英美文学选读试题A
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C. the manner of expression to indicate the speaker＇s attitude towards the subject
D. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech
正确答案：D
7. All the following poets belong to lake poets EXCEPT
A. Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
A. 17th
B. 18th
C. 19th
D. 20th
正确答案：B
3. In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.
A. iamb
B. anapest
C. trochee
D. dactyl
C. Robert Southey
D. ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้helley
正确答案：D
8. In Shakespeare＇s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.
A. Pride and Prejudice
B. Jane Eyre
C. Wuthering Heights
D. Great Expectations
《英美文学选读》模拟试题(1)
《英美文学选读》模拟试题（一）一、单项选择题cadaa1.The excerpt from Chapter 10 of Sons and Lovers ends with the conflict between Paul and his mother. The conflict is possibly caused by Paul and his mother’s different views towards _____.A. Paul’s fatherB. artC. lifeD. Paul’s brother2.The _____ can be regarded as one of the themes of Joyce’s story “Araby”.A. loss of innocenceB. childish loveC. awareness of harsh lifeD. false sentimentality3.After reading “Araby”, one more feel the story has a _____ tone.A. joyousB. harshC. solemnD. painful4.In “Araby”, Joyce’s diction evokes a sort of _____ quality that characterizes the boy on this otherwise altogether ordinary shopping trip.A. religiousB. moralC. sentimentalD. vulgar5.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. D. H. Lawre nce’sB. J. Galsworthy’sC. W. Thackeray’sD. T. Hardy’s6.The mission of _____ drama was to reveal the moral, political and economic truth from a radical reformist point of view.A. T. S. Eliot’sB. J. Galsworthy’sC. B. Shaw’sD. W. B. Yeats’7.Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as _____.A. Rip Van WinkleB. Young Goodman BrownC. Life of GoldsmithD. Life of Washington8.Melville’s _____ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, p hilosophy, religion, etc.A. The Old Man and the SeaB. Moby–DickC. White JacketD. Billy Budd9.Mark Twain created, in _____, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.A. Huckleberry FinnB. Tom SowyerC. The Gilded AgeD. The Mysterious Stranger10.American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was _____.A. Anne BradsteetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD. T. S. Eliot11.The main theme of _____The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel.A. Henry James’B. Mark Twain’sC. Theodore Dreiser’sD. William Howells’12.In the 1920s, O’Neill established an international reputation with the plays ______.A. The Emperor JonesB. Anna ChristleC. The Hairy ApeD. all of the above13.In 1954, _____ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his “mastery of the ar t of modern narration.”A. T. S. EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. John SteinbeckD. William Faulkner14.“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.” This is the shortest poem written by _____.A. T. S. EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Emily Dickinson15.In Robert Frost’s famous poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, there are four lines like these: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, /But I have promises to keep, /And miles to go befor e I sleep, /And miles to go before I sleep”. The second sleep refers to _____.A. dieB. calm downC. fall into sleepD. stop walking16.Of the following American poets, whose work was first recognized in England and then in America?A. Robert FrostB. Walt WhitmanC. Emily DickinsonD. Wallace Stevens17.“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 _____.A. is happy about the harvestB. is tired of the work of apple-pickingC. is not tired when seeing the harvestD. becomes indifferent of the job18.Chinese poetry and philosophy had great influence on _____.A. Robert FrostB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Ezra PoundD. Emily Dickinson19.The Hemingway code heroes are best remembered for their _____.A. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experiencesD. masculinity20.Lots of people rushed to Gatsby’s party at the weekend and they clustered around Gatsby’s wealth like ____.A. gluttonsB. fliesC. insectsD. moths二、综合题1.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;It may be we shall touch the Happy Tales,And see the great Achilles, whom we knew,Tho’ much is taken, much abides, and tho’We are not now that strength which in old daysMoved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;One equal temper of heroic hearts,Made weak by time and fate, but strong in willTo strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.A. The passage is taken from th e poem “___________”.B. The author of the poem is ____________.C. The poem is written in the form of _________.D. The speaker is __________.2.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.Whether fagged by the three days’ runnin g chase, and the resistance to his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it was some latent deceitfulness and malice in him: whichever was true, the white Whale’s way now began to abate, as it seemed, from the boat so rapidly nearing him once more; though indeed the whale’s last start had not been so long a one as before. And still as Ahab glidede over the waves the unpitying sharks accompanied him; and so pertinaciously stuck to the boat; and so continually bit at the plying oars, that the blades became jagged and crunched, and left small splinters in the sea, at almost every dip.A From which novel is the paragraph taken?B What is the name of the author?C Who is Ahab?D What is the theme of the novel?3.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.Standing on the bare ground, ----- my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, ------- all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.A. Which work is this fragment taken from?B. How do you understand the philosophical ideas in this words?4.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English.“if he be not apt to beat over matters, let him study the lawyer’s cases, so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.”A. what does “beat over matters” mean?B. what does “receipt” refer to?C. from which essay does the above sentences come?5.Give brief answers to the question in English.What is Lyrical Ballads?Why is Lyrical Ballads regarded as a landmark in English poetry?6.Give brief answers to the question in English.Do you think the two collections of poems written by William Blake are the same? If not, what is the difference?7.Give brief answers to the question in English.What are some of the general artistic features of Walt Whitman’s poetry?8.Give brief answers to the question in English.Can we say that when Brown （Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown） enters the dark forest he is really enter his own evil mind? If yes （or no）, please explain.9.This monologue, a psychological exploration of life and death, reveals the character of Hamlet as a man of contemplation rathe r than action. With the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his father’s death and the challenge of evil forces, Hamlet seems to withdraw into a mental world which is thrown into a conflict or a choice between life and death. The philosophical speculation mixed up with a deep pessimistic outlook resists against action at first, but later awakens the hero out of his melancholy to a sense of the “enterprise of great pith and moment”, indicating that he is to do something for what he concerns himself wit h.10.Write no less than 150 words on the following topic in English.Make a comparison between Henry James’ realism and Mark Twain’s realism.答案部分一、单项选择题1. C2. A3. D4. A5. A6. C7. A8. B9. A10. C11. A12. D13. B14. C15. A16. A17. B18. C19.A20. D二、综合题1.【正确答案】 A. UlyssessB. Afred TennysonC. Dramatic MonologueD. Ulysses2.【正确答案】 A. Moby – DickB. Herman MelvilleC. The Captain of the whaling shipD. The rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab against the over-whelming, mysterious vastness of the universe and its awesome sometimes merciless forces.3.【正确答案】 A. NatureB. Emerson regards nature as the purest, and the most sanctifying moral influence on man, and advocated a direct intuition of a spiritual and immanent God in nature. The soul has completely transcended the limits of individuality and become part of the Over soul. Emerson sees spirit pervading everywhere, not only in the soul of man, but behind nature, throughout nature.4.【正确答案】 A. make through exam of things.B. cure, prescriptionC. of studies Francis Bacon5.【正确答案】 A. It is a collaboration of Wordsworth and Coleridge, the major representatives of the Romantic Movement.B. In the book, they explored new theories and innovated new techniques in poetry writing. They saw poetry as a healing energy; they believed that poetry could purify both individual souls and the society. The preface to the second edition of the Lyrical Ballads acts as a manifesto for the new school. Wordsworth’s poems in the Lyrical Ballads differs in marked ways from his early poetry, notably the uncompromising simplicity of much of the language, the strong sympathy not merely with the poor in general but with particular, dramatized examples of them, and the fusion of natural description with expressions of inward states of mind.6.【正确答案】 A. NoB. The two collections of poems written by William Blake, “Sons of Innocence” and “Sons of Experience”, hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ.7.【正确答案】Walt Whitman was an important poet in American literary history. His originality lies first of all in his use of the poetic form free verse, by means of which he becomes conversational and casual. He usually uses the first person pronoun “I” to stress individualism, and oral language to acquire symp athy from the common reader. His topics are sometimes sexual but his themes are far more than sexual.8.【正确答案】Hawthorne’s stories are generally read as allegories symbolic of human experience, so is “Young Goodman Brown”. Allegorically Brown’s night journey to the forest could be taken as a journey of the mind into the dark region of evil. It is especially true if we allow for some very important details about the light and the shadow, the dreamlike atmosphere, the words and phrases he uses to describe what Brown has experienced in the forest, none of which seems to be substantially solid or physically present.9.【正确答案】This monologue, a psychological exploration of life and death, reveals the character of Hamlet as a man of contemplation rather than action. With the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his father’s death and the challenge of evil forc es, Hamlet seems to withdraw into a mental world which is thrown into a conflict or a choice between life and death. The philosophical speculation mixed up with a deep pessimistic outlook resists against action at first, but later awakens the hero out of his melancholy to a sense of the “enterprise of treat pith and moment”, indicating that he is to do something for what he concerns himself with.10.【正确答案】Although James and Twain both worked for realism, there were obvious differences between them. In thematic terms, James wrote mostly of the upper reaches of American society, whereas Mark Twain dealt largely with the lower strata of society. Technically, James pursued psychological realism, but Mark Twain’s contribution to the development of realism and to American literature as a whole was partly through his theories of Local Colorist in American fiction, and partly through his colloquial style.Henry James believed that reality lies in the impressions made by life on the spectator, and not in any facts of which the spectator is unaware, such realism is therefore merely the obligation that the artist assumes to represent life as he sees it, which may not be the same life as it “really” is. James shifted the ground of realistic art from the outer to the inner world.Mark Twain preferred to represent social life through portraits of local places which he knew best. He drew heavily from his own rich fund of knowledge of people and places. He confined himself to the life with which he was familiar. By quoting from his own experience, Mark Twain managed to transform into art the freedom and humor, in short, the finest elements of western culture.。
