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43. ________ is a Romantic novelist but is impressed with neoclassic stains. A. Walter Scott B. Mary Shelley C. Jane Austen D. Ann Radcliff
44. Wordsworth thinks that ________ is the only subject of literary interest. A. the life of rising bourgeoisie B. aristocratic life C. the life of the royal family A. Jane Eyre C. Pride and Prejudice provides the dominant subject matter. A. love
D. common life B. Sense and Sensibility
D. Emma
45. ________ is not a novel written by Jane Austen.
46. For the Romantics, ________ is not only the major source of poetic imagery, but also
B. man
C. nature D. death
47. Literarily ________ was the first important Romantic poet in English history. A. William Wordsworth C. Robert Burns
B. William Blake
D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
48. ________ is the leading figure of the English Romantic poetry, the focal poetic voice of the
period.
A. William Blake B. William Wordsworth C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. George Gordon Byron
49. ________ is an elegy written by Shelley for John Keats.
A. Adonais B. Men of England C. Ode to the West Wind D. Hellas
50. ________ expressed the contrast between the happy world of natural loveliness and human
world of agony. A. Ode on Melancholy C. Ode to a Nightingale
B. Ode to a Grecian Urn D. To Autumn
Exercise 5 The Victorian Period 维多利亚时期
There are twenty multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question.
1. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques, writers in the
Victorian Period shared one thing in common, that is they were all concerned about
________.
A. the love story between the rich and the poor B. the techniques in writing C. the fate of the common people D. the future of their own country
2. The author of the work Hard Times is ________.
A. Charles Dickens
B. Henry James
C. Robert Browning D. Thackaray 3. In the following figures, who is Dickens‘ first child hero? A. Fagin B. Mr. Brownlow
C. Oliver Twist D. Bill Sikes
4. As a love story, Wuthering Heights is one of the most moving: the passion between ________
proves the most intense, the most beautiful and at the same time the most horrible. A. Hareton and Cathy B. Heathcliff and Catherine C. Hareton and Catherine D. Heathcliff and Cathy 5. Which of the following about Emily Bronte is Not true? A. She was famous for her Wuthering Heights. B. She wrote the novel Shriley. C. She lived a very short life.
D. Her masterpiece is not noted for its optimistic tone.
6. The most important character in ―Ulysses‖ by Alfred Tennyson is ________. A. mastering the language B. excellent choice of words C. use of the dramatic monologue D. excellent metaphor
7. In Robert Browning‘s works, which established his position as one of the great
English poets?
A. Men and Women
B. The Ring and the Book
C. Dramatic Romances and Lyrics D. Paracelsus 8. Which of the following poems is Not by Victorian Period? A. ―Break, Break, Break‖ B. ―The Isles of Grace‖ B. ―In Memoriam‖ ________.
A. being hereditarily good or bad B. being self-sufficient
C. having no control over his own fate
D. still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion
10. Most of Thomas Hardy's novels are set in Wessex ________.
A. a crude region in England B. a fictional primitive region C. a remote rural area D. Hardy's hometown
11. Among the four pillars of English literature, who was NOT born and raised in
Ireland?
A. Jonathan Swift.
B. William Buffer Yeats. D. ―Tears, Idle Tears‖
9. Tess of the D’urbervilles, one of the Thomas Hardy‘s best-known novels, portrays man as
C. James Joyce. D. Robert Browning. 12. In Oliver Twist, Charles criticizes . A. money worshipping tendency C. hypocrisy of the upper society in ________.
A. Robert Browning‘s My Last Duchess C. Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus
B. dehumanizing of workhouse system D. distortion of human heart
13. ―Self-conceited‖, ―cruel‖ and ―tyrannical‖ are most likely the words to describe the character
B. Sheridan‘s The School for Scandal D. Shakespeare‘s Love’s Labor’s Lost
14. _______ was NOT written by Charles Dickens.
A. David Copperfield B. Oliver Twist C. Sons and Lovers D. A Tale of Two Cities
15. Dickens‘ works are characterized by a mingling of ________ and pathos.
A. metaphor B. passion
C. satire D. humor
16. A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became ________,
exposing all kinds of social evils.
