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1. The Graveyard School 2. Criticism 3. The Heroic Couplet
4. Elegy 5. Parable 6. Satire
7. Allegory 8. Didactic
Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A, B,C or D on the answer sheet.
1_______.is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.
A. Genesis A B. Exodus
C. The Pilgrim’s Progress D. The Holy War
2. Alexander Pope worked painstakingly on his poems and finally brought to its last perfection________Dryden had successfully used in his plays.
A. the heroic couplet B.the free verse
C. the bland verse D. the Spenserian stanza
3. The object of________novels was to present a faithful picture of life, “the just copies of human manners,” with sound teaching woven into their texture, so as to teach them to know themselves, their proper spheres and appropriate manners.
A. John Bunyan’s B.Alexander Pope’s
C. Jonathan Swift’s D. Henry Fielding’s
4_______.has been regarded by some as the “Father of the English Novel” for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.
A. John Bunyan B. Henry Fielding C. Daniel Defoe D. Jonathan Swift
5. Of all the 18th-century novelists________was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a comic epic in prose.
A. Henry Fielding B.Daniel Defoe
C. John Bunyan D. Jonathan Swift
6_______.brings Henry Fielding the name of the “prose Homer.”
A. The Pilgrim’s Progress B. Tom Jones
C. Robinson Crusoe D. Colonel Jack
7_______.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.
A. Samuel Johnson B.Jonathan Swift
C. Richard Brinsley Sheridan D. Thomas Gray
8_______.was the only important dramatist of the 18th century.
A. Alexander Pope B.Richard Brinsley Sheridan
C. Samuel Johnson D. George Bernard Shaw
9. The Rivals and________are generally regarded as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and those of Bernard Shaw.
A. The School for Scandal B. The Duenna
C. Widowers Houses D. The Doctor’s Dilemma
10_______.is mainly a story about two brothers, the hypocritical Joseph Surface and the good-natured, imprudent and spendthrift Charles Surface.
A. The Rivals B. The School for Scandal
C. The Duenna D. Pizarro
11_______.is a sharp satire on the moral degeneracy of the aristocratic-bourgeois society in the 18th-century England.
A. The Rivals B. Gulliver’s Travels
C. Tom Jones D. The School for Scandal
12. The poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is regarded as the most representative work of________.
A. the Metaphysical School B.the Graveyard School
C. the Gothic School D. the Romantic school
13. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ,________best and most representative work has been ranked among the best of the 18th-century English poetry.
A. Alexander Pope’s B.Thomas Gray’s
C. Samuel Johnson’s D. William Blake’s
14. In his novel Robinson Crusoe , Defoe eulogizes the hero of the________.
A. aristocratic class B.enterprising landlords
C. rising bourgeoisie D. hard-working people
15. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce________to England.
A. rationalism B. criticism C. romanticism D. realism
16. Along with the fast economic development in the 18th century in England, the British________also grew very rapidly.
A. bourgeois B. proletarians C. aristocratic class D. royal family
17. The Enlightenment Movement did not advocate________.
A. rationality, reason, order and rules B.return to the ancient classical works
C. inner feelings of individuals D. universal education
18_______.is not written by Alexander Pope.
A. An Essay on Criticism B. The Essays
C. An Essay on Man D. The Dunciad
19. An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in________.
A. heroic couplets B. English sonnet C. bland verse D. Italian sonnet
20_______.by Pope is a comprehensive study of the theories of literary criticism,exerting great influence upon his contemporary writers in advocating the classical rules and popularizing the neoclassicist tradition in England.
A. An Essay on Man B. The Dunciad
C. The Essays D. An Essay on Criticism
21. The tone of Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels is________.
A. sad B. sarcastic C. praising D. detached
22. Samuel Johnson wrote his letter To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfiel in order to________.
A. make reconciliation with the Earl
B. address the newly compiled dictionary to the Earl
C. persuade the Earl to give up his hypocrisy
D. show his indignation and resolution not to be reconciled
23. The________was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century.
A. Renaissance B.Enlightenment
C. Religious Reformation D. Chartist Movement
24. In the 18th-century English literature, the representative writer of neoclassicism is ________.
A. Alexander Pope B.Jonathan Swift
C. Daniel Defoe D. John Milton
25. During the reign of reason the enlightenment meant education of people to free them from all the unreasonable fetters which include________.
