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英美文学串讲
1
Part One
：
English Literature
Chapter I An Introduction to Old and
Medieval English Literature & The Renaissance
Period
I. Choose the right
answer
：
1. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the
_____legend of a magician aspiring for ____ and
finally meeting his tragic end as a
result of selling his soul to the Devil.
h/ immorality /money
/knowledge an/political power
Answer
：
C
（可参考课本
P21
）
2.
_____
，
is a
typical example of Old English
poetry
，
is
regarded today as the national epic
of
the Anglo-Saxons.
Wife's
Complaint
f
Dream of the
Rood
Seafarer
Answer
：
B
（可参考课本
P1
）
's
Chaucer
alone
who
，
for
the
first
time
in
English
literature
，
presented
to
us
a
comprehensive realistic
picture of the English Society in his
masterpiece__________.
Canterbury
Tales
Legend of Good Women
s and Criseyde
D. The Romaunt
of the Rose.
Answer
：
A
（可参考课本
P4
）
4. The Essence
of Renaissance
，
the most significant intellectual
movement
，
was_____.
A. Geographical
exploration
B. Religious reformation
C. Publishing and translation
D. Humanism.
Answer
：
D
（可参考课本
P8
）
5.
，
with whom he
has fallen
in love through a love
vision.
se Lost
.
Faustus
Faerie Queene
Answer
：
C
（可参考课本
P13
）
6. In
，
Shakespeare_________________.
te on the destructive power of time and
eternal beauty by poetry.
ze human's
vanity.
t the eternity of love.
ze the power of the beauty.
Answer
：
A
（
P37
）
7. ____ gave new vigor to the blank
verse with his
the principle vehicle of
expression in drama.
e
Answer
：
C
（
P21
）
8. Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are
the following works except____.
Lear
and Juliet
o
Answer
：
C
（
P33
）
9. The Renaissance refers to between
14th
——
mid-17th
century
，
which
was under the
reign of Queen___and
absolute monarchy in England reached its
summit
，
and in
which the
'real mainstream
（真正的文学主流）
' was ____.
ia/poetry
eth/ drama
/ novel
/ drama
Answer
：
B
（
P11
）
10.
In
The
Legend
of
Good
Women
，
Chaucer
used
for
the
first
time
in
English
the
rhymed couplet of iambic
pentameter
，
which
is to be called later____.
Spenserian
stanza
heroic couplet
blank verse
free verse
Answer
：
B
（
P5
）
11.
The
Redcrosse
Knight
in
Faerie
Queene
stands
for_____
，
and
Una
stands
for_____.
y/ chastity
ss/ truth
/ delivery
gentleman/ lady.
Answer
：
B
（
P16
）
12.
Which
of
the
following
is
NOT
regarded
as
one
of
the
characteristics
of
Renaissance
？
overy of ancient Roman and Greek
culture.
t to remove the old
feudalist ideas in Medieval Europe.
tion of man's pursuit of happiness in
his life
，
and
tolerance of man's foibles.
of
man's efforts in soul delivery and personal
salvation.
Answer
：
D
（
P7
）
13.
or
ification
Answer
：
A
（
P55
）
14. _____ introduced the Petrarchan
sonnet into England.
/ Saxons
s/ Anglo-Saxons
/ Romans
/ Normans
Answer
：
B
（
P11
）
15.
It
is
___
alone
who
，
for
the
first
time
in
English
literature
presented
to
us
a
comprehensive realistic picture of the
English society of his time and created a whole
gallery
of vivid characters from all
walks of life.
Spenser
ey
Chaucer
m Shakespeare
Donne
Answer
：
B
（
P4
）
16.
The
following
belong
to
the
characteristics
of
'metaphysical
poetry'
represented
by
'John Donne' except___.
ts
imagery and simple diction
ntative form
t style
Answer
：
D
（
P63
）
17. Paradise Lost is actually a story
taken from____.
Mythology
legend
Old Testament
New Testament
Answer
：
C
（
P73
）
18. In
，
Satan says
by force or guile
eternal war
，
/
Irreconcilable to our grand
Foe
mean
？
remove God from his throne
burn the Heaven Down
corrupt God's
creation of man and
woman
——
Adam and Eve
beguile into a snake to threaten man's
life
Answer
：
C
（
P71
，
节选部分在
P75
）
< br>
19.
_____
，
the first
of the great tragedies
，
is generally regarded as Shakespeare's
most
popular
play
on
the
stage
，
for
it
has
the
qualities
of
a
thriller
and
a
'philosophical exploration' of life and
death.
Merchant of Venice
Lear
Winter's Tale
Answer
：
B
（
P33
）
20. It was ___and ___ the two conquests
that provided the source for the rise and growth
of English literature.
/
Saxons
s/ Anglo-Saxons
/
Normans
/ Romans
Answer
：
B
（
P1
）
21. Paradise Lost is ___'s
masterpiece
，
which is an epic in 12
books
，
written in
blank
verse
，
about the heroic revolt of Satan
against God's authority.
Donne
opher Marlowe
Milton
Spenser
Answer
：
C
（
P71
）
22. The following description fit into
Milton 'except'_____.
A.a great
revolutionary poet of the 17th century
outstanding political pamphleteer
C.a
great stylist and master of blank verse
D.a kind of elegant and refine style.
Answer
：
D
（
P70
——
73
）
23.
_____is not written by John Milton.
Agonistes
se Lost
se
regained
laine
Answer
：
D
（
P71
）
24.
Marlow's
greatest
achievement
is
that
he
perfected
the
'blank
verse'
，
and
he
is
regarded as 'the pioneer of English
drama'
，
which of
the following is not written by
him
？
laine
Jew of Malta
Passionate to
His Love
Sun Rising
Answer
：
D
（
P20
）
25. ____Essays is the first example of
that genre in English
literature
，
which
has been
recognized as an important
landmark in the development of English prose.
Milton's
s Bacon's
gne's
Gray's
Answer
：
B
（
P58
）
26. _____Was known as
m
Shakespeare
Spenser
Donne
Milton
Answer
：
B
（
P15
）
27.
we
will
make
thee
beds
of
roses
/
And
a
thousand
fragrant
posies/
A
cap
of
flowers
，
and a kirtle/ Embroidered all with
leaves of myrtle.
taken from______.
r's The Faerie Queene
Donne's The Sun Rising
peare's Sonnet
18
's The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.
Answer
：
D
（
P28
）
28. Which of the following statement
best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet
18
？
speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.
speaker satirizes human vanity.
speaker praises the power of artistic creation.
speaker meditates on man's salvation.
Answer
：
C
（
P37
）
II. Read the quoted part and answer the
questions
：
1.
