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1. 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
    2. Joseph Addison,Richard Steele and Alexander pope belonged to the school of _____.
    A classic
    B romanticism
    C realism
    D modernism
    3. ____ 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
    4. "The three unites", formulated by renaissance dramatists, are the unites of the following elements but____.
    A time
    B place
    C action
    D character
    5. "The father of the English novel" is______.
    A Geoffrey Chaucer
    B Edmund Spenser
    C Francis bacon
    D Henry fielding
    6. "Tom Jones" was written by___.
    A Henry fielding
    B Daniel Defoe
    C Jonathan swift
    D Samuel Richardson
    7.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 the author of the first English dictionary.
    8.The school for scandal is a ____written by____.
    A tragedy. Richard Brimley Sheridan
    B comedy…Richard Brimley Sheridan
    C comedy…Samuel Johnson
    D tragedy…samuel Johnson
    9.Oliver goldsmith's "the deserted village" is a poem of ____.
    A Transcendentalism
    B romanticism
    C sentimentalism
    D realism
    10.Oliver goldsmith's "the citizen of world" was originally published as____.
    A English letters
    B Chinese letters
    C French letters
    D American letters
    答案:
    解答 C Joseph Addison,Richard Steele和Alexander pope都是英國啟蒙時(shí)期文學(xué)的代表,他們從各個(gè)角度評判當(dāng)時(shí)英國社會,討論社會問題,甚至涉及道德倫理和個(gè)人生活,崇尚新古典主義,William Blake是浪漫主義詩人。
    解答 A 三人同為英國啟蒙時(shí)期文學(xué)的代表,崇尚新古典主義。
    解答 C Alexander pope為英國啟蒙時(shí)期新古典主義詩歌的代表,essay on criticism用英雄雙韻體寫成,總結(jié)了古代和十八世紀(jì)歐洲古典主義者所倡導(dǎo)德詩歌藝術(shù)規(guī)則。
    解答 D 三一律,要求戲劇描寫的時(shí)間,地點(diǎn)和情節(jié)相統(tǒng)一。
    解答 D Spenser 是詩人中的詩人,Geoffrey Chaucer是英國詩歌之父,Henry fielding是英國小說之父。
    解答 A Tom Jones是Henry fielding寫的一部現(xiàn)實(shí)主義小說,展示了當(dāng)時(shí)英國社會的全景。
    解答 D Samuel Johnson 是詩人,劇作家,更是一位偉大的詞典編撰家,他編了第一部英國人的英語辭書―――英語大辭典。
    解答 B The school for scandal是十八世紀(jì)劇作家謝立丹所創(chuàng)作的喜劇。
    解答 C 長詩荒村是感傷主義詩歌的杰作
    解答 B 世界公民原為中國人信札。