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Test Paper One

Ⅰ. Identification.
1. Identify each on the left column with its related information on the right column.
(1) Ernest Jones A. euphuism
（2) Oscar Wilde B。 Lake poet
（3) John Lyly C。 Chartist poetry
(4) Robert Louis Stevenson D. tragedy
(5） Robert Southey E. sentimentalism
（6） George Eliot F。 critical realism
（7） Laurence Sterne G. art for art’s sake
（8） Pamela H. Kunstlerroman
（9) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man I. epistolary novel
（10) Macbeth J。 neo—romanticism
2。 Identify the author with his or her work。
（1) Charles Dickens A。 A Passage to India
（2) E. M. Foster B。 Paradise Regained
(3) Virginia Woolf C。 The Garden Party
(4） John Milton D. Of Studies
（5) Shelley E. Jonathan Wild the Great
（6) Francis Bacon F. Jude the Obscure
（7） Katherine Mansfield G. The Waste Land
（8） Henry Fielding H。 Hard Times
(9） T. S. Eliot I。 To the Lighthouse
(10) Thomas Hardy J。 Prometheus Unbound
Ⅱ。 Fill in the blanks。
1。 was one of the most prominent of the 20th century English realistic writers。 The Man of Property is one of his works。
2。 As a literary figure, Stephen Dedalus appears in two novels written by 。
3。 Of Human Bondage is a naturalistic novel by ， dealing with the story of a deformed orphan trying vainly to be an artist.
4. ， T。 S。 Eliot’s most important single poem, has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry， comparable to Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads.
5。 Henry James' most famous short story is ， a ghost story in which the question of childhood corruption obsesses governess.
6。 The pessimistic view of life that predominates most of Hardy’s later works earns him a reputation as a writer.
7. is regarded as the oldest poem in English literature。
8。 The most famous English ballads of the 15th century is the Ballads of ， a legendary outlaw.
9. The greatest and most distinctive achievement of Elizabethan literature is ________.
10。 and were two schools of poetry prevailing in the 17th century.
11. wrote his famous prose composite on “An Essay of Dramatic Poesy" in1668, which established his position as the leading critic of the day。
12。 ， one of Graham Green’s best novels， tells a story of the wandering of a whisky priest， an outlaw in Mexico， who is seedy and alcoholic as an ordinary man， but fulfills his function as priest。
13。 is Byron’s masterpiece， written in the prime of his creative power。 He called it an “epic satire”, “a satire on abuses of the present state of society。”
14。 Romanticism was in effect a revolt of the English against the neoclassical , which prevailed from the days of Pope to those of Johnson。
15。 All such works of Coleridge as “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", “Christable” and “Kubla Khan” revealed his keen interest in 。
16. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into English literature: the struggle of the for its rights。
17. The Rape of the Lock takes the form of a ， which describes the triviality of high society in a grand style。
18. In ， Jonathan Swift suggests that children of the poor Irish people be sold at one year old as food for the English nobles。 It shows his indignation toward the terrible oppression and exploitation of the Irish people by the English ruling class。
19. Horace Walpole’s novel began the tradition of Gothic romance in English literature。
20。 The typical feature of Robert Browning’s poetry is the 。
Ⅲ。 Choose the best answer.
1. Life of Charlotte Bronte is written by 。
A. Emily Bronte B。 Anne Bronte
C。 Mrs。 Gaskell D。 George Eliot
2。 was appointed poet laureate in succession to Wordsworth in1850。
A。 Alfred Tennyson B. Robert Browning
C. Mrs. Browning D。 Dante Rossetti
3。 Most of Hardy’s novels are set in , the fictional primitive and
crude region which is really the home place he both loves and hates.
A。 London B。 Yoknapatawpha
C. Wessex D. Paris
4。 Which of the following novels does NOT belong to the “stream—of— consciousness" school of novel writing?
A。 Ulysses B。 Finnegan's Wake
C。 The Rainbow D. The Waves
5. is a story about the three generations of the Brangwen family on the Marsh farm。
A. Sons and Lovers B。 Women in Love
C. The Rainbow D. Man and Superman
6。 William Butler Yeats was .
