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1、British Literature: A Concise HistoryI. Review (P.162) 补充091. Ode to the West Wind was written by . (2009)A. William Blake.B. William Wordsworth.C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.D. Percy B. Shelley.2. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by _. (2009)A. Thomas Hardy.B. John Galsworthy.C. D.H. Lawrence.D.
2、James Joyce.3. The Canterbury Tales , a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by . (2008)A. William LanglandB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. William Shakespeare D. Alfred Tennyson4. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th-ce
3、ntury Britain EXCEPT . (2008)A. George EliotB. Iris Jean MurdochC. Dons Lessing D. Muriel Spark5. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte? (2007)A. Oliver TwistB. MiddlemarchC. Jane EyreD. Wuthering Heights6. William Butler Yeats was a(n) poet andplaywright. (2007)A. AmericanB. Can
4、adianC. IrishD. Australian7. Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century? (2006)A. T.S. EliotB. D. H. LawrenceC. Theodore Dreiser D. James Joyce8. is defined as an expression of human emotionwhich is condensed into 14 lines. (2006)A. Free verse B. Sonnet C. Ode D. Epigram9. The nove
5、l Emma is written by. (2005)A. Mary ShellyB. Charlotte BronteC. Elizabeth Gaskell D. Jane Austen10. Which of the following is NOT a romantic poet? (2005)A. William Wordsworth B. George EliotC. George Byron D. Percy ShellyII. Historical Periods (P. 10)1. Old and Medieval Times: 5 th-15th2. The Period
6、 of Renaissance: late 15 th-early 17th3. The Period of Revolution and Restoration: 17 th4. The Neo-classical Period: 18th (Enlightenment)5. The Romantic Period: at the turn of the 18 th and 19th6. The Victorian Period: 19th7. The Modern Period: 20thIII. Key Figures1. Geoffrey Chaucer2. William Shake
7、speare, Edmund Spenser, Francis Bacon, Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe3. John Milton, John Dryden4. Richard Sheridan, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe5. William Wordsworth, George Byron, P.B Shelly, John Keats, Jane Austen6. Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, the Bronte sisters, George
8、Eliot, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Oscar Wilde7. G.B. Shaw, Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, William Yeats, T.S. EliotIV. Sample1. It isalone who, for the first time in Englishliterature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his t
9、ime and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.A. William LanglandB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. William ShakespeareD. Charles Dickens2. is called “the poets poet” whose masterpieceis .A. Edmund Spencer, The Faerie QueeneB. William Wordsworth, The PreludeC. George Byron, Don JuanD
10、. John Milton, Paradise Lost3. It is generally regarded that Keatss most important and mature poems are in the form of .A. elegy B. ode C. epic D. sonnet4. embodies both Puritanism and Humanismin mid-17th century England.A. John BunyanB. John DrydenC. John MiltonD. John Donne5. Who is NOT the major
11、figure of modernist movement?A. T.S. EliotB. James JoyceC. William YeatsD. George Eliot6. Who is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare?A. Oscar WildeB. Richard SheridanC. Christopher Marlowe D. George Bernard Shaw7. Of the following poets, which is NOT regarded as “Lake
12、 Poets”?A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. Robert SouthyC. William Wordsworth D. William Yeats8. In the first part of Gulliver s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in .A. LilliputB. BrobdingnagC. the country of Houyhnhnms D. Laputa9. Which of the following works is NOT written by G.B. Shaw?A. Pygmalio
13、nB. Mrs. Warren s ProfessionC. Heartbreak House D. The Old Curiosity Shop10. “The Vanity Fair” is a well-known part in .A.The Pilgrim s ProgressB . Grace Abounding to the Chief of SinnersC. The Life and Death of Mr. BadmanD. The Holy War11. Which of the following writing is NOT a work byCharles Dick
14、ens?A.A Tale of Two Cities B. Hard TimesC. Oliver Twist D. Sons and Lovers12. Who is regarded as a “worshipper of nature ”?A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William Wordsworth D. Jane Austen13. Which of the following plays is NOT written by William Shakespeare?A. Henry VIIIB. Edward IIC. Richard III D
15、. King Lear14. Which of the following writers was NOT from Ireland?A. W.B.YeatsB. Robert BurnsC. James JoyceD. Jonathan Swift15. is the father ofmaterialism in philosophyand science in England.A. Francis BaconB. Thomas HuxleyC. Matthew ArnoldD. Karl Marx16. Oscar Wilde was therepresentative amongthewriters of .A. aestheticismB. critical realismC. pre-romanticismD. sentimentalism17. was a criticalrealist, whose novelsaremainly a satirical portrayal of the upper strataofsociety .
