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1、智慧树知到英国文学漫谈章节测试答案第一章1、 English literature began with the ( ) settlement in England.A:RomanB:CelticC:EnglishD:Anglo-Saxon答案: Anglo-Saxon2、 Beowulf, written about the life of England in the ( ) society,is said to bethe national epicof the English people.A:primitiveB:feudalC:medievalD:agricultural答案: f
2、eudal3、 Beowulfis written in the form of ( ), a popular form of poetry in Anglo-Saxon literature.A:balladB:blank verseC:coupletD:alliterative verse答案: alliterative verse第二章1、 The medieval period is often called the Dark Age for the dominating power of ( ) over everything in the society.A:the KingB:f
3、eudal lordsC:the ChurchD:the knights答案: the Church2、 The central character of a romance is ( ), who follows the code of behavior calledchivalry.A:the knightB:the warriorC:the GladiatorD:a soldier答案: the knight3、 The stories of ( ) are the most well-known ballads, songs of stories told orally in 4-li
4、ne stanzas.A:the green knightsB:King ArthurC:Robin HoodD:the Vikings答案: Robin Hood4、 Piers the Plowmanwritten by William Langland in the form of ( ) represents the achievements of popular literature of Medieval England.A:allegoryB:symbolismC:a dreamD:epic答案: allegory5、 ( ) is considered the father o
5、f English poetry, whose most representative work isThe Canterbury Tales.A:William LanglandB:Edmund SpenserC:John MiltonD:Geoffrey Chaucer答案: Geoffrey Chaucer6、 The Canterbury Tales,a collection of stories strung together and told by 30 pilgrims on their way to pilgrimage, is written in the form of (
6、 ).A:blank verseB:alliterative verseC:heroic couopletD:ballad答案: heroic couoplet7、 The key-note of the Renaissance is ( ).A:humanismB:realismC:romanticismD:asceticism答案: humanism第三章1、 It was ( ) who first introduced and reformed the English drama which reached its climax in the hands of William Shak
7、espeare.A:JohnWycliffB:University WitsC:Christopher MarloweD:Ben Johnson答案:B2、 Great writers of the English Renaissance who are known for humanism, took ( ) as the centre of the world and voiced the human aspirations for freedom and equality.A:the worldB:GodC:powerD:man答案:D3、 Shakespeare is hailed b
8、y ( ), contemporary with Shakespeare, as “not of an age, but for all time”.A:Christopher MarloweB:Ben JonsonC:Robert GreeneD:Thomas Nash答案:B4、 Hamlet is characterized as a(an) ( ) on that, he loves good and hates evil; he is a man free from prejudice and superstition; he has unbounded love for the w
9、orld and firm belief in the power of man.A:idealistB:PuritanC:humanistD:patriot答案:C5、 Edmund Spenser was considered the ( ) for his achievements in poetry.A:“the Poets Poet”B:“father of English poetry”C:“the saint of English poetry”D:“the greatest English poet”答案:A6、 ( ) is a distinctive verse form
10、adopted by Edmund Spenser in his works incluiding his masterpieceThe Faerie Queene. It has 9-line stanzas, rhyming in ababbcbcc.A:“The mighty lines”B:sonnetC:“The Spenserian Stanza”D:blank verse答案:C7、 Francis Bacon won for himself the first English ( ) for his achievements in English literature of t
11、he Renaissance.A:dramatistB:poetC:prose writerD:essayist答案:D8、 The most representative work of Francis Bacon is ( ), which is the first collection of English essays.A:Advancement of LearningB:EssaysC:The Interpretation of NatureD:Novum Organum答案:B第四章1、 ( )is regarded as the greatest prose writer in
12、theEnglish literature of the17th century, who is best known for his workThe Pilgrims Progress.A:John DrydenB:Francis BaconC:George HerbertD:John Bunyan答案:D2、 The Pilgrims Progressis written in the form of ( ) .A:symbolsB:allegoryC:allusionsD:aggressions答案:3、 “The Metaphysical Poets” refer to theloos
