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The Modern Period

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1. The short story “Araby” is one of the stories in James Joyce’s collection ( ).
A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
B. Ulysses
C. Finnegans Wake
D. Dubliners P390

2. “For I have known them all already, known them all—/Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,/I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”The above lines are taken from ( ).
A. Wordsworth’s “The Solitary Reaper”
B. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” P365
C. Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”
D. Yeats’s “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”

?3. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of（　　　）, who never pays any attention to human feelings.
A.morality                                                                B. justice
C.property                                                               D. humor

4. George Bernard Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a grotesquely realistic exposure of the（　　　）.
A. slum landlordism
B. political corruption in England
C. economic oppression of women
D. religious corruption in England

5. The story starting with the marriage of Paul’s parents Walter Morel and Mrs. Morel must be
( ).
A. Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles
B. D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers
C. George Eliot’s Middlemarch
D. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre

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6. As a realist dramatist, George Bernard Shaw is concerned with social, economic, moral and religious problems in his works. The general mood he expressed in his plays is ( ).
A. indignation
B. satisfaction
C. optimism
D. pessimism

7. In the late nineteenth century, modernism flourished in English literature. Unlike modern poets and novelists, modern dramatists ( ).
A. showed not only satirical attitude toward bourgeois class, but also optimistic emotion toward life
B. did not make so many innovations in techniques and forms
C. inherited the romantic fuzziness and self-indulged emotionalism
D. took the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho – analysis as its theoretical base

8. In ( ), James Joyce intended to record the four aspects of the moral history of his country, namely childhood, adolescence, maturity and public life.
A. Dubliners
B. Ulysses
C. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
D. Finnegans Wake

9. In Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence presented Paul as a(n) ( ) man and artist.
A. independent
B. ambitious
C. strong-willed
D. sensitive

