专八英美文学习题-18世纪文学习题

I Multiple choices1.was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe inthe 18th century.a.The Renaissancec.The Religious Reationb.The Enlightenmentd.The Chartist Movement2.Most of the English writers in the 18 th century were Enlighteners.They fell intotwo groups,one is,and the other is.a.a.the moderate group,the radical groupb.b.the lake poets,the younger generationc.c.the Metaphysical poets,the cavalier poetsd.d.the lake poets; the sentimentalists3.The 18th century was an age of prose.A group of excellent prose writers,such as ,were produced.a.Addisonb.Steelec.Smalletd.Fielding4.In the 18th century,satire was much used in writing,and English literature of thisage produced some excellent satirists,such as .a.Popeb.Swiftc.Defoed.Blake5.The main literary stream of the 18th century was .a.naturalismb.romanticismc.neo-classicismd.sentimentalism6.In the 18th century English literature,the representative writers of neo-classicism isa.Popeb.Swiftc.Defoed.Milton7.In the 18th century English literature,the representative poets of pre-romanticismwere.a.Alexander Popeb.William Blakec.Robert Burnsd.Jonathan Swift8.In the 18th century English literature,the representative writers of realism werea.Richardsonb.Fieldingc.Smollettd.Goldsmith9.The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties,,which were satirized by Swift in hisGulliver s Travels.e.a.the Wigs and the Toriesf.b.the Senate and the House of Representativesg.c.the Upper House and Lower Househ.d.the House of Lords and the House of Commons10.found its representative writers in the field of poetry,such as Young andGray,but it manifested itself in the novels of Sterne and Goldsmith.a.Pre-romanticismb.Romanticismc.Sentimentalismd.Naturalism11.During the reign of reason the Enlightenment meant education of people to freethem from all the unreasonable fetters,which include.a.theologyb.theocracyc.conventional ideology d.all of the above12.In the early 18th century English writers of the neo-classic school werea.Popeb.Additionc.Steeled.Goldsmith13.“ wri,tten in heroic couplet by Pope,was a manifesto of Englishneo-classicism as Pope put forward his aesthetic theories in it.b.An Essay on Criticismd.An Essay on Criticisma.An Essay of Dramatic Poesy c.The Advance of Learning14.Which are Pope s worksa.An Essay on Criticismc.The Rape of the Lockb.An Essay on Mand.The Rape of Lucrece15.was Pope spoem which satirized the idle and artif icial life of the aristocracy.a.The Rape of the Lockb.The Rape of Lucrecec.The School for Scandal d.Every Man in His Humor16.In the middle decades of the 18th century,became the leader of theneo-classic school in English poetry and prose.a.Pope b.Samuel Johnsonc.Robert Burnsd.William Blake17.Which two periodicals were Steele and Addison cshief contribution to English literature.a.“ TheTatler and “ TheSpectator b.“ TheRambler and “The Spectator c.“ TheTatler and “ TheReview d.“ TheSpectator and “TheReview 18.compiled “ TheDictionary of the English language which became thefoundation of all the subsequent English Dictionaries.a.Ben Jonsonb.Samuel Johnsonc.Alexander Poped.John Dryden19.Choose Samuel Johnson s works from the following.a.Lives of the Poets b.The Dictionary of the English Languagec.Every Man in His Humord.An Essay on Criticism20.Choose the representative poets of pre-romanticism in the 18th century and the forerunners of romanticism.a.Thomas Grayb.Edward Youngc.William Blake d.Robert Burns21.Sentimentalism in the 18th century English literature found its fine expression in poetry and novels.Which poems or novels belong to sentimentalisma.Night Thoughts b.Elegy Written in a Country Churchyardc.A sentimental Journey d.A Tale of Tub22.In the last twenty years of the 18th century,England produced two great romantic poets.They are .a.Johnson and Blakeb.Gray and Youngc.Pope