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Part One Early and Medieval English LiteratureⅠ. Fill in the blanks.1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeatingEngland.A. William the ConquerorB. Julius CaesarC. Alfred the GreatD. Claudius2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .A. LanglandB. WycliffeC. GowerD. Chaucer3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.A. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightB.BeowulfC. Piers the PlowmanD. The Canterbury Tales6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. TheNormans spoke _____.A. FrenchB. EnglishC. LatinD. Swedish9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.A. loyaltyB. revoltC. obedienceD. mockery11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets ofEngland, was born in London in about 1340.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Sir GawainC. Francis BaconD. John Dryden12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.A. FlandersB. FranceC. ItalyD. Westminster Abbey15. Chaucer composes a long narrative poem named _____ based on Boccaccio’spoem “Filostrato”.A. The Legend of Good WomenB. Troilus and CriseydeC. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD. BeowulfKey to the multiple choices:1-5 ADCAB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ADAABⅡ. Questions1.What are the features of Beowulf?ment on the social significance and language in The Canterbury Tales.Part Two The English RenaissanceⅠ. Match the writer and his works.1.Thomas More2.Holinshed3.Hakluyt4.Richard Tottel5.Philip Sidney6.Walter RaleighA.Apology for PoetryB.Miscellany of Songs andSonnetsC.UtopiaD.Discovery of GuianaE.Principal Navigations, V oyages and DiscoveriesF.ChroniclesThe key: (1—C 2—F 3—E 4—B 5—A 6—D)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 VB. Henry VIIC. Henry VIIID. James I2.The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star ofthe Reformation” and his followers.A. William TyndalB. James IC. John WycliffeD. Bishop Lancelot Andrews3.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 VIIC. Henry VIIID. Queen Elizabeth4.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. SpainB. FranceC. AmericaD. Norway5.Those, both traders and pirates like ____, established the first English colonies.A. Francis DrakeB. Lancelot AndrewsC. William CaxtonD. William Tyndal6.____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.A. Ben JohnsonB. William ShakespeareC. Thomas MoreD. Christopher Marlowe7.The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.A. LylyB. PeeleC. GreeneD. Marlowe8.Morality plays appeared after_____.A. miracle playsB. mystery playsC. interludeD. Classical plays9._____ is used to say and do good things.A. MercyB. FollyC. ViceD. Peace10._____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.A. Phillip SidneyB. Edmund SpenserC. Thomas MoreD. Walter Raleigh11._____ is not a famous translator in the English Renaissance.A. Thomas NorthB. Thomas WyattC. George ChapmanD. John Florio12.____ had supplied Shakespeare with the material for Julius Caesar.A.Lives of Greek and Roan Heroes《希腊罗马名人传》B.Miscellany of Songs and SonnetsC.Don QuixoteD.History of the World13.____ was one of the first to see the relation between wealth and poverty tounderstand that the rich were becoming richer by robbing the poor.A. John WycliffeB. William CaxtonC. Geoffrey ChaucerD. Thomas More14.Utopia was written in the form of _____.A. proseB. dramaC. essayD. dialogue15.One of the popular morality plays was ____.A. The ShepherdsB. EverymanC. The Play of the WeatherD. Gammer Gurton’s Needle16.Shakespeare’s plays written between _____ are sometimes called “romances” andall end in reconciliation and reunion.A. 1590 and 1594B. 1595 and 1600C. 1601 and 1607D. 1608 and 161217.Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s ______.A. PericlesB. CymbelineC. The Winter’s TaleD. The Tempest18.In _____ appeared Shakespeare’s Sonnet,Never before Imprinted(《莎士比亚十四行诗》“迄今从未刊印过”)which contains 154 sonnets.A. 1606B. 1607C. 1608 160919.Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____.A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. classicism20.Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) withthe _______.A. dramatic blank verseB. songC. sonnetD. couplet21.In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.A. 15000B. 16000C. 17000D. 1800022._____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.A. Christopher MarlowB. Francis BaconC. W. ShakespeareD. Ben JohnsonKey to the multiple choices:1-5 BCDAA 6-10 DDCBA 11-15 BDADA 16-22 ACBADDBⅢ. Fill in the blanks.1.The ____ was universally used by the Catholic Churches.2.The English translation of the Bible emerged as a result of the struggle between____ and ___.3.The Bible was notably translated into English by the ____.4.The first complete Engl ish Bible was translated by ____, “the morning star of the_____”.5._____ translated the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament, which isknown as Tyndale’s Bible.6.After Tydale’s Bible, then appeared the ______, which was made in 1611 underthe auspices of _____. And so was sometimes called the ____.7.Apart from the religious influence, the Authorized Version has had a greatinfluence on English ___ and ____.8.With the widespread influence of the English Bible, the standard modern Englishhas been _____ and _____.9. A great number of ____and phrases have passed into daily English speech ashousehold words.10.The ____and ____ language of the Authorized Version has colored the style ofthe English prose for the last 300 years.11.____ was the first English printer.12.William Caxton was a prosperous merchant himself, but he was fond of ___ , andhis interest was turning to ____.13.He translated The Recuyell of Historyes of Troy into English from French whichwas the ___ book printed in English.14.The Recuyell served as a source for ____ Troilus and Cressida. 《特洛埃勒斯与克雷雪达》15.After having established his printing press, William Caxton devoted himself tothe career of a ____ and _____.16.William Caxton published about ____ books, ___ of which were translated byhimself.17.By rendering (翻译) French books into English, Caxton exercised the youthfullanguage in the airs (曲调), the graces, the crafts of the elder and contributed to the development of the style of ___ century English ____.18.The influence of Caxton’s publications is also great in fixing a ____ language inEngland.19.As the first English printer, Caxton invented in England the profession of ____,which in fact has had a lasting significance to the development of English ___ asa whole.20.The Renaissance started in the ______ century and ended in the ______century.21.The word, “renaissance” means ________, which was stimulated by a series ofhistorical events, such as ________.22.In the Renaissance, the humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of those old____in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expresses ____ of the rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the ____of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.23.____ is the theme of the English Renaissance, which emphasized the capacities of____and the achievements of ____.24.____ Stanza is a verse form created by _____ for his poem, ______, in which therhyme scheme is ____.25.The Wars of the Roses (1455—1485) between the House of ___ and the House of___ struggling for the Crown continued for 30 years.26.Because of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the King ofEngland, the far-reaching movement of ___ took place in England, started by Henry VIII.27.After ___ in England, the helpless, dispossessed peasants, being compelled towork at a low wage, became hired laborers for the merchants. These laborers were the fathers of modern English ___.28.The introduction of ___ to England by William Caxton (1476) brought classicalworks within reach of the common multitude.29.The 16th century in England was a period of the breaking up ____of relations andthe establishing of the foundations of ____.30.Because the wool trade was rapidly growing in bulk, it was a time when,according to Thomas More, “___”.31.____ broke off with the Pope, dissolved all the monasteries and abbeys in thecountry, confiscated their lands and proclaimed himself head of the Church of England.32.Together with the development of bourgeois relationships and formation of theEnglish national state this period is marked by a flourishing of national culture known as ____.33.____, in his translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, wrote the first English blank verse.34.Richard Tottel’s Miscellany of Songs and Sonnets contained _____ poems by______ and _____ by _____.35.Philip Sidney thought that _____ had superiority over philosophy and history.36._____ is a picture of contemporary England with forcible exposure of the ___among the laboring classes.37.More points out that the root of poverty is the ____ _____ of social wealth.38.Sonnets contain _____ sonnets and ____ sonnets.39.