A. theology B.conventional ideology
C. feudal government D. all the above
26_______., written by Alexander Pope, satirized the idle and artificial life of the aristocracy.
A. The Rape of the Lock B. The Rape of Lucree
C. The School for Scandal D. Every Man in His Humor
27. Which of the following is NOT Samuel Johnson’s work?
A. London. B. Tom Jones.
C. Lives of the Poets. D. A Dictionary of the English Language.
28. Which of the following plays is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare?
A. The School for Scandal. B. She Stoops to Conquer.
C. The Rivals. D. The Conscious Lover.
29. “Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?”The above passage is taken from________.
A. Francis Bacon’s Of Studies
B. William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
C. Samuel Johnson’s To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfiel
D. Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal
30. In The Pilgrim’s Progress , John Bunyan describes “the Vanity Fair” in a ________tone.
A. delightful B. satirical C. sentimental D. solemn
31. The 18th century witnesses a new literary form—the modern English novel, which,contrary to the medieval romance, gives a________ presentation of life of the common English people.
A. romantic B. idealistic C. prophetic D. realistic
32. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the________century.
A. 17th B. 18th C. 19th D. 20th
33. In Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard , Thomas Gray compared the common folk with the great ones, wondering what the commons could have achieved if they had had the________.
A. chance B. love C. money D. material sources
34. Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that________.（湖南师范大学2005年）
A. the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individual’s feelings and experiences
B. the former is heavily religious but the latter secular
C. the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivation.
D. the former advocates the return to nature whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its models
35. When he writes, in An Essay on Criticism , “A vile conceit in pompous words expressed, / Is like a clown in regal purple dresses,” Alexander Pope means that ________.
A. pompous words are always destructive to good taste
B. the purple color is for the royal only and it is ridiculous to dress a clown in purple
C. conceits are always misleading
D. true wit is best set in a plain style
36. You may have met the term “yahoo” on the Internet, but you may also have met it in English literature. It is found in________.
A. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress
B. Samuel Johnson’s The Vanity of Human Wishes
C. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels
D. Henry Fielding’s Tome Jones
37. “The shepherd in Virgin grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of rocks.” (Samuel Johnson’s To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfiel ) The speaker here is________.
A. cheerful B. ironic C. mysterious D. nonchalant
38. “Surface,” “Sneerwell,” “Backbite,” and “Candor” are most likely the names of the characters in_______..
A. Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession B. Sheridan’s The School for Scandal
C. Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor’s Lost D. Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus
39. “He has a servant called Friday”. “He” in the quoted sentence is a character in ________.
A. Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones
B. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress
C. Richard Bringsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal
D. Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe
40. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress is a(n)________.（北京师范大学2004年）
A. allegory B.romance
C. comedy of manners D. realistic novel
41. Which of the following is NOT found in comedy of manners with Sheridan’s The School for Scandal as the best representative work?
A. Wit. B. Mistaken identity.
C. Sentimentalism. D. Dialogue.
42. In the lines “With gold and jewels cover every part, / And hide with ornaments their want of art” ( An Essay on Criticism ), Pope rejects________.
A. the Follow Nature fallacy B.artificialit
C. good taste D. aesthetic order
43. Daniel Defoe describes________as a typical English middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.
A. Tom Jones B. Gulliver C. Moll Flanders D. Robinson Crusoe
44. “To be so distinguished is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.” The above quoted sentence is presented by Samuel Johnson with a(n)________tone.
A. delightful B. jealous C. ironic D. humorous
45_______.is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.
A. Bitter satire B.Elegant style
C. Casual narration D. Complicated sentence structure
46. The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for ________.
A. material wealth B. spiritual salvation C. universal truth D. self-fulfillmen
47. Of all the 18th-century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a in prose,” the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.
A. tragic epic B. comic epic C. romance D. lyric epic
48. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are________.
A. horses that are endowed with reason
B. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities
C. giants that are superior in wisdom
D. hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways
49. Here are four lines from a literary work: “Others for language all their care express,and value books, as women men, for dress.” The work is________.
A. Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
B. John Milton’s Paradise Lost
C. Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Criticism
D. Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
50. The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils”may well sum up the implied meaning of________.
A. Gulliver’s Travels B. The Rape of the Lock
C. Robinson Crusoe D. The Pilgrim’s Progress
51. Jonathan Swift’s Gullivers’ Travels is the greatestwork in English literature. （北京航空航天大学2005年）
A. realistic B. satiric C. romantic D. sentimental
52. The 18th-century England is known as the in the history.
A. Romanticism B. Enlightenment C. Classicism D. Renaissance
53. “Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight,
And all the air a solemn stillness holds,
Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight
And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds;”
The above stanza is taken from________.
A. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard B. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
C. Hamlet D. Paradise Lost
54. The following comments on John Bunyan are wrong EXCEPT “________.”
A. He was a stout Puritan
B. Bunyan’s works belong to Gothic novels
C. Bunyan’s style is different from that of the English Bible
D. Modest Proposal is his representative work
55. “Hold! 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________.
A. The Scheming Lieutenant B. Wuthering Heights
C. The School for Scandal D. The Rivals
56. The statement “________” is NOT true in describing Gothic novel.
A. Gothic novel is a type of romantic fictio
B. Gothic novel predominated in the early 18th century
C. Its principal elements are violence, horror and supernatural
D. The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe is typical Gothic romance
57_______.is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.（北京师范大学2004年）
A. The Rivals B. The Pilgrim’s Progress
C. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman D. Paradise Lost
58. Among the representatives of the Enlightenment, who was the first to introduce rationalism to England?
A. John Bunyan. B. Daniel Defoe. C. Jonathan Swift. D. Alexander Pope.
59. Fielding has been termed by some a s________, for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.
A. Best Writer of the English Novel
B. Father of the English Novel
C. conventional writer of the English Prose
D. the most talented writer of the English Novel
60. Which of the following statements on The Neoclassical Period is NOT true?
A. The Neoclassical Period is prior to the Romantic Period.
B. Henry Fielding is one of the representatives of the Neoclassical Period.
C. The modern English novel came into being in the Neoclassical Period.
D. The Neoclassical Period is also known as the Age of Enlightenment.
61. As the representative of the Enlightenment, Alexander Pope was one of the first to introduce________to England.
A. rationalism B. classics C. criticism D. heroic couplet
62. Samuel Johnson was the________great neoclassicist enlightener in the later 18th century.
A. last B. only C. firs D. merely
63. In Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard , Thomas Gray reveals his sympathy for________, but mocks the great ones who despise them and bring havoc on them.
A. the middle class B.the landlords
C. the poor and the unknown D. the working class
64. Which of the following comments on the Enlightenment Movement is NOT true?
A. It advocated individual education.
B. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.
C. The Enlightenment Movement flourished in France
D. The Enlightenment Movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance.
65. In the first part of Gulliver’s Travels , Gulliver told his experience in________.
A. Lilliput B. Brobdingnag C. Houyhnhnm D. England
66. In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period,________was the leading figure among the host of playwrights.
A. Richard Bringsley Sheridan B.George Bernard Shaw
C. Ben Johnson D. William Blake
67. Alexander Pope strongly advocated________, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by classical rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.
A. neoclassicism B. sentimentalism C. idealism D. romanticism
68. The following comments on Daniel Defoe are true EXCEPT________.
A. in his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shown
B. he was a member of the upper class
C. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpiece
D. Robinson Crusoe is his first nove
69. The Dunciad is generally considered to be Pope’s best ________work.
A. praising B. allegorical C. satiric D. fabulous
70. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form,that is the modern English________, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.
A. prose B. tragicomedy C. short story D. novel
71. Which of the following comments on Richard Brinsley Sheridan is NOT true?
A. The School for Scandal is his masterpiece.
B. In his plays, morality is the constant theme.
C. He was the only important English dramatist of the 18th century.
D. His plays The Rivals and The School for Scandal are generally regarded as true classics in English tragedy.
72. The sentence, “This fair is no new-erected business, but a thing of ancient standing;I will show you the original of it,” are taken from________.
A. The Pilgrim’s Progress B. Gulliver’s Travels
C. Paradise Lost D. Robinson Crusoe
73. Which of the following is NOT Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s work?
A. Tom Jones. B. The School for Scandal.
C. The Rivals. D. The Critic.
74. In field of literature, the Enlightenment brought about a(n)the old classical works. This tendency is known as neoclassicism.
