《英国文学简史（刘炳善版）》期末试题及答案A卷（英语本科专业用）

××⼤学外国语学院英语系期末考试《英国⽂学简史》试卷 A 卷

________级_______专业_____班学号___________ 姓名___________

Ⅰ. Multiple choices (50 points, 1 point each)

1.The most important work of Alfred the Great is _________, which isregarded as the best monument of the old English prose.A. The Song of BeowulfB. The Anglo-Saxon ChroniclesC. Brut

D. History of the King of Britain

2.William Langland’s “_________” is written in the form of adream vision.A. Kubla KanB. Piers the PlowmanC. The Dream of John BullD. Morte d’Arthur

3.In 1066, ________ led the Norman army to invade and defeat England.A.Julius CaesarB. Alexander the GreatC.William the ConquerorD. Claudius

4._________ was the first to be buried in the Poet’s Corner ofWestminster Abbey.A. KeatsB. SoutheyC. TennysonD. Chaucer

5._________ composed a long narrative poem named “________”basedon Boccaccio’s poem “Filostrato”.A.Shakespeare, Troilus and CriseydeB.Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde

C.Chaucer, The House of FameD.Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose

6.In the following, which word is not French origin?A. porkB. muttonC. vealD. swine

7.The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of

English drama. It was _______ who first made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.A. Robert GreeneB. Edmund SpenserC. Christopher MarloweD. William Shakespeare

8.English Renaissance Period was an age of ______.A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays and journalD. ballads and songs

9.Great popularity was won by John Lyly’s prose romance _________

which gave rise to the term “euphuism”, designating an affected style of court speech.A. CymbelineB. Venus and AdonisC. The Rape of LucreceD. Euhpues

10.Which one is not the resource of medieval romance?A.adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of Round TableB.Emperor Charlemagne and his peersC.Alexander the Great and matters of RomeD.The Rising of 1381

11.“When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentlemen?”is the sermon of __________.A. Wat TylerB. John BallC. LanglandD. Thomas Malory

12.Which statement about More’s “Utopia” is NOT true?A. Book One of “Utopia” is a picture of contemporary Englandwith forcible exposure of the poverty among the laboringclasses, the greed and luxury among the rich, and an eagernessfor war on the part of the rulers

B. In Book Two we have a sketch of an ideal commonwealth in someunknown ocean, where prosperity is held in common and thereis no poverty.

C. “Utopia” is More’s masterpiece, written in the form of aconversation between More and Hythloday, a returned voyager.D. As a great thinker, More had pointed out that the root of povertyis the private ownership of the social wealth, so he wishedto arouse the people to start a revolutionary movement againstthe ruling classes, which cost his life.

13. Chaucer is the first great poet who wrote in the English language,

and one of his great contributions is the introduction of the rhymed stanza from France, especially the rhymed couplet of 5accents in iambic meter--- _______, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon _________.A.alliterative verse, heroic couplet;B.heroic couplet, sonnets;C.heroic couplet, alliterative verse;D.alexandrine verse, ballads.

14.Among various English versions of Bible, which one is the best?A.John Wycliffe’s Bible;B.William Tyndal’s Bible;C.The King James Bible;

http://www.doczj.com/doc/8ca05610590216fc700abb68a98271fe910eaf1d.html es Coverdale’s Bible.15.Among the so-called “university wits”, it is _______ thatsatirized William Shakespeare as “an upstart crow”.A. PeeleB. Marlowe,C. NashD. Greene

16.It is _______ that says of Hamlet,

“The courtier’s, soldier’s, scholar’s, eye, tongue, sword;The expectancy and rose of the fair state,

The glass of fashion, and the mould of form…” (Ⅲ.1.)

