英美文学选读 习题3.docx

1、英美文学选读 习题3【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分1 H. L. Mencken, a famous American critic, considered _ “the true father of our national literature. ” A Hamlin Garland B Joseph Kirkland C Mark Twain D Henry James答： 答案： B【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分2 Why are naturalists inevitably pessimistic in their view?答： 答案： The negative

2、 influence comes from Darwins theory of evolution, belief in mans instinct|environment and other social and economic forces|determinism.【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分3 But it seemed that both his audacity and his respect were lost on Miss Daisy Miller. I guess mother wouldnt gofor you, she smiled. And she ain

3、t much bent on going, anyway. She dont like to ride round in the afternoon. After which she familiarly proceeded: But did you really mean what you said just nowthat youd like to go up there? Most earnestly I meant it, Winterbourne declared.A. Identify the author and the work.B. Where are they going

4、to visit？答： 答案： Henry James, Daisy Miller, visit an old castle【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分4 Nigger Jeff, Old Rogaum and His Theresa are all _ by Dreiser. A A. novels B B. novellas C C. plays D D. short stories答： 答案： D【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分5 The white whale, Moby Dick is endowed with symbolic meaning. What do

5、you think it symbolizes?答： 答案： To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe.To Ishmael, the whale is an astonishing force, an immense power, which defies rational explanation due to a sense of mystery it carries. It is beautiful, but malignant at th

6、e same time.To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument of Gods vengeance upon evil man.【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分6 Then where are our relatives? My father? Our family friends? You claim the rights of a mother: the right to call me fool and child; to speak to me as no woman in

7、 authority over me at college dare speak to me; to dictate my way of life; and to force on me the acquaintance of a brute whom anyone can see to be the most vicious sort of Lodon man about town. Before I give myself the trouble to resist such claims, I may as well find out whether they have any real

8、 existence.Questions:A. From which work is this quotation taken?B. Which character is speaking?C. What does this work expose?答： 答案： Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warrens Profession, Vivie, economic exploitation, women and society【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分7 The work _ by William Blake is a lovely volume of poems, pre

9、senting a happy world, though not without its evils and sufferings.A.Songs of Innocence&n A Songs of Innocence B Songs of Experience C Poetical Sketches D Lyrical Ballads答： 答案： A【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分8 It is said that B. Shaw s plays reflect the dramatists Fabianist idea. Give one example.答： 答案： Mrs.W

10、arren s Profession【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分9 “Nor lose possession of that fair thou owst;Nor shall Death brag thou wanderst in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou growst:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. ”Questions:A. Whos the poet of th

11、e quoted stanza, and whats the title of the poem?B. What does the word “this” in the last line refer to?C. What idea do the quoted lines express?答： 答案： Shakespeare, Sonnet 18, permance of poetry【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分10 In the description of sun-rise, the poet unconsciously expresses his helplessness i

12、n having to face up his duty as a man. This statement is about Robert Brownings _. A “My Last Duchess” B “Meeting at Night” C “Parting at Morning” D “Pippa Passes”答： 答案： C【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分11 List three characters of Tom Jones.答： 答案： Tom, Blifil and Sophia【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分12 “Never did sun more

13、 beautifully steepIn his first splendor, valley, rock or hill;Neer saw I, never felt, a calm so deep !The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! The very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!”( From Wordsworths sonnetComposed upon Westminster Bridge)Questions:A. What do

14、es this sonnet describe?B. What does the phrase “mighty heart” refer to?C.What is the form of the poem?答： 答案： London, sonnet【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分13 The Renaissance marks a transition from _ to the modern world. A the old English B the medieval C the feudalist D the capitalist答： 答案： B【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分

15、：0分14 What contributions did Geoffrey Chaucher make to English literature？答： 答案： He celebratesearthly happiness and opposes asceticism and satirizes the social vices. His characters are with both typical qualities and individual dispositions. He uses the octosyllabic couplet and the heroic couplet.

16、Canterbury Tales makes him the father of English poetry.【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分15 Walt Whitman believed, by means of “_,” he has turned poetry into an open field, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play. A free verse B standardized rhyming C strict verse D re

17、gular rhyming答： 答案： A【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分16 Comment on the characteristics of Romantic writers in English history.答： 答案： It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of imagination and nature.【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分17 The most original playwright of the Theatre of Absurd wa

18、s _. A Bernard Shaw B John Osborne C Samuel Beckett D W. B. Yeats答： 答案： C【题型：论述】【分数：10分】 得分：0分18 Make a comment on the character ofJane Eyre, the heroine of the novel by Charlotte Bronte.答： The only major languag答案： orphan|child|poor|plain|governess|middle class |working|woman【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分19

19、The literary form which is fully-developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic period is _. A prose B drama C novel D poetry答： 答案： D【题型：论述】【分数：10分】 得分：0分20 A Modest Proposal is a satire written by Swift and it is generally taken as a perfect model of satire. Gullivers Travels is Swifts mast

20、erpiece. Based on them, discuss why Swift is a master satirist.答： 答案： satirist|satires|corruption|religion|learning|Gullivers Travels|English society|earnestness|A Modest Proposal|sincerity and detachment【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分21 Theodore Dreisers forgiving treatment of the career of his heroine in _ d

21、rew heavily upon the naturalistic understanding of sexuality. A A. Sister Carrie B B. The Financier C C. The Titan D D. The American Tragedy答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分22 “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? . And if God had gifted me with some b

22、eauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. ” The quo A Jane Eyre B Hamelet C Wuthring Heights D Bleak House答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分23 Which writing is a typical example of Shakespeares pessimistic view towards human life and socie

23、ty in his late years? A The Tempest B King Lear C Hamlet D Othello答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分24 John Milton s most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model is _. A Paradise Lost B Paradise Regained C Samson Agonistes D Lycidas答： 答案： C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分25 In Charles Dickensearly novels, he attack

24、s one or more specific social evils, _is a good example of describing the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life. A Oliver Twist B Bleak house C David Copperfield D Great Expectations答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分26 Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Ro

25、manticism in that _. A the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees li B the former is heavily religious but the latter secular C the former is an intellectual movement the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class D the former advocates the “return to

26、nature” whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分27 _ is the leading figure of the English Romantic poetry, the focal poetic voice of the period. A William Blake B William Wordsworth C George Gordon Byron D Percy Bysshe Shelley答： 答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分28 Symbolism

27、and complex narrative are employed more richly in D. H. Lawrences _, which are generally regarded as his masterpieces. A Women in Love B Sons and Lovers C Lady Chatteleys Lover D Farewell to Arms答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分29 The four great odes of John Keats are the following EXCEPT _. A Ode on Mel

28、ancholy B Ode on a Grecian Urn C Ode to a Nightingale D Ode to the West Wind答： 答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分30 We can easily find in Dreiser s fiction a world of jungle, and _ found expression in almost every book he wrote. A naturalism B romanticism C transcendentalism D cubism答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分

29、：0分31 Among the following writers _ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th -century “stream - of - consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism. A T. S. Eliot B James Joyce C William Faulkner D Henry James答： 答案： D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分32 “Metaphysical Poetry” refers to t

30、he works of the 17th - century writers who wrote under the influence of _. A Milton B John Donne C Johnson D Fielding答： 答案： B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分33 Within her little lyrics Dickinson addresses those issues that concern _, which include religion, death, immorality, love and nature. A the whole human beings B the frontiers C the African Americans D her relatives答： 答案： A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分34 The most important characteristics in Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson is _