【正文】 . _______ was the forerunner of the English classical school of literature in the 18th century.16. Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost embody Milton’s belief in the powers of _____. 17. The Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious allegory and _____ is another writing feature. 18. In the second half of the 17th century we may hear the voices of the private citizens by letters and _____. Key to the blanks:　131. (John Bunyan)2. (Puritan)3. (The Pilgrim’s Progress)4. (John Bunyan’s)5. (John Dryden)6. (Dryden)7. (John Dryden)8. (John Dryden)9. (All for Love)10. (John Dryden)11. (epics)12. (Paradise Lost)13. (mysticism)14. (the Bible)15. (Dryden) 16. (man)17. (symbolism)18. (diaries)III. Say true or false.1. The major parliamentary clashes of the early 17th century were over land ownership.2. After the victory of the English Revolution, the movement of the Diggers broke out. The leader of this revolt is Wat Tyler. 3. With the establishment of the bourgeois dictatorship, Charles II became the Protector of the English Commonwealth. 4. The spirit of unity and the feeling of patriotism ended with the reign of James I, and England was then convulsed (shook, quivered) with the conflict between the two antagonistic camps, the Royalists and the Puritans. 5. In 1644, James I was sentenced to death and Cromwell became the leader of the country. 6. English literature of the 17th century witnessed a flourish on the whole. 7. The Revolution Period produced one of the most important poets in English literature, William Shakespeare. 8. The Revolution Period is also called Age of Milton because it produced a great poet whole name is William Milton. 9. The main literary form in literature of Revolution Period is drama. 10. Among the English poets during the Revolution Period, John Donne was the greatest one. 11. John Milton towers over his age as Byron towers over the Elizabethan Age, and as Chaucer towers over the Medieval Period. 12. On his first wife’s death, Milton wrote his only love poem, a sonnet, on His Deceased Wife. 13. The greatest epic produced by Milton, Paradise Lose, is written in heroic couplets. 14. The poem of Samson Agonistes was “to justify the ways of God to man”, . to advocate submission to the Almighty. 15. It has been noticed by many critics that the picture of Satan surrounded by his angels who never think of expressing any opinions of their own, resembles the court of an absolute monarch.16. Izaak Walton’s The Compleat Angler bees a “Piscatorial classic”. 17. Thomas Browne’s Religia Medici is a collection of opinions on a vast number of subjects more or less connected with religion. Key to True/False statements: 1. F (ownership: monopolies)2. F (Wat Tyler: Gerald Winstanley)3. F (Charles II: Oliver Cromwell)4. F (Donne: Milton)5. F (James I: Charles I)6. F (flourish: decline)7. T (William Shakespeare)8. F (William: John)9. F (drama: poetry)10. F (James I: Elizabeth I)11. F (Byron: Shakespeare)12. F (first: second)13. F (heroic couplets: blank verse)14. F (Satan: God)15. F (Samson Agonistes: Paradise Lost)16. T17. TIV. Questions1. What are the writing features of The Pilgrim’s Progress?2. Comment on the image of Satan.3. Comment on Samson.Part Four The English CenturyⅠ. Match the works and the characters. (3 points)18 A 1. ( ) Tome Jones 2. ( ) The Vicar of Wakefield 3. ( ) Robinson Crusoe 4. ( ) Gulliver’s Travels 5. ( ) Pamela 6. ( ) The School for Scandal Ba. Fridayb. King of Brodingnagc. Sophiad. Mr. Be. William Thornhillf. Charles SurfacThe key: (1—c, 2—e, 3—a, 4—b, 5—d, 6—f )Ⅱ. Choose the right answer.1. In 1701, Steele published a pamphlet, _____, in which he first displayed his moralizing spirit. A. The Funeral B. The Lying Lover C. The Christian Hero D. The Tender Husband2. Which is the most popular newspaper published by Steele? A. The Tatler B. The Spectator C. The Theatre D. The English 3. _____ is Addison’s great tragedy. A. A Letter from Italy B. Rosamond C. The Campaign D. Cato4. Which of the following is not the hero in The Spectator? A. Isaac Bickerstaff B. Mr. Roger C. Captain Sentry D. Andrew Freeport5. ______ were looked upon as the model of English position by British authors all through the 18th century. A. Jeremy Taylor’s Holy Living B. Thomas Browne’s Religio Meidic C. Samuel Pepys’s diaries D. Addison’s Spectator essays6. The most important classicist in the Enlightenment Movement is _____. A. Steele B. Addison C. Pope D. Dryden 7. The masterpiece of Alexander Pope is ____. A. Essay on Criticism B. The Rape of the Lock C. Essay on Man D. The Dunciad8. Essay on Man is a _____poem in heroic couplets. A. didactic B. satirical C. philosophical D. dramatic9. ____ was an intellectual movement in the first half of the 18th century. A. The Enclosure Movement B. The Industrial Revolution C. The Religious Reform D. The Enlightenment 10. The literature of the Enlightenment in England mainly appealed to the ____ readers. A. aristocratic B. middle class C. low class D. intellectual 11. ____ is a great classicist but his satire is not always just. A. Steele B. Milton C. Addison D. Pope12. 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. sentimentalism13. The 18th century was the golden age of the English ___. The novel of this period spoke the truth about life with an unpromising (unbending) courage.A. drama B. poetry C. essay D. novel14. In 1704, Jonathan Swift published two works together