英美文学考题-

英美文学选择题(附答案版)1。

下列哪项陈述最能说明莎士比亚十四行诗第18 首的主题？演讲者颂扬了大自然的力量。

演讲者讽刺了人类的虚荣心。

C。

演讲者赞扬了艺术创作的力量。

演讲者思考人类的救赎。

2。

______ 用叙事诗或散文来歌颂骑士冒险或其他英雄事迹。

A。

十四行诗，浪漫，小说，戏剧，3。

浪漫的英雄通常是______ ，他开始了一段旅程来完成一些使命——保护教堂，打击不忠，拯救少女，迎接挑战，或服从骑士的命令。

a .士兵b .诗人c .骑士(knight)d . 歌手4。

红玫瑰c。

抒情歌谣(抒情歌谣集)d。

西风颂5。

”只要人类能呼吸或眼睛能看见”如果冬天来了，春天还会远吗？”伊桑的警句无比出自_ _。

a . she walks in beautyb . ode to the west wind(ode to the west wind)c . the solidary reasperd . on the seas and fa远r .离7。

______ 是盎格鲁-撒克逊人和英国人的民族史诗。

A。

《哈姆雷特》《贝奥武夫》《乌托邦》《抒情歌谣集》8。

以下哪一个不包括在威廉·莎士比亚最著名的四部悲剧中？A。

《哈姆雷特》《奥赛罗》《威尼斯商人》《李尔王》9。

________ 是英国现实主义小说的先驱，也是著名小说《鲁滨逊漂流记》的作者。

A。

亨利·菲尔丁·塞缪尔·理查逊C。

丹尼尔·笛福(Defo)乔纳森·斯威夫特10 .以下哪一篇不是拉尔夫·瓦尔多·爱默生写的？他被称为“美国文学之父”，他的故事有《瑞普·凡·温克尔》和《睡谷的传说》。