A。 an Irish poet B. a dramatist
C。 a critic D。 all of the above
7. The hero in the romance is usually the 。
A. king B. knight
C。 Christ D。 churchman
8。 Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Elizabethan age?
A. It is the age of intellectual liberty.
B. It is the age of protestant reformation.
C。 It is the age of social contentment。
D. It is the age of bourgeois revolution。
9. The Pilgrim's Progress is .
A。 a religious allegory B。 a dramatic sonnet
C。 a historical novel D. a long epic
10。 In his early volumes of poetry, mainly writes about animals which are emblems and analogues intended as comments on human life.
A. Philip Larkin B. W. H. Auden
C。 Dylan Thomas D. Ted Hughes
11. In The French Lieutenant’s Woman, is an existentially independent woman， as she said in the novel， “No limit, no blame， can touch me."
A. Sarah B。 Ernestina
C. Miranda D。 Mantissa
12。 is distinctive in English literature because he makes thriller a serious form, and thus he bridges the gap between popular and serious writers.
A。 Graham Greene B. George Orwell
C. Evelyn Waugh D. William Golding
13. In , William Wordsworth set forth his principles of poetry， “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling”。
A. The Preface to Lyrical Ballads
B。 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
C。 A Defence of Poetry
D. Lectures on the English Poets
14。 The following statements are about “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage". Which statement is NOT true?
A。 It is about a young aristocrat whose “world-weariness” bespeaks his loathing for English high society.
B。 Besides Harold’s impressions of the countries he visits, the poem is interspersed with lyrical outbursts which give utterance to the poet’s own philosophical and political views。
C. The first canto deals with Albania and Greece。
D. The last canto sings of Italy and the Italian people who have given the world great writers and thinkers like Dante。
15。 ’s poetry is always sensuous， colorful and rich in imagery, which expresses the acuteness of his senses. In his poetry, sight， sound， scent taste and feeling are all taken into give an entire understanding of an experience.
A. Keats B. Shelley
C. Wordsworth D。 Byron
16。 Modern English novel, as a product of the 18th century Enlightenment and industrialization， really came with the rising of the class.
A. working B. aristocratic
C。 bourgeois D. capitalist
17。 T。 B。 Smollett used the form of the novel in his books。 This was later followed by Charles Dickens in The Pick wick Papers。
A。 epistolary B。 picaresque
C。 Gothic D。 psychological
18。 wrote under the influence of Scottish folk tradition and old Scottish poetry.
A. Jonathan Swift B。 Robert Burns
C。 William Blake D。 Thomas Gray
19. Which of the following is NOT from Ireland？
A。 Jonathan Swift
B。 Alexander Pope
C。 Oliver Goldsmith
D. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
20. Which one is correct according to the time when they appeared？
A。 romanticism， neoclassicism, humanism, critical realism
B. humanism, neoclassicism, romanticism, critical realism
C。 romanticism， humanism， realism， naturalism
D. realism， critical realism, romanticism， humanism
Ⅳ. Define the following terms。
1. Parody
2。 Anti-novel
3. Heroic couplet
4. Blank verse
5. Point of view
6。 Byronic hero
7. Epistolarynovel 8。Comedyofmanners
Ⅴ. Short-answer questions。
1. Please analyze Adam Bede to illustrate George Eliot’s moral view.
2. What are the main features of the romance in the Middle Ages?
3。 Analyze the image of God in Paradise Lost.
4。 State briefly the artistic features of Jane Austen。
5。 What are the characteristics of William Blake's poetry? Take “The Sick Rose” as an example.
Ⅵ。 Answer the questions according to the following passages。
Passage 1
I will arise and go now， and go to Innisfree，
And a small cabin build there， of clay and wattles made：
Nine bean—rows will I have there， a hive for the honey—bee，
And live alone in the bee-loud glade。
And I shall have some peace there， for peace comes dropping slow，
Dropping from the veils of the mourning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow，
And evening full of the linnet’s wings。
I will arise and go now， for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore；
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray，
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
Questions:
1。Identify the author and the title of the poem。
2。Why does the poet want to “arise and go”？
3。 Analyze the structure of this poem briefly。
4. What is the theme of this poem?
5。 What are stylistic features of this poem?

