南华大学大三英语专业英国文学史期末考卷
I.Multiple choice (30 points, 1 point for each) select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.
1._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.
A.The Canterbury Tales B.The Ballad of Robin Hood C.The Song of Beowulf
D.Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght
2._____is the most common foot in English poetry. A.The anapest B.The trochee C.The iamb D.The dactyl
3.The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the
following is NOT such an event?
A.The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B.England’s domestic rest
C.New discovery in geography and astrology
D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion 4._____is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.
A.The Pilgrims Progress
B.Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners C.The Life and Death of Mr.Badman D.The Holy War
5.Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14
and mid-17centuries, its essence is _____. A.science B.philosophy C.arts D.humanism
6.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,/So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets18)What does“this”refer to ?
A.Lover. B.Time. C.Summer. D.Poetry.
7.“O prince, O chief of my throned powers, /That led th’
embattled seraphim to war/Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds/Fearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual king”In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton’s Paradise Lost, the phrase“thy conduct”refers to _____conduct.
A.God’s B.Satan’s C.Adam’s D.Eve’s
8. It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of ______.
A.elegy B.ode C.epic D.sonnet
9.“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”The sentence is the beginning of Shakespeare’s_______.
A.comedy B.tragedy C.sonnet D.poem
10. Daniel Defoe’s novels mainly focus on _____. A.the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existence
B.the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for security C.the struggle of the pirates for wealth D.the desire of the criminals for property
11. Francis Bacon is best known for his_____which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.
A.essays B.poems C.works D.plays
12. Most of Thomas Hardy’s novels are set in Wessex____. A.a crude region in England B.a fictional primitive region C.a remote rural area D.Hardy’s hometown
13. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true? A.Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels.
B.Pride and Prejudiceis originally drafted as “First Impressions”.
C.Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.
D.In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.
14. Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to _____ A.1798-1832 B.1836-1901 C.1798-1901
D.the Neoclassical Period
15. In the following figures, who is Dickens’s first child hero?
A.Fagin. B.Mr.Brownlow. C.Olive Twist. D.Bill Sikes
16. “And where are they? And where art thou,”My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now- The heroic bosom beats no more! (George Gordon Byron, Don Juan) In the above stanza,“art thou”literally means_____.
A.“art you ” B.“are though” C.“art though” D.“are you ”
17. Of the following writers, which is not the representative of the Romantic period?
A.William Blake.
B.John Bunyan. C.Jane Auten. D.John Keats.
18. In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, what is the utmost concern of Blake?
A.Love B.Childhood C.Death
D.Human Experience
19. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from____. A.the Renaissance B.the Old Testament C.Greek Mythology D.the New Testament
20. Jane Austen’s first novel is _____. A.Pride and Prejudice B.Sense and Sensibility C.Emma
D.Plan of a Noel
21. Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets’”?
A.Saumel Taylor Coleridge.
B.Robert Southey. C.William Wordsworth. D.William Shakespeare.
22.Daniel Defoe describes____as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.
A.Robinson Crusoe B.Moll Flanders C.Gulliver D.Tom Jones
23. The lines“Death, be not proud, though some have calld thee/Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;”are found in ______.
A.William Wordsworth’s writings B.John Keats’ writings C.John Donne’s writings
D.Percy Bysshe Shelley’s writings
24.The Pilgrim’s progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_____.
A.self-fulfillment B.spiritual salvation C.material wealth
D.universal truth
25.With so many poems such as “The Sparrow’s Nest,”“To a Skylark,”“To the Cuckoo”and “To a Butterfly”,William Wordsworth is regarded as a “______”.
A.poet of genius. B.royal poet.
C.worshipper of nature. D.conservative poet.
26.In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told this experience in ____.
A.Lilliput B.Brobdingnag C.Houyhnhnm D.England
27.Which of the following can not describe“Byronic hero”? A.Proud. B.Mysterious. C.Noble origin. D.Progressive.
28.The poetic form which Browning attached to maturity and perfection is ____.
A.dramatic monologue
B.use of symbol
C.use of ironic language D.use of lyrics
29.The term “metaphysical poetry”is commonly used to name the work of the 17-century writers who wrote under the influence of ____.
A.John Milton B.John Donne C.John Keats D.John Bunyan
30. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?
A.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. B.She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways C.The Solitary Reaper. D.The Chimney Sweeper.
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