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me"

inthelastlineoftheabovestanzaquotedfromWordsworth'

spoem"

SheDweltAmongtheUntroddenWays"

maypossiblyrefertoherlover.

5.BittersatireisatypicalfeatureofSwift'

swritings.

6.Thestatement"

Itrevealsthedehumanizingworkhousesystemandthedark,criminalunderworldlife"

maywellsumupthemainthemeinDickens'

sOliverTwist.

7."

Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?

…AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty,andmuchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme,asitisnowformetoleaveyou."

TheabovequotedpassageismostprobablytakenfromCharlotteBronte’sJaneEyre.

8.G.B.Shaw'

splayMrs.Warren'

sProfessionisarealisticexposureoftheeconomicexploitationofwomenintheEnglishsociety.

9.InWilliamBlake'

spoetry,thefather（andanyotherinwhomhesawtheimageofthefathersuchasGod,priest,andking）wasusuallyafigureoftyranny.

10."

'

Ibelieveyouaremadeofstone,'

hesaid,clenchinghisfingerssohardthathebrokethefragilecup.…'

Youseemtoforget,'

shesaid,'

thatcupisnot!

Fromtheabovequotedpassage,wecanfindthewoman'

stoneisvery_______.

A.sarcastic

B.amusing

C.sentimental

D.facetious

11.AfterreadingthefirstchapterofPrideandPrejudice,wemaycometoknowthatMrs.Bennetisawomanofsimplecharacterandpoorunderstanding.

12.Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists,HenryFieldingwasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya"

comicepicinprose,"

andthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.

13."

Notonthysolebutonthysoul,harshJew,/Thoumak'

stthyknifekeen."

IntheabovequotationtakenformTheMerchantofVenice,Shakespeareemploysapun.

14.InHardy'

sWessexnovels,thereisanapparentnostalgictouchinhisdescriptionofthesimpleandbeautifulthoughprimitiverurallife.

15."

Oprince,Ochiefofmanythronedpowers,"

Thatledth'

embattledseraphimtowar

Underthyconduct,andindreadfuldeeds

Fearless,endangeredHeaven'

sperpetualKing."

InthethirdlineoftheabovepassagequotedfromMilton'

sParadiseLost,thephrase"

thyconduct"

referstoSatan'

sconduct.

16.WecanperhapsdescribethewestwindinShelley'

OdetotheWestWind"

withallthefollowingtermsexcept_______.

A.tamedB.swiftC.proudD.wild

17.In1837,RalphWaldoEmersonmadeaspeechentitled_______atHarvard,whichwashailedbyOliverWendellHolmesas"

OurintellectualDeclarationofIndependence."

A."

Nature"

B."

Self-Reliance"

C."

DivinitySchoolAddress"

D."

TheAmericanScholar"

18..InHawthorne'

s"

YoungGoodmanBrown,"

asatanicfigureleadsthecredulousprotagonisttoawitches'

Sabbathinthewoods.ThereherecognizesmanypillarsofSalem'

sPuritansocietyaswellashiswife,Faith.ThestoryillustratesHawthorne'

sallegoricalthemeofhumanevilorwhatMelvillecalledthe"

powerofblackness."

19.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderandIshmael,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse.

20.MostofthepoemsinWhitman'

sLeavesofGrasssingofthe"

en-mass"

andtheselfaswell.

21.EmilyDickinson'

spoem（441）"

ThisismylettertotheWorld"

expressesthepoet'

sanxietyabouthercommunicationwiththeoutsideworld.

22.Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutwritersin1920sistrue?

A.MarkTwainpublishedhislastandmostimportantnovel.

B.F.ScottFitzgeraldreceivedtheNobelPrize.

C.Freudianpsychologyinfluencedmanymodernwriters.

D.Mostwriterswerepoliticallyradical.

23.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor'

stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmorepessimistic.

24.MarkTwain'

sfirstnovelTheGildedAge,writtenincollaborationwithCharlesD.Warnerandpublishedin1873,thoughnotanartisticsuccess,givesitsnametotheAmericaofthepost-CivilWarperiodwhichitattemptstosatirize.

25.Dreiser'

sTrilogyofDesireincludesthreenovels.TheyareTheFinancier,TheTitanandTheStoic.

26.DaisyMiller'

stragedyofindiscretionisintensifiedandenlargedbyitsnarrationfromthepointofviewoftheAmericanyouthWinterbourne.

27.DaisyMiller:

FrederickWinterbourne,thenarratorofthestory,isanAmericanexpatriate

WiththepublicationofDaisyMiller,HenryJamesreputationwasfirmlyestablishedonbothsidesoftheAltantic.

