13秋《英美文学选读》作业1

20春《英美文学选读》作业_1一、单选题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.Because of her sensitivity to universal pattens of human behavior, ______ has brought the English novel, as an art of form, to its maturity.A. Charlotte BronteB. Jane AustenC. Emily BronteD. Henry Fielding答：B q：80·500·92612.What＇s the name of Hester and Dimmesdale ＇s daughter?A. AmyB. PearlC. NinaD. Berry答：B3." Charles Drouet ", " George Hustwood ", " Julia Hustwood " are most likely the names of the characters in ________.A. Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s ProfessionB. Dreiser’s Sister CarrierC. Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s LostD. Christopher Marlowe’s Dr.Faustus答：B4.Where did Shakespeare work in LondonA. farmB. theaterC. factoryD. office答：B5."＇I believe you are made of stone,＇he said, clenching his fingers so hard that he broke the fragile cup. …＇You seem to forget,＇she said,＇that cup is not!＇" .From the above quoted passage, we can find the woman＇s tone is very( ) .A. sarcasticB. amusingC. sentimentalD. facetious答：A6.The poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is selected from____A. A Witness TreeB. Steeple BushC. New HampshireD. A Further Range答：C7.All of the following poems by William Wordsworth are masterpieces on nature EXCEPT ______.A. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”B. “An Evening Walk”C. “Tintern Abbey”D. “The Solitary Reaper”答：D8.George Bernard Shaw’s ______ is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlordism.A. Widower’ s HouseB. Mrs. Warren’ s ProfessionC. The Apple CartD. Getting Married答：B9.Virginia Woolf was born in a____A. poor familyB. small familyC. rich familyD. talented family答：D10.In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _______.A. Mark Twain＇s The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Dreiser＇s Sister CarrieC. Copper＇s Leather-Stocking TalesD. Thoreau＇s Walden答：B二、判断题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.To the Lighthouse is divided into three sections and each different from the others in the treatment of time and structure.答：正确2.Critical realism is the period between 1875 and 1920 to apply the methods of realistic diction to the criticism of society and the examination of social issues.3."Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; /Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!" the line are taken from Shelley＇s "Ode to the West Wind".4.The name of the first and most successful section in To the Lighthouse is “Window”.5.The 18th century witnessed a new literary form -the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.6."To be, or not to be"is one of the question put forward by Hamlet at the beginning of the soliloquy.7.George Hustwood , a friend of Drouet’s, rescues Carrie from starvation and makes her his mistress.8.It was said that Shakespeare was forced to leave his hometown to seek refuge in London.9.The themes of Robert Frost’s poems include landscape and people of New England, loneliness and poverty of isolated farmers, beauty, terror, and tragedy in nature.10.Jane Austen’s style is possessed of a neat humor and a satirical touch.20春《英美文学选读》作业_2一、单选题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.The name of the hero in Jane Eyre was___A. HeathcliffB. RochesterC. JamesD. David2.How many groups are there in Hardy＇s novels?A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five3.Which of the following is NOT a tragicomedy?A. Timon of AthensB. CymblineC. The winter＇s taleD. The tempest4.In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a （n）______ of the Bennet family.A. high opinionB. great admirationC. low opinionD. erroneous view5.Which is Dofoe’s masterpiece?A. Robinson CrusoeB. Queen MabC. The Revolt of IsiamD. The Taming of the Shrew6.The title of the novel “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ”written by James Joyce suggests a character study with strong _________ elements .A. autobiographicalB. sentimentalC. joyfulD. bitter7.The poem Ode to a Nightingale was written by___A. William WordsworthB. John KeatsC. ShelleyD. Coleridge8.Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield is perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.A. comicB. tragicC. roundD. sophisticated9.H. L. Mencken, a famous American critic, considered ______ “the true father of our national literature. ”A. Hamlin GarlandB. Joseph KirklandC. Mark TwainD. Henry James10.All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment”EXCEPT ______.A. The Return of the NativeB. Tess of the D’ UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Far from the Madding Crowd二、判断题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.Augustus Carmichael of To the Lighthouse is an elderly musician and friends of the Ramsays.2.“The horizon’s edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud.”the author of this poem is Robert Frost.3.Each individual unit it collection of stressed and unstressed syllables is called a foot.4.The heroine of The Scarlet Letter is Hester Prynne5.In Pride and Prejudice,Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five daughters.6.There were many literary artists involved in the groups known as the Lost Generation. The three best known areSherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos.7.Wordsworth’s attitude towards the French Revolution changed at his later years.8.There is a wild rosebush in chapter one of The Scarlet Letter beside the prison door, but it is withered.9.In Pride and Prejudice,Mr. Bingley and the eldest girl Jane Bennet fall in love.10.Ezra Pound gave Robert Frost a very good opinion about his poems and helped him to find British publishers.20春《英美文学选读》作业_3一、单选题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made ______ one of the greatest American novelists.A. F. Scott FitzgeraldB. William FaulknerC. Ernest HemmingwayD. Gertrude Steinbeck2."Two roads diverged in a yellow wood /And sorry I could not travel both ..." In the above two lines of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one’s c ourse of life3."Two roads diverged in a yellow wood /And sorry I could not travel both ..." /In the above two lines of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one’s course of life4.’Damn the fool! There he is’, cried Heathcliff, sinking back into his seat. ’Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine! I’ll stay. If he shot me so, I’d expire with a blessing in my lips.’" The novel from which the passage is taken must be _________.A. Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceB. Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity ShopC. Samuel Richardson’s PamelaD. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights5.Which of the following is taken from John Keats＇Ode to a Nightingale?A. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty."B. "Earth has not anything to show more fair."C. "They are both gone up to the church to pray."D. "was it a vision, or a waking dream?"6.Southey,Wordsworth,______and Shelley are the major Romantic poets.A. HardyB. ColeridgeC. ScottD. Frost7.Poetry is defined by ______ as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility”.A. William WordsworthB. William BlakeC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. Robert Southey8.In 1837, ______ published Twice - Told Tales, a collection of short stories which attracted critical attention.A. EmersonB. MelvilleC. WhitmanD. Hawthorne9.Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, _______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in prose," and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Daniel DefoeB. Samuel RichardsonC. Henry FieldingD. Oliver Goldsmith10.Charles Dicken＇s early years were___A. happyB. difficultC. richD. sunny二、判断题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.Robinson Crusoe retells the story in the first person singular2.The Scarlet Letter is set in the 17th-century Boston.3.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech.4.Crusoe travelled on the other side of the island for three month.5.Kitty is the fourth daughter of the Bennet family.6.The second section of To the Lighthouse is entitled “Time Passes”.7.Robert Frost left Harvard because he dislike the academic convention.8.According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter "A" originally stood for "adultery" .9.The meaning of "To die, to sleep" is comparing "death" to "long sleep".10.Of all Dickens’s novels, Nicholas Nickleby is regarded as his masterpiece.20春《英美文学选读》作业_4一、单选题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.Within her little lyrics Dickinson addresses those issues that concern ______, which include religion, death, immorality, love and nature.A. the whole human beingsB. the frontiersC. the African AmericansD. her relatives2.In “Sonnet 18 ”，Shakespeare has a profound meditation on the destructive power of _________ and the eternal __________ brought forth by poetry to the one he loves .A. death/ lifeB. death/ loveC. time / beautyD. hate / love3.Which of the following is NOT written by Wordsworth.A. Lines Written in Early SpringB. To the CuckooC. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudD. Moll Flanders4.Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Father of the English NovelB. Father of the English PoetryC. Father of the English DramaD. Father of the English Short Story5."If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" is an epigrammatic line byA. J. KeatsB. W. BlakeC. W. WordsworthD. P.Shelley6.As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by _______.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Charles DarwinC. Henry JamesD. Ralph Waldo Emerson7.The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modern world.A. the old EnglishB. the medievalC. the feudalistD. the capitalist8.Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are ________.A. Twelfth Night, Othello, King Lear, HamletB. Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of VeniceC. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD. Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet9.Shelley’s political lyrics ______ is not only a war cry calling upon all working people to rise up against their political oppressors, but an address to them pointing out the intolerable injustice of economic exploitation.A. “Ode to Liberty”B. “Ode to Naples”C. “Ode to the West Wind”D. “Men of England”10.The Victorian Age was largely an age of___ , eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. poetryB. dramaC. proseD. verse二、判断题( 每题5分, 共10道小题, 总分值50分)1.In Pride and Prejudice,Mary is the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet.2.In Pride and Prejudice,Mr. Bennet regards Elizabeth as the most intelligent and spirited daughter.3.David Copperfield use the first person singular.4.To put the stress on traditional values is NOT a typical feature of Modernism5.Fitzgerald’s first novel brought his instant fame and money.6.Stylistically,poems of Robert Frost is characterized by simple language, a graceful style, and traditional forms of poetry.7.Robert Frost used symbols from everyday life to express profound ideas.8.In David Copperfield,Mr. Micawber is a rich squire who lives a comfortable life.9.Crusoe got spiritual support from his daily reading of the Bible.10.While studying at Lawrence High School, Frost wrote poems and finished his studies at the top of his class.。

