英国文学史习题全集(含答案).doc

Part One Early and Medieval English Literature

Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks.
1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.
A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar
C. Alfred the Great D. Claudius
2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .
A. Langland B. Wycliffe C. Gower D. Chaucer
3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.
A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay
4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.
A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. Beowulf
C. Piers the Plowman D. The Canterbury Tales
6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke _____.
A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish
7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.
A. Langland B. Gower C. Wycliffe D. Chaucer
9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.
A. loyalty B. revolt C. obedience D. mockery
10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called _____.
A. Morte d’Arthur B. Robin Hood
C. The Canterbury Tales D. Piers the Plowman
11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about 1340.
A Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden
12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.
A. Flanders B. France C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey

Part Two The English Renaissance

Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.
1. _____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type, which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie.
A. Henry V B. Henry VII C. Henry VIII D. James I
2. 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
3. The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ____ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interests of the English merchants.
A. Henry V. B. Henry VII
C. Henry VIII D. Queen Elizabeth
4. Except being a victory of England over ___, the rout of the fleet “Armada” (Invincible) was also the triumph of the rising young bourgeoisie over the declining old feudalism.
A. Spain B. France C. America D. Norway
5. ____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.
6. The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.
A. Lyly B. Peele C. Greene D. Marlowe
7. Utopia was written in the form of _____.
A. prose B. drama C. essay D. dialogue
8. In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.
A. 15000 B. 16000 C. 17000 D. 18000

Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois Revolution

6. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.
A. John Donne B. George Herbert
C. Andre Marvell D. Henry Vaughan
11. ____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19th century.
A. John Dryden B. Richard Steele
C. Joseph Addison D. Alexander Pope

Part Four The English Century

6. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _____.
A. Steele B. Addison C. Pope D. Dryden
7. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is ____.
A. Essay on Criticism B. The Rape of the Lock
C. Essay on Man D. The Dunciad
9. ____ was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century.
A. The Enclosure Movement B. The Industrial Revolution
C. The Religious Reform D. The Enlightenment
10. The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the ____ readers.
A. aristocratic B. middle class C. low class D. intellectual
12. The main literary stream of the 18th century was _ . What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.
A. romanticism B. classicism C. realism D. sentimentalism
13. In a series of pamphlets Jonathan Swift denounced the cruel and unjust treatment of Ireland by the English government. One of the most famous is ___
A. Essays on Criticism B. A Modest Proposal
C. Gulliver’s Travels D. The Battle of the Books
14. “Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by ____, one of the greatest masters of English prose.
A. Alexander Pope B. Henry Fielding
C. Jonathan Swift D. Daniel Defoe
15. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, ______, which were satirized by Jonathan Swift in his Gulliver’s Travels.
A. the Whigs and the Tories
B. the senate and the House of Representatives
C. The upper House and lower House
D. the House of Lords and the House of Commons
16. ____ found its representative writers in the field of poetry, such as Edward Young and Thomas Gray, but it manifested itself chiefly in the novels of Lawrence Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith.
A. Pre-romanticism B. Romanticism C. Sentimentalism D. Naturalism
17. _____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.
A. Ben Johnson B. Samuel Johnson
C. Alexander Pope D. John Dryden
18. Which of the following novels is not epistolary (written in letter form) novels?
A. Clarissa Harlowe B. Pamela
C. Sir Charles Grandison D. Tomes Jones
19. Which play is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare?
A. She Stoops to Conquer B. The Rivals
C. The School for Scandal D. The Conscious Lovers

Part Five Romanticism in England

Ⅰ. Choose the right answer.
1. Romanticism fights against the ideas of ______.
A. realism B. Renaissance C. Enlightenment D. feudalism
2. ____ has another name called “The Daffodils”.
A. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” B. “Tintern Abbey”
C. “Revolution” D. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”
3. Byron’s ____ is regarded as the great poem of the Romantic Age.
A. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage B. Hours of Idleness
C. Lara D. Don Juan
4. Prometheus Unbound is ____ masterpiece.
A. Wordsworth’s B. Byron’s C. Shelley’s D. Keats’
5. The publication of ______ marks the beginning of the Romantic Movement in England.
A. “Tintern Abbey” B. Lyrical Ballads
C. Frost at Night D. “The Daffodils”
6. _____ is considered the father of historical novelist in the English Romantic Age.
A. Jane Austen B. Charles Lamb C. William Hazlitt D. Waler Scott
7. ____ is Shelley’s masterpiece.
A. Zastrozzi B. The Necessity of Atheism
C. Queen Mab D. Prometheus Unbound
8. Because of _______, Shelley was expelled from the Oxford University.
A. The Masque of Anarchy B. A Defence of Poetry
C. The Necessity of Atheism D. The Triumph of Life
9. The Romantic Age began in____ and came to an end in _____.
A. 1789…1821 B. 1778…1823 C. 1798…1832 D. 1768…1819

Part Six English Critical Realism

Ⅰ. Choose the right answer.
1. ____ is the greatest representative of English critical realism.
A. Jane Austen
B. Thackeray
C. Dickens
D. Charlotte
2. Pride and Prejudice’s first title is ____.
A. First Impression
B. A Book Without a Hero
C. The Newcomes
D. Persuasion
3. Vanity Fair has a sub-title. It is ____.
A. First Impression
B. A Book Without a Hero
C. The Newcomes
D. Persuasion
4. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend ____ appeared. And it flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.
A. romanticism B. naturalism C. realism D. critical realism
5. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ____ .
A. novel B. drama C. poetry D. sonnet
6. ______’s Vanity Fair is a satirical portrayal of the upper strata(阶层) of society.
A. George Eliot B. Elizabeth Gaskell
C. W. M. Thackeray D. John Bunyan
7. The ____ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century.
A. Enlightenment B. Renaissance C. Chartist D. Romanticist
8. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature, the struggle of the _____ for its rights.

