英国文学史样卷

1、湖北师范学院外语系期末考试试卷英国文学史考试范围本册全部章节命题人胡泽刚院系外语系考试形式闭卷课程类别任选学 期20071专业英语本题得分i. multiple choice questions (20 %):1. which of the following is not one of james joyces novels? afinnegans wake bto the lighthousec ulysses d a portrait of the artist as a young man2.robinson crusoe lives on the uninhabited island

2、 for _ years.a28 b 25 c 10 d 53.g.b. shaw follows the tradition of ibsen and wrote _ dramas.a poetic b prose c stream-of-consciousness d modern4.sir gawain and the green knight is a romance about king arthur and the _round-table knight. a 7 b 12 c 20 d 305._is often regarded as father of english poe

3、try.a geoffrey chaucer b edmund spenser c william shakespeare d john milton 6. the authorized version of the bible was completed in 1611 under the care of_a elizabeth i b charles i c henry vii d james i7.francis bacon was the first english _.a dramatist b scientist c prose writer d essayist8. willia

4、m shakespeares dates are_.a 1476-1625 b 1478-1535 c 1564-1616 d 1608-16749. the greatest epic in the english language is _.a beowulf b the faerie queene c paradise lost d paradise regained10. john bunyans pilgrims progress is the first _ in the english language. a romance b ballad c allegory d lyric

5、11. the lilliputians are _tall while people in brobdingnag are _high.a three inches, 30 feet b 30 inches, three feet c six inches, 60 feet d 60 inches, six feet12. _foreshadows the stream of consciousness novels of the 20th century.a pamela b tom jones c roderick random d tristram shandy13. the chie

6、f representative of the english romantic poets is_.a wordsworth b coleridge c byron d shelley14. walter scott is remembered as father of the _.a epistolary novel b historical novel c autobiographical novel d stream-of-consciousness novel15. the novel which is autobiographical and which dickens himse

7、lf liked best is_.a david copperfield b the pickwick papers c a tale of two cities d great expectations16. _was living and writing during the romantic period, but was often classified with victorian writers because of the style and subject matter of her works.a jane austen b charlotte bronte c emily

8、 bronte d george elliot17.most of _novels are called “wessex novels” because they are set in ancient saxon kingdom of wessex.a oscar wildes b charles dickens c william makepeace thackerays d thomas hardys18.most of d. h. lawrences novels are known as _ because of his successful description and analy

9、sis the characters psychology.a autobiographical novels b oedipus complex novels c psychological fiction d psychoanalytical fiction19. _is often hailed as the greatest english novelist of the 20th century.a oscar wilde b d. h. lawrence c james joyce d virginia woolf20. _is now claimed by both englis

10、h and american literature.a richard sheridan b t.s. eliot c oscar wilde d william shakespeare 本题得分ii. definitions of literary terms (10%):1. the unconscious tendency for a little boy to be attached to his mother and hostile toward his father_ a the beat generation b oedipus complex c stream of consc

11、iousness d dramatist of black humour2. a poem of 14 lines in iambic pentameter with various rhyme schemes_aa sonnet b an epic c an ode d a satirical poem3. the tendency to indulge in motions for their own sake, i.e. the characters weep not because painful thoughts force them to weep but because they

12、 find weeping pleasant _.a sentimentalism b neo-classicism c reason d romanticism4. a natural attraction associated with smoothness, delicacy, smallness and brightness, e.g. the daffodils in william wordsworths “i wandered lonely as a cloud”_a the sublime b the beautiful c sentimentalism d neo-class

13、icism5. works in prose or poetry meant to ridicule and correct the follies and vices of the society and of the individuals _.a sentimentalism b neo-classicism c allegory d satire6. traditionally a song that tells a story which became a form of poetry later _a a folk song b a sonnet c a ballad d roma

14、nce7. a long piece of poetry or prose describing the adventures and love of a medieval knight _.a romance b epic c ballad d narrative poem or prose8.two lines of poetry in iambic pentameter rhymed aa _.a sonnet b ballad c ode d heroic couplet9. unrhymed poetry in iambic pentameter _.a free verse b b

15、lank verse c sonnet d heroic couplet10. three novels telling a complete story such as galsworthys the forsyte saga _a allegory b romance c satire d trilogy本题得分iii. matching authors with corresponding works (20%)1.tobias smollett a.a midsummer nights dream2.laurence sterne b.the shepherds calendar 3.

16、 charlott bronte c. tess of the durbervilles4. christopher marlowe d. pride and prejudice5.george bernard shaw e. a tale of two cities6.ben jonson f. ivanhoe7. john milton g.vanity fair8. jonathan swift h.don juan 9. james joyce i. ode to the west wind 10. richard b. sheridan j. volpone11.william wo

17、rdsworth k.samson agonistes12.george gordon byron l.finnegans wake13.percy bysshe shelley m.the school for scandal14.walter scott n. lyrical ballads15.charles dickens o.widowers houses 16. william makepeace thackeray p.the tragical history of doctor faustus 17.jane austen q.jane eyre 18.thomas hardy

18、 r.tristram shandy19.william shakespeare s.humphrey clinker20. edmund spencer t.gullivers travels 本题得分iv. filling in blanks (20%):1. literature of the _ aimed at teaching people to obey the social order and at satirizing those who violated this order.a 18th century b victorian age c romantic period

19、d renaissance period2. writers of the _ believed that the difference between man and other animals was that man has the power of reason while other animals do not have such power.a renaissance period b bourgeois revolution period c the victorian age d 18th century 3.writers of the _ worshipped natur

20、e as the bible and god himself and as their source of inspiration. a renaissance period b romantic period c 18th century d the victorian age4.people of the _ believed that the difference between man and other animals was that the former had the power of reason while the latter did not have such powe

21、r.a renaissance period b 18th century c romantic period d the victorian age5.in the _ people defied the authority of the monarch and that of god. for instance satan in miltons paradise lost dares to fight against god.a renaissance period b 18th century c bourgeois revolution period d the victorian a

22、ge6.in the _the intellectuals were interested in classical literature whereas in the middle ages people had been fond of reading the bible alone.a the victorian age b 18th century c romantic period d renaissance period 7.literature in the medieval period in featured by the worship of god and by the

23、conflict between _and virtue.a mercy b vice chate d good8. dickens novels are characterized by successful character portrayal, being humorous and satirical, and having always a _ ending.a tragic b happy c lyric d sad9. _was the last romanticist and his death marked the end of the romantic period.a walter scott b charles lamb c william wordsworth d robert southey10. lawrence sternes _foreshadows the 20th century stream-of-consciousness novels.a roderick random b tom jones c tristram shandy d a sentimental journey through france and italy本题得分v. essay questions (40%):choo