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ChoosetherelevantmatchfromColumnBforeachiteminColumnA.(30pointsinall,1.5pointforeach)

1.(

)EdmundSpenser

A.WomenInLove

2.(

)OliverGoldsmith

B.SenseandSensibility;

3.(

)LaurenceSterne

C.QueenMab

4.(

)DanielDefoe

D.YoungGoodmanBrown

5.(

)HenryFielding

E.ThePortraitofALady

6.(

)GeorgeGordonByron

F.TheSoundandtheFury

7.(

)PercyByssheShelley

G.TheGreatGatsby

8.(

)JaneAusten

H.ForWhomtheBellTolls

9.(

)SirWalterScott

I.ChildeHarold'sPilgrimage

10.(

)ElizabethCleghornGaskell

J.TheFaerieQueene

11.(

)GeorgeEliot

K.Ivanhoe

12.(

)JohnGalsworthy

L.MaryBarton

13.(

)WilliamShakespeare

M.TheForsyteSaga

14.(

)NathanielHawthorne

N.RobinsonCrusoe

15.(

)HenryJames

O.TomJones

16.(

)TheodoreDreiser

P.TheVicarofWakefield

17.(

)ScottFitzgerald

Q.ASentimentalJourney

18.(

)ErnestHemingway

R.AmericanTragedy

19.(

)WilliamFaulkner

S.Middlemarch

20.(

)DavidHerbertLawrence

T.Othello

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Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.(20pointsinall,2pointsforeach)

TheearliestsettlersoftheBritishIsleswerethe______,whomigratedtotheBritishIslesabout600B.C..

TheAnglo-Saxonswereheathenpeoplebeforetheyaccepted______.

AftertheNormanconquest,Latinand______werethelanguagesoftheupperclass,spokenatcourtsandusedinchurchesandschools.

______inthe14thcenturyclaimedthelivesofonethirdofthewholepopulationinEurope.

TheHouseofLancasterandtheHouseofYorkfoughttheThirtyYears’Warfrom1455to1485,theHouseofYorkusing______asitsemblem.

TheElizabethanspectatorspaidapennytostandthroughouttheperformanceinthepitwerecalled______.

SonnetswasfirstwrittenbytheItalianpoet______whowrotethemtoaladynamedLaura.

AsaphilosopherBaconispraisedbyMarxas“______”becausehestressedtheimportanceofexperience,orexperiment.

Popetranslatedtheentire“______”andhalfofthe“Odyssey”,theotherhalfbeingtranslatedbytwoCambridgescholars.

TheRapeoftheLockisabrilliantsatirewrittenintheformofa______poem.

1.theCelts2.Christianity3.French4.BlackDeath5.awhiterose6.groundlings7.Petrarch8.theprogenitorofEnglishmaterialism9.Iliad10.mock-heroic

Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.(20pointsinall,2pointsforeach)

TheRenaissanceisactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents，whichoneofthefollowingisNOTsuchanevent?

A.TherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture.

B.England’sdomesticrest.

C.Newdiscoveryingeographyandastrology.

D.Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.

_________isthesuccessfulreligiousallegoryintheEnglishlanguage.

A.ThePilgrim’sProgress B.GraceAboundingtotheChiefofSinners

C.TheLifeandDeathofMr.BadmanD.TheHolyWar

Generally，theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies，itsessenceis_________

A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism

AmongtherepresentativesoftheEnlightenment，whowasthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland?

A.JohnBunyanB.DanielDefoeC.AlexanderPopeD.JonathanSwift

Itis_________alonewho，forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature，presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromailwalksoflife.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.MartinLuther C.WilliamLanglandD.JohnGower

InATaleofTwoCities,the"twocities"refertoLondonand_________.

A.Dublin

B.Paris C.NewYork

D.Vienna

TheLyricalBalladswrittenbyWordsworthandColeridgewaspublishedin________.

A.1789

B.1798 C.1829

D.1903

_______istherepresentativeofAestheticismandDecadenceinEnglishliterature.

A.R.L.Stevenson

B.OscarWilde

C.SamuelButler

D.CharlesDickens

Whichofthefollowingnovelsdoesnotbelongtothe"streamofconsciousness"schoolofnovelwriting?

