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5.TheVicarofWakefieldistheonlynovelof__________,whichdescribesmisfortunesfallingonthecentralcharacterandthefamily.

6.ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyardby___________istakenamodelofsentimentalistpoetry,esp.theGraveyardschool.

7.Fridayisacharacterinthenovel_______________.

8.AmongtherepresentativesoftheEnlightenment,___________wasthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland.

9.EssayonCriticismisadidacticpoemwrittenintheformof____________.

10.AuldLangSynewrittenby__________dealswiththefriendshipandhaslongbecomeauniversalparting-songofalltheEnglish-speakingcountries.

B.Definethefollowingterms.（15points,3foreach）

1.TheGraveyardSchool2.Satire3.Classicism

4.TheHeroicCouplet5.Meter

C.MultipleChoice.（15points,0.5foreach）

1.__________isthemostsuccessfulreligiousallegoryintheEnglishlanguage.

A.GenesisAB.Exodus

C.ThePilgrim’sProgressD.TheHolyWar

2.Theobjectof__________novelswastopresentafaithfulpictureoflife,“thejustcopiesofhumanmanners”,withsoundteachingwovenintotheirtexture,soastoteachthemtoknowthemselves,theirproperspheresandappropriatemanners.

A.JohnBunyan’sB.AlexanderPope’s

C.JonathanSwift’sD.HenryFielding’s

3.Ofallthe18thcenturynovelists,__________wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya“comicepicinprose”.

A.HenryFieldingB.DanielDefoe

C.JohnBunyanD.JonathanSwift

4.__________wasverymuchconcernedwiththethemeofthevanityofhumanwishesandtriedtoawakenmentothisfollyandhopedtocurethemofitthroughhiswriting.

A.SamuelJohnsonB.JonathanSwift

C.RichardBrinsleySheridanD.ThomasGray

5.TheRivalsand__________aregenerallyregardedasimportantlinksbetweenthemasterpiecesofShakespeareandthoseofBernardShaw.

A.TheSchoolforScandalB.TheDuenna

C.WidowersHousesD.TheDoctor’sDilemma

6.___________isasharpsatireonthemoraldegeneracyofthearistocratic-bourgeoissocietyinthe18thcenturyEngland.

A.TheRivalsB.Gulliver’sTravels

C.TomJonesD.TheSchoolforScandal

7.ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard,__________bestandmostrepresentativeworkhasbeenrankedamongthebestofthe18thcenturyEnglishPoetry.

A.AlexanderPope’sB.ThomasGray’s

C.SamuelJohnson’sD.WilliamBlake’s

8.AstherepresentativeoftheEnlightenment,Popewasoneofthefirsttointroduce__________toEngland.

A.rationalismB.criticismC.romanticismD.realism

9.TheEnlightenmentMovementdidnotadvocate__________.

A.rationality,reason,orderandrulesB.returntotheancientclassicalworks

C.innerfeelingsofindividualsD.universaleducation

10.　AnEssayonCriticismisadidacticpoemwrittenin__________.

A.heroiccoupletsB.EnglishsonnetC.blandverseD.Italiansonnet

11.　WhichofthefollowingcommentsonThomasGray’spoetryisNOTtrue?

A.Distortedinwordorder.B.Highlyartificialindiction.

C.Calculatedinrhythm.D.Light-heartedintone.

12.　InTheLifeofJonathanWildtheGreattheword“great”isused__________.

A.allegoricallyB.satirically

C.objectivelyD.euphemistically

13.　BywritinginapparentlyadmiringtermsofthelifeofanotoriouscriminalinTheLifeofJonathanWildtheGreatHenryFieldingsuggeststhatthereislittledifferencebetween__________.

A.notedroguesandgreatpoliticiansB.thenoblesandthecommons

C.greatroguesandlesserroguesD.discoveredcriminalsandsecretsinners

14.　WhatmakesJonathanSwift’ssatireallthemorebitter,bitingandpoignantisthathissatireisoftenmaskedby__________onthepartoftheauthor.

A.anapparenteagerness,gravity,sincerityanddetachmentintone

B.asoftnessandpersuasivenessinmannerandfirmnessandthoroughnessinaction

C.astrongindignationintoneandopendefianceandchallenge

D.afriendlinessandfranknessintoneandtheseemingindifferenceandnonchalance

15.　HenryFieldingadopted“thethird-personnarration”,whichenablestheauthortopresentasthe__________notonlythecharacters’externalbehaviorbutalsotheinternalworkingsoftheirminds.

A.“all-knowingGod”B.intimateparticipant

C.invisiblemanD.ignorantnarrator

16.　Thenovel,whichprosperedinthehandsofSwift,DefoeandFielding,givesarealisticpresentationoflifeofthecommonEnglishpeople.Thisisquitecontrarytothetraditional__________ofaristocrats.

