英国文学史练习题（学生）2015年12月

Part One Early and Medieval English Literature

1. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.

A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar C. Alfred the Great D. Claudius

2. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ .

A. Langland B. Wycliffe C. Gower D. Chaucer 3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____.

A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay 4. The story of ___ is the culmination of the Arthurian romances.

A. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B. Beowulf

C. Piers the Plowman D. The Canterbury Tales 5. William Langland’s ____ is written in the form of a dream vision.

A. Kubla Khan B. Piers the Plowman C. The Dream of John Bull D. Morte d’Arthur

6. After the Norman Conquest, three languages existed in England at that time. The Normans spoke _____.

A. French B. English C. Latin D. Swedish

7. ______ was the greatest of English religious reformers and the first translator of the Bible.

A. Langland B. Gower C. Wycliffe D. Chaucer

8. Piers the Plowman describes a series of wonderful dreams the author dreamed, through which, we can see a picture of the life in the ____ England. A. primitive B. feudal C. bourgeois D. modern

9. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.

A. loyalty B. revolt C. obedience D. mockery

10. The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called _____.

A. Morte d’Arthur B. Robin Hood C. The Canterbury Tales D. Piers the Plowman

11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about 1340.

A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 12. Chaucer died on October 25th, 1400, and was buried in ____.

A. Flanders B. France C. Italy D. Westminster Abbey

Part Two The English Renaissance

1. _____ founded the Tudor Dynasty, a centralized monarchy of a totally new type,

which met the needs of the rising bourgeoisie.

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A. Henry V B. Henry VII C. Henry VIII D. James I

2. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of

the Reformation” and his followers.

A. William Tyndal B. James I

C. John Wycliffe D. Bishop Lancelot Andrews

3. 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 VII

C. Henry VIII D. Queen Elizabeth

4. ____ was a forerunner of classicism in English literature.

A. Ben Johnson B. William Shakespeare C. Thomas More D. Christopher Marlowe 5. The most gifted of the “university wits” was ____.

A. Lyly B. Peele C. Greene D. Marlowe 6. Morality plays appeared after_____.

A. miracle plays B. mystery plays C. interlude D. Classical plays 7. _____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.

A. Phillip Sidney B. Edmund Spenser C. Thomas More D. Walter Raleigh 8. Utopia was written in the form of _____.

A. prose B. drama C. essay D. dialogue 9. One of the popular morality plays was ____.

A. The Shepherds B. Everyman

C. The Play of the Weather D. Gammer Gurton’s Needle

10. Shakespeare’s plays written between _____ are sometimes called “romances” and

all end in reconciliation and reunion.

A. 1590 and 1594 B. 1595 and 1600 C. 1601 and 1607 D. 1608 and 1612 11. Miranda is a heroine in Shakespeare’s ______.

A. Pericles B. Cymbeline C. The Winter’s Tale D. The Tempest 12. Shakespeare is one of the founders of ____.

A. romanticism B. realism C. naturalism D. classicism 13. In the plays, Shakespeare used about ______words.

A. 15000 B. 16000 C. 17000 D. 18000 14. _____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance.

A. Christopher Marlow B. Francis Bacon C. W. Shakespeare D. Ben Johnson

Part Three The Period of the English Bourgeois Revolution

1. ____’s poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the

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later sacred verses.

A. John Milton B. John Bunyan C. John Donne D. John Dryden 2. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry.

A. John Donne B. George Herbert C. Andre Marvell D. Henry Vaughan

3. Which of the following is not a Metaphysical poet?

A. Richard Crashaw B. Henry Vaughan C. Andrew Marvell D. Robert Burton 4. ____is a prose poem on death and immortality.

A. The Anatomy of Melancholy B. Religio Mecici C. Holy Dying D. Urn-Burial

5. ____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

Part Four

Ⅱ. Choose the right answer.

1. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _____. A. Steele B. Addison C. Pope D. Dryden 2. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is ____.

A. Essay on Criticism B. The Rape of the Lock C. Essay on Man D. The Dunciad 3. Essay on Man is a _____poem in heroic couplets.

A. didactic B. satirical C. philosophical D. dramatic 4. ____ was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century. A. The Enclosure Movement B. The Industrial Revolution C. The Religious Reform D. The Enlightenment

5. The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the ____ readers.

A. aristocratic B. middle class C. low class D. intellectual 6. ____ is a great classicist but his satire is not always just. A. Steele B. Milton C. Addison D. Pope

7. 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

8. The 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

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9. 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. Gulliver’s Travels D. The Battle of the Books

10. “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

11. _____’s best-known pamphlet was The Trueborn Englishman—A 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

12. Henry Fielding’s first novel ____ was written in connection with Pamela of

Samuel 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 Jones B. Joseph Andrews C. Jonathan Wild D. Amelia

13. 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 Beggar’s Opera D. The London Merchant

14. 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 for Scandal

15. The sentence of “The plowman homeward plods his weary way, /And leaves the

world to darkness and to me” is written by ____. A. William Cowper B. George Crabbe C. Thomas Gray D. William Blake 16. ______ is not written by William Blake.

A. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell B. Songs of Experience C. Auld Lang Syne D. Poetical Sketches

17. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties,

______, which were satirized by Jonathan Swift in his Gulliver’s Travels. A. the Whigs and 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

18. ____ 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 Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith.

A. Pre-romanticism B. Romanticism C. Sentimentalism D. Naturalism 19. _____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the

foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.

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A. Ben Johnson B. Samuel Johnson C. Alexander Pope D. John Dryden

20. Which of the following novels is not epistolary (written in letter form) novels?

A. Clarissa Harlowe B. Pamela C. Sir Charles Grandison D. Tomes Jones

21. 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 Lovers

Part Five Romanticism in England

1. Romanticism fights against the ideas of ______.

A. realism B. Renaissance C. Enlightenment D. feudalism 2. ____ has a another name called “The Daffodils”.

A. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” B. “Tintern Abbey”

C. “Revolution” D. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” 3. Byron’s ____ is regarded as the great poem of the Romantic Age.

A. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage B. Hours of Idleness C. Lara D. Don Juan 4. Prometheus Unbound is ____ masterpiece.

A. Wordsworth’s B. Byron’s C. Shelley’s D. Keats’ 5. ____ lived the longest life.

A. Wordsworth B. Byron C. Shelley D. Keats 6. Keats’ best ode is ____.

A. “On a Grecian Urn” B. “To Autumn”

C. “To Psyche” D. “To a Nightingale”

7. The publication of ______ marks the beginning of the Romantic Movement in

England.

A. “Tintern Abbey” B. Lyrical Ballads C. Frost at Night D. “The Daffodils”

8. Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” has also been called _______.

A. “The Solitary Reaper” B. “The Daffodils” C. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” D. “O Solitude” 9. _____ is considered Wordsworth’s masterpiece.

A. The Prelude B. Endymion

C. Don Juan D. Biographia Literaria

10. The prose writers in the English Romantic Age developed a kind of _______.

A. models of classicism B. familiar essay

C. rules of neo-romanticism D. ways of modernism 11. The best essayist in the English Romantic Age is _____.

A. Keats B. Walter Scott C. Charles Lamb D. William Hazlitt 12. The themes of Pride and Prejudice are _____.

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A. pride and prejudice B. the writer’s own personalities C. love and marriage D. Both A and C

13. _____ is considered the father of historical novelist in the English Romantic Age.

A. Jane Austen B. Charles Lamb C. William Hazlitt D. Waler Scott 14. Lamb is a romanticist of ______.

A. the city B. the countryside C. nature D. imagination

15. Critics agree that ____ is a great romantic poet, standing with Shakespeare,

Milton and Wordsworth in the history English literature.

A. Keats B. Wordsworth C. Coleridge D. William

16. The reader can get a broad panorama of the social life of the English Romantic

Age from _____.

A. Dun Juan B. The Prelude C. Kubla Khan D. Isabella 17. Some critics think that some of Byron’s poems show his _____.

A. individual heroism and pessimism B. love of nature and optimism C. love of old writers D. hatred for the imperialism 18. Coleridge’s best literary criticism is _________.

A. Kubla Khan B. Frost at Night

C. Christabel D. Biographia Literaria 19. ____ is Shelley’s masterpiece.

A. Zastrozzi B. The Necessity of Atheism C. Queen Mab D. Prometheus Unbound

20. Because of _______, Shelley was expelled from the Oxford University.

A. The Masque of Anarchy B. A Defence of Poetry C. The Necessity of Atheism D. The Triumph of Life 21. The Romantic Age began in____ and came to an end in _____.

A. 1789…1821 B. 1778…1823 C. 1798…1832 D. 1768…1819 22. The Examiner is a famous _____ in the English Romantic Age.

A. novel B. poem C. periodical D. newspaper

Part Six English Critical Realism

1. ____ is the greatest representative of English critical realism. A. Jane Austen B. Thackeray C. Dickens D. Charlotte

2. ____ is Thackeray’s one of the best known works. A. Sense and Sensibility B. The Book of Snobs

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C. The Pickwick Papers D. The Song of Lower Class

3. Pride and Prejudice’s first title is ____. A. First Impression B. A Book Without a Hero

C. The Newcomes D. Persuasion

4. Vanity Fair has a sub-title. It is ____. A. First Impression B. A Book Without a Hero

C. The Newcomes D. Persuasion

5. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend ____ appeared. And it flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.

A. romanticism B. naturalism C. realism D. critical realism

6. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ____ . A. novel B. drama C. poetry D. sonnet

7. ______’s Vanity Fair is a satirical portrayal of the upper strata(阶层) of society. A. George Eliot B. Elizabeth Gaskell C. W. M. Thackeray D. John Buyan

8. The ____ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century.

A. Enlightenment B. Renaissance C. Chartist D. Romanticist

9. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature, the struggle of the _____ for its rights.

