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专八人文常识辅导材料（英国文学）
British Literature: A Concise History
I. Review () 补充09
1. Ode to the West Wind was written by _____. (2009) A. William Blake.
B. William Wordsworth. C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. D. Percy B. Shelley.
2. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by __. (2009) A. Thomas Hardy. B. John Galsworthy. C. . Lawrence. D. James Joyce.
3. The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by ______. (2008)
A. William Langland B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. William Shakespeare D. Alfred Tennyson
4. All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th-century Britain EXCEPT ______. (2008) A. George Eliot B. Iris Jean Murdoch C. Dons Lessing D. Muriel Spark
5. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte? (2007)
A. Oliver Twist B. Middlemarch
C. Jane Eyre D. Wuthering Heights
6. William Butler Yeats was a(n) ____ poet and
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playwright. (2007)
A. American B. Canadian C. Irish D. Australian
7. Which of the following writers is a poet of the 20th century? (2006)
A. . Eliot B. D. H. Lawrence C. Theodore Dreiser D. James Joyce
8. _____is defined as an expression of human emotion which is condensed into 14 lines. (2006) A. Free verse B. Sonnet C. Ode D. Epigram 9. The novel Emma is written by____. (2005) A. Mary Shelly B. Charlotte Bronte C. Elizabeth Gaskell D. Jane Austen
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10. Which of the following is NOT a romantic poet? (2005)
A. William Wordsworth B. George Eliot C. George Byron D. Percy Shelly
II. Historical Periods (P. 10)
1. Old and Medieval Times: 5th-15th
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2. The Period of Renaissance: late 15-early 17
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3. The Period of Revolution and Restoration: 17
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4. The Neo-classical Period: 18 (Enlightenment)
5. The Romantic Period: at the turn of the 18th and 19th
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6. The Victorian Period: 19
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7. The Modern Period: 20
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III. Key Figures 1. Geoffrey Chaucer
2. William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, Francis Bacon, Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe 3. John Milton, John Dryden
4. Richard Sheridan, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe
5. William Wordsworth, George Byron, Shelly, John Keats, Jane Austen
6. Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, the Bronte sisters, George Eliot, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Oscar Wilde
7. . Shaw, Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, . Lawrence, William Yeats, . Eliot
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IV. Sample
1. 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.
A. William Langland B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. William Shakespeare D. Charles Dickens
2. _______ is called “the poets’ poet” whose masterpiece is _________.
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A. Edmund Spencer, The Faerie Queene B. William Wordsworth, The Prelude C. George Byron, Don Juan D. John Milton, Paradise Lost
3. It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form of . A. elegy B. ode C. epic D. sonnet
4. ________ embodies both Puritanism and Humanism in mid-17th century England.
A. John Bunyan B. John Dryden C. John Milton D. John Donne
5. Who is NOT the major figure of modernist movement?
A. . Eliot B. James Joyce C. William Yeats D. George Eliot
6. Who is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare?
A. Oscar Wilde B. Richard Sheridan
C. Christopher Marlowe D. George Bernard Shaw
7. Of the following poets, which is NOT regarded as “Lake Poets”?
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A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. Robert Southy C. William Wordsworth D. William Yeats
8. In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver told his experience in .
A. Lilliput B. Brobdingnag C. the country of Houyhnhnms D. Laputa
9. Which of the following works is NOT written by G.
B. Shaw?
A. Pygmalion B. Mrs. Warren’s Profession C. Heartbreak House D. The Old Curiosity Shop
10. “The Vanity Fair” is a well-known part in ______. A. The Pilgrim’s Progress
B. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners C. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman D. The Holy War
11. Which of the following writing is NOT a work by
Charles Dickens?
A. A Tale of Two Cities B. Hard Times C. Oliver Twist D. Sons and Lovers
12. Who is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”? A. John Keats B. William Blake
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