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英国文学史学生复习资料

I.ChoosetherelevantmatchfromColumnBforeachiteminColumnA.（30pointsinall,1.5pointforeach）

1.（  ）EdmundSpenser            A.WomenInLove

2.（  ）OliverGoldsmith            B.SenseandSensibility;

3.（  ）LaurenceSterne            C.QueenMab      

4.（  ）DanielDefoe              D.YoungGoodmanBrown

5.（  ）HenryFielding            E.ThePortraitofALady  

6.（  ）GeorgeGordonByron        F.TheSoundandtheFury

7.（  ）PercyByssheShelley          G.TheGreatGatsby

8.（  ）JaneAusten              H.ForWhomtheBellTolls

9.（  ）SirWalterScott            I.ChildeHarold'sPilgrimage

10.（  ）ElizabethCleghornGaskell    J.TheFaerieQueene

11.（  ）GeorgeEliot                K.Ivanhoe

12.（  ）JohnGalsworthy            L.MaryBarton

13.（  ）WilliamShakespeare           M.TheForsyteSaga

14.（  ）NathanielHawthorne          N.RobinsonCrusoe  

15.（  ）HenryJames              O.TomJones

16.（  ）TheodoreDreiser            P.TheVicarofWakefield  

17.（  ）ScottFitzgerald              Q.ASentimentalJourney

18.（  ）ErnestHemingway            R.AmericanTragedy

19.（  ）WilliamFaulkner            S.Middlemarch

20.（  ）DavidHerbertLawrence        T.Othello

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II.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.（20pointsinall,2pointsforeach）

1.TheearliestsettlersoftheBritishIsleswerethe______,whomigratedtotheBritishIslesabout600B.C..

2.TheAnglo-Saxonswereheathenpeoplebeforetheyaccepted______.

3.AftertheNormanconquest,Latinand______werethelanguagesoftheupperclass,spokenatcourtsandusedinchurchesandschools.

4.______inthe14thcenturyclaimedthelivesofonethirdofthewholepopulationinEurope.

5.TheHouseofLancasterandtheHouseofYorkfoughttheThirtyYears’Warfrom1455to1485,theHouseofYorkusing______asitsemblem.

6.TheElizabethanspectatorspaidapennytostandthroughouttheperformanceinthepitwerecalled______.

7.SonnetswasfirstwrittenbytheItalianpoet______whowrotethemtoaladynamedLaura.

8.AsaphilosopherBaconispraisedbyMarxas“______”becausehestressedtheimportanceofexperience,orexperiment.

9.Popetranslatedtheentire“______”andhalfofthe“Odyssey”,theotherhalfbeingtranslatedbytwoCambridgescholars.

10.TheRapeoftheLockisabrilliantsatirewrittenintheformofa______poem.

1.theCelts2.Christianity3.French4.BlackDeath5.awhiterose6.groundlings7.Petrarch8.theprogenitorofEnglishmaterialism9.Iliad10.mock-heroic

III.Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.（20pointsinall,2pointsforeach）

1.TheRenaissanceisactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents，whichoneofthefollowingisNOTsuchanevent?

A.TherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture.

B.England’sdomesticrest.

C.Newdiscoveryingeographyandastrology.

D.Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.

2._________isthesuccessfulreligiousallegoryintheEnglishlanguage.

A.ThePilgrim’sProgressB.GraceAboundingtotheChiefofSinners

C.TheLifeandDeathofMr.BadmanD.TheHolyWar

3.Generally，theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies，itsessenceis_________

A.scienceB.philosophyC.artsD.humanism

4.AmongtherepresentativesoftheEnlightenment，whowasthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland?

A.JohnBunyanB.DanielDefoeC.AlexanderPopeD.JonathanSwift

5.Itis_________alonewho，forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature，presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromailwalksoflife.

A.GeoffreyChaucerB.MartinLutherC.WilliamLanglandD.JohnGower

6.InATaleofTwoCities,the"twocities"refertoLondonand_________.

A.Dublin     B.ParisC.NewYork      D.Vienna

7.TheLyricalBalladswrittenbyWordsworthandColeridgewaspublishedin________.

A.1789      B.1798C.1829       D.1903

8._______istherepresentativeofAestheticismandDecadenceinEnglishliterature.

A.R.L.Stevenson         B.OscarWilde

C.SamuelButler            D.CharlesDickens

9.Whichofthefollowingnovelsdoesnotbelongtothe"streamofconsciousness"schoolofnovelwriting?

