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B. the Age of Reas on

D. the Age of Glory

2. En glish En lighte ners in the 18 th century held _______________ as the yardstick for the measureme nt of all huma n activities and relati ons. A. property C. emoti on

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B. educati on

D. reas on

3. In the Enlightenment Movement, the progressive representatives intended ____________ . A. to call the people to fight aga inst poverty and hardship B. to tell people to econo mize and to accumulate wealth

C. to en lighte n the whole world with the light of moder n philosophical and artistic ideas D. to in struct people to obta in their prese nt social status through hard work

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4. As to education, the enlighteners thought that __________ .

A. huma n beings were limited, dualistic, imperfect, and not capable of rati on ality and perfecti on

through educati on.

B. uni versal educati on was unn ecessary.

C. if the com mon people were well educated, there would be great cha nee for a democratic

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and equal huma n society.

D. most of the human beings were perfect themselves, so only a few needed further education.

5. Why did the enlighteners regard education the major means to improve the society and the people?（

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A. Because most of the human beings were perfect themselves, so only a few needed further educati on. B. If the com mon people were well educated, there would be great cha nee for a democratic and equal huma n society.

C. Because universal education was limited , dualistic, imperfect, and unnecessary.

D. Because huma n beings were not capable of rati on ality and perfecti on through educati on.

6. About reason , the enlighteners thought _________ . A. reas on or rati on ality activities

B. reas on could n't lead to truth and justice C. superstiti on was above reas on and rati on ality

D. equality and scie nee is con trary to reas on and rati on ality

should be the only, the final cause of any huma n thought and

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7. In the field of literature, the En lighte nment Moveme nt brought about the tendency of （

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B. purita nism D. roma nticism

A. realism

C. n eoclassicism

8. Which of the following statements about Neo-Classicism and Enlightenment Movement is true? A. The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in

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the 17th century .

B. Neo-Classicism found its artistic models in the classical literature of the ancient Greek

and Roma n writers like Homer, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, etc. and in the con temporary French writers.

C. Neo-Classicism put the stress on the classical artistic ideals of order, logic, proportion, spontan eous emoti on, and passi on.

D. Satire was much used in writing in the neo-classic works. English literature of this age produced a disti nguished satirist Daniel Defoe.

9. Which of the follow ing descripti ons of En lighte nment Moveme nt is NOT true? ()

A. It was a progressive in tellectual moveme nt that flourished in Fra nee. B. It was a furthera nee of the Ren aissa nee of the 15th and 16th cen turies.

C. The purpose was to enlighten the whole world with modern philosophical and artistic ideas. D. The En lighte ners advocate in dividual educati on. (com mon people )

10. The enlighteners placed much emphasis on reason, because they thought (

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A. superstiti on was above reas on and rati on ality.

B. reas on and emoti on both could lead to truth and justice.

C. reason or rationality should be the only, the final cause of any human thought and activities. D. equality and scie nee is con trary to reas on and rati on ality.

11. All of the following statements can correctly describe the Enlightenment Movement EXCEPT

A. The moveme nt flourished in Fran ce.

B. The moveme nt was a furthera nee of the Ren aissa nee.

C. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.

D. The purpose of the movement was to enhance the religious education.

12. As a represe ntative of the En lighte nment, _________ was one of the first to in troduce rati on alism to En gla nd. (094)

A. John Bun yan

B. Daniel Defoe C. Alexa nder Pope

D. Jon athan Swift

13. (The) ( ) was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18

ce ntury. (054)

A. Roma nticism

B. Huma nism C. En lighte nment

D. Sen time ntalism

14. According to the neoclassicists, all forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek and ___________ writers.

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A. Italia n C. Germa n

B. British

D. Roma n

15. Which of the following statements is true according to the principles of the neoclassicists?

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A. All forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek and

Roma n writers.

B. They tried to delight, in struct and correct huma n beings as social ani mals. C. They tried to develop a polite, urbane, witty and intellectual art. D. All of the above.

16. The neoclassicists did not believe that ( )

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A. the literature should be used to delight and in struct huma n bein gs. B. the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy. C. the literary works should be created in depe nden tly and origi nally. D. both A and C

17. The great political and social events in the English society of neoclassical period were the follow ing EXCEPT ___________ .

