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Chapter 5 The Modern Period
I. Choose the right answer:
1. The three trilogies of_____Forsyte novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century. A. D. H. Lawrence’s B. John Galsworthy’s C. James Joyce’s D. Thomas Hardy’s Answer: B (P337)
2. ____is the most outstanding stream-consciousness novelist. A. T.S. Eliot
B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan C. James Joyce D. Oscar Wilder Answer: D (P317)
3. In his famous poem_____, Yeats explores the problems of death, love, old age and art. A. \B. \C. \D. \Answer: D (P354)
4. ____is a poem concerned with the spiritual breakup of a modern civilization in which human life has lost its meaning, significance and purpose. A. Ulysses B. The Waste Land C. The Confidential Clerk D. Dubliners Answer: B (P360)
5. The Rainbow and_____are generally regarded as D.H. Lawrence’s masterpieces. A. Women in Love B. Son s and Lovers C. Lady Chatterley’s Lover D. The Plumed Serpent Answer: A (P370)
6. In ____, James Joyce intends to present a microcosm of the whole human life by providing an
instance of how a single event contains all the events of its kind, and how history is recapitulated in the happenings of one day.
A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man B. Dubliners C. Ulysses D. Finnegans Wake Answer: C (P388)
7. Structurally and thematically, George Bernard Shaw follows the great tradition _______. A. Modernism B. Romanticism C. Realism D. Naturalism Answer: C (P323)
8. Galsworthy was a _____writer, having inherited the fine traditions of the great Victorian novelists of the critical realism such as Dickens and Thackeray. A. naturalistic B. romantic C. realistic D. conventional Answer: D (P338)
9. In \Forsyte Saga\by John Galsworthy, a typical Forsyte has a remarkable characteristic-----a strong sense of______. A. money B. property C. success D. privilege Answer: B (P339)
10. In \A. hope to go abroad
B. desire to escape into a \C. love for common life D. hatred for war Answer: B (P356)
11. In which of the following poems by Yeats did you find the allusion to Helen and Trojan War? A. Sailing to Byzantium B. Down by the Sally Garden C. The Lake Isle of Innisfree D. Leda and the Swan Answer: D (P354)
12. Of the following poems by T.S. Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th Century English Poetry? A. Poems 1909----1925 B. The Hollow Men
C. Prufrock and Other Observations D. The Waste Land Answer: D (P359)
13. \yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes,/ The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the windowpanes/ Linked its tongue into the corners of the evening,/ Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains.\A. T.S. Eliot’s \B. Emily Dickinson’s \C. Alfred Tennyson’s \
D. William Wordsworth’s \Answer: A (P363---364)
14. Which of the following best describes the speaker of ’The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock\A. He is a man of an action. B. He is a man of apathy. C. He is a man of inactivity. D. All the above are wrong. Answer: C (P363)
15. Of the following works by D.H. Lawrence, _______established his position as novelist. A. The White Peacock B. The Trespasser C. Women in Love D. Sons and Lovers Answer: D (P370)
16. Which of the following is considered to be a better-structured novel? A. Women in Love B. Son s and Lovers C. The Rainbow
D. Lady Chatterley’s Lover Answer: A (P372)
17. ’The Lawrence trilogy\A. A Collier’s Friday Night] B. The Daughter -in-Law
C. The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyed D. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Answer: D (P373)
18. Which of the following writings is not the novel of D.H. Lawrence’s? A. Sons and Lovers
B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Yong Man C. The White Peacock. D. The Rainbow
Answer: B (P369---370)
19. Of the following writings by James Joyce, which is a prime example of modernism in literature? A. Ulysses
B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Yong Man C. Dubliners D. Finnegans Wake Answer: A (P386)
20. Which of the following is not true according to James Joyce? A. Ulysses has become a prime example of modernism in literature.
B. Joyce is regarded as the most prominent stream-of-consciousness novelist. C. Joyce is a realistic writer in English literature history.
D. His novel \’s bitter experiences and his final artistic and spiritual liberation. Answer: C (P386---389)
II. Read the quoted part and answer the questions:
1. Analyze the poem of T. S. Eliot -\1) \Talking of Michelangelo\
<1> Why does the sentence repeat in the poem for several times? Answer:
The sentence symbolizes the remote and faraway things, it implies the inability to face up with the reality and the life of the hero. (P363)
2) \
For the yellow smoke that slides along the street, ... There will be time, there will be time ....\
<1> What deep implication can you get from the passage? Answer:
The hero was unable to face up with the life and reality bravely, but he was anxious to find time
passing so quickly that he was very depressed. The passage shows the tragic character of the indecision of the young man. (P363)
3) \I know the voices dying with a dying fall Beneath the music from the father room. So how should I presume?
<1> What did the speaker presume? <2> Interpret the excerpt. Answer:
<1> He will propose marriage to a girl, but he dare not.
<2> The Excerpt shows the futile and boring life of the upper class. (Every day, they drink coffee, listen to music, but they can’t really enjoy the pleasure of life, leading a boring life.)
4) \Scuttling across the floor of silent seas.\
<1> Interpret it. Answer:
If he had been a crab on the ocean bed, maybe he would have been better. The motion of the crab suggests futility and growing old. (P368 注释5)
5) \Would it have been worthwhile\此节选部分在P367)
<1> Interpret it. Answer:
The sentence implies the speaker’s incapability of facing up to love and to life. He is always fearful that others will see through his ideas and truth of falling love, which makes himself live in frightening and restlessness. (P363)
2. \And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee, And live alone in the bee-loud glade\
1) Identify the poem and poet; 2) Interpret the poem.
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