《英美文学选读》模拟试题(1)
《英美文学选读》模拟试题（一） 一、单项选择题 1.The excerpt from Chapter 10 of Sons and Lovers ends with the conflict between Paul and his mother. The conflict is possibly caused by Paul and his mother’s different views towards _____. A. Paul’s father B. art C. life D. Paul’s brother 2.The _____ can be regarded as one of the themes of Joyce’s story “Araby”. A. loss of innocence B. childish love C. awareness of harsh life D. false sentimentality 3.After reading “Araby”, one more feel the story has a _____ tone. A. joyous B. harsh C. solemn D. painful 4.In “Araby”, Joyce’s diction evokes a sort of _____ quality that characterizes the boy on this otherwise altogether ordinary shopping trip. A. religious B. moral C. sentimental D. vulgar 5.The major concern of _____ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A. D. H. Lawrence’s B. J. Galsworthy’s C. W. Thackeray’s D. T. Hardy’s 6.The mission of _____ drama was to reveal the moral, political and economic truth from a radical reformist point of view. A. T. S. Eliot’s B. J. Galsworthy’s C. B. Shaw’s D. W. B. Yeats’ 7.Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as _____. A. Rip Van Winkle B. Young Goodman Brown C. Life of Goldsmith D. Life of Washington 8.Melville’s _____ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc. A. The Old Man and the Sea B. Moby–Dick C. White Jacket D. Billy Budd 9.Mark Twain created, in _____, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature. A. Huckleberry Finn B. Tom Sowyer C. The Gilded Age D. The Mysterious Stranger 10.American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was _____. A. Anne Bradsteet B. Jane Austen C. Emily Dickinson D. T. S. Eliot 11.The main theme of _____ The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel. A. Henry James’ B. Mark Twain’s C. Theodore Dreiser’s D. William Howells’ 12.In the 1920s, O’Neill established an international reputation with the plays ______. A. The Emperor Jones B. Anna Christle C. The Hairy Ape D. all of the above 13.In 1954, _____ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his “mastery of the art of modern narration.” A. T. S. Eliot B. Ernest Hemingway C. John Steinbeck D. William Faulkner 14.“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.” This is the shortest poem written by _____. A. T. S. Eliot B. Robert Frost C. Ezra Pound D. Emily Dickinson 15.In Robert Frost’s famous poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, there are four lines like these: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, /But I have promises to keep, /And miles to go before I sleep, /And miles to go before I sleep”. The second sleep refers to _____. A. die B. calm down C. fall into sleep D. stop walking 16.Of the following American poets, whose work was first recognized in England and then in America? A. Robert Frost B. Walt Whitman C. Emily Dickinson D. Wallace Stevens 17.“For I have had too much / Of apple-picking: I am overtired / Of the great harvest I myself desired”. From these lines we can conclude that the speaker _____. A. is happy about the harvest B. is tired of the work of apple-picking C. is not tired when seeing the harvest D. becomes indifferent of the job 18.Chinese poetry and philosophy had great influence on _____. A. Robert Frost B. Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Ezra Pound D. Emily Dickinson 19.The Hemingway code heroes are best remembered for their _____. A. indestructible spirit B. pessimistic view of life C. war experiences D. masculinity 20.Lots of people rushed to Gatsby’s party at the weekend and they clustered around Gatsby’s wealth like ____. A. gluttons B. flies C. insects D. moths 二、综合题 1.Read the quoted part carefully and answer the questions in English. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down; It may be we shall touch the Happy Tales, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew, Tho’ much is taken, much abides, and tho’ We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
英美文学英国现代时期模拟测试题
英美文学-英国现代时期模拟测试题I. Fill out the following blanks. (10 points, 1 for each)1. D. H. Lawrence’s first important novel ________________ is obviously ____________, which is a truthful representation of his childhood and early manhood. (Sons and Lovers, autobiographical)2. The Novel Ulysses written by ______________ is well-known for its modernist technique of _________________. (James Joyce, stream of consciousness)3. ____________ is a strong advocator of the feminist movement among the 20th century writers, whose _______________ is a detailed depiction of the inner world of a lady who is giving an evening party at her home in Westminster without traditional concept of plot. (Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway)4. Structurally and thematically, Shaw followed the great tradition of _____________. (realism)5. One of the pioneers of modern fiction is D. H. Lawrence, who is known for his novels written under the influence of Sigmund Freud’s theory of ______________.(psychoanalysis)6. In 1923, ____________ was awarded Nobel Prize in literature for his “always inspirited poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation”. . Yeats)7. The long poem ______________, one of the most remarkable landmarks in modernism, succeeded in gaining . Eliot recognition as a voice of a disillusioned generation. (The Waste Land)8. The trilogy The Forsyte Saga consists of The Man of Property, In Chancery and ___________. (To Let)9. _____________ is a naturalist, whose best-known novel Of Human Bondage is a naturalistic novel, partly autobiographical, dealing with the story of a deformed orphan trying vainly to be an artist. . Maugham)10. Katherine Mansfield wrote short stories, and was skilled in psychological analysis. Her favorite technique is the _______________. (flash-back)II. Define the following terms. (15 points, 3 for each)1 Modernism2 The Angry Young Men3 Parody4 Anti-hero5 Oedipus ComplexAnswer:1. ① Modernism is a comprehensive but vague term for a movement (or tendency) ,which began to get under way in the closing years of the 19th century, and which has had a wide influence internationally during much of the 20th century.②The term pertains to all the creative arts, especially poetry, fiction, drama,painting, music and architecture.③ In England from early in the 20th century and during the 1920s and 1930s, inAmerica from shortly before the First World War and on during the inter-war period, modernist tendencies were at their most active and fruitful.④As far as literature is concerned modernism reveals a breaking away fromestablished rules, traditions and conventions, fresh ways of looking at man’s position and function in the universe and many experiments in form and style.It is particularly concerned with language and how to use it and with writing itself.⑤ James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner are prominentmodernist writers.2. ① In the mid-1950s and early 1960s, there appeared a group of young novelistsand playwrights with lower-middle-class or working-class background, who were known as “The Angry Young Men”.②They demonstrated a particular disillusion over the depressing situation inBritain and launched a bitter protest against the outmoded social and political values in their society.3. ① It means mimicry of a work or a style of expression.②Sometimes the mimicry is undertaken to make fun of what is parodied;sometimes it is done in a sincere effort to gain the understanding that comes from painstaking imitation.4. ①The protagonist of a modern play or novel, an anti-hero is a character wholacks the qualities needed for heroism.② An anti-hero does not possess nobility of life or mind and does not have anattitude marked by high purpose and lofty aim. Anti-heroes typically distrust conventional values and are unable to commit themselves to any ideals. They generally feel helpless in a world, over which they have no control. Anti-heroes usually accept, succumbs to, and often celebrate, their positions as social outcasts.③Flaubert’s Emma Bovary (in Madame Bovary, 1857), Joyce’s Leopold Bloom (inUlysses, 1922), and Kingsley Amis’s Jim Dixon in Lucky Jim (1954), Jimmy Porter in John Osborne’s play Look Back in Anger (1956) and Yossarian in Joseph Heller’s novel Catch -22 (1961), are outstanding examples of anti-hero.5.①It is a term coined by Sigmund Freud to designate a son’s subconscious feelingof love toward his mother and jealousy and hatred toward his father.②D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers is a case in point.III. Multiple Choice. (15 points, for each)1. With their joint efforts, W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and J. M. Synge started an Irish__________ revival in the early 20th century.A. moralB. religiousC. dramaticD. spiritual2. James Joyce’s Dubliners is _________.A. a short storyB. a collection of short storiesC. an autobiographyD. a novel3. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is intensely anti-romantic with an evasive__________ atmosphere.A. sublimeB. sensualC. warmD. hellish4. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga appears in the form of __________.A. epicB. balladC. trilogyD. short story5. In Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf adopted a writing technique called __________,in which the whole story was presented with the interior monologues of the characters.A. ExpressionismB. SymbolismC. Stream-of-consciousnessD. Naturalism6. The __________ can be regarded as one of the themes of Joyce’s story Araby.A. loss of innocenceB. childish loveC. awareness of harsh lifeD. false sentimentality7. Which of the following statements about D. H. Lawrence is NOT true?A. He was strongly against the dehumanizing effect of the mechanical civilization.B. He was daringly innovative in the techniques of novel creation.C. His novel Sons and Lovers is largely autobiographical.D. He believed that the primacy of life force was a guarantee in the healthydevelopment of an individual’s personality.8.... the evening is spread out against the sky/ Like a patient etherized upon a table.In the above lines a simile is used to compare the evening with an etherized patient. What common quality is compared between the two entirely differentthings by using the simile?A. Darkness.B. Inertia.C. Suffering.D. Emptiness.9. Thematically speaking, Yeats’s poem, The Lake Isle of Innisfree, __________.A. laments the loss of the Irish legendary traditionB. laments the emptiness of the urban life and advocates a return to the simpleand serene life of natureC. criticizes the emptiness of the hermit’s life in the remote countryD. celebrates the rich and colorful life of the modern people10. In Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Mrs. Warren once said: “If there is athing I hate in a woman, it’s want of character.” The word “want” here means __________.A. desireB. lackC. possessionD. need11. The modernist writers such as Richardson, Joyce and Woolf are mainly concernedwith the __________.A. external worldB. inner life of an individualC. social activities of human beingsD. public life of an individual12. The mission of __________ drama was to reveal the moral, political andeconomic truth from a radical reformist point of view.A. T. S. Eliot’sB. J. Galsworthy’sC. George Bernard Shaw’sD. W. B. Yeats’s13. In his famous essay Tradition and Individual Talent,__________ puts greatemphasis on the importance of tradition both in creative writing and in criticism.A. T. S. EliotB. D. H. LawrenceC. James JoyceD. George Bernard Shaw14. __________, which bears a strong thematic resemblance to “The Waste Land”, isgenerally regarded as the darkest of T. S. Eliot’s poems.A. GerontionB. The Hollow MenC. The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockD. The Cocktail Party15. The most original playwright of the Theater of Absurd is Samuel Beckett and hisfirst play, __________, is regarded as the most famous and influential play of theTheater of Absurd.A. Mrs. Warren’s ProfessionB. Murder in the CathedralC. Waiting for GodotD. Too True to Be Good16. The most celebrated dramatists in the last decade of the 19th century wereOscar Wilde and __________.A. T. S. EliotB. George Bernard ShawC. Richard Bringsley SheridanD. James Joyce17. As a young man in the last decades of the 19th century, W. B. Yeats began hispoetic career in the __________ tradition.A. romanticB. realistC. modernistD. naturalist18. The French __________, appearing in the late 19th century, heraldedmodernism.A. romanticismB. realismC. symbolismD. transcendentalism19. As its title implies, Women in Love is a novel about __________ pairs of lovers,around whom a series of episodes are dramatically presented.