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PAGE PAGE 7 英国文学史及选读试题 I. Identifying the following items. (1x10 points) ( Examples: John Webster: a dramatist during the reign of James I The Dunciad: a satirical poem by Alexander Pope) 1. Beowulf 2. William Wordsworth 3. As You Like It 4. Tiger 5. Charlotte Bronte 6. Mrs. Warren’s Profession 7. John Milton 8. A Modest Proposal 9. Sons and Lovers 10. Jane Austen II. Select the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. (1x5 points) 1. “For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more， Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room …” What did Oliver ask for？ _______ [A] More time to play [B] More food to eat [C] More books to read [D] More money to spend 2. Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York，Mariner（also known as Robinson Crusoe ）by ______. [A] Jonathan Swift [B] Daniel Defoe [C] George Eliot [D] D. H. Lawrence 3.“Beauty is truth ， truth beauty .” is an epigrammatic line by ____. [A] John Keats [B] William Blake [C]William Wordsworth [D] Percy Bysshe Shelley 4. Which of the following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy’s later works? _________ [A] Sentimentalism. [B] Tragic sense. [C] Surrealism. [D] Comic sense. 5. In which of the following works can you find the proper names“Lilliput，”“Brobdingnag，”“Houyhnhnm ，” and“Yahoo ”？ _______ [A] James Joyce’s Ulysses [B] Charles Dickens ‘s Bleak House [C] Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels [D] D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love III. Explain briefly the following terms. (3x5points) 1. sonnet 2.the Lake 3. Aestheticism 4.Symbolism 5. Stream-of-consciousness IV. Match the author in Column A with his or her work in Column B. (2x10points) 1. Geoffrey Chaucer a. Ivanhoe 2. Henry Fielding b. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 3. Walter Scott c. The House of Fam