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欧美文学名篇选读试题亲爱的同学们： 你们的作业我已经看了，大部分同学都非常认真，我会从内容、构思等方面给每个人的作业以相应的分数。我想你们在做作业的过程中或多或少学到了一些东西，这就是收获。另外，交作业的最后期限是本周日，还没交的同学抓紧时间。 关于考试，时间大概在13周也就是下周星期三或四，具体安排没下来。题型：单选、问答、翻译。单选40个（复习题见附件）复习题是60个单选，从中选40个。问答、翻译和我上课时说的一样，没变化。 希望大家好好复习，祝考试顺利！.Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each) Select from the four choices A,B,C,D of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement and write the letter on the answer sheet.1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of _ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period. A.Christian B.knightly C.Greek D.primitive2.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of _. A.Piers Plowman B.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight C.Confessio Amantis D.The Canterbury Tales3.Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaisssance Movement? A.The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture. B.The new discoveries in geography and astrology. C.The Glorious revolution. D.The religious reformation and the economic expansion.4.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeares 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 mans salvation.5.“And we will sit upon the rocks,/Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.”The above lines are probably taken from _. A.Spensers The Faerie Queene B.John Donnes “The Sun Rising” C.Shakespeares “Sonnet 18” D.Marlowes “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”6.“Bassanio:Antonio,I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself; But life itself, My wife, and all the world. Are not with me esteemd above thy life; I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you. Portia:Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer.”The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeares comedy The Merchant of Venice.The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate _. A.dramatic irony B.personification C.allegory D.symbolism7.The ture subject of John Donnes poem,“The Sun Rising,” is to _. A.attack the sun as an unruly servant B.give compliments to the mistress and her power of beauty C.criticize the suns intrusion into the lovers private life D. lecture the sun on where true royalty and riches lie8.Of all the 18thcentury novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “_ in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. A.tragic epic B.comic epic C.romance D.lyric epic9.The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gullivers Travels are _. A.horses that are endowed with reason B.pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities C.giants that are superior in wisdom D.hairy,wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways.10.Here are four lines from a literary work:“Others for language all their care express,/And value books,as women men, for dress.”The work is _. A.Thomas Grays “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” B.John Miltons Paradise Lost C.Alexander Popes Essay on Criticism D.Shakespeares Midsummer Nights Dream11.The phrase “to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils” may well sum up the implied meaning of _. A.Gullivers Travels B.The Rape of the Lock C.Robinson Crusoe D.The pilgrims Progress12.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT _. A.the use of everyday language spoken by the common people B.the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings C.the use of humble and rustic life as subject matter D.the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech13.Which of the following is taken from John Keats “Ode on a Grecian Urn”? A.“I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!” B.“They are both gone up to the church to pary.” C.“Earth has not anything to show more fair.” D.“Beauty is truth, truth beauty”.14.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!” is an epigrammatic line by _. A.J.Keats B.W.Blake C.W.Wordsworth D.P.B.Shelley15.“Ode o na Grecian Urn”shows the contrast between the _ of art and the _ of human passion. A.glory ugliness B.permanencetransience C.transiencesordidness D.glorypermanence16.In the statement“oh,God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave?” the term“soul” apparently refers to _. A.Heathcliff himself B.Catherine C.ones spiritual life D.ones ghost17.The typical feature of Robet Brownings poetry is the _. A.bitter satire B.larger-than-life caricature C.Latinized diction D.dramatic monologue18.The Victorian Age was largely an age of _,eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray. A.poetry B.drama C.prose D.epic prose19._is the first important governess novel in the English literary history. A.Jane Eyre B.Emma C.Wuthering Heights D.Middlemarch20.The major concern of _ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A.D.H.Lawrences B.J.Galsworthys C.W.Thackerays D.T.Hardys21._is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism. A.Richard Sheridan B.Oliver Goldsmith C.Oscar Wilde D.Bernard Shaw22.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism? A.To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being. B.To put the stress on traditional values. C.To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment. D.To advocate a conscious break with the past.23.