and Goldsmithd.Blake and Burns23.The two great realistic novelists of the 18th century are .a.Defoeb.Swiftc.Fieldi ngd.Smollett24.Henry Field ing was a versatile man.He was.a.a no velistb.a dramatistc.an essayistd.a political pamphleteer25.Choose the long novels written by Henry fielding.An drewsLife of Mr.Jon athan Wild the GreatHistory of Tom Jon es,a Foun dli ng26.is a satirical novel,in which the author Fielding exposes the Englisharistocratic society and mocks at its political system.a.A Modest Proposalb.Gulliver s Travelsc.Volp oned.Jon atha n Wild the Great27.Three of the following novels are Smollett pisaresque novels.Choose themout.a.The Adve nture of Roderick Ran domb.The Adve nture of Peregri ne Picklec.The Expedition of Humphery Clinker D.Guiiver s Travels28.In the field of prose fictio n of the 18th cen tury,sen time ntalism had its fine expressi on.Choose sen time ntal no velists from the followi ng.a.Jon atha n Swiftb.Daniel Defoec.Samuel Richards ond.Oliver Goldsmith29.Which of the following novels are epistolary novelsa.Clarissa Harloweb.Pamelac.Sir Charles Gran dis ond.Tom Jones a Foun dli ng30.Sterne s fame rests chiefly on two works,choosewberom the following.A Sen time ntal Journeyb.Tristram Shandyc.The vicar of Wakefieldd.Joseph An drews31.Oliver Goldsmith was a versatile writer.Today he is chiefly remembered for his four mai n works.Which are theya.The Vicar of Wakefieldb.The Deserted Villagec.She Stoops to Co nquerd.The Citize n Of The Worlde.Clarissa32.Among the following which are Sheridan s comediesa._ The Rivalsb.The School of Scan dalc.She Stoops to Conq uerd.Volp one33.Who was the greatest dramatist in the l8h centurya.Goldsmithb.Sherida nc.Ster ned.Field ingn Literary Terms1.En lighte nment2.Gothic novel3.Iambic Pentameter4.Sentimentalism5.Neo-classicism答案I Multiple choice1.b2.a3.a,b4.a,b5.c6.a,b7.b,c8.a,b,9.a10.c11.a,c12.a,b,c13.b14.a,b,c15.a16.b17.a18.b.19.a,b20.c,d21.a,b ,c22.d23.a,c24.a,b,d25.a,b,c26.d27.a,b.c28.d29.a,b30.a,b31.a,b,c,d32.a,b,c33.bn Literary terms1.Enlightenment is a progressive intellectual movement,which swept over England and other lands in Western Europe in the 18th century.Enlightenment freed and reed the thinking of man.Enlighteners strove to clear away the feudal remnantsand replace them by bourgeois ideologue.2.Gothic novel was a new type of fiction prominent in the late 18 th century,it was astyle of fiction characterized by the use of desolate or remote settings,fantastic mysterious or violent incidents,and grotesque,savage or ghostlike characters.Walpole Csastle of Otranto,Shelley Mary Frankenstein,and Ann Radcliff Myssteriesof Udolpho ,to name a few of them.3.A poetic line consisting of five verse feet,which each foot an iamb__ that is,anunstressed syllable followed by a stressed one.Iambic pentameter is the mostcommon verse line in English poetry.4.Sentimentalism originated in the 18th century,and was a direct reaction against the cold,hard commercialism and rationalism that had dominated peoples life since the last decades ofthe 17 th century.Besides,it seemed to have appeared hand in hand with the rise of realistic English novel.Sentimentalism often relates to sentimentality and sensibility in some literary works such as Richardson s Pamela; Goldsmiths The Vicar of Wakefield; Sternes A SentimeJourney through France and Italy.In Poetry,we have Thomas Gray “s AnElegy Written in aCountry Churchyard Go,ldsmith “sTheDeserted Village an,d Cowpe r “s Task not,mentionthe various odes of sensibility which flourished in the later half of the century.revival in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries of classical standards of order,balance and harmony in literature.John Dryden was the first person who started the movement at the end of the 17 th century,while Alexander Pope brought it to its culmination.