A. the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 C. the Great London Fire in 1666

B. the Great Plague of 1665

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D. the Wars of Roses in 16

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18. The 18 cen tury wit nessed a new literary form — the moder n En glish no vel, which, con trary to the medieval roma nee, gives a __________ prese ntati on of life of the com mon people. A. roma ntic

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B. realistic C. prophetic

D. idealistic

19. Which of the following terms can be used to refer to the 18th-century English literature?

A. The Age of Roma nee.

C. The Age of Prose.

B. The Age of Drama . D. The Age of Poetry.

20. The belief of the eighteenth - century neoclassicists in England led them to seek the following EXCEPT __________ . A. proporti on

B. Unity

C. harm ony

D. spirit

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21. The British bourgeois or middle class believed in the followi ng notio ns EXCEPT ___________ 094)

A. self - esteem

C. self - restra int

B. self - relia nee D. hard work

22. I n the 18th cen tury, the British gover nment was main ly con trolled by two political parties in

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turn. They are ( ) (浙 0801)

A. the upper House and the lower House.

B. the House of Lords and the House of Represe ntatives. C. the Whigs and the Tories.

D. the Sen ate and the House of Represe ntatives.

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23. Contrary to the traditional romanee of aristocrats, the modern English novel gives a realistic prese ntati on of life of

.

B. the upper class

D. the enterprising landlords

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A. the com mon En glish people

C. the rising bourgeoisie

24. The pri ncipal eleme nts of ______________ in the late eightee nth cen tury are viole nee, horror, and the super natural, which str on gly appeal to reader A. history no vel

B. Gothic no vel

'emoti on.(

C. roma ntic no vel

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D. sen time ntal no vel

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25. Graveyard School \" writers are the followi ng sen time ntalists A. James Thoms on C. William Cowper

B. William Colli ns

EXCEPT ___________ . (094)

D. Thomas Jacks on

\"墓园挽诗 established _____________ as the leader

the Graveyard

School ”.

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sen time ntal

poetry of

the day , especially

A. Thomas Gray 汤姆斯-曷雷

D. John Milt on

B. Samuel Joh nson

27. Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT ____________________ . (一) 4 A. being precise C. being flexible

B. being direct

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D. being satiric

28. In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period, ________________ was the leading figure among the host of playwrights. A. William Blake

B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 理查德上匕.谢立丹

D . Bernard Shaw

29. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was the only English dramatist of the ______________ century. A. sixtee nth

B. seve ntee nth D. nin etee nth

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C. eightee nth

30. In the last few decades of the 18 0510)

cen tury, the n eoclassicism was gradually replaced by __.(

B. critical realism D. n aturalism

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A. roma nticism

C. moder nism

31. The middle of the 18th century saw a newly rising literary form

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A. the moder n En glish novel

C. the moder n En glish drama

B. the moder n En glish poetry D. both A and B

32. Britain witnessed two major romantic poets in the later half of the 18th century. They are ( )

A. Joh n Milt on and William Blake (一) 6

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B. Robert Bur ns and Joh n Keats C. George Herbert and Joh n Donne D. Robert Burns and William Blake

33. ______ was the last greatest n eoclassicist en lighte ner in the later 18 th cen tury. A. Henry Fieldi ng C. Richard Steele

B. Alexa nder Pope

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D. Samuel Joh nson

34. ______ was the last great neoclassicist enlightener in the later eighteenth century. He was very much concerned with the theme of the vanity of human wishes.

A. William Blake

C. Thomas Gray

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B. Samuel Joh nson

D. Henry Fielding

35. Which of the follow ing authors does not bel ong to the en lighte ners of the 18th cen tury?

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A. Jonathan Swift. C. Daniel Defoe.

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B. Walter Scott .

D. He nry Fieldi ng.

37. In Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe glorifies all the following EXCEPT

A. the in dig nity of labour

C. loyalty to the king

38. In Robinson Crusoe, the writer glorifies A. pride and happ in ess. Daniel Defoe

36. Which of the following is not Daniel Defoe A. Gulliver ' Travels C. Moll Fla nders

Jonathan Swift

'works?

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B. Captai n Sin glet on

D. Rob inson Crusoe

qualities of middle-class men

B. religious devoti on D. pioneering spirit

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B. in depe ndence and stro ng will.

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D. hard work and success.

40. The novels of ______________ are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people. A. Bunyan C. Fielding

B. Defoe

D. Swift

41. Defoe 'group of four novels are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people. They are the following EXCEPT ____________________ .（一） 9 A. Capta in Sin glet on C. Roxana

B. Moll Fla nders

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D. Rob inson Crusoe

42. Dan iel Defoe, at the age of n early 60, started his first novel ______________________________ ,which is uni versally

con sidered his masterpiece.

