英美语文110复习提纲.doc

英美语文[1]-10
Part I Multiple Choice: (30 scores, 2 scores for each)
选择题
1. The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare's ________ .
A. comedies B. tragedies C. sonnets D. histories
2. All the following have written plays in verse except ________.
A. George Gordon Byron B. Percy Bysshe Shelley
C. C. George Bernard Shaw D. T. S. Eliot
3. Shelley’s source for Prometheus Unbound was a play by ________.
A. William Shakespeare B. Aeschylus
C. Euripides D. Sophocles
4.In “Ode to the West Wind”, the wild west wind is referred to as the wind of ________.
A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
5. John Keats wrote the following except ______.
A. Endymion B. The Eve of Saint Agness
C. "Ode to a Nightingale" D. . "Ode to Duty"
6. In "Ode on a Grecian Urn" the references to Tempe and Arcady are ______.
A. Italian B. British C. Greek D. Persian
7. The individuals mentioned in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" ______.
A. appear in the poet's dream B. appear on a vase
C. are acquaintances of the poet D. pass the poet's window while he is musing
8. John Keats' “Ode to a Nightingale” expresses the contrast between the happy world of ____ loveliness and human of agony .
A. fairy B. natural C. pastoral D. optimistic
9. It is generally regarded that Keats's most important and mature poems are in the form of _______ .
A. ode B. elegy C. epic D. sonnet
10. The Lake Poets include the following except ________.
A. Robert Southey B. William Wordsworth
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. William Blake
11. William Wordswoth is frequently referred to as ________.
A. a religious poet B. a worshipper of nature
C. a modern poet D. a worshipper of beauty
12."She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!"
The word "me" in the last line of the above stanza quoted from Wordsworth's poem "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" may possibly refer to _______ .
A. the poet B. the reader C. her lover D. everybody
13. Of the following definitions of poetry, the one which is incorrectly paired with its author is _______.
A. “Poetry is the most beautiful and effective mode of saying things”—Matthew Arnold
B. “Poetry—the best words in their best order”—Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C. “The record of the best and happiest moment of the happiest and best minds”—Percy Bysshe Shelley
D. “The spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”—Robert Burns
14. "And where are they? And where art thou,"
My country? On thy voiceless shore
The heroic lay is tuneless now-
The heroic bosom beats no more!"（George Gordon Byron, Don Juan）
In the above stanza, "art thou" literally means _______ .
A. "are you" B. "art though" C. "are though" D. "art you"
15. Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English Middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.
A. Tom Jones B. Gulliver C. Moll Flanders D. Robinson Crusoe
16."To be so distinguished is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge."
The above quoted sentence is presented by Samuel Johnson with a（n） _______ tone.
A. delightful B. jealous C. ironic D. humorous
17._______ is a typical feature of Swift's writings.
A. Bitter satire B. Elegant style
C. Casual narration D. Complicated sentence structure
18. In William Blake's poetry, the father（and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as God, priest, and king）was usually a figure of _______ .
A. benevolence B. admiration C. love D. tyranny
19. "'I believe you are made of stone,' he said, clenching his fingers so hard that he broke the fragile cup. …'You seem to forget,' she said, 'that cup is not!'"
From the above quoted passage, we can find the woman's tone is very _______ .
A. sarcastic B. amusing C. sentimental D. facetious
20. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for _______ .
A. material wealth B. spiritual salvation C. universal truth D. self-fulfillment
21. is the successful religious allegory in the English language.
A. The Pilgrim’s Progress
B. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
C. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman
D.The Holy War
22. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, _______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in prose," and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.
A. Daniel Defoe B. Samuel Richardson C. Henry Fielding D. Oliver Goldsmith
23. Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______________”, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.
A. Best writer of the English novel
B. Father of the English novel
C. the most gifted writer of the English novel
D. conventional writer of English novel
24. Henry Fielding’s first novel ____ was written in connection with Pamela of Samuel Richardson. But after the first 10 chapters, Henry Fielding became so interested and absorbed in his own novel as to forget his original plan of ridiculing Pamela.
A. Tom Jones B. Jonathan Wild C. Joseph Andrews D. Amelia
25."Not on thy sole but on thy soul, harsh Jew,/Thou mak'st thy knife keen."
In the above quotation taken form The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare employs a（n）_______ .
A. oxymoron B. pun C. simile D. synecdoche
26. The most important work of _______ is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, which is regarded as the best monument of the old English prose.
A. Alfred the Great B. Caedmon
C. Cynewulf D. Venerable Bede
27. Who is the monster half-human who had mingled thirty warriors in The Song of Beowulf?
A. Hrothgat. B. Heorot.
C. Grendel. D. Beowulf.
28. _____ is the first important religious poet in English Literature.
A. Cynewulf B. Caedmon
C. Shakepeare. D. Adam Bede
29. The epic, The Song of Beowulf, represents the spirit of ______.
A. monks B. romanticists
C. sentimentalist D. pagan
30.__________ is the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England?
A. Christopher Marlow B. Geoffrey Chaucer
C. W. Shakespeare D. Alfred the Great
31. It is alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Martin Luther
C. William Langland D. John Gower
32. Chaucer’s earlist work of any length is his “______” a translation of the French “Roman de la Rose” by Gaillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, which was a love allegory enjoying widespread popularity in the 13th and 14th centuries not only in France but through Europe.
A. Troilus and Criseyde B. A Red, Red Rose
C. Romance of the Rose D. Piers the Plowman
33. In his literary development, Chaucer was influenced by three literatures, which one is not true?
A. French literature. B. Italian literature
C. English literature D. American literature
34． The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event?