（完整版）《英美文学》练习题库及答案I Of the four alternative answer, choose the one that would best complete the statement:1. Benjamin Franklin was born in the family of a small ___________ .A. LandlordB. merchantC. lawyerD. clergyman2. Ralph Waldo Emerson 'asdilneg reputation began with the publication of ___________ .A. EssaysB. NatureC. OversoulD. Self-Relience3. Ellen Poe was both a poet and a ____________________ .A. dramatistB. essayist C actor D. fiction writer.4. Nathaniel Hawthorne ' s view of man and human history originates in __________________ .A. PuritanismB. SocialismC. TranscendentalismD. naturalism5. Walt Whitman was born and brought up in a family of a _____________ .A. PeasantB. carpenterC. captainD. printer6. Mark Twain ' s first successful literary work is _____________________________ .A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyB. Life on the MississippiC. The Adventure of Tom SawyerD. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn7. Closely related to Emily Dickinson ' s religious poetry are her poems concerning ________________A. ChildhoodB.youth and happinessC. lonelinessD. death and immortality8. Among the works of Dreiser, the bet known to the Chinese readers is _______________ .A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. Th FinancierD. The Titan9. Robert Frost ' s works mainly focus on the landscape and people in ___________________ .A. the WestB. American SouthC. New EnglandD. Mississippi10. Most of the plays Eugene O l w 'roNt e ilare ______________________ .A. comediesB. . romancesC. historical plays D tragedies11. Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the ____________________ .A. modern timeB. young AmericansC. Jazz AgeD. Guilded Age12. ____________________________ is Hemingway ' smasterpiece, which is about the old fishermanSantiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin.A. Farewell to ArmsB. For whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and The Sea13. As a great fiction writer, William Faulker devotes most of his works to the description of the life and the people in the _______________________________ .A. American WestB. New England in AmericaC. American SouthD. American North14. When he was young, Benjamin Franklin became an apprentice in a ________________ .A. printing houseB. storeC. Tailor ' s shopD. factory15. Ralph Emerson was born in a family of a ___________________ .A. merchantB. businessmanC. clergymanD. writer16. Ellen Poe began his literary career by writing _________________ ;A. short storiesB. playsC. essaysD. poems17. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is ________ in every hearer, which may remain latent, perhaps,英美文学》练习测试题库及答案本科through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.A. evilB. virtueC. kindn essD. tragedy18. Whitman is radically innovative in term of form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subjects and new feeli ngs is ____________ .A. bla nk verseB. free verseC. heroic coupletD. sonnet19. Mark Twain shaped the world ' s view of America and made a comb in ati on of serious literature and _______A. America n folk humorB. En glish folkloreC. America n traditi onal valuesD. funny jokes20. Altogether, Emily Dick inson wrote ____ poems, of which only sever n had appeared duri ng her lifetime.A. 1145B. 1775C. 897D. 78521. Theodore Dreiser is gen erally ack no wledged as one of America' s literaryA. realistsB. n aturalistsC. roma ntistsD. modernists 22. In Frost ' s poems, images and metaphors in his poems are drawn from ___________________A. the simple country lifeB. the urba n lifeC. the life on the seaD. the adve ntures and trips23. Scott Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the24. Eugene O ' Neill is regarded as the founder of American _____________________ .A. poetryB. dramaC. ficti onD. literature25. _________________ is Hemingway ' s masterpiece, which tellsa story about the tragic love of a woundecAmerican soldier with a British nurse.C. For Whom the Bell Tolls 26. William Faulk ner was born ina family of a ______________________ .A. mercha ntB. colonelC. man agerD. doctor27. In his essays, ______ p ut forward his philosophy of the over soul, the importa nt of the In dividual and Nature.A. Natha niel HawthorneB. Washi ngton IrvingC. Mark Twai nD. Ralph Waldo Emers on28. The chief spokesma n of New En gla nd Transcenden talism is _______A. Natha niel HawthorneB. Ralph Waldo Emers onC. Henry David ThoreauD. Wash ington Irvi ng29. _____ l iterary world turns out to be a most disturbed, tormented and problematical one, which has much to do with his black” vision of life and human beings.A. Herma n Melville'sB. Washi ngton Irvi ng'sC. Nathaniel Hawthorne'sD. Walt Whitman s30. Most of the poems in ____ sing of the en-masse and the self as well.A. Leaves of GrassB. Drum TapsC. North of Bost onD. The Can tos31. In ____ , Whitma n airs his sorrow at Preside nt Lin colnsdeath.A. Cavalry Crossing a FordB. A Pact ”C. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom 'dD. There was a Child Went Forth ”A. America n DreamB. ruli ng classes B. America n Capitalists D.America n bourgeoisieA. A Farewell to ArmsB. The Sun Also RisesD. In Our Time32.In ___ , Whitman's own early experience may well be identified with the childhood of a young growingAmerica.A. “A Pact”B. “Song of Myself ”C. “There was a Child Went Forth”D. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”33.In _____ , Hawthorne sets out to prove that everyone possesses some evil secret.A. “The Custom-House”B. “Young Goodman Brown”C. “Rappaccini's Daughter”D. “The Birthmark"34. _____ is called by Hemingway the one from which“all modern American literature c omes”.A. The adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom aSwyerC. The Gilded AgeD. Life on the Mississippi35. Theodore Dreiser's forgiving treatment of the career of his heroine in ____ also draws heavily upon thenaturalistic understanding of sexuality.A McTeague B. An American Tragedy C. Sister Carri e D. The Genius36. _____ is a great giant of American, whom H.L.Mencken considers “the true father of our nationalliterature.”A. Henry JamesB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Theodore Dreiser37. _____ is usually regarded as a classic book written for boys about their particular horrors and joys.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Innocents AbroadD. Life on the Mississippi38. _____ is described by Mark Twain as a boy with“a sound heart and a deformed conscienc”e.A. Tom SawyerB. Huckleberry FinnC. JimD.Tony39. _______ is considered to be Theodore Dreise'sr greatest work.A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. The FinancierD. The Titan40. The leading playwright of the modern period in American literature, if not the most successful in all hisexperiments, is ______A. Arthur MillerB. Tennessee WilliamC. George Bernard ShawD. Eugene O'Neil41. The well- known soliloquy by Hamlet “ T o be , or not to be ' shows hisA. hatred for his uncleB. love for lifeC. resolution of revengeD. inner- strife42. _______ is a play that concerns the problem of modern ma'sn identity.A. The Hairy ApeB. Long Day's Journey Into NightC. The Iceman ComethD. The Emperor Jones43.In a tragic sense, ______ is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerable forces in whichonly a partial victory is possible.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. In Our TimeC. The Old Man and the SeaD. A Farewell to Arms44. Faulkner once said that _________ is a story of “ lost innocence,'which proves itself to be andintensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. The Sound and the FuryB. Light in AugustC. Go Down, MosesD. Absalom, Absalom! 45.In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the __________________________ devices in narration.A. RomanticB. RealisticC. GothicD. Modernist46. _____ is Hemingway's first true novel in which he depictsa vivid portrait of “The lost Generation.”A. The Sun Also RisesB. A Farewell to ArmsC. In Our TimeD. For Whom the Bell Tolls47. The only dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize was _________ .A. Bernard ShawB. Eugene O'NeilC. Richard Brinsley SheridanD. William Shakespeare48. __________________________ By means of “free verse,” believes that he has turned the poem into anopen field, an area of vitalpossibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. Emily DickinsonB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Ezra Pound49. An eccentric woman who refuses to accept the passageoftime, or the inevitable change and loss thataccompanies it may probably refer to ______ .A. Irene in The Man of PropertyB. Emily in A Rose for EmilyC. Catherine in Wuthering HeightsD. the widow Douglas in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn50. One source of evil that Nathaniel Hawthorne is concerned most is overreaching intellect. Which of the following stories is one of this kind?A. Rappaccini's DaughterB. Young Goodman BrownC. The Minister's Black VeilD. The Birthmark51. “In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel. ”This is the last sentence of __________ .A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The GeniusD. Jane Eyre 52.In Walt Whitman's “There was a Child Went Forth”, the child refers to _________________________________________ .A. the poet himself as a childB. any American childC. the young AmericaD. one of the poet's neighbor53. The ______ techniques are used in some of Eugene O'Neil 's plays to highlight the theatrical effect of therupture between the two sides of an individual human being, the private and the public.A. naturalisticB. expressionisticC. stream-of-consciousnessD. metaphysical54. Which of the following is true as far as Emily Dickinson 's poetry is concerned? A. She seldom uses dashes.B. All her poems are about death or immorality.C. Her poems are very personal and meditativeD. Her poems usually have well-chosen titles. 55.In his poems, Whitman tends to use ___________________ .A. oral EnglishB. the King 's EnglishC. American EnglishD. old English56. As far as Nathaniel Hawthorne's art is concerned, which of the following statement is true? A. His The Scarlet Letter tells a love story.B. His art is deeply influenced by Puritanism because he was a puritan himself.C. Young Goodman Brownis a story about superstition.D. Ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of his art.57. “I like to see it lap the Miles—And lick the Valleys up —And stop to feed itself at Tanks—And the n ---- ” (Emily Dick inson, “like to see it lap the Miles—)Here “it” refers to _____ .A. loveB. deathC. a flyD. the train58. Which of the following statements concerning Theodore Dreise'rs style is correct?A. Dreiser'sCowperwood trilogy includes The Financier, The Titan and The GeniusB. His novels have little detail descriptions of characters and events.C. His novels are written in refined language.D. His style is not polished but very serious.59. ____ has long been well known as a poet who can hardly be classified with the old or the new.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert Lee FrostC. T. S. EliotD. Emily Dickinson60. F. Scott Fitzgerald skillfully employs the device of having events observe by ___________ to his greatadvantage.。