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B. Moll Fla nders

D. Capta in Sin glet on

A. Rob inson Crusoe C. Col on el Jack

43. Daniel Defoe ' ___________ is uni versally con sidered as his masterpiece. A. Colonel Jack C. Capta in Sin glet on

B. Robinson Crusoe

D. A Journal of the Plague Year

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44. Daniel Defoe 'works are all the following EXCEPT __________________ . A. Moll Fla nders

C. A Journal of the Plague Year

()

B. A Tale of a Tub

D. Colo nel Jack

45. Daniel Defoe describes ______________________ as a typical English Middle- class man of the eighteenth

cen tury, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pion eer coloni st.

()

39. The lan guage in Robinson Crusoe is （

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B. difficult and artificial D. obsce ne and difficult

B. Gulliver Moll Flanders

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A. easy, smooth and colloquial

C. le ngthy and imagi native A. Tom Jones

C.

D. Robinson Crusoe

46. Daniel Defoe describes ______________ as a typical English middle — class man of the eighteenth century , the very prototype of the empire builder , the pioneer colonist .

()

A. Robi nso n Crusoe

C. Gulliver

B. Moll Fla nders D. Tom Jones

47. The hero Robinson Crusoe is a typical

( ) man, who has a great capacity for work,

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in exhaustible en ergy, courage, patie nee and persiste nee in overco ming obstacles and struggling against the hostile natural environment.

A. seve ntee nth-ce ntury En glish upper class B. eightee nth-ce ntury En glish middle class C. seve ntee nth-ce ntury En glish work ing class D. eightee nth-ce ntury En glish lower class

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48. The hero Robinson Crusoe is a typical 18

century English middle-calss man who __.( 浙 0610)

A. has a great capacity for work, in exhaustible en ergy, courage, patie nee and persiste nee in overco ming

obstacles and struggli ng aga inst the hostile n atural environment.

B. has strong will, but can 'tendure life 'loneliness.

C. has a great capacity for work, but is frightened by the hostile natural environment. D. thinks all the people are born equal.

49. The hero in Robinson Crusoe is the prototype of ( A. the the n progressive bourgeoisie C. the pion eer colonist

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B. the empire builder

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D. all of the above

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50. In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe eulogizes the hero of the ____________________ ? A. aristocratic class

B. en terpris ing lan dlords D. hard-work ing people

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C. rising bourgeoisie

51. ________ ,an adve nture story very much in spirit of the time, is uni versally con sidered Defoe '

masterpiece. A. Moll Fla nders

B. Colo nel Jack D. Roxa na

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C. Rob inson Crusoe

52. Which of the follow ing works best represe nts the n ati onal spirit of the 18

th -ce ntury En gla nd?

A. Robinson Crusoe

C. Jon athan Wild the Great

B. Gulliver' Travels

D. A Sen time ntal Journey

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53. Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surpris ing Adve ntures of Robinson Grusoe, of York, Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe )by A. Jon athan Swift C. George Eliot

.

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B. Da niel Defoe

D. D.H.Lawre nee

54. All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower-class people EXCEPT __________________ .

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A. Robinson Crusoe

C. Moll Flanders

55. Which of the following is NOT Defoe 'work?( A. Moll Fla nders

B. Captain Singleton D. Colonel Jack

)

B. Colo nel Jack D. Roxa na

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C. Silas Marner

Jon atha n Swift

56. Which of the following is true about

enlightenment movement? (

Jonathan Swift' thoughts as a representative of the ) (一) 11

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A. To better huma n life, en lighte nment is unn ecessary. B. Huma n n ature is simple and n aive.

C. Huma n n ature was dest ined and could n 'be cha nged.

D. It 'possible to reform and improve huma n n ature and huma n in stituti ons.

57. En glish literature of the 18 th cen tury produces some excelle nt satirists, among whom _________________ is a master satirist.

A. Jonathan Swift

B. Henry Fielding D. Thomas Gray

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58. As a master satirist, Swift 'satire is usually masked by ( (一) 12 (浙 0710)

A. outward gravity and appare nt earn est ness

C. pessimism and bitter ness

B. appare nt eager ness and sin cerity D. seem in gly gen tle ness and sweet ness

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59.1 n the book Gulliver 'Travels the hero traveled to the following places except （ ）（浙 0810 ）

A. the In dia n Isla nd

C. Lilliput

B. Brobd ingnag

D. the Houyh nhnm land

6O.ln which of the following works can you find the proper names Houyhnhnm, ” and Yahoo \"” A. James Joyce ' Ulsses.

