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英美文学选择题(附答案版)1。

下列哪项陈述最能说明莎士比亚十四行诗第18 首的主题?演讲者颂扬了大自然的力量。

演讲者讽刺了人类的虚荣心。

C。

演讲者赞扬了艺术创作的力量。

演讲者思考人类的救赎。

2。

______ 用叙事诗或散文来歌颂骑士冒险或其他英雄事迹。

A。

十四行诗,浪漫,小说,戏剧,3。

浪漫的英雄通常是______ ,他开始了一段旅程来完成一些使命——保护教堂,打击不忠,拯救少女,迎接挑战,或服从骑士的命令。

a .士兵b .诗人c .骑士(knight)d . 歌手4。

红玫瑰c。

抒情歌谣(抒情歌谣集)d。

西风颂5。

”只要人类能呼吸或眼睛能看见”如果冬天来了,春天还会远吗?”伊桑的警句无比出自_ _。

a . she walks in beautyb . ode to the west wind(ode to the west wind)c . the solidary reasperd . on the seas and fa远r .离7。

______ 是盎格鲁-撒克逊人和英国人的民族史诗。

A。

《哈姆雷特》《贝奥武夫》《乌托邦》《抒情歌谣集》8。

以下哪一个不包括在威廉·莎士比亚最著名的四部悲剧中?A。

《哈姆雷特》《奥赛罗》《威尼斯商人》《李尔王》9。

________ 是英国现实主义小说的先驱,也是著名小说《鲁滨逊漂流记》的作者。

A。

亨利·菲尔丁·塞缪尔·理查逊C。

丹尼尔·笛福(Defo)乔纳森·斯威夫特10 .以下哪一篇不是拉尔夫·瓦尔多·爱默生写的?他被称为“美国文学之父”,他的故事有《瑞普·凡·温克尔》和《睡谷的传说》。

A。

华盛顿欧文(欧文)b 舍伍德安德森c马克吐温d欧内斯特海明威12。

一般来说,马克·吐温属于哪一个文学流派?浪漫主义,现实主义,自然主义,后现代主义。

19 世纪上半叶美国文学的主要趋势是浪漫主义、现实主义、感伤主义和自然主义。

英美文学欣赏考题整编及答案解析

英美文学欣赏考题整编及答案解析

英美⽂学欣赏考题整编及答案解析Part One:English Poetry1.William Shakespeare Sonnet 18Why does the poet compare `thee` to a summer’s day And who could `thee` beBecause summer’s day and thee both represent beauty . thee could be beauty, love.What picture have you got of English summer, and could you explain whyWarm, beautiful, sunshine. Because summer is the best season of a year ,the most beautiful season. It is like our May.How does the poet answer the question he puts forth in the first lineThee is more beautiful than summer.What makes the poet think that “thou”can be more fair than summer and immortalBecause humanism is more eternal than summer and immortal.What figures of speech are used in this poemSimile, metaphor, personification, oxymoron and so on .What is the theme of the poemLove conquers all, Beauty lives on.2. Thomas Nashe SpringRead the poem carefully, pay attention to those image- bearingwords, and see how many images the poet created in the poem and what sense impressions you can get from those images.There is “Blooms each thing, maids dance in a ring, the pretty birds do sing, the palm and may make country houses gay, Lambs frisk' and play, the shepherds pipe all day, And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay, The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit, In every street these tunes bur ears do greet!”The “Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit,”impressions me most because of the harmony of the people’s relationship.Can you point out and explain the sound and their musical effect in the poemIn the Poem, each section has four lines, each line has ten syllables ( five tone step ) . In order to give the reader a spring breeze , streams , flowers , winding , Song Xin texture of sound and light flavor, Naixi greater uses English word S , z , f , V , R , L , and θconsonants means. In Naixi's poem, the use of phonological is also very harmonious, very smooth , very mellow. Section I of the poetry has Three pairs [ ing ] , section II of the poem has three pairs [ ei ] and the third quarter has three pairs [i : ].3.John Donne A Valediction: Forbidding MourningWhat is a “valediction”any way Is the speaker in the poemabout to die? Why does the speaker forbid mourning?No, it is about the lovers’separation. As the poem metaphors, the poet believed he and his wife’s love is sacred, he didn’t hope they cry when separation comes, let their love be stained by the ordinary and mundane.In the first verse, the poet used virtuous men’s death metaphor for lovers’separation, in the third verse he used “moving of the earth”and “trepidation of the spheres”metaphor for lovers’separation and the result of separation, in the last three verse he used stiff twin compasses’two legs metaphor for poet himself and his wife. All these metaphors show poet opinion that he will separate from his wife in peace, their love is a scared love, when they away from each other, they will not be hurt by the painof the separation. He and his wife will not really separate. They care about each other and listen to the other one’s heart, their trust and loyalty makes their love perfect like the circle made by a twin compasses.4.William Blake The TigerWhat is the symbolic meaning of the tigerThe symbol of the Tiger is unclear what it exactly symbolizes, but scholars have hypothesized that the Tiger could be inspiration, thedivine, artistic creation, history, the sublime, or vision itself. The list is almost infinite. The point is, the Tiger is important, and Blake’s poem barely limits the possibilities. Here are two major symbolisms:The tiger is the embodiment of God's power in creation.The tiger shows the force of French Revolution.What paradox can you find in the poem"Did he who made the Lamb make thee?" It challenges the one-track religious views of the 18’s century. The view only concluded that god create the lame, he is so kind a father. But it didn’t know god also create the tough tiger. He can also be very serious. The god is someone who can’t be truly understood by human beings.5.Robert Burns A Red, Red RoseHow dose the narrator in the love song express his loveIn stanza 1, the narrator presents two similes, the first comparing his love to a rose and the second comparing his love to a melody.In stanza 2, the narrator addresses the young lady as bonnie. In the last line of the stanza, he presents hyperbole, a figure of speech that exaggerates.In stanza 3, the man promises eternal love for her.In stanza 4, the poet vows to love her however far he may go.Why is this poem so touching to the readersBecause this poem professes the poet’s true love for his beloved girl, and uses the mentioned above to touch the readers. 6.William Wordsw orth I Wandered Lonely as a CloudWhat does the poet seeHe sees some daffodils.What is the poet’s mood before he sees the daffodilsVacant and pensive.What is the poet’s mood after he sees the daffodilsHe is very pleasant.How does the magical change occurThose daffodils show a fantastic picture to the poet, and the poet has been deeply affected by the scene, and his mood changes.What is the theme of the poem Or what does the poet want to tell youIt shows the beauty of nature, and the nature’s beauty uplifts the human spirit, and the harmony between human and nature.7.Robert Browning My Last Duchess1. In this poem, who and on what occasion is speaking to whomThe Duke is the speaker of the poem, and tells us he is entertaining an emissary who has come to negotiate the Duke’smarriage (hehas recently been widowed) to the daughter of another powerful family.What sort of person is the Duke’s last DuchessShe is kind, easy-going, innocent and lively.And what became of her in the endShe became very upset and worrying. The duchess died under suspicious circumstances on April 21, 1561, just two years after he married her. She may have been poisoned.2. What sort of person is the DukeHe is outrageously arrogant, narrow-minded, selfish, hypocritical, cold-blooded, crucial, greedy and treacherous.8.Walt Whitman O Captain! My Captain!Q:Walt Whitman’s poem “O Captain! My Captain!”is written in the form of an allegory. What is the overall connotative meaning in the poem?A: Ship’s implied meaning is America; My captain’implied meaning is Abraham Lincoln who leaded America to triumph in American Civil War then; our fearful trip’s implied meaning is American Civil War after which Lincoln was assassinated. In this poem author spoken highly of Lincoln’contribution and expressed his sorrow for Lincoln’death.9.Emily Dickinson (1)Success is counted sweetest (67)According to the poem, who can understand success most Do you agree or not with the poet’s view that “Success is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed”?The person who best understands the meaning of success is the person who failsWhat sort of feelings does the poet show toward the victor and the defeatedThe poet shows her awareness of the complicated truths of human desire. Success can be comprehended by someone who need it;the defeated, dying man understand victory more clearly than the victorious army does.(2)Because I could not stop for Death (712)How many people are there in the carriage And where are they going right nowThere are three in the carriage, the Poet, Death, and Immortality. ?Where did they pass? What can these places remind us of?They passed the school, the fields of Gazing grain, the Setting Sun. It reminds us of childhood, maturity and old age, the children are evident symbols of the beginning of things, the grain rip of the adulthood, and the sun setting of the rest of the days.What is the poet’s attitude toward death and life implied in the poemThe poet’s attitude is that death is nothing to be forced since it is natural part of the endless cycle of nature, it’s only the beginning ;to die is to go on another journey, although death takes one away from the earthy world ;there is still something to look forward to when one dies, death means eternity.10.Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningWhy did the speaker stopLiterally he was fascinated by the beautiful night scene and stoped his horse to watch the woods fill up with the snow,it was also a little break for the long travel. But in fact,it's symbolism,the 'woods' stands for the nature,the 'village' stands for the human world, 'horse' for the animal world. The poem represents a moment of relaxation from the burdensome journey of life, an almost aesthetic enjoyment and appreciation of natural beauty which is wholesome and restorative against the chaotic existence of modern man.Why did he later decide to goAs the last sentence said 'But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep.'His 'horse' shake the bell to ask if they should go,which is actuallya symbol of vitality, urges him to go. He lives in the real life, and hehas his own obligation "promise to keep',he hasn't achieve it, so hemust go on his trip,leave the beautiful scene.Though the scene is so amazing,he has to have the real life. Though the real life is so hard,he must back to it,and reach his goal. One leaves no regrets after he dies, as long as one has reached his goal. What is your understanding of “promises to keep”“The promise”could be an obligation or a goal. One cannot die before fulfilling one’s dream. The poet uses “sleep”to represent death, just as we usually do. People have their own dream or goal,it's also the duty for us to finish, we live for ourselves and we make life wonderful by keeping on reaching our goal,no regrets leaves as long as we have reached our goals.11. Ezra Pound In a Station of the MetroPart Two: English Fiction12. Jonathan Swift Gulliver’s TravelsIn this chapter, Swift describes the smallness of the Lilliputians.What does this “smallness”imply in the author’s satire of the aristocratic bourgeois society of the time?Key: The Lilliput scene depicted in the first volume of the novel is a microcosm of the British Empire. The perennial endless struggle between UK Tories and Whigs and external war are essentially just politicians intrigue in the section has nothing to do with the national economy and the people's livelihood. The “smallness”imply that …What is the cause of the civil strife and war between Lilliput and the neighbouring empire of Blefuscu? What is the target of the author’s satire?(1)Key: The parties are divided as high-heeled party and low-heeledparty according to the height of the heel. The relationship between parties is irreconcilable; Neighboring countries not only want to conquer and enslave the other, but also argue about trifles such as which head we should knock when we will eat eggs .(2) Key: The author uses irony and innuendo tactics to reflect the British social contradictions among first half of the 18th century, to criticize the British parliamentary politics and reactionary religious forces, to expose the corruption and evil of the ruling clique, and to criticize the hazards of a war of aggression and colonialism.13Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice1.Do you agree with the statement “it is truth universallyacknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”? What is the relationship between money and marriage?Key: (1) I agree with this statement. In my view, a bachelor who has lots of money is supposed to have a wife to company him. The amount of money demonstrates the ability of a person. The beauties and the wits should come together.(2) First, the relationship between marriage and money is very close; we can say that the money is the basis of marriage. This is just from the material conditions of life. However, the amount of money can’t measure the quality of marriage. A determinant of marriage is the couple's feelings, and if the lack of the feelings, life is not a happy marriage even though has more money.2.What do you think of Mrs. Bennet? How can you characterize her? Key: (1) Mrs. Bennet - a foolish, noisy woman whose only goal in life is to see her daughters married. Because of her low breeding and often unbecoming behavior, Mrs. Bennet often repels the very suitors whom she tries to attract for her daughters.(2) Mrs. Bennet is a miraculously tiresome character, who is noisy and foolish. And Mrs. Bennet is totally obedient and submissive in her marriage. Mrs. Bennet is a self-centered woman with the attitude that what is good enough for her is good enough for her children.14. Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights1.What is the main plot of the whole novel? What causes the tragicending of the love between Heathcliff and Catherine? Would it have been possible, under the circumstances, for the victimized lovers to find a way out?Key: Novel’s theme is vengeance. Katherine's character flaws is the root causes of the tragedy, Heathcliff to lost love human distortion conducteda series of revenge activities, the capitalist society for the generation of tragedy provides fertile soil. If Heathcliff get marry with Katherine, they’ll be happiness.2.Is Heathcliff’s revenge upon the Earnshaw and Linton familiesjustifiable? What is the author’s attitude toward Heathcliff, judging from the final futility of the revenge?Key: For the vengeance of the people is right .but it’s wrong in law. It’s love, but Heathcliff’s love is crazy.15. Kate Chopin The Story of an HourWhat kind of character is Louise MallardKey: Mrs. Mallard is a sympathetic character with strength and insight.What are the themes of this short storyKey: It’s mainly about the awakening of feminine awareness and the fruitless struggle of women for freedom in a man-centered world. It is about marriage bondages and celibacy freedom.What do “heart trouble”and “the open window”symbolize Key: (1) heart trouble symbolizes(2) the open window symbolizes16. Earnest Hemingway Hills like White Elephants1. What is a “white elephant ”according to the dictionary definition What does a “white elephant”symbolize in the story (1) Key: a: a property requiring much care and expense and yieldinglittle profitb : an object no longer of value to its owner but of value toothersc : something of little or no value(2)Key: The woman is pregnant, and the White Elephant is a hint ofthe body of the women. The fact that the two. This matter becomes a heavy burden for the two people.2. List the evidence that tells what kind of operation Jig is confronting. How risky is it physically and emotionally (1) evidence:1. 'It's really an awfully simple operation, Jig,' the man said. 'It's notreally an operation at all.'2. 'I know you wouldn't mind it, Jig. It's really not anything. It's justto let the air in.'3. 'They just let the air in and then it's all perfectly natural.'4. 'I know we will. Yon don't have to be afraid. I've known lots of people that have done it.'5. 'But I know it's perfectly simple.'(2) Key:1. Do affect her health, result that the body is badly weakened andbe reduced immunity in the aspect of physical.2. Do be Frustrated, empty and depressed mood which leads tothat she can not be quiet in the aspect of emotion.3. Has Jig made up her mind to do the operationKey: The question about whether to do an abortion, the article comes a stop suddenly at the end. So we can’t make sure whether Jig has made up her mind to do the operation.4. If the operation is something already decided on, then what upsets Jig What is the real conflict between the couple Key: (1) She worries that she could not get happiness as before with the man. She upsets that he would leave her for ever.(2) The real conflict between the couple is that whether the man likes the women from the deep heart and their attitudes towards life. ? 5. What kind of girl is Jig? How is their relation like? Does the American love Jig?Key: (1) She is restless and confused and longing for the deeper love from the man.(2) There could be many situations: first, a married man compels his lover to have a abortion; second, as a bachelor, he worries the baby would make his life be complex and so on.(3) Because of the various situations, we could not make an accurate conclusion that the man loves Jig. However, on some degree the man loves the woman by analyzing the conversation betweenthem.6. What is Hemingway’s styleKey: Hemingway’s style is laconic. The characteristic is reflected in thatWhen writing, he is very clear what kind of content could pit one against ten. It is both an immediate situation and also containing other deeper meanings, which can be informed in the way of exploring something by the readers.17.William Faulkner A Rose for Emily1. What is the meaning of the titleKey: A rose is a funeral flower. It’s author’s tribute to Emily, and also to south, Emily is the symbol. And it has an ironic meaning to this story.2. What kind of woman is Miss EmilyKey: She is embodiment of south, the old and traditional, also obstinate, resists to change anything ,a determined,dignified, valiant and literate woman.3. How did the townspeople think of herKey: The townspeople had mixed feelings—she was “dear inescapable, impervious, tranquil”, and perverse. Also she was always expected to bring honor to the town and set a good example for the young.4. What is the symbolic meaning of Emily’s houseKey: Emily’s house, like Emily herself, is a monument, the only remaining emblem of a dying world of southern aristocracy, also represents alienation and death.5. What is special about the narration of this storyKey: The writing style of the novel is using flashbacks and narration interspersed with flashbacks. The author let us know the independent but closely related events skillfully under the premise of being not exposed the true intentions, which makes us draw attention to the development of the plot without boring.Part Three: English Drama18. William Shakespeare Hamlet, Prince of Denmark1. Why does sleep appear to be so fearful for Hamlet even though it can put an end to the numerous headaches in our lifeKey: As described in the text, Hamlet thinks that sleep is different from death. Death means the end of life, you may go to the unknown world and you can’t comeback. If he dies, Hamlet can’t realize his will. Sleep can’t end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks. He can’t revenge and get relief through this way. He is frightened by the possible suffering in the long “dream”. He can’t predict what will happen in the sleep, may be good or evil.2. Why would most people prefer to bear all the sufferings in life rather than choose death as a means to end themKey: 1. As it goes that ‘Adversity makes growth’, by solving the problems we can acknowledge plenty of skills and overcome the sufferings in life. If we choose death as a means to end them, it is too passive for us to face the obstacles in life, which will lead to the failure in life.2. Because people hold the same idea "to grunt and sweat under aweary life, but that the dread of something after death-the undiscovered country, form whose bourn no traveler returns-puzzle the will, and make us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we don’t know.”People also are frightened by the myths in another world after death.Romeo and JulietWhat does it mean when Juliet says “That which we call a rose / By my other name would smell as sweet”Key:In Shakespeare's time, name on behalf of their family, and his family represents the social status. And personal just only on behalf of their inner identity.And Juliet says strongly reflects her humanist outlook on life and the concept of the ideal. 19. Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest1.How do you understand the title of the play? What is your impressionof Gwendolen? What are the most striking traits in Lady Bracknell’s character?(1) Key: Here is a pun. It’s important to be a serious man. And the author wants to satirize the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.(2) Key: She advocates sincere, do be intelligent and friendly, and is able to forgive the mistakes of others. She do be a earnest person.(3) Key: Lady Bracknell embodies the stereotype of the Victorian English aristocrat woman. She belongs to aristocratic society and is a typical Victorian snob, who is arrogant, formal and concerned with money. She is interested only in a materialistic world.20. Eugene O’Neill The Hairy Ape1.Yank assumes more than once the posture of Rodin’s “The Thinker”in the play. What does it have to do with the play’s motif and tone?What are the major images and symbols employed in the play to dramatize the theme?(1) Key: 1. The themes of this article are modern man loses his sense of belonging under technological progress and humanity is in a predicament by creating a world he does not belong to.2. The Thinker is often painful, which demonstrates the profoundly tragic matter of modern people like Yank: he is thinking and looks forward to a better life, but he doesn’t find the answer. In O'Neill’s opinion, there exists no answer. Therefore, he is destined to be a loser.3. In summary, the description of his behavior makes the thememore significant.2.Why do you think the play is subtitled “A Comedy of Ancient andModern Life in Eight Scenes”?Key: 1. The hairy ape is a comedy of ancient and modern life which shows O'Neill's social concern for the oppressedindustrial working class. It presents an extremely negative view of the state, of mechanized America, where the worker best adjusted to the system is a “hairy ape,”and where the “Capitalist class”is even more terribly dehumanized , for it has lost all connection with life , is simply “a procession of gaudy marionettes.”2. The play was created in 20th century when western people suffered unprecedented intellectual crisis. Human beings lost their absolute value, which made people fall into confusion and desperation. Besides, man’s desire to emotions was ignored in the rapid development of technology. People put existence of individuality first at that time.3. Numerous obstacles and frustrations occur in the way of Yank’s seeking for his position, which reflects survival crisis of most modern people. The more people think about, the clearer people realize about freedom.。

