专八人文：英国文学部分精选习题
专八人文：英国文学部分精选习题
The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is not such an event?
A. The rediscovery of ancient Rome and Greek culture.
B. England's domestic rest.
C. New discovery in geography and astrology.
D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion.
Which of the following is regarded as the most successful religious allegory in the English language.
A. The Pilgrim's Progress
B. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
C. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman
D. The Holy War
It is alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Martin Luther
C. William Langland
D. John Gower
All of the following four except are the most eminent dramatists in the Renaissance England.
A. Francis Bacon
B. Christopher Marlowe
C. William Shakespeare
D. Ben Jonson
It is generally regarded that Keats's most important and mature poems are in the form of .
A. elegy
B. ode
C. epic
D. sonnet
Daniel Defoe's novels mainly focus on .
A. the struggle of the unfortunate for mere existence
B. the struggle of the shipwrecked persons for security
C. the struggle of the pirates for wealth
D. the desire of the criminals for property
In Beowulf, fought against the monster Grendel and a five breathing dragon.
A. the Anglo-Saxons
B. Beowulf
C. the Scandinavian
D. the Winter Dragon
Francis Bacon is best known for his which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.
A. essays
B. poems
C. works D plays
Most of Thomas Hardy's novels are set in Wessex .
A. a crude region in England
B. a fictional primitive region
C. a remote rural area
D. Hardy's hometown
We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all the following terms except .
A. swift
B. proud
C. tamed
D. wild
"Blindness", "partiality", "prejudice", and "absurdity" in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" are most likely the characteristics of .
A. Elizabeth
B. Darcy
C. Mr. Bennet
D. Mrs. Bennet
The modern English novel came into being in .
A. the middle of the 17th century
B. the 17th century
C. the late 18th century
D. the middle of the 18th century
Who is not the major figure of modernist movement?
A. Eliot
B. Joyce
C. Charles Dickens
D. Pound
Who is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare?
A. Oscar Wilde
B. John Galsworthy
C. W.B. Yeats
D. George Bernard Shaw
Of the following poets, which is not regarded as "Lake Poets"?
A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B. Robert Southy
C. William Words worth
D. William Shakespeare In the first part of Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver told his experience in .
A. Lilliput
B. Brobdingnag
C. Houyhnhnm
D. England
Which of the following cannot describe "Byronic hero"?
A. proud
B. mysterious
C. noble origin D progressive
In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as .
A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experience.
B. the thought that designates man as a social animal
C. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in common
D. the modes of thinking
The term "metaphysical poetry" is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of .
A. John Milton
B. John Donne
C. John Keats
D. John Bunyan
"The Vanity Fair" is a well-known part in .
A. The Pilgrim's Progress
B. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
C. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman
D. The Holy War
In Oliver Twist, Charles criticizes .
A. money worshipping tendency
B. dehumanizing of workhouse system
C. hypocrisy of the upper society
D. distortion of human heart
Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is history play?
A. Julius Caesar
B. The Merry Wives of Windsor
C. Henry IV
D. King Lear
Who is regarded as a "worshipper of nature".
A. John Keats
B. William Blake
C. William Wordsworth
D. Jane Austen
Which of the following writing is not the work by Charles Dickens?
A. A Tale of Two Cities
B. Hard Times
C. Oliver Twist
D. Sons and Lovers
The 18th century England is known as the in the history.
A. Romanticism
B. Classicism
C. Renaissance
D. Enlightenment
专八人文：美国文学部分精选习题
In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment. was the dominant spirit.
A. Humanism
B. Rationalism
C. Revolution
D. Evolution
Which statement about Franklin is not true?
A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer.
B. He was a scientist.
C. He was a master of diplomacy.
D. He was a Puritan.
Who is regarded as the first American prose epic.
A. Nature
B. The Scarlet Letter
C. Walden
D. Moby-Dick
The Romanic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving's and ended with Whiteman's Leaves of Grass.
A. The Sketch Book
B. Tales of a Traveler
C. The Alhambra
D. A history of New York
In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, "A" may stand for .
A. Adultery
B. Angel
C. Amiable
D. All the above
The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as .
A. the Naturalist Period
B. the Modern Period
C. the Romantic Period
D. the Realistic Period
The Age of Realism is the literary history of the United States refers to the period from to .
A. 1861 – 1914
B. 1863 – 1918
C. 1865 – 1914
D. 1865 – 1918
Who is described by Mark Twain as a boy with "a sound heart and a deformed conscience?"
