英美文学作品选读试题5
英美文学史测试题 Chapter 5
测试题Chapter 5I Of the four alternative answers, choose the one that would best cpmplete the statement:1.Modernism rose out of skepticism and _______of capitalism.A.DarknessB. evilsC. disillusionD. corruption2.The outstanding realistic novelists of the modern period were John Galesworthy.H.G.Wells and ________.A. Arnold BennettB. Aldous HuxleyC. George OrwellD. Kingsley Amis3. In 1884 Bernard Shaw joined _______ and became one of its most influential members.A.Chartist MovementB. Fabian SocietyC. Socialist MovementD. Trade Union4. In his novel “The Man of Property”. John Galsworthy exposes the sense of ______of the upper-middle class.A. superiorityB. nobilityC. propertyD. wealth5. Which of the following is William B. Yeats’poem?___________A. “Swan Song”B. “To the Cuckoo”C. “Ode to the Nightingale”D. “The Wilde Swans at Coole”6. “___________” was written by James Joyce.A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB. Portrait of a LadyC. Picture of Dorian GrayD. To the Lighthouse7. “__________”, Eliot’s most important single poem, has been hailed as landmark in the 20th- century English poetry.A.Hollow MenB. The Waste LandC. Prufrock and Other ObservationsD. Ash Wednesday8. D.H. Lawrence had his first novel _______ published in 1911.A. The White PeacockB. Sons and LoversC. RainbowD. Women in Love9. In his writing, Lawrence has expressed a strong reaction against _________.A. exploitationB. idealismC. materialismD. the mechanical civilization10. In “Ulysses”, James Joyce intends to present a microcosm of the whole _______.A. universeB. worldC. human lifeD. capitalist societyII. For each of the quotation listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it:1.Everybody has some choice, mother. The poorest girl alive may not able to choose betweenbeing Queen of England or Principal or Newnham: But she can choose betweenrag-picking and flower-selling, according to her taste.2.I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore.While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray.I hear it in the deep heart’s core.III. Give brief answer to the following question:1.What a kind of image is Prufrock im T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J.AlfredPrufrock”?2.What a kind of book is James Joyce’s “Dubliners”?IV. Short essay question:Please discuss the conflict between Mrs. Warren and her daughter Vivie in Bernard Shaw’s Play “Mrs. Warren’s Prefession”.。
北语 20春《英美文学选读》作业_1234
20春《英美文学选读》作业_1一、单选题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.Because of her sensitivity to universal pattens of human behavior, ______ has brought the English novel, as an art of form, to its maturity.A. Charlotte BronteB. Jane AustenC. Emily BronteD. Henry Fielding答：B q：80·500·92612.What＇s the name of Hester and Dimmesdale ＇s daughter?A. AmyB. PearlC. NinaD. Berry答：B3." Charles Drouet ", " George Hustwood ", " Julia Hustwood " are most likely the names of the characters in ________.A. Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s ProfessionB. Dreiser’s Sister CarrierC. Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s LostD. Christopher Marlowe’s Dr.Faustus答：B4.Where did Shakespeare work in LondonA. farmB. theaterC. factoryD. office答：B5."＇I believe you are made of stone,＇he said, clenching his fingers so hard that he broke the fragile cup. …＇You seem to forget,＇she said,＇that cup is not!＇" .From the above quoted passage, we can find the woman＇s tone is very( ) .A. sarcasticB. amusingC. sentimentalD. facetious答：A6.The poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is selected from____A. A Witness TreeB. Steeple BushC. New HampshireD. A Further Range答：C7.All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT ______.A. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”B. “An Evening Walk”C. “Tintern Abbey”D. “The Solitary Reaper”答：D8.George Bernard Shaw’s ______ is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlordism.A. Widower’ s HouseB. Mrs. Warren’ s ProfessionC. The Apple CartD. Getting Married答：B9.Virginia Woolf was born in a____A. poor familyB. small familyC. rich familyD. talented family答：D10.In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _______.A. Mark Twain＇s The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Dreiser＇s Sister CarrieC. Copper＇s Leather-Stocking TalesD. Thoreau＇s Walden答：B二、判断题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.To the Lighthouse is divided into three sections and each different from the others in the treatment of time and structure.答：正确2.Critical realism is the period between 1875 and 1920 to apply the methods of realistic diction to the criticism of society and the examination of social issues.3."Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; /Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!" the line are taken from Shelley＇s "Ode to the West Wind".4.The name of the first and most successful section in To the Lighthouse is “Window”.5.The 18th century witnessed a new literary form -the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.6."To be, or not to be"is one of the question put forward by Hamlet at the beginning of the soliloquy.7.George Hustwood , a friend of Drouet’s, rescues Carrie from starvation and makes her his mistress.8.It was said that Shakespeare was forced to leave his hometown to seek refuge in London.9.The themes of Robert Frost’s poems include landscape and people of New England, loneliness and poverty of isolated farmers, beauty, terror, and tragedy in nature.10.Jane Austen’s style is possessed of a neat humor and a satirical touch.20春《英美文学选读》作业_2一、单选题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.The name of the hero in Jane Eyre was___A. HeathcliffB. RochesterC. JamesD. David2.How many groups are there in Hardy＇s novels?A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five3.Which of the following is NOT a tragicomedy?A. Timon of AthensB. CymblineC. The winter＇s taleD. The tempest4.In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a （n）______ of the Bennet family.A. high opinionB. great admirationC. low opinionD. erroneous view5.Which is Dofoe’s masterpiece?A. Robinson CrusoeB. Queen MabC. The Revolt of IsiamD. The Taming of the Shrew6.The title of the novel “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ”written by James Joyce suggests a character study with strong _________ elements .A. autobiographicalB. sentimentalC. joyfulD. bitter7.The poem Ode to a Nightingale was written by___A. William WordsworthB. John KeatsC. ShelleyD. Coleridge8.Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield is perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.A. comicB. tragicC. roundD. sophisticated9.H. L. Mencken, a famous American critic, considered ______ “the true father of our national literature. ”A. Hamlin GarlandB. Joseph KirklandC. Mark TwainD. Henry James10.All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment”EXCEPT ______.A. The Return of the NativeB. Tess of the D’ UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Far from the Madding Crowd二、判断题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.Augustus Carmichael of To the Lighthouse is an elderly musician and friends of the Ramsays.2.“The horizon’s edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud.”the author of this poem is Robert Frost.3.Each individual unit it collection of stressed and unstressed syllables is called a foot.4.The heroine of The Scarlet Letter is Hester Prynne5.In Pride and Prejudice,Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five daughters.6.There were many literary artists involved in the groups known as the Lost Generation. The three best known areSherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos.7.Wordsworth’s attitude towards the French Revolution changed at his later years.8.There is a wild rosebush in chapter one of The Scarlet Letter beside the prison door, but it is withered.9.In Pride and Prejudice,Mr. Bingley and the eldest girl Jane Bennet fall in love.10.Ezra Pound gave Robert Frost a very good opinion about his poems and helped him to find British publishers.20春《英美文学选读》作业_3一、单选题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made ______ one of the greatest American novelists.A. F. Scott FitzgeraldB. William FaulknerC. Ernest HemmingwayD. Gertrude Steinbeck2."Two roads diverged in a yellow wood /And sorry I could not travel both ..." In the above two lines of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one’s c ourse of life3."Two roads diverged in a yellow wood /And sorry I could not travel both ..." /In the above two lines of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one’s course of life4.’Damn the fool! There he is’, cried Heathcliff, sinking back into his seat. ’Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine! I’ll stay. If he shot me so, I’d expire with a blessing in my lips.’" The novel from which the passage is taken must be _________.A. Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceB. Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity ShopC. Samuel Richardson’s PamelaD. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights5.Which of the following is taken from John Keats＇Ode to a Nightingale?A. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty."B. "Earth has not anything to show more fair."C. "They are both gone up to the church to pray."D. "was it a vision, or a waking dream?"6.Southey,Wordsworth,______and Shelley are the major Romantic poets.A. HardyB. ColeridgeC. ScottD. Frost7.Poetry is defined by ______ as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility”.