英国文学史及作品选读秋季学期 (秋季学期)
I.Multiple choice
Part 1
1._______, the ―father of English poetry‖and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was
born in London about 1340.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Sir Gawain
C. Francis Bacon
D. John Dryden
2 The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the_______.
A. French
B. Latin
C. romance
D. science
3.Angles, Saxons and ______ usually known as Anglo-Saxons are the first Englishmen. Language spoken
by them is called the Old English, which is the foundation of English language and literature.
A. Jutes
B. Latin
C. Normance
D. English
4.The literature of the Anglos-Saxon Period falls naturally into two divisions,________ and Christian.,
A. romance
B. pagan
C. poem
D. play
5.In the 14th century, the two most important writers are Chaucer and ________
A. Lily
B. Byron
C. Milton
D. Langland
6.The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in English literature, whose name
is________.
A. Milton
B. More
C. Bunyan
D. Bacon
7.The 15th century has been traditionally described as the barren age in English literature. But it is the
spring tide of English_______.
A. poems
B. plays
C. essays
D. ballads
8.―The Canterbury Tales‖ opens with a general Prologue where we are told of a company of pilgrims that
gathered at ______Inn in Southwark, a suburb of London.
A. Tarbard
B. London
C. Swan
D. English
9.Thomas More wrote his famous prose work ―__________‖
A. ―Of Studies‖
B. Utopia
C. On his blindness
D. ―Hamlet‖
10. In the field of prose writing of the Puritan Age, ______occupied the most important
A. More
B. Milton
C. Bacon
D. Bunyan
11. Who of the following were the important metaphysical poets.
A. John Donne
B. John Bunyan
C. John Milton
D. Lovelace
12. The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was ________ who
made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.
A. Christopher Marlowe
B. Thomas Loge
C. Edmund Spenser
D. Thomas More
13. _______ was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.
A. Thomas Wyatt
B. William Shakespeare
C. Philip Sidney
D. Thomas Campion
14. Which play is not a comedy?
A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
B. The Merchant of Venice
C. Romeo and Juliet
D. As you Like It
15 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‖
16. ―________‖ , written in heroic couplet by Pope, was a manifesto of English neo-classicism as Pope put
forward his aesthetic theories in it.
A. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
B. An Essay on Criticism
C. The Advance of Learning
D. An Essay on Man
17. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, the Whigs and the Tories,
which were satirized by Swift in his ―________‖
A. Gulliver’s Travels
B. A Tale of a Tub
C. The Battle of the Books
D. A Modest Proposal
18. Thomas Gray’s masterpiece, ―__________‖once and for all established his fame as the leader of the
sentimental poetry of the day, especially ―The Graveyard School‖
A. Ode on the Spring
B. Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
C. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
D. Hymn to Adversity
19 _______ was regarded as ―Father of the English Novel‖, for his contribution to the establishment of the
form of the modern novel.
A. Daniel Defoe
B. Jonathan Swift
C. Jane Austen
D. Henry Fielding
20 .In the last twenty years of the 18th century England produced two great romantic poets. They are ______.
A. Johnson and Blake
B. Gray and Young
C. Pope and Goldsmith
D. Blake and Burns
Key to part 1
1.A
2. C
3. A
4.B
5.D
6.A
7.D
8.A
9. B 10. D 11.A 12.A. 13.A 14.C.
15.C 16.B 17.A 18.C 19.D 20.D
1.Chaucer died on the 25th of October 1400, and was buried in _______.
A. Flanders
B. France
C. Italy
D. Westminster Abbey
2.Angles, Saxons and Jutes usually know as Anglo-Saxons are the first Englishmen. Language spoken by
them is called the ______, which is the foundation of English language and literature.
A. Old English
B. Modern English
C. Anglo English
D. Jute’s English
3.The literature of the Anglos-Saxon Period falls naturally into two divisions,________ and Christian.,
A. pagan
B. poet
C. romance
D. novel
4.The 15th century has been traditionally described as the barren age in English literature. But it is the
spring tide of English_______.
A. poems
B. plays
C. essays
D. ballads
5.Chaucer’s work ― _________‖ gives us a picture of the condition of English life of his day, such as its
work and play, its deeds and dreams, its fun and sympathy.
A. ―The Canterbury Tales‖
B. ―A Red ,Red Rose‖
C. ―On His Blindness‖
D. ―As You Like It‖
6. In Elizabethan Period, _________wrote many excellent essays such as
―Of Studies‖.
A. John Milton
B. John Lyly
C. Thomas More
D. Francis Bacon
7.________is the greatest writer of the 17th century, and one of the giants of English literature.
A. Shakespeare
B. Thomas More
C. John Milton
D. Bacon
8. _______ was the most gifted of the university wits. He produced in all
six plays and several poems.
A. John Milton
B. Thomas More
C. Christopher Marlowe
D. Francis Bacon
9. At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist _____
wrote his ―Utopia‖ in which he gave a profound and truthful picture
of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.
A. Thomas More
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. Francis Bacon
D. Shakespeare
10.English Renaissance Period was an age of ________.
A. prose and novel
B. poetry and drama
C. essays and journals
D. ballads and songs
11.______ wrote his masterpiece ― The Pilgrim’s Progress‖ during his
second imprisonment.
A. John Milton
B. John Bunyan
C. Thomas More
D. John Donne
12.Most of the English writers in the 18th century were enlighteners. They
fell into two groups, one is ______, and the other is____.
A. the moderate group; the radical group
B. the passive Romantic poets; the active Romanic poets
C. the Metaphysical poets; the Cavalier poets
D. the lakers; the sentimentalists.
13. _______ was regarded as ―Father of the English Novel‖, for his contribution
to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.
A. Daniel Defoe
B. Jonathan Swift
C. Jane Austen
D. Henry Fielding
14._______ compiled the ―The 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
15.Among the following which is Sheridan’s comedy?
A. ―The Rivals‖ B ―She stoops to Conquer‖
C. ―V olpone‖
D. ―Everyone in His Humor‖
16.Which two periodicals were Steele and Addison’s chief contribution to
English literature?
A. ―The Tatler‖ and ―The Spectator‖
B. ―The Rambler‖ and ―The Spectator‖
C. ―The Tatler‖ and ―The Review‖
D. ―The Spectator‖ and ―The Review‖
17.__________ was Pope’s poem which satirized the idle and artificial life of the aristocracy.
A. ―The Rape of the Lock‖
B. ―The Rape of Lucrece‖
C. ―The School for Scandal‖
D. ―Everyone Man in His Humour‖
18. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century?
