英国文学知识竞赛.doc

第一轮必答题：1-1. is the most accomplished example of medieval romance, dealing with Arthurian romance.A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. The Canterbury Tales C. Piers the Plowman D. The Song of Beowulf2-1.Christopher Marlowe first made _ the principal instrument of English drama.A. blank verseB. heroic coupletC. free verseD. monologue3-1Paradise Lost is a(n) _ in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. A. historical tragedy B. satirical comedy C. epic poem D. metaphysical poem4-1Modern English novel, as a product of the 18th century Enlightenment and industrialization, really came with the rising of the class.A. workingB. aristocratic C. bourgeoisD. capitalist5-1The Romantic Age is said to have begun in 1798 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work . 答案：Lyrical Ballads .抒情歌谣集6-1 written by Charles Dickens is generally taken as the most autobiographical novel. 答案：David Copperfield 7-1. Which of the following works is NOT written by Virginia Woolf?A. Mrs. Dalloway B. Finnegans Wake C. To the Lighthouse D. Orlando 第一轮必答题：1-2. In , the chaos of the contemporary world and the despair of westerners after the first world war are expressed.A. Ode to the West Wind B. The Waste Land C. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud D. Tess of the DUrbervilles2-2. Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to _.A. 17981832B. 18371901C. 15581603 D. 16601785 3-2 ._ was an Irish playwright who wrote more than fifty plays, including Pygmalion.答案：George Bernard Shaw4-2. “Art for Arts Sake” is the slogan for the _ Movement . A. Romantic B. Transcendentalist C. Realistic D. Aesthetic5-2. Which of the following novels is commonly seen as a forerunner of later stream of consciousness?A. Defoes Robinson Crusoe B. Fieldings Tom JonesC. Smolletts Roderick Random D. Sternes Tristram Shandy6-2. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from .A. Gullivers TravelsB. The Pilgrims ProgressC. Childe Harolds PilgrimageD. The Canterbury Tales7-2. Who was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature .A. Thomas Wyatt B. William Shakespeare C. Philip Sydney D. Geoffrey Chaucer 第一轮必答题：1-3. My Last Duchess is a poem by _. A. Alfred Tennyson B. Robert BrowningC. Matthew Arnold2-3. Oscar Wilde was the representative among the writers of _ .A. aestheticism B. critical realism C. neo-classicism D. sentimentalism3-3. Which of the following contributed a lot to the Irish literary revival called the Irish Renaissance?A.W.B. Yeats B.William Wordsworth C.John Keats D.George Bernard Shaw4-3. The most famous English ballads of the 15th century is the Ballads of , a legendary outlaw.答案：Robin Hood5-3. John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress is a(n) .A. comedy of manners B. romance C. allegory D. realistic novel6-3. Araby is a short story for the anthology _ published in 1914.答案：Dubliners7-3. Who wrote Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard答案：Thomas Gray第二轮必答题：1-1.The principal elements of （ ） novel are mystery, horror and suspense.A. RealisticB. Romantic C. Sentimental 多愁善感的 D. Gothic 哥特式2-1. Who leads Adam and Eve out of Paradise? A. GodB. The SonC. MichaelD. Raphael3-1. The _ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century. 答案：Enlightenment （启蒙运动）4-1. Which of the following plays is NOT written by the Irish dramatist Oscar Wilde?A. Saint JoanB. A Woman of No Importance C. An Ideal Husband D. The Importance of Being Earnest 答案：A. Saint Joan was written by George Bernard Shaw5-1. The modernist writers such as Richardson, Joyce and Woolf are mainly concerned with the _. A. External world B. Inner life of an individual C. Social activities of human beings D.Public life of an individual 6-1. Which of the following is generally considered as James Joyces masterpiece?A. Dubliners B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man C. Ulysses D. Finnegans Wake7-1. In Greek mythology, ( ) are creatures with the head of a female and the body of a bird, living on an island.答案：Siren第二轮必答题：1-2. The following lines are excerpted from _ written by _. “In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure-dome decree:Where Alph, the sacred river, ranThrough caverns measureless to manDown to a sunless sea.” 