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1、英国文学史作业Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois Revolution I. Choose the right answer. 1. The rhyme scheme of Miltons LAllkegro and Il Penseroso is _. A. aabbccbbc B. abbacdccd C. abacdeec D. ababcdcdd 2. _ , as a declaration of peoples freedom of the press, has been a weapon in the later demo

2、cratic revolutionary struggles. A. On the Morning of Christs Nativity B. Comus C. Of Reformation in England D. Areopagitica 3. _ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses. A. John Milton B. John Bunyan C. John Donne D. John Dryden 4. _ expressed D

3、onnes own way of describing love. A. Holy Sonnets B. Witchcraft by a Picture C. The Sun Rising D. Death, Be Not Proud 5. George Herberts _ is a well-known shaped poem. A. The Altar B. To His Coy Mistress C. To Daffodils D. Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May 6. _ is the leading figure of Metaphysical p

4、oetry. A. John Donne B. George Herbert C. Andre Marvell D. Henry Vaughan 7. Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet? A. Richard Crashaw B. Henry Vaughan C. Andrew Marvell D. Robert Burton 8. _is a prose poem on death and immortality. A. The Anatomy of Melancholy B. Religio Mecici C. Holy D

5、ying D. Urn-Burial 9. Izaak Waltons _ is a delightful description of the English countryside and the simple and kind people. A. The Compleat Angler B. Holy Living C. To His Coy Mistress D. To Daffadils 10. Who is the greatest figure of the Cavalier poetry? A. John Suckling B. Richard Lovelace C. Rob

6、ert Herrick D. John Dryden 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 Key to the multiple choices: 1-5 CDCBA 6-11 ADDAAD 11 II. Fill in the blanks. 1. In the field of prose writing of

7、 the Puritan Age, _ occupies the most important place. 2. The Pilgrims Progress is one of the most popular pieces of Christian writing produced during the _ Age. 3. _gives a vivid and satirical picture of Vanity Fair which is the symbol of London at the time of Restoration. 4. _masterpiece, The Pilg

8、rims Progress, is an allegory, a narrative in which general 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 Restoration period. 6. In English literature, the Restoration per

9、iod is traditionally called “Age of _. 7. In political affairs, _ was quite changeable in attitude. 8. In his “An Essay of Dramatic Poesy”, _ showed his famous appreciation of Shakespeare. 9. Dryden wrote about 27 plays. The famous one is _, a tragedy dealing with the same story as Shakespeares Anto

10、ny and Cleopatra. 10. The main literary achievements of the 17th century lies in the poetry of John Milton, in the prose writing of John Bunyan, and in the plays and literary criticism of _. 11. Paradise Lost is one of Miltons _. 12. Satan is the hero in Miltons masterpiece _. 13. Paradise Lost took

11、 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 18th century. 16. Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Miltons belief in the p

12、owers of _. 17. The Pilgrims Progress is a religious allegory and _ is another writing feature. 18. In the second half of the 17th century we may hear the voices of the private citizens by letters and _. Key to the blanks: 1. (John Bunyan) 11. (epics) 2. (Puritan) 12. (Paradise Lost) 3. (The Pilgrim

13、s Progress) 13. (mysticism) 4. (John Bunyans) 14. (the Bible) 5. (John Dryden) 15. (Dryden) 6. (Dryden) 16. (man) 7. (John Dryden) 17. (symbolism) 8. (John Dryden) 18. (diaries) 9. (All for Love) 10. (John Dryden) 12 III. Say true or false. 1. The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17th centur

14、y were over land ownership. 2. After the victory of the English Revolution, the movement of the Diggers broke out. The leader of this revolt is Wat Tyler. 3. With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became the Protector of the English Commonwealth. 4. The spirit of unity and

15、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 the country. 6. English liter

16、ature of the 17th century witnessed a flourish on the whole. 7. The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in English literature, William Shakespeare. 8. The Revolution Period is also called Age of Milton because it produced a great poet whole name is William Milton. 9. The main

17、literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama. 10. Among the English poets during the Revolution Period, John Donne was the greatest one. 11. John Milton towers over his age as Byron towers over the Elizabethan Age, and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval Period. 12. On his first wifes d

18、eath, Milton wrote his only love poem, a sonnet, on His Deceased 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. to advocate submission to the Almighty. 15. It has been notice

19、d by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by his angels who never think of expressing any opinions of their own, resembles the court of an absolute monarch. 16. Izaak Waltons The Compleat Angler becomes a “Piscatorial classic”. 17. Thomas Brownes Religia Medici is a collection of opinio

20、ns on a vast number of subjects more or less connected with religion. Key to True/False statements: 1. F (ownership: monopolies) 10. F (James I: Elizabeth I) 2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley) 11. F (Byron: Shakespeare) 3. F (Charles II: Oliver Cromwell) 12. F (first: second) 4. F (Donne: Milton) 1

21、3. F (heroic couplets: blank verse) 5. F (James I: Charles I) 14. F (Satan: God) 6. F (flourish: decline) 15. F (Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost) 7. T (William Shakespeare) 16. T 8. F (William: John) 17. T 9. F (drama: poetry) 13 IV. Questions 1. What are the writing features of The Pilgrims Progres

22、s? 2. Comment on the image of Satan. 3. Comment on Samson. Part Four . Match the works and the characters. (3 points) A B 1. ( ) Tome Jones a. Friday 2. ( ) The Vicar of Wakefield b. King of Brodingnag 3. ( ) Robinson Crusoe c. Sophia 4. ( ) Gullivers Travels d. Mr. B 5. ( ) Pamela e. William Thornh

