英美文学选读试题详解1

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.

Chapter

23.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the ___ in

the American literary histrory.

A.individual feelings B.idea of survival of the fittest

C.strong imagination D.return to nature (024)

24. Henry David Thoreau's work,__,has always been regarded as a masterpiece of

New England Transcendentalism.5

A.Walden B.The pioneers

C.Nature D.Song of Myself (024)

23.The hightide of Romanticism in American literature occurred around .

[A]1820 [B]1850 [C]1880 [D]1920(034)

25.Which group of writers are among those who may be called early pioneers of

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PartⅠ. Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10%)

Section A

A B

(1)Shakespeare ( ) A. Jude the Obscure

(2)Henry Fielding ( ) B. Persuasion

(3)Charles Dickens ( ) C. Hard Times

(4)Jane Austen ( ) D. Tom Jones

(5)Thomas Hardy ( ) E. The Tempest

Section B

A B

(1) Hamlet ( ) A. Friday

(2) Robinson Crusoe ( ) B. Sir Peter Teazle

(3) The School for Scandal ( ) C. Gertrude

(4) Pride and Prejudice ( ) D. Angel Clare

(5) Tess of the D’Urbervilles( ) E. Elizabeth Bennet

Part Ⅱ. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase

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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. Mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.

1. Shakespeare has

established his

giant position in

world literature with

his ______ plays,

154 sonnets

and 2 long

A. 27 B. 38

D. 52

2. john Milton’s literary achievement can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the

middle prose pamphlets and the last

A. romances B. dramas

C. great poems D. ballads

3. The novels of ______ are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower—

1英美文学选读选择题1. _______, a typical example of Old English poetry, is regarded as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A. The Canterbury Tales B. ExodusC. Beowulf D. The Legend of Good Women2. 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 ______________. A．William Langland’ s Piers Plowman B．Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC．John Gower’s Confession Amantis D．Sir Gawain and the Green Knight3. With classical culture and the（ ）humanistic ideas coming into England, the English Renaissance began flourishing. A. French B. German C. Italian D. Greek4. During the reign of_______, England started its Religious Reformation and broke away from Rome.A. Henry VII B. Henry VIII C. Edward VI D. Queen Elizabeth5. The Protestant movement, which was seen as a means to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption and superstition of the Middle Ages, was initiated by _______.A. Francis Bacon B. Martin Luther C. Thomas More Utopia D. William Shakespeare 6．The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________.A．the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek cultureB．the vast expansion of British colonies in North AmericaC．the new discoveries in geography and astrologyD．the religious reformation and the economic expansion7. In Renaissance, the European humanist thinkers and scholars made 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 the rising bourgeoisieD. recovering the purity of the early church, from the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church8. 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.