英美文学复习

2021年1月25日发(作者：elf是什么意思)


























英美文学复习

一．

William Shakespeare
1. 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. time, love

2. In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from
Shylock, because ________.





A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry
B. his enterprise went bankrupt
C. Bassanio was able to pay his own debt
D. his ships had all been lost


3. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
(Shakespeare, Sonnet 18) What does “ this” refer to?


A. Lover

B. Time

C. Summer

D. Poetry


















4.
The
sentence
“Shall
I
compare
thee
to
a
summer’s
day?”
is
the
beginning
line
of
one
Shakespeare’s _________.




A. comedies

B. tragedies

C. histories

D. sonnets



5. Which of the following does not belong
to Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?

A.
Hamlet

















B.
Romeo and Juliet


C.
King Lear













D.
Macbeth













6. Which of the following is a tragedy written by Shakespeare?

A.
Dr. Faustus










B.
Frankenstein


C.
Timon of Athens







D.
Sense and Sensibility


Dr.
Faustus
is
Christopher
Marlowe's
masterpiece,
in
which
Dr.
Faustus
sells
his
soul
to
the
devil

in return for the promise of eternal life.


7. _______ exposes the corruption of ambition.
A.
Othello

















B.
King Lear



C.
Hamlet


















D.
Macbeth




















8. Shakespeare’s complete works include 37 plays, 2 narrative poems and ______sonnets.

A. 154

B. 152

C. 153

D. 150








9. Shakespeare’s works in the earlier period are often
imbued with an optimistic atmosphere of
humanism. Which of the following works does not belong to this period?

A.
Romeo and Juliet


B.
The Tempest



C.
The Merchant of Venice



D.
A Midsummer Night’
s Dream



10. All the following except ______ has been
called Shakespeare’s “great comedies”?

A.
Much Ado about Nothing


B.
A Midsummer Night’
s Dream


C.
As You Like It


D.
Twelfth Night


11.
________is
the
symbol
of
Shakespeare’s
ideal
kinship,
who
represents
the
up
surging
patriotism of that period.
A.
Henry VIII











B.
Henry V



C.
Richard II












D.
Richard III


















12. Who is the heroine in
The Merchant of Venice
?

A. Jessica

B. Celia

C. Portia


D. Viola

Viola is from
Twelfth Night
, Celia is from
As You Like It.

13. The tragedy _______ of Shakespeare shows that noble- minded people may be led astray by
evil forces in an evil society and commit heinous mistakes.
A.
Hamlet



















B.
Macbeth


C.
Othello



















D.
King Lear





heinous:
极可耻的
shameful, disgraceful
奥赛罗是威尼斯公国一员勇将。
他与元老的女儿苔丝狄梦娜相爱。
但由于他是黑人，
婚
事未被允许。
两人只好私下成婚。
奥赛罗手下有一个阴险的旗官伊阿古，
一 心想除掉奥赛罗。
他先是向元老告密，
不料却促成了两人的婚事。
他又挑拨奥赛罗与苔 丝狄梦娜的感情，
说另
一名副将凯西奥与苔丝狄梦娜关系不同寻常，并伪造了所谓定情信物等。 奥赛罗信以为真，
在愤怒中掐死了自己的妻子。
当他得知真相后，
悔恨之余拔剑自刎，
倒在了苔丝狄梦娜身边。


14. The
story
of
______ comes
from
an
old Danish
legend,
which
is
considered
the
summit
of
Shakespeare’s art.

A. King John















B. Julius Caesar


C. Macbeth

















D. Hamlet

















15. “To be or not to be, that is the question” is a soliloquy from Shakespeare’s ________.

A.
As You Like It







B.
Othello


C.
Hamlet













D.
Julius Caesar



















16. _____ is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into fourteen lines.
（
2006
）

A. Free verse

















B. Sonnet

C. Ode






















C. Epigram


free verse: Poetry that is based on the irregular rhythmic patterns rather than the conventional
use of METER. RHYME may or may not be present in free verse.
An
epigraph
is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document. The
epigraph may serve as a preface, as a summary,etc.
题辞（序）



17. Which of the following is a tragedy written by Shakespeare?
（
2004
）

A. Hamlet














B. Dr. Faustus
C. Frankenstein





D. Sense and Sensibility

莎士比亚的悲剧作品有
Hamlet
《哈姆雷特》
Othello
《奥赛罗》
King
Lear
《李尔
王》
Macbeth
《麦克白》被称为四大悲剧。


Christopher
Marlowe
(1564
–
1593)
was
an
English
dramatist,
poet
and
translator
of
the
Elizabethan era. As the foremost Elizabethan tragedian, next to William Shakespeare, he is known
for his blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his mysterious death.
Dr. Faustus
is a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge.


