英国文学期末考试练习

1、-WORD#式-可编辑-Romanticism in England : ExercisesI.Choose one or more from a, b, c, d, e, or f to complete each statement.1. The Romantic Age began with the publication of“ The Lyrical Ballads which was written by,a. William Wordsworthb. Samuel Johnsonc. Samuel Taylor Coleridge d. Wordsworth and Coleri

2、dge2. The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer.a. Jane Austenb. Walter Scottc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. William Wordsworth3. The publication of marked the beginning of Romantic Age.a. Don Juanb. The Rime of the Ancient Marinerc. The Lyrical Balladsd. Que

3、en Mab4. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of.a. Wordsworthb. Coleridgec. Byrond. Shelleye. Keats5. The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They area. Byron and Shelley c. Scott and Austenb. Wordsworth and Coleridge d. Lamb and Hazlitt6. Which of the following works are

4、 elegies?a. Adonaisb. Lycidasc. Lamiad. Isabellae. Queen Mab7. The prose writing of the Romantic Period was represented by.a. Lambb. Hazlittc. De Quinceyd. Humee. Keats8. Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group?a. Byronb. Wordsworthc. Shelleyd. Keatse. Milton9. Which poets belong to the lake

5、rs?a. Wordsworthb. Coleridgec. Keatsd. Southeye. Scott10. Which of the following were written by Wordsworth only?a. To the Cuckoob. The Lyrical Balladsc. Lucy Poemsd. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloude. The Solitary Reaper11. Choose the poems written by Wordsworth with the theme on Nature and country lif

6、e.a. To the Cuckoob. We Are Sevenc. Lucy Poemsd. The Solitary Reapere. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud12. The first poem in“The Lyrical Ballads is Coleridge s master piecea. Kubla Khanb. The Preludec. The Rime of Ancient Marinerd. Tintern Abbey13. In 1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical p

7、oem entitleda. Biographia Literariac. Lucy Poems14. Choose Byron s two long poems.a. Childe Harold s Pilgrimagec. Tom Jonese. The Isle of Greece15. Which short lyrics were written by Byron?a. She Walks in Beautyc. Hebrew Melodiesb. The Preluded. The Lyrical Balladsb. Don Juand. The Pilgrim s Progres

8、sb. When We Two Partedd. One Word is Too Often Profanede. A Red, Red Roseb. Prometheus Unbound16. Which is Shelley s masterpiece? a. Queen Mabc. Prometheus Boundd. The Revolt of Islam17. The following statements are about“ Childe Harold s Pilgrimage ” . Which statement is true?a. Byron used his own

9、experiences as the material of the long poem.b. The first canto deals with the hero s journey in Portugual andSpain.c. The second canto describes Albania and Greece.d. In the third canto appeared his description of Waterloo.e. The fourth canto describes Italy.18. Choose the works written by Coleridg

10、e himself.a. The Rime of Ancient Marinerb. Kubla Khanc. Biographia Literariad. The Fall of the Bastillee. The Lyrical Ballads19. Choose the works written by Byron.a. Ode to the Framers of the Frame-billb. Oriental Talesc. Manfredd. Caine. Prometheus Unboundb. Manfred20. Choose the poetic dramas writ

11、ten by Byron. a. Hours of Idlenessc. Caind. Oriental Talese. Prometheus Unbound21. Which were Shelley s poetic dramas? a. Prometheus Unboundb. The Cencid. Queen Mabc. The Masque of Anarchy e. Cain22. Which were Shelley s lyrics on nature?a. Ode to the West Windb. To a Skylarkc. The Cloudd. Ode to th

12、e Nightingalee. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud23. Shelley s fine love lyrics include such welbwn poems as.a. Love s Philosophyb. One Word is Too Often Profanedc. When We Two Partedd. A Red, Red Rosee. Song to Celia24. Which were Shelley s political lyrics?a. A Defence of Poetryb. To a Skylarkc. Song t

13、o the Men of Englandd. England in 1819e. The Masque of Anarchy25. Which is Shelley s work of literary smticia. An Essay on Criticismb. A Defence of poetryc. On the Necessity of Atheismd. of Studies26. Choose the historical novels written by Scott.a. Rob Royb. Ivanboec. Marmiond. The Lady of the Lake