A。

华盛顿欧文(欧文)b 舍伍德安德森c马克吐温d欧内斯特海明威12。

一般来说，马克·吐温属于哪一个文学流派？浪漫主义，现实主义，自然主义，后现代主义。

19 世纪上半叶美国文学的主要趋势是浪漫主义、现实主义、感伤主义和自然主义。

（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.。

1. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's 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.2. used narrative verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.A. SonnetB. RomanceC. NovelD. Drama3.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 maiden，to meet a challenge, or to obey a knightly command.A. soldierB. poetC. knight（骑士）D. singer4. marked the beginning of Romanticism in English poetry.A. Wuthering HeightsB. A Red, Red RoseC. Lyrical Ballads （抒情歌谣集）D. 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. balladC. trimeterD. couplet（相连并押韵的两行诗，对句）6. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line from .A. She Walks in BeautyB. Ode to the West Wind（西风颂）C. The Solitary ReaperD. On the Seas and Far Away7. is the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people.A. HamletB. BeowulfC. UtopiaD. Lyrical Ballads8. 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 the famous novel“Robinson Crusoe”.A. Henry FieldingB. Samuel RichardsonC. Daniel Defoe（笛福）D. Jonathan Swift10. Which of the following was not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. The American Scholar（论美国学者）B. NatureC. Self-RelianceD. Walden（瓦尔登湖）11. He was called “ father of American Literature” and his stories “ Rip Van Winkle”and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”（睡谷的传说）are widely read even today.Who is he?A. Washington Irving（欧文）B. Sherwood AndersonC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway12. Generally speaking, which literary school was Mark Twain grouped into?A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD. post-modernism13. The major trend in American literature in the first half of the 19th century is .A. romanticismB. realismC. sentimentalismD. naturalism14. Who is usually acknowledged as the originator of detective fiction?A. Washington IrvingB. William Dean HowellsC. Mark TwainD. Edgar Allan Poe（埃德加·爱伦·坡）15. 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, Auld Lang Syne and The Song of Innencenc are his poems.16. In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative（创新的）in the terms of the form of his poetry, which is called “.”A. free verse(自由诗体)B. blank verseC. alliterationD. end rhyming17.The five“I”s in Romanticism is: Imagination, Intuition, Idealism, .A. integrality and InspirationB. Inspiration and IndividualityC. Individuality and integralityD. integrality and Industry18.I Died for Beauty was written by ?A. Walt WhitmanB. Emily Dickinson（艾米丽狄金森）C. Robert FrostD. 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 Century20. Which of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy?A. Tess of D’UrbervilleB. Far from the Madding CrowdC. Jude the ObscureD. The Forsyte Saga21. American literature is based on a myth, that is, the Biblical myth of .A. GenesisB. the Garden of EdenC. the Deliverance from SlaveryD. Song of Songs22. Among four of the following writers , who was the author of Invisible Man?A.Ralph Waldo EllisonB. Richard Wright(1908-1960ngston HughesD. Frederick Douglass23. is the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people.A. HamletB. UtopiaC. BeowulfD. Lyrical Ballads24. Utopia was written by .A. Thomas MoreB. John MiltonC. John KeatsD. Ben Johnson25. “So long as man can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.’’This quotation is taken from “”.A. She Walks in BeautyB. Ode to the West WindC. The Solitary ReaperD. Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare26. “If W inter 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 Away27. 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 maiden，to meet a challenge, or to obey a knightly command.A. soldierB. poetC. knightD. singer28. Which of the following is a comedy by William Shakespeare?A. HamletB. OthelloC. The Merchant of VeniceD. King Lear29. is the forerunner of English realistic novel, also the writer of the famous novel“Robinson Crusoe”.A. Henry FieldingB. Samuel RichardsonC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift30. Which of the following was written by Henry David Thoreau?A. The American ScholarB. NatureC. Self-RelianceD. Walden31. 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. Sherwood AndersonB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway32. Generally speaking, which literary school was Mark Twain grouped into?A.romanticismB.realismC.naturalismD. post-modernism33. The major trend in American literature in the last decade of the 19th century was .A. romanticismB. modernismC. sentimentalismD. naturalism34. Who is usually acknowledged as the originator of detective fiction?A. Washington IrvingB. William Dean HowellsC. Mark TwainD. Edgar Allan Poe35. Which of the following is NOT true about Robert Burns?A. He wrote in Scottish dialect.B. He was a peasant poet.C. A Red Red Rose, Auld Lang Syne and The Solitary Reaper are his poems.D. His language is plain.36. Who wrote the famous short story The Triumph of the Egg?A. Sherwood AndersonB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway37.Who wrote Catch-22 (1961) ——the first book to treat the absurdist theme with absurdist technique？A. Sherwood AndersonB. Ernest HemingwayC. Joseph HellerD. Thomas Pynch38.I Died for Beauty was written by ?A. Henry David ThoreauB. Emily DichinsonC. Robert FrostD. Stephen Crane39. 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 Alm anac was a calendar, which includes a large amount of information about weather, astronomy, puzzles, mathematics, practical household, etc. It was written by .A. Washington IrvingB. Jonathan EdwardsC. Thomas JeffersonD. Benjamin Franklin41. “Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines.”The underlined phrase refers to .A. black holeB. the sunC. the moonD. the star42. was categorized into the group of dark romanticism. He believed that 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 Poe43. Renaissance originated in in 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 Unitarianism45. Who was called “father of American Literature” ? His stories “ Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are widely read even today.A. Washington IrvingB. Sherwood AndersonC. Mark TwainD. Ernest Hemingway46. In the title Vanity Fair, “Fair” means.A. town B market C. place D. equality47. is the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people.A. HamletB. BeowulfC. UtopiaD. Lyrical Ballads48. believes that the chief aim of literary creation is beau ty, 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 Emerson49. Idealized figures most often appear in .A. Romantic poetryB. Renaissance dramaC. Enlightenment literatureD. Victorian novels50. employs the language of common man in literary writing.A. Thomas HardyB. Emily Bronte.C. William WordsworthD. John Milton51. Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale .Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely characters in .A. The House of the Seven GablesB. The Scarlet LetterC. T he Portrait of a LadyD. The Pioneers52. The Victorian Age witnessed the perfection of in the hands of Thackeray and Dickens.A. poetryB. dramaC. novelD. epic53. All the following issues EXCEPT were emphasized by the British Romantic writers.A. individual feelingsB. idea of survival of the fittestC. strong imaginationD. return to nature54. “Where thoughts serenely sweet express / How pure, how dear their dwelling-place”. The underlined part means .A. beautyB. wisdomC. brainD. heart55. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets” EXCEPT .A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert SoutheyC. William WordsworthD. William Blake56. 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. RenaissanceB. Age of EnlightenmentC. Victorian Age D age of Romanticism59. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives l ife to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to ?A. LoveB. PoetryC. SummerD. Time60. Which of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy?A. Tess of D’UrbervilleB. Far from the Madding CrowdC. Jude the ObscureD. The Forsyte Saga练习题：1. Shakespeare's complete works include .A. 37 plays, 4 tragedies and 154 sonnets.B .154 plays, 2 narrative poems and 37 sonnets.C. 37 plays, 2 narrative poems and 154 sonnets.D. 73 plays, 4 tragedies, and 154 sonnets.6. “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” is a declarative statement taken from .A. The Solitary ReaperB. Lyrical BalladsC. She Walks in BeautyD. On the Seas and Far Away10. Which of the following was written by Henry David Thoreau?A. The American ScholarB. NatureC. Self-RelianceD. Walden17. By the 7th century the small kingdoms on the British Island were combined called England, or the land of .A. BritonsB. AnglesC. SaxonsD. Jutes19. He was founder and great master of the historical novel in British literature, and whose death marks the ending of Romantic Period in Britain. Who was he?A. George Gordon ByronB. Thomas MoreC. John KeatsD. Walter Scott20. Which of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy?A. Tess of D’UrbervilleB. Far from the Madding CrowdC. Jude the ObscureD. The Forsyte Saga2. In 1798, together with , William Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads,which marked the break with 18th century classicism and the beginning of romanticism in English poetry.A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. Robert BurnsC. John KeatsD. William Blake7. David Copperfield(1850) is, to a certain extent, an autobiographical novel by .A. Henry FieldingB. Charles DickensC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift8. Which of the following plays is a comedy composed by William Shakespeare?A. HamletB. OthelloC. The Merchant of VeniceD. King Lear12. Generally speaking, which literary school was John Keats grouped into?A. romanticismB. realismC. naturalismD. post-modernism20. Poor Richard’s Almanac was a calendar, which includes a large amount of information about weather, astronomy, puzzles, mathematics, practical household, etc. It was written by .A. Washington IrvingB. Jonathan EdwardsC. Thomas JeffersonD. Benjamin Franklin1. The early inhabitants on the island we now called England were , a tribe of Celts. From the Britons the island got its name of Britain, the land of Britons.A. BritonsB. AnglesC. SaxonsD. Jutes2. Paradise Lost (1667) was written by .A. Thomas MoreB. John MiltonC. John KeatsD. Ben Johnson3. , founder of modern science, his New Instrument (1602) tells some of the secrets of the inductive method of reasoning, and Of Studies is one of his most famous essays.A. Thomas MoreB. John MiltonC. Francis BaconD. Ben Johnson10. believes that the chief aim of literary creation is be auty, and “the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.”A. Walt WhitmanB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Anne BradstreetD. Edgar Allen Poe11. Idealized figures most often appear in .A. Romantic poetryB. Renaissance dramaC. Enlightenment literatureD. Victorian novels12. It is publicly believed that employs the language of common man in his literary writing.A. Thomas HardyB. Ben JohnsonC. William WordsworthD. John Milton14. Vanity Fair is Thackeray’s masterpiece. The book takes its title from that fair described in .A. John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s ProgressB. Thomas More’s UtopiaC. John Milton’s Paradise LostD. William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice16. Which of the following is NOT included in the virtues that Franklin enumerated in his The Autobiography?A. TemperanceB. HumilityC. FrugalityD. Immoderation19. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to ?A. LoveB. PoetryC. SummerD. Time20. A Red, Red Rose was written in “”, i.e., in each stanza the odd-numbered lines are iambic tetrameters.A. dramaB. English sonnetC. ballad metreD. monologue。