18. Which of the following statements best illustrate the t
heme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?

A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.
B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.
C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.
D. The speaker mediates on man’s salvation.


19. The playwright Ben Jonson said of him that





was “not of an age, but for all time.” Who
is he?












































A. John Milton
















B. William Shakespeare
C. William Wordsworth


D. Daniel Defoe

Terms
1. Renaissance
2. sonnet
3. blank verse

Questions


5. What are the Four Great Comedies and Four Great Tragedies?
6. Make a comment on Shylock.
7. What is the theme of the play?
8. What are the main elements of a play?
9. Comment on the language of this play?




二．

John milton
1. During 1660-1674 Milton produced three great poems which include all the following except
_________.
A. Paradise Lost


B. Paradise Regained


C. Samson Agonistes


D. The Defence of the English People

2. ________is generally considered the finest fruit of Milton’s genius.

A. Paradise Lost


B. Paradise Regained


C. Samson Agonistes

D. The Defence of the English People

3.

Paradise Lost is a long epic in 12 books, written in ________.
A.

sonnet



















B. blank verse


C. ballad metre











D. terza rima
三行连环韵诗


4. The stories in Paradise Lost were taken from the ________.
A. New Testament





B. Old Testament


C. Genesis

















D. Beowulf

ballad metre:
民歌体
, ie. in each stanza the odd- numbered lines are iambic tetrameters while the
even-numbered lines are iambic trimeters, and the rhyme scheme is abcb.

?

eg. Robert Burns
A Red, Red Rose


terza rima:
The poem is written in iambic pentametre lines arranged in tercets in which line 2 of
each rhymes with line 1 and 3 of the next, thus: aba, bcb, cdc, ded, with a final couplet, ee.


eg. Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ode to the West Wind



5. Which of the following is not John Milton
’
s works?

A. Comus


B. Samson Agonistes


C. The Defence of the English People


D. An Essay upon Projects

6. After reading the poem _____, one gets the impression that the main idea of the poem is a revolt
against God
’
s authority.
A.
L
’
Allegro














B.
Samson Agonistes



C.
Paradise Lost







D.
Paradise Regained

7. _____ is the real hero of
Paradise Lost
, who though defeated, still sought for revenge.
A. Adam

B. Eve

C. Satan

D. God
8.
The
protagonist
in
______
was
an
athelete
of
the
Israelites
fighting
for
the
freedom
of
his
country, but was betrayed by his wife.
A.
Samson Agonistes


B.
The Defence of the English People



C.
The Second Defence of the English People


D.
Lycidas

9.
“?
knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord

Envy them that?
”

is the question from ______.
A. Satan


B. Adam

C. Eve

D. God

10. John Milton
’
s only love poem is ____, a sonnet.
A. Lycidas




























B. L
’
Allegro


C. On His Deceased Wife




D. Comus

11. In John Milton
’
s
Paradise Lost
, Adam and Eve are forbidden to eat the fruit of the Tree of
Knowledge of












.
A. Love and Hate












B. Good and Evil

C. Faith and betrayal






D. Sense and Sensibility

12. “To wage by force or guile eternal war/ Irreconcilable to our grad Foe.” (John Milton, Paradise
Lost) By what means were Satan and his followers to wage this war against God?
A. By planting a tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden.
B. By turning into poisonous snakes to threaten man’s life.

C. By removing God from His throne.
D. By corrupting man and woman created by God

Key language points
1.
Analysis
of
To
Cyriack
Skinner:1)

rhyme
scheme,
2)
structure,
3)
rhetorical
devices,
4)
paraphrase the poem

2. Paradise Lost: 1)language merits, 2) theme, 3) the analysis of Satan, 4) paraphrase the second
extract in our books.
3. Literary terms: Puritanism, epic















三
．
Daniel Defoe


1. Daniel Defoe’s novels mainly focus on ____.

A. the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existence
B. the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for security
C. the struggle of the pirates for wealth
D. the desire of the criminals for property

2. The following comments on Daniel Defoe are true except ______.

A. Robinson Crusoe is his first novel

B. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpiece

C. He was a member of the upper class

his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shown


3. In his novel,
Robinson Crusoe
, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the ______.
A. aristocratic














B. enterprising landlords


C. rising bourgeoisie




D. hard-working people



4. Robinson Crusoe is a/an _____ sailor, who, after many adventures and perils, comes to Brazil,
where he settles down and becomes a plantation owner.
A. English

