《英国文学》题库及答案

第1页共1页《英国文学》题库及答案I.Choosethebesttocompletethefollowingstatements1.“OWind/Ifwintercomes,canspringbefarbehind?”Thetwolinesarefrom_______.A.“ToAutumn”B.“ToaNightingale”C.“OdetotheWestWind”D.“ToaSkylark”2.“Tobeornottobethatisthequestion”istakenfrom_______.A.HamletB.RomeoandJulietC.TheMerchantoftheVeniceD.Macbeth3._______isromanticlovetragedy.A.RomeoandJulietB.MacbethC.TheMerchantoftheVeniceD.Hamlet4.Beowulf.isconsideredas_______.A.thebestepicinEnglishliteratureB.thenationalepicoftheAnglo-SaxonsC.thebestnarrativepoeminEnglishliteratureD.thebestromance5.In_____,ChaucercreatedacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyandawholegalleryofvividcharacters.A.TheCanterburyTalesB.TheRomauntoftheRoseC.TheLegendofGoodWomenD.TroilusandCriseyde6.___marksatransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.A.EnlightenmentMovementB.TheGloriousRevolutionC.TheRenaissanceD.Reformation7._____isnotawriterintheRenaissance.A.FrancisBaconB.WilliamShakespeareC.JohnMiltonD.JonathanSwift8.__isNOTthestyleofBacon’sessays.A.brevityB.compactnessC.powerfulnessD.high-flowness9______isgenerallyacceptedasanEnglishepicbesidesBeowulf.A.SamsonAgonistesB.ParadiseLostC.ParadiseRegainedD.“Lycidas”10.TheNeo-classicismismarkedlycharacterizedbytheemphisisof__________.A.realismB.didacticfunctionC.elegantstyleD.lyricism11.____________isnotapicaresquenovel.A.GreatExpectationsBGulliver’sTravelsC.RobinsonCrosueD.ThePilgrim’sProgress12.“Death,BenotProud”isanItaliansonnetby____.A.ShakespeareB.JohnMiltonC.JohnDonneD.Drydon13.InParadiseLost,Miltondoesn’trefersGodto____.A.KingB.FoeC.VictorD.Friend14._________isnotaLakepoet?A.SoutheyB.WordworthC.ShelleyD.Coleridge15.____isatypicalByronicheroe.A.DonJuanB.ShelleyC.BeowulfD.Iliad16.Hewasthe1stimportantRomanticpoet,showingacontemptforrationalismandbringingsomethingfreshtoBritishpoetry.Heis__.A.WordsworthB.BlakeC.KeatsD.Coleridge17.“Didhesmilehisworktosee?/DidhewhomadetheLambmakethee?”,the2linesarefrom___.A.“theLamb”B.“TheTyger”C.“TheChemineySweeper”D.“TheSickRoes”18.Intheabovequotedlines,“theLamb”refersto____.A.NatureB.JesusChristC.GodD.Uncertain19.“Thewavesbesidethemdanced;butthey/Outdidthesparkingwavesinglee;”here,“they”referto____.A.rosesB.voletsC.daffodilsD.girls20.Thepleasuredomeisdescribedin____.A.“KublaKhan”B.“Christabel”C.“FrostatMidnight”D.“Dejection:AnOde”21.“OdetotheWestWind”isin____.A.abbbbcB.terzarimaC.aabbcbD.freeverse22.In“OdetotheWestWind”,westwindisthebiggestsymbol;itsymbolizes______.A.destroyerandpreserverB.boundlessfreedomC.alyreD.bothAandB23.“Heardmelodiesaresweet,butthoseunheard/Aresweeter;therefore,yesoftpipes,playon;”the2linesarefrom“OdeonaGrecianUrn”by_____.A.JohnKeatsB.WilliamWordsworthC.ByronD.Sheelley24.ThestrikingcharacteristicoftheVictorianfictionliesin___.A.criticalrealismB.areturntorationalismC.naturalismD.anoverallnegationofsociety25.____isnotacharactercreatedbyCharlesDickens.A.OliverTwistB.DavidCopperfieldC.PipD.Ishmael26.Tessissandwichedbetweenandmurderedbytwoso-calledgentlemen:oneisAlec,andtheotheris______.A.AngelClareB.Alec’sbrotherC.LouisD.Babalou27.LinguistHigginsappearsin____.Widower’sHousesB.Mrs.Warren’sProfessionC.St.JoanD.Pygmalion28.In“AuldLangSyne”,thepoetissingingfor______.A.loveB.friendshipC.patriotismD.hismother29.In“TheRockingHorseWinner”,Lawrenceattacks____.A.money-worshippingB.hypocricyC.industrialismD.commercialism30.“MyLastDuchess”isafamous______by______.A.lovelyric;WordsworthB.dramaticmonologue;TennysonC.dramaticmonologue;BrowningD.tragedy;ShawII.Pleaseexplainthefollowingtermsbriefly1.Neo-classicism:2.TheWasteLand3.blankverse4.TheGreatExpectation34.heroiccouplet5.ShakespeareanSonnet6.CriticalRealism7.dramaticmonologueIII.Answerthefollowingquestions1.WhyisShakespearegreatinthehistoryofBritishliterature?2.WhatdoesWordsworthwanttosayin“IWanderedasALonelyCloud”?3.PleaseexplainthethemeofTessoftheD’Urbevilles.4.InwhatawayisRenaissancesignificantinthehistoryofEurope?5.WhatdoesT.S.Eliotwanttosayin“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”?6.WhatdoesWordsworthdescribein“SheDweltAmongtheUntroddenWays”?7.WhatisthemajorthemeofthenovelsofLawrence?8.WhatdoesByronwanttosayin“SheWalksinBeauty”?