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TestforBritishLiterature1
TestforBritishLiterature-1
TestOne
PartOne
Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebracket.
1.____,atypicalexampleofOldEnglishpoetry,isregardedtodayasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.
ATheWife‘sComplaintBBeowulfCTheDreamoftheRoadDTheSeafarer
2.It’sChauceralonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyinhismasterpiece____.
ATheCanterburyTalesBTheLegendofGoodWomenCTheRomauntoftheRoseDTroilusandCriseyde
3.Dr.Faustusisaplaybasedonthe____legendofamagicianaspiringforknowledgeandfinallymeetinghistragicendasaresultofsellinghissoultotheDevil.
AGermanBBritishCFrenchDAmerican
4.ThemostimportantandpopularcomedywrittenbyShakespeareis____
ARomeoandJulietBTwelfthNightCTheMerchantofVeniceDAsYouLikeIt
5.____EssaysisthefirstexampleofthatgenreinEnglishliterature.
AJohnMilton’sBFrancisBacon’sCMontaigne’sDThomasGray’s
6.____istheleadingfigureofthemetaphysicalschool.
AJohnMiltonBJohnDonneCJohnBunyanDJohnKeats
7.____isindeedtheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.
AParadiseLostBParadiseRegainedCSamsonAgonistesDTheFaerieQueene
8.AlexanderPopeworkedpainstakinglyonhispoemsandfinallybroughttoitslastperfection____Drydenhadsuccessfullyusedinhisplays.
AtheheroiccoupletBthefreeverseCtheblankverseDtheSpenserianstanza
9.Theobjectof____novelswastopresentafaithfulpictureoflife,“thejustcopiesofhumanmanners,”withsoundteachingwovenintotheirtexture,soastoteachthemtoknowthemselves,theirproperspheresandappropriatemanners.
AJohnBunyan’sBAlexanderPope’sCJonathanSwift’sDHenryFielding’s
10.____hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FartheroftheEnglishnovel’’forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.
AJohnBunyanBHenryFieldingCDanielDefoeDJonathanSwift
11.Ofallthe18thcenturynovelists____wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespeciallya“comicepicinprose”.
AHenryFieldingBDanielDefoeCRobinsonCrusoeDColonelJack
12.____bringsHenryFieldingthenameofthe“ProseHomer”.
AThePilgrim’sProgressBTomJonesCRobinsonCrusoeDColonelJack
13.____wasverymuchconcernedwiththethemeofthevanityofhumanwishesandtriedtoawakenmentothisfollyandhopedtocurethemofitthroughhiswriting.
ASamuelJohnsonBJonathanSwiftCRichardBrinsleySheridanDThomasGray
14.____isasharpsatireonthemoraldegeneracyofthearistocratic-bourgeoissocietyinthe18thcenturyEngland.
ATheRivalsBGulliver’sTravelsCTomJonesDTheSchoolforScandal
15.Thepoem“ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard”isregardedasthemostrepresentativeworkof____.
AtheMetaphysicalSchoolBtheGraveyardSchoolCtheGothicSchoolDtheromanticSchool
16.Inhisnovel,RobinsonCrusoe,Defoeeulogizestheheroofthe____.
AaristocraticclassBenterprisinglandlordsCrisingbourgeoisieDhard-workingpeople
17.EnglishRomanticismisgenerallysaidtohavebegunin1798withthepublicationofajointvolumeofpoetry,LyricalBallads,writtenbyWordsworthand____.
AKeatsBColeridgeCSoutheyDByron
18.____definesthepoetasa“manspeakingtomen,andpoetryas“thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings,whichoriginatesinemotionrecollectedintranquility.
AWilliamBlakeBWilliamWordsworthCSamuelTaylorColeridgeDJohnKeats
19.FortheRomantics,____isnotonlythemajorsourceofpoeticimagery,butalsoprovidesthedominantsubjectmatter.
AloveBmanCmatureDdeath
20____iscentraltoBlake’sconcerninSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperience.
APovertyBLifeinLondonCChildhoodDNature
PartTwo
Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.
1. Generallyspeaking,theOldEnglishpoetrythathassurvivedcanbedividedintotwogroups:
the____groupandthe____group.
2. ChristopherMarlowegavenewvigortotheblankversewithhis“____”.
3. ItisEdmundSpenser’sidealism,hisloreofbeauty,andhisexquisitemelodythatmakehimknownas“____”.
4. Inhisromanticcomedies,Shakespearetakesa(n)____attitudetowardloveandyouth,andtheromanticelementsarebroughtintofullyplay.
5. ThemoststrikingfeatureofJohnDonne’spoetryispreciselyitstangofreality,inthesensethatitseemstoreflectlifeina____ratherthana____world.
