人文知识题

40. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress is a(n)________.

A. allegory B. romance C. comedy of manners D. realistic novel

41. In the lines “With gold and jewels cover every part,/ And hide with ornaments their want of art” (An Essay

on Criticism), Pope rejects ________. A. the “Follow Nature” fallacy B. artificiality

C. good taste D. aesthetic order

42. Deniel Defoe describes ________ as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very

prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist. A. Tom Jones B. Gulliver C. Robinson Crusoe D. Moll Flanders 43. ________ is a typical feature of Swift’s writings. A. Bitter satire B. Elegant style

C. Casual narration D. Complicated sentence structure

44. The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for ________. A. material wealth B. spiritual salvation

C. universal truth D. self-fulfillment

45. Here are four lines from a literary work: “Others for language all their care express, and value books as

women men, for dress.” The work is ________.

A. Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

B. John Miltons’ Paradise Lost

C. Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Criticism D. Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream

46. The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles

with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of ________. A. Gulliver’s Travels B. The Rape of the Lock

C. Robinson Crusoe D. The Pilgrim’s Progress

47. Henry Fielding adopted “the third-person narration,” which enables the author to present as the ________

not only the characters’ external behavior but also the internal workings of their minds. A. “all-knowing God” B. intimate participant

C. invisible man D. ignorant narrator 48. The following comments on John Bunyan are wrong EXCEPT ________. A. “he was a stout Puritan.”

B. “Bunyan’s works belong to Gothic novels.”

C. “Bunyan’s style is different form that of the English Bible.” D. “A Modest Proposal is his representative work.”

49. ________ is the most successful religious allegory in the English language. A. The Rivals B. The Pilgrim’s Progress

C. The Life and Death Mr. Badman D. Paradise Lost

50. Among the representatives of the Enlightenment, ________ was the first to introduce rationalism to

England?

A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defoe

C. Jonathan Swift D. Alexander Pope

Exercise 4 The Romantic Period 浪漫主义时期

There are twenty multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.

1. The poetic view of ________ can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is , “all good poetry

is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, with originates in emotion recollected in ________.” A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge / memory B. John Keats / observation C. William Wordsworth / tranquility D. Percy Bysshe Shelley / nature 2. It is said that the poem________ written by S.T. Coleridge was composed in a dream after the poet took the opium. But when he was writing the lines down, a stranger interrupted him and only 54 lines survived. A. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner B. Frost at Midnight C. Kubla Khan D. The Prelude

3. In the Romantic Age, ________ is a great critic on Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama, and English poetry. A. Walter Scott B. Jane Austen

C. William Hazlitt D. John Milton

4. In his poem, “Ode to the West Wind,” Shelley intends to present his wind as a central ________around

which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth. A. metonymy B. simile C. symbol D. concept 5. As a ________ writer, Jane Austen considers it her duty to express in her works a

discriminated and serious criticism of life, and to expose the follies and illusions of mankind.

A. romantic B. sentimentalist C. realistic D. naturalistic

6. The first line of William Blake’s well-known poem The Tyger reads, “Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright.” The

repeated word “tyger”(tiger) with an exclamation mark suggests ________. A. joy B. fear C. pain D. fondness 7. What does Wordsworth’s poem the Solitary Reaper tell us about Romanticist?

A. To romanticists, poetry is an expression of an individual’s feelings and experiences no matter how

fragmentary and monentary these feelings and experiences are.

B. Romanticists take delight only in sound effect; the theme of a work is not their concern. C. Romanticists are not patient people; they would leave before the revelation of the theme. D. Poetry should present the apparent and tangible.

8. The lines “It was a miracle of rare device, / A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice” are found in ________. A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Kubla Khan

B. William Wordsworth’s Lines Written in Early Spring C. John Keats’s Ode to Autumn

D. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind

9. Prometheus Unbound is Shelley’s greatest achievement. Prometheus, according to the Greek mythology,

was chained by Zeus on Mount Caucasus and suffered the vulture’s feeding on his liver for ________. A. planning a revolt to dethrone God

B. misinterpreting God’s decree to reconcile man and nature C. prophesying the arrival of spring in a winter season D. stealing the fire from heaven and giving it to man

10. The Romantic Period in Englishh literature began with the publication of ________. A. William Blake’s Song of Innocence B. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

C. Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads D. Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe

11. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ Ode on a Grecian Urn? A. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”

B. “For Godsake hold your tongue, and let me love.”

C. “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/ Are sweeter.” D. “The Child is father of the Man.”

12. The novel starts with “It is universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must

be in want of a wife.” This novel is Jane Austen’s ________. A. Emma B. Persuasion

C. Sense and Sensibility D. Pride and Prejudice 13. “And where are they? And where art thou,

My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now—

The heroic bosom beats no more!” (George Gordon Byron, Don Juan) In the above stanza, “art thou” literally means ________. A. are you B. art though C. are though D. art you

14. It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of ________. A. ode B. elegy C. epic D. sonnet

15. In William Blake’s poetry, the father ( and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as God,

priest, and king ) was usually a figure of ________. A. benevolence B. admiration C. love D. tyranny

16. We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley’s poem Ode to the West Wind with all the following terms

EXCEPT ________.