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I.Multiple Choice(40points in all,1for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement.Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A,B,C orD on the answer sheet.1.Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his______plays,154sonnets and2long poems.BA.27B.38C.47D.522.john Milton’s literary achievement can be divided into three groups:the early poetic works,the middle prose pamphlets and the last______.CA.romancesB.dramasC.great poemsD.ballads3.The novels of______are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower—class people.CA.John MiltonB.Daniel DefoeC.Henry FieldingD.Jonathan Swift4.The work ranked by many critics as William Wordswoth’s greatest work was______.BA.Lyrical BalladsB.The PreludeC.Poems in Two VolumesD.The Excursion5.The author of The History of Tom Jones,a Foundling is ______.CA.Daniel DefoeB.Johathan SwiftC.Henry FieldingD.William Blake6.The works of______are famous for the depiction of the life of the middle—class women,particularly governess.*BA.Charlotte BrontewrenceC.Thomas HardyD.Jane Austen7.All of the following writings are created by William Wordsworth EXCEPT______.DA.“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.”B.“Composed upon Westminster Bridge,Septemer3,1802.”C.“The Solitary Reaper.”D.“The Chimney Sweeper.”8.The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is______.DA.A Tale of a TubB.The Battle of the BooksC.A Modest ProposalD.Gulliver's Travels9“If winter comes,can Spring be far behind?”comes from Shelly’s______.DA.“To a Skylark”B.“Adonais”C.“Ode to Liberty”D.“Ode to the West Wind”10.In Jane Austen's first novel______,she tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs.BA.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Persuasion11.Charles Dickens is one of the greatest______writers of the Victorian Age.DA.romanticB.modernistC.socialistD.critical realist12.Charlotte Bronte's most autobiographical work,______ is largely based on her experience in Brussels.AA.Jane EyreB.ShirleyC.VilletteD.The Professor13.William Wordsworth's theory of poetry is calling for simple themes drawn from humble life expressed in the language of ordinary people.The preface to the second edition of______acts as a manifesto for the new school and sets forth his own critical creed.AA.Lyrical BalladsB.The PreludeC.Poems in Two VolumsD.The Excursion14.George Bernard Shaw's play______established his position as the leading playwright of his time.*CA.Widowers’HousesB.Too True to Be GoodC.Mrs.Warren's ProfessionD.Candida15.Eliot's most important single poem______,has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the20th-century English poetry.BA.The Hollow MenB.The Waste LandC.Prurrock and Other ObservationsD.Poems1909-2516. D. /doc/info-926f89635dbfc77da26925 c52cc58bd630869377.htmlwrence’s autobiographical novel, ______shows the conflict between the earthy,coarse, energetic but often drunken father and the refined,strong —willed and up—climbing mother.AA.Sons and LoversB.The White PeacockC.The TrespasserD.The Rainbow17.“To be,or not to be—that is the question;/Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer./The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,/And by opposing end them?”These words are from ______.DA.King LearB.RomeoC.AntonioD.Hamlet18.John Milton’s last important work,______is the most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model.AA.Paradise LostB.Paradise RegainedC.Samson AgonistesD.Lydidas19.The author of Moll Flanders and Captain Singleton is ______.BA.John MiltonB.Daniel DefoeC.Henry FieldingD.Jonathan Swift20.Drapier is the pseudonym of______.AA.Jonathan SwiftB.Daniel DefoeC.Henry FieldingD.William Blake21.One of Dickens'later works,______in which he presents a criticism of the governmental branches which run an indefinite procedure of management ofaffairs and keep the innocent in prison for life.BA.Bleak HouseB.Little DorritC.Hard TimesD.A Tale of Two Cities22.In the second part of Gulliver's Travels,Gulliver told his experience in______.AA.BrobdingnagB.LilliputC.Flying IslandD.Houyhnhnm23.Faulkner used the narrative techniques to construct his stories,which include______and mythological and biblical allusions.AA.symbolismB.free indirect speechC.contrastD.dialogue24.Ernest Hemingway,had been trying to demonstrate in his works an unvarying code,known as“______,”which is actually an attitude towards life.BA.facing the realityB.grace under pressureC.honesty with benevolenceD.security coming first25.The Blithedale Romance is a novel written by Hawthorne to reveal his own experience on the Brook Farm and his own methods as a______novelist.CA.naturalistB.imagistC.psychologicalD.feminist26.Theodore Dreiser's focus shifted from the pathos of the helpless protagonists at the bottom of the society to the power of the Americanfinancial tycoons in the late19th century in his work ______.DA.The GeniusB.An American TragedyC.Dreiser Looks at RussiaD.“Trilogy of Desire”27.Emily Dickinson frequently uses personae to render the tone more familiar to the reader,and______to vivify some abstract ideas.DA.imagesB.metaphorC.symbolsD.personification28.In his later works,Melville becomes more reconciled with the______,in which he admits,one must live by rules.BA.womenB.world of manC.familyD.politicians29.Walt Whitman's______has always been considered a monumental work which commands great attention in America.BA.The Pilgrim’s ProgressB.Leaves of GrassC.A Passage to IndiaD.Rip Van Winkle30.Mark Twain’s full literary career began to blossom in1869with a travel book______,an account of American tourists in Europe.AA.Innocents AbroadB.The Portrait of A LadyC.The Grapes of WrathD.The Great Gatsby31.With the development of the modern novel and the common acceptance of the______approach,Henry James's importance,as well as his wide influence as a novelist and critic,has been all the more conspicuous.AA.deconstructionB.romanticC.FreudianD.analytic32.Emily Dickinson addresses the issues that concern the whole human beings in her poems,which include religion, death,______,love,and nature.AA.immortalityB.wealthC.powerD.politics33.In Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser expressed his______ pursuit by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conventional moral standards.BA.romanticB.realisticC.naturalisticD.modernistic34.Profound ideas in Robert Frost's poems are delivered under the disguise of______.AA.the plain language and the simple formB.the vivid descriptionsC.metaphorsD.the complicated narration35.In______Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death throughthe depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.BA.The Green Hills of AfricaB.Death in the AfternoonC.The Snows of KilimanjaroD.To Have and Have Not36Of Faulkner’s literary works,four novels are masterpieces by any standards:The Sound and the Fury, Light in August,Absalom,Absalom!and______.AA.Go Down,MosesB.The FableC.The Snows of KilimanjaroD.To Have and Have Not37.As Whitman saw it,______could play a vital part in the process ofcreating a new nation.CA.musicB.fictionC.poetryD.painting38.In many of Hawthorne's stories and novels,the Puritan concept of life is condemned,especially in his The house of the Seven Gables and______.BA.Go Down,MosesB.The Scarlet LetterC.As I Lay DyingD.Song of Myself39.Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the______and the founder of psychological realism.BA.“stream-of-consciousness”novelsB.metaphysical poemsC.short storiesD.literary criticism40.Generally considered to be Henry James’s masterpiece,______incarnates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a Europe an cultural environment.BA.The AmbassadorsB.Daisy MillerC.The AmericanD.The Portrait of A Lady非选择题部分注意事项：用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上，不能答在试题卷上。

