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I.Eachofthefollowingbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.(30%;1.5pointsforeach)1. Romance,whichusesverseorprosetodescribetheadventuresandlifeoftheknights,isthepopularliteraryforminCA. RomanticismB. RenaissanceC. medievalperiodD. Anglo-Saxonperiod2. AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionofDA. PiersPlowmanB. SirGawainandtheGreenKnightC. ConfessioAmantisD. TheCanterburyTales3. Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies,itsessenceisD.A. scienceB. philosophyC. artsD. humanism4. Thesentence"ShallIcomparetheetoasummer5sday?”isthelineofoneofShakespeare,s)A.comediesB.tragediesC.historiesD.sonnets5. WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare,sSonnet18?CA. Thespeakereulogizes(praise)thepowerofB. ThespeakersatirizeshumanvanityC. ThespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreationD. Thespeakermeditatesonman,ssalvation6. "TheFairyQueenisthemasterpiecewrittenby_C.A. JohnMiltonB. GeoffreyChaucerC. EdmundSpenserD. AlexanderPope7. WhichofthefollowingworkdidBaconNOTwrite?DA. AdvancementofLearningB. NovumOrganumC. DeAugmentisD. Areopagitica8. Themostdistinguishedliteraryfigureofthe17thcenturyWaS(Bwhowasacritic,poet,andplaywright.A. OliverGoldsmithB. JohnDrydenC. JohnMiltonD. S.T.Coleridge9. Whichofthefollowinghas/haveassociationswithJohnDonne,spoetry?BA. reasonandsentimentB. conceitsandwitsC. theeuphuismD. writingintherhymedcouplet10. HenryFieldinghasbeenregardedbysomeas"Bforhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.A. BestwriteroftheEnglishnovelB. ThefatherofEnglishnovelC. ThemostgiftedwriteroftheEnglishnovelD. conventionalwriterofEnglishnovel11. JohnMilton,smasterpiece-ParadiseLostwaswritteninthepoeticstyleofB.A. rhymedstanzasB. blankverseC. alliterationD. sonnets12. TheHouyhnhnmsdepictedbyJonathanSwiftinGulliver,sTravelsareA-A. horsesthatareendowedwithreasonB. pigmiesthatareendowedwithadmirablequalitiesC. giantsthataresuperiorinwisdomD. hairy,wild,lowanddespicablecreatures,whoresemblehumanbeingsnotonlyinappearancebutalsoinsomeotherways13. GothicnovelsaremostlystoriesofC,whichtakeplaceinsomehauntedordilapidatedMiddleAgecastles.A. loveandmarriageB. seaadventuresC. mysteryandhorrorD. saintsandmartyrs14. WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingEXCEPTD.A. theuseofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeopleB. theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelingsC. theuseofhumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatterD. theuseofelegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech15. CharlesDickens,worksarecharacterizedbyaminglingofAandpathos.A. humorB. satireC. passionD. metaphor16. InB,shands,"'dramaticmonologuereachesitsmaturityandperfection.A. AlfredTennysonB. RobertBrowningC. WilliamShakespeareD. GeorgeEliot17. Thethreetrilogiesof(),sForsytenovelsaremasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcentury.A. JohnGalsworthyB. ArnoldBennettC. JamesJoyceD. H.G.Wells18. ThebardofimperialismWaSB，whoglorifiedthecolonialexpansionofGreatBritaininhisworks.A. R.L.StevensonB. RudyardKiplingC. H.G.WellsD. DanielDefoe19. "artforart,ssake"wasputforthbyA.A. aestheticismB. naturalismC. realismD. neo-romanticism20. WhichofthefollowingistakenfromJohnKeats,"OdeonaGrecianUm,7DA. “Ifelluponthethornsoflife!Ibleed!B. "Theyarebothgoneuptothechurchtopray.”C. "Earthhasnotanythingtoshowmorefair/9D. uBeautyistruth,truthbeauty.II. Fillintheblankswithcorrectinformation.(16%;1pointsforeachblank)1. In1066,theNOnIIallSheadedbyDukeWilliam,defeatedtheAnglo-Saxons.ThismarkedthebeginningoffeudalisminEnglandandEnglandenteredintofeudalsociety.2. Chaucer,sTheCanterburyTalesiswritteninthestyleofrhymed(metrical)StanZainsteadofalliterationintheAnglo-Saxonperiod.3. ThePilgrimsProgressisthemasterpieceofJohnBUnyan(thewriter),writtenintheold-fashioned,medievalformofdreamandallegory,inwhichthemaincharacterisChriStiae.4. DorianGraywasthemaincharacterinthenovelThePiCtUreOfDoriarIGraywrittenby(C)SCar)Wilde.5. Romanticismextendedfrom1798whenTheLyriCalBaUadSwaspublishedandin1832when(WaIter)SCottdied.6. Thewriterwhofiguredhishometown-theWessexcountryinhisworksis(ThomaS)Hardy.7. In“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud,hills,vales,lakes,baysandthedaffodilsarepartsof,and'daffdils''symbolize(thebeautyOf).8. iiDublinersf,isacollectionofshortstorieswrittenbyJameSJoyCeinthewritingstyleofStreamOfCOnSCiOUSiIess.9. Inthe"TheIdyllsoftheKing”,thepoetAlfredTennysonpaintedthefirstEnglishhero,KingArthUr,andgaveanewmeaningtothelegendsabouttheknightsoftheRoundTable.III. Answerthefollowingquestionsbrieflybasedonyourunderstandingofthetextsstudied.(12%;1pointforeachquestion)1. Dullsublunarylover,slove?(Whosesoulissense)cannotadmitAbsence,becauseitdothremoveThosethingswhichelementedit.a. Whowasthewriter?JOhllDOiIIIeb. Whatisthename/titl