14、e. Waverly27. Choose the four immortal odes written by Keats.a. Ode to the West Windb. Ode to a Nightingalec. Ode to Autumnd. Ode on Melancholye. Ode on a Grecian Urn28. Which sonnets were written by Keats?a. London, 1802b. When I Have Fearsc. Bright Stard. On the Grasshopper and Cricket29. Choose t

15、he long poems by Keats.a. Endymionb. Lamiac. Isabellad. The Eve of St. Agnese. Ode to a Nightingale30. Which of the following deal with the theme of love and the cost of true lovers in the society of tyranny and oppression?a. Romeo and Julietb. Lamiac. Isabellad. The Eve of St. Agnese. Adonais31. Wh

16、ich poem tells a story similar to Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet ” ?a. Isabellab. The Eve of St. Agnesc. Lamiad. All for Love32. Which works are based on ancient Greek mythology?a. Prometheus Boundb. Prometheus Unboundc. Endymiond. Paradise Loste. The Rime of Ancient Mariner33. Which works have empl

17、oyed the subjects from the Bible?a. Paradise Lostb. Paradise Regainedc. Samson Agonistesd. Caine. Prometheus Unboundb. Sense and Sensibility d. Emmaf. Persuasion34. Choose the works written by Austen.a. Pride and Prejudicec. Northanger Abbeye. Mansfield ParkII. Fill in the blanks.1. The Romantic Age

18、 began in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work2. The Romantic Age came to an end in 1832 when the last Romantic writer died.3. The publication of“ The Lyrical Ballads marked the break with cllaesbcisimnangl of the4. Women as appeared in the romantic age. It was during this p

19、eriod that women took, for the first time, animportant place in English literature.5. The greatest historical novelist was produced in the Romantic Age.6. The English Romantic period produced two major novelists:and.7. was regarded as the best essayist during the Romantic Age.8. Among Wordsworth s l

20、onger poems, the -known one is ”.9. marked the transition from romanticism to the period of realism which followed it.10. In 1817,finished his literary criticism,“Biographia Literaria .11. The first poem in the collection “ThAyrical Ballads is masterpiece “TheRime of the Ancient Mariner .12. On the

21、death of Robert Southey in 1843,was made poet laureate.13. In 1805, Wordsworth completed , containing all together 14 books.14. In 1807 Byron published his lyric poems in a small Volume called “Hoursof Idleness The Volume was sharply attacked in the influential Edinburgh Review. Byron responded with

22、 his first important poem, a biting satire called ”.15. Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems, one is“Childe Harold s Pilgrimage ” , the other is.16. In 1824, the Revolutionary Romantic poet went to Greece to help that country in its struggle for libertyagainst Turks. Not long, he died of fe

23、ver there.17. The poem “ Childe Harold s Pilgrimage “ contains cantos. It is written in Spenserian stanza.18. Byron wrote in Italy. It contains sixteen cantos.19. Byron s masterpiece is.1.15 s Byron s philosophical poetic drama.1.16 s Byron s poetic drama with the material taken from Biblical story.

24、22. Byron s first volume of poems is”.23. was expelled after only six months at Oxford, because he had written the pamphlet“The Necessity ofAtheism .24. ” , a lyrical drama, is Shelley s masterpiece. The story was taken from Greek mythology.25. After the death of Shelley s heswwsfeompelled to leave

25、England in 1818, and spent all the rest of hislife in.26. is Shelley s first long poem of importance. It was written in the form of a fairy tale dream.27. “ The Masque of Anarchy is one of Shelley fics. pbdecds with the infamous which happenedon August 16, 1819.28. is Shelley -kncsvwqslolitical lyri

26、c which calls upon the working class to fight against their rulersand exploiters.29. Shelley wrote an elegy lamenting the early death of his fellow-poet.30. “ Ode to a Nightingale was written by.31. Jane Austen s masterpiece is ”.32. “Ivanhoe is the masterpiece of the historical novelist.III. Error

27、correction.1. The Romantic Age began in 1798 when Wor dsworth and Coleridge published their joint work“ KublaKhan.2. The Romantic Age came to an end in 1832 when the last romantic writer Jane Austen died.3. The publication of “ The Lyrical Ballads marked the break with classicism and the beginning o

