英国文学习题4.doc

Part Four The English Century
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11. ____ is a great classicist but his satire is not always just.
A. Steele B. Milton C. Addison D. Pope
The main literary stream of the 18th century was ____ . What the writers described in their works were mainly social realities.
A. romanticism B. classicism C. realism D. sentimentalism
The 18th century was the golden age of the English ___. The novel of this period spoke the truth about life with an uncompromising (unbending) courage.
A. drama B. poetry C. essay D. novel
14. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together, ____ and ___, which
made him well-known as a satirist.
A. A Tale of Tub B. Bickerstaff Almanac
In a series of pamphlets Jonathan Swift denounced the cruel and unjust treatment of Ireland by the English government. One of the most famous is ____.
A. Essays on Criticism B. A Modest Proposal
C. Gulliver s ’Travels D. The Battle of the Books
“ Properwords 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. Jonathan Swift D. Daniel Defoe
_____’best-known pamphlet was The Trueborn Englishman—A Satire, which contained a caustic exposure of the aristoc