13、e group of17th-century English poets whose work was characterized by the inventive use of( )A:metaphorB:imaginationC:conceitD:symbols答案:C4、 In his “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, John Donne makes a most impressive comparison between love and ( ) as the dominant conceit of the poem.A:a pair of
14、compassesB:an earthquakeC:a farewell to a dying personD:a piece of gold答案:A5、 The 17th century of English history was marked mainly by the English Bourgeois Revolution which ended with the establishment of ( ) as a compromise between the bourgeoisie and the monarchy.A:the United KingdomB:institution
15、al monarchyC:the Whig PartyD:the Tory Party答案:B6、( ) was the religious cloak of the English Bourgeois Revolution which advocated Gods supreme authority over human beings.A:HumanismB:RepublicanismC:CalvinismD:Puritanism答案:D7、 Puritan poetry in the 17th-century English literature is represented best b
16、y ( ), who producedParadise Lostas his representative work.A:John MiltionB:John DonneC:Robert HerrickD:John Dryden答案:A8、 Throughout his life, Milton showed strong rebellious spirit agaisnt many things he thought unjust and acted as the voice of ( ) of England under Oliver Cromwell.A:the ParliamentB:
17、the CommonwealthC:the MonarchD:the Royalists答案:B9、 “On his Blindness” and “On his Deceased Wife” are the two best-known of Miltons ( ).A:elegiesB:blank versesC:sonnetsD:alliterative verses答案:C10、 MiltonsParadise Lostemploysthe themes taken from ( )of the Christian Bible.A:GenesisB:MatthewC:ExodusD:L
18、uke答案:A11、 The central theme ofParadise Lostis ( ).A:the creation of manB:the fall of manC:resurrectionD:final judgment答案:第五章1、 The Enlightenment was an intellectualmovement throughout Western Europe in the18thcenturywhich was an expression of the struggle of bourgeoisie against ( ).A:puritanismB:fe
19、udalismC:humanismD:classicism答案:B2、 Among the English Enlighteners of the 18th century,there were chiefly two groups: the ( ) group and the radical group.A:conservativeB:revolutionaryC:royalistD:moderate答案:D3、 The Tatler,a British literary and society journal begun byRichard Steelein 1709,featured c
20、ultivated essays on( ).A:contemporary mannersB:social evilsC:class strugglesD:cultural state答案:A4、 As a distinctive way, ( ) are adopted by the neo-classicist playwrights in the 18th-century English literature.A:realistic techniquesB:three unitiesC:heroic coupletsD:satires答案:B5、 ( ) writers in the 1
21、8th-century English literature modelled themselves ontheGreek and Romanwritersin their dramatic writings.A:Pre-romanticistB:RealistC:Neo-classicistD:Enlightenment答案:C6、 AlexanerPope was a masterof poetryinheroic couplet.He strongly advocated ( ), emphasizing that literary works should be judged by c
22、lassical rules.A:realismB:naturalismC:aestheticismD:classicism答案:D7、 Daniel Defoe is an early proponent of the ( ) novel whose masterpieceRobinson Crusoetells about the adventures of a sailor on the sea and on an island.A:sentimentalistB:epistolaryC:realistD:Gothic答案:C8、As one of the greatest satiri
23、sts in the 18th century,( )made use of satire to attacksocial evilsand call for social changes in hisGullivers Travels.A:Johnathan SwiftB:Daniel DefoeC:Samuel RichardsonD:Henry Fielding答案:A9、 Gulliver s Travelstells about the adventures of Gullliver through the fairy tale of fantasy which is a great
24、 satire on ( ).A:human mindB:human heartC:human spiritD:human nature答案:D10、 ( ), the greatest realist novelist of the 18th-century English literature, is also considered the father of the English novel.A:Jonathan SwiftB:Henry FieldingC:Daniel DefoeD:Oliver Goldsmith答案:B11、 Tom Jonesshows Fieldings p
25、hilosophical view of “return to ( )”. Thus, in characterization, a contrast is made between Tom Jones, the good-nautured though flawed man, and Bilfil, the hypocritical villain.A:natureB:childhoodC:countrysideD:motherland答案:A12、Sentimentalism of English literature got its name from Lawrence Sterns n
