英美文学复习题

英美文学知识问题版II、英美文学知识练习150题1.William Faulkner is the author ofA.Far From the Madding CrowdB.The Sound and FuryC.For Whom the Bell TollsD.The Scarlet Letter2.Robert Frost is a famousA.novelistB.playwrightC.poetD.literary critic3.The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works byA.Jack LondonB.Charles DickensC.Samuel ColeridgeD.Ernest Hemingway4.Which of the following poets is different from the others?A.John DonneB.John KeatsC.Lord ByronD.Percy Bysshe Shelley5.Which of the following is NOT written by William Shakespeare?A.OthelloB.The Tragical History of Dr. FaustusC.Romeo and JulietD.The Twelfth Night6.Beowulf narrates a story taking place inA.the MediterraneanB.Northern EuropeC.EnglandD.Scandinavia7.refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality.A.AllegoryB.ConflictC.IronyD.Flashback8.William Wordsworth is an EnglishA.poetB.novelistC.playwrightD.critic9.The great Transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau isA.NatureB.WaldenC.ExperienceD.Essays10.James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPTA.DublinersB. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC.Jude the ObscureD.Ulysses11.The Bronte Sisters published the following famous novels EXCEPTA.The Tenant of Wildfell HallB.Jane EyreC.Wuthering HeightsD.Agnes Grey12.In which novel can “Yahoo” be found?A.John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s ProgressB.Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie QueenC.Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Trave lsD.Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones13.The Victorian Age was largely an age of , eminently represented by Dickens andThackeray.A.PessimismB.NaturalismC.ModernismD.Critical Realism14.Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of America and made a combination of andserious literature.A.American folk humorB.funny jokesC.English folkloreD.American values15.Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after theRevolutionary War?A.Fennimore CooperB.Nathaniel HawthornC.Walt WhitmanD.Washington Irving16.Paradise Lost is a masterpiece byA.Christopher MarlowB.John MiltonC.William ShakespeareD.Ben Johnson17.I Have a Dream is addressed byA.Abraham LincolnB.John F. KennedyC.Martin Luther KingD.Ralph Waldo Emerson18.Which of the following is a poem by Emily Dickinson?A.Song of MyselfB.The RavenC. A Red Red RoseD.Because I Could Not Stop for Death19.Eugene O’Neil is an AmericanA.novelistB.playwrightC.poetD.essayist20.The Romantic Age in England came to an end with the death ofA.Jane AustenB.Walter ScottC.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD.William Wordsworth21.In the works of Aesthetism, the theory of “art for art’s sake” is advocated byA.Oscar WildeB.Mrs. GaskellC.Alexander PopeD.Charles Lamb22.Whose works are characterized by Stream-of-Consciousness?A.George EliotB.Jane AustenC.Emily BronteD.James Joyce23.The most famous work by Chaucer isA.BeowulfB.The Canterbury T aleC.Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD.The Christ24.The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the in the literary history of theUnited States.A.Age of RealismB.Age of ClassicalismC.Age of RomanticismD.Age of Renaissance25.has been given 18 honorary degrees.A.Ezra PondB. E. E. CummingsC.Robert FrostD.William Cullen Bryant26.Which of the following is NOT Shakespeare’s tragedies?A.The Merchant of VeniceB.King LearC.HamletD.The Tempest27.Leaves of Grass is written byA.Walt WhitmanB.Carl Sandburg/doc/7c17225301.html,ngston HughesD.Allen Ginsberg28.Will iam Makepeace Thackeray’s most famous work isA.The School for ScandalB.Past and PresentC.Major BarbaraD.Vanity Fair29.Dover Beach is written byA.Robert BrowningB.Alfred TennysonC.Mathew ArnoldD.Dylan Thomas30.The period of Old English literature refers toA.449-1066B.14th century --- mid 17th centuryC.14th century --- mid 18th centuryD.16th century --- mid 18th century31.Moby Dick is the most important work byA.Jack LondonB.Herman MelvilleC.Sinclair LewisD.Ralph Ellison32.O. Henry earned his fame mainly for hisA.novelsB.poemsC.short storiesD.dramas33.Which of the following is NOT Francis Bacon’s essay?A.Of StudiesB.Of BeautyC.Of WisdomD.Of Love34.is the most famous novel of Francis Scott Fitzgerald.A.Tender Is the NightB.This Side of ParadiseC.The Beautiful and DammedD.The Great Gatsby35.“Morte d’Arthur” is a famous work byA.John MiltonB.Venerable BedeC.Thomas MaloryD.Alfred the Great36.Which of the following novels does NOT belong to Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire?A.The TitanB.The FinancierC.The GeniusD.The Stoic37.The followings are all Dickens’ works EXCEPTA.Oliver TwistB.The Vicar of WakefieldC.Great ExpectationsD. A Tale of Two Cities38.It is generally regarded that Keats’s most important and mature poems are in the form ofA.odeB.elegyC.epicD.sonnet39.The 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded toA.William FaulknerB.John SteinbeckC.Saul BellowD.Ernest Hemingway40.Sister Carrie is a masterpiece of work.A.RomanticB.ClassicC.Neo-ClassicD.Naturalistic41.Who is “the father of English poetry”?A.ShakespeareB.Edmund SpencerC.John MiltonD.Geoffrey Chaucer42.The Red Badge of Courage is written byA.Frank NorrisB.Sherwood AndersonC.Willa CatherD.Stephen Crane43.The most distinctive achievement of Elizabethan literature isA.dramaB.proseC.novelD.poetry44.John Galsworthy won the 1932 Nobel Prize for his workA.UlyssesB.Hard TimesC.The Forsyte SagaD.Jude the Obscure45.Which of the following poems is NOT written by George Gordon Byron?A.She Walks in BeautyB.The Solitary ReaperC.When We Two PartedD.Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage46.wrote several novels with the name of “Rabbit”.A.Arthur MillerB.Thaomas PynchonC.John UpdikeD.Wallace Stevens47.The Road Not T aken is a poem written byA.Robert FrostB.LongfellowC.Ezra PondD.Carl Sandburg48.It is who first made blank verse the principle instrument of English drama.A.MarloweB.ShakespeareC.SpenserD.Henry Howard49.T.S. Eliot’s most famous long poem isA.I Wandered Lonely as a CloudB. A Boy’s WillC.The Waste LandD.The Golden Bough50.Who has been regarded as the discoverer of the modern novel?A.John BanyanB.Henry FieldingC.Samuel RichardsonD.Daniel Defoe51.The Portrait of a Lady is a great work byA.Henry JamesB.Mark TwainC.DreiserD.Stowe52.Hester is a character inA.Gone with the WindB.The Fall of the House of UsherC.BabbittD.The Scarlet Letter53.In Paradise Lost, the real hero created by Milton isA.GodB.AdamC.EveD.Satan54.The island of Lilliput can be found inA.Robinson CrusoeB.Gulliver’s TravelsC.Adventures of Tom SawyerD.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn55.“To be, or not to be” is quoted fromA.Kind LearB.HamletC.Julius CaesarD.Romeo and Juliet56.Mr. Allwrothy is a kind-hearted gentleman inA. A Tale of Two CitiesB.Great ExpectationsC.Sons and LoversD.The History of T om Jones, a Foundling57.The black man Jim is a character in Mark Twain’sA.The Adventures of Tom SawyerB.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC.Life on the MississippiD.The Prince and the Pauper58.The Catcher in the Rye is written byA.J.D. SalingerB.Jack LondonC.Flannery O’ConnorD.Saul Bellow59.Which of the following works is NOT written by D.H Lawrence?A.Women in LoveB.Sons and LoversC.The RainbowD.The French Lieutenant’s Woman60.Generally, the English Renaissance refers to the period between centuries.A.14th and mid-17thB.14th and mid-18thC.16th and mid-18thD.16th and mid-17th61.The Grapes of Wrath is the masterpiece ofA.John SteinbeckB.John CheeverC.John UpdikeD.John Dos Passos62.is NOT a play written by Tennessee Williams.A.Cat on a Hot Tin RoofB.The Glass MenagerieC.Light in AugustD. A Streetcar Named Desire63.Robert Burns is a poet fromA.EnglandB.New EnglandC.IrelandD.Scotland64.The Zoo Story is a play written byA.John OsborneB.Samuel BeckettC.Edward AlbeeD.Eugene O’Neil65.is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A.RomanceB.NovelC.SonnetD.Drama66.The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe inthe century.A.18thB.19thC.17thD.20th67.is the greatest songwriter in the world and the national poet of Scotland.A.William BlakeB.Robert BurnsC.ByronD.Keats68.William Blake’s The Tiger is collected inA.Songs of InnocenceB.Songs of ExperienceC.Marriage of Heaven and HellD.Poetical Sketches69.The image of the famous “henpecked husband” is created byA.Washington IrvingB.Fennimore CooperC.Edith WhartonD.William Dean Howells70.is known as “the poet’s poet”.A.ShakespeareB.MarloweC.SpenserD.Donne71.The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to beA.O’NeilB.PoundC.Robert FrostD.Scott Fitzgerald72.was the most important person of the Transcendental club.A.HawthornB.WhitmanC.EmersonD.Hemingway73.Shylock is a character inA.The Merchant of VeniceB.The Twelfth NightC.The Winter’s TaleD.Macbeth74.The complier of A Dictionary of the English Language isA.Joseph AddisonB.Richard SteeleC.Samuel Johnson/doc/7c17225301.html,urence Stern75.The main themes of Emily Dickinson’s works are the following EXCEPTA.friendshipB.love and marriageC.life and deathD.war and peace76.American fiction in the 1960s was referred to asA.ImagismB.Black HumorC.New FictionD.The Beat Generation77.James Joyce mostly wrote about his hometownA.LondonB.DublinC.New YorkD.Edinburgh78.This line “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” is quoted fromA.Don JuanB.Kubla KhanC.To AutumnD.Ode to the West Wind79.Stephen Crane is famous forA.An American TragedyB.The AmbassadorsC.Main StreetD.The Red Badge of Courage80.translated Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey in American literary history.A.William Cullen BryantB.Philip FreneauC.Edwin Arlington RobinsonD.Walt Whitman81.The emotional effect and social significance made the first well-known sociologicalnovel in American literature.A.The Sun Also RisesB.Uncle Tom’s CabinC.The Old Man and the SeaD.Sister Carrie82.has been entitled the “Father of American Poetry”.A.Philip FreneauB.Ralph Waldo EmersonC.William Cullen BryantD.Walt Whitman83.Which of the following poems is written by William Butler Yeats?A.Sailing to ByzantiumB.To an Athlete Dying YoungC.Musee des Beaux ArtsD.Church Going84.Mary Barton is a masterpiece ofA.George EliotB.Samuel ButlerC.Mrs. GaskellD.Flannery O’Connor85.Among the following poets, which is NOT a lake poet?A.William WordsworthB.Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC.Robert SoutheyD.William Collins86.Henry Fielding is the author of the great 18th century English novelA.The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingB.PamelaC.Moll FlandersD.The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy87.Tess is a character created byA. D.H. LawrenceB.James JoyceC.Thomas HardyD.Dylan Thomas88.Which of the following is INCORRECT for Benjamin Franklin?A.He was a famous writer.B.He was a member to draft The Declaration of Independence.C.He was a great scientist.D.He was once elected American President.89.“Gold Rush” was vividly depicted in novels.A.Hemingway’sB.Mark Twain’sC.Henry James’sD.Faulkner’s90.is a nineteenth century European literary movement that sought to portray familiarcharacters, situations, and settings in a realistic manner.A.RealismB.ModernismC.NaturalismD.Romanticism91.Utopia is work.A.Thomas More’sB.Francis Bacon’sC.John D ryden’sD.George Herbert’s92.Mr. Rochester is a figure in .A.Wuthering HeightsB.Jane EyreC.Vanity FairD.Uncle T om’s Cabin93.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is an epigrammatic line byA.John BeatsB.William BlakeC.William WordsworthD.Percy Bysshe Shelley94.Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPTA. a strict poetic formB. a simple and conversational languageC. a free and natural rhythmic patternD.an easy flow of feelings95.Who initiated the name of the Lost Generation?A.HemingwayB.FitzgeraldC.Gertrude SteinD.William Faulkner96.My Last Duchess is a monologue poem written byA.William ShakespeareB.Robert BrowningC.Ben JohnsonD.Robert Herrick97.The high tide of Romanticism in American literature occurred aroundA.1820B.1850C.1880D.192098.The title of Alfred Tennyson’s poem Ulysses reminds the reader of the following EXCEPTA.the Trojan WarB.Homer’s OdysseyC.Adventures over the seaD.Religious quest99.As a literary figure, Heathcliff appears inA.Jane EyreB.Oliver TwistC.Wuthering HeightsD.Middlemarch100.The publication of established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of the New England Transcendentalism.A.NatureB.Self-RelianceC.The Over SoulD.The American Scholar101.is considered to be the best known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.A.Richard SheridanB.Oliver GoldsmithC.Oscar WildeD.Bernard Shaw102.Lyrical Ballads is the joint work between Wordsworth and his friendA.ColeridgeB.BryonC.KeatsD.Shelly103.The success of Jane Eyre is partly due to its introduction to the English novel the first Heroine.A.explorerB.peasantC.worker/doc/7c17225301.html,erness104.is the representative work of the Jazz Age.A.The Great GatsbyB.On the RoadC.Look Back in AngerD.The Sun Also Rises105.Invisible Man is a famous work byA.Tennessee WilliamsB.Arthur MillerC.Ralph EllisonD.John Updike106.is commonly used to describe an original pattern or model from which all other things of the same kind are made.A.AllusionB.AlliterationC.AllegoryD.Archetype107.The title of Thackeray’s Vanity Fair is taken fromA.The Holy BibleB.The Faerie QueenC.The Pilgrim’s ProgressD.Paradise Lost108.was a southerner from Mississippi who produced 18 novels and 3 volumes of short stories in his life.A.William FaulknerB.Earnest HemingwayC.Mark TwainD.Robert Frost109.The theme of A Tale of Two Cities isA.revolutionB.warC.loveD.brotherhood110.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT for the Lost Generation?A.Those young people were cut off from old values.B.They wondered pointlessly and restlessly.C.They were aware that the world was crazy and meaningless.D.They boasted that people should return to nature.111.Who is considered the “Poet of the American Revolution”?A.Philip FreneauB.William Cullen BryantC.Henry Wadswroth LongfellowD.Henry David Thoreau112.In America, there is “a little woman started a great war”. Who is she?A.Anne BradstreetB.Harriet Beecher StoweC.Edith WhartonD.Catharine Anne Porter113.Waiting for Godot is aA.poemB.playC.short storyD.novel114.Which of the following writers has once won the Nobel Prize?A.William Butler YeatsB.Thomas HardyC.Wystan Hugh AudenD.Dylan Thomas115.is NOT written by Edgar Allan Poe.A.The RavenB.Annabel LeeC.The Fall of the House of UsherD.Song to Celia116.Arthur Miller is an AmericanA.novelistB.poetC.playwrightD.essayist117.Mr. Darcy is a character inA.Tess of the D’UrbervillesB.Pride and PrejudiceC.Happy PrinceD.The Mill on the Floss118.Besides The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald wrote another famous novel , which was his second masterpiece.A.AS I Lay DyingB. A Good Man Is Hard to FindC.Tender Is the NightD.The Dangling Man119.Among Shakespeare’s tragedies, is the most complex in plot and most painful.A.King LearB.HamletC.Romeo and JulietD.Othello120.created the style of euphuism.A.Sir Philip SidneyB.John LylyC.Henry HowardD.Thomas Wyatt121.A Voldielion: Forbiding Mouming is the masterpiece ofA.William ShakespeareB.Edmund SpenderC.John MiltonD.John Donne122.Which of the following is NOT Virginia Woolf’s novel?A.To the LighthouseB.Mrs. DallowayC.The WavesD.Modern Painters123.Theodore Dreiser was one of America’s greatest writers.A.NaturalisticB.RealisticC.ModernisticD.Romantic124.is the first American professional writer and the first writer of detective story in the world.A.Ezra PoundB.Washington IrvingC.Nathaniel HawthorneD.Edgar Allen Poe125.Pygmalion is a famous play written byA.William ShakespeareB.Tobias George SmollettC.Charles LambD.Bernard Shaw126.The Renaissance was a European phenomenon, which originated inA.FranceB.BritainC.ItalyD.Spain127.was the greatest poet between Milton and Pope and was poet laureate for 20 years.A.Edmund SpenserB.John DrydenC.John DonneD.George Herbert128.Which of the following is NOT Jane Austen’s works?A.Pride and PrejudiceB.Sense and SensibilityC.EmmaD.Sister Carrie129.Richard Brinsley Sheridan was a famousA.poetB.novelistC.dramatistD.essayist130.The major representatives of America’s Transcendentalist group areA.Emerson and Henry David ThoreauB.Washington Irving and EmersonC.Ralph Waldo Emerson and IrvingD.Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau131.Among the following novels, is Thomas Hardy’s best-known novel.A.The Return of the NativeB.Far From the Madding CrowdC.The Mayor of CasterbridgeD.Tess of the D’Urbervilles132.was recognized as the greatest poet of Victorian England.A.TennysonB.Robert BrowningC.Mrs. BrowningD.Robert Burns133.is D.H. Lawrence’s semi-autographical novel.A.Sons and LoversB.Women in LoveC.Rainbow/doc/7c17225301.html,dy Chatterley’s Lover134.was once in the same class with Franklin Pierce, America’s 14th President.A.Henry JamesB.Jack LondonC.Edwin Arlington RobinsonD.Nathaniel Hawthorne135.Richard Steele and Joseph Addison had the following contributions to English literature EXCEPT thatA.their writings provided a new code of social morality for the rising bourgeoisieB.they gave a true picture of social life of England in the 18th centuryC.the English essay completely established itself as a literary genre in their handsD.they were representatives of the realistic tradition in English literature136.is the representative among the writers of Aestheticism and Decadence.A.StevensonB.George GissingC.Oscar WildeD.Ralph Fox137.The Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays is the work byA.William HazlittB.Charles LambC.Leigh HuntD.De Quincy。

