《英美文学选读》综合测验题库.docx

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《英美文学选读》综合测验题库

《英美文学选读》

综合测验题库

一、单项选择题

1.WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofWilliamFaulkner?

A.Heismasterofstream-of-consciousnessnarrative.

B.Hiswritingisoftencomplexanddifficulttounderstand.

C.HeoftendepictsslumlifeinNewYorkandChicago.

D.HerepresentsanewgroupofSouthernwriters.

2.In1950,________wasawardedtheNobelPrizefortheanti-racistIntruderintheDust.

A.ScottFitzgerald

B.ErnestHemingway

C.HenryJames

D.WilliamFaulkner

3.TheHemingwayCodeheroesarebestrememberedfortheir________.

A.indestructiblespirit

B.pessimisticviewoflife

C.warexperiences

D.masculinity

4.Hemingway’ssecondbigsuccessis______.

A.InOurTime

B.ForWhomtheBellTolls

C.TheSunAlsoRises

D.AFarewelltoArms

5.Mostcriticshaveagreedthat______isbothaninsiderandanoutsideroftheJazzAgewithadoublevision.

A.Fitzgerald

B.Frost

C.Cummings

D.Hemingway

6.ThesubjectmatterofRobertFrostspoemsfocuseson______.

A.ordinarycountrypeopleandscenes

B.battlescenesofancientGreekandRomanlegends

C.strugglingmassesandcrowdedurbanquarters

D.fantasiesandmythicalhappenings

7.Whichtermscanbestdescribethemodernistsconcernofthehumansituationintheirfiction?

A.Fragmentationandalienation.

B.Courageandhonor.

C.Traditionandfaith.

D.Povertyanddesperation.

8.WhichoneisnotwrittenbyHenryJames?

A.TheAmbassadors

B.TheWingsoftheDove

C.TheBostonians

D.TheMysteriousStranger

9.WhileMarkTwainsatirizedEuropeanmannersattimes,_______wasanadmirer.

A.O.Henry

B.HenryJames

C.WaltWhitman

D.JackLondon

10.MorethanfivehundredpoemsthatDickinsonwroteareaboutnature,inwhichhergeneral_______abouttherelationshipbetweenmanandnatureiswellexpressed.

A.skepticism

B.eulogy

C.happiness

D.denial

11.ThegreatestworkwrittenbyTheodoreDreiseris_______.

A.SisterCarrie

B.AnAmericanTragedy

C.TheFinancier

D.TheTitan

12.“Eventhenhestoodthere,hiddenwhollyinthatkindnesswhichisnight,whiletheuprisingfumesfilledtheroom.Whentheodorreachedhisnostrils,hequithisattitudeandfumbledforthebed.‘what’stheuse?

’hesaid,weakly,ashestretchedhimselftorest.”

Thepassageistakenfrom_______.

A.SonsandLoversbyD.HLawrence

B.JaneEyrebyCharlotteBronte

C.SisterCarriebyTheodoreDreiser

D.WutheringHeightsbyEmilyBronte

13."Thisismylettertotheworld"isapoemexpressingEmilyDickinsons_______abouthercommunicationwiththeoutsideworld.

A.happiness

B.anger

C.anxiety

D.sorrow

14.TheodoreDreiserisgenerallyregardedasoneofAmerica’_______.

A.naturalists

B.realists

C.modernists

D.romanticists

15.WhichofthefollowingisnotaworkofEmilyDickenson’s?

A.ThisismylettertotheWorld

B.Iheardaflybuzz-whenIdied

C.TheRoadNotTaken

D.Iliketoseeitlapthemiles

16.________isaschoolofmodernpainting,whoseemphasisisontheformalstructureofaworkofartandespeciallyonthemultiple-perspectiveviewpoints.

A.Expressionism

B.Impressionism

C.Cubism

D.Imagism

17.“Heisthelastoftheromanticheroes,whoseenergyandsenseofcommitmenttakehiminsearchofhispersonalGrail;hisfailuremagnifiestoagreatextenttheendoftheAmericanDream.”Thecharacterreferredtointhepassageismostlikelytheprotagonistof________.

A.Fitzgerald’sTheGreatGatsby

B.Dreiser’sAnAmericanTragedy

C.Hemingway’sForWhomtheBellTolls

D.Twain’sTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

18.AlmostallFaulknersheroesturnedouttobetragicbecause________.

A.allenjoyedlivinginthedecliningAmericanSouth

B.noneofthemwasconditionedbythecivilizationandsocialinstitutions

C.mostofthemwereprisonersofthepast

D.noneweresuccessfulintheirattempttoexplaintheinexplicable

19.________isarepresentativeofthe1930s,when“novelsofsocialprotest”becamedominantontheAmericanliteraryscene.

A.EzraPound

B.F.ScottFitzgerald

C.RobertLeeFrost

D.JohnSteinbeck

20.In_______,RobertFrostcompareslifetoajourney,andheisdoubtfulwhetherhewillregrethischoiceornotwhenheisold,becausethechoicehasmadeallthedifference.

A.“AfterApple-Picking”

B.“TheRoadNotTaken”

C.“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”

D.“FireandIce”

21.AmericanwritersafterWorldWarⅠself-consciouslyacknowledgedthattheywere（a）"_______",devoidoffaithandalienatedfromtheWesterncivilization.

A.LostGeneration

B.BeatGeneration

C.SonsofLiberty

D.AngryYoungMen

22.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutE.Grierson,theprotagonistinFaulkner’sstory"ARoseforEmily,"isNOTtrue?