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its ____.40.The “miracles” were simple plays based on ______stories.41.There are significant touches of _____ life in the play titled The Shepherds.42.A morality play presented the _____ of good and _____ with _____personages.43.Vice was the predecessor of the modern _____.44.Through the revival of classical literature, English playwrights came into contactwith ______ and ______drama.45.From the contact with Greek and Latin drama, English playwrights learned all theimportant rules in ____ and ____, the more exact conception of ____ and ____.46.English comedies and tragedies on classical models appeared in the middle of the____ century.47.The first English comedy is ______.48.The first English tragedy is _____.49.Miracle plays, morality plays, interludes and classical plays paved the way for theflourishing of ____.50.In the 16th century _____ became the centre of English drama.51.By ____, professional actors were organized into companies.52.____ were wooden buildings, usually circular in form, with tiers(一排排)ofgalleries surrounding a roofless pit(楼下剧场).53.In the Elizabethan Theater, there were no ____ and women’s parts were alwaystaken by ____.54.Shakespeare’s narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, is full of vivid images of the______, and aphorisms (格言、警句) on life.55.Shakespeare was a great ____ of the English language.56.Shakespeare’s dramatic creation often used the method of _____.57.Shakespeare’s drama becomes a monument of the English ______.58.Shakespeare was a _____ for play-writing.59.Shakespeare’s _____ people represent all the complexities and implications ofreal life.Key to the blanks:tin Bible2.Protestantism; Catholicism3.Protestants4.John Wycliffe; Reformation5.William Tyndal6.Authorized Version, James I;King James Bible.nguage; literature8.fixed; confirmed9.Bible coinages10.simple; dignified11.William Caxton12.Reading; literature13.First14.Shakespeare15.Printer; publisher16.100; 2417.15th ; prose18.National19.Publisher; culture20.14th; 17th21.Religious reformation22.feudalist ideas; interests;purity23.Humanism; human mind;human culture24.Spenserian; Edmund Spenser;The Faerie Queene;ababbcbccncaster; York26.The Reformation27.the Enclosure Movement;proletarians28.printing29.feudal; capitalism30.sheep devours men31.William VIII32.Renaissance33.Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey34.96, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 40, Henry Howard,Earl of Surrey35.poetry36.Utopia, Book One; poverty37.private ownership38.Italian/Petrarchan ; Shakespearean39.Drama40.Bible41.real42.Conflict; evil; allegorical43.Clown44.Greek; Latin45.Structure; style; comedy; tragedy46.16th47.Gammer Gurton’s Needle《葛顿大娘的缝衣针》48.Gorboduc 《高波特克》49.Drama50.London51.156752.Elizabethan theatres53.actress; boys54.countryside55.master56.adaptation (revision)57.Renaissance59.full-blood58.master-hand (能手)Ⅳ. Say true or false.1.The old English aristocracy having been exterminated (wiped out) in the course ofthe War of the Roses, a new nobility, totally dependent on King’s power, come to the fore.2.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reign of QueenElizabeth.3.The progress of bourgeois economy made England a powerful state and enabledher in 1588 to inflict a defeat on the Spanish Invincible Armada.4.The Protestant Reformation was in essence a religious movement in a politicalguise.5.Before the Reformation, the English Bible was universally used by the Catholicchurches.6.Walter Raleigh wrote his History of the World in imprisonment.7.More the man is even more interesting than More the writer.8.Utopia, Book One, describes an ideal communist society.9.Translations occupied an important place in the English Renaissance.10.Philip Sidney’s collection of love sonnets is Astrophel and Stella.11.The Miracle plays were not forbidden to perform in churches after the actorsintroduced secular and even comical elements into the performance.12.The writer of Gammer Gurton’s Needle is unknown.13.Two lawyers who wrote Gorboduc were Thomas Sackville (托马斯·萨克维尔)and Thomas Norton(托马斯·诺顿).14.Shakespeare’s sonnets are divided into three groups: Numbers 1—17, Numbers18—126, and