第一章殖民主义时期的文学1、American Puritanism was one of the most enduring shaping influences in American thought and American literature.American Puritanism influences on American literature:a. Idealism and optimism 理想主义和乐观主义b. Symbolism 象征主义c. Simplicity. 简洁清教徒采用的文学体裁：a、narratives 日记 b、journals 游记清教徒在美国的写作内容：1）their voyage to the new land2) Adapting themselves to unfamiliar climates and crops3) About dealing with Indians4) Guide to the new land, endless bounty, invitation to bold spirit清教徒的思想：1）puritan want to make up pure their religious beliefs and practices 净化信仰和行为方式2) Wish to restore simplicity to church and the authority of the Bible to the theology. 重建教堂，提供简单服务，建立神圣地位3）look upon themselves as chosen people, and it follow logically that anyone who challenged their way of life is opposing God's will and is not to be accepted. 认为自己是上帝选民，对他们的生活有异议就是反对上帝4）puritan opposition to pleasure and the arts sometimes has been exaggerated. 反对对快乐和艺术的追求到了十分荒唐的地步 5）religious teaching tended to emphasize the image of a wrathful God.强调上帝严厉的一面，忽视上帝仁慈的一面。

英美文学导论考试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 以下哪部作品是威廉·莎士比亚的悲剧？A.《罗密欧与朱丽叶》B.《威尼斯商人》C.《皆大欢喜》D.《第十二夜》2. 19世纪英国浪漫主义诗人拜伦的全名是什么？A. 乔治·戈登·拜伦B. 威廉·华兹华斯C. 珀西·比希·雪莱D. 约翰·济慈3. 以下哪位作家是现代主义文学的代表人物？A. 查尔斯·狄更斯B. 简·奥斯汀C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 托马斯·哈代4. 美国文学中被称为“黑暗浪漫主义”的时期是？A. 浪漫主义时期B. 现实主义时期C. 现代主义时期D. 后现代主义时期5. 以下哪部作品是马克·吐温的代表作？A.《了不起的盖茨比》B.《汤姆·索亚历险记》C.《白鲸》D.《老人与海》二、填空题（每空2分，共20分）6. 英国文学史上的文艺复兴时期，以_______的戏剧创作最为著名。

7. 19世纪美国文学的“现实主义”运动，以_______的《红字》为代表作。

8. 现代主义文学中，_______的《荒原》被认为是现代主义诗歌的里程碑。

9. 20世纪美国文学中，_______的《了不起的盖茨比》描绘了20年代的“爵士时代”。

10. 英国浪漫主义诗人_______的《夜莺颂》是其代表作之一。

三、简答题（每题10分，共30分）11. 简述英国文学中的“哥特式小说”的特点。

12. 描述美国文学中的“自然主义”运动，并举例说明。

13. 简述现代主义文学与后现代主义文学的主要区别。

四、论述题（每题15分，共30分）14. 论述威廉·华兹华斯的“自然主义”观点及其在《抒情歌谣集》中的体现。

15. 分析弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的《到灯塔去》中的女性主义视角。

答案一、选择题1. A2. A3. C4. B5. B二、填空题6. 威廉·莎士比亚7. 纳撒尼尔·霍桑8. T.S.艾略特9. F.斯科特·菲茨杰拉德10. 威廉·华兹华斯三、简答题11. 哥特式小说的特点包括恐怖、神秘、超自然元素，以及对古老建筑或废墟的描写。