WiththepublicationofDaisyMiller,DaisyMillerhaseversincebecometheAmericanGirlinEurope,acelebratedculturaltypewhoembodiesthespiritoftheNewWorld.DaisyMiller’sdefianceofsocialtaboosintheOldWorldfinallybringshertodisasterintheclashbetweenthetwodifferentcultures.

28.TheimpactofDarwin'

sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthenineteenth-century

FrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism:

Americannaturalism

35."

Ifhonestlaborbeunremunerativeanddifficulttoendure;

ifitbethelong,longroadwhichneverreaches

beauty,butweariesthefeetandtheheart;

ifthedragtofollowbeautybesuchthatoneabandonstheadmiredway,takingratherthedespisedpathleadingtoherdreamsquickly,whoshallcastthefirststone?

Whereistheunderlinedphrasetakenfrom?

TheBible.

36.Mostrecognizableliterarymovementthatgaverisetothetwentieth-centuryAmericanliterature,orwemaysay,thesecondAmericanRenaissance,istheexpatriatemovement.

31.ThesecondAmericanRenaissancereferstothe20thcenturyAmericanliterature.

37.RobertFrostcombinedtraditionalverseforms-thesonnet,rhymingcouplets,blankverse-withaclearAmericanlocalspeechrhythm,thespeechofNewEnglandfarmerswithitsidiosyncraticdictionandsyntax.

39.Apartfromthedislocationoftimeandthemodernstream-of-consciousness,theothernarrativetechniquesFaulknerusedtoconstructhisstoriesincludemultiplepointsofview,symbolismandmythologicalandbiblicalallusions.

40.Stylistically,HenryJames'

fictionischaracterizedbyhighlyrefinedlanguage

1.Theworkthatpresented,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,acomprehensiverealisticpictureofthemedievalEnglishsocietyandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeismostlikelyGeoffreyChaucer’sTheCanterburyTales.

4.LiteratureofNeoclassicismisdifferentfromthatofRomanticisminthattheformercelebratesreason,rationality,orderandinstructionwhilethelatterseesliteratureasanexpressionofanindividual’sfeelingandexperiences

6.Youmayhavemeettheterm"

Yahoo"

oninternet,butyoumayalsohavemetitinEnglishliterature.ItisfoundinJonathanSwift’sGulliver’sTravels

9.ThefirstlineofWilliamBlake’swell-knownpoem"

TheTyger"

reads,"

Tyger!

Tyger!

Burningbright"

.Therepeatedword"

tiger"

（tiger）withanexclamationmarksuggestsfear.

10.WhatdoesWordsworth’spoem"

TheSolitaryReaper"

tellusaboutRomanticist?

--Toromanticists,poetryisanexpressionofanindividual’sfeelingsandexperiencesnomatterhowfragmentaryandmomentarythesefeelingsandexperiencesare.

12.PrometheusUnboundisShelley’sgreatestachievement.Prometheus,accordingtotheGreekmythology,waschainedbyZeusonMountCaucasusandsufferedthevulture’sfeedingonhisliverforstealingthefirefromheavenandgivingittoman.

16.TessoftheD’Urbervilles,oneofThomasHardy’sbestknownnovels,portraysmanashavingnocontroloverhisownfate.

17.WhichofthefollowingbringsLITTLEimpactonthedevelopmentof20thcenturyliterature?

A.FriedrichNietzche’sassertions:

"

Godisdead"

B.ArtherSchopenharuer’sandHenryBergson’sphilosophicalideasofirrationality.

C.OscarWilde’sideaof"

ArtforArt’sSake"

.

D.Freudian-Jungianpsycho-analysis

18.Thetermtoneinliteraturemeansthemannerofexpressiontoindicatethespeaker’sattitudetowardsthesubject.

19.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesthespeakerofT.S.Eliot’s"

TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock"

?

--Heisamanofinactivity

21."

Hewasafraidofher-thesmall,severewomanwithgreyinghairsuddenlyburstingoutinsuchfrenzy.Thepostmancamerunningback,afraidsomethinghadhappened./theysawhistrippedcapovertheshortcurtains.MrsMorelrushestothedoor."

TheabovepassageidtakenfromD.H.Lawrence’sSonsandLovers.

23.TheScarletLetterconcernsmostconcentratedtheCalvinisticviewoforiginalsin?

24.WecanperhapssummarizethatWaltWhitman’spoemsarecharacterizedbyconversationalandcrude/wimpleandrathercrude/free-flowing

25.Darwinexertsthesinglemostimportantinfluenceonliterarynaturalism,ofwhichTheodoreDreiserandJackLondonareamongthebestrepresentativewriters?

26.MarkTwain,oneofthegreatest19thcenturyAmericanwriters,iswellknownforhislocalcolor.

27.AtthebeginningofFaulkner’sARoseForEmily,thereisadetaileddescriptionofEmily’soldhouse.Thepurposeofsuchdescriptionistoimp