A. Goldsmith
B. Sheridan
C. Sterne
D. Fielding
19Who of the following was the important metaphysical poet?
A. John Donne
B. John Bunyan
C. John Milton
D. Richard Lovelace
20. ―Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?‖ This is the beginning line of Shakespeare’s _______
A. song
B. play
C. comedy
D. sonnet
Part 2
1.Generally speaking, Chaucer’s works fall into three main groups 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)
2.______, Saxons and Jutes usually known as Anglo-Saxons are the first Englishmen. Language spoken by
them is called the Old English, which is the foundation of English language and literature.
A. Norman
B. French
C. Angles
D. English
3.The literature of the Anglos-Saxon Period falls naturally into two divisions,________ and Christian.
A. poem
B. play
C. pagan
D. poetry
4._________, the two most important writers are Chaucer and Langland.
A. In the 13th century
B. In the 14th century
C. In the 15th century
D. In the 16th century
5.The 15th century has been traditionally described as the barren age in English literature. But it is the
spring tide of English_______.
A. ballads
B. plays
C. poems
D. essays
6.In Elizabethan Period, _____wrote more than fifty excellent essays, which made him of the best essayists
in English literature.
A.John Milton
B. Thomas More
C. Francis Bacon
D. Robert Burns
7. In the Revolution Period ________towers over his age as William Shakespeare towers over the
Elizabethan age and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval period.
A. William Blake
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. John Milton
D. Thomas More
8. In Milton’s works, ______is the greatest, indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English
literature since ―Beowulf‖
A. ―Paradise Lost‖
B. ―Paradise Regained‖
C. ―Samson Agonistes‖
D. ―Lycidas‖
9. _______ was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature?
A. Thomas Wyatt
B. William Shakespeare
C. Philip Sidney
D. Thomas Canpion
10. ______ is not the best representative of the English humanists in the Renaissance.
A. Thomas More
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. William Shakespeare
D. Edmund Spenser
11. ______is regarded as the pioneer of English drama.
A. William Shakespeare
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. Edmund Spenser
D. John Donne
12. English Renaissance Period was an age of _________.
A. prose and novel
B. poetry and drama
C. essays and journals
D. ballads and song
10.______was regarded as ―Father of the English Novel‖, for his contribution to the establishment of the
form of the modern level.
A. Daniel Defoe
B. Jonathan Swift
C. Henry Fielding
D. Jane Austen
14. English Renaissance Period was not an age of prose, but Thomas More wrote his famous prose work
―________‖.
A. Utopia
B. Robinson Crusoe
C. Gulliver’s Travels
D. Of Studies
Keys to part 2
1.D
2. C
3.C
4. B
5. A
6.C
7. C
8.A
9. A 10. D 11. B 12.B 13C 14.A
Part 3
1. ______ is often referred to as ―the father of English poetry‖. .
A. Shakespeare
B. Milton
C. Chaucer
D. Pope
2. All the following famous writers were living in Elizabethan period except ___________ .
A. Shakespeare
B. Marlowe
C. Pope
D. Jonson
3. A _____ is a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second and the fourth lines rhymed.
A. ballad
B. drama
C. novel
D. sonnet
4.The literature of the Anglos-Saxon Period falls naturally into two divisions,________ and Christian.,
A. romance
B. pagan
C. poem
D. play
5.The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poet in English literature, whose name
is________.
A. Milton
B. More
C. Bunyan
D. Bacon
6. The English language underwent a great change as a result of _____.
A. the Norman Conquest
B. Renaissance
C. the Roman Conquest
D. the Danish invasion
7. ―The Canterbury Tales‖ opens with a general Prologue where we are told of a company of pilgrims that
gathered at ______Inn in Southwark, a suburb of London.
A. Tabard
B. London
C. Swan
D. English
8. Thomas More wrote his famous prose work __________
A. ―Of Studies‖
B. ―Utopia‖
C. ―On his blindness‖
D. ―Hamlet‖
9. Who of the following was the important metaphysical poet ?
A. John Donne
B. John Bunyan
C. John Milton
D. Lovelace
10. ―_______‖ is the oldest poem in the English language, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English
language.
A. Beowulf
B. Odyssey
C. King Arthur
D. Illiad
11. The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English
drama. It was ______ who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.
A. Christopher Marlowe
B. Thomas Lodge
C. Edmund Spenser
D. Thomas More
12. _______ was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.
A. Thomas Wyatt
B. William Shakespeare
C. Philip Sidney
D. Thomas Campion
13. Apart from being a great ____, Bacon was the _____ of modern science .
A. essayist, founder
B. politician, discoverer
C. novelist, founder
D. judge, advocate
14. 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‖
15. ―________‖ , writt en in heroic couplet by Pope, was a manifesto of English
neo-classicism as Pope put forward his aesthetic theories in it.
A. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
B. An Essay on Criticism
C. The Advance of Learning
D. An Essay on Man
16. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political
parties, the Whigs and the Tories, which were satirized by Swift in his ____
A.Gulliver’s Travels
B. A Tale of a Tub
C. The Battle of the Books
D. A Modest Proposal
17. Thomas Gray’s masterpiece, ―__________‖ once and for all established
his fame as the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day, especially
―The Graveyard School‖
A. Ode on the Spring
B. Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
C. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
D. Hymn to Adversity
18. _______ was regarded as ―Father of the English Novel‖, for his contribution to the establishment of the
form of the modern novel.
A. Daniel Defoe
B. Jonathan Swift
C. Jane Austen
D. Henry Fielding
19. _____ is Milton’s masterpiece, which is ____ consisting of _____books.
A. ―Paradise Regained‖, a play, 11
B. ―Paradise Lost‖, an epic, 12
C. ―Samson Agonistes‖, a poem, 13
D. ―Lycidas‖, a lyric, 10
20. ______ contributed many articles to the Tatler.
A. Addison
B. Pope
C. Swift
D. Milton
21. The Neo-classical writers modeled themselves on _______ authors, and tried to control literary creation
by ______.
A. Elizabethan, blank verse
B. Caroline, drama only
C. ancient Greek and Roman, fixed laws
D. Jacobean, religion
22. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century?
A. Goldsmith
B. Sheridan
C. Sterne
D. Fielding
23 ―Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?‖ This is the beginning line of Shakespeare’s _______
A. song
B. play
C. comedy
D. sonnet
24. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the ______.
A. essay
B. novel
C. romance
D. drama
25. Most of the English writers in the 18th century were enlighteners. They fell into two groups, one is ______,
and the other is _____.