英美文学选读试题详解3
英美文学选读-阶段测评3成绩：分一、Multiple Choice 共40 题题号: 1 本题分数: 分novels( )are generally regarded as his masterpieces.A、The Rainbow，Women in LoveB、The Rainbow，Sons and LoversC、Sons and Lovers，Lady Chatterley’s LoverD、Women in Love，Lady Chatterley’s Lover（）劳伦斯的成名作是《儿子和情人》，而其代表作是《虹》和《恋爱中的女人》标准答案：A考生答案：A本题得分：分题号: 2 本题分数: 分poem( )is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the stream - of -consciousness technique,also a prelude to The Waste Land.A、“Prufrock”B、“Gerontion”C、The Hollow MenD、Lyrical Ballads（）“Gerontion”是一部用戏剧式独白写成的诗歌，是《荒原》的前奏曲，也采用了意识流派的文风。
标准答案：B考生答案：B本题得分：分题号: 3 本题分数: 分autobiographical novel is( ).A、The RainbowB、Women in LoveC、Sons and LoversD、Lady Chatterley’s Lover（）劳伦斯的作品大多都是从心理上去探求让人的本能的，同时也反映人性中最内在的东西。
其作品《儿子和情人》真实地反映了自己在童年时期的家庭状况，被视为其半自传体小说。
标准答案：C考生答案：C本题得分：分题号: 4 本题分数: 分The typical representatives of s early plays are( ).A、Man and Superman，The Apple CartB、Widowers’ House，Mrs. Warren’ s ProfessionC、Candida，M rs. Warren’ s ProfessionD、The Apple Cart，Widowers’ House（P321-322）。
英美文学选读试题详解2
英美文学选读-阶段测评2成绩：85分一、Multiple Choice 共40 题题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分The assertion that poetry originates from “emotion recollected in tranquility” belongs to ( ).A、William WordsworthB、Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC、Robert SoutheyD、William Blake(P179.para.2)华兹华斯的文学观点是：诗歌的创作没有既定的规则，诗歌素材的来源应该是感观的直接经验。
题干中的陈述，是他再《抒情民谣》第二版的序言中表述的。
标准答案：A考生答案：A本题得分：2.5 分题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior,( ) has brought the English novel,as an art of form,to its maturity.A、Charlotte Bront?B、Jane AustenC、Emily Bront?D、Ann Radcliffe(P226.para.2)简.奥斯丁生活在英国浪漫主义文学繁荣时期，但她的小说确实现实主义风格的。
她多以男女爱情作为小说的主题，并通过对真正爱情的诠释来反应人性，是英国最伟大的小说家之一。
标准答案：B考生答案：B本题得分：2.5 分题号: 3 本题分数:2.5 分English Romanticism,as a historical phase of literature,is generally said to have ended in 1832 with ( ).A、the passage of the first Reform Bill in the ParliamentB、the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical BalladsC、the publication of T.S.Elio t’s The waste LandD、the passage of the Bill of Rights in the Parliament(P157.para.1)英国的浪漫主义文学时代开始于1798年，标志性的事件是《抒情民谣》的出版，结束于1832年，标志性的事件是斯格特之死和“改革法案”的通过。
英美文学选读试题详解3
英美文学选读-阶段测评3成绩：分一、Multiple Choice 共40 题题号: 1 本题分数: 分novels( )are generally regarded as his masterpieces.A、The Rainbow，Women in LoveB、The Rainbow，Sons and LoversC、Sons and Lovers，Lady Chatterley’s LoverD、Women in Love，Lady Chatterley’s Lover（）劳伦斯的成名作是《儿子和情人》，而其代表作是《虹》和《恋爱中的女人》标准答案：A考生答案：A本题得分：分题号: 2 本题分数: 分poem( )is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the stream - of -consciousness technique,also a prelude to The Waste Land.A、“Prufrock”B、“Gerontion”C、The Hollow MenD、Lyrical Ballads（）“Gerontion”是一部用戏剧式独白写成的诗歌，是《荒原》的前奏曲，也采用了意识流派的文风。
标准答案：B考生答案：B本题得分：分题号: 3 本题分数: 分autobiographical novel is( ).A、The RainbowB、Women in LoveC、Sons and LoversD、Lady Chatterley’s Lover（）劳伦斯的作品大多都是从心理上去探求让人的本能的，同时也反映人性中最内在的东西。
其作品《儿子和情人》真实地反映了自己在童年时期的家庭状况，被视为其半自传体小说。
标准答案：C考生答案：C本题得分：分题号: 4 本题分数: 分The typical representatives of s early plays are( ).A、Man and Superman，The Apple CartB、Widowers’ House，Mrs. Warren’ s ProfessionC、Candida，M rs. Warren’ s ProfessionD、The Apple Cart，Widowers’ House（P321-322）。
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英美文学选读试卷-英美文学选读试卷A. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answer. Choose the one that would bet complete the statement and put the letter in the blank.(每小题1分，共30分)1. Generally, the Renaissance refers to the period between ______ and _______ centuries.A. 14th...mid-17thB. 14th...mid-18thC. 16th...mid-18thD. 16th...mid-17th2. _______ frequently applied conceits in his poems.A. SpenserB. DonneC. BlakeD. Thomas Gray3. _______ is known as "the poet's poet".A. ShakespeareB. MarloweC. SpenserD. Donne4. The 18th century England is known as the ______ in the history.A. RenaissanceB. ClassicismC. EnlightenmentD. Romanticism5. ________ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.A. Edmund Spenser, Christoper MarloweB. Thomas More, Christoper MarloweC. John Donne, Edmund SpenserD. John Milton, Thomas More6. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modern English ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.A. proseB. short storyC. novelD. tragicomedy7. _______ is the central concern to Blake's concern in the Song of Innocence and Song of Experience.A. childhoodB. womanC. poetryD. happiness8. Among the following plays which is not written by Marlowe? _____A. Dr. FaustusB. The Jew of MaltaC. Edward IID. School for scandal9. Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are _______.A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and JulietC. Hamlet, Coriolanus, King Lear and MacbethD. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth10. Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists wereDaniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry fielding and _______.A. Laurance SterneB. John DrydenC. Charles DickensD. Alexander Pope11. Which of the following Gothic novels was not written in the 18th century? ______A. The Castle of OtrantoB. The ItalianC. The MonkD. The Fall of the House of Usher12. In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period, _______ was the leadingfigure among the host of playwrights.A. William BlakeB. Richard SheridanC. Ben JohnsonD. Bernard Shaw13. Dickens' works are characterized by a mingling of _______ and pathos.A. humorB. satireC. passionD. metaphor14. The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first ______ heroine.A. explorerB. peasantC. workerD. governess15. In ______ Tennyson dealt with the theme of women's rights and position.A. PoemB. The PrincessC. In MemorianD. Idylls of the King16. "The Custom-House" is an introductory note to ______.A. Moby-DickB. The Scarlet LetterC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithedale Romance17. The publication of _______ established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of the New England Transcendentalism.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. The Over-SoulD. The American Scholar18. "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed" is most probably a poem ______.A. that celebrates the burgeoning life of citiesB. that sings highly freedom and democracyC. that condemns violence and bloodshedD. that mourns for the death of Lincoln19. _______ is not a dominant figure of the Realistic Period.A. William Dean HowellsB. Mark TwainC. Henry JamesD. James F. Cooper20. The book from which "all modern American literature comes" refers to _______.A. Moby-DickB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Great Gatsby21. Strong affinity to the Chinese and Oriental literature can be found in the works of _______.A. Mark TwainB. Ezra PoundC. Emily DikinsonD. Arthur Miller22. "In a Station of the Metro" is regarded by critics as a classic specimen of _______.A. the absurd poetryB. the transcendental poetryC. the romantic poetryD. the imagist poetry23. The founder of the American drama is _______.A. Arthur MillerB. Eugene O'NeillC. Tennesee WilliamsD. Clifford Odets24. F. Scott Fitzgerald is not the author of _______.A. This Side of ParadiseB. Tender is the NightC. The Great GatsbyD. In Our Time25. _______ is not a fictional character in the Scarlet Letter.A. HesterB. Arthur DimmersdaleC. Roger ChillingworthD. Ishmael26. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _____.A. the Age of ColonicalismB. the Age of RomanticismC. the Age of RealismD. the Age of Modernism27. Statement _______ is NOT true in describing American naturalists.A. They were deeply influenced by Darwinism.B. They were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola.C. They chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.D. They used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists.28. ______ is considered by H.L.Mencken as "the true father of our national literature."A. HemingwayB. PoeC. IrvingD. Twain29. they all shared the same thematic concern except ______.A. Robert Penn WarrenB. Flannery O'ConnerC. William FaulknerD. Norman Mailer30. _________ draws on the Jewish experience and tradition and examines subtly the dismantling of the self by an intolerablemodern history.A. Allen GinsbergB. John UpdikeC. Saul BellowD. J.D. SalingerB. Give the author and genre of each of the following literary works.(每小题2分，共20分)1. The Shepheardes Calender2. Farewell to love3. Much Ado About Nothing4. Childe Harold's Pilgrmage5. Dombey and the Son6. The Iceman Cometh7. The Road Not Taken8. The Cantos9. The Grapes of Wrath10. BabbitC. Define the literary terms listed below. （每小题5分，共10分）1. Utilitarianism2. Free VerseD. For each of the quotations 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.(每小题5分，共15分）1. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou are more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the daring buds of May,And summer's least hath all too short a date:Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shinesAnd often is his gold complexion dimmed;2. I heard a Flay buzz--when I died-The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-3. There is music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before...E. Give brief answers to the following questions.（每小题5分，共10分）1. What is Bernard Shaw's viewpoint on literature?2. What does the night journey young Goodman Brown makes symbolize?F. Short Essay Questions(共15分）1. What is the striking feature of Paul, the main character in Sons and lovers?(7分）2. Give a brief analysis of Emily Grierson In "A Rose for Emily".(8分)。
《英美文学选读》综合测验题库
