北语17秋《英美文学选读》作业1234
17秋《英美文学选读》作业1一、单选题:【20道,总分:100分】
1.The poem I wandered Lonely as a Cloud was written by (满分:5)
A. Dorothy Wordsworth B. William Wordsworth
C. Coleridge D. John Keats
2.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel ( ). (满分:5)
A. Great Expectations
B. A Tale of Two Cities
C. Bleak House
D. Oliver Twist
3.Which of the following is NOT written by Defoe? (满分:5)
A. Captain Singleton
B. Sailor
C. Moll Flanders
D. Rubinson Crusoe
4.In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers? (满分:5)
A. Blindness
B. Partiality
C. Snobbishness
D. Prejudice.
5."Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself; But life itself, my wife, and all the world, Are not with me esteem＇d above thy life; I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you. Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer." The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare＇s comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate (满分:5)
A. dramatic irony
B. personification
C. allegory
D. symbolism
6.How many periods are divided into inthe creation years of Shakespeare? (满分:5)
A. three
B. four
C. two
D. five
7.In Shakespeare＇s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ( ). (满分:5)
A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry
B. his enterprise went bankrupt
C. Bassanio was able to pay his own debt
D. his ships had all been lost
8.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT (满分:5)
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 speech
9.The excerpt The Other Side of the Island was chosen from Chapter in Rubinson Crusoe. (满分:5)
A. Ⅸ
B. Ⅺ
C. Ⅹ
D. Ⅷ
10.Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare＇s Sonnet 18? (满分:5)
A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature
B. The speaker satirizes human vanity
C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation
D. The speaker meditates on man＇s salvation.
11.The essence of humanism is to ( ). (满分:5)
A. restore a medieval reverence for the church
B. avoid the circumstances of earthly life
C. explore the next world in which men could live after death
D. emphasize human qualities
12.It is generally regarded that Keats＇s most important and mature poems are in the form of ( ) . (满分:5)
A. ode
B. elegy
C. epic
D. sonnet
13.Which of the following is a comedy? (满分:5)
A. King lear
B. Macbeth
C. Hamlet
D. The Merry Wives of Windsor
14.The term tone in literature means( )( ). (满分:5)
A. sound effect such as rhyme and metrical device
B. the pitch of a word used to determine its meaning in the given context
C. the manner of expression to indicate the speaker＇s attitude towards the subject
D. a shade of colour to reflect the change of the light
15.Defoe＇s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ( ) century. (满分:5)
A. 17th
B. 18th
C. 19th
D. 20th
16.All the following poets belong to lake poets EXCEPT (满分:5)
A. Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
C. Robert Southey
D. Shelley
17."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 p (满分:5)
A. Pride and Prejudice
B. Jane Eyre
C. Wuthering Heights
D. Great Expectations
18.In English poetry the ( ) is regarded as the most common foot. (满分:5)
A. iamb
B. anapest
C. trochee
D. dactyl
19.The poem Ode to a Nightingale was written by (满分:5)
A. William Wordsworth
B. John Keats
C. Shelley
D. Coleridge
20.In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a(n) ( ) tone with sarcastic humor. (满分:5)
A. solemn
B. harsh
C. arrogant
D. teasing
17秋《英美文学选读》作业2
一、单选题:【20道,总分:100分】
1.which of the following is NOT written by Hardy? (满分:5)
A. The Return of the native
B. A Tale of Two Cities
C. Tess of d＇Urbervilles
D. Jude the Obscure
2.The name of the hero in Jane Eyre was (满分:5)
A. Heathcliff
B. Rochester
C. James
