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1、英國文學(xué)復(fù)習(xí)資料Chapter One （一般掌握）Chapter Two English Literature of the Late Medieval AgesI 可出選擇題有：( ) 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. The House of Fame(

2、) 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 influence( ) 3. Which of

3、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 Abby B. He was considered as “father of English Poetry” C. He was one of the narrative poets of England D. His masterpiece is The Canterbury Tal

4、es( ) 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. tradesman D. no

5、bles( ) 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 可出選擇題有：( ) 1. English Renaissance Period was an age of _A. prose and novel B. poetry and drama C. essays and journalsD. ballads an

6、d 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 for her lov

7、e. 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 C. exp

8、ressed 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 history A. Henry IV B. Macbeth C. Tamburlaine D. Alchemist( ) 5. Dr Faustus sells his soul to the devil because he_.A. is

9、 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. Am

10、oretti 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 is A. 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 可出填空題有：1. Rough winds do sh

12、ake 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 可出簡答題有：Analyze Shakespeares four periods of career concisely.Chapter Four Englis

13、h Literature of the Seventeenth CenturyI 可出選擇題有：( ) 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 commen

14、t 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 angels C. He remains obeyed and admired by all the angelsD. It is he who makes man revolt against God.( )

15、3. Which 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 contribu

16、tion to 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

17、is _. A. a poem B. a romance C. a criticism D. a sonnetII 可出判斷題有：( ) 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 revolut

18、ion was that it was carried out under the cloak of religion.III 可出填空題有： 1 _is the glorious pioneer to introduce blank verse into non-dramatic poetry.IV 可出術(shù)語有：metaphysical poetsChapter Five English Literature in the Eighteenth CenturyI 可出選擇題有：( ) 1. In the 18th century, satire was much used in writin

19、g, English 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 Coleridge C. Blake and Burns D. Wordsworth and Colerid

20、ge( ) 3. Which 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 str

21、eam of the 18th century was_. A. Romanticism B. Realism C. Pre-romanticism D. Critical realism( ) 5. _was considered as “father of English Novel”. A. Swift B. Fielding C. Chaucer D. Jane Austin( ) 6. In 1704, _founded the periodicals “the Review”.A. Swift B. Blake C. Milton D. DefoeII 可出判斷題有： ( ) 1.

22、 Pope established the 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

23、 Romantic Revival to 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 可出填空題有：1. _is the glorious pio

24、neer to introduce blank verse into non-dramatic poetry.2. People in 18th century believed in _and their watchword was “common sense”.V 可出術(shù)語有：EnlightenmentChapter Six English Literature of the Romantic AgeI 可出選擇題有：( ) 1. The Romantic Age began with the publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” which was w

25、ritten by_A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel Johnson C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. 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 Khan B. The P

26、relude C. The Rime of Ancient Mariner D. Tintern Abbey ( ) 4. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long auto-biographical poem entitled _.A. Biographia Literaria B. The Prelude C. Lucy Poems D. The Lyrical Ballads( ) 5. The following stanza is from a poem written by_.When we two parted In silence and in

27、tears, Half broken-hearted,To 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 fo

28、llowing work.A. The PreludeB. Don JuanC. The Ancient MarinerD. Joan of Arc ( ) 7. Scotts chief contribution to English literature lies in his novels of_.A. warB. history C. cityD. romance II 可出判斷題有：( ) 1. With the establishment of the Jacobin dictatorship in France, Wordsworths attitude toward revol

29、ution changed into active.( ) 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 movemen

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

31、Wordsworth was made _.IV 可出術(shù)語有： lake poetsV 可出簡答題有：What are the qualities of Romanticism?Chapter Seven English Literature of the Victorian AgeI 可出選擇題有：( ) 1. The following statements are features of Dickenss novels except_.A. The power of exposureB. Complicated and fascinating plot C. Broad humor an

32、d penetrating satire D. Tragic mood and feeling of depressionII 可出判斷題有：( ) 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

33、 power in production of poetry as their previous poets.III 可出填空題有：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

34、.3The central characters of The 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 可出術(shù)語有： Dramatic monologueV 可出簡答題有： The contribution of the setting to the expression of the speakers situation in “Crossing the Ba

35、r”.Chapter Eight English Literature of the First Half of the Twentieth CenturyI 可出判斷題有：( T ) 1. Symbolism, Surrealism, Imagism, Expressionism, etc, all belong to School of Modernism.( T ) 2. The Rainbow is D. H. Lawrences autobiographical work. II 可出簡答題有： The significance of the theme of Araby.March

36、 the works in column A and authors in column B and write the letter of your choice in the brackets A 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.

37、 An Ideal Husband( h )6. Henry Fieldingf. 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 Pictur

38、e 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 LearChapter Six Engli

39、sh Literature of the Romantic AgeI可出選擇題有：（ ） 1. The Romantic Age began with the publication of “The Lyrical Ballads” which was written by_A. William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge（ ） 2. Which poet does not belong to the Active Romantic Poet?A. Byron

40、B. Shelley C. Keats D. Blake（ ） 3. The first poem in “The Lyrical Ballads” is Coleridges masterpiece_A. Kubla KhanB. The PreludeC. The Rime of Ancient MarinerD. Tintern Abbey（ ） 4. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long auto-biographical poem entitled _.A. Biographia LiterariaB. The PreludeC. Lucy Poe

41、ms D. The Lyrical Ballads（ ） 5. The following stanza is from a poem written by_.When we two partedIn silence and in tears,Half broken-hearted,To sever for years.Pale grew thy cheek and coldColder than thy kiss;Truly that hour foretoldSorrow to this!A. Percy Bysshe ShellyB. William BlakeC. George Gor

42、don ByronD. Robert Browning（ ） 6. The Lake Poets include all the following members except the author of the following work.A. The PreludeB. Don JuanC. The Ancient MarinerD. Joan of Arc（ ） 7. Scotts chief contribution to English literature lies in his novels of_.A. warB. historyC. cityD. romanceII可出判

43、斷題有：（ ） 1. With the establishment of the Jacobin dictatorship in France, Wordsworths attitude toward revolution changed into active.（ ） 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. I

44、t prevailed in England in the period （17981832）（ ） 4. The most important impetus of the Romantic movement was the French Revolution（ ） 5. The ideals of French Revolution are liberty, democracy, and equality.（ ） 6. The brilliant literary criticism “Biographia Literaria” is written by Wordsworth.III可出填空題有：1. _ marked the transition from romanticism to the period of realism which followed it.2In 1843 Wordsworth was made _.IV可出術(shù)語有：lake poetsV可出簡答題有：What are the qualities of RomanticismChapter Seven English