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five20. In his Finnegans Wake, an encyclopedic work, James Joyce ambitiouslyattempted to pack the whole history of mankind into __________.A. one man’s mindB. one night’s dreamC. one storyD. one day’s activity21. Widowers’House, a play by George Bernard Shaw, is a grotesquely realisticexposure of __________.A. prostitutionB. “Life Force”C. slum landlordismD. working system22. The girl Vivie is a character in the play __________.A. Widoers’ HousesB. PygmalionC. The School for ScandalD. Mrs. Warren’s Profession23. Generally speaking, __________ is the best of T. S. Eliot’s plays in the sense thatit contains the best poetry and the most coherent drama.A. Murder in the CathedralB. The Family ReunionC. The Cocktail PartyD. The Waste Land24. The theme of the novel The Man of Property is that of the predominant__________ instinct of the Forsytes and its effects upon the personal relationships of the family with the underlying assumption that human relationships of the contemporary English society are merely an extension of property relationships.A. humanB. sexualC. possessiveD. natural25. Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against __________.A. romanticismB. realismC. post-modernismD. all the above26. According to D. H. Lawrence, __________ was the first novelist that “startedputting all the actions inside”.A. Thomas HardyB. George EliotC. Thomas CarlyleD. Charlotte Brontё27. Who is the first “Angry Young Man”?A. John Osborne.B. T. S. Eliot.C. Christopher MarloweD. Bernard Shaw28. “The yellow fog that rub its back upon the windowpanes, /The yellow smoke thatrubs its muzzle on the windowpanes/Linked its tongue into the corners of the evening,/Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains. The stanza is taken from _________.A.T. S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockB. Emily Dickinson’s Because I could not stop for DeathC. Alfred Tennyson’s Break, Break, BreakD. William Wordsworth’s I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud29. “He was afraid of her —the small, severe woman with graying hair suddenlybursting out in such frenzy. The postman came running back, afraid something had happened. They saw his tipped cap over the short curtains. Mrs. Morel rushed to the door. The above passage is taken from __________.A. Charlotte Brontё’s The ProfessorB. Charles Dicken’s Dombey and SonC.D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers D. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga30. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?A. To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.B. To put the stress on traditional values.C. To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and hisenvironment.D. To advocate a conscious break with the past.IV. Read the following quotations and answer the questions. (20 points, 4 for each) 1. I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,And live alone in the bee-loud glade.”A. Identify the poet and the poem from which this stanza is taken.B. What is the setting of the poem?C. From the style of the poem, which period can we deduce the writer belong to? Answer:A. The poet is William Butler Yeats’s and the stanza is from his The Lake Isle ofInnisfree.B. Tired of the life of his day, Yeats sought to escape into an ideal “fairyland”where he could live calmly as a hermit and enjoy the beauty of nature, then he wrote this poem.C. The Modern Period.2. “He went out to dinner several times in his evening suit that had been William’s.Each time his mother’s heart was firm with pride and joy. He was started now.The studs she and the children had bought for William were in his shirt-front; he wore one of William’s dress shirts. But he had an elegant figure. His face was rough, but warm-looking and rather pleasing. He did not look particularly a gentleman, but she thought he looked quite a man.”A. Identify the author and the novel from which this passage is taken.B. Why each time his mother’s heart was firm with pride and joy?C. What idea does this passage express?Answer:A. The author is D. H. Lawrence and the passage is taken from his Sons and Lovers.B. Because his mother wanted him to climb into the middle class.C. Mrs. Morel is eager to make her son climb into the middle class.3. “Her eyes met his and he looked away. He neither believed nor disbelieved her,but he knew that he had made a mistake in asking; he never had known, never know, what she was thinking. The sight of her inscrutable face, the thought of all the hundreds of evenings he had seen her sitting there like that, soft and passive, but so unreadable, unknown, enraged him beyond measure.”A. Identify the author and the work from which this passage is taken.B. What does the phrase “inscrutable face” mean?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?Answer:A. The author is John Galswortyh and the passage is taken from his novel The Manof Property.B. It means that in his eyes, she (Irene) is mysterious and cannot be understoodby him.C. It expresses that Soames doesn’t understand his wife, Irene, and thepredominant possessive instinct of the Forsytes and its effects upon the personal relationships of the family with the underlying assumption that human relationships of the contemporary English society are merely an extension of property relationship.4. “And indeed there will be timeTo wonder, ‘Do I dare?’ and, ‘Do I dare?’Time to turn back and descend the stair—(They will say: ‘How his hair is growing thin!’)My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin—(They will say: ‘But how his arms and legs are thin!’)Do I dareDisturb the universe?Ina minute there is timeFor decisions and revisions which a minu te will reverse.”A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which this stanza is taken.B. Who is the speaker?C. What idea does this stanza express?Answer:A. The poet is T. S. Eliot and the stanza is taken from his poem The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock.B. J. Alfred Prufrock.C. This part describes an aging young man who is meditating over the business ofproposing marriage. He is hesitating and fearing that he might be laughed at and rejected.5. “Her name sprang to my lips at moment s in strange prayers and praises which Imyself did not understand. My eyes were often full of tears (I could not tell why ) and at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out into my bosom. I thought little of the future. I did not know whether I would ever speak to her or not or, if I spoke to her, how I could tell her of my confused adoration. But my body was like a harp and her words and features were like fingers running upon the wires.”A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken.B. Is the speaker a child or an adult?C. What does the passage describe?Answer:A. The author is James Joyce and the passage is taken from his story Araby.B. The speaker is a child.C. The passage describes the child’s strong and boyish adoration for his friend’ssister.V. Discuss the following questions briefly. (15 points, 3 for each)1. “‘You never give it a chance,’ she said. Then suddenly all her passion of grief overhim broke out. ‘But it does matter!’ she cried. ‘And you ought to be happy, you ought to try to be happy, to live to be happy. How could I bear to think your life wouldn’t be a happy one!’”This passage is taken from D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers. Explain why Mrs.Morel couldn’t bear to think Paul’s life wouldn’t be a happy one.Answer:① Because Mrs. Morel was born in a middle-class family.②Mrs. Morel is a strong-willed, intelligent and ambitious woman and shecouldn’t bear to think his son, Paul, had an unhappy life.2. “‘I believe you are made of stone,’ he said, clenching his fingers so hard that hebroke the fragile cup. The pieces fell into the grate. And I rene smiled. ‘You seem to forget,’ she said, ‘that cup is not!’”The above passage is taken from John Galsworthy’s novel The Man of Property.Explain why he (Soames) clenched his fingers so hard that he broke the fragile cup.Answer:His wife (Irene) disobeyed him. He had never known, would never know what she was thinking. The sight of her inscrutable face, the thought of all the hundreds of evenings he had seen her sitting there like that soft and passive, but so unreadable, unknown, enraged him beyond measure.3. What is “stream of consciousness” in novel writing? Try to explain the questionfrom two angles.Answer:①In modern literature, quite many new trends appeared. Among them “streamof consciousness” is very prominent. The theory of it was discovered by William James, an American psychologist. James Joyce and Virginia Woolf utilized this method in their novel writing, creating new features in deepening the themes of their novels.②Generally speaking, the novel of “stream of consciousness” is just writtenagainst the order of time or logic, thus making the plot queer. But through this queerness, the reader is enchanted into the psychological world within heroes and the chaotic world.4. What are the artistic features of T. S. Eliot’s poetry?Answer:① The subject matter of Eliot’s poetry is to expose the sterility and futility of theWestern culture, to reveal the breakdown of communication between human beings, to show man’s disillusionment and frustration caught between his sense of meaning and his sense of meaninglessness, and to quest for a spiritual regeneration by finding salvation in religion.②Major device used in Eliot’s poetry is juxtaposition in which one of theelements ironically undercuts the other so as to produce striking effect.③Complex literary allusion is characteristic of Eliot’s poetry.④Eliot regards myth as an effective means of reaching beneath the level ofpresent and conscious experience.⑤The image of music plays an important part in Eliot’s poems.5. Comment brief on Yeats’ poem Down by the Salley Gardens.Answer:①The poem carries a flavor of romance, yet it is more a poem about thefundamental question on life: how to live and enjoy.②The speaker’s lover is like a wise person who knows all the rules of the gamein life. She tells “me”— who is actually a representative of all individual beingsto “take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree”; she also directly tells “me” to take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs.③Love, life, these two are surely the things every single human being can’t expect to bypass lightly. They are essential to every human being. Love and life are like leaves on the tree and grass on the weirs.④ Leaves and grass have their own rule of living— nature determines it. So here the poet seems to say love and life can be best enjoyed when we treat them in the natural way, that is, in accordance with the rule of nature. Too much human effort will only spoil them. They are the best when they are most natural. In this sense, the poem can be regarded as a manifestation of Yeats’ belief that there is too much human interference in modern life, which is really against the rule of nature.。
