英美文学选读试题

1、西安外国语大学考试试题西安外国语大学考试试题（A）编号:20122013学年第1学期 系（院、部）:英语教育学院专业：课程：英美文学选读 班级：09级本科/11级专升本命题时间： 命题教师：肖婉丽 以上栏目由命题教师填写，下栏由考生填写学号：姓系（院）：专业：班级：Multiple Choice (30 points in all, 1 for each)Select from the four choices of each item the one that best an swers the questi onor completes the statement.Mark the cor

2、responding letter A, B, C or D on the answersheet.1 The most important contribution ofis that he not only started the modernpoetry, but also cha nged the course of En glish poetry by using ordinary speech of the Ian guage and by advocat ing a retur n to n ature.William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. G

3、. G. Byro nD. Joh n KeatsIt is a truth uni versally ack no wledged, that a sin gle man in possessi on of agood fortune, must be in want of a wife.n This humorous speech is from .Jane Austen s EmmaB.Jane Austen s Pride and PrejudiceC. Charles Dick ins The Great Expectati onD.Charlotte Bron te s Jane

4、EyreIn the Victorian Period became the most widely read and the most vitaland challe nging expressi on of progressive thought.poetryB. novelC. proseD. dramaThomas Hardy1 s view of life predominates most of his works a nd earns hima reputatio n as awriter.pessimistic, n aturalistic B. pessimistic, hu

5、morousC. roma ntic, realistD. determi nist, stylistic44Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain,and little, I am soull ess andheartless . And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I shouldhave made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. Thequoted l

6、ines are most probably take n from.Great ExpectationsB. Wuthering HeightsC. Jane EyreD.Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen s first noveltells a story about two sisters and theirlove affairs.A. Sense and SensibilityB. Pride and PrejudiceC. Northanger AbbeyD.Mansfield Parkfc1f Winter comes, can Spring be f

7、ar behindC. Northanger AbbeyD.Mansfield Parkfc1f Winter comes, can Spring be far behindA. Shelley s Ode to the West WindC. John Milton fs Paradise LostM comes fromWalt Whitman * s Leaves of GrassD. John Keats r Ode on a Grecian Ur n*1 Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ” A.masterpiece onJohn Keats natureG.

8、G. Byron S loveC. P. B. Shelley S loveD. William Wordsworths, natureC. P. B. Shelley S loveD. William Wordsworths, naturenot only presents a panorama of physical disorder and spiritual9. Eliot fsdesolation in the moder n Western world, but also reflects the prevale nt mood of disillusionment and des

9、pair of a whole post-war generation.A. The Hollow MenB. The Waste LandMurder in the CathedralD. Ash WednesdayJohn Milton s greatest poet ical workthe only generallyack no wledged epic in English literature sinceBeowulf.A. AreopagiticaB. Paradise LostLycidas D. SamsoB.Agonistes11 The dignity of movem

10、ent of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it beingabove water. ” Thisiceberg analogy about prose stylewas put forward byA. William FaulknerC. Ernest HemingwayA. William FaulknerC. Ernest HemingwayHenry JamesF. Scott FitzgeraldWalt Whitman believed, by means ofhe has turned poet ry into anopen f

11、ield, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. free verse B. strict verseregular rhyming D. standardized rhymingOf all Herman Melville fs sea adventure stories, pr oves to be the best.A. Typee B. RedburnC. Moby Dick D. OmooNathaniel Hawthorne was affecte

12、d by fs transcendentalist theory and struck up a very intimate relationship with him.A. Herman MelvilleB. Walt WhitmanC. R. W. EmersonD. Washington IrvingAmong the following writersis gen erally regarded as the great masterof the 20th centurystream -of- consciousness M novels in British literature.A

13、. T. S. EliotC. William FaulknerA. T. S. EliotC. William FaulknerJames JoyceHenry JamesIn William Faulkners writings, the moderntechnique was frequently and skillfully used to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator.A. stream-of-consciousnessB. impressionismA. stream-of-consciousne

14、ssB. impressionismA. stream-of-consciousnessB. impressionismA. stream-of-consciousnessB. impressionismA. E. M. Forster A. E. M. Forster fs A Passageto IndiaB.Joseph Con rad* s Heart of DarknessA. E. M. Forster A. E. M. Forster fs A Passageto IndiaB.Joseph Con rad* s Heart of DarknessD. dramatic mono

15、logueimagismD. dramatic monologue Byronic hero is a figure of the following traitsEXCEPT.A. being proudB. being self-independentC. being rebellious D. being of humble originCharles Dickens novel is famous for its vivid descriptions of theworkhouse and lifeof the underworld in the nineteenthcentury L

16、ondon.A. The Pickwick PaperB. Oliver TwistC. David Copperfield D. Nicholas Nickleby used Christia n imagery regardi ng the Apocalypse and sec ond comi ng asallegory to describe the atmosphere in post-war Europe in his poem, which is considered a major work of Modernist poetry.A. W. B. YeatsB. T. S.

