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4. The Victorian PeriodMultiple-choice questions1. In Hard Times, Dickens attacks _ that rules over the English educational system and destroys young hearts and minds.A. bourgeois commercialismB. religious hypocrisyC. the utilitarian principleD. political corruptness2. _ is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.A. Jane Eyre B. Emma C. Wuthering Height D. Middlemarch3. Which of the following best describe the nature of Hardys later novels?A. Sentimentalism B. SurrealismC. Comic sense D. Tragic sense4. _ is the most representative Victorian poet whose poetry voices the doubt and the faith, the grief and the joy of English people in an age of fast change.A. Robert Browning B. Alfred TennysonC. George G. Byron D. Thomas Hardy5. Which of the following statements is not a typical feature of Charles Dickens?A. He sets out a large-scale criticism of the inhuman social institutions and the decaying social morality.B. His works are characterized by a mingling of humor and pathos.C. The characters portrayed by Dickens are often larger than life.D. He shows a human being not at moments of crisis, but in the most trivial incidents of everyday life.6. “As for society, he was carried every other day into the hall where the boys dined, and there socially flogged as a public warning and example.” What figure of speech is used in the above sentence?A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Irony D. Overstatement7. “I will drink/ life to the lees.” In the quoted line Ulysses is saying that he _ till the end of his life. A. will keep travelling and exploringB. will go on drinking and being happyC. would like to toast to his glorious lifeD. would like t drink the cup of wine8. “She smiled, no doubt,/ Wheneer I passed her/ This grew; I gave commands; / Then all smiles stopped together.” The quoted lines imply that she _.A. obeyed his order and stopped smiling at everyday, including the duke.B. obeyed his order and stopped smiling at anybody except the duke.C. Refused to obey the order and never smiled againD. was murdered at the order of duke9. A contemporary of Alfred Tennyson, _ is acknowledged by many as the most original and experimental poet of the time. A. Thomas Carlyle B. Thomas B. MacaulayC. Robert Browning D. T. S. Eliot10. Most of Hardys novels are set in _, the fictional primitive and crude rural region that is really the home place he both loves and hates.A. Yorkshire B. Wessex C. London D. Manchester11. “The floating pollen seemed to be his notes made visible, and the dampness of the garden the weeping of the gardens sensibility.” The quoted sentence is suggestive of _.A. the richness of the music in the gardenB. the beauty of the scenery in the gardenC. the great power of the music in affecting the environmentD. the harmony and oneness of the music, the garden and the heroine Tess.12. In the statement “-Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?” the term “soul” apparently refers to _.A. Heathcliff himself B. CatherineC. ones spiritual life D. ones ghost13. “I have talked, face to face, with what I reverence; with what I delight in - with an original, a vigorous, an expanded mind.” Here in the quoted passage, Jane is really saying that she has talked face to face with _.A. God who appears in her dreamsB. The reverent priestC. Mr. RochesterD. Miss Ingram14. In the clause “As Mr. Gamfield did happen to labor under the slight imputation of having bruised three or four boys to death already” , the word “slight” is used as a(n) _.A. simile B. metaphor C. irony D. overstatement15. Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel _.A. Great Expectations B. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Bleak House D. Oliver Twist16. The Victorian Age was largely an age of _, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. poetry B. drama C. prose D. epic prose17. The title of Alfred Tennysons poem “Ulysses” reminds the reader of the following except _.A. the Trojan War B. Homer C. quest D. Chirst18. The character Rochester in Jane Eyre can be well termed as a _.A. conventional hero B. Byronic heroC. chivalrous aristocrat D. Homeric hero19. Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Paper are perhaps the best _ characters created by Charles Dickens.A. comical B. tragic C. round D. sophisticated20. The typical feature of Robert Brownings poetry is the _.A. bitter satire B. larger-than-life caricatureC. Latinized diction D. dramatic monologue21. In Tess of the DUrbervilles, Thomas Hardy resolutely makes a seduced girl his heroine, which clearly demonstrates the authors _ of the Victorian moral standards.A. blind fondness B. total acceptanceC. deep understanding D. mounting defiance22. In Hardys Tess of the Durbervilles, the heroines tragic ending is due to _.A. her weak character B. her ambitionC. Angel Clares selfishness D. a hostile society23. “The dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life” are the right words to sum up the main theme of _.A. David Copperfield B. A Tale of Two Cities C. Oliver Twist D. Bleak House24. “For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room to which he