《英美文学选读》综合测验题库一、单项选择题1. Which one of the following statements is NOT true of William Faulkner?A. He is master of stream-of-consciousness narrative.B. His writing is often complex and difficult to understand.C. He often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago.D. He represents a new group of Southern writers.2. In 1950, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A. Scott FitzgeraldB. Ernest HemingwayC. Henry JamesD. William Faulkner3. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their ________.A. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experiencesD. masculinity4. Hemingway’s second big success is ______.A. In Our TimeB. For Whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also RisesD. A Farewell to Arms5. Most critics have agreed that ______ is both an insider and an outsider of the Jazz Age with a double vision.A. FitzgeraldB. FrostC. CummingsD. Hemingway6. The subject matter of Robert Frosts poems focuses on ______.A. ordinary country people and scenesB. battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legendsC. struggling masses and crowded urban quartersD. fantasies and mythical happenings7. Which terms can best describe the modernists concern of the human situation in their fiction?A. Fragmentation and alienation.B. Courage and honor.C. Tradition and faith.D. Poverty and desperation.8. Which one is not written by Henry James?A. The AmbassadorsB. The Wings of the DoveC. The BostoniansD. The Mysterious Stranger9. While Mark Twain satirized European manners at times, _______ was an admirer.A. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Walt WhitmanD. Jack London10. More than five hundred poems that Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general _______ about the relationship between man and nature is well expressed.A. skepticismB. eulogyC. happinessD. denial11. The greatest work written by Theodore Dreiser is _______.A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The FinancierD. The Titan12. “Even then he stood there, h idden wholly in that kindness which is night, while the uprising fumes filled the room. When the odor reached his nostrils, he quit his attitude and fumbled for the bed. ‘what’s the use?’ he said, weakly, as he stretched himself to rest.”The passage is taken from _______.A. Sons and Lovers by D.H LawrenceB. Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteC. Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserD. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte13."This is my letter to the world" is a poem expressing Emily Dickinsons _______ about her communication with the outside world.A. happinessB. angerC. anxietyD. sorrow14. Theodore Dreiser is generally regarded as one of America’ _______.A. naturalistsB. realistsC. modernistsD. romanticists15. Which of the following is not a work of Emi ly Dickenson’s?A. This is my letter to the WorldB. I heard a fly buzz-when I diedC. The Road Not TakenD. I like to see it lap the miles16.________ is a school of modern painting, whose emphasis is on the formal structure of a work of art and especially on the multiple-perspective viewpoints.A. ExpressionismB. ImpressionismC. CubismD. Imagism17. “He is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment take him in search of his personal Grail; his failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream.”The character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagonist of ________.A. Fitzgerald’s The Great GatsbyB. Dreiser’s An American TragedyC. Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell TollsD. Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn18. Almost all Faulkners heroes turned out to be tragic because ________.A. all enjoyed living in the declining American SouthB. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and social institutionsC. most of them were prisoners of the pastD. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable19.________ is a representative of the 1930s, when “novels of social protest” became dominant on the American literary scene.A. Ezra PoundB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Robert Lee FrostD. John Steinbeck20. In _______, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.A. “After Apple-Picking”B. “The Road Not Taken”C. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”D. “Fire and Ice”21.American writers after World War Ⅰself-consciously acknowledged that they were (a) "_______", devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization.A. Lost GenerationB. Beat GenerationC. Sons of LibertyD. Angry Young Men22. Which of the following statements about E. Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story "A Rose for Emily," is NOT true?A. She has a distorted personality.B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South.D. She is the victim of the past glory.23. Fitzgerald wrote the following except _______.A. The Great GatsbyB. In Our TimeC. Tender Is the NightD. This Side of Paradise24. Robert Frost was the Pulitzer Prize winner on _______ occasions.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five25. Which of the following best describes the protagonist of William Faulkner’s “a Rose for Emily”?A. She is a conservative aristocrat.B. She is a wealth lady.C. She is a prisoner of the past.D. She has good taste.26. “I shall be telling this with a signSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled by,The passage is taken from _______.And that has made all the difference.”A. Robert Lee Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”B. Alfred Tennyson’s “Break, Break, Break”C. Edmund Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene”D. Samuel Johnson’s “London”27."There was music from my neighbors house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars……", the two sentences are taken from _______.A. The Great Gatsby by FitzgeraldB. Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserC. Moby-Dick by Herman MelvilleD. Daisy Miller by Henry James28. Which of the following comments on the novel The Great Gatsby is not true?A. The Great Gatsby is a novel that is a set against the ending of the war.B. Gatsby is a mystical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mind that embodies American itself.C. Gatsby is the last of the romantic heroes.D. Gatsby is wealthy but unintelligent and brutal.29. Who, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used "i" instead of "I" to refer to himself as a protest against self-importance?A. Wallace StevensB. CummingsC. FitzgeraldD. Ernest Hemingway30. The first book Robert Frost wrote was _______.A. Mountain IntervalB. New HampshireC. A Further RangeD. A Boy’s Will31. Which of the following is not a usual subject of poetic expression of Emily Dickinson’s?A. war and peaceB. love and marriageC. life and deathD. religion32. “Because I could not stop for Death” is a famous poem written by _______.A. Ezra poundB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Emily Dickinson33.Dai sy Miller’s tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of _______.A. the American youth WinterbourneB. the author of Henry JamesC. her mother Mrs. MillerD. the Italian youth Giovanelli34. In Henry Jam es’ Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of _______.A. the corruption of the newly richB. the free spirit of the New WorldC. the decline of aristocracyD. the force of convention35. Stylistically, Henry James’ fi ction is characterized _______.A. highly refined languageB. ordinary American speechC. short, clear sentencesD. abundance of local images36. In the following writers, who is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “stream of consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism?A. Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC. Emily DickinsonD. Theodore Dreiser37. Henry James’s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the _______.A. international themeB. national themeC. European themeD. regional theme38. Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a _______ language.A. grandB. pompousC. simpleD. vernacular39. The book from which “all modern American literature comes” refers to _______.A. The Great GatsbyB. The Sun Also RisesC. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. Moby Dick40. Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of America and made a combination of _______ and serious literature.A. English folk loreB. funny jokesC. American folk humorD. American traditional values41._______ is considered by H.L. Mencken as “the true father of our national literature”?A. HemingwayB. PopeC. IrvingD. Mark Twain42. Statement “_______” is not true in describing American naturalists.A. they were deeply influenced by Darwinism.B. they were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola.C. they chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.D. they used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists.43. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _______.A. bestialityB. goodnessC. compassionD. greed44. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _______.A. optimisticB. pessimisticC. humorousD. rational45. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism?A. EmersonB. Jack LondonC. Theodore DreiserD. Darwin46. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _______.A. the Age of RealismB. the Age of ModernismC. the Age of RomanticismD. the Age of Colonialism47. Which of the following comments on the writings by Herman Melville is not true?A. “Bartleby, the Scrivener” is a short story.B. “Benito Cereno” is a novella.C. “The Confidence-Man” has something to do with the sea and sailors.D. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American prose epic.48. Which of the following writers is not the dominant figure of the realistic period in American?A. Herman MelvilleB. William Dean HowellsC. Henry JamesD. Mark Twain49. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all except _______.A. mystery of the universeB. sin of the whaleC. power of the great natureD. evil of the world50. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American _______.A. prose epicB. comic epicC. dramatic fictionD. poetic fiction51. “The horizon’s edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud. These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day.” The two lines are taken from _______.A. “There Was a Child Went Forth” by Walt WhitmanB. “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra PoundC. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” by Walt WhitmanD. “Ulysses” by Joyce52. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman?A. lyrical and well-structedB. free-flowingC. simple and rather crudeD. conversational and casual53. Walt Whitman is radically innovative in the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subject is _______.A. free verseB. blank verseC. lyric poemD. heroic couplet54._______ is the author of “The Scarlet Letter”.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. George Eliot55. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorn except _______.A. The House of the Seven GablesB. White JacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithedale Romance56. In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _______.A. SaviorsB. villainsC. commentatorsD. observers57. “There is evil in every human hear, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.” Which is the author of it?A. Washington IrvingB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman58._______ is the most ambivalent writer in the American literary history.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Walt WhitmanC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Mark Twain59. In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature?A. The Sketch BookB. Leaves Of GrassC. Leather Stocking TalesD. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn60. The period before the American civil war is generally referred to as _______.A. the naturalist periodB. the modern periodC. the romantic periodD. the realistic period61. Of the following works by D.H. Lawrence, _______ established his position as a prominent novelist.A. The White PeacockB. The TrespasserC. Women in LoveD. Sons and Lovers62. Which of the following best describes the speaker of “The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock”?A. He is a man of an action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of inactivity.D. All the above are wrong.63.“The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes,/ The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the windowpanes/ Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,/ Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains.” The stanza is taken from _______.A. T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”B. Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death”C. Al fred Tennyson’s “Bread, Break, Break”D. William Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”64. Of the following poems by T. S. Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry?A. Poems 1909-25B. The Hollow MenC. Prufrock and Other ObservationsD. The Waste Land65. The following comments on George Bernard Shaw are true except _______.A. George Bernard Shaw’s career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play Widowers’ House was put on by the Independent Theater Society.B. Shaw began his literary career by writing novels soon after his settling down in London.C. Shaw’s writings reflect the combination of realism and naturalismD. Shaw’s plays can be termed as problems plays.66. G. B. Shaw’s play “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” is a realistic exposure of the _______.A. political corruptionB. inequality between men and womenC. slum landlordismD. economic exploitation of women67._______ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw68. Who is the first “Angry Young Man”?A. OsborneB. EliotC. ChristopherD. Bernard Shaw69. All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP _______.A. The Return of the NativeB. Tess of the D’UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Far from the Madding Crowd70. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works is his _______.A. simple vocabularyB. bitter and sharp criticismC. character-portrayalD. pictures of happiness71. Poetry has been traditionally regarded as an art governed by rules; but to the romantics, poetry should be free from all _______.A. rhymesB. rhythmC. rulesD. emotion72. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?A. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels.B. Pride and Prejudice is originally draf ted as “First Impressions”.C. Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D. In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.73. Jane Austen’s first novel is _______.A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. EmmaD. Plan of a Novel74. The author of the work “Men of England” is _______.A. T. S. EliotB. Thomas GrayC. ShelleyD. Walt Whitman75. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama, _______.A. Men of EnglandB. Prometheus UnboundC. Ode to the West WindD. The Revolt of Islam76. In Shelley’s “To a Skylark”, the bird, suspended between reality and poetic image, pours forth an exultant song which suggests to the poet _______.A. both celestial rapture and human limitationB. both image creation and profound meaningC. both music and wordsD. both inspiration and skill of writing77. “Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/ Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!” the two lines are find in _______.A. Young Goodman Brown by HawthorneB. Ode to the West Wind by ShelleyC. Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanD. Ulysses by Joyce78. In his lyrics such as “Ode to Liberty”, “Ode to Naples”, Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for _______ and his hatred toward tyranny.A. the middle classB. the poorC. freedomD. the proletariat79. Which of the following is not the best examples to show Wordsworth’s genuine love for the natural beauty?A. a Phantom of DelightB. To a SkylarkC. To the CuckooD. To a Butterfly80. Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about _______.A. loveB. human lifeC. freedomD. social activities81. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?A. I wandered Lonely as a CloudB. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September3, 1802C. The Solitary ReaperD. The Chimney Sweeper82._______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen83. The tone of literature in “Songs of Experience” by William Blake is _______.A. dolefulB. livelyC. plainD. utter84. In his poem “Tyger, Tyger,”William Blake expresses his perception of the“fearful symmetry”of the big cat. The phrase“fearful symmetry”suggests ________.A. the tiger’s two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically setB. the poet’s fear of the predatorC. the analogy of the hammer and the anvilD. the harmony of the two opposite aspects of God’s creation85. The declaration that “I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION & Vision,” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative” belongs to _______.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. George Gordon Byron86. In the following writings by William Blake, which marks his entry into maturity?A. Songs of innocenceB. Songs of ExperienceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Milton87. The Romantic Movement expressed a more or less _______ attitude toward the existing social and political conditions.A. positiveB. negativeC. neutralD. indifferent88. The Romantic Period is an age of poetry. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats are the major poets. They started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as _______.A. the poetic romanceB. the poetic movementC. the poetic revolutionD. the poetic reformation89. In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as _______.A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experienceB. the thought that designates man as a social animalC. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in commonD. the modes of thinking90. Fielding’s language is ea sy and familiar. His sentences are always distinguished by ________.A. logicB. rhythmC. powerfulnessD. both A and B91. “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” This novel is most probably ________.A. Charles Dickens’ Davi d CopperfieldB. James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding GrowdD. Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones92. In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,” “Houyhnhnm,” and“Yahoo”?A. James Joyce’s Ulysses.B. Charles Dickens’s Bleak House.C. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.D. D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love.93. Crusoe is the hero in Robinson Crusoe by _______.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. George EliotD. D. H. Lawrence94. The Enlightenment Movement’s purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern _______ and artistic ideas.A. religiousB. politicalC. arealD. philosophical95. The eighteenth-century England is known as the Age of _______.A. RomanticismB. ClassicismC. RenaissanceD. Enlightenment96. Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English middle-class man of the 18th century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A. Robinson CrusoeB. Moll FlandersC. GulliverD. Tom Jones97. The following comments on Daniel Defoe are right except that _______.A. Robinson Crusoe is his first novelB. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpieceC. he was a member of the upper classD. in his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shown98._______ is the typical feature of Swift’s writing.A. Elegant styleB. Casual narrationC. Bitter satireD. Complicated sentence structure99. The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is _______.A. a Tale of a TubB. the Battle of the BooksC. A Modest ProposalD. Gulliver’s Travels100.Of all the 18th century novelists, _______ 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.A. Daniel DefoeB. Samuel JohnsonC. Oliver GoldsmithD. Henry Fielding101. In the following writings by Henry Fielding, which brings him the name of the “Prose Homer”?A. the Coffee-House PoliticianB. The Tragedy of TragediesC. the History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingD. The History of Amelia102. Which of the following novels is not written by Henry Fielding?A. Jonathan WildB. Moll FlandersC. Joseph AndrewsD. Tom Jones103. One of the major results of the reformation in England was the fact that the ________ in English was placed in every church and services were held in English instead of Latin so that people could understand.A. Canterbury talesB. BibleC. Old TestamentD. Malorys Morte Darthur104. Humanism sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side, for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conception that man is the ________ of all things.A. measureB. kingC. loverD. defender105. William Caxton was the first person who introduced ________ into England.A. writingB. printingC. heroic coupletD. defender106._______ shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf107. “all is not lost: the unconquerable will, and study of reven ge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield: and what is else not to be overcome?”This part comes from _______.A. Dr. FaustusB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Tambutlaine108. In his life, _______ shows himself a real revolutionary, a master poet and a great prose writer. He fought for freedom in all aspects as a Christian humanist, while his achievement in literature make him tower over all the other English writers of his time and exert a great influence over later ones.A. William ShakespeareB. Edmund SpenserC. John DonneD. John Milton109. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his _______ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.A. 47B. 27C. 52D. 38110. “To be, or not to be - that is t he question; whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer, the slings and arrows of outragerous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?” Who said these words?A. King LearB. RomeoC. AntonioD. Hamlet111. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” this is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s _______.A. songsB. sonnetsC. playsD. comedies112. The real mainstream of the English renaissance is ________.A. the Elizabethan dramaB. the Elizabethan proseC. ancient poemD. romantic novel113. The cradle of the renaissance is ________.A. GermanyB. EnglandC. AmericaD. Italy114. In The Merchant of Venice, Antonio, in order to help his friend Bassanio, has to borrow from _______, the Jewish _______.A. Portia/judgeB. Shylock/usurerC. Shylock/judgeD. Portia/usurer115. William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, _______, King Lear, and _______.A. Romeo and Juliet/OthelloB. Othello/MacbethC. The Tempest/MacbethD. The Merchant of Venice/Romeo and Juliet116. The play Romeo and Juliet, though a tragedy, is permeated with _______ spirit.A. optimisticB. sadC. pessimisticD. indifferent117. It can be said that though essentially still a medieval writer, Geoffrey Chaucer bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new _______ to come.A. manB. theoryC. doctrineD. era118. Geoffrey Chaucer’s reputation has been securely established as one of the best English ________ for his wisdom, humor, and humanity.A. novelistsB. dramatistsC. poetsD. A and B119. In the Norman conquest of England, the Germanic tribes from the Northern Europe brought with them not only the ________ language, the basis of Modern English, but also a specific poetic tradition.A. MediterraneanB. ChristianC. Anglo-SaxonD. Roman120.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______ .A.simple character and poor understandingB.simple character and quick witC.intricate character and quick witD.intricate character and poor understanding121.Where Mark Twain satirized European manners at times, _______ was an admirer.A. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Walt WhitmanD. Jack London122.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______.A. simple character and poor understandingB. simple character and quick witC. intricate character and quick witD. intricate character and poor understanding123.Which of the following statements about E. Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkners story "A Rose for Emily," is NOT true?A. She has a distorted personality.B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South.D. She is the victim of the past glory.综合测验题库答案与解析一、单项选择题1. 正确答案：C答案解析：福克纳是美国“南方文学”流派的主要代表人物。
