英美文学作品选读试题3

英美文学作品选读试题3

I.Findtheitemsintherightcolumnwhichfittheleftcolumnthebestandwritethelettersintheblanks.(20pointsintotal,2pointsforeach)

1.BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath

A.WilliamWordsworth

2.localcolorist

B.sentimentalists

3.internationaltheme

C.EzraPound

4.GraveyardSchool

D.MarkTwain

5.worshipperofnature

E.WilliamFaulkner

6.ARoseforEmily

F.HenryJames

7.CharlesLamb

G.EmilyDickinson

8.TheSketchBook

H.essayist

9.Imagist

I.WilliamBlake

10.SongsofInnocence

J.WashingtonIrving

1.________2.________3.________4.________5.________

6.________7.________8.________9._______10.________

II.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphrase.Thenwriteyouranswerintheblanks.(20pointsintotal,2pointsforeach)

1.____________________wasthefirstAmericanwritertoconceivehiscareerininternationalterms.

2.IntheplaysofShakespeare’slastperiod,thereisaprevalent____________________teachingofatonement.

3.JohnBunyanwrotehis____________________duringhissecondterminprison.

4.____________________’sessaysisthefirstexampleofthatgenreinEnglishliterature,whichhasbeenrecognizedasanimportantlandmarkinthedevelopmentofEnglishprose.

5.HenryFieldingadopted________________,inwhichtheauthorbecomesthe“all-knowingGod.”

6.________________isregardedasthefirstAmericanproseepic.

7.Theparticularconcernaboutthelocalcharacterofaregioncameaboutas“________,”auniquevariationofAmericanliteraryrealism.

8.Humansexualitywas,toLawrence,asymbolof____________________.

9.ThecharactersinCharlesDickens’worksareimpressivenotonlybecausetheyaretruetolife,butalsobecausetheyareoften____________________.

10.AsaleadingRomanticist,Byron’schiefcontributionishiscreationofthe“________________,”aproud,mysteriousrebelfigureofnobleorigin.

III.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandwritetheletterforitintheblanks.(20pointsintotal,2pointsforeach)

1.Shakespeare’s______aremainlywrittenundertheprinciplethatnationalunityunderamightyandjustsovereignisanecessity.

A.historyplaysB.tragediesC.comediesD.plays

2.WilliamWordsworththoughtthat______istheonlysubjectofliteraryinterest.

A.nationB.pastexperienceC.commonlifeD.nature

3.______isthefirstimportantEnglishessayistandthefounderofmodernscienceinEngland.

A.FrancisBaconB.EdmundSpenserC.WilliamCarxtonD.PhilipSidney

4.WhichofthebelowisNOTwrittenbyJamesJoyce?

A.DublinersB.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan

C.“Ulysses”D.Leather-StockingTales

5.____isregardedasthefirstAmericanproseepic.

A.WastelandB.Moby-DickC.“SongofMyself”D.TheScarletLetter

6.____hasalwaysbeenregardedasawriterwho“perfectedthebestclassicstylethatAmericanLiteratureeverproduced.”

A.WashingtonIrvingB.EmersonC.HawthorneD.Joyce

7.WhichisnotthemainconcernofEmilyDickinson’poetry?

A.herownexperienceB.natureC.loveD.industrialization

1.HenryJames2.Christian3.ThePilgrim’sProgress

4.FrancisBacon5.thethird-personnarration6.Moby-Dick

7.localcolorism8.lifeforce9.largerthanlife10.Byronichero

III.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandwritetheletterforitintheblanks.(20pointsintotal,2pointsforeach)

1.A.2.C.3.A.4.D.5.B.6.A.7.D.8.C.9.A.10.C.

IV.Readthefollowingstanzaofapoemandanswerthequestionsthatfollow.(20pointsintotal,5pointsforeach)

1.ItiswrittenaboutnaturalbeautyandWordsworth’slovefornaturalbeauty,whichispassionateandsomewhatmystique.

2.WilliamWordsworth

3.Eachlineofthispoemisaniambictetrameter.

4.ababcc

V.Givebriefanswerstothefollowingquestions.(20pointsintotal,5pointsforeach)

1.Whatarethemajorthemesofmodernistliterature?

Alienation,socialdisintegration,personaldespair,historicaldislocation,andauthorialself-reflexiveness

2.What’sthethemeofTheWasteLand?

Thespiritualbreakupofamoderncivilizationinwhichhumanlifehaslostitsmeaning,significanceandpurpose.

3.Aperfectmelody;araresenseofbeauty;asplendidimagination;aloftymoralpurityandseriousness;