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1、-英美文学选读助学平台复习资料1、In the Norman conquest of England, the Germanic tribes from the Northern Europe brought with them not only the _ language, the basis of Modern English, but also a specific poetic tradition.【正确答案】：CA. MediterraneanB. ChristianC. Anglo-SaxonD. Roman2、It can be said that though essenti

2、ally still a medieval writer, Geoffrey Chaucer bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new _ to come.【正确答案】：DA. manB. theoryC. doctrineD. era3、The play Romeo and Juliet, though a tragedy, is permeated with _ spirit.【正确答案】：AA. optimisticB. sadC. pessimisticD. indifferent4、William Shakespeares greate

3、st tragedies are: Hamlet, _, King Lear, and _.【正确答案】：BA. Romeo and Juliet/OthelloB. Othello/MacbethC. The Tempest/MacbethD. The Merchant of Venice/Romeo and Juliet5、In The Merchant of Venice, Antonio, in order to help his friend Bassanio, has to borrow from _, the Jewish _. 【正确答案】：BA. Portia/judgeB.

4、 Shylock/usurerC. Shylock/judgeD. Portia/usurer6、The real mainstream of the English renaissance is _.【正确答案】：AA. the Elizabethan dramaB. the Elizabethan proseC. ancient poemD. romantic novel7、 “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?” this is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares _.8、 【正确答案】：BA. s

5、ongsB. sonnetsC. playsD. comedies8、“To be, or not to be - that is the question; whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer, the slings and arrows of outragerous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?” Who said these words?【正确答案】：DA. King LearB. RomeoC. AntonioD.

6、Hamlet9、Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his _ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.【正确答案】：DA. 47B. 27C. 52D. 3810、In his life, _ shows himself a real revolutionary, a master poet and a great prose writer. He fought for freedom in all aspects as a Christian huma

7、nist, while his achievement in literature make him tower over all the other English writers of his time and exert a great influence over later ones.【正确答案】：DA. William ShakespeareB. Edmund SpenserC. John DonneD. John Milton11、“all is not lost: the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal ha

8、te, and courage never to submit or yield: and what is else not to be overcome?”【正确答案】：BA. Dr. FaustusB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Tambutlaine12、William Caxton was the first person who introduced _ into England.【正确答案】：BA. writingB. printingC. heroic coupletD. defender13、Humanism sprang from

9、 the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side, for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conception that man is the _ of all things. 【正确答案】：AA. measureB. kingC. love

10、rD. defender14、In the following writings by Henry Fielding, which brings him the name of the “Prose Homer”?【正确答案】：CA. the Coffee-House PoliticianB. The Tragedy of TragediesC. the History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingD. The History of Amelia15、The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is _

11、.【正确答案】：DA. a Tale of a TubB. the Battle of the BooksC. A Modest ProposalD. Gullivers Travels16、_ is the typical feature of Swifts writing.【正确答案】：CA. Elegant styleB. Casual narrationC. Bitter satireD. Complicated sentence structure17、The following comments on Daniel Defoe are right except that _.【正确

12、答案】：CA. Robinson Crusoe is his first novelB. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpieceC. he was a member of the upper classD. in his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shown18、The eighteenth-century England is known as the Age of _.【正确答案】：DA. RomanticismB.

13、ClassicismC. RenaissanceD. Enlightenment19、The Enlightenment Movements purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern _ and artistic ideas.【正确答案】：DA. religiousB. politicalC. arealD. philosophical20、Crusoe is the hero in Robinson Crusoe by _.【正确答案】：BA. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel Defoe

14、C. George EliotD. D. H. Lawrence21、The cradle of the renaissance is _.【正确答案】：DA. GermanyB. EnglandC. AmericaD. Italy_ shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor.【正确答案】：BA. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD.

