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B.LyricalBallads
C.“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”
D.“TinternAbbey”
4.ThemostdistinguishingfeatureofCharlesDickens’worksis______.( )
A.aminglingofhumorandpathos
B.picturesofpathos
C.character-portrayal
D.thevernacularandlargevocabulary
5.AllofthefollowingareThomasHardy’slocal-coloredworks,alsoknownas“novelsofcharacterandenvironment”,EXCEPT______.( )
A.TheTrumpetMajor
B.TheReturnoftheNative
C.FarfromtheMaddingCrowd
D.TheWoodlanders
6.T.S.Eliot’smostimportantsinglepoem______hasbeenhailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20th-centuryEnglishpoetry.( )
A.TheHollowMen
B.MurderintheCathedral
C.LyricalBallads
D.TheWasteLand
7.In
D.H.Lawrence’snovel______,theindividualconsciousnessissubtlyrevealedandstrandsofthemesareintricatelywoundup.( )
A.SonsandLovers
B.TheRainbow
C.WomeninLove
D.TheDaughter-in-Law
8.TheleadingfigureoftheEnglishromanticpoetryandthefocalpoeticvoiceoftheperiodis______.( )
A.WilliamBlake
B.WilliamWordsworth
C.SamuelTaylorColeridge
D.PercyByssheShelley
9.Themajorconcernof______fictionliesinthetracingofthepsychologicaldevelop-mentofhischaractersandinhisenergeticcriticismofthedehumanizingeffectofthecapitalistindustrializationonhumannature.( )
A.JohnGalsworthy’s
B.ThomasHardy’s
C.D.H.Lawrence’s
D.CharlesDickens’
10.GeorgeBernardShaw’splay,Mrs.Warren’sProfessionisagrotesquelyrealisticexposureof______.( )
A.slumlandlordism
B.theeconomicoppressionofwomen
C.thepoliticalcorruptioninEngland
D.thereligiouscorruptioninEngland
11.ThomasHardy’smostcheerfulandidyllicworkis______.( )
A.TheReturnoftheNative
B.FarfromtheMaddingCrowd
C.UndertheGreenwoodTree
12.TheWasteLandbyT.S.Eliotisapoemconcernedwiththe______breakupofamoderncivilizationinwhichhumanlifehaslostitsmeaning,significanceandpurpose.( )
A.spiritual
B.religious
C.political
D.physical
13.CharlotteBronte’sworksareallaboutthestruggleofanindividualconsciousnesstowards______,aboutsomelonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlove,understandingandafull,happylife.( )
A.self-reliance
B.self-realization
C.self-esteem
D.self-consciousness
14.AmongtheworksbyCharlesDickens______presentshiscriticismoftheUtilitarianprinciplethatrulesovertheEnglisheducationsystemanddestroysyoungheartsandminds.( )
A.BleakHouse
B.PickwickPaper
C.GreatExpectations
D.HardTimes
15.IntheVictorianPeriod______becamethemostwidelyreadandthemostvitalandchallengingexpressionofprogressivethought.( )
A.poetry
B.novel
C.prose
D.drama
16.JaneAusten’smainliteraryconcernisabout______.( )
A.humanbeingsintheirpersonalrelationships
B.thelovestorybetweentherichandthepoor
C.maturityachievedthroughthelossofillusions
D.theday-to-daycountrylifeoftheupper-middle-classEnglish
17.Shelley’s______isthebestofalltheRomanticwell-knownlyricpieces.( )
A.“TheCloud”
B.“ToaSkylark”
C.“OdetoaNightingale”
D.“OdetotheWestWind”
18.Themostimportantcontributionof______isthathenotonlystartedthemodernpoetry,butalsochangedthecourseofEnglishpoetrybyusingordinaryspeechofthelanguageandbyadvocatingareturntonature.( )
C.GeorgeGordonByron
D.JohnKeats
19.WilliamBlake’scentralconcernintheSongsofInnocenceandSongsofExperienceis______,whichgivesthetwobooksastrongsocialandhistoricalreference.( )
A.youthhood
B.childhood
C.happiness
D.sorrow
20.WorkingthroughthetraditionofaChristianhuanism,JohnMiltonwrote______intendingto“justifythewaysofGodtomen.”