A. tamed B. swift

C. proud D. wild

17. William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originates from ________. A. form B. thoughts C. artistic devices D. emotion

18. In Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the mariner suffers the horror of death, because ________. A. he experiences a shipwreck B. he is tortured with starvation

C. he undergoes much suffering D. he kills an albatross

19. The four great odes of John Keats are the following EXCEPT ________. A. Ode on Melancholy B. Ode on a Grecian Urn

C. Ode to a Nightingale D. Ode to the West Wind

20. In William Blake’s later period, he wrote quite a few prophetic books including the following writing EXCEPT

________.

A. The Book of Urizen B. The Book of Los C. Milton D. Marriage of Heaven and Hell

21. The literary form which is fully-developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic Period is ________.

A. prose B. drama C. poetry D. novel 22. ________ is the author of the writing Ode to a Nightingale. A. William Blake B. John Keats

C. Ezra Pound D. Eugene O’’Neil

23. Which of the following writings is NOT completed by William Blake? A. Songs of Experience B. Songs of Innocence

C. Marriage of Heave and Hell D. Emma

24. In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as ________.

A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the

very center of all life and experience

B. the thought that designates man as a social animal

C. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in common D. the modes of thinking

25. ________ is the central concern to Blake’s concern in Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. A. Womanhood B. Adulthood

C. Happiness D. Childhood

26. In Shelley’s To a Skylark, the bird, suspended between reality and poetic image, pours forth an exultant song

which suggests to the poet________.

A. both celestial rapture and human limitation

B. both image creation and profound meaning C. both music and words

D. both inspiration and skill of writing

27. Which of the following writings is NOT created by William Wordsworth? A. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.

B. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 C. The Solitary Reaper. D. The Chimney Sweeper

28. “Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,

Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O Thou, Who chariots to their dark wintry bed”

The above three lines are taken from ________. A. Ode on A Grecian Urn B. Ode to the West Wind

C. A song: Men of England D. Song for the Luddites

29. With so many poems such as The Sparrow’s Nest, To a Skylark, To the Cuckoo and To a Butterfly, William

Wordsworth is regarded as “ ________”. A. poet of genius B. royal poet

C. worshipper of nature D. conservative poet 30. Which of the following can NOT describe “Byronic hero”? A. proud B. mysterious

C. noble origin D. progressive 31. The tone of literature in Songs of Experience by William Blake is ________. A. utter B. lively

C. plain D. doleful 32. ________ is the author of the writing Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage? A. Byron B. Blake

C. Keats D. Wordsworth 33. ________ wrote the poem Men of England. A. Shelley B. Thomas Gray

C. Walt Whitman D. T.S. Eliot

34. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels. B. Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions”. C. Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.

D. Pride and Prejudice is about marriage and love.

35. Of the following writers, which is NOT the representative of the Romantic Period? A. William Blake B. John Keats

C. William Wordsworth D. John Bunyan

36. By contrasting the freedom of the ancient Greece and the enslavement of the present Greece in the Isles of

Greece, Byron appealed to the Greek people to fight for ________. A. love B. liberty

C. happiness D. peace

37. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is an epigrammtic line by ________. A. J. Keats B. W. Blake

C. W. Wordsworth D. P.B. Shelley

38. Ode on a Grecian Urn shows the contrast between the ________ of art and the ________ of human passion. A. glory / ugliness B. permanence / transience

C. transience / sordidness D. glory / permanence 39. Of the following poets, which is NOT regarded as “Lake Poets”? A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. Robert Southey C. William Wordsworth D. Alfred Tennyson 40. Generally speaking, English Romanticism refers to the period of ________. A.1798-1832 B.1660-1798

C. 1836-1901 D.1789-1832

41. In his lyrics such as Ode to Liberty, Ode to Naples, Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for ________ and

his hatred toward tyranny.

A. the middle class B. freedom

C. the poor D. the working class

42. Among all his poems, the ________ are regarded as Keats’ most important and mature works. A. Ode to Psyche B. Odes

C. Ode to a Grecian Urn D. Ode to a Nightingale 43. ________ is a Romantic novelist but is impressed with neoclassic stains. A. Walter Scott B. Mary Shelley

C. Jane Austen D. Ann Radcliff

44. Wordsworth thinks that ________ is the only subject of literary interest. A. the life of rising bourgeoisie B. aristocratic life

C. the life of the royal family D. common life 45. ________ is not a novel written by Jane Austen. A. Jane Eyre B. Sense and Sensibility

C. Pride and Prejudice D. Emma

46. For the Romantics, ________ is not only the major source of poetic imagery, but also provides the dominant

subject matter. A. love B. man C. nature D. death 47. Literarily ________ was the first important Romantic poet in English history. A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake

C. Robert Burns D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

48. ________ is the leading figure of the English Romantic poetry, the focal poetic voice of the period.

A. William Blake B. William Wordsworth C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. George Gordon Byron 49. ________ is an elegy written by Shelley for John Keats. A. Adonais B. Men of England C. Ode to the West Wind D. Hellas

50. ________ expressed the contrast between the happy world of natural loveliness and human world of agony. A. Ode on Melancholy B. Ode to a Grecian Urn C. Ode to a Nightingale D. To Autumn

Exercise 5 The Victorian Period 维多利亚时期

There are twenty multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques, writers in the Victorian Period

shared one thing in common, that is they were all concerned about ________. A. the love story between the rich and the poor B. the techniques in writing

C. the fate of the common people D. the future of their own country

2. The author of the work Hard Times is ________.

A. Charles Dickens B. Henry James C. Robert Browning D. Thackaray