Chapter Five English Literature in the Eighteenth Century

　　I．可出选择题有：

　　（   ）  1. In the 18th century, satire was much used in writing, English literature of this age produced some excellent satirists, such as ____________

　　A. Swift    B. Defoe      C. Blake     D. Burns

　　（  ） 2. In the 18th century English literature, the representative poets of Pre-romanticism were_____________

　　A. Blake and Wordsworth

　　B. Burns and Coleridge

　　C. Blake and Burns

　　D. Wordsworth and Coleridge

　　（   ）  3. Which of the following information about William Blake is NOT true?

　　A. He was born in London, the son of Irish hosier.

　　B. He was a poet as well as an engraver.

　　C. His first book of poem was Songs of Innocence.

　　D. His later poems are mysterious and hard to understand.

　　（   ）  4. The main literary stream of the 18th century was___________.

　　A. Romanticism

　　B. Realism

　　C. Pre-romanticism

　　D. Critical realism

　　（   ）  5.  __________was considered as “father of English Novel”.

　　A. Swift

　　B. Fielding

　　C. Chaucer

　　D. Jane Austin

　　（   ）  6. In 1704, ___________founded the periodicals “the Review”.

　　A. Swift   B. Blake   C. Milton    D. Defoe

　　II．可出判断题有：

　　（   ） 1. Pope established the heroic couplet as one of the principal English verse forms.

　　（   ） 2. Burn's poems are largely based on imitation and revision of folk ballads of his motherland.

　　（   ） 3. Neo-classicism means restraint, thus it is unfit for the requirement of French Revolution, which aroused the age of Romantic Revival to unfetter spirit of humankind.

　　（   ） 4. Swift is known as a pioneer novelist of English and also a prolific writer of books and pamphlets on variety of subjects.

　　（   ） 5. The Houyhnhnms represent an ideal rational existence, a life governed by sense.

　　III．可出填空题有：

　　1. ________________is the glorious pioneer to introduce blank verse into non-dramatic poetry.

　　2. People in 18th century believed in ___________and their watchword was “common sense”.

　　V．可出术语有：

　　Enlightenment