A. the moderate group; the radical group
B. the passive Romantic poets; the active Romantic poets
C. the Metaphysical poets; the Cavalier poets
D. the lakers; the sentimentalists
Key to part 3
1—5 CCABA 6—10 AABAA 11—15 AAACB 16—20 ACDBA
21—25 CBDCA
Part 4
( ) 1. A ballad is a story told in ____, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the ___ and the
_____ lines rhymed.
A. poetry, first, third
B. drama, first, fourth
C. song, second, fourth
D. words, second, third
( )2. Many words and terms came into the English language as a result of _____.
A. the Norman Conquest
B. Renaissance
C. the Roman Conquest
D. the Danish invasion
( )3. William Shakespeare was fortunate to be living in the ______ period.
A. Caroline
B. Elizabethan
C. Victorian
D. Jacobean
( ) 4. ―The Canterbury Tales‖ was written in ___ period of Chaucer’s writing career.
A. the first
B. the second
C. the third C. the fourth
( ) 5. Chaucer is often referred to as ―the father of English poetry‖ because he_____ .
A. was the first poet in England
B. was the poet laureate in his time
C. first used English in his poetry
D. he introduced French form
( ) 6. Apart from being a great ____, Bacon was the _____ of modern science .
A. essayist, founder
B. politician, discoverer
C. novelist, founder
D. judge, advocate
( ) 7. . ―Beowulf‖ has been considered the national _____ of the English people.
A. symbol
B. epic
C. hero
D. art
( ) 8. The tragedy of Othello lies in his____ while that of Macbeth lies in his _____.
A. hesitation, blindness
B. jealousy, burning ambition
C. ambition, hesitation
D. blindness, jealousy
( ) 9. _____ is Milton’s masterpiece, which is ____ consisting of _____books.
A. ―Paradise Regained‖, a play, 11
B. ―Paradise Lost‖, an epic, 12
C. ―Samson Agonistes‖, a poem, 13
D. ―Lycidas‖, a lyric, 10
( ) 10. Addison started _____ which was a _____.
A. ―The Spectator‖, daily paper
B. ―The Tatler‖, periodical
C. ―Idler‖, maganize
D. ―Rambler‖, a weekly paper
( ) 11. The Neo-classical writers modeled themselves on _______ authors, and tried to control literary creation by ______.
A. Elizabethan, blank verse
B. Caroline, drama only
C. ancient Greek and Roman, fixed laws
D. Jacobean, religion
( )12. _____ was the most important poet in the first half of the 18th century.
A. S. Johnson
B. J. Swift
C. Pope
D. R. Steele
( ) 13. ―Essay on Criticism‖ is a _____ poem written in ______.
A. didactic, heroic couplets
B. short, blank verse
C. philosophical, sonnet form
D. romantic, ballad form
( ) 14. Johnson’s most important literary work is ______ .
A. ―London‖
B. ―The Vanity of Human Wishes‖
C. ―Rassela‖
D. ―Lives of Poets‖
( )15. ______ marked the end of English writers reliance on the patronage of the rich and the powerful for support.
A. Johnson and Pope
B. Shakespeare and Jonson
C. Addison and Steele
D. Milton and Shakespeare
( ) 16. James Boswell today is chiefly known for his______.
A. poetry
B. novel
C. essays
D. biography
( ) 17. ―Areopagitica‖ is a very famous pamphlet by ______ .
A. Chaucer
B. Milto
C. Shakespeare
D.Johnson
( ) 18. During the Anglo-Norman period, the most important literary work being____.
A. Beowulf
B. Odyssey
C. King Arthur
D. Illiad
( ) 19. Chaucer was greatly influenced by Boccaccio, author of ______ .
A. sonnets
B. ―Decameron‖
C. ―Divine Comedy‖
D. ―Odyssey
( ) 20. _____ is a very small country, yet it has produced many Nobel literature prize winners.
A. England
B. France
C. Italy
D. Ireland
( )21. Another term for Old English is_______.
A. Middle English
B. Anglo-Saxon
C. Deutsche
D. Welsh
( ) 22. The Canterbury Tales includes stories by _______.
A. each of the pilgrims
B. some of the pilgrims
C. Chaucer in the role of a pilgrim
D. religious figures only
( ) 23. The Renaissance came to England _______ .
A. at about the same time it came to continental Europe.
B. earlier than it came to continental Europe
C. later than it came to continental Europe
D. in 1457
( ) 24. A powerful influence on the Renaissance was _______ .
A. medieval Latin works
B. classical Latin and Greek works
C. native English writings
D. literature from the Orient
( ) 25. In 1534, Henry VIII declared himself to be ________ .
A. a loyal subject of the Pope
B. a follower of Martin Luther
C. head of the English Church
D. an atheist
( ) 26. Blank verse is _________ .
A. unrhymed iambic pentameter
B. rhymed iambic pentameter
C. unrhymed iambic tetrameter
D. rhymed iambic trimeter
( ) 27. In which of these plays are women wrongly accused of infidelity?
A. Much Ado About Nothing, Othello
B. King Lear, Hamlet
C. A Winter’s Tale, The Tempest
D. Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew
( ) 28. The seventeenth Century witnessed the influence of all of the following social and intellectual forces except______ .
A. Puritanism
B. Rationalism
C. Transcendentalism
D. the scientific spirit
( ) 29. The King James Bible of 1611 is also known as __________ .
A. the Coverdale Bible
B. the Vulgate
C. the Vespasian Psalter
D. the Authorized Version
( ) 30. Paradise Lost is a poetic narration of __________ .
A. the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus
B. the events relating to the Garden of Eden and the banishment of Satan
C. the Book of Revelations
D. the prophecies of Jeremiah
Part 4
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. B 10. B11. C12. C 13. A14. D15. A16. D17. B18. A19.B20.D21. B22. B 23. C 24. B25. C26. A27. A 28. C29. D30. B
Part 5
7.Generally speaking, Chaucer’s works fall into three main groups corresponding roughly to the
three periods of his adult life. Which period is Not correct ?
A.The period of American influence (1359-1372)
B.The period of Italian influence (1372-1386)
C.The period of English influence (1386-1400)
D.The period of French influence (1371-1382)
8. A ballad is a story told in ____, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the ___ and
the_____ lines rhymed.
A. poetry, first, third
B. drama, first, fourth
C. songs, second, fourth
D. words, second, third
3. _________, the two most important writers were Chaucer and Langland.
