維多利亞時期測試題

1、Test to Victorian AgeI. Fill in the blanks. (25)1. In the Victorian period, , and moral propriety, which wereignored by the Romanticists, became the predominant preoccupation in literary works.2. In the Victorian period, the became the most widely read andthe most vital expression of progressive tho

2、ught.3. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques,the Victorian novelists shared one thing in common,that is, they were all concerned about the fate of the people.4. A new literary trend called flourished in the forties andthe early fifties of the 19th century.5. T

3、he Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century.6. The Chartist poetry played an important role in the development of English proletariat literature; the greatest Chartist poet was .7. The comic element is strong in Charles Dickens first novel, , which appeared in monthly sections between A

4、pril 1836 and November1837. It records the adventures of Mr. Pickwick and his companions as they journey about the country.8. is one of Charles Dickens best works. It is writtenin the first person and is the most autobiographical of all his books. In writing the novel, Dickens threw into it deep fee

5、lings and much of his own experience in his younger days.9. Written in 1837-38, tells the story of an orphan boy, whoseadventures provide material for a description of the lower depths of London.10. In his works, Dickens sets out a full map and a large-scale criticism of the 19th century England, pa

6、rticularly (The name of a city).11. In A Tale of Two Cities , the two cities are in the timeof revolution.12. The novel Hard Times makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and bourgeois philosophy .13. The novel touches upon a burning question of Dickens ti me:the education of chil

7、dren in the private schools.14. was the greatest representative of English criticalrealism.15. In 1847, William Makepeace Thackeray published his masterpiece which marks the peak of his literary career.16. The sub-title ofVanity Fair is . The writer sintention was not to portray individuals, but the

8、 bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole.17. The sub-title of the novelVanity Fair is suggestive of that Vanity Fair inJohn Bunyans , where all sorts of vanities are on sale.18. The main plot of Vanity Fair centers on the story of two women: Amelia Sedley and . Their characters are in sharp co

9、ntrast.19. George Eliot was the pseudonym of .20. George Eliot produced three remarkable novels including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss and .21. Wuthering Heights is written by . It is a morbid story of love,but a powerful attack on the bourgeois marriage system. It shows that true love in a clas

10、s society is impossible of attainment.22. Thomas Hardys novels of character and environment, which are also called , are of great significance.23. AmongThomas Hardys novels, the best -known are and Jude the Obscure .24. The Happy Price and Other Tales and The House of Pomegranates are twocollections

11、 of written by Oscar Wilde.25. Oscar Wilde s novel, created a sensation when itwas published in 1891.II.Decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false(F). (10)26. The most important poet of the Victorian Age was William Wordsworth. ( )27. English poetry in the Victorian Age not only al

12、ways touched on the serioussocial problems but also concerned itself with the poet s purely personal tastes or spiritual questions. ( )28. Aestheticism began to prevail in Europe at the middle of the 18th century. ( )29. Thomas Hardy is one of the representatives of English critical realism at the t

13、urn of the 19 th century. ( )30. Oscar Wilde is the representative among the writers of aestheticism and decadence. ( )31. Charles Dickens was the first socialist writer who gave bourgeois society a thorough criticism and who voiced the revolutionary ideal of Socialism in his poetry and prose. ( )32

14、. Mr. Rochester is a character in the novelJane Eyre , which was written byCharlotte Bronte. ( )33. The form of dramatic monologue of telling a story“from the inside ”, by aseries of psychological soliloquies or“soul-pictures ”, was most suitable toRobert Browning s literary talent. ( )34. Tess is a

15、rrested and hanged because she murdered her seducer Angel Clare.35. Alfred Tennyson is remembered mainly as a prose stylist in the history of English literature. ( )36. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into literature, the struggle ofthe for its rights.A. soldiersB. peasantsC. bourgeoisie

16、D. proletariat37. Which of the following writers does NOTbelong to critical realists A. Charles DickensB. Charlotte BronteC. William Makepeace ThackerayD. John Keats38. The greatest English critical realist novelist was , who criticizedthe bourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common p

17、eople.A. William MakepeaceB. Charles DickensC. Charlotte BronteD. Emily Dickinson39. In the period, Charles Dickens believed that all the evils of thecapitalist world would be remedies of only menbehave to each other with kindliness, justice, and sympathetic understanding.A. firstB. secondC. thirdD.

18、 fourth40. “Of all my books, ” wrote Dickens, “I like this best.” Which work does itrefer to A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. The Pickwick PapersD. Oliver Twist41. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the soc

19、ial reality A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Great ExpectationsD. Dombey and Son42. In 1864, Charles Dickens published his last complete novel .A. The Old Curiosity ShopB. The Pickwick PaperC. Our Mutual FriendD. Little Dorrit43. William Makepeace Thackeray published two historical nove

20、ls. One of them is Henry Esmond, and the other is .A. PendennisB. The NewcomesC. Vanity FairD. The Virginians44. described the life of the laboring people and criticized theprivileged classes, but the power of exposure became much weaker in her work. The significance of her work lies rather in the p

21、ortrayal of the pettiness and stagnancy of English provincial life.A. George EliotB. Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellC. William Makepeace ThackerayD. Emily Bronte45. written by George Eliot is largely autobiographical in its earlychapters.A. Adam BedeB. The Mill on the FlossC. Silas MarnerD. Mary Barton46

22、. The novels of mark the beginning of a new stage in the developmentof English critical realism following that of Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray. She shifted the center of gravity in the novel from the social problems to the problems of religion and morality.A. Emily BronteB. Elizab

23、eth Cleghorn GaskellC. Charlotte BronteD. George Eliot47. The following are the common characters shared by the three Bront? sistersEXCEPT .A. unmarriedB. literaryC. talentedD. dying young48. Which one is NOTCharlotte Bront ? s novelsA. ProfessorB. VilletteC. ShirleyD. Agnes Grey49. “Do you think, b

24、ecause I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soullessand heartless And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, Ishould have madeit as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for meto leave you.” The above quoted passage is most probably taken from .A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Jane

25、EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD. Great Expectations50. Anne Bront ? s wrote two novelsThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall and A. ShirleyB. VilletteC. Wuthering HeightsD. Agnes Grey51. Which of the following is NOT true aboutWuthering Heights A. Wuthering Heights is the nameof Mr. Earnshaws house in North England,

26、 remote from the outside world and amidst gloomy surroundings.B. The pure love between Heathcliff and Catherine has been crushed by the class prejudice of the bourgeoisie.C. Heathcliff is at first the oppressed and decides to have his revenge on hisoppressor, but in the end, having hadhis revenge, t

27、he oppressed turns intooppressor. Here lies the novel s theme that “a full human life in a capitalist society was impossible of attainment. ”D. In the writing of it, the author drew a great deal from her own life-experience.52. Tess of the DUrbervilles , one of ThomasHardys best -known novels, portr

28、aysman as .A. being hereditary（ 遺傳的） either good or badB. being self-sufficientC. having no control over his own fateD. still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion53. Which of the following best describes the nature of ThomasHardys later worksA. Sentimentalism.B. Tragic sense.C. Surrealism.D. Comic sense.54. According to ThomasHardys own classification,his novels divide themselvesinto three groups. They are the following EXCEPT .A. Novels of character and environmentB. Romances and FantasiesC. Nove