I．Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.chapter18.The Victorian Age was largely an age of ____, eminently represented by Dickens andThackeray.A.poetryB.dramaC.proseD.epic prose (024)18. A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral ______, exposing all kinds of social evils.A. revolutionariesB. idealistsC. criticsD. defenders(044)16. The Victorian Age is most famous for its ________.A. playsB. novelsC. poemsD. essays (047)14.Which of the following statements about Victorian literature is NOT true?（）4A. Novels became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.B. Victorian novelists were angry with the inhuman social institutions, the decaying social morality, the widespread misery, poverty and injustice.C. Influenced by a particularly strict set of moral standards, Victorian writers like Oscar Wilde, advocated the old moderate, respectable life-style. (057)D. Victorian prose writers joined forces with the critical realist novelists in exposing and criticizing the social reality.18. Although writing from different points of view and with different techniques，writers in the Victorian Period shared one thing in common，that is，they were all concerned about ______．A. the fate of the upper classB. the reformation of the governmentC. the fate of the common peopleD. the future of their family clans(087)1. The first mass movement of the English working class and the early sign of the awakening of the poor, oppressed people is_____. 3A. The Enclosure MovementB. The Protestant ReformationC. The Enlightenment MovementD. The Chartist Movement （097）13. In the Victorian Period _____ became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought. 2A. poetryB. novelC. proseD. drama（097）14. All of the following statements about the Victorian period is true EXCEPT ______. 1A. England was the “workshop of the world”.B. The early years was a time of rapid economic development as well as serious socialproblems.C. Towards the mid -century, England had reached its highest point of development as a world power.D. Capitalism came into its monopoly stage, the gap between the rich and the poor was further deepened. (104)18. Which of the following can't be included in the critical realists of the Victorian Period?a. Charlotte and Emily Bronteb. Charles Dickens and William M. Thackerayc. Thomas Hardy and George Eliotd. D. H. Laurence and James Joyce（浙0210）19. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of _____.a. novelb. dramac. poetryd. sonnet（浙0210）19.The first mass movement of the English working class was ______, which signified the awakening of the poor, oppressed people.Charles Dickens1.“For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of askingfor more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room...”(Dickens, Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask for? 4[A]More time to play. [B]More food to eat.[C]More book to read. [D]More money to spend. (034)17. Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens. 3A. comicB.tragicC. roundD.sophisticated(044)?13. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dicken’s works lies in his ________.A. social criticismB. optimismC. character－portrayal ?D. social setting (047)22．Dickens‟ works are characterized by a mingling of ______________ and pathos. A．humor B．satireC．passion D．metaphor（074）7．Among the works by Charles Dickens _______ presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds. 2A．Bleak House B．Pickwick PaperC．Great Expectations D．Hard Times（084）?8．The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dic kens‟ works is his _______. A．simple vocabulary B．bitter and sharp criticism ? C．character-portrayal D．pictures of happiness（084）20. Among the following figures ______ is Dickens‟ first child hero.A．Little Nell B．David CopperfieldC．Oliver Twist D．Little Dorrit(087)13.Charles Dickens' novel ______ is famous for its vivid descriptions of theworkhouse and life of the underworld in the nineteenth- century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby(094)14. In Charles Dickens‟early novels, he attacks one or more specific social evils, _____is a good example of describing the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life.A. David CopperfieldB. Oliver TwistC. Great ExpectationsD. Dombey and Son（097）16. Dickens‟ s first child hero is ______.A. Little NellB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Little Dorrit(104)19. Dickens attacks the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds in ______.A. Hand TimesB. Great ExpectationsC. Our Mutual FriendD. Bleak House(104)3. Charles Dickens‟ novel, ______, is famous for its vivid descriptions of the work-house and life of the underworld in the nineteenth-century London.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David CopperfieldD. Nicholas Nickleby（107）6. Dickens‟best- depicted characters are the following. EXCEPT ______. 1A. innocent, virtuous, persecuted and helpless child charactersB. horrible and grotesque charactersC. broadly humorous or comical charactersD. simple, innocent and faithful women characters（107）2 Charlotte Bronte19.___is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.A.Jane EyreB.EmmaC.Wuthering HeightsD.Middlemarch (024)5.“Come to me－come to me entirely now,” said he ; and ad ded, in his deepest tone, speaking in my ear as his cheek was laid on mine, “Make my happiness－I will make yours.”The above passage presents a scene in . (034)[A]Emily Bronte‟s Withering Heights[B]Charlotte Bronte‟s Jane Eyre[C]John Galsworthy′s The Forsyte Saga[D]Thomas Hardy′s Tess of the D′Urbervilles17. Which of the following women does not belong to the famous Bronte Sisters? 4A. Mary BronteB. Charlotte BronteC. Emily BronteD. Anne Bronte (047)3. “Do you think, because I am poo r，obscure，plain，and little，I am soulless and heartless?... And if God had gifted me with some beauty，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 quoted part is taken from ______. 3A. Great ExpectationsB. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane EyreD. Pride and Prejudice(087)14. Charlotte Bronte's works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousnesstowards ______, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life. 2A. self - relianceB. self - realizationC. self - esteemD. self - consciousness(094)21. Charlotte Bront e ‟s work _____is famous for the depiction of the life of the middle - class working women, particularly governesses.A. Jane EyreB. Wuthering HeightsC. The ProffessorD. Shirley（097）3.Charlotte‟ s works are famous for the depiction of the life of ______ working women, particularly governesses.A. the middle - classB. the lower - classC. the upper - middle - classD. the upper - class(104)9. Charlotte Bronte‟s autobiograghical work ______ largely based on her experience in Brussels. 1A. The ProfessorB. ShirleyC. VilletteD. Jane Eyre（107）16. The success of ______ is also due to its introduction to the English novel the firstgoverness heroine.A. The ProfessorB. Jane EyreC. Wuthering HeightsD. Far from the Madding Crowd（107）8. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and l ittle, I am soulless and heartless? —You think wrong! ---- I have as much soul as you --- and full as much heart!...” This part of quotation comes from _______.A. G.B. Shaw‟ s Mrs. Warren’ s ProfessionB. John Galsworthy‟s The Man of PropertyC. Charlot te Bronte‟s Jane EyreD. Jane Austen‟s Pride and Prejudice3 Thomas Hardy13.Which of the following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy‟s later works?5[A]Sentimentalism. [B]Tragic sense.[C]Surrealism. [D]Comic sense. (034)4.In Hardy‟s Wes sex novels, there is an apparent（）touch in his description of the simple though primitive rural life.4A. nostalgicB. humorous(054)C. romanticD. ironic17.In Hardy‟s Wessex novels, there is an apparent（）touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. realisticB. nostalgicC. romanticD. sentimental(057)6．All of the following works are known as Hardy‟s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP_______. 3A．The Return of the Native B．Tess of the D’UrbervillesC．Jude the Obscure D．Far from the Madding Crowd（084）22.In Thomas Hardy‟s Wessex novels, there is an apparent ______ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life.A. nostalgicB. humorousC. romanticD.ironic(087)16. Thomas Hardy's pessimistic view of life predominated most of his later works andearns him a reputation as a ______ writer. 2A. realisticB. naturalisticC. romanticD. stylistic(094)15. Thomas Hardy‟s most cheerful and idy llic work is_____.A. The Return of the NativeB. Far from the Maddin CrowdC. Under the Greenwood TreeD. The Woodlanders（097）4.All of the following works are known as Hardy‟ s “novels of character and environment” EXCEPT ______.A. The Return of the NativeB. Tess of the D’ UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Far from the Madding Crowd(104)13. Hardy‟s ______ is a fierc e attack on the hypocritical morality of the bourgeoissociety and the capitalist invasion into the country and destruction of the English peasantry towards the end of the century. 1A. Tess of the D‟UrbervillesB. The Mayor of Caste BridgeC. The Return of the NativeD. Jude the Obscure（107）20. Hardy's last two novels _____ received a lot of hostile criticisms which led to his turning topoetry.a. The Dynasts and Jude the Obscureb. Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscurec. The Return of the Native and Tess of the D'Urbervillesd. The Return of the Native and Jude the Obscure（浙0210）21. Thomas Hardy's heroines and heroes , those unfortunate young men and women are alldepicted in_____.a. their persistent pursuit for personal fulfillment and happinessb. their desperate struggle for personal fulfillment and happinessc. their desperate struggle for individual equality and freedomd. their persistent pursuit for better life and ideals（浙0210）7. In Thomas Hardy‟s works, the conflict between the old and the modern is very pervasive. His attitude toward those traditional characters is ______.A. contemptB. sympatheticC. indifferentD. interestedII. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.2 Charlotte Bronte42．“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? —You think wrong!… And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you…—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God‟s feet, equal—as we are!”Questions:A．Identify the author and the novel from which the quoted part is taken.B．To whom is the speaker speaking?C．What does the quoted part imply about the speaker?（084）42. A. Charlotte Bronte; Jane EyreB. Jane Eyre is speaking to Rochester.C. Jane Eyre loves Rochester but she values her basic rights and equality as a human being.III. Questions and Answers (24 points in all, 6 for each)Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.Charles Dickens46.“Let it not be supposed by the enemies of‘the system,’that during the period of his solitary incarceration, Oliver was denied the benefit of exercise, the pleasure of society, or the advantages of religious consolation.”What do you think Charles Dickens intends to say in the above ironic statement taken from Oliver Twist? (054)46. A. The sentence is a typical example of irony. What Dickens intends to say is justthe opposite of the sentence‟s literal meaning.B. For the “benefit”of exercise, Oliver was whipped every morning in a stoneyard; for the “pleasure”of society, he was carried every other day into the dining hall and flogged as a public warning and example to the boys; and as for the “advantages” of religious c onsolation, he was kicked into the same apartment everyevening at prayer time and listened to the boys‟ prayer to be guarded against his sins and vices.C. The ironic statement is, in fact, a bitter denunciation and fierce attack at thebrutal, inhuman treatment of the poor orphan by the workhouse authority. 45．“ …My boy!‟ said the old gentleman, leaning over the desk. Oliver sta rted at the sound. He might be excused for doing so, for the words were kindly said, and strange sounds frighten one. He tremble d violently, and burst into tears.”（from Charles Dickens‟ Oliver Twist）Explain why Oliver Twist started first, then trembled violently and burst into tears when the words were “kindly” said.（084）45. The boy started at the words because kind words were not expected; it is (was, must be) the first time in all his life that Oliver Twist had ever been “kindly”greeted; strange sounds may predict another suffering/misfortune/torture.2 Charlotte Bronte46. Jane Eyre is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age.Why is Jane Eyre such a successful novel? (094)46. A. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society.B. It is an intense moral fable.C. The success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel thefirst governess heroine.46. Thomas Hardy is often regarded as a transitional writer. Some critics believe thathe is emotionally traditional and intellectually advanced. How do you understand this idea? （107）46. A. In Hardy‟s novel, there is an apparent nostalgic touch in his description of thesimple and beautiful though primitive rural life, which was gracually declining and disappearing in England at the time. He is always sympathetic with those traditional characters and mourns over their failure and misfortune.B. On the other hand, he was greatly influenced by Darwin‟s theory of “survivalof the fittest”, and other modern philosophical thoughts, which led to the pessimistic determinism or naturalism in fiction.IV. Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.Charles Dickens49.Discuss Charles Dickens‟s art of fiction: the setting, the character-portrayal, the language, etc, based on his novel Oliver Twist. (057)49. Discuss Charles Dickens‟ art of fiction：the setting，the character — portrayal，the language，etc．，based on his novel Oliver Twist．(087)49. A. He sets out a full map and a large-scale criticism of the nineteenth century England,particularly London. Most of his works are deeply rooted in his knowledge of that petty-bourgeois urban world. In his later works the physical settings are sometimes a mixture of the contemporary and the recollected past.B. The characters in his works are marked out by some peculiarity in physical traits, speech ormanner. His best-depicted characters include child characters, horrible and grotesque characters and humorous or comical characters. Oliver Twist is one of the good examples of his child characters……C. His language is often compared with Shakespeare for his adeptness with the vernacularand large vocabulary……2 Charlotte Bronte49．Analyze the character of Jane Eyre based on the selection taken from Chapter X X Ⅲ of Jane Eyre.49．Analyze the character of Jane Eyre based on the selection taken from Chapter X X Ⅲ of Jane Eyre.（074）49. A. Jane Eyre, an orphan child with a fiery spirit and a longing to love and be loved,a poor, plain, little governess who dares to love her master.B. In Chapter X X Ⅲ, Jane finds herself hopelessly in love with Mr. Rochester butshe is aware that her love is out of the question. When forced to confront Mr.Rochester, she desperately and open¬ly declares her equality with him and her love for him.Hardy49. Why is Hardy regarded as a naturalistic writer in English literature? Discuss in relation to his novels you know. (104)49. A. He read Darwin‟s The Origin of Species and accepted the idea of survival of thefittest.B. He was also influenced by Spencer‟s The First Principle, which led him to thebelief that man‟s fate is prediterminedly tragic, driven by a combined force of “nature”.C. The outside nature is shown as some mysterious supernatural force…D. Man proves impotent before Fate…E. Discuss in relation to his novels. In his works, man is shown inevitably boundby his own inherent nature and hereditary traits which prompt him to go and search for some specific happiness or success and set him in conflict with the environment…(Tess, Jude the Obscure, etc.)。