Than is her custom. It is
still her use
To let the wretched man
outlive his wealth
，
To view with hollow eye and wrinkled
brow
An age of
poverty
；
from
which ling'ring penance
Of such misery
doth she cut me off
fy the title of
the works and author.
n
happened to him
，
which caused the
words
？
参考答案：
The
lines are from
，
William Shakespeare.
（
P48
）
2
）
This sentence means
she
，
'Lady Fortun
e
（
命运女神）
'
，
is more kind to him
because
she is taking away both his
wealth and life.
3
）
The
speaker
is
Antonio
，
it's
said
that
his
ship
have
all
been
lost
，
and
he
is
penniless
，
and will have to pay the pound of
flesh.
（
Because Shylock has
made a strange
bond that requires
Antonio to pay him a pound of flesh if he can't
repay him the money that he
borrowed
for his friend in due time.
）
（
P38
）
2.
，
not to believe and take for
granted
，
nor to
find talk
and
discourse
，
but to
weigh and consider
1
）
Identify the
work and author.
2
）
What idea does
the passage express
？
参考答案：
1
）
The
sentence comes from
（
P61
）
2
）
The
Sentence talks about the proper way to
read
：
When you
read
，
don't be
puzzled
by the content of the
book
；
don't take
it for granted
；
don't quote too much from the
book
；
before
accepting its idea
，
you'd better think about its
shortcomings and consider it from all
sides.
3.
；
Nor
shall death brag thou wander'st in his
shade
，
When in eternal lines to time thou
grow'st
：
So
long as men can breathe
，
or eyes can see
，
So long lives
this
，
and this
gives life to thee.
1
）
Where does the poem comes
from
？
Who wrote
it
？
What does
？
Interpret it
briefly.
参考答案：
1
）
The
poem is
，
by
Shakespeare.
（
P38
）
2
）
Eternal lines means the lines of the
poem and other sonnets.
（
P38
）
3
）
It
means
：
you
will
not
lose
your
beauty
，
and
death
will
not
threaten
you
with
darkness
，
either. As long as man can live in the
world
，
they will
see your beauty in my lines
of my
poem
，
which has
given you eternal life.
（
Or
A nice summer's day is usually
transient
，
but
the beauty in poetry can last for ever.
（
P37
）
4.
：
the unconquerable
will
，
And
study of revenge
，
immortal hate
，
And courage never to submit or
yield
：
And
what is else not to be
overcome
？
……
Irreconcilable to our grand
Foe
1
）
Please identify the poem and the poet.
2
）
Interpret
3
）
What does the whole passage
mean
？
参考答案：
1
）
It
is taken from John Milton's
（
P74
）
2
）
——
Satan and other
angels rebel against God
，
but they are driven from Heaven into
hell. In the fire of the
hell
，
Satan is
determined to fight
back
，
just like what he
says
：
not all is
lost
，
the
unconquerable will
，
the deep hatred
，
and
the courage to fight
till death still remain.
（
P71
）
3
）
This passage shows Satan's will not to
submit
（服从）
，
and the desire to long for
freedom
；
to beg God for mercy and worship his
power is more shameful and disgraceful than
the downfall.
（
P71
）
5.
，
let him study the lawyer's cases. So
every defect
of the mind may have a
special receipt.
Questions
：
3
）
What does
？
4
）
What does
？
5
）
From which
essay does the above sentences
come
，
what is the
essay mainly about
？
参考答案：
1
）
It
means
：
make
through examinations of things.
（
P63
）
2
）
，
prescription.
（
P63
）
3
）
The sentences
are from
（
Francis
Bacon
）
。
It is the most popular of
bacon's
essays.
It
analyzes
what
studies
chiefly
serve
for
，
the
different
ways
adopted
by
different
people
to
pursue
studies
，
and
how
studies
exert
influence
over
human
character.
（
P60-6
1
）
6.
，
is
great Mephistophilis to passionate
For
being deprived of the joys of
heaven
？
Learn thou of Faustus manly fortitude
And scorn those joys thou never shalt
possess.
……
Say he will
spare him Four and twenty years
Letting him live in all voluptuousness
Having thee ever to atte
nd
on me…
Questions
：
1
）
Identify the
passage and author
；
2
）
，
who will surrender his
soul
？
What
for
？
3
）
Who are
thee
？
What will
he do
？
参考答案：
1
）
The
passage comes from
（
P25-26
）
2
）
s
will surrender his soul to devil. Because he was a
great scholar who has a
strong desire
to 'get knowledge' in vain
，
finally he 'made a bond' to sell his
soul to Devil in
return for 24 years of
life in which he may get anything he desires.
（
P22
）
3
）
The
，
refers to
，
the Devil's
servant.
He helped s to do anything
he wants.
（
P22
）
7.
，
unruly sun
，
Why does thou
thus
，
Through windows and through curtains
call on us
？
Questions
：
6
）
Identify the
work and author.
7
）
What idea does
the passage express
？
参考答案：
1
）
The passage
comes from
，
written by 'John Donne'.
（
P66
）
2
）
The
speaker questions the sun's authority and speaks
condescendingly
，
placing the
sun in the
status of a subordinate. In the lover's
kingdom
，
the sun
has no right to dictate the
time of day
or the passing of seasons. His presence in their
bedchamber is an intrusion on their
privacy.
III. Questions
and answers
：
do
you
know
about
Renaissance
？
Give
a
summery
about
English
literature
in
the
period
？
（
No more than 150
words
）
参考答案：
Renaissance refers to the period between
14th
——
mid-17th century. It
first started
in Italy.
Renaissance
means
rebirth
or
revival
——
the
discovery
of
ancient
Roman
and
Greek culture.
essence
，
The
Renaissance
is
a
historical
period
in
which
the European humanist
thinkers
and
scholars
tried
to
get
rid
of
the
old
feudalist
ideas
in
medieval
Europe
，
to
introduce new ideas that
expressed the interests of the rising
bourgeoisie/middle class
，
and to
recover the purity of
the early church from the corruption of Roman
Catholic church.
sm
is
the
essence
of
Renaissance
——
Man
is
the
measure
of
all
things.
The
humanism exalted/praised human nature
and emphasized the dignity of human beings and the
present life. They thought man had the
right to enjoy the beauty of life and had the
ability to
perfect
himself
and
made
wonders
，
which
got
ready
for
the
appearance
of
the
great
Elizabethan writers in
Britain. Poetry and drama were the most
outstanding literary forms.
peare
，
Marlowe and Francis Bacon etc. were the
remarkable representatives of
the
English Renaissance.
（可参考课本
P7
——
12
）
< br>
2. Please give a brief
analysis of Hamlet's
（独白）
。
参考答案：
be
or
not
to
be
is
'a
philosophical
exploration
of
life
and
death'.