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. Robert Southey8.In 1837, ______ published Twice - Told Tales, a collection of short stories which attracted critical attention.A. EmersonB. MelvilleC. WhitmanD. Hawthorne9.Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, _______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in prose," and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Daniel DefoeB. Samuel RichardsonC. Henry FieldingD. Oliver Goldsmith10.Charles Dicken＇s early years were___A. happyB. difficultC. richD. sunny二、判断题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.Robinson Crusoe retells the story in the first person singular2.The Scarlet Letter is set in the 17th-century Boston.3.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech.4.Crusoe travelled on the other side of the island for three month.5.Kitty is the fourth daughter of the Bennet family.6.The second section of To the Lighthouse is entitled “Time Passes”.7.Robert Frost left Harvard because he dislike the academic convention.8.According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter "A" originally stood for "adultery" .9.The meaning of "To die, to sleep" is comparing "death" to "long sleep".10.Of all Dickens’s novels, Nicholas Nickleby is regarded as his masterpiece.20春《英美文学选读》作业_4一、单选题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.Within her little lyrics Dickinson addresses those issues that concern ______, which include religion, death, immorality, love and nature.A. the whole human beingsB. the frontiersC. the African AmericansD. her relatives2.In “Sonnet 18 ”，Shakespeare has a profound meditation on the destructive power of _________ and the eternal __________ brought forth by poetry to the one he loves .A. death/ lifeB. death/ loveC. time / beautyD. hate / love3.Which of the following is NOT written by Wordsworth.A. Lines Written in Early SpringB. To the CuckooC. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudD. Moll Flanders4.Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Father of the English NovelB. Father of the English PoetryC. Father of the English DramaD. Father of the English Short Story5."If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" is an epigrammatic line byA. J. KeatsB. W. BlakeC. W. WordsworthD. P.Shelley6.As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by _______.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Charles DarwinC. Henry JamesD. Ralph Waldo Emerson7.The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern world.A. the old EnglishB. the medievalC. the feudalistD. the capitalist8.Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are ________.A. Twelfth Night, Othello, King Lear, HamletB. Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of VeniceC. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD. Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet9.Shelley’s political lyrics ______ is not only a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, but an address to them pointing out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation.A. “Ode to Liberty”B. “Ode to Naples”C. “Ode to the West Wind”D. “Men of England”10.The Victorian Age was largely an age of___ , eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. poetryB. dramaC. proseD. verse二、判断题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.In Pride and Prejudice,Mary is the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet.2.In Pride and Prejudice,Mr. Bennet regards Elizabeth as the most intelligent and spirited daughter.3.David Copperfield use the first person singular.4.To put the stress on traditional values is NOT a typical feature of Modernism5.Fitzgerald’s first novel brought his instant fame and money.6.Stylistically,poems of Robert Frost is characterized by simple language, a graceful style, and traditional forms of poetry.7.Robert Frost used symbols from everyday life to express profound ideas.8.In David Copperfield,Mr. Micawber is a rich squire who lives a comfortable life.9.Crusoe got spiritual support from his daily reading of the Bible.10.While studying at Lawrence High School, Frost wrote poems and finished his studies at the top of his class.。
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I. Multiple Choice. (1 point for each, altogether 30 points)Directions: There are 30 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word that you think best complete the sentence. Write your answers on the answer sheet.1. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of_______.[A] Piers Plowman [B] Sir Gawain and the Green Knight[C] Confessio Amantis [D] The Canterbury Tales2. In "After Apple- Picking," Robert Frost wrote: "For I have had too much / Of apple -picking: I am overtired/ Of the great harvest I myself desired." From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is_______.[A] happy about the harvest[B] still very much interested in apple-picking[C] expecting a greater harvest[D] indifferent to what he once desired3.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _______became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.[A] Sentimentalism [B] romanticism [C] realism [D] naturalism4. Of the following American poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge of Chinese culture is _______.[A] Robert Frost [B] Allen Ginsberg [C] Ezra Pound [D] Cummings5. _______is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.[A] Jane Eyre [B] Emma[C] Wuthering Heights [D] Middlemarch6. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their_______.[A] indestructible spirit [B] pessimistic view of life[C] war experiences [D] masculinity7. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’Ode to a Nightingale? _______[A] "Beauty is truth, truth beauty."[B] "Earth has not anything to show more fair."[C] "They are both gone up to the church to pray."[D] "was it a vision, or a waking dream?"8. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? _______[A] Religion and immortality [B] Life and death[C] Love and marriage [D] War and peace9. Henry David Thoreau’s work_______, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism.[A] Walden [B] The Pioneers[C] Nature [D] Song of Myself10. George Bernard Shaw’s play _______ established his position as the leading play-wright of his time.[A] Widowers’ Houses [B] Too True to Be Good[C] Mrs. Warren’s Profession[D] Candida11. Romance, which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of _______ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.[A] Christian [B] knightly[C] Greek [D] primitive12. For Melville, as well as for the reader and _______ , the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe. .[A] Ahab [B] Ishmael[C] Stubb [D] Starbuck13. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movement? _______[A] The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture[B] The new discoveries in geography and astrology[C] The Glorious revolution[D] The religious reformation and the economic expansion14. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?[A] The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature[B] The speaker satirizes human vanity[C] The speaker praises the power of artistic creation[D] The speaker meditates on man's salvation15. ―And we will sit upon the rocks,/Seein g the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.‖ The above lines are probably taken from _______.[A] Spenser's The Faerie Queene[B] John Donne's ―The Sun Rising‖[C] Shakespeare's ―Sonnet 18‖[D] Marlow e's ―The Passionate Shepherd to His Love‖16. ―Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wife which is as dear to me as life itself; But life itself, My wife, and all the world. Are not with me esteem'd above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you. Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer.‖ The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate _______.[A] dramatic irony [B] personification[C] allegory [D] symbolism17. The true subject of John Donne's poem, ―The Sun Rising,‖ is to _______.[A] attack the sun as an unruly servant[B] give compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty[C] criticize the sun's intrusion into the lover's private life[D] lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie18. Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to wri te specifically a ―_______ in prose,‖ the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.[A] tragic epic [B] comic epic[C] romance [D] lyric epic19. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels are _______.[A] horses that are endowed with reason[B] pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities[C] giants that are superior in wisdom[D] hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.20. Here are four lines from a literary work: ―Others for language all their care express, /And value books, as women men, for dress.‖ The work is _______.[A] Thomas Gray's ―Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard‖[B] John Milton's Paradise Lost[C] Alexander Pope's Essay on Criticism[D] Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream21. The phrase ―to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils‖ may well sum up the implied meaning of _______.[A] Gulliver's Travels [B] The Rape of the Lock[C] Robinson Crusoe [D] The pilgrim's Progress22. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT _______.[A] the use of everyday language spoken by the common people[B] the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings[C] the use of humble and rustic life as subject matter[D] the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech23. Which of the following is taken from John Keats’ ―Ode on a Grecian Urn‖? _______[A] ―I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!