17秋《英美文学选读》作业_1一、单选题1. Of all the novels written by Dickens, which one did he like best?A. Oliver TwistB. David CopperfieldC. A tale of Two CitiesD. Pickwick Papers答案B 加、80-500-92612. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers?A. BlindnessB. PartialityC. SnobbishnessD. Prejudice.答案C3. Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of the novel “_______”.A. A Tale of Two CitiesB. Great ExpectationsC. Hard TimesD. David Copperfield答案A4. As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by _______.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Charles DarwinC. Henry JamesD. Ralph Waldo Emerson答案B5. Behold her, single in the field,/Yon solitary Highland2 Lass!/Reaping and singing by herself;/Stop here, or gently pass!The above lines are taken from ______.A. Alexander Pope's Essay on CriticismB. Wordsworth's “The Solitary Reaper”C. Shakespeare's “Sonnet 18”D. Coleridge's “Kubla Khan”答案B6. Pride and Prejudice is mainly about the love between___A. Jane and BingleyB. Elizabeth and DarcyC. Jane and DarcyD. Kitty and Bingley7. Which of the following plays does not belong to Shakespeare’s great tragedies？A. MacbethB. King LearC. HamletD. The Comedy of Errors8."Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both ..."In the above two lines of Robert Frost＇s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one＇s course of life9.Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Father of the English NovelB. Father of the English PoetryC. Father of the English DramaD. Father of the English Short Story10.Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is NOT a comedy？A. The Merchant of VeniceB. A Midsummer Night's DreamC. As you like ItD. Romeo and Juliet11.Which of the following is a tragedy?A. Antony and CleopatraB. Twelfth NightC. Julius CaesarD. Much ado about Nothing12.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. strong imaginationD. return to nature13.Charles Dicken＇s early years were___A. happyB. difficultC. richD. sunny14.which of Woolf＇novels was adapted into movie named The Hours?A. Mrs.DallowayB. The WavesC. The Common ReaderD. To the Light house15.In Shakespeare＇s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB. his enterprise went bankruptC. Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD. his ships had all been lost二、判断题1. Robinson Crusoe was published in 1719答案正确2. The character of Robinson Crusoe saves a savage and names him Friday.答案正确3. In Pride and Prejudice,Mr. Darcy dislike Elizabeth.4. Each individual unit it collection of stressed and unstressed syllables is called a foot.5. Robinson Crusoe was as popular among the English readers as Bible6. Crusoe travelled on the other side of the island for three month.7. It was said that Shakespeare was forced to leave his hometown to seek refuge in London.8. Of all Dickens’s novels, Nicholas Nickleby is regarded as his masterpiece.9. Stylistically,poems of Robert Frost is characterized by simple language, a graceful style, and traditional forms of poetry.10. There were many literary artists involved in the groups known as the Lost Generation. The three best known areSherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos.17秋《英美文学选读》作业_2一、单选题1. All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment”EXCEPT ______.A. The Return of the NativeB. Tess of the D’ UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Far from the Madding Crowd2.The English Romanticism is generally said to have begun in 1978 with the publication of ___.A. Religion and immortalityB. Life and deathC. Lyrical BalladsD. War and peace3.The excerpt The Other Side of the Island was chosen from Chapter___ in Rubinson Crusoe.A. ⅨB. ⅪC. ⅩD. Ⅷ4.The story of the Scarlet Letter is set in___A. New YorkB. EnglandC. BostonD. Salt lake City5.which of the following is NOT written by Hardy?A. The Return of the nativeB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Tess of d＇UrbervillesD. Jude the Obscure6.The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer＇s day?" is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare＇s ________ .A. comediesB. tragediesC. sonnetsD. histories7.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 Tales8.We can easily find in Dreiser’s fiction a world of jungle, and ______ found expression in almost every book he wrote.A. naturalismB. romanticismC. transcendentalismD. cubism9.It is generally regarded that Keats＇s most important and mature poems are in the form of _______ .A. odeB. elegyC. epicD. sonnet10.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPTA. the use of everyday language spoken by the common peopleB. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelingsC. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matterD. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech11.Here are two lines from a ling poem: "Upon a great adventure he was bond, That greatest Gloriana to him gave." The poem must be_____.A. BeowulfB. John Milton’s Samson Ag onistesC. Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a County ChurchyardD. Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene12.When Robert Frost was 87, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President___A. BushB. KennedyC. ClintonD. Fort13.Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true?A. Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.B. F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.C. Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers.D. Most writers were politically radical.14.Dofoe had flair for business and______.A. farmingB. economyC. politicsD. medicine15.In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a （n）______ of the Bennet family.A. high opinionB. great admirationC. low opinionD. erroneous view二、判断题1. Robinson Crusoe retells the story in the first person singular2. In David Copperfield,Mr. Micawber is a rich squire who lives a comfortable life.3. “American dream”refers to “An American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire”.4. As a literary figure, John Rivers appears in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice5. While studying at Lawrence High School, Frost wrote poems and finished his studies at the top of his class.6. Frost had rejected the revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporaries, choosing instead “the old-fashioned way to be new”.7. The heroine of The Scarlet Letter is Hester Prynne8. The Scarlet Letter is set in the 17th-century Boston.9. Robert Frost left Harvard because he dislike the academic convention.10. The Scarlet Letter relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.17秋《英美文学选读》作业_3一、单选题1. In Sister Carrie, Hurstwood, extremely hopeless and totally devastated, ends his life by turning on the gas, while at the same time Carrie is rocking comfortably in her luxurious hotel room before she boards a ship for _______.A. New YorkB. LondonC. ParisD. Geneva2.With the scarlet letter A as the biggest symbol of all, ______ proves himself to be one of the best symbolists.A. HawthorneB. DreiserC. JamesD. Faulkner3.When Shakespeare arrived in London in 1586 or 1587, which in following was popularity among the people.A. dramaB. poetryC. proseD. fiction4.The name of the hero in Jane Eyre was___A. HeathcliffB. RochesterC. JamesD. David5.Jane Austen’s practical idealism is that love should be justified by ______ and disciplined by self-control.A. reasonB. senseC. rationalityD. sensibility6.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. are polite and elegant gentlemenC. are simple and crude farmersD. are noble savages(red and white) untainted by society7.Auld Lang Syne was written byA. William WordsworthB. John KeatsC. Walt WhitemanD. Robert Burns8.Who is NOT the major character in To the Lighthouse?A. Mrs. RamsayB. Mr.RamsayC. DavidD. James9."Two roads diverged in a yellow wood /And sorry I could not travel both ..." /In the above two lines of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one’s course of life10.Eliot＇s poem，The Waste Land，is mainly concerned with the（）of a modern civilization .A. social corruptionB. spiritual breakupC. physical breakupD. religious corruption11.According to Mark Twain, in river towns up and down the Mississippi, it was every boy＇s dream to some day grow up to be ______.A. Methodist preacherB. a justice of the peaceC. a riverboat pilotD. a pirate on the Indian ocean12."I have no monarch in my life." this was said by___A. Walt WhitmanB. Robert FrostC. John keatsD. Emily Dickinson13."Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, my wife, and all the world,Are not with me esteem＇d above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,Here to the devil, to deliver you.Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that,If she were by to hear you make the offer."The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare＇s comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate___A. dramatic ironyB. personificationC. allegoryD. symbolism14.Jane Austen passed away when she was___A. 38B. 48C. 42D. 5215.How many plays Shakespeare wrote in the first periodA. 25B. 20C. 30D. 21二、判断题1. F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize in 1920s.2. Capitalism came into its monopoly stage, the gap between the rich and the poor was further deepened during Victorian period.3. Fitzgerald’s first novel is The Beautiful and Damned.4. Robert Frost loved farming and wrote poetry about countryside because he was a good farmer.5. The first chapter of The Scarlet Letter depicts the prison door.6. The 20th -century stream- of- consciousness technique was frequently and skillfully used by Frost.7. In To the Lighthouse,Minta and Paul are happy together.8. Jane Austen’s novels deal with country landed gentry and world events.9. American writers of the first postwar era who were devoid of faith and alienated from the civilization were commonly called "a beat generation".10. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form -the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.17秋《英美文学选读》作业_4一、单选题1. " Charles Drouet ", " George Hustwood ", " Julia Hustwood " are most likely the names of the characters in ________.A. Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s ProfessionB. Dreiser’s Sister CarrierC. Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s LostD. Christopher Marlowe’s Dr.Faustus2.The Sun Also Rises casts light on a whole generation after WWI and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “______.”A. the Beat GenerationB. the Lost GenerationC. the Babybooming AgeD. the Jazz Age3.Which of the following is not written by Robert Frost?A. To AutumnB. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningC. Mending WallD. A Boy＇s Will4.The ______ Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A. LostB. JazzC. ReasonD. Gilded5.In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _______.A. commentatorsB. observersC. villainsD. saviors6.A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral ______ , exposing all kinds of social evils.A. revolutionariesB. idealistsC. criticsD. defenders7.Lots of people rushed to Gatsby＇s party at the weekend and they clustered around Castsby＇s wealth like（）.A. gluttonsB. fliesC. insectsD. moths8.Which of the following is NOT written by Wordsworth.A. Lines Written in Early SpringB. To the CuckooC. I Wandered Lonely as a CloudD. Moll Flanders9.Robert Frost described ______as “a book of people,”which shows a brilliant insight into New England character and the background that formed it.A. North of BostonB. A Boy’s WillC. A Witness TreeD. A Further Range10."This is my letter to the World" is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson＇s___ about her communication with the outside world.A. indifferenceB. angerC. anxietyD. sorrow11.In 1837, ______ published Twice - Told Tales, a collection of short stories which attracted critical attention.A. EmersonB. MelvilleC. WhitmanD. Hawthorne12.Elizabeth Bennet was the___ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet.A. FirstB. SecondC. ThirdD. Fourth13.It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made ______ one of the greatest American novelists.A. F. Scott FitzgeraldB. William FaulknerC. Ernest HemmingwayD. Gertrude Steinbeck14.Virginia Woolf was born in___A. 1882B. 1767C. 1678D. 189015.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ___ in the American literary histrory.A. individual feelingsB. idea of survival of the fittestC. strong imaginationD. return to nature二、判断题1. In To the Lighthouse,the relationship between James and Mrs. Ramsay is son and mother .2. Realism is true depiction of life as it really is.3. The second section of To the Lighthouse is entitled “Time Passes”.4. William Wordsworth was brought up by his relatives beacaus of the death of his parents.5. By the end of his life Robert Frost had become a national bard and he received honorary degrees from forty-four colleges and universities and won four Pulitzer Prizes.6. Fitzgerald became “the angel of the twenties”and his writings those of a man inside that legendary period.7. Kitty is the fourth daughter of the Bennet family.8. Augustus Carmichael of To the Lighthouse is an elderly musician and friends of the Ramsays.9. To the Lighthouse is divided into three sections and each different from the others in the treatment of time and structure.10. After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of simple character and poor understanding.。