(完整版)《英美文学》练习题库及答案

(完整版)《英美文学》练习题库及答案

(完整版)《英美文学》练习题库及答案I Of the four alternative answer, choose the one that would best complete the statement:1. Benjamin Franklin was born in the family of a small ___________ .A. LandlordB. merchantC. lawyerD. clergyman2. Ralph Waldo Emerson 'asdilneg reputation began with the publication of ___________ .A. EssaysB. NatureC. OversoulD. Self-Relience3. Ellen Poe was both a poet and a ____________________ .A. dramatistB. essayist C actor D. fiction writer.4. Nathaniel Hawthorne ' s view of man and human history originates in __________________ .A. PuritanismB. SocialismC. TranscendentalismD. naturalism5. Walt Whitman was born and brought up in a family of a _____________ .A. PeasantB. carpenterC. captainD. printer6. Mark Twain ' s first successful literary work is _____________________________ .A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyB. Life on the MississippiC. The Adventure of Tom SawyerD. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn7. Closely related to Emily Dickinson ' s religious poetry are her poems concerning ________________A. ChildhoodB.youth and happinessC. lonelinessD. death and immortality8. Among the works of Dreiser, the bet known to the Chinese readers is _______________ .A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. Th FinancierD. The Titan9. Robert Frost ' s works mainly focus on the landscape and people in ___________________ .A. the WestB. American SouthC. New EnglandD. Mississippi10. Most of the plays Eugene O l w 'roNt e ilare ______________________ .A. comediesB. . romancesC. historical plays D tragedies11. Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the ____________________ .A. modern timeB. young AmericansC. Jazz AgeD. Guilded Age12. ____________________________ is Hemingway ' smasterpiece, which is about the old fishermanSantiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin.A. Farewell to ArmsB. For whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and The Sea13. As a great fiction writer, William Faulker devotes most of his works to the description of the life and the people in the _______________________________ .A. American WestB. New England in AmericaC. American SouthD. American North14. When he was young, Benjamin Franklin became an apprentice in a ________________ .A. printing houseB. storeC. Tailor ' s shopD. factory15. Ralph Emerson was born in a family of a ___________________ .A. merchantB. businessmanC. clergymanD. writer16. Ellen Poe began his literary career by writing _________________ ;A. short storiesB. playsC. essaysD. poems17. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is ________ in every hearer, which may remain latent, perhaps,英美文学》练习测试题库及答案本科through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.A. evilB. virtueC. kindn essD. tragedy18. Whitman is radically innovative in term of form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subjects and new feeli ngs is ____________ .A. bla nk verseB. free verseC. heroic coupletD. sonnet19. Mark Twain shaped the world ' s view of America and made a comb in ati on of serious literature and _______A. America n folk humorB. En glish folkloreC. America n traditi onal valuesD. funny jokes20. Altogether, Emily Dick inson wrote ____ poems, of which only sever n had appeared duri ng her lifetime.A. 1145B. 1775C. 897D. 78521. Theodore Dreiser is gen erally ack no wledged as one of America' s literaryA. realistsB. n aturalistsC. roma ntistsD. modernists 22. In Frost ' s poems, images and metaphors in his poems are drawn from ___________________A. the simple country lifeB. the urba n lifeC. the life on the seaD. the adve ntures and trips23. Scott Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the24. Eugene O ' Neill is regarded as the founder of American _____________________ .A. poetryB. dramaC. ficti onD. literature25. _________________ is Hemingway ' s masterpiece, which tellsa story about the tragic love of a woundecAmerican soldier with a British nurse.C. For Whom the Bell Tolls 26. William Faulk ner was born ina family of a ______________________ .A. mercha ntB. colonelC. man agerD. doctor27. In his essays, ______ p ut forward his philosophy of the over soul, the importa nt of the In dividual and Nature.A. Natha niel HawthorneB. Washi ngton IrvingC. Mark Twai nD. Ralph Waldo Emers on28. The chief spokesma n of New En gla nd Transcenden talism is _______A. Natha niel HawthorneB. Ralph Waldo Emers onC. Henry David ThoreauD. Wash ington Irvi ng29. _____ l iterary world turns out to be a most disturbed, tormented and problematical one, which has much to do with his black” vision of life and human beings.A. Herma n Melville'sB. Washi ngton Irvi ng'sC. Nathaniel Hawthorne'sD. Walt Whitman s30. Most of the poems in ____ sing of the en-masse and the self as well.A. Leaves of GrassB. Drum TapsC. North of Bost onD. The Can tos31. In ____ , Whitma n airs his sorrow at Preside nt Lin colnsdeath.A. Cavalry Crossing a FordB. A Pact ”C. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom 'dD. There was a Child Went Forth ”A. America n DreamB. ruli ng classes B. America n Capitalists D.America n bourgeoisieA. A Farewell to ArmsB. The Sun Also RisesD. In Our Time32.In ___ , Whitman's own early experience may well be identified with the childhood of a young growingAmerica.A. “A Pact”B. “Song of Myself ”C. “There was a Child Went Forth”D. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”33.In _____ , Hawthorne sets out to prove that everyone possesses some evil secret.A. “The Custom-House”B. “Young Goodman Brown”C. “Rappaccini's Daughter”D. “The Birthmark"34. _____ is called by Hemingway the one from which“all modern American literature c omes”.A. The adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom aSwyerC. The Gilded AgeD. Life on the Mississippi35. Theodore Dreiser's forgiving treatment of the career of his heroine in ____ also draws heavily upon thenaturalistic understanding of sexuality.A McTeague B. An American Tragedy C. Sister Carri e D. The Genius36. _____ is a great giant of American, whom H.L.Mencken considers “the true father of our nationalliterature.”A. Henry JamesB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Theodore Dreiser37. _____ is usually regarded as a classic book written for boys about their particular horrors and joys.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Innocents AbroadD. Life on the Mississippi38. _____ is described by Mark Twain as a boy with“a sound heart and a deformed conscienc”e.A. Tom SawyerB. Huckleberry FinnC. JimD.Tony39. _______ is considered to be Theodore Dreise'sr greatest work.A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. The FinancierD. The Titan40. The leading playwright of the modern period in American literature, if not the most successful in all hisexperiments, is ______A. Arthur MillerB. Tennessee WilliamC. George Bernard ShawD. Eugene O'Neil41. The well- known soliloquy by Hamlet “ T o be , or not to be ' shows hisA. hatred for his uncleB. love for lifeC. resolution of revengeD. inner- strife42. _______ is a play that concerns the problem of modern ma'sn identity.A. The Hairy ApeB. Long Day's Journey Into NightC. The Iceman ComethD. The Emperor Jones43.In a tragic sense, ______ is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerable forces in whichonly a partial victory is possible.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. In Our TimeC. The Old Man and the SeaD. A Farewell to Arms44. Faulkner once said that _________ is a story of “ lost innocence,'which proves itself to be andintensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. The Sound and the FuryB. Light in AugustC. Go Down, MosesD. Absalom, Absalom! 45.In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the __________________________ devices in narration.A. RomanticB. RealisticC. GothicD. Modernist46. _____ is Hemingway's first true novel in which he depictsa vivid portrait of “The lost Generation.”A. The Sun Also RisesB. A Farewell to ArmsC. In Our TimeD. For Whom the Bell Tolls47. The only dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize was _________ .A. Bernard ShawB. Eugene O'NeilC. Richard Brinsley SheridanD. William Shakespeare48. __________________________ By means of “free verse,” believes that he has turned the poem into anopen field, an area of vitalpossibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. Emily DickinsonB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Ezra Pound49. An eccentric woman who refuses to accept the passageoftime, or the inevitable change and loss thataccompanies it may probably refer to ______ .A. Irene in The Man of PropertyB. Emily in A Rose for EmilyC. Catherine in Wuthering HeightsD. the widow Douglas in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn50. One source of evil that Nathaniel Hawthorne is concerned most is overreaching intellect. Which of the following stories is one of this kind?A. Rappaccini's DaughterB. Young Goodman BrownC. The Minister's Black VeilD. The Birthmark51. “In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel. ”This is the last sentence of __________ .A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The GeniusD. Jane Eyre 52.In Walt Whitman's “There was a Child Went Forth”, the child refers to _________________________________________ .A. the poet himself as a childB. any American childC. the young AmericaD. one of the poet's neighbor53. The ______ techniques are used in some of Eugene O'Neil 's plays to highlight the theatrical effect of therupture between the two sides of an individual human being, the private and the public.A. naturalisticB. expressionisticC. stream-of-consciousnessD. metaphysical54. Which of the following is true as far as Emily Dickinson 's poetry is concerned? A. She seldom uses dashes.B. All her poems are about death or immorality.C. Her poems are very personal and meditativeD. Her poems usually have well-chosen titles. 55.In his poems, Whitman tends to use ___________________ .A. oral EnglishB. the King 's EnglishC. American EnglishD. old English56. As far as Nathaniel Hawthorne's art is concerned, which of the following statement is true? A. His The Scarlet Letter tells a love story.B. His art is deeply influenced by Puritanism because he was a puritan himself.C. Young Goodman Brownis a story about superstition.D. Ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of his art.57. “I like to see it lap the Miles—And lick the Valleys up —And stop to feed itself at Tanks—And the n ---- ” (Emily Dick inson, “like to see it lap the Miles—)Here “it” refers to _____ .A. loveB. deathC. a flyD. the train58. Which of the following statements concerning Theodore Dreise'rs style is correct?A. Dreiser'sCowperwood trilogy includes The Financier, The Titan and The GeniusB. His novels have little detail descriptions of characters and events.C. His novels are written in refined language.D. His style is not polished but very serious.59. ____ has long been well known as a poet who can hardly be classified with the old or the new.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert Lee FrostC. T. S. EliotD. Emily Dickinson60. F. Scott Fitzgerald skillfully employs the device of having events observe by ___________ to his greatadvantage.。