B. American

C. Canadian

D. Australian
















5. For ______ long years, Robinson Crusoe manages to live on the island, fist alone, then as the
master of a small group of men.
A. 26



B. 27





C. 28




D. 29






6.
Daniel
Defoe’s
novels
are
the
first
literary
works
devoted
to
the
study
of
problems
of
the
lower-class people.
A. Daniel Defoe






B. Henry Fielding


C. Jonathan Swift




D. Jane Austen




7. Defoe was sent to prison because of his pamphlet The Shortest Way with the _____.
A. Tories


















B. Whigs


C. Dissenters












D. Dubliners


8.
Defoe
had
a
gift
for
organizing
_____
in
such
a
vivid
way
that
his
stories
could
be
both
credible and fascinating.
A. beautiful words












B. exciting event


C. imaginations
















D. minute details





9. Which of the following is not Defoe’s works?

A. Captain Singleton







B. Moll Flanders


C.
Gulliver’s Travels








D. Colonel Jack


10. Daniel Defoe is a famous(2002)
A. Poet






















B. Novelist





C. Playwright













D. Essayist

11. Which of the following is NOT true about Robinson Crusoe?


A. It is written in the autobiographical form.
B. It is a record of Defoe
’
s own experience.
C. Robinson spends 28 years of isolated life on the island.
D. It is set in the middle of the 17th century.

12. Crusoe names his servant Friday in honor of what?




Friday



day on which the native’s life was saved



last workday before the weekend


day on which Crusoe’s life was saved



13. The cross that Crusoe erects on the island serves as what?




A. A religious icon








B. A scarecrow





C. A calendar















D. A sign for passing ships

14. Modern English novel arose in the ____ century.



A. 16th








B. 17th




C. 18th





D. 19th

15.
______
was
a
progressive
intellectual
movement
going
on
throughout
Europe
in
the
18th
century.



A. The Renaissance









B. Puritan Movement


C. Romantic Movement


D. The Enlightenment


16. The rise and growth of ____ is the most prominent achievement of the 18th century English
literature,
which
has
given
the
world
such
writers
as
Daniel
Defoe,
Jonathan
Swift
and
Henry
Fielding.



A. neoclassical poetry










B. realistic novel



C. play of the Renaissance


D. Gothic novel

Gothic novel:
哥特式小说，恐怖主义小说。

The principal elements of the Gothic novel are mystery, horror and suspense.


Key Points

1. Name the types of fiction.
2. Define the literary terms:






Enlightenment, Neo-classicism,






Robinsonade, colonialism
3. Analysis the characters of Robinson.
4. Say something about the theme of the novel
5. How is the realistic writng style of the novel embodied?
四
．
Robert Burns

1. Robert Burns is the national poet of _______.
A. Scotland



























B. England


C. America



























D. Australia





A
















































2. What is NOT the theme of Robert
Burns’

poems?















































A. love and friendship


B. the natural beauty of Scotland


C. war


D. the patriotism of his compatriots
3. Robert Burns’ famous poem A Red, Red Rose was written in _______.

A. sonnet
























B. blank verse


C. ballad metre













D. tercet










4. Which of the following poems is NOT Robert Burns’?

A. To a Louse


B. A Red, Red Rose


C. The Toadeater


D. London



5. What’s the theme of Robert Burns’ A Red, Red R
ose?

A. eternal love










B. friendship


C. war





















D. natural beauty





















6. Which of the following works is NOT Robert

Burns’?

A. The Tree of Liberty


B. Auld Lang Syne


C. I Heard an Angel Singing

D. Holly Wi
llie’s Prayer


7. “Till a’ the Seas gang dry, my dear,/And the rocks melt wi’ the sun!” is from _______.

A. Ro
bert Burns’ On the Seas And Far
Away



B. Robert Burns’ A Red, Red Rose

C. William Blake’s Love’s Secret











D. William Wordsworth’s The S
olitary Reaper

On the Seas And Far Away : is about the girl who missed her lover who is a sailor.

In William Blake Love's Secret , the poet expresses his love to the girl who departs.
William Wordsworth’s The Solitary
Reaper
华兹华斯《孤独的刈禾人》

William Blake
Love's Secret
Never seek to tell thy love,

Love that never told can be;