D. David
3.In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a （n） ( ) of the Bennet family . (满分:5)
A. high opinion
B. great admiration
C. low opinion
D. erroneous view
4.Virginia Woolf was born in a( ) (满分:5)
A. poorfamily
B. small family
C. rich family
D. talented family
5.How many groups are there in Hardy＇s novels? (满分:5)
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
6.Elizabeth Bennet was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. (满分:5)
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
7.In Hardy＇s Wessex novels, there is an apparent ( ) touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life. (满分:5)
A. humorous
B. romantic
C. nostalgic
D. sarcastic
8.In David Copperfield, little David＇s second father treated him and his mother (满分:5)
A. badly
B. kindly
C. nicely
D. well
9.Jane Austen passed away when she was (满分:5)
A. 38
B. 48
C. 42
D. 52
10.Virginia Woolf was born in (满分:5)
A. 1882
B. 1767
C. 1678
D. 1890
11.Charles Dicken＇s early years were (满分:5)
A. happy
B. difficult
C. rich
D. sunny
12.What kind of girl is Dora? (满分:5)
A. pretty and clever
B. pretty and empty-headed
C. plain-looking and understading
D. lovely and clever
13.Who is NOT the major character in To the Lighthouse? (满分:5)
A. Mrs. Ramsay
B. Mr.Ramsay
C. David
D. James
14.Of all the novels written by Dickens, which one did he like best? (满分:5)
A. Oliver Twist
B. David Copperfield
C. A tale of Two Cities
D. Pickwick Papers
15.Which novel gave Woolf the reputation as an important psychological writer? (满分:5)
A. To the Lighthouse
B. The waves
C. Mrs.Dalloway
D. The Common Reader
16.David＇s second father＇s name is (满分:5)
A. Micawber
B. Michael
C. Murdstone
D. Stone
17.Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ( ) characters created by Charles Dickens. (满分:5)
A. comic
B. tragic
C. round
D. sophisticated
18.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of ( ) . (满分:5)
A. simple character and quick wit
B. simple character and poor understanding
C. intricate character and quick wit
D. intricate character and poor understanding
19.Auld Lang Syne was written by (满分:5)
A. William Wordsworth
B. John Keats
C. Walt Whiteman
D. Robert Burns
20.In David Copperfield, who got married with David at last? (满分:5)
A. Agnes
B. Dora
C. Amy
D. Beth
17秋《英美文学选读》作业3
一、单选题:【20道,总分:100分】
1.According to Mark Twain, in river towns up and down the Mississippi, it was every boy＇s dream to some day grow up to be ( ). (满分:5)
A. Methodist preacher
B. a justice of the peace
C. a riverboat pilot
D. a pirate on the Indian ocean
2.Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is NOT true? (满分:5)
A. It explores man＇s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires.
B. It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.
C. It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.
D. It presents a p
3.What＇s the name of Hester and Dimmesdale ＇s daughter? (满分:5)
A. Amy
B. Pearl
C. Nina
D. Berry
4.Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms - the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse - with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of ( ) farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax. (满分:5)
A. Southern
B. Western
C. New Hampshire
D. New England
5.American writers of the first postwar era who were devoid of faith and alienated from the civilization were commonly called "( )." (满分:5)
A. sons of liberty
B. fatherless children
C. a beat generation
D. a lost generation
6.The poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is selected from( ) (满分:5)
A. A Witness Tree
B. Steeple Bush
C. New Hampshire
D. A Further Range
7.Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true? (满分:5)
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.