A. In the 13th century
B. In the 14th century
C. In the 15th century
D. In the 16th century
4.The 15th century has been traditionally described as the barren age in English literature. But it is the
spring tide of English_______.
A. ballads
B. plays
C. poems
D. essays
5.In Elizabethan Period, _____wrote more than fifty excellent essays, which made him one of the best
essayists in English literature.
A. John Milton
B. Thomas More
C. Francis Bacon
D. Robert Burns
6.The 18th century was an age of prose. A group of excellent prose writers, such as
___________ were produced.
A. More and Bacon
B. More and Addison
C. Addison and Steele
D. Bacon and Steele
7. In the Revolution Period ________towers over his age as William Shakespeare towers over the
Elizabethan age and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval period.
A. William Blake
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. John Milton
D. Thomas More
8. ____________ written by Bunyan gives a vivid and satirical description of Vanity Fair which is the
symbol of London at the time of Restoration.
A. The Pilgrim’s Progress
B. The Canterbury Tales
C. Gulliver’s Travels
D. Robinson Crusoe
9. _______ was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.
A. Thomas Wyatt
B. William Shakespeare
C. Philip Sidney
D. Thomas Canpion
10. ______ is not the best representative of the English humanists in the Renaissance.
A. Thomas More
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. William Shakespeare
D. Edmund Spenser
11. ______is regarded as the pioneer of English drama.
A. William Shakespeare
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. Edmund Spenser
D. John Donne
12. English Renaissance Period was an age of _________.
A. prose and novel
B. poetry and drama
C. essays and journals
D. ballads and song
13.______was regarded as ―Father of the English Novel‖, for his contribution to the establishment of the
form of the modern level.
A. Daniel Defoe
B. Jonathan Swift
C. Henry Fielding
D. Jane Austen
14. English Renaissance Period was not an age of prose, but Thomas More wrote his famous prose work
―________‖ during this period.
A. Utopia
B. Robinson Crusoe
C. Gulliver’s Travels
D. Of Studies
15. Which play is not a comedy written by Shakespeare?
A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
B. The Merchant of Venice
C. Romeo and Juliet
D. As You Like It
16. 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‖
17. ―________‖, written in heroic couplet by Pope, was a manifesto
of English neo-classicism as Pope put forward his aesthetic theories in it.
A. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
B. An Essay on Criticism
C. The Advance of Learning
D. An Essay on Man
18. The 18th century witnessed the appearance of two political parties in England, the Whigs and the Tories,
which were satirized by Swift in his __________.
A. Gulliver’s Travels
B. A Tale of a Tub
C. The Battle of the Books
D. A Modest Proposal
19. ―___________‖is the oldest poem in the English language, and also the oldest surviving epic in the
English language.
A. Iliad
B. Sonnet
C. Beowulf
D. The Canterbury Tales
20. In the last twenty years of the 18th century England produced two great romantic poets. They are ______.
A. Johnson and Blake
B. Gray and Young
C. Pope and Goldsmith
D. Blake and Burns
Key to Part 5
1.A
2.C
3.B 4 . A 5. C 6.C 7. C 8.A 9. A 10. D 11. B 12.B 13C 1
4.A 1
5.C 1
6.C 1
7.B 1
8.A 1
9.C 20.D
Part 6
( ) 1. A ballad is a story told in ____, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the ___ and the
_____ lines rhymed.
A. poetry, first, third
B. drama, first, fourth
C. song, second, fourth
D. words, second, third
( ) 2. Many words and terms came into the English language as a result of _____.
A. the Norman Conquest
B. Renaissance
C. the Roman Conquest
D. the Danish invasion
( ) 3. William Shakespeare was fortunate to be living in the ______ period.
A. Caroline
B. Elizabethan
C. Victorian
D. Jacobean
( ) 4. ―The Canterbury Tales‖ was written in ___ period of Chaucer’s writing career.
A. the first
B. the second
C. the third
D. the fourth
( ) 5. Chaucer is often referred to as ―the father of English poetry‖ because he_____ .
A. was the first poet in England
B. was the poet laureate in his time
C. first used English in his poetry
D. he introduced French form
( ) 6. Apart from being a great ____, Bacon was the _____ of modern science.
A. essayist, founder
B. politician, discoverer
C. novelist, founder
D. judge, advocate
( ) 7. ―Beowulf‖ has been considered the national _____ of the English people.
A. symbol
B. epic
C. hero
D. art
( ) 8. The tragedy of Othello lies in his____ while that of Macbeth lies in his _____.
A. hesitation, blindness
B. jealousy, burning ambition
C. ambition, hesitation
D. blindness, jealousy
( ) 9. _____ is Milton’s masterpiece, which is ____ consisting of _____books.
A. ―Paradise Regained‖, a play, 11
B. ―Paradise Lost‖, an epic, 12
C. ―Samson Agonistes‖, a poem, 13
D. ―Lycidas‖, a lyric, 10
( ) 10. Addison started _____ which was a _____.
A. ―The Spectator‖, daily paper
B. ―The Tatler‖, periodical
C. ―Idler‖, magazine
D. ―Rambler‖, a weekly paper
( ) 11. The Neo-classical writers modeled themselves on _______ authors, and tried to control literary creation by ______.
A. Elizabethan, blank verse
B. Caroline, drama only
C. ancient Greek and Roman, fixed laws
D. Jacobean, religion
( ) 12. _____ was the most important poet in the first half of the 18th century.
A. S. Johnson
B. J. Swift
C. Pope
D. R. Steele
( ) 13. ―Essay on Criticism‖ is a _____ poem written in ______.
A. didactic, heroic couplet
B. short, blank verse
C. philosophical, sonnet form
D. romantic, ballad form
( ) 14. Johnson’s most important literary work is ______.
A. ―London‖
B. ―The Vanity of Human Wishes‖
C. ―Rassela‖
D. ―Lives of Poets‖
( ) 15. ______ marked the end of English writers reliance on the patronage of the rich and the powerful for support.
A. Johnson and Pope
B. Shakespeare and Jonson
C. Addison and Steele
D. Milton and Shakespeare
( ) 16. James Boswell today is chiefly known for his______.
A. poetry
B. novel
C. essays
D. biography
( ) 17. ―Areopagitica‖ is a very famous pamphlet by ______.
A. Chaucer
B. Milton
C. Shakespeare
D. Johnson
( ) 18. During the Anglo-Norman period, the most important literary work being____.
A. Beowulf
B. Odyssey
C. King Arthur
D. Illiad
( ) 19. Chaucer was greatly influenced by Boccaccio, author of ______.
