英国文学史及作品选读自测题2.docx

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英国文学史及作品选读自测题2

TestPaperTwo

Ⅰ.Identification.

1.Identifyeachontheleftcolumnwithitsrelatedinformationontherightcolumn.

（1）KingsleyAmisA.AngryYoungMan

（2）AlexanderPopeB.historicalnovelist

（3）WalterScottC.OedipusComplex

（4）JohnDonneD.Barsetshirenovel

（5）JosephConradE.metaphysicalpoetry

（6）AnthonyTrollopeF.impressionism

（7）TomJones,aFoundlingG.heroiccouplet

（8）SonsandLoversH.novelofmanners

（9）PrideandPrejudiceI.comicepicinprose

（10）TheCanterburyTalesJ.Neoclassicism

2.Identifytheauthorwithhisorherwork.

（1）HenryJamesA.LordoftheFlies

（2）FrancisBaconB.WutheringHeights

（3）GeorgeBernardShawC.“TheTyger”

（4）EmilyBronteD.QueenMab

（5）WilliamGoldingE.ThePortraitofaLady

（6）ShelleyF.TheDubliners

（7）DylanThomasG.TheImportanceofBeingEarnest

（8）WilliamBlakeH.Pygmalion

（9）OscarWildeI.NovumOrganum

（10）JamesJoyceJ.DeathsandEntrances

Ⅱ.Fillintheblanks.

1.isthefounderofthe“StreamofConsciousness”schoolofnovelwriting.

2.TheRainbowandaregenerallyregardedasD.H.Lawrence’smasterpieces.

3.In1923,wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature;in1948,wasofferedtheNobelPrizeforliterature.

4.“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”isintheformof,suggestinganironiccontrastbetweenapretended“LoveSong”andaconfessionofthespeaker’sincapabilityoffacinguptoloveandtolifeinasterileupper-classworld.

5.InATaleofTwoCitiesCharlesDickenstakesasthebackgroundofhisnovel,andthe“twocities”areandinthetimeofthatrevolution.

6.isacriticalrealist,whosenovelsaremainlyasatiricalportrayaloftheupperstrataofsociety.

7.ThepoemPiersthePlowmanwrittenbyWilliamLanglandtakestheformofa,afavoritedeviceofmedievalpoetry,anddescribesapanoramaofmedievalsociety.

8.ThomasMore’sliteraryreputationisbasedchieflyonhismasterpiece.

9.ItisverylikelythatShakespeareborrowedsomethingfromThomasKyd’sTheSpanishTragedyandwroteoneofhisgreattragedies.

10.JohnMilton’sisapoeticaldramamodeledontheGreektragedies.

11.isthestrongestvoiceoftheMovementpoetsincethe1950’s,whosepoemsarecharacterizedbythecommonfeaturesoftheMovement:

reason,skepticism,empiricism,charity,tradition,realismandformalcontrol.HisfirstcollectionofpoemsisTheNorthShip.

12.SamuelBeckettaccepts,aphilosophywhichisconcernedwithpersonalcommitmentoftheuniqueexistingindividualinthehumansituation.

13.ThegreatnovelistintheRomanticperiodmarkedthetransitionfromRomanticismtotheperiodofRealismwhichfollowedit.

14.“OdeonaGrecianUrn”showsthecontrastbetweenand.

15.isregardedasa“worshipperofnature”.

16.andgavegreatimpetustotheriseoftheRomanticMovement.

17.AmongSheridan’scomedies,themostfamousonesareandTheSchoolforScandal.

18.isWilliamBlake’scentralconcernintheSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperience.

19.isaperfectmodelofHenryFielding’sfinecraftsmanshipandbringsitsauthorthenameofthe“ProseHomeofHumanNature”.

20.ChristopherMarloweisthemostgiftedofthe“UniversityWits”.ItisMarlowewhofirstmadetheprincipalinstrumentofEnglishdrama.

Ⅲ.Choosethebestanswer.

1.isOscarWilde’sonlynovel.

A.AnIdealHusband

B.ThePictureofDorianGray

C.TheBalladofReadingGaol

D.TheDecayofLying

2.WhichoneisThomasHardy’sepic?

A.MomentsofVisionB.TheDynasts

C.WinterWordsD.HumanShows

3.TreasureIslandiswrittenby.

A.WilliamMakepeaceThackeray

B.EdwardBulwer-Lytton

C.RobertLouisStevenson

D.ElizabethBarrettBrowning

4.ThegirlVivieappearsintheplay.

A.Widowers’Houses

B.Mrs.Warren’sProfession

C.MajorBarbara

D.Pygmalion

5.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaboutT.S.Eliot?

A.T.S.EliotwasborninAmerica.

B.T.S.Eliotwasoneoftheimportantversedramatistsinthelastdecadeofthe19thcentury.

C.T.S.EliotlargelyabandonedhisMidwesternrootsandchosetoallyhimselfwithbothNewandOldEnglandthroughouthislife.

D.T.S.Eliotstartedwriting“PrufrockamongtheWomen”in1909asagraduatestudentatHarvard.Hereviseditoverthenextcoupleofyearschangingthetitleto“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”alongtheway.

6.isthemostaccomplishedexampleofmedievalromance,dealingwithArthurianromance.

A.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight

B.TheCanterburyTales

C.PiersthePlowman

D.Brut

7.InthestoryofOthello,Shakespearemadestandfortheevilanddarkforcesinthesociety.