英美文学选择题-附答案版

英美文学选择题-附答案版

1. 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.2. used narrative verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.A. SonnetB. RomanceC. NovelD. Drama3.The hero of romance was usually the , who set out a journey to accomplish some missions---to protect the church, to attack infidelity, to rescue a maiden,to meet a challenge, or to obey a knightly command.A. soldierB. poetC. knight(骑士)D. singer4. marked the beginning of Romanticism in English poetry.A. Wuthering HeightsB. A Red, Red RoseC. Lyrical Ballads (抒情歌谣集)D. Ode to the West Wind5. “So long as man can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.’’This quotation is a .A. quatrainB. balladC. trimeterD. couplet(相连并押韵的两行诗,对句)6. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line from .A. She Walks in BeautyB. Ode to the West Wind(西风颂)C. The Solitary ReaperD. On the Seas and Far Away7. is the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people.A. HamletB. BeowulfC. UtopiaD. Lyrical Ballads8. Which of the following is not included in the most famous four tragedies of William Shakespeare?A. HamletB. OthelloC. The Merchant of VeniceD. King Lear9. is the forerunner of English realistic novel, also the writer of the famous novel“Robinson Crusoe”.A. Henry FieldingB. Samuel RichardsonC. Daniel Defoe(笛福)D. Jonathan Swift10. Which of the following was not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. The American Scholar(论美国学者)B. NatureC. Self-RelianceD. Walden(瓦尔登湖)11. He was called “ father of American Literature” and his stories “ Rip Van Winkle”and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”(睡谷的传说)are widely read even today.Who is he?A. Washington Irving(欧文)B. Sherwood AndersonC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway12. Generally speaking, which literary school was Mark Twain grouped into?A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD. post-modernism13. The major trend in American literature in the first half of the 19th century is .A. romanticismB. realismC. sentimentalismD. naturalism14. Who is usually acknowledged as the originator of detective fiction?A. Washington IrvingB. William Dean HowellsC. Mark TwainD. Edgar Allan Poe(埃德加·爱伦·坡)15. Which of the following is NOT true about Robert Burns?A. He wrote in Scottish dialect.B. He was a peasant poet.C. His language is plain.D. A Red Red Rose, Auld Lang Syne and The Song of Innencenc are his poems.16. In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative(创新的)in the terms of the form of his poetry, which is called “.”A. free verse(自由诗体)B. blank verseC. alliterationD. end rhyming17.The five“I”s in Romanticism is: Imagination, Intuition, Idealism, .A. integrality and InspirationB. Inspiration and IndividualityC. Individuality and integralityD. integrality and Industry18.I Died for Beauty was written by ?A. Walt WhitmanB. Emily Dickinson(艾米丽狄金森)C. Robert FrostD. Stephen Crane19. Which literary school was Charles Dickens generally grouped into?A. The English Critical Realism of the Nineteenth CenturyB. The English Realistic School of the Eighteenth CenturyC. The English Romanticism of the Nineteenth CenturyD. The English Modernism of the Twentieth Century20. Which of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy?A. Tess of D’UrbervilleB. Far from the Madding CrowdC. Jude the ObscureD. The Forsyte Saga21. American literature is based on a myth, that is, the Biblical myth of .A. GenesisB. the Garden of EdenC. the Deliverance from SlaveryD. Song of Songs22. Among four of the following writers , who was the author of Invisible Man?A.Ralph Waldo EllisonB. Richard Wright(1908-1960ngston HughesD. Frederick Douglass23. is the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people.A. HamletB. UtopiaC. BeowulfD. Lyrical Ballads24. Utopia was written by .A. Thomas MoreB. John MiltonC. John KeatsD. Ben Johnson25. “So long as man can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.’’This quotation is taken from “”.A. She Walks in BeautyB. Ode to the West WindC. The Solitary ReaperD. Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare26. “If W inter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line from .A. She Walks in BeautyB. Ode to the West WindC. The Solitary ReaperD. On the Seas and Far Away27. The hero of romance was usually the , who set out a journey to accomplish some missions---to protect the church, to attack infidelity, to rescue a maiden,to meet a challenge, or to obey a knightly command.A. soldierB. poetC. knightD. singer28. Which of the following is a comedy by William Shakespeare?A. HamletB. OthelloC. The Merchant of VeniceD. King Lear29. is the forerunner of English realistic novel, also the writer of the famous novel“Robinson Crusoe”.A. Henry FieldingB. Samuel RichardsonC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30. Which of the following was written by Henry David Thoreau?A. The American ScholarB. NatureC. Self-RelianceD. Walden31. He was called “ father of American Literature” and his stories “ Rip Van Winkle”and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are widely read even today.Who is he?A. Sherwood AndersonB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway32. Generally speaking, which literary school was Mark Twain grouped into?A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD. post-modernism33. The major trend in American literature in the last decade of the 19th century was .A. romanticismB. modernismC. sentimentalismD. naturalism34. Who is usually acknowledged as the originator of detective fiction?A. Washington IrvingB. William Dean HowellsC. Mark TwainD. Edgar Allan Poe35. Which of the following is NOT true about Robert Burns?A. He wrote in Scottish dialect.B. He was a peasant poet.C. A Red Red Rose, Auld Lang Syne and The Solitary Reaper are his poems.D. His language is plain.36. Who wrote the famous short story The Triumph of the Egg?A. Sherwood AndersonB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway37.Who wrote Catch-22 (1961) ——the first book to treat the absurdist theme with absurdist technique?A. Sherwood AndersonB. Ernest HemingwayC. Joseph HellerD. Thomas Pynch38.I Died for Beauty was written by ?A. Henry David ThoreauB. Emily DichinsonC. Robert FrostD. Stephen Crane39. Which literary school was Charles Dickens generally grouped into?A. The English Critical Realism of the Nineteenth CenturyB. The English Realistic School of the Eighteenth CenturyC. The English Romanticism of the Nineteenth CenturyD. The English Modernism of the Twentieth Century40. Poor Richard’s Alm anac was a calendar, which includes a large amount of information about weather, astronomy, puzzles, mathematics, practical household, etc. It was written by .A. Washington IrvingB. Jonathan EdwardsC. Thomas JeffersonD. Benjamin Franklin41. “Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines.”The underlined phrase refers to .A. black holeB. the sunC. the moonD. the star42. was categorized into the group of dark romanticism. He believed that there was evil in every human heart, which might remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstance might rouse it to activity.A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. Hermen MelvilleC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Edgar Allan Poe43. Renaissance originated in in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe until the 17th century.A. ItalyB. GermanC. BritainD. Greece44. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally concerning .A. nature, man and the universeB. the relationship between man and womanC. the development of Romanticism in American literatureD. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism45. Who was called “father of American Literature” ? His stories “ Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are widely read even today.A. Washington IrvingB. Sherwood AndersonC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway46. In the title Vanity Fair, “Fair” means.A. town B market C. place D. equality47. is the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people.A. HamletB. BeowulfC. UtopiaD. Lyrical Ballads48. believes that the chief aim of literary creation is beau ty, and “the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.”A. Walt WhitmanB. Edgar Allen PoeC. Anne BradstreetD. Ralph Waldo Emerson49. Idealized figures most often appear in .A. Romantic poetryB. Renaissance dramaC. Enlightenment literatureD. Victorian novels50. employs the language of common man in literary writing.A. Thomas HardyB. Emily Bronte.C. William WordsworthD. John Milton51. Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale .Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely characters in .A. The House of the Seven GablesB. The Scarlet LetterC. T he Portrait of a LadyD. The Pioneers52. The Victorian Age witnessed the perfection of in the hands of Thackeray and Dickens.A. poetryB. dramaC. novelD. epic53. All the following issues EXCEPT were emphasized by the British Romantic writers.A. individual feelingsB. idea of survival of the fittestC. strong imaginationD. return to nature54. “Where thoughts serenely sweet express / How pure, how dear their dwelling-place”. The underlined part means .A. beautyB. wisdomC. brainD. heart55. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets” EXCEPT .A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SoutheyC. William WordsworthD. William Blake56. Which of the following is NOT the virtue that Franklin enumerated in his The Autobiography?A. TemperanceB. Humanity (Humility)C. FrugalityD. Immoderation57. Renaissance was the humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe until the 17th century. The underlined word means .A GreekB GermanC oldD Greek and Roman58. Didactic and satirical literature was dominant in the .A. RenaissanceB. Age of EnlightenmentC. Victorian Age D age of Romanticism59. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives l ife to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to ?A. LoveB. PoetryC. SummerD. Time60. Which of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy?A. Tess of D’UrbervilleB. Far from the Madding CrowdC. Jude the ObscureD. The Forsyte Saga练习题:1. Shakespeare's complete works include .A. 37 plays, 4 tragedies and 154 sonnets.B .154 plays, 2 narrative poems and 37 sonnets.C. 37 plays, 2 narrative poems and 154 sonnets.D. 73 plays, 4 tragedies, and 154 sonnets.6. “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” is a declarative statement taken from .A. The Solitary ReaperB. Lyrical BalladsC. She Walks in BeautyD. On the Seas and Far Away10. Which of the following was written by Henry David Thoreau?A. The American ScholarB. NatureC. Self-RelianceD. Walden17. By the 7th century the small kingdoms on the British Island were combined called England, or the land of .A. BritonsB. AnglesC. SaxonsD. Jutes19. He was founder and great master of the historical novel in British literature, and whose death marks the ending of Romantic Period in Britain. Who was he?A. George Gordon ByronB. Thomas MoreC. John KeatsD. Walter Scott20. Which of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy?A. Tess of D’UrbervilleB. Far from the Madding CrowdC. Jude the ObscureD. The Forsyte Saga2. In 1798, together with , William Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads,which marked the break with 18th century classicism and the beginning of romanticism in English poetry.A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert BurnsC. John KeatsD. William Blake7. David Copperfield(1850) is, to a certain extent, an autobiographical novel by .A. Henry FieldingB. Charles DickensC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift8. Which of the following plays is a comedy composed by William Shakespeare?A. HamletB. OthelloC. The Merchant of VeniceD. King Lear12. Generally speaking, which literary school was John Keats grouped into?A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. post-modernism20. Poor Richard’s Almanac was a calendar, which includes a large amount of information about weather, astronomy, puzzles, mathematics, practical household, etc. It was written by .A. Washington IrvingB. Jonathan EdwardsC. Thomas JeffersonD. Benjamin Franklin1. The early inhabitants on the island we now called England were , a tribe of Celts. From the Britons the island got its name of Britain, the land of Britons.A. BritonsB. AnglesC. SaxonsD. Jutes2. Paradise Lost (1667) was written by .A. Thomas MoreB. John MiltonC. John KeatsD. Ben Johnson3. , founder of modern science, his New Instrument (1602) tells some of the secrets of the inductive method of reasoning, and Of Studies is one of his most famous essays.A. Thomas MoreB. John MiltonC. Francis BaconD. Ben Johnson10. believes that the chief aim of literary creation is be auty, and “the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.”A. Walt WhitmanB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Anne BradstreetD. Edgar Allen Poe11. Idealized figures most often appear in .A. Romantic poetryB. Renaissance dramaC. Enlightenment literatureD. Victorian novels12. It is publicly believed that employs the language of common man in his literary writing.A. Thomas HardyB. Ben JohnsonC. William WordsworthD. John Milton14. Vanity Fair is Thackeray’s masterpiece. The book takes its title from that fair described in .A. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Thomas More’s UtopiaC. John Milton’s Paradise LostD. William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice16. Which of the following is NOT included in the virtues that Franklin enumerated in his The Autobiography?A. TemperanceB. HumilityC. FrugalityD. Immoderation19. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to ?A. LoveB. PoetryC. SummerD. Time20. A Red, Red Rose was written in “”, i.e., in each stanza the odd-numbered lines are iambic tetrameters.A. dramaB. English sonnetC. ballad metreD. monologue。