had been consigned by the wisdom and mercy of the board.”In the above passage quoted from Oliver Twist, Dickens uses the words “wisdom” and “mercy” _.A. ironically B. carelessly C. nonchalantly D. impartially25. “and then how they met I hardly saw, but Catherine made a spring, and he caught her, and they were locked in an embrace” In the quoted passage, Emily Bronte tells the story in _ point of view.A. first person B. second person C. third person limited D. third person omniscientBlank filling1. Dickens best-depicted characters are those innocent, virtuous, helpless _child_characters, those horrible and grotesque characters and those broadly humorous or _comical_ ones. 2. Charlotte Brontes works are famous for the depiction of the life of the middle-class working women, particularly _governess_.3. Wuthering Heights is the _only_ novel written by Emily Bronte.4. A contemporary of Alfred Tennyson, _Robert Browning_ is acknowledged by many as the most original and experimental poet of the time.5. _In Memorian_, Tennysons greatest work, is presumably an elegy on the death of a dear friend.6. In her study of human life, George Eliot paid particular attention to the relationship between the individual personality and the social environment_.7. Thomas Hardy is often regarded as a _transitional_ writer, in whose works we see the influence from both the past and the present, both the traditional and the modern.8. The major novelists of the Victorian period made bitter and strong criticism_ of the inhuman social institutions and the decaying social morality.9. The Victorian Age in English literature was largely an age of prose, especially o the _novel_.10. The typical feature of Robert Brownings poetry is the _dramatic monologue_. Reading comprehension(for each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it.)1. “Let it not be supposed by the enemies of the system, that during the period of his solitary incarceration, Oliver was denied the benefit of exercise, the pleasure of society, or the advantages of religious consolation.”Reference：The sentence is taken from Charles Dickens early novel, Oliver Twist. It is a typical example of irony. The word “benefit”, “pleasure”, and “advantage” actually mean the opposite. For the “benefit” of exercise, Oliver was whipped every morning in a stone yard; for the “pleasure” of society, he was carried every other day into the dinning hall and flogged as a public warning and example to the boys; and as for the “advantages” of religious consolation, he was kicked into the same apartment every evening at prayer time and listen to the boys prayer to be guarded against his sins and vices. The ironic statement is, in fact, a bitter denunciation and fierce attack at the brutal, inhuman treatment of the poor orphan by the workhouse authority. 2. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? - You think wrong!- I have as much soul as you- and full as much heart I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, or even of mortal flesh;-it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at Gods feet, equal- as we are!”Reference: The statement is taken from Charlotte Brontes masterpiece Jane Eyre. In this famous declaration, Jane proves herself a new, unconventional woman, a woman who believes in the basic human rights, in the independence and equality of people of all social classes. She is courageous enough to defy the social conventions that discriminate against the poor and the unfortunate and deprive them of their right to equality. It is not just a personal protest and declaration a governess makes to her master, but a declaration made on behalf of all the unfortunate middle-class working women, and of all the poor people in the world. 3. “He flung himself into the nearest seat, and on my approaching hurriedly to ascertain if she had fainted, he gnashed at me, and foamed like a mad dog, and gathered her to him with greedy jealousy. I did not feel as if I were in the company of a creature of my own species”Reference: The sentences are taken from Emily Brontes Wuthering Heights. It is a description of the mad, desperate love between Catherine and Heathcliff in her death scene. Heathcliff, seeing his love on the verge of death, was heart-broken. Though they two tortured each other with many a false charge, they were eager to cling to each other at this last moment. Heathcliff, in his eagerness to have her all to himself, now behaved like an animal greedily and jealously guarding his dear one or treasured prey. The terms “gnashed” and “foamed”, simple action words, vividly presents the image of a man desperate in his desire to take possession of his beloved and in his anxiety that someone would come and take her away from him. 4. “Tho/ We are not now that strength which in old days/ Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;/ One equal temper of heroic hearts,/ Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will/ To strive, to speak, to find, and not to yield.”Reference: These lines are taken from Alfred Tennysons “Ulysses”. In this poem, the old Ulysses is trying to persuade his old followers into setting upon further adventure with him again. in thes