英美文学鉴赏复习题:1.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare^ Sonnet 18?A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.B ・The speaker satirizes human vanity.C.>The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D.The speaker meditates on man's salvation.c2. __________ used narrative verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.A.SonnetB. RomanceC. NovelD. Dramab3.The hero of romance was usually the ________ ，who set out a journey to accomplish some missions—to protect the church, to attack infidelity, to rescue a maidento meet a challenge, or to obey a knightly command.A.soldierB. poetC. knightD. singerc4. ___ marked the beginning of Romanticism in English poetry.A.Wuthering HeightsB. A Red, Red RoseC. Lyrical BalladsD. Ode to the West Wind5.“So long as man can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."This quotation is a _____ .A. quatrainB. ballad歌谣，小曲C. trimeter三音步的诗D. couplet对句，对联d6."If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line from ______ .A. She Walks in BeautyB. Ode to the West WindC. The Solitary ReaperD. On the Seas and Far Awayb7. ________ i s the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people.A. Hamlet B・Beowulf C. Utopia D. Lyrical Balladsb8.Which of the following is not included in the most famous four tragedies of William Shakespeare?A. HamletB. OthelloC. The Merchant of VeniceD. King Lear9. __________ is the forerunner of English realistic novel, also the writer of thefamous novel a Robinson Crusoe".A. Henry FieldingC. Daniel Defoe B・ Samuel Richardson Jonathan Swiftc10・ Which of the following was not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. The American ScholarB. NatureC. Self-RelianceD. Waldend11.He was called “ father of American Literature^ and his stories “ Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are widely read even today. Who is he?A. Washington IrvingB. Sherwood AndersonC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingwaya12.Generally speaking, which literary school was Mark Twain grouped into?A. romanticism B<realism C.naturalism D. post-modernismb13.The major trend in American literature in the first half of the 19th century is ______A. romanticismB. realismC. sentimentalismD. naturalism a14.Who is usually acknowledged as the originator of detective fiction?A. Washington IrvingB. William Dean HowellsC. Mark TwainD. Edgar Allan Poed15.Which of the following is NOT true about Robert Burns?A.He wrote in Scottish dialect.B.He was a peasant poet.C.His language is plain.D.A Red Red Rose y Auld Lang Syne and The Song of Innencenc are his poems.d16.In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative in the terms of the form of his poetry, which is called “ ____________________A. free verseB. blank verseC. alliterationD. end rhyminga17.The five "I” s in Romanticism is: Imagination, Intuition, Idealism,______________ ・A. integrality and InspirationB. Inspiration and IndividualityC. Individuality and integralityD. integrality and Industr18./ Died for Beauty was written by _____________ ?A. Walt WhitmanB. Emily DickinsonC・ Robert Frost D. Stephen Crane19・ Which literary school was Charles Dickens generally grouped into?A.The English Critical Realism of the Nineteenth CenturyB.The English Realistic School of the Eighteenth CenturyC.The English Romanticism of the Nineteenth CenturyD.The English Modernism of the Twentieth CenturyA20.Which of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy?A. Tess ofD'Urberville B・Far from the Madding Crowd21. American literature is based on a myth, that is, the Biblical myth ofA. Genesis C ・ the Deliverance from Slavery 自己找答案22. Among four of the following writers , who was the author of Invisible Man ?B. Richard Wright( 1908-1960D. Frederick Douglass A27. The hero of romance was usually the ____________ , who set out a journey toaccomplish some missions —to protect the church, to attack infidelity, to rescue a maiden, to meet a challenge, or to obey a knightly command.A. soldier B ・ poet C. knight D. singer28. Which of the following is a comedy by William Shakespeare?A. HamletB. OthelloC. The Merchant of VeniceD33. The major trend in American literature in the last decade of the 19th century wasA. romanticismB. modernismC. sentimentalismd39. Which literary school was Charles Dickens generally grouped into?A. The English Critical Realism of the Nineteenth CenturyB ・ The English Realistic School of the Eighteenth CenturyC ・ The English Romanticism of the Nineteenth CenturyD. The English Modernism of the Twentieth Century40. Poor Richard's Almanac was a calendar, which includes a large amount of Be the Garden of EdenD ・ Song of Songs A. Ralph Waldo Ellison C ・Langston HughesB. modernismC. sentimentalismD. naturalism37.Who wrote Catch-22 (1961) 一 absurdist technique? A. Sherwood Anderson C ・ Joseph Heller c 3&/ Died for Beauty was written by A. Henry David Thoreau C. Robert Frost the first book to treat the absurdist theme with B. Ernest Hemingway D. Thomas PynchB. Emily DichinsonD. Stephen Crane 36. Who wrote the famous short story The Triumph of the Egg?information about weather, astronomy, puzzles, mathematics, practical household, etc. It was written by _______________ .41. "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines ； The underlined phrase refers toA. black holeB. the sunC. the moonD. the star42. __________ was categorized into the group of dark romanticism. He believedthat there was evil in every human heart, which might remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstance might rouse it to activity.A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. Hermen MelvilleC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Edgar Allan Poe Many consider American writers Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville tobe the major Dark Romantic authors 43. Renaissance originated in _____ i n the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe until the 17th century.A. ItalyB. GermanC. BritainD. Greece44. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally concerning ________________________ .A. nature, man and the universeB ・ the relationship between man and womanC. the development of Romanticism in American literatureD. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianisma46. In the title Vanity Fair, “Fair” means ______ .A. town B market C. place D. equalityb48. _________ believes that the chief aim of literary creation is beauty, and "the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world/'A. Walt WhitmanB. Edgar Allen PoeC. Anne BradstreetD. Ralph Waldo Emerson b49・ Idealized figures most often appear in ____ .A. Romantic poetryB. Renaissance dramaC. Enlightenment literatureD. Victorian novelsa50. ___ employs the language of common man in literary writing.A. Thomas HardyB. Emily Bronte.C. William WordsworthD. John Milton c51. Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale •Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely characters in ______ •A. Washington IrvingC. Thomas Jefferson B. Jonathan Edwards De Benjamin FranklinA. The House of the Seven GablesB. The Scarlet Letter 红字C. The Portrait of a LadyD. The Pioneers52.The Victorian Age witnessed the perfection of _______ in the hands of Thackeray and Dickens.A. poetryB. dramaC. novelD. epicc53.All the following issues EXCEPT ________ were emphasized by the British Romantic writers.A. individual feelingsB. idea of survival of the fittestC. strong imagination D・ return to natureb54."Where thoughts serenely sweet express / How pure, how dear theirdwelling-placet The underlined part means ______ -A. beautyB. wisdomC. brainD. heartc55.All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets” EXCEPT________ .A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SoutheyC. William WordsworthD. William Blaked56.Which of the following is NOT the virtue that Franklin enumerated in his The Autobiography?A. TemperanceB. Humanity (Humility)C. FrugalityD. Immoderation57.Renaissance was the humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature,and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe until the 17th century. The underlined word means _______________ .A GreekB GermanC oldD Greek and Roman58.Didactic and satirical literature was dominant in the _____ •?A. Renaissance B・ Age of EnlightenmentC. Victorian Age D age of Romanticismc背诵并需要注意评论：1.Sonnet 182.Psalm of Life3.1 am Nobody4.The Solitary Reaper5.My Luve is a Red, Red Rose6.13 virtues in "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin气翻译、评论)问答题7.American Romanticism&Britsh Romanticism9.American Transcendentalism。