英美文学选读真题和答案 (7)

英美文学选读真题和答案 (7)

202X年7月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读卷子课程代码0604PART one(40 Points)I.Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A,B,C Or D On theAnswer Sheet.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.It was ______ who first introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.A.CaxtonB.WyattC.SurreyD.Marlowe3.It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is ______ A.A Midsummer Night’s DreamB.As You Like ItC.The Merchant of VeniceD.Twelfth Night4.All the following poets except ______ belong to the metaphysical school.A.DonneB.HerbertC.MarvellD.Milton5.Of all the eighteenth —century novelists, ______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose〞and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A.Daniel DefoeB.Samuel RichardsonC.Henry FieldingD.Oliver Goldsmith6.Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques, writers in the Victorican Period shared one thing in common, that is, they were all concerned about ______ .A.the love story between the rich and the poorB.the techniques in writingC.the fate of the common peopleD.the future of their own country7.In the theatrical world of the neoclassical period ______ was the leading figure among the host of playwrights.A.William BlakeB.Richard SheridanC.Ben JonsonD.Bernard Shaw8.The eighteenth —century England is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of ______.A.IntellectB.ReasonC.RationalityD.Science9.______ by Swift is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the 18th century but also in the whole English literary history.A.A Tale of a TubB.The Battle of the BooksC.〞A Modest Proposal 〞D.Gulliver’s Travels10.The novels of______ are the first literary work devoted to the study of problems of the lower —class people.A.BunyanB.DefoeC.FieldingD.Swift11.Thomas Gray established his fame as the leader of the ______ of the day.A.romantic poetryB.sentimental poetryC.neoclassical poetryD.realistic novel12.Which of the following is taken from John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn〞______ A.〞If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind〞B.〞For Godsake hold your tongue, and let me love.〞C.〞Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/Are sweeter〞D.〞The Child is father of the Man.〞13.Robert Browning’s style is ______.A.identical with that of the other VictoriansB.similar to that of TennysonC.perfectly artisticD.rough and disproportionate in appearance14.Thomas Hardy wrote novels of ______.A.character and environmentB.pure romanceC.stream of consciousnessD.psychoanalysis15.The three trilogies of ______ novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 20th century.A.Galsworthy’s ForsyteB.Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Sunset Song’s Women in Love’s A Passage to India16.______ is considered to be the best—known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A.Oscar WildeB.Christopher MarloweC.John DrydenD.Bernard Shaw17.______ was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 1923.A.Bernard ShawB.John Galsworthy18.Of the following poets, which is not regarded as “Lake Poets〞A.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB.Robert SoutheyC.William WordsworthD.George Gordon Byron19.The four great odes of John Keats include the following EXCEPT ______.A.〞Ode on Melancholy〞B.〞Ode on a Grecian Urn〞C.〞Ode to a Nightingale〞D.〞Ode to the West wind〞’s masterpieces.A.Women in LoveB.Sons and LoversC.Lady Chatterley’s LoverD.The Plumed Serpent21.In Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece ______, he expressed a satirical and bitter attitude towards the upper —class people by revealing their corruption, snobbery and hypocrisy.A.SalomeB.The Importance of Being EarnestC.The Happy PrinceD.A Woman of No Importance22.〞The V anity Fair 〞is a well—known part in The Pilgrim’s Progress, which of the following writers later adopted it as the title of a novel?A.DickensB.ThackerayC.FieldingD.Hardy23.To the transcendentalists such as ______ and Thoreau, man is divine in nature; but to Hawthorne and Melville, everybody is potentially a sinner.A.Washington IrvingB.EmersonC.Henry JamesD.Emily Dickinson24.Washington Irving’s ______ was written in England, filled with English scenes and quotations from English authors and faithful to British orthography.A.Bracebridge HallB.Tales of a TravelerC.The Sketch BookD.The Alhambra25.The American Romantic writers celebrated America’s landscape with its virgin forests, meadows, groves, endless prairies, streams, and vast oceans.______ came to function almost as a dramatic character that symbolized moral law.A.The Atlantic OceanB.The Rocky MountainsC.The Pacific OceanD.The wilderness26.Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Washington IrvingA.He was regarded as Father of the American Short Story.B.He was one of the first American writers to earn an international reputation.C.He enjoyed the honor of being “the American Goldsmith〞for his literary craftsmanship.D.He was one of the advocates of the New England Transcendentalism.27.Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his works A.Emerson’s essays often have a formal style, for most of them were derived from his journals or lectures.B.In his essays, Emerson put forward his philosophy of Transcendentalism, focusing on the importance of the individual and the nature.C.Emerson based his philosophy on an intuitive belief in an ultimate unity, which he called the 〞over—soul〞.D.Emerson is affirmative about man’s intuitive knowledge, with which a man can trust himself to decide what is right and to act accordingly.28.〞The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other, who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood〞. This is the voice of the book _____ written by Emerson, which pushed American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England _________.A.Nature…SymbolismB.The American Scholar…NaturalismC.Nature…TranscendentalismD.the American Scholar…Realism29.Which one of the following statements about Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is trueA.Hawthorne intended to tell a love story in this novel.B.Hawthorne intended to tell a story of sin in this novel.C.Hawthorne intended to reveal the human psyche after they sinned, so as to show people the tension between society and individuals.D.Hawthorne focused his attention on consequences of the sin on the people in general, so as to call the readers back to the conventional Puritan way of living.30.Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having decoted all his life to the creation of the “single〞poem, ________.A.ChicagoB.My Lost YouthC.Leaves of GrassD.A Pact31.Redburn is a semi —autobiographical novel written by ________, concerning the sufferings of a genteel youth among brutal sailors.A.Walt WhitmanB.Nathaniel HawthorneC.Herman MelvilleD.Ralph Waldo Emerson32.The period ranging from ________ to ________ has been referred to as the Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States.A.1865 (1945)B.1865 (1914)C.1783 (1945)D.1783 (1914)33.________thought that the writer should use language to probe the deepest reaches of the psychological and moral nature of human beings rather than simply hold a mirror to the surface of social life in particular times and places. He is a realist of the inner life.A.Mark TwainB.William Dean HowellsC.Henry JamesD.Theodore Dreiser34.〞I felt good and all washed clean of sin for the first time I had ever felt so in my life, and I knowed I could pray now. But I didn’t do it straight off, but laid the paper down and set there thinking —thinking how good it was all this happened so, and how near I come to being lost and going to hell. 〞The above passage is taken from ________.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.The Adventures of Tom SawyerC.Uncle Tom’s CabinD.Life on the Mississippi35.The following statements are all true of Daisy Miller EXCEPT________.A.Frederick Winterbourne, the narrator of the story, es an American expatriate.B.With the publication of Daisy Miller, William James reputation was firmly established on both sides of the Atlantic.C.With the publication of Daisy Miller, Daisy Miller has ever since become the American Girl in Europe, a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World.D.Daisy Miller’s defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between the two different cultures.36.Which one of the following statements is true of Dickinson’s “I like to see it lap the Miles〞A.This poem describes a mare dancing at midnight.B.This poem describes a horse galloping through valleys.C.This poem describes a train running through the mountainous area.D.This poem describes a traveler’s joyous journey through the scenic mountainous area.37.________ is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post —war era and his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students’ classicA.Allen GinXergD.Henry James38.Towards the end of After Apple —Picking,Frost writes “ Were he not gone, /The woodchuck could say whether it’s like his /Long sleep, as I describe its coming on, /Or just some human sleep.〞The “human sleep 〞here refers to ________.A.a trip to the countrysideB.deathC.rest after a day’s work in the orchardD.exaltation of mind39.In the third chapter of The Great GatXy by Fitzgerald, there is a wonderful description of GatXy’s party which evokes both ___________ of that strange and fascinating era that we call________.A.the pride and the prejudice…Victorian AgeB.the romance and the sadness…Jazz AgeC.the love and the hatred…Age of ReasonD.the Vanity and the disillusionment…Age of Reason40.Faulkner once said that ___________ is a story of 〞lost innocence〞, which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A.The Sound and the FuryB.Go Down, MosesC.Light in AugustD.Absalom, Absalom!PART TWO (60 POINTS)II.Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.41.〞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.Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.B.Explain the meaning of “To be, or not to be〞.C.How do you understand the last two lines42.〞The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave,Awaits alike the inevitable hour.The paths of glory lead but to the grave.〞Questions:A.Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.B.What does the phrase 〞inevitable hour〞meanC.Write out the main idea of the passage in plain English.43.〞I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shinning over GatXy’s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell. 〞Questions:A.Identify the author and the title of the passage from which this part is taken.B.The passage describes the end of an event, What is itC.What implied meaning can you get from reading this passage44.We passed the School, where Children strove AT Recess—in the Ring—We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—We passed the Setting Sun—Questions:A.Who is the author of this stanza taken from the poem “Because I could not stop for Death—〞?B.What do the underlined parts symbolizeC.Where were “we〞heading towardIII.Questions and Answers (24 points in all,6 for each)Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.45.Edmund Spenser is one of the poets of English Renaissance. What are the qualities of his poetry46.The Man of Property is the first novel of the Forsyte trilogies by Galsworthy. What is the theme and the tone of The Man of Property47.Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown〞is often read as a conventional allegory. What does the work symbolically concern48.William Faulkner is one of the greatest American novelists. What do you know about his narrative techniques IV.Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 word on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.49.Discuss Charles Dickens’ art of fiction: the setting, the character —portrayal, the language, etc., based on his novel Oliver Twist.50.Discuss the symbolism employed in Moby Dick.。