学历类《自考》自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试试题及答案解析
学历类《自考》自考专业(英语)《英美文学选读》考试试题及答案解析姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________1、Opposition leaders will be watching carefully to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.A、handlesB、conductsC、observesD、directs正确答案：A答案解析：A应付，对付，控制B引导，进行，实施C观察，监测，遵守D指导，监督2、Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA、morethanB、ratherthanC、otherthanD、betterthan正确答案：A答案解析：morethan：多于，不只。
句意：现在很多雇主开始不仅仅要求学业的完成。
3、In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA、unlessB、untilC、lestD、provided正确答案：B答案解析：本题考查词义辨析。
until：直到。
符合句意，表示givenasubstance持续到halfofthemdie。
4、Nobody but you _______ what he said.A、agreeswithB、agreesoutC、agreewithD、agreeto正确答案：A答案解析：主语为nobody时，谓语动词用单数，如果主语被but,aswellas,with等短语修饰，谓语仍与主语的数保持一致。
该题易误选C、D，选D的原因在于词组记忆不清，用介词to时之后应加具体项目。
英美文学选读考试题
英美文学选读考试题一．9 authors, 20 works. (20)William Shakespearean: The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrece.Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders. Captain SingletonRobert Burns: My heart’s in the Highlands, A Red Red Rose. Auld Lang Syne.William Wordsworth:“The Solitary Reaper”. “We are S even”, “Lucy”, “Michael”, “Simon Lee””Lucy”I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, The Solitary Reaper.John Keats: On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer, On a Grecian Urn, To Psyche, TO a Nightingale. “Ode to Autumn”, “Ode on Melancholy”, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”and “Ode to a Nightingale”. All were written in 1819 with the praise of beauty as their general theme.Jane Austen: Novels: Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, EmmaCharles Dickens: long novel: Pickwick Papers Novels: Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, Great Expectations, OurMutual FriendsCharlotte Bronte: The Professor, Jane Eyre.Thomas Hardy: The Return of the Native, The Mayer of Casterbridge, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure 二，对错（10）1. Act three is the best known and most important of Hamlet’s soliloqui es among all the soliloquies in the play. In this soliloquy, Hamlet reveals his innermost thoughts and emotions, his hesitation in particular, before taking decisive action.2. Robinson Crusoe retells, in the first person singular, a sailor’s adventure on an inhabitated island.3. Defoe traces the development of Robison Crusoe from a innocent and artless youth into a clever and hardened man, tempered by numerous trials in his eventful life.4. Burn s’s poetry was written in the Scottish dialect on a variety of subjects. A large number of his poems deal with themes of love, friendship, Scottish life and nature.5. A second edition 1800 contained more poems and a preface by Wordsworth. The preface to Lyrical Ballads best read as a statement of his principle of poems.6. According to Wordsworth, he believed that “All goodpoetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” Thus he located many of his poems in “common life” and his poetry is distinguished by the simplicity and purity of his language.7. There he lives a life of poverty and misery, and makes friends with the lively and penniless Mr. Micawder.8. Jane Eyre maintains that women should have equal rights with men, thus this novel has drawn the feminists’ attention in t he twentieth century.三，选择（10）According to Wordsworth, he believed that “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.”He located many of his poems in “common life” and his poetry is distinguished by the simplicity and purity of his language.四，读选文，回答问题（两诗歌，三小说）作者名字（5个40分）1.Sonnet18: Shakespearian.What is the theme of this sonnet? -- Runs in iambic pentameter, rhymed ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.2.The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: Shakespearian.What dos e the “to or not to be” soliloquy tell us about Hamlet’s state of mind?―The soliloquy opens with a question,and there two other extended questions in the passage, all of which suggests that Hamlet is undecided, and either unable or unwilling to make up his mind, contemplating suicide, and disenchanted with the suffering of human life. He is cynical, but comforts himself with reflection, even though he is clearly suffering greatly and aware of his own sins and weakness.Why Hamlet hesitates before taking decisive action? -- Hamlet is often indecisive and hesitant, but at other times prone to rash and impulsive acts. Even at the end of this whole narrative of Hamlet's, he still doesn't decide on anything. He's just speaking his thoughts; he's not committing to anything. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: William Wordsworth.3. I wandered lonely as a cloud: William Wordsworth.What does “daffodil” stand for? ---Daffodil stand for nature in this poem, but the poet does not depict it simply as part of nature. As for Wordsworth, he dose not just want to depict the natural landscape, moreover, he pays much attention to the interaction between mature and human nature. He perceives nature as a stone of truths about human nature.Analyze the form of this poem by taking the first two lines as example. ---This poem consists of four stanzas and in eachstanza there are six lines. In each line there are four feet with a weak- strong sound pattern. The rime scheme in each stanza is a b a b c c.I wandered lonely as a cloud aThat floats on high o’er vales and hills, bWhen all at once I saw a crowd, aA host of golden daffodils; bBeside the lake, beneath the trees cFluttering and dancing in the breeze. C4.To Autumn: John Keats.What are the images used in this poem? Are they carefully arranged? --- Visual image, olfactory image, gustatory image, tactile image, auditory image. Through a series of images, make readers announcement of its scene, feeling rich concrete images.In the poem of To Autumn, he used visual image, auditory image, tactile image, gustatory image, kinaesthetic image and abstractimage to make the abstract impression of autumn specific, appreciable and more colorful. The pursuit to beauty is the way that Keats loves life, nature and also is the way he observes and enjoys life and nature. The pursuit to beau ty is his critique to the darkness of life and society. It also tells how he wanted beautifula nd ideal life in his short life.5.Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen.Do you agree with the opening statement of the novel? What has the sentence to do with tone of the whole novel? --- Opening statement of the novel set the tone for whole novel. Writer is very serious in stating a universal truth, but what follows, however, is a very common topic of everyday life―marriage. Thus a humorous and ironic effect is achieved. Two key words appear in the statement: marriage and money, which in effect ate subject matter of the whole novel, the focus here is on the link between money and marriage.Based on your reading of the first two chapters of the novels, can you summarize the characteristics of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet? ―Mr. Bennet: he behaved sarcastically humorous, witty and capricious, and insightful in the process of showing his disrespect and dislike of Mrs. Bennet. Her mind was less difficult to develop. She was woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discounted, she fancied herself nervous, the business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.What is your understanding of the relationship betweenmoney and marriage? --- A happy and strong marriage takes time to build and must be based on mutual feeling, understanding, and respect. Marriage can not built on the basis of money. If there is no real love between the couple, their marriage will become a tragedy eventually. Even though money can give people the comfortable house and the luxurious life, it can not buy a beautiful marriage6.David Copperfield: Charles Dickens.Dose David enjoys his life described in this chapter? How do you know? ---- David works very hard in the factory, but he could simply pay for his living. The real difficulty is that he feels very lonely, because from Monday morning until Saturday night, he has no advice, no encouragements, and no assistance of any kind. Luckily, his stay with the Micawber family in his leisure time turns out to be quite pleasant. They form a very precious friendship.Why dose the novel use the first point of view? --- It helps the author to select details. Only the events and details that David could have seen and experienced can logically be introduced into the story. The narrator’s limited view may create the effect o f suspense. 7.Jane Eyre: Charlotte BronteGive common: 性格特点：Jane Eyre is Straightforward andfeminism. Showed her concerns for the position of women particularly in English society.五，回答问题（20）William Shakespearean154 sonnets. Long poems: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece. 38 plays.Daniel Defoe1. What are the characteristics of Crusoe from the selected reading?--- Self-reliance; patient; cheerful; clarity, courage and persistence in overcoming difficulties he start a new life in the desolate island, which demands a lot of courage and daring.Robert Burns―ScotlandA Red, Red Rose: wrote in 1794, published in 1796.1. An outstanding feature of this poem is the skillful use simile at the beginning of the poem. Draw on specific lines to explain its effect.