英美文学考研真题试卷一、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.《仲夏夜之梦》C.《威尼斯商人》D.《第十二夜》2. 以下哪位作家被称为“美国文学之父”？A. 爱德加·爱伦·坡B. 华盛顿·欧文C. 纳撒尼尔·霍桑D. 马克·吐温3. 以下哪部作品是查尔斯·狄更斯的代表作？A.《大卫·科波菲尔》B.《简·爱》C.《傲慢与偏见》D.《呼啸山庄》4. 以下哪位诗人被誉为“英国浪漫主义诗人”？A. 威廉·华兹华斯B. 约翰·弥尔顿C. 托马斯·哈代D. 罗伯特·弗罗斯特5. 以下哪部作品是乔治·奥威尔的反乌托邦小说？A.《1984》B.《动物农场》C.《美丽新世界》D.《我们》6. 以下哪位作家是现代主义文学的代表人物？A. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫B. 简·奥斯汀C. 奥斯卡·王尔德D. 乔治·艾略特7. 以下哪部作品是海明威的代表作？A.《老人与海》B.《了不起的盖茨比》C.《太阳照常升起》D.《永别了，武器》8. 以下哪部作品是弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的代表作？A.《到灯塔去》B.《简·爱》C.《呼啸山庄》D.《傲慢与偏见》9. 以下哪位作家是后现代主义文学的代表人物？A. 托马斯·品钦B. 詹姆斯·乔伊斯C. 弗朗茨·卡夫卡D. 阿尔贝·加缪10. 以下哪部作品是简·奥斯汀的代表作？A.《理智与情感》B.《傲慢与偏见》C.《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D.《爱玛》二、简答题（每题10分，共30分）11. 简述《了不起的盖茨比》中盖茨比的美国梦及其破灭的原因。

12. 分析《简·爱》中简·爱的性格特点及其对女性独立意识的影响。

---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------英美文学考题-英美文学 I.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets. 1、 The Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States refers t o the period from ____to____. A. 1861…1914 B. 1863…1918 C. 1865…1914 D. 1865…1918 2、____is not the representative writer in the Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States. A. Henry James B. Emily Dickinson C. William Dean Howells D. Mark Twain 3、The impact of ____on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American of letters gave rise to American naturalism.A. Darwin’s evolutionary theoryB. Marxist theoryC. TranscendentalismD. Puritanism 4、____is not the work of Mark Twain. A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. Adventures of Tom Sawyer C. Life on the Mississippi D. The Mill on the Floss 5、Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is against____. A. British colonists B. slavery C. chauvinism D. monocracy II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook . 1、 The Age of Realism is also what Mark Twain referred to as “____”. 2、 While Mark Twain and1/ 4Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life ” of the Americans, Henry James had apparently laid greater emphasis on the ____ of man. 3、 The works of Mark Twain are characterized with ____. 4、 In 1859, Darmin published____, which exerted great influence on American Naturalism. 5、 ____is regarded as “the true father of our national literature”. 6、 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is famous for its characterization of ____.7、 ____and the West became Twain’s major theme. 8、 In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain makes sharp contrasts between____. 9、 Henry James won his literary reputation for his novels of ____. 10、 James’s realism is characterized by his ____ approach to his subject matter.---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------ III. decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets 1、“Local Colorism” is a unique variation of American literary romanticism. ( ) 2、The Portrait of A Lady is one of the representative works of Henry James. ( ) 3 Keats is one of the “Lake Poets”. ( ) 4、Most of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published posthumously. ( ) 5、Darmin’s impact of the idea “survival of the fittest” on Dreiser is great. ( ) IV. Name the author of the following literary works. 1. The Gilded Age 2. “This is my letter to the world” V. Define the literary terms listed below 1. Local color 2. Naturalism 3. Darwinism VI. 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 . 1. Because I could not stop for death--He kindly stopped foe me--The carriage held but just ourselves--And immortality 2.The young lady inspected her flounces and smoothed her ribbons again; and winterbourne presently risked an observation on the beauty of the view. he was ceasing to be indoubt,for he had begun to perceive that she was really not in the least embarrassed. She might be cold, she might be austere, she might even be prim; for that was apparently---he3/ 4had already so generalized—what the most “distant” American girls did: they came and planted themselves straight in front of you to show how rigidly unapproachable they were. there had not been the slightest flush in her fresh fairness however; so that she was clearly neither offended not fluttered. VII. Short easy question Give a brief analysis of Huck, a character in mark twain’s adventures of huckleberry finn, and discuss the social importance of the characterization of this character.。