A. rebellion against B.indifference to
C. revived interest in D. rational scrutiny of
75. As a literary figure, Belinda appears in Alexander Pope’s________.
A. The Rape of the Lock B. An Essay on Criticism
C. The Dunciad D. Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
76. Which of the following is NOT a typical aspect of Defoe’s language?
A. Elegant. B. Colloquial. C. Vernacular. D. Smooth.
77. “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” This novel most probably refers to________.
A. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling B. The Vicar of the Wakefiel
C. David Copperfiel D. Wuthering Heights
78. The School for Scandal , one of the great classics in English drama, is a on the moral degeneracy of the aristocratic-bourgeois society in the 18th-century England.
A. high praise B. sharp satire C. bitter lament D. great irony
79. The Rape of the Lock by Pope is written in the form of a mock________, which describes the triviality of high society in a grand style.
A. epic B. sonnet C. elegy D. ode
80. Alexander Pope strongly advocated neoclassicism, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.
A. romantic B. classical C. allegorical D. sentimental
81. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Samuel Johnson’s language style?
A. His sentences are long and well-structured.
B. His sentences are interwoven with parallel phrases.
C. He tends to use informal and colloquial words.
D. His sentences are complicated, but his thoughts are clearly expressed.
82. In his works, Defoe gave his praise to the hard-working, sturdy ________and showed his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor.
A. aristocrats B.middle-class people
C. working-class people D. British farmers
83. “As shades more sweetly recommend the light,
So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit;
For works may have more than does them good
As bodies perish through excess of blood.”
In the above lines, Alexander Pope means that________.
A. too much wit will spoil good poetry
B. more wit will make better poetry
C. plainness is more important than wit in poetry
D. plainness will dull wit in poetry
84. “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.”
In the above quoted stanza, Thomas Gray tries to say that great family, power,beauty and wealth________.
A. will never prevent people no matter who they are from reaching their final destination—grave
B. are the very best things to lead people to their glories
C. will inevitably make people realize their glorious dreams
D. will never make people lead to the same destination—paths of glory
85. John Bunyan’s style was modeled after that of the English________, with concrete and living language and carefully observed and vividly presented details.
A. romance B. folklore C. drama D. Bible
86. “Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree’s shade,
Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap,
Each in his narrow cell forever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.”
The above quoted lines are taken from________.
A. Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
B. John Donne’s The Sun Rising
C. Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene
D. Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism
87. Which of the following comments on Thomas Gray’s poetry is NOT true?
A. Distorted in word order. B. Highly artificial in diction
C. Calculated in rhythm. D. Light-hearted in tone.
88. In The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great the word “great” is used________.
A. allegorically B.satirically
C. objectively D. euphemistically
89. By writing in apparently admiring terms of the life of a notorious criminal in The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great Henry Fielding suggests that there is little difference between________.
A. noted rogues and great politicians
B. the nobles and the commons
C. great rogues and lesser rogues
D. discovered criminals and secret sinners
90. What makes Jonathan Swift’s satire all the more bitter, biting and poignant is that his satire is often masked by________on the part of the author.
A. an apparent eagerness, gravity, sincerity and detachment in tone
B. a softness and persuasiveness in manner and firmness and thoroughness in actio
C. a strong indignation in tone and open defiance and challeng
D. a friendliness and frankness in tone and the seeming indifference and nonchalance
91. Henry Fielding adopted “the third-person narration,” which enables the author to present as the________not only the characters external behavior but also the internal workings of their minds.
A. “all-knowing God” B. intimate participant
C. invisible man D. ignorant narrator
92. The novel, which prospered in the hands of Swift, Defoe and Fielding, gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people. This is quite contrary to the traditional of aristocrats________.
A. elegy B. epic C. romance D. morality play
93. The chief force that motivated John Bunyan to write The Pilgrim’s Progress was his ________.
A. political commitment B.religious fervency
C. artistic pursuit D. long suffering in the person
94. As a result of the conscientious study he made of the Bible, Bunyan’s language was________.
A. satiric, concise and well-balanced B.concrete, living and colloquial
C. general, Latinate and polysyllabic D. comic, neat and decent
95. The enlighteners believed that if the masses were well educated, there would be greater chance for a________human society.