The
soliloquy
condemned the
hypocrisy and treachery and general corruption of
the world
，
and
revealed the
character
of
Hamlet
——
so
'speculative
，
questioning
，
contemplative
and
melancholy./gloomy'.
It
was
not
because
he
was
not
able
to
take
action
to
revenge
，
but
because of his
'hesitative/hesitant
character'
，
when
the chance for action came
，
it seemed
defeat.
It
can
be
interpreted
as
：
Hamlet
bears
the
heavy
burden
of
the
duty
to
revenge
his
father's death
，
he is forced to live in the suspense of
facts and fiction
，
language and action.
He
considers
that
it
would
be
better
to
'commit
suicide'
，
but
being
scared
of
what
might
happen to him in the afterlife. So he
put off the thing because of the sin. He considers
the plan
carefully
only
to
find
reason
for
not
carrying
it
out.
The
soliloquy
conveys
'the
sense
of
world-weariness
（厌世）
' .
（
< br>P33-34
）
3.
What common features do the characters share in
Marlow's works
？
（
No more than
150
words
）
参考答案：
The
creation of The Renaissance hero is one of
Marlow's contributions.
1
）
Such
a
hero
is
always
individualistic
and
full
of
ambition
，
facing
bravely
the
challenge
from
god
and
men.
They
had
human
dignity
and
capacity
，
trying
to
get
heaven/highest ideas on the earth by
their own efforts.
2
）
For
example
：
Tamburlaine is a character written by
Marlowe. By depicting a great
hero with
high ambition and sheer brutal forc4e in
conquering
，
Marlowe voiced the supreme
desire of man for infinite/ limitless
power and authority. In s
，
Marlowe celebrated
the human
passion for knowledge
，
power and happiness.
3
）
Tamburlaine
and
s
are
typical
in
owning
such
Renaissance
spirit
，
Tamburlaine
，
being a cruel
conquer
，
found
happiness in conquering other kingdom. Only
death could defeat him. While
s
，
a more
introspective and philosophical
figure
，
had
high
spirit
for
knowledge
but
he
had
sin
for
having
despair
in
God
and
trust
in
Devil.
（
P20-22
）
4.
What are the main themes of Shakespeare's
plays
？
参考答案：
Shakespeare's plays are divided into 3
types
：
comedies
，
tragedies and historical plays.
1
）
His
historical
plays
are
with
the
theme
——
national
unity
under
a
might
and
just
sovereign/ruler is necessary.
2
）
In his romantic
comedies
，
he
takes an optimistic attitude toward love
friendship and
youth.
3
）
In his
tragedies
，
Shakespeare always portrays some noble
heroes
，
who faces
the
injustice of life and is caught in
a difficult situation and whose fate is closely
connected with
the fate of his nation.
Each hero has his weakness of nature. We also see
the conflict between
the individual and
the evil force in the society. And his major
characters are always individuals
representing certain types.
5.
Please comment on the character of Satan in
参考答案：
Satan is a rebellious
（叛逆的）
figure
against God in literature
，
defeated
，
he and his
rebel angels were
cast into hell. However
，
Satan refused to accept his
failure
，
swearing
that
keystone of Satan's
character
，
which
was the important spirit of the rising middle
class. While
he tempted Adam and
Eve
，
which proved
his evilness.
6. What are the
characteristics of the
Humanism
？
参考答案：
1
）
'Humanism' is
the essence of Renaissance.
2
）
Humanists
see
that
human
beings
were
glorious
creatures
capable
of
individual
development in
the direction of perfection
，
and that the world they inhabited was
theirs not to
despise
（轻视）
but to
'question
，
explore
，
and enjoy'.
3
）
They also
believe that man did not only have the right to
enjoy the beauty of this
life
，
but had the
ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders
（创造奇迹）
。
英美文学习题附
答案及所在课本页数
英美文学串讲
2
Chapter 2 The Neoclassical Period
I. Choose the right
answer
：
1.
____brings Henry Fielding the name of the
Pilgrim's Progress
Jones
n Crusoe
l
Jack
Answer
：
B
（
P122
）
2.
Alexander
Pope
worked
painstakingly
on
his
poems
and
finally
brought
to
its
last
perfection ______Dryden
had successfully used in his plays.
heroic couplet
free verse
blank verse
Spenserian
stanza
Answer
：
A
（
P92
）
3.
Of
all
the
18th
century
novelists
___was
the
first
to
set
out
，
both
in
theory
and
practice
，
to write specially a
Fielding
Defoe
an
Swift
Bunyan
Answer
：
A
（
P120
）
4. ____is the most successful religious
allegory in the English language.
s A
Holy War
Pilgrims
progress
Answer
：
C
（
P85
）
5. In which of the following works can
you find the proper names
，
，
？
Pilgrim's Progress
Faririe Queene
er's travels
School of
Scandel
Answer
：
C
（
P108
）
6.
shades
more
sweetly
recommend
the
light
，
So
modest
plainness
sets
off
sprightly
wit
；
For works
may have more wit than does'em good
As bodies perish through
excess of blood.
In the above
lines
，
Pope tries
to sat that_______.
wit will make
better poetry
ess is more important than
wit in poetry
much wit will destroy good
poetry
ess will make wit dull
Answer
：
C
（
P93-94
< br>）
7. The Rape of
the Lock by Alexander Pope is written in the
form
of a
mock______
，
which
describes the triviality of high society
in a grand style.
Answer
：
A
（
P92
）
8.
Which
of
the
following
is
NOT
a
typical
feature
of
Samuel
Johnson's
language
style
？
sentences are long and well
structured.
sentences are interwoven
with parallel words.
tends to use
informal and colloquial words.
sentences are complicated
，
but his thoughts are clearly expressed.
Answer
：
C
（
P132
）
9.
，
the pomp of
power
，
And all
that beauty
，
all
that wealth e'er
gave
，
Awaits alike the inevitable hour.
In the above quoted
passage
，
Thomas
Gray intends to say
that great
family
，
power
，
beauty and wealth___________.
never make people lead to the same
destination
——
paths of glory.
inevitably make people realize their
glorious dreams
the very best
things to lead people to their glories
never prevent people from reaching their final
destination
——
grave.
Answer
：
D
（
P154
）
10.
____has
been
regarded
by
some
as
of
the
English
novel
for
his
contribution to the
establishment of the form of the modern novel.
Bunyan
Fielding
Defoe
han Swift
Answer
：
B
（
P121
）
11. ____was very much concerned with
the theme of the vanity
of
human wishes and
tried to awaken men to
this folly
and hoped to cure
them of it through his writing.