15、Beowulf22、 One of the major results of the reformation in England was the fact that the _ in English was placed in every church and services were held in English instead of Latin so that people could understand.【正确答案】：BA. Canterbury talesB. BibleC. Old TestamentD. Malorys Morte Darthur23、 Of all the

16、 18th century novelists, _ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.【正确答案】：DA. Daniel DefoeB. Samuel JohnsonC. Oliver GoldsmithD. Henry Fielding24、Daniel Defoe describes _ as a typ

17、ical English middle-class man of the 18th century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.【正确答案】：AA. Robinson CrusoeB. Moll FlandersC. GulliverD. Tom Jones25、In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,” “Houyhnhnm,” and “Yahoo”?【正

18、确答案】：CA. James Joyces Ulysses.B. Charles Dickenss Bleak House.C. Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels.D. D. H. Lawrences Women in love.26、 “The novel is structured around the discovery of the heros origin.” This novel is most probably _.【正确答案】：DA. Charles Dickens David CopperfieldB. James Joyces A Port

19、rait of the Artist as a Young ManC. Thomas Hardys Far from the Madding GrowdD. Henry Fieldings Tom Jones27、Geoffrey Chaucers reputation has been securely established as one of the best English _ for his wisdom, humor, and humanity.【正确答案】：CA. novelistsB. dramatistsC. poetsD. A and B28、Which of the fo

20、llowing novels is not written by Henry Fielding?【正确答案】：BA. Jonathan WildB. Moll FlandersC. Joseph AndrewsD. Tom Jones29、In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as _.【正确答案】：AA. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as

21、 the very center of all life and all experienceB. the thought that designates man as a social animalC. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in commonD. the modes of thinking30、 The Romantic Period is an age of poetry. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats ar

22、e the major poets. They started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as _.【正确答案】：CA. the poetic romanceB. the poetic movementC. the poetic revolutionD. the poetic reformation31、In the following writings by William Blake, which marks his entry into maturity?【正确答案】

23、：CA. Songs of innocenceB. Songs of ExperienceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Milton32、The declaration that “I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION & Vision,” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative” belongs to _.【正确答案】：AA. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Ta

24、ylor ColeridgeD. George Gordon Byron33、In his poem “Tyger, Tyger,”William Blake expresses his perception of the“fearful symmetry”of the big cat. The phrase“fearful symmetry”suggests _.【正确答案】：DA. the tigers two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically setB. the poets fear of the predatorC.

25、the analogy of the hammer and the anvilD. the harmony of the two opposite aspects of Gods creation34、The tone of literature in “Songs of Experience” by William Blake is _.【正确答案】：AA. dolefulB. livelyC. plainD. utter35、Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?【正确答案】：DA. I w

26、andered Lonely as a CloudB. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September3, 1802C. The Solitary ReaperD. The Chimney Sweeper36、 Which of the following is not the best examples to show Wordsworths genuine love for the natural beauty?【正确答案】：AA. a Phantom of DelightB. To a SkylarkC. To the CuckooD. To a

27、Butterfly37、In his lyrics such as “Ode to Liberty”, “Ode to Naples”, Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for _ and his hatred toward tyranny.【正确答案】：CA. the middle classB. the poorC. freedomD. the proletariat38、“Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/ Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!” th

28、e two lines are find in _.【正确答案】：BA. Young Goodman Brown by HawthorneB. Ode to the West Wind by ShelleyC. Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanD. Ulysses by Joyce39、In Shelleys “To a Skylark”, the bird, suspended between reality and poetic image, pours forth an exultant song which suggests to the poet _.【

29、正确答案】：AA. both celestial rapture and human limitationB. both image creation and profound meaningC. both music and wordsD. both inspiration and skill of writing40、Shelleys greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama, _.【正确答案】：BA. Men of EnglandB. Prometheus UnboundC. Ode to the West WindD. The

30、Revolt of Islam41、The author of the work “Men of England” is _.【正确答案】：CA. T. S. EliotB. Thomas GrayC. ShelleyD. Walt Whitman42、After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _.【正确答案】：AA. simple character and poor understandingB. simple char

