英国文学知识120题(6)

英国文学常识,备考专八用。

51. The representatives of the Enlightenment in English literature were the following writers but _____.

A. Joseph Addison B. Richard Steele

C. William Blake D. Alexander Pope

52. Joseph Addison, Richard Steele and Alexander Pope belonged to the school of _____.

A. classicism B. romanticism C. realism D. modernism

53. _____ is a didactic poem written in heroic couplets by Alexander Pope. It sums up the art of poetry as taught by Aristotle, Horace, Boileau and the 18th century classicists. It tells the poets and critics to write and appreciate poetry according to the principles set up by the old Greek and Roman writers.

A. The Dunciad B. The Rap of the Rock

C. Essay on Criticism D. Essay on Man

54. “The three Unities”, formulated by Renaissance dramatists, are the unities of the following elements but _____.

A. time B. place C. action D. character

55. “The father of the English novel” is _____.

A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Edmund Spenser

C. Francis Bacon D. Henry Fielding

56. “Tom Jones” was written by _____.

A. Henry Fielding B. Daniel Defoe

C. Jonathan Swift D. Samuel Richardson

57. Why is Samuel Johnson called “Dictionary Johnson”?

A. Because he knows a lot more than other writers in words.

B. Because he often consults an encyclopedia while writing.

C. Because he is a master of English language.

D. Because he is author of the first English dictionary.

58. “The School for Scandal’ is a _____ written by _____.

A. Tragedy…Richard Brinsley Sheridan

B. Comedy…Richard Brinsley Sheridan

C. Comedy…Samuel Johnson

D. Tragedy…Samuel Johnson

59. Oliver Goldsmith’s “The Deserted Village” is a poem of _____.

A. transcendentalism B. romanticism

C. sentimentalism D. realism

60. Oliver Goldsmith’s “The Citizen of the World” was originally published as _____.

A. English Letters B. Chinese Letters

C. French Letters D. American Letters

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