28、f the ageof Reason.4. The Romantic Age is emphatically an age of novel. Many young enthusiastic writers turned to poetry.5. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the prose of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.6. Women as poets appeared in the Romantic Age, such as Jane Austen.7. Romant

29、ic novel of the romantic age was represented by Lamb, Hazlitt, De Quincey and Hume.8. “ Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey is written by Coleridge.9. The first poem in “The Lyrical Ballads is Wordsworth “The mastecpiAoeient Mariner .10. The brillant literary criticism“Biographia Literari

30、a is written by Samuel Johnson.11. In 1805, Southey completed a long autobiographical poem entitled“The Prelude .12. Byron s masterpiece is “Tom Jones.13. “Manfred and Cain were Byron s two poems.14. “The Isle of Greece is taken from the 3rd canto of“Childe Harold s Pilgrimage .15. “ Queen Mab is th

31、e first long poem written by Keats.16. Shelley s masterpiece is “Prometheus Bound .17. “ Prometheus Unbounds a novel.18. “ Song to the Men of England is Byron s political lyric.19. “Ode to a Nightingale is Shelley s best poem.20. Jane Austen is the first historical novelist in English literature.21.

32、 “ The Pride and Prejudice is the masterpiece of Cheinlss D22. Chronologically, Jane Austen sareer belongs to the Renaissance period. She was a contemporary of Wordsworth and Coleridge.23. Jane Austen is one of the naturalist novelists. She drew vivid and realistic pictures of everyday life of the c

33、ountry society in her novels.24. Walter Scott is the greatest historical novelist whose masterpiece is“ Richard I .25. Charles Lamb is one of the great novelists of the Romantic Age. Tales from Shakespeare was written by himand his sister Mary Lamb.IV. Find the relevant match from column B for each

34、item in column A.A1. ()George Gordon Byron2. ()Percy Bysshe Shelley3. ()John Keats1. ()Charles Lamb2. ()William Hazlitt3. ()Walter Scott4. ()Jane Austen5. ()Samuel Taylor Coleridge6. ()Robert Southey7. ()William WordsworthBa. Endymionb. Tales From Shakespearec. The Characters of Shakespeare s Playsd

35、. Don Juane. Prometheus Unboundf. Ivanhoeg. Kubla Khanh. Pride and Prejudicei. The Preludej. Life of NelsonV. Answer the following questions.1. What is Romanticism?2. What are the main features of the works of the romanticists?3. Make a contrast between the two generations of Romantic poets during t

36、he Romantic Age.4. What are Austen s writingfeatures?5. Make acomment onWordsworth.6. Make acomment onByron.7. Make acomment onKeats.Part VIII The Victorian Age ExerciseIn the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend appeared. And it flourished in the forties and inthe early fifties.a.

37、romanticism b. naturalism c. realism d,critical realism2. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of. The critical realists, most of whom were novelists, described with vividness and artistic skill the chief traits of the English society and criticized the capitalist system

38、 from a democratic viewpoint.a. novel b. drama c. poetry d. Sonnet3. The greatest English critical realist novelist was,who criticized the bourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common people.a. William Makepeace Thackeray b. Charles Dickens c. Charlotte Bronte d. Emily Dickinson4,was a

39、 critical realist and also a severe exposer of contemporary society . His novels, such asVanare mainly a satirical portray of the upper strata of society.a. George Eliot b. Elizabeth Caskell c. William Makepeace Thackeray d. John Bunyan5. Which of the following writers belong to critical realists?1.

40、 Charles Dickens b. William Makepeace Thackeray c. Elizabeth Caskell d. Thomas Hardy6. Which of the following writers belong to English critical realists?a. George Eliot b. Emily Bronte c. Thomas Hardy d. Charles Dickens7. Which of the following writers don t belong to English critical realists?a. O

41、liver Goldsmith b. Charles Dickensc. William Makepeace Thackeray d. Jonathan Swift e. Daniel Defoe8. In the 19th century, the social contradictions were also reflected in the prose writing. The important prosewriters who criticized the evils of the capitalist society were.a. Thomas Carlyle b. John R

