A. Identify the sources for the following fragments (the author, the title & the period) and answer the questions.
1. How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June... If it were only the other way! […] For that-for that-I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that!
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a) What’s the result of the speaker’s wish?
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b) Give the author and the title of the romantic poem where the poetic persona’s meditations focus on the similar issue.
2. For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.
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a) What is meant by “that inward eye”?
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3. Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, Oh, Oh!
a) Who’s the speaker and in what circumstances are these words uttered?
4. "Joke!" said Carlier, hitching himself forward on his seat. "I amhungry--I am sick--I don't joke! I hate hypocrites. You are a hypocrite.You are a slave-dealer. I am a slave-dealer. There's nothing butslave-dealers in this cursed country. I mean to have sugar in my coffeeto-day, anyhow!"
a) Why does Carlier think of himself and his companion as “slave-dealers”?
5. (…) and thisOur marriage bed, and marriage temple is,Though parents grudge, and you, we're metAnd cloister'd in these living walls of jet.
a) Why do “parents grudge”?
b) What is meant by the “living walls of jet”?
6. The upper part of the hall was now completely dark. Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.
a) Who and where is the speaker?
b) What did the speaker fail to do?
7. O happy living things! no tongueTheir beauty might declare: A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware:
a) What happened after the speaker blessed the “living things”?
8. Death closes all: but something ere the end,Some work of noble note, may yet be done,Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
a) What does the speaker want to do before death comes?
9. (…) the gods have been good to you. But what the gods give they quickly take away. You have only a few years in which to live really, perfectly, and fully. (…) Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses. You will become sallow, and hollow-cheeked, and dull-eyed. You will suffer horribly.... Ah! realize your {???} while you have it.
a) Who is the speaker and what does he want his listener to realize?
B. Provide relevant answers by completing the following sentences.
1. Another name for the Age of Reason, ‘Restoration’ is related to……………………………………...
2. The 18th century is the greatest period of …………………………, which ridicules the failings of individuals and institutions; in prose it is represented by such works of fiction as (give the author and title) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. “Lake Poets” is the term used to refer to………………………………………………………………
4. The intellectual climate of the Victorian Age was influenced by such ideas as: ………………….......
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5. Victorian period is sometimes termed as the “age of the novel”, with such novelists as:1) ………………………………………… 2) …………………………………………3) …………………………………………
6. Modern literature uses the strategy of ‘stream of consciousness’ which can be defined as:
7. The man who facilitated a wider circulation of literature by introducing printing in England at the end of ………….. century was ………………………………………………………………
8. ‘Conceit’ is a distinctive characteristic of ……………………………………..poetry, and can be described as…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. …………………………………………….. is the author of the great epic poem of the 17th century, known as the English religious epic, and entitled ……………………………………………………….
10. Romantics, unlike the poets of Augustan period, stress the significance of:
1) ………………………………………………… 2) …………………………………………………
3) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
11. The intellectual clime of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries is dominated by the movement known as ………………………………………….. which has its main slogan ………………………
…………………………………………………….. and represents a reaction against Victorian……….
12. Modern novel is represented by such novelists as, e.g.
3) …………………………………………………
13. …………………………………………………. is the English modern poet who in 1948 was awarded Nobel Prize in literature.
C. Decide whether the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE by crossing out [x] the wrong statement. If you find them FALSE, explain briefly why.
1. In English literature drama doesn’t appear until Elizabethan period.
2. Elizabethan sonnet is a long love poem which gives the poet much formal freedom.
3. Yahoos are civilized race cruelly treated by local savages.
4. The 18th century witnesses the rise and flourishing of journalism in England.
5. Romantic poetry doesn’t have any texts which may be regarded as its manifesto.
6. The name ‘Pre-Raphaelites’ refers both to painters and poets.
7. In Victorian Age, like in medieval times, most literature was written by aristocracy, and reflected aristocratic code of conduct and style of life.
8. “Epiphany” refers to a modern technique of portraying psychological complexity.
9. During his travels Swift discovers all the advantages of English society.……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. Aestheticism is a reaction against the overemphasizing of pure beauty in art.
11. An Outpost of Progress demonstrates the superiority of Western civilization.
12. Conceit is a poetic device commonly used in Old English poetry.
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