A. didactic writers B. individual idealists C. moral critics
D. religious advocators
17. ________ is the most distinguished feature of Charles Dickens‘ works.
A. Humor B. Languages
C. Plot D. Character-portrayal A. Jane Austen B. Thomas Hardy C. D. H. Lawrence D. Charles Dickens
18. The Pickwick Paper is among ________‘s early novels.
19. ________ is Not among the poets of the Victorian Period. A. Alfred Tennyson B. Dante Gabriel Rossetti
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Robert Browning
20. Tennyson‘s greatest work is ________, in which he laments a lot on the death of his friend
Hallam.
A. ―In Memoriam‖ B. ―Ulysses‖
C. ―Idylls of the King‖ D. ―The Princess‖
21. ________ is acknowledged by many as the most original poet of the Victorian Period. A. Alfred Tennyson B. Robert Browning
C. John Keats D. George Eliot
22. The statement ―It reveals the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal
underworld life‖ may well sum up the main theme of Dickens‘s ________. A. David Copperfield B. Bleak House C. Great Expectations D. Oliver Twist
23．In the long poem The Ring and the Book, the ―book‖ is compared to ________.
A. love B. comprehensive knowledge
C. the hard truth D. the method of study
24. The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first ________ heroin. A. worker B. peasant C. governess D. teacher
25. Robert Browning‘s My Last Duchess is composed in the form of a(n) ________. A. dramatic monologue C. syllogistic argument
reasons EXCEPT ________.
A. it vividly depicts English country life B. it probes into perpetual philosophical thoughts C. it provides a panoramic view of life
D. it reveals women‘s true feelings
27 The first two lines of Alfred Tennyson‘s well-know poem ―Break, Break, Break‖ read ―Break,
break, break,/On they cold trey stones, O Sea!‖ The repeated word ―break‖ suggests
B. extended metaphor D. dialogue
26. Middlemarch is considered to be George Eliot‘s greatest novel, owing to all the following
________.
A. grief B. fear C. fondness D. hatred 28. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from ________. A. The Pilgrim’s Progress B. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage C. Gulliver’s Travels ―started putting all the actions inside.‖ A. Jane Austen C. Charlotte Bronte
D. The Canterbury Tales
29. ________, the pioneering woman, according to D.H. Lawrence, was the first novelist that
B. George Eliot D. Emily Bronte
30. ________ is an elaborate and powerful expression of Alfred Tennyson‘s philosophical and
religious thoughts. A. Idylls of the King
C. Poems, Chiefly Lyrical
B. Ulysses D. In Memoriam
31. ________works are know as ―novels of characters and environment‖. A. Charles Dickens‘s B. Thomas Hardy‘s
C. Jane Austen‘s D. George Eliot‘s
32. ________ believes that man‘s fate is predeterminedly tragic, driven by a combined force of
―nature‖, both inside and outside. A. Charles Dickens C. Bernard Shaw
B. Thomas Hardy D. T.S. Eliot
33. George Eliot holds that individual life is determined basically by two major forces:
________.
A. the spiritual self and the physical self B. the good and the evil
C. the individual‘s personality and the outer social circumstances D. the divided self and the integrated self
34. The author of ________ makes clear in the novel that it is wrong to discriminated on the
basis of social status and it is cruel and destructive to break genuine, natural human passions. A. Jane Eyre B. Wuthering Heights C. Pride and Prejudice D. Tess of the D’Urbervilles
35. In Hardy‘s Tess of the D’Urbervilles, the heroine‘s tragic ending is due to ________. A. her weak character C. Angel Clare‘s selfishness
B. her ambition D. a hostile society
36. The character Rochester in Jane Eyre can be well termed as a ________. A. conventional hero B. Byronic hero
C. chivalrous aristocrat
D. Homeric hero
37. A contemporary of Alfred Tennyson, ________ is acknowledged by many as the most
original and experimental poet of the time. A. Thomas Carlyle C. T.S. Eliot
B. Thomas B. Macaulay D. Robert Browning
38. Which of the following best describes the nature of Hardy‘s later novels? A. sentimentalism B. surrealism C. comic sense D. tragic sense