___________I. Multiple Choice: from a, b, c or d, choose the best one to completethe statements below. (1×50, 50 points)1.---- ----- is the first important religious poet in Englishliterature.a. John Donneb. George Herbertc. Caedmond. Milton2.The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally intotwo divisions, ---------- and Christian.a. Paganb. Romanc. Frenchd. Danish3.“----------” is the oldest poem in the English language, andalso the surviving epic in the English language.a. Beowulfb.Sir Gawain and Green Knightc. The Canterbury Talesd. Hamlet4.Fielding has been regarded by some as the “----------” for hiscontribution to the establishment of the form of the modernnovel.a.Best Writer of English Novelb. Father of EnglishNovelc. Father of English Poetryd. Father of English Essay5.All of the following three writers except---------- are the mostfamous dramatists in the Renaissance England.a.Marloweb. Shakespearec. Bacond. Thomas Kyd6.Byronic Hero was created by Lord Byron in one of his followingworks ---------.a. Don Juanb. Ode to the West windc. She Walks inBeauty d. Daffodils7.Which play is not Shakespeare’s tragedy? ----------a.Othellob. The Merchant of Venicec.Romeo and Julietd. King Lear8.The literary form of The Faerie Queen is ----------.a. lyric poemb. narrative poemc. epic poemd.elegy9.Which of the following cannot correctly describe the EnglishEnlightenment Movement ----------?a.It flourished in France.b. It was afurtherance of the Renaissance.c.Its purpose was to enlighten the whole world. d. Itemphasized “reason & order.”10.“Blindness, partiality, prejudice and absurdity” in thenovel Pride and Prejudice are most likely to be thecharacteristics of ----------.a. Elizabethb. Darcyc. Mrs. Bennetd. Lydia11.The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the----------.a. Frenchb. Latinc. romanced. science12.The story of “----------”is the culmination of the Arthurianmetrical romances.a.Sir Gawain and the Green Knightb. Beowulfc.Piers the Plowmand. The Canterbury Tales13.Chaucer, the ‘father of English poetry’ and one of thegreatest ---------- poets of England, was born in London about 1340, and was the first to be buried in the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey.a. lyricalb. blank versec. narratived. ballad14.Which kind of metrical form was adopted by Chaucer in TheCanterbury Tales?a. London dialectb. Heroic Coupletc. sonnetd. elegy15.Generally speaking, Chaucer’s works fall into three maingroups corresponding roughly to the three periods of his adult life. Which period is wrong?a.The period of French influence (1359-1372)b.The period of Italian influence (1372-1386)c.The period of English influence (1386-1400)d.The period of American influence (1371-1382)16.--------- was the first to introduce the sonnet into Englishliterature.a. Thomas Wyattb. William Shakespearec. Philip Sidneyd. Thomas Campion17.The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development ofEnglish drama. It was ---------- who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.a. Edmund Spenserb. Thomas Lodgec. Christopher Marlowed. Thomas More18.Absolute monarchy in England reached its summit during the reignof Queen ----------.a. Maryb. Elizabethc. Victoriad. William19.English Renaissance Period was an age of ----------.a. prose and novelb. poetry and dramac. essays and journalsd. ballads and songs20.From the following, choose the one that is not Francis Bacon’swork. ----------a.The Advancement of Learningb. Essaysc.Maxims of the Lawd. Othello21.English Renaissance Period was not an age of prose, but ThomasMore wrote his famous prose work ----------.a. Of Studiesb. Robinson Crusoec. Gulliver’s Travelsd. Utopia22.Which play is not Shakespeare’s comedy? ---------a.A Midsummer Night’s Dreamb. The Merchant of Venicec.Romeo and Julietd. As You Like It23. ----------, considered John Milton’s masterpiece, vividlytells the story of Satan’s rebellion against God and his tempting of Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit of the treeof knowledge.a. Paradise Regainedb. Biblec. The Pilgrim’s Progressd. Paradise Lost24.---------- was a progressive intellectual movement throughoutWestern Europe in the 18th century.a. The Renaissanceb. The Enlightenmentc. The Religious Reformationd. The Chartist Movement25.In the last 20 years of the 18th century, England produces twogreat pre-romantic poets. They were ----------.a. Johnson and Blakeb. Grey and Youngc. Pope and Goldsmithd. Blake and Burns26.The 18th-century witnessed that in England there appeared twopolitical parties, ----------, which were satirized by Swift in his Gulliver’s Travels.a.The Whigs and the Toriesb.The senate and the House of Representativesc.The upper House and lower Housed.The House of Lords and the House of Commons27.The critical realism in 19th-century England has been consideredas the 3rd