英美文学选读试题详解
英美文学选读-阶段测评3成绩：87.5分一、Multiple Choice 共40 题题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分wrence’s novels( )are generally regarded as his masterpieces.A、The Rainbow，Women in LoveB、The Rainbow，Sons and LoversC、Sons and Lovers，Lady Chatterley’s LoverD、Women in Love，Lady Chatterley’s Lover（P370.para2）劳伦斯的成名作是《儿子和情人》，而其代表作是《虹》和《恋爱中的女人》标准答案：A考生答案：A本题得分：2.5 分题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分T.S.Eliot’s poem( )is heavily indebted to James Joyce in terms of the stream - of -consciousness technique,also a prelude to The Waste Land.A、“Prufrock”B、“Gerontion”C、The Hollow MenD、Lyrical Ballads（P358.para3）“Gerontion”是一部用戏剧式独白写成的诗歌，是《荒原》的前奏曲，也采用了意识流派的文风。
标准答案：B考生答案：B本题得分：2.5 分题号: 3 本题分数:2.5 分wrence’s autobiographical novel is( ).A、The RainbowB、Women in LoveC、Sons and LoversD、Lady Chatterley’s Lover（P369.para1）劳伦斯的作品大多都是从心理上去探求让人的本能的，同时也反映人性中最内在的东西。
其作品《儿子和情人》真实地反映了自己在童年时期的家庭状况，被视为其半自传体小说。
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（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.。
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一、Muliple choice1. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"This is the beginning line of Shakespeare's.A.songs B.PlaysediesD.Sonnets2.Which of the followings is not Shakespeare’s work?A.The merchant of VeniceB. Romeo and JulietC. King LearD. Of Truth3.___is regarded as the pioneer of English drama.A.William ShakespeareB.Christopher MarloweC.Edmund SpenserD.John Donne4. ___are Shakespeare's two narrative poems.A.Venus and AdonisB.The Two Noble KinsmenC.The Rape of lucreceD.The Winter's Tale5.English Renaissance Period was an age of____.A.prose and novelB.poetry and dramaC.essays and journalsD.ballads and songs6."Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"This is the beginning line of Shakespeare's______.A.songsB.playsediesD.sonnets7.Which play is not a comedy?A.A Midsummer Night'sB.The Merchant of VeniceC.Twelfth NightD.Romeo and JulietE.As You Like It8.In1847,the Bronte Sisters published the following famous novels except______.A.Jane EyreB.ShirleyC.Wuthering HeightsD.The Tenant of Wildfell Hall9.In_____'s hands,"dramatic monologue"reaches its maturity and perfection.A.Alfred TennysonB.Robert BrowningC.Williams ShakespeareD.George Eliot10.___is a natural medium for Hamlet to release his anguish.A.conversationB.speechC.soliloquyD.action11．The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_ ________.A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB．the vast expansion of British colonies in North AmericaC．the new discoveries in geography and astrologyD．the religious reformation and the economic expansion12. William Shakespeare,Christopher Marlowe and____are the best representatives of the English humanists.A.Edmund SpenserB.Francis BaconC.John MiltonD.Thomas More13. ___is not a comedy.A.As You Like ItB.Romeo and JulietC.A Midsummer Night DreamD.The Twelfth Night14.Marlowe's____is a play based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for knowledge a nd finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.A. Dr.FaustusB.TamburlaineC.The Jew of MaltaD.Edward II15.All the following poets except___belong to the metaphysical school.A. DonneB.HerbertC.Marvellton16.The publication of___established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New England t ranscendentalism.A.NatureB.Self-relianceC.The American ScholarD.The Over-soul17.American Romanticism started with the publication of___and ended with Leaves of Grass.A.The Sketch BookB.NatureC.The AlhambraD.Leatherstocking Tales18.Being a period of the great flowering of American literature,the___period is also called"the American Renaissance".A.PuritanB.RomanticC.RealisticD.modern19.The American___as a cultural heritage exerted great influence over American moral values a nd literature.A.democracyB.idealC.PuritanismD.Romanticism20.___is considered by H.L.Mencken as"the true father of our national literature."A.Ernest HemingwayB.Edgar Allan PoeC.Washington IrvingD.Mark Twain21．“It is a truth universally acknowledged,that a single man in possession of a good for-tune,m ust be in want of a wife.”The quoted part is taken from______.A．Jane Eyre B ．Wuthering HeightsC．Pride and Prejudice D．Sense and Sensibility22．All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT___ _.A．“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”B．“An Evening Walk”C．“Tintern Abbey”D．“The Solitary Reaper”23．All of the following are stream–of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________. A．Pilgrimage B．Ulysses C．Mrs.Dalloway D．Tess of the D’Urbervilles24．Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are________.A．Romeo and Juliet,Othello,King Lear,HamletB．Hamlet,Othello,Macbeth,The Merchant of VeniceC．Hamlet,Othello,King Lear,MacbethD．Romeo and Juliet,The Merchant of Venice,Othello,Hamlet25．All of the following novels by Daniel Defoe are the first literary works devoted to the study o f problems of the lower-class people EXCEPT______.A．Robinson Crusoe B．Captain Singleton C．Moll Flanders D．Colonel Jack二、True or False1.English Renaissance is an age of essay and drama.2.Ode to the West Wind is Bysshe Shelley’s work.3.Jane Austin is the author of Pride and Prejudice.4.Oliver Twist is written by Charles Dickens.5.The leading figures of the naturalism at the turn of19th century are Thomas Hardy,John Galsworthy and Bernard Shaw.6.If Winters comes, can Spring be far behind? is from Ozymandias.7.Emily Dickinson is remembered as the“All American Writer”.8.The Civil War divides the American literature into romantic literature and realist literature.9.Mark Twain is the first American writer to discover an American language and Americanconsciousness.10.In the decade of the1910s,American literature achieved a new diversity and reached its greatest heights.三、1.Enlightenment2.Humanism3.Renaissance4.Allusion5.Byronic Hero1.选择DDBABDDDBCBDBADCABCDCDACA2.正误FTTTFFFTTF3.名词解释1.Enlightenment1>Enlightenment movement was a progressive philosophical and artistic movement which flouris hed in france and swept through western Europe in the18th century.2>the movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance from14th century to the mid-17th century.3>its purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern philosophical and artistic ideas.4>it celebrated reason or rationality,equality and science.It advocated universal education.5>famous among the great enlighteners in england were those great writers like Alexander pope.J onathan swift.etc.2.Humanism1>Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.2>it emphasizes the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life.Humanists voiced their beliefs that man was the center of the universe and man did not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of the present life,but had the ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders.3.Renaissance1>The word“Renaissance”means“rebirth”,it meant the reintroduction into westerm Europe of the full cultural heritage of Greece and Rome.2>the essence of the Renaissance is Humanism.Attitudes and feelings which had been characterist ic of the14th and15th centuries persisted well down into the era of Humanism and reformation.3>the real mainstream of the english Renaissance is the Elizabethan drama with william shakespe are being the leading dramatist.4.AllusionA reference to a person,a place,an event,or a literary work that a writer expects the reader to reco gnize and respond to.An allusion may be drawn from history,geography,literature,or religion.5.Byronic Hero1>Byronic hero refers to a proud,mysterious rebel figure of noble origin.2>with immense superiority in his passions and powers,this Byronic Hero would carry on his sho ulders the burden of righting all the wrongs in a corrupt society.And would rise single-handedly a gainst any kind of tyrannical rules either in government,in religion,or in moral principles with un conquerable wills and inexhaustible energies.3>Byrons chief contribution to English literature is his creation of the“Byronic Hero”。
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英美文学选读练习题English LiteratureQuestions on The Canterbury Tales1.Lines 1-18 are the introduction to the weather. Why did the author writeso many words to describe itTo answer why so many pilgrim go to the Canterbury at the same time.2.Summarize the main idea of lines 19-34.A group of pilgrims came across at the Canterbury and go together.3.How many people are there in the group of pilgrimsThirty4.Based on Prioress’s portrait, can you give a possible reason why sheis undertaking this pilgrimageShe wants to look for the worldly love.5.What details does the narrator use in describing the Prioress, and inwhat order1,Facial expression2,voice 3,etiquette 4，sympathy and charity 5，appearance 6，dress 7，personal accessories..6.Why does the Wife of Bath go on pilgrimageFor husband.7.What is the “framing device” that Chaucer uses for his collectionof storiesFramework:a narrative which was composed for the purpose of introducing and connecting a series of tales8.The General Prologue was written in heroic couplet, analyze some ofthe lines.9.Please name and define five specific methods of characterizationChaucer uses in the “General Prologue”.Appearance description：her nose was elegant, her eyes glass-gray; her mouth was very small，but soft and red. Facial description：her way of smiling was simple and coy . behavior description：Color description 夸张Questions on Sonnet 181.What are the themes of the sonnet 182.What images does Shakespeare use in order to strengthen the theme Andwhat kinds of figures of speech are used in the sonnet3.Analyze the meter and rhyme of the poem.Questions on Paradise Lost1.The poem opens with a long sentence. Analyze the first sentence andidentify th e writer’s conception about the poem.2.Who first seduced the mother of mankind to the revolt3.How long does Satan and his peers suffer the penal fire4.How does Satan feel about being in Hell according to the poem5.Describe the condition of the Hell in your own words according to thepoem.6.Write an essay about the image of Satan.Questions on The Pilgrim’s Progress1.Why is the market called “Vanity Fair”2.What is the original of the fair3.What did people in the fair do to Christian and his friend4.What does this episode symbolizeQuestions on William Wordsworth’s poems1.Identify the meter of the first poem.2.What mood does the opening simile suggest, and what change in moodoccurs later on3.At what time of day is London being described in the second poem4.Which descriptive elements are presented objectively and