B. Charles Dicke ns ' Bleak House. C. Jonathan Swift ' Gulliver 'Travels. D. D. H. Lawrenee ' Women in love.

Lilliput, ” Brobdingnag, ”

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61. Lilliput is ________ in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. A. the n ame of the hero who made deep-sea voyages

B. an imagi nary isla nd in habited by people not more tha n six in ches high C. a minor character who accompa nied the hero duri ng his voyages D. the cou ntry of horses en dowed with huma n in tellige nee

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62. Brobdingnag is an imaginary island where the inhabitants are _________ . A. ten times taller and larger tha n the ord inary huma n beings B. the horses who are hairy, wild, low and despicable C. the Yahoos who are wise and intelligent D. the small people who are only six inches tall

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63. The Houyh nhnms depicted by Jon atha n Swift in A. horses that are en dowed with reas on

B. pigmies that are en dowed with admirable qualities C. gia nts that are superior in wisdom

Gulliver's Travels are _______ .

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D. hairy,wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.

. The Honyhnhnm Land is an imaginary island where ___________ . A. horses are en dowed with reas on and all good and admirable qualities. B. yahoos are gover ning class.

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C. horses are hairy, wild, low and despicable brutes, who resemble human beings not only in appeara nce but also

almost every other way.

D. yahoos are possessed of reas on.

65. In the Houyh nhnm land, Gulliver found that _________ were hairy, wild, low and despicable brutes while _________ are en dowed with reas on and all good and admirable qualities. A. the horses ... the Yahoos

B. the horses ... human beings D. the Yahoos ... huma n beings

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C. the Yahoos ... the horses

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66. In ______________ of Gulliver' Travels, Jon atha n Swift satirizes the wester n civilizati on in clud ing

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false illusi ons about scie nee, philosophy, history and immortality. A. the first voyage to Lilliput

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B. the sec ondt voyage to Brobdi ngnag C. the third voyage to the Flying Isla nd D. the fourth voyage to Houyh nhnm land

67. As a whole, ___________ isone of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the the n En glish and Europea n life

—socially, politically, religiously, philosophically,

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scientifically, and morally. A. Moll Fla nders C. Pilgrim 'Progress

B. Gulliver ' Travels (一) 15

D. The School for Scandal

68. Which of the followi ng is true about the book A. It is a study of huma n n ature and life.

Gulliver's Travels ?( )

B. It has high artistic skills in making the story an orga nic whole.

C. It makes criticisms and satires of all aspects in the con temporary En glish and Europea n life. D. It is not a book of satire though it is a book of rebellion.

69. The social significanee of Gulliver' Travels lies in _________________ . (浙 0210)

A. the devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life. B. his artistic skill in making the story an organic whole C. his cen tral concern of study of huma n n ature and life D. both B and C

70. As one of the greatest masters of English prose, ________________ defined a good style as proper

words in proper places ”. A. Henry Fielding C. Samuel Johnson

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B. Jonathan Swift (一) 16

D. Alexander Pope

71. Who defined a good style as proper words in proper places? ” 0307)

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A. Jon athan Swift

C. Edmu nd Spen cer

B. Charles Dicke ns D. George Bern ard Shaw

72. A good style of prose \"proper works in proper places ” was defined by ________________ . A. Joh n Milt on

B. He nry Fieldi ng D.T.S. Eliot

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C. Jon athan Swift

73. Jonathan Swift 'greatest satiric work is ______________ . A. A Tale of a Tub

B. The Battle of the Books

C. Gulliver ' Travels D. A Modest Proposal

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74. Jon atha n Swift' s ____________is gen erally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the period but also in the whole En glish literary history. A. Gulliver s Travels

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B. The Battle of the Books D. A Tale of a Tub

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C. A Modest Proposal ”

75. The best model of satire in the whole English literary history is Jonathan Swift's ______________ . （094）

A. A Modest Proposal

C. Gulliver's Travels

B. A Tale of a Tub

D. The Battle of the Books

76. Jonathan Swift is a master satirist in English literature. His A Tale of a Tub is an attack on （ ）. A. the government

B. greed （一） 18 D. the abuse of power

is a typical

C. the church

77. __________________ feature of Swift's writings.