important literary achievement after the ancient Greek tragedy and the Renaissance drama. It has some basic characteristics as follows except: ----------a.Truthful reflection of the society with superb artistic styleb.Violent exposure and criticism with profound humanismc. Harmonious unity between the characters and situationd. The use of simple and common language28.The Romantic Age began with the publication of Lyrical Ballads,which was written by ----------.a. William Wordsworthb. Samuel Johnsonc. Samuel Taylor Coleridged. Wordsworth and Coleridge29.Which poet did not belong to the Lakers?a. Coleridgeb. Wordsworthc. Southeyd. Keats30.Choose the ode that is not written by Keats. ----------a. Ode to the West Windb. Ode to a Nightingalec. To Autumnd. Ode on a Grecian Urn31.Choose the work that was not written by Jane Austen. ----------a. Emmab.Sense and Sensibilityc. Mansfield Parkd.Jane Eyre32.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in theform of ----------.a. novelb. dramac. poetryd. prose33.Which of the following writers did not belong to Englishcritical realists?a. Charles Dickensb. Charlotte Brontec. Daniel Defoed. W. M. Thackeray34.Dickens’s David Copperfield is often regarded as thesemi-autobiography of the writer in which the early life of thehero is largely based on the author’s early life, while his--------- is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.a.Oliver Twistb. Great Expectationsc. Hard Timesd.A Tale of Two Cities35. The sub-title of Vanity Fair is ‘---------’.a.A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayedb. The Spirit and theFleshc.A Novel Without a Herod. Sense andSensibility36.In the novel Jane Eyre,Charlotte has some basic subject mattersto express as follows except ----------.a.pours a great deal of her own experienceb.criticizes the American bourgeois system of educationc.shows that true love is the foundation of marriaged.shows that women should have equal rights with men37.James Joyce was one of the foremost writers of --------- novels.a. critical realistb. Gothicc. stream of consciousnessd. romantichistorical38. The first English essayist Francis Bacon composed, during hislifetime, numerous prose work, and --------- is unmistakablyamong the most eloquent and elegant essays produced in EnglishRenaissance.a. Of Studiesb. Ode to the West Windc. The Tigerd. Don Juan39.Among the following 20th-century Irish writers, who is thespokesman for the school of “Art for Art’s Sake”? ----------a. Bernard Shawb. Oscar Wildec. James Joyced.W. B. Yeats40.Wordsworth believes that ---------- can inspires poetry, andit is his nurse, guide, guardian and anchor of his thoughts.a. natureb. Godc. loved.wealth41.Although writing from different points of view and withdifferent techniques, writers in the Victorian Period shared onething in common, that is, they were all concerned about----------.a.the love story of the richb. the future of theircountryc.the fate of common peopled. the love-making of themiddle class people42.--------- lays the foundation for modern science with hisinsistence on scientific way of thinking and fresh observationrather than authority as a basis for obtaining knowledge.a. Charles Dickensb. Francis Baconc. Thomas Hardyd. Thomas More43.The following comments on Daniel Defoe are true except---------.a.Robinson Crusoe is his first novel.b.He is a member of the upper class.c.Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpiece.d.He embarked on a new career—the writing of novel—when hewas 60.44.The term “metaphysical poetry” is commonly used to name thework of the 17th-century writers who wrote under the influenceof ----------.a. John Donneb. John Keatsc. John Miltond.John Bunyan45.The cradle of the Renaissance is ----------.a. Germanyb. Englandc. Italyd.France46.The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly risingliterary form that is the modern English ----------, which givesa realistic presentation of life of the common English people.a. proseb. novelc. tragicomedyd.drama47.Which of the following writings did Wordsworth not create?------c--a.I Wandered Lonely as a Cloudb. The Solitary Reaperc.The Chimney Sweeperd. The Prelude48.Which of the following writings is not the work by Dickens? ca. A Tale of Two Citiesb. Hard Timesc. Sons andLovers d. Oliver Twist49.The Victorian Age was largely an age of ---------, eminentlyrepresented by Dickens and Thackeray.a. poetryb. dramac. essayd. novel50. The 23-year-old Austen composed three novels, and among them,First Impressions was early version of --00------.a. Pride & Prejudiceb. Sense & Sensibilityc. Emmad.Northanger AbbeyⅡ. Reading Comprehension:read the following selected parts carefully, and give the best answer to the relevant questions. (0.5×50, 25 points)Part 1 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 