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III. Fill in the blanks. (5%)
1.
, tells of the reconciliation of the daughter and son of a country
miller and is autobiographical works of George Eliot.
2. Bede was famous for his The Ecclesiastical History of English People and
was given the title of “
”.
3. The 15th century saw the birth of English native plays:
and
and
.
4. The sonnet developed in Italy of the 12th or 13th century but it had
reached its top in the 14th under Petrarch. With the translations of
Patriarch's work,
introduced the sonnet form into English and wrote their own
sonnets in English, thus establishing a poetic form and a poetic tradition.
5. Sidney wrote his
an eloquent argument for imaginative literature, with a sense of
humor. The aesthetic theories of this work come mainly from Italian works,
but it is thoroughly filled with Sidney’s own personality. It may be
regarded as the beginning of literary criticism in England.
6.Hardy’s novel culminated with the two greatest works
and
.
7.
as Byron’s masterpiece, consisting of 16 cantos but still
unfinished, is a satirical epic written in Italy during the years from 1818
to 1823.
8. Galsworthy’s novels dealt with the life of the upper class and their
decline. His reputation of novels mainly rested on his trilogies, in which
The Forsyte Saga was the first. It included
, and
.
9. Wilde established himself both as a writer and as spokesman for the
school of
.
10. Pope was a master in the art of poetry. By the application and
perfection of
in
his writing, Pope became the best poet of his age.
IV. Write T if the statement is true and F if the statement is
false.(10%)
ANSWER I. to IV
1.Beowufl is a national epic of Scandinavia
2.Mary Evans was the original name of George Eliot.
3.Hard is a poet as well as a novelist.
4. Surrey is perhaps best known for introducing blank verse into English.
5. William Langland’s Piers the Plowman is written in the form of a
dream vision.
6.In 1066, Claudius led the Norman Army to invade and defeat England.
7.Defore’s masterpiece is Gulliver’s Travels.
8.Sue is a character in Hardy’s novel A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873)
9.Walter Scott is the greatest historical novelist whose masterpiece is
Ivanhoe.
10. Paradise Lost took its material from the Bible.
V. Explain the terms. (20%)
ANSWER
1.Alliterative Verse
2.Spenserian Stanza
VI. Analyze the character. (20%)
ANSWER
1. Tess
2. Mr. Collins
VII. Answer the questions (20%)
ANSWER
1
2
3
4
1.what are the artistic features of Beowulf?
2. Analyze the theme of Pride and Prejudice.
3. D. H. Lawrence once wrote: "It was she [George Eliot] started putting
action inside” Eliot skillfully revealed the characters’ psychology to the
reader. Analyze this sentence.
4.Hardy put his perspectives in his novels. What are his points of view
expressed in his novels?
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