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I. Match the works and the author (2 points for each, 30%) 1. Mrs. Dalloway A. Jonathan Swift 2. Dubliners B. George Orwell 3. Nineteen Eighty-Four C. Thomas Hardy 4. Of Studies D. William Shakespeare 5. Frankenstein E. Francis Bacon 6. The Tiger F. Samuel Beckett 7. Ode on a Grecian Urn G. James Joyce 8. Northanger Abbey H. John Keats 9. Sons and Lovers I. Virginia Woolf 10. Waiting for Godot J. William Blake 11. A Modest Proposal K. Jane Austen 12. Middlemarch L. D. H. Lawrence 13. Macbeth M. George Eliot 14. A Tale of Two Cities N. Mary Shelley 15. Tess of the D’Urbervilles O. Charles Dickens

II. Multiple choice (4% each, 56%)

1. English Romanticism is generally said to have begun with_____in 1798. A. the publication of Lyrical Ballads B. the death of Sir Scott

C. the birth of William Wordsworth

D. the passage of the first Reform Bill in the Parliament

2. The main literary stream of the 18th century was ____ . What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.

A. Romanticism B. Neoclassicism C. Realism D. Sentimentalism 3. The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is ____. A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay

4. In a series of pamphlets Jonathan Swift denounced the cruel and unjust treatment of Ireland by the English government. One of the most famous is ____. A. Essays on Criticism B. A Modest Proposal C. Gulliver’s Travels D. The Battle of the Books

5. Which of the following works are not written by Oliver Goldsmith? ____. A. The Traveller B. The Deserted Village C. The Vicar of Wakefield D. The School for Scandal

6. _____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the

foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries. A. Ben Johnson B. Samuel Johnson C. Alexander Pope D. John Dryden

7._____，a typical example of old English poetry ,is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.

A. The Canterbury Tales B. The Ballad of Robin Hood

C. Beowulf

D. Sir Gawain and the Green Kinght

8. In the 14th century, the most important writer (poet) is ____ . A. Langland B. Wycliffe C. Gower D. Chaucer 9. _____ is not a novel written by Jane Austen. A. Jane Eyre B. Sense and Sensibility C. Pride and Prejudice D. Emma

10. Don Juan is the masterpiece of_____. A. Lord Byron’s B. P. B. Shelley’s

C. John Keats’s D. Samuel Coleridge’s

11. ______, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London in about 1340.

A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden 12. _____is not a Victorian novelist. A. Charles Dickens B. George Eliot

C. William Makepeace Thackeray D. D. H. Lawrence

13. _____ is not a work by Charles Dickens. A. Oliver Twist B. David Copperfield C. Middlemarch D. A Tale of Two Cities

14. Wuthering Heights is a masterpiece written by_____. A. Charlotte Bronte B. Emily Bronte C. Anne Bronte D. Branwell Bronte

III. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets. (2 point each, 14%) 1. The Romantic period is also a great age of prose.

2. Romantics also tend to be nationalistic, defending their own literary heritage against the advocates of classical rules.

3. Coleridge has been rewarded as Poet Laureate. 4. Keats is one of the “Lake Poets.”

5. Sean O’Casey is renowned for his drama of English slums in war and revolution. 6. Waiting for Godot is regarded as the most famous and influential play of the Theater of Absurd. It is written by Samuel Beckett.

7. Most of Bernard Shaw’s plays are concerned with political, economic, moral, or religious problems, and, thus, can be termed as “kitchen and sink plays”.

中秋作业

I. Match the works and the author (2 points for each, 40%) 1. Don Juan A. William Shakespeare 1. David Copperfield B. Robert Burns 2. Look Back in Anger C. John Osborne 3. Robinson Crusoe D. Jeffery Chaucer 4. Gulliver’s Travels E. Percy Bysshe Shelley 5. Jude the Obscure F. George Byron 6. The Canterbury Tales G. James Joyce 7. Paradise Lost H. John Keats 8. Ode to the West Wind I. G. B. Shaw 9. Songs of Innocence J. Richard Sheridan 10. Sense and Sensibility K. Jane Austen 11. Ulysses L. S. T. Coleridge 12. Hamlet M. George Eliot 13. Vanity Fair N. William Thackeray 14. Ode to a Nightingale O. Charles Dickens 15. The School for Scandel P. John Milton 16. A Red, Red Rose Q. William Wordsworth 17. The Mill on the Floss R. Thomas Hardy 18. Pygmalion S. William Blake 19. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner T. Daniel Defoe 20. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud U. Jonathan Swift .

II. Multiple choice (4 points for each, 60%)

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

B. She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways C. The Solitary Reaper. D. The Chimney Sweeper.

2. In 1066, ____, with his Norman army, succeeded in invading and defeating England.

A. William the Conqueror B. Julius Caesar

C. Alfred the Great D. Claudius

3. The theme of ____ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances. A. loyalty B. revolt C. obedience D. mockery 4. The Romantic Period is first of all an age of_____. A. Novel B. poetry C. drama D. prose 5. Romanticism does not emphasize_____.

A. the special qualities of each individual’s mind B. the inner world of the human spirit C. individuality

D. the features that men have in common

6. It is ____alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive (综合的，广泛的)realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life. A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Matin Luther C. William Langland D. John Gower

7. The 18th century was the golden age of the English ___. It spoke the truth about life with an uncompromising (unbending) courage. A. drama B. poetry C. essay D. novel

8. Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads in 1789 with _____. A. Byron B. Coleridge C. Shelley D. Keats

9. 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

10. _____ is not Thomas Hardy’s work. A. The Mill on the Floss B. Tess of the D’Urbervilles C. Jude the Obscure

D. The Mayor of Casterbridge 11._____ is not a Romantic poet.

A. William Blake B. Walter Scott C. P. B. Shelley D. Lord Byron

12. The critical realists like Charles Dickens in the Victorian period wrote novels_____.

A. representing the 18th century realist novel B. criticizing the society C. defending the mass D. all the above

13. Among many poetic forms, Shakespeare was especially at home (good at) with the _______.

A. dramatic blank verse B. song C. sonnet D. couplet 14. _____has been called the summit of the English Renaissance. A. Christopher Marlow B. Francis Bacon C. W. Shakespeare D. Ben Johnson

15. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry. A. John Donne B. George Herbert C. Andrew Marvell D. Henry Vaughan