26、ovel ( ) in which Sterne tries to catch the actual flow of human mind and sentiment.A:Tristram ShandyB:The Vicar of WakefieldC:PamelaD:A Sentimental Journey答案:D13、 Sentimetalism is also found in Samuel Richardsons ( ) novels which convey female characters feelings and sentiments.A:realistB:adventure
27、C:epistolaryD:historical答案:C14、 The only poet of the sentimentalist school of literature is Thomas Gray, whose well-known “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” earned for him the name of a “( ) Poet”.A:LakeB:NationalC:LocalD:Graveyard答案:D15、 Oliver GoldsmithsThe Vicar of Wakefieldconveys his refle
28、ctions on the relations between sentimentalism and ( ) in the 18th-century English literature.A:satireB:realismC:romanticismD:localism答案:16、 The latter half of the 18th century English literaturewas marked by a strong protest against the bondage ofclassicismanda recognition of the claims of passiona
29、nd emotion which is later known as ( ).A:sentimentalismB:realismC:pre-romanticismD:neo-classicism答案:C17、 Robert Burnsis the best known of the poets who have written in the( )dialect.A:IrishB:ScottishC:LondonD:Celtic答案:B第六章1、 Romanticism preferred ( ) to reason and rationalism. To William Wordsworth,
30、 poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.A:emotionB:devicesC:rhetoricD:art答案:A2、The joint publication of( ) in 1798 by Wordsworth and Coleridge marked the beginning of the Romantic movement in England.A:Lines Composed upon Tinten AbbeyB:Rime of Ancient MarinerC:Lyrical BalladsD:Prefa
31、ce to Lyrical Ballads答案:C3、 To Wordsworth, the theme of poetry should be concerned with ( ), the language of peotry should be plain, and the people poetry should deal with are country folk.A:country lifeB:common lifeC:city lifeD:fantastic life答案:B4、 In“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, “the inward eye”
32、 refers to ( ), which is a metaphor to appeal to the readers imagination of the authors inner feelings.A:“heart”B:“emotians”C:“reason”D:“mind”答案:D5、 In“The Solitary Reaper”, the feeling of ( ) is clearly conveyed to the reader, especially in the first stanza.A:lonelinessB:melancholyC:homesicknessD:d
33、isillusionment答案:B6、 Percy Bysshe Shelley belongs to the school of ( ) romantic poets, whose masterpiecePrometheus Unboundowes much to the Greek tragedyPrometheus Bound.A:revolutionaryB:passiveC:activeD:lyrical答案:C7、 ( ) is Shelleys bestknown lyric in which he calls forth the overthrowing of the old
34、 social system and bringing destruction to it.A:“Ode to the West Wind”B:“To a Skylark”C:“The Cloud”D:“Song to the Man of England”答案:A8、 Walter Scott is the only novelist of the romantic literature of the 19th-century England and his novels are mainly ( ) novels as far as genre is concerned.A:realist
35、B:historicalC:sentimentalistD:psychoanalytical答案:B9、 Scotts historical novels touch uponthe subject matters ofthe history of( ), thehistory of Englandand the history of European countries.A:IrelandB:WalesC:FranceD:Scotland答案:D第七章1、 JaneAustens novels mainly concern such issues as the ( ) of young wo
36、men. Because of the use of satire and criticism of social prejudices, she is considered as a realist novelist rather than a romantic writer.A:mannersB:moralsC:ethicsD:feminism答案:A2、 The Bronte sisters refer to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, with the elder two represented byJane Eyreand ( ) respec
37、tively.A:The ProfessorB:Agnes GreyC:Wuthering HeightsD:Villette答案:C3、 Of the women writers in the 19th century English literature, ( ) is the only one that deals with the life of the working-class people, represented by her novelMary Barton.A:Mrs. GaskellB:Charlotte BronteC:George EliotD:Jane Austen