A.Ulysses

B.Mrs.Dalloway

C.TheRainbow

D.TotheLighthouse

TheunquenchablespiritofRobinsonCrusoestrugglingtomaintainasubstantialexistenceonalonelyislandreflects_________

A.man’sdesiretoreturntonature

B.theauthor’scriticismofthecolonization

C.theidealoftherisingbourgeoisie

D.thearistocrats’disillusionmentoftheharshsocialreality

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Explainthefollowingliteraryterms.(12pointsinall,4pointsforeach)

Renaissance

TheWarofRoses

MoralityPlay

ChosetherelevantmatchfromColumnBforeachiteminColumnA.(15pointsinall,1.5pointsforeach)

A. Findouttheauthorandhiswork.

()ThomasMore a.GorgeGreen

()EdmundSpencer b.Eupheus

()JohnLyly c.TheFairyQueene

()ChristopherMarlowe d.Utopia

()RobertGreene e.TheJewofMalta

B. Findouttheworkfromcolumnontheleftanditscontentfromcolumnontheright.

()IlPenseroso a.attackonthecensorship

()Lycidas b.defenseoftheRevolution

()DefensefortheEnglishPeople c.aboutdearfriend

()Areopagitica d.SatanagainstGod

()ParadiseLost e.meditation

A. Findouttheauthorandhiswork.

1-5dcbea

B. Findouttheworkfromcolumnontheleftanditscontentfromcolumnontheright.

6-10ecbad

DecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseandwriteTorFinthebrackets.(15pointsinall,1.5pointsforeach)

()TheauthorofTheSongofBeowulfisCynwulf.

()ThesettingofTheSongofBeowulfisinScotland.

()AlfredtheGreatcompilesTheAnglo-SaxonChronicles.

()VenerableBedewroteTheEcclesiasticHistoryoftheEnglishpeople.

()TheauthorofParaphraseisCaedmon.

()Chaucer’spoetrytracesoutapathtotheliteratureofEnglishrenaissance.

()BeingspeciallyfondofthegreatwriterBoccaccio,ChaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemFilostratobaseduponBoccaccio’spoemTroilusandCressie.

()The32pilgrims,accordingtoChaucer’splan,wastoexceedthatofBoccaccio’sDecameron.

()ThePrologueisasplendidmasterpieceofRomanticportrayal,thefirstofitskindinthehistoryofEnglishliterature.

()TheCanterburyTalesisavividandbrilliantreflectionof15thcenturyofEngland.

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Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.(20pointsinall,2pointsforeach)

TheearliestsettlersoftheBritishIsleswerethe______,whomigratedtotheBritishIslesabout600B.C..

GeoffreyChaucer,the“______”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninabouttheyear1340.

The______providesaframeworkforthetalesinTheCanterburyTales,anditcomprisesagroupofvividpicturesofvariousmedievalfigures.

Incontradictiontothe_______verseofAnglo-Saxonpoetry,ChaucerchosethemetricalformwhichlaidthefoundationoftheEnglishtonico-syllabicverse.

TheHouseofLancasterandtheHouseofYorkfoughttheThirtyYears’Warfrom1455to1485,theHouseofYorkusing______asitsemblem.

The16thcenturyinEnglandwasaperiodofthebreakingupof______relationsandtheestablishingofthefoundationsofcapitalism.

SonnetswasfirstwrittenbytheItalianpoet______whowrotethemtoaladynamedLaura.

AsaphilosopherBaconispraisedbyMarxas“______”becausehestressedtheimportanceofexperience,orexperiment.

______isoftenreferredtoas“thepoets’poet”.

TheRapeoftheLockisabrilliantsatirewrittenintheformofa______poem.

Celts2.FatherofEnglishPoetry3.Prologue4.Alliterative5.awhiterose6.feudal7.Petrarch8.theprogenitorofEnglishmaterialism9.EdmundSpencer10.mock-heroic

Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.(20pointsinall,2pointsforeach)

AboutEdmundSpencerwhichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?

A.HewaseducatedinCambridge.

B.HisfatherwastheKeeperofthePrivySealtoQueenElizabeth.

C.HeinteractedwithPhilipSidney.

D.Hewrote“Epithalamion”tohisloveaffairwithElizabethBoyle

AbouttheRenaissancehumanistswhichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Theythoughtmoneyandsocialstatuswasthemeasureofallthings.

B.Theyemphasizedthedignityofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceofthepresentlife.

C.Theycouldn'tseethehumanvaluesintheirworks.

D.Theythoughtpeoplewerelargelysubordinatedtotherulingclasswithoutanyfreedomandindependence.

InhistragedyRomeoandJuliet,Shakespeareeulogizes_____.

A.thefaithfulnessoflove

B.thespiritofpursuinghappiness

C.theheroine'sgreatbeauty,witandloyalty

D.bothaandb

OneofthedistinctfeaturesoftheElizabethantimeis_____.

A.theflourishingofthedrama

B.thepopularityoftherealisticnovel

C.thedominationoftheclassicalpoetry

D.theclose-downofallthetheatres

WhichofthefollowingisnotJohnMilton'sworks?