A. The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.
B. England’s domestic rest.
C. New discovery in geography and astrology.
D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.
D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.
35. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry?
A. John Dryden B. Richard Lovelace C. Robert Herrick D. John Suckling
16. Alexander Pope strongly advocated _______, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.
A. sentimentalism B. romanticism C. idealism D. neoclassicism
36. Among the representatives of the Enlightenment, who was the first to introduce rationalism to England?
A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defoe
C. Alexander Pope D. Jonathan Swift
37. The unquenchable spirit of Robinson Crusoe struggling to maintain a substantial existence on a lonely island reflects.
A. man’s desire to return to nature B. the author’s criticism of the colonization
C. the ideal of the rising bourgeoisie
D. the aristocrats’ disillusionment of the harsh social reality
38. Here are four lines from a long poem: “Others for language all their care express, / And value books, as women men, for dress.” The poem must be.
A. Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
B. John Milton’s Paradise Lost
C. Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism
D. Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
39. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a poem written in the form of___________.
A ballad B. sonnet C. heroic couplet D. Spenserian stanza
40. The title of Alfred Tennyson’s poem “Ulysses” reminds the reader of the following EXCEPT _____________.
A. the Trojan War B. Homer’s Odyssey
C. adventures over the sea D. religious quest
41. “In dream vision Arthur witnessed the loveliness of Gloriana, and upon awaking resolves to seek her.” The two literary figures Arthur and Gloriana are from___________.
A Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene
B. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
C. Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His love”
D. John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”
42. _______________is the successful religious allegory in the English language.
A. The Pilgrim’s Progress B. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
C. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman D. The Holy War
43. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, The Battle of the Books and ___, which made him well-known as a satirist.
A. A Modest Proposal B. Bickerstaff Almanac
C. Gulliver’s Travels D. The Tale of a Tub
44. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries, its essence is_______________.
A. science B. philosophy C. arts D. humanism
45. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to?
A. Lover B. Time C. Summer D. Poetry
46. Which of the following information about John Donne is NOT true?
A. He was born in a Roman Catholic family
B. He received his education at Oxford and Cambridge
C. Later he gave up his Catholic faith and took orders in the Anglican Church.
D.. He wrote only religious poems.
47. Here are four lines from a long poem: “Others for language all their care express, / And value books, as women men, for dress.” The poem must be.
A. Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
B. John Milton’s Paradise Lost
C. Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism
D. Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
48. “Drive my dead thought over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth.” (Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ode to the West Wind”) What rhetorical device does the poet use in the quoted lines?
A. Synecdoche B. Metaphor C. Simile D. Onomatopoeia
49. ____ is a classical poet in the period of English Enlightenment.
A. Alexander Pope B. Henry Fielding C. Richard Brinsley Sheridan D. Daniel Defoe
50. Oliver Goldsmith’s ____ is one of the best English pastoral poems.
A. The Vicar of Wakefield B. The Deserted Village
C. Tristram Shandy D. The School for Scandal
51. ____ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar.
A. History of the World B. Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets
C. Don Quixote D. Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes
52. Pope’s ____ criticized mildly the dull life of high society of England.
A. Essay on Criticism B. “Moral Essays”
C. “The Dunciad” D. The Rape of the Lock
53. _____ is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.
A. Phillip Sidney B. Edmund Spenser
C. Walter Raleigh D. Thomas More
54. Which of the following works is not written by Oliver Goldsmith? ____.
A. The Traveler B. The Deserted Village
C. The School for Scandal D. The Vicar of Wakefield
55. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of the Reformation” and his followers.
A. William Tyndal B. James I
C. John Wycliffe D. Bishop Lancelot Andrews
56. Shakespeare’s plays written between _____ are sometimes called “romances” and all end in reconciliation and reunion.
A. 1590 and 1594 B. 1595 and 1600
C. 1608 and 1612 D. 1601 and 1607
57. Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home with the _______.
A. song B. dramatic blank verse C. sonnet D. couplet
58. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.
A. George Herbert B. John Donne
C. Andre Marvell D. Henry Vaughan
59. Milton’s Paradise Lost took its material from_____.
A. . the Bible B. Greek myth C. Roman myth D. French romance
60. William Shakespeare's history plays are mainly written under the____ that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a____.
A. fact/possibility B. story/probability
C. principle/necessity D. reality/truth
61.___________ was regarded as the greatest English revolutionary poet of the 17th century.
A. John Donne B. John Bunyan
C. John Milton D. John Keats
62. There are two revolutionary leaders in English Revolution: Cromwell was considered“the man of action” and _________was regarded as“the man of thought”.
A. John Donne B. John Bunyan
C. John Milton D. John Keats
63__________ is the representative of the poets of the graveyard school.
A. William Blake B. . Thomas Gray
C. William Wordsworth D. John Keats
64. After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______ .
A. simple character and quick wit B. simple character and poor understanding
C. intricate character and quick wit D. intricate character and poor understanding
65. Which of the following words NOT appropriate to describe Mrs. Bennet, a character in Pride and Prejudice.
A. Beautiful B. Intelligent C. Snobbish D. Vulgar
66. An attack on Byron’s early poetry was launched by the editors of ________.
A. The London Gazette B. The Manchester Guardian
C. The Liverpool Press D. The Edinburgh Review
67. Byron wrote the following except ________.
A. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage B. Manfred
C. Don Juan D. The Revolt of Islam
68. The description of “a man proud, moody, cynical, with defiance on his brow, and misery i