A. soldiers B. peasants C. bourgeoisie D. proletariat
9. The story of ______ deals with the adventures of a retired old merchant.
A. A Tale of Two Cities B. David Copperfield
C. Pickwick Papers D. Oliver Twist
10. Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education?
A. Oliver Twist B. Hard Times
C. Great Expectations D. A Tale of Two Cities
11. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality?
A. A Tale of Two Cities B. David Copperfield
C. Great Expectations D. Dombey and Son
12. In the novel ______, Dickens describes the Chartist Movement and shows his sympathy for the workers.
A. Great Expectations B. A Tale of Two Cities
C. Hard Times D. Oliver Twist
13. In the novel ___ , Defarge and Madame Defarge represent the revolutionaries.
A. Dombey and Son B. A Tale of Two Cities
C. Little Dorrit D. Bleak House
14. In the novel _____, Dr. Manette is a typical bourgeois intellectual.
A. David Copperfield B. Wuthering Heights
C. Bleak House D. A Tale of Two Cities
15. _____ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author’s early life.
A. The Curiosity Shop B. David Copperfield
C. Oliver Twist D. Great Expectations
16. In 1864, Dickens published his last complete novel _______.
A. The Old Curiosity Shop B. The Pickwick Paper
C. Our Mutual Friend D. Little Dorrit
17. Which of the following is Thackeray’s masterpiece?
A. The Virginians B. The Books of Snobs
C. The Newcomes D. Vanity Fair
18. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from Bunyan’s masterpiece _____.
A. The Pilgrim’s Progress B. Child Harold’s Pilgrimage
C. Gulliver’s Travels D. The Canterbury Tales
19. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ______.
A. Jane Eyre B. Agnes Grey C. Wuthering Heights D. Emma
20. Dickens’ third literary period shows intensifying ______.
A. optimism B. excitement C. irritation D. pessimism
21. The Chartists refer to those _____ in the early Victorian Age
A. Romantic writers B. working class writers
C. realistic poets D bourgeois writers
22. The Victorian Literature began in____ and ended in _____.
A. 1837…1900 B. 1835…1901 C. 1832…1902 D. 1830…1903
23. The conflicts between the capitalists and the proletarian in industrial England caused the ______.
A. Enlightenment Movement B. Industrial Revolution
C. Chartist Movement D. Romantic Movement
24. _____ is the greatest among the critical realists of the Victorian Age.
A. Earnest Jones B. Emily Brontё
C. Charlotte Brontё D. Charles Dickens
25. Charles Dickens was impressive for his _____.
A. wide spread of critical realism
B. his spirit of democracy and humanism
C. his unforgettable figures with satire and simple and clear language
D. including A, B and C
26. The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities refer to ____.
A. London and New York B. London and Paris
C. Paris and New York D. Brussels and Washington
27. ____ is the major literary form in the Victorian Period.
A. essay B. poetry C. novel D. drama
28. ____ is the main hero in the novel of Wuthering Heights.
A. Rochester B. Heathcliff C. Manette D. Martin
29. Both Charlotte and Emily wrote about the ____ around them.
A. familiar things B. common people
C. neighbors D. evils
30. The most important poet in the Victorian Age was _____.
A. Earnest Jones B. Elizabeth Gaskell
C. Mr. Browning D. Alfred Tennyson
31. ______ made Dickens famous overnight.
A. Sketches by Boz B. The Pickwick Papers
C. Oliver Twist D. The Old Curiosity Shop
32. Dickens’ writing is an encyclopedic knowledge of _____.
A. Paris B. New York C. London D. Portsmoth

Part Eight Twentieth Century English Literature

1. Henry James is the forerunner of the _____.
A. Imagism B. Chartism C. impressionism D. stream of consciousness
2. After writing _____, Hardy turned to poetry.
A. Under the Greenwood Tree B. The Return of the Native
C. Jude the Obscure D. The Mayor of Casterbridge
3. ____ was a leader of the modernist movement in English poetry and a great innovator of verse technique.
A. W. B. Yeats B. T. S. Eliot C. D. H. Lawrence D. G. B. Shaw
4. ____ is a great novel spending James Joyce 7 years of hard working to complete.
A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man B. Ulysses
C. Finnegans Wake D. Dubliners
5. ____ is a collection of short stories which reflect three aspects of life in politics, culture and religion.
A. A Portrait of the Artrist as a Young Man B. Ulysses
C. Finnegans Wake D. Dubliners
6. Which of the following is Not written by D. H. Lawrence?
A. The Waste Land B. The Rainbow
C. Lady Chatterley’s Lover D. Women in Love

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