‖[B] ―They are both gone up to the church to pray‖[C] ―Earth has not anything to show more fair‖[D] ―Beauty is truth, truth beauty‖24.―If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!‖ is an epigr ammatic line by _______.[A] J.Keats [B] W.Blake[C] W.Wordsworth [D] P.B.Shelley25. ―Ode o na Grecian Urn‖shows the contrast between the _______ of art and the _______ of human passion.[A] glory …ugliness[B] permanence…transience[C] transience…sordid ness [D] glory…permanence26. In the statement―—oh, God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave?‖ the term ―soul‖ apparently refers to _______.[A] Heathcliff himself [B] Catherine[C] one's spiritual life [D] one's ghost27. The typical feature of Robert Browning's poetry is the _______.[A] bitter satire [B] larger-than-life caricature[C] Latinized diction [D] dramatic monologue28. The Victorian Age was largely an age of _______, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.[A] poetry [B] drama[C] prose [D] epic prose29. _______is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.[A] Jane Eyre [B] Emma[C] Wuthering Heights [D] Middlemarch30. The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.[A] wrence's [B] J.Galsworthy's[C] W.Thackeray’s[D] T.Hardy’sII. Match the writer with his/her works and Write your answers on the answer sheet. (2point for each, altogether 20points)31. Henry Fielding A. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love32. James Joyce B. Composed upon Westminster Bridge33. Daniel Defoe C. The Moll on the Floss34. Alfred Tennyson D. Break, Break, Break.35. John Keats E. A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man36. George Eliot F. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling37. William Bulter Yeats G. A Journal of the Plague Year38. William Wordsworth H. Ode on a Grecian Urn39. Walt Whitman I. The Lake Isle of Innisfree40. Christopher Marlowe J. There Was a Child Went ForthIII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets. (2 point for each, altogether10 points)()41．The preface to the Lyrical Ballads is best read as a statement of Keats’s principles of poetry.()42．Besides novel writing, Hawthorne is also a very good writer of short stories.()43．Robert Frost’s poems are New England in their setting, and are characterized by the familiar speaking voice.()44．George Hurstwood is a friend of Drouet’s who steals a great deal of money from his employer and actually kidnaps Carrie to Canada.()45．Renaissance had its beginning in Italy in the middle of the fifteenth century. IV. Define the literary terms listed below and write your answers on the answer sheet. (5 point for each, altogether 10 points)46. Romanticism47. Stream of ConsciousnessV. Give brief answers to the following questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (5 point for each, altogether 15 points)48. How do you understand the character of Robinson Crusoe?49. In the novel To the Lighthouse, is Lily lonely while completing her picture? Please justify your ideas.50. What is the implication of the description of roses beside the prison door in the first chapter of The Scarlet Letter?Ⅵ. Write no less than 150 words on the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (15 point for each, altogether 15 points) 51.William Shakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights the world has ever known.( 1) Name his four greatest tragedies.(2) What are the characteristics of the four tragedies in common?(3) Briefly summarize each hero' s weakness of nature.《英美文学选读》模拟试卷一答案II. Multiple Choice. (1 point for each, altogether 30 points)题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15答案 D D C C A A D D A D B B C C D题号16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30答案 A B B A C D D D D B B D C A AII. Match the writer with his/her works and write your answers in the brackets. (2point for each, altogether 20points)题号31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40答案 F E G D H C I B J AIII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets. (2 point for each, altogether10 points)题号41 42 43 44 45答案 F T T T FIV.Define the literary terms listed below and write your answers in the brackets. (10%) 46.复习范围或考核目标：课件Course 03 William Wordsworth47.复习范围或考核目标：课件Course06 Virginia WoolfV. Give brief answers to the following questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (15%)48.复习范围或考核目标：课件Course 02 Daniel Defoe49.复习范围或考核目标：课件Course06 Virginia Woolf50.复习范围或考核目标：课件course07 Nathaniel HawthorneⅥ. Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet. (15%)51.复习范围或考核目标：课件course01 William ShakespeareNetwork Education College, BLCU《英美文学选读》模拟试卷二注意：1.试卷保密，考生不得将试卷带出考场或撕页，否则成绩作废。
英美文学试题及答案
英美文学试题及答案# 英美文学试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 威廉·莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中，哈姆雷特的叔叔是谁？A. 克劳狄斯B. 波洛尼乌斯C. 劳提斯D. 格特鲁德答案：A2. 简·奥斯汀的小说《傲慢与偏见》中，伊丽莎白·班纳特最终与谁结婚？A. 达西先生B. 宾利先生C. 柯林斯先生D. 维克汉姆答案：A3. 爱伦·坡的短篇小说《黑猫》中，主人公最终因为什么而陷入疯狂？A. 酗酒B. 谋杀C. 赌博D. 爱情答案：B4. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的《到灯塔去》中，拉姆齐夫人的丈夫是谁？A. 拉姆齐先生B. 班克斯先生C. 塔斯先生D. 卡迈克尔先生答案：A5. 马克·吐温的《汤姆·索亚历险记》中，汤姆·索亚的好友是谁？A. 哈克贝利·芬B. 乔·哈珀C. 贝基·撒切尔D. 印第安·乔答案：A6. 乔治·奥威尔的《1984》中，主要的反乌托邦政府机构是什么？A. 思想警察B. 真理部C. 爱情部D. 和平部答案：B7. 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》中，亚哈船长的主要目标是什么？A. 寻找新大陆B. 捕获白鲸C. 探索未知海域D. 寻找宝藏答案：B8. 亨利·詹姆斯的《鸽之翼》中，主角伊莎贝尔·阿彻最终与谁结婚？A. 吉尔伯特·奥斯蒙德B. 拉尔夫·杜恩C. 爱德华·罗斯科D. 亨利·杜恩答案：A9. 罗伯特·弗罗斯特的诗歌《未选择的路》中，诗人选择了哪条路？A. 一条人迹罕至的路B. 一条宽阔平坦的路C. 一条充满荆棘的路D. 一条充满鲜花的路答案：A10. 埃德加·爱伦·坡的《乌鸦》中，乌鸦反复说的词是什么？A. 永不B. 死亡C. 寂静D. 疯狂答案：A二、简答题（每题10分，共30分）1. 简述《了不起的盖茨比》中盖茨比的悲剧性。
《英美文学选读》模拟试题(5)
《英美文学选读》模拟试题(五)一、单项选择题1.The work that presented , for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely______.A. William Langland ’ Piers PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower’Confessio AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight2."So much the worse for me, that I an strong. Do I want to live? What kind of living will it be when you-oh, God!Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?"In the above passage quoted from Emily Brontes Wuthering Heights, the word "soul" apparently refers to _______ .A.HeathcliffB.CatherineC.ghostD.ones spiritual lift3.Here are two lines from a ling poem: "Upon a great adventure he was bond, That greatest Gloriana to him gave." The poem must be_____.A. BeowulfB. John Milton’s Samson AgonistesC. Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a County ChurchyardD. Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Q ueene4.The major concern of _______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A.Charles DickensswrencesC.Thomas HardysD.John Galsworthys5.When he writes, in An Essay on Criticism, "A vile conceit in pompous words expressed, / Is like a clown in regal purple dressed", Alexander Pope means that __________.A. pompous words are always destructive to good tasteB. the purple colour is for the royal only and it is ridiculous to dress a clown in purpleC. conceits are always misleadingD. true wit is best in a plain style6."To be so distinguished is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge." The above quoted sentence is presented by Samuel Johnson with a（n） _______ tone.A.delightfulB.jealousC.ironicD.humorous7."The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks."(Samuel Johnson, "To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield")The speaker here is ______.A. cheerfulB. ironicC. mysteriousD. nonchalant8._______ is a typical feature of Swifts writings.A.Bitter satireB.Elegant styleC.Casual narrationplicated sentence structure9.The first line of William Blake’s well-known poem "The Tyger" reads, "Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright".The repeated word "tiger" (tiger) with an exclamation mark suggests_______.A. joyB. fearC. painD. fondness10."Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?…And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you." The above quoted passage is most probably taken from _______ .A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Jane EyreC.Wuthering HeightsD.Great Expectations11.The lines, "It was a miracle of rare device,/ A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice," are found in __________.A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s "Kubla Khan"B. William Wordsworth’s "Lines Written in Early Spring"C. John Keats’s "Ode to Autumn"D. Percy Bysshe Shelly’s "ode to the West Wind"12.G.B.Shaws play Mrs.Warrens Profession is a realistic exposure of the _______ in the English society.A.slum landlordismB.inequality between men and womenC.political corruptionD.economic exploitation of women13." Damn the fool! There he is, cried Heathcliff, sinking back into his seat. Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine! I’ll stay. If he shot me so, I’d expire with a blessing in my lips." The novel from which the passage is taken must be _________.A. Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceB. Charles Dicke ns’s The Old Curiosity ShopC. Samuel Richardson’s PamelaD. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights14."I believe you are made of stone,he said, clenching his fingers so hard that he broke the fragile cup. …You seem to forget, she said,that cup is not!"From the above quoted passage, we can find the womans tone is very _______ .A.sarcasticB.amusingC.sentimentalD.facetious15.Here is a passage from Middlemarch, a novel by George Eliot: "Her bloomingfull-pulsed youth stood there in a moral imprisonment which made itself one with the chill, colourless, narrowed landscape, with the shrunken furniture, the never-read books, and the ghostly stag in pale fanatic world that seemed to be vanishing from the daylight," Who is the lady mentioned in the quoted passage?A. DorotheaB. EmmaC. MollyD. Irene16.Alexander Pope strongly advocated _______, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.idealismD.neoclassicism17.Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature?A. Friedrich Nietzche’s assertions: "God is dead"B. Arther Schopenharuer’s and Henry Bergson’s philosophical ideas of irrationality.C. Oscar Wilde’s idea of "Art for Art’s Sake".D. Freudian-Jungian psycho-analysis18.Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, _______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in prose," and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A.Daniel DefoeB.Samuel RichardsonC.Henry FieldingD.Oliver Goldsmith19.Which of the following best describes the speaker of T.S.Eliot’s " The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock"?A. He is an man of a action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of passion.D. He is a man of inactivity20.In Hardys Wessex novels, there is an apparent _______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A.humorousB.romanticC.nostalgicD.sarcastic21. "He was afraid of her -the small, severe woman with greying hair suddenly bursting out in such frenzy. The postman came running back, afraid something had happened. /they saw his tripped cap over the short curtains. Mrs Morel rushes to the door." The above passage id taken from _________.A. Charlotte Bronte’s The ProfessorB. Charles Dickens’s Domebey and SonC. wrence ’s Sons and LoversD. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga22.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelleys poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all the following terms except_______ .A.tamedB.swiftC.proudD.wild23.Which of the following works concerns most concentrated the Calvinistic view of original sin?A. The Wasteland.B. The Scarlet Letter.C. Leaves of Grass.D. As I Lay Dying24.In Hawthornes "Young Goodman Brown," a satanic figure leads the credulous protagonist to a witches Sabbath in the woods. There he recognizes many pillars of Salems Puritan society as well as his wife, Faith. The story illustrates Hawthornes allegorical theme of human evil or what Melville called the "power of _______ ."A.blacknessB.whitenessC.terrorD.hypocrisy25.Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism, of which Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers?A. FreudB. Darwin.C. W.D. Howells.D. Emerson26.Most of the poems in Whitmans Leaves of Grass sing of the "en-mass" and the _______ as well.A.natureB.self-relianceC.selfD.life27.At the beginning of Faulkner’s A Rose For Emily, there is a detailed description of Emily’s old house. The purpose of such description is to imply that the person living in it ______.A. is a wealth ladyB. has good tasteC. is a prisoner of the pastD. is a conservative aristocrat28.Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true?A.Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.B.F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.C.Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers.D.Most writers were politically radical.29.Most of Herman Melville’s novels are based on sea voyages and sea adventures. Which of the following is not the case?A. Typee.B. Moby-Dick.C. Omoo.D. The Confidence-Man30.Mark Twains first novel _______ , written in collaboration with Charles D. Warner and published in 1873,though not an artistic success, gives its name to the America of the post-Civil War period which it attempts tosatirize.A.The Gilded AgeB.The Age of InnocenceC.The Roughing TimeD.The Jazz Age31."Two roads diverged in a yellow woodAnd sorry I could not travel both ..."In the above two lines of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one’s course of life32.Daisy Millers tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of_______ .A.the author Henry JamesB.the Italian youth GiovanelliC.the American youth WinterbourneD.her mother Mrs. Miller33.Which of the following is not a work of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s?A. The House of the Seven Gables.B. The Blithedale Romance.C. The Marble Falun.D. White Jacket.34.In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as_______.A. commentatorsB. observersC. villainsD. saviors35.Most recognizable literary movement that gave rise to the twentieth-century American literature, or we may say, the second American Renaissance, is the _______ movement.A.transcendentalB.leftistC.expatriateD.expressionistic36.In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is so show _______.A. emptiness of lifeB. the corruption of the upper classC. contrast of the rich and the poorD. the happy days of the Jazz Age37.As an autobiographical play, ONeills _______ （1956）has gained its status asa world classic andsimultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama.A.The Iceman ComethB.Long Days Journey Into NightC.The Hairy ApeD.Desire Under the Elms38.Which of the following novels can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of literary modernism?A. The Sound and the FuryB. Uncle Tom’s Cabin.C. Daisy Miller.D. The Gilded Age.39.Stylistically, Henry James fiction is characterized by _______ .A.short, clear sentencesB.abundance of local imagesC.ordinary American speechD.highly refined language二、阅读理解（二）。
《英美文学选读》习题与答案
《英美文学选读》（课程代码：00604）I.The following passage is an extract from Letter to Lord Chesterfield by Samuel Johnson, the leading figure of British neoclassicists. In 1747, when Samuel Johnson, began his Dictionary of the English language, Lord Chesterfield had at first indicated that he could be his patron, but when Johnson came to him for concrete help, Lord Chesterfield neglected him to the point of ignoring him; Johnson was insulted and furious. In 1775 when the Dictionary was published and acclaimed, Chesterfield openly recommended, hoping to get some credit for it as Johnson’s patron. Samuel Johnson wrote as reply his famous Letter to Lord Chesterfield in which he vented his feeling of hurt pride. Read it carefully, paying special attention to the rhetorical devices used, and answer the question. (20 points)①Is not patron, my lord, one who looked with unconcernupon man struggling for a life in the water, and when he hadreached to the safety of ground, encumbered him with help?②The notice you have taken of my Labour, had it beenearly, had been kind, but it had been delayed till I amindifferent, and can’t enjoy it; till I am solitary, and can’timpart it; till I am known, and do not want it. ③I hope thatit is no very asperity not to confess obligation where nobenefit have been received, or to be unwilling that thePublic should consider me as owing that to a patron, whichProvidence had enabled me to do for myself.Question:⑴what syntactic devices the author used in sentence ? And whatare their stylistic functions? (10 points)⑵point out the figure of speech used in sentences①and ③. (10 points)II. The following critical paper is about George Bernard Shaw’s famous drama “Pygmalion”. Read it carefully and answer the questions set on it. (20 points) 1 What we discover in Pygmalion is that phonetics and correct pronunciation are systems of markers superficial in themselves but endowed with tremendous social significance. Eliza's education in the ways that the English upper classes act and speak provides an opportunity for the playwright to explore the very foundations of social equality and inequality. Higgins himself observes that pronunciation is the deepest gulf that separates class from class and soul from soul. Playwright and character differ, however, in that instead of criticizing the existence of this gulf, Higgins accepts it as natural and uses his skills to help those who can afford his services (or are taken in as experiments, like Liza) to bridge it.2“At Mrs. Higgins's ““At Home reception,” Liza is fundamentally the same person she was in Act I, although she differs in what we learnto appreciate as superficialities of social disguise (according to Mugglestone): details of speech and cleanliness. Act III of Pygmalion highlights the importance of Liza's double transformation, by showing her suspended between the play's beginning and its conclusion. In modern society, however, as Shaw illustrates, it is precisely these superficial details which tend to be endowed with most significance. Certainly the Eynsford Hills view such details as significant, as Liza's entrance produces for them what Shaw's stage directions call “an impression of ... remarkable distinction and beauty.”3 Ironically, however, Liza's true transformation is yet to occur. She experiences a much more fundamental change in her consciousness when she realizes that Higgins has more or less abandoned her at the conclusion of his experiment.At first, Liza experiences a sense of anxiety over not belonging anywhere: she can hardly returnto flower peddling, yet she lacks the financial means to makeher new, outward identity a social reality. “What am I fit for?”She demands of Higgins. “What have you left me fit for? Wheream I to go? What am I to do? What's to become of me?” Berst wrote that while Pickering is generous, Eliza is shoved intothe wings by Higgins. The dream has been fulfilled, midnighthas tolled for Cinderella, and morning reality is at hand. Lizamust break away from Higgins when he shows himself incapableof recognizing her needs. This response of Higgins is well withinhis character as it has been portrayed in the play. Indeed, fromhis first exposure to Liza, Higgins denied Liza any social oreven individual worth. Calling Liza a squashed cabbage leaf, Higgins states that a woman who utters such depressing anddisgusting sounds has no right to be anywhere no right to live. Question 1: Explain what is Liza’s Double Transformation?