英美文学复习资料100题

英美文学复习资料100题

1.the work that presented,for the first time in English literature,a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid character from all walks of life is Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. 在英国文学里提到的作品里,第一次全面逼真地刻画了中世纪英国社会,创造了一个来自各行各业的生动画面的作品是杰弗里·乔叟的坎特伯雷故事集。

2.Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as the father of English poetry. 乔叟被视为英文诗歌之父,3.The verse form of heroic couplet was introduced into English poetry and employed in the poem with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature by Geoffrey Chaucer. 在英国文学史上,第一次在英文诗中引入英雄对联诗体,真正方便和体现了诗的魅力,是有乔叟开始的。

4.The Canterbury Tales presents a whole gallery of vivid characters,the team of pilgrims,people from all walks of life,including 31 members altogether. 坎特伯雷故事集呈现的是从各行各业的所有人的生动的人物形象,比如朝圣者的队伍,其中一共包括31名成员。

大学《英美文学》期末考试题库及答案

大学《英美文学》期末考试题库及答案

1.William Faulkner is the author of ______.A.Far from the Madding CrowdB.The Sound and the FuryC.For Whom the Bell TollsD.The Scarlet Letter2.Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem written by ______.A.Oliver GoldsmithB.James ThomsonC.Thomas GreyD.Alexander Pope3.Which of the following is NOT written by William Shakespeare?A.OthelloB.The Tragical History of Dr. FaustusC.Romeo and JulietD.The Twelfth Night4.Beowulf narrates a story taking place in______.A.The MediterraneanB.Northern EuropeC.EnglandD.Scandinavia5.William Wordsworth is an English ______.A.PoetB.NovelistC.PlaywrightD.critic6.The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is ______.A.NatureB.WaldenC.ExperienceD.Essays7.The Brontë sisters published the following famous novels EXCEPT ______.A.EmmaB.Jane EyreC.Wuthering HeightD.Agnes Grey8.In which novel can “Yahoo” be found?A.John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s ProgressB.Edmund Spencer’s The Faerie Queen.C.Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.D.Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones.9.Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of American and made a combination of ______and serious literature.A.American folk humorB.Funny jokesC.English folkloreD.American values10.Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War?A.Fennimore Copper.B.Nathaniel HawthorneC.Walt WhitmanD.Washington Irving11.Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by______.A.Christopher MarlowB.John MiltonC.William ShakespeareD.Ben Johnson12.In the works of aesthetism, the theory of “art for art’s sake” is advocated by ______.A.Oscar WildeB.Mrs. GaskellC.Alexander PopeD.Charles Lamb13.Whose works are characterized by stream-of-consciousness?A.George EliotB.Jane AustenC.Emily BrontëD.James Joyce14.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ______ in the literary history of the United States.A.Age of RealismB.Age of ClassicalismC.Age of RomanticismD.Age of Renaissance15.“If Winter comes, can spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line by______.A.J. KeatsB. B. W. BlakeC.P. B. ShellyD.W. Wordsworth16.Leaves of Grass is written by ______.A.Walt WhitmanB.Carl Sandburgngston HughesD.Allen Ginsberg17.The period of Old English literature refers to ______.A.449-1066B.14th century-mid 17th centuryC.14th century-mid 18th centuryD.16th century-mid 18th century18.Sister Carrie is a masterpiece of ______ work.A.RomanticB.ClassicC.Neo-classicD.Naturalistic19.Who is the father of English poetryA.William ShakespeareB.Edmund SpencerC.John MiltonD.Geoffrey Chaucer20.The Red Badge of Courage is written by ______.A.Frank NorisB.Sherwood AndersonC.Willa CatherD.Stephen Crane21.Which of the following poem is NOT written by George Gordon Byron?A.She Walks in BeautyB.The Solitary ReaperC.When We Two partedD.Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.22.Hester is a character in ______.A.Gone with the WindB.The fall of the House of UsherC.BabbittD.The Scarlet Letter23.Animal Farm is the masterpiece of ______.A.George OrwellB.Virginia WoolfC.Thomas HardyD. E. M. Forster24.The Catcher in the Rye is written by ______.A.J. D. SalingerB.Jack LondonC.Flannery O’ConnorD.Saul Bellow25.Hemingway once described ______ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes”.A.Moby-DickB.The Sun Also RisesC.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD.The Great Gatsby26.The literary spokesman of Jazz is often though to be ______.A.O’NeilB.PoundC.Robert FrostD.Scott Fitzgerald27.Which of the following poem is written by William Butler Yeats?A.Sailing to ByzantiumB.To an Athlete Dying YoungC.Musee des Beaux Arts.D.Church Going28.Among the following poets, which is not a lake poet?A.William WordsworthB.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.Robert SoutheyD.William Collins29.Which of the following is NOT true for Benjamin Franklin?A.He was a famous writer.B.He was a member to draft the Declaration of Independence.C.He was a great scientist.D.He was once elected American President.30.Utopia is ______ work.A.Thomas More’sB.Francis Bacon’sC.John Dryden’sD.George Herbert’s31.The American ______ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American Moral Values in the American Romantic Period.A.PuritanismB.AtheismC.DeismD.Cynicism32.The title of Alfred Tennyson’s poem Ulysses reminds the reader of the following EXCEPT ______.A.The Trojan WarB.Homer’s OdysseyC.Adventures over the seaD.Religious quest33.Lyrical Ballads is the joint work between Wordsworth and his friend ______.A.ColeridgeB.ByronC.KeatsD.Shelly34.The title of Thackeray’s Vanity Fair is taken from ______.A.The Holy BibleB.The Faerie QueenC.The Pilgrim’s ProgressD.Paradise Lost35.The theme of A Tale of Two Cities is ______.A.RevolutionB.WarC.LoveD.Brotherhood36.In America, there is “a little lady who started a great war”. Who is she?A.Anne BradstreetB.Harriet Beecher StoweC.Edith WhartonD.Katherine Anne Porter37.Waiting for Godot is a ______.A.PoemB.PlayC.Short storyD.Novel38.Mr. Darcy is a character in ______.A.Tess of D’UrbervillesB.Pride and PrejudiceC.Happy PrinceD.The Mill of the Floss39.Which of the following is NOT Virginia Woolf’s novel?A.To the LighthouseB.Mrs. DallowayC.The WavesD.Modern Painters.40.______ is the first American professional writer and the first writer of detective story in the world.A.Ezra PoundB.Washington IrvingC.Nathaniel HawthorneD.Edgar Allan Poe41.The Renaissance was a European cultural movement, which originated in______.A.FranceB.BritainC.ItalyD.Spain42.Among the following novels, ______ is Thomas Hardy’s best-known novel.A.The Return of the NativeB.Far From the Madding CrowdC.The Mayor of CasterbridgeD.Tess of the D’Urbervilles43.______ called himself “the trumpeter of a new age”. He was England’s first essayist.A.Richard SteeleB.Joseph AddisonC.Francis BaconD.Alexander Pope44.On the Road is the masterpiece of ______..A.Arthur MillerB.J.D. SalingerC.Allen GinsbergD.Jack Kerouacnguage spoken by the Anglo-Saxons is called the ______, which is the foundation of English language and literature.A.Modern EnglishB.Old EnglishC.Ancient EnglishD.Medieval English46.Robinson Crusoe is written by ______.A.Henry FieldingB.Samuel Richardsonwrence SterneD.Daniel Defoe47.______ is D.H. Lawrence’s semi-autobiographical novel.A.Sons and LoversB.Women in LoveC.The plumed Serpentdy Chatterley’s Lover48.The Waste Land, written by ______, is the greatest modernist poem.A.T.S. EliotB.William Butler YeatsC.Alfred TennysonD.Mathew Arnold49.The Sherlock Holmes stories were written by ___ ___.A.George EliotB.Charles DickensC.Arthur Conan DoyleD.Rudyard Kipling50.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one eighth of it being above water.” This sentence best illustrates the writing technique of ______.A.Ernest HemingwayB.Dos PassosC. F. Scott FitzgeraldD.William Faulkner。

