I.Markthefollowingstatementsastrue(T)orfalse(F).(10x1’=10’)1.()ChauceristhefirstEnglishshort-storytellerandthefounderofEnglishpoetryaswellasthefounderofEnglishrealism.HismasterpieceTheCanterburytalescontains26stories.2.()EnglishRenaissanceisanageofessayanddrama.3.()Theriseofthemodernnoveliscloselyrelatedtotheriseofthemiddleclassandanurbanlife.4.()TheFrenchRevolutionandtheAmericanWarofIndependenceweretwobiginfluencesthatbroughtabouttheEnglishRomanticMovement.5.()Charlotte’snovelsareallaboutlonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlifeandlove.Hernovelsaremoreorlessbasedonherownexperienceandfeelingsandthelifeassheseesaround.6.()Theleadingfiguresofthenaturalismattheturnof19thcenturyareThomasHardy,JohnGalsworthyandBernardShaw.7.()EmilyDickinsonisrememberedasthe“AllAmericanWriter”.8.()TheCivilWardividestheAmericanliteratureintoromanticliteratureandrealistliterature.9.()MarkTwainisthefirstAmericanwritertodiscoveranAmericanlanguageandAmericanconsciousness.英美文学试卷A10.()Inthedecadeofthe1910s,Americanliteratureachievedanewdiversityandreacheditsgreatestheights.II.Fillintheblanks.(20x1’=20’)11.ThemostenduringshapinginfluenceinAmericanthoughtandAmericanliteraturewas___________.12.TheWarofIndependencelastedeightyearstill__________.13.RalphWaldoEmerson'sessay__________hasbeenregardedas"America'sDeclarationofIntellectualIndependence".??ItcalledonAmericanwriterstowriteaboutAmericainawaypeculiarlyAmerican.14.TheAmerican___________writerspaidagreatinterestintherealitiesoflifeanddescribedtheintegrityofhumancharacterreactingundervariouscircumstancesandpicturedthepioneersoftheFarWest,thenewimmigrantsandthestrugglesoftheworkingclass.Theleadingfigureswere____________,____________,____________,____________,etc.15.NoperiodinAmericanhistoryismoreeventfulthanthatbetweenthetwoworldwars.Theliteraryfeaturesofthetimecanbeseeninthewritingsofthose________writersasEzraPound,andthewritersoftheLostGenerationas___________.16.TwofeaturesofEnglishRenaissancearethecuriosityfor___________andtheinterestintheactivitiesof_____________________.17.Shakespeare’searliestgreatsuccessintragedyis____________,aplayofyouthandlove,withthefamousbalconyscene.18.Therearethreetypesofpoetsin17thcenturyEnglishliterature.TheyarePuritanpoets,___________poetsand______________poets.19.Pope’sAnEssayonCriticismisadidacticpoemwrittenin___________________.20.___________hasbeenregardedbysomeas“FatheroftheEnglishNovel”forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.21.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty”isanepigrammaticlineby_______________.22.Lawrence’smostcontroversialnovelis___________,thebestprobably_________.III.Multiplechoice.(20x1’=20’)23.AmongthethreemajorworksbyJohnMilton________isindeedtheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.A.ParadiseRegainedB.SamsonAgonistesC.LycidasD.ParadiseLost24.FrancisBacon’sessaysarefamousfortheirbrevity,compactnessand__________.A.complicityB.complexityC.powerfulnessD.mildness25.AsoneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose,_______definedagoodstyleas“properwordsinproperplaces”.A.HenryFieldingB.JonathanSwiftC.SamuelJohnsonD.AlexanderPope26.ThePilgrim’sProgressbyJohnBunyanisoftensaidtobeconcernedwiththesearchfor_________.A.materialwealthB.spiritualsalvationC.universaltruthD.self-fulfillment27.“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemaninpossession...