(10 points)Question 2: What makes Liza feel she is in an embarrassing situation when she is transformed into a lady in speechand appearance? (10 points)III.The following critical essay is about Thomas Hardy’s most well-known tragic novel “Tess of d’Urbervilles”. Peruse it and then answer the questions set on it (30 points)The social background of Tess of d’Urbervilles was in a time of difficult social upheaval, when England was making its slow, painful transition from an old-fashioned, agricultural nation to amodern, industrial one. Businessmen and entrepreneurs, or “new money,” joined the ranks of the social elite, as some families of the ancient aristocracy, or “old money,” faded into obscurit y. Tess’s family in Tess of the d’Urbervilles illustrates this change, as Tess’s parents, the Durbeyfields, lose themselves in the fantasy of belonging to an ancient and aristocratic family, the d’Urbervilles.Hardy’s novel strongly suggests that such a f amily history is not only meaningless but also utterly undesirable. Hardy’s views on the subject were appalling to conservative and status-conscious British readers and Tess of the d’Urberville s was met in England with widespread controversy. Beyond her social symbolism, Tess represents fallen humanity in a religious sense, as the frequent biblical allusions in the novel remind us. Just as Tess’s clan was once glorious and powerful but is now sadly diminished, so too did the early glory of the first humans, Adam and Eve, fade with their expulsion from Eden, making humans sad shadows of what they once were. Tess thus represents what is known in Christian theology as original sin, the degraded state in which all humans live, even when—like Tess herself after killing Prince or succumbing to Alec—they are not wholly or directly responsible for the sins for which they are punished. This torment represents the most universal side of Tess: she is the myth of the human who suffers for crimes that are not her own and lives a life more degraded than she deserves.Angel represents a rebellious striving toward a personal vision of goodness A freethinking son born into the family of a provincial parson and determined to set himself up as a farmer instead of going to Cambridge like his conformist brothers,. He is a secularist who yearns to work for the “honor and glory of man,” as he tells his father in Chapter XVIII, rather than for the honor and glory of God in a more distant world. A typical young nineteenth-century progressive, Angel sees human society as a thing to be remolded and improved, and he fervently believes in the nobility of man. He rejects the values handed to him, and sets off in search of his own. His love for Tess, a mere milkmaid and his social inferior, is one expression of his disdain for tradition. This independent spirit contributes to his aura of charisma and general attractiveness that makes him the love object of all the milkmaids with whom he works at Talbothays. As his name—in French, close to “Bright Angel”—suggests, Angel is not quite of this world, but floats above it in a transcendent sphere of his own. The narrator says that Angel shines rather than burns and that he is closer to the intellectually aloof poet Shelley than to the fleshly and passionate poet Byron.His love for Tess may be abstract, as we guess when he calls her “Daughter of Nature” or “Demeter.” Tess may be more an archetype or ideal to him than a flesh and blood woman with a complicated life. Angel’s ideals of human purity are too elevated to be applied to actual people: Mrs. Durbeyfield’s easygoing moral beliefs are much more easily accommodated to real lives such as Tess’s. Angel awakens to the actual complexities of real-world morality after hisfailure in Brazil, and only then he realizes he has been unfair to Tess. His moral system is readjusted as he is brought down to Earth. Ironically, it is not the angel who guides the human in this novel, but the human who instructs the angel, although at the cost of her own life.Question 1: Why Tess is said to be a paragon of “fallen humanity”?(15 points)Question 2: Why Tess converted the idealist Angle into a realist Angle in terms of her own tragedy? (15 points)IV.The following paragraphs are taken from chapter VIII ofbook IV in Gulliver’s Travels. This section pictures an ideal rational existence, the Houyhnhnms kingdom whose life is governed by sense and moderation of which philosopherssince Plato have long dreamed. Read them and answer thefollowing questions. (30 points)1Courtship, love, presents, jointures, settlements haveno place in their thoughts, or terms whereby to expressthem in their language. The young couple meet,and are joined, merely because it is the determinationof their parents and friends; it is what they see doneevery day, and they look upon it as one of the necessaryactions of a reasonable being.2 But the violation of marriage, or any other unchastity,was never heard of; and the married pair pass their liveswith the same friendship and mutual benevolence, thatthey bear to all others of the same species who come intheir way, without jealousy, fondness, quarrelling, ordiscontent. When the matron Houyhnhnms have produced one of each sex, they no longer accompany with their consorts, except they lose one of their issue by some casualty, which very seldom happens; but in such a case they meet again; or when the like accident befalls a person whose wife is past bearing, some other couple bestow on him one of their own colts, and then go together again until the mother is pregnant. This caution is necessary, to prevent the country from being overburdened with numbers. But the race of inferior Houyhnhnms, bred up to be servants, is not so strictly limited upon this article: these are allowed to produce three of each sex, to be domestics in the noble families3 Every fourth year, at the vernal equinox, there is arepresentative council of the whole nation, which meets in a plain about twenty miles from our house, and continues about five or six days. Here they inquire into the state and condition of the several districts; whether they abound or be deficient in hay or oats, or cows, or Yahoos; and wherever there is any want (which is but seldom) it is immediately supplied by unanimous consent and contribution. Here likewise the regulation of children is settled: as for instance, ifa Houyhnhnm has two males, he changes one of them withanother that has two females; and when a child has been lost by any casualty, where the mother is past breeding, it is determined what family in the district shall breed another to supply the loss.Question1.The satire in this work is seen entirely in a discrepancybetween Swift and the Gulliver, the typical rational scientist in the age of enlightenment? Comment on it. (15points)Question2. In what ways does the author satirize the rationalism ofHouyhnhnms society, for example, the rational idea onmarriage, and the family-planning? (15 points)《英美文学选读》试卷参考答案I. 【20分】Answer:The author used repetition and parallelism to make this satirical prose daintier and more repugnant in tone. This piece of prose is typical of neoclassical prose which set great store by elegance of the language which was achieved by way of rhetorical richness. 【10分】The author used sarcasm in these two sentences to openly deny Lord Chesterfield’s patronage and attack his insolent and blatant behavior. The sarcasm made in a circumlocutious way renders this satirical prose more taunting and bitter. 【10分】II【20分】Question 1: What is Liza’s Double Transformation?Act III of Pygmalion highlights the importance of Liza's double transformation, by showing her suspended between the play's beginning and its conclusion. “At Mrs. Higgins's ““At Home reception,” Liza is fundamentally the same person she was in Act I, although she differs in what we learn to appreciate as superficialities of social disguise (according to Mugglestone): details of speech and cleanliness. In modern society, however, as Shaw illustrates, it is precisely these superficial details which tend to be endowed with most significance. Certainly the Eynsford Hills view such details as significant, as Liza's entrance produces for them what Shaw's stage directions call “animpression of ... remarkable distinction and beauty.” Ironically, however, Liza's true transformation is yet to occur. She experiences a much more fundamental change in her consciousness when she realizes that Higgins has more or less abandoned her at the conclusion of his experiment. 【10分】Question 2:What is Liza’s Predicament?Liza experiences a sense of anxiety over not belonging anywhere: she can hardly return to flower peddling, yet she lacks the financial means to make her new, outward identity a social reality. “What am I fit for?” She demands of Higgins. “What have you left me fit for? Where am I to go? What am I to do? What's to become of me?” While Pickering is generous, Eliza is shoved into the wings by Higgins. The dream has been fulfilled, midnight has tolled for Cinderella, and morning reality is at hand. Liza must break away from Higgins when he shows himself incapable of recognizing her needs. This response of Higgins is well within his character as it has been portrayed in the play. Indeed, from his first exposure to Liza, Higgins denied Liza any social or even individual worth. Calling Liza a squashed cabbage leaf, Higgins states that a woman who utters such depressing and disgusting sounds has no right to be anywhere no right to live. 