《英美文学》作业答案Unit 11. What year was Shakespeare Born?A 1562 B1564 C 1616 D 16172. What was the name of Shakespeare's theatrical company?A The King’s manB The Queen’s manC The Chess manD The Lords man3. All of the following plays are tragedies by Shakespeare exceptA OthelloB HamletC The TempestD Macbeth4. English Renaissance Period was an age ofa. prose and novelb. poetry and dramac. essays and journalsd. ballad and songs5. Shakespeare’s four tragedies are___________, ______________, ____________ and_____________.6. Please read the famous monologue and answer the following questions.To be, or not to be ─ that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortuneOr to take arms against a sea of troubles.And by opposing end them.To die─ to sleepNo more; and by a sleep to say we endThe heartache, and the thousand natural shocksThat flesh is heir to.'tis a consummationDevoutly to be wishdTo die ─ to sleep,To sleep ─ perchance to dream;ay, there's the rub!For in that sleep of death what may comeWhen we have shuffled off this mortal coilMust give us pause.There's the respectThat makes calamity of so long life.For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,The oppressor's wrong, the proudman's contumely,The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,The insolence of office, and the spurnsThat patient merit of the unworthy takes,When he himself might his quietus makeWith a bare bodkin?Who would these fardels bear,To grunt and sweat under a weary life,But that the dread of something after deathThe undiscovered country, from whose bournNo traveler returns ─ puzzles the will,And makes us rather bear those ills we haveThan fly to others that we know not of?Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,And thus the native hue of resolutionIs sicklied o’ er with the pale cast of thought,And enterprises of great pith and momentWith this regard their currents turn awryAnd lose the name of action.1.Which famous play is the speech taken from? Who is the author of the play?2.Who gives the speech in the play?3.What does the speech indicate?4.What is the story of the play?7. Explain the term “Renaissance”.Answer1. B2. D3. C4.B5. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth6 1). Hamlet; William Shakespeare2) the main character of the play- Hamlet3) “to be or not to be” indicates to live or end one’s life. The whole drift of the speech shows his belief in a future life. This speech shows Hamlet’s melancholy and his delay and describes he faced the dilemma of action and mind.4). (见书本P6)7.The term Renaissance refers to a great bourgeois cultural movement in Europe which began in the 14th century and continued to the mid-17th century. It first started from Italy and then spread al l over Europe. Originally, the term means “rebirth” or “revival”. And the movement seems to be a rebirth or revival of ancient Greek and Roman culture, caused by a series of historical events, such as the new discoveries in geography and astrology, the religious reformation and the economic expansion.Unit 21.Please summarize the story of Robinson Crusoe.2.What does the image of Robinson Crusoe represent?3.What are the features of Daniel Defoe’s fictions?4.___is considered the father of the English novel.A. DefoeB. FieldingC. RichardsonD. GoldsmithAnswer1. The story was based on the experience of a Scottish Sailor named Alexander Selkirk who had been marooned ona desert island off the coast of Chile and lived there in solitude for four or five years. After his return to Europe, his adventures became known. Defoe wrote this novel in the first person singular.This novel begins with Crusoe’s career as a sailor and a merchant, and then as a plantation owner and a slave trader. On a voyage to Africa to buy slaves he meets with the most unfortunate shipwreck. Then he finds himself cast by the sea waves upon the shore of an uninhabited island. He has to state there alone and manage the livelihood for himself. First of all, he gets back some food and clothes, a few guns and some ammunition from the wretched ship. He builds a shelter to protect himself. Then he grows barley and rice, domesticated goats and fight against cannibal savages coming from the neighboring islands, later he saves a savage from death and named him Friday, who becomes his faithful servant. In the hope of returning to Europe, he builds a boat. Finally an English ship comes and takes him back. Thus Robinson Crusoe ends his twenty-eight years’life in the deserted island. 2. In this novel, Defoe created the image of a true empire-builder, a colonizer and a foreign trader, who has the courage and will to face hardships, and who has determination to preserve himself and improve his livelihood by struggling against nature. There is also a glorification of labor, which enables the hero gradually to produce a favorable condition for himself. His resourcefulness in building a home, dairy, grape arbor, country house, and goat stable from practically nothing is clearly remarkable, which is applauded by Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This image is a criticism of the lazy and parasitic feudal nobles and a praise of the bourgeois.3. Though most of his works are written in the picaresque tradition, Defoe is an anti-romantic, anti-feudal realistic writer. His stories are all real concerns of his time: people in their struggle to overcome the natural or social environment. All his works have a very strong verisimilitude. To convince the reader of the truth of his stories, Defoe adopted the autobiographical form and made full use of his long trained journalistic skill by describing things in great detail and by using specific time and space. The following excerpt shows how Robinson makes a raft with concrete descriptionDefoe’s style is characterized by a plain, smooth, easy, direct, and almost colloquial but never coarse language. His words are much closer to the vernacular of rambling sentences without strong pauses to give his style an urgent, immediate, breathless quality, but the units of meaning are small and clear with frequent repetition so that the writing gives an impression of simple lucidity. In his novels, as in his own life, actions or people in action are stressed; there is not much plot or portrayal of characters, except the exact journalistic account of the daily, trivial happenings. In all, Defoe is not an artist, but he is definitely an excellent storyteller. He is the first important novelist in English literary history with his realistic views on novel writing that has influenced many generations.4. AUnit 3 & 41. Romantic age is the age of the following statements exceptA humanitarian idealismB radical individualismC age of reasonD age of imagination2. Lake poets are the following poets exceptA KeatsB WordsworthC ColeridgeD Southey3. Although lived in a remote rural country in Scotland, he is the real forefather of English Romanticism, he isA. BurnsB. KeatsC. ByronD. Shelly4. William Wordsworth wrote a preface expounding his theories of what made good poetry. These theories contain the following principles except:A. All good poems should be “the spontaneous overflow feeling.”B. The poems should be the reflection of feelings, thoughts, and experiences of the other people.C. Poetry should be in high degree of imagination.D. Poetry should “takes all its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.”5._____defines the poet as "man speaking to men," and poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility."A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. John Keats6._____is regarded as a "worship of nature".A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen7.Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified in to two groups: poems about nature and poems about________.A. loveB. human lifeC. freedomD. social activities8. Answer the questions concerned with William Wordsworth’s I wondered lonely as a cloud.1)In what sense are “cloud” and “ I” comparable?2)Why does the poet repeat “ dance” for several times?3)What does the shift of tense suggest?Answer1-5 B A A B B 6-7 C B8.1) we are joyful. We both move and express ourselves freely.2) It suggests the harmony between man and nature.3) the tense shifts from past to present and then to future. It suggests the poetic process fromnature to imagination and then to poetic production.Unit 5 & 61. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers?A. Blindness.B. Partiality.C. Snobbishness.D. Prejudice.2. In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a(n) ______ tone with sarcastic humor.A. solemnB. harshC. arrogantD. teasing3. Choose the one from the four immortal odes which is not written by Keats . __________A. Ode to the West WindB. Ode to a NightingaleC. Ode to AutumnD. Ode on a Grecian UrnAnswer CDAUnit 7 &81. As a literary figure, John Rivers appears in _______.A. Fielding’s Tom JonesB. Dickens’s Oliver TwistC. Bronte’s Jane EyreD. Austen’s Pride and Prejudice2. This novel is autobiographical to some extent, because it is known to embody many of the early experiences ofDickens, although it is not an exact autobiography, it isA. Oliver TwistB. Great ExpectationsC. David CopperfieldD. Bleak House3. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’s works lies in his ______.A. social criticismB. optimismC. character-portrayalD. social setting4. The author of the work “Dombey and Son” is _________.A. Charles DickensB. Henry JamesC. Robert Lee FrostD. Ezra Pound5. Pip, Estella, Havisham, Magwitch, and Joe Gargery are most likely names of characters in_______.A. Oliver TwistB. David CopperfieldC. Bleak HouseD. Great Expectations6. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel ______.A. Great ExpectationsB. A Tale of Two CitiesC. Bleak HouseD. Oliver TwistDecide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers (F or T) in the brackets.1. The greatest English critical realist is Charles Dickens .( )2. Both Charlotte Bronte and her sister Emily Bronte were well knownnovelists.( )3. Jane Austen is one of the male novelists who drew vivid and realistic pictures of everyday life of the country society in her novels .( )4. Jane Austen’s masterpiece is Pride and Prejudice .( )Analyze the characters:David CopperfieldAnswerC C C A B B TTFTDavid Copperfield David Copperfield narrates his story as an adult yet relays the impressions he had from a youthful point of view. Readers can see how David’s perception of the w orld deepens as he comes of age. David, for instance, is ignorant of Steerforth’s treachery at the beginning, but later readers can feel that David does not think Steerforth deserves David’s adulation. Though David always keeps the virtue of honesty, kindliness, and so on, which are considered as good virtues of human beings, he also has moments of cruelty, like the scene in which he intentionally distresses Mr. Dick by explaining Miss Betsey’s dire situation to him. David, especially as a young man in love, can be foolish and romantic. As he grows up, however, he develops a more mature point of view and searches for a lover who will challenge him and help him grow. David fully matures as an adult when he expressesthe sentiment that he values Agnes’s calm tranquility over all else in his life. In a word, in David’s first-person narration, Dickens conveys the wisdom of the older man’s implicitly through the eyes of a child.Unit 9Unit 111. I n Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually a ppear as________.A. saviorsB. villainsC. commentatorsD. observers2. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorne except_______.A. The House of the Seven GablesB. White JacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithedale RomanceThe Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling, and second, the individual is____, therefore, self-reliant.A. insignificantB. vicious by natureC. divineD. forward-lookingAnswer B B CUnit 14______is considered by H.L. Mencken as "the true father of our national literature."A. HemingwayB. PoeC. IrvingD. TwainMark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a _______language.A. grandB. pompousC. simpleD. vernacularAnswer D DUnit 15As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by _______.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Charles DarwinC. Henry JamesD. Ralph Waldo EmersonThe following belong to “The Lost Generation” except _______.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert FrostC. Theodore DreiserD. William Carlos WilliamsAnswer BC。