Johnson
an Swift
d
Brinsley Sheridan
Gray
Answer
：
A
（
P132
）
12. ____was the only important
dramatist of the 18th
century
，
in his
plays
，
morality
is
the constant theme.
der
Pope
d Brinsley Sheridan
Johnson
Bernard Shaw
Answer
：
B
（
P136
）
13.
As
the
representative
of
the
Enlightenment
，
Pope
was
one
of
the
first
to
introduce___to England.
alism
ism
icism
m
Answer
：
A
（
P91
）
14.
The
Rivals
and
____are
generally
regarded
as
important
links
between
the
masterpiece of
Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw.
School for Scandal
Duenna
r's Houses
Doctor's
Dilemma
Answer
：
A
（
P137
）
15.
____is
a
sharp
satire
on
the
moral
degener
acy
（
道
德
沦
丧
）
of
the
aristocratic-
bourgeois society in the 18th century England.
Rivals
er's Travels
Jones
School for
Scandal
Answer
：
D
（
P138
）
16. The poem
is
regarded as
the most representative
work of _____.
Metaphysical School
Graveyard School
Gothic School
Romantic School
Answer
：
B
（
P152
）
17. _______
，
written in heroic couplet by
Pope
，
is
considered
manifesto of
English
Neoclassicism.
Essay of Dramatic Poetry
Essay on
Criticism
Advancing of learning
Essay on Freedom
Answer
：
B
（
P93
）
18. ______is a typical feature of
Swift's writings.
t style
narration
satire
cated sentence structure
Answer
：
C
（
P107
）
19. In the following writings by Henry
Fielding
，
which brings him
the name of
the
？
Coffee
——
House Politician.
Tragedy of Tragedies.
History of Tom Jones
，
A Foundling.
History of
Amelia.
Answer
：
C
（
P120
）
20.
！
See whether it is or not before you go
to the
door
——
I have a
particular
message for you if it should
be my brother.
The two
sentences are found in ________.
School for Scandal
Rivals
Critic
Scheming
Lieutenant
Answer
：
A
（
P139
）
21. In terms of Elegy Written in a
Country Churchyard
，
which is wrong
？
author employs metaphor in this poem.
author excessively expresses his
personal melancholy.
he reveals his
sympathy for the poor and the unknown.
mocks the great ones who despise the poor and
bring havoc on them.
Answer
：
B
（
P152-153
）
22. The
Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in
Gulliver's Travels are________.
that are endowed with reason.
s
that are endowed with admirable qualities
that are superior in wisdom.
，
wild
，
low and despicable
creatures
，
who resemble human
beings not only in
appearance but also
in some other ways.
Answer
：
A
（
P108
）
II. Read the quoted part and answer the
questions
：
1.
；
and where they
most abound
，
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely
found.
False
eloquence
，
like
the prismatic glass
，
Its gaudy colors spreads on every
place
；
The
face of Nature we no more
survey
，
All
glares alike
，
without distinction gay.
Questions
：
1
）
Identify the author and the
passage
；
2
）
Name the devices used in the passage
with examples
；
3
）
Explain
。
found
4
）
What is the mainly implied idea of the
passage
？
参考答案：
1
）
The
passage is from Pope's
（
P94
）
2
）
In
the passage the author used
，
e.g.
，
like the prismatic glass'
etc.
3
）
The sentence
means
：
Where/When
too many words are used
，
they
seldom express
much sense.
4
）
The
passage implies authors shouldn't stress too much
the artificial use of Conceit or
the
external beauty of language
，
they should pay special attention to
True Wit
，
which
is best
set in the plain style.
（
just as too many leaves
will cover the fruits
，
too gaudy/ showy glass
will
hide the face the Nature
，
too
false and eloquent language will hide the Wit in
the articles.
）
2.
，
Their homely
joys
，
and destiny
obscure
；
Nor
Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile
The
short and simple annals of the poor.
The
boast of heraldry
，
the pomp of
power
，
And
all that beauty
，
all that wealth e'er
gave
，
Awaits alike the inevitable hour.
The paths of glory lead but to the
grave.
Questions
：
1
）
Identify the author and the
works
；
2
）
What does
？
3
）
Explain the first
stanza
；
4
）
What does the whole passage imply.
参考答案：
1
）
This is Thomas Gray's
托马斯
·
格雷的《写在教堂墓地的挽歌》
（<
/p>
P154
）
2
）
（
P156
）
3
）
The
first stanza means
：
The men with ambition and high position
shouldn't laugh at the ordinary people
for their simple life and hard work.
4
）
In
the passage
，
the
poet reflects on the
death
——
no matter how poor or
wealthy
，
or
how important and humble
，
every is equal before
death
，
the author
gives
much sympathy to the poor
and unknown
（
P153
）
III. Questions and
answers
：
analyze the Neoclassical period and the characters
of the literature.
参考答案：
1
）
The
Neoclassical
period
is
about
1660-1798
，
also
known
as
Age
of
Enlightenment
2
）
Its background
was
：
was an age
full of conflicts and difference of
values
；
was
an
age
of
fast
development
for
English
to
become
the
first
powerful capitalist
country
in the world
；
was an age of economic
development
，
in
which bourgeois/middle class grew rapidly.
3
）
In
essence
，
the
Neoclassical Period was a progressive intellectual
movement.
4
）
The
Enlighteners
believed
in
self-
restraint
，
self-
reliance
and
hard
work
；
They
celebrated
reason/rationality
，
equality and science.
They advocated universal
education
，
which
could make people rational and
prefect
，
they
believed.
5
）
In
literature
，
The
Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of
interest in the
ancient
Greek
and
Roman
classical
works
；
the
works
at
the
time
，
heavily
didactic
and
moralizing
；
having fixed laws and rules for every
type of the literature
；
among which prose
and the
modern English novel predominated the age.
（
At the end of the age
sentimentalism
and Gothic Novel
appeared.
）
6
）
The
age was an important age with the remarkable
authors
Pope
，
Defoe
，
etc.
cite
examples
from
Travels
to
explain
briefly
how
did
Swift
criticized and allude to the government
and the society.
参考答案：
1
）
In the first
part of the
，
Swift described
the tricks and practices in
the
competition held before royal members to allude to
the fact that the success of the officials
was not for their wisdom and excellence
but for their skills in the
games
；
2
）
In the part 4
of the book
，
Swift made horses with reason and good
qualities.
The citizens who are
，
wild
，
low and despicable
brutes
，
who
resemble
human
beings
not
only
in
appearance
but
also
in
almost
every
way
to
criticize/satirize all respects of the
English and European life
，
and urge people to consider the nature
of the human and life.
（
P108
-109
）
3.
People always say that
：
，
Defoe spoke for and to the members of
his class
How do you understand this
sentence
？
Please
explain it with the character of him.
