自考英美文学选读选择题.doc

1. The sentence Shall I compare thee to a summers day? is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares sonnets . 2. The major concern of D.H.Lawrences 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. 3. Daniel Defoe describes Robinson Crusoe as a typical English Middle-class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist. 4. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me! The word me in the last line of the above stanza quoted from Wordsworths poem She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways may possibly refer to her lover . 5. Bitter satire is a typical feature of Swifts writings. 6. The statement It reveals the dehumanizing workhouse system and the dark, criminal underworld life may well sum up the main theme in Dickenss Oliver Twist.7. Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. The above quoted passage is most probably taken from Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre. 8. G.B.Shaws play Mrs.Warrens Profession is a realistic exposure of the economic exploitation of women in the English society. 9. In William Blakes poetry, the father（and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as God, priest, and king）was usually a figure of tyranny . 10. I believe you are made of stone,he said, clenching his fingers so hard that he broke the fragile cup. You seem to forget, she said,that cup is not! From the above quoted passage, we can find the womans tone is very _ . A.sarcastic B.amusing C.sentimental D.facetious 11. After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of simple character and poor understanding. 12. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists, Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a comic epic in prose, and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style. 13. Not on thy sole but on thy soul, harsh Jew,/Thou makst thy knife keen. In the above quotation taken form The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare employs a pun . 14. In Hardys Wessex novels, there is an apparent nostalgic touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life. 15. O prince, O chief of many throned powers, That led th embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds Fearless, endangered Heavens perpetual King. In the third line of the above passage quoted from Miltons Paradise Lost, the phrase thy conduct refers to Satans conduct. 16. We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelleys poem Ode to the West Wind with all the following terms except _ . A.tamed B.swift C.proud D.wild 17. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled _ at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as Our intellectual Declaration of Independence. A.Nature B.Self-Reliance C.Divinity School Address D.The American Scholar 18. .In Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown, a satanic figure leads the credulous protagonist to a witches Sabbath in the woods. There he recognizes many pillars of Salems Puritan society as well as his wife, Faith. The story illustrates Hawthornes allegorical theme of human evil or what Melville called the power of blackness. 19. For Melville, as well as for the reader and Ishmael , the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe. 20. Most of the poems in Whitmans Leaves of Grass sing of the en-mass and the self as well. 21. Emily Dickinsons poem（441）This is my letter to the World expresses the poets anxiety about her communication with the outside world. 22. Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true? A.Mark Twain published his last and most important novel. B.F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize. C.Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers. D.Most writers were politically radical. 23. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the authors tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more pessimistic . 24. Mark Twains first novel The Gilded Age , written in collaboration with Charles D. Warner and published in 1873,though not an artistic success, gives its name to the America of the post-Civil War period which it attempts to satirize. 25. Dreisers Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and The Stoic. 26. Daisy Millers tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of the American youth Winterbourne . 27. Daisy Miller:Frederick Winterbourne, the narrator of the story, is an American expatriateWith the publication of Daisy Miller, Henry James reputation was firmly established on both sides of the Altantic.With the publication of Daisy Miller, Daisy Miller has ever since become the American Girl in Europe, a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the New World.Daisy Millers defiance of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to disaster in the clash between the two different cultures.28.The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American naturalism 35.If honest labor be unremunerative and difficult to endure; if it be the long, long road which never reaches beauty, but wearies the feet and the heart; if the drag to follow beauty be such that one abandons the admired way, taking rather the despised path leading to her dreams quickly, who shall cast the first stone? Where is the underlined phrase taken from? The Bible. 36.Most recognizable literary movement that gave rise to the twentieth-century American literature, or we may say, the second American Renaissance, is the expatriate movement. 31. The second American Renaissance refers to the 20 th century American literature.37.Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms - the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse - with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of New England farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax. 39.Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include multiple points of view , symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions. 40.Stylistically, Henry James fiction is characterized by highly refined language 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 characters from all walks of life is most likely Geoffrey Chaucers The Canterbury Tales. 4. Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that the former celebrates reason, rationality , order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individuals feeling and experiences 6. You may have meet the term Yahoo on internet, but you may also have met it in English literature .It is found in Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels9. The first line of William Blakes well-known poem The Tyger reads, Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright.The repeated word tiger (tiger) with an exclamation mark suggests fear. 10. What does Wordsworths poem The Solitary Reaper tell us about Romanticist? -To romanticists, poetry is an expression of an individuals feelings and experiences no matter how fragmentary and momentary these feelings and experiences are. 12. Prometheus Unbound is Shelleys greatest achievement. Prometheus, according to the Greek mythology, was chained by Zeus on Mount Caucasus and suffered the vultures feeding on his liver for stealing the fire from heaven and giving it to man. 16. Tess of the DUrbervilles, one of Thomas Hardys best known novels, portrays man as having no control over his own fate. 17. Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature? A. Friedrich Nietzches assertions: God is dead B. Arther Schopenharuers and Henry Bergsons philosophical ideas of irrationality. C. Oscar Wildes idea of Art for Arts Sake. D. Freudian-Jungian psycho-analysis 18. The term tone in literature means the manner of expression to indicate the speakers attitude towards the subject. 19. Which of the following best describes the speaker of T.S.Eliots The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock? -He is a man of inactivity 21. He was afraid of her -the small, severe woman with greying hair suddenly bursting out in such frenzy. The postman came running back, afraid something had happened. /they saw his tripped cap over the short curtains. Mrs Morel rushes to the door. The above passage id taken from D.H.Lawrence s Sons and Lovers. 23. The Scarlet Letter concerns most concentrated the Calvinistic view of original sin? 24. We can perhaps summarize that Walt Whitmans poems are characterized by conversational and crude/ wimple and rather crude/ free-flowing 25. Darwin exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism, of which Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers? 26. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his local color. 27. At the beginning of Faulkners A Rose For Emily, there is a detailed description of Emilys old house. The purpose of such description is to imply that the person living in it is a prisoner of the past. 28. The period before the American Civil War is commonly referred to as the Romantic Period. 29. Most of Herman Melvilles novels are based on sea voyages and sea adventures. Which of the following is not the case? A. Typee. B. Moby-Dick. C. Omoo. D. The Confidence-Man 30. In Henry James Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of the free spirit of the New World. 31. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood /And sorry I could not travel both . In the above two lines of Robert Frosts The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to ones course of life. 32. The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling, and second, the individual is divine. 33. Which of the following is not a work of Nathaniel Hawthornes? A. The House of the Seven Gables. B. The Blithedale Romance. C. The Marble Falun. D. White Jacket. 34. In Heminways short story Indian Camp, through a story of a woman giving birth, the protagonist, Nick Adams, receives an education of birth and violent death. 35. In Hawthornes novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as villains. 37. In Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is so show emptiness of life. 38. In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _. A. Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. Dreisers Sister Carrie C. Coppers Leather-Stocking Tales D. Thoreaus Walden 39. Which of the following novels can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of literary modernism? A. The Sound and the Fury B. Uncle Toms Cabin. C. Daisy Miller. D. The Gilded Age. 40. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Her usual subject of her poetic expression: Religion, Life and death, Love and marriage. 1.Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of knightly adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.2.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of The Canterbury Tales.3.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. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation best illustrates the theme of Shakespeares Sonnet 18? A.The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature.9.The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gullivers Travels are horses that are endowed with reason.12.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 speech14.“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind!” is an epigrammatic line by P.B.Shelley18.The Victorian Age was largely an age of prose,eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.19. Jane Eyre is the first important governess novel in the English literary history.21. Bernard Shaw is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism.22.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, Walden,has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism.26.Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of free verse, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.27.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 The Scarlet Letter.30.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, realism became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19thcentury.31. After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Toms buddy Huck in a book entitled The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn32.However, innocence,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.33.Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be pessimists.35.In “After Apple-Picking,”Robert Frost wrote:“For I have had too much/Of apple picking: I am overtired/Of the great harvest I myself desired.”From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is indifferent to what he once desired.37.The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their indestructible spirtie. 39.In Hemingways “Indian Cmap”,Nicks night trip to the Indian village and his experience inside the hut can be taken as an initiation to the harshness of life.40.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.1.Henry James_was the first American writer to conceive his career in international terms.2.In the plays of Shakespeares last period,there is a prevalent Christian teaching of atonement.5.Henry adopted third-person narrative, in which the author becomes the “all-knowing God.”6.Moby-Dick is regarded as the first American prose epic.7.This particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “local colorism,”a unique variation of American literary realism.8.Human sexuality was,to Lawrence,a symbol of Life Force.9.The characters in Charles works are impressive not only because they are true to life,but also because they are often larger than life.1.Shakespeares history plays are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity.2.Wordsworth thought that common life is the only subject of literary interest.3. Francis Bacon is the first important English essayist and the founder of modern science in England.7.Which is not the main concern of Emily Dickinson poetry? A.her own experience B.nature C.love D.industrialization8.The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students classic.9.Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the American Dream.10. The Sun Also Rises is Hemingways first true novel.“For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and s