200 7 年12 月 日 考试用 装 装 订 订 线 线 专业班级 姓名 班内序号 课程考试试题（A卷） （2007 —— 2008学年度第 一学期） 课程名称：《英国文学选读》 English Literature 试卷类型：（A、B） 考试专业、英语本科05级
Final Exam for English Majors Dec., 2007 Time Limit: 120 MIN. 1.Multiple Choice (60%, 1.5 points each) Directions: Choose among the four answers marked A, B, C, and D the one that correctly answers the question or completes the statement. 1.A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral _____ , exposing all kinds of social evils. A.revolutionaries B. idealists C. critics D. defenders 2.The works of ________ are the first literary works devoted to the problems of ordinary and lower-class people. A.Alexander Pope B. Daniel Defoe C. John Bunyan D. Jonathan Swift 3．The Waste Land is a poem concerned with the spiritual _____ of a modern civilization in human life which has lost its meaning, significance and purpose. A. breakup B. conform C. happiness D. disappointment 4. Generally the Renaissance refers to the period between the ______ and ______ centuries. A.14th … mid-17th B. 14th …mid-16th C.15th …mid-17th D. 15th …mid-18th 5._______ is the essence of Renaissance in English. A.Realism B. Communism C. Humanism D. Socialism A. romantic/men B. visionary/women C. realistic/characters D. natural/figures 18.Geoffrey Chaucer introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry to replace the Old English ________ verse. A. rhymed B. alliterative C. romantic D. visionary 19. The Renaissance, in essence, is a historical period in which the European _______ thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie. A. Greek and Roman B. humanist C. religious D. secular 20. In the early stage of the English Renaissance, poetry and ___________were the most outstanding forms and they were carried on especially by Ben John. A. fiction B. dramatic monologue C. metaphysical poetry D. drama 21. One of the major results of the Reformation in England was the fact that the__________in English as placed in every church. A. Canterbury Tales B. Bible C. Ballad D. Elegy 22. Alexander Pope strongly advocated neoclassicism, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by ______ rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum. A. classical B. romantic C. sentimental D. allegorical 23. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of ______ , who never pays any attention to human feelings. A. morality B. justice C. property D. humor 24. George Bernard Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a grotesquely realistic exposure of the _______ . A. slum landlordism B. political corruption in England C. economic oppression of women D. religious corruption in England 25. The poems such as “The Chimney Sweeper” are found in both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by ______. A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake C. John Keats D. Lord Gorden Byron D. The Rime of the Ancient Mariners 26. A typical feature of the English __________ literature is that writers became social and moral critics, exposing all kinds of social evils. A. Renaissance B. Victorian C. Medieval D. Romantic 27. Emily Bronte wrote only one novel which is entitled ________. A. Wuthering Heights B. Jane Eyre C. Emma D. Pride and Prejudice 28“My Last Duchess” is a ________. A. Novel B. dramatic monologue C. short lyric D. metaphysical poem 39. In “My Last Duchess”, the ________, as he talks about the portrait of his last Duchess, reveals bit by bit his cruelty and possessiveness. A.Duke B.poet C.lover D.agent 40. The theory of psychoanalysis put forward first by __________ exerts great influence over modern English literature. A.Sigmund Freud B. Carl Jung C. Jacques Lacan D. William James. II. Literary Terms (20%, 5 points each ) Directions : Explain the following terms briefly. 1.heroic couplet 2. alliteration 3. epic 4. stream of consciousness III. Short-answer Questions (10%,5 points each) Directions: There are a few passages followed by a number of questions. Read each passage as closely as possible and answer each question in clear and simple words. O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red. 1) These lines are taken from the poem “__________”. 2) The author is _________. 2. Paul was dissatisfied with himself and with everything. The deepest of his love belonged to his mother. When he felt he had hurt her, or wounded his love for her, he could not bear it, Now it was spring and there was battle between him and Miriam. This year he had a good deal against her. She was vaguely aware of it. The old feeling that she was to be a sacrifice to this love, which she had had when she prayed, was mingled in all her emotions. She did not at the bottom believe she ever would have him. 1) This novel is written by _________. 2).The title of the novel is _________? 