A. reasonable B. progressive C. democratic D. enlightened
96. Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Criticism is a(n)________poem.
A. ironic B. didactic C. sarcastic D. exaggerated
97________. was a progressive movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.（北京第二外国语学院2016年）
A. The Renaissance B.The Enlightenment
C. The Religious Reformation D. The Chartist Movement
98. The title Vanity Fair is borrowed from the works of________.（首都师范大学2015年）
A. Shakespeare B. Milton C. Bunyan D. Donne
99. Which of the following works is not written in epistolary form?（天津外国语大学2014年）
A. Pamel. B. The Golden Notebook.
C. Letters from an American Farmer. D. The Color Purple.
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.
1. “Most mighty Emperor of Lilliput, delight and terror of he universe, whose dominions extend five thousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference) to the extremities of the globe; Monarch of all Monarchs; taller than the sons of men;whose feet press down to the center, and whose head strikes against the sun; at whose nod the princes of the earth shake their knees; pleasant as spring, comfortable as summer, fruitful as autumn, dreadful as winter.”
A. Identify the work and the author.
B. What is the tone of the author?
C. What does the author parody here?
2. “And, moreover, at this fair there is at all times to be seen jugglings, cheats, games,plays, fools, apes, knaves, and rogues, and that of every kind, here are to be seen,too, and that for nothing, thefts, murders, adulteries, false swears, and that of a blood-red color.”
A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.
B. Identify the name of the fair.
C. Summarize the meaning of the passage.
3. “I consulted several things in my situation which I found would be proper for me: first, health and fresh water I just now mentioned; secondly, shelter from the heat of the sun; thirdly, security from ravenous creatures, whether men or beasts; fourthly, a view to the sea, that if God sent any ship in sight, I might not lose any advantage for my deliverance, of which I was not willing to banish all my expectation yet.”
A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.
B. Who is the narrator?
C. Explain the meaning of the last thing mentioned in the passage.
4. “Two days after this adventure, the Emperor, having ordered that part of his army which quarters in and about his metropolis to be in a readiness, took a fancy of diverting himself in a very singular manner. He desired I would stand like a colossus, with my legs as far asunder as I conveniently could. He then commanded his general (who was an old experienced leader, and a great patron of mine ) to draw up the troops in close order, and march them under me; ...”
A. Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.
B. Who is the narrator?
C. What does the passage tell us?
5. “When each of the combatants had borne off sufficient spoils of hair from the head of her antagonist, the next rage was against the garments. In this attack they exerted so much violence, that in a very few minutes they were both naked to the middle.”
A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which this passage is taken.
B. What is the passage describing?
C. What are the names of the two combatants?
6. “Why, I believe I should be obliged to borrow a little of your morality, that’s all. But brother, do you know now that you surprise me exceedingly, by naming me with Lady Teazle for faith, I always thought you were her favorite.”
A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which this passage is taken.
B. Who is the speaker?
C. Whom does “brother” refer to?
7. “Some to conceit alone their taste confines
And glittering thoughts struck out at every line;
Pleased with a work where nothing’s just or fit
One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.
Poets, like painters, thus unskilled to trace
The naked nature and the living grace,
With gold and jewels cover every part,
And hide with ornaments their want of art.
True wit is Nature to advantage dressed,
What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed;”
A. Identify the author and the work.
B. What idea does the poem express?
C. What is the significance of the poem
8. “Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement,or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.”
A. Identify the author and the work.
B. What is the author’s tone in composing this work?
C. What idea does the passage express?
9. “A vile conceit in pompous words expressed,
Is like a clown in regal purple dressed:”
A. Identify the poem and the poet.
B. What idea do the two lines express?
C. What is the great significance of this poem?
10. “The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea,
The plowman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.”
A. Scan the first line of the stanza
B. Find the irregular foot in the second line.
C. Briefly explain the significance of this irregularit
11. “Others for language all their care express,
And value books, as women men, for dress.
Their praise is still—the style is excellent:
The sense they humbly take upon content.”
A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which this passage is taken.