A. OpheliaB. PoloniusC. ClaudiusD. Gertrude

17.“Hamlet”, “Othello”, “King Lear”, and ________ are calledthe four great tragedies.A. “Romeo and Juliet”B. “Antony and Cleopatra”C. “Julius Caesar”D. “Macbath”

18.Of many contemporaries and successors of Shakespeare, the most

important and well-know was __________, who became the first poet laureate in 1616.A. John DrydenB. Samuel JohnsonC. Ben JonsonD. Robert Southey

19.In Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the marinersuffers the horror of death, because __________.A.he experience a ship wreckB.he is tortured with starvationC.he undergoes much sufferingD.he kills an albatross

20._____ is the central concern to Blake’s concern in the “Songsof Innocence”.A. WomanB. PoetryC. HappinessD. Childhood

21.“All is not lost: the unconquerable will, and study of revenge,immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield: And what iselse not to be overcome?”The above “Excerpt”comes from _________.A. Dr. FaustusB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Tamburlaine

22.William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originates from _______.A.formB. thoughtsC. artistic devicesD. emotions

23.Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Criticism is a didactic _____.A.allegoryB. proseC. poemD. play

24. ________ wrote twice “Defense of the English People”to reply

to the European scholar Salmasius’ latin pamphlet on accusing the regicide by English people.A.John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden

25.“Vanity Fair”in _________ “The Pilgrim’s Progress”was

quoted later as the title of a critical realism novel “Vanity Fair” by _________.A.Bunyan’s Walter ScottB.Bunyan’s ThackerayC.Bunyan’s Jane AustenD.Bunyan’s Charles Dickens

26. _________, the Poet Laureate, and the author of An Essay of

Dramatic Poesy, was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature.A.Alexander PopeB. AddisonC. SteeleD. John Dryden

27.The following proverbial maxims, “For fools rush in where angels

fear to tread”, “To err is human, to forgive, divine” and “A little learning is a dangerous thing”, are from ______ by _____.A.An Essay of Dramatic Poesy, John DrydenB.The Rowley Papers, ChattertonC.Essay on Criticism, Alexander PopeD.The Spectator, Addison

28.Lilliput, Bobdingnag, Flying Island, and the country of

Houyhnhnms are scenes in _________ by ________.A.Robinson Crusoe, DefoeB.Gulliver’s Travels, SwiftC.Roderick Random, SmollettD.Tristram Shandy, Sterne

29.In order to criticize the excessive sentimentality and poor ethicsin “Pamela”by Richardson, Henry Fielding wrote a novel ________.A. “Joseph Andrews”B. “Jonathan Wild”C. “Tome Jones”D. “Amelia”

30.The first English psycho-analytical novel is _______.A.“Clarissa Harlowe”B. “Pamela”

C. “Sir Charles Grandison”D. “Amelia”

31.On the eve of the publication of “Dictionary”,______ letter to

Lord Chesterfield declared the independence of English writers, signifying the end of their reliance on the patronage ofnoblemen for support.A.Samuel Johnson’sB. John Milton’sC. Adam Smith’sD. Sheridan’s

32.The Romantic Age began with the publication of “The LyricalBallads” which was written by __________.A.William WordsworthB.Southey

C.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD.Wordsworth and Coleridge

33.Which poet below doesn’t belong to the Lakers?A.WordsworthB. KeatsC. SoutheyD. Coleridge

34. Which works have NOT employed the subjects from the Bible?A.Samson Agonistes

B. Cain

C. Prometheus UnboundD. Paradise Lost

35. Shelley wrote an elegy ______ lamenting the premature death ofhis fellow poet _______.A.Adonais, KeatsB. Hellas, ByronC. The Cenci, HazlittD. Queen Mab, Leigh Hunt

36.“Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”was written in the form of

_______, while “Don Juan”was written in _______. And both were created by a famous romanticist _______.A.Ottava rima, Spenserian stanza, ByronB.Ottava rima, Spenserian stanza, ShelleyC.Spenserian stanza, Ottava rima, ByronD.Spenserian stanza, Ottava rima, Shelley

37.We can find a counterpart of China’s “Tale of White Serpent”in English literature, ________ written by ________.

http://www.doczj.com/doc/8ca05610590216fc700abb68a98271fe910eaf1d.html mia, KeatsB. Christabel, Coleridge

http://www.doczj.com/doc/8ca05610590216fc700abb68a98271fe910eaf1d.html mia, Coleridge D. Christabel, Keats38.Albatross in English culture is an inauspicious symbol, whichoriginates from __________, the work of _________.A.Kubla Khan, Coleridge

B.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, ColeridgeC.Christabel, ColeridgeD.The Preclude, Wordsworth39.“ O my Luve is like a red, red rose,That's newly sprung in June;O my Luve's like the melodieThat's sweetly play'd in tune.”