（）

B. Elegant style

D. Complicated sentence structure

A. Bitter satire

C. Casual narration

78. Which of the following is not Swift 'works? A. A Tale of a Tub C. Gulliver 'Travels

B. The Battle of the Books

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D. Tom Jones

79. Henry Fielding is mainly concerned about ___________ in his works. A. the miserable life of the middle-class people

B. the ordi nary and usually ridiculous life of the com mon people C. the special life style of some groups D. the real life of the upper-class people

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80. ______ is gen erally con siered Fieldi ng 'masterpiece. A. Joseph An drews

B. Jon athan Wild the Great D. Gulliver 'Travels

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C. Tom Jones

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B. Tom Jones （一） 19 D. Moll Fla nders - cen tury no velists __________ was the first to set out, both in theory and

practice, to write specifically a comic epic in prose ”， the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.

（104）

B. Da niel Defoe D. Laure nee Sterne

A. He nry Fieldi ng

C. Jon atha n Swift

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83.Of all the 18 century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a

___ in prose, \"the first to give the modern novel its structure

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and style. A.tragic epic C.roma nee

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B.comic epic

D.lyric epic

84 Of the eighteenth-century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to A. in struct the people through his writ ing

B. give the moder n no vel its structure and style C. amuse the people through his works D. adopt the third-pers on n arrati on

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85. In Tom Jones, the hero Tom is _________________ in contrast with Blifil who is _______________ .（浙 0301） A. innocent and kind-hearted ... hypocritical and wicked B. hypocritical and wicked ... innocent and kindhearted C. rude and stubbor n ... cunning and speculati ng D. cunning and speculati ng ... rude and stubbor n

86. An hon est, kin d-hearted you ng man, who is full of ani mal spirit and lacks prude nee, is expelled from the paradise and has to go through hard experience to gain knowledge of himself and fin ally to have bee n accepted both by a virtuous lady and a rich relative .

The above sentence may well sum up the theme of Fielding 'work _____________________ . A. Jon athan Wild the Great C. The Coffe-House Politicia n

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B. Tom Jones

D. Amelia

87. Henry Fielding adopted _

all- knowing God ”.

A. the first- pers on n arrati on C. the picaresque form

_ to relate a story in his novel in which the author becomes the

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B. the epistolary form

D. the third -pers on n arrati on

88. Henry Fielding adopted _____________ as his way to relate the story in a novel. A. the epistolary form

B. the picaresque form D. flashback

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C. the third-pers on n arrati on

. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, ________________ has been

regarded as Father of the En glish Novel ”.

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B. Da niel Defoe D. James Joyce

A. He nry Fieldi ng

C. Joh n Bunyan

90. For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel, ___________ has been regarded by some as A. Da niel Defoe C. Jon athan Swift

Father of the English Novel ”.

B. He nry Fieldi ng

D. Samuel Richards on

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91 . Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as _ _,for his contribution

establishment of the form of the modern novel.

to the

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A. Father of the English Novel

C. Father of the English Drama

92. Henry Fielding has been regarded as “

form of the modern ________ . A. Father of En glish Poetry...poetry B. Father of En glish Novel... novel C. Father of Moder n En glish Poetry...poetry D. Father of Modern En glish Novel... novel

B. Father of the English Poetry D. Father of the English Short Story

_ for his contribution to the establishment of the

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III. Questi ons and An swers （24 points in all, 6 for each）

45. List at least two leading neoclassicists in England. What did Neoclassicists celebrate in literary creation? （094） |

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45. A. Alexa nder Pope, Joh n Dryde n, Samuel Joh nson.

B. They believed that the artistic ideals should be order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy and that literature should be judged in terms of its service to humanity. They seek proporti on, uni ty, harm ony and grace in literary expressi ons, in an effort to delight, in struct and correct huma n bein gs. Thus a polite, elega nt, witty, and in tellectual art developed.

IV. Topic Discussi on（20 points in all, 10 for each）

49 . Daniel Defoe ' novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protag onist of the no vel, as an embodime nt of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England.

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1. Give a brief comment on the hero in The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

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1.Why has Fielding been regarded as Father of the English novel f （浙 0307） （一） 50 1. A. Fieldi ng has bee n regarded as Father of the En glish no vel ”，for his con tributi on

to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.

B. Of all the eightee nth-ce ntury no velists Field ing was the first to set out, both in theory and

practice, to write specifically a comic epic in prose, ” the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.

C. Before him, the relating go a story in a novel was either in the epistolary form （a series of

letters）, as in Richards on ' Pamela, or the picaresque form （adve nturous wan der ings） through the mouth of the pr in cipal character, as in Defoe

' Robinson Crusoe, but Field ing

adopted the third-person narration, ” in which the author becomes the all-knowing God. f D. In planning his stories, he tries to retain the grand epical form of the classical works but at

the same time keeps faithful to his realistic prese ntati on of com mon life as it is.

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