英国文学

1. ____refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality.

A. Allegory B. Conflict C. Irony D. Flashback

2. ___was recognized as the greatest poet of Victorian England.

A. Tennyson B. Robert Browning C. Mrs. Browning D. Robert Burns

3. James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPT____

A. Dubliners B. A Potrait of the Artist as a Young Man C. Jude the Obscure D. Ulysses

4. Which of the follwing poets is different from the others?

A. John Donne B. John Keats C. Lord Byron D. Percy Bysshe Shelley

5. William Wordsworth is an English ____

A. poet B. novelist C. playwright D. critic

6. The compiler of Dictionary of the English Language is _____

A. Joseph Addison B. Richard Steele C. Samuel Johnson D. Laurence Stern

7. My Last Duchess is a monologue poem written by ____

A. William Shakespeare B. Robert Browing C. Ben Jonson D. Robert Herrick

8. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" is an epigrammatic line by ____

A. John Keats B. William Blake C. William Wordsworth D. Percy Bysshe Shelley

9. Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by ____

A. Christopher Marlow B. John Miltom C. William Shakespeare D. Ben Johnson

10. James Joyce mostly wrote about his hometown ____

A. London B. Dublin C. New York D. Edinburgh

1. C. irony 是指“反讽”，揭示事物表面与真相的差别。

2. A. Aflred Tennyson 被称为维多利亚时代最杰出的英国诗人。他的主要作品为：The Princess，Maud 和短诗 Break，Break，Break。

3. C. Jude the Obscure是Thomas Hardy的作品。

4. A. 除了John Donn是玄学派诗人外，另外三位为浪漫主义派诗人。

5. A. William Wordsworth是英国前浪漫主义诗人。

6. C. Samuel Johnson（1709-1784）编写的《英语字典》是之后所有英语字典的基石。

7. B. Robert Browning（1812-1889）擅于写独角剧，他的代表作是My Last Duchess和Meeting at Night。

8. A. Beauty is truth, truth beauty是John Keats的写作宗旨，他用尽毕生精力追求能够表达一切美丽事物的诗篇。

9. B. 《失乐园》和《复乐园》均为John Milton所做。

10. B. James Joyce出生于爱尔兰的首都都柏林，主要作品有：A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man，Ulysses。故事合集Dubliners。