1.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 character from all walks of life is Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. 在英国文学里提到的作品里，第一次全面逼真地刻画了中世纪英国社会，创造了一个来自各行各业的生动画面的作品是杰弗里·乔叟的坎特伯雷故事集。

2.Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as the father of English poetry. 乔叟被视为英文诗歌之父，3.The verse form of heroic couplet was introduced into English poetry and employed in the poem with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of English literature by Geoffrey Chaucer. 在英国文学史上，第一次在英文诗中引入英雄对联诗体，真正方便和体现了诗的魅力，是有乔叟开始的。

4.The Canterbury Tales presents a whole gallery of vivid characters,the team of pilgrims,people from all walks of life,including 31 members altogether. 坎特伯雷故事集呈现的是从各行各业的所有人的生动的人物形象，比如朝圣者的队伍，其中一共包括31名成员。

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。

2024年自考-自考专业(英语)-英美文学选读考试历年真题常考点试题带答案（图片大小可任意调节）第1卷一.单选题(共20题)1.It was his masterpiece The Great Gatsby that made( )one of the greatest American novelists.A. FitzgeraldB.William FaulknerC.Ernest HemmingwayD.Gertrude Steinbeck2.In 1920,( )published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was,to some extent,his own story.A.F·Scott FitzgeraldB.Ernest HemingwayC.William FaulknerD.Emily Dickinson3.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one- eighth of it being above wa ter. ” This “iceberg ” analogy is put forward by( ).A.Mark TwainB.Ezra PoundC.William FaulknerD.Ernest Hemingway4.Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of schoolA.more thanB.rather thanC.other thanD.better than5.William Faulkner set most of his works in the American( ),with his emphasis onthe( )subjects and consciousness.A.North...NorthernB.East...EasternC.West...WesternD.South...Southern6.Which of the following statements is NOT true of Emily Dickinson and her poetry?A.She remained unmarried all her lifeB.She wrote,1,775 poems,and most of them were published during her life time.C.Her poems have no titles,hence are always quoted by their first lines.D.Her limited private world has never confined the limitless power of her creativity and imagination.7.The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised( )for “his powerful style - forming mastery of the art ” of creating modern fiction.A.Ezra PoundB.Ernest HemingwayC.Robert FrostD.Theodore Dreiser8.In the original test，all the animals in a test group are given a substance _______ half of them dieA.unlessB.untilC.lestD.provided9.After the American Civil War,the literary interest in the so- called “reality ” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of( ).A.RealismB.Reason and RevolutionC.RomanticismD.Modernism10.The effect of Darwinist idea of “survival of the fittest ” was shattering in() ’s fictional world of jungle,where “kill or to be killed ” was the law.A.Mark TwainB.Henry JamesC.Theodore DreiserD.Walt Whitman11.Nobody but you _______ what he said.A. agrees withB.agrees outC.agree withD.agree to12.In 1950,( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.William FaulknerB.Robert FrostC.Ezra PoundD.Ernest Hemingway13.Greatly and permanently affected by the( )experiences,Hemingway formed his own writing style,together with his theme and hero.A.miningB.farmingC.warD.sailing14.Among the following writers( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th - century “stream - of - consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. T. S. EliotB.James JoyceC.William FaulknerD.Henry James15.Eugene O’Neill ’s first full — length play,( ),won him the first Pulitzer theme is the choice between life and death,the interaction of subjective and objective factors.A.Bound East for CardiffB.The Hairy ApeC.Desire Under the ElmsD.Beyond the Horizon16.Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control. ” This is a notion held strongly by( ).A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.Henry JamesD.Hamlin Garland17.In Go Down,Moses,( )illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society asa closeknit destiny of blood brotherhood.A.William FaulknerB.Jack LondonC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne18.Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacular ”.A.standard EnglishB.Afro-American EnglishC.colloquialismD.urbanism19.The attitude towards life that( )had been trying to demonstrate in his works is known as “grace under pressure ”.A.William FaulknerB.Theodore DreiserC.Ernest HemingwayD.F·Scott Fitzgerald20.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and,especially,its sequence( )proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.Life on the MississippiC.The Gilded AgeD.Roughing It第2卷一.单选题(共20题)1.Most literary critics think that Fitzgerald is both an insider and an outsider of( )witha double vision.A.the Jazz AgeB.the Age of Reason and RevolutionC.the Babybooming AgeD.the Post- Modern Age2.At the age of eighty -seven,( )read his poetry at the inauguration of President John in 1961.A.Robert FrostB.Walt WhitmanC.Ezra Pound3.What he had done is _______A.valueB.of valuableC.of no valueD.of no valuable4.That is the house _______ you can enjoy the scenery.A. in thatB.thatC.whichD.from which5.“My last Duchess ” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Browning ’s( ).A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB.excellent choice of wordsC.mastering of the metrical devicese of the dramatic monologue6.William Faulkner once said that( )is a story of “lost innocence, ” which proves itself to be an intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A.The Great GatsbyB.The Sound and the FuryC.Absalom,Absalom!D.Go Down,Moses7.She disagrees ______ him ______ everything.A.with, onB./, onC.with, atD.on, with8.( )is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th —century “stream— of —consciousness ” novels and the founder of psychological realism.A.Theodore DreiserB.William FaulknerC.Henry JamesD.Mark Twain9.The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the( )Mississippi valleyA.pre - War of IndependenceB.post - War of IndependenceC.pre - Civil WarD.post - Civil War10.Hemingway’s “Indian Camp ” is one of the fourteen short stories collected under the title of( ).This title is very ironic because there is no peace at all in the stories.A.Three Stories and Ten PoemsB.Across the River and into the TreesC.The Green Hills of AfricaD.In Our Time11.Robert Frost is generally considered a regional poet whose subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in( ).A.the westB.the southC.AlaskaD.New England12.“The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one -eighth of it being abov e water. ” This “iceberg ” analogy about prose style was put forward by( ).A.William FaulknerB.Henry JamesC.Ernest HemingwayD.F· Scott Fitzgerald13.In Death in the Afternoon( )presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bullfight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy.A.William FaulknerB.Jack LondonC.Ernest HemingwayD.Mark Twain14.considered( ) “the true father of our national literature ”.A.Bret HarteB.Mark TwainC.Washington IrvingD.Walt Whitman15.Some persons gain goal and direction from their tensions;others ________ under pressure.A.fall outB.fall apartC.fall back onD.fall in with16.The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be( )masterpiece,which describes the life journey of an American( )in a European cultural environment.A.Henry Adams’…widowB.William James ’…girlC.Henry James’…girlD.Theodore Dreiser ’s…widow17.In 1950,one of the leading American writers( )was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A.Robert FrostB.Theodore DreiserC.William FaulknerD.Fitzgerald18.Henry James’ fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the( )theme.A.internationalB.localC.colonialD.post-modern19.Ezra Pound,a leading spokesman of the “( ) ”,was one of the most important poe ts in his time.A.Imagist MovementB.Cubist MovementC.Reformist MovementD.Transcendentalist Movement20.The( )Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby.A.LostB.JazzC.ReasonD.Gilded第1卷参考答案一.单选题1.参考答案： A本题解析：《了不起的盖茨比》是菲茨杰拉德的代表作，也使其成为了美国文坛上得一颗明星。