whichsubjectively5.What are the themes of the third poem6.There are two images in the third poem. Identify them and analyze them.Questions on Great Expectations1.In what details does Pip describe Miss Havisham and her room2.What is Pip’s impression about Estella3.How does Estella treat Pip And why4.Analyze the characters of Miss Havisham and Estella.5.Does Pip fall in love with Estella after the first meeting And why6.There is an image in Chapter 8. Identify it and analyze it.Questions on Tess of the d’Urb ervilles1.What effect does Tess’s confession have on Angel2.Why is Angel unable to forgive Tess when she just bestowed the giftof forgiveness on him3.Why does Tess submit to Angel’s anger and take no action to win himback4.What moral differences between men and women in the Victorian period,does this chapter reflect5.In Hardy’s works the strong element of naturalism are combined witha tendency towards symbolism. Identify and analyze the symbols in thischapter.Questions on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock1.What social class does Prufrock belong to How could you tell2.When Prufrock starts talking about the “bald spot” in the middle ofhis head, what do you think he is worrying about3.What types of images show that people are dehumanized in modern life,and suggest that inanimate objects are alive4.What is the effect of the Biblical allusion in the poem5.Irony is everywhere in the poem. Identify them.Questions on Araby1.How does the boy describe his feelings for Mangan’s sister2.Why does the boy want to go to the bazaar3.Why does he arrive so late4.What is the role of the boy’s uncle in the story What value and attitudedoes he represent5.What kind of conflict does the boy experience in the story between himand environment, or between him and the adultsAmerican LiteratureQuestions on Rip Van Winkle1.What historical events did Rip Van Winkle sleep through2.Why was Rip Van Winkle so surprised when he returned to the village3.What comparison is Irving implying when he states at the end of thestory that Dame Van Winkle’s death has released Rip from “petticoat government”4.How much effect did American Revolution have on daily life of the commonpeople5.Analyze the humorous elements in Rip Van WinkleQuestions on The Scarlet Letter1.Who empowers Dimmesdale to stand on the scaffold2.Why does Dimmesdale want to reveal3.Why does Chillingworth try desperately to stop Dimmesdale fromconfessing his sins on the scaffold4.This novel makes extensive use of symbols. How do they help developthe themes and characters in the novel5.What is the narrative point of the novel And what is the effect of thenarrative point of viewQuestions on Sister Carrie1.How many scenes did the writer describe in this chapter Name them.2.Why does Carrie still suffer from unsatisfied desires after she becamesuccessful3.How do you see Draiser’s naturalism influencing his works in SisterCarrie4.Discuss the character of Carrie and her relationships with Drouet andHurswood.Questions on Indian Camp1.What kind of relationship between Nick and his father does the storydescribe Has the relationship changed Why and how does it change2.Why did the husband kill himself3.What does the last sentence mean4.What did Nick learn from his witnessing both birth and death over onenightQuestions on The Great Gatsby1.What kind of parties does Gatsby give on Saturdays according to thenarrator2.What kind of people would attend the parties according to the narrator3.What is your impression on Gatsby after reading the text4.What is the theme of the novel5.Analyze the symbols in this chapter.。
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A. They thought money and social status was the measure of all things.C. They couldn’t see the human values in their works.14. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is_______A. the flourishing of the dramaB. the popularity of the realistic novelC. the domination of the classical poetryD. the close-down of all the theatresA. blank verseB. free verseC. sonnetD. alliteration16. Marlowe gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “______”.A. lyrical linesB. soft linesC. mighty linesD. religious lines17._______ introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England, while _______ brought in blank verse, i.e. the unrhymed iambic pentameter line.A. Wyatt...SurreyB. Wyatt...SidneyC. Surrey...SidneyD. Sidney...Spenser18. It was ________ who first introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England.A. CaxtonB. WyattC. SurreyD. Marlowe19. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare20. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called ______.A. heroic coupletB. quatrainC. Spenserian stanzaD. terza rima21．The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and ______________.A．John Milton B．John Bunyan C．Ben Jonson D．Edmund Spenser22. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are all the following EXCEPT ______.A. Francis BaconB. Christopher MarloweC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Jonson23. “Metaphysical Poetry” refers to the works of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of _____.A. John DonneB. Alexander PopeC. Christopher MarloweD. John MiltonA. Common speech.B. Conceit. 奇思妙想C. Argument.修辞D. Refined language.用词严谨25. All the following poets except ________ belong to the metaphysical school.A. DonneB. HerbertC. MarvellD. Milton35．Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are ________.A．Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, HamletB．Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of VeniceC．Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD．Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet36. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, ______and ______.A. King Lear...Romeo and JulietB. King Lear…MacbethC. King John...Julius CaesarD. King John…The Merchant of Venice37.Shakespeare’s tragedies include all the following except（ ）.A. Hamlet and King LearB. Antony and Cleopatra and MacbethC. Julius Caesar and OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream38. In Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, which of the following is the typical characteristic the heroes share in common? ( )A. They have a strong lust for power and finally go into incessant crimes.B. They are perfect heroes without any weakness.C. They face the injustice of human life but are never caught in a difficult situation.D. They have a fate which is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation.39. As to the great tragedy Hamlet, which of the following is not true?A. The timeless appeal of this mighty drama lies in its combination of intrigue,emotional conflict and searching philosophic melancholy.B. The bare outline of the play is based on a widespread legend in northern Europe.C. The whole story of the play is created by Shakespeare himself.D. In it, Shakespeare condemns the hypocrisy and treachery and general corruption atthe royal court.40. ______, the melancholic scholar, prince, faces the dilemma between action andmind.A. OthelloB. MacbethC. HamletD. Antonio41. In Hamlet, the hero’s trouble mainly lies in ( )A. his pride in refusing to acknowledge his mother’s second marriageB. his hesitation in carrying out his plan of revengeC. his suspicion that his father was murdered by his uncleD. his ambition to gain quick access to the throne42. ________ is a natural means of writing in revealing the prince’s inner conflict and psychological predicament in Shakespeare's Hamlet.A．Dialogue B．SoliloquyC．Dramatic monologue D．Satire43. “To be, or not to be - that is the question;/Whether’ tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/Or to take arms against a sea of troubles ,/And by opposing end then?” These lines are taken from _____.A. King LearB. Romeo and JulietC. OthelloD. Hamlet44. _____ lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.A. Othello’sB. Hamlet’sC. Shylock’sD. Macbeth’s45. _____ inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force.A. Hamlet’sB. Othello’sC. King Lear’sD. Macbeth’s46. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is true?A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth.B. The romantic elements are not brought into full play at all.C. He presents the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion.D. There is a wonderful balance of characters.47. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is not true?A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth.B. The romantic elements are brought into full play.C. He praises the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectual excitement and emotion.D. His youthful Renaissance spirit of jollity is fully reflected.48. The most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____.A. A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC. As You Like ItD. Twelfth Night49.Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of Venice: “Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew/Thou mak’st thy knife keen.” What kind of figurative device is used in the above lines?（ ）A. Simile.直喻、明喻B. Metonymy.隐喻C. Pun.双关语D. Synecdoche.50.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, My wife, and all the world.Are not with me esteem'd above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,Here to the devil, to deliver you.Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she were by to hear you make the offer.”The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____.A.dramatic irony戏剧反讽B.personification拟人C.allegory 寓言D.symbolism象征52.In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB. his enterprise went bankruptC. Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD. his ships had all been lost53. The Tempest is a typical example of Shakespeare’s__________view of life towards human life and society in his late years.A. pessimisticB. optimisticC. satiricalD. none of the above54. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances, ______ is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life and society in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece55. Shakespeare’ s ______, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of his final romances.A. The Winter’s TaleB. The TempestC. The Taming of the ShrewD. Love’ s Labour’ s Lost56. Shakespeare’s ______ are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.A. comediesB. tragediesC. history playsD. dark comedies57. Which of the following is William Shakespeare’s history play?A. MacbethB. Henry IVC. Romeo and JulietD. King Lear58. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvation.59．The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line ofone of Shakespeare’s ______________.A．comedies B．tragedies C．sonnets D．histories60.“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 includes three stanzas according to the content with these last two lines as a（ ）, which completes the sense of the above lines.(057)A. prelude序B. couplet双韵C. epigraph题词D. exposition说明61. In his tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare eulogizes _____.A. the faithfulness of loveB. the spirit of pursuing happinessC. the heroine's great beauty , wit and loyaltyD. both A and BJohn Milton62．Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from ______________.A．the Renaissance B．the Old TestamentC．Greek Mythology D．