17、EliotC. Ezra Pound D. Robert Frost、with its emphasis on , gained momentumas an artistic movementin Britain after the publication of the Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeA. Classicism, re as onB. moder nism, inno vati onC. Realism, objective representation D. Romantici

18、sm, imagination and emotion21 is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author about a groupof British boys stuck on an unin habited isla nd who try to gover n themselves, with disastrous results.A Passage to India, E. M. ForsterThe Rain bow, D. H. Lawre neeLord of the Flies, William GoldingTo the L

19、ighthouse , Virginia WoolfJane Austen is well-known for her elaborative depiction of five different marriages in her novelA. Emma B. Sense and SensibilityC. Mansfield Park D.Pride and Prejudice begins and ends by posing the question of whether it is possible for anEnglishma n and an Indian to ever b

20、e frie nds, at least within the con text of British colon ialism.C. D. H. Lawrenee s Sons and LoversEmily Bronte C. D. H. Lawrenee s Sons and LoversEmily Bronte 1 s Wuthering HeightsBeauty is truth, truth beauty , which comes fromfamous poemis surely the most famous metaphysical equati on.A. John Ke

21、ats Ode on a Grecian UrnB. Shelley * s To a SkylarkC. Byron s She Walks in BeautyD. William Wordsworth s The SolitaryReaperRobinson Crusoe is the true prototype of the British coloni st. The wholeAn glo-Sax on spirit is in Crusoe except .A. the manly in depe ndenceB. the persiste neeC. the slow yet

22、efficie nt in tellige nee D. the thirst for kno wledgeRalph Waldo Emers on, who led the moveme nt across the Un ited States inthe mid-19th century, was seen as a champion of individualism.A. Roma nticB. RealistC. Transcenden talist D. NaturalistMuch ofwriting cen ters on New En gla nd, many works fe

23、aturi ng moralallegories with a Puritan inspiration.His fiction works are considered part of theA. Melville beliefs and work all comb ine to create a won derful coun try.A. R. W. Emerso n, Self-relia neeB. Emily Dicke nso n,Complete PoemsC. He nry. W. Lon gfellow, A Psalm of Life D. Walt Whitma n,Le

24、aves of Grasss poems reflect the auhtor 1 s life longfasci nati on with dying and death,beliefs and work all comb ine to create a won derful coun try.A. R. W. Emerso n, Self-relia neeB. Emily Dicke nso n,Complete PoemsC. He nry. W. Lon gfellow, A Psalm of Life D. Walt Whitma n,Leaves of Grasss poems

25、 reflect the auhtor 1 s life longfasci nati on with dying and death,for in sta nee, Che dig nity delays for all.A. Emily Dicki nson B. Walt WhitmanC. T. S. EliotD. Mathew ArnoldDecide whether the following statements are true or false. Mark the corresp onding letter T or F on the an swer sheet. (10

26、points in all, 1 for each) In “The Can terbury Tales11, Chaucer employed the bla nk verse with true ease and charm for the first time in the history of En glish literature.C. Hawthornes, Dark roma nticism D. Benjamin Franklin, America n RealismThe White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac incarn

27、 ati on of all those malicious age ncies which some deep men feel eati ng in them, till they are left livi ngon with half a heart and half a lung. This is most probably from A. Gulliver1 s TravelB. Moby DickC The Scarlet LetterD. Robinson CrusoeWhenstated The United States themselves are essentially

28、 the qreatestpoem in his Preface to , he meant that the diversity of geography, culture, wrote un der the in flue nee of John Donne.Jonathan Swift is a master satirist, which is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful.From the m

29、iddle part to the end of the 18th century, in English literature naturalism flourished. They were mostly stories of mystery and horror which take place in some haunted or dilapidated middle age castlesCharles Dicke nsslater works like Oliver Twist prese nt a criticism of the morecomplicated and yet

30、most fundamental social institutions and morals of the Victorian England.Nearly all Bernard Shaw1 s writings address prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedy which makes their stark themes more palatable.Em est Hemi ngway s 1954 Nobel Prize winning story The Old Mana nd the Sea centers

31、upon Santiago, an aging fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.American romanticism was in a way derivative;American romantic writing was someof them modeled on English and European works.Tran scendentalism exalted reason over feeling, in dividual expressi on over the

32、 restraints of law and custom.Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad presents a psychological journey into the core of evil or heart of darkness in ones own mind, as he or she progresses through the wild South American land. Answer the following questions. ( 60 points in all, 15 for each)Answer the foll

33、owing questions. ( 60 points in all, 15 for each)What did Neoclassicists celebrate in literary creation Please illustrate it with examples.Why is William Shakespeare called a humanist Please explain it through one or two of his works.What is the comm on theme of Thomas Hardy 1 s works Please illustrate it throughTess of the D