《英美文学选读》复习指导资料《英美文学选读》复习指导资料一．课程介绍：本课程由英国文学和美国文学两个部分组成。

主要内容包括英美文学发展史及代表作家的简要介绍和作品选读。

文学史部分从英美两国历史、语言、文化发展的角度，简要介绍英美两国文学各个历史时代的主要历史背景、文学文化思潮、文学流派、社会政治、经济、文化等对文学发展的影响，主要作家的文学生涯，创作思想，艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构、人物刻画、语言风格、思想意义等。

选读部分主要接选了英美文学史上各个时期重要作家的代表作品，包括诗歌、戏剧、小说、散文等。

二．《英美文学选读》的考核目标，按照识记，领会，应用规定应当达到的能力层次要求。

三个层次呈递进关系，其含义是：识记：有关的概念、定义、知识点等能够记住领会：在识记的基础上，能够把握基本概念、基本方法和彼此之间的关系和区别应用了在领会的基础上，能运用本课程的基本理论，基本知识和方法来分析英美文学作品，并能用英语正确表达。

Part 1 English LiteratureAn Introduction to Old and Medieval English Literature一．重点：有关这部分的文学史内容1．古代英国文学和中世纪英国文学的起始阶段2．英国文学史上的第一部民族史诗----Beowulf3．中世纪文学的主要文学形式-----Romance4．Geoffrey Chaucer 的文学贡献二．练习：1. Choose the best answer for each blank.1). The period of ______ English literature begins from about 450 to 1066, theyear of ______.A. Old----RenaissanceB. Middle---- the Norman Conquest of EnglandC. Middle ---- RenaissanceD. Old---- the Norman Conquest of England2).. The Medieval period in English literature extends from 1066 up to the______ century.A. mid-13thB. mid-14thC. mid-15thD.mid-16th3). Beowulf, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded today as thenational ______ of the Anglo-Saxons.A. sonnetB. essayC. epicD. novel4). In The Canterbury Tales, ______ presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. William ShakespeareC. Francis BaconD. William Langland5). For the Renaissance, ______ was regarded as the English Homer. His reputation has been securely established as one of the best English poets for his wisdom, humor and ______.A. Geoffrey Chaucer----witsB. William Shakespeare----witsC. Geoffrey Chaucer----humanityD. WilliamShakespeare----humanity6). After the conquest of 1066, three languages co-existed in England. They are ______, ______ and ______.A. Old English, Greek, LatinB. Old English, French, LatinC. Old English, Greek, FrenchD. English, Greek, French7). Geoffrey Chaucer is the greatest writer of the Medieval period in English literature. In “The Legend of Good Women”, he used for the first time in English the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter which is to be called later the ______.A. coupletB. blank verseC. heroic coupletD. epic8). Thematically the poem “Beowulf” presents a vivid picture of how the primitive people wage heroic struggle against the hostile forces of the ______ world under a wise and mighty ______.A. spiritual----heroB. natural----leaderC. spiritual----godD. natural----monster9). It can be said that though essentially still a medieval writer, Geoffrey Chaucer bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new ______ to come.A. manB. theoryC. doctrineD. era10). Geoffrey Chaucer introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry to replace the Old English ______ verse.A. rhymedB. alliterativeC. socialD. visionary2. Explain the following literal terms.1). Romance2). Heroic Couplet3). Epic3. Answer the following questions.1). How many groups do the Old English poetry divided into? What are they? Which group does Beowulf belong to? Why?2). What is the contribution of Geoffrey Chaucer to English literature?Chapter1. The Renaissance Period一．重点前言部分1．文艺复兴的起源，起始时间，内容及特征2．人文主义的有关主张及对文学的影响3．文艺复兴时期的主要文学形式及其特征练习：Renaissance Period1. Choose the best answer for each blank.1). The Renaissance, in essence, is a historical period in which the European______ thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalist ideas in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie, and to recover the purity of the early church form the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.A. Greek and RomanB. humanistC. religiousD. loyal2). Generally, the ______ refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It first started in Italy, with the flowering of painting, sculpture and literature. From Italy the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe.A. Medieval PeriodB. RenaissanceC. Old English PeriodD. Romantic Period3). ______ is the essence of the Renaissance. Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe and _______ are the best representatives of the English humanists.A. Humanity---- William ShakespeareB. Humanism-----Francis BaconC. Humanity---- Geoffrey ChaucerD. Humanism----William Shakespeare4). The Elizabethan ______ is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England are Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, and ______.A. novel--- Geoffrey ChaucerB. poetry----Francis BaconC. drama----Ben JonsonD. drama----Geoffrey Chaucer5). Humanism sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side, for the Greek and ______ civilization was based on such a conception that ______ is the measure of all things.A. Roman ---- moralB. French---- reasonC. Roman---- manD. French---- God6).One of the major result of the Reformation in England was the fact that the Bible in English was placed in every church and services were held in English instead of ______ so that people could understand.A. LatinB. FrenchC. GreekD. Anglo-Saxon7). Wyatt, in the Renaissance period, introduced the Petrarchan ______ into England, while Surrey brought in ______ verse.A. drama----freeB. sonnet----blankC. terzarima----blankD. couplet----free8). In the early stage of the English Renaissance, poetry and ______ were the most outstanding forms and they were carried on especially by William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson.A. fictionB. dramatic fictionC. poetic dramaD. novel9). By emphasizing the dignity of human beings and the importance of the present life, ______ voiced their beliefs that man did not only have the right to enjoy the beauty of this life, but had the ability to perfect himself and to perform wonders.A. humanistsB. ProtestantsC. CatholicsD. playwrights10). ______ was the first important English essayist. He was also the founder of modern science inEngland.A. Edmund SpenserB. Christopher MarloweC. Francis BaconD. Ben Jonson2. Explain the following literal terms.1). the Renaissance Period2). blank verse3). Humanism3. Answer the following questions.1). Make a comment on the influence of Italian literary works upon the literature in the Renaissance England.2). Make a comment on humanism3). What are the typical characteristics of literary works produced in Renaissance England?文艺复兴时期的主要作家。

18秋《英美文学选读》作业1When Robert Frost was 87, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President___A.BushB.KennedyC.ClintonD.Fort正确答案:BEmily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A.Religion and immortalityB.Life and deathC.Love and marriageD.War and peace正确答案:DIn the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a （n） ______ of the Bennet family .A.high opinionB.great admirationC.low opinionD.erroneous view正确答案:CRobert Frost won___ Plitzer prices.A.twoB.threeC.fourD.five正确答案:CThe story of the Scarlet Letter is set in___A.New YorkB.EnglandC.BostonD.Salt lake City正确答案:CWhich of the following is a comedy?A.King learB.MacbethC.HamletD.The Merry Wives of Windsor正确答案:DWalt 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.heroic coupletC.free verseD.iambic pentameter正确答案:CIn Fitzgerald＇s The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is so show _______.A.emptiness of lifeB.the corruption of the upper classC.contrast of the rich and the poorD.the happy days of the Jazz Age正确答案:AIn all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ______ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.A.PuritanB.materialisticC.psychologicalD.religious正确答案:BWhitman＇s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ______ .A.the strict poetic formB.the free and natural rhythmC.the easy flow of feelingsD.the simple and conversational language正确答案:Awhich of the following is NOT written by Dreiser?A.Jennie GerhardtB.Go down, MosesC.An American TragedyD.Sister Carrie正确答案:BMr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.icB.tragicC.roundD.sophisticated正确答案:AIn English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.A.iambB.anapestC.trocheeD.dactyl正确答案:AJane Austen passed away when she was___A.38B.48C.42D.52正确答案:CWhich of the following is taken from John Keats＇Ode to a Nightingale?A."Beauty is truth, truth beauty."B."Earth has not anything to show more fair."C."They are both gone up to the church to pray."D."was it a vision, or a waking dream?"正确答案:DThe pen name Mark Twain means___A.waterB.safe waterC.riverD.clear water正确答案:BWhich of the following is a tragedy?A.Antony and CleopatraB.Twelfth NightC.Julius CaesarD.Much ado about Nothing正确答案:AAfter reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______ .A.simple character and quick witB.simple character and poor understandingC.intricate character and quick witD.intricate character and poor understanding正确答案:BYou may have meet the term "Yahoo" on internet, but you may also have met it in English literature .It is found in _____A.John Bunyan＇s Pilgrim＇s ProgressB.Samuel Johnson＇s The Vanity of Human WishesC.Jonathan Swift＇s Gulliver＇s TravelsD.Henry Fielding＇s tom Jones正确答案:CWhat kind of girl is Dora?A.pretty and cleverB.pretty and empty-headedC.plain-looking and understadingD.lovely and clever正确答案:B。