英美文学英国部分练习题EnglandReviewChapter 11、In Anglo-Saxon period, Beowulf represented the_______ poetry.A. paganB. religiousC. romanticD.sentimental2、The Anglo-Saxons were Christianized in the _______ century.A. 6thB. 7thC. 8thD. 10th3、Beowulf describes the exploits of a ______ hero, Beowulf, in fighting against themonster Grendel, his revengeful mother, and a fire-breathing dragon.A. DanishB. ScandinavianC. EnglishD. Norwegian4、English literature began with the ______ settlement in England.A. Anglo-SaxonB. RomanC. NormanD. Britain5、The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the _______.A. novelB. dramaC. romanceD. essay6、The theme of ______ to king and lord was repeatedly emphasized in romances.A. loyaltyB. revoltC. obedienceD. mockery7、_______ was the first to be buried in the Poet?s Corner of Westminster Abbey.A. ChaucerB. ShakespeareC. MarloweD. SpenserAnswers: ABBAC AAChapter 21、_______was the first to introduce the sonnet into English literature.A. Thomas WyattB. William ShakespeareC. Philip SidneyD. Thomas Campion2、The epoch of Renaissance witnessed a particular development of English drama. It was______ who made blank verse the principal vehicle of expression in drama.A. Christopher MarloweB. Thomas LogeC. Edmund SpenserD. Thomas More3、In the conclusion of the prose_______ the author points out that the root of poverty is the private ownership of social wealth.A. Advancement of LearningB. UtopiaC. TamburlaineD. Henry IV4、English Renaissance Period was an age of_______.A. prose and novelB. poetry and dramaC. essays and journalsD. ballads and songs5、＂Liberty, Fraternity and Equality＂were first uttered in the book_______.A. The Shepherd?s CalendarB. UtopiaC. The Rights of ManD. The Declaration of Independence6、＂Denmark is a prison＂. In which play does the hero summarize his observation of his world into such a bitter sentence? _______A. Charles IB. OthelloC. Henry VIIID. Hamlet7、In which play does the hero show his profound reverencefor man through the sentence：＂What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty!＂_______A. Romeo and JulietB. HamletC. OthelloD. The Merchant of VeniceAnswers: AABBB DBHow much do you know about America?1、American Revolutionary War, also called American War of Independence, lasted from 1775 to 17832、The United States of America (also referred to as the America) is comprising fifty states and a federal district3、The official motto of America is In God We Trust4、The capital of America is Washington, D.C. or New York City?5、What does the name Washington, D.C. signify?Chapter 31、Which was not written by John Milton?________A. Paradise LostB. LycidasC. L?AllegroD. Song to Celia2、John Milton wrote his best-know prose work, _______, in the form of a speech addressed to the Houses of Parliament, in which he appealed for the freedom of the press.A. AreopagiticaB. LycidasC. L?AllegroD. Of Reformation in England3、In which famous pamphlet did Milton thus write: ”Ourking made not us, but we him. Nature has given fathers to us all, but we ourselves appointed out own king; so that the people are not for the king, but the king for them”?_____A. Second Defence of the English People 《未为英国人民再辩》B. The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free CommonwealthC. Of Reformation in EnglishD. Defence of the English People 《为英国人民申辩》4、The finest thing in Paradise Lost is the description of hell, and ______is often regarded as the real hero of the poem.A. GodB. SatanC. AdamD. Raphael5、Another school of poetry prevailing in 17th century was that of ____,i.e. those verse-writers, often knights and squires, who sided with the King against the Parliament and Puritans.A. Metaphysical PoetsB. Cavalier PoetsC. John MiltonD. John Dryden6、Explain the” Puritanism” during the English Revolution.Answers: DADB__Chapter 41、____was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Westem Europe in the 18th century.A. The RenaissanceB. The EnlightenmentC.The Religious ReformationD. The Chartist Movement2、Most of the English writers in the 18th century were enlighteners. They fell into two groups, one is______, and the other is______.A. the moderate group; the radical groupB. the passive Romantic poets; the active Romantic poetsC. the Metaphysical poets; the Cavalier poetsD. the lakers; the sentimentalists3、_______was the most important English poet in the first half of the 18th century.A. Richard SteeleB. Joseph AddisonC. Alexander PopeD. Samuel Richardson4、”Proper words in proper places, makes the true definition of a style.” This sentence is said by___, one of the greatest masters of English prose.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift5、As a journalist, _____had learned how to make his reporting vivid and credible bya skillful use of circumstantial detail. This power to make his characters alive and his stories credible is an inimitable gift.A. Joseph AddisonB. Daniel DefoeC. Samuel RichardsonD. Tobias Smollett6、_____was the real founder of the realistic novel in England. His novels unfold a panorama of life in all sections of Englishsociety.A. Alexander PopeB. Henry FieldingC. Daniel DefoeD. Jonathan Swift7、Henry Fielding?s first novel ______was written in connection with Pamela of Samuel Richardson.A. Tom JonesB. Joseph AndrewsC. Jonathan WildD. Amelia8、_____,written in heroic couplet by Alexander Pope, was a manifesto of English neo-classicism as he put forward his aesthetic theories in it.A. An Essay of Dramatic PeosyB. An essay on CriticismC. The Advance of LearningD. An Essay on Man9、____was Alexander Pope?s poem which satirized the idle and artificial life of the aristocracy.A. The Rape of the LockB. The Rape of LucreceC. The School for ScandalD. Every Man in His Humor10、_______compiled The dictionary of the English Language which became the foundation of all the subsequent English dictionaries.A. Ben JohnsonB. Samuel JohnsonC. Alexander PopeD. John Dryden11、Which play is regarded as the best English comedy since Shakespeare?A. She Stops to ConquerB. The RivalsC. The School for ScandalD. The Conscious Lovers Answers: BB__DBBB__BCChapter 51、The Romantic Age began with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads which waswritten byA. William WordsworthB. Samuel JohnsonC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Wordsworth and Coleridge2、The English Romantic Age produced two major novelists. They areA. George Gordon Byron and Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. William Wordsworth and Samuel T aylor ColeridgeC. Walter Scott and Jane AustenD. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt3、As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old, classicaltraditions the criteria in their poetical creations, based his own poetical principle on the premise that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.”A. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. George Gordon ByronC. Percy Bysshe ShelleyD. William Wordsworth4、Was made poet laureate in 1813 but most of his works, according ormodem critics, are “the product of literary industry, not of literary creation”A. William WordsworthB. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeC. Robert SoutheyD. George Gordon Byron5、Which of the following statements is not true about Don Juan?A. Don Juan was written in Italy during the years 181-1823.B. The story describes Don Juan?s,an English youth of noble birth, life and adventures in many countries.C. In a Greek island, Don Juan met his sweetheart, Haidee, and feel in love with her.D. The last cantos are taken up with a satirical description of the English ruling classes, whose reactionary policy has aroused the hatred from the other nations.E. In Don Juan Byron displayed his genius as a romanticist and a realist simultaneously.6、Which of the following statement is not true about George Gordon Byron?A. Byron?s early ears had been far from happy for he was born with a clubfoot, in the frequent family scenes his mother called him” you lame brat” .B. Byron died in Italy and was deeply mourned by the Italian people and by all progressive people throughout the world.C. The reactionary criticism of the 19th century trued to belittle Byron?s genius and his role in the development of English literature, but Byron remains one of the most popular Englishpoets both at home and abroad.D. Since the May 4 Movement in 1919, more and more of Byron?s poems have been translated into Chinese and well received by the poets and young readers. Byron has now become one of the best-known English poets in our country.7、The first poem in The Lyrical Ballads is Coleridge?s masterpiece .A. Kubla KhanB. The PreludeC. The Rime of Ancient MarinerD. Tintern Abbey8、In1805, Wordsworth completed a long autobiographical poem entitledA. William WordsworthB. The PreludeC. Lucy PoemsD. The Lyrical Ballads9、For his pamphlet .Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from Oxford anddisowned by his father.A. Address to the Irish PeopleB. Vindication of the Rights of WomenC. Masque of AnarchyD. The Necessity of Atheism10、Which of the following poem is written by Percy Bysshe Shelley on thedeath of John Keats?A. Peter Bell the ThirdB. HellasC. AdonaisD. The Cenci11、is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has everproduced mainly for his poems on nature ,on love, and on politice.A. William WordsworthB. John KeatsC. George Gordon ByronD. Percy Bysshe Shelley12、Which of the following statement is not true about Percy Bysshe Shelley?A. Prometheus Unbound is Percy Bysshe Shelley?s masterpiece, a long epic poem.B. At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as “Mad Shelley”, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal fagging system, according to which the younger school-boys were obliged to obey the old boys and bear a great deal of cruel treatment.C. George Gordon Byron called Percy Bysshe Shelley “the best and least selfish man I ever knew”.D. Percy Bysshe Shelley loved the people and hated their oppressors and expoiters.13、The unfinished long epic has been regarded as John Keats?s greatestachievement in poetry.A. EndymionB. IsabellaC. HyperionD. When I Have Fear14、…s pursuit of beauty in all things bespoke an aspirationafter a betterlife than the sordid reality under capitalism . His leading principle is. ”Beauty is truth , truth beauty”.A. Percy Bysshe ShelleyB. George Gordon ByronC. William WordsworthD. John Keats15、Which is Percy Bysshe Shelley?s masterpiece?A. Queen MabB. Prometheus UnboundC. Prometheus BoundD. The Revolt of Islam16、Walter Scott?s first novel appeared anonymously in 1841 withimmediate success.A. Great UnknownB. Rob RoyC. Guy ManneringD. Waverley Answers: DCDCB BCBDC DACDB DChapter6、71. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend called _______ appeared. And it flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.a. romanticismb. naturalismc. realismd. critical realism2. _____ described the life of the laboring people and criticized the privileged classes, but the power of exposure became much weaker in her work. The significance of her worklies rather in the portrayal of the pettiness and stagnancy of English provincial life.a. Emily Charlotteb. Emily Brontec. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskelld. George Eliot3. _____ wrote a number of little sketches of “cockney characters”. He sighed them “Boz”, which was his nickname for his young brother. His first book, Sketches by Boz appeared in 1836.a. Elizabeth Gaskellb. William M. Thackerayc. Charles Dickensd. Jane Austen4. _______ has been called “the supreme epic of English life”.a. A Tale of Two Citiesb. David Copperfieldc. Pickwick Papersd. Oliver Twist5. _____, written in 1843-1844, is one of Charles Dickens?s masterpieces of social satire, famous for its criticism of both the British and American bourgeoisie.a. Pickwick Papersb. The Old Curiosity Shopc. Great Expectationsd. Hard Times6. The pride of wealth, or “purse-pride”, is the theme of the novel ________.a. Dombey and Sonb. A Tale of Two Citiesc. Little Dorritd. Bleak House7. “Of all my books,” wrote Dickens, “I like this the best.” Which work does it refer to? ______.a. A Tale of Two Citiesb. David Copperfieldc. Pickwick Papersd. Oliver Twist8. The theme underlying ______ i s the idea “Where there is oppression, there is revolution”.a. a. A Tale of Two Citiesb. David Copperfieldc. Pickwick Papersd. Oliver Twist9. The _____ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers were able to appear as an independent political force and were already realizing the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.A Enlightenment b. Renaissance c. Chartist d. Romanticist10. Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and bourgeois utilitarianism? ________.a. Oliver Twistb. Hard Timesc. Great Expectationsd. A Tale of Two Cities11. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality? ___C___.a. A Tale of Two Citiesb. David Copperfieldc. Great Expectationsd. Dombey and Son12. In the novel __C__, Charles Dickens describes the Chartism Movement.a. Great Expectationsb. A Tale of Two Citiesc. Hard Timesd. Oliver Twist13. _B__ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author?s early life.a. Tom Jonesb. David Copperfieldc. Oliver Twistd. Great Expectations14. In 1864, Dickens published his last complete novel __C .a. The Old Curiosity Shopb. Pickwick Papersc. Our Mutual Friendd. Little Dorrit15. The sub-title of Vanity Fair is _C .a. A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayedb. The Spirit and the Fleshc. A Novel Without a Herod. Sense and SensibilityCCBCC16. George Eliot was the pseudonym of _____.a. Mark Twinb. Mary Ann Evansc. Ellis Belld. Samuel Langhorne Clemens17. ____ written by George Eliot is largely autobiographical in its early chapters.a. Adam Bedeb. The Mill of the Flossc. Felix Holt and Radicald. Mary Barton18. As a poet, ______ provides an example of “a sick individual in a sick society”. Many of his poetic works express a tone of regret, disillusion and melancholy.a. John Ruskinb. Thomas Carlylec. Matthew Arnoldd. Thomas Babington Macaulay19. ______ has been praised as a “gallant, courageous and high-hearted figure,” well-known for buoyant optimism.a. Robert Louis Stevensonb. Laurence Sternec. Robert Browningd. Percy Bysshe Shelley20. The theory of “art for art?s sake” was first put forward by the poet ____.a. Oscar Wildeb. Walter Paterc. Robert Louis Stevensond. Theophile Gautier21. Which lament was written by Alfred Tennyson for the death of his friend Hallam? ____.a. In Memoriamb. Lycidasc.Adodaisd. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard22. My last Duchess is ______.a. a dramatic monologueb. a short lyricc. a noveld. an essay23. _____ tells the tale of a young Englishman who serves as mate on the steam ship “Patna”.a. Lord Jimb. Nostromoc. Youthd. The Old Wives? Tale24. ____ was born in New York and educated in America. He never married, never took part in public affairs, and lived a life of an observer of his limited world of Americans in Europe.a. John Galsworthyb. Henry Jamesc. Thomas Stearns Eliotd. James Joyce25. Who is regarded as a forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature in the 20th century? ___a. John Galsworthyb. Henry Jamesc. Thomas Stearns Eliotd. James Joyce26. ______?s admirers have praised him as “second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of English language.”a. David Herbert Lawrenceb. Thomas Stearns Eliotc. James Joyced. William Butler Yeats27. _____ was the biographer, critic and editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.a. Virginia Woolfb. Thomas Stearns Eliotc. James Joyced. William Butler Yeats28. ____ is the climax of Virginia Woolf?s experiments in novel form.a. The Windowb. Time Passesc. The Lighthoused. The Waves29. David Herbert Lawrence?s representative work ____ was positively taken as a typical example and lively manifestation of the Oedipus Complex in fiction, as the result of Lawrence?s long-range study of the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud.a. Sons and Loversb. The Waste Landc. Lady Chatterley?s Loverd. Women in L ove30. Which of the following plays deals with the story that a linguist trains a flower girl to speak the so-called high-civilized English? _____a. Major Barbarab. Pygmalionc. Mrs. Warren?s Professiond. Man and Superman31. Saint Joan was written by George Bernard Shaw. It is a_____.a. historical playb. novelc. poemd. ballad32. In 1923, ____ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.a. William Butler Yeatsb. Samuel Butlerc. Thomas Stearns Eliotd. David Herbert Lawrence33. Thomas Stearns Eliot defined his belief as ____.a. classicist in literatureb. royalist in politicsc. Anglo-Catholic in religiond. all of the above34. In which poem are the sterility and chaos of the contemporary world after WWI expressed? ____.a. Ode to the West Windb. The Solitary Reaperc. Lamiad. The Waste Land35. Which poem concerns Thomas Stearns Eliot?s faith and emotional satisfaction in the church? ____.a. Murder in the Cathedralb. The Solitary Reaperc. Ash Wednesdayd. The Waste LandAnswer:。

