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××大学外国语学院英语系期末考试

《英国文学简史》试卷A卷

________级_______专业_____班学号___________姓名___________

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Ⅲ

Ⅳ

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Youarerequiredtowritedownallyouranswersonthesheet.

Ⅰ.Multiplechoices（50points,1pointeach）

1.ThemostimportantworkofAlfredtheGreatis_________,whichisregardedasthebestmonumentoftheoldEnglishprose.

A.TheSongofBeowulf B.TheAnglo-SaxonChronicles

C.Brut D.HistoryoftheKingofBritain

2.WilliamLangland’s“_________”iswrittenintheformofadreamvision.

A.KublaKan B.PiersthePlowman

C.TheDreamofJohnBull D.Morted’Arthur

3.In1066,________ledtheNormanarmytoinvadeanddefeatEngland.

A.JuliusCaesar B.AlexandertheGreat

C.WilliamtheConqueror D.Claudius

4._________wasthefirsttobeburiedinthePoet’sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.

A.Keats B.Southey C.Tennyson D.Chaucer

5._________composedalongnarrativepoemnamed“________”basedonBoccaccio’spoem“Filostrato”.

A.Shakespeare,TroilusandCriseyde

B.Chaucer,TroilusandCriseyde

C.Chaucer,TheHouseofFame

D.Chaucer,TheRomauntoftheRose

6.Inthefollowing,whichwordisnotFrenchorigin?

A.pork B.mutton C.veal D.swine

7.TheepochofRenaissancewitnessedaparticulardevelopmentofEnglishdrama.Itwas_______whofirstmadeblankversetheprincipalvehicleofexpressionindrama.

A.RobertGreene B.EdmundSpenser

C.ChristopherMarlowe D.WilliamShakespeare

8.EnglishRenaissancePeriodwasanageof______.

A.proseandnovel B.poetryanddrama

C.essaysandjournal D.balladsandsongs

9.GreatpopularitywaswonbyJohnLyly’sproseromance_________whichgaverisetotheterm“euphuism”,designatinganaffectedstyleofcourtspeech.

A.Cymbeline B.VenusandAdonis

C.TheRapeofLucrece D.Euhpues

10.Whichoneisnottheresourceofmedievalromance?

A.adventuresofKingArthurandhisKnightsofRoundTable

B.EmperorCharlemagneandhispeers

C.AlexandertheGreatandmattersofRome

D.TheRisingof1381

11.“WhenAdamdelvedandEvespan,whowasthenthegentlemen?

”

isthesermonof__________.

A.WatTyler B.JohnBall

C.Langland D.ThomasMalory

12.WhichstatementaboutMore’s“Utopia”isNOTtrue?

A.BookOneof“Utopia”isapictureofcontemporaryEnglandwithforcibleexposureofthepovertyamongthelaboringclasses,thegreedandluxuryamongtherich,andaneagernessforwaronthepartoftherulers

B.InBookTwowehaveasketchofanidealcommonwealthinsomeunknownocean,whereprosperityisheldincommonandthereisnopoverty.

C.“Utopia”isMore’smasterpiece,writtenintheformofaconversationbetweenMoreandHythloday,areturnedvoyager.

D.Asagreatthinker,Morehadpointedoutthattherootofpovertyistheprivateownershipofthesocialwealth,sohewishedtoarousethepeopletostartarevolutionarymovementagainsttherulingclasses,whichcosthislife.

13.ChauceristhefirstgreatpoetwhowroteintheEnglishlanguage,andoneofhisgreatcontributionsistheintroductionoftherhymedstanzafromFrance,especiallytherhymedcoupletof5accentsiniambicmeter---_______,insteadoftheoldAnglo-Saxon_________.

A.alliterativeverse,heroiccouplet;

B.heroiccouplet,sonnets;

C.heroiccouplet,alliterativeverse;

D.alexandrineverse,ballads.

14.AmongvariousEnglishversionsofBible,whichoneisthebest?

A.JohnWycliffe’sBible;

B.WilliamTyndal’sBible;

C.TheKingJamesBible;

D.MilesCoverdale’sBible.

15.Amongtheso-called“universitywits”,itis_______thatsatirizedWilliamShakespeareas“anupstartcrow”.

A.Peele B.Marlowe, C.Nash D.Greene

16.Itis_______thatsaysofHamlet,

“Thecourtier’s,soldier’s,scholar’s,eye,tongue,sword;

Theexpectancyandroseofthefairstate,

Theglassoffashion,andthemouldofform…”（Ⅲ.1.）

A.Ophelia B.Polonius C.Claudius D.Gertrude

17.“Hamlet”,“Othello”,“KingLear”,and________arecalledthefourgreattragedies.

A.“RomeoandJuliet” B.“AntonyandCleopatra”

C.“JuliusCaesar” D.“Macbath”

18.OfmanycontemporariesandsuccessorsofShakespeare,themostimportantandwell-knowwas__________,whobecamethefirstpoetlaureatein1616.

A.JohnDryden B.SamuelJohnson

C.BenJonson D.RobertSouthey

19.InColeridge’s“TheRimeoftheAncientMariner”,themarinersuffersthehorrorofdeath,because__________.

A.heexperienceashipwreck

B.heistorturedwithstarvation

C.heundergoesmuchsuffering

D.hekillsanalbatross

20._____isthecentralconcerntoBlake’sconcerninthe“SongsofInnocence”.

A.Woman B.Poetry

C.Happiness D.Childhood

21.“Allisnotlost:

theunconquerablewill,andstudyofrevenge,immortalhate,andcouragenevertosubmitoryield:

Andwhatiselsenottobeovercome?

”Theabove“Excerpt”comesfrom_________.