6. Gulliver’sTravelscontains____parts,eachdealingwithoneparticularvoyageduringwhichGullivermeetswithshipwreckorpiracyorsomeother____.
7. FieldingsharedthecontemporaryviewoftheEnglishenlightenersthatthepurposeofthenovelwasnotjustto____,butto____.
8. Asalexicographer,SamuelJohnsonwasrather____,openlyshowinghisdislikeformuchofthenewlyrisingformofliterature.
9. Sheridanismuchconcernedwiththecurrent____issuesandlashesharshlyatthesocialvicesoftheday.
10. ThomasGrayhasbeenrememberedastheleaderofthe____poetryofhisday.
11. Blake,Wordsworth,ColeridgeandothermajorRomanticpoets,starteda____againsttheneoclassicalliterature,whichwaslaterregardedasthepoeticrevolution.
12. WalterScottisthefirstmajor____novelist,exertingapowerfulliteraryinfluencebothinBritainandontheContinentthroughoutthe19thcentury.
13. Accordingtothesubjects,Wordsworth’sshortpoemscanbeclassifiedintotwogroups:
poemsabout____andpoemsabout____.
14. DonJuanisByron’smasterpiece,agreat____oftheearly19thcentury.
15. AsaleadingRomanticist,Byron’schiefcontributionishiscreationofthe“Byronichero,”aproud,mysterious____figureof____origin.
PartThree
Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow.
1. Renaissance2.Neoclassicism3.Theheroiccouplet4.TheRomanticMovement5.The“Byronichero”
PartFour
Foreachofthequotationslistedbelowpleasegivethenameoftheauthorandthetitleoftheliteraryworkfromwhichitistakenandthenbrieflyinterpretit.
1. “Butthyeternalsummershallnotfade,
Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow’st:
Norshalldeathbragthouwander’stinhisshade,
Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,
Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifethethee.”
2.“Readingmakesafullman,conferenceareadyman,andwritinganexactman.”
3 “And,moreover,atthisfairthereisatalltimestobeseenjugglings,cheats,games,plays,fools,apes,knaves,androgues,andthatofeverykind,herearetobeseen,too,andthatfornothing,thefts,murders,adulteries,falsewearers,andthatofablood-redcolor.”
A.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthenovelfromwhichthispassageistaken.
B.Identifythenameofthefair.
C.Summarizethemeaningofthepassage.
4. “…
BethroughmylipstounawakenedEarth
Thetrumpetofaprophecy!
O,Wind,
IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?
”
5.“Whenoldageshallthisgenerationwaste,
Thoushaltremain,inmidstofotherwoe
Thanours,afriendtoman,towhomthousay’st.
“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty,”–thatisall
Yeknowonearth,andallyeneedtoknow.”
PartFive
GiveBriefanswerstothefollowingquestions.
1. BrieflycommentonGeoffreyChaucer’sworksandhisliteraryachievements.
2. WhatdoesMiltonintendtotellthereaderbywritingParadiseLost?
3. WhatisthethemeofThePilgrim’sProgress?
4. DiscussthesubjectmatterintheodeswrittenbyJohnKeats.
Keys
PartOne1-5BAACB6-10BAADB11-15ABADB16-20CBBCC
PartTwo1religious,secular2mighty,lines3thepoets’poet4optimistic5real,poetical
6four,misfortune7amuse,instruct8dictionary9moral10sentimental
11rebellion12historical13nature,humanlife14comicepic15rebel,noble
PartThree
1.Renaissance:
TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.Generally,itreferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid17thcenturies.ItfirststartedinItaly,withthefloweringofpainting,sculptureandliterature.FromItalythemovementwenttoembracetherestofEurope.TheRenaissance,whichmeansrebirthorrevival,isactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,suchastherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture,thenewdiscoveriesingeographyandastrology,thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.TheRenaissance,therefore,inessence,isahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinmedievalEurope,tointroducenew'ideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie,andtorecoverthepurityoftheearlychurchfromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch.
2. Neoclassicism:
Inthefieldofliterature,theEnlightenmentMovementbroughtaboutarevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks.Thistendencyisknownasneoclassicism.Accordingtotheneoclassicism,allformsofliteratureweretobemodeledaftertheclassicalworksoftheancientGreekandRomanwriters(Homer,Virgil,andsoon)andthoseofthecontemporaryFrenchones.Theybelievedthattheartisticidealsshouldbeorder,logic,restrainedemotionandaccuracy,andthatliteratureshouldbejudgedintermsofitsservicetohumanity.Thisbeliefledthemtoseekproportion,unity
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