英国文学复习

1、A. Please point out the author of the following works1. The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey chaucer2. MacbethWilliam Shakespeare3. The Pilgrim' Progress _ (John Bunyan)4. New instrumentFran cis bacon5. Gulliver' Travels _Jonathan swift6 I Wan dered Lon ely as a CloudWilliamwordsworth7. Samson Agoni

2、stes joh n milton8. The ReviewDaniel Defoe9. A Modest Proposalon atha n swift_10. Northa nger Abbey (Jane AustenB. Multiple Choice (one point for each)1. The only complete piece of epic in old En glish is.A. The Geste of Robi n HoodB. BeowulfC. Sir Gawa in and the Gree n Kni ghtD. Mort d 'Arthur

3、2. is the mai n literary trend in the first period of the En glishEn lighte nment.A. Realism B. Roma nticism叮叮小文库C. Neo-classicism D. Sen time ntalism3. The rise and growth of theis the most prominentachieveme nt of the 10 cen tury En glish literature.A. roma ntic poetry B. realistic no velC. n eo-c

4、lassical poetry D. sen time ntal no vel4. Most of Shakespear' best plays were writte n in theperiodof his dramatic career.A. first B. sec ondC. third D. fourth5. Joh n Milt on is a great poet in the period of En glish.A. feudalism B. Ren aissa neeC. Bourgeois Revoluti on D. En lighte nment6. is

5、regarded asFather of English Prose , who was the first towrite essays in the En glish Ian guage.A. Bede B. AlfredC. Fran cis Bac on D. Samuel Joh nson7. The well-known soliloquy by Hamlet “To be or not to be” shows hisA. hatred for his un cle B. love for lifeC. resolutio n of reve nge D. inner strif

6、e8. is defined as an expression of human emotion which iscon de nsed into fourteen lines （2006 年真题第 37 题）A. Free verseB.SonnetC. OdeD.Epigram9. The novelEmma is written by.（2005 年真题第 35 题）A. Mary ShelleyB.Charlotte BronteC. GaskellD. Jane Auste n10. “It is a truth uni versally ack no wledged that a

7、sin gle man in possessi onof a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” The quoted part is takenfrom .A Jane Eyre B Wuthering Heights C Pride and Prejudice D Senseand Sen sibility11. Because of her sen sitivity to uni versal patter ns of huma n behavior,has brought the English novel, as an art of fo

8、rm, to its maturity.A. Charlotte Bronte B. Ja ne Auste n C. Emily Bronte D. AnnRadcliffe12.Shakespeare ' s four greatest tragedies are .A. Romeo and Juliet Ki ng Lear Othello Hamlet.B. Othello Hamlet. Macbeth The Mercha nt of ViceC. Hamlet Macbeth King Lear OthelloD. Romeo and Juliet The Merchan

9、t of Vice Othello Hamlet.13. The Petrarcha n sonnet was first in troduced into En gla nd by.B. WyattA. SurreyC. SidneyD. Shakespeare14. “ To be, or not to be that is the questio n;/Whether' tis theblerThese lmind to suffer / The sli ngs and arrows of outrageous fortun e,/Or to take arms aga inst

10、 a sea of troubles ,/And by oppos ing end the n?are take n from.A. King Lear B. Romeo and JulietC. Othello D. Hamlet15. Daniel Defoe' s is universally considered as his masterpiece.A. Col onel Jack B. Robinson CrusoeC. Captain Singleton D. A Journal of the Plague Year16. The Ren aissa nee marks

11、a tran siti on fromto the moder n world.A. the old En glish B. the medievalC. the feudalist D. the capitalist17. “ Dcyou think, becausel am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I amsoulless and heartless? . And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for yo

12、u to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. ” The quoted femes most probably take n from.A. Great Expectatio nsB. Wutheri ng HeightsC. Jane EyreD. Pride and Prejudice18. Joh n Milt on' s greatest poetical work is the only gen erally ack no wledged epic in En glish literature sin ceBeowulf.9

