英美文学期末练习题.docx

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英美文学期末练习题

I.MultipleChoice

1.ThecoreofRenaissanceis_______.Itstressesthegeniusofman,theuniqueandextraordinaryabilityofthehumanmind.

A.humanismB.humanitarianismC.rationalismD.enlightenment

2.InEngland,________markedthebeginningoftheEnglishRenaissancewiththeworkofwriterslikeWilliamShakespeare,ChristopherMarlowe,EdmundSpenser,SirThomasMore,FrancisBacon,SirPhilipSidney,andJohnMilton.

A.theVictorianeraB.theModernera

C.theIndustrialeraD.theElizabethanera

3.“Whatapieceofworkisaman,hownobleinreason,howinfiniteinfaculties,informandmoving,howexpressandadmirableinaction,howlikeanangelinapprehension,howlikeagod!

"isfrom________.

A.WilliamShakespeare’sHamletB.JohnMilton’sParadiseLost

C.FrancisBacon’sOfStudiesD.CharlesDickens’ATaleosTwoCities

4.Themostimportantcontributionof______isthathenotonlystartedthemodernpoetry,butalsochangedthecourseofEnglishpoetrybyusingordinaryspeechofthelanguageandbyadvocatingareturntonature.

A.WilliamBlakeB.WilliamWordsworth

C.G.G.ByronD.JohnKeats

5.IntheVictorianPeriod______becamethemostwidelyreadandthemostvitalandchallengingexpressionofprogressivethought.

A.poetryB.novel

C.proseD.Drama

6.________wasaculturalmovementofintellectualsbeginninginlate17th-andendinginthelate18th-centuryEurope.Itemphasizesreasonanduniversaleducation.

A.TheAgeofRomanticismB.TheAgeofEnlightenment

C.TheAgeofRealismD.TheAgeofRenaissance

7.ThomasHardy’s______viewoflifepredominatesmostofhisworksandearnshimareputationasa________writer.

A.pessimistic,naturalisticB.pessimistic,humorous

C.romantic,realistD.determinist,stylistic

8.WilliamShakespeare’sRomeoandJulietreflectshisideasof_________throughthepowerofromanticlove.

A.idealismB.realism

C.humanismD.freedom

9.______presentsapanoramicpictureoftheEnglishsocietyintheMiddleAges.

A.DanielDefoe’sRobinsonCrusoeB.JonathanSwift’sGulliver’sTravel

C.WilliamShakespeare’sHamletD.GeoffreyChaucer’sThe Canterbury Tales

10.“IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?

”comesfrom________.

A.Shelley’sOdetotheWestWindB.WaltWhitman’sLeavesofGrass

C.JohnMilton’sParadiseLostD.JohnKeats’OdeonaGrecianUrn

11.“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”is________masterpieceon________.

A.G.G.Byron’s,loveB.JohnKeats’,nature

C.P.B.Shelley’s,loveD.WilliamWordsworth’s,nature

12.T.S.Eliot’s______notonlypresentsapanoramaofphysicaldisorderandspiritualdesolationinthemodernWesternworld,butalsoreflectstheprevalentmoodofdisillusionmentanddespairofawholepost-wargeneration.

A.TheHollowMenB.TheWasteLand

C.MurderintheCathedralD.AshWednesday

13.“Thedignityofmovementofanicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater.”This“iceberg”analogyaboutprosestylewasputforwardby________.

A.WilliamFaulknerB.HenryJames

C.ErnestHemingwayD.F.ScottFitzgerald

14.WaltWhitmanbelieved,bymeansof“________,”hehasturnedpoetryintoanopenfield,anareaofvitalpossibilitywherethereadercanallowhisownimaginationtoplay.

A.freeverseB.strictverse

C.regularrhymingD.standardizedrhyming

15.OfallHermanMelville’sseaadventurestories,________provestobethebest.

A.TypeeB.Redburn

C.MobyDickD.Omoo

16.JamesFenimoreCooper’smajorworks,_________areaseriesoffivenovelsaboutthefrontierlife:

ThePioneers,ThePrairie,TheLastoftheMohicans,ThePathfinder,andTheDeerslayer.

A.LeatherstockingTalesB.TheLegendsofSleepyHollow

C.TalesofRipVanWinkleD.WaldenTales

17.Amongthefollowingwriters_______isgenerallyregardedasthegreatmasterofthe20thcentury“stream-of-consciousness”novelsinBritishliterature.

A.T.S.EliotB.VirginiaWoolf

C.WilliamFaulknerD.CharlesDickens

18.InWilliamFaulkner’swritings,themodern______techniquewasfrequentlyandskillfullyusedtoemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsofthenarrator.

A.stream-of-consciousnessB.impressionism

C.imagismD.dramaticmonologue

19.“Byronichero”isafigureofthefollowingtraitsEXCEPT______.

A.beingproudB.beingself-independent

C.beingrebelliousD.beingofhumbleorigin

20.JohnDonne’STheFleaisagoodexampleof_________inthe17thcentury,ahighlyintellectualpoetry,whoseworkischaracterizedbyboldandingeniousconceits.

A.RomanticpoetryB.themetaphysicalpoetry

C.ClassicalpoetryD.freeversepoetry

21.________usedChristianimageryandsecondcomingasallegorytodescribetheatmosphereinpost-warEuropeinhispoem,whichisconsideredamajorworkofModernistpoetry.

