Shakespeare:
Questions:
I.1. Why sleep is so frightening, according to Hamlet, since it can “end” the heartache and the thousand natural shocks”?
2. Why would people rather hear all the sufferings of the world instead choosing death to get rid of them, according to Hamlet?
3. What, after all, makes people lose their determination to take action? Please explain in relation to the so-called hesitation of Hamlet.
II. 1. What does Romeo compare Juliet to in the beginning passage of the selection? 2. What is Romeo and Juliet’s attitude toward being a Montague or a Capulet? 3. What does Romeo mean when he says “Look thou but sweet, /And I am proof against their enmity”?
Answers for reference:
I. 1. Nobody can predict what he will dream of after he falls asleep.
2. Death is so mysterious that nobody knows what death will bring to us. Maybe bitter sufferings, great pains, heartbreaking stories…
3. 1) Conscience and over-considerations. 2) He wants to revenge, but doesn’t know how; 2) He
wants to kill his uncle, but find it too risky; 3) He lives in despair and wants to commit suicide, 4)however, he knows if he dies, nobody will comfort his father’s ghost. He is in face of great dilemma.
I. 1. Sun.
2. They would give up their names for love’s sake.
3. Only if you are kind to me, their hatred cannot hurt me.
Daniel Defoe:
Questions:
1. Do you find the description of Crusoe’s setting up the tent convincing? Could you think of better ways to build a shelter in his situation?
2. What do you think of Crusoe’s way of marking time? Why is it important for him to keep track of time?
3. From this excerpt, what do you find admirable in Robinson Crusoe?
Answers for reference: 1. Yes.
2. 1) He doesn’t want to forget time ; 2) For a civilized man, time is precious ; 3) He wants to
remember Sabbath days to show his respect and piety to God.
3. strong-minded, careful, capable, persevering, optimistic, ambitious, self-reliant,
clever, practical, adventurous, patient, rational, sympathetic, hardworking, imaginative, energetic, courageous, amiable (kind-hearted)
Jane Austen:
Questions:
1. Why do you think of Mrs.Bennet? How can you characterize her? 2. What do you known about Jane Austen’s writing style?
Answers for reference:
1. 1) She is mean, her only care is to marry her daughter to rich young men ; 2) She is simple and foolish, even cannot understand her husband’s ironical words. 3) She loves her daughter , though she doesn’t understand them ,but what she do is only for their happiness rather than herself.
2. 1) keen observation of society around her , good ear for conversation, use of mild, irony and
penetrating analysis.2)Style, clarity, economy, skillful dialogue, tight plotting, simple and clear. 3）Readers can find sth of themselves, comfort, tranquility, escape in her novels.
Charlotte Bronte:
Questions:
1. What’s the theme in Jane Eyre?
2. Please show your understanding on the love between Jane Eyre and Mr Rochester .
Answers for reference:
1. 1) Jane Eyre is not only a love story; 2) it is also a plea for the recognition of the individual’s
worth and 3) sex equality that Women attempt to assert their own identity within the male-dominated society. 2. Though poor and plain, Jane Eyre, who had a strong will of life, tried hard to get her rights
of equality. She left the man very much who was about 20 years older than she and richer. She just wanted him to treat her equally. She was great because her love made disillusioned Rochester happy again. Mr. Rochester was a man full of life’s misery, yet he loved Jane truly and respected her very much. That’s why he got her love.
Charles Dickens:
Questions:
1. How do you understand Pip’s so called “Great Expectation”?
2. Please explain the reason that Great Expectation is a so-called bildungsroman or growth
novel.
Answers for reference:
1. 1) when he was young, he wanted to become a blacksmith like Joe, his brother in law. 2) His
meeting with Havisham changed his attitude towards life, and he admired he decent way of living like a gentleman. He met Estella and fell love with her, but he cannot marry her because of his inferior status and his expectations changed: raise his social status and to become a gentleman, get a better education and then marry Estella. 3) When Pip discovers that his benefactor is in fact a convict, his “great expectation” turns out to be bubble, beautiful but transient. Pip finally realized the money and social status is not the most important thing in life. What is important is love and loyalty. Man's true value has nothing to do with his money and status. (简略版)
1. 1) When he was young, he wanted to become a blacksmith like Joe, his brother in law. 2) When
he met Havisham and fell in love with Estella, his expectations changed: to raise his social status and become a gentleman, get a better education and then marry Estella. 3) When Pip
discovered that his benefactor was in fact a convict, his “great expectation” turned out to be bubble, beautiful but transient. Pip finally realized the money and social status is not the most important thing in life. What’s important is love and loyalty. Man's true value has nothing to do with his money and status.
2. It is the novel of the growth and development of the hero Pip. There is absence of parents for
Pip who is raised by his sister and brother-in-law; As a gentleman, Pip condescends people of lower class, losing sight of the generous, kind aspect of being a gentleman; He is tested and drawn to destructive love etc.