Passage2
The spectral， half—compounded, aqueous light which pervaded the open mead impressed them with the feeling of isolation, as if they were Adam and Eve..。 It was then， as has been said, that she impressed him most deeply. She was no longer the milk maid, but a visionary essence of woman-a whole sex condensed into one typical form。..。Then it would grow lighter， and her features would becomes imply feminine； they had changed from those of a divinity who could confer bliss to those of a being who craved it.
Questions：
6. This is from Tess of the D’ Urbervilles， the section titled “The Rally” and Chapter XX. Who is “she” in this passage？
7. What does this phrase “as if they were Adam and Eve” symbolize?
8。 How does the paragraph summarize the way that the man feels about the woman and how does this view of her influence the plot?
Ⅶ。 Essay question.
Comment on D. H。 Lawrence with reference to Sons and Lovers.
Keys
Ⅰ. Identification。
1. Identify each on the left column with the related information on the right column。
（1） C (2） G (3） A （4) J （5) B
(6) F （7） E (8） I (9） H （10) D
2。 Identify the author with his or her work.
(1) H （2) A （3） I （4） B (5） J
(6） D (7) C （8） E (9) G （10) F
Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks.
1。 John Galswathy 2. James Joyce
3。 William Somerset Maugham 4。 The Waste Land
5. The Turn of the Screw 6。 naturalistic
7。 Beowulf 8. Robin Hood
9。 drama 10. Metaphysical Poetry； Cavalier Poetry
11. John Dryden 12。 The Power and the Glory
13. Don Juan 14. Imagination; reason
15。 mysticism 16。 proletariat
17。 mock epic 18. A Modest Proposal
19。 The Castle of Otranto 20. dramatic monologue
Ⅲ。 Choose the best answer.
1. C 2. A 3. C 4。 C 5. C
6。 D 7。 B 8. D 9。 A 10. D
11. A 12. A 13. A 14. C 15。 A
16. C 17。 B 18。 B 19。 B 20。 B
Ⅳ。 Define the following terms.
1. Parody: A parody is a high burlesque. It imitates the serious manner and characteristic features of a particular literary work， or the distinctive style of a particular author, or the typical stylistic and other features of a serious literary genre， and deflates the original by applying the imitation to a lowly or comically inappropriate subject。 Henry Fielding in Joseph Andrews parodied Samuel Richardson's Pamela by putting a hearty male heroin place of Richardson's heroine。
2. Anti—novel: A form of experimental fiction that dispenses with certain traditional elements of novel—writing like the analysis of characters’ states of mind or the unfolding of a sequential plot。 Antecedents of the anti—novel can be found in the blank pages and comically self—defeating digressions of Sterne's Tristram Shandy （1759~1767) and in some of the innovations of modernism， like the absence of narration in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves (1931).
3。 Heroic couplet： Iambic pentameter lines rhyming in pairs are called decasyllabic （ten-syllable） couplets or heroic couplets.
4。 Blank verse: Blank verse was first introduced by the Earl of Surrey in his translations of Books 2 and 4of Virgil’s The Aeneid. It consists of lines of iambic pentameter （five-stress iambic verse） which are unrhymed—hence the term “blank"。 Of all English metrical forms it is closest to the natural rhythms of English speech， and at the same time flexible and adaptive to diverse levels of discourse； as a result it has been more frequently and variously used than any other type of versification。 It became the standard meter for Elizabethan and later poetic drama; a free form of blank verse is still the medium in twentieth—century verse plays。
5。 Point of view： The vantage point from which a narrative is told。 There are two basic points of view： first-person and third-person。
(1) In the first-person point of view, the story is told by one of the characters in his or her own word。 The first-person point of view is limited， since the reader is told only what this character knows and observes。
(2) In the third person point of view， the narrator is not a character in the story .The narrator may be an “omniscient” or “all—knowing" observer who can describe and comment on all the characters and actions in the story。 On the other hand, the third-person narrator might tell a story from the point of view of only one character in the story。
6. Byronic hero： A stereotyped character created by Byron。 This kind of hero is usually a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin. With immense superiority in his passions and powers， he would carry on his shoulders the burden of right in gall the wrongs in a corrupt society。 He would rise single-handedly against any kind of tyrannical rules either in government, in religion， or in