北语15秋《英美文学选读》作业4100分答案Word文件下载.docx

1、2. The Victorian Age was largely an age of_ , eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. poetryB. dramaC. proseD. epic prose3. The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that theyA. speak local dialectsB.

2、 are polite and elegant gentlemenC. are simple and crude farmersD. are noble savages（red and white） untainted by societyB4. A. J. KeatsB. W. BlakeC. W. WordsworthD. P. B. Shelley5. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her

3、 poetic expression?A. Religion and immortalityB. Life and deathC. Love and marriageD. War and peace6. When did William Faulkner win Nobel Price for Literature?A. 1939B. 1949C. 1940D. 19507. Whitmans poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT _ .A. the strict poetic formB. the free

4、and natural rhythmC. the easy flow of feelingsD. the simple and conversational languageA8. A. indifferenceB. angerC. anxietyD. sorrowC9. The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the in the American literary history.A. individual feelingsB. idea of survival of the fittestC.

5、 strong imaginationD. return to nature10. In Hawthornes novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _.A. commentatorsB. observersC. villainsD. saviors11. In May 1945, Dreiser joined the _A. American republicanB. labor partyC. democratic partyD. communist party12. The Hemingway Code her

6、oes are best remembered for theirA. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experiencesD. masculinity13. Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of , poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. bland verseB. heroi

7、c coupletC. free verseD. iambic pentameter14. A. Walt WhitmanB. Robert FrostC. John keatsD. Emily Dickinson15. When Robert Frost was 87, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President_A. BushB. KennedyC. ClintonD. Fort16. You may have meet the term A. John Bunyans Pilgrims ProgressB. Samuel Joh

8、nsons The Vanity of Human WishesC. Jonathan Swifts Gullivers TravelsD. Henry Fieldings tom Jones17. _is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.A. Jane EyreB. EmmaC. Wuthering HeightsD. Middlemarch18. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _beca

9、me the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.A. SentimentalismB. romanticismC. realismD. naturalism19. Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production ofA. Piers PlowmanB. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC. Confessio AmantisD. The Canterbury Tales20. Of the following American poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge of Chinese culture is _.A. Robert FrostB. Allen GinsbergC. Ezra PoundD. E. E. Cummings9B27A8686599DB93