the New Testament63. The story of Paradise Lost is taken from____. It tells about___.A. the Old Testament … …Satan’s rebellion against God.B. the Bible… …the expulsion of Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden.C. Greek Mythology … …a young prince’s revenge on his father’s murderer.D. both A and B64. Paradise Lost tells the story of _____.A. a young prince's revenge on his father's murdererB. the expulsion of Adam and Eve out of the garden of EdenC. Satan's rebellion against GodD. both B and C65 Which of the following statements about Paradise Lost is true?A. Adam and Eve were driven out of Paradise for their conspiracy with Satan.B. The writer intended to expose the ways of Satan and to justify the ways of God to men.C. Satan, as a rebel to God, was finally defeated and surrendered.D. Satan was finally reconciled with God.66. In heaven, _____ led a rebellion against God. Defeated, he and his rebel angels were cast into Hell.A. AdamB. EveC. SatanD. Samson67. John Milton’s ______ is the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica68.John Milton wrote ______ to expose the way of Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men”.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. LycidasD. Samson Agonistes69. “To wage by force or guile eternal war,Irreconcilable to our grand Foe.”（John Milton, Paradise lost)By what means were Satan and his followers to wage this war against God?A. By planting a tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden.B. By turning into poisonous snakes to threaten man’s life.C. By removing God from His throne.D. By corrupting man and woman created by God.70. John Milton’ s most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model is ______.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Lycidas71. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in English is Milton’s _____.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica72. Samson Agonistes by ______ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English.A. John MiltonB. William BlakeC. Henry FieldingD. William Wordsworth73. The hero of one his main works is an Israel’s mighty champion, blind, alone and fighting against his thoughtless enemies. This hero’s experience is in close resemblance to the poet himself. This poet’s name is ________.A．John Milton B．John BunyanC．Edmund Spenser D．Christopher Marlowe74. Which of the following is not John Milton’s works?A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Othello75. Which of the following works does not belong to John Milton?A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. AdonaisD. LlycidasII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)77 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May，And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed,And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed:But thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this ,and this gives life to thee.1. What kind of poem is this, blank verse, sonnet, pastoral poem, or ode? Who is the author?SONNET, William Shakespeare2. What is the central idea of this poem?A nice summer’s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever.78.“Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this part is taken.William Shakespeare; SONNET 18B. What does the word “this” in the last line refer to? “this” refers the poemC. What idea do the quoted lines express?When you are in my eternal poetry, you are even with time. A nice summer’s day is usuallytransient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever.79．“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:”Questions:A.Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.William Shakespeare; Sonnet 18B. Name the figure of speech employed in the poem. ----PersonificationC．What is the theme of the poem?A nice summer’s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever.80. “To be, or not to be —— that is the question;Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them?”Questions:A. Who is the writer of this work? What’s the title of the work?William Shakespeare, HAMLETB. What does the phrase “to take arms against a sea of troubles” mean?To take up arms against troubles that sweep upon us like a sea.C. How do you understand the quotation “To be, or not to be -that is the question”? Whether to live on in this world or to die is a question. It reflects Hamlet’s dilemma and has become the eternal questioning of human action.81. “Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,Thou mak’st thy knife keen; but no metal can,No, not the hangman’s axe, bear half the keennessOf thy sharp envy.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the title of the play from which this part is taken.William Shakespeare; The Merchant of VeniceB. What figure of speech is used in this quoted passage? PUN 双关C. What idea does the passage express?III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)82．William Shakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights the world has ever known.(1)Name his four greatest tragedies.(2)What are the characteristics of the four tragedies in common?(3)Briefly summarize each hero’s weakness of nature.B. They some characteristics in common. Each portrays some noble hero, whofaces the injustice of human life and is caught in a difficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation.C. Each hero has his weakness of nature:Hamlet, the melancholic scholar-prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind;Othello’s inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force;the old king Lear who is unwilling to totally give up his power makes himself suffer fromtreachery and infidelity;Macbeth’s lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.83. Working through the tradition of a Christian humanism, Milton wrote Paradise Lost, intending to expose the ways of Satan and to “justify the ways of God to men.”What is Milton’s fundamental concern in Paradise Lost?B. The freedom to submit to God’s prohibition on eating the appleC. and the choice of disobedience made for love.84. The following passage is taken from The Merchant of Venice. Read it carefully and find the dramatic irony it contains. Use it as an example to illustrate what dramatic irony is. (034)“Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, my wife, and all world,Are not with me esteem’d above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them allHere to this devil, to deliver you.Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she were by to hear you make the offer.”Answer:B. In the given example, Portia, Bassanio's newly-married wife, disguised herselfas the lawyer to take charge of the case. Portia herself and the audience know all this, but Bassanio is ignorant of it. So when Bassanio offers in front of his disguised wife to sacrifice her in order to deliver Antonio, he makes himself behave in a ridiculous way in the eyes of the audience. Thus an effect of dramatic irony is achieved.IV. Topic Discussion(20 points in all, 10 for each)85. Briefly discuss William Shakespeare's artistic achievements in characterization, plot construction and language.B. Shakespeare seldom invents his own plot; instead, he borrows them from oldplays or story-books, from ancient Greek or Roman sources. In order to make the play more lively and compact, he would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several clues running through the play, thus providing the story with suspense and apprehension.C. Shakespeare can write skillfully in different poetic forms, such as the sonnet,the blank verse and the rhymed couplet. He has an amazing wealth of vocabulary and idiom. His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of the old works also creates striking effects on the reader.1. Please state Shakespeare's views on the Renaissance literature.。
《英美文学选读》习题与答案
《英美文学选读》（课程代码：00604）I.The following passage is an extract from Letter to Lord Chesterfield by Samuel Johnson, the leading figure of British neoclassicists. In 1747, when Samuel Johnson, began his Dictionary of the English language, Lord Chesterfield had at first indicated that he could be his patron, but when Johnson came to him for concrete help, Lord Chesterfield neglected him to the point of ignoring him; Johnson was insulted and furious. In 1775 when the Dictionary was published and acclaimed, Chesterfield openly recommended, hoping to get some credit for it as Johnson’s patron. Samuel Johnson wrote as reply his famous Letter to Lord Chesterfield in which he vented his feeling of hurt pride. Read it carefully, paying special attention to the rhetorical devices used, and answer the question. (20 points)①Is not patron, my lord, one who looked with unconcernupon man struggling for a life in the water, and when he hadreached to the safety of ground, encumbered him with help?②The notice you have taken of my Labour, had it beenearly, had been kind, but it had been delayed till I amindifferent, and can’t enjoy it; till I am solitary, and can’timpart it; till I am known, and do not want it. ③I hope thatit is no very asperity not to confess obligation where nobenefit have been received, or to be unwilling that thePublic should consider me as owing that to a patron, whichProvidence had enabled me to do for myself.Question:⑴what syntactic devices the author used in sentence ? And whatare their stylistic functions? (10 points)⑵point out the figure of speech used in sentences①and ③. (10 points)II. The following critical paper is about George Bernard Shaw’s famous drama “Pygmalion”. Read it carefully and answer the questions set on it. (20 points) 1 What we discover in Pygmalion is that phonetics and correct pronunciation are systems of markers superficial in themselves but endowed with tremendous social significance. Eliza's education in the ways that the English upper classes act and speak provides an opportunity for the playwright to explore the very foundations of social equality and inequality. Higgins himself observes that pronunciation is the deepest gulf that separates class from class and soul from soul. Playwright and character differ, however, in that instead of criticizing the existence of this gulf, Higgins accepts it as natural and uses his skills to help those who can afford his services (or are taken in as experiments, like Liza) to bridge it.2“At Mrs. Higgins's ““At Home reception,” Liza is fundamentally the same person she was in Act I, although she differs in what we learnto appreciate as superficialities of social disguise (according to Mugglestone): details of speech and cleanliness. Act III of Pygmalion highlights the importance of Liza's double transformation, by showing her suspended between the play's beginning and its conclusion. In modern society, however, as Shaw illustrates, it is precisely these superficial details which tend to be endowed with most significance. Certainly the Eynsford Hills view such details as significant, as Liza's entrance produces for them what Shaw's stage directions call “an impression of ... remarkable distinction and beauty.”3 Ironically, however, Liza's true transformation is yet to occur. She experiences a much more fundamental change in her consciousness when she realizes that Higgins has more or less abandoned her at the conclusion of his experiment.At first, Liza experiences a sense of anxiety over not belonging anywhere: she can hardly returnto flower peddling, yet she lacks the financial means to makeher new, outward identity a social reality. “What am I fit for?”She demands of Higgins. “What have you left me fit for? Wheream I to go? What am I to do? What's to become of me?” Berst wrote that while Pickering is generous, Eliza is shoved intothe wings by Higgins. The dream has been fulfilled, midnighthas tolled for Cinderella, and morning reality is at hand. Lizamust break away from Higgins when he shows himself incapableof recognizing her needs. This response of Higgins is well withinhis character as it has been portrayed in the play. Indeed, fromhis first exposure to Liza, Higgins denied Liza any social oreven individual worth. Calling Liza a squashed cabbage leaf, Higgins states that a woman who utters such depressing anddisgusting sounds has no right to be anywhere no right to live. Question 1: Explain what is Liza’s Double Transformation?