI I a treat Pip And why4. Ana Iyze the characters of Mi

11、 ss Havi sham and EsteI I a5. Does Pip fall i n Iove with EsteI I a after the fi rst meeting And why6. There i s an image i n Chapter 8. I dentify it and ana Iyze it.Questions on Tess of the d UrberviI les1 What effect does Tess' s confession have on Ange I2. Why is AngeI unabIe to forgive Tess

12、when she just bestowed the gift of forgiveness on him3. Why does Tess subm it to An gel' s an ger and t ake no action t o win him back4. Wha t mora I d i fferences bet wee n men and v/ome n in the Viet orian per iod, does this chapter ref Iect5. In Hardy? s works the strong eIement of naturalism

13、 are combined with a ten dency to wards symbol ism. I den tify and an a I yze the symbol s i n t hi s chap ter.Questions on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock1 What social cI ass does Prufrock be Iong to How couId you teI I2. When Prufrock starts t a I k i ng abo ut the “bald spo in the middle of h

14、is head, what do you think he is worrying about3. What types of images shov/ that peopIe are dehumanized in modern I ife, and suggest that inanimate objects are alive4. What is the effect of the Bi blical al I us i on i n the poem5. Irony i s everywhere i n the poem. I dentify them.Questi ons on Ara

15、by1. How does the boy descr ibe his fee Iings for Mangan' s sister2. Why does the boy want to go to the bazaar3.Why does he arrive so late4. What is the roIe of the boy' s uncle in the story What vaIue and attitude does he represent5. What k i nd of conf I ict does the boy exper i ence i n t

16、he story between him and envi ronment, or between him and the aduItsAmerican LiteratureQuestions on Rip Van WinkleWhat hi stori cal events d i d R i p Van Winkle sIeep through2. Why was Rip Van Winkle so surpr i sed when he returned to the vi I I age3. What compar ison is Irving imply ing when he st

17、ates at the end of the st ory that Dame Van Win kle' s dea th has re I eased Rip from "pe tti coa t government"4. How much effect d i d Amer i can Revo I ut i on have on daily I i fe of the common peop I e5. Ana Iyze the humorous eI ements i n R i p Van WinkleQuestions on The Scarlet L

18、etter1 Who empowers Dimmesdale to stand on the scaffoId2. Why does Dimmesdale want to reveaI3. Why does Chilli ngworth try desperately to stop Dimmesda I e from confessing his sins on the scaffoId4. Thi s nove I makes ext ens i ve use of symbol s How do t hey he I p develop the themes and characters

19、 i n the noveI5. What is the narrative point of the noveI And what is the effect of the narrative point of viewQuestions on Sister Carrie1 How many scenes did the wr iter descr ibe in this chapter Name them.2. Why does Carr ie still suffer from unsat i sf ied des i res after she became successful3. How do you see Dra i ser ' s nat ural i sm influencing hi s works i n Sister Carrie4. Di scuss the charac ter of Carrie and her re I a tion ships with Droue t and Hu