B. What does the phrase “take upon content” mean?
C. What is the author’s main concern in this passage?
12. “Now, as I said, the way to the Celestial City lies just through this town where his lusty fair is kept; and he that will go to the city, and yet not go through this town,must needs to out of the world. The Prince of princes himself, when here, went through this town to his own country, and that upon a fair day, too.”
A. Identify the author and the work.
B. What does the Prince of princes refer to?
C. What idea does the passage express?
13. “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.”
A. Identify the author and the work.
B. What does the phrase “False eloquence” mean?
C. What idea does the stanza express?
14. “Such impression did this make upon me, that after the storm was over, I laid aside all my works, my building and fortifying, and applied myself to make bags and boxes to separate the powder, and to keep it a little and a little in a parcel, in hope,that whatever might come, it might not all take fire at once and to keep it so apart that it should not be possible to make one part fire another: I finished this in abou a fortnight, and I think my powder, which in all was about 240 1b. weight, was divided in not less than a hundred parcels; as to the barrel that had been wet, I did not apprehend any danger from that, so I placed it in my new cave, which in my fancy I called my kitchen, and the rest I hid up and down holes among the rocks, so that not wet might come to it, marking very carefully where I laid it.”
A. Identify the author and the work.
B. What does the passage mean?
C. Why does the author use such great details in his description?
15. “I had sent so many memorials and petitions for my liberty, that his Majesty at length mentioned the matter first in the cabinet, and then in a full council; where it was opposed by none, except Skyresh Bolgolam, who was pleased, without any provocation, to be my mortal enemy.”
A. Identify the author and the work.
B. Who is this “Skyresh Bolgolam”?
C. Why does the author make Skyresh Bolgoalm a mortal enemy of the narrator?
16. “But now Fortune, fearing she had acted out of character, and had inclined too long to the same side, hastily turned about: for now Goody Brown—whom Zekiel Brown caressed in his arms; nor he alone, but half the parish besides; so famous was she in the fields of Venus, for indeed less in those of Mars. The trophies of both these her husband always bore about on his head and face; for if ever human head did by its horns display the amorous glories, of a wife, Zekiel’s did. Nor his well-scratched face less denote her talents (or rather talons) of a different kind.”
A. Identify the author and the work.
B. What are the tone and style of this quoted passage?
C. Why does the author use Venus, Mars and other allusions to describe Goody
Brown?
Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English.
1. “The first shot I made among these creatures, I killed a she-goat which had a little kid by her which she gave suck to, which grieved me heartily; but when the old one fell, the kid stood stock still by her till I came and took her up, and not only so, but when I carried the old one with me upon my shoulders, the kid followed me quite to my enclosure, upon which I laid down the dam, and took the kid in my arms,and carried it over my pale, in hopes to have it bred up tame, but it would not eat,so I was forced to kill it and eat it myself; these two supplied me with flesh a great while, for I ate sparingly; and saved my provisions (my bread especially) as much as possibly I could.”
This is a very significant sentence with great details that reveals the character of Robinson Crusoe. What aspects of Crusoe’s character are revealed then?
2. As a rule, an allegory is a story in verse or prose with a double meaning: a surface meaning, and an implied meaning. List two works as examples of allegory. What is an allegory usually concerned with by its implied meaning?
3. Give a brief comment on Enlightenment Movement.
4. Give a brief comment on neoclassicism.
5. Robinson Crusoe is universally regarded as Daniel Defoe’s masterpiece. Give some reasons for its success.
6. What’s the theme of John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress ?
7. How much do you know about Thomas Gray’s poetry?
8. Give a brief comment on Alexander Pope’s literary outlook.
9. What’s the theme of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal ?
10. What is An Essay on Criticism chiefly about
11. Comment briefly on the features of Jonathan Swift’s prose
12. Give a brief analysis of Robinson Crusoe, the protagonist in Robinson Crusoe .
13. What’s the significance of Samuel Johnson’s letter To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfiel ?
14. Why is Tom Jones a successful novel?
15. Give a brief comment on Samuel Johnson’s literary outlook.
16. What characterizes Samuel Johnson’s language style?
17. What’s the theme of Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ?
Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English.
1. Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England.
2. The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movement in 18th-century Europe. List at least three leading enlighteners in England. What are the important things those enlighteners celebrated in this movement?