英美文学练习试题库及答案

英美文学练习试题库及答案

《英美文学》练习测试题库及答案本科I Of the four alternative answer, choose the one that would best plete the statement:1.Benjamin Franklin was born in the family of a small _____________.A. LandlordB. merchantC. lawyerD. clergyman2.Ralph Waldo Emerson’s leading reputation began with the publication of_____________.A. EssaysB. NatureC. OversoulD. Self-Relience3.Ellen Poe was both a poet and a _____________________.A. dramatistB. essayist C actor D. fiction writer.4.Nathaniel Hawthorne’s view of man and human history originates in __________________.A. PuritanismB. SocialismC. TranscendentalismD. naturalism5.Walt Whitman was born and brought up in a family of a ______________.A. PeasantB. carpenterC. captainD. printer6.Mark Twain’s first successful literary work is _____________________________.A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of CalaverasCountyB. Life on the MississippiC. The Adventure of Tom SawyerD. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn7.Closely related to Emily Dickinson’s religious poetry are her poems concerning _______________.A. ChildhoodB.youth and happinessC. lonelinessD. death and immortality8.Among the works of Dreiser, the bet known to the Chinese readers is _________________.A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. Th FinancierD. The Titan9.Robert Frost’s works mainly focus on the landscape and people in _________________.A. the WestB. American SouthC. New EnglandD. Mississippi10.Most of the plays Eugene O’Neill wrote are _______________________.A. ediesB. . romancesC. historical plays D tragedies11.Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the ______________________.A. modern timeB. young AmericansC. Jazz AgeD. Guilded Age12._______________________________ is Hemingway’s masterpiece, which is about the old fishermanSantiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin.A. Farewell to ArmsB.For whom the Bell TollsC.The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and The Sea13. As a great fiction writer, William Faulker devotes most of his works to the description of the life and the people in the __________________________.A. American WestB. New England in AmericaC. American SouthD. American North14.When he was young, Benjamin Franklin became an apprentice in a __________________.A. printing houseB. storeC. Tailor’s shopD. factory15.Ralph Emerson was born in a family of a _____________________.A. merchantB. businessmanC. clergymanD. writer16.Ellen Poe began his literary career by writing ___________________;A. short storiesB. playsC. essaysD. poems17.According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is _________ in every hearer, which may remain latent, perhaps,through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.A. evilB. virtueC. kindnessD. tragedy18.Whitman is radically innovative in term of form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subjects and newfeelings is _____________.A. blank verseB. free verseC. heroic coupletD. sonnet19.Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of America and made a bination of serious literature and _______.A. American folk humorB. English folkloreC. American traditional valuesD. funny jokes20.Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote ______ poems, of which only severn had appeared during her lifetime.A. 1145B. 1775C. 897D. 78521.Theodore Dreiser is generally acknowledged as one of America’s literary ________________.A. realistsB. naturalistsC. romantistsD. modernists22.In Frost’s poems, images and metaphors in his poems are drawn from _________________.A. the simple country lifeB. the urban lifeC. the life on the seaD. the adventures and trips23.Scott Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the_______________________________.A. American DreamB. ruling classesB. American Capitalists D.American bourgeoisie24.Eugene O’Neill is regarded as the founder of American _____________________.A. poetryB. dramaC. fictionD. literature25.___________________ is Hemingway’s masterpiece, which tells a story about the tragic love of a woundedAmerican soldier with a British nurse.A. A Farewell to ArmsB.The Sun Also RisesC. For Whom the Bell TollsD. In Our Time26.William Faulkner was born in a family of a _______________________.A. merchantB. colonelC. managerD. doctor27. In his essays, ______ put forward his philosophy of the over soul, the important of the Individual and Nature.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. WashingtonIrvingC. Mark TwainD. Ralph Waldo Emerson28.The chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism is __________A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Henry David ThoreauD. WashingtonIrving29.______ literary world turns out to be a most disturbed, tormented and problematical one, which has much todo with his “black” vision of life and human beings.A. Herman Melville’sB. Washington Irving’sC. Nathaniel Hawthorne’sD. Walt Whitman’s30.Most of the poems in _____ sing of the “en-masse” and the self as well.A. Leaves of GrassB. Drum TapsC. North of BostonD. The Cantos31.In _____, Whitman airs his sorrow at President Lincoln’s death.A. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”B. “A Pact”C. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’dD. There was a Child Went Forth”32.In _____, Whitman’s own early experience may well be identified with the childhood of a young growingAmerica.A. “A Pact”B. “Song of Myself”C. “There was a Child Went Forth”D. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”33.In ______, Hawthorne sets out to prove that everyone possesses some evil secret.A. “The Custom-House”B. “Young Goodman Brown”C. “Rappaccini’s Daughter”D. “The Birthmark"34.______ is called by Hemingway the one from which “all modern American literature es.”A. The adventures of Huckleberry Fin nB. The Adventures of Tom S awyerC. The Gilded AgeD. Life on the Mississippi35.Theodore Dreiser’s forgiving treatment of the career of his heroine in ______ also draws heavily upon thenaturalistic understanding of sexuality.A McTeague B. An American Tragedy C. Sister Carri e D. The Genius36._______ is a great giant of American, whom H.L.Mencken considers “the true father of our nationalliterature.”A. Henry JamesB. WashingtonIrvingC. Mark TwainD. Theodore Dreiser37._______ is usually regarded as a classic book written for boys about their particular horrors and joys.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Innocents AbroadD. Life on the Mississippi38._______ is described by Mark Twain as a boy with “a sound heart and a deformed conscience.”A. Tom SawyerB. Huckleberry FinnC. JimD.Tony39._________ is considered to be Theodore Dreiser’s greatest work.A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. The FinancierD. The Titan40.The leading playwright of the modern period in American literature, if not the most successful in all hisexperiments, is _______A. Arthur MillerB. Tennessee WilliamC. George Bernard ShawD. Eugene O’Neil41.The well-known soliloquy by Hamlet “To be , or not to be’ shows hisA.hatred for his uncleB.love for lifeC. resolution of revengeD. inner- strife42.________ is a play that concerns the problem of modern man’s identity.A. The Hairy ApeB. Long Day’s Journey Into NightC. The Iceman ethD. The Emperor Jones43.In a tragic sense, _______ is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerable forces in which onlya partial victory is possible.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. In Our TimeC. The Old Man and the SeaD. A Farewell to Arms44.Faulkner once said that ________ is a story of “ lost innocence,’ which proves itself to be and intensificationof the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. The Sound and the FuryB. Light in AugustC. Go Down, MosesD. Absalom, Absalom!45.In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the _______ devices in narration.A. RomanticB. RealisticC. GothicD. Modernist46._______ is Hemingway’s first true novel in which he depicts a vivid portrait of “The lost Generation.”A. The Sun Also RisesB. A Farewell to ArmsC. In Our TimeD. For Whom the Bell Tolls47.The only dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize was ___________.A. Bernard ShawB. Eugene O’NeilC. Richard Brinsley SheridanD. William Shakespeare48.By means of “free verse,” _______ believes that he has turned the poem into an open field, an area of vitalpossibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. Emily DickinsonB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Ezra Pound49.An eccentric woman who refuses to accept the passage of time, or the inevitable change and loss thatacpanies it may probably refer to _______.A. Irene in The Man of PropertyB. Emily in A Rose for EmilyC. Catherine in WutheringHeightsD. the widow Douglas in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn50.One source of evil that Nathaniel Hawthorne is concerned most is overreaching intellect. Which of thefollowing stories is one of this kind?A. Rappaccini’s DaughterB. Young Goodman BrownC. The Minister’s Black VeilD. The Birthmark51. “ In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.” This is the last sentence of _______ .A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The GeniusD. Jane Eyre52.In Walt Whitman’s “There was a Child Went Forth,”the child refers to ________.A. the poet himself as a childB. any American childC. the young AmericaD. one of the poet’s neighbor53.The _______ techniques are used in some of Eugene O’Neil’s plays to highlight the theatrical effect of therupture between the two sides of an individual human being, the private and the public.A. naturalisticB. expressionisticC. stream-of-consciousnessD. metaphysical54.Which of the following is true as far as Emily Dickinson’s poetry is concerned?A. She seldom uses dashes.B. All her poems are about death or immorality.C. Her poems are very personal and meditativeD. Her poems usually have well-chosen titles.55.In his poems, Whitman tends to use ______.A. oral EnglishB. the King’s EnglishC. American EnglishD. old English56.As far as Nathaniel Hawthorne’s art is concerned, which of the following statement is true?A. His The Scarlet Letter tells a love story.B. His art is deeply influenced by Puritanism because he was a puritan himself.C. Young Goodman Brown is a story about superstition.D. Ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of his art.57.“I like to see it lap the Miles—And lick the Valleys up —And stop to feed itself at Tanks—And then —…”(Emily Dickinson, “I like to see it lap the Miles—“)Here “it” refers to ______ .A. loveB. deathC. a flyD. the train58.Which of the following statements concerning Theodore Dreiser’s style is correct?A. Dreiser’s Cowperwood trilogy includes The Financier, The Titan and The GeniusB. His novels have little detail descriptions of characters and events.C. His novels are written in refined language.D. His style is not polished but very serious.59.______ has long been well known as a poet who can hardly be classified with the old or the new.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert Lee FrostC. T. S. EliotD. Emily Dickinson60.F. Scott Fitzgerald skillfully employs the device of having events observe by _______ to his great advantage.A. a “central consciousness”B. his double visionC. more than one witnessD. the protagonists61.Shakespeare wrote ___________sonnets.A. 125B. 154C. 245D. 13862.Francis Bacon is not only a great ____________, but also the founder of modern science.A. poetB. essayistC. dramatistD. novelist63.John Milton became blind mainly because of_______________.A. readingB. diseaseC. hard workD. accident64.Paradise lost is a great __________ consisting of 12 books.A.epicB.storyC.lyric poemD.narrative poem65.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 Travels66.The first edy Sheridan wrote is __________________.A.The School for ScandalB.The CriticC.A Trip to ScarboroughD.The Rivals67.”____________________” is the cooperative work of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge.A.Tintern AbbeyB.The Rime of the Ancient MarinerC.Lyrical BalladsD.Prelude68.