参考答案：
1
）
In
most of his works
，
Defoe gave his praise to the hard-
working
，
sturdy middle class
and showed his sympathy for the lower-
class on Crusoe was such a character.
2
）
Robison goes out to
sea
，
gets
shipwrecked and marooned/landed on a lonely
island
，
struggles
to
live
for
24
years
there
and
finally
is
saved
by
a
ship
and
returns
to
England.
During
the
period
Robinson
leads
a
harsh
and
lonely
life
and
survives
by
growing
corps
，
taming animals
，
etc. growing from a naive young man
into a hardened man.
3
）
With a great capacity for
work
，
inexhaustible energy
（精力充沛）
，
courage
and
persistence
in
overcoming
difficulties
（在克服困难方面持之以恒）
，
in
struggling
against
nature
，
Crusoe
becomes
the
prototype
/
representative
of
the
empire
builder
，
the pioneer colonist.
（他是大英帝
国缔造者的完美典范，同时也是殖民者的先
驱）
。
4
）
In the novel
，
Defoe glorified human labor and the
puritan fortitude which the middle
class praised
highly
，
so he can
be regarded as a spokesman of the bourgeois.
（
P98-100
）
Chapter 3 The Romantic Period
I. Choose the right
answer
：
1.
The
Romantic
Movement
expressed
a
more
or
less______
attitude
toward
the
existing social and
political conditions.
ve
ve
l
erent
Answer
：
B
（
P160
）
2. It is _____who established the cult
of the individual
and
championed the freedom of
the human
spirit.
Jacques Rousseau
Wolfgang von Goethe
Burke
Paine
Answer
：
A
（
P157
）
3. The two major novelists of the
English Romantic Period
are
_____and Walter Scott.
gton Irving
Austen
Melville
s Dickens
Answer
：
B
（
P165
）
4. _____defines the poet as
，
and
poetry as
overflow of powerful
feelings
，
which
originates in emotion recollected in
tranquility.
m Blake
m
Wordsworth
Taylor Coleridge
Keats
Answer
：
B
（
P161
）
5. For the
Romantics
，
____is
not only the major source of
poetic imagery
，
but also
provides the
dominant subject matter.
Answer
：
C
（
P162
）
6. In the
Romantic period
，
____is the most prosperous
literary
form.
n
Answer
：
B
（
P161
）
7. The tone of
literature in
Blake is
_______.
l
Answer
：
A
（
doleful
：
悲哀的
P168-169
）
8. _____is regarded as a
Keats
m Blake
m Wordsworth
Austen
Answer
：
C
（
P176
）
9. Which of the
following writings is not created by
William
Wordsworth
？
A.I Wandered
Lonely as a Cloud.
ed upon Westminster
Bridge
，
September
3
，
1802.
Solitary Reaper.
Chimney Sweeper.
Answer
：
D
（
P179
——
182
）
10. Wordsworth's short poems can be
classified into two groups
：
poems about nature
and poems
about________.
life
m
activities
Answer
：
B
（
P176
）
11.
，
a great ______of the
early 19th century.
y
epic
Answer
：
C
（
P194
）
12.
In
his
lyrics
such
as
to
Liberty
，
to
Naples
，
Percy
Bysshe
Shelly
expressed his love
for_____ and his hatred
toward tyranny.
middle class
poor
m
proletariat
Answer
：
C
（
P207
）
13.
，
which art moving
everywhere
；
/
Destroy and
Preserver
；
hear
，
O
hear
！
Goodman Brown by Hawthorne
to the West
Wind by Shelly
of Grass by Walt Whitman
s by Joyce
Answer
：
B
（
P212
）
14. In Shelly's
，
the bird
，
suspended between
reality and poetic
image
，
pours
forth an exultant song
which
suggests to the poet________.
celestial rapture and human limitation
image creation and profound meaning
music and words
inspiration
and skills of writing
Answer
：
A
（
P206
）
15. The author of
orth
Answer
：
D
（
217
）
16. Jane Austen's first novel is
__________.
and Prejudice
and Sensibility
of
a Novel
Answer
：
B
（
P222
）
17. In terms of Pride and
Prejudice
，
which
is not true
？
and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane
Austen's
novels.
and Prejudice is originally drafted as
Impressions
and Prejudice
is a tragic novel.
this
novel
，
the author
explores the relationship between
great love and realistic
benefits.
Answer
：
C
（
P223-225
）
18. After
reading the first chapter of Pride and
Prejudice
，
we may
come to know that
is a woman
of_______.
character and poor
understanding
character and quick wit
ate character and quick wit
ate
character and poor understanding
Answer
：
A
（
P227
）
19. Romanticism is a period of British
literature roughly dated
from _________.
A.1660
——
1798
B.1798
——
1832
C.1483
——
1546
D.1836
——
1901
Answer
：
B
（
P157
）
20. Which of the following is the
Gothic novel
？
's
Prometheus Unbound
' Lamia
Shelly's Frankenstein
Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Answer
：
C
（
P166
）
lines
，
/ A sunny
pleasure dome with caves of ice
are
found in__________.
Taylor
Coleridge's
m Wordsworth's Lines
Written in Early Spring
Keats's
Bysshe Shelly's
Answer
：
A
（
P190
——
191
）
22. Which of the following is taken
from John Keats'
Grecial
Urn
？
A.
！
I
bleed
！
B.
C.
D.
，
truth beauty
Answer
：
D
（
P221
）
II. Read the quoted part and answer the
questions
：
1.
Crying
！
'weep
！
In notes of woe
？
Say
？
（
1
）
Identify the poem and poet.
（
2
）
Expla
in
（
3
）
Wha
t does the sentence mean
church to prey.
Answer
：
（
1
）
It
is from
（
from songs
of
experience
）
by Blake.
（
P172
）
（
2
）
（
3
）
It
implies
：
religion
is the instrument of their
repression/oppression
，
its nature is
to help bring
misery to the poor children.
（
P169
）
2.
，
the isles of
Greece
！
Where burning Sappho loved and
sung
，
Where grew the arts of war and
peace
，
Where Delos rose
，
and Phoebus
sprung
！
Eternal summer gilds them
all
，
But
all
，
except their
sun
，
is
set.
（
1
）
Identify the poem and its
author
；
（
2
）
What does it mean
，
except their
sun
，
is
set.
（
3
）
What does the passage
imply
？
Answer
：
（
1
）
The
poet is Byron. The poem is taken from
Greece
（
from Don
Juan
）
（
P199
）
（
2
）
The
sentence means
：
The sun is still on the
rise
，
but
the
rest things all set.
（
3
）
The
passage implied
：
The author lamented over the fallen
Greece
：
In the
past
，
Greece
nurtured/ cultivated great poets and
heroes
，
who
enjoyed freedom and
civilization
，
but
now Greece had
been
enslaved
，
the past honorable
history couldn't be found
again.