Numbers 127—154.15.Shakespeare’s sonnets are written for variety of virtues.16.Engels said, “Realism implies, besides truth in detail, the truthful reproduction oftypical characters under typical circumstances.”17.Shakespeare wrote about his own people and for his own time.18.Shakespeare’s one play contains one theme. (contains more than one theme)19.To reproduce the real life, Shakespeare often combines the majestic with thefunny, the poetic with the prosaic(散文体的) and tragic with the comic.20.Engels called Shakespeare’s plays the “Shakespearean vivacity (活泼、快活) andwealth of (大量的) action”.21.Utopia is More’s masterpiece, written in the form of letters between More andHythloday, a voyage.22.Sir Philip Sidney is well-known as a poet and dramatist.23.Carl Marx commented highly on More’s Utopia and mentioned it in his greatwork, The Capital.24.The highest glory of the English Renaissance was unquestionably its poetry.25.The miracle plays were simple plays based on Bible stories, such as the creationof the world, Noah and the flood, and the birth of Christ.26.Grammer Gurton’s Needle is the first English comedy, Gorboduc the first Englishtragedy.27.Both the gentlemen and the common people went to the theatres. But the upperclass was the dominant force in Elizabethan theatre.28.After Shakespeare’s death, Herminge and Condell collected and published hisplays in 1623.29.From Shakespeare’s history plays, it can be seen that Shakespeare took a greatinterest in the political questions of his time.30.In Shakespeare’s historical plays, historical accuracy is not strictly regarded.31.King Lear is a tragedy of ambition, which drives a brave soldier and national heroto degenerate into a bloody murder and despot right to his doom.ing from an old Danish legend, Othello is considered the summit ofShakespeare’s art.33.Shakespeare is one of the founders of romanticism in world literature.34.Generally speaking, after Shakespeare, the English drama was undergoing aprocess of prosperity.35.English Renaissance Period was an age of poetry and drama, and was an age ofprose.36.There are two main characters in As You Like It: Orlando and Rosalind.37.Ben Johnson’s comedies are “comedies of humors”and every character in hiscomedies personifies a definite “humor”.38.In Ben Johnson’s later years he became the “literary king” of his time.Key to the True/False statements:1.T2.T3.T4. F. (a political movement in areligious guise)5. F. (the Latin Bible)6.T7. F (Sidney)8.T9.T10.T11.T12.T13.F ( Book Two)14.T15.T16.T17.T18.F 19.T20.T21.F (a conversation)22.F (poet and critic of poetry)23.F24.F(darma)25.T26.T27.T28.T29.T30.T31.F (Macbeth)32.F (Hamlet)33.F (realism)34.F(decline)35.F (not an age of prose)36.T37.F (ordinary people were)Ⅴ. Questions on the English Renaissancement on the character of Hamlet.2.What are the features of Shakespeare’s drama?3.Remember Shakespeare’s major plays in each literary career.Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois RevolutionI.Choose the right answer.1.The r hyme scheme of Milton’s L’Allkegro and Il Penseroso is _____.A. aabbccbbcB. abbacdccdC. abacdeecD. ababcdcdd2. _____ , as a declaration of people’s freedom of the press, has been a weapon inthe later democratic revolutionary struggles.A. On the Morning of Christ’s NativityB. ComusC. Of Reformation in EnglandD. Areopagitica3. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and thelater sacred verses.A. John MiltonB. John BunyanC. John DonneD. John Dryden4. _____ expressed Donne’s own way of describing love.A. Holy SonnetsB. Witchcraft by a PictureC. The Sun RisingD. Death, Be Not Proud5. George Herbert’s ______ is a well-known shaped poem.A. The AltarB. To His Coy MistressC. To DaffodilsD. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May6. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.A. John DonneB. George HerbertC. Andre MarvellD. Henry Vaughan7. Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet?A. Richard CrashawB. Henry VaughanC. Andrew MarvellD. Robert Burton8. ____is a prose poem on death and immortality.A. The Anatomy of MelancholyB. Religio MeciciC. Holy DyingD. Urn-Burial9. Izaak Walton’s ____ is a delightful description of the English countryside and thesimple and kind people.A. The Compleat AnglerB. Holy LivingC. To His Coy MistressD. To Daffadils10. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry?A. John SucklingB. Richard LovelaceC. Robert HerrickD. John Dryden11. ____was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 19thcentury.A. John DrydenB. Richard SteeleC. Joseph AddisonD. Alexander PopeKey to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAADII.Fill in the blanks.1.In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, _______ occupies the mostimportant place.2.The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of th e most popular pieces of Christian writingproduced during the _____ Age.3.______gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol ofLondon at the time of Restoration.4._____masterpiece, The Pilgrim’s Progress, is an allegory, a nar rative in whichgeneral concepts such as sins, despair, and faith are represented as people or as aspects of the natural world.5._____ is the most excellent representative of English classicism in the Restorationperiod.6.In English literature, the Restor ation period is traditionally called “Age of _____.7.In political affairs, ____ was quite changeable in attitude.8.In his “A n Essay of Dramatic Poesy”, ____ showed his famous appreciation ofShakespeare.9.Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is _______, a tragedy dealing withthe same story as Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.10.The main literary achievements of the 17th century lies in the poetry of JohnMilton, in the prose writing of John Bunyan, and in the plays and literary criticism of ______.11.Paradise Lost is one of Milton’s ______.12.Satan is the hero in Milton’s masterpiece __________.13.Paradise Lost took its material from ______.14.The works of the Metaphysical poets are characterized, generally speaking, by_____in content and fantasticality in form.15._______ was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 18thcentury.16.Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton’s belief in the powers of _____.17.The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious allegory and _____ is anot her writing feature.18.In the second half of the 17th century we may hear the voices of the privatecitizens by letters and _____.Key to the blanks:1.(John Bunyan)2.(Puritan)3.(The Pilgrim’s Progress)4.(John Bunyan’s)5.(John Dryden)6.(Dryden)7.(John Dryden)8.(John Dryden)9.(All for Love)10.(John Dryden)11.(epics)12.(Paradise Lost)13.(mysticism)14.(the Bible)15.(Dryden)16.(man)17.(symbolism)18.(diaries)III.Say true or false.1.The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17th century were over landownership.2.After the victory of the English Revolution, the movement of the Diggers brokeout. The leader of this revolt is Wat Tyler.3.With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became theProtector of the English Commonwealth.4.The spirit of unity and the feeling of patriotism ended with the reign of James I,and England was then convulsed (shook, quivered) with the conflict between the two antagonistic camps, the Royalists and the Puritans.5.In 1644, James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of thecountry.6.English literature of the 17th century witnessed a flourish on the whole.7.The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in Englishliterature, William Shakespeare.8.The Revolution Period is also called Age of Milton because it produced a greatpoet whole name is William Milton.9.The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama.10.Among the English poets during the Revolution Period, John Donne was thegreatest one.11.John Milton towers over his age as Byron towers over the Elizabethan Age, and asChaucer towers over the Medieval Period.12.On his first wife’s death, Milton wrote his only love poem, a sonnet, on HisDeceased Wife.13.The greatest epic produced by Milton, Paradise Lose, is written in heroic couplets.14.The poem of Samson Agonistes was “to justify the ways of God to man”, i.e. toadvocate submission to the Almighty.15.It has been noticed by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by hisangels who never think of expressing any opinions of their own, resembles the court of an absolute monarch.16.Izaak Wa lton’s The Compleat Angler becomes a “Piscatorial classic”.17.Thomas Browne’s Religia Medici is a collection of opinions on a vast number ofsubjects more or less connected with religion.Key to True/False statements:1. F (ownership: monopolies)2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley)3. F (Charles II: Oliver Cromwell)4. F (Donne: Milton)5. F (James I: Charles I)6. F (flourish: decline)7.T (William Shakespeare)8. F (William: John)9. F (drama: poetry) 10.F (James I: Elizabeth I)11.F (Byron: Shakespeare)12.F (first: second)13.F (heroic couplets: blank verse)14.F (Satan: God)15.F (Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost)16.T17.TIV. Questions1.What are the writing features of The Pilgrim’s Progress?ment on the image of Satan.ment on Samson.Part Four The English Century Ⅰ. Match the works and the characters. (3 points)A1. ( ) Tome Jones2. ( ) The Vicar of Wakefield3. ( ) Robinson Crusoe4. ( ) Gulliver’s Travels5. ( ) Pamela6. ( ) The School for ScandalBa.Fridayb.King of Brodingnagc.Sophiad.Mr. Be.William Thornhillf.Charles SurfaceThe key: (1—c, 2—e, 3—a, 4—b, 5—d, 6—f )Ⅱ. Choose the right answer.1.In 1701, Steele published a pamphlet, _____, in which he first displayed hismoralizing spirit.A. The FuneralB. The Lying LoverC. The Christian HeroD. The Tender Husband2. Which is the most popular newspaper published by Steele?A. The TatlerB. The SpectatorC. The TheatreD. The English3. _____ is Addison’s great tragedy.A. A Letter from ItalyB. RosamondC. The CampaignD. Cato4. Which of the following is not the hero in The Spectator?A. Isaac BickerstaffB. Mr. RogerC. Captain SentryD. Andrew Freeport5. ______ were looked upon as the model of English composition by British authorsall through the 18th century.A. Jeremy Taylor’s Holy LivingB. Thomas Browne’s Religio MeidicC. Samuel Pepys’s diariesD. Addison’s Spectator essays6. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _____.A. SteeleB. AddisonC. PopeD. Dryden7. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is ____.A. Essay on CriticismB. The Rape of the LockC. Essay on ManD. The Dunciad8. Essay on Man is a _____poem in heroic couplets.A. didacticB. satiricalC. philosophicalD. dramatic9. ____ was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century.A. The Enclosure MovementB. The Industrial RevolutionC. The Religious ReformD. The Enlightenment10. The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the ____readers.A. aristocraticB. middle classC. low classD. intellectual11. ____ is a great classicist but his satire is not always just.A. SteeleB. MiltonC. AddisonD. Pope12.The main literary stream of the 18th century was ____ . What the writersdescribed in their works were mainly social realities.A. romanticismB. classicismC. realismD. sentimentalism13.The 18th century was the golden age of the English ___. The novel of this periodspoke the truth about life with an uncompromising (unbending) courage.A. dramaB. poetryC. essayD. novel14.In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ____ and ___, whichmade him well-known as a satirist.A. A Tale of TubB. Bickerstaff AlmanacC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Battle of the Books15.In a series of pamphlets Jonathan Swift denounced the cruel and unjust treatmentof Ireland by the English government. One of the most famous is ____.A. Essays on CriticismB. A Modest ProposalC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. The Battle of the Books16.“Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.”Thissentence is said by ____, one of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Daniel Defoe17._____’s best-known pamphlet was The Trueborn Englishman—A Satire, whichcontained a caustic exposure of the aristocracy and the tyranny of the church.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Jonathan SwiftD. Daniel Defoe18.Henry Fielding’s first novel ____ was written in connection with Pamela ofSamuel Richardson. But after the first 10 chapters, Henry Fielding became so interested and absorbed in his own hovel as to forget his original plan of ridiculing Pamela.A. Tom JonesB. Joseph AndrewsC. Jonathan WildD. Amelia19.____ the first important work by Tobias Smollett, is based on his own experienceas a naval doctor and in part autobiographical.A. Roderick RandomB. Humphry ClinkerC. Peregrine PickleD. A Sentimental Journey20.From the character Mr. Malaprop, in ___ by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, isderived the term “malapropism”which means a ridiculous misusage of big words.A. The RivalsB. The School for ScandalC. The Beggar’s OperaD. The London Merchant21.Which of the following periodicals is edited by Samuel Johnson? _____.。

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