答案：Kubla Khan; Samuel Taylor Coleridge2-2. How does Tess react when she is caught for her crime?A. She commits suicide instead of submitting herself for a trial.B. She accepts her punishment, telling her captors that she is ready.C. She does not react, for her captors kill her before she awakes.D. She weeps, lamenting her miserable fate.3-2.Identify the poem and the poet.“ All is no lost: the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield ”答案：It is taken from John Miltons “Paradise Lost”.4-2. Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author _.A. E. M. ForsterB. William GoldingC. Doris LessingD. John Fowles5-2. “Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh hear!” was from _.A. Ode to a SkylarkOde B. Ode on a Grecian UrnC. Ode to the West WindD. Ode to a Nightingale6-2. The two major novelists of the Romantic period are _.A. William Wordsworth and John KeatsB. John Keats and Jane AustenC. Jane Austen and Walter ScottD. Walter Scott and P.B. Shelly.7-2. Who is NOT one of the Victorian poets?A. Alfred TennysonB. Andrew MarvellC. Robert BrowningD. Matthew Arnold答案：(Andrew Marvell (1621 1678) was an English metaphysical poet) 第二轮必答题：1-3. The Golden Notebook is a novel by British author _, known for her strong sense of feminism.A. Mrs. BrowningB. Virginia Woolf C. Antonia Susan ByattD. Doris Lessing2-3. Who is NOT the major figure of the Modernist Movement?A. T. S. Eliot.B. James Joyce.C. Thomas Carlyle.D. Ezra Pound. 答案：Thomas Carlyle belongs to the Victorian Era.3-3. Heart of Darkness (1902) is _s most famous shorter work.答案：Joseph Conrad4-3. Is he married or single? Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!Who are the two speakers? 答案：Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet.5-3 .Greek drama evolved from the song and dance in the ceremonies honoring _ at Athens.答案：Dionysus6-3. The rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter is _. 答案：Heroic couplet7-3. Which of the following is NOT from Ireland?A. Jonathan SwiftC. George Bernard ShawB. Daniel Defoe D. James Joyce第一轮抢答题1.1. The emphasis on imagination2. The idealization of nature3. The praise of individualism4. The glorification of the commonplace5. The lure of the exoticThe above features are of the English _ movement. 答案：romantic2. Tell the order of the literary movements in British literature.a. Realism b. Aestheticism c. Romanticism d. Modernism e. Classicismecabd3. Guess the term.It is a term referring to the deliberate departure from tradition and the use of innovative forms of expression that distinguish many styles in the arts and literature of the 20th century. Modernism4. As a literary figure, Stephen Dedalus appears in two novels by _.A. D. H. Lawrence B. John Galsworthy C. James Joyce D. George Eliot5.The poetry is characterized by verbal wit and excess, irregular meter, colloquial language, elaborate imagery, and a drawing together of dissimilar ideas.what is the term? 答案：Metaphysical poetry6. 阶段抢答题。Name the writer according to the clues given. 1) He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969. 2) He was the Irish novelist, playwright who became French by adoption. 3) He is best remembered for his Waiting for Godot. 答案：Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) 7. Who is he?He is a great modernist poet.He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1948. He wrote the most famous English poem of the 20th century. Who is he?答案：T.S. Eliot(Author of The Waste Land) （8）Homer is the poet who wrote the two great epics of Greek history: the Iliad (about the tale of _) and the Odyssey (about _).答案：the Trojan War, the travels of Odysseus （9） In Arthurian legend, who is the magician acting as King Arthurs advisor? 答案：Merlin （10）List Charles Dickenss important novels (at least 4). David Copperfield Oliver Twist A Tale of Two Cities Bleak House Hard Times Great Expectations 第二轮抢答题1.Modernism upholds a new view of time by emphasizing the time over the chronological time.