3).What is the theme of the novel? \ | 6.The Faerie Queene is written by _______ . A. William Shakespeare B. Marlowe C. Edmund Spenser D. John Milton 7_______ has established his giant position in world literature. a)John Milton B. Francis Bacon C. John Donne D. William Shakespeare 8______ is the leading figure of the “metaphysical school”. He acquires a great reputation as an impressive deliverer of insightful sermons. A. John Donne B. Jonathan Swift C. William Blake D. Francis Bacon vaguely9. Paradise Lost is written by _______ . A. William Shakespeare B. Marlowe C. Edmund Spenser D. John Milton 10._______ has established his position in writing concise proses. A. John Milton B. Francis Bacon C. John Donne D. William Shakespeare 11.______ is exposing the exploitation of Scottish by English people in his prose “The Modest Proposal”. A. John Donne B. Jonathan Swift C. William Blake D. Francis Bacon 12 James Joyce was born into a Catholic family in _______. A .Dublin B. London C. Paris D. New York 13. The Victorian period, ______ became the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought. A. the poem B. the novel C. the essay D. above of all 14.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem written in the form of __________ . A. ballad B. sonnet C. heroic couplet D. Spenserian stanza 15. She smiled, no doubt,/ Whene’er I passed her…/… This grew; I gave commands;/ Then all smiles stopped together. The last line of the above quoted passage implies that she ___________ A. obeyed his order and stopped smiling at everybody, including the duke B. obeyed his order and stopped smiling at anybody except the duke C. refused to obey the order and never smiled again D. was murdered at the order of the duke 16． “To wage by force or guile eternal war,/ Irreconcilable to our grand Foe.” (Milton, Paradise Lost) Who is the “grand Foe” the speaker is referring to? A. Adam B. Satan C. God D. The Serpent 17.In the medieval period in English literature, it is Chaucer alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive ________ picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid _______ from all walks of life in his masterpiece “The Canterbury Tales”. 29. Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18th-century England? A. Robinson Crusoe B. Gulliver’s Travels C. Jonathan Wild the Great D. A Sentimental Journey 30. The novel “Pride and Prejudice” mainly deals with the five Bennet sisters and their search for suitable husbands, centering on the love story between ________and __________. A. Jane/Bingley B. Lydia/Wickham C. Elizabeth/Darcy D. Elizabeth/Arthur 31.The statement “A demanding mother turns away from her husband and gives all her affection to her sons” sums up the main story of D. H. Lawrence’s A. Sons and Lovers B. The Rainbow C. Women in Love D. Lady Chatterley’s Lover 32. Charles Dickens’s best-depicted characters are those innocent, virtuous, persecuted, helpless__________ characters such as Oliver Twist, Little Nell, David Copperfield and Little Dorrit. A. Girl B. woman C. child D. man 33.The statement that a sensitive young man is at first shaped by excessively powerful and oppressive forces of his environment but gradually realized the pressure and rebels against it and tries to find his own identity may well sum up the major theme of A. Conrad’s Heart of Darkness B. Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway C. Lawrence’s Women in Love D. Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 34. In “Sonnet 18”,Shakespeare has a profound meditation on the destructive power of ________and the eternal_______brought forth by poetry to the one he loves. A. death/life B. death/love C. time/beauty D. love/eternity 35. _________was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century. A. Goldsmith B. Sheridan C. Sterne D. Fielding 36. In a sense, we can say that Romanticism designates a literary and philosophical theory, which tends to see the ________ as the very center of all life and all experience. A. society B. individual C. family D. country life 37.”_________” is perhaps the most anthologized poem in English literature, and one that takes us to the core of the poetic beliefs of William Wordsworth as a “worshipper of nature.” A. The Solitary Reaper B. The Sailor’s Mother C. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud D. Ode to the West Wind 38. The title of Alfred Tennyson’s poem “Ulysses” will probably remind the reader of the following except __________. A. the Trojan War B. Homer’s Odyssey C. adventures over the sea D. religious quest IV. Essay Question (10 points) Robinson Crusoe is universally considered as Daniel Defoe’s masterpiece. Robinson, apparently, is cast as a typical 18th-century pioneer colonist. Give a brief comment on Robinson Crusoe. By Kenneth T. Walsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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