A. Tom Sawyer
B. Huckleberry Finn
C. Jim
D. Tony
Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his .
A. international theme
B. waste-land imagery
C. local color
D. symbolism
The impact of Darwin's evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American .
A. modernism
B. naturalism
C. vernacularism
D. local colorism
In 1900, London published his first collection of short stories, named .
A. The son of the Wolf
B. The Sea Wolf
C. The Law of Life
D. White Fang
In which of the following works, Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bull-fight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy?
A. The Green Hills of Africa.
B. The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
C. To Have and Have Not.
D. Death in the Afternoon.
Which of the following figures does not belong to "The Lost Generation"?
A. Ezra Pound
B. William Carlos Williams
C. Robert Frost
D. Theodore Dreiser
Who is a dramatist that holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period?
A. Sinclair Levis
B. Eugene O'Neil
C. Arthur Miller
D. Tennessee Williams
The following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except .
A. William Faulkner
B. F. Scott Fitzgerald
C. John Steinbeck
D. Ernest Hemingway
In 1954, was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his "mastery of the art of modern narration".
A. T.S. Eliot
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. John Steinbeck
D. William Faulkner
Who is the author of the work: "The Grapes of Wrath"?
A. John Steinbeck
B. Eugene O'Neil
C. F. Scott Fitzgerald
D. Theodore Dreiser
In 1920 Sinclair Lewis published his memorable denunciation of American small-town provincialism in .
A. Main Street
B. An American Tragedy
C. Winesburg, Ohio
D. Sister Carrie
专八人文知识：语言学部分精选试题
Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?
A. Language is a system
B. Language is symbolic
C. Animals also have language
D. Language is arbitrary
Which of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?
A. Symbolic
B. Dual
C. Productive
D. Arbitrary
What is the most important function of language?
A. Interpersonal
B. Phatic
C. Informative
D. Metalingual
Who put forward the distinction between Langue and Parole?
A. Saussure
B. Chomsky
C. Halliday
D. Anonymous
According to Chomsky, which is the ideal user's internalized knowledge of his language?
A. competence
B. parole
C. performance
D. langue
The function of the sentence "A nice day, isn't it?" is .
A. informative
B. phatic
C. directive
D. performative
Articulatory phonetics mainly studies .
A. the physical properties of the sounds produced in speech
B. the perception of sounds
C. the combination of sounds
D. the production of sounds
The distinction between vowels and consonants lies in .
A. the place of articulation
B. the obstruction of airstream
C. the position of the tongue
D. the shape of the lips
Which is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transcription?
A. Phonetics
B. Phonology
C. Semantics
D. Pragmatics
Which studies the sound systems in a certain language?
A. Phonetics
B. Phonology
C. Semantics
D. Pragmatics
Minimal pairs are used to .
A. find the distinctive features of a language
B. find the phonemes of a language
C. compare two words
D. find the allophones of language
Usually, suprasegmental features include ,length and pitch.
A. phoneme
B. speech sounds
C. syllables
D. stress
Which is an indispensable part of a syllable?
A. Coda
B. Onset
C. Stem
D. Peak
Which is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content? A. Word B. Morpheme C. Allomorph D. Root
Which studies the internal structure of words, and the rules by which words are formed?
A. Morphology
B. Syntax
C. Phonology
D. Semantics
Lexeme is .
A. a physically definable unit
B. the common factor underlying a set of forms
C. a grammatical unit
D. an indefinable unit
Which of the following sounds does not belong to the allomorphs of the English plural morpheme ?
A. [s]
B. [iz]
C. [ai]
D. [is]
All words contain a .
A. root morpheme
B. bound morpheme
C. prefix
D. suffix
The relationship between "fruit" and "apple" is .
A. homonymy
B. hyponymy
C. polysemy
D. synonymy
The part of the grammar that represents a speaker's knowledge of the structure of phrases and sentences is called .
A. lexicon
B. morphology
C. syntax
D. semantics
Which of the following items is not one of the grammatical categories of English pronouns?
A. gender
B. number
C. case
D. voice
The pair of words "lend" and "borrow" are .
A. gradable opposites
B. converse opposites
C. co-hyponyms
D. synonyms
"Big" and "Small" are a pair of opposites.
A. complementary
B. gradable
C. complete
D. converse
According to C. Morris and R. Carnap, which is studies the relationship between symbols and their interpreters?
A. syntax
B. semantics
C. pragmatics
D. sociolinguistics
There are deixis in the sentence she has sold it here yesterday.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
In the following conversation:
- Beirut is in Peru, isn't it?
