21. John Milton is ________.

　　A. a great revolutionary poet of the 17th century

　　B. an outstanding political pamphleteer

　　C. a great stylist

　　D. a great master of blank verse

　　22. From the Old Testament, John Milton took his stories of Paradise Lost, i.e. ________.

　　A. the creation

　　B. the rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angels

　　C. their defeat and expulsion from Heaven

　　D. the creation of the death and of adam and Eve

　　E. the fallen angels in hell plotting against God

　　F. Satan’s temptation of Eve

　　G. the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden

　　23. The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ________ is often regarded as the real hero of the poem.

　　A. God B. Satan

　　C. Adam D. Eve

　　24. Who is the greatest of the Metaphysical school of poetry? ________

　　A. John Donne B. George Herbert

　　C. Andrew Marvell D. Henry Vaugham

　　25. ________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18th century.

　　A. The Renaissance B. The Enlightenment

　　C. The Religious Reformation D. The Chartist Movement

　　26. The main literary stream of the 18th century was ________. What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.

　　A. naturalism B. romanticism

　　C. classicism D. realism

　　E. sentimentalism

　　27. The eighteenth century was the golden age of the English ________. The novel of this period spoke the truth about life with an uncompromising courage.

　　A. drama B. poetry

　　C. essay D. novel

　　28. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ________ and ________, which made him well-known as a satirist.

　　A. A Tale of a Tub B. Bickerstaff Almanac

　　C. Gulliver’s Travels D. A Modest Proposal

　　29. “Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by ________, one of the greatest masters of English prose.

　　A. Alexander Pope B. Henry Fielding

　　C. Daniel Defoe D. Jonathan Swift

　　30. As a journalist, ________ had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible by a skillful use of circumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.

　　A. Joseph Addison B. Daniel Defoe

　　C. Samuel Richarson D. Tobias Smollett

　　31. Which of the following are NOT written by William Blake? ________

　　A. Poetical Sketches B. Songs of Innocence

　　C. Songs of Experience D. Auld Lang Syne

　　E. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell F. Prophecis

　　G. Visions of the Daughters of Albion and America, a Prophecy

　　32. In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of pre-romanticism were ________.

　　A. William Wordsworth B. William Blake

　　C. Robert Burns D. Jonathan Swift

　　33. The Romantic Age begab with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which was written by ________.

　　A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel Johnson

　　C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Wordsworth and Coleridge

　　34. The Romantic Age came to an end with the death of the last well-known romantic writer ________.

　　A. Jane Austen B. Walter Scott

　　C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. William Wordsworth

　　35. The glory of the Romantic Age lies in the poetry of ________.

　　A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

　　C. George Gordon Byron D. Percy Bysshe Shelley

　　E. John Keats

　　36. The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They are ________.

　　A. George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley

　　B. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

　　C. Walter Scott and Jane Austen

　　D. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt

　　37. Which poets belong to the Active Romantic group? ________

　　A. George Gordon Byron B. William Wordsworth

　　C. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. John Keats

　　E. John Milton

　　38. Which poets belong to the Lakers? ________

　　A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

　　C. John Keats D. Robert Southey

　　E. Walter Scott

　　39. Which of the folloeing were written by Wordsworth ONLY? ________

　　A. To the Cuckoo B. The Lyrical Ballads

　　C. Lucy Poems D. The Solitary Reaper

　　E. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

　　40. The publication of ________ marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century, i.e., with classicism, and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England.

　　A. The Lyrical Ballads B. The Prelude

　　C. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage D. Don Juan