【10分】III.【30分】Question 1: Why Tess is said to be a paragon of fallen humanity?Tess represents fallen humanity in a religious sense, as the frequent biblical allusions in the novel remind us. Just as Tess’s clan was once glorious and powerful but is now sadly diminished, so too did the early glory of the first humans, Adam and Eve, fade with their expulsion from Eden, making humans sad shadows of what they once were. Tess thus represents what is known in Christian theology as original sin, the degraded state in which all humans live, even when—like Tess herself after killing Prince or succumbing to Alec—they are not wholly or directly responsible for the sins for which they are punished. This torment represents the most universal side of Tess: she is the myth of the human who suffers for crimes that are not her own and lives a life more degraded than she deserves. 【15分】Question 2: Discuss why Tess changes the idealist Angle into a realist Angle in a tragic way?Angel is closer to the intellectually aloof poet Shelley than to the fleshly and passionate poet Byron. His love for Tess may be abstract, as we guess when he calls her “Daughter of Nature” or “Demeter.” Tess may be more an archetype or ideal to him than a flesh and blood woman with a complicated life. Angel’sideals of human purity are too elevated to be applied to actual people: Mrs. Durbeyfield’s eas ygoing moral beliefs are much more easily accommodated to real lives such as Tess’s. Angel awakens to the actual complexities of real-world morality after his failure in Brazil, and only then he realizes he has been unfair to Tess. His moral system is readjusted as he is brought down to Earth. Ironically, it is not the angel who guides the human in this novel, but the human who instructs the angel, although at the cost of her own life. 【15分】IV【30分】Question1. This work is called a satire which is seen entirely in a discrepancy between Swift and the Gulliver, the typical rational scientist in the age of enlightenment? Comment on it. 【15分】There are echoes of Plato’s Republic in the Houyhnhnms’rejection of light entertainment and vain displays of luxury, their appeal to reason rather than any holy writings as the criterion for proper action, and their communal approach to family planning.The Gulliver’s Travels is a book of subtle satire. The satire comes mainly from the discrepancy between Gulliver who is fitted out as the archetypal man of the enlightenment movement, susceptible to rationalism of 18th century. Swift on the other hand is very critical of his time, especially its rational thinking. Whereas Gulliver takes Houyhnhnm society as ideal utopia one, the author finds its rationality totally intolerable.Question2.In what ways does the author satirize the rational Houyhnhnms society, for example, the rational ideal on marriage, and the family-planning? 【15分】Paragons of virtue and rationality, the horses are also dull, simple, and lifeless. Their language is impoverished, their mating loveless, and their understanding of the complex play of social forces naïve. What is missing in the horses is exactly that which makes human life rich: the complicated interplay of selfishness, altruism, love, hate, and all other emotions. In other words, the Houyhnhnms’ society is perfect for Houyhnhnms, but it is hopeless for humans. Houyhnhnm society is, in stark contrast to the societies of the first three voyages, devoid of all that is human.But we may be less ready than Gulliver to take the Houyhnhnms as ideals of human existence. They have no names in the narrative nor any need for names, since they are virtually interchangeable, with little individual identity. Their lives seem harmonious and happy, although quite lacking in vigor, challenge, and excitement. Indeed, this apparent ease may be why Swift chooses to makethem horses rather than human types like every other group in the novel. He may be hinting, to those more insightful than Gulliver, that the Houyhnhnms should not be considered human ideals at all. In any case, they symbolize a standard of rational existence to be either espoused or rejected by both Gulliver and us.。
年月高等教育自学考试英美文学选读真题及答案
08年7月高等教育自学考试《英美文学选读》试题课程代码：00604请将答案填在答题纸相应的位置上(全部题目用英文作答)PART ONE(40 POINTS)I. Multiple Choice (40 points in all，1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.1. Of all the eighteenth—century British novelists ______ was the first to set out，both in theory and practice，to write specially a “comic epic in prose”，the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Thomas GrayB. Richard Brinsley SheridanC. Jonathan SwiftD. Henry Fielding2. The poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”established ______ as the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day，especially “the Graveyard School”.A. Thomas GrayB. Samuel JohnsonC. John BunyanD. John Milton3. “Do you think, because I am poor，obscure，plain，and little，I am soulless and heartless... And if God had gifted me with some beauty，and much wealth，I should have made it as hard for you to leave me. as it is now for me to leave you. ”The quoted part is taken from______.A. Great ExpectationsB. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane EyreD. Pride and Prejudice4. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are all the following EXCEPT ______.A. Francis BaconB. Christopher MarloweC. William ShakespeareD. BenJonson5. George Bernard Shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession is about______.A. slum landlordismB. the economic oppression of womenC. the political corruption in EnglandD. the religious corruption in England6. All of the following statements can correctly describe the Enlightenment Movement EXCEPT ______.A. The movement flourished in France.B. The movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance.C. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world.D. The purpose of the movement was to enhance the religious education.7. Among the three major poetical works by John Milton ______ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English.A. Samson AgonistesB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Areopagitica8. The major British Romantic poets Blake，Wordsworth，Coleridge，Byron，Shelley and Keats started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature，which was later regarded as _____.A. the poetic romanceB. the poetic movementC. the poetic revolutionD. the poetic reformation9. Jane Austen’s main literary concern is about ______.A. human beings in their personal relationshipsB. the love story between the rich and the poorC. maturity achieved through the loss of illusionsD. the daily country life of the upper-middle-class English10. Among the following British Romantic poets ______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. George Gordon ByronD. John Keats11. Jonathan Swift’s greatest satiric work is ______.A. A Tale of a TubB. The Battle of BooksC. Gulliver’s TravelsD. “A Modest Proposal’’12. Among the following writers ______ is considered to be the best —known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw13. As a representative of the Enlightenment，______ was one of the first to introduce rationalism to England.A. Francis BaconB. Alexander PopeC. Thomas GrayD. T. S. Eliot14. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets”EXCEPT ______.A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SoutheyC. William WordsworthD. William Blake15. “To be, or not to be —that is the question；／whether’tis nobler in the mind to suffer，／the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,／Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, ／And by opposing end them”The quoted lines are taken from ______.A. King LearB. Romeo and JulietC. OthelloD. Hamlet16. Daniel Defoe describes ______ as a typical English middle —class man of the eighteenth century，the very prototype of the empire builder，the pioneer colonist．A. Robinson CrusoeB. Moll FlandersC. GulliverD. Tom Jones17. The declaration that “I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION & Vision，”and that “The Nature of my work is visionaryor imaginative’’belongs to ______.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D．George Gordon Byron18. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques，writers in the Victorian Period shared one thing in common，that is，they were all concerned about ______．A. the fate of the upper classB. the reformation of the governmentC. the fate of the common peopleD. the future of their family clans19. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind’’The quoted line comes from ______.A. Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind’’B. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of GrassC. John Milton’s Paradise Lost D．John Keats’“Ode on a Grecian Urn”20. Among the following figures ______ is Dickens’first child hero.A．Little Nell B．David CopperfieldC．Oliver Twist D．Little Dorrit21. In the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde，the upper —class people are described all of the following EXCEPT ______.A. corruptB. snobbishC. hypocriticalD. ambitious22. In Thomas Hardy’s Wessex novels, there is an apparent ______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. nostalgic 乡愁的B. humorousC. romantic23. “Life is but a losing battle, it is a struggle man can dominate in such a way that loss becomes dignity；man can be physically destroyed but never defeated spiritually.”This notion is typically held by ______．