dimmed,And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed: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 men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.Questions:51.This is one of Shakespeare’s best known----------.a. sonnetsb. balladsc. songs52. It runs in iambic pentameter rhymed ----------.a. abba abba cdcd cdb. abab cdcd efef gg53. The 14 lines include three quatrains together withthe last two lines as ---------- which completes thesense of the lines above.a. preludeb. coupletc. epigraph54. The theme of this poem is ----------.a. loveb. friendshipc. immortality ofartsPart 2 I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.Questions:55. This is the first two stanza of a poem that iswritten by --------.a. Byronb. Wordsworthc. Keats56. The title of the poem is ----------.a. To Autumnb. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloudc. The Solitary Reaper57.The poem’s theme is about ----------.a. beauty of natureb. country lifec. love58. The poet adopts one kind of figure of speech:---------- to describe the flowers in the poem.a. personificationb. alliterationc. conceit59. The rhyme scheme in each stanza is ----------.a. abababb. ababccc. abcdcdPart 3 IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of sucha man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, thistruth is so well fixed in the minds of the surroundingfamilies, that he is considered as the rightful propertyof some one or other of their daughters.Questions:60. This passage is the opening of a novel entitled----------.a. Sense and Sensibilityb. Pride andPrejudice c. Jane Eyre61. The writer of the novel is the first famous womannovelist—---------.a. George Eliotb. Charlotte Brontec. JaneAusten62. The story in this novel is based on the lovemakingof the young people in the ------- families in18th-century England.a. upper-middle-classb. aristocraticc. royalPart 4 That's my last Duchess painted on the wall,Looking as if she were alive. I callThat piece a wonde r, now: Frà Pandolf's handsWorked busily a day, and there she stands.Will 't please you sit and look at her? I said'Frà Pandolf' by design, for never readStrangers like you that pictured countenance,Questions:63. These lines are quoted from the poem entitled-------.a. Songb. My Last Duchessc. When We TwoParted64. It was composed by the outstanding poet -------.a. Robert Browningb. Lord Byronc. WilliamWordsworth65. In the famous piece, the form of ------- is skillfullyemployed.a. balladb. dramatic monologuec. blankversePart 5 GO and catch a falling star,Get with child a mandrake root,Tell me where all past years are,Or who cleft the devil's foot,Teach me to hear mermaids singing,Or to keep off envy's stinging,And findWhat windServes to advance an honest mind.If thou be'st born to strange sights,Things invisible to see,Ride ten thousand days and nights,Till age snow white hairs on thee,Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me,All strange wonders that befell thee,And swear,No whereLives a woman true and fair.Questions:66. These are the first 2 stanzas of the poem writtenby ------- in 17th-century England.a. John Miltonb. John Donnec. JohnBunyan67. The poet is the most outstanding figure of the poeticschool of “-------” during this period.a. Graveyard Poetsb. Metaphysical Poetsc. Romantic poets68. He was appointed by King James I in 1621 as the deanof ------- and he held this post till his last day.a. Westminster Abbeyb. St. Paul Cathedralc.Canterbury Cathedral69. Besides his unique love poetry, he is also famousfor his religious -------.a. poetryb. sermonsc. plays70.This group of poets prefers to use an elaborate andsurprising figure of speech, -------, to express ideasin a sharp and harsh manner, by comparing two verydissimilar things.a. conceitb. similarc.alliterationPart 6"I tell you I must go!" I retorted, roused to something like passion. "Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?--a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, becauseI am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless andheartless? You think wrong!--I have as much soul as you,--and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;--it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal,--as we are!"Questions:71.This passage is taken from the novel “-------”.a.Emmab. Wuthering Heightsc. JaneEyre72. The author of the work is -------.a. Jane Austenb. Emily Brontec.Charlotte Bronte73. The speaker in the passage is -------.a. Cathyb. Lydiac. Jane74. The character is passionately emphasizing thesignificance of ------- between men and women.a. marriageb. equalityc.relationship75. The character is speaking to -------.a. Mr. Rochesterb. Mr. Bingleyc. Mr.BennetPart 7`I have been hoping, longing, praying, to make you happy! I have thought what joy it will be to do it, what an unworthy wife I shall be if I do not! That's what I have felt, Angel!'`I know that.'