Thomas Hardy:
Questions:
1. What do you think causes Tess’s tragedy?
2. Please comment briefly on the fate of Tess in Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
Answers for reference:
1. 1) Tess was an innocent, pure girl. She was honest and sweet-natured and full of love for her
family and sympathy for others.2) the poverty of her family, the social environment and the collapse of the Agricultural economy; horse killed---claim kin 3) the double moral standard between men and women of that patriarchal society, “chastity =purity” is only for women.4) For such a girl as Tess, her life was something that she couldn’t control, chance of some unknown forces determined everything.
2. Tess is actually a victim of her society. Hardy created the heroine Tess just to criticize the society
in his time. Tess is a tragic person simply because she is not accepted by the society in which agriculture is menaced by the forces of invading capitalism. So in a way, Tess’ fate is decided by her society. 3. 4. 5.
1.The national epic of the Anglo-Saxons is ____. A Robin Hood B Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C The Canterbury Tales D Beowulf
2. ____was the most outstanding single romance on the Arthurian legend written in alliterative verse.
A The Canterbury Tales B Piers the Plowman C Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D Beowulf 3. ____was famous for The Canterbury Tales. A Geoffrey Chaucer B John Milton C William Shakespeare D Francis Bacon 4. Most of the ballads of the
15th century focused on the legend about ____ as a heroic figure.
A Green Nights B Gawain C Robin Hood D Hamlet
5.In the 16th century, Thomas More’s work ____became immediately popular after its
publication.
A Paradise Lost B A Pleasant Satire of the Three Estates C Of Studies D Utopia
6. ____was Edmund Spencer’s masterpiece which has been regarded as one of the great poems in the English language. A Amoretti B The Shepherd’s Calendar C The Faerie Queene D Four Hymns 7. ____ is from Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18. A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” B “To be or not to be: that is the question” C “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead”
8. _____, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain C. Francis Bacon D. John Dryden
9.The four great tragedies written by Shakespeare are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and ____.
A. Antony and Cleopatra B. Julius Caesar
C Twelfth Night D King Lear
10. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s romantic love comedies? A Twelfth Night B The Tempest
C As You Like It D The Merchant of Venice
D C A C D C C A D B
▪ 1. All of the following are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England except______. ▪ a. William Shakespeare ▪ b. Ben Jonson
▪ c. Christopher Marlowe ▪ d. Francis Bacon
▪ 2. The English Renaissance period was an age of _________.
▪ a. poetry and drama ▪ b. drama and novel
▪ c. novel and poetry ▪ d. romance and poetry
▪ 3. Paradise Lost is the masterpiece of _____
▪ a. William Shakespeare ▪ b. Robert Burns
▪ c. John Milton d. William Blake ▪ 4. Which of the following plays written by Shakespeare is history play ?
▪ a. A Midsummer Night’s Dream ▪ b. The Merry Wives of Windsor
▪ c. Henry IV d. King Lear ▪ 5. The first official version of Bible known as the Great Bible, was revised in ______
a. 16th century b. 17th century ▪ c. 18th century d. 19th century ▪ 6. Francis Bacon’s Essays first published in 1597 has been considered as an important landmark in the development of English_______, and as the first collection of essays in the English language. ▪ a. poetry b. epics c. fiction d. prose
▪ 7. Daniel Defoe was famous for his novel ____ which first established his reputation. ▪ a. Gulliver’s Travels ▪ b. The Adventure of Robinson Crusoe ▪ c. The Pilgrim’s Progress ▪ d. Oliver Twist
▪ 8. The famous poem “ A Red Red Rose” was written by_________
▪ a. William Wordsworth ▪ b. George Byron ▪ c. Robert Burns ▪ d. William Blake
▪ 9. Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein belongs to the type of ____ which is often set in gloomy castles where horrifying, supernatural events take place.
▪ a. Gothic b. Realism ▪ c. Romanticism d. Classicism
▪ 10. The first complete English Bible was translated by _______, “the morning star of the Reformation” and his followers.
▪ A. William Langland B. James I ▪ C. John Wycliffe ▪ D. Bishop Lancelot Andrews ▪ D A C C B D B C A C ▪
▪ 1. The literature of the Anglo-Saxon period falls naturally into two divisions, ______ and Christian. ▪ a. Pagan b. Roman ▪ c. French d. Danish
▪ 2. “ Poetry is Spontaneous” was put forward by________ ▪ a. Robert Burns b. William Blake ▪ c. William Wordsworth ▪ d. Charles Lamb
▪ 3. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typical belonging to the school of Romantic literature? ▪ a. Don Juan b. Ulysses ▪ c. Jane Eyre ▪ d. Sons and Lovers
▪ 4. ______is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England. ▪ a. Francis Bacon ▪ b. Edmund Spenser
▪ c. Thomas More d. Sidney
▪ 5. What is flourished in Elizabethan age more than any other form of literature? ▪ a. novel b.drama ▪ c. essay d. poetry
▪ 6. The publication of _______marked the beginning of the Romantic Age. ▪ a. Don Juan
▪ b. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
▪ c. The Lyrical Ballads ▪ d. Ode to the West Wind
▪ 7. Which of the following did not belong to Romanticism? ▪ a. John Keats ▪ b. Percy Shelley ▪ c. William Wordsworth ▪ d. Alfred Tennyson
▪ 8. Frankenstein was filmed many times. Who wrote the book?