42、uskin c. Matthew Arnold d. Charles Lamb e. John Dryden9.1 n the Victorian age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the age werea. Tennyson b. Robert Browning c. Mrs. Browning d. Robert Burns e. William Blake10. The Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th

43、century. It showed the English workers were able toappear as an independent political force and were already realizing the face that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.a. Enlightenment b. Renaissance c. Chartist d. Romanticist11. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into lit

44、erature, the struggle of the for its rights.a. soldiers b. peasants c. bourgeoisie d. proletariat12. The heroic and revolutionary Chartist poetry played an important role in the development of English proletarian literature in connection with the working class movement. The greatest of Chartist poet

45、s was.a. Ernest Jones b. John Milton c. Thomas Hardy d. John Keats13. The main poets of the Chartist poetry were.a. Ernest Jones b. Thomas Hoodc. Thomas Cooper d. John Milton e. Robert Browning14. In 1864, the First International was formed in London. Under the leadership of, the working class movem

46、ent developed quickly.a. Marx and Engles b. Byron and Shelley c. Milton and Cromwell d, Tennyson and Browning15. was the first English poet and writer who voiced the revolutionary ideal of Socialism in his poetry and prose.a. William Makepeace Thackeray b. William Shakepearec. William Wordsworth d.

47、William Morris16. Dickens first literary career is referred to those years from 1836 to 1841. It is marked for youthful optimis m.The main novels written in this period by Dickens are.a. The Pickwick Papers b. Oliver Twist c. Nicholas Nickleby d. Hard Times17. The story of deals with the adventures

48、of a retired old merchant.a. A tale of Two Cities b. David Copperfield c. Pickwick Papers d. Oliver Twist18. The novel exposes the terrible conditions of English private schools.a. Nicholas Nicklebyb. Oliver Twist c. Hard Times d. Great Expectations19. The story of deals with the sufferings and hard

49、ships of an man named Trent, and his graddughter, Nell.a. Pickwick Papers b. The Old Curiosity Shop c. Great Expectations d. Hard Times20.The second period of Dickens Hserary career, which began from 1842.and ended in 1849,was a period of excitement and irritation. Dickens s na?ve optimism toward th

50、e capitalist society was profoundly shaken. The mainnovels produced in this period are.a.” Martin Chuzzlewitb. Dombey and Son ”c.”David Copperfieldd:Pickwick Papers e:Oliver Twist ”21.1 n the third period of Dickens s literary career, his works showed the intensifying pessimism. His main novelsprodu

51、ced in this period are.a. ” Hard Times b. Great Expectations ”c.”A Tale of Two Cities Bleak House e.David Copperfield ”22. Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and bourgeois utilitarianism?a. ”Oliver Twist b:Hard Times c.Great Expectations dA Tale of Two Cities ”23.

52、 Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality?a. ”Oliver Twistb.David Copperfield d.Great Expectationsd:Dombey and Son”24. In the novel , Dickens describes the Chartist Movement. He shows that the Chartist Move

53、ment is the just struggle of the workers for better conditions, and expresses his sympathy for the workers.a. Great Expectations b. A Tale of Two Cities c. Hard Times d. Oliver Twist25. Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel ”.a. A Tale of Two Cities b. Great Expectations

54、 c. Little Dorrit d. Bleak House26. In the novel , the revolutionaries are represented by Defarg Manette s servant) and Madame Defarge.a. Dombey and Son b. A Tale of Two Cities c. Little Dorrit d. Bleak House27. In the novel , Dr. Maneyecal bourgeois intellectual. He sympathizes with the poor and de

55、fends the oppressed people, but feels terrified before the fire of revolution.a. David Copperfield b. Wuthering Heights c. The Forsyte Saga d. A Tale of Two cities28. is often regarded as the semiautobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the herois largely based on the author s

56、early life.a. Tom Jones b. David Copperfield c. Oliver Twist d. Great Expectations29. In the novel , Dickens gives a truthful presentation of the sufferance of the poor, and makes a complete exposure of the terrible conditions in the English workhouse of the time and the brutality and corruption of the oppressors under the mask f philanthropy.a.David Copperfieldb.Oliver Twistc.Great Expectationsd.Hard Times30.In 1864,Dickens published his last complete novel,a. The Old Curiosity Shop b. The Pickwick Paperc. Our Mutual Friend d. Little Dorri