A. sonnets
B. ―Decameron‖
C. ―Divine Comedy‖
D. ―Odyssey
( ) 20. _____ is a very small country, yet it has produced many Nobel literature prize winners.
A. England
B. France
C. Italy
D. Ireland
( ) 21. Another term for Old English is_______.
A. Middle English
B. Anglo-Saxon English
C. Deutsche
D. Welsh
( ) 22. The Canterbury Tales includes stories by _______.
A. each of the pilgrims
B. some of the pilgrims
C. Chaucer in the role of a pilgrim
D. religious figures only
( ) 23. The Renaissance came to England _______.
A. at about the same time it came to continental Europe
B. earlier than it came to continental Europe
C. later than it came to continental Europe
D. in 1457
( ) 24. A powerful influence on the Renaissance was _______.
A. medieval Latin works
B. classical Latin and Greek works
C. native English writings
D. literature from the Orient
( ) 25. In 1534, Henry VIII declared himself to be ________.
A. a loyal subject of the Pope
B. a follower of Martin Luther
C. head of the English Church
D. an atheist
( ) 26. Blank verse is _________ .
A. unrhymed iambic pentameter
B. rhymed iambic pentameter
C. unrhymed iambic tetrameter
D. rhymed iambic trimeter
( ) 27. In which of these plays are women wrongly accused of infidelity?
A. Much Ado About Nothing, Othello
B. King Lear, Hamlet
C. A Winter’s Tale, The Tempest
D. Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew
( ) 28. The seventeenth Century witnessed the influence of all of the following social and intellectual forces except______ .
A. Puritanism
B. Rationalism
C. Transcendentalism
D. the scientific spirit
( ) 29. The King James Bible of 1611 is also known as __________.
A. The Coverdale Bible
B. The Vulgate
C. The Vespasian Psalter
D. The Authorized Version
( ) 30. Paradise Lost is a poetic narration of __________ .
A. the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus
B. the events relating to the Garden of Eden and the banishment of Satan
C. the Book of Revelations
D. the prophecies of Jeremiah
Key to Part 6
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. B 10. B
11. C 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. A 16. D 17. B 18. A 19. B 20.D
21. B 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B
Part 7
1．In the 14th century, the most important writer is ____________.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Sir Gawain
C. Francis Bacon
D. John Dryden
2 The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the_______.
A. poem
B. tragedy
C. romance
D. comedy
11.Chaucer died on the 25th of the October 1400, and was buried in __________.
A. Flanders
B. France
C. Italy
D. Westminster Abbey
12.―The Canterbury Tales‖ contains in fact a general ______ and only 24 stories.
A. opening
B. aphorism
C. prologue
D. preface
https://www.wendangku.net/doc/4a17967919.html,ngland is one of the most important writers in the ________ century
A.11th
B. 12th
C.16th
D.14th
https://www.wendangku.net/doc/4a17967919.html,ton was an active politician in the English ___________ period.
A. Revolution
B. Prehistoric
C. Romantic
D. Modern
15.The 15th century has been traditionally described as the _________ age in English literature.
A. complicated
B. barren
C. prosperous
D. summit
16.―The Canterbury Tales‖ opens with a general Prologue where we are told of a company of pilgrims that
gathered at Tabard Inn in ________, a suburb of London.
A. Southwark
B. Liverpool
C. Southampton
D. Scotland
17.__________ is one of the most gifted university wits.
A. William Shakespeare
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. Joseph Eddison
D. Jonathan Swift
10. Christopher Marlowe made ________ the main vehicle of expression in drama.
A. monologue
B. soliloquy
C. free verse
D. blank verse
11. Who is the most important metaphysical poet?
A. John Donne
B. John Bunyan
C. John Milton
D. Lovelace
12. _______ wrote his masterpiece ―The Faerie Queene‖.
A. Christopher Marlowe
B. Thomas Loge
C. Edmund Spenser
D. Thomas More
13. Petrarch, who employed the form of sonnet, is _________.
A. Greek
B. German
C. French
D. Italian
14. Which of the following play is not a comedy?
A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
B. The Merchant of Venice
C. Hamlet
D. As you Like It
15. English Renaissance period was an age of _________
A. novel
B. poetry and drama
C. farce
D. melodrama
16. An Essay on Criticism, written in_________ by Pope, was a manifesto of English neo-classicism as Pope
put forward his aesthetic theories in it.
A. sonnet
B. heroic couplet
C. octave
D. sestet
17. Swift satirized politics in the 18th_ century England by his _______.
A.Gulliver’s Travels
B. A Tale of a Tub
C. The Battle of the Books
D. A Modest Proposal
18. Which one is written by Thomas More?
A. Robinson Crusoe
B. Utopia
C. Gulliver’s Travels
D. Of Studies
19 _______ was regarded as ―Father of the English Novel‖, for his contribution to the establishment of the
form of the modern novel.
A. Daniel Defoe
B. Jonathan Swift
C. Jane Austen
D. Henry Fielding
20 ―Liberty, Fraternity, and equality‖ were first uttered in the book________.
A. The Shepherd’s Calendar
B. the Rights of Man
C. Utopia
D. Venus and Adonis
21. Bunyan described the vanity fair in ―________‖.
A. Paradise Lost
B. The Pilgrim’s Progress
C. L’Allego
D. Il Penseroso
22. Lycidas is written by_________.
A. Johnson
B. John Milton
C. Defoe
D. John Swift
23. Which one is Chaucer’s masterpiece?
A. Henry VI
B. Othello
C. The House of Fame
D. Cymbeline
24. Portia is one character in ―_________‖.
A. The Tempest
B. Twelfth night
C. The Merchant of Venice
D. Richard III
25. King Lear is a (n)_________.
A. poem
B. novel
C. epic
D. tragedy
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Part 1
1. In ―The Canterbury Tales‖, Chaucer employed the ___________________with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature.
2. __________ is the essence of the Renaissance.
3. Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the ______ and made it the principal medium of
English drama.
4. Edmund Spenser is regarded as the_______________.
5. ―Beowulf‖ is the oldest poem in the English language, the most important specimen of Anglos-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving ______ in the English language.
Key to part 1
1. heroic couplets
2. Humanism
3. blank verse
4. poets’ poet
5.epic
Part 2
1.Angles,_______ and Jutes usually know as Anglo-Saxons are the first Englishmen. Language spoken by
them is called the Old English , which is the foundation of English language and literature.