`I thought, Angel, that you loved me - me, my very self! If it is I you do love, O how can it be that you look and speak so? It frightens me! Having begun to love you, I love you for ever - in all changes, in all disgraces, because you are yourself.I ask no more. Then how can you, O my own husband, stop loving me?'`I repeat, the woman I have been loving is not you.'`But who?'`Another woman in your shape.'Questions:76. This passage is ta ken from the novel “-------”.a. Sons and Loversb. Tess of the D’Urbervillesc. Jane Eyre77. The author of the work is -------.a. William Thackerayb. Thomas Hardyc.Charles Dickens78. The female speaker in the passage is --------.a. Tessb. Elizabethc. Jane79.The novel reveals women’s dreadful life in -------England.a. 19th-centuryb. 18th-centuryc.17th-centuryPart 8 Her only gift was knowing people almost by instinct, she thought, walking on. If you put her in a room with some one, up went her back like a cat’s; or she purred. Devonshire House, Bath House, the house with the china cockatoo, she had seen them all lit up once; and remembered Sylvia, Fred, Sally Seton—such hosts of people; and dancing all night; and the waggons plodding past to market; and driving home across the Park. She remembered once throwing a shilling into the Serpentine. But every oneremembered; what she loved was this, here, now, in front of her;the fat lady in the cab. Did it matter then, she asked herself, walking towards Bond Street, did it matter that she must inevitably cease completely; all this must go on without her; did she resent it; or did it not become consoling to believe that death ended absolutely?Questions:80. This pass age is taken from the novel “-------”.a. Sons and Loversb. Mrs. Dallowayc.Dubliners81. The author of the work is -------.a. James Joyceb. D. H. Lawrencec.Virginia Woolf82. The writer is the representative figure of -------novelists in 20th-century England.a. steam-of-consciousnessb. criticalrealism c. aestheticism83. This passage reveals the inner spiritual world of--------.a. Clarissab. Tessc. JaneEyre84. The author of the novel committed suicide by drowningbecause of --------.a. her insanityb. marriagec.povertyPart 9 He was a comely handsome Fellow, perfectly well made; with straight strong Limbs, not too large; tall and well shap'd, and as I reckon, about twenty six Years of Age. He had a very good Countenance, not a fierce and surly Aspect; but seem'd to have something very manly in his Face, and yet he had all the Sweetness and Softness of an European in his Countenance too, especially when he smil'd. His Hair was long and black, not curl'd like Wool; his Forehead very high, and large, and a great Vivacity and sparkling Sharpness in his Eyes. The Colour of his Skin was not quite black, but very tawny; and yet not of an ugly yellow nauseous tawny, as the Brasilians, and Virginians,and other Natives of America are; but ofa bright kind of a dun olive Colour, that had in it something very agreeable; tho' not very easy to describe. His Face was round, and plump; his Nose small, not flat like the Negroes, a very good Mouth, thin Lips, and his line Teeth well set, and white as Ivory.Questions:85. This passage is taken from the novel “---------”.a. Robinson Crusoeb. Ulyssesc.Gulliver’s Travels86. The author of the work is --------.a. Daniel Defoeb. Henry Fieldingc.Charles Dickens87. The writer was the representative figure ofrealistic novelists in ------ century England.a. 17thb. 18thc. 19th88. The point of view used in this novel is the---------.a. first-personb. third-personc.second-person89. The character described in this passage is --------who is saved by the narrator.a. Crusoeb. Fridayc. theslave traderPart 10 To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;No more; and by a sleep to say we endThe heart-ache and the thousand natural shocksThat flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummationDevoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;Questions:90.These lines are taken from a famous play named----------.a. Hamletb. King Learc. Othello91. The author of the play is ----------.a. Marloweb. Wyattc. Shakespeare92.In the play these lines are uttered by ---------.a. Opheliab. Hamletc. Gertrude93. These lines are written in ----- which was introducedfirstly by Christopher Marlow from French literature.a. odeb. blank versec. elegy94.This play is a ----------.a. comedyb. tragicomedyc. tragedyPart 11 O, my luve is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June;O, my luve is like the melodieThat's sweetly played in tune.Questions:95.This is the first stanza of a poem that is writtenby a pre-romantic poet -----.a. Byronb. Burnsc. Keats96.The poem is written in the form of ----------.a. ballad metreb. sonnetc. ode97. The “red, red rose” in the poem is a tokenof ---------.a. friendshipb. lovec.happiness98. The poet was cultivated by -------- culture.a. Scottishb. Englishc.Welsh99. He spent his life among the common people in thecountryside and is thus regarded as a --------poet.a. aristocraticb. peasantc.lake100. He created a great deal of poems from theresource of the folksong in his homeland. Amongthem, --------- has become a world-famous one.a. Auld Lang Syneb. To a Mousec. JohnAnderson, My JoIII. True or False: if the statement is True, please mark A on the answer sheet; if it is False, please mark B on the answer sheet.