《英美文学史》练习题库.docx

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《英美文学史》练习题库

华中师范大学网络教育学院

《英美文学史》练习题库

1.Writethenamesoftheauthorsofthefollowingliteraryworks.

1）Pamela

2）JosephAndrews

3）TheSchoolforScandal

4）Dictionary

5）ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard

6）SongsofInnocence

7）ARed,RedRose

8）LyricalBallads

9）KublaKhan

10）Poems

11）Ivanhoe

12）VanityFair

13）JaneEyre

14）WutheringHeights

15）Middlemarch

16）TreasureIsland

17）Salome

18）TheForsyteSaga

19）TheReturnoftheNative

20）Mrs.Warren’sProfession

21）SailingtoByzantium

22）TheRainbow

23）TotheLighthouse

24）DombeyandSon

25）QueenMab:

AphilosophicalPoem

26）TheJewofMalta

27）Gulliver’sTravels

28）SenseandSensibility

29）JonathanWild

30）TessofD’Urbervilles

31）KingLear

32）DonJuan

33）TheRimeoftheAncientMariner

34）TheShepherd’sCalendar

35）TheRapeoftheLock

36）TheRivals

37）TheMillontheFloss

38）APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan

39）AnEssayofDramaticPoesy

40）ASentimentalJourney

41）OdetotheWestWind

42）TheDeclarationofIndependence

43）ThePathfinder

44）TheLegendofSleepyHollow

45）Nature

46）Walden

47）YoungGoodmanBrown

48）MobyDick

49）TheBlackCat

50）SongofMyself

51）Captain,MyCaptain

52）BecauseIcouldstopforDeath

53）TheRoadNotTaken

54）TheFalloftheHouseofUsher

55）UncleTom’sCabin

56）TheRiseofSilasLapham

57）ThePortraitofaLady

58）TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

59）TheCopandtheAnthem

60）TheSeaWolf

61）TheRedBadgeofCourage

62）ThePit

63）SisterCarrie

64）InaStationoftheMetro

65）TheRiver-Merchant’sWife:

ALetter

66）AnecdoteoftheJar

67）Chicago

68）TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock

69）TheGrapesofWrath

70）TheGreatGatsby

71）TheSoundandtheFury

72）TheOldManandtheSea

73）TheHairyApe

74）DeathofaSalesman

75）ARoseforEmily

76）TheHollowMen

77）TheSongofHiawatha

78）OfMiceandMen

79）TheGildedAge

80）U.S.A

2.Choosetherightanswer.

1.WhichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasoneofthecharacteristicsofRenaissance?

A.RediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture.

B.AttempttoremovetheoldfeudalistideasinMedievalEurope.

C.Exaltationofman’spursuitofhappinessinhislife,andtoleranceofman’sfoibles.

D.Praiseofman’seffortsinsouldeliveryandpersonalsalvation.

2.Itis___alonewho,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliteraturepresentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflife.

A.EdmundSpenserB.GeoffreyChaucerC.WilliamShakespeareD.JohnDonne

3.Thefollowingbelongtothecharacteristicsof’metaphysicalpoetry’representedby’JohnDonne’except___.

A.ConceitsB.ActualimageryandsimpledictionC.ArgumentativeformD.Elegantstyle

4.ParadiseLostisactuallyastorytakenfrom____.

A.GreekMythologyB.RomanlegendC.TheOldTestamentD.TheNewTestament

5._____,thefirstofthegreattragedies,isgenerallyregardedasShakespeare’smostpopularplayonthestage,forithasthequalitiesofa“blood-and-thunder”thrilleranda‘philosophicalexploration’oflifeanddeath.

A.TheMerchantofVeniceB.HamletC.KingLearD.TheWinter’sTale

6.Itwas___and___thetwoconqueststhatprovidedthesourcefortheriseandgrowthofEnglishliterature.

A.Anglos/SaxonsB.Normans/Anglo-SaxonsC.Romans/NormansD.Greeks/Romans

7.Marlow’sgreatestachievementisthatheperfectedthe’blankverse’,andheisregardedas’thepioneerofEnglishdrama’,whichofthefollowingisnotwrittenbyhim?

A.TamburlaineB.TheJewofMaltaC.ThePassionatetoHisLoveD.TheSunRising

8.____EssaysisthefirstexampleofthatgenreinEnglishliterature,whichhasbeenrecognizedasanimportantlandmarkinthedevelopmentofEnglishprose.

A.JohnMilton’sB.FrancisBacon’sC.Montaigne’sD.ThomasGray’s

9._____Wasknownas“thepoets’poet”.

A.WilliamShakespeareB.EdmundSpenserC.JohnDonneD.JohnMilton

10.AlexanderPopeworkedpainstakinglyonhispoemsandfinallybroughttoitslastperfection______Drydenhadsuccessfullyusedinhisplays.

A.theheroiccoupletB.thefreeverseC.theblankverseD.theSpenserianstanza

11.____isthemostsuccessfulreligiousallegoryintheEnglishlanguage.

A.GenesisAB.TheHolyWarC.ThePilgrimsprogressD.Exodus

12.WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofSamuelJohnson’slanguagestyle?

A.Hissentencesarelongandwellstructured.

B.Hissentencesareinterwovenwithparallelwords.

C.Hetendstouseinformalandcolloquialwords.

D.Hissentencesarecomplicated,buthisthoughtsareclearlyexpressed.

13.____hasbeenregardedbysomeas"FatheroftheEnglishnovel"forhiscontributiontotheestablishmentoftheformofthemodernnovel.