The song above is from ________ by _______.A.“A Red, Red Rose”, William BlakeB.“A Red, Red Rose”, Robert BurnsC.“A Red, Red Rose”, Thomas GrayD.“A Red, Red Rose”, William Cowper

40.Elia is the pseudonym of a famous essayist, _________, whopublished “The Essay of Elia” in 1823.A.HazlittB. Leigh HuntC. De QuinceyD. Charles Lamb

41.__________ is the major theme from the early seventeenth centuryto the end of the eighteenth century in the history of American literature.A.The RomanticismB. The PuritanismC. The TranscendentalismD. The Sentimentalism

42. The first important writer in American literature, ________ ,

who wrote the fascinating The Sketch Book with both two of his most famous stories, “Rip Van Winkle”and “The Legend ofSleepy Hollow,” is regarded as “father of American literature\".A.Jonathan EdwardB. Benjamin FranklinC. Washington IrvingD. Fenimore Cooper

43. ________ and ________ were the two major American poets of thenineteenth century.

A.Walt Whitman, Emily DickinsonB.Anne Bradstreet, Edward TaylorC.Roger Williams, Thomas Paine

D.Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson

44. _________ brought the Romantic Period of American literature toan end.

A.The Independent WarB.The Civil War

C.New England RenaissanceD.The First World War

45. In the opinion of Ernest Hemingway, ________ of ________， begotmodern American literature.

A.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark TwainB.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, O. HenryC.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain

D.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, O. Henry

46. Fitzgerald’s __________ wrote about the frustration and despairresulting from the failure of the American dream.A.The Side of ParadiseB.Tales of the Jazz AgeC.Tender Is the NightD.The Great Gatsby

47. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ________, the implication of thecapital letter “A” evolves from “adultery”, “adulteress”to “able” and “angel”.A.Mosses from Old ManseB.Twice Told TalesC.The Scarlet letter

D.The House of the Seven Gables

48. In the following poets, which one is not among “New Englandpoets”？

A.William Cullen BryantB. Ezra Pound

C. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Oliver Wendell Holmes

49. The Hemingway code heroes are best remembered for their ________.A. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experienceD. masculinity

50. When American president Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe,

he joked, “So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war (the Civil War).” So what is the name ofthe book?

A. The Waste LandB. Uncle Tom's CabinC.The BridgeD. Sister Carrie

Ⅱ. Some of the following statements are true, some are false, mark them with “A”for True, “B”for False. (10%)51. The artistic features in “Beowulf”are the use of alliteration,metaphors and understatement.

52. The Seven Deadly Sins described in “Piers the Plowman” are

Pride, Lechery, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Avarice, and Glutton.53.The most important department of English folk literature is the

ballad, a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second and the fourth lines rhymed. One of the most popularone is “The Robin Hood Ballads”.

54.Miracle plays, morality plays, the interlude and classical playswere the forms of drama prevailing until the reign of Elizabeth.55.Satan is the hero in Milton’s masterpiece “Samson Agonistes”56.Blank verse is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter, which was

employed by some great English poets, such as William Shakespeare and John Milton.57.Epic is a long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a greathero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated.58.John Donn, the founder of the Metaphysical school of poetry, whose

works are characterized by mysticism in content and fantasticality in form, is also the representative of sentimentalism.59.Blake is the greatest poet Scotland has ever produced. His “PoemsChiefly in the Scottish Dialect” is of great significance in English literature.60.The greatest English playwright or the 18th century was Goldsmith,whose best play is “The School for Scandal”.

