英國文學史及選讀試題及答案

英國文學史及選讀試題

I.MultipleChoice(1'x20=20分)

1.wasrespectedas"fatherofEnglishpoetry"andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland.

A.WilliamShakespeare

B.GeoffreyChaucer

C.JohnMilton

D.JohnDonne

2.IntermsofinfluenceuponEngland,broughtFrenchcivilizationandFrenchlanguagetoEngland.

A.Anglo-Saxons

B.Romans

C.Anglo-Normans

D.Teutons

3.AccordingtoThomasMore,(,itwasatimewhensheepdevouredmen".Itrefersto.

A.Industrialization

B.ReligiousReformation

C.CommercialExpansion

D.EnclosureMovement

4.ItwaswhointroducedsonnetintoEnglishliterature.

A.ThomasWyatt

B.WilliamShakespeare

C.EdmundSpenser

D.PhilipSidney

5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTShakespeare'stragedies?

A.Hamlet

B.KingLear

C.TheMerchantofVenice

D.Othello

6.In1649wasbeheaded.EnglandbecameacommonwealthundertheleadershipofOliverCromwell.

A.JamesI

B.HenryVIII

C.ElizabethI

D.CharlesI

7.WhichcommentonJohnDonneiswrong?

A.Heistheleadingfigureofmetaphysicalpoetry.

B.Hispoetryischaracterizedbymysticismandpeculiarconceit.

C.JohnDonneusuallyemploystraditionalandregularpoeticform.

D.Hisattitudestowardlovearebothpositiveandnegative.

8.FridayinTheAdventuousofRobinsonCrosuecanbetermedasEXCEPT.

A.akind-heartedperson

B.apersonwithcolonialmind

C.asmartperson

D.afriendlyperson

9.ThomasGrayistherepresentativeof.

A.Sentimentalism

B.Pre-Romanticism

C.Romanticism

D.EnglishRenaissance

10.WilliamBlake'sisalovelyvolumeofpoems,presentingahappyandinnocentworld,

thoughnotwithoutitsevilsandsufferings.

A.PoeticalSketches

B.TheBookofThel

C.SongsofExperience

D.SongsofInnocence

11.,thenationalpeasantpoetinScotland,andhispoemshowshispassionateloveforhisBeloved.

A.WilliamBlake,Lodon

B.WilliamWordsworth,IWanderedLonelyasaCloud

C.RobertBurns,ARed,RedRose

D.RobertBurns,AuldLangSyne

12.EnglishRomanticismbeginswithandendswith.

A.thepublicationofLyricalBallads,JohnKeats'sdeath

B.FrenchRevolution,WalterScott'sdeath

C.thepublicationofLyricalBallads,WalterScott'sdeath

D.Industrialization,JohnKeats'sdeath

13.arenamedasLakePoetsandEscapistRomanticists.

A.Wordsworth,ShelleyandKeats

B.Wordsworth,ByronandShelley

C.Wordsworth,ColeridgeandShelley

D.Wordsworth,ColeridgeandSouthey

14.WhichofthefollowingstatementisNOTcorrect?

A.Romanticliteratureisdecidelyanageofpoetry.

B.DrammawasfullydevelopedduringtheRomanticperiod.

C.Thegeneralfeatureisadissatisfactionwiththebourgeoisesociety.

D.Romanticistspaidgreatattentiontothespiritualandemotionallifeofman.Personifiednatureplaysan

importantroleinthepagesoftheirworks.

15.wasthefounderofthenovelwhichdealswithunimportantmiddleclasspeopleandofwhichtherearemanyfine

examplesinlatterEnglishfiction.

A.CharlotteBronte

B.EmilyBronte

C.CharlesDickens

D.JaneAusten

16.KingbrokeoffwiththePope,dissolvedallthemonasteriesandabbeysinthecountry,whichisknown

asReligiousReformation.

A.HenryVII

B.HenryVIII

C.MaryI

D.EIizabethaI

17.washonoredasPoetLaureate.

A.Byron

B.P.BShelley

C.JohnKeats

D.WilliamWordsworth

18.JohnMilton'sParadiseLostisbasedonthestoryof.