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the _ in the American literary histrory. A.individual feelings B.idea of survival of the fittest C.strong imagination D.return to nature24.Henry David Thoreaus work,_,has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism. A.Walden B.The pioneers C.Nature D.Song of Myself25.The famous 20-years sleep in “Rip Van Winkle”helps to construct the story in such a way that we are greatly affected by Irvings _. A.concern with the passage of time B.expression of transient beauty C.satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beings D.idea about supernatural manipulation of mans life26.Walt whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of _,poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. A.blank verse B.heroic couplet C.free verse D.iambic pentameter27.The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that they _. A.speak local dialects B.are polite and elegant gentlemen C.are simple and crude farmers D.are noble savages( red and white) untainted by society28.Hester Pryme, Dimmsdale,Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in _. A.The Scarlet Letter B.The House of the Seven Gablest C.The Portrait of a Lady D.The pioneers29.“This is my letter to the World” is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinsons _ about her communication with the outside world. A.indifference B.anger C.anxiety D.sorrow30.With Howells,James,and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19thcentury. A.sentimentalism B.romanticism C.realism D.naturalism31.After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Toms buddy Huck in a book entitled _. A.Life on the Mississippi B.The Gilded Age C.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court32.However,_,the keynote of Daisy Millers character,turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures. A.experience B.sophistication C.worldliness D.innocence33.Generally speaking,all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be _. A.transcendentalists B.idealists C.pessimists D.impressionists34.Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life.Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? A.Religion and immortality. B.Life and death. C.Love and marriage. D.War and peace.35.In “After Apple-Picking,”Robert Frost wrote:“For I have had too much/Of applepicking:I am overtired/Of the great harvest I myself desired.”From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is _. A.happy about the harvest B.still very much interested in apple-picking C.expecting a greater harvest D.indifferent to what he once desired36.Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over _. A.Ezra Pound B.Ralph Waldo Emerson C.Robert Frost D.Emily Dickinson37.The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their _. A.indestructible spirtie B.pessimistic view of life C.war experiences D.masculinity38.IN The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape,ONeill adopted the expressionist techniques to portray the _ of human beings in a hostile universe. A.helpless situation B.uncertainty C.profound religious faith D.courage and perseverance39.In Hemingways “Indian Cmap”,Nicks night trip to the Indian village and his experience inside the hut can be taken as _. A.an essential lesson about Indian tribes B.a confrontation with evil and sin C.an initiation to the harshness of life D.a learning process in human relationship40.which of the following statements about Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkners story “A Rose for Emily,” is NOT true? A.She has a distorted personality. B.She is physically deformed and paralyzed. C.She is the symbol of the old values of the South. D.She is the victim of the past glory.美国文学 作业题.Choose the best answer for the each question.1.pound called as the modem epic. A. Poetry B. Exultations C. Personae D. Cantos 2.Which poem collection of Frosts didnt win the Pulizer Prize? A .North of Boston B. New Hamphshire C. Collected Poems D.A Further Range3. is a black novelist. A. Miller B. Bellow C. Heller D. Ellison答案.Choose the best answer for the each question.1.pound called as the modem epic. D. Cantos 2.Which poem collection of Frosts didnt win the Pulizer Prize? A .North of Boston3. is a black novelist. D. Ellison4. is Millers representative novel. A. All my son B. Death of a Salesman C. After the Fall D.A View From the Bridge5.Morrisons novel won the Pulizer Prize. A. Paradise B. Sula C. Beloved D. Tar Baby6.Bellows First novel is . A.The Victim B. Dangling Man C. the Theft D. The Actual7.Miller is a . A. novelist B. poet C. dramatist C. prose答案4. is Millers representative novel. B. Death of a Salesman 5.Morrisons novel won the Pulizer Prize. C. Beloved6.Bellows First novel is . B. Dangling Man 7.Miller is a . C. dramatist8. s Elements of style writing in collaboration with W. Strunk is regarded as the guide for the college students and the persons who wanted to improve their writing ability. A. White B. Morrison C. Ellison D. Miller9.Hughes is famous for . A. poem B. prose C. novel D. drama10. didnt belong to the 20century poets. A. Plath B. Lowell C. Angelou D. Dickinson11.Whites is the most excellent prose collection about the city life. A. One Mans Meat B. The Points of My Compass C. Essays of E. B. White D. Quo Vadimus or The Case for the Bicycle答案8. s Elements of style writing in collaboration with W. Strunk is regarded as the guide for the college students and the persons who wanted to improve their writing ability. A. White9.Hughes is famous for . A. poem10. didnt belong to the 20century poets. D. Dickinson11.Whites is the most excellent prose collection about the city life. D. Quo Vadimus or The Case for the Bicycle12. is regarded as Millers representative work. A. All My Sons B. The Crucible C. Death of a Salesman D. After the Fall13. s novel Catch-22 is called as the masterpiece of Black Humor. A. Heller B. Mark Twain C. Hemingway D. Morrison 14. didnt win Nobel Literature Prize. A. Morrison B. Bellow C. Hemingway D. Heller15.Angelou published altogether best sellers. A.10 B.