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Chapter I

2. ___B__, is a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons. A. The Wife’s Complaint B. Beowulf
C. The Dream of the Rood D. The Seafarer

3. It’s Chaucer alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English Society in his masterpiece____A______.
A. The Canterbury Tales B. The Legend of Good Women
C. Troilus and Criseyde D. The Romaunt of the Rose.

4. The Essence of Renaissance, the most significant intellectual movement, was___D__.
A. Geographical exploration B. Religious reformation
C. Publishing and translation D. Humanism.

7. _C___ gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “mighty lines” and make ’blank verse’ the principle vehicle of expression in drama.
A. Surrey B. Wyatt C. Marlowe D. Sidney

8. Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are the following works except__C__.
A. Hamlet B. King Lear C. Romeo and Juliet D. Othello

9. The Renaissance refers to between 14th----mid-17th century, which was under the reign of Queen___ and absolute monarchy in England reached its summit, and in which the ’real mainstream (真正的文学主流)’ was __B__.
A. Victoria/poetry B. Elizabeth/ drama C. Mary/ novel D. James/ drama

12. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance? D
A. Rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture.
B. Attempt to remove the old feudalist ideas in Medieval Europe.
C. Exaltation of man’s pursuit of happiness in his life, and tolerance of man’s foibles.
D. Praise of man’s efforts in soul delivery and personal salvation.

15. It is _B__ 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. Edmund Spenser B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. William Shakespeare D. John Donne

16. The following belong to the characteristics of ’metaphysical poetry’ represented by ’John Donne’ except__D_. A. Conceits B. Actual imagery and simple diction
C. Argumentative form D. Elegant style

17. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from__C__.
A. Greek Mythology B. Roman legend C. The Old Testament D. The New Testament

19. __B___, the first of the great tragedies, is generally regarded as Shakespeare’s most popular play on the stage, for it has the qualities of a “blood-and-thunder” thriller and a ’philosophical exploration’ of life and death.
A. The Merchant of Venice B. Hamlet C. King Lear D. The Winter’s Tale

21. Paradise Lost is _C__’s masterpiece, which is an epic in 12 books, written in blank verse, about the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority.
A. John Donne B. Christopher Marlowe C. John Milton D. Edmund Spenser

23. _D____is not written by John Milton.
A. Samson Agonistes B. Paradise Lost C. Paradise regained D. Tamburlaine

26. _B____Was known as “the poets’ poet”.
A. William Shakespeare B. Edmund Spenser C. John Donne D. John Milton

28. Which of the following statement best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18? C
A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature. B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.
C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation. D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation.

Chapter 2 The Neoclassical Period
1. __B__brings Henry Fielding the name of the "Prose Homer".
A. The Pilgrim’s Progress B. Tom Jones C. Robison Crusoe D. Colonel Jack

10. _B___has been regarded by some as "Father of the English novel" for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.
A. John Bunyan B. Henry Fielding C. Daniel Defoe D. Johnathan Swift

16. _B___was the only important dramatist of the 18th century, in his plays, morality is the constant theme.
A. Alexander Pope B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan C. Samuel Johnson D. George Bernard Shaw

14. The Rivals and A are generally regarded as important links
between the masterpiece of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw.
A. The School for Scandal B. The Duenna C. Widower’s Houses D. The Doctor’s Dilemma

17. __B_____, written in heroic couplet by Pope, is considered manifesto of English Neoclassicism.
A. An Essay of Dramatic Poetry B. An Essay on Criticism
C. The Advancing of learning D. An Essay on Freedom

18. ___C___is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.
A. Elegant style B. Causal narration C. Bitter satire D. Complicated sentence structure

22. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are______A__.
A. horses that are endowed with reason.
B. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities
C. giants that are superior in wisdom.
D. Hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.

Chapter 3 The Romantic Period
3. The two major novelists of the English Romantic Period are ___B__and Walter Scott.
A. Washington Irving B. Jane Austen C. Herman Melville D. Charles Dickens

4. _B____defines the poet as "man speaking to men," and poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility. "
A. William Blake B. William Wordsworth C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. John Keats

6. In the Romantic period, __B__is the most prosperous literary form.
A. Prose B. Poetry C. Fiction D. play

8. _C____is regarded as a "worship of nature".
A. John Keats B. William Blake C. William Wordsworth D. Jane Austen

10. Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about_____B___.
A. Love B. human life C. Freedom D. social activities

11. "Don Juan" is Byron’s masterpiece, a great ___C___of the early 19th century.
A. Comedy B. Tragedy C. comic epic D. novel

15. The author of "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is ______D____.
A. Wordsworth B. Austen C. Byron D. Keats

16. Jane Austen’s first novel is _______B___.
A. Pride and Prejudice B. Sense and Sensibility C. Emma D. Plan of a Novel

17. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true? C
A. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels.
B. Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as "First Impressions".
C. Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.
D. In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.

18. After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of___A____.
A. simple character and poor understanding B. simple character and quick wit
C. intricate character and quick wit D. intricate character and poor understanding

19. Romanticism is a period of British literature roughly dated from ______B___.
A. 1660-----1798 B. 1798----1832 C. 1483-----1546 D. 1836-----1901

22. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ "Ode on a Grecial Urn"? D
A. "I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!" B. "They are both gone up to the church to pray. ’
C. "Earth has not anything to show more fair. " D. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty".

Chapter 4 The Victorian Period

1. Chronologically the Victorian refers to______B____.
A.1798---1832 B.1836---1901 C. the Romantic period D. the Neoclassical Period

3. __A___is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the underworld in the 19th century London.
A.Oliver Twist B.Great Expectations C.David Copper Field D.Hard Times

5. __A___is Robert Browning’s best-known dramatic monologue.
A.“My Last Duches” B.“Meeting at Night” C.“Parting at Morning” D.“Pippa Passes”

6. _B____initiates a new type of realism and sets into motion a variety of developments, leading in the direction of both the naturalistic and psychological novel.
A.Charles Dickens B.George Eliot C.Charlotte Bronte D.Thomas hardy

8. _B___belives that man’s fate is predeterminedly tragic, driven by a combined force of ‘nature”, both inside and outside.
A.Charles Dickens B.Thomas hardy C.Bernard Shaw D.T.S. Eliot

9. The author of the work “Dombey and Son” is ____A_____.
A.Charles Dickens B.Henry James C.Robert Lee Frost D.Ezra Pound

Chapter 5 The Modern Period

4. _B___is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose.
A. Ulysses B. The Waste Land C. The Confidential Clerk D. Dubliners

6. In __C__, James Joyce intends to present a microcosm of the whole human life by providing an instance of how a single event contains all the events of its kind, and how history is recapitulated in the happenings of one day. A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man B. Dubliners C. Ulysses D. Finnegans Wake

12. Of the following poems by T.S. Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th Century English Poetry? D
A. Poems 1909----1925 B. The Hollow Men C. Prufrock and Other Observations D. The Waste Land

15. Of the following works by D.H. Lawrence, ___D____established his position as novelist.
A. The White Peacock B. The Trespasser C. Women in Love D. Sons and Lovers

18. Which of the following writings is not the novel of D.H. Lawrence’s? B
A. Sons and Lovers B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Yong Man
C. The White Peacock. D. The Rainbow

20. Which of the following is not true according to James Joyce? C
A. Ulysses has become a prime example of modernism in literature.
B. Joyce is regarded as the most prominent stream-of-consciousness novelist.
C. Joyce is a realistic writer in English literature history.
D. His novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young man" is a naturalistic account of the hero’s bitter experiences and his final artistic and spiritual liberation.