A. soldiers B. peasants C. bourgeoisie D. proletariat

10. Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education?

A. Oliver Twist B. Hard Times

C. Great Expectations D. A Tale of Two Cities

11. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality? A. A Tale of Two Cities B. David Copperfield

C. Great Expectations D. Dombey and Son

12. In the novel ______, Dickens describes the Chartist Movement and shows his sympathy for the workers.

A. Great Expectations B. A Tale of Two Cities C. Hard Times D. Oliver Twist

13. _____ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author’s early life. A. The Curiosity Shop B. David Copperfield C. Oliver Twist D. Great Expectations

14. In 1864, Dickens published his last complete novel _______.

A. The Old Curiosity Shop B. The Pickwick Paper C. Our Mutual Friend D. Little Dorrit 15. Which of the following is Thackeray’s masterpiece?

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A. The Virginians B. The Books of Snobs C. The Newcomes D. Vanity Fair 16. The sub-title of Vanity Fair is _____.

A. The First Impression B. A Novel Without a Hero C. The Spirit of the Age D. The Daffodils

17. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from Bunyan’s masterpiece _____.

A. The Pilgrim’s Progress B. Child Harold’s Pilgrimage C. Gulliver’s Travels D. The Canterbury Tales 18. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel entitled ______.

A. Jane Eyre B. Agnes Grey C. Wuthering Heights D. Emma 19. Dickens’ third literary period shows intensifying ______.

A. optimism B. excitement C. irritation D. pessimism 20. The Victorian Literature began in____ and ended in _____.

A. 1837…1900 B. 1835…1901 C. 1832…1902 D. 1830…1903

21. The conflicts between the capitalists and the proletarian in industrial England caused the ______.

A. Enlightenment Movement B. Industrial Revolution C. Chartist Movement D. Romantic Movement

22. _____ is the greatest among the critical realists of the Victorian Age.

A. Earnest Jones B. Emily Brontё

C. Charlotte Brontё D. Charles Dickens 23. Charles Dickens was impressive for his _____.

A. wide spread of critical realism B. his spirit of democracy and humanism

C. his unforgettable figures with satire and simple and clear language D. including A, B and C

24. The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities refer to ____.

A. London and New York B. London and Paris

C. Paris and New York D. Brussels and Washington 25. ____ is the major literary form in the Victorian Period. A. essay B. poetry C. novel D. drama

26. ____ is the main hero in the novel of Wuthering Heights.

A. Rochester B. Heathcliff C. Manette D. Martin 27. Both Charlotte and Emily wrote about the ____ around them.

A. familiar things B. common people C. neighbors D. evils

28. The most important poet in the Victorian Age was _____.

A. Earnest Jones B. Elizabeth Gaskell C. Mr. Browning D. Alfred Tennyson

29. _____ is an autobiographical novel and loved by Dickens himself most.

A. Great Expectations B. David Copperfield C. Bleak House D. The Pickwick Papers

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Part Seven

1. ____is Oscar Wilde’s only novel.

A. Lady Windermere’s Fan B. A Woman of No Importance C. The Picture of Dorian Gray D. The Importance of Being Earnest

2. Tennyson’s _____ expresses his optimistic attitude towards death when he is old. A. Break, Break, Break B. Crossing the Bar C. The Princess D. Maud

Part Eight Twentieth Century English Literature

1. Henry James is the forerunner of the _____.

A. Imagism B. Chartism C. impressionism D. stream of consciousness 2. After writing _____, Hardy turned to poetry.

A. Under the Greenwood Tree B. The Return of the Native

C. Jude the Obscure D. The Mayor of Casterbridge 3. John Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize for Literature because of _____.

A. The End of the Chapter B. The Forsyte Saga C. A Modern Comedy D. The Island Pharisees

4. The Man of Property is taken from Galsworthy’s trilogy, _____.

A. The End of the Chapter B. The Forsyte Saga C. A Modern Comedy D. The Island Pharisees

5. Yeats’s fame rests chiefly on his ______, using a lot of symbols in his poem. A. novels B. poetry C. dramas D. prose

6. ____ was a leader of the modernist movement in English poetry and a great

innovator of verse technique.

A. W. B. Yeats B. T. S. Eliot C. D. H. Lawrence D. G. B. Shaw

7. ____ is a great novel spending James Joyce 7 years of hard working to complete. A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man B. Ulysses

C. Finnegans Wake D. Dubliners

8. ____ is a collection of short stories which reflect three aspects of life in politics,

culture and religion.

A. A Portrait of the Artrist as a Young Man B. Ulysses

C. Finnegans Wake D. Dubliners 9. Which of the following is Not written by D. H. Lawrence? A. The Waste Land B. The Rainbow

C. Lady Chatterley’s Lover D. Women in Love

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