王守仁《英国⽂学选读》（第4版）配套题库-章节题库-第4、5单元【圣才出品】
第4单元17世纪英国诗⼈
Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks.
1. In the Revolution Period _____ towers over his age as William Shakespeare towers over the Elizabethan Age and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval Period.
defending【答案】John Milton
【解析】在英国资产阶级⾰命期间，约翰·弥尔顿可与伊丽莎⽩时代的莎⼠⽐亚和中世纪的乔叟相媲美。
2. The poems of John Donne belong to two categories: the _____ and the later _____. 【答案】youthful love lyrics；sacred verses
【解析】受⽣活经历的影响，约翰·多恩的诗歌可分为两部分：年轻有活⼒的爱情诗和庄严的宗教诗。
3. In 1637 Milton wrote the finest pastoral elegy in English, _____, to memorize the tragic death of a Cambridge friend.
【答案】Lycidas
【解析】Lycidas是英国诗⼈⽶尔顿年轻时为溺海夭亡的剑桥同学⾦（Edward King）写的⼀⾸悼诗。
4. About the beginning of the 17th century appeared a school of poets called “ _____” by Samuel Johnson, the 18th century writer.
【答案】Metaphysicals
【解析】⾸先⽤“⽞学派”这名词的是18世纪英国诗⼈、批评家德莱顿。“⽞学派”诗⼈⽤哲学辩论和说理的⽅式写抒情诗，⽤词怪僻晦涩，韵律不流畅。
5. Paradise Lost is a long epic. The stories are taken from _____.
【答案】the Old Testament
【解析】《失乐园》是弥尔顿的杰作之⼀。全诗由12部诗篇组成，是⽤⽆韵素题诗的形式写成。故事源于圣经旧约。
6. After the death of Cromwell, the Parliament recalled Charles Ⅱto England in 1660; then followed the _____ period.
【答案】Restoration
【解析】1660年，克伦威尔死后，议会拥护查理⼆世回到英国，君主制死灰复燃，这⼀时期被称为“王朝复辟时期”。
7. When he was Latin Secretary to the Council of Foreign Affairs, John Milton wrote
a number of pamphlets defending the English revolution. The most well-known is his controversy with the European scholar Salmasius on the Execution of _____. 【答案】Charles Ⅰ
【解析】约翰·弥尔顿⾸先是⼀位⾰命家。他反对君主专制，并全⼼地为⼈民⾃由摇旗呐喊。1649年，弥尔顿被任命为克伦威尔护国政府的拉丁⽂秘书，他写了很多政治⼩册⼦为英国⾰命辩护，其中最著名的就是对欧洲学者萨尔梅歇斯关于查理⼀世被处死的反驳。
8. Samson Agonistes was written by _____.
【答案】John Milton
【解析】《⼒⼠参孙》是英国作家John Milton的⼀部悲剧。
Ⅱ. Multiple Choice
1. Metaphysical poets and Cavalier poets share a similar awareness of _____in their poetry.
A. mortality
B. sensuality
C. destiny
D. joy
【答案】A
【解析】⽞学派诗⼈和保皇派诗⼈在他们的诗歌中都相信⼈类必死的命运。
2.Another school of poetry prevailing in 17th century was that of _____, i.e. those verse-writers, often knights and squires, who sided with the King against the Parliament and Puritans.
A. Metaphysical Poets
B. Cavalier Poets
C. John Milton
D. John Dryden
【答案】B
【解析】17世纪的上半叶的英国，在诗歌⽅⾯的主要代表是骑⼠派和⽞学派。在内战中骑⼠派诗⼈为国王效⼒，反对议会和清教徒。
3. Point out the work that was not written by Milton in his blindness.
A. Paradise Lost.
B. Samson Agonistes.
C. Paradise Regained.
D. L’Allegro.
【答案】D
【解析】弥尔顿创作的⽂学作品⼤致可分为三类：早期诗作、中期政论散⽂、后期伟⼤的诗作。《快乐的⼈》（L’Allegro）是他的早期诗作，⽽他的后期的伟⼤诗作都是他双⽬失明后创作的，包括：《失乐园》《复乐园》《⼒⼠参孙》。
4. Among the following statements about Paradise Lost, which is not the proper one?
A. John Milton’s masterpiece.
B. A great epic in 10 books.
C. Written in blank verse.
D. A bout the heroic revolt of Satan against God’s authority.
【答案】B
【解析】《失乐园》是弥尔顿的代表作，共⼗⼆册。以史诗般磅礴的⽓势揭露了⼈的原罪与
堕落，同时歌颂了撒旦反抗上帝的英勇事迹。整个著作采⽤的是素体诗的形式。
5. The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and _____ is often regarded as the real hero of the poem.
A. God
B. Satan
C. Adam
D. Raphael
【答案】B
【解析】在弥尔顿的代表作《失乐园》中，撒旦因其勇于反抗并锲⽽不舍常被认为是真正的英雄。
6. Which were not written by John Milton?
A. II Penseroso.
B. As You Like It.
C. Defence of the English People.
D. Lycidas.
【答案】B
【解析】《沉默的⼈》（II Penseroso）、《为英国⼈民声辩》《李西达斯》都是弥尔顿的作品；《皆⼤欢喜》则是莎⼠⽐亚创作的⼀部喜剧。
Ⅲ. Explain the following term s.
1. Paradise Lost
Key: Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The poem concerns the Christian story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton’s purpose, stated in Book I, is to “justify the ways of God to men” and elucidate the conflict between God’s eternal fore sight and free will.
2. Elegy
Key: In classical Greek and Roman poetry, elegies are the poems composed in hexameter and pentameter couplets. They can be of any subjects: love, lamentation to war and politics and so on. Since the 17th century, elegy has typically been used to refer to those poems that lament the loss of something or someone, or loss or death with no set metrical form. However in Elizabethan times it was also used to refer to certain love poems. Elegies written in English frequently take the form of the pastoral elegy.
Ⅳ. Read the following quotations and answer the questions.
1. “Then he was sent to Christ’s College, Cambridge, where he acquired a good knowledge of Latin. He was frequently chosen to deliver speeches before the students, in which he strongly condemned the subjects and methods of study at the college, the result of all which was “to make you a more finished fool”. After

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