(0.5×50, 25 points)1. Imperialism and the demand for social reform are the two factorsthat had a large influence on modern English literature. T2. The slogan of aesthetic literature is “Art for Art’s Sake”. T3. Modern English novel is a natural product of the IndustrialRevolution and a symbol of the growing importance of the English (bourgeoisie) middle class. T4.Self-acknowledge is one of the major themes of Pride and Prejudice.T5. Robert Burn’s passionate poem, My Heart's in the Highlands, openswith the lines: “My heart's in the Highla nds, my heart is not here, / My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer”. T6. The central character in a romance is usually a knight. T7. Many of famous verses by John Keats are crafted in the form of ode.T8. Walter Scott is called the Father of English Prose. F9. It is in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling that Henry Fieldingsucceeds best in creating “a comic epic in prose”. T10. In Gulliver’s Travels, Yahoos are the creatures living on Laputa.F11. In “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”, J ohn Donne comparesthe souls of lovers to a pair of compasses. T12. Bacon’s Essays has been recognized as an important landmark inthe development of English essay. T13. The most important poet in the Victorian age is Robert Browning.Next to him is Alfred Tennyson. F14. Popular ballad is an important stream of English medievalliterature. Of all the ballads, those of Robin Hood are ofparamount importance. T15. The difficulty of knowing the truth, the connection betweenthought and action, revenge, and death are all the themes explored in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. T16. Thomas Gray’s poetry is bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh of the Scottish people. F17.An elegy is a poem in which the poet mourns the death of aspecific person. T18.Much like Jane, Mr. Bingley in Pride and Prejudice is an amiableand good-tempered person. T19.Shelley’s most famous lyrics include To a Skylark and The Cloud.T20.Robert Burns wrote under the influence of Scottish folktraditions and old Scottish poetry. T21.The literary technique with which authors represent the flowof sensations and ideas is called stream of consciousness. T 22.The end of the 19th century is a period of struggle betweenRomantic and Realistic trends in literature. F23.Optimism and positivism are strongly reflected in H ardy’swritings. F24.Both The Waves and Women in Love are stream-of-consciousnessnovels. F25.Thomas Carlyle and Matthew Arnold are famous prose writers inthe Victorian period. T26.Thomas Hardy succeeded Tennyson and George Bernard Shaw aspresident of the Society of Authors. T27.In 1850 Wordsworth, who had been poet-laureate after Southey,died; and Tennyson took the laurel. T28.The title Ulysses has been adopted by two British writers—oneis Tennyson the poet in his famous monologue; the other D. H.Laurence in his famous stream-of-consciousness novel. F29.The Bronte sisters published their first work—Poems by Currer,Ellis, and Acton Bell in 1846. T30. Besides E. M. Foster, Virginia Woolf is also an active member ofthe “Bloomsbury Group”. T31.Dubliners—the startin g point of Wilde’s writing career—isa collection of sharp realistic sketches about the Dublin life. F32. The principal writers of the 17th-century English Gothic novelincluded Horace Walpole—author of The Castle of Otranto,and Ann Radcliffe—author of The Mysteries of Udolpho. F33.Wilde’s most excellent success was as a writer of novels, esp.in The Portrait of Dorian Gray. F34.Jane Eyre, the masterpiece of Charlotte Bronte and an immediatesuccess in her time, has been dedicated to Thackeray—the author of Vanity Fair. T35.Because of the reception of Tess and Jude, Hardy turned withrelief to the writing of experimental lyrical poetry in 1896. T 36. George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann or Marian Evans, was one ofthe best 19th-century English novelists, whose best-known works are Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner. T37. Sir Walter Scott, the author of Waverley and Rob Roy, wasthe first major historical novelist. T38. The hero of the poem, Don Juan, was the first example of what cameto be known as the Byronic hero. T39.Mrs. Browning is most famous for her Sonnets from the Portugueseas well as Aurora Leigh. T。