A.ClaudiusB.Iago

C.AntonioD.Falstaff

8.EdmundSpenser’smasterpieceTheFaerieQueeneisaskilfulblendingofreligiousandhistoricalwithchivalric.

A.symbolism...lyricism

B.allegory...lyricism

C.elegy...narrative

D.personification...irony

9.Milton’sParadiseLostiswrittenin.

A.rhythmB.sonnet

C.blankverseD.couplet

10.LuckyJimbyKingsleyAmisisa.

A.comicnovelB.tragicnovel

C.comicdramaD.tragicdrama

11.HaroldPinter’smajorplaysarethoughttofallintothreecategories:

traditionalplays,andmemoryplays.

A.lightcomediesB.tragicplays

C.historicalplaysD.comediesofmanners

12.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?

”istakenfrom.

A.TheSolitaryReaperB.OdetotheWestWind

C.ToAutumnD.SongtotheManofEngland

13.TherevolutionaryRomanticpoetwenttoGreecetohelpthatcountryinitsstruggleforlibertyanddiedoffeverthere.

A.ShelleyB.Byron

C.KeatsD.Burns

14.TheprevailingtoneinPrideandPrejudiceis.

A.bittersatireB.mildsatire

C.strongapprovalD.strongdisapproval

15.RomanticwritersemployallthefollowingEXCEPTastheirpoeticmaterials.

A.thecommonplaceB.thenatural

C.thesimpleD.theabstract

16.byAlexanderPopeistakenasamanifestooftheEnglishNeoclassicismasPopeputforwardhisaesthetictheoriesinit.

A.EssayonCriticismB.TheRapeoftheLock

C.DunciadD.AnEssayonMan

17.Sheridanmainlywrotecomedies.Hebroughttothehighestperfection.

A.comedyofmannersB.tragicomedy

C.absurdcomedyD.dramaticmonologue

18.“Properwordsinproperplaces,makesthetruedefinitionofastyle”arethefamouswordsby.

A.DanielDefoeB.JonathanSwift

C.HenryFieldingD.SamuelJohnson

19.isfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoftheworkhouseandlifeoftheunderworldinthe19thcenturyLondon.

A.OliverTwistB.GreatExpectations

C.DavidCopperfieldD.HardTimes

20.eulogizedimperialisminhisworks,especiallyinhispoems.

A.JohnGalsworthyB.JosephConrad

C.RudyardKiplingD.E.M.Foster

Ⅳ.Definethefollowingterms.

1.Bildungsroman

2.Stream-of-consciousness

3.Epic（heroicpoem）

4.Humanism

5.Allegory

6.Irony

7.Foil

8.Intrusivenarrator

Ⅴ.Short-answerquestions.

1.WhataretheartisticfeaturesofModernism?

2.HowdoesShakespearecondemnthesocialevilsofhistimeinhisfourgreattragedies?

3.Analyzethemulti-pointsofviewofDorisLessing’sTheGoldenNotebook.

4.Whatisthesymbolicmeaningof“thewestwind”inthepoem“OdetotheWestWind”?

5.WhatisthemeaningofthesubtitleofVanityFair?

Ⅵ.Answerthequestionsaccordingtothefollowingpassages.

Passage1

Sonnet18

Shakespeare

ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?

Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:

RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,

Andsummer’sleasehathalltooshortadate:

Sometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshines

Andoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimmed;

Andeveryfairfromfairsometimesdeclines,

Bychanceornature’schangingcourseuntrimmed;

Butthyeternalsummershallnotfade,

Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow’st;

Norshalldeathbragthouwander’stinhisshade,

Whenineternallinestotimethougrow’st:

Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,

Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.

Questions:

1.Whatisthissonnetabout?

2.Whatistherealpurposethatthepoetcomparesthebelovedtothedaysofearlysummer?

3.Inwhatsensecanthespeakermaketheyoungmaneternalthroughpoetry?

4.Identifytherhymeschemeofthesonnet.

Passage2

Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortune,mustbeinwantofawife.Howeverlittleknownthefeelingsorviewsofsuchamanmaybeonhisfirstenteringaneighborhood,thistruthissowellfixedinthemindsofthesurroundingfamilies,thatheisconsideredastherightfulpropertyofsomeoneorotheroftheirdaughters.

“MydearMr.Bennet,”saidhisladytohimoneday,“haveyouheardthatNetherfieldParkisletatlast?

”

Mr.Bennetrepliedthathehadnot.

“Butitis,”returnedshe,“forMrs.Longhasjustbeenhere,andshetoldmeallaboutit.”

Mr.Bennetmadenoanswer.

“Donotyouwanttoknowwhohastakenit?

”criedhiswifeimpatiently.

“Youwanttotellme,andIhavenoobjectiontohearingit.”

Thiswasinvitationenough.

“Why,mydear,youmustknow,Mrs.LongsaysthatNetherfieldistakenbyayoungmanoflargefortunefromthenorthofEngland;thathecamedownonMondayinachaiseandfourtoseetheplace,andwassomuchdelightedwithitthatheagreedwithMr.MorrisimmediatelythatheistotakepossessionbeforeMichaelmas,andsomeofhisservantsaretobeinthehousebytheendofnextweek.”

“Whatishisname?

”

“Bingley.”

“Ishemarriedorsingle?

”

“Oh!

Single,mydear,tobesure!

Asinglemanoflargefortunefourorfivethousandayear.Whatafinethingforourgirls!

”

“Howso?

Howcanitaffectthem?

”

“MydearMr.Bennet,”repliedhiswife,“howcanyoubesotiresome!

YoumustknowthatIamthinkingofhismarry