13、A. AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Sams on Ago nistesC. Biank Filling.1. The story in “ Hamlet” comes from an old anislege nd.2. Sir Thomas Wyatt first brought the sonnet to England fromPetrarcha n3. Paradise Lost is a long oemdivided into _12books.4 Geoffrey Chaucer is the founder of Engli

14、sh poetry, hismasterpiece isthe Can terbury Tales writte n in the form ofHeroic couplet, contains_ 24 _tales.5 Daniel Defoe is the forer unner of En glish realistic no vel.6. _John Donne is the representative of Metaphysical poets.7.Shakespeare produces 38 _ plays一 154 _sonnets.8.Chaucer died on Oct

15、ober 25th, 1400, was buried in Westmi nsterAbbey .9.In describing Robinson 'ife on the island, Defoe glorifies human Labor _.10 In Jane Austinmasteilpridteand Prejudice，-Darcystandsfor pride,_a nd Elizabeth sta nds for prejudice.E. Reading ComprehensionRead the quoted parts carefully and an swer

16、 the questi ons in En glish.“ Shall I compare thee to a summer' s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darl ing buds of May,And summer' s lease hath all too short a date.”Questio ns:A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are take n. Sonn

17、et 18 William shakespeareB. Name the figure of speech employed in the poem.C. Alliteration 头韵 personification 拟人 inversion 倒装D. What is the theme of the poem.E. In this world no beauty (in Nature) can stay except in poetry or art (your beauty can last only if I put it down in my poetry).F.D. Questio

18、 ns.1. Make a comment on one of the following writers.(at least 150words)Fran cis Bac on, Daniel Defoe, Jane Auste n.2 .Make a comment on Shakespeare' s artistic achievement.38play 154 sonnentA. shakespeare major characters are neither merely individu al ones nor type on es; they represe nt cert

19、a in types; they are in divid uals represe nti ng certa in types. By emplo ying a psychoa nalytical a pproach, Shakespeare succeeds in exploring the characters 'n er world. Shakespeare also portrays his characters in pairs. Con tras ts are frequently used to bring vividness to his characters.B.

20、Shakespeare seldom invents his own plot; in stead, he borro ws them from old plays or storybook, fron an cie nt Greek or Roma n sources. In order to make the play more lively and compact, he wo uld shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually sever al clues running through the play, t

21、hus providing the story with the suspe nse and apprehe nsion.C. Shakespeare can write skillfully in different poetic forms, such a s the sonn et, the bla nk verse and the rhymed couplet. He has an am azing wealth of vocabulary and idiom. His coin age of new words a nd distorti on of the meaning of t

22、he old words also creates strik ing e ffects on the readers.3. Jane Eyreis one of the most popular and importa nt no vels of the Victoria n Age. Why is Jane Eyresuch a successful no vel?A. it is no ted for its sharp criticism of the exist ing socity.B. it is an intense moral fable.C. the success of

23、the no vel is also due to its in troducti on to theEn glish no vel the first gover ness heroine4. “ Wives are young men ' s mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men' nurses, so as a man may have a quarrel to marrywhe n he will. ” Do you agree with the stateme nt? Talk about your re

24、as on.5. Daniel Defoe ' isovel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protag onist of the no vel, as an embodime nt of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century En gla nd. Talk about your reas on.A.

25、 Social background: The Eighteenth Century England witnessed the growing importance of thebourgeois or middle class.a. The Industrial Revolutionb. The expansion of international markets;c. Values/virtues/moral standards/.different from those of the feudal aristocratic class -courageous,full of energ

26、y, hard working, practical, resourceful, self-reliant, etc; thusd. Literature should give/provide a realistic presentation of the life of the common people; it shouldmeet the demand/interest of the middle class people.B. Robinson Crusoe embodies the virtue of the middle class people.a. Crusoe as an adventurous/courageous man full of energy and courage: (example from the text):b. Crusoe as a practical man: (example from the text);c. Crusoe as a resourceful/self-reliant man: (example from the text);d. Crusoe as a patient/persistent man: (example from the text);e