英美文学选读练习题.doc

English LiteratureQuestions on The Canterbury Tales1. Lines 1-18 are the introduction to the weather. Why did the author write so many words to describe it?To answer why so many pilgrim go to the Canterbury at the same time.2. Summarize the main idea of lines 19-34.A group of pilgrims came across at the Canterbury and go together.3. How many people are there in the group of pilgrims?Thirty4. Based on Prioresss portrait, can you give a possible reason why she is undertaking this pilgrimage?She wants to look for the worldly love.5. What details does the narrator use in describing the Prioress, and in what order?1,Facial expression2,voice 3,etiquette 4，sympathy and charity 5，appearance 6，dress 7，personal accessories.6. Why does the Wife of Bath go on pilgrimage?For husband.7. What is the “framing device” that Chaucer uses for his collection of stories?Framework: a narrative which was composed for the purpose of introducing and connecting a series of tales8. The General Prologue was written in heroic couplet, analyze some of the lines.9. Please name and define five specific methods of characterization Chaucer uses in the “General Prologue”.Appearance description：her nose was elegant, her eyes glass-gray; her mouth was very small，but soft and red. Facial description：her way of smiling was simple and coy . behavior description：Color description 夸张Questions on Sonnet 181. What are the themes of the sonnet 18?2. What images does Shakespeare use in order to strengthen the theme? And what kinds of figures of speech are used in the sonnet?3. Analyze the meter and rhyme of the poem.Questions on Paradise Lost1. The poem opens with a long sentence. Analyze the first sentence and identify the writers conception about the poem.2. Who first seduced the mother of mankind to the revolt?3. How long does Satan and his peers suffer the penal fire?4. How does Satan feel about being in Hell according to the poem?5. Describe the condition of the Hell in your own words according to the poem.6. Write an essay about the image of Satan.Questions on The Pilgrims Progress1. Why is the market called “Vanity Fair”?2. What is the original of the fair?3. What did people in the fair do to Christian and his friend?4. What does this episode symbolize?Questions on William Wordsworths poems1. Identify the meter of the first poem.2. What mood does the opening simile suggest, and what change in mood occurs later on?3. At what time of day is London being described in the second poem?4. Which descriptive elements are presented objectively and which subjectively?5. What are the themes of the third poem?6. There are two images in the third poem. Identify them and analyze them.Questions on Great Expectations1. In what details does Pip describe Miss Havisham and her room?2. What is Pips impression about Estella?3. How does Estella treat Pip? And why?4. Analyze the characters of Miss Havisham and Estella.5. Does Pip fall in love with Estella after the first meeting? And why?6. There is an image in Chapter 8. Identify it and analyze it.Questions on Tess of the dUrbervilles1. What effect does Tesss confession have on Angel?2. Why is Angel unable to forgive Tess when she just bestowed the gift of forgiveness on him?3. Why does Tess submit to Angels anger and take no action to win him back?4. What moral differences between men and women in the Victorian period, does this chapter reflect?5. In Hardys works the strong element of naturalism are combined with a tendency towards symbolism. Identify and analyze the symbols in this chapter. Questions on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 1. What social class does Prufrock belong to? How could you tell?2. When Prufrock starts talking about the “bald spot” in the middle of his head, what do you think he is worrying about?3. What types of images show that people are dehumanized in modern life, and suggest that inanimate objects are alive?4. What is the effect of the Biblical allusion in the poem?5. Irony is everywhere in the poem. Identify them.Questions on Araby1. How does the boy describe his feelings for Mangans sister? 2. Why does the boy want to go to the bazaar?3. Why does he arrive so late?4. What is the role of the boys uncle in the story? What value and attitude does he represent?5. What kind of conflict does the boy experience in the story between him and environment, or between him and the adults?American LiteratureQuestions on Rip Van Winkle1. What historical events did Rip Van Winkle sleep through?2. Why was Rip Van Winkle so surprised when he returned to the village?3. What comparison is Irving implying when he states at the end of the story that Dame Van Winkles death has released Rip from “petticoat government”?4. How much effect did American Revolution have on daily life of the common people?5. Analyze the humorous elements in Rip Van Winkle?Questions on The Scarlet Letter1. Who empowers Dimmesdale to stand on the scaffold?2. Why does Dimmesdale want to reveal?3. Why does Chillingworth try desperately to stop Dimmesdale from confessing his sins on the scaffold?4. This novel makes extensive use of symbols. How do they help develop the themes and characters in the novel?5. What is the narrative point of the novel? And what is the effect of the narrative point of view? Questions on Sister Carrie1. How many scenes did the writer describe in this chapter? Name them.2. Why does Carrie still suffer from unsatisfied desires after she became successful?3. How do you see Draisers naturalism influencing his works in Sister Carrie?4. Discuss the character of Carrie and her relationships with Drouet and Hurswood.Questi