(10 points)Question 2: What makes Liza feel she is in an embarrassing situation when she is transformed into a lady in speechand appearance? (10 points)III.The following critical essay is about Thomas Hardy’s most well-known tragic novel “Tess of d’Urbervilles”. Peruse it and then answer the questions set on it (30 points)The social background of Tess of d’Urbervilles was in a time of difficult social upheaval, when England was making its slow, painful transition from an old-fashioned, agricultural nation to amodern, industrial one. Businessmen and entrepreneurs, or “new money,” joined the ranks of the social elite, as some families of the ancient aristocracy, or “old money,” faded into obscurit y. Tess’s family in Tess of the d’Urbervilles illustrates this change, as Tess’s parents, the Durbeyfields, lose themselves in the fantasy of belonging to an ancient and aristocratic family, the d’Urbervilles.Hardy’s novel strongly suggests that such a f amily history is not only meaningless but also utterly undesirable. Hardy’s views on the subject were appalling to conservative and status-conscious British readers and Tess of the d’Urberville s was met in England with widespread controversy. Beyond her social symbolism, Tess represents fallen humanity in a religious sense, as the frequent biblical allusions in the novel remind us. Just as Tess’s clan was once glorious and powerful but is now sadly diminished, so too did the early glory of the first humans, Adam and Eve, fade with their expulsion from Eden, making humans sad shadows of what they once were. Tess thus represents what is known in Christian theology as original sin, the degraded state in which all humans live, even when—like Tess herself after killing Prince or succumbing to Alec—they are not wholly or directly responsible for the sins for which they are punished. This torment represents the most universal side of Tess: she is the myth of the human who suffers for crimes that are not her own and lives a life more degraded than she deserves.Angel represents a rebellious striving toward a personal vision of goodness A freethinking son born into the family of a provincial parson and determined to set himself up as a farmer instead of going to Cambridge like his conformist brothers,. He is a secularist who yearns to work for the “honor and glory of man,” as he tells his father in Chapter XVIII, rather than for the honor and glory of God in a more distant world. A typical young nineteenth-century progressive, Angel sees human society as a thing to be remolded and improved, and he fervently believes in the nobility of man. He rejects the values handed to him, and sets off in search of his own. His love for Tess, a mere milkmaid and his social inferior, is one expression of his disdain for tradition. This independent spirit contributes to his aura of charisma and general attractiveness that makes him the love object of all the milkmaids with whom he works at Talbothays. As his name—in French, close to “Bright Angel”—suggests, Angel is not quite of this world, but floats above it in a transcendent sphere of his own. The narrator says that Angel shines rather than burns and that he is closer to the intellectually aloof poet Shelley than to the fleshly and passionate poet Byron.His love for Tess may be abstract, as we guess when he calls her “Daughter of Nature” or “Demeter.” Tess may be more an archetype or ideal to him than a flesh and blood woman with a complicated life. Angel’s ideals of human purity are too elevated to be applied to actual people: Mrs. Durbeyfield’s easygoing moral beliefs are much more easily accommodated to real lives such as Tess’s. Angel awakens to the actual complexities of real-world morality after hisfailure in Brazil, and only then he realizes he has been unfair to Tess. His moral system is readjusted as he is brought down to Earth. Ironically, it is not the angel who guides the human in this novel, but the human who instructs the angel, although at the cost of her own life.Question 1: Why Tess is said to be a paragon of “fallen humanity”?(15 points)Question 2: Why Tess converted the idealist Angle into a realist Angle in terms of her own tragedy? (15 points)IV.The following paragraphs are taken from chapter VIII ofbook IV in Gulliver’s Travels. This section pictures an ideal rational existence, the Houyhnhnms kingdom whose life is governed by sense and moderation of which philosopherssince Plato have long dreamed. Read them and answer thefollowing questions. (30 points)1Courtship, love, presents, jointures, settlements haveno place in their thoughts, or terms whereby to expressthem in their language. The young couple meet,and are joined, merely because it is the determinationof their parents and friends; it is what they see doneevery day, and they look upon it as one of the necessaryactions of a reasonable being.2 But the violation of marriage, or any other unchastity,was never heard of; and the married pair pass their liveswith the same friendship and mutual benevolence, thatthey bear to all others of the same species who come intheir way, without jealousy, fondness, quarrelling, ordiscontent. When the matron Houyhnhnms have produced one of each sex, they no longer accompany with their consorts, except they lose one of their issue by some casualty, which very seldom happens; but in such a case they meet again; or when the like accident befalls a person whose wife is past bearing, some other couple bestow on him one of their own colts, and then go together again until the mother is pregnant. This caution is necessary, to prevent the country from being overburdened with numbers. But the race of inferior Houyhnhnms, bred up to be servants, is not so strictly limited upon this article: these are allowed to produce three of each sex, to be domestics in the noble families3 Every fourth year, at the vernal equinox, there is arepresentative council of the whole nation, which meets in a plain about twenty miles from our house, and continues about five or six days. Here they inquire into the state and condition of the several districts; whether they abound or be deficient in hay or oats, or cows, or Yahoos; and wherever there is any want (which is but seldom) it is immediately supplied by unanimous consent and contribution. Here likewise the regulation of children is settled: as for instance, ifa Houyhnhnm has two males, he changes one of them withanother that has two females; and when a child has been lost by any casualty, where the mother is past breeding, it is determined what family in the district shall breed another to supply the loss.Question1.The satire in this work is seen entirely in a discrepancybetween Swift and the Gulliver, the typical rational scientist in the age of enlightenment? Comment on it. (15points)Question2. In what ways does the author satirize the rationalism ofHouyhnhnms society, for example, the rational idea onmarriage, and the family-planning? (15 points)《英美文学选读》试卷参考答案I. 【20分】Answer:The author used repetition and parallelism to make this satirical prose daintier and more repugnant in tone. This piece of prose is typical of neoclassical prose which set great store by elegance of the language which was achieved by way of rhetorical richness. 【10分】The author used sarcasm in these two sentences to openly deny Lord Chesterfield’s patronage and attack his insolent and blatant behavior. The sarcasm made in a circumlocutious way renders this satirical prose more taunting and bitter. 【10分】II【20分】Question 1: What is Liza’s Double Transformation?Act III of Pygmalion highlights the importance of Liza's double transformation, by showing her suspended between the play's beginning and its conclusion. “At Mrs. Higgins's ““At Home reception,” Liza is fundamentally the same person she was in Act I, although she differs in what we learn to appreciate as superficialities of social disguise (according to Mugglestone): details of speech and cleanliness. In modern society, however, as Shaw illustrates, it is precisely these superficial details which tend to be endowed with most significance. Certainly the Eynsford Hills view such details as significant, as Liza's entrance produces for them what Shaw's stage directions call “animpression of ... remarkable distinction and beauty.” Ironically, however, Liza's true transformation is yet to occur. She experiences a much more fundamental change in her consciousness when she realizes that Higgins has more or less abandoned her at the conclusion of his experiment. 【10分】Question 2:What is Liza’s Predicament?Liza experiences a sense of anxiety over not belonging anywhere: she can hardly return to flower peddling, yet she lacks the financial means to make her new, outward identity a social reality. “What am I fit for?” She demands of Higgins. “What have you left me fit for? Where am I to go? What am I to do? What's to become of me?” While Pickering is generous, Eliza is shoved into the wings by Higgins. The dream has been fulfilled, midnight has tolled for Cinderella, and morning reality is at hand. Liza must break away from Higgins when he shows himself incapable of recognizing her needs. This response of Higgins is well within his character as it has been portrayed in the play. Indeed, from his first exposure to Liza, Higgins denied Liza any social or even individual worth. Calling Liza a squashed cabbage leaf, Higgins states that a woman who utters such depressing and disgusting sounds has no right to be anywhere no right to live. 【10分】III.【30分】Question 1: Why Tess is said to be a paragon of fallen humanity?Tess represents fallen humanity in a religious sense, as the frequent biblical allusions in the novel remind us. Just as Tess’s clan was once glorious and powerful but is now sadly diminished, so too did the early glory of the first humans, Adam and Eve, fade with their expulsion from Eden, making humans sad shadows of what they once were. Tess thus represents what is known in Christian theology as original sin, the degraded state in which all humans live, even when—like Tess herself after killing Prince or succumbing to Alec—they are not wholly or directly responsible for the sins for which they are punished. This torment represents the most universal side of Tess: she is the myth of the human who suffers for crimes that are not her own and lives a life more degraded than she deserves. 