23、ill 6. ( ) The School for Scandal f. Charles Surface The key: (1c, 2e, 3a, 4b, 5d, 6f ) . Choose the right answer. 1. In 1701, Steele published a pamphlet, _, in which he first displayed his moralizing spirit. A. The Funeral B. The Lying Lover C. The Christian Hero D. The Tender Husband 2. Which is

24、the most popular newspaper published by Steele? A. The Tatler B. The Spectator C. The Theatre D. The English 3. _ is Addisons great tragedy. A. A Letter from Italy B. Rosamond C. The Campaign D. Cato 4. Which of the following is not the hero in The Spectator? A. Isaac Bickerstaff B. Mr. Roger C. Cap

25、tain Sentry D. Andrew Freeport 5. _ were looked upon as the model of English composition by British authors all through the 18th century. A. Jeremy Taylors Holy Living B. Thomas Brownes Religio Meidic C. Samuel Pepyss diaries D. Addisons Spectator essays 6. The most important classicist in the Enlig

26、htenment 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 8. Essay on Man is a _poem in heroic couplets. A. didactic B. satirical C. philosophical D. dramatic 9. _ was an inte

27、llectual movement in the first half of the 18th century. A. The Enclosure Movement B. The Industrial Revolution 15 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. intelle

28、ctual 11. _ is a great classicist but his satire is not always just. A. Steele B. Milton C. Addison D. Pope 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. T

29、he 18th century was the golden age of the English _. The novel of this period spoke the truth about life with an uncompromising (unbending) courage. A. drama B. poetry C. essay D. novel 14. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, _ and _, which made him well-known as a satirist. A. A T

30、ale of Tub B. Bickerstaff Almanac C. Gullivers Travels D. The Battle of the Books 15. 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. Gullivers Travels D

31、. The Battle of the Books 16. “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 17. _s best-known pamphlet was The Trueborn EnglishmanA

32、 Satire, which contained a caustic exposure of the aristocracy and the tyranny of the church. A. Alexander Pope B. Henry Fielding C. Jonathan Swift D. Daniel Defoe 18. Henry Fieldings first novel _ was written in connection with Pamela of Samuel Richardson. But after the first 10 chapters, Henry Fie

33、lding became so interested and absorbed in his own hovel as to forget his original plan of ridiculing Pamela. A. Tom Jones B. Joseph Andrews C. Jonathan Wild D. Amelia 19. _ the first important work by Tobias Smollett, is based on his own experience as a naval doctor and in part autobiographical. A.

34、 Roderick Random B. Humphry Clinker C. Peregrine Pickle D. A Sentimental Journey 20. From the character Mr. Malaprop, in _ by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is derived the term “malapropism” which means a ridiculous misusage of big words. A. The Rivals B. The School for Scandal C. The Beggars Opera D. T

35、he London Merchant 21. Which of the following periodicals is edited by Samuel Johnson? _. A. The Review B. The Tatler C. The Rambler D. The Bee 16 22. Which of the following works are not written by Oliver Goldsmith? _. A. The Traveller B. The Deserted Village C. The Vicar of Wakefield D. The School

36、 for Scandal 23. Which of the following works is written by Edward Gibbon?_. A. The School for Scandal B. She Stoops to Conquer C. The Good-natured Man D. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 24. The sentence of “The plowman homeward plods his weary way, /And leaves the world to darkness and to

37、me” is written by _. A. William Cowper B. George Crabbe C. Thomas Gray D. William Blake 25. _ is not written by William Blake. A. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell B. Songs of Experience C. Auld Lang Syne D. Poetical Sketches 26. “In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” This proverb is

38、 cited from William Blakes _. A. Songs of Experience B. Songs of Innocence C. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell D. Poetical Sketches 27. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, _, which were satirized by Jonathan Swift in his Gullivers Travels. A. the Whigs and

39、 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 28. _ 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

40、 Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith. A. Pre-romanticism B. Romanticism C. Sentimentalism D. Naturalism 29. _ 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 30. Which

41、of the following novels is not epistolary (written in letter form) novels? A. Clarissa Harlowe B. Pamela C. Sir Charles Grandison D. Tomes Jones 31. 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

42、Lovers Key to the multiple choices: 1-5 CADAD 6-10 CBCDB 11-15 DDDDB 16-20 CDBAA 21-25 CDDCC 26-31 CACBDC . Fill in the blanks. 1. The essays in Steeles The Tatler were written in the form of _ style. 17 2. 3. 4. 5. Steeles appeal was made to the _classes. The purpose of Addison and Steeles ideas ex

43、pressed in The Spectator is _. _ is the most striking feature in The Spectator. Addison and Steele developed the form of letter writing to the verge of the _ novel. 6. Humor, intimacy and elegance shown in The Tatler and The Spectator essays have become the striking features of the English _. 7. Ess

44、ay on Criticism is a _poem. 8. The Dunciad is _a poem. 9. English enlighteners believed in the _. 10. English enlighteners believed that social problems could be dealt with by _. 11. Blake attacks religious _in the poem, A Little Boy Lost. 12. Burnss poems like The Jolly Beggars are characterized by

45、 humor and _. 13. Sheridans The School for Scandal has been called a great comedy of _, giving a brilliant portrayal and a biting satire of English high society. 14. Sameul Johnsons _ also marked the end of English writers reliance on the patronage of noblemen for support. 15. Samuel Richardsons first novel, Pamela, is the first _novel in English literature. 16. Tobias Smollett, a