A.ParadiseLost B.ParadiseRegained

C.SamsonAgonistes D.Othello

TempestisatypicalexampleofShakespeare______viewoflifetowardshumanlifeandsocietyinhislateyears.

A.pessimistic B.optimisticC.satiricalD.noneoftheabove

______introducedthePetrarchansonnetintoEngland,while______broughtinblankverse,ie.Theunrhymediambicpentameterline.

A.Wyatt…Surrey B.Wyatt…Sidney

C.Surrey…Sidney D.Sidney…Spencer

ChristopherMarlowe’sgreatestachievementliesinthatheperfectedthe______andmadeittheprincipalmediumofEnglishdrama.

A.blankverse B.freeverse

C.sonnet D.alliteration

Christianisthecharacterin______.

A.TheLifeandDeathofMr.Badman

B.ThePilgrim’sProgress

C.GraceAboundingtotheChiefofSinners

D.Noneoftheabove

ThesignificanceofTheCanterburyTalesexcludes:

A.AcomprehensivepictureofChaucer’stime.

B.Thedramaticstructureofthepoem.

C.Chaucer’shumour.

D.“Round”characters.

TheceremonyofMayDaycomesfromthetraditionof_______.

A.TheCelts B.TheSaxons

C.TheNormans D.TheAngles

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II.Definitionsofliteraryterms(1’×10=10’):

1.Agroupofdramatistsactiveinthe1950s,whobelievedthathumanlifewasmeaninglessandabsurdandthattheworldwasirrational_____________.

[A]theangryyoungmen[B]thebeatgeneration

[C]thetheatreoftheabsurd[D]dramatistofblackhumour

2.Alongnarrativepoemaboutthedeedsofsomenationalhero(es)____________.

[A]alyric[B]anepic

[C]asonnet[D]asatiricalpoem

3.Apoemdescribingthelifeandloveofshepherdsandshepherdesses__________.

[A]aneclogue[B]apastoralpoem

[C]alyricpoem[D]anarrativepoem

4.Theunconscioustendencyofasontobeattachedtohismotherandhostiletowardhisfather_______

[A]psychoanalysis[B]Oedipuscomplex

[C]inferioritycomplex[D]interpretationofdreams

5.Worksinproseorpoetrymeanttoridiculeandcorrectthefolliesandvicesofthesocietyandoftheindividuals___________.

[A]sentimentalism[B]Neo-classicism

[C]allegory[D]satire

6.Traditionallyasongthattellsastorywhichbecameaformofpoetrylater__________

[A]afolksong[B]asonnet

[C]aballad[D]romance

7.Alongpieceofpoetryorprosedescribingtheadventuresandloveofamedievalknight_________.

[A]romance[B]epic

[C]ballad[D]narrativepoemorprose

8.Twolinesofpoetryiniambicpentameterrhymedaa____________.

[A]sonnet[B]ballad

[C]ode[D]heroiccouplet

9.Unrhymedpoetryiniambicpentameter____________.

[A]freeverse[B]blankverse

[C]sonnet[D]heroiccouplet

10.Astoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaning,asurfacemeaningandanunder-the-surfacemeaning________

[A]allegory[B]romance

[C]satire[D]ballad

1C2 B3.B4.B5.D 6.C 7.A8.D9.B10.A

1.Thetechniquetodescribevariousthoughtsandfeelingsthatpassthroughthemind_____________.

[A]theangryyoungmen[B]streamofconsciousness

[C]thetheatreoftheabsurd[D]blackhumour

2.Poetryorprosedescribingtheadventuresandloveofamedievalknight____________.

[A]aromance[B]anepic

[C]asonnet[D]asatiricalpoem

3.Apoemdescribingthelifeandloveofshepherdsandshepherdesses__________.

[A]apastoral[B]aneclogue

[C]alyricpoem[D]anarrativepoem

4.Theunconscioustendencyofasontobeattachedtohismotherandhostiletowardhisfather_______

[A]psychoanalysis[B]Oedipuscomplex

[C]inferioritycomplex[D]interpretationofdreams

5.Worksinproseorpoetrymeanttoridiculeandcorrectthefolliesandvicesofthesocietyandoftheindividuals___________.

[A]sentimentalism[B]Neo-classicism

[C]allegory[D]satire

6.Traditionallyasongthattellsastorywhichbecameaformofpoetrylater__________

[A]aballad[B]asonnet

[C]afolksong[D]romance

7.Alongpieceofpoetryorprosedescribingtheadventuresandloveofamedievalknight_________.

