英美文学史试题

1、试卷纸 第1页台州学院外国语学院 学年第 学期 级 专业英国文学史及选读I期末试卷(6)（闭）班级 姓名 学号 考试时间:120 分钟 题 号IIIIIIIVVVIVII总分分 值10101015202015100得 分I. Multiple choice. Choose the best out of the four. (10%=1*1)1. Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of _ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary for

2、m in the medieval period.A. Christian B. knightly C. Greek D. primitive2. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of _.A. Piers Plowman B. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. Confessio Amantis D. The Canterbury Tales3.Shakespeares literary work may be divided

3、 into three major periods, in the first of which was created. A. The Tragedy of Macbeth B. King Lear C. The Merchant of Venice D. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 4. The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all

4、 kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of _.A. Gulliver's Travels B. The Rape of the LockC. Robinson Crusoe D. The pilgrim's Progress5. The work which was not written by John Milton is _. A. L Allegro B. Lycidas C. As You Like It D. Defense for the English People 6. Alex

5、ander Pope, a classic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT _.A. the emphasis of moderation in the writingsB. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the stress of balance and common senseD. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech7.The forerunners of th

6、e 18th century preromanticism include .A. Daniel Defoe B. Jonathan Swift 试卷纸 第2页C. Robert Burns D. Henry Fielding8.Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “_ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its struct

7、ure and style.A. tragic epic B. comic epicC. romance D. lyric epic9.The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, the Whigs and the Tories ,which were satirized by Swift in his . A. Gulliver's Travels B. The Rape of the LockC. Robinson Crusoe D. The pilgrim'

8、;s Progress10. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are _.A. horses that are endowed with reasonB. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualitiesC. giants that are superior in wisdomD. hairy, wild , low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in

9、 appearance but also in some other ways.II. True or False? Write T for true and F for false . (10%=1*10)_ 1. Hamlets character can be described as melancholy and hesitating ._ 2. John Donne is remembered by the later generations as a great prose writer . _3.In the line “We all expect a gentle answer

10、 , Jew.”, “gentle” is a pun. _4.”Studies serve for delight , for ornament , and for ability.” Is taken from “of Truth ”by Francis Bacon._5.The novel “The History of Tom Johns, A Foundlings” is John Bunyans masterpiece . _6. The enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western

11、 Europe in the 17th century ._ 7.Swifts masterpiece is “Robinson Crusoe” which contains four parts . _ 8.The turn of the 18th century and the 19th century in England sees the appearance of the new literary current-sentimentalism._ 9. The two representative writers of realism in the 18th century are

12、Henry Fielding and Tobias George Smollet._ 10. In a poetic line , a foot with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is an iamb.III. Blank Filling. (10%=1*10)1.Today, Chaucer is acclaimed not only as “the father of English poetry ” but also as “the father of English fiction”. His mas

13、terpiece is _.2.Ophelia is a character in the tragedy by Shakespeare .3.The title of Thackerays novel Vanity Fair was borrowed from by John Bunyan, the greatest allegorist in English literature. 试卷纸 第3页4.The story Gulliver's Travels is told by the first person narrator, Doctor .5. is the most in

14、dependent and the most original of all the romantic poets of the 18th century.6. The School for Scandal is a famous comedy by .7. The later enlighteners of England in the 18th century found the power of reason to be insufficient and therefore appealed to as a means of achieving social justice.8.The

15、image of an enterprising Englishman of the 18th century was created by Daniel Defoe in his famous novel .9. In the line “Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright”, the rhythm is in the pattern with a strong beat and a weaker one in each foot, and the four such repetitions are called , or, four feet.10. is undou

16、btedly the greatest poet Scotland has ever produced. His Poems Chiefly in the Scotland is of great significance.IV. Define or explain the following. (15%=5*3)1. Epic 2. Alliteration3. Blank Verse 4. Narrator5. ComedyV. Identify. (20%=10*2)Passage I There was also a Nun, a Prioress,Whose smile was ge

17、ntle and full of guilelessness.“By St. Loy!” was the worst oath she would say. She sang mass well, in a becoming way,Intoning through her nose the words divine, And she was known as Madame Eglantine. Questions:1.These lines are from a literary work with the title _.2. The name of the writer of these

18、 lines is .3. The poetic form in these lines is . A. sonnet B. heroic couplet C. free verse D. blank verse4. From the lines, we may describe the nuns character traits as , , .5. Comment on the style of the writer of these lines. Passage IIIf they be two , they are two so 试卷纸 第4页As stiff twin compass

19、es are two ,Thy soul the fixt foot , makes no showTo move , but doth , if thother do .And though it in the centre sit ,Yet when the other far doth roam ,It leans , and hearkens after it ,And grows erect , as that comes home .Such wilt thou be to me , who must Like thother foot , obliquely run ;Thy f

20、irmness makes my circle just , And makes me end , where I begun .Questions1. Who is the writer of these lines?2. Whats the title of the poem from which these lines are taken?3. “The compasses” in these three stanzas is an extended metaphor. Analyze the similarities between the tenor and the vehicle

21、in the metaphor.VI. Answer the following questions.(20%=10*2)1. What do you know about the English Renaissance? 2. Make a brief introduction about Paradise Lost.VII. What is a sonnet? Analyze the sound effects and the developing of ideas in the following sonnet. (15%)Sonnet 18Shall I compare thee to

22、 a summers day ?Thou are more lovely and more temperate :Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May ,And summers lease hath all too short a date :Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines And often is his gold complexion dimmed ;And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or natures changing course untrimmed ;But they eternal summer shall not fade ,Nor lose possesion of that fair thou owst;Nor shall dea