答案：psychic 2. Match.1. Charles Dickens a. Mrs. Warrens Profession2. E. M. Fosterb. Hard Times3. George Bernard Shaw c. The Importance of Being Earnest 4. Oscar Wilde d. A Passage to India1 - b 2 - d 3 - a 4 - c 3.In the mid-1950s and early 1960s, there appeared a group of young novelists and playwrights with lower-middle-class or working-class background, who were known as _.A. the Furious Young Men B. the Angry Young Men C. the Sentimental Young Men 4. MatchA. Alexander Pope 1. Amelia B. Daniel Defoe 2. A Modest Proposal C. Henry Fielding 3. Moll Flanders D. Jonathan Swift 4. An Essay on Man 答案：A. Alexander Pope 4. An Essay on Man B. Daniel Defoe 3. Moll Flanders C. Henry Fielding 1. Amelia D. Jonathan Swift 2. A Modest Proposal 5.阶段抢答题Name the writer according to the clues given. 1. He was an Irish-born political writer and clergyman. 2. His father had died before his birth, and he was raised by his fathers family in England. 3. He ranks as the foremost prose satirist in the English language.答案：Jonathan Swift 6.What is the mans name? And what is he doing?Robinson Crusoe. He is taking supplies off his shipwreck on his hastily built raft.Which of the following poets wrote a poem about the flowers in the picture?(William Wordsworth wrote the poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”. It was about the daffodils （8）“And I will luve thee still, my dear./ Till a the seas gang dry.” is taken from the famous poem .答案：“A Red Red Rose” 9.Name the cultural relic答案：The Parthenon帕台农神庙) The Greek temple dedicated to the goddess Athena. The Parthenon is the most famous surviving building of Ancient Greece and one of the most famous buildings in the world. （10）Dover Beach is _s most celebrated work.A. Alfred Tennyson B. Matthew Arnold C. Robert Browning D. Thomas Hardy100分风险题1In the 20th century, who are the two major advocates of the technique of “stream of consciousness”?答案：James Joyce and Virginia Woolf2Who is the author of the comedy An Ideal Husband?答案：Oscar Wilde3The term Oedipus Complex was introduced by _ in his Interpretation of Dreams (1899) and is derived from the mythological Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother. 答案：Sigmund Freud4. What is it?It is a kind of writing that presents the thoughts of a person or character as they occur. Such writing uses devices such as characters speaking to themselves, free association, and lists of words. 答案：Stream of consciousness5Robert Browning (18121889) was a poet of the _ period, best known for his dramatic monologues. 答案：Victorian6_ was a critical realist, whose novels are mainly a satirical portrayal of the upper strata of society. A. George Eliot B. Elizabeth Gaskell C. W.B. Thackeray D. Charles Dickens 7. The following literary works are all written by Charles Dickens except _. A. Hard Times and Great Expectations B. A Tale of Two Cities and Bleak House C. Oliver Twist and David Copperfield D. Mary Barton and Dombey and Son Mary Barton was a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865)风险题300分1. In what order did James Joyce wrote his following works?a. Finnegans Wake b. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man c. Dubliners d. Ulyssesc b a d2.A _ character is complex and undergoes development, sometimes reaches the point that the reader is surprised; a _ character is relatively uncomplicated and does not change throughout the course of a literary work.A. round, flat B. fictional, factualC. full, empty D. major, minor A round character (丰满的人物)A flat character(平淡的人物)3.What is the most famous and influential play?答案：Waiting for Godot. 4.Tell five of Thomas Hardys important novels.Far from the Madding Crowd远离尘嚣The Return of the Native还乡The Mayor of Casterbridge卡斯特桥市长Tess of the dUrbervilles德伯家的苔丝Jude the Obscure无名的裘德5. This is an excerpt of a poem. Who is its author? and what is the poem about?“BREAK, break, break,On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!And I would that my tongue could utterThe thoughts that arise in me.”答案：Alfred TennysonA poem in memory his best friend.6.Which places does Gulliver visit last in Gullivers Travels?Houyhnhnms7.Brobdingnag is an imaginary island where the inhabitants are_. A. ten times taller and larger than the ordinary human beings B. the horses who are hairy, wild, low and despicable C. the Yahoos who are wise and intelligent D. the small people who are only six in