英美文学题库英美文学期末复习题I. Choose the one that would best complete the statement below. (30 points, 2 points each)1. ______ is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A. BeowulfB. The Canterbury TalesC. Don JuanD. Paradise Lost2. John Dryden called ______ the father of English poetry.A. Geoffrey ChaucerB. Edmund SpencerC. John MiltonD. John Donne3. The Merchant of Venice is a ________.A. tragedyB. comedyC. history playD. tragicomedy4. Hamlet faces the dilemma between ______.A. action and mindB. dream and realityC. money and powerD. hate and love5. John Milton’s masterpiece is his ______.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Areopagitica6. Robert Frost is a regional poet in the sense that his poems depict mostly ______.A. the frontier lifeB. The sea adventuresC. the Puritan communityD. New England landscape7. The novel ________ is not written by Henry James.A. The AmbassadorsB. The Wings of the DoveC. The BostoniansD. The Mysterious Stranger8. In the 1920s decade, O’Neill established an international reputation with such plays as ______.A. The Emperor JonesB. Anna ChristieC. The Hairy ApeD. all of the above9. Fi tzgerald’s fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of the Jazz Age, in which he shows a particular interest in ______ society.A. the middle-classB. the upper-classC. the lower-middle-classD. the working-class10. Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include ______, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.A. impressionismB. expressionismC. multiple points of viewD. first person point of view11. The following are Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies except __________.A. HamletB. OthelloC. Twelfth NightD. King Lear12. __________ is a novella about a young American girl who gets “killed” by the winter in Rome, and it brough t Henry James international fame for the first time.A. The AmericanB. The EuropeansC. Daisy MillerD. The Portrait of A lady13. John Donne is the leading figure of ________.A. Lake PoetsB. Graveyard SchoolC. Satanic PoetsD. Metaphysical School14. In Jane Austen’s novels, life and human nature are exposed __________________.A. at moments of crisisB. during the battlesC. in the most trivial incidents of everydayD. through the traveling15. The following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except ________.A. William FaulknerB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. John SteinbeckD. Ernest HemingwayII. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase. (30 points, 2points each)16. Edmund Spenser’s masterpiece is _________, a great poem of its age.17. Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected _________ and made it the principle medium of English drama.18. As a lexicographer, Samuel Johnson distinguished himself as the author of the first English dictionary by an Englishman: _________, a gigantic task which Johnson undertook single-handedly and finished in over seven years.19. Pope’s An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in _________.20. _________ has been regarded by some as “Father of the Eng lish Novel” for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.21. Mark Twain preferred to have his own region and people at the forefront of his stories. This particular concern about the local character of a region came about as _____________, a unique variation of American literary realism.22. Pound was the leader of a new movement in Poetry which he called “_________” movement.23. Dreiser broke away form the genteel tradition of literature and dramatized the life in a very _________ way24. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _________, especially as an explanation of sexual desire.25. Two major figures of black fiction in America are ________and Ralph Ellison.26. Apart from Darwinism, the two thinkers whose ideas had the greatest impact on the Modernism period were the German ________ and the Austrian Sigmund Freud.27. With the Norman Conquest starts the ________ Period in English Literature.28. Emily Bronte’s masterpiece is ___________29.Ulysses gives an account of man’s life during one day in ________30. In the mid-1950s and early 1960s, there appeared a group of young novelists and playwrights with lower-middle-classor working class background, they demonstrated a particular disillusion over the depressing situation in Britain and launched a bitter protest against the outmoded social and political values in their society. They were known as “_______________”.III. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it. (18 points, 6 points each) 31．“Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time th ou grow’st:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”32. His father picked the baby up and slapped it to make it breathe and handed it to the old woman.“See, it’s a boy, Nick,” he said. “How do you like being an internee?”Nick said, “All right.” He was looking away so as not to see what his father was doing.33. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;”IV. Give brief answers to the following questions. (22 points, 11 points each)34. Why do we say Hawthorne is a master of symbolism? Give at least two examples of symbols from The Scarlet Letter.35. Why is Thomas Hardy often regarded as a transitional writer?期末复习题答案I．1 A 2 A 3 B 4 A 5 A 6.D 7.D 8. D 9. B 10. C 11 C 12 C 13 D 14 C 15 CII．16. The Faerie Queene17. the blank verse 18. A Dictionary of the English Language 19. heroic couplets 20. Henry Fielding 21. local colorism 22. Imagist 23. realistic 24. bestiality25. Richard Wright 26. Karl Marx 27. Medieval 28. Wuthering Heights 29. Dublin 30. The Angry Young ManIII．31. William Shakespeare: Sonnet 18. A nice summer’s day is usually transient, but the beauty in poetry can last forever.32. This is from “Indian Camp,” one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway.Nick watches his father deliver an Indian woman of a baby by Caesarian section. This incident brings the boy into contact with something that is perplexing and unpleasant, and is actually Nick’s initiation into the pain and violence of birth and death.33．Robert Lee Frost, “The Road not Taken”.The speaker tells us how the course of his life wasdetermined when he came upon two roads that diverged in a wood.IV．34. Hawthorne is a master of symbolism, which he took from the Puritan tradition and bequeathed to American literature in a revivified form.The symbol can be found everywhere in his writing, and his masterpiece provides the most conclusive proof. By using Pearl as a thematic symbol, Hawthorne emphasizes the consequence the sin of adultery has brought to the community and people living in that community. With the scarlet Letter A as the biggest symbol of all, Hawthorne proves himself to be one of the best symbolists. As a key to the whole novel, the letter A takes on different layers of symbolic meanings as the plot develops, but people come up with different interpretations and they do not know which one is definite. The scarlet letter A is ambiguous. And the ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of Hawthorne’s art.35. Hardy is regarded as a transitional writer not only because he lived at the turn of the century, but more importantly because there is the influence on him from both.He accepted the ideas of Darwin, and was influenced by Spencer, both of which were great thinkers of his time. But in his Wessex novels, there is an apparent nostalgic touch of the primitive rural life, which was gradually disappearing as England marched into an industrial country.So, on the one hand, there is bitter criticism of his towards the social reality in the Victorian age, on the other hand, the belief that man’s fate is predeterminedly tragic colours mysteriously his characters who are always impotent before the half-blind and supernatural force. The conflicts between old andnew, between the rural value and the utilitarian commercialism, between social moral and human passion are prints of longings for some better past while living in modern times.。