“The Isles of Greece” is a part of Byron’s masterpiece “___________________”A.Don JuanB.Childe Harold’s PrigrimageC.Oriental TalesD.Manfred69.Percy Shelly’s greatest achievement is his four- act poetic drama “_____________”.A.Men of EnglandB.Prometheus UnboundC.Ode to the West WindD.The Revolt of Islam70.At the age of fifteen, Keats became an apprentice to a ______________.ndlordB.apothecaryC.stable keeperD.doctor71.Jane Austen was the daughter of a ____________________.ndlordB.merchantwyerD.rector72.The novel Pride and prejudice by Austen mainly centres round the relationship between __________.A. Mr.Bennet and Mrs.BennetB. Darcy and ElizabethC. Bingley and JaneD. Sir William and Luccas73.Bronte Sisters are all outstanding ________________.A.essayistsB. playwrightsC.poetsD.novelists74.Most of Hardy’s later works show his ___________ view of life.A.optimisticB.pessimisticC.practicalD.ironical75.Structurally and thematically Bernad Shaw followed the great traditions of _________A. realismB. romanticism.C. modernismD.classicism76.Shakespeare is one of the greatest playwrights and _________________________ the world has ever known.A.poetsB.novelistsC.essayistsD.critics77.The greatest plays Shakespeare creates are________________.A. historiesB. ediesC. tragediesD.tragiedies78. Bacon is not only a essayist and philosopher, but also a _________________.A. lawyerB. scientistC.historianD.dramatist79.John Milton is a great poet in the _____________________PeoriD.A.RenaissanceB. NeoclassicalC.RomanticD. Realist80.The story of Paradise lost is taken from __________________.A. a legendB. BibleC. an epicD. a folklore81.In 1689 Jonathan Swift became the __________________of Sir William.A.House-keeperB.servantC.private secretaryD.steward82. The representative play Sheridan wrote is “ __________________”.A.The School for ScandalB.The CriticC.A Trip to ScarboroughD.The Rivals83. Lyrical Ballads is the cooperative work of William Wordsworth and _________________.A. Samuel ColeridgeB.Robert SoutheyC.John KeatsD. Percy Bysshe Shelley84. The Isles of Greece of Byron is taken from “_______________________”.A. Hours of IdlenessB. Don JuanC. Childe Harold PilgrimageD. Cain85. The first long serious work of Shelly is ________________________.A. The Necessity of AtheismB. Queen MabC.The Spirit of SolitudeD. Ode to the West Wind86. Keats’ father was a ______________.A. landlordB. apothecaryC. stable keeperD. doctor87. Jane Austen was the daughter of a ____________________.ndlordB.merchantC. lawyerD.rector88. As a novelist,Emily Bronte was also good at writing________________.A.essaysB. playsC. poemsD.stories89.The first novel written by Thomas Hardy is “__________________”.A. Desperate RemediesB. Under the Greenwoodc.The Return of the Native D. The Mayor of Casterbridge90.Shakespeare was the son of a _________________________.A. clerkndlordC.traderwyer91.”_______________” is NOT one of the four great tragedies of Shakespeare.A.OthelloB.King LearC.Romeo and JulietD.Macbeth92.The total number of the essays published by Bacon is_________________.A.10B.26C.45D. 5893.John Milton became blind at the age of 48,mainly because of_______________.A.readingB.deseaseC.hard workD.accident94.Paradise lost is a great epic consisting _____________ books.A. 8B. 10C. 12D. 1495.In 1689 Jonathan Swift became the __________________of Sir William.A.House-keeperB.servantC.private secretaryD.steward96. The first edy Sheridan wrote is “ __________________”.A.The School for ScandalB.The CriticC.A Trip to ScarboroughD.The Rivals97.”____________________” is the cooperative work of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge.A. Tintern AbbeyB. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerC. Lyrical BalladsD. Prelude98. The first volume of poems of Byron is “_______________________”.A. Hours of IdlenessB. Don JuanC. Childe Harold PilgrimageD. Cain99. Percy Shelly was expelled from OxfordUniversity because he wrote a pamphlet “On the Necessity of_____________”.A. AtheismB. AestheticsC. AthleticsD. Ethics100. Keats was born in the family of a ______________.A. landlordB. apothecaryC. stable keeperD. doctor选择:1—5 B. B. D. A. B. 6—10 A. D. B. C. D 11—15 C.D. C. A C 16—20 D A B A B21—25 B A A B. A 26—30 A D. B. C. A. 31—35 C. C. B. A. C. 36—40 C. A.B. A. D.41—45 D A. C. A. C.46—50 A. B. B. B. A. 51—55 A. C. B. C.A. 56—60 D.D. D. B. A.61—65 B B C A D 66—70 D C A B B 71—75 D B D B A 76—80 A C B A B81—85 C A A B B 86—90 B D C A C 91—95 C D C C C 96—100 D C A A C判断:1—10 T F T T F F F F T F 11—20F F T T F F T T F F 21—30 F F T T F T F T F T 31—40 F F F T T F F F T F Ⅱ. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets.( ) 1. Leaves of Grass established Walt Whitman as the most popular American poet of the 19th century. ( ) 2. The poem “Song of Myself” got this title from the first edition.( ) 3. Puritanism and Calvinistic doctrine have great effects on Hawthorne’s writing.( ) 4. According to Emerson, man is divine in nature and therefore forever perfectible.( ) 5. Walt Whitman is granted the honor of being “the American Goldsmith” for his literary craftsmanship. ( ) 6. Emersonian Transcendentalism inspired a whole generation of famous authors like Whitman, Dickinson and Mark Twain.( ) 7. As a Puritan, Hawthorne embraced the Puritanical doctrines and expresses them in his novels. ( ) 8. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne intends to tell a love story and a story of sin.( ) 9. Hawthorne is a master of symbolism, which he took from the Puritan tradition and bequeathed to American literature in a revivified form.( ) 10. Walt Whitman follows only one theme in his Leaves of Grass, that is, the burgeoning life in cities. ( ) 11. Most of the poems in Leaves of Grass are written in heroic couplet.( ) 12. Life on the Mississippi tells a story of Henry James’s boyhood ambition to bee a riverboat pilot up and down the Mississippi.( ) 13. Emily Dickinson’s poems are usually based on her own experiences, her sorrows and joys. ( ) 14. Theodore Dreiser is greatly influenced by Darwinism and it is not surprising to find in his fiction a world of jungle, where “kill or to be killed” is the law.( ) 15. In “This is my letter to the World”Dickinson expressed her reluctance to municate with the outside world.( ) 16. Each of Emily Dickinson’s poems has a well-chosen title.( ) 17. Emily Dickinson’s poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way, covering love, death and nature.( ) 18. In Robert Lee Frost’s poems, profound ideas are delivered under the disguise of the plain language and the simple form.( ) 19. Robert Lee Frost has long been well known as a poet who belongs to the new.( ) 20. Robert Frost wrote most of his poems in free verse.( ) 21. Eugene O’Neil, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams are together called “founders of the American drama.”( ) 22. Fitzgerald shows an interest both in the upper-class society and in the lower-class society. ( ) 23. Hemingway develops the style of colloquialism initiated by Mark Twain.( ) 24. In his novels, William Faulkner exploits the modern steam-of –consciousness technique to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator.( ) 25. Benjamin Franklin is a early feminist, because he thinks that women should receive education.( ) 26. Emerson’s lasting reputation was established by his masterpiece Essays.( ) 27. Ellen Poe wrote many poems, so he has a very important position as poet; he wrote about 70 short stories and is regarded as a pioneer of the detective fiction and the horror fiction in the west.( ) 28. In style, her poems are characterized by their brevity, directness and plainness( ) 29. Philosophically, the naturalists believe that the real and true is always pletely hidden from the understanding of the individual or beyond his control.( ) 30. The defining formal characteristics of the modernistic works are discontinuity and fragmentation. ( ) 31.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of drama.( ) 32.The greatest English playwright of the 18th century was Goldsmith, whose best play is "The School for Scandal".( ) 33. In 1805, Southey pleted a long autobiographical poem entiled "The Prelude".( ) 34. The Romantic Age began in 1789 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their joint work "The Lyrical Ballads".( ) 35. Paradise Lost is Milton's masterpiece; the story is taken from the Old Testament: Satan and other angels rebel against God.( ) 36. George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Scotland.( ) 37. Byron's masterpiece is Tom Jones.( ) 38. Novel writing made a big advance in the 18th century. the main characters in the novels were no longer mon people, but the kings and nobles.( ) 39. Shakespeare'a prime creating period lies in his third period when his greatest tragedies were written. ( ) 40. Tess is arrested and hanged because she murders her seducer Clare.III. Paraphrase the following quotations:1.The Eyes around—had wrung them dry—And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset—when the KingBe witnessed—in the Room—( Dickinson: I heard a fly buzz—when I died )答案:My relatives and friends had cried so that there were no tears any more. I hold my breath and got ready for the last attack of Death when he appeared in the room.2.To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitarywhilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars.The rays that e from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things.( Emerson: Nature )答案:To be solitary, a man should also leave his room.When I am reading or writing, I amnot alone. When a man looks at the stars, his mind can be purified and above the dirty things.3. I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence;Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one I less traveled by,And that has made all the differenceRobert Frost: The Road Not Taken答案:In the future I shall tell this with some regret: facing the two roads, I chose a road few people had traveled by, and that has decided my whole life.4.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?( Hamlet )答案:We are facing two choices: to endure suffering in our life patiently or to take up arms and fight. Which is nobler?5.Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgement and disposition of business.( Of Studies )答案:To get pleasure of reading, you should be alone; to show your elequence, you should talk with others; to improve your ability, you should use the bookish knowledge in the judgement and arrangement of business.6.Must we but weep o’er days more blest ?Must we but blush ?— Our father bled.(The Isles of Greece )答案:Must we only weep for the past happy time ?Must we only feel ashamed , our fathers fought and died.So we must take up arms and fight.7. When old age this generation waste,Thou shall remain, in midst of other woeThan ours, a fiend to man, to whom thou say’st;“Beauty is truth, truth beauty.”– that is allYe know on earth, and all ye need to know.( Ode on a Grecian Urn )答案:When the old generation die, you shall live in the sorrows of another generation. You tell the people that truth and beauty are one, and that is all you know and need to know.8.The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.Emerson: Nature答案:The sun only lights up the adult superficially, but it lights up both the eye and the depth of the soul of the child .This means the child is purer than the adult.9.It is when the feet weary and hope seems vain that the heartaches and the longings arise. Know then, thatfor you is neither surfeit nor content. In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone.In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie答案:When you are tired and hopeless, desire will appear in your heart. When you sit in your arm-chair by the window, you are dreaming of the happiness, but you can never get it.10. A wafer of moon was shining over Gatsby’s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows andthe great doors, endowing with plete isolatio the fighre of the host who stood othe porch, his hand up in as formal gesture of farewell.(Scott Fitzgerald: Great Gatsby)答案:After the guests left, the laughter and the music faded, but the moon was still thining and the night was still fine. An emptiness overwhelmed the whole place, the figure of Gatsby became very lonely and isolated.11. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them,…( Of Studies)答案:Men with experience look down upon reading, ignorant people admire reading, wise people make use of the knowledge from books.12.And every fair from fair sometimes declines.By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmedBut thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st.(Sonnet 18)答案:Every beautiful thing and person can not keep its or his beauty for ever, because of the accidents or natural law.13Place me on Sunium’s marbled steep,Where nothing, save the wave and I,May hear our mutual murmurs sweep;There, swan-like, let me sing and die;A land of slaves shall ne’er be mine…( Isles of Greece )答案:Let me stand on the cliff by the sea alone and murmur to the waves. I would die as a swan after I sing my last song, because I would not live as a slave in my country.14. “So much the worse for me, that I am strong. Do I want to live?What kind of living will it be when you – oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?”(Wuthering Hights)答案:I am strong, but this is even worse, because after you die, my life will be torture.15.“I love my murderer---but not yours!”(Wuthering Hights)答案:Even if you kill me, I still love you; But you kill yourself. I can never forgive you for that.Ⅳ. Answer the following questions briefly:1.Why did Benjamin Franklin sit up late in his room?Answer: Because he had to finish reading the books he borrowed from the apprentices of the booksellers, so he could return the books in the morning.2.What is Emerson’s great contribution to American philosophy and literature?。