英美文学第二单元练习题一、填空题1. 英国浪漫主义文学的代表人物有________、________和________。

2. 美国现实主义文学的奠基人是________。

3. 《傲慢与偏见》的作者是________。

4. 《了不起的盖茨比》的作者是________。

5. 《哈姆雷特》是________的作品。

二、选择题A. 莎士比亚B. 拜伦C. 狄更斯D. 艾略特A. 《红字》B. 《老人与海》C. 《了不起的盖茨比》D. 《飘》3. 《简·爱》的作者是谁？A. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特B. 艾米莉·勃朗特C. 安妮·勃朗特D. 简·奥斯汀A. 《大卫·科波菲尔》B. 《雾都孤儿》C. 《双城记》5. 《草叶集》的作者是谁？A. 惠特曼B. 爱伦·坡C. 马克·吐温D. 菲茨杰拉德三、判断题1. 英国浪漫主义文学时期，诗人华兹华斯提出了“回到大自然”的口号。

（）2. 《傲慢与偏见》讲述了一个关于爱情和婚姻的故事。

（）3. 美国现实主义文学的代表人物马克·吐温的作品《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》描绘了美国南方的社会风貌。

（）4. 莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和《麦克白》。

（）5. 英国维多利亚时期的作家狄更斯在作品中关注社会底层人民的生活。

（）四、简答题1. 请简要介绍英国浪漫主义文学的特点。

2. 请列举三部美国现实主义文学作品及其作者。

3. 简述《傲慢与偏见》中伊丽莎白与达西的爱情历程。

4. 请简要分析《了不起的盖茨比》中盖茨比的形象。

5. 请阐述《哈姆雷特》中哈姆雷特复仇心理的发展过程。

五、论述题1. 论述英国维多利亚时期文学的主要成就及其对社会的影响。

2. 分析美国现代主义文学的特点，并以一部作品为例进行阐述。

3. 探讨《简·爱》中女性独立意识的表现及其在当时社会背景下的意义。