第八章 The Moors and the Bronte Sisters:(1) to learn the life stories of the Brontë sisters in West Yorkshire (2) to understand how the image of the moors has impacted Emily Brontë’s life and writing (3) to delve into the image of the moors in Wuthering Heights (4) to apprehend how the setting may relate to the emotions of the characters, the turning of the plot, and other elements in fiction8.1The Bronte Sisters in West Yorkshire:This lecture examines the life stories of the Brontë sisters, in particular, Emily Brontë, and their connection with the moors.
8.2The Moors in Wuthering Heights:This lecture investigates how the moors serve to intensify the atmosphere, to show the characters’ emotions, and to push forward the plotline.
[单选题]Which one of the following works is written by Anne Bronë?
Agnes Gray
Villette
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
答案:Agnes Gray
[判断题]The Brontë sisters' connection with Yorkshire was through blood.

[判断题]The Brontë sisters were born in Thornton, West Yorkshire, England in the early 19th century.

[判断题]Emily Brontë incorporates the harsh and unhealthy conditions of the clergy school she attended in her novel Wuthering Heights.

[单选题]Who is the most private and reclusive one of the three Brontë sisters?
Branwell Brontë
Anne Brontë
Emily Brontë
Charlotte Brontë[判断题]Wuthering Heights is similar to Dickens' novels in terms of its engagement with social issues.

[单选题]Which one of the following settings is the counterpart of Wuthering Heights in the eponymous novel?
Dove Cottage
Keswick House
Thrushcross Grange
Lowood[单选题]The following passage is uttered by ____ in Wuthering Heights: "This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society."
Edgar Linton
Catherine Linton
Mr. Heathcliff
Mr. Lockwood [多选题]The following passage shows that the moor is a place of ___ in Wuthering Heights: "About midnight, while we still sat up, the storm came rattling over the Heights in full fury. There was a violent wind, as well as thunder, and either one or the other split a tree off at the corner of the building; a huge bough fell across the roof, and knocked down a portion of the east chimney-stack, sending a clatter of stones and soot into the kitchen fire".
disaster
desolation
happiness
violence [判断题]The moors witness a kind of U-turn in the story: paradise for young Catherine and Heathcliff – hell for their adult life – paradise again for the offspring.

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