英语专业 英美文学试卷及答案 期末

英美文学试卷AI. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F). (10 x 1=10) 1. ( ) Chaucer is the first English short-story teller and the founder of English poetry as well as the founder of English realism. His masterpiece The Canterbury tales contains 26 stories.2. ( ) English Renaissance is an age of essay and drama. 3. ( ) The rise of the modern novel is closely related to the rise of the middle class and an urban life. 4. ( ) The French Revolution and the American War of Independence were two big influences that brought about the English Romantic Movement.5. ( ) Charlottes novels are all about lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for life and love. Her novels are more or less based on her own experience and feelings and the life as she sees around.6. ( ) The leading figures of the naturalism at the turn of 19th century are Thomas Hardy, John Galsworthy and Bernard Shaw.7. ( ) Emily Dickinson is remembered as the “All American Writer”.8. ( )The Civil War divides the American literature into romantic literature and realist literature. 9. ( ) Mark Twain is the first American writer to discover an American language and American consciousness.10. ( ) In the decade of the 1910s, American literature achieved a new diversity and reached its greatest heights.II. Fill in the blanks. (20 x 1=20)11. The most enduring shaping influence in American thought and American literature was _.12. The War of Independence lasted eight years till_. 13. Ralph Waldo Emersons essay_ has been regarded as Americas Declaration of Intellectual Independence. It called on American writers to write about America in a way peculiarly American. 14. The American _ writers paid a great interest in the realities of life and described the integrity of human character reacting under various circumstances and pictured the pioneers of the Far West, the new immigrants and the struggles of the working class. The leading figures were _, _, _, _, etc. 15. No period in American history is more eventful than that between the two world wars. The literary features of the time can be seen in the writings of those _ writers as Ezra Pound, and the writers of the Lost Generation as _.16. Two features of English Renaissance are the curiosity for _ and the interest in the activities of _.17. Shakespeares earliest great success in tragedy is _, a play of youth and love, with the famous balcony scene.18. There are three types of poets in 17th century English literature. They are Puritan poets, _ poets and _ poets. 19. Popes An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poem written in _.20. _ has been regarded by some as “Father of the English Novel” for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.21. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is an epigrammatic line by _.22. Lawrences most controversial novel is _, the best probably _.III. Multiple choice. (20 x 1=20)23. Among the three major works by John Milton _ is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf.A. Paradise Regained B. Samson AgonistesC. Lycidas D. Paradise Lost24. Francis Bacons essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and _.A. complicity B. complexity C. powerfulness D. mildness25. As one of the greatest masters of English prose, _ defined a good style as “proper words in proper places”.A. Henry Fielding B. Jonathan Swift C. Samuel Johnson D. Alexander Pope26. The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for _.A. material wealth B. spiritual salvation C. universal truth D. self-fulfillment27. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” The quoted part is taken from _.A. Jane Eyre B. Wuthering Heights C. Pride and Prejudice D. Sense and Sensibility28. Which of the following poems is a landmark in English poetry?A. Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeB. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William WordsworthC. “Remorse” by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman29. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens works is his _.A. simple vocabulary B. bitter and sharp criticismC. character-portrayal D. pictures of happiness30. “My Last Duchess” is a poem that best exemplifies Robert Brownings _.A. sensitive ear for the sounds of the English language B. excellent choice of words C. mastering of the metrical devices D. use of the dramatic monologue31. _ is the most outstanding stream of consciousness novelist, with _as his encyclopedia-like masterpiece.A James Joyce, UlyssesB. E.M. Foster, A Passage to IndiaC. D. H. Lawrence, Sons and loversD. Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway32. Which of the following comments on Charles Dickens is wrong?A. Dickens is one of the greatest critical realist writers of the Modern PeriodB. His serious intention is to expose and criticize all the poverty, injustice, hypocrisy and corruptness he sees all around him.C. The later works show the development of Dickens towards a highly conscious artist of the modern type.D. A Tale of Two Cities is one of his late works.33. _was known as “the poets poet”.A. William Shakespeare B. Edmund Spenser C. John Donne D. John Milton34. Which of the following poet belongs to the active Romantic poet?A. Keats B. Southey C. Wordsworth D. Coleridge35. _ is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A. Beowulf B. The Canterbury TalesC. Don Juan D. Paradise Lost36. _ is the first modern American novel.A. Tom Sawyer B. Huckleberry FinnC. The Sketch Book D. The Leatherstocking Tales 37. Which of the following statements is NOT true of American Transcendentalism?A. It can be clearly defined as a part of American Romantic literary movement.B. It can be defined philosophically as “the recognition in man of the capacity of knowing truth intuitively”.C. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the chief advocate of this spiritual movement.D. It sprang from South America in the late l9th century.38. The theme of Washington Irvings Rip Van Winkle is _.A. the conflict of human psyche B. the fight against racial discrimination C. the familial conflict D. the nostalgia for the unrecoverable past39. The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised _ for “his powerful style-forming mastery of the art” of creating modern diction.A. Ezra Pound B. Ernest Hemingway C. Robert Frost D. Theodore Dreiser40. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism?A. Emerson B. Jack London C. Theodore Dreiser D. Darwin41. _ is NOT true in describing American naturalists.A. they were deeply influenced by DarwinismB. they were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile ZolaC. they chose their subjects for the lower ranks or societyD. they used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists42. Henry Jamess fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with _.A. international theme B. national theme C. European theme D. regional themeIV. Explain the following literary items.(4x 5=20)43. Spenserian Stanza44. Lake Poets45. Humanism46. BalladV. Questions. (3x 10=30)47. “Robinson Crusoe” is usually considered as Daniel Defoes masterpiece. Discuss why it became so successful when it was published?48. What is Byronic hero?49. Mark Twain and Henry James are two representatives of the realistic writers in American literature. How is Twains realism different form Jamess realism?参考答案：I. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F). (本题共10空，每空1分，共10分) 1-5: FFTTT 6-10: FFTTFII. Fill in the blanks. (本题共20小题，每题1分，共20分)11. (American) Puritanism 12. 1783 13. The American Scholar14. realistic; Mark Twain; Henry James; Jack London; Theodore Dreiser.15. Imagist; Hemingway.16. the classical literature; humanity.17. Romeo and Juliet18. Cavalier; Metaphysical19. heroic couplet20. Henry Fielding21. John Keats22. Lady Chatterleys lover; The RainbowIII. Multiple choice. （本题共20小题，每题1分，共20分)题号2324252627282930313233343536373839404142答案DCBBCACDAABAABDDBDDAIV. Explain the following literary items. （本题4小题,每小题5分,共20分 ）43. Spenserian Stanza: it refers to a verse form created by Edmund Spenser for his poems. Each stanza has nine lines. Each of the first eight lines is in iambic pentameter, and the ninth line is an iambic hexameter line. The rhythm scheme is ababbcbcc44. Lake Poets: it refers to those English romantic poets at the beginning of th e19th century, William Wordsworth, for example, who lived in the heart of the Lake District in the north-western part of England and enjoyed the experience of living close to nature, and these poets were the older generation of Romantic poets who had been deeply influenced by the French Revolution of 1789 and its effects. In their writings, they described the beautiful scenes and the country people of the area.45. Humanism refers to the literary culture in the Renaissance. Humanists emphasize the capacities of the human mind and the achievements of human culture. Humanism became the central theme of English Renaissance. Thomas More and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanists.46. Ballad: a story told in songs, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second and fourth rhymed.V. Questions.（本题3小题,每小题10分,共30分 ）47. A: Robinson Crusoe is supposedly based on the real adventure of an Alexander Selkirk who once stayed alone on the uninhabited island for five year4s. Actually, the story is an imagination. B: In Robinson Crusoe, Defoe traces the growth of Robinson from a nave and artless youth into a shrewd and hardened man, tempered by numerous trials in his eventful life.C. In the novel, Robinson is a real hero and he is an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England. Robinson is a true empire-builder, a colonizer and a foreign trader, who has the courage and will to face hardships and who has determination to preserve himself and improve his livelihood by struggling against nature.D. Robinson Crusoe is an adventure story very much in the spirit of the time. Because of the above reasons, when it was published, people all liked that stor