8.As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by ( ). (满分:5)
A. Nathaniel Hawthorne
B. Charles Darwin
C. Henry James
D. Ralph Waldo Emerson
9."Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both ..."In the above two lines of Robert Frost＇s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to ( ). (满分:5)
A. a travel experience
B. a marriage decision
C. a middle-age crisis
D. one＇s course of life
10.Which book marked the turning point of Hawthornw＇ career and his personal life? (满分:5)
A. Twice-Told Tales
B. Fanshawe
C. The Scarlet Letter
D. Mosess from an Old Manse
11.According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter "A" which originally stood for "( )" finally obtained the meaning of "able" or "angel" through Hester＇s efforts. (满分:5)
A. adultery
B. arrogance
C. accomplishment
D. agony
12.The pen name Mark Twain means (满分:5)
A. water
B. safe water
C. river
D. clear water
13.In Sister Carrie, Hurstwood, extremely hopeless and totally devastated, ends his life by turning on the gas, while at the same time Carrie is rocking comfortably in her luxurious hotel room before she boards a ship for ( ). (满分:5)
A. New York
B. London
C. Paris
D. Geneva
14.Robert Frost won Plitzer prices. (满分:5)
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
15.Dreiser＇s Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and ( ) . (满分:5)
A. The Genius
B. The Tycoon
C. The Stoic
D. The Giant
16.Which of the following is not written by Robert Frost? (满分:5)
A. To Autumn
B. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
C. Mending Wall
D. A Boy＇s Will
17.Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ( ). (满分:5)
A. international theme
B. waste-land imagery
C. local color
D. symbolism
18.O Captain, My Capain is written by (满分:5)
A. Robert Burns
B. Robert Frost
C. Walt Whitman
D. John Keats
19.In Fitzgerald＇s The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is so show ( ). (满分:5)
A. emptiness of life
B. the corruption of the upper class
C. contrast of the rich and the poor
D. the happy days of the Jazz Age
20.In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ( ) American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically. (满分:5)
A. Puritan
B. materialistic
C. psychological
D. religious
17秋《英美文学选读》作业4
一、单选题:【20道,总分:100分】
1.When Robert Frost was 87, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President (满分:5)
A. Bush
B. Kennedy
C. Clinton
D. Fort
2.After The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom＇s buddy Huck in a book entitled (满分:5)
A. Life on the Mississippi
B. The Gilded Age
C. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
D. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur＇s Court
3.The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer＇s day?" is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare＇s ( )( ) . (满分:5)
A. comedies
B. tragedies
C. sonnets
D. histories
4."I have no monarch in my life." this was said by (满分:5)
A. Walt Whitman
B. Robert Frost
C. John keats
D. Emily Dickinson
5."This is my letter to the World" is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson＇s about her communication with the outside world. (满分:5)
A. indifference
B. anger
C. anxiety
D. sorrow
6.Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? (满分:5)
A. Religion and immortality
B. Life and death
C. Love and marriage
D. War and peace
7.Henry David Thoreau＇s work, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism. (满分:5)
A. Walden
B. The Pioneers
C. Nature
D. Song of Myself
8.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 (满分:5)
A. happy about the harvest
B. still very much interested in apple-picking
C. expecting a greater harvest
D. indifferent to what he once desired
9.Which of the following is taken from John Keats＇Ode to a Nightingale? (满分:5)
A. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty."
B. "Earth has not anything to show more fair."
C. "They are both gone up to the church to pray."
D. "was it a vision, or a waking dream?"
10.Whitman＇s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ( ) . (满分:5)
A. the strict poetic form
B. the free and natural rhythm
C. the easy flow of feelings
D. the simple and conversational language
11.The Victorian Age was largely an age of , eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray. (满分:5)
A. poetry
B. drama
C. prose
D. epic prose
12.When did William Faulkner win Nobel Price for Literature? (满分:5)
A. 1939
B. 1949
C. 1940
D. 1950
13.You may have meet the term "Yahoo" on internet, but you may also have met it in English literature .It is found in ( ) (满分:5)
A. John Bunyan＇s Pilgrim＇s Progress
B. Samuel Johnson＇s The Vanity of Human Wishes
C. Jonathan Swift＇s Gulliver＇s Travels
D. Henry Fielding＇s tom Jones
14."If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" is an epigrammatic line by (满分:5)
A. J. Keats
B. W. Blake
C. W. Wordsworth
D. P. B. Shelley
15.In May 1945, Dreiser joined the (满分:5)
A. American republican
B. labor party
C. democratic party
D. communist party
16.is the first important governess novel in the English literary history. (满分:5)
A. Jane Eyre
B. Emma
C. Wuthering Heights
D. Middlemarch
17.In Hawthorne＇s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as ( ). (满分:5)
A. commentators
B. observers
C. villains
D. saviors
18.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century. (满分:5)
A. Sentimentalism
B. romanticism
C. realism
D. naturalism
19.Of the following American poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge ofChinese culture is ( ). (满分:5)
A. Robert Frost
B. Allen Ginsberg
C. Ezra Pound
D. E. E. Cummings
20.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the in the American literary history. (满分:5)
A. individual feelings
B. idea of survival of the fittest
C. strong imagination
D. return to nature
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