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英美文学选读资料00604PART ONE (40 POINTS)Ⅰ.Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write your correct answer on the answer sheet.1.“And we will sit upon the rocks, /Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.” The above lines are taken from ______.A. Milton’s Paradise LostB. Marlowe’s “The Passionate shepherd to His Love”C. Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18”D. John Donne’s “The Sun Rising”2.The English Renaissance period was an age of ______ .A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry3.Here are four lines taken from Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene: “But on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore,/The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,/For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore,/And dead as living ever him adored.” Who is the “dying Lord” discussed in the above lines?A. BeowulfB. King ArthurC. Jesus ChristD. Jupiter4.The major concern of _______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A.Charles Dickens"s wrence"s C.Thomas Hardy"s D.John Galsworthy"s5.Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English Middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A.Tom JonesB.GulliverC.Moll FlandersD.Robinson Crusoe6."To be so distinguished is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge."The above quoted sentence is presented by Samuel Johnson with a(n)_______ tone.A.delightfulB.jealousC.ironicD.humorou 4.In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice,7. “Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,/Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;/Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile /The short and simple annals of the poor.”The above lines are taken from .A. Alexander Pope’s Essay on CriticismB. Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”C. John Donne’s “The Sun Rising”D. Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”8. By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of Vanity Fair, John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious ______of his time.A. persecutionB. improvementC. prosperityD. disillusionment9. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form-the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of the common people.A. romanticB. realisticC. propheticD. idealistic10. As a whole, ______is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life— socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally. A. Moll Flanders B. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Pilgrim’s ProgressD. The School for Scandal11.It is generally regarded that Keats"s most important and mature poems are in the form of _______ .A.odeB.elegyC.epicD.sonnet12.G.B.Shaw"s play Mrs.Warren"s Profession is a realistic exposure of the _______ in the English society.A.slum landlordismB.inequality between men and womenC.political corruptionD.economic exploitation of women13.In William Blake"s poetry, the father(and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as God, priest, and king)was usually a figure of _______ .A.benevolenceB.admirationC.loveD.tyranny14.""I believe you are made of stone,"he said, clenching his fingers so hard that he broke the fragile cup. …"You seem to forget," she said,"that cup is not!""From the above quoted passage, we can find the woman"s tone is very _______ .A.sarcasticB.amusingC.sentimentalD.facetious15.The Pilgrim"s Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for _______ .A.material wealthB.spiritual salvationC.universal truthD.self-fulfillment16.Alexander Pope strongly advocated _______, emphasizing that literary works should be judged by rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.idealismD.neoclassicism17.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 quick witB.simple character and poor understandingC.intricate character and quick witD.intricate character and poor understanding18.Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, _______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in prose," and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A.Daniel DefoeB.Samuel RichardsonC.Henry FieldingD.Oliver Goldsmith19."Not on thy sole but on thy soul, harsh Jew,/Thou mak"st thy knife keen."In the above quotation taken form The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare employs a(n)_______ .A.oxymoronB.punC.simileD.synecdoche20.In Hardy"s Wessex novels, there is an apparent _______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A.humorousB.romanticC.nostalgicD.sarcastic21."O prince, O chief of many throned powers,"That led th" embattled seraphim to warUnder thy conduct, and in dreadful deedsFearless, endangered Heaven"s perpetual King."In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton"s Paradise Lost, the phrase "thy conduct" refers to _______ conduct.A.Satan"sB.God"sC.Adam"sD.Eve"s22.We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley"s poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all the following terms except _______ .A.tamedB.swiftC.proudD.wild23.In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled _______ at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as "Our intellectual Declaration of Independence."A."Nature"B."Self-Reliance"C."Divinity School Address"D."The American Scholar"24.In Hawthorne"s "Young Goodman Brown," a satanic figure leads the credulous protagonist to a witches" Sabbath in the woods. There he recognizes many pillars of Salem"s Puritan society as well as his wife, Faith. The story illustrates Hawthorne"s allegorical theme of human evil or what Melville called the "power of _______ ."A.blacknessB.whitenessC.terrorD.hypocrisy25.For Melville, as well as for the reader and _______ , the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A.AhabB.IshmaelC.StubbD.Starbuck26.Most of the poems in Whitman"s Leaves of Grass sing of the "en-mass" and the _______ as well.A.natureB.self-relianceC.selfD.life27.Emily Dickinson"s poem(441)"This is my letter to the World" expresses the poet"s _______ about her communication with the outside world.A.indifferenceB.joyC.anxietyD.indignation28.Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true?A.Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.B.F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.C.Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers.D.Most writers were politically radical.29.Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author"s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympatheticbut more ironic and more _______ .A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimistic30.Mark Twain"s first novel _______ , written in collaboration with Charles D. Warner and published in 1873,though not an artistic success, gives its name to the America of the post-Civil War period which it attempts tosatirize.A.The Gilded AgeB.The Age of InnocenceC.The Roughing TimeD.TheJazz Age31.Dreiser"s Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and _______ .A.The GeniusB.The TycoonC.The StoicD.The Giant32.Daisy Miller"s tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of _______ .A.the author Henry JamesB.the Italian youth GiovanelliC.the American youth WinterbourneD.her mother Mrs. Miller33.The impact of Darwin"s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-centuryFrench literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American ________ .A.local colorismB.vernacularismC.modernismD.naturalism34.It is on his _______ that Washington Irving"s fame mainly rested.A. childhood recollectionsB. sketches about his European toursC.early poetryD. tales about America35."If honest labor be unremunerative and difficult to endure; if it be the long, long road which never reaches beauty, but wearies the feet and the heart; if the drag to follow beauty be such that one abandons the admired way, taking rather the despised path leading to her dreams quickly, who shall cast the first stone?"Where is the underlined phrase taken from?A.The Bible.ton.C.Shakespeare.D.Hawthorne.36. Besides sketches, tales and essays, Washington Irving also published a book on ______, which is also considered an important part of his creative writing.A. poetic theoryB. French artC. history of New YorkD. life of George Washington37. In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is so show _______.A. emptiness of lifeB. the corruption of the upper classC. contrast of the rich and the poorD. the happy days of the Jazz Age38. In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _______.A. Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB . Dreiser's Sister CarrieC. Copper's Leather-Stocking TalesD. Thoreau's Walden39. Which of the following novels can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of literary modernism?A. The Sound and the FuryB. Uncle Tom's Cabin.C. Daisy Miller.D. The Gilded Age.40. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is not a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. Religion.B. Life and death.C. Love and marriage.D. War and peace.1._______ is regarded as “worshipper of nature.”A. ColeridgeB. WordsworthC. T.S.EliotD. Robert Browning2.Marlowe’s play Dr.Faustus is based on _______ of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the devil.A. the ScandinavianB. the GermanC. the ancient EnglishD. the French3.Who defined a good style as “proper words in proper places?”A. Jonathan SwiftB. Charles DickensC. Edmund SpencerD. George Bernard Shaw4._______ is central to Blake’s concern in the Sogns of Innocence and Songs of Experience?A. innocence and experienceB. the poorC. societyD. childhood5.As a novelist _______ wrote within a very narrow sphere, the provincial life of the late 1818-century England.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Jane AustenC. Thomas HardyD. Henry Fielding6.“Trust thyself,”Emerson wrote in his_______.A. The American ScholarB. The Sketch BookC. Self-RelianceD. Nature7.Hawthorne’s view of man and human history originates, to a great extent ,in _______.A. PuritanismB. TranscendentalismC. his childhoodD. his unhappy marriage8.As _______ saw it, poetry could play a vital part in the process of creating a new nation.A. EmersonB. HawthorneC. WhitmanD. Emily Dickinson9._______ was the first American writer to conceive his career in international terms.A. EmersonB. Henry JamesC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway10.According to Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury is a story of “______.”A. lost generationB. lost innocenceC. farmersD. industrial labors11. An honest, kind-hearted young man, who is full of animal spirit and lacks prudence, is expelled from the paradise and has to go through hard experience to gain knowledge of himself and finally to have been accepted both by a virtuous lady and a rich relative .The above sentence may well sum up the theme of Fielding’s work .A. Jonathan Wild the GreatB. Tom JonesC. The Coffe-House PoliticianD. Amelia12. In Sheridan’s The School for scandal, the man who wins the hand of his beloved as well as the inheritance of his rich uncle is ______ .A. Charles SurfaceB. Joseph SurfaceC. Sir Peter TeazleD. Sir Benjamin Backbite13. Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18th-century England?A. Robinson CrusoeB. Gulliver’s TravelsC. Jonathan Wild the GreatD. A Sentimental Journey14. Shelley’s masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from ______ .A. the BibleB. a German legendC. a Greek playD. One Thousand and One Nights15..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 quick witB. simple character and poor understandingC. intricate character and quick witD.intricate character and poor understanding16. In Byron’s poem “Song for the Luddites,” the word “Luddite” refers to the ______ .A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemploymentB. rising bourgeoisie who fights against the aristocratic classC. descendents of the ancient king ,LudD. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord class17. Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.A. comicB.tragicC. roundD.sophisticated18. A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral ______ , exposing all kinds of social evils.A. revolutionariesB. idealistsC. criticsD. defenders19. “Is it not sufficient for your infernal selfishness, that while you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell?”(Heathcliff uttered the sentence in the death scene of Catherine from Chapter XV of Wuthering Heights.) The wo rd “hell” at the end of the quoted sentence refers to ______ .A. HeavenB. HadesC. the next worldD. this world20. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of ______ ,who never pays any attention to human feelings.A. justiceB. humorC. moralityD. property21. “He was silent with conceit of his son. Mrs. Morel sniffed, as if it were nothing.”(Sons and Lovers bywrence)From the above quotation, we can see that Mrs. Morel’s attitude to her husb and is ______ . A. sincerely warm B. genuinely kindC. seemingly angryD. merely contemptuous22. A boy makes a quest of his idealized childish love through painful experience up to the point of losing his innocence and coming to see the drabness and harshness of the adult world.The above sentence may well sum up the major theme of ______.A. Eliot’s poem The love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockB. Bernard shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionC. Joyce’s story ArabyD. Lawrence’s story The Horse Dealer’s Daughter23. Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry James’s fiction is noted for his ______.A. frontier vernacularB. rich colloquialismC. vulgarly descriptive wordsD. refined elegant language24. Which of the following statements about Washington Irving is NOT true?A. Literary imagination should breed in a land rich in the past culture.B. He is preoccupied with the Calvinistic view of original sin and the mystery of evil.C. His stories are among the best of the American literature.D. Some of his works are based on the materials of the European legendary tales.25. Which of the following is NOT one of the main ideas advocated by Emerson, the chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism?A. As an individual, man is divine and can develop and improve himself infinitely.B. Nature exercises a healthy and restorative influence on human beings.C. There exists an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal “Oversoul.”D. E vil and sin are ever present in human heart and will pass on from one generation to another.”26. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ______ .A. the strict poetic formB. the free and natural rhythmC. the easy flow of feelingsD. the simple and conversational language27. “Then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” In the quoted sentence, the author might imply that ______.A. nothing changes in the 5000 years of human historyB. man’s desire to conquer nature can only end in his own destructionC. nature is evil as it was 5000 years agoD. nature has the ultimate creative power28. “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 eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.”The above passage is taken from ______.A. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s CabinB. Cooper’s “Leatherstocking Tales”C. Emerson’s “Nature”D. Dreiser’s Sister Carrie29. Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?A. Stowe’s Uncle Ton’s Ca binB. James’s The Portrait of a Lady.C. Hemingway’s A Farewell to ArmsD. Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.30. Beside symbolism, all the following qualities EXCEPT ______are fused to make Melville’s Moby-Dick a world classic.A. narrative powerB. psychological analysisC. speculative agilityD. optimistic view of life31. In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ______ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.A. PuritanB. materialisticC. psychologicalD. religious32. In Daisy Miller,Henry James reveals Daisy’s ______ by showing her relatively unreserved manners.A. hypocrisyB. cold and indifferenceC. grace and patienceD. Americanness33. The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all the following EXCEPT ______.A. a return to natureB. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized societyC. the American society in the early 19th centuryD. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happily34. Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily,” can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities EXCEPT______.A. old valuesB. rigid ideas of social statusC. bigotry and eccentricityD. harmony and integrity35. As a Modernist poet ,Pound is noted for his active involvement in the ______ .A. cubist school of modern paintingB. Imagist MovementC. stream-of-consciousness techniqueD. German Expressionism36. The statement that a boy’s night journey to an Indian village to witness the violence of both birth and death provides all the possibilities of a learning experience may well sum up the major theme of ______ .A. Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily”B. Hemingway’s story “Indian Camp”C. Irving’s story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”D. James’s story “Daisy Miller”37. Which of the following plays by O’Neill can be read autobiographically?A. The Hairy ApeB. The Emperor JonesC. The Iceman ComethD. Long Day’s Journey Into Night38. When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in the East but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about ______’s thematic concern in his fiction writing.A. Henry JamesB. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner39.After his experiences in the forest, Young Goodman Brown returns to Salem ______.A. desperate and gloomyB. renewed in his faithC. wearing a black veilD. unaware of his own sin40. According to Mark Twain, in river towns up and down the Mississi ppi, it was every boy’s dream to some day grow up to be ______.A. Methodist preacherB. a justice of the peaceC. a riverboat pilotD. a pirate on the Indian ocean1.Shakespeare’s ____ are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.A. history playsB. tragediesC. comediesD. plays2.Wordsworth thought that ____ is the only subject of literary interest.A.nationB.past experiencemon lifeD.nature3.____ is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.A.Francis BaconB.Edmund SpenserC.William CarxtonD.Sidney4.Which of the below is NOT written by James Joyce?A.DublinersB.A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC.UlyssesD.Leather-Stocking Tales5.____is regarded as the first American prose epic.A.WastelandB.Moby-DickC.Song of MyselfD.The Scarlet Letter6.____has always been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style that American Literature ever produced.”A.Washington IrvingB.EmersonC.HawthorneD.Joyce7.Which is not the main concern of Emily Dickinson’ poetry?A.her own experienceB.natureC.loveD.industrialization8.The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a ____.A.Jewish’s classicB.black’s classicC.student’s classicD.student’s herald9.Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with ____ of the American Dream.A.the bankruptcyB.the successC.the fulfillmentD.the forming10.____ is Hemingway’s first true novel.A.In Our TimeB.For Whom the Bell TollsC.The Sun Also RisesD.The Old Man and the Sea11. The work that presented , for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely______.A. William Langland ' Piers PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower'Confessio AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight12. The tragedy of Dr.Faustus, the protagonist in Christopher Marlowe's The Tragic History of Dr.Faustus, is the very face that_____.A. man is confined to timeB. he tried to join Africa to SpainC. he became a man without soul after he sold itD. he conjured up Helen, the lady who was the very course of the Trojan War13. Here are two lines from a ling poem: "Upon a great adventure he was bond, That greatest Gloriana to him gave." The poem must be_____.A. BeowulfB. John Milton's Samson AgonistesC. Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a County ChurchyardD. Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene14. Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ______.A .the former celebrates reason, rationality , order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individual's feeling and experiencesB. the former is heavily religious but the latter secularC. the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivation.D. the former advocates the "return to nature" whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its models15. When he writes, in An Essay on Criticism, "A vile conceit in pompous words expressed, / Is like a clown in regal purple dressed", Alexander Pope means that __________.A. pompous words are always destructive to good tasteB.the purple colour is for the royal only and it is ridiculous to dress a clown in purpleC. conceits are always misleadingD. true wit is best in a plain style16. "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks."(Samuel Johnson, "To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield")The speaker here is ______.A. cheerfulB. ironicC. mysteriousD. nonchalant17. "Surface", "Sneerwell", "Backbite", and "Candour" are most likely the names of the characters in ________.A. Shaw's Mrs Warren's ProfessionB. Sheridan's The School for ScandalC. Shakespeare's Love's Labour's LostD. Christopher Marlowe's Dr.Faustus18. The first line of William Blake's well-known poem "The Tyger" reads, "Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright".The repeated word "tiger" (tiger)with an exclamation mark suggests_______.A. joyB. fearC. painD. fondness19. What does Wordsworth's poem "The Solitary Reaper" tell us about Romanticist?A. To romanticists, poetry is an expression of an individual's feelings and experiences no matter how fragmentary and momentary these feelings and experiences are.B. Romanticist take delight only in sound effect, the theme of a work is not their concernC. Romanticist are not patient people; they would leave before the revelation of the theme.Poetry should present the apparent and tangible.20. The lines, "It was a miracle of rare device,/ A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice," are found in __________.A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan"B. William Wordsworth's "Lines Written in Early Spring"C. John Keats's "Ode to Autumn"D. Percy Bysshe Shelly's "ode to the West Wind"21. Eliot’s poem, The Waste Land, is mainly concerned with the _____________ of s mordern civilization.A. social corruptionB. spiritual breakupC. physical breakupD. religious corruption.22. Prometheus Unbound is Shelley's greatest achievement. Prometheus, according to the Greek mythology, was chained by Zeus on Mount Caucasus and suffered the vulture's feeding on his liver for_________.A. planning a revolt to dethrone GodB. misinterpreting God's decree to reconcile man and natureC. prophesying the arrival of spring in a winter seasonD. stealing the fire from heaven and giving it to man23. " 'Damn the fool! There he is', cried Heathcliff, sinking back into his seat. 'Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine! I'll stay. If he shot me so, I'd expire with a blessing in my lips.'" The novel from which the passage is taken must be _________.A. Jane Austen's Pride and PrejudiceB. Charles Dickens's The Old Curiosity ShopC. Samuel Richardson's PamelaD. Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights24. "My Last Duchess" is a poem that best exemplifier Robert Browning's ________.A. sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB. excellent choice of wordsC. mastering of the metrical devicesD. use of the dramatic monologue25. Here is a passage from Middlemarch, a novel by George Eliot: "Her blooming full-pulsed youth stood there in a moral imprisonment which made itself one with the chill, colourless, narrowed landscape, with the shrunken furniture, the never-read books, and the ghostly stag in pale fanatic world that seemed to be vanishing from the daylight," Who is the lady mentioned in the quoted passage?A. DorotheaB. EmmaC. MollyD. Irene26. Tess of the D'Urbervilles, one of Thomas Hardy's best known novels, portrays man as ________.being hereditarily either good or badB. being self-sufficientC. having no control over his own fateD. still retaining his own faith in a world of confusion27. Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature?A. Friedrich Nietzche's assertions: "God is dead"B. Arther Schopenharuer's and Henry Bergson's philosophical ideas of irrationality.C. Oscar Wilde's idea of "Art for Art's Sake".D. Freudian-Jungian psycho-analysis28. The term tone in literature means__________.A. sound effect such as rhyme and metrical deviceB. the pitch of a word used to determine its meaning in the given contextC. the manner of expression to indicate the speaker's attitude towards the subjectD. a shade of colour to reflect the change of the light29. Which of the following best describes the speaker of T.S.Eliot's " The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock"?A. He is an man of a action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of passion.D. He is a man of inactivity30. In which of the following poems by William Butler Yeats did you find the allusion to Helen and the TrojanWar?"Sailing to Byzantium"B. " Leda and the Swan"C. "The Lake Isle if Innisfree".D. " Sown by the Sally Garden"31. "He was afraid of her -the small, severe woman with greying hair suddenly bursting out in such frenzy. The postman came running back, afraid something had happened. /they saw his tripped cap over the short curtains. Mrs Morel rushes to the door." The above passage id taken from _________.A. Charlotte Bronte's The ProfessorB. Charles Dickens's Domebey and SonC. wrence 's Sons and LoversD. John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga32. James Joyce is the author of all the following novels except ______.A. DublinersB. Jude the ObscureC. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManD. Ulysses。

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