A.Shehasadistortedpersonality.

B.Sheisphysicallydeformedandparalyzed.

C.SheisthesymboloftheoldvaluesoftheSouth.

D.Sheisthevictimofthepastglory.

23.Fitzgeraldwrotethefollowingexcept_______.

A.TheGreatGatsby

B.InOurTime

C.TenderIstheNight

D.ThisSideofParadise

24.RobertFrostwasthePulitzerPrizewinneron_______occasions.

A.two

B.three

C.four

D.five

25.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribestheprotagonistofWilliamFaulkner’s“aRoseforEmily”?

A.Sheisaconservativearistocrat.

B.Sheisawealthlady.

C.Sheisaprisonerofthepast.

D.Shehasgoodtaste.

26.“Ishallbetellingthiswithasign

Somewhereagesandageshence:

Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI

Itooktheonelesstraveledby,

Thepassageistakenfrom_______.

Andthathasmadeallthedifference.”

A.RobertLeeFrost’s“TheRoadNotTaken”

B.AlfredTennyson’s“Break,Break,Break”

C.EdmundSpenser’s“TheFaerieQueene”

D.SamuelJohnson’s“London”

27."Therewasmusicfrommyneighborshousethroughthesummernights.Inhisbluegardensmenandgirlscameandwentlikemothsamongthewhisperingsandthechampagneandthestars……",thetwosentencesaretakenfrom_______.

A.TheGreatGatsbybyFitzgerald

B.SisterCarriebyTheodoreDreiser

C.Moby-DickbyHermanMelville

D.DaisyMillerbyHenryJames

28.WhichofthefollowingcommentsonthenovelTheGreatGatsbyisnottrue?

A.TheGreatGatsbyisanovelthatisasetagainsttheendingofthewar.

B.GatsbyisamysticalfigurewhoseintensityofdreampartakesofastateofmindthatembodiesAmericanitself.

C.Gatsbyisthelastoftheromanticheroes.

D.Gatsbyiswealthybutunintelligentandbrutal.

29.Who,disregardinggrammarandpunctuation,alwaysused"i"insteadof"I"torefertohimselfasaprotestagainstself-importance?

A.WallaceStevens

B.Cummings

C.Fitzgerald

D.ErnestHemingway

30.ThefirstbookRobertFrostwrotewas_______.

A.MountainInterval

B.NewHampshire

C.AFurtherRange

D.ABoy’sWill

31.WhichofthefollowingisnotausualsubjectofpoeticexpressionofEmilyDickinson’s?

A.warandpeace

B.loveandmarriage

C.lifeanddeath

D.religion

32.“BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath”isafamouspoemwrittenby_______.

A.Ezrapound

B.WaltWhitman

C.RobertFrost

D.EmilyDickinson

33.DaisyMiller’stragedyofindiscretionisintensifiedandenlargedbyitsnarrationfromthepointofviewof_______.

A.theAmericanyouthWinterbourne

B.theauthorofHenryJames

C.hermotherMrs.Miller

D.theItalianyouthGiovanelli

34.InHenryJames’DaisyMiller,theauthortriestoportraytheyoungwomanasanembodimentof_______.

A.thecorruptionofthenewlyrich

B.thefreespiritoftheNewWorld

C.thedeclineofaristocracy

D.theforceofconvention

35.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterized_______.

A.highlyrefinedlanguage

B.ordinaryAmericanspeech

C.short,clearsentences

D.abundanceoflocalimages

36.Inthefollowingwriters,whoisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20thcentury“streamofconsciousness”novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism?

A.HenryJames

B.MarkTwain

C.EmilyDickinson

D.TheodoreDreiser

37.HenryJames’sfamegenerallyrestsuponhisnovelsandstorieswiththe_______.

A.internationaltheme

B.nationaltheme

C.Europeantheme

D.regionaltheme

38.MarkTwainwrotemostofhisliteraryworkswitha_______language.

A.grand

B.pompous

C.simple

D.vernacular

39.Thebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes”refersto_______.

A.TheGreatGatsby

B.TheSunAlsoRises

C.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

D.MobyDick

40.MarkTwainshapedtheworld’sviewofAmericaandmadeacombinationof_______andseriousliterature.

A.Englishfolklore

B.funnyjokes

C.Americanfolkhumor

D.Americantraditionalvalues

41._______isconsideredbyH.L.Menckenas“thetruefatherofournationalliterature”?

A.Hemingway

B.Pope

C.Irving

D.MarkTwain

42.Statement“_______”isnottrueindescribingAmericannaturalists.

A.theyweredeeplyinfluencedbyDarwinism.

B.theywereidentifiedwithFrenchnovelistandtheoristEmileZola.

C.theychosetheirsubjectsfromthelowerranksofsociety.

D.theyusedmoreseriousandmoresympathetictoneinwritingthanrealists.

43.OneofthemostfamiliarthemesinAmericannaturalismisthethemeofhuman_______.

A.bestiality

B.goodness

C.compassion

D.greed

44.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore_______.

A.optimistic

B.pessimistic

C.humorous

D.rational

45.Whoexertsthesinglemostimportantinfluenceonliterarynaturalism?

A.Emerson

B.JackLondon

C.TheodoreDreiser

D.Darwin

46.Theperiodrangingfrom1865to1914hasbeenreferredtoas_______.

A.theAgeofRealism

B.theAgeof