1. The poetic view of ______ can be best understood from his remark about poetry, that is, “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.”
A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. John Keats
C.William Wordsworth D. Percy Bysshe Shelley
2. In English poetry the ______ is regarded as the most common foot.
A. iamb B. anapest C. trochee D. dactyl
3. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers?
A. Blindness. B. Partiality. C. Snobbishness. D. Prejudice.
4. The two collections of poems written by William Blake, ______ and ______ , hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.
A. Songs of Innocence/ Songs of Experience B. Poetical Sketches/ Songs of Innocence
C. Poetical Sketches/ Marriage of Heaven and Hell D. Songs of Experience/ Poetical Sketches
5. It is said that the poem ______ written by S.T. Coleridge was
composed in a dream after the poet took the opium. But when he was writing the lines down, a stranger interrupted him and only
54 lines survived.
A. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner B. Frost at Midnight C. Kubla Khan D. The Prelude
6. In his poem, Ode to the West Wind, Shelley intends to present his wind as a central ______ around which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth.
A. concept B. symbol C. simile D. metonymy
7. In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a(n) ______ tone with sarcastic humor.
A. solemn B. harsh C. arrogant D. teasing
8. The first line of William Blake’s well-known poem The Tyger reads, “Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright.” The repeated word “Tyger” (tiger) with an exclamation mark suggests ______ .
A. joy B. fear C. pain D. fondness
9. What does Wordsworth’s poem The Solitary Reaper tell
us about Romanticists?
A. To romanticists, poetry is an expression of an individual’s feelings and experiences no matter how fragmentary and momentary these feelings and experiences are.
B. Romanticists take delight only in sound effect; the theme of a work is not their concern.
C. Romanticists are not patient people; they would leave before the revelation of the theme.
D. Poetry should present the apparent and tangible. 10. Ode on an Grecian Urn by John Keats shows the contrast between the permanence of ______ and the transience of human passion.
A. poetry B. art C. music D. love
11. Prometheus Unbound is Shelley’s greatest achievement. Prometheus, according to the Greek mythology, was chained by Zeus on Mount Caucasus and suffered the vulture’s feeding on his liver for ______ .
A. planning a revolt to dethrone God
B. misinterpreting God’s decree to reconcile man and nature
C. prophesying the arrival of spring in a winter season D. stealing the fire from heaven and giving it to man 12. Jane Austen’s main literary concern is about human beings in their ______ relationships. Because of this, her novels have a universal significance.
A. personal B. natural
C. satisfied D. private
13. The Romantic Period in English literature began with the publication of ______ .
A. William Blake’s Song of Innocence B. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
C. Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads D. Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe
14. As a ______ writer, Jane Austen considers it her duty to express in her works a discriminated and serious criticism of life, and to expose the follies and illusions of mankind.
A. romantic B. sentimentalist C. realistic D. naturalistic
15. The novel starts with “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” This novel is Jane Austen’s ______ .
A. Emma B. Persuasion
C. Sense and Sensibility D. Pride and Prejudice
16. The novel Pride and Prejudice mainly deals with the five Bennet sisters and their search for suitable husbands, centering on the love story between ______ and ______ .
A. Jane/ Bingley B. Lydia/ Wickham C. Elizabeth/ Darcy D. Mrs. Bennet/ Mr. Bennet
17. In 1805 William Wordsworth completed a long
autobiographical poem entitled ______ .
A. Lucy Poems B. Lyrical Ballads C. The Prelude
D. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
18. It is generally regarded that Keats’ most important and mature poems are in the form of ______ .
A. ode B. elegy C. epic D. sonnet
19. After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we can find ______ in the author’s tone, while presenting a seemingly matter-of-fact description of the conversation between Mr. And Mrs. Bennet.
A. bitter satire B. mild satire C. strong disapproval D. strong approval
20. After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of ______ .
A. simple character and quick wit
B. simple character and poor understanding C. intricate character and quick wit
D. intricate character and poor understanding
21. We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley’s poem Ode to the West Wind with all the following terms EXCEPT ______ .
