英国文学史学生复习资料.docx

1、英国文学史学生复习资料I. Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (30 points in all, 1.5 point for each)1. ( ) Edmund Spenser A. Women In Love 2. ( ) Oliver Goldsmith B. Sense and Sensibility;3. ( ) Laurence Sterne C. Queen Mab 4. ( ) Daniel Defoe D. Young Goodman Brown5. ( ) Henry Fi

2、elding E. The Portrait of A Lady 6. ( ) George Gordon Byron F. The Sound and the Fury 7. ( ) Percy Bysshe Shelley G. The Great Gatsby 8. ( ) Jane Austen H. For Whom the Bell Tolls 9. ( ) Sir Walter Scott I. Childe Harolds Pilgrimage 10. ( ) Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell J. The Faerie Queene 11. ( ) Geo

3、rge Eliot K. Ivanhoe12. ( ) John Galsworthy L. Mary Barton 13. ( ) William Shakespeare M. The Forsyte Saga14. ( ) Nathaniel Hawthorne N. Robinson Crusoe 15. ( ) Henry James O. Tom Jones16. ( ) Theodore Dreiser P. The Vicar of Wakefield17. ( ) Scott Fitzgerald Q. A Sentimental Journey18. ( ) Ernest H

4、emingway R. American Tragedy19. ( ) William Faulkner S. Middlemarch20. ( ) David Herbert Lawrence T. Othello1-10 JPQNO ICBKL 11-20 SMTDE RGHFAII. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (20 points in all, 2 points for each)1. The earliest s

5、ettlers of the British Isles were the _, who migrated to the British Isles about 600 B.C. . 2. The Anglo-Saxons were heathen people before they accepted _.3. After the Norman conquest, Latin and _ were the languages of the upper class, spoken at courts and used in churches and schools. 4. _ in the 1

6、4th century claimed the lives of one third of the whole population in Europe.5. The House of Lancaster and the House of York fought the Thirty Years War from 1455 to 1485, the House of York using _ as its emblem. 6. The Elizabethan spectators paid a penny to stand throughout the performance in the p

7、it were called _.7. Sonnets was first written by the Italian poet _ who wrote them to a lady named Laura.8. As a philosopher Bacon is praised by Marx as “_” because he stressed the importance of experience, or experiment.9. Pope translated the entire “_” and half of the “Odyssey”, the other half bei

8、ng translated by two Cambridge scholars.10. The Rape of the Lock is a brilliant satire written in the form of a _ poem. 1. the Celts 2. Christianity 3. French 4. Black Death 5. a white rose 6. groundlings 7. Petrarch 8. the progenitor of English materialism 9. Iliad 10. mock-heroicIII. Each of the f

9、ollowing statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (20 points in all, 2 points for each)1. 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

10、rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture .B. Englands domestic rest.C. New discovery in geography and astrology.D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.2. _ is the successful religious allegory in the English language.A. The Pilgrims Progress B. Grace Abounding to the Chief of

11、SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman D. The Holy War3. Generally，the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries，its essence is _ A. science B. philosophy C. arts D. humanism4. Among the representatives of the Enlightenment，who was the first to introduce rationalis

12、m to England?A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defoe C. Alexander Pope D. Jonathan Swift5. It is _ alone who，for the first time in English literature，presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from ail walks of life.A.

13、Geoffrey Chaucer B. Martin Luther C. William Langland D. John Gower6. In A Tale of Two Cities, the two cities refer to London and _.A. Dublin B. Paris C. New York D. Vienna7. The Lyrical Ballads written by Wordsworth and Coleridge was published in _.A. 1789 B. 1798 C. 1829 D. 19038. _ is the represe

14、ntative of Aestheticism and Decadence in English literature.A. R. L. Stevenson B. Oscar WildeC. Samuel Butler D. Charles Dickens9. Which of the following novels does not belong to the stream of consciousness school of novel writing? A. Ulysses B. Mrs. DallowayC. The Rainbow D. To the Lighthouse10. T

