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Review Chapter 1

1、In Anglo-Saxon period, Beowulf represented the_______ poetry.

A. pagan B. religious C. romantic D.sentimental

2、The Anglo-Saxons were Christianized in the _______ century. A. 6th B. 7th C. 8th D. 10th

3、Beowulf describes the exploits of a ______ hero, Beowulf, in fighting against the monster Grendel, his revengeful mother, and a fire-breathing dragon. A. Danish B. Scandinavian C. English D. Norwegian

4、English literature began with the ______ settlement in England. A. Anglo-Saxon B. Roman C. Norman D. Britain

5、The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the _______. A. novel B. drama C. romance D. essay

6、The theme of ______ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances. A. loyalty B. revolt C. obedience D. mockery

7、_______ was the first to be buried in the Poet?s Corner of Westminster Abbey. A. Chaucer B. Shakespeare C. Marlowe D. Spenser

Answers: ABBAC AA

Chapter 2

1、_______was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature. A. Thomas Wyatt B. William Shakespeare C. Philip Sidney D. Thomas Campion

2、The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was______ who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama. A. Christopher Marlowe B. Thomas Loge C. Edmund Spenser D. Thomas More

3、In the conclusion of the prose_______ the author points out that the root of poverty is the private ownership of social wealth.

A. Advancement of Learning B. Utopia C. Tamburlaine D. Henry IV

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4、English Renaissance Period was an age of_______.

A. prose and novel B. poetry and drama C. essays and journals D. ballads and songs

5、"Liberty, Fraternity and Equality" were first uttered in the book_______. A. The Shepherd?s Calendar B. Utopia

C. The Rights of Man D. The Declaration of Independence

6、"Denmark is a prison". In which play does the hero summarize his observation of his world into such a bitter sentence? _______

A. Charles I B. Othello C. Henry VIII D. Hamlet

7、In which play does the hero show his profound reverence for man through the sentence:"What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty!"_______

A. Romeo and Juliet B. Hamlet C. Othello D. The Merchant of Venice

Answers: AABBB DB

How much do you know about America?

1、American Revolutionary War, also called American War of Independence, lasted from 1775 to 1783 2、The United States of America (also referred to as the America) is comprising fifty states and a federal district 3、The official motto of America is In God We Trust

4、The capital of America is Washington, D.C. or New York City? 5、What does the name Washington, D.C. signify?

Chapter 3

1、Which was not written by John Milton?________

A. Paradise Lost B. Lycidas C. L?Allegro D. Song to Celia

2、John Milton wrote his best-know prose work, _______, in the form of a speech addressed to the Houses of Parliament, in which he appealed for the freedom of the press.

A. Areopagitica B. Lycidas C. L?Allegro D. Of Reformation in England

3、In which famous pamphlet did Milton thus write: ”Our king made not us, but we him. Nature has given fathers to us all, but we ourselves appointed out own king; so that the people are not for the king, but the king for them”?_____ A. Second Defence of the English People 《未为英国人民再辩》 B. The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth C. Of Reformation in English

D. Defence of the English People 《为英国人民申辩》

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4、The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ______is often regarded as the real hero of the poem.

A. God B. Satan C. Adam D. Raphael

5、Another school of poetry prevailing in 17th century was that of ____,i.e. those verse-writers, often knights and squires, who sided with the King against the Parliament and Puritans.

A. Metaphysical Poets B. Cavalier Poets C. John Milton D. John Dryden

6、Explain the” Puritanism” during the English Revolution.

Answers: DADB__

Chapter 4

1、____was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Westem Europe in the 18th century.

A. The Renaissance B. The Enlightenment C.The Religious Reformation D. The Chartist Movement 2、Most of the English writers in the 18th century were enlighteners. They fell into two groups, one is______, and the other is______. A. the moderate group; the radical group

B. the passive Romantic poets; the active Romantic poets C. the Metaphysical poets; the Cavalier poets D. the lakers; the sentimentalists

3、_______was the most important English poet in the first half of the 18th century. A. Richard Steele B. Joseph Addison C. Alexander Pope D. Samuel Richardson

4、”Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by___, one of the greatest masters of English prose.

A. Alexander Pope B. Henry Fielding C. Daniel Defoe D. Jonathan Swift

5、As a journalist, _____had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use of circumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.

A. Joseph Addison B. Daniel Defoe C. Samuel Richardson D. Tobias Smollett

6、_____was the real founder of the realistic novel in England. His novels unfold a panorama of life in all sections of English society.

A. Alexander Pope B. Henry Fielding C. Daniel Defoe D. Jonathan Swift

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7、Henry Fielding?s first novel ______was written in connection with Pamela of Samuel Richardson.

A. Tom Jones B. Joseph Andrews C. Jonathan Wild D. Amelia

8、_____,written in heroic couplet by Alexander Pope, was a manifesto of English neo-classicism as he put forward his aesthetic theories in it.

A. An Essay of Dramatic Peosy B. An essay on Criticism C. The Advance of Learning D. An Essay on Man

9、____was Alexander Pope?s poem which satirized the idle and artificial life of the aristocracy.

A. The Rape of the Lock B. The Rape of Lucrece C. The School for Scandal D. Every Man in His Humor

10、_______compiled The 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

11、Which play is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare? A. She Stops to Conquer B. The Rivals

C. The School for Scandal D. The Conscious Lovers

Answers: BB__DBBB__BC

Chapter 5

1、The Romantic Age began with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel Johnson

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Wordsworth and Coleridge

2、The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are A. George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley B. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge C. Walter Scott and Jane Austen D. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt

3、As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classical traditions the criteria in their poetical creations, based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.”

A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. George Gordon Byron C. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. William Wordsworth

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4、 Was made poet laureate in 1813 but most of his works, according or modem critics, are “the product of literary industry, not of literary creation” A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge C. Robert Southey D. George Gordon Byron

5、Which of the following statements is not true about Don Juan?

A. Don Juan was written in Italy during the years 181-1823. B. The story describes Don Juan?s, an English youth of noble birth, life and adventures in many countries.

C. In a Greek island, Don Juan met his sweetheart, Haidee, and feel in love with her. D. The last cantos are taken up with a satirical description of the English ruling classes, whose reactionary policy has aroused the hatred from the other nations.

E. In Don Juan Byron displayed his genius as a romanticist and a realist simultaneously.

6、Which of the following statement is not true about George Gordon Byron? A. Byron?s early ears had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes his mother called him” you lame brat” . B. Byron died in Italy and was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughout the world.

C. The reactionary criticism of the 19th century trued to belittle Byron?s genius and his role in the development of English literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular English poets both at home and abroad.

D. Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron?s poems have been translated into Chinese and well received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets in our country.

7、The first poem in The Lyrical Ballads is Coleridge?s masterpiece . A. Kubla Khan B. The Prelude C. The Rime of Ancient Mariner D. Tintern Abbey

8、In1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitled A. William Wordsworth B. The Prelude

C. Lucy Poems D. The Lyrical Ballads

9、For his pamphlet .Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from Oxford and disowned by his father.

A. Address to the Irish People B. Vindication of the Rights of Women

C. Masque of Anarchy D. The Necessity of Atheism

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