超星 - 17世纪与新古典主义时期

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The poetry of John Donne represents a sharp break from the poetry of his predecessors in the Elizabethan Era. One of the outstanding features in his poetry is “conceit” which means______.

A. Irony.
B. Satire.
C. Elaborated metaphor.
D. Contrast.

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Which of the following is NOT a poem written by John Donne?

A. The Flea.
B. Death Be Not Proud.
C. Valediction: Forbidding Mourning.
D. My Sensual Lady.

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The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for_____.

A. Material wealth.
B. Spiritual salvation.
C. Universal truth.
D. Self-fulfillment.

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What is Milton’s stated purpose in Paradise Lost?

A. To assert his superiority to other poets.
B. To argue against the doctrine of predestination.
C. To justify the ways of God to men.
D. To elucidate the conflict between God’s external foresight and free will.

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The main plots of Paradise Lost are as follow EXCEPT?

A. The rebellion in Heaven of Satan and his fellow-angels.
B. The creation of the earth and of Adam and Eve.
C. Satan’s temptation of Eve.
D. The duel between the archangel and Adam.

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Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

A. John Donne is the leader of the Metaphysical School that celebrates mysticismin content and fantasticality in form.
B. The main style of John Milton’s Paradise Lost is grand and majestic.
C. John Bunyan is the first writer to apply blank verse to non-dramatic works.
D. The Pilgrim’s Progress is allegorical and supposed to epitomize English society.

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Which of the following is CORRECT?

As a stout puritan, Bunyan has made a conscientious study of the Bible and firmly believed in salvation through spiritual struggle, a belief reflected in his allegorical work The Pilgrim’s Progress.
B. The language of Milton is marked by a plainness and conciseness that bears evidence of an inherited style from Bacon.
C. Donne portrays a corrupted city in his masterpiece Utopia that foreshadows a massive extermination on the eve of a second coming.
D. Puritan literature is very similar to Elizabethan literature in that they are both marked by a tone of hope and the spirit of youth.

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“All nature is but art, unknown to thee/ All chance, direction which thou canst not see/ All discord, harmony not understood/ All partial evil, universal good/ And, spite of pride, in erring reason’s spite/ One truth is clear, whatever is, is right.” is an excerpt taken from _ by . It means that ____.

A. The Rape of the Lock; Alexander Pope; the uncertainty of human beings’ place in the universe.
B. An Essay on Criticism; Alexander Pope; the great power of the human mind to perceive the elusive in the universe.
C. An Essay on Man; Alexander Pope; the limitation of human perception and man’s humble place in the universe.
D. The Dunciad; Alexander Pope; the futility of cultivating perception due to an unknowable universe.

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