A.elegyB.epicC.romanceD.moralityplay

17.　ThechiefforcethatmotivatedJohnBunyantowriteThePilgrim’sProgresswashis__________.

A.politicalcommitmentB.religiousfervency

C.artisticpursuitD.longsufferingintheperson

18.　AsaresultoftheconscientiousstudyhemadeoftheBible,Bunyan’slanguagewas__________.

A.satiric,conciseandwell-balancedB.concrete,livingandcolloquial

C.general,LatinateandpolysyllabicD.comic,neatanddecent

19.　Theenlightenersbelievedthatifthemasseswerewelleducated,therewouldbegreaterchancefora__________humansociety.

A.reasonableB.progressiveC.democraticD.enlightened

20.　AlexanderPope’sAnEssayonCriticismisa（n）__________poem.

A.ironicB.didacticC.sarcasticD.exaggerated

21.　ThetoneofJonathanSwift’snovelGulliver’sTravelsis___________.

A.sadB.sarcasticC.praisingD.detached

22.　The__________wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementthroughoutwesternEuropeinthe18thcentury.

A.RenaissanceB.Enlightenment

C.ReligiousReformationD.ChartistMovement

23.　Duringthereignofreasontheenlightenmentmeanteducationofpeopletofreethemfromalltheunreasonablefetterswhichinclude__________.

A.theologyB.conventionalideology

C.feudalgovernmentD.alltheabove

24.　WhichofthefollowingisNOTSamuelJohnson’swork?

A.London.B.TomJones.

C.LivesofthePoets.D.ADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.

25.　“Isnotapatron,myLord,onewholookswithunconcernonamanstrugglingforlifeinthewater,andwhenhehasreachedground,encumbershimwithhelp?

”

Theabovepassageistakenfrom__________.

A.FrancisBacon’sOfStudies

B.WilliamShakespeare’sTheMerchantofVenice

C.SamuelJohnson’sTotheRightHonorabletheEarlofChesterfield

D.JonathanSwift’sAModestProposal

26.　The18thcenturywitnessesanewliteraryform—themodernEnglishnovel,which,contrarytothemedievalromance,givesa__________presentationoflifeofthecommonEnglishpeople.

A.romanticB.idealisticC.propheticD.realistic

27.　InElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard,ThomasGraycomparedthecommonfolkwiththegreatones,wonderingwhatthecommonscouldhaveachievediftheyhadhadthe__________.

A.chanceB.loveC.moneyD.materialsources

28.　Whenhewrites,inAnEssayonCriticism,“Avileconceitinpompouswordsexpressed,/Islikeaclowninregalpurpledresses,”AlexanderPopemeansthat__________.

A.pompouswordsarealwaysdestructivetogoodtaste

B.thepurplecolorisfortheroyalonlyanditisridiculoustodressaclowninpurple

C.conceitsarealwaysmisleading

D.truewitisbestsetinaplainstyle

29.　“TheshepherdinVirgingrewatlastacquaintedwithLove,andfoundhimanativeofrocks.”（SamuelJohnson’sTotheRightHonorabletheEarlofChesterfield）Thespeakerhereis__________.

A.cheerfulB.ironicC.mysteriousD.nonchalant

30.　“HehasaservantcalledFriday.”“He”inthequotedsentenceisacharacterin__________.

A.HenryFielding’sTomJones

B.JohnBunyan’sThePilgrim’sProgress

C.RichardBringsleySheridan’sTheSchoolforScandal

D.DanielDefoe’sRobinsonCrusoe

D.Readthefollowingquotationsandanswerthequestions.（20points,4foreach）

1.“MostmightyEmperorofLilliput,delightandterrorofheuniverse,whosedominionsextendfivethousandblustrugs（abouttwelvemilesincircumference）totheextremitiesoftheglobe;

MonarchofallMonarchs;

tallerthanthesonsofmen;

whosefeetpressdowntothecenter,andwhoseheadstrikesagainstthesun;

atwhosenodtheprincesoftheearthshaketheirknees;

pleasantasspring,comfortableassummer,fruitfulasautumn,dreadfulaswinter.”

A.Identifytheworkandtheauthor.

B.Whatisthetoneoftheauthor?

C.Whatdoestheauthorparodyhere?

2.“IconsultedseveralthingsinmysituationwhichIfoundwouldbeproperforme:

first,healthandfreshwaterIjustnowmentioned;

secondly,shelterfromtheheatofthesun;

thirdly,securityfromravenouscreatures,whethermenorbeasts;

fourthly,aviewtothesea,thatifGodsentanyshipinsight,Imightnotloseanyadvantageformydeliverance,ofwhichIwasnotwillingtobanishallmyexpectationyet.

A.Identifytheauthorandthet