英美文学选读-英国-文艺复兴时期-练习题汇总（选择大题）I．Multiple ChoiceOld and Medieval Period1. ____ Beowulf ___, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A. The Canterbury TalesB. ExodusC. D. The Legend of Good Women3. The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely __ B．Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales____________.A．William Langland’ s Piers PlowmanC．John Gower’s Confession Amantis D．Sir Gawain and the Green Knight2.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of ___.A.Piers PlowmanB.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightC.Confessio AmantisD.The Canterbury Tales1. ____A. B. George Gordon ByronC. Edmund SpenserD. Robert Browning1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell storiesof B. knightly __. knightly _ adventures or other heroicdeeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A .Christian C. Greek D. primitiveThe Neoclassical Period1.With classical culture and the（）humanistic ideascoming into England, the English Renaissance beganflourishing.A. FrenchB. GermanC. ItalianD.Greek2. During the reign of ________, England started its ReligiousReformation and broke away from Rome.A. Henry VIIB. Henry VIIIC. Edward VID.Queen Elizabeth3. The Protestant movement, which was seen as a means to recoverthe purity of the early church from the corruption andsuperstition of the Middle Ages, was initiated by _______.A. Francis BaconB. Martin LutherC. Thomas MoreD.William Shakespeare4. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a seriesof historical events EXCEPT_________.A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB．the vast expansion of British colonies in North America C．the new discoveries in geography and astrologyD．the religious reformation and the economic expansion5. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholarsmade attempts to do the following EXCEPT ______.A. getting rid of those old feudalist ideasB. getting control of the parliament and governmentC. introducing new ideas that expressed the interests of therising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruptionof the Roman Catholic Church6.Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance humanism?A. Cultivation of the art of this world and this life.B. Tolerance of human foibles.C. Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture.D. Glorification of religious faith.7. The Renaissance marks a transition from ______ to the modernworld.A. the old EnglishB. the medievalC. the feudalistD. the capitalist8. The English Renaissance period was an age of ______ .A. poetry and dramaB. drama and novelC. novel and poetryD. romance and poetry9.The most significant idea of the Renaissance is（）.A. humanismB. realismC. naturalismD. skepticism10．__ Humanism ____ is the essence of the Renaissance.A．Poetry B．Drama C． D．Reason11. About the Renaissance humanists which of the followingA. They thought money and social status was the measure of all things.B. They thought people were largely subordinated to the rulingclass without any freedom and independence.C. They couldn’t see the human values in their works.D. They emphasized the dignity of human beings and the importanceof the present life.12. One of the distinct features of the Elizabethan time is_____.A. the flourishing of the dramaB. the popularity of the realistic novelC. the domination of the classical poetryD. the close-down of all the theatres13. Marlowe’s grea test achievement lies in that he perfectedthe __ blank verse ________and made it the principalmedium of English drama.A. B. free verse C. sonnet D. alliteration14. Marlowe gave new vigor to the blank verse with his “_mightylines _____”.A. lyrical linesB. soft linesC. mighty linesD.religious lines15._______ introduced the Petrarchan sonnet into England,while _______ brought in blank verse, i.e. the unrhymed iambic pentameter line.A. Wyatt...SurreyB. Wyatt...SidneyC. Surrey...SidneyD. Sidney...Spenser16. It was ________ who first introduced the Petrarchan sonnetinto England.A. CaxtonB. WyattC. SurreyD.Marlowe17. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by______.A. SurreyB. WyattC. SidneyD. Shakespeare18. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called ______.A. heroic coupletB. quatrainC. Spenserian stanzaD. terza rima19. Christoph er Marlow’s “The Passiona te Shepherd to HisLove” is a (n) .A. pastoral lyricB. elegyC. eulogyD. epic20.The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England areChristopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare and ____________.A．John Milton B．John Bunyan C．Ben JonsonD．Edmund Spenser21. The most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England areall the following EXCEPT ______.A. Francis BaconB. Christopher MarloweC. William ShakespeareD. Ben Jonson22. “Metaphysical Poetry” refers to the works of the 17th -century writers who wrote under the influence of _____.A. John DonneB. Alexander PopeC. Christopher MarloweD. John Milton23.Which of the following is NOT typical of metaphysical poetrybest represented by John Donne’s works?A. Common speech.B. Conceit.C. Argument.D. Refined language.24. All the following poets except ________ belong to the metaphysical school.A. DonneB. HerbertC. MarvellD. Milton25. Spenser’s mas terpiece is The Faierie Queene ______, whichis a great poem of the age.A. The Shepheardes CalenderB.C. The Rape of LucreceD. The Canterbury Tales26.Edmund Spenser’s masterpiece is _____.A. The Shephea red’s CalenderB. The Faerie QueenC. EpithalamionD. The CanterburyTales27.___ Francis Bacon _ is the first important English essayistand the founder of modern science in England.A.Francis BaconB.Edmund SpenserC.William CarxtonD.Sidney28. Francis Bacon is not only the first important essayist butalso the founder of modern ______ in England.A. poetryB. novelC. proseD. science29. ______, the first important English essayist, was also thefounder of modern science in England and one of the representatives of the English Renaissance.A．Christopher Marlowe B．Thomas More C．Francis Bacon D．William Shakespeare30. _____, the first important English essayist, is best knownfor his essays which greatly influenced the development of thisliterary form.A. Charles LambB. Ben JonsonC. Francis BaconD. John Lyly31．Francis Bacon’s essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and ______________.A．complicity B．complexity C．powerfulnessD．mildnessWilliam Shakespeare1. Shakespeare is known to have used _________ different words.His coinage of new words and distortion of the meaning of theold ones also create striking effects on the reader.A. 16,000B. 1600C.20,000D. 20002. As a Renaissance humanist, Shakespeare ( )A. is against religious persecution and racial discrimination,against social inequality and the corrupting influence of gold and money.B. holds that literature should be a combination of beauty,kindness and truth, and should reflect nature and reality. C. gives faithful reflection of the social realities of his time through his works.D. all of the above.3．Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are__ Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth______.A．Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, Hamlet B．Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice C．Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethD．Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Hamlet 4. Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are: Hamlet, Othello, ______and ______.（）A. King Lear...Romeo and JulietB. King Lear…MacbethC. King John...Julius CaesarD.King John…The Merchan t of Venice5.Shakespeare’s tragedies include all the following except （）.A. Hamlet and King LearB. Antony and Cleopatra and MacbethC. Julius Caesar and OthelloD. The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream6. In Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, which of the followingis the typical characteristic the heroes share in common? ( )A. They have a strong lust for power and finally go into incessant crimes.B. They are perfect heroes without any weakness.C. They face the injustice of human life but are never caught in a difficult situation.D. They have a fate which is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation.7. As to the great tragedy Hamlet, which of the following is not true? （一）12(浙0301)A. The timeless appeal of this mighty drama lies in its combination of intrigue, emotional conflict and searching philosophic melancholy.B. The bare outline of the play is based on a widespread legend in northern Europe.C. The whole story of the play is created by Shakespeare himself.D. In it, Shakespeare condemns the hypocrisy and treachery and general corruption at the royal court.8. ______, the melancholic scholar, prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind.A. OthelloB. MacbethC. HamletD. Antonio9. In Hamlet, the hero’s trouble mainly lies in ( )A. his pride in refusing to acknowledge his mother’s secondmarriageB. his hesitation in carrying out his plan of revengeC. his suspicion that his father was murdered by his uncleD. his ambition to gain quick access to the throne10. ____ Soliloquy ____ is a natural means of writing inrevealing the prince’s inner conflict and psychologicalpredicament in Shakespeare's Hamlet.A．Dialogue B．C．Dramatic monologue D．Satire11.“To be, or not to be - th at is the question;/Whether’ tisnobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows ofoutrageous fortune,/Or to take arms against a sea oftroubles ,/And by opposing end then?” These lines are takenfrom _____.A. King LearB. Romeo and JulietC. OthelloD.Hamlet12．“T o be, or not to be—that is the question”is a line takenfrom___________.A．Hamlet B．Othello C．King Lear D．Themerchant of venice13.“To be, or not to be —that is the question；／whether’tis nobler in the mind to suffer，／the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,／Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,／And by opposing end them?” The quoted lines are taken from______.A. King LearB. Romeo and JulietC. OthelloD.Hamlet14. _. Macbeth’s ____ lust for power stirs up his ambition andleads him to incessant crimes.A. Othello’sB. Hamlet’sC. Shylock’s D15. _ Othello’s ____ inner weakness is made use of by theoutside evil force.A. Hamlet’sB. Othello’sC. King Lear’sD. Macbeth’s16. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of thefollowing is true?A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth.B. The romantic elements are not brought into full play at all.C. He presents the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectualexcitement and emotion.D. There is a wonderful balance of characters.17. About Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, which of the following is not true?A. He takes an optimistic attitude toward love and truth.B. The romantic elements are brought into full play.C. He praises the patriotic spirit when engaging intellectualexcitement and emotion.D. His youthful Renaissance spirit of jollity is fully reflected.18.The most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____.A. A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. The Merchant of VeniceC. As You Like ItD. Twelfth Night19.It is generally believed that the most important play among Shakespeare’s comedies is _____.A. A Midsummer Night’s DreamB. As You Like ItC. The Merchant of VeniceD. Twelfth Night20.Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of Venice: “Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew/Thou mak’st thy knife keen.” What kind of figurative device is used in the above lines?（）A. Simile.B. Metonymy.C. Pun.D. Synecdoche.21.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wifeWhich is as dear to me as life itself;But life itself, My wife, and all the world.Are not with me esteem'd above thy life;I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,Here to the devil, to deliver you.Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you m ake the offer.”The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice.The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate ____.A.dramatic ironyB.personificationC.allegoryD.symbolism22.In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industryB. his enterprise went bankruptC. Bassanio was able to pay his own debtD. his ships had all been lost23.The Tempest is a typical example ofShakespeare’s__________view of li fe towards human life and society in his late years.A. pessimisticB. optimisticC. satiricalD. none of the above24. As the best of Shakespeare's final romances, ______ is atypical example of his pessimistic view towards human life andsociety in his late years.A. The TempestB. The Winter's TaleC. CymbelineD. The Rape of Lucrece25. Shakespeare’ s ______, an elaborate and fantastic story,is known as the best of his final romances.A. The Winter’s T aleB. The TempestC. The Taming of the ShrewD. Love’ s Labour’ s Lost26. Shakespeare’s ______ are mainly written under theprinciple that national unity under a mighty and just sovereignis a necessity.A. comediesB. tragediesC. history playsD. dark comedies27. Which of the following is William Shakespeare’s historyplay?A. MacbethB. Henry IVC. Romeo and JulietD. King Lear。