▪ a. Edgar Allan Poe ▪ b. James Joyce ▪ c. Mary Shelley ▪ d. Walter Scott
▪ 9. In the mid-18th century, a new literary movement called _______came to Europe and then to England. ▪ a. Romanticism b. Classicism ▪ c. Realism d. Restoration
▪ 10. Which of the following poem was not written by John Keats?
▪ a. Ode to the West Wind ▪ b. Ode to Autumn ▪ c. Ode on a Grecian Urn ▪ d. Ode to a Nightingale
▪ A C A A B C D C A A
▪
▪ 1. William Shakespeare is one of the giants of________ ▪ a. Romanticism ▪ b. Critical Realism ▪ c. Aestheticism ▪ d. the Renaissance
▪ 2. ________is the first important religious poet in English literature.
▪ a. John Donne b. George Herbert ▪ c. Caedmon d. Milton
▪ 3. _________was the first to introduce
the sonnet into English literature.
▪
a. Thomas Wyatt b. William
Shakespeare
▪ ▪
c. Philip Sidney d. Thomas Gray 4. The English poets________, William
Wordsworth, and Robert Southey, were known as “ Lake Poets” because they lived in the Lake District Northwestern England at the beginning of the 19th century.
▪ ▪
a. George Byron b. John Keats c. Percy Shelley d. Samuel
Coleridge
▪ 5. The most gifted of the “University Wits” was ____. ▪ A. John Lily B. Thomas Kyd C. Thomas Greene D. Christopher Marlowe
▪ 6. _____is one of the forerunners of modern socialist thought.
▪ A. Phillip Sidney ▪ B. Edmund Spenser ▪ C. Thomas More ▪ D. Christopher Marlowe
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
7. Morality plays appeared after_____. A. miracle plays B. mystery plays C. interlude D. Classical plays
▪ 8. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of characteristics of Renaissance?
▪ a. Exaltation of man’s pursuit of happiness in this life. b. Cultivation of the genuine flavor of ancient culture. c. Tolerance of human weaknesses.
d. Praise of man’s efforts in having his soul delivered.
▪
9. The most intellectual movement of
the Renaissance was ________.
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
A. the Reformation B. Humanism
C. the Italian revival D. Geographical exploration
10. What is the relationship between
Claudius and Hamlet?
▪ ▪ son ▪
▪ D C A D D C A D B B
▪
1. Which of the following is a typical feature of Swift’s
A. Cousins B. Uncle and nephew C. Father-in-law D. Father and
writings?
▪ A. Great wit. B. Bitter satire. ▪ C. Rich mythic allusions.
▪ D. Complicated sentence structures.
▪ 2. ____ is the leading figure of Metaphysical poetry. ▪ A. John Donne B. George Herbert
▪ C. Andre Marvell D. Henry Vaughan
▪ 3. The ______ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century. ▪ A. Romanticism B. Humanism ▪ C. Enlightenment D. Sentimentalism
▪ 4. Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century? ▪ A. Oliver Goldsmith ▪ B. Richard Sheridan ▪ C. Laurence Sterne ▪ D. Henry Fielding
▪ 5. In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput”, “Brobdingnag”, “Houyhnhnm” and “Yahoo”? ▪ A. The Pilgrim’s Progress ▪ B. The Faerie Queene ▪ C. Gulliver’s Travels ▪ D. The School for Scandal
▪ 6. ____ poems can be divided into two categories: the youthful love lyrics and the later sacred verses.
▪ A. John Milton B. John Bunyan C. John Donne D. John Dryden
▪ 7. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan describes The Vanity Fair in a _____ tone.
▪ A. delightful B. solemn ▪ C. sentimental D. satirical
▪ 8. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the _____ century.
▪ A. 17th B. 19th C. 18th D. 20th
▪ 9. _____ compiled the A Dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries. ▪ A. Ben Johnson B. Samuel Johnson ▪ C. Alexander Pope D. John Dryden
▪ 10. ____ found its representative writers in the field of poetry, such as Edward Young and Thomas Gray, but it manifested itself chiefly in the novels of Lawrence Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith.
▪ A. Pre-romanticism B. Romanticism ▪ C. Sentimentalism D. Naturalism
▪ B A C B C C D C B C
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