- And Rome is in Romania, I suppose.
The second person violates the .
A. Quantity Maxim
B. Quality Maxim
C. Relation Maxim
D. Manner Maxim
The maxim of requires that a participant's contribution be relevant to the conversation.
A. quantity
B. quality
C. manner
D. relation
专八人文知识考前模拟试题
１．Which one of the four is NOT correct?
A) English-speaking countries are UK, USA, Canada, Barbados, etc.
B) English-speaking countries are UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
C) English-speaking countries are USA, Canada, Australia, the Republic of Ireland, etc.
D) English-speaking countries USA, Canada, Australia, Egypt, etc.
２．The famous short story The Fall of the House of Usher was written by
A) Charles Dickens B) Edgar Allen Poe
C) John Richardson (Canadian novelist) D) Henry Savery
３．Which one of the following Ivy League Schools is situated in Connecticut?
A) Yale University. B) Harvard.
C) Princeton. D) Columbia.
４．The branch of linguistics which studies the forms of words is __ MORPHOLOGY..
A) phoneme B) morpheme
C) semantics D) morphology
５．Who wrote a highly-acclaimed Novel Moby Dick?
A) William James. B) Herman Melville.
C) Ernest Hemingway. D) Cooper.
６．What is the name of the Lake in northern Utah of the U.S.A.?
A) Lake Michigan. B) Lake Superior.
C) Lake Erie. D) the Great Salt Lake.
７．Who wrote Pygmalion which later was transformed into the highly popular New York Broadway musical My Fair Lady in 1956?
A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Charles Lamb.
C) George Bernard Shaw. D) Alfred Tennyson.
８．Among the four pillars of English literature, who was NOT born and raised in Ireland?
A) Jonathan Swift. B) W'filiam Buffer Yeats.
C) James Joyce. D) Robert Browning.
９．Alaska lies in the of North America, stretching southward from the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific.
A) northwestern part B) southwestern part
C) northeastern part D) southeastern part
１０．Who is a satirist and the first writer in America to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
A) Eugene O' Neill B) Sinclair Lewis
C) TS. Eliot D) W'dliam Fanlkner
专八人文知识考前模拟试题2
The first capital of the young nation of the USA is .
A) Boston B) Philadelphia C) New York D) Washington
Which one of the following American cities is the birthplace of jazz?
A) New Orleans. B) New York. C) Boston. D) Chicago.
Who wrote one of the most enduring classic poem Ode to the West Wind ?
A) Wifiliam Wordsworth. B) Alfred Tennyson. C) Percy Shelley. D) David Bum.
When was Elizabeth I came to the throne of England?
A) 1538. B) 1548. C.1568. D) 1558.
When was Oxford University founded?
A) 1167 in Oxford, B) 1267 in Oxford.
C) 1367 in Oxford. D) 1467 in Oxford.
Canada is often described as a huge ~ centered on the Hudson and James Bay.
A) plate B) saucer C) cup D) bowl
In the literature of sociolinguistics, refers to a group of institutionalized social situations typically con strained by a common set of behavioural rules.
A) domain B) distribution C) dissimilation D) discourse
is a process in which part of the form is native and part is borrowed, but the meaning is fully borrowed.
A) loanshifting B) loanblending C) loan translation D) logical connection
What is the name of the woman poet who had her The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America?
A) Anne Bradstreet. B) Maria Edgeworth. C) Jane Austen. D) Emily Dickinson.
Who wrote and published the philosophical work Essay Concerning Human Understanding?
A) John Milton. B) John Locke. C) Richard Steele. D) Joseph Addison.
专八人文知识考前模拟试题3
_ is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transportation.
A) Phonetics B) Phonology C) Phoneme D) Phonetic typology
The sounds in the production of which there is an obstruction of the air-stream at some point the vocal tract are called .
A) consonance B) consonant cluster C) consistency D) consonants
In its technical sense here, __ deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocations.
A) pictogram B) lexicon C) word-formation D) ideogram
When was Longrnan Group UK Ltd was founded?
A) 1721. B).1722. C) 1723. D).1724.
What is the name of the dictionary compiled by Samuel Johnson?
A) First English Dictionary. B) Dictionary of English Language.
C) A Dictionary of the English Language. D) Dictionary of the English Language.
Who wrote and publish Poor Richard's Almanack?
A) Benjamin Franklin. B) John Gay. C) David Hume. D) Samuel Richardson.
