mocks the great ones who despise the poor and bring havoc on them. Answer: B (P152-153)
22. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are________. that are endowed with reason. that are endowed with admirable qualities that are superior in wisdom. , wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways. Answer: A (P108)
II. Read the quoted part and answer the questions: 1. \and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colors spreads on every place; The face of Nature we no more survey,
All glares alike, without distinction gay.\
Questions:
1) Identify the author and the passage;
2) Name the devices used in the passage with examples; 3) Explain \
4) What is the mainly implied idea of the passage？
参考答案：
1) The passage is from Pope’s \
2) In the passage the author used \\e, like the prismatic glass’ etc.
3) The sentence means: Where/When too many words are used, they seldom express much sense.
4) The passage implies authors shouldn’t stress too much the artificial use of Conceit or the external beauty of language, they should pay special attention to True Wit, which is best set in the plain style. (just as too many leaves will cover the fruits,too gaudy/ showy glass will hide the face the Nature, too false and eloquent language will hide the Wit in the articles.)
2. \Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.\
Questions:
1) Identify the author and the works;2) What does \first stanza;4) What does the whole passage imply. 参考答案：
1) This is Thomas Gray’s \ 托马斯·格雷的《写在教堂墓地的挽歌》(P154)
2) \
3) The first stanza means: The men with ambition and high position shouldn’t laugh at the ordinary people for their simple life and hard work.
4) In the passage, the poet reflects on the death----no matter how poor or wealthy, or how important and humble, every is equal before death, the author gives much sympathy to the poor and unknown (P153)
III. Questions and answers:
analyze the Neoclassical period and the characters of the literature. 参考答案：
1)The Neoclassical period is about 1660-1798, also known as\or \
2)Its background was: was an age full of conflicts and difference of values; was an age of fast development for English to become the first powerful capitalist country in the world; was an age of economic development, in which bourgeois/middle class grew rapidly.
3)In essence, the Neoclassical Period was a progressive intellectual movement.
4)The Enlighteners believed in self-restraint, self-reliance and hard work;They celebrated reason/rationality, equality and science.
They advocated universal education, which could make people rational and prefect, they believed.
5)In literature, The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the ancient Greek and Roman classical works; the
works at the time, heavily didactic and moralizing; having fixed laws and rules for every type of the literature; among which prose and the modern English novel predominated the age. (At the end of the age sentimentalism and Gothic Novel appeared.) 6) The age was an important age with the remarkable authors Pope, Defoe, etc.
cite examples from \briefly how did Swift criticized and allude to the government and the society. 参考答案:
1)In the first part of the \practices in the competition held before royal members to allude to the fact that the success of the officials was not for their wisdom and excellence but for their skills in the games;
2)In the part 4 of the book, Swift made horses with reason and good qualities.
The citizens who are \wild, low and despicable brutes, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in almost every way\to criticize/satirize all respects of the English and European life, and urge people to consider the nature of the human and life. (P108-109)
3. People always say that: \the members of his class\the character of him. 参考答案：
1) In most of his works, Defoe gave his praise to the hard-working, sturdy middle class and showed his sympathy for the lower-class people. Robinson Crusoe was such a character. 2) Robison goes out to sea, gets shipwrecked and marooned/landed on a lonely island, struggles to live for 24 years there and finally is saved by a ship and returns to England. During the period Robinson leads a harsh and lonely life and survives by growing corps, taming animals, etc. growing from a naive young man into a hardened man.
3) With a great capacity for work, inexhaustible energy (精力充沛), courage and persistence in overcoming difficulties（在克服困难方面持之以恒）, in struggling against nature, Crusoe becomes the prototype / representative of the empire builder, the pioneer colonist. （他是大英帝国缔造者的完美典范，同时也是殖民者的先驱）．
4) In the novel, Defoe glorified human labor and the puritan fortitude which the middle class praised highly, so he can be regarded as a spokesman of the bourgeois. (P98-100)
Chapter 3 The Romantic Period I. Choose the right answer:
1. The Romantic Movement expressed a more or less______ attitude toward the existing social and political conditions.
Answer: B (P160)
2. It is _____who established the cult of the individual and championed the freedom of the human spirit.
Jacques Rousseau Wolfgang von Goethe Burke Paine Answer: A (P157)
3. The two major novelists of the English Romantic Period are _____and Walter Scott. Irving Austen Melville Dickens Answer: B (P165)
4. _____defines the poet as \
overflow of powerful feelings,which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility.\ Blake Wordsworth Taylor Coleridge Keats Answer: B (P161)
5. For the Romantics, ____is not only the major source of poetic imagery, but also provides the dominant subject matter.
Answer: C (P162)
6. In the Romantic period, ____is the most prosperous literary form.
Answer: B (P161)
7. The tone of literature in \
Answer: A (doleful: 悲哀的P168-169)
8. _____is regarded as a \ Keats Blake Wordsworth Austen Answer: C (P176)
9. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth？ Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802. Solitary Reaper. Chimney Sweeper. Answer: D (P179---182)
10. Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups:poems about nature and poems about________. life activities Answer: B (P176)
11. \ epic
Answer: C (P194)
12. In his lyrics such as \expressed his love for_____ and his hatred toward tyranny. middle class poor proletariat Answer: C (P207)
13. \Spirit, which art moving everywhere; / Destroy and Preserver; hear, O hear!\The two lines are found in_____.
Goodman Brown by Hawthorne to the West Wind by Shelly of Grass by Walt Whitman by Joyce Answer: B (P212)
14. In Shelly’s \Skylark\the bird, suspended between reality and poetic image, pours forth an exultant song which suggests to the poet________.
celestial rapture and human limitation image creation and profound meaning music and words inspiration and skills of writing
Answer: A (P206)
15. The author of \
Answer: D (217)
16. Jane Austen’s first novel is __________. and Prejudice and Sensibility of a Novel Answer: B (P222)
17. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true？
and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels. and Prejudice is originally drafted as \
and Prejudice is a tragic novel. this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits. Answer: C (P223-225)
18. After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that is a woman of_______.
character and poor understanding character and quick wit character and quick wit character and poor understanding Answer: A (P227)
19. Romanticism is a period of British literature roughly dated from _________. A. -1832 C. D. Answer: B (P157)
20. Which of the following is the Gothic novel？ ’s Prometheus Unbound ’ Lamia Shelly’s Frankenstein Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Answer: C (P166)
lines \are found in__________.
Taylor Coleridge’s \ Wordsworth’s Lines Written in Early Spring\ Keats’s \ Bysshe Shelly’s \ Answer: A (P190---191)
22. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ \
A.\to pray.’
C.\Answer: D (P221)
II. Read the quoted part and answer the questions: 1. \Crying \ \
\
(1)Identify the poem and poet.(2)Explain \of woe\does the sentence mean
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