A.ParadiseLost
B.SamsonAgonistes
C.Lycidas
D.ParadiseRegained
21.Shakespeare’s______isgenerallyregardedasthemostpopularplayonthestage,forithasthequalitiesofa“blood-and-thunder”thrillerandaphilosophicalexploitationoflifeanddeath.( )
A.Hamlet
B.Othello
C.KingLear
D.Macbeth
22.T.S.Eliot’smoststrikingearlyachievement______isinaformofdramaticmonologue.( )
A.“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”
B.“Gerontion”
C.TheWasteLand
D.TheHollowMen
23.ForWhomtheBellTollsclearlyrepresentsanewbeginninginErnestHemingway’scareerasawriter,whichconcernsavolunteerAmericanguerrillaRobertJordanfightingin______.( )
A.theSpanishCivilWar
B.theAmericanCivilWar
C.WorldWarI
D.WorldWarII
24.AccordingtoNathanielHawthorne,“Thereis______ineveryhumanheart,whichmayremainlatent,perhaps,throughthewholelife;
butcircumstancesmayrouseittoactivity.”
A.evil
B.homesickness
C.libido
D.competiveness
25.TheSnowsofKilimanjaroby______tellsabrilliantshortstoryaboutamortallywoundedAmericanwriterwhoattemptstoredeemhisimaginationfromthecorrosionsofwealthanddomesticstrife.( )
A.ErnestHemingway
B.HenryJames
C.WilliamFaulkner
D.HermanMelville
26.TheNobelPrizeCommitteehighlypraised______for“hispowerfulstyle-formingmasteryoftheart”ofcreatingmodernfiction.( )
A.JohnSteinbeck
D.ErnestHemingway
27.NathanielHawthornewasaffectedbyR.W.Emerson’s______theoryandstruckupaveryintimaterelationshipwithhim.( )
A.transcendentalist
B.egoist
C.post-modernist
D.imagist
28.RobertFrost’sfirstcollection______ismarkerbyanintensebutrestrainedemotionandthecharacteristicflavorofNewEnglandlife.( )
A.NorthofBoston
B.ABoy’sWill
C.AWitnessTree
D.AFurtherRange
29.OneofF·
ScottFitzgerald’sbestshortstoriesis“______,”whichdepictsanAmerican’sreturntoParisinthe1930sandhisregretfulrealizationthatthepastisbeyondhisreach.( )
A.TheBirthmark
B.ToBuildaFire
C.DeathintheWoods
D.BabylonRevisited
30.RobertFrostcombinedtraditionalverseformswithaclearAmericanlocalspeechrhythm,thespeechof______withitsidiosyncraticdictionandsyntax.( )
A.NewEnglandfarmers
B.Englandfarmers
C.theWesterncowboys
D.theSoutherners
31.Oneofthemostoften-usedmethodsin______’spoemsistomakecolorsandimagesfleetpastthemind’seyeofthereader.( )
A.EzraPound
B.WaltWhitman
C.H.W.Longfellow
D.RobertFrost
32.ThethemeofHenryJames’essay______clearlyindicatesthattheaimofthenovelistopresentlife,soitisnotsurprisingtofindinhiswritingshumanexperiencesexploredineverypossibleform.( )
A.TheAmerican
B.TheEuropeans
C.TheArtofFiction
D.TheGoldenBowl
33.Earthlyexistencewas“awelterofinscrutableforces,”inwhichwastrappedeachindividualhumanbeing.Thisisatypicalnotionheldby______.( )
A.TheodoreDreiser
B.RobertFrost
C.HenryJames
D.WaltWhitman
34.Shortlybeforehisdeathin1945,theAmericannaturalist______joinedtheCommunistParty.( )
A.MarkTwain
D.TheodoreDreiser
35.Iftwopersonsarereallyinlove,“whatistouswhattherestdoorthink?
”Thisisanotionstronglyheldby______.( )
A.EmilyDickinson
B.WashingtonIrving
C.NathanielHawthorne
36.InWilliamFaulkner’swritings,themodern______techniquewasfrequentlyandskillfullyusedtoemphasizethereactionsandinnermusingsofthenarrator.( )
A.stream-of-consciousness
B.deconstructionist
C.archetypal
D.structuralist
37.MarkTwain’s______showsthedisastrouseffectsofslaveryonthevictimizerandthevictimalike.( )
A.AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur’sCourt
B.LifeontheMississippi
C.Roughingit
D.TheTragedyofPuddn’headWilson
38.InordertoprotestagainstAmerica’sfailuretojoinEnglandinWWI,______becameanaturalizedBritishcitizenin1915.( )
A.WilliamFaulkner
C.EarnestHemingway
D.EzraPound
39.TheGildedAgeisasocialsatirewrittenby______in1873.( )
A.W.D.Howells
B.WilliamFaulkner
C.ErnestHemingway
D.MarkTwain
40.AsthefirstAmericanproseepic,______isnotmerelyawhalingtaleorseaadventure,itisalsoregardedasasp