Which one of the following four books was written by Harriet Stowe?
A) Roughing It in the Bush. B) Walden, or Life in the Woods.
C) Adam Bede. D) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
_ _ the capital of New South Wales, is the oldest and largest city in Australia.
A) Melbourne B) Sydney C) Darwin D) Canberra
, Valentine's Day, is sweethearts' day, on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions.
A) February 10th B) February 12th C) February 14th D) February 16th
Major Newspapers and Magazines in the USA are , etc.
A) New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Times
B) New York Times, Washington Post, The Sun, Times
C) New York Times, Washington Post, The Evening Post, Times
D) New York Times, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Times
答案：ＡＤＢＤＣＡＤＢＣＡ
英国文学期末考试题目(英语专业必备)
.. ;.. 一．中古英语时期 Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language. The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly a dventures or other heroic deeds. Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature. Chaucer is considered as the father of English poetry and the founder of English realism. 二．文艺复兴Renaissance Renaissance r efers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It marks a transition(过渡) from the medieval to the modern world. It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture（雕塑）and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe. Humanism is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the measure of all things. This was England’s Golden Age in literature. Queen Elizabeth r eigned over the country in this period. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance i s the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance E ngland are Christopher Marlowe and W illiam Shakespeare. The greatest of the pioneers of English drama was Christopher Marlowe. Francis Bacon was the best known essayist of this period. “Of Studies” is the most popular of Bacon’s 58 essays. Thomas More ——Utopia Edmund Spenser——The Faerie Queene 相关练习 1. Which is the oldest poem in the English language? A. Utopia B. Faerie Queene C. Beowulf D. Hamlet 2. _____ is the father of English poetry. A. Edmund Spenser B. William Shakespeare C. Francis Bacon D. Geoffrey Chaucer 3. ____ is not a playwright during the Renaissance period on England. A. William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Christopher Marlowe D. Ben Johnson 三．莎士比亚William Shakespeare “All t he world 's a stage, a nd all the men and women merely p layers.”——William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language. Shakespeare understood people more than any other writers. He could create characters that have
英语专八英美文学常识汇总
英语专八英美文学常识汇总
3专八人文知识:英国地理概况 the english channel: the channel is a narrow sea passage which separates england and france and connects the atlantic ocean and north sea. 英吉利海峡：英吉利海峡是一道狭长的海峡，分割英法两国，连接大西洋和北海。 the dee estuary: a small sea ( in irish sea) where the dee river enters. 迪河河口：是迪河流入的一个小海。 "the act of union of 1801": in 1801 the english parliament passed an act by which scotland, wales and the kingdom of england were constitutionally joined as the kingdom of great britain. 1801合并法：1801年英国议会通过法令，规定英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士根据宪法合并成为大不列颠王国。 gaelic: it is one of the celtic language, and is spoken in parts of the highlands. 盖尔语：是盖尔特语言的一种，在高地地区仍有人说这种语言。 the "backbone of england": it refers to the pennies, the board ridge of hills.
英美文学知识点总结(适用于英语专八)
Old English Literature 古英语文学 （450-1066年） Beowulf （贝奥武甫）---The first English national epic 中世纪英语文学（1066-1500） Geoffrey Chaucer(乔叟，c. 1343–1400) was an English poet. He is remembered for his The Canterbury Tales《坎特伯雷故事集》, called the father of English litera ture―英国文学之父‖William Langland (朗格兰，1330?-1400?),the author of the 14th-century English long narrative poem Piers Plowman《农夫皮尔斯》. 文艺复兴（16-17世纪） William Shakespeare (莎士比亚，1564-1616), English poet and playwright, his surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems Venus and Adonis 《维拉斯和阿多尼斯》The Rape of Lucrece.《鲁克丽丝受辱记》 Shakespeare‘s greatest works: greatest tragedies are King Lear 《李尔王》,Macbeth《麦克白》,Hamlet《哈姆雷特》, Othello 《奥赛罗》,Romeo and Juliet 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》 grea t comedies: A Midsumme r Night‘s Dream《仲夏夜之梦》,As You Like It 《皆大欢喜》,The Merchant of Venice 《威尼斯商人》, Twelfth Night 《第十二夜》 great historical plays: Richard III 《理查三世》,Henry IV 《亨利四世》, Henry V 《亨利五世》, Henry VII 《亨利八世》 John Milton (弥尔顿, 1608-1674)was an English poet and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England. He is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost《失乐园》, Paradise Regained《复乐园》Samson 《力士参孙》. 