A. Mark TwainB. Ezra PoundC. William FaulknerD. Ernest Hemingway24. The literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is ______.A. Henry JamesB. Robert FrostC. F. Scott FitzgeraldD. William Faulkner25．North of Boston is described by the author，Robert Frost，as “a book of people，’’which shows a brilliant insight into ______ character and the background that formed it．A. the cowboyB. New EnglandC. Ivy ColleagueD. ivory tower26．People generally regarded ______ as the forerunner of the 20th —century “stream- of-consciousness”novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. Theodore DreiserB. William FaulknerC. Henry James D．Mark Twain27. According to ______, “There is evil in every human heart，which may remain latent，perhaps，through the whole life；but circumstances may rouse it to activity．”A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Edgar Ellen PoeC. William Faulkner D．Theodore Dreiser28. Hemingway once described _____ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes.”A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom SawyerC. The Gilded AgeD. Innocents Abroad29. What Walt Whitman prefers for his new subject and new poetic feelings is “______，”that is，poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme．A. fixed verseB. free verseC. fixed endingD. free ending30. By writing _______ Melville reached the most flourishing stage of his literary creativity.A. TypeeB. OmooC. MardiD. Moby-Dick31. Shortly before his death in 1945，______ joined the CommunistParty.A. Theodore DreiserB. Mark TwainC. Henry JamesD. Ezra Pound32. Naturalism is evolved from ______ when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more pessimistic.A. RomanticismB. ModernismC. RealismD. Scientism33. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human ______.A. peacefulnessB. joyfulnessC. bestiality兽性D. civilization34. Hawthorne’s view of man and human history originated，to a great extent，from ______.A. TranscendentalismB. PuritanismC. HumanismD. Expressionism35. In general, the American woman poet _____ wanted to live simply as a complete independent being，and so she did，as a spinster 老姑娘.A. Anne BretB. Emily DickinsonC. Anna DickinsonD. Emily Shaw36. Theodore Dreiser’s ______ found expression in almost everybook he wrote in which “kill or to be killed”was the law.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. cubismD. classicalism37. William Faulkner creates his own mythical kingdom that mirrors not only the decline of the ______ society but also the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society.A. southernB. northernC. westernD. eastern38. Almost every book written by Hawthorne discusses _____，which reflects his unceasing interest in the “interior of the heart”of man’s being.A. sin and evilB. 1ove and hatredC. frustration and self - denialD. balance and self - discipline39. A preoccupation with the ______ view of original sin and the mystery of evil marked the works of Hawthorne，Melville and a host of lesser writers.A. optimisticB. CalvinisticC. PlatonicD. Socratic40. The American ______ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral values in the American Romantic period.A. Puritanism B．Atheism无神论C. Deism 自然神论D. Cynicism冷嘲热讽的PART TWO(60 POINTS)II. Reading Comprehension(16 points in all，4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．41. “The fiver glideth at his own sweet will：Dear God! the very houses seem asleep；And all that mighty heart is lying still!”(from William Wordsworth’s “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”)Questions：A. What figure of speech is used in the quoted linesB. What does “that mighty heart’’refer toC. What does the poem decribe42. “When the stars threw down their spears,And water’d heaven with their tears,Did he smile his work to seeDid he who made the Lamb make thee”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are takenB. Whom does the “he’’refer toC. What does the “Lamb”symbolize43. “My tongue，every atom of my blood，form’d from this soil，this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same，and theirparents the same，I，now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin，Hoping to cease not till death”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B. What do “soil”and “air”represent in the first lineC. What does the poet try to say in the above four lines44. “I cannot rub the strangeness from my sightI got from looking through a pane of glassI skimmed this morning from the drinking troughAnd held against the world of hoary grass.”Questions：A. Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.B. What does the word “strangeness’’refer toC. What do the quoted lines implyIII．Questions and Answers(24 points in all，6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English．Write your answers in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet．45. As a leading Romanticist，Byron’s chief contribution is his creation of the “Byronic Hero”．Briefly explain the literary term “Byronic Hero’’.46. TheWaste Land is T．S．Eliot’s most important single poem．Try to state the theme and the significance of the poem briefly.47．What is the most famous theme in Henry James’s fictionAnd what is his favourite approach in characterization，which makes him different from Mark Twain and W as a realist Give two titles of his first period works in which this theme and this approach are employed.48. As a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement”，what principles does Ezra Pound endorseIV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all，10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.49. Discuss Charles Dickens’art of fiction：the setting，the character —portrayal，the language，etc．，based on his novel Oliver Twist．50. Greatly and permanently affected by the war experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style，together with his theme andhero. Please discuss Hemingway’s writing style in relation to his novels you have read.。
英美文学选读试题
英美文学选读试题————————————————————————————————作者：————————————————————————————————日期：English LiteratureQuestions on The Canterbury Tales1.Lines 1-18 are the introduction to the weather. Why did the author write so manywords to describe it?To answer why so many pilgrim go to the Canterbury at the same time.2.Summarize the main idea of lines 19-34.A group of pilgrims came across at the Canterbury and go together.3.How many people are there in the group of pilgrims?Thirty4.Based on Prioress’s portrait, can you give a possible reason why she isundertaking this pilgrimage?She wants to look for the worldly love.5.What details does the narrator use in describing the Prioress, and in what order? 1,Facial expression2,voice 3,etiquette 4，sympathy and charity 5，appearance 6，dress 7，personal accessories..6.Why does the Wife of Bath go on pilgrimage?For husband.7.What is the “framing device” that Chaucer uses for his collection of stories? Framework:a narrative which was composed for the purpose of introducing and connecting a series of tales8.The General Prologue was written in heroic couplet, analyze some of the lines.9.Please name and define five specific methods of characterization Chaucer uses inthe “General Prologue”.Appearance description：her nose was elegant, her eyes glass-gray; her mouth was very small，but soft and red. Facial description：her way of smiling was simple and coy . behavior description：Color description 夸张Questions on Sonnet 181.What are the themes of the sonnet 18?2.What images does Shakespeare use in order to strengthen the theme? And whatkinds of figures of speech are used in the sonnet?3.Analyze the meter and rhyme of the poem.Questions on Paradise Lost1.The poem opens with a long sentence. Analyze the first sentence and identify thewriter’s conception about the poem.2.Who first seduced the mother of mankind to the revolt?3.How long does Satan and his peers suffer the penal fire?4.How does Satan feel about being in Hell according to the poem?5.Describe the condition of the Hell in your own words according to the poem.6.Write an essay about the image of Satan.Questions on The Pilgrim’s Progress1.Why is the market called “Vanity Fair”?2.What is the original of the fair?3.What did people in the fair do to Christian and his friend?4.What does this episode symbolize?Questions on William Wordsworth’s poems1.Identify the meter of the first poem.2.What mood does the opening simile suggest, and what change in mood occurslater on?3.At what time of day is London being described in the second poem?4.Which descriptive elements are presented objectively and which subjectively?5.What are the themes of the third poem?6.There are two images in the third poem. Identify them and analyze them. Questions on Great Expectations1.In what details does Pip describe Miss Havisham and her room?2.What is Pip’s impression about Estella?3.How does Estella treat Pip? And why?4.Analyze the characters of Miss Havisham and Estella.5.Does Pip fall in love with Estella after the first meeting? And why?6.There is an image in Chapter 8. Identify it and analyze it.Questions on Tess of the d’Urbervilles1.What effect does Tess’s confession have on Angel?2.Why is Angel unable to forgive Tess when she just bestowed the gift offorgiveness on him?3.Why does Tess submit to Angel’s anger and take no action to win him back?4.What moral differences between men and women in the Victorian period, doesthis chapter reflect?5.In Hardy’s works the strong element of naturalism are combined with a tendencytowards symbolism. Identify and analyze the symbols