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III. Fill in the blanks. (10')
1. ______ marks the beginning of English Romanticism.
2. In Beowulf, the use of alliteration and ______ are the most striking
features.
3. ______ is introduced by Chaucer from French rhymed stanza of five accents
in iambic meter.
4. ______ is the “father of historical novel” in England.
5. ______ period is called “a nest of singing birds” in English history.
6. ______ is the founder of English materialist philosophy.
7. As a novelist Galsworthy was chiefly known for____.
8. The novel___ is autobiographical to some extent, because it is known to
embody many of the early experiences of its author, Charles Dickens.
9. In the collected work Essays of Elia, Elia is the penname of __
10. Discussion drama and ____led by George Bernard Shaw attracted more focus
IV. Judge the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. (10')
ANSWER I. to IV.
1. Chaucer’s greatest contribution to English literature is that he made
dialect of Edinburgh standard of modern English speech.
2. Renaissance means rebirth of letters and seeks for ancient works.
3. Shelley wrote Cain.
4. In People’s Charter, one of the requirements of workers is election by
ballot.
5. Wordsworth differs from Lamb in Romanticism. Wordsworth is good at
writing imagination in busy life of city while Lamb is good at writing
imagination of nature, mountains and hills.
6. Coleridge was conservative at first and radical in the end both in
politics and literature.
7. Wordsworth was the first to be entitled as Poet Laureate in Romanticism.
8. Walter Scott’s writing career can be divided into three periods: the
first is connected with Scotland, the second concerning Europe and the third
is of England.
9. Henry Fielding is called father of English novels.
10. Byron, Shelley and Southey are the most influential poets of the second
generation of Romanticism.
V. Literary Terms. (20')
ANSWER
1. Theater of the Absurd
2. Neo-classicism
VI. Analyzing characters. (20 points)
ANSWER
1. How does Romeo and Juliet’s love story reveal the contemporary social
background?
2. What is Hardy’s attitude toward Tess?
VII. Answer the following questions briefly. (20
points)
ANSWER
1. Analyze the themes of Robinson Crusoe.
2. What is the implication of the subtitle—a novel without a hero-- of
Vanity Fair?
3. What is your understanding of Irish Drama Revival in the first half of
the 20th century?
4. In what ways did the second stage of Renaissance—Elizabethan age—play the
key role?
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