18世纪文学和新古典主义 Alexander Pope (浦柏,1688-1744 ) is generally regarded as the greatest English poet of the eighteenth century, best known for his satirical epigram 讽刺隽语and heroic couplet英雄双韵体.His major works include mock epic satirical poem An Essay on Man 《人论》and An Essay on Criticism 《论批评》 Daniel Defoe ( 笛福，1660—1731)was an English writer who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe《鲁滨逊漂流记》, spokesman for middle-class people Henry Fielding (菲尔丁, 1707 ---1754) ，an English novelist known for his novel:The History of Tom Jones. Jonathan Swift (斯威夫特,1667-1745), was an Anglo-Irish novelist, satirist. He is remembered for novel such as Gulliver‘s Travels《格列佛游记》. Richard Sheridan ( 谢立丹，1751—1816), Irish playwright ,known for his satirical play School of Scandal(造谣学校). He was a represntative writer of Comedies of Manners. Laurence Sterne (斯特恩,1713—1768 ), an English novelist. He is best known for his novel Tristram Shandy （《商第传》）. Oliver Goldsmith （哥尔德斯密斯，1728-1774）English novelist, known for his novel Vicar of Wakefield (《威克菲尔德牧师传记》) Thomas Gray (托马斯?格雷1716—1771 )，an English poet, author of Elegy Written in a
英国文学期末考试题目(英语专业必备)
一．中古英语时期 ?Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language. ?The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds. ?Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（《坎特伯雷故事集》）,was one of the most important influences on the development of English literature. ?Chaucer is considered as the father of English poetry and the founder of English realism. 二．文艺复兴Renaissance ?Renaissance refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It marks a transition(过渡) from the medieval to the modern world. ?It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture（雕塑）and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe. ?Humanism is the essence of Renaissance -----Man is the measure of all things. ?This was England’s Golden Age in literature. Queen Elizabeth reigned over the country in this period. The real mainstream of the English Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England ? ?“Of Studies” is the most popular of Bacon’s 58 essays. ?Thomas More ——Utopia ?Edmund Spenser——The Faerie Queene 相关练习 ? 1. Which is the oldest poem in the English language? ? A. Utopia B. Faerie Queene ? C. Beowulf D. Hamlet ? 2. _____ is the father of English poetry. ? A. Edmund Spenser B. William Shakespeare ? C. Francis Bacon D. Geoffrey Chaucer ? 3. ____ is not a playwright during the Renaissance period on England. ? A. William Shakespeare B. Geoffrey Chaucer ? C. Christopher Marlowe D. Ben Johnson 三．莎士比亚William Shakespeare ?“All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”——William Shakespeare ?William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language. Shakespeare understood people more than any other writers. He could create characters that have
英国文学试题
Instructions： This examination consists of 5 parts， and the total time for the examination is 2 hours. All the answers should be entered onto the Answer Sheet. Part I：Multiple Choices （10%） Choose the best answer to the following sentences. 1.Which of the following is NOT a feature of Beowulf？ A. Alliteration B. Anglo-Saxons’ early life in England C. Germanic language D. The national epic of Anglo-Saxon people 2.English Renaissance Period was an age of. A. prose and novel B. poetry and drama C. essays and journals D. ballads and songs 3.The main literary form of the early 17th century was poetry. John Milton was acknowledged as the greatest. Besides him， there were two groups of poets. They were the Cavalier poets and. A. the lake poets B. the university wits C. the Metaphysical poets D. the Romantic poets 4. Pamela is widely considered to be the first novel and was written by ___________. A. Thomas Hardy B. James Joyce C. Samuel Richardson D. Henry Fielding 5.The publication of， which was the joint work of William Wordsworth and Samuel T. Coleridge， marked the beginning of the Romantic Age in England. A. Don Juan B. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner C. Lyrical Ballads D. Queen Mab 6.Among the most famous realistic novelists of the Victorian age are， W. M. Thackeray， Bronte sisters， etc. A. Joseph Conrad B. Henry Fielding C. Charles Dickens D. D. H. Lawrence 7.In James Joyce’s ____________ the story “Eveline” paints a portrait of a young woman from Dublin deciding whether or not to leave her hometown. A. Ulysses B. Orlando C. Dubliners D. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 8.In the 18th century England， satire was much used in writing. Literature of this age produced some excellent satirists， such as Jonathan Swift， Henry Fielding and.
专业八级英国美国文学知识考点
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