A.Ulysses             B.Mrs.Dalloway

C.TheRainbow         D.TotheLighthouse

10.TheunquenchablespiritofRobinsonCrusoestrugglingtomaintainasubstantialexistenceonalonelyislandreflects_________

A.man’sdesiretoreturntonature

B.theauthor’scriticismofthecolonization

C.theidealoftherisingbourgeoisie

D.thearistocrats’disillusionmentoftheharshsocialreality

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IV.Explainthefollowingliteraryterms.（12pointsinall,4pointsforeach）

1.Renaissance

2.TheWarofRoses

3.MoralityPlay

V.ChosetherelevantmatchfromColumnBforeachiteminColumnA.（15pointsinall,1.5pointsforeach）

A.Findouttheauthorandhiswork.

1.（）ThomasMorea.GorgeGreen

2.（）EdmundSpencerb.Eupheus

3.（）JohnLylyc.TheFairyQueene

4.（）ChristopherMarlowed.Utopia

5.（）RobertGreenee.TheJewofMalta

B.Findouttheworkfromcolumnontheleftanditscontentfromcolumnontheright.

6.（）IlPenserosoa.attackonthecensorship

7.（）Lycidasb.defenseoftheRevolution

8.（）DefensefortheEnglishPeoplec.aboutdearfriend

9.（）Areopagiticad.SatanagainstGod

10.（）ParadiseLoste.meditation

A.Findouttheauthorandhiswork.

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B.Findouttheworkfromcolumnontheleftanditscontentfromcolumnontheright.

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VI.DecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseandwriteTorFinthebrackets.（15pointsinall,1.5pointsforeach）

1.（）TheauthorofTheSongofBeowulfisCynwulf.

2.（）ThesettingofTheSongofBeowulfisinScotland.

3.（）AlfredtheGreatcompilesTheAnglo-SaxonChronicles.

4.（）VenerableBedewroteTheEcclesiasticHistoryoftheEnglishpeople.

5.（）TheauthorofParaphraseisCaedmon.

6.（）Chaucer’spoetrytracesoutapathtotheliteratureofEnglishrenaissance.

7.（）BeingspeciallyfondofthegreatwriterBoccaccio,ChaucercomposesalongnarrativepoemFilostratobaseduponBoccaccio’spoemTroilusandCressie.

8.（）The32pilgrims,accordingtoChaucer’splan,wastoexceedthatofBoccaccio’sDecameron.

9.（）ThePrologueisasplendidmasterpieceofRomanticportrayal,thefirstofitskindinthehistoryofEnglishliterature.

10.（）TheCanterburyTalesisavividandbrilliantreflectionof15thcenturyofEngland.

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VII.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.（20pointsinall,2pointsforeach）

11.TheearliestsettlersoftheBritishIsleswerethe______,whomigratedtotheBritishIslesabout600B.C..

12.GeoffreyChaucer,the“______”andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondoninabouttheyear1340.

13.The______providesaframeworkforthetalesinTheCanterburyTales,anditcomprisesagroupofvividpicturesofvariousmedievalfigures.

14.Incontradictiontothe_______verseofAnglo-Saxonpoetry,ChaucerchosethemetricalformwhichlaidthefoundationoftheEnglishtonico-syllabicverse.

15.TheHouseofLancasterandtheHouseofYorkfoughttheThirtyYears’Warfrom1455to1485,theHouseofYorkusing______asitsemblem.

16.The16thcenturyinEnglandwasaperiodofthebreakingupof______relationsandtheestablishingofthefoundationsofcapitalism.

17.SonnetswasfirstwrittenbytheItalianpoet______whowrotethemtoaladynamedLaura.

18.AsaphilosopherBaconispraisedbyMarxas“______”becausehestressedtheimportanceofexperience,orexperiment.

19.______isoftenreferredtoas“thepoets’poet”.

20.TheRapeoftheLockisabrilliantsatirewrittenintheformofa______poem.

21.Celts2.FatherofEnglishPoetry3.Prologue4.Alliterative5.awhiterose6.feudal7.Petrarch8.theprogenitorofEnglishmaterialism9.EdmundSpencer10.mock-heroic

VIII.Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.（20pointsinall,2pointsforeach）

1.AboutEdmundSpencerwhichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?

A.HewaseducatedinCambridge.

B.HisfatherwastheKeeperofthePrivySealtoQueenElizabeth.

C.HeinteractedwithPhilipSidney.

D.Hewrote“Epithalamion”tohisloveaffairwithElizabethBoyle

2.AbouttheRenaissancehumanistswhichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.Theythoughtmoneyandsocialstatuswasthemeasureofallthings.

B.Theyemphasizedthedignityofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceofthepresentlife.

C.Theycouldn'tseethehumanvaluesintheirworks.

D.Theythoughtpeoplewerelargelysubordinatedtotherulingclasswithoutanyfreedomandindependence.

3.InhistragedyRomeoandJuliet,Shakespeareeulogizes_____.

A.thefaithfulnessoflove

B.thespiritofpursuinghappiness

C.theheroine'sgreatbeauty,witandloyalty

D.bothaandb

4.OneofthedistinctfeaturesoftheElizabethantimeis_____