2.The literature of the Anglos-Saxon Period falls naturally into two divisions,________ and Christian.,
3. In the 14th century, the two most important writers are Chaucer and ________.
4. The 15th century has been traditionally described as the barren age in English literature. But it is the
spring tide of English_______.
5. The ______provides a framework for the tales in ―The Canterbury Tales‖, and it comprises a group of
vivid pictures of various medieval figures.
6. ________ is often referred to as ―the poets’ poet‖.
7. During the civil war and the commonwealth, there were two leaders in England, Cromwell, the man of
action, and _____, the man of thought.
Key to part 2
1. Saxons
2. pagan
3. Langland.
4. Ballads
5.prologue
6.Edmund Spenser
7. John Milton
Part 3
1. In Revolution Period _______towers over his age as William Shakespeare towers over the Elizabethan
Age and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval period.
2. In ―The Canterbury Tales‖, Chaucer employed the ___________________with true ease and charm for
the first time in the history of English literature.
3. __________ is the essence of the Renaissance.
4. Edmund Spenser is regarded as the_______________.
5. The ______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century
6. ________ writing made a big advance in the 18th century. The main characters in the novels were no
longer kings and nobles but the common people.
7. ________is based on syllables, indicating how stressed and unstressed syllables are arranged. While foot
is applied within a single line, indicating how many meters are employed in that line.
8. ________refers to poems of unrhymed lines, usually written in iambic pentameter. Because the poems
are unrhymed, the rhyme scheme is ―blank‖, hence the name.
9. The most famous section of John Bunyan’s ―Pilgrim’s Progress‖ is ________.
10. ―When the sweet showers of April fall shoot down through the drought of March to pierce the root,‖ in
Chaucer’s ―The Canterbury Tales‖, the underlined part refers to________.
Key to part 3
1.John Milton
2. heroic couplet
3. Humanism
4. poets’ poet
5. Enlightenment Movement
6.
Novel 7. Meter8. Blank verse 9. The Vanity Fair‖10. the rain in the spring
Part 4
1.Julius Caesar invaded Britain in ___________________ A.D.
2.The Britons were ethnically a _________________ people.
3.Chaucer’s pilgrims were on their way to ____________________.
4.Romeo and Juliet is the first romantic ________________ of the English stage.
5.____________ is considered a revenge tragedy.
6.By the mid-1650s, Milton suffered from complete _______________.
7.Addison and Steele are remembered primarily for their _______________.
8.James Boswell achieved his literary fame primarily by writing a biography of ___________.
9.William Blake was a poet as well as _________________ in his day.
10. Edward Spenser wrote The Faerie Queene in part as a tribute to Queen ________________.
Key to part 4
1. 55
2. Celtic
3. Canterbury
4. tragedy
5. Hamlet
6. blindness
7. essays
8. Johnson
9. artist/engraver 10. Elizabeth
Part 5
1.Julius Caesar invaded Britain in ___________________ A.D.
2.The Britons were ethnically a _________________ people.
3.Chaucer’s pilgrims were on their way to ____________________.
4.Romeo and Juliet is the first romantic ________________ of the English stage.
5.____________ is considered a revenge tragedy.
6.By the mid-1650s, Milton suffered from complete _______________.
7.Addison and Steele are remembered primarily for their _______________.
8.James Boswell achieved his literary fame primarily by writing a biography of ___________.
9.William Blake was a poet as well as _________________ in his day.
10.Edward Spenser wrote The Faerie Queene in part as a tribute to Queen ________________.
Key to Part 5
1. 55
2. Celtic
3. Canterbury
4. tragedy
5. Hamlet
6. blindness
7. essays
8. Johnson
9. artist/engraver 10. Elizabeth
Part 6
2.The Puritan Age is called the ________period, because the English revolution was carried out under a
__________cloak.
3.Edmund Spenser is often referred to “the poet’s __________”.
4.The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English_______; it was _________ who
made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression.
5._______, ______, ________, _________ are generally regarded as Shakespeare’s four great tragedies.
6.The literature of middle and later periods of the 17th century culminated in the poetry of ________and in the
prose writing of _________and in the plays and literary criticism of__________.
7.The _________was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.
8.Blank Verse refers to unrhymed_________verse. It has been used by poets since the__________for its
flexibility and its graceful, dignified tone.
9.Free verse (Also known as Vers libre.) refers to the ______that lacks _________metrical and _________but
that tries to capture the Cadences of everyday speech. The form allows a poet to exploit a variety of rhythmical effects within a single poem.
10._________is the protagonist in Milton’s masterpiece ―Paradise Lost‖.
10.__________,supposedly based on the real adventure of an Alexander Selkirk who once stayed alone on the
uninhabited island for five years, is in fact, a work of sheer imagination.
Key to Part 6
1. Revolution; religious
2. poet
3. drama; Marlowe
4. Hamlet,Othello,King Lear,Macbeth 5John Milton; John Bunyan; John Dryden 6. Enlightenment; 7. iambic pentameter; Renaissance 8. poetry; regular; rhyme patterns 9. Satan 10. Robinson Crusoe
III. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers on the answer sheet.
Part 1
1. The most important styles of arts in Renaissance in England is poetry and drama.
2. During his lifetime, Shakespeare had finished 38 plays, 152 sonnets and 2 long poems.
3.“The Pilgrim’s Progress‖ is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.
4. Robinson Crusoe, supposedly based on the real adventure of an Alexander Selkirk who once stayed alone
on the uninhabited island Juan Fernandez for five years, is, in fact, a work of sheer imagination.
5. The 18th century was an age of poetry. A group of excellent prose writers, such as Swift, Richardson,
Fielding, were produced.
6. Novel writing made a big advance in the 18th century. The main characters in the novels were no longer
common people, but the kings and nobles.
7. In the 18th century English literature, the representative writer of pre-romanticism is Pope.
8. The greatest English playwright of the 18th century was Goldsmith, whose best play is ―The School for
Scandal‖.
9. The novel ―Tom Jones‖ was Swift’s best-known work.
10. Swift’s masterpiece is Robinson Crusoe‖, which contains three parts.
Key to part 1
1-5 TFTTF 6-10 FFFFF
Part 2
1. The most important styles of arts in Renaissance in England is poetry and drama.
2. During his lifetime, Shakespeare had finished 38 plays, 152 sonnets and 2 long poems.
3. ―The Pilgrim’s Progress‖ is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.
4. Robinson Crusoe, supposedly based on the real adventure of Alexander Selkirk who once stayed alone on
the uninhabited island Juan Fernandez for five years is, in fact, a work of sheer imagination.
