英国文学史及选读试题及答案

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 19 ____ 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 ing 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

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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Enlightenment, which was, on the whole, an expression of struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalism. The enlighteners fought against class inequality, stagnation, prejudices and other survivals of feudalism. They attempt to place all branches of science at the service of mankind by connecting them with the actual needs and requirements of people. English enlighteners differed in some way from those of France “cleared the minds of men for the coming revolution,” the English enlighteners set no revolutionary aims before them. They stove to bring it to an end by clearing away the feudal ideas with the bourgeois ideology. The representatives are Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (essayists), Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift (novelists), and Alexander Pope (poet).

3. Pre-Romanticism

In the latter half of the 18th century, a new literary movement arose in Europe, called the Romantic Revival. It was marked by a strong protest against the bondage of Classicism, by a recognition of the claims of passion and emotion, and by a renewed interest in medieval literature. In England, this movement showed itself in the trend of Pre-Romanticism in poetry. William Blake and Robert Burns are the representatives.

4. Metaphysical Poetry

Metaphysical Poetry is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote

under the influence of John Donne. With a rebellious spirit, the metaphysical poets try to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan love poetry. They are characterized by mysticism in content and fantasticality in form. John Donne is the leading figure of the “metaphysical school.”

V. Interpreting the following texts

Text 1

1.Thomas Gray Elergy Written in a Country Churchyard

2. Examine the poetic form (rhyme, foot and meter should be involved) ˇThe `cur/ˇfew `tolls/ ˇthe `knell/ ˇof `par/ˇting `day,/ a The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea, b The plowman homeward plods his weary way, a And leaves the world to darkness and to me. b It is written in iambic pentameter, rhymed abab 3. Explain the underlined words

Curfew: evening bell lea: meadow plods: walks with heavy steps lowly bed: grave 4.What is the tone in stanza 1? How does the poet achieve it?

Tone: gloomy and melancony through imagery, long vowels and diphthongs 5.Stanza 5 involoves rich imagery, please classify them and give examples.

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Visual image: strw-built shed

Auditory image: cock’s clarion, echoing horn Tactile image: breezy call

6.Point out the rhetorical devices in the above poem Transferred epithet and Euphemism Text 2

6. Explain the underlined words.

Chartered: possessed as the private property marks; signs ban: Prohibition Appals: shocks hapless: unfortunate 7. Identify the poetic form

It is written in iambic tetrameter, rhymed abab. ˇI `wan/ˇder `through/ ˇeach `char/ˇtered `street,/ ˇNear `where/ˇthe `char/ˇtered `Thames/ ˇdoes `flow/

8. This poem is the mightiest brief poem, how does William Blake convey the mighty lines?

Parallelism and repetition every is repeated five times in stanza 2

9. Understand “chartered street and chartered Thames” and “Mind-forged manacles”?

chartered street and chartered Thames show the outlook of English bourgeoisie, their extreme greed

Mind-forged manacles mean that people under political white terror, they are bonded physically and mentally. They have no freedom in their mind.

10. Please analyze the images of “Chimney-sweeper” and “soldier’s sigh”. Chimney-sweeper: to expose the hypocrisy of the church

Solider’s sigh: they are forced to fight for their country, but their blood runs along the palace wall. The war is full of cruelty. So they give the sigh

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