（
P199
）
3.
plough
and
spade
and
hoe
and
loom
Trace
your
grave
and
build
your
tomb
And weave
your winding-sheet
——
till
fair
England be your
Sepulcher
（
1
）
Explain
（
2
）
What was the deep implication
of the poem
？
Answer
：
（
1
）
Sepul
cher means grave.
（
P210~211<
/p>
）
（
2
）
The
poem ironically addressed to the workers who
submit to
capitalist
exploitation.
It warned
them
：
If they
gave up the
struggle
，
they would be digging graves for
themselves
wish
their own hands.
（
P211
）
4.
，
Thou foster-child of silence and slow
time
，
Sylvan historian
，
who canst thus express
A
flowery tale more sweetly than our
rhyme
：
（
1
）
Who
is the poet
？
The
name
？
（
2
）
Explain the
sentence.
（
3
）
What was the theme of the
poem
？
Answer
：
（
1
）
This
is the
，
which
was written by the
poet
——
John Keats.
（
P219
）
（
2
）
The
sentence means
：
though time has
passed
，
the urn
，
the works of
the art still
remains
，
and it tells a
pastoral/lyrical tale to
us
，
and the
description of the urn is
much
more beautiful than the
words of any human.
（
P218
）
（
3
）
The
theme is
：
Human
life is transient
，
but the art is
immortal.
（
P218
）
5.
，
Where nothing
，
save the waves and
I
，
May her our
mutual murmurs sweep
；
There
，
swan like
，
let me sing and
die
：
A land of
slaves shall ne'er be mine
——
Dash down you cup of Samian
wine
！
（
1
）
Identify the poem and its
author.
（
P203
）
（
2
）
Expla
in
，
let me sing
and die
（
P199
）
Interpret the passage and
spot its implication.
Answer
：
（
1
）
The
poet is Byron. The poem is taken from
Greece
（
from Don
Juan
）
（
P203
）
（
2
）
Swan is famous
for its faith to its lover
，
one of them die
，
the other will refuse to
eat
and drink
，
it
will cry till death.
Here
the author used a simile to show his strong desire
to
fight with the invaders
till death
，
and
appeal to the
suppressed
Greek people to struggle for
their
freedom and
liberation.
6.
，
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 dance
with the daffodils.
（
1
）
What is the
？
（
2
）
Interpret the passage.
（
3
）
Why did the poet write the
poem
，
what did he
want to
express
？
Answer
：
（
1
）
The
Daffodils the poem saw.
（
P180
）
（
2
）
It
is a bliss/happiness to recollect the beauty of
nature in
his mind when he is
solitude/lonely.
（
3
）
The
poem depicts/deals with the flowers that he came
across
along
waterside
，
by
which he expresses the
quiet
，
sympathy
，
loving feeling to nature just like his
words
is from
7.
，
all their bags left
behind
，
They rise
upon clouds
，
and
sport
in the
wind
，
And the
angle told Tom
，
if he'd be a good
bye
，
He'd have
God for his
father
，
and never want joy.
（
1
）
Identify the poem
and its poet
；
（
2
）
What does the
poem implies
？
Answer
：
（
1
）
The poem is take from
（
from Songs of
Innocence
）
，
which was written by
William Blake.
（
p171
）
（
2
）
This
is
a
lovely
poem
presenting
a
happy
and
innocent
world
，
though
the
wretched child are exploited and
orphaned
，
they
had nice dream for life and the
world
，
which
implies
religion make people
obedient to exploitation
，
and from
religion
，
they can
get consolation and
an
happiness
（
p168
）
8.
Oh
！
Lift me as a
wave
，
a
leaf
，
a
cloud
！
I
fall upon the thorns of
life
！
I
bleed
！
A heavy
weight of hours has chained and bowed
One too like
thee
：
tameless
，
and swift and proud.
（
1
）
Explain
，
I bleed
< br>（
P208
）
（
2
）
Can
you comprehend the deep emotion contained in the
poem
？
What's that
？
（
3
）
The
poet was called the
，
he trumpeted the radical prophecy
of hope and rebirth.
Please write out his classic words.
Answer
：
（
1
）
The
sentence call Shelley's desire that he couldn't
best
being fettered
to/limited by
the humdrum/too ordinary
reality
of
everyday
！
（
P208
）
（
2
）
In
the poem
，
the
west wind has become the poet
himself
，
he wants
to be free
，
proud
and controllable like the wild west
wind
，
to destruct and
construct with the strong power
like
the
west wind.
（<
/p>
P207~208
）
（
3
）
，
can Spring be far be
hind
？
（
P208
）
9.
！
Fair
attitude
！
With
brede
…………
As
doth eternity
：
cold
pastoral
！
（
1
）
How
do you understand
（
2
）
What device is used in the
poem
？
（
3
）
Explain the
implication of the poem.
At the end of
the poem
，
the
poet gave a famous saying
，
and it is also the theme of the
poem
，
what is that
？
Answer
：
（
1
）
Cold
pastoral means the lyrical scene on the Grecian
urn
lacks life and warmth.
（
P222
）
（
2
）
Contr
ast.
（
P218
）
（
3
）
The
poet wanted to show the permanence of the art and
the transience of human
passion
presenting his ambivalence/opposing feelings about
time and nature of beauty.
The saying is
，
truth beauty
（
P218~219
）
10.
From the cradle to the
grave
Drain your sweat
——
nay
，
drink your
blood
？
（
1
）
Who
wrote the poem
？
What's its name
？
（
2
）
Explain
，
（
3
）
Interpret the passage.
Answer
：
（
1
）
The
poem is
：
Men of
England
（
P209
）
（
2
）
Drones the male of the honey-bees that
don't work
，
referring to the parasitic class
in human society.
（
drones and bees are the
devices of metaphor
）
（
P210
）
（
3
）
The
poet called all working people to rise up against
their
political
oppressors
，
but
point out the intolerable
injustice
of economic
exploitation. It expressed the love for freedom
and
the hatred to
tyranny of the author.
（
P207
）
11.
，
which art moving
everywhere
；
Destroyer and
Preserver
；
hear
，
O
hear
！
（
1
）
What does the
？
（
2
）
Why
called it
？
（
3
）
Identify the poet
and the poem.
Answer
：
（
1
）
（
P212
）
（
2
）
Becau
se west wind buried the dead year and year and
prepared
for a new
spring
，
the poet
call it
（
3
）
It
is
（
terza
rima
）
III. Questions and
answers
：
list the subjects and the faculties of the
Romanticism.
Answer
：
（
1
）
The subjects are
：
love
，
nature
，
nationalism
，
individualism
，
（
2
）
The faculties they cherished
are
：
imagination
，
spontaneity
，
inspiration.
（
P162
）
m Wordsworth was the first
representative author of
Rom
，
How do you
know
his idea and
style
？
Answer
：
（
1
）
His
poems are most about Nature and Human
Life
；
（
2
）
Beyond the
pleasure of the picturesque with the eye and
the
external aspects of
nature
，
however
，
lies in deeper moral
awareness
，
a sense of completeness in
multiplicity.
（
it means poem
not only deals with the beautiful
world
，
but
express
moral
）
（
3
）
Common life and
the joy and sorrow of the common people
and
inner self are his
subjects
；
（
4
）
He
is a poet in memory of the past and was called
of
nature
；
（
5
）
He
deliberately writes in simple and ordinary speech
，
refuses to
decorate the truth
of experience of
pure and
profound
feeling
；
（
6
）
He
thought poet is
，
spontaneous overflow
of
powerful feelings
，
which originates in
emotion recollected in
tranquility.
（
7
）
He
always writes an elusive beauty of simplicity or a
rural
figure.
（
P176-179
）
thoughts and event influenced the
period of Romanticism
？
Answer
：
（
1
）
Rousseau
（
a
French philosopher
）
explored new ideas about
nature
，
society
and
education
，
which
provided guiding priding
principles for the French Revolution
and
Romanticism
；
（
2
）
The French Revolution and
Man
（
written
by
Thomas
Paine
）
aroused
the
great
sympathy
and
enthusiasm
in
the
English liberals and
radicals
，
which became
a
great source for
Romanticism.
（
3
）
England
itself
had
experienced
profound
economic
and
social
changes
as
indust
rialism
，
which were reflected
in the works of
literature.
（
P157-159
）
's greatest contribution is
his creation of the
hero
hero he
is
？
Give comment
on him.
Answer
：
（
1
）
，
a
great comic epic
，
in which Byron described
a
hero named Don Juan.
He was
a great lover and seducer of women.
In the conventional
sense
，
al
positives like courage
，
generosity
，
and frankness…
In
a
word
，
Don
was
proud
Juan
was
immoral
，
but
Juan
had
his
own
mor
，
mysterious
，
and a noble rebel
figure.
He was a
young man
with unconquerable
wills and
inexhaustible
energies
，
one of
rebellious individuals against
outworn/outdated
social
systems and conventions.
（
2
）
Comment
：
The poet's true intention is to present
a
panoramic view of
different
types
of
society
，
the
main
theme
of
the
works
the
basic
ironic
theme
of
appearance
and
reality
，
during
which the poet also presented various
materials
and the clash of
emotions.
（
P194-196
）
5. What is the difference
between Romanticism and
Neoclassicism
？
（
Neoclassicism=Augustans=enlig
htener
）
Answer
：
（
1
）
The
Romantic Movement expressed negative attitude
toward the
existing social
and
political
condition
，
the
Romantics saw the
corruption
and injustice of the
inhumanity of
capitalism
；
（
2
）
The
Neo saw man as a social
；
while Rom saw him as an
individual in the solitary
state
；
（
3
）
Neo
stressed
the
common
features
of
men
；
but
the
Rom
stressed
the
special
qualities of each individual's
mind
；
（
4
）
Neo
celebrated rationality
，
equality and science of the
outside world
；
while Rom
changed
to
the
inner
world
of
the
human
spirit
，
whose
theory
saw
the
individual
as
the
center of
all experience
；
（
5
）
Liter
ature was heavily didactic and moralizing. There
were
fixed laws for each
type
of
literature
；
Rom
expressed his
feeling
，
valued accuracy in
portraying
，
they
thought
literature
should be free from all rules.
（
6
）
The
most important form in Neo was
prose
；
while Rom
was an
age of poetry.
（
P160-161
）
e the characters of John Keats's
poetry.
Answer
：
（
1
）
The
poems are sensuous
，
colorful
，
and rich in
imagery
，
（
which expresses the
acuteness of his
senses
）
（
2
）
Words are
beautiful and musical.
（
3
）
The
ancient
Greek
and
English
poetry
provides
the
most
important
imaginative
resource.
（
4
）
The
construction of poems are
knit
，
and the
description go
beyond the
physical
beauty of the world.
（
P218-219
）
7. Jane Austen was the only important
female author in the
18-19th
century
，
how do
you know about her
？
Answer
：
Generally
speaking
，
Austen
was writer of the 18th century.
（
1
）
Her
novels always dealt with the romantic entanglement
of
the
heroines
；
（
2
）
She
believed
in
it
that
reason
over
passion
，
sense
of
responsibility
，
good
manners
，
and
clear
judgment
over
romance
；
she
honored
the
Augustan
virtues
of
moderation
，
dignity disciplined emotion and common
sense
；
（
3
）
She
contempt snobbery
，
stupidity
，
worldliness etc
；
（
4
）
Her
main concern was the relationship between men and
women
in
love
；
（
5
）
Her
writing
range
was
limited
，
all
restricted
to
the
provincial
life
of
the
18th
century
England
；
（
6
）
She
presented
the
quiet
，
day-to-day
country
life
of
the
middle
-upper
-class
English.
（
7
）
Her
characteristic
theme
was
：
maturity
is
got
by
the
loss
of
illusions.
（
P223
——
226
）
Chapter 4 The Victorian Period
I. Choose the right
answer
：
Chronologically the Victorian refers
to__________.
A.1798
——
1832
B.1836
——
1901
Romantic period
Neoclassical Period
Answer
：
B
（
P233
）
____works are characterized by a
mingling of humor and pathos.
Hardy's
s Dickens's
tte
Bronte's
Eliot's
Answer
：
B
（
P241
）
3. _____is famous for its vivid
descriptions of the workhouse and life of the
underworld
in the 19th century London.
Twist
Expectations
Copper Field
Times
Answer
：
A
（
P243
）
____is
an
elaborate
and
powerful
expression
of
Alfred
Tennyson's
philosophical
and
religious thoughts.
of the King
B.
，
Chieoqy Lyrical]
Memoriam
Answer
：
D
（
P274
）
4. The most distinguishing feature of
Charles Dickens's works lies in his ______.
criticism
sm
ter-portrayal
setting
Answer
：
C
（
P241
）
_____is based on the Celtic legends of
King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.
Memoriam
B.
of
the King
Princess
Answer
：
C
（
P275
）
5. _____is Robert Browning's best-known
dramatic monologue.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer
：
A
（
P287
）
6. _____initiates a new type of realism
and sets into motion a variety of
developments
，
leading in the direction of both the
naturalistic and psychological novel.
s
Dickens
Eliot
tte
Bronte
hardy
Answer
：
B
（
P292
）
7. _____works are known as
s
Dickens's
Eliot's
Austen's
Eliot's
Answer
：
B
（
P300
）
8. ____belives that man's fate is
predeterminedly tragic
，
driven by a combined force of
'nature
，
both inside and outside.
s
Dickens
hardy
d
Shaw
D.T.S. Eliot
Answer
：
B
（
P301
）
9. The author of the work
s
Dickens
James
Lee Frost
Pound
Answer
：
A
（
P239-240
）
10. The most
important characteristic in Ulysses by Alfred
Tennyson is _______.
ing of language
ent choice of words
of
the dramatic monologue
ent metaphor
Answer
：
C
（
P273
）
11.
，
in______.
Browning's 'My Last Duchess'
opher Marlowe's 's'
peare's Love's 'Labour's lost'
an's 'The School for Scandal'
Answer
：
A
（
P287
）
12. Robert Browning's style is_______.
cal with that of the other Victorian
r to that of Tennyson
tly
artistic
and disproportionate in
appearance
Answer
：
D
（
P285
）
13. According to D.H.
Lawrence
，
_____was the first novelist that
actions inside
Eliot
Hardy
s Dickens
D.T.S. Eliot
Answer
：
A
（
P236
）
14.
Middlemarch
is
considered
to
be
George
Eliot's
greatest
novel
，
owing
to
all
the
following reasons
EXCEPT_______.
vividly English country
life
probed into perpetual
philosophical thoughts
provides a
panoramic view of life
reveals
women's true feelings
Answer
：
B
（
P293
）
15. 'Every day
，
every hour
，
brought to him one more little stroke
of her nature
，
and
to her one more of
his
，
the sentence
is found in_____.
march by George
Eliot
of the D'Urbervilles by
Thomas Hardy
Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
ing Heights by Emily Bronte
Answer
：
B
（
P309
）
16.
Which
of
the
following
best
describes
the
protagonist
（
Henchard
）
of
Thomas
Hardy's
？
is a man of
self-esteem
is a man of self-contempt
is a man of self-confidence
is a man of self-sufficiency
Answer
：
D
（
P300
）
17. Which of the following description
of Thomas Hardy is wrong
？
of his novels are set in Wessex.
of the D'Urbervilles is one of the
most representative of him as both a naturalistic
and a critical realist writer.
Hardy's
major
works
，
Under the
Greenwood Tree is the most cheerful and
idyllic.
The
Mayor
of
Casterbridge
on
，
the
tragic
sense
becomes
the
keynote
of
his
novels.
Answer
：
D
（
P299
——
302
）
18. Charlotte's works are famous for
the depiction of the life of the middle-class
working
women
，
particularly________.
esses
-sitters
rs
Answer
：
A
（
P255
）
II. Read the quoted part and answer the
questions
：
you've
——
cruel and false. Why did
you despise
me
？
Why
did
you
betray
your
own
heart
，
Cathy
？
I
have
not
one
word
of
comfort
——
you
deserve this…
Who is the
speaker
？
What does it refer to
，
you break your
own heart
？
What was the meaning of the story from
the social point of view
？
What is the main device of the story in
description
？
Answer
：
The speaker was Heathcliff.
（
P270-271
）
It refers to Cathy married her husband
（
Linton
）
and deserted him and her own love.
From
the
social
point
of
view
，
it
is
a
story
about
a
poor
man
-Heathcliff
abused
，
betrayed and distorted by his social
betters/by the people with higher social
position
，
because
he is a poor nobody.
（
P266
）
Flashback.
（
P267
）
，
little Oliver
，
to his excessive
astonishment
，
was
released from
bondage
，
and
ordered to put himself into a clean shirt. He had
hardly achieved
this
very
unusual
gymnastic
performance
when
Mr.
Bumble
brought
him
，
with
his
own
hands
，
a basin of gruel and the holiday
allowance of two ounces and a quarter of bread. A
very tremendous
sight
，
Oliver
begins to cry very piteously.
Thinking
，
not
unnaturally
，
that
the board must have decided to kill him
for some useful purpose
，
or they never would have
begun to fatten him up in this
way.
Identify the title and the
writer.
Why Oliver was released
from the bondage
？
Why had he been
punished
？
Interpret
Answer
：
This is an excerpt from
（
P249
）
Because he would be sold to a notorious
chimney-sweeper
（
at 3 pound
ten
）
and became
his apprentice.
（
P243
）
Oliver
was
punished
for
that
and
profane
offence
of
asking
for
more
gruel.
（
P242
）
]
From
the
passage
we
can
see
the
food
is
so
little
and
poor
in
fact
，
but
in
the
little
Oliver's
eyes
，
it became
other children were maltreated and
abused cruelly
，
they couldn't eat well and were
punished
severely by the cruelty and
hypocrisy of the dehumanizing workhouse board.
（
P243
）
，
And
one clear call for me
！
And may there be no moaning of the
bar
，
When I put out
to sea.
Explain the implications of
the
，
evening
star
，
sea
Name the title of the poem
and interpret it.
Can you say
some comment on the poem
？
Answer
：
Sunset
，
evening star
：
the images of the
death
；
sea
symbolizes life.
（
P277-278
）
The title is
-the world of the spirit
The
poem
expresses
the
fearlessness
to
death
of
the
poet
and
his
faith
in
God
and
an
afterlife.
（
The
poem is musical in language
，
rich in poetic
images
，
elaborate
in texture and
melancholy in air -the
characters of Tennyson.
）
（
P273/P278
）
，
The
dropping of the daylight in the
west
，
The
bough of cherries some officious fool
Broke in the orchard of
her
，
the white
mule
She rode with round the
terrace -all and each
Would draw from
her alike the approving
speech
，
Or
blush
，
at least.
She thanked men -good
！
But
thanked
Somehow -I know not how -as if she
ranked
My gift of a nine-hundred-
years-old name
With anybody's
gift
Name the author and the
title of the works.
What
does
it
mean
nine-hundred-years-old
name
，
and
to
whom
the
word
was
spoken
？
Interpret the passage and analyze the
character of the speaker.
What is the
literary form
？
Answer
：
This is the
（
P286
）
It means the title of the Duchess
（
of
Ferrara
）
the Duck
gave her through marriage has a
family
history of over 900 years.
（
P288
）
Interpret
：
My favor -the title of the Duchess is
better and more proud than any gifts of
the world
，
but my last duchess was ready to be
grateful to others' flatter and
The
Duck was a self-conceited
，
cruel
，
possessive
，
and tyrannical person.
The
word
was
spoken
to
the
agent
who
comes
to
negotiate
the
marriage
of
the
Duck.
（
P287
）
The literary form is
（
the Duck's own defensive
words betrays
and condemns
himself
）
（
P287
）