課程名稱︰英國文學1600-1800
課程性質︰必修
課程教師︰楊明蒼
開課學院：文學院
開課系所︰外文系
考試日期（年月日）︰九十四年六月
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試題 :
English Literature 1600-1800
Final Exam
June 2005
I. True/False: 22%
1. The Restoration in 1660 brought about the reopening of the theaters.
2. In 1607 the Act of Union joined Ireland to England and Wales.
3. The accession of William of Orange marks the famous event of
the Glorious Revolution.
4. The main line of British philosophy can be characterized as skepticism.
5. The emphasis of neoclassical English literature is on the appropriate,
clarity, restraint and discipline.
6. The history of eighteenth-century literature was fist composed by
the Romantics.
7. In Paradise Lost, God sent Abdiel to warn Adam and Eve of their
impending danger.
8. William Congreve is one of the representative eighteenth-century novelists.
9. Alexander Pope was the first English writer to show that literature
alone could be a gainful profession.
10. The Whigs were supporters of commerce and policies of toleration.
11. The Middle Passage refers to the deadly voyage of African slaves
across the Atlantic.
II. Analyze and comment on THREE of the following: (18%)
1. …the earth/Though, in comparison of heav’n, so small, /Nor glistering, may of solid good contain/More plenty than the sun that barren shines, /Whose virtue on itself works no effect, /But in the fruitful earth; there first received/His beams, unactive else, their vigor find.
2. And now the sun had stretched out all the hills, /And now was dropped into the western bay; /At last he rose, and twitched his mantle blue: /Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new.
3. Patron: One who countenances, supports, or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.
4. I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for landlord, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children.
III. Explain FOUR of the following: (20%)
1. Areopagitica 2. Gothic romance 3.Aboan 4. the Spectator
5. natural goodness 6. Psalmanazar
IV. Answer TWO of the following questions in well-written and well-supported essays: (40%)
1. Discuss the function of the invocations in the Paradise Lost.
2. How does The Rape of the Lock make use of women to negotiate with the traditional epic conventions?
3. “Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko shows the horror of one slave’s treatment without openly condemning the institution of slavery; the color of the hero’s skin seems less important than his royal blood.” Comment on the statement to show your understanding of Oroonoko.
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