15、he unquenchable spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence on a lonely island reflects _ A. mans desire to return to nature B. the authors criticism of the colonizationC. the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie D. the aristocratsdisillusionment of the harsh social reality1-

16、5 BADCA 6-10 DABCCIV. Explain the following literary terms. (12 points in all, 4 points for each)1. Renaissance2. The War of Roses3. Morality PlayV. Chose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (15 points in all, 1.5 points for each)A. Find out the author and his work. 1. ( ) Th

17、omas More a. Gorge Green2. ( ) Edmund Spencer b. Eupheus3. ( ) John Lyly c. The Fairy Queene4. ( ) Christopher Marlowe d. Utopia5. ( ) Robert Greene e. The Jew of MaltaB. Find out the work from column on the left and its content from column on the right.6. ( ) Il Penseroso a. attack on the censorshi

18、p7. ( ) Lycidas b. defense of the Revolution8. ( ) Defense for the English People c. about dear friend9. ( ) Areopagitica d. Satan against God10. ( ) Paradise Lost e. meditation A. Find out the author and his work. 1-5 d c b e a B. Find out the work from column on the left and its content from colum

19、n on the right.6-10 e c b a dVI. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write T or F in the brackets. (15 points in all, 1.5 points for each)1. ( ) The author of The Song of Beowulf is Cynwulf.2. ( ) The setting of The Song of Beowulf is in Scotland.3. ( ) Alfred the Great com

20、piles The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.4. ( ) Venerable Bede wrote The Ecclesiastic History of the English people.5. ( ) The author of Paraphrase is Caedmon.6. ( ) Chaucers poetry traces out a path to the literature of English renaissance.7. ( ) Being specially fond of the great writer Boccaccio, Chaucer

21、composes a long narrative poem Filostrato based upon Boccaccios poem Troilus and Cressie.8. ( ) The 32 pilgrims, according to Chaucers plan, was to exceed that of Boccaccios Decameron.9. ( ) The Prologue is a splendid masterpiece of Romantic portrayal, the first of its kind in the history of English

22、 literature.10. ( ) The Canterbury Tales is a vivid and brilliant reflection of 15th century of England.1-10 F F T T T T F T F FVII. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (20 points in all, 2 points for each)11. The earliest settlers of t

23、he British Isles were the _, who migrated to the British Isles about 600 B.C. . 12. Geoffrey Chaucer, the “_” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about the year 1340. 13. The _ provides a framework for the tales in The Canterbury Tales, and it comprises a group

24、of vivid pictures of various medieval figures. 14. In contradiction to the _ verse of Anglo-Saxon poetry, Chaucer chose the metrical form which laid the foundation of the English tonico-syllabic verse. 15. The House of Lancaster and the House of York fought the Thirty Years War from 1455 to 1485, th

25、e House of York using _ as its emblem. 16. The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up of _ relations and the establishing of the foundations of capitalism. 17. Sonnets was first written by the Italian poet _ who wrote them to a lady named Laura.18. As a philosopher Bacon is praised

26、by Marx as “_” because he stressed the importance of experience, or experiment.19. _ is often referred to as “the poets poet”. 20. The Rape of the Lock is a brilliant satire written in the form of a _ poem. 21. Celts 2. Father of English Poetry 3. Prologue 4. Alliterative 5. a white rose 6. feudal 7

27、. Petrarch 8. the progenitor of English materialism 9. Edmund Spencer 10. mock-heroicVIII. Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (20 points in all, 2 points for each)1. About Edmund Spencer which of the

28、following statements is not true? A. He was educated in Cambridge. B. His father was the Keeper of the Privy Seal to Queen Elizabeth. C. He interacted with Philip Sidney.D. He wrote “Epithalamion” to his love affair with Elizabeth Boyle2. About the Renaissance humanists which of the following statem

29、ents is true? A. They thought money and social status was the measure of all things. B. They emphasized the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life. C. They couldnt see the human values in their works. D. They thought people were largely subordinated to the ruling class without any freedom and independence.3. In his tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare eulogizes _. A. the faithfulness of love B. the spirit of pursuing happiness C. the heroines great beauty, wit and loyalty D. both a and b4. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is _