5. The 18th century was an age of poetry. A group of excellent prose writers, such as Swift, Richardson,
Fielding, were produced.
6. Satan is the hero in Milton’s masterpiece ― Prometheus Unbound‖
7. In the first half of the 18th century English literature, the representative writer of the neo-classical school is
Pope.
8. The greatest English playwright of the 18th century was Sheridan whose best play is The School for
Scandal.
9. The novel Tom Jones w as Swift’s best-known work.
10. Swift’s masterpiece is Gulliver’s Travesl, which contains three parts.
Key to part 2
1.T
2. F
3. T
4. T
5.F
6.F
7.T
8. T
9.F 10.F
Part 3
( ) 1. Chaucer is the founder of modern realist literature. After his death in 1400, he was buried in the Westminster Abbey.
( ) 2. Today Chaucer still enjoys the title ―the Father of English Poetry‖.
( ) 3. It was Thomas Percy who collected the English ballads and put them into written forms in the 18th century. ( ) 4. The English ballads as we know today chiefly originated in Ireland and Wales.
( ) 5. All together, Shakespeare wrote 2 long narrative poems, 37 plays and 154 sonnets.
( ) 6. One of the greatness of Shakespeare is his wonderful understanding of human nature, but it is a pity that he could not use the English language skillfully enough.
( ) 7. Of the three variants of English sonnets, the Shakespearean sonnet is the most popular, while the Petrarchan sonnet is the least popular.
( ) 8. All three great works by Milton: ―Paradise Lost‖, ― Paradise Regained‖ and ―Samson Agonistes‖ were written by making allusions to the bible.
( ) 9. Milton wrote his sonnet ―On his Blindness‖ in the English sonnet form, which quite suits his strong and desperate emotion for becoming blind in his prime of life.
( ) 10. Apart from writing articles for newspapers, Addison also wrote a poem entitled ―The Campaign‖ and a play entitled ―Cato‖.
( ) 11. The poem ―The Rape of the Lock‖ by Pope is written in heroic couplets, because it des cribes great historical events.
( ) 12. The definitions of various words in Johnson’s Dictionary, even in today’s view, are very much accurate and scientific, without any personal prejudice.
( ) 13. Johnson’s novel Rasselas is a romance, which is full of interesting characters and events, it is still very much readable today.
( ).14. The three most frequent sources of quotation are: William Shakespeare, John Milton and King James’ bible.
( ) 15. ―Hamlet‖ is the longest of all Shakespeare’s plays, and is often regarded as his presentative work..
( ) 16. Chaucer’s versification is based strictly on English models.
( ) 17. In developing his plots and choosing names and attributes for his characters, Shakespeare seldom relied on previously existing story materials.
( ) 18. In his sonnets, Milton used the same rhyme scheme as that used by Shakespeare.
( ) 19. The Restoration (1660- 1688) followed the collapse of the Commonwealth.
( ) 20. In Sheridan’s The School for Scandal, Mrs. Malaprop and Captain Absolute figure as major characters.
Key to part 3
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Part 4
1. Sentimentalism in the 18th century English literature found its fine expression in poetry and novels.
―Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard‖ is a model of sentimentalist poetry.
2. During his lifetime, Shakespeare had finished 38 plays, 152 sonnets and 2 long poems.
3. ―The Pilgrim’s Progress‖ is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.
4. Robinson Crusoe, supposedly based on the real adventure of an Alexander Selkirk who once stayed alone
on the uninhabited island Juan Fernandez for five years, is, in fact, a work of sheer imagination.
5. ―The Tatler‖and ―The Spectator‖–two periodicals-- were Steele and Addison’s chief contribution to
English literature.
6. Novel writing made a big advance in the 18th century. The main characters in the novels were no longer
the kings and nobles but the common people.
7. In the 18th century English literature, the representative writer of pre-romanticism is Milton.
8. The greatest English playwright of the 18th century was Sheridan, whose best play is ―The School for
Scandal‖.
9. The novel ―Tom Jones‖ was Swift’s best-known work.
10. Swift’s masterpiece is ―Robinson Crusoe‖, which contains three parts.
Key to part 4
1.T
2.F
3.T
4.T
5.T
6.T
7.F
8.T
9.F 10.F
Part 5
( ) 1. Chaucer is the founder of modern realist literature. After his death in 1400, he was buried in the Westminster Abbey.
( ) 2. Today Chaucer still enjoys the title ―the Father of English Poetry‖.
( ) 3. It was Thomas Percy who collected the English ballads and put them into written forms in the 18th century. ( ) 4. The English ballads as we know today chiefly originated in Ireland and Wales.
( ) 5.All together, Shakespeare wrote 2 long narrative poems, 37 plays and 154 sonnets.
( ) 6. One of the greatness of Shakespeare is his wonderful understanding of human nature, but it is a pity that he could not use the English language skillfully enough.
( ) 7. Of the three variants of English sonnets, the Shakespearean sonnet is the most popular, while the Petrarchan sonnet is the least popular.
( ) 8. All three great works by Milton: ―Paradise Lost‖, ― Paradise Regained‖ and ―Samson Agonistes‖ were written by making allusions to the bible.
( ) 9. Milton wrote his sonnet ―On his Blindness‖ in the English sonnet form, which quite suits his strong and desperate emotion for becoming blind in his prime of life.
( ) 10. Apart from writing articles for newspapers, Addison also wrote a poem ent itled ―The Campaign‖ and a play entitled ―Cato‖.
( ) 11. The poem ―The Rape of the Lock‖ by Pope is written in heroic couplets, because it describes great historical events.
( ) 12. The definitions of various words in Johnson’s Dictionary, even in today’s view, are very much accurate and scientific, without any personal prejudice.
( ) 13. Johnson’s novel Rasselas is a romance, which is full of interesting characters and events, it is still very much readable today.
( ) 14. The three most frequent source s of quotation are: William Shakespeare, John Milton and King James’ bible.
( ) 15. ―Hamlet‖ is the longest of all Shakespeare’s plays, and is often regarded as his representative work. ( ) 16. Chaucer’s versification is based strictly on English models.
( ) 17. In developing his plots and choosing names and attributes for his characters, Shakespeare seldom relied on previously existing story materials.
( ) 18. In his sonnets, Milton used the same rhyme scheme as that used by Shakespeare.
( ) 19. The Restoration (1660- 1688) followed the collapse of the Commonwealth.
( ) 20. In Sheridan’s The School for Scandal, Mrs. Malaprop and Captain Absolute figure as major characters.