A.Dr.Faustus B.ParadiseLost

C.ParadiseRegained D.Tamburlaine

22.WilliamWordsworthassertsthatpoetryoriginatesfrom_______.

A.form B.thoughts

C.artisticdevices D.emotions

23.AlexanderPope’sAnEssayonCriticismisadidactic_____.

A.allegory B.prose

C.poem D.play

24.________wrotetwice“DefenseoftheEnglishPeople”toreplytotheEuropeanscholarSalmasius’latinpamphletonaccusingtheregicidebyEnglishpeople.

A.JohnMilton B.JohnBunyan

C.JohnDonne D.JohnDryden

25.“VanityFair”in_________“ThePilgrim’sProgress”wasquotedlaterasthetitleofacriticalrealismnovel“VanityFair”by_________.

A.Bunyan’sWalterScott

B.Bunyan’sThackeray

C.Bunyan’sJaneAusten

D.Bunyan’sCharlesDickens

26._________,thePoetLaureate,andtheauthorofAnEssayofDramaticPoesy,wastheforerunneroftheEnglishclassicalschoolofliterature.

A.AlexanderPope B.Addison

C.Steele D.JohnDryden

27.Thefollowingproverbialmaxims,“Forfoolsrushinwhereangelsfeartotread”,“Toerrishuman,toforgive,divine”and“Alittlelearningisadangerousthing”,arefrom______by_____.

A.AnEssayofDramaticPoesy,JohnDryden

B.TheRowleyPapers,Chatterton

C.EssayonCriticism,AlexanderPope

D.TheSpectator,Addison

28.Lilliput,Bobdingnag,FlyingIsland,andthecountryofHouyhnhnmsarescenesin_________by________.

A.RobinsonCrusoe,Defoe

B.Gulliver’sTravels,Swift

C.RoderickRandom,Smollett

D.TristramShandy,Sterne

29.Inordertocriticizetheexcessivesentimentalityandpoorethicsin“Pamela”byRichardson,HenryFieldingwroteanovel________.

A.“JosephAndrews” B.“JonathanWild”

C.“TomeJones” D. “Amelia”

30.ThefirstEnglishpsycho-analyticalnovelis_______.

A.“ClarissaHarlowe” B.“Pamela”

C.“SirCharlesGrandison” D.“Amelia”

31.Ontheeveofthepublicationof“Dictionary”,______lettertoLordChesterfielddeclaredtheindependenceofEnglishwriters,signifyingtheendoftheirrelianceonthepatronageofnoblemenforsupport.

A.SamuelJohnson’s B.JohnMilton’s

C.AdamSmith’s D.Sheridan’s

32.TheRomanticAgebeganwiththepublicationof“TheLyricalBallads”whichwaswrittenby__________.

A.WilliamWordsworth

B.Southey

C.SamuelTaylorColeridge

D.WordsworthandColeridge

33.Whichpoetbelowdoesn’tbelongtotheLakers?

A.Wordsworth B.Keats

C. Southey D.Coleridge

34.WhichworkshaveNOTemployedthesubjectsfromtheBible?

A.SamsonAgonistes B.Cain

C.PrometheusUnbound D.ParadiseLost

35.Shelleywroteanelegy______lamentingtheprematuredeathofhisfellowpoet_______.

A.Adonais,Keats B.Hellas,Byron

C.TheCenci,Hazlitt D.QueenMab,LeighHunt

36.“ChildeHarold’sPilgrimage”waswrittenintheformof_______,while“DonJuan”waswrittenin_______.Andbothwerecreatedbyafamousromanticist_______.

A.Ottavarima,Spenserianstanza,Byron

B.Ottavarima,Spenserianstanza,Shelley

C.Spenserianstanza,Ottavarima,Byron

D.Spenserianstanza,Ottavarima,Shelley

37.WecanfindacounterpartofChina’s“TaleofWhiteSerpent”inEnglishliterature,________writtenby________.

A.Lamia,Keats B.Christabel,Coleridge

B.Lamia,Coleridge D.Christabel,Keats

38.AlbatrossinEnglishcultureisaninauspicioussymbol,whichoriginatesfrom__________,theworkof_________.

A.KublaKhan,Coleridge

B.TheRimeoftheAncientMariner,Coleridge

C.Christabel,Coleridge

D.ThePreclude,Wordsworth

39.“OmyLuveislikeared,redrose,

That'snewlysprunginJune;

OmyLuve'slikethemelodie

That'ssweetlyplay'dintune.”

Thesongaboveisfrom________by_______.

A.“ARed,RedRose”,WilliamBlake

B.“ARed,RedRose”,RobertBurns

C.“ARed,RedRose”,ThomasGray

D.“ARed,RedRose”,WilliamCowper

40.Eliaisthepseudonymofafamousessayist,_________,whopublished“TheEssayofElia”in1823.

A.Hazlitt B.LeighHunt

C.DeQuincey D.CharlesLamb

41.__________isthemajorthemefromtheearlyseventeenthcenturytotheendoftheeighteenthcenturyinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.

A.TheRomanticism B.ThePuritanism

C. TheTranscendentalism D.TheSentimentalism

42.ThefirstimportantwriterinAmericanliterature,________,whowrotethefascinatingTheSketchBookwithbothtwoofhismostfamousstories,“RipVanWinkle”and“TheLegendofSleepyHollow,”isregardedas“fatherofAmericanliterature".

A.JonathanEdward B.BenjaminFranklin

C.WashingtonIrving D.FenimoreCooper

43.________and________werethetwomajorAmericanpoetsofthenineteenthcentury.

A.WaltWhitman,EmilyDickinson

B.AnneBradstreet,EdwardTaylor

C.RogerWilliams,ThomasPaine

D.HenryDavidThoreau,RalphWaldoEmerson

44.______