writing feature.
18. In the second half of the 17th century we may hear the voices of the private citizens by letters and __(diaries)___.
Key to the blanks: 1. (John Bunyan) 2. (Puritan) 3. (The Pilgrim’s Progress) 4. (John Bunyan’s) 5. (John Dryden) 6. (Dryden) 7. (John Dryden) 8. (John Dryden) 9. (All for Love) 10. (John Dryden) 11. (epics) 12. (Paradise Lost) 13. (mysticism) 14. (the Bible) 15. (Dryden) 16. (man) 17. (symbolism) 18. (diaries)
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IV. Questions
1. What are the writing features of The Pilgrim’s Progress? 2. Comment on the image of Satan. 3. Comment on Samson.
Part Four The English Century
Ⅰ. Match the works and the characters. (3 points) A B 1. ( c ) Tome Jones a. Friday 2. ( e ) The Vicar of Wakefield b. King of Brodingnag 3. ( a ) Robinson Crusoe c. Sophia 4. ( b ) Gulliver’s Travels d. Mr. B 5. ( d ) Pamela e. William Thornhill 6. ( f ) The School for Scandal f. Charles Surface
The key: (1—c, 2—e, 3—a, 4—b, 5—d, 6—f )
Ⅱ. Choose the right answer.
1. In 1701, Steele published a pamphlet, _____, in which he first displayed his moralizing spirit.
A. The Funeral B. The Lying Lover C. The Christian Hero D. The Tender Husband
2. Which is the most popular newspaper published by Steele?
A. The Tatler B. The Spectator C. The Theatre D. The English 3. _____ is Addison’s great tragedy.
A. A Letter from Italy B. Rosamond C. The Campaign D. Cato 4. Which of the following is not the hero in The Spectator? A. Isaac Bickerstaff B. Mr. Roger C. Captain Sentry D. Andrew Freeport
5. ______ were looked upon as the model of English composition by British authors all through the 18th century.
A. Jeremy Taylor’s Holy Living B. Thomas Browne’s Religio Meidic C. Samuel Pepys’s diaries D. Addison’s Spectator essays
6. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _____. A. Steele B. Addison C. Pope D. Dryden 7. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is ____.
A. Essay on Criticism B. The Rape of the Lock C. Essay on Man D. The Dunciad 8. Essay on Man is a _____poem in heroic couplets.
A. didactic B. satirical C. philosophical D. dramatic 9. ____ was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century.
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A. The Enclosure Movement B. The Industrial Revolution C. The Religious Reform D. The Enlightenment
10. The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the ____ readers.
A. aristocratic B. middle class C. low class D. intellectual 11. ____ is a great classicist but his satire is not always just. A. Steele B. Milton C. Addison D. Pope
12. The main literary stream of the 18th century was ____ . What the writers
described in their works were mainly social realities.
A. romanticism B. classicism C. realism D. sentimentalism
13. The 18th century was the golden age of the English ___. The novel of this period
spoke the truth about life with an uncompromising (unbending) courage. A. drama B. poetry C. essay D. novel
14. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ____ and ___, which
made him well-known as a satirist.
A. A Tale of Tub B. Bickerstaff Almanac C. Gulliver’s Travels D. The Battle of the Books
15. In a series of pamphlets Jonathan Swift denounced the cruel and unjust treatment
of Ireland by the English government. One of the most famous is ____. A. Essays on Criticism B. A Modest Proposal C. Gulliver’s Travels D. The Battle of the Books
16. “Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This
sentence is said by ____, one of the greatest masters of English prose. A. Alexander Pope B. Henry Fielding C. Jonathan Swift D. Daniel Defoe
17. _____’s best-known pamphlet was The Trueborn Englishman—A Satire, which
contained a caustic exposure of the aristocracy and the tyranny of the church. A. Alexander Pope B. Henry Fielding C. Jonathan Swift D. Daniel Defoe
18. Henry Fielding’s first novel ____ was written in connection with Pamela of
Samuel Richardson. But after the first 10 chapters, Henry Fielding became so interested and absorbed in his own hovel as to forget his original plan of ridiculing Pamela.
A. Tom Jones B. Joseph Andrews C. Jonathan Wild D. Amelia
19. ____ the first important work by Tobias Smollett, is based on his own experience
as a naval doctor and in part autobiographical. A. Roderick Random B. Humphry Clinker
C. Peregrine Pickle D. A Sentimental Journey
20. From the character Mr. Malaprop, in ___ by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is
derived the term “malapropism” which means a ridiculous misusage of big words.
A. The Rivals B. The School for Scandal C. The Beggar’s Opera D. The London Merchant
21. Which of the following periodicals is edited by Samuel Johnson? _____.
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A. The Review B. The Tatler C. The Rambler D. The Bee 22. Which of the following works are not written by Oliver Goldsmith? ____.
A. The Traveller B. The Deserted Village C. The Vicar of Wakefield D. The School for Scandal
23. Which of the following works is written by Edward Gibbon?______.
A. The School for Scandal B. She Stoops to Conquer
C. The Good-natured Man D. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 24. The sentence of “The plowman homeward plods his weary way, /And leaves the
world to darkness and to me” is written by ____. A. William Cowper B. George Crabbe C. Thomas Gray D. William Blake 25. ______ is not written by William Blake.
A. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell B. Songs of Experience C. Auld Lang Syne D. Poetical Sketches
26. “In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” This proverb is cited from
William Blake’s _____.
A. Songs of Experience B. Songs of Innocence C. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell D. Poetical Sketches
27. The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties,
______, which were satirized by Jonathan Swift in his Gulliver’s Travels. A. the Whigs and the Tories
B. the senate and the House of Representatives C. The upper House and lower House
D. the House of Lords and the House of Commons
28. ____ found its representative writers in the field of poetry, such as Edward Young
and Thomas Gray, but it manifested itself chiefly in the novels of Lawrence Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith.
A. Pre-romanticism B. Romanticism C. Sentimentalism D. Naturalism 29. _____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the
foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries. A. Ben Johnson B. Samuel Johnson C. Alexander Pope D. John Dryden
30. Which of the following novels is not epistolary (written in letter form) novels?
A. Clarissa Harlowe B. Pamela C. Sir Charles Grandison D. Tomes Jones
31. Which play is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare?
A. She Stoops to Conquer B. The Rivals
C. The School for Scandal D. The Conscious Lovers
Key to the multiple choices:
1-5 CADAD 6-10 CBCDB 11-15 DDDDB 16-20 CDBAA 21-25 CDDCC 26-31 CACBDC
Ⅲ. Fill in the blanks.
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