A.GreekMythology

B.RomanMythology

C.OldTestament

D.NewTestament

19.The18thcenturywitnessedthatinEnglandthereappearedtwopoliticalparties

A.theWhigsandtheTories

B.theSenateandtheHouseofRepresentatives

C.theupperHouseandlowerHouse

D.theHouseofLordsandtheHouseofRepresentatives

20.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?”isanepigrammaticlineby—.

A.WilliamWordsworth

B.P.B.Shelley

C.GeorgeByron

D.JohnKeats

II.Translatethefollowingliteraryterms(EnglishintoChineseandChineseintoEnglish)(1'x10=10分)

1.iambicpentameter2.heroiccouplet3.antagonist4.soliloquy5.sonnet

6.無韻體詩

7.民謠

8.伏筆,鋪墊

9.詩節10.清教主義

III.Identifytheauthorandtitleoftheliterarywork(2\5=10分)

1.Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,

Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.

2.Historiesmakemenwise;poets,witty;themathematics,subtle;naturalphilosophy,deep;moral,grave;logicandrhetoric,

abletocontend.

3.AIIisnotlost:theunconquerablewill,

Andstudyofrevenge,immortalhate,

Andcouragenevertosubmitoryield:

Andwhatiselsenottobeovercome?

4.Tilla'theseasgangdry,mydear,

Andtherocksmeltwi'thesun:

Iwilllovetheestill,mydear,

Whilethesandso'lifeshallrun.

5.Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,

Anddanceswiththedaffodils

IV.Definethefollowingliteraryterms(Eachtermshouldincludethetime,thefeaturesandrepresentativefiguresor

significance)(5Q4=20分)

1.EnglishRenaissance

2.EnglishEnlightenment

3.Pre-Romanticism

4.MetaphysicalPoetry

V.Interpretingthefollowingtexts(20'x2=40分)

Text1

Thecurfewtollstheknellofpartingday,

Thelowingherdwindslowlyo'erthelea,

Theplowmanhomewardplodshiswearyway,

Andleavestheworldtodarknessandtome.(stanza1)

Thebreezycallofincense-breathingMorn,

Theswallowtwitteringfromthestraw-bulitshed,

Thecock'sshrillclarion,ortheechoinghorn,

Nomoreshallrousethemfromtheirlowlybed.（stanza5）

Questions:

1.Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthispoem（2分）

2.Examinethepoeticform（rhyme,footandmetershouldbeinvolved）（3分）

3.Explaintheunderlinedwords（4分）

4.Whatisthetoneinstanza1?Howdoesthepoetachieveit?（3分）

5.Stanza5involovesrichimagery,pleaseclassifythemandgiveexamples.（6分）

6.Pointouttherhetoricaldevicesintheabovepoem（2分）

Text2

Iwanderthrougheachcharteredstreet,

NearwherethecharteredThamesdoesflow,

AndmarkineveryfaceImeet

Marksofweakness,marksofwoe.

Ineverycryofeveryman,

Ineveryinfant'scryoffear,

Ineveryvoice,ineveryban,

Themind-forgedmanaclesIhear.

Howthechimney-sweeper'scry

Everyblackeningchurchappals;

Andthehaplesssoldier'ssigh

Runsinblooddownpalacewalls.

Questions:

1.Explaintheunderlinedwords.（5分）

2.Identifythepoeticform（3分）

3.Thispoemisthemightiestbriefpoem,howdoesWilliamBlakeconveythemightylines?（4分）

4.Understand"charteredstreetandcharteredThames"and"Mind-forgedmanacles”？（4分）

5.Pleaseanalyzetheimagesof“Chimney-sweeper”and“soldier'ssigh”.（4分）

英國文學史及作品選讀（模擬試題一）參考答案

I.MultipleChoice

1._B_

2.—C_

3._D_

4._A_

5.C

6._D_

7._C_

8._B_

9._A_10._D—

11.C12.C13.D14.B15.D

16.B17.D18.C19.A20.B

II.Translatethefollowingliteraryterms(EnglishintoChineseandChinese

intoEnglish)

1.抑揚格五音步

2.英雄雙韻體

3.反面人物

4.獨白

5.十四行

6.blankverse

7.ballads

8.foreshadowing

9.stanza10.Puritanism

III.Identifytheauthorandtitleoftheliterarywork

1.WilliamShakespeareSonnet18

2.FrancisBaconOfStudies

3.JohnMiltonParadiseLost

4.RobertBurnsARed,RedRose

5.WilliamWordsworthIWandere