A.W.B.YeatsB.T.S.Eliot

C.EzraPoundD.RobertFrost

22._______,withitsemphasison________,gainedmomentumasanartisticmovementinBritainafterthepublicationoftheLyricalBalladsbyWilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge

A.Classicism,reasonB.modernism,innovation

C.Realism,objectiverepresentationD.Romanticism,imaginationandemotion

23._________isanovelbyNobelPrize-winningEnglishauthor_______aboutagroupofBritishboysstuckonanuninhabitedislandwhotrytogovernthemselves,withdisastrousresults.

A.APassagetoIndia,E.M.Forster

B.TheRainbow,D.H.Lawrence

C.LordoftheFlies,WilliamGolding

D.TotheLighthouse,VirginiaWoolf

24.JaneAusteniswell-knownforherelaborativedepictionoffivedifferentmarriagesinhernovel________.

A.EmmaB.SenseandSensibility

C.MansfieldParkD.PrideandPrejudice

25.“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty”,whichcomesfrom________famouspoem________,issurelythemostfamousmetaphysicalequation.

A.JohnKeats’OdeonaGrecianUrnB.Shelley’sToaSkylark

C.Byron’sSheWalksinBeautyD.WilliamWordsworth’sTheSolitaryReaper

26.RobinsonCrusoeisthetrueprototypeoftheBritishcolonist.ThewholeAnglo-SaxonspiritisinCrusoeexcept_________.

A.themanlyindependenceB.thepersistence

C.theslowyetefficientintelligenceD.thesexualearnestness

27.RalphWaldoEmerson,wholedthe________movementacrosstheUnitedStatesinthemid-19thcentury,wasseenasachampionofindividualism.

A.RomanticB.Realist

C.TranscendentalistD.Naturalist

28__________stressesthesublimityofwildnatureanditspicturesquequalities.

A.RealismB.RomanticismC.ModernismD.Classicism

29._________poemsaboutruralpeopleandchildhoodshowhisaspirationforsimpleandhonestlife,whichrepresenttheinherentfinequalitiesofmanhood,theindestructiblequalitiesofhumanmind,andalifeofwholeness.

A.P.B.ShelleyB.G.G.ByronC.JohnKeatsD.WilliamWordsworth

30.Muchof________writingcentersonNewEngland,manyworksfeaturingmoralallegorieswithaPuritaninspiration.Hisfictionworksareconsideredpartofthe_______.

A.Melville’s,DarkromanticismB.Emerson’s,activeRomanticism

C.Hawthorne's,DarkromanticismD.BenjaminFranklin,AmericanRealism

31.TheWhiteWhaleswambeforehimasthemonomaniacincarnationofallthoseevilagencieswhichsomedeepmenfeeleatinginthem,tilltheyareleftlivingonwithhalfaheartandhalfalung.Thisismostprobablyfrom________.

A.Gulliver’sTravelB.MobyDick

C.TheScarletLetterD.RobinsonCrusoe

32.________isagifted,perhapsmisunderstoodloner,creativelyfollowingthedictatesofhisinspirationratherthanthemoresofcontemporarysociety,theheroicisolationoftheartistornarrator.HeisalmostaSatanichero.

A.AKeatsheroB.AByronichero

C.AShelleyheroD.AHamlethero

33.When_______stated“TheUnitedStatesthemselvesareessentiallythegreatestpoem”inhisPrefaceto______,hemeantthatthediversityofgeography,culture,beliefsandworkallcombinetocreateawonderfulcountry. 

A.R.W.Emerson,Self-relianceB.EmilyDickenson,CompletePoems

C.Henry.W.Longfellow,APsalmofLifeD.WaltWhitman,LeavesofGrass

34.________'spoemsreflecttheauthor’slifelongfascinationwithdyinganddeath,forinstance,BecauseICouldnotStopforDeath.

A.EmilyDickinsonB.WaltWhitman

C.T.S.EliotD.MathewArnold

35._______oftensaid,“whatimaginationseizesasBeautymustbetruth”,sohispoemsgiveafullpictureofthesensuousbeautyofnatureandartisticworks.

A.J.KeatsB.L.G.Byron

C.P.B.ShelleyD.WilliamBlake

36.“Whatapieceofworkisman!

hownobleinreason!

howinfiniteinfaculty!

informandmovinghowexpressandadmirable!

inactionhowlikeanangel!

inapprehensionhowlikeagod!

”Thisisfrom________.

A.FrancisBacon,OnMarriagesandSingleLife

B.JohnDonne,HolySonnet

C.EdmundSpenser,TheFaerieQueen

D.WilliamShakespeare,Hamlet

37.InhisOne'sSelfISing,WaltWhitman,bysingingtheaveragecommonman,expressedhisideaofallofthefollowingexcept________.

A.democracyB.idealism

C.nationalismD.modernism

38.Innovelsof______humansareincontroloftheirowndestinyandaresuperiortotheircircumstances.

A.realismB.romanticism

C.modernismD.postmodernism

39.________ischaracterizedbyitswitandconceits—far-fetchedorunusualsimilesormetaphors,suchasinJohnDonne’sTheFlea.

A.MetaphysicalPoetryB.RomanticPoetry

C.RealisticPoetryD.SentimentalistPoetry

40.________isatimeinhistorythatwassurroundedbywars.ThemostimportantoneistheFrenchRevolution.Thestrongfeelingsthatwartimehasproducedserveasacatalystforanoutpouringofartandliterature.

A.TheRomanticEraB.TheRealisticEra

C.TheModernistEraD.TheClassicalEra

41.“Itwasthebestof