A.JohnBunyanB.HenryFieldingC.DanielDefoeD.JonathanSwift

14.____wastheonlyimportantdramatistofthe18thcentury,inhisplays,moralityistheconstanttheme.

A.AlexanderPopeB.RichardBrinsleySheridanC.SamuelJohnsonD.GeorgeBernardShaw

15.ThetwomajornovelistsoftheEnglishRomanticPeriodare_____andWalterScott.

A.WashingtonIrvingB.JaneAustenC.HermanMelvilleD.CharlesDickens

16._____definesthepoetas"manspeakingtomen,"andpoetryas"thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings,whichoriginatesinemotionrecollectedintranquility."

A.WilliamBlakeB.WilliamWordsworthC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.JohnKeats

17.FortheRomantics,____isnotonlythemajorsourceofpoeticimagery,butalsoprovidesthedominantsubjectmatter.

A.loveB.manC.natureD.death

18.IntheRomanticperiod,____isthemostprosperousliteraryform.

A.proseB.poetryC.fictionD.play

19.Theauthorof"OdeonaGrecianUrn"is__________.

A.WordsworthB.AustenC.ByronD.Keats

20.IntermsofPrideandPrejudice,whichisnottrue?

A.PrideandPrejudiceisthemostpopularofJaneAusten’snovels.B.PrideandPrejudiceisoriginallydraftedas"FirstImpressions".

C.PrideandPrejudiceisatragicnovel.D.Inthisnovel,theauthorexplorestherelationshipbetweengreatloveandrealisticbenefits.

21.RomanticismisaperiodofBritishliteratureroughlydatedfrom_________.

A.1660-----1798B.1798----1832C.1483-----1546D.1836-----1901

22.WhichofthefollowingistheGothicnovel?

A.Shelly’sPrometheusUnboundB.Keats’LamiaC.MaryShelly’sFrankensteinD.JaneAusten’sPrideandPrejudice

23.ChronologicallytheVictorianrefersto__________.

A.1798---1832B.1836---1901C.theRomanticperiodD.theNeoclassicalPeriod

24.____believesthatman’sfateispredeterminedlytragic,drivenbyacombinedforceof‘nature”,bothinsideandoutside.

A.CharlesDickensB.ThomashardyC.BernardShawD.T.S.Eliot

25.“Self-conceited”,“cruel”and“tyrannical”aremostlikelythenamesofthecharacterin______.

A.RobertBrowning’s‘MyLastDuchess’B.ChristopherMarlowe’s‘Dr.Faustus’

C.Shakespeare’sLove’s‘Labor’slost’D.Sheridan’s‘TheSchoolforScandal’

26.RobertBrowning’sstyleis_______.

A.identicalwiththatoftheotherVictorianB.similartothatofTennysonC.perfectlyartisticD.roughanddisproportionateinappearance

27.AccordingtoD.H.Lawrence,_____wasthefirstnovelistthat“startedputtingalltheactionsinside”.

A.GeorgeEliotB.ThomasHardyC.CharlesDickensD.T.S.Eliot

28.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionofThomasHardyiswrong?

A.MostofhisnovelsaresetinWessex.

B.TessoftheD’Urbervillesisoneofthemostrepresentativeofhimasbothanaturalisticandacriticalrealistwriter.

C.AmongHardy’smajorworks,UndertheGreenwoodTreeisthemostcheerfulandidyllic.

D.FromTheMayorofCasterbridgeon,thetragicsensebecomesthekeynoteofhisnovels.

29.Charlotte’sworksarefamousforthedepictionofthelifeofthemiddle-classworkingwomen,particularly________.

A.governessesB.clerksC.baby-sittersD.managers

30.Thethreetrilogiesof_____Forsytenovelsaremasterpiecesofcriticalrealismintheearly20thcentury.

A.D.H.Lawrence’sB.JohnGalsworthy’sC.JamesJoyce’sD.ThomasHardy’s

31.____isthemostoutstandingstream-consciousnessnovelist.

A.T.S.EliotB.RichardBrinsleySheridanC.JamesJoyceD.OscarWilder

32.Inhisfamouspoem_____,Yeatsexplorestheproblemsofdeath,love,oldageandart.

A."LedaandtheSwan"B."NoSecondTroy"C."September1913"D."SailingtoByzantium"

33.____isapoemconcernedwiththespiritualbreakupofamoderncivilizationinwhichhumanlifehaslostitsmeaning,significanceandpurpose.A.UlyssesB.TheWasteLandC.TheConfidentialClerkD.Dubliners

34.In____,JamesJoyceintendstopresentamicrocosmofthewholehumanlifebyprovidinganinstanceofhowasingleeventcontainsalltheeventsofitskind,andhowhistoryisrecapitulatedinthehappeningsofoneday.

A.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManB.DublinersC.UlyssesD.FinnegansWake

35.OfthefollowingpoemsbyT.S.Eliot,whichishailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20thCenturyEnglishPoetry?

A.Poems1909----1925B.TheHollowMenC.PrufrockandOtherObservationsD.TheWasteLand

36.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesthespeakerof“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”?

A.Heisamanofanaction.B.Heisamanofapathy.C.Heisamanofinactivity.D.Alltheabovearewrong.

37.OfthefollowingworksbyD.H.Lawrence,_______establishedhispositionasnovelist.

A.TheWhitePeacockB.TheTrespasserC.WomeninLoveD.SonsandLovers

38.WhichofthefollowingwritingsisnotthenovelofD.H.Lawrence’s?

A.SonsandLoversB.APortraitoftheArtistasaYongManC.TheWhit