英国文学期末考试试题（广东外语外贸大学）

英国文学期末考试试题（广东外语外贸大学）

Instructions： This examination consists of 5 parts， and the total time for the examination is 2 hours. All the answers should be entered onto the Answer Sheet. Part I： Multiple Choices （10%）

Choose the best answer to the following sentences. 1. Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf？ A. Alliteration

B. Anglo-Saxons’ early life in England C. Germanic language

D. The national epic of Anglo-Saxon people

2. English Renaissance Period was an age of . A. prose and novel B. poetry and drama C. essays and journals D. ballads and songs

3. The main literary form of the early 17th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledged as the greatest. Besides him， there were two groups of poets. They were the Cavalier poets and .

A. the lake poets B. the university wits C. the Metaphysical poets D. the Romantic poets

4. Pamela is widely considered to be the first novel and was written by ___________. A. Thomas Hardy B. James Joyce C. Samuel Richardson D. Henry Fielding

5. The publication of ， which was the joint work of William Wordsworth and Samuel T. Coleridge， marked the beginning of the Romantic Age in England. A. Don Juan B. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner C. Lyrical Ballads D. Queen Mab

6. Among the most famous realistic novelists of the Victorian age are ， W. M. Thackeray， Bronte sisters， etc.

A. Joseph Conrad B. Henry Fielding

C. Charles Dickens D. D. H. Lawrence

7. In James Joyce’s ____________ the story “Eveline” paints a portrait of a young woman from Dublin deciding whether or not to leave her hometown. A. Ulysses B. Orlando C. Dubliners

D. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

8. In the 18th century England， satire was much used in writing. Literature of this age produced some excellent satirists， such as Jonathan Swift， Henry Fielding and . William Blake B. Robert Burns C. Alexander Pope D. Daniel Defoe

9. William Wordsworth never used “gaudy and inane phraseology” because he felt that poetry should ____________.

A. be read only by the well-educated

B. use difficult vocabulary to express complicated emotions

C. use simple speech to communicate the truths of human experience D. rely on strange and uncommon words to bring people new experiences

10. Virginia Woolf is renowned for adopting the technique， which displays the sequence of thoughts and impressions in a person’s mind. A. mind-reading B. third-person narration C. stream-of-consciousness D. feminist Part II： Gap Filling （10%）

Complete the following sentences and write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 1. Geoffrey 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. 2. During the Norman Conquest， the most important form of literary composition is ， the representative of which is the legend of King Arthur and the round table knights.

3. Epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was William Shakespeare and who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.

4. Hamlet， Othello， Macbeth and are generally regarded as William Shakespeare’s four great tragedies.

5. Edmund Spenser is generally regarded as the greatest nondramatic poet of the Elizabethan Age. His fame is chiefly based on his masterpiece .

6. In Elizabethan Period， wrote more than 50 excellent essays， which made him one of the best essayists in English literature.

7. The was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century.

8. In the latter part of the 18th century， there appeared， as a reaction against Reason， ___________ novel and literature of sentimentality.

9. Thomas Gray’s highly praised poem shows the poet’s sympathy for the poor， and condemns the great ones who despise the poor and bring sufferings to the common people.

10. The Romantic movement in England had two significant movements as its background： the French Revolution and .

11 ________ is perhaps the most talented early novelist. She wrote a number of books concerning young， relatively wealthy women pursuing marriage， such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma.

12. George Byron is chiefly known for his two long poems. One is Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and the other is .

13 John Keats wrote several famous ___________， a type of lyric poem that is meditative and formal.

14. ________ _， the eldest of the two famous novelist sisters， wrote Jane Eyre in the middle of the 19th century.

15. _____________ monologue was first successfully used in poetry by Robert Browning.

16. One of the most striking features of in the 20th century literature is anti-past， anti-tradition， anti-novel， anti-hero， etc.

17. __________， the manifesto of modernist poetry in the 20th century， was written by T. S. Eliot.

18. A Passage to India， Howard’s End， and A Room with a View are three of the most famous novels by ___________.

19. Lord Jim is one of the most famous novels by _________， who was born in Poland and learned English as his third language.

20. Man and Superman and Pygmalion are two of most famous plays by __________. Part III： Definition of Terms （15%）

Choose THREE out of the following terms and explain them in two or three sentences. Sonnet； Point of view； Soliloquy； Setting； Heroic couplet Part IV： Appreciation （40%）

Choose TWO of the following three excerpts and write a passage of comment （about 80 words） on each one. Your comment should cover the questions after each excerpt. Excerpt 1：

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o’er vales and hills， When all at once I saw a crowd， A host， of golden daffodils；

Beside the lake， beneath the trees， Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. …

For oft， when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood， They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude；

And then my heart with pleasure fills， And dances with the daffodils.

（William Wordsworth， “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”） Questions：

1. What is the central image of this poem？ What is the poet’s reaction as revealed in the poem？