in this chapter.Questions on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock1.What social class does Prufrock belong to? How could you tell?2.When Prufrock st arts talking about the “bald spot” in the middle of his head, whatdo you think he is worrying about?3.What types of images show that people are dehumanized in modern life, andsuggest that inanimate objects are alive?4.What is the effect of the Biblical allusion in the poem?5.Irony is everywhere in the poem. Identify them.Questions on Araby1.How does the boy describe his feelings for Mangan’s sister?2.Why does the boy want to go to the bazaar?3.Why does he arrive so late?4.What is the role of the boy’s uncle in the story? What value and attitude does herepresent?5.What kind of conflict does the boy experience in the story between him andenvironment, or between him and the adults?American LiteratureQuestions on Rip V an Winkle1.What historical events did Rip Van Winkle sleep through?2.Why was Rip Van Winkle so surprised when he returned to the village?3.What comparison is Irving implying when he states at the end of the story thatDame Van Winkle’s death has released Rip from “petticoat government”?4.How much effect did American Revolution have on daily life of the commonpeople?5.Analyze the humorous elements in Rip Van Winkle?Questions on The Scarlet Letter1.Who empowers Dimmesdale to stand on the scaffold?2.Why does Dimmesdale want to reveal?3.Why does Chillingworth try desperately to stop Dimmesdale from confessing hissins on the scaffold?4.This novel makes extensive use of symbols. How do they help develop the themesand characters in the novel?5.What is the narrative point of the novel? And what is the effect of the narrativepoint of view?Questions on Sister Carrie1.How many scenes did the writer describe in this chapter? Name them.2.Why does Carrie still suffer from unsatisfied desires after she became successful?3.How d o you see Draiser’s naturalism influencing his works in Sister Carrie?4.Discuss the character of Carrie and her relationships with Drouet and Hurswood. Questions on Indian Camp1.What kind of relationship between Nick and his father does the story describe?Has the relationship changed? Why and how does it change?2.Why did the husband kill himself?3.What does the last sentence mean?4.What did Nick learn from his witnessing both birth and death over one night? Questions on The Great Gatsby1.What kind of parties does Gatsby give on Saturdays according to the narrator?2.What kind of people would attend the parties according to the narrator?3.What is your impression on Gatsby after reading the text?4.What is the theme of the novel?5.Analyze the symbols in this chapter.。
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英美文学作品选读试题 5I. Find the items in the right column which fit the left column the best and write your letters in the blank.( 20 points in all, 2 for each)1. ________2. ________3. ________4. ________5. ________6. ________7. ________8. ________9. _______ 10.________II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase.(20 points in all, 2 for each)1. In the field of literature, the Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old classical works. This tendency is known as____________________________.2. Swift is one of the greatest masters of English prose. He is almost unsurpassed in the writing of simple, direct, precise prose. He defined a good style as “____________________________.”3. Wordsworth is regarded as a “_____________________.”He can penetrate to the heart of things and give the reader the very life of nature.4._____________________ is the most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works.5. In his long dramatic career, Shaw wrote more than _____________________ plays.6. James Joyce is regarded as the most prominent _____________________ novelist, concentrating on the revealing in his novels the psychic being of the characters.7. Galsworthy is essentially a bourgeois liberal, a_____________________.8. Structurally and thematically, Shaw followed the great tradition of ___________________.9. Most of Faulkner’s works are about people from a small region in _____________________, Yoknapatawpha County.10. In Our Times is the first book to present a Hemingway hero—_____________________.III. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and write you answer in the blanks. (20 points in all, 2 for each)1._______ is regarded as “worshipper of nature.”A. ColeridgeB. WordsworthC. T. S. EliotD. Robert Browning2. M arlowe’s play Dr. Faustus is based on _______ of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the devil.A. the ScandinavianB. the GermanC. the ancient EnglishD. the French3. Who defi ned a good style as “proper words in proper places?”A. Jonathan SwiftB. Charles DickensC. Edmund SpencerD. George Bernard Shaw4. _______ is central to Blake’s concern in the Sogns of Innocence and Songs of Experience?A. innocence and experienceB. the poorC. societyD. childhood5. As a novelist _______ wrote within a very narrow sphere, the provincial life of the late 18th-century England.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Jane AustenC. Thomas HardyD.Henry Fielding6. “Trust thyself,” Emerson wrote in his_______.A. The American ScholarB. The Sketch BookC. Self-RelianceD. Nature7. Hawthorne’s view of man and human history originates, to a great extent ,in _______.A. PuritanismB. TranscendentalismC. his childhoodD. his unhappy marriage8.As _______ saw it, poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation.A. EmersonB. HawthorneC. WhitmanD. Emily Dickinson9. _______ was the first American writer to conceive his career in international terms.A. EmersonB. Henry JamesC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway10. According to Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury is a story of “______.”A. lost generationB. lost innocenceC. farmersD. industrial laborsIV. For each of the questions listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work. (20 points in all, 4 for each)1. “Come live with me and be my love,And we will all the pleasures proveThat valleys, groves, hills, and fields,Woods, or steepy mountain yields,And we will sit upon the rocks,Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,By shallow rivers to whose falls,Melodious birds sing madrigals.”2. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough.”3. “He pulled back the blanket from the Indian’s head. His hand came away wet. He mounted on the edge of the lower bunk with the lamp in one hand and looked in. The Indian lay with his face toward the wall. His throat had been cut from ear to ear.”4. “Then I saw in my dream, that when they were got out of the wilderness, they presently saw a town before them, and the name of that town is vanity; and at that town there is a fair kept, called vanity Fair,…”5. “And because I am happy & dance & singThey think they have done me no injury,And are gone to praise God & his Priest & king,Who make up a heaven of our misery.”V. Give brief answers to the following questions.( 20 points in all, 5 for each)1. Why has Fielding been regarded as “Father of the English novel?”2. What’s the symbolic meaning of Browning’ s poem, “The Ring and the Book?”3. What is literary naturalism?4. Describe Yeats’ writing style参考答案：I. Find the items in the right column which fit the left column the best and write your letters in the blanks.( 20 points in all, 2 for each)1. B2. H3. J4. D5. G6. F7. I8. A9. C 10. EII. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase. (20%)1. neoclassicism2. proper words in proper places3. worshiper of nature4. character portrayal5. 506. stream-of-consciousness7. reformist 8. realism 9. Northern Mississippi 10. Nick AdamsIII. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and write you answer in the blanks.( 20 points in all, 2 for each)1. B.2. B.3. A.4. D5. B6. C.7. A8. C9. B 10. B IV. For each of the questions listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work. (20 points in all, 4 for each)1. Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to his Love2. Ezra Pond, In a Station of the Metro3. Indian Camp, Hemingway4. John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress5.William Blake, The Chimney SweeperV. Give brief answers to the following questions.( 20 points in all, 5 for each)1. Why has Fielding been regarded as “Father of the English novel?”Fielding has been regarded as “Father of the English novel” for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel. Of all the 18th century novelists, he was the first to set out both in theory and practice to write specifically a “comic epic in prose,” the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. He adopted a thirdperson narration.2. What’s the symbolic meaning of Browning’ s poem, “The Ring and the Book?”The symbolic meaning can be explained by the goldsmith’s techniques of annoying gold in making rings. The “book” is the pure gold of objective facts, the hard truth. Yet pure gold is not workable in making rings unless it is alloyed with other materials.A poet’s fancy and imagination are just the alloying ingredients. The brought the dead truth to life.3. What is literary naturalism?As a genre, naturalism regards man as merely an animal driven by greed and lust in a struggle for existence in which only the “fittest,” the most ruthless, survive. Man is like a mechanism reacting to chemic compulsions, and human tragedy comes as a result of the collision between man’s biological needs and society’s ruthless manipulation.4. Describe Yeats’ writing style.Yeats’ style is tough, complex and symbolical.。