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1、台州学院外国语学院 学年第 学期 级英语本科专业英国文学史及选读II期末试卷（12）(闭卷) 姓名 班级 学号 考试时间:120 分钟 题 号IIIIIIIVVVIVII总分分 值10101015201025100得 分I. Multiple choice. Choose the best out of the four. (10%=1*10)1. The subject matters of Romanticism include the following But _. A. order B. mysticism C. exotic pictures D. interest in the

2、past2. _is one of the “Lakers”, or Lake school poets. A. John Keats B. Percy Bysshe Shelley C. Leigh Hunt D. William Wordsworth3. Dickens autobiographical novel is _.A. Hard Times B. Bleak House C. Oliver Twist D. David Copperfield 4. “The Scian and the Teian muse ”are recalled in_. A. My Last Duche

3、ss B. Ozymandias C. The Isles of Greece D. She Walks in Beauty5. The followig novels are all written by Thomas Hardy except . A. The Forsyte Saga B. Jude the Obscure C. The Return of the Native D. Far from the Madding Crowd6. Lawrence revealed Oedipus complex in his novel _.A. Sons and Lovers B. For

4、 Whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also Rises D. The Old Man and the Sea 7. _historical novel paved the path for the development of the realistic novel of the 19th century. A. Jane Austens B. Walter Scotts C. Henry Fieldings D. Charles Lambs 8. The title of Thackerays novel Vanity Fair was borrowed from

5、 _ by John Bunyan . A. The Roundabout Paper B. The Newcomers C. The Pilgrims Progress D. The Four Georges 9. Anne , the youngest of the Brontes , was the writer of _. A. Wuthering Heights B. Jane Eyre C. The Professor D. Agnes Grey 10. In the Idylls of the King, _ painted the character of the first

6、English national hero, King Arthur, and gave a new meaning to the legends. A. Robert Browning B. Thomas Hardy C. Charles Dickens D. Alfred Tennyson II. True or False? Put a T before the statement if you think it is true and put an F if you think it is false.(10%=1*10)_1. Jane Austen is one of the na

7、turalist novelists . She drew vivid and realistic pictures of everyday life of the country society in her novels . _2.The Satanic school is composed of Byron , Shelley and Keats ._3.Childe Harold Pilgrimage made Byron famous overnight . _4. In Tennysons Ulysses, Ulysses is the Greek name for the Rom

8、an hero Odysseus in Homers Odyssey._ 5. The Romantic Age is emphatically an age of novel ._ 6. In his poems Byron aimed at simplicity and purity of the language, fighting against the conventional forms of the 18th century poetry._ 7. Tesss character can be described as treacherous and unfaithful._ 8

9、.Charles Lamb is remembered by the later generations as a great poet. _ 9. Jane Austen is chronologically a contemporary of Wordsworth and Coleridge. _10.Ozymandias is Shelleys sonnet on the transient nature of man and the futility of the dream of immortality. III. Blank Filling. (10%=1*10)1. Romant

10、icism in England began in 1798, with the publication of _.2. Don Juan, the greatest work by , was written in the prime of his creative power, in the year of 1818-1823.3. Ode to a Nightingale was written by _.4. Ivanhoe is the masterpiece of the historical novelist_.5. The greatest English realist of

11、 the Victorian Age was _.6. The second half of the 19th century in England produced a number of outstanding poets such as_ , Robert Browning, Charles Algernon Swinburne and so on.7. _ is the last and one of the greatest of Victorian novelists . 8. D.H. Lawrences novel _is often taken to be largely b

12、iographical .9. Thomas Hardy is a representative of the English , an extreme form of realism.10. was written by Alfred Tennyson on the question of the immortality of the soul, in memory of Arthur Hallam, the poets beloved friend. IV. Define or explain the following .(15%=5*3)1. Onomatopoeia2. Symbol

13、3. Stream of consciousness V. Identify (20%=10*2) Passage I It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.Questions1. Who is the author of the selection?2. Which novel is this passage taken from?3. List the other five novels writte

14、n by the author.4. Translate the passage into Chinese. Passage II Thats my last Duchess painted on the wall,Looking as if she were alive. I callThat piece a wonder, now: Fra Pandolfs handsWorked busily a day, and there she stands.Willt please you sit and look at her? I said “Fra Pandolf” by design,

15、for never read Strangers like you that pictured countenance,The depth and passion of its earnest glance, Questions:1. The passage is taken from_.2. The poet is_ .3. This poem is regular in form . The poetic form used is called_.A. Blank Verse B. Free Verse C. Heroic Couplet D. Quatrain 4. The poem i

16、s a dramatic monologue , who is the speaker in it ? Can you describe his personality?VI. Match the characters, works, writers in Boxes A , B and C respectively. Mark the letters in Box B and the numbers in Box C in front of the characters in Box A. The example is given. (10%=1*10) Box A H , 9 C1. Al

17、ec , C2. Mrs. Morel , C3. Rowena , C4. Basil Hallward , C5. Hetty Sorrel , C6. Blanche Ingram , C7. Don Juan l , C8.Amelia Sedley , C9. Fagin , C10. Darcy , C11. Nelly Box B A. Vanity Fair B. Jane Eyre C. Pride and PrejudiceD. Wuthering Heights E. Sons and Lovers F. Oliver Twist G. Adam Bede H. Tess

18、 of the DUrbervilles I. The Picture of Dorian GrayJ . Ivanhoe K. Don JuanBox C 1. George Eliot 2. W. M. Thackeray 3. Walter Scott4. Charles Dickens 5. D. H. Laurence 6. Jane Austen 7. Charlotte Bronte 8. Emily Bronte 9. Thomas Hardy10. Oscar Wilde 11. George Gordon, Lord ByronVII. Answer the followi

19、ng questions(25%=10+15) 1. What is “the Wessex Novels”? Refer to one of the Wessex Novels in explaining naturalism.2. What do you know about the English Romanticism? Comment on the literary current with the following poem. She Dwelt among the Untrodden WaysShe Dwelt among the Untrodden WaysBeside th

20、e spring of Dove.A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love;A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye!Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be;But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me!台州学院外

21、国语学院 学年第 学期 级英语本科专业英国文学史及选读II期末试卷（12）(闭卷) Answer Sheet姓名 班级 学号 考试时间:120 分钟 题 号IIIIIIIVVVIVII总分分 值10101015201025100得 分I. Multiple choice . Choose the best out of the four. (10%=1*10)12345678910II. True or False? Put a T before the statement if you think it is true and put an F if you think it is fals

22、e. (10%=1*10)1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._III. Blank Filling. (10%=1*10)1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. IV. Define or explain the following .(15%=5*3)1.2.3.V. Identify (20%=10*2)Passage I1. 2. 3. 4. . Passage II1. 2. 3. 4. .VI. Match the characters, works, writers in Boxes A , B and C resp

23、ectively. Mark the letters in Box B and the numbers in Box C in front of the characters in Box A. The example is given.(10%=1*10).H , 9 C1. Alec , C2. Mrs. Morel , C3. Rowena , C4. Basil Hallward , C5. Hetty Sorrel , C6. Blanche Ingram , C7. Don Juan , C8.Amelia Sedley , C9. Fagin , C10. Darcy , C11. NellyVII. Answer the following questions.(25%=10+15) 1.2.