[A]romance[B]epic

[C]ballad[D]narrativepoemorprose

8.Twolinesofpoetryiniambicpentameterrhymedaa____________.

[A]sonnet[B]ballad

[C]ode[D]heroiccouplet

9.Unrhymedpoetryiniambicpentameter____________.

[A]freeverse[B]blankverse

[C]sonnet[D]heroiccouplet

10.Astoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaning,asurfacemeaningandanunder-the-surface

meaning________

[A]ballad[B]romance

[C]satire[D]allegory

1B2 .A3.A4.B5.D 6.A 7.A8.D9.B10.D

III.Matchingauthorswithcorrespondingworks

(1’×20=20’)

1.ThomasMorea.SonsandLovers

2.GeoffreyChaucerb.Mrs.Dalloway

3.EdmundSpenserc.TessoftheD’Urbervilles

4.ChristopherMarlowed.PrideandPrejudice

5.GeorgeBernardShawe.ThePickwickPapers

6.BenJonsonf.Ivanhoe

7.JohnMiltong.VanityFair

8.JonathanSwifth.DonJuan

9.JamesJoycei.OdetotheWestWind

10.RichardB.Sheridanj.Volpone

11.WilliamWordsworthk.SamsonAgonistes

12.GeorgeGordonByronl.FinnegansWake

13.PercyByssheShelleym.TheSchoolforScandal

14.WalterScottn.LyricalBallads

15.CharlesDickenso.Widowers’Houses

16.W.M.Thackerayp.TheTragicalHistoryofDoctorFaustus

17.JaneAustenq.FaerieQueene

18.ThomasHardyr.TheCanterburyTales

19.D.H.Lawrences.Utopia

20.VirginiaWoolft.Gulliver’sTravels

1.s2.r3.q4.p5.o6.j7.k8.t9.l10.m

11.n12.h13.i14.f15.e16.g17.d18.c19.a20.b

1.WilliamShakepeare2.SamuelJohnson

3.JohnKeats4.ChristopherMarlowe

5.GeorgeBernardShaw6.BenJonson

7.JohnMilton8.DanielDefoe

9.JamesJoyce10.RichardB.Sheridan

11.GeofreyChaucer12.GeorgeGordonByron

13.PercyByssheShelley14.WalterScott

15.GeorgeBernardShaw16.WilliamMakepeaceThackeray

17.JaneAusten18.ThomasHardy

19.D.H.Lawrence20.VirginiaWoolf

a.TamburlainetheGreatb.ADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage

c.KingLeard.MajorBarbara

e.PrideandPrejudicef.Ivanhoe

g.VanityFairh.DonJuan

i.PromethusUnboundj.Volpone

k.SamsonAgonistesl.FinnegansWake

m.TheSchoolforScandaln.RobinsonCrusoe

o..Widowers’Housesp.SonsandLovers

q.TotheLighthouser.TessoftheD’Urbervilles

s.OdetotheNightingalet.TheCanterburyTales

1.c2.b3.s4.a5.o6.j7.k8.n9.l10.m11.t12.h13.i14.f15.d16.g17.e18.r19.p20.q

IVEachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.(2’×10=20’)

AboutEdmundSpencerwhichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?

A.HewaseducatedinCambridge.

B.HisfatherwastheKeeperofthePrivySealtoQueenElizabeth.

C.HeinteractedwithPhilipSidney.

D.Hewrote“Epithalamion”tohisloveaffairwithElizabethBoyle

AbouttheRenaissancehumanistswhichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Theythoughtmoneyandsocialstatuswasthemeasureofallthings.

B.Theyemphasizedthedignityofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceofthepresentlife.

C.Theycouldn'tseethehumanvaluesintheirworks.

D.Theythoughtpeoplewerelargelysubordinatedtotherulingclasswithoutanyfreedomandindependence.

InhistragedyRomeoandJuliet,Shakespeareeulogizes_____.

A.thefaithfulnessoflove

B.thespiritofpursuinghappiness

C.theheroine'sgreatbeauty,witandloyalty

D.bothaandb

OneofthedistinctfeaturesoftheElizabethantimeis_____.

A.theflourishingofthedrama

B.thepopularityoftherealisticnovel

C.thedominationoftheclassicalpoetry

D.theclose-downofallthetheatres

WhichofthefollowingisnotJohnMilton'sworks?

A.ParadiseLost B.ParadiseRegained

C.SamsonAgonistes D.Othello

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6．InATaleofTwoCities,the"twocities"refertoLondonand_________.

A.Dublin

B.Paris C.NewYork

D.Vienna

7．TheLyricalBalladswrittenby