Ⅲ. Define the literary terms below(10 points, 5 points each)1.Romanticism2.Classicism

Ⅳ. Matching (10 points)1. Geoffrey Chaucer A. Othello

2. Henry Fielding B. The Rape of the Lock3. Shakespeare C. The Canterbury Tales4. Edmund Spencer D. Lycidas

5. Daniel Defoe E. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling6. Alexander Pope F. The Faerie Queene7. John Milton G. Captain Singleton8. William Wordsworth H. The Prelude9. George Gordon Byron I. A Modest Proposal10.Jonathan Swift J. Don JuanⅤ. Answer the questions (20 points)

1.Read the following words, and then answer questions below. (10’)

（1）Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for

ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. …Read not to contradict and confute,nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.（2）Some books are to betasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; …(3) Reading maketh a full man, conference a

ready man, and writing an exact. …（4）Histories make men wise, poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy,deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores. …If he be not able to beat over matters and tocall up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyer’s cases. So every defect of the mind may have aspecial receipt.

1). These words are taken from a famous essay written by ___________. (1’)2). What is the title of this essay? (1’)

3). Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.(8’)

(1). ________________________________________________________(2’)(2). ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(2’) (3).____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(2’) (4).________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________(2’) 2.Read the poem below, and answer questions.(3’)18

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of may,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;And every fair from fair sometime declines ,By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimm’d.But thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st.So long as man can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

1). This is one of Shakespeare’s best known __________. (1’)A. sonnetsB. balladsC. songs

2). It runs in iambic pentameter rhymed _______________________. (1’)3). The fourteen lines includes three stanzas according to their content with thelast two lines as a ________ which complete the sense of the above lines. (1’)

A. preludeB. coupletC. epigraph

3.Read the following words, and then answer questions below. (3 points)V

Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is:What if my leaves are falling like its own!The tumult of thy mighty harmoniesWill take from both a deep, autumnal tone,Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce,My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one!Drive my dead thoughts over the universeLike wither'd leaves to quicken a new birth!And, by the incantation of this verse,Scatter, as from an unextinguish'd hearthAshes and sparks, my words among mankind!Be through my lips to unawaken'd earthThe trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?1)Who is the writer of this immortal poem? (1’)2)The title of this poem is _______________. (1’)

3)The rime scheme in this stanza is _________________. (1’)4.Read the following words, and then answer questions below. (4’)

The name of Ivanhoe was no sooner pronounced than it flew from mouth to mouth, with all the celerity with which eagernesscould convey and curiosity receive it. It was not long ere it reached the circle of the Prince, whose brow darkened as he

heard the news. Looking around him, however, with an air of scorn, ``My Lords,'' said he, ``and especially you, Sir Prior, whatthink ye of the doctrine the learned tell us, concerning innate attractions and antipathies?

Methinks that I felt the presence of my brother's minion, even when I least guessed whom yonder suit of armour enclosed.''``Front-de-Boeuf must prepare to restore his fief of Ivanhoe,'' said De Bracy, who, having discharged his part honourably inthe tournament, had laid his shield and helmet aside, and again mingled with the Prince's retinue.

``Ay,'' answered Waldemar Fitzurse, ``this gallant is likely to reclaim the castle and manor which Richard assigned to him,and which your Highness's generosity has since given to Front-de-Boeuf.''1) The passage is taken from a historical novel entitled ______________. (1’)2)The writer of this novel is ____________. (1’)3)What role does Ivanhoe play in the novel? (2’)（答题纸、答案在下页）

××⼤学外国语学院英语系期末考试

《英国⽂学简史》试卷 A 卷

________级_______专业_____班学号___________ 姓名___________

Ⅲ. Define the literary terms below. (10 points, 5 points each)3.Romanticism

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________ 4.Classicism_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________ Ⅳ. Matching (10 points)1.____2.____3.____4.____5.____6.____7.____

8.____9.____ 10.____

Ⅴ. Answer the questions (20 points)

5.Read the following words, and then answer questions below. (10’)1)_______________________. (1’)2)_______________________. (1’)3) Translation

(1). ________________________________________________________(2’)(2). ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(2’) (3).____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(2’) (4).____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________(2’) 6.Read the poem below, and answer questions.(3’)

1)__________ (1’)

2)_____________________________________.(1’)3)__________(1’)

7.Read the following words, and then answer questions below. (3 points)1) ____________________.(1’)

2) ___________________________________.(1’)4)___________________________________.(1’)

8.Read the following words, and then answer questions below. (4’)1) ___________________ (1’)2) ___________________.(1’)

3) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(2’).(答案见下⼀页）