【15分】Question 2: Discuss why Tess changes the idealist Angle into a realist Angle in a tragic way?Angel is closer to the intellectually aloof poet Shelley than to the fleshly and passionate poet Byron. His love for Tess may be abstract, as we guess when he calls her “Daughter of Nature” or “Demeter.” Tess may be more an archetype or ideal to him than a flesh and blood woman with a complicated life. Angel’sideals of human purity are too elevated to be applied to actual people: Mrs. Durbeyfield’s eas ygoing moral beliefs are much more easily accommodated to real lives such as Tess’s. Angel awakens to the actual complexities of real-world morality after his failure in Brazil, and only then he realizes he has been unfair to Tess. His moral system is readjusted as he is brought down to Earth. Ironically, it is not the angel who guides the human in this novel, but the human who instructs the angel, although at the cost of her own life. 【15分】IV【30分】Question1. This work is called a satire which is seen entirely in a discrepancy between Swift and the Gulliver, the typical rational scientist in the age of enlightenment? Comment on it. 【15分】There are echoes of Plato’s Republic in the Houyhnhnms’rejection of light entertainment and vain displays of luxury, their appeal to reason rather than any holy writings as the criterion for proper action, and their communal approach to family planning.The Gulliver’s Travels is a book of subtle satire. The satire comes mainly from the discrepancy between Gulliver who is fitted out as the archetypal man of the enlightenment movement, susceptible to rationalism of 18th century. Swift on the other hand is very critical of his time, especially its rational thinking. Whereas Gulliver takes Houyhnhnm society as ideal utopia one, the author finds its rationality totally intolerable.Question2.In what ways does the author satirize the rational Houyhnhnms society, for example, the rational ideal on marriage, and the family-planning? 【15分】Paragons of virtue and rationality, the horses are also dull, simple, and lifeless. Their language is impoverished, their mating loveless, and their understanding of the complex play of social forces naïve. What is missing in the horses is exactly that which makes human life rich: the complicated interplay of selfishness, altruism, love, hate, and all other emotions. In other words, the Houyhnhnms’ society is perfect for Houyhnhnms, but it is hopeless for humans. Houyhnhnm society is, in stark contrast to the societies of the first three voyages, devoid of all that is human.But we may be less ready than Gulliver to take the Houyhnhnms as ideals of human existence. They have no names in the narrative nor any need for names, since they are virtually interchangeable, with little individual identity. Their lives seem harmonious and happy, although quite lacking in vigor, challenge, and excitement. Indeed, this apparent ease may be why Swift chooses to makethem horses rather than human types like every other group in the novel. He may be hinting, to those more insightful than Gulliver, that the Houyhnhnms should not be considered human ideals at all. In any case, they symbolize a standard of rational existence to be either espoused or rejected by both Gulliver and us.。
2023年10月自考00604英美文学选读试题及答案含评分标准
绝密★启用前2023年10月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考（课程代码00604）一、单项选择题：本大题共40小题，每小题1分，共40分。
1. B2. A3. D4. C5. C6. B7. A8. D9. C 10. A11. D 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C16. D 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. D21. D 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. A26. D 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. D31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. B36. D 37. C 38. A 39. A 40. D二、阅读理解题：本大题共4小题，每小题4分，共16分。
41. A. Henry Fielding; The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (or Tom Jones). (2分)B. Daughter of the well-off squire Western. (1分)C. Human nature. (1分)42. A. Charles Dickens; Oliver Twist (2分)B. A chimney-sweeper. (1分)C. Character-portrayal. (1分)43. A. Theodore Dreiser; Sister Carrie.(2分)B. Hurstwood. (1分)C. He turned on the gas in a cheap lodging-house and ended his life. (1分)英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考第1页（共3页）44. A. Robert Lee Frost. (1分)B. The speaker tells us how the course of his life was determined when he came upon tworoads that diverged in a wood. (2分)C. The speaker took the road less traveled by. (1分)三、简答题：本大题共4小题，每小题6分，共24分。
英美文学选读综合测试
【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：4分[1]What are the characteristics of Byron's works?答：Although many of Byron’s works are debated by the critics, he is still one of the influential figures in English literature. In most of his works, we can see Byron's violent attack on" Cant politics, religion a novelty of the oriental scenery, the romantic character of Byronically hero and the easy, fluent and natu verse. Byron's diction, though unequal and frequently faulty, has on a whole a freedom, copiousness and v descriptions are simple and fresh, and often bring vivid objects before the reader. The glowing imaginati 答案：they are violentattack on politics, religion and morals. They describe the nove oriental scenery and shows the easy, fluent and natural beauty of his verse. 【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：4分[2]Briefly state Mark Twain’ s magic power with language in his novels.答：A.Setting: In the novel Mark Twain recreates a small-town world of America and presents the local color. Bsimple, direct language faithful to the colloquial speech, the vernacular language of the local people C.C recreates two rebels and fugitives running away from civilization, especially Huckleberry Finn, an innocen accept the conventional village morality D.Theme: The novel is a criticism of social injustice, hypocrisy, and narrow-mindedness of the American small town society E.Style: The novel employs a humorous答案：His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect, and his sentence str simple, even ungrammatical spoken language; His characters speak with a strong is true of his local colorism;Different characters from different literary or c backgrounds talk differently.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：0分[3]What are the main features of Robert Browning’s poetry?答：Robert Browning’s poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humor, social commentary, histo challenging vocabulary and syntax.答案：He uses dramatic monologue, fast, rough and unmusical rhythm. His works inclu compressed syntax, similes and illustrations,non-poetic jarring diction.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：1分[4]What are the "Wessex novels" of Thomas Hardy?答：Thomas Hardy is one of the most excellent realistic novelist and poet in the 19~(th) century. His novels description of his hometown Wessex—a city in England, and therefore are called by the name "Wessex Nove named as Novels of Character and Environment by Hardy himself. These novels describe the unexpected and fields of society, economy, politics, ethics, and customs in England after the invasion of Capitalism, a fate of the broken farmers, and discover the potential crisis of the society in England which is under t 答案：They are the fictional and crude rural region in Wessex andHardy's homeplac 【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：2分[5]Comment on the characteristics of Romantic writers in English history.答：It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of imagination and nature答案：It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of i nature.【题型：简答】【分数：4分】得分：4分[6] The white whale, Moby Dick is endowed with symbolic meaning. What do you think it symbolizes?答：To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe.To Ishmael astonishing force, an immense power, which defies rational explanation due to a sense of mystery it carrie but malignant at the same time. To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument o upon evil man答案：To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that contr universe.To Ishmael, the whale is an astonishing force, an immense power, which defies r explanation due to a sense of mystery it carries. It is beautiful, but malignan time.To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument of God upon evil man.【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：10分[7]Discuss the artistic features of Shelley's poems.答：lyrical|poet|classical|mythological|allusions|figures of speech|metaphor|personification|description 答案：lyrical|poet|classical|mythological|allusions|figures ofspeech|metaphor|personification|description【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：10分[8]What does Wordsworth mean when he said "All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings tranquility"?答：This sentence is considered as the principle of Wordsworth’s poetry creation which was set forth in the Lyrical Ballads”. As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old classical tradi in their poetical creations，Wordsworth based his own poetic talent on the premise that“all good poetry overflow of powerful feeling．” He appealed directly on individual sensations，i. e. pleasure，exciteme as the foundation in the creation and appreciation of poetry. A poet’s emotion extends from human affai 答案：principle|Wordsworth|poetic|creation|preface|Lyrical Ballads|individual|sensa 【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[9] When the minister spoke from the pulpit, with power and fervid eloquence, and, with his hands on the opesacred truths of our religion, and of saint-like lives and triumphant deaths, and of future bliss of mis then did Goodman Brown turn pale, dreading, lest the roof should thunder down upon the gray blasphemer a Questions:A. Identify the title of the short story from which this part is taken.B. What had happened in the story before this church scene?C. Why was Goodman Brown afraid the roof might thunder down?答：A.Hawthorne’s Yong Goodman BrownB.Brown had attended a witches’party where he saw many prominent peopvillage ,the minister included C.Brown was shocked by the minister,secretly a member of the evil club, w sacred truths of the reigion openly and unashamedly . He thought God would punish such hypocrites down o 答案：young Goodman Brown, attend a witches' party,shocked by the minister【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分[10]“I like to see it lap the Miles—And lick the Valleys up—And stop to feed itself at Tanks—And then-prodigiosu step”A. Please give the name of the author.B. What idea does this poem express?答：A.DickinsonB.This poem was shocked the world One of three big project -- North America big railway, thecivilization development.答案：Emily Dichinson, suspicion of the relationship between man and nature【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：3分[11]"To be or not to be-- that is the question."Questions:A. Identify the author.B. From which work is the above sentence taken?答：A.William ShakespeareB.Hamlett答案：Shakespeare, Hamlet【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：2分[12]Had I as many souls as there be stars.I’d give them all for Mephistophilis!By him I’ll be great emperor of the world,And make a bridge through the moving airTo pass the ocean with a band of men;I’ll join the hills that bing the Africa shoreAnd make that country continent to Spain,And both contributory to my crown;The Emperor shall not live by my leave,Nor any potentate of Germany.Now that I have obtained what I desireI’ll live in speculation of this art.Till Mephistophilis return again.”A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken.B. Based on the passage, write down in one or two sentences the theme of the play.