Key to part 5
1. t
2. t
3. t
4. f
5. t
6. f
7. f
8. t
9. f 10. t
11. f 12. f 13. f 14. t 15. t 16. f 17. f 18. f 19. t 20. f
Part 6
1. The most important style of arts in Renaissance in England is fiction.
2. The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama.
3. English literature of the 17th century witnessed a flourish on the whole.
4. The Revolution period is also called Age of Milton.
5. “Paradise Lost”took its material from Greek mythology.
6. The main characters in the novels in the 18th century were no longer common people, but the kings and
nobles.
7.“Paradise Lost”is one of Milton’s novels.
8. Lilliput is the island in ―Gulliver’s Travels‖.
9. The Enlightenment movement started in Middle Ages.
10. Friday is one character in ―Robinson Crusoe‖.
Key to Part 6
1-10 FFFTF FFTTT
IV. Identify the author and the work of each of the following literary works.
Part 1
1. TYGER! Tyger! Burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry? Taken from (author)_______, (work)______
2.As fair art thou, my bonie lass
So deep in luve am I;
All I will luve thee still , my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry. Taken from (author)_______, (work)______
3. A little learning is a dang’rous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. Taken from (author)______, (work)_____
Written in________
4.What though the field be lost?
All is not lost; the’ unconquerable Will,
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to submit or yield:
And what is else not to be overcome? Taken from (author)_____ , (work)_______
5.So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Taken from Shakespeare’s _________
Key to Part one
1. William Blake “The Tyger”
2. Robert Burns “A Red , Red Rose”
3. Alexander Pope “An
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①Beowulf: The national heroic epic of the English people. It has over 3,000 lines. It describes the battles between the two monsters and Beowulf, who won the battle finally and dead for the fatal wound. The poem ends with the funeral of the hero. The most striking feature in its poetical form is the use if alliteration. Other features of it are the use of metaphors(暗喻) and of understatements(含蓄). ②Alliteration: In alliterative verse, certain accented(重音) words in a line begin with the same consonant sound(辅音). There are generally 4accents in a line, 3 of which show alliteration, as can be seen from the above quotation. ③Romance: The most prevailing(流行的) kind of literature in feudal England was the Romance. It was a long composition, sometimes in verse(诗篇), sometimes in prose(散文), describing the life and adventures of a noble hero, usually a knight, as riding forth to seek adventures, taking part in tournament(竞赛), or fighting for his lord in battle and the swearing of oaths. ④Epic: An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significantly to a culture or nation. The first epics are known as primacy, or original epics. ⑤Ballad: The most important department of English folk literature is the ballad which is a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas(诗节), with the second and fourth lines rhymed. The subjects of ballads are various in kind, as the struggle of young lovers against their feudal-minded families, the conflict between love and wealth, the cruelty of jealousy, the criticism of the civil war, and the matters and class struggle. The paramount(卓越的) important ballad is Robin Hood(《绿林好汉》). ⑥Geoffrey Chaucer杰弗里.乔叟: He was an English author, poet, philosopher and diplomat. He is the founder of English poetry. He obtained a good knowledge of Latin, French and Italian. His best remembered narrative is the Canterbury Tales(《坎特伯雷故事集》), which the Prologue(序言) supplies a miniature(缩影) of the English society of Chaucer’s time. That is why Chaucer has been called “the founder of English realism”. Chaucer affirms men and women’s right to pursue their happiness on earth and opposes(反对) the dogma of asceticism(禁欲主义) preached(鼓吹) by the church. As a forerunner of humanism, he praises man’s energy, intellect, quick wit and love of life. Chaucer’s contribution to English poetry lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic(抑扬格) meter(the “heroic couplet”) to English poetry, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse. ⑦【William Langland威廉.朗兰: Piers the Plowman《农夫皮尔斯》】
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英美文学选读（英国文学部分） Period Life Time Name CN Nane Writings CN Writings Renaissance1500-1660Edmund Spenser 埃德蒙.斯 宾赛 The Faerie Queen仙后 Blank verse University wit Christopher Marlowe 克里斯扥 夫.马洛 Tamburlaine Dr Fauctus The Jew of Malta 帖木耳大帝 弗士德博士的悲剧 马耳他的犹太人 William Shakespeare 威廉.莎士 比亚 The Merchant of Venice Hamlet The Tempest 威尼斯商人 哈姆雷特 暴风雨 叙事诗 十四行诗 Francis Bacon 弗兰西斯. 培根 Essays Of Studies 论说文 论学习 John Donne约翰.邓恩 The Sun Rising Death Be Not Proud John Milton 约翰.弥尔 顿 Lycidas Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Samson Agonistes 利西达斯 失乐园 复乐园 力士参孙 Neoclassical Period 1660-1798John Bunyan约翰.班杨The Pilgrim’s Progress 天路历程Alexander Pope 亚历山大. 蒲伯 An Essay on Criticism论批评 1660-1731Daniel Defoe 丹尼尔.笛 弗 Robinson Crusoe鲁滨逊漂流记Jonathan Swift 乔纳森.斯 威特 Gulliver’s Travels格列佛游记Henry Fielding 亨利.菲尔 丁 The History of The Adventures of Joseph Andrew The History of Jonathan Wild the Great The History of Tom Jons 约瑟夫.安德鲁 伟大的乔纳森.怀尔 德 汤姆.琼斯Samuel Johnson 赛缪尔.约 翰逊 A Dictionary of the English Language To the Right Honorable The Earl of Chesterfield 英语大词典 致切斯特菲尔德勋 爵的信 Richard Brinsley Sheridan 理查德德. 比.谢立丹 The School of Scandal造谣学校Thomas Gray 扥马斯.格 雷 Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 写在教堂墓地的挽 歌 Romantic1798-1870William Blake 威廉.布莱 克 Songs of Innocence Songs of Experience Marriage of Heaven and Hell 天真之歌 经验之歌 天堂与地狱联姻 先知书 William Wordsworth 威廉.华兹 华斯 Lyrical Ballads Tintern Abbey Prelude 抒情歌谣集 丁登寺旁 序曲 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 塞缪尔.特 勒.科勒律 治 The Rime of The Ancient Mariner Kubla Khan Christalbel Biographia Literaria 老水手之行 忽必烈汉 克丽斯塔贝尔 文学传记 George Gordon Byron 乔治.戈登. 拜伦 Childe Harold Don Juan 洽尔德.哈罗德游记 唐璜 该隐 Percy Bysshe Shelley 铂.比.雪莱 Ode to the West Wind To a Skylark 西风颂 云雀颂
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