38、答案:A4、 The novels of George Eliot mostly deal with ( ) problems and contain psychological studies of the characters.A:socialB:moralC:culturalD:psychological答案:B第八章1、 In response to the social, political and economic problems associated with industrialisation,() novel becomes the leading genre of the
39、 Victorian literature.A:critial realistB:psychoanalyticalC:aestheticistD:new romanticist答案:A2、The first period of Charles Dickenss literary careeris characterized mainly by ( ) and the novels are filled with moral teachings.A:mysticismB:pessimismC:fatalismD:optimism答案:D3、 Thomas Hardyis the most rep
40、resentativerealist in the later decades of the Victorian era,whose principal works are the ( ) novels, i.e., the novels describing the characters and environment of his native countryside.A:realistB:character and environmentC:modernistD:Bildungsroman答案:B4、 In the aesthetic movement of the 19th centu
41、ry, “Art for Arts Sake” can simply mean the focus on ( ) rather than on deep meaning of literary works.A:formB:techniqueC:impressionD:beauty答案:D5、 ( ) is a type of poetry written in the form of a speech of an individual character whose spiritual world is conveyed to the reader through the authors su
42、btle psychological analysis.A:Interior monologueB:Free associationC:Dramatic monologueD:Psycho-analysis答案:C6、 “Break, Break, Break” is a short lyric poem written by Alfred Tennyson which is a(n) ( ) for the poet to reveal his grief over the death of his friend.A:elegyB:lyricC:sonnetD:ode答案:A7、Thomas
43、 Carlyles non-fiction The French Revolution: A Historywas the inspiration for Charles Dickens s novel( ).A:Hard TimesB:Great ExpectationsC:A Tale of Two CitiesD:Oliver Twist答案:C8、 John Ruskin was the leading English artcritic of the Victorian era. In hisModern Painters, he argued that the principal
44、role of the artist is ( ).A:“art for arts sake”B:“truth to nature“C:innovationD:creativity答案:B9、 In hisCulture and Anarchy, ( ) showed his deepest contempt for and most frequent attack on the middle-class Philistines who he thought lacked culture.A:Thomas CarlyleB:John RuskinC:Charles KinsleyD:Matth
45、ew Arnold答案:D第九章1、 Writers, artists and composers we consider “modern” had their roots in the ( ) era which produced such writers as Joseph Conrad, E. M. Forster, W. S. Maugham, etc.A:EdwardianB:VictorianC:ElizabethanD:Georgian答案:A2、 A Passage to Indiais set on Joseph Conrads own experience in India
46、 which deals with the theme of ( ) in addition to persoal relationships.A:patriotismB:culturalismC:fatalismD:colonialism答案:D3、 ( )is admittedlyan autobiographicalnovel which draws much onMaughamsown experience.A:The Moon and SixpenceB:The Razors EdgeC:Of Human BondageD:Howards End答案:C第十章1、 “The Wast
47、e Land” is written by T. S. Eliot in which the theme of the ( ) of the post-World War I generation is declared to the reader.A:dreamB:disillusionmentC:enlightenmentD:radicalism答案:B2、 Because of his Irish background, ( ) is thought to be the driving force of the Irish Literary Revival.A:William Butle
48、r YeatsB:AlfredTennysonC:Matthew ArnoldD:Robert Browning答案:A3、 Ulysses, written by James Joyce and considered the most representative of the Egnlish stream-of-consciousness novels, is set in ( ), Ireleand .A:LondonB:EdinburghC:ManchesterD:Dublin答案:D4、 The only female writer of the stream-of-consciou
49、sness novel is ( ), who produced such novels asTo the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, The Waves, etc. .A:Catherine MansfieldB:George EliotC:Virginia WoolfD:Elizabeth Bowen答案:C5、 D. H. Lawrence is a modernist novelist who makesreflectionsupon thedehumanizingeffects of( ) in his representative workSons and Lovers.A:modernizationB:industrialisationC:urbanizationD:mechanization答案: