英国文学下发期末考试复习资料

《英国文学》复习资料

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Choose the most appropriate answer for the following questions.

11. Charles Dickens is a representative

of English critical realism.

A. novelist

B. dramatist

C. poet

D. essayist

12. Wordsworth is a

.

A. realist

B. classicist

C. romanticist

D. impressionist

13. The author of

Ode to the West Wind

is

.

A. Shelly

B. Byron

C. Allen Poe

D. Emerson

14.

Which of the following did not belong to Romanticism?

A. Keats

B. Shelley

C. Wordsworth

D. Alfred Tennyson

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5. “

Frankenstein

” was filmed many times. Who wrote the book?

A. Edgar Allan Poe

B. James Joyce

C. Mary Shelley

D. Brain Stoker

16. Who is the author of

The Canterbury Tales

?

A. Robert Browning

B. Geoffrey Chaucer

C. Thomas Hardy

D. William Wordsworth

17.

Among

the

three

major

works

by

John

Milton

______

is

indeed

the

only

generally

acknowledged epic in English literature since

Beowulf

.

A

．

Paradise Regained

B

．

Samson Agonistes

C

Lycidas

D

．

Paradise Lost

18. Which of the following is not included in the three famous conquests in the British history?

A. The French Conquest

B. The Roman Conquest

C. The Anglo-Saxon Conquest

D. The Norman Conquest

19. The character

“

Grendel

”

is from

?

A.

The Merchant of Venice

B.

Pride and Prejudice

C.

Gulliver

’

s Travels

D.

Beowulf

20. The novel of

Oliver Twist

is the story about the underworld of

.

A. Ireland

B. Washington

C. London

D. Paris

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Reading Comprehension

Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answer

in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.

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．

“

Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?

—

You

think wrong!

…

And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have

made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you

…

—

it is my spirit that

addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God

’

s feet,

equal

—

as we are!

”

Questions:

A

．

Identify the author and the novel from which the quoted part is taken.

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B

．

To whom is the speaker speaking?

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C

．

What does the quoted part imply about the speaker?

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