10. T.S. Eliot’s early poems are marked by ( ) in comparison to his later ones.
A. a philosophical and emotional calm
B. a set of historical, cultural and religious themes
C. a dreamy quality, expressing melancholy and self-indulgent feelings
D. a mood of disillusionment and sufferings of modern people
(醒悟，理想破灭)
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11. Which of the following poems is believed to best reflect the 20th century people’s disillusionment and frustration in a meaningless society?
A. T.S Eliot’s Four Quartets
B. T.S Eliot’s The Waste Land
C. S. B. Yeats’s “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
D. S. B. Yeats’s Down by the Salley Gardens
（不依惯例的;不符合习俗的;非常规的）
？12. In shaping characters, G. B. Shaw would usually take an unconventional character in contrast to conventional social ones. In Mrs. Warren’s Profession, ( ) is unconventional in regards with the thought, ambition and philosophy.
A. Mrs. Warren
B. Vivie
C. Frank
D. Liz
13. Among the three stages of his poetic career,W. B. Yeats’s major concern in the second stage is ( ).
A. dichotomous in subject matter, such as youth and age, love and war, body and soul
B. a mock of the bourgeois philistines and their meanness of spirit and selfish materialism
C. about Celtic legends, local folk tales, or stories
D. Love and War, the two primary passions of human beings
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14. ______________ is the most outstanding stream of consciousness novelist, with ___________ as his encyclopedia – like masterpiece .
A．James Joyce, Ulysses B．E.M. Foster, A Passage to India
C．D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers D．Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway
15. Which of the following poems by T.S. Eliot is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry?
A．Poems 1909-1925 B．The Hollow Man
C．Prufrock and Other Observations D．The Waste Land
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16. The three trilogies of ________ novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century.
A. Galsworthy’s Forsyte
B. Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Sunset Song
C. D. H. Lawrence’s Women in Love
D. E. M. Foster’s A Passage to India
17. _____ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.
A. Oscar Wilde
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. John Dryden
D. Bernard Shaw
18. _______ was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 1923.
A. Bernard Shaw
B. John Galsworthy
C. W. B. Yeats
D. T. S. Eliot
19. The Rainbow and ______ are generally regarded as D.H. Lawrence’s masterpieces.
A. Women in Love
B. Sons and Lovers
C. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
D. The Plumed Serpent
20. In Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece ______, he expressed a satirical and bitter attitude towards the upper-class people by revealing their corruption, snobbery and hypocrisy.
A. Salome
B. The Importance of Being Earnest
C. The Happy Prince
D. A Woman of No Importance
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21. T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem _______has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.
A．The Hollow Man B．The Waste Land
C．Murder in the Cathedral D．Ash Wednesday
22. George Bernard Shaw’s play _______ established his position as the leading play-wright of his time.
A．Widowers’ Houses B．Too True to Be Good
C．Mrs. Warren’s Profession D．Candida
23. All of the following are stream –of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________.
A．Pilgrimage B．Ulysses
C．Mrs. Dalloway D．Tess of the D’ Urbervilles
24. The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.
A．John Galsworthy’s B．Thomas Hardy’s
C．D．H．Lawrence’s D．Charles Dickens’
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25. George Bernard Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession is about______. 
A. slum landlordism 
B. the economic oppression of women
C. the political corruption in England 
D. the religious corruption in England
26.Among the following writers ______ is considered to be the best— known English dramatist since Shakespeare. 
A. Oscar Wilde 
B. John Galsworthy
C. W.  B. Yeats 
D. George Bernard Shaw
27.In the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde，the upper — class people are described all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. corrupt 
B. snobbish
C. hypocritical 
D. ambitious
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28. After the First World War, there appeared the following literary trends of modernism EXCEPT ______.
A. expressionism
B. surrealism
C. stream of consciousness
D. black humour
29. The masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century are the three trilogies of ______.
A. Galsworthy's Forsyte novels  
B. Hardy' s Wessex novels
C. Greene's Catholic novels  
D. Woolf's stream-of-consciousness novels
30. In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared “______” who demonstrated a particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest against the outmoded social and political values in their society.
A. The Beat Generation
B. The Lost Generation
C. The Angry Young Men
D. Black Mountain Poets
31. The following are English stream-of-consciousness novels EXCEPT ______.
A. Pilgrimage
B. Ulysses
C. Mrs.Dalloway
D. A Passage to Inida
32. The leader of the Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th century   
 was ______.
A. W.B.Yeats  
B. Lady Gregory
C. J.M.Synge  
D. John Galworthy (诗，韵文)
33. T.S.Eliot's most popular verse play is ______.
A. Murder in the Cathedral
B. The Cocktail Party
C. The Family Reunion
D. The Waste Land
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？34. The rise of _____ and new science greatly incited modernist writers to make new explorations on human natures and human relationships.
A. the existentialistic idea
B. the irrational philosophy
C. scientific socialism
D. social Darwinism
35. In Modern English literature, the literary interest of _____ lay in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.
A. George Bernard Shaw
B.T.S. Eliot
C. Oscar Wilde
D.D.H. Lawrence （虚无的，恐怖的）
36. George Bernard Shaw’s _____ is a better play of the later period, with the author’s almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of WWI and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young.