英美文学试题及答案# 英美文学试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 威廉·莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中，哈姆雷特的叔叔是谁？A. 克劳狄斯B. 波洛尼乌斯C. 劳提斯D. 格特鲁德答案：A2. 简·奥斯汀的小说《傲慢与偏见》中，伊丽莎白·班纳特最终与谁结婚？A. 达西先生B. 宾利先生C. 柯林斯先生D. 维克汉姆答案：A3. 爱伦·坡的短篇小说《黑猫》中，主人公最终因为什么而陷入疯狂？A. 酗酒B. 谋杀C. 赌博D. 爱情答案：B4. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的《到灯塔去》中，拉姆齐夫人的丈夫是谁？A. 拉姆齐先生B. 班克斯先生C. 塔斯先生D. 卡迈克尔先生答案：A5. 马克·吐温的《汤姆·索亚历险记》中，汤姆·索亚的好友是谁？A. 哈克贝利·芬B. 乔·哈珀C. 贝基·撒切尔D. 印第安·乔答案：A6. 乔治·奥威尔的《1984》中，主要的反乌托邦政府机构是什么？A. 思想警察B. 真理部C. 爱情部D. 和平部答案：B7. 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》中，亚哈船长的主要目标是什么？A. 寻找新大陆B. 捕获白鲸C. 探索未知海域D. 寻找宝藏答案：B8. 亨利·詹姆斯的《鸽之翼》中，主角伊莎贝尔·阿彻最终与谁结婚？A. 吉尔伯特·奥斯蒙德B. 拉尔夫·杜恩C. 爱德华·罗斯科D. 亨利·杜恩答案：A9. 罗伯特·弗罗斯特的诗歌《未选择的路》中，诗人选择了哪条路？A. 一条人迹罕至的路B. 一条宽阔平坦的路C. 一条充满荆棘的路D. 一条充满鲜花的路答案：A10. 埃德加·爱伦·坡的《乌鸦》中，乌鸦反复说的词是什么？A. 永不B. 死亡C. 寂静D. 疯狂答案：A二、简答题（每题10分，共30分）1. 简述《了不起的盖茨比》中盖茨比的悲剧性。

英美⽂学英美⽂学复习题题型：⼀、选择，判断20分⼆、名词解释6道30分三、简答2道四、论述2道Multiple Choice and True or Flase Questions1. The first National epic of the Anglo-Saxon 第⼀部史诗Old English poets produced the national epic poem: Beowulf 贝尔武夫2．The name of Chaucer’s masterpie ce杰作：The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯特故事集3．Chaucer used for the first time in English the rhymed couplet of iambic pentameter. 第⼀次⽤五步抑扬格写的押韵诗What is this couplet to be called in the future?对句后来叫什么？P5The heroic couplet 英雄对句4．What is the real mainstream 主流of the English Renaissance⽂艺复兴?The Elizabethan drama5. What is the source of Dr. Fanstus 浮⼠德博⼠的悲剧P21浮⼠德的来源是the German legend 传说of a magician魔术师aspiring渴望for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic悲剧的end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil. (P21)6. What is Christopher Marlowe’s first achievement?P22第⼀⼤成就是Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the blank verse and made it the principal 最重要的medium⼿段，⽅法of English drama戏剧.马洛的艺术成就在于他完善了⽆韵体诗，并使之成为英国戏剧中最重要的⽂体形式。