答：A.Dr.Faustus, a play by Christopher Marlowe.B.Man's aspiration, bounding achievements, and the inevitab 答案：Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe, Man's aspiration, bounding achievement【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[13]______ by Melville is a novella about a ship whose black slave cargo mutiny holds their captain a terrorA A. “Bartleby, the Scrivener”B B. Benito CerenoC C. The Confidence-ManD D. Billy Bud答：B答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[14]The great political and social events in the English society of neoclassical period were the followingA the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660B the Great Plague of 1665C the Great London Fire in 1666D the Wars of Roses in 1689答：D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[15]All of the following are stream –of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________.A The Sound and the FuryB UlyssesC Mrs. DallowayD Jude the Obscure答：A答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[16]Greatly and permanently affected by the ________ experiences, Hemingway formed his own writinwith his theme and hero.A. mining &nbsA miningB farmingC warD sea答：C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[17]Which of the following masterpieces doesn’t belong to the tragedies of Shakespeare?A A. Romeo and JulietB B. The Merry Wives of WindsorC C. Julius CaesarD D. King Lear答：D答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[18]Here is a sentence from an essay, “Read not to contradict and confuse, nor to believe and take for gran talk and discourse, but to weight and consider”. The essay must be ______.A Of Studies by Francis BaconB The Advancement of Learning by Francis BaconC Novum Organum by Francis BaconD Essays by Francis Bacon答：A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[19]7. Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT_____.A precisonB directnessC flexibilityD satire答：D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[20]Rousseau published two books that electrified Europe—Du contrat Social and ____ in which he explored ne nature, society and education.A A. EmileB B. Declaration of Rights of ManC C. Life of NapoleonD D. The Advancement of Learning答：A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[21]With the help of his friends Phil Stone and Sherwood Anderson, ______ published a volume of poFaun and his first novel Soldiers’ Pay.A FaulknerB HemingwayC Ezra PoundD Fitzgerald答：A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[22]Statement ____ is NOT true in describing Gothic novel.A Gothic novel is a type of romantic fictionB Gothic novel predominated in the early 18th centuryC Its principal elements are violence, horror and supernaturalD The Mystery of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe is typical Gothic romance答：B答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[23]“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” the quoted line comes from ________.A Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”B Walt Whitman’ s Leaves of GrassC John Milton’s Paradise LostD John Keats’“ Ode on a Grecian Urn”答：A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[24]The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling, and second, the individual is____A insignificantB evilC divineD silly答：C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[25]The author of Leaves of Grass , a giant of American letters, is ______.A FaulknerB DreiserC . JamesD Whitman答：D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[26]In Go Down, Moses, ________ illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a closeblood brotherhood.A. William Faulkner &nbsA William FaulknerB Jack LondonC Herman MelvilleD Nathaniel Hawthorne答：A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[27]In 1892, Yeats wrote his first play, ____, which is an Irish myth about a noblewoman who sells her soul order to save starving peasants.A A. The Land of Heart’s DesireB B. The Shadowy WatersC C. The Countess CathleenD D. Purgatory答：C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[28]A proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin is called _____ hero in Romantic Period of EngliA RomanticB RealisticC RenaissanceD Byronic答：D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[29]_____ explores the scrupulous individualism in a world of fantastic speculation and unstable values,to the get-rich-quick years of the post-Civil War era.A Innocents AbroadB The Gilded AgeC Roughing ItD The Middle Years答：B答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[30]The Advancement of Learning is a great tract on _____.A A. historyB B. literatureC C. policyD D. education答：D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[31]The 20th -century stream- of- consciousness technique was frequently and skillfully used by _ the reactions and inner musings of the narrator.A HemingwayB FrostC FaulknerD Whitman答：C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[32]Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by __A Robert FrostB Theodore DreiserC Henry JamesD Waltman答：B答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[33]The following statement ______ is WRONG in describing Transcendentalism.A It absorbed some ideological concerns of American Puritanism and European Romanticism.B It advocates the importance of Individual and Nature.C Trancendentalists believed that there should be an emotional communication between an indiD It emphasizes that man is the measure of all things.答：D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[34]Jonathan Swift’ s ______ is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the period whole English literary history.A Gulliver’s TravelsB The Battle of the BooksC “A Modest Proposal”D A Tale of a Tub答：C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：0分[35]In 1847, the Bronte sisters published the following famous novels EXCEPT “______”.A Jane EyreB ShirleyC Wuthering HeightsD The Tenant of Windfall Hall答：D答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[36]The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his charenergetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.A John Galsworthy’sB Thomas Hardy’sC D．H．Lawrence’sD Charles Dickens’答：C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[37]In _____, James Joyce intends to present a microcosm of the whole human life by providing an instance of contains all the events of its kind, and how history is recapitulated in the happenings of one day.A A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB B. DublinersC C. UlyssesD D. Finnegans Wake答：C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[38]With the scarlet letter A as the biggest symbol of all, ______ proves himself to be one of symbolists.A HawthorneB DreiserC JamesD Faulkner答：A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[39]. “‘Damn the fool! There he is’, cried Heathcliff, sinking back into his seat, ‘Hush, my darling! H Catherine! I’ll stay. If he shot me so, I’d expire with a blessing in my lips.’” The novel from whic taken is _______.<A Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceB Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity ShopC Samuel Richardson’s PamelaD Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights答：D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[40]The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being above water. ” This “iabout prose style was put forward by ________.A William FaulknerB F·Scott FitzgeraldC Henry JamesD Ernest Hemingway答：D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[41]Joyce’s masterpiece, ______ gives an account of man’s life during one day in Dublin.A DublinersB Finnegans WakeC UlyssesD A Portrait of the Artist答：C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[42]In Charles Dickens’ work ________, the Utilitarian principle rules over the English education systehearts and minds.A Hard timesB Oliver TwistC David CopperfieldD Bleak House答：A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[43]Poetry is defined by ______ as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates irecollected in tranquility”.A WordsworthB ShellyC KeatsD Wialliam Blake答：A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[44]“O prince, O chief of many throned powers, That led th’ embattled seraphim to war Under thydreadful deeds Fearless, endangered Heaven’s perpetual King.” In the third line of the aboveMilton’s Paradise LosA Satan’sB God’sC Adam’sD Eve’s答：A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[45]Jane Austen’ s first novel ________ tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs.A Mansfield ParkB Sense and SensibilityC Pride and PrejudiceD Sons and Lovers答：B答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[46]Shakespeare’ s ______, an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of his final romancesA The Winter’s TaleB The TempestC The Taming of the ShrewD Love’ s Labour’ s Lost答：B答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[47]6. Which of the following descriptions of Enlightenment Movement is NOT true?A It was a progressive intellectual movement that flourished in France.B B. It was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries.C C. The purpose was to enlighten the whole world with moderu philosophical and artistic idD D. The Enlighteners advocate individual education.答：D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[48]In Milton’s works, “____” is the greatest, indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English “Beowulf”.A A. Paradise LostB B. Paradise RegainedC C. Samson AgonistesD D. Lycidas答：A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[49]From the first novel Sister Carrie on, Dreiser set himself to project the American values for w them to be: ______ to the core.A altruisticB politicalC religiousD materialistc答：D答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[50]The three trilogies of ______’s Forsyte novels are masterpieces of critical realism in the early 2A John GalsworthyB Arnold BennetC James JoyceD H. G. Wells答：A答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[51]Of all Herman Melville’s sea adventure stories, ________ proves to be the best.A TypeeB ReburnC Moby – DickD Omoo答：C答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】得分：1分[52]The Rivals and _____ are generally regarded as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare Bernard Shaw.A The School for ScandalB The Duenna。
吴伟仁《美国文学史及选读》模拟试题及详解（一）【圣才出品】
吴伟仁《美国⽂学史及选读》模拟试题及详解（⼀）【圣才出品】第⼀章吴伟仁《美国⽂学史及选读》模拟试题及详解（⼀）I. Fill in the blanks1. ______, by Ezra Pound, employs the complex association of scholarly lore, anthropology, modern history and personages, private history and Witticism, and obscure literary interpolations in various languages.【答案】The Cantos【解析】庞德的《诗章》包罗万象，是庞德的代表作。
2. ______ was regarded as the first great prose stylist of American romanticism. 【答案】Washington Irving【解析】华盛顿·欧⽂是美国著名作家，他被誉为美国第⼀位浪漫主义散⽂⽂体作家。
3. The protagonist of Theodore Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire is ______.【答案】Frank Cowperwood【解析】西奥多·德莱塞的《欲望三部曲》（Trilogy of Desire）包括《⾦融家》（The Financier），《巨⼈》（The Titan），《斯多葛》（The Stoic）。
《欲望三部曲》的主⼈公是法兰克·柯帕乌（Frank Cowperwood）。
4. The great work ______ not only demonstrates Emersonian ideas of self-reliance but also develops and tests Thoreau’s own transcendental philosophy.【答案】Self-Reliance【解析】富兰克林的《论⾃⽴》不仅表现了爱默⽣关于⾃⽴的思想，同时也表达了他的超验主义思想。