《英国文学》作业参考答案I.1.C2.A3.A4.B5.A6.C7.D8.D9.B10.B11.A12.C13.D14.C15.A16.B17.B18.B19.C20.A21.B22.D23.A24.A25.D26.A27.D28.B29.A30.CII.1.Neo-classicismisrevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks.Accordingtotheneo-classicists,allformsofliteraturewerwtobemodeledaftertheclassicalworksofGreekandRomanwritersandthoseofthecontemporaryFrenchones.Theybelievedthattheartisicalidealsshouldbejudgedintermsofitsservicetohumanity.Thisbeliefledthemtoseekproption,unity,harmonyandgraceinliteraryexpression.Thusapolite,urbane,wittyandintellectualartdeveloped.2.TheWasteLandhasbeenhailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20thcenturyEnglishpoetry,comparabletoWordsworth’sLyricalBallads.Withboldtechnicalinnovationsinversificationandstyle,thepoemnotonlypresentsapanoramaofphysicaldisorderandspiritualdesolationinthemodernWesternworld,butalsoreflectstheprevalentmoodofdisillusionmentanddespairofawholepost-wargeneration.Thepoemisaboutthespiritualbreakupofamoderncivilizationinwhichhumanlifehaslostitsmeaning,significanceandpurpose.Itisregardedasareflectionofthe20thcenturypeople’sdisillusionmentandfrustrationinasterileandfutilesociety.3.blankversereferstounrhymedverseofiambicpentametre.4.Heroiccoupletreferstotwolinesofiambicpentameterrhymingwitheachother.5.Sonnetisalyricpoemalmostinvariablyof14linesandfollowingoneofseveralsetrhyme-schemeThereare2widelyacceptedrhyme-schemes:Italian(Petrarchan)sonnetandEnglish(Shakespearean)sonnet.Theformerconsistsofaoctave(abbaabba)andasestet(cdecde,cdccdcorcdedce).TheEnglishismadeupof3quatrainsandanheroiccouplet.Itrhymesinababcdcdefefgg.6.Itisaliterarymovementinthe2ndhalfofthe19thcenturyandthebeginningdecadeofthe20thcenturyasareactiontoRomanticism.Therealistsholdsthatliteratureshouldbefaithfultoandwriteaboutthepossibiltyofreality.Theyononehandexposethesocialproblems,ontheotherhand,trytofindsolutionstotheproblems.Mostofthemaredemocraticsocialreformers.7.Dramaticmonologuereferstoalyricalpoemwhichreveals“asoulinaction”throughtheconversationofonecharacterinadramaticsituation.Thecharacterisspeakingtoanidentifiablebutsilentlisteneratthedramaticmomentofthespeaker’slife.III.1.WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)isoneofthemostremarkableplaywrightsandpoetstheworldhaseverknown.Withhis38plays,154sonnetsand2longpoems,hehasestablishedhisgiantpositioninworldliterature.TheinfluenceofShakespeareuponBritishliteratureishardtomeasureanditisnotexegeratedtosaythatallthewritersafterhimhavebeeninfluencedbyhimdirectlyorindirectly.A.Asahumanist,ShakepeareenthuiasticallyeulogizeshumanityandwritesinthespiritofRenaissance.Hewasagainstfeudaltyranny,religiouspersecution,racialdiscrimination,socialinequalityandthecorruptinginfluenceofmoneyandgold.B.Shakespeareholdsthatliteratureshouldbeacombinationofbeauty,kindnessandtruth,andshouldreflectnatureandreality;hebelievesthatonlythiskindofliteraturecanreachimmortality.C.ShakespeareisagreatmasteroftheEnglishlanguage2.ThispoemisperhapsthemostanthologizedpoeminEnglishliterature,andonethattakesustothecoreofWordsworth’spoeticbeliefs.Inhiseyes,natureissublimeandsacredandwillexertalastinginfluenceuponasoul.Thepoemisarecordofhissublimecommunionwithnature.3.ThisnovelisoneofthebestandmostpopularworkbyHardy.ItisafierceattackonthehypocriticalmoralityofthebourgeoissocietyandthecapitalistinvasionintothecountryanddestructionoftheEnglishpeasantrytowandstheendofthecentury.Tess,asapurewoman,broughtupwiththetraditionalideaofwomanlyvirtues,isabusedanddestroyedbybothAlecandAngel,agentsofthedestructiveforceofthesociety.Andthemisery,thepovertyandtheheartfeltpainshesuffersandherfinaltragedygiverisetoamostbittercryofprotestanddenunciationofthesociety.4.TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.Generally,itreferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies.ItfirststartedinItaly,withthefloweringofpainting,sculptureandliterature.FromItalythemovementwenttoembracetherestofEurope.TheRenaissance,whichmeansrebirthorrevival,isactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,suchastherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture,thenewdiscoveryingeographyandastrology,thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.TheRenaissance,therefore,inessence,isahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinmedievalEurope,tointroducenewideasthatexpressedtheinterestoftherisingbourgee