1.Climax is the point at which one opposing force overcomes the other and conflict is resolved.高潮在这一点上,一个反对力量克服了其他和冲突解决。

2. round character and flat character: flat character is cartoon like, usu. exaggerated. Roundcharacter is lifelike, who has both advantages and disadvantages, grows as the plot develops andusu. undergoes some change.一样和平板字符:平淡的角色动画,usu.夸大。

圆形人物栩栩如生,谁都有各自的优势和劣势,随着情节发展,usu.经历一些变化。

3. Journey story is also called Picaresque novel, in which there is always a trip, and charactersgrow and develop along the journey, such as A Journey to the West, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.In this kind of story, there are lots of interesting episodes instead ofall-unifying plot旅程的故事也被称为流浪汉小说,总有一个旅行,和人物沿途的成长和发展,比《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》。

在这样的故事,有很多有趣的情节,而不是all-unifying 如《西游记》、阴谋4. Gothic novel is an old genre since 18th century, from which detective story, fantasy story,mystery story derive. 哥特式小说是一个古老的风格自18世纪以来,侦探小说,幻想故事,神秘的故事中。

英美文学史考试试题一、选择题（每题 3 分，共 30 分）1、以下哪部作品是英国浪漫主义诗人威廉·华兹华斯的代表作？（）A 《唐璜》B 《抒情歌谣集》C 《恰尔德·哈洛尔德游记》D 《西风颂》2、美国作家海明威的作品常常体现出“冰山理论”，以下哪部作品最能体现这一理论？（）A 《永别了，武器》B 《老人与海》C 《太阳照样升起》D 《丧钟为谁而鸣》3、英国作家简·奥斯汀的小说以细腻的人物刻画和对婚姻爱情的探讨著称，她的哪部作品被多次改编成电影？（）A 《爱玛》B 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》C 《傲慢与偏见》D 《理智与情感》4、以下哪一位是美国浪漫主义时期的重要作家？（）A 马克·吐温B 爱伦·坡C 惠特曼D 以上都是5、英国诗人 TS艾略特的《荒原》属于哪种文学流派？（）A 象征主义B 表现主义C 意识流D 荒诞派6、以下哪部作品是英国批判现实主义作家狄更斯的代表作？（）A 《大卫·科波菲尔》B 《呼啸山庄》C 《简·爱》D 《名利场》7、美国作家福克纳的作品多以南方为背景，他的哪部作品讲述了一个家族的兴衰？（）A 《喧哗与骚动》B 《我弥留之际》C 《押沙龙，押沙龙！》D 以上都是8、英国诗人约翰·弥尔顿的哪部作品取材于《圣经》？（）A 《失乐园》B 《复乐园》C 《力士参孙》D 以上都是9、以下哪一位是美国现代主义作家？（）A 菲茨杰拉德B 德莱塞C 斯坦贝克D 以上都是10、英国女作家勃朗特姐妹的作品包括（）A 《简·爱》和《呼啸山庄》B 《爱玛》和《傲慢与偏见》C 《理智与情感》和《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D 《名利场》和《大卫·科波菲尔》二、简答题（每题 10 分，共 30 分）1、请简要分析莎士比亚悲剧作品的艺术特色。

2、简述美国文学中“黑色幽默”的特点。

3、比较英国浪漫主义文学和美国浪漫主义文学的异同。

英美文学考试题目及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共10分）1. 英国文学史上被称为“英国诗歌之父”的诗人是：A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案：A2. 下列哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀的小说？A. 《傲慢与偏见》B. 《理智与情感》C. 《简·爱》D. 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》答案：C3. 美国文学中，被誉为“美国文学之父”的作家是：A. 爱伦·坡B. 马克·吐温C. 华盛顿·欧文D. 亨利·詹姆斯答案：C4. 以下哪位作家是现代主义文学的代表人物？A. 狄更斯B. 哈代C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 简·奥斯汀答案：C5. 美国文学中的“迷惘的一代”是指：A. 第一次世界大战后的作家群体B. 第二次世界大战后的作家群体C. 独立战争后的作家群体D. 内战后的作家群体答案：A二、填空题（每题2分，共10分）1. 威廉·莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和________。

答案：《麦克白》2. 《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家________创作的一部以20世纪20年代的纽约为背景的小说。

答案：F·司各特·菲茨杰拉德3. 英国浪漫主义诗人威廉·华兹华斯与________共同发起了浪漫主义诗歌运动。

答案：塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治4. 美国诗人沃尔特·惠特曼的代表作是________，它被认为是美国文学史上的里程碑。

答案：《草叶集》5. 英国现代主义诗人T.S.艾略特的代表作《荒原》是一首________诗。

答案：长三、简答题（每题10分，共20分）1. 简述乔治·奥威尔的《1984》中“老大哥”的象征意义。

答案：在《1984》中，“老大哥”象征着极权主义政权的无所不在和无所不知，代表了对个人自由和思想的全面控制。

他的形象无处不在，监视着社会的每一个角落，象征着对个人隐私的侵犯和对思想自由的压制。