A. Too True to Be Good
B. Mrs. Warren’s Profession
C. Widowers’Houses
D. Fanny’s First Play
37. The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot is a poem concerned with the _____ breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.
A. spiritual
B. religious
C. political
D. physical
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38. T. S. Eliot’ s ______ bearing a strong thematic resemblance to The Waste Land, is generally regarded as the darkest of Eliot’ s poems.
A. “Gerontion”
B. “Prufrock”
C. Murder in the Cathedral
D. The Hollow Men
39. George Bernard Shaw’ s ______ is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlordism.
A. Widower’ s House
B. Mrs. Warren’ s Profession
C. The Apple Cart
D. Getting Married
40. D. H. Lawrence’ s ______ is a remarkable novel in which the individual consciousness is subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up.
A. Sons and Lovers
B. The Rainbow
C. Women in Love
D. Lady Chatterley’ s Love
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41. T. S. Eliot's ______ is a poem of dramatic monologue and a prelude to The Waste Land, helping to point up the continuity of Eliot's thinking.
A. "Prufrock"
B. "Gerontion"
C. The Hollow Men
D. Four Quartets
42. D. H. Lawrence's autobiographical novel is ______.
A. The Rainbow
B. Women in Love
C. Sons and Lovers
D. Lady Chatterley's Lover
43. George Bernard Shaw's ______ explored his idea of "Life Force", the power that would create superior beings to be equal to God and to solve all the social, moral, and metaphysical problems of human society.
A. Man and Superman
B. The Apple Cart
C. Pygmalion
D. Too True to Be Good
44. D. H. Lawrence's artistic tendency is mainly ______ , which combines dramatic scenes with an authoritative commentary.
A. romanticism
B. realism
C. naturalism
D. modernism
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45. The typical representatives of G. B. Shaw’ s early plays are ________.
A. Man and Superman; The Apple Cart
B. Widowers’ House; Mrs. Warren’ s Profession
C. Candida; Mrs. Warren’ s Profession
D. The Apple Cart; Widowers’ House
46. As a critic of music and drama, ________ held that art should serve social purposes by reflecting human life, revealing social contradictions and educating the common people.
A. T. S. Eliot
B. Oscar Wilde
C. George Bernard Shaw
D.W. B. Yeats
47. Symbolism and complex narrative are employed more richly in D. H. Lawrence’s ________, which are generally regarded as his masterpieces.
A. Women in Love; Sons and Lovers
B. The Rainbow; Women in Love
C. Sons and Lovers; Lady Chatterley’s Lover
D. Lady Chatterley’ s Lover; The Rainbow
48. T. S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize of Literature in ________.
A. 1945
B. 1948
C. 1952
D. 1956
49. G. B. Shaw’ s play ________ established his position as the leading playwright of his time.
A. Widowers’ Houses
B. Too True to Be Good
C. Mrs. Warren’ s Profession
D. Candida
50. T.S. Eliot’ s ________ not only presents a panorama of physical disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world, but also reflects the prevalent mood of disillusionment and despair of a whole post- war generation.
A. The Hollow Men
B. The Waste Land
C. Murder in the Cathedral
D. Ash Wednesday
51. The plays known as “the Lawrence trilogy” are all the following EXCEPT ________.
A. A Collier’ s Friday Night
B. Lady Chatterley’ s Lover
C. The Daughter - in - Law
D. The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyed
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52. George Bernard Shaw’s play ____________ shows his almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of World War I and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young.
A. Getting Married
B. Too True to Be Good
C. Widowers’ Houses
D. The Apple Cart
53. It was only after the publication of ____________ that D.H. Lawrence was recognized as a
prominent novelist.
A. The Trespasser
B. The White Peacock
C. Sons and Lovers
D. The Rainbow
54. T. S. Eliot’s poem ____________ is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the stream- of -consciousness technique, also a prelude to The Waste Land.
A. “Prufrock”
B. “Gerontion”
C. The Hollow Men
D. Lyrical Ballads
55. T. S. Eliot’s most important single poem ____________ has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.
A. The Hollow Men
B. The Waste Land
C. Murder in the Cathedral
D. Ash Wednesday
56. Among the following writers ____________ is considered to be the best -known English dramatist since Shakespeare.
A. Oscar Wilde
B. John Galsworthy
C. W. B. Yeats
D. George Bernard Shaw
57. D. H. Lawrence’s novels ____________ are generally regarded as his masterpieces.
A. The Rainbow; Women in Love
B. The Rainbow; Sons and Lovers
C. Sons and Lovers; Lady Chatterley’s Lover
D. Women in Love; Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Reading Comprehension
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The following quotation is from one of the poems by T. S. Eliot:
  No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
  Am an attendant lord, one that will do
  To swell a progress, start a scene or two
  Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
  Deferential, glad to be of use,
  Politic, cautious, and meticulous,
  Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;
  Questions:
  A. Identify the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.
   B. Who's the speaker of the quoted lines?
  C. What does the first line show about the speaker?
Answer:
A. The quoted part is taken from “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”.
B. Prufrock.
C. The first line shows that Prufrock the speaker has something in common with Hamlet, as they are both incapable of taking action.
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The following quotation is from Mrs. Warren’s Profession:
VIVIE: [ intensely interested by this time] No; but why did you choose that business?
Saving money and good management will succeed in any business.
MRS. WARREN: Yes, saving money. But where can a woman get the money to save in any other business? Could you save out of four shillings a week and keep yourself dressed as well? Not you. O