31、acter and quick witC. intricate character and quick witD. intricate character and poor understanding43、 All of the following works are known as Hardys “novels of character and environment” EXCETP _.【正确答案】：DA. The Return of the NativeB. Tess of the DUrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Far from the Maddi

32、ng Crowd44、Who is the first “Angry Young Man”?【正确答案】：AA. OsborneB. EliotC. ChristopherD. Bernard Shaw45、G. B. Shaws play “Mrs. Warrens Profession” is a realistic exposure of the _.【正确答案】：DA. political corruptionB. inequality between men and womenC. slum landlordismD. economic exploitation of women46

33、、Of the following poems by T. S. Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry?【正确答案】：DA. Poems 1909-25B. The Hollow MenC. Prufrock and Other ObservationsD. The Waste Land47、“The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes,/ The yellow smoke that rubs its

34、 muzzle on the windowpanes/ Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,/ Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains.” The stanza is taken from _.【正确答案】：AA. T.S. Eliots “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”B. Emily Dickinsons “ Because I could not stop for Death”C. Alfred Tennysons “Bread, B

35、reak, Break”D. William Wordsworths “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”48、Which of the following best describes the speaker of “The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock”?【正确答案】：CA. He is a man of an action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of inactivity.D. All the above are wrong.49、The Romantic Movement

36、expressed a more or less _ attitude toward the existing social and political conditions.【正确答案】：BA. positiveB. negativeC. neutralD. indifferent50、_ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.【正确答案】：CA. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen51、 Wordsworths short poems can be classi

37、fied into two groups: poems about nature and poems about _.【正确答案】：BA. loveB. human lifeC. freedomD. social activities52、Jane Austens first novel is _.【正确答案】：BA. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. EmmaD. Plan of a Novel53、Poetry has been traditionally regarded as an art governed by rules;

38、but to the romantics, poetry should be free from all _.【正确答案】：CA. rhymesB. rhythmC. rulesD. emotion54、The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens works is his _.【正确答案】：CA. simple vocabularyB. bitter and sharp criticismC. character-portrayalD. pictures of happiness55、The following comments on

39、George Bernard Shaw are true except _.【正确答案】：CA. George Bernard Shaws career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play Widowers House was put on by the Independent Theater Society.B. Shaw began his literary career by writing novels soon after his settling down in London.C. Shaws writings ref

40、lect the combination of realism and naturalismD. Shaws plays can be termed as problems plays.56、_ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.【正确答案】：DA. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw57、In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?【

41、正确答案】：CA. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austens novels.B. Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions”.C. Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D. In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.58、In Hawthornes nove

42、ls and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _.【正确答案】：BA. SaviorsB. villainsC. commentatorsD. observers59、All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorn except _.【正确答案】：BA. The House of the Seven GablesB. White JacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithedale Romance60、_ is the author of “Th

43、e Scarlet Letter”.【正确答案】：CA. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. George Eliot61、 Walt Whitman is radically innovative in the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subject is _.【正确答案】：AA. free verseB. blank verseC. lyric poemD. heroic couplet62、Which of the following features

44、 cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman?【正确答案】：AA. lyrical and well-structedB. free-flowingC. simple and rather crudeD. conversational and casual63、The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all except _.【正确答案】：BA. mystery of the universeB. sin of the whaleC. power of the great natureD. evil of the world6

45、4、Which of the following writers is not the dominant figure of the realistic period in American?【正确答案】：AA. Herman MelvilleB. William Dean HowellsC. Henry JamesD. Mark Twain65、Which of the following comments on the writings by Herman Melville is not true?【正确答案】：CA. “Bartleby, the Scrivener” is a shor

46、t story.B. “Benito Cereno” is a novella.C. “The Confidence-Man” has something to do with the sea and sailors.D. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American prose epic.66、The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _.【正确答案】：AA. the Age of RealismB. the Age of ModernismC. the Age of RomanticismD. the Age of Colonialism67、Naturalism is evolved from realism when the authors tone in writing becomes