A. tamed B. swift
C. proud D. wild
22. William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originates from ______ .
A. form B. thoughts C. artistic devices D. emotion
23. In Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the mariner suffers the horror of death, because ______ .
A. he experiences a shipwreck B. he is tortured with starvation C. he undergoes much suffering D. he kills an albatross
24. The four great odes of John Keats are the following EXCEPT ______ .
A. Ode on Melancholy B. Ode on a Grecian Urn C. Ode to a Nightingale D. Ode to the West Wind
25. Jane Austen presents most of the problems of the novel, Pride and Prejudice, from the ______ viewpoint.
A. masculine B. neutral C. objective D. feminine
26. The literary form which is fully-developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic Period is ______ .
A. prose B. drama
C. poetry D. novel
27. ______ is the author of the writing Ode to a Nightingale. A. William Blake B. John Keats C. Ezra Pound D. Eugene O’Neill
28. Which of the following writings is NOT completed by William Blake?
A. Songs of Experience. B. Songs of Innocence.
C. Marriage of Heaven and Hell. D. Emma.
29. In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as ______ .
A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experience
B. the thought that designates man as a social animal C. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in common
D. the modes of thinking
30. ______ is the central concern to Blake’s concern in Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.
A. Womanhood B. Adulthood C. Happiness D. Childhood
31. The author of the writing Prometheus Unbound is ______ . A. Byron
B. Shelley
C. Alfred Tennyson D. Alexander Pope
32. Generally speaking, ______ was a writer of the 18th century, though she lived mainly in the 19th century.
A. Mary Shelley B. Ann Radcliffe C. Jane Austen D. George Eliot
33. According to the subjects, Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about ______ and poems about ______ .
A. human life/ universe B. nature/ human life C. nature/ society D. society/ universe
34. Which of the following writings is NOT created by William Wordsworth?
A. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
B. Composed upon Westminster Bridge,September 3, 1802. C. The Solitary Reaper. D. The Chimney Sweeper.
35. Poetry has been traditionally regarded as an art governed by rules; but to the Romantics, poetry should be free from all ______ .
A. rhymes B. rhythm C. rules D. meter
36. ______ is regarded as a worshipper of nature.
A. John Keats B. William Blake C. William Wordsworth D. Jane Austen
37. Which of the following poems is a landmark in English Poetry?
A. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.
B. Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
C. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth. D. Remorse by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
38. With so many poems such as The Sparrow’s Nest, To a Skylark, To the Cuckoo and To a Butterfly, William Wordsworth is regarded as a ______ .
A. poet of genius B. royal poet
C. worshipper of Nature D. conservative poet
39. Which of the following can NOT describe “byronic hero”?
A. Proud. B. Mysterious. C. Noble origin. D. Progressive.
40. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” This sentence is presented in a(n) ______ tone.
A. jealous B. ironic C. delightful
D. indifferent
41. Byron’s masterpiece, Don Juan, is based on the ______ . A. Spanish legend B. Greek myth C. Roman myth D. The Bible
42. The tone of literature in Songs of Experience by William Blake is ______ .
A. utter B. lively C. plain D. doleful
43. The Romantic Period is an age of poetry. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats are the major poets. They started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as ______ .
A. the poetic romance B. the poetic movement C. the poetic revolution D. the poetic reformation
44. Returning to England from Germany in 1799, William Wordsworth and his sister settled at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, Westmorland, the loveliest spot in the English Lake District. The poet ______ as well as ______ lived nearby, and the three became known as the “Lake Poets.”
A. Robert Southey/ Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge / George Gordon Byron C. John Keats /Robert Southey
D. George Gordon Byron/ Percy Bysshe Shelley
45. The Solitary Reaper written by ______ uses a rural figure
to suggest the timeless mystery of sorrowful humanity and its radiant beauty.
A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. William Wordsworth C. John Keats D. Robert Southey
46. William Wordsworth is a poet in memory of the past. To him, life is a cyclical journey. Its beginning finally turns out to be its end. His philosophy of life is presented in his masterpiece ______ .
A. The Prelude B. My Heart Leaps Up C. Tintern Abbey D. Ode to the West Wind
47. For the Romantics, ______ is not only the major source of poetic imagery, but also provides the dominant subject matter.
A. love B. man C. nature D. death
48. The two major novelists of the English Romantic Period are ______ and Walter Scott.
A. Washington Irving B. Jane Austen C. Herman Melville D. Charles Dickens 49.
“Blindness,”
“partiality,”
“prejudice”
and
“absurdity” in the novel Pride and Prejudice are most likely the characteristics of ______ .
A. Elizabeth
B. Darcy C. Mr. Bennet D. Mrs. Bennet
50. Which of the following comments on the poem Ode to the West Wind is NOT true?
A. The author of the poem is George Gordon Byron. B. The poem is written in the form of terza rima.
C. The author gathers a wealth of symbolism in this poem. D. In the poem, the author expresses his eagerness to enjoy the boundless freedom from the reality.
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