---Simile means a comparison between two unlike items that includes like or as. For example, the first line of this poem: “Oh, my love is like a red, red rose"; al so, in this poem, "My love is like the melody". By comparing the speaker' s love to a red, red rose and a melody, readers canclearly sense the speaker's appreciation and deep love to his lover.2. This short poem is actually composed of a series of overstatements. What is the function of them? Give examples to illustrate your point. --- Overstatement is intentional exaggeration, which is, saying more that is actually meant. In this poem, when the speaker says that he will love his lady until all the seas go dry, he is using overstatement. By using this, the poet can attract readers’ attention and the sentence will leave a deep impression on the reader’s mind.William Wordsworth“The break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century”. A second edition in 1800 contained more poems and a preface by Wordsworth. The preface to lyrical Ballads is best read as a statement or his principles of poetry.John KeatsJane AustenThe Plot Pride and Prejudice---Major characters: Elizabeth Bennet(the second eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet); Jane Bennet(first); Lydia Bennet(fifth); Mr. Bingley: a rich, single. Mr. Darcy (Mr. Bingley’sfriend who is a rich and proud young man)Theme: money and marriage.Writing style: Clarity, economy, skillful use of dialogue and tight plotting are the main features of Jane Austen’s style.Subject: Houses, money, estates run.Charles Dickens:David Copperfield:theme: the hero of the novel. The novel depicts David’s life experiences from an innocent boy to a famous wr iter. Style: Of Dickens’s fictional art, the most distinguishing feature is his successful characterization, especially male characters. Dickens was also a great story-teller. His plots were always very large, varied and complicated. However, the plots of his novels changed dramatically as he got older. In his later years, plots primarily became the vehicles for his characterization of thematic concerns, as readers may find in this novel.Charlotte Bronte-Jane Eyre four girls except Ann weres send to Charity School，三个姐妹中最大的,Unhappy life in charity school, with Emily go to Charlotte study. 性格特点：Straightforward直白的人feminism女权主义Romantic浪漫主义Thoughtful1.Give t hree instances in which Jane Eyre draws fromCharlotte Bronte’s background 1). Jane’s life in Lo wood is depicted based on the author’s own experiences in charity school where she spent some unhappy years of her childhood. 2) In Thornfield, Jane falls in love with Mr. Rochester, a rich squire who turns out to have had a mad wife. This is by and large Charlotte’s experience in Brussels where she falls in a married professor. 3) In Thronfield, Jane works as governess, and Charlotte herself worked as teachers and governess during 1837 to 1840.2.Discuss the symbolic use of names in this novel.1)“Eyre”, the surname of Jane, has the same pronunciation as “air”, which may symbolize Jane’s pursuit of freedom. 2) “Blanche”, the given name of Miss. Ingram, has its Fre nch origin, which actually means “white” in English. And it may symbolize the shallowness of Miss. Ingram.3.How does Mr. Rochester treat Jane in this chapter? What Jane’s character attract him ?To start with, Mr. Rochester shows some cruelty in his courtship of Jane so as to make Jane jealous. On hearing this, Jane could not help telling him her true feelings that she longs for equality and does not want to depart with him.?When Mr. Rochester confesses his real intention, Jane feels hurt and refuses his courtship at first.?Then she realizes his intention and accepts his love.?Her self-respect, her desire for independence, her courage, her moral strength, her passion and her personal loyalty and devotion, all these work together to make Mr.Rochester greatly attracted by her.Thomas Hardy:Hardy was a poet before he was a novelist. It was because his early verses could not be accepted that he turned to novel writing.Plot of the novel: Tess of the d’Unbervilles, Hardy’s most famous novel, has a subtitle, which is, A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayed. It tells a tragic life story of a beautiful,naive country girl, Tess Durbeyfield.General features and comments: The whole story is filled with a feeling of dismal foreboding and doom. Father circumstances and tragic coincidences abound in the book. 12春《英美文学选读》作业1一、单选题1. How many periods are divided into in the creation years of Shakespeare? Three2. Defoe＇s Robinson Crusoe created the image of anenterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the 18th century.3. In English poetry the _ iamb _is regarded as the most common foot.4. The excerpt The Other Side of the Island was chosen from Chapter_Ⅸ__ in Robinson Crusoe.5. "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little,I am soulless and heartless?。
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英美文学选读选择题1. _______, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A. The Canterbury TalesB. ExodusC. BeowulfD. The Legend of Good Women2. 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 Langlan d’ s Piers Plowman B．Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC．John Gower’s Confession Amantis D．Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 3. With classical culture and the（）humanistic ideas coming into England, the English Renaissance began flourishing.A. FrenchB. GermanC. ItalianD. Greek4. During the reign of_______, England started its Religious Reformation and broke away from Rome.A. Henry VIIB. Henry VIIIC. Edward VID. Queen Elizabeth5. The Protestant movement, which was seen as a means to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption and superstition of the Middle Ages, was initiated by _______.A. Francis BaconB. Martin LutherC. Thomas More UtopiaD. William Shakespeare6．The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________.A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB．the vast expansion of British colonies in North AmericaC．the new discoveries in geography and astrologyD．the religious reformation and the economic expansion7. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to do the following EXCEPT ______.A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church8. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance humanism?A. Cultivation of the art of this world and this life.B. Tolerance of human foibles.C. Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture.D. Glorification of religious faith.9. The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern world.A. the old EnglishB. the medievalC. the feudalistD. the capitalist10. The English Renaissance period was an age of ________A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry11. The most significant idea of the Renaissance is（）.A. humanismB. realismC. naturalismD. skepticism12．______ is the essence of the Renaissance.A．Poetry B．Drama C．Humanism D．Reason13. About the Renaissance humanists which of the following statements is true?A. They thought money and social status was the measure of all things.B. They thought people were largely subordinated to the ruling class without anyfreedom and independence.C. They could n’t see the human values in their works.D. They emphasized the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life.14. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is_______A. the flourishing of the dramaB. the popularity of the realistic novelC. the domination of the classical poetryD. the close-down of all the theatres15.Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the __________and madeit theprincipal medium of English drama.A. blank verseB. free verseC. sonnetD. alliteration16. Marlowe gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “______”.A. lyrical linesB. soft linesC. mighty linesD. religious lines17._______ introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England, while _______ brought in blank verse, i.e. the unrhymed iambic pentameter line. （一）8A. Wyatt...SurreyB. Wyatt...SidneyC. Surrey...SidneyD. Sidney...Spenser18. It was ________ who first introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.A. CaxtonB. WyattC. SurreyD. Marlowe19. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare20. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called ______.A. heroic coupletB. quatrainC. Spenserian stanzaD. terza rima21．The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and ______________.A．John Milton B．John Bunyan C．Ben Jonson D．Edmund Spenser22. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are all the following EXCEPT ______.A. Francis BaconB. Christopher MarloweC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Jonso23. “Metaphysical Poetry” refers to the works of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of _____.A. John DonneB. Alexander PopeC. Christopher MarloweD. John Milton24. Which of the following is NOT typical of metaphysical poetry best represented by John Donne’s works?A. Common speech.B. Conceit. 奇思妙想C. Argument. 修辞D. Refined language.用词严谨25. All the following poets except ________ belong to the metaphysical school.A. DonneB. HerbertC. MarvellD. Milton26. Spenser’s masterpiece is ______, which is a great poem of the age.A. The Shepheardes CalenderB. The Faierie QueeneC. The Rape of LucreceD. The Canterbury Tales27. Edmund Spenser’s masterpiece is _____.A. The Shepheared’s CalenderB. The Faerie QueenC. EpithalamionD. The Canterbury Tales28.____ is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.A.Francis BaconB.Edmund SpenserC.William CarxtonD.Sidney29. Francis Bacon is not only the first important essayist but also the founder of modern ______ in England.A. poetryB. novelC. proseD. science30. ______, the first important English essayist, was also the founder of modern science in England and one of the representatives of the English Renaissance. A．Christopher Marlowe B．Thomas MoreC．Francis Bacon D．William Shakespeare31. _____,the first important English essayist, is best known for his essays which greatly influenced the development of this literary form.A. Charles LambB. Ben JonsonC. Francis BaconD. John Lyly32．Francis Bacon’s essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and ______________.A．complicity B．complexity C．powerfulness D．mildness33. Shakespeare is known to have used _ different words. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old ones also create striking effects on the reader.A. 16,000B. 1600C.20,000D. 200034. As a Renaissance humanist, Shakespeare ( )A. is against religious persecution and racial discrimination, against social inequality and the corrupting influence of gold and money.B. holds that literature should be a combination of beauty, kindness and truth, and should reflect nature and reality.C. gives faithful reflection of the social realities of his time through his works.D. all of the above.35．Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are ________.A．Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, HamletB．Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of VeniceC．Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD．Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet36. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, ______and ______.A. King Lear...Romeo and JulietB. King Lear…MacbethC. King John...Julius CaesarD. King John…The Merchant of Venice37.Shakespeare’s tragedies include all the following except（）.A. Hamlet and King LearB. Antony and Cleopatra and MacbethC. Julius Caesar and OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream38. In Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, which of the following is the typical characteristic the heroes share in common? ( )A. They have a strong lust for power and finally go into incessant crimes.B. They are perfect heroes without any weakness.C. They face the injustice of human life but are never caught in a difficult situation.D. They have a fate which is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation.39. As to the great tragedy Hamlet, which of the following is not true?A. The timeless appeal of this mighty drama lies in its combination of intrigue, emotional conflict and searching philosophic melancholy.B. The bare outline of the play is based on a widespread legend in northern Europe.C. The whole story of the play is created by Shakespeare himself.D. In it, Shakespeare condemns the hypocrisy and treachery and general corruption at the royal court.40. ______, the melancholic scholar, prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind.A. OthelloB. MacbethC. HamletD. Antonio41. In Hamlet, the hero’s trouble mainly lies in ( )A. his pride in refusing to acknowledge his mother’s second marriageB. his hesitation in carrying out his plan of revengeC. his suspicion that his father was murdered by his uncleD. his ambition to gain quick access to the throne42. ________ is a natural means of writing in revealing the prince’s inner conflict and psychological predicament in Shakespeare's Hamlet.A．Dialogue B．SoliloquyC．Dramatic monologue D．Satire43. “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 then?” These lines are taken from _____.A. King LearB. Romeo and JulietC. OthelloD. Hamlet44. _____ lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.A. Othello’sB. Hamlet’sC. Shylock’sD. Macbeth’s45. _____ inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force.A. Hamlet’sB. Othello’sC. King Lear’sD. Macbeth’s46. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is true?A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth.B. The romantic elements are not brought into full play at all.C. He presents the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion.D. There is a wonderful balance of characters.47. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is not true?A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth.B. The romantic elements are brought into full play.C. He praises the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion.D. His youthful Renaissance spirit of jollity is fully reflected.48. The most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____.A. A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC. As You Like ItD. Twelfth Night49.Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of Venice: “Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, har sh Jew/Thou mak’st thy knife keen.” What kind of figurative device is used in the above lines?（）A. Simile. 直喻、明喻B. Metonymy.隐喻C. Pun.双关语D. Synecdoche.50.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wifeWhich 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戏剧反讽B.personification拟人C.allegory 寓言D.symbolism象征52.In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB. his enterprise went bankruptC. Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD. his ships had all been lost53. The Tempest is a typical example of Shakespeare’s__________view of li fe towards human life and society in his late years.A. pessimisticB. optimisticC. satiricalD. none of the above54. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances, ______ is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece55. Shakespeare’ s ______, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of his final romances.A. The Winter’s TaleB. The TempestC. The Taming of the ShrewD. Love’ s Labour’ s Lost56. Shakespeare’s ______ are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.A. comediesB. tragediesC. history playsD. dark comedies57. Which of the followi ng is William Shakespeare’s history play?A. MacbethB. Henry IVC. Romeo and JulietD. King Lear58. 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 salvation.59．The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning l ine of oneofShakespeare’s______________.A．comedies B．tragedies C．sonnets D．histories60.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 includes three stanzas according to the content with these last two lines as a（）, which completes the sense of the above lines.A. prelude序B. couplet双韵C. epigraph题词D. exposition说明61. In his tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare eulogizes _____.A. the faithfulness of loveB. the spirit of pursuing happinessC. the heroine's great beauty , wit and loyaltyD. both A and BJohn Milton62．Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from ______________.A．the Renaissance B．the Old TestamentC．Greek Mythology D．the New Testament63. The story of Paradise Lost is taken from____. It tells about___. (浙0810)A. the Old Testament … …Satan’s rebellion against God.B. the Bible… …the expulsion of Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden.C. Greek Mythology … …a young prince’s revenge on his father’s murderer.D. both A and B64. Paradise Lost tells the story of _____.A. a young prince's revenge on his father's murdererB. the expulsion of Adam and Eve out of the garden of EdenC. Satan's rebellion against GodD. both B and C65 Which of the following statements about Paradise Lost is true?A. Adam and Eve were driven out of Paradise for their conspiracy with Satan.B. The writer intended to expose the ways of Satan and to justify the ways of God to men.C. Satan, as a rebel to God, was finally defeated and surrendered.D. Satan was finally reconciled with God.66. In heaven, _____ led a rebellion against God. Defeated, he and his rebel angels were cast into Hell.A. AdamB. EveC. SatanD. Samson67. John Milton’s ______ is the only generally ac knowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica68.John Milton wrote ______ to expose the way of Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men”.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes69. “To wage by force or guile eternal war,Irreconcilable to our grand Foe.”（John Milton, Paradise lost)By what means were Satan and his followers to wage this war against God?A. By planting a tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden.B. By turning into poisonous snakes to threaten man’s life.C. By removing God from His throne.D. By corrupting man and woman created by God.70. John Milton’ s most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model is ______.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Lycidas71. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is Milton’s _____.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica72. Samson Agonistes by ______ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English.A. John MiltonB. William BlakeC. Henry FieldingD. William Wordsworth73. The hero of one his main works is an Israel’s mighty champion, blind, alone and fighting against his thoughtless enemies. This hero’s experience is in close resemblance to the poet himself. This poet’s name is ________.A．John Milton B．John BunyanC．Edmund Spenser D．Christopher Marlowe74. Which of the following is not John Milton’s works?A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Othello75. Which of the following works does not belong to John Milton?A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. AdonaisD. LlycidasII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)77 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May，And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed,And every fair from fair sometime declines,By c hance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed:But thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this ,and this gives life to thee.1. What kind of poem is this, blank verse, sonnet, pastoral poem, or ode? Who is the author?SONNET, William Shakespeare2. What is the central idea of this poem?A nice summer’s day is usua lly transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever.78. “Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this part is taken.William Shakespeare; SONNET 18B. What does the word “this” in the last line refer to? “this” refers the poemC. What idea do the quoted lines express?When you are in my eternal poetry, you are even with time. A nice summer’s day is usuallytransient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever.79．“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:”Questions:A.Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.William Shakespeare; Sonnet 18B. Name the figure of speech employed in the poem. ----PersonificationC．What is the theme of the poem?A nice summer’s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever.80. “To be, or not to be —— that is the question;Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them?”Questions:A. Who is the writer of this work? What’s the title of the work?William Shakespeare, HAMLETB. What does the phrase “to take arms against a sea of troubles” mean?To take up arms against troubles that sweep upon us like a sea.C. How do you understand the quotation “To be, or not to be -that is the question”? Whether to live on in this world or to die is a question. It reflects Hamlet’s dilemma and has become the eternal questioning of human action.81. “Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,Thou mak’st thy knife keen; but no metal can,N o, not the hangman’s axe, bear half the keennessOf thy sharp envy.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the play from which this part is taken.William Shakespeare; The Merchant of VeniceB. What figure of speech is used in this quoted passage? PUN 双关C. What idea does the passage express?The Jew makes his knife keen on his soul and even an axe is not as keen as his envy.ThisIndicates that the Jew (Shylock) is a cruel man.III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)82．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.82 A. Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, andMacbeth.B. They some characteristics in common. Each portrays some noble hero, whofaces the injustice of human life and is caught in a difficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation.C. Each hero has his weakness of nature:Hamlet, the melancholic scholar-prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind;Othello’s inner weak ness is made use of by the outside evil force;the old king Lear who is unwilling to totally give up his power makes himself suffer fromtreachery and infidelity;Macbeth’s lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.83. Working through the tradition of a Christian humanism, Milton wrote Paradise Lost, intending to expose the ways of Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men.” What is Milton’s fundamental concern in Paradise Lost?83. A. At the center of the conflict between human love and spiritual duty liesMilton’s fundamental concern with freedom and choice;B. The freedom to submit to God’s prohibition on eating the appleC. and the choice of disobedience made for love.84. The following passage is taken from The Merchant of Venice.Read it carefully and find the dramatic irony it contains. Use it as an example to illustrate what dramatic irony is. (034)“Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, my wife, and all world,Are not with me esteem’d above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them allHere to this devil, to deliver you.Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she were by to hear you make the offer.”Answer:84. A. When the audience is aware of a discrepancy between a character's perceptionof his or her own situation and the true nature of that situation, that is dramatic irony.B. In the given example, Portia, Bassanio's newly-married wife, disguised herselfas the lawyer to take charge of the case. Portia herself and the audience know all this, but Bassanio is ignorant of it. So when Bassanio offers in front of his disguised wife to sacrifice her in order to deliver Antonio, he makes himself behave in a ridiculous way in the eyes of the audience. Thus an effect of dramatic irony is achieved.IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)85. Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language.85. A. Shakespeare’s major characters are neither merely individual ones nor typeones; they represent certain types; they are individuals representing certain types. By employing a psycho-analytical approach, Shakespeare succeeds in exploring the characters’ inner world. Shakespeare also portrays his characters in pairs. Contrasts are frequently used to bring vividness to his characters.B. Shakespeare seldom invents his own plot; instead, he borrows them from oldplays or story-books, from ancient Greek or Roman sources. In order to make the play more lively and compact, he would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several clues running through the play, thus providing the story with suspense and apprehension.C. Shakespeare can write skillfully in different poetic forms, such as the sonnet,the blank verse and the rhymed couplet. He has an amazing wealth of vocabulary and idiom. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old works also creates striking effects on the reader.1. Please state Shakespeare's views on the Renaissance literature.。
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西安外国语大学考试试题（A）编号:2012-2013学年第 1 学期系（院、部）：英语教育学院专业：英语课程：英美文学选读班级：09级本科/11级专升本命题时间：12.3 命题教师：肖婉丽以上栏目由命题教师填写，下栏由考生填写学号：姓名：系（院）：专业：班级：I. Multiple Choice (30 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. Mark the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.1. The most important contribution of ______ is that he not only started the modern poetry, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. G. G. ByronD. John Keats2. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”This humorous speech is from__________.A. Jane Austen’s EmmaB. Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceC. Charles Dickins’The Great ExpectationD. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre3. In the Victorian Period ______ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.A. poetryB. novelC. proseD. drama4. Thomas Hardy’s ______ view of life predominates most of hi s works and earns hima reputation as a ________ writer.A. pessimistic, naturalisticB. pessimistic, humorousC. romantic, realistD. determinist, stylistic5. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am s oulless 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 lines are most probably taken from ________.A. Great ExpectationsB. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane EyreD. Pride and Prejudice6. Jane Austen’ s first novel ________ tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs.A. Sense and SensibilityB. Pride and PrejudiceC. Northanger AbbeyD. Mansfield Park7. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” comes from ________.A. Shelley’s Ode to the West WindB. Walt Whitman’ s Leaves of GrassC. John Milton’s Paradise LostD. John Keats’ Ode on a Grecian Ur n8. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is ________ masterpiece on ________.A. G. G. Byron’s, loveB. John Keats’, natureC. P. B. Shelley’s, loveD. William Wordsworth’s, nature9. T.S. Eliot’s ______ not only presents a panorama of physical disorder and spiritual desolation in the modern Western world, but also reflects the prevalent mood of disillusionment and despair of a whole post-war generation.A. The Hollow MenB. The Waste LandC. Murder in the CathedralD. Ash Wednesday10. John Milton’s grea test poetical work ________ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A. AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes11. “The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.” This “iceberg” analogy about prose style was put forward by ________.A. William FaulknerB. Henry JamesC. Ernest HemingwayD. F. Scott Fitzgerald12. Walt Whitman believed, by means of “________,” he has tu rned poetry into an open field, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. free verseB. strict verseC. regular rhymingD. standardized rhyming13. Of all Herman Melville’s sea adventure stories, ________ proves to be the best.A. TypeeB. RedburnC. Moby DickD. Omoo14. Nathaniel Hawthorne was affected by _______’s transcendentalist theory and struck up a very intimate relationship with him.A. Herman MelvilleB. Walt WhitmanC. R. W. EmersonD. Washington Irving15. Among the following writers _______is generally regarded as the great master of the 20th century “stream-of-consciousness” novels in British literature. A. T. S. Eliot B. James JoyceC. William FaulknerD. Henry James16. In William Faulkner’s writings, the modern ______ technique was frequently and skillfully used to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator. A. stream-of-consciousness B. impressionismC. imagismD. dramatic monologue17. “Byronic hero” is a figure of the following traits EXCEPT ______.A. being proudB. being self-independentC. being rebelliousD. being of humble origin18. Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of theworkhouse and lifeof the underworld in the nineteenth-century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby19. ________ used Christian imagery regarding the Apocalypse and second coming as allegory to describe the atmosphere in post-war Europe in his poem, which is considered a major work of Modernist poetry.A. W.B. Yeats B. T. S. EliotC. Ezra PoundD. Robert Frost20. _______, with its emphasis on ________, gained momentum as an artistic movement in Britain after the publication of the Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeA. Classicism, reasonB. modernism, innovationC. Realism, objective representationD. Romanticism, imagination and emotion21. _________ is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author _______ about a group of British boys stuck on an uninhabited island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results.A. A Passage to India, E. M. ForsterB. The Rainbow, D. H. LawrenceC. Lord of the Flies, William GoldingD. To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf22. Jane Austen is well-known for her elaborative depiction of five different marriages in her novel ________.A. EmmaB. Sense and SensibilityC. Mansfield ParkD. Pride and Prejudice23. _______begins and ends by posing the question of whether it is possible for anEnglishman and an Indian to ever be friends, at least within the context of British colonialism.A.E. M. Forster’s A Passage to IndiaB. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of DarknessC. D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers D. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights24. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”, which comes from ________ famous poem ________, is surely the most famous metaphysical equation.A. John Keats’ Ode on a Grecian UrnB. Shelley’s To a SkylarkC. Byron’s She Walks in BeautyD. William Wordsworth’s The Solitary Reaper25. Robinson Crusoe is the true prototype of the British colonist. The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe except_________.A. the manly independenceB. the persistenceC. the slow yet efficient intelligenceD. the thirst for knowledge26. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who led the ________movement across the United States in the mid-19th century, was seen as a champion of individualism.A. RomanticB. RealistC. TranscendentalistD. Naturalist27. Much of ________writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the _______.A. Melville’s, Dark romanticismB. Emerson’s, active RomanticismC. Hawthorne's, Dark romanticismD. Benjamin Franklin, American Realism28. The White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them, till they are left living on with half a heart and half a lung. This is most probably from ________.A. Gulliver’s TravelB. Moby DickC. The Scarlet LetterD. Robinson Crusoe29. When _______ stated “The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem” in his Preface to______, he meant that the diversity of geography, cu lture, beliefs and work all combine to create a wonderful country.A. R. W. Emerson, Self-relianceB. Emily Dickenson, Complete PoemsC. Henry. W. Longfellow, A Psalm of LifeD. Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass30. ________'s poems reflect the auhtor’s lifelong fascination with dying and death, for instance, O ne dignity delays for all.A. Emily DickinsonB. Walt WhitmanC. T. S. EliotD. Mathew ArnoldII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Mark the corresponding letter T or F on the answer sheet. (10 points in all, 1 for each) 1. In "The Canterbury Tales", Chaucer employed the blank verse with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature.2. The term metaphysical poetry is commonly used to name the work of the 17th century writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne.3. Jonathan Swift is a master satirist, which is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful.4. From the middle part to the end of the 18th century, in English literature naturalism flourished. They were mostly stories of mystery and horror which take place in some haunted or dilapidated middle age castles.5. Charles Dickens's later works like Oliver Twist present a criticism of the more complicated and yet most fundamental social institutions and morals of the Victorian England.6. Nearly all Bernard Shaw’s writings address prevailing social problems, but havea vein of comedy which makes their stark themes more palatable.7. Ernest Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel Prize winn ing story The Old Man and the Sea centers upon Santiago, an aging fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.8. American romanticism was in a way derivative; American romantic writing was some of them modeled on English and European works.9. Transcendentalism exalted reason over feeling, individual expression over the restraints of law and custom.10. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad presents a psychological journey into the core of evil or "heart of darkness" in one's own mind, as he or she progresses through the wild South American land.III. Answer the following questions. ( 60 points in all, 15 for each)1. What did Neoclassicists celebrate in literary creation? Please illustrate it withexamples.2. Why is William Shakespeare called a humanist? Please explain it through one or two of his works.3. What is the common theme of Thomas Hardy’s works? Please illustrate it through Tess of the D’Urbervilles .4. What is the common theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s works? Please explain it through one or two of his works.西安外国语大学考试试卷（A）科目：英美文学选读答卷注意事项：1、学生答题前必须先将试卷上的院（系）、专业、班级、姓名、学号、考试日期及考试科目填写清楚。