泰山學(xué)院成人大專本科學(xué)歷《英國文學(xué)概論》期末復(fù)習(xí)題及參考答案

英國文學(xué)概論一.

單選題1.

EnglishRomanticism,asahistoricalphaseofliterature,isgenerallysaidtohaveendedin1832with________.A.thepassageofthefirstReformBillintheParliamentB.thepublicationofWordsworthandColeridge’sLyricalBalladsC.thepublicationofT．S．Eliot’sThewasteLanD.D.thepassageoftheBillofRightsintheParliament答案A.2.

Becauseofhersensitivitytouniversalpattensofhumanbehavior,________hasbroughttheEnglishnovel,asanartofform,toitsmaturity.A.CharlotteBronteB.JaneAustenC.EmilyBronteD.HenryFielding答案B.3.

AtypicalfeatureoftheEnglishVictorianliteratureisthatwritersbecamesocialandmoral________,exposingallkindsofsocialevils.A.revolutionariesB.idealistsC.criticsD.defenders答案C.4.

RobertFrostistheauthorofallthefollowingbooksofpoetryexcept________.A.AWitnessTreeB.SteepleBushC.AMasqueofMercyD.JudetheObscure答案D.5.

PrometheusUnboundisShelley’sgreatestachievement.Prometheus,accordingtotheGreekmythology,waschainedbyZeusonMountCaucasusandsufferedthevulture’sfeedingonhisliverfor____________.A.planningarevolttodethroneGoD.B.misinterpretingGod’sdecreetoreconcilemanandnatureC.prophesyingthearrivalofspringinawinterseasonD.stealingthefirefromheavenandgivingittoman答案D.6.

CharlesDickenswasbornin____A.1765B.1889C.1812D.18707.

AccordingtoHawthorne,thescarletletter"A"whichoriginallystoodfor"_________"finallyobtainedthemeaningof"able"or"angel"throughHester＇sefforts.A.adulteryB.arroganceC.accomplishmentD.agony答案A.8.

Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutwritersin1920sistrue?A.MarkTwainpublishedhislastandmostimportantnovel.B.F.ScottFitzgeraldreceivedtheNobelPrize.C.Freudianpsychologyinfluencedmanymodernwriters.D.Mostwriterswerepoliticallyradical.答案C.9.

WhenRobertFrostwas87,hereadhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresident____A.BushB.KennedyC.ClintonD.Fort10.

JaneAustenpassedawaywhenshewas____A.38B.48C.42D.52答案C.11.

TheEnglishRomanticismisgenerallysaidtohavebegunin1978withthepublicationof____.A.ReligionandimmortalityB.LifeanddeathC.LyricalBalladsD.Warandpeace答案C.12.

Duringherlifetime,whopublishedallnovelsanonymously?A.JaneAustenB.CharlotteBronteC.RobertFrostD.EmilyDickinson答案A.13.

WhatkindofgirlisDora?A.prettyandcleverB.prettyandempty-headeD.C.plain-lookingandunderstadingD.lovelyandclever14.

AllofthefollowingworksareknownasHardy’s“novelsofcharacterandenvironment”EXCEPT________.A.TheReturnoftheNativeB.TessoftheD’UrbervillesC.JudetheObscureD.FarfromtheMaddingCrowD.答案D.15.

HenryDavidThoreau＇swork____,hasalwaysbeenregardedasamasterpieceofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.A.WaldenB.ThePioneersC.NatureD.SongofMyself答案A.16.

Thetermtoneinliteraturemeans_____________.A.soundeffectsuchasrhymeandmetricaldeviceB.thepitchofawordusedtodetermineitsmeaninginthegivencontextC.themannerofexpressiontoindicatethespeaker＇sattitudetowardsthesubjectD.ashadeofcolourtoreflectthechangeofthelight答案C.17.

Mr.MicawberinDavidCopperfieldisperhapsthebest________characterscreatedbyCharlesDickens.A.comiC.B.tragiC.C.rounD.D.sophisticateD.答案A.18.

HowmanyperiodsaredividedintointhecreationyearsofShakespeare?A.threeB.fourC.twoD.five19.

Romance,whichusesnarrativeverseorprosetotellstoriesof____adventuresorotherheroicdeeds,isapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod.A.ChristianB.knightlyC.GreekD.primitive答案B.20.

InDavidCopperfield,whogotmarriedwithDavidatlast?A.AgnesB.DorA.C.AmyD.Beth答案A.21.

Foroft,whenonmycouchIlie/Invacantorinpensivemood,/Theyflashuponthatinwardeye/Whichistheblissofsolitude;Theabovelinesaretakenfrom____A.Milton'sParadiseLostB.Wordsworth's“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”C.Shakespeare's“Sonnet18”D.JohnDonne's“TheSunRising”答案B.22.

"TworoadsdivergedinayellowwoodAndsorryIcouldnottravelboth..."IntheabovetwolinesofRobertFrost＇sTheRoadNotTaken,thepoet,byimplication,wasreferringto_________.A.atravelexperienceB.amarriagedecisionC.amiddle-agecrisisD.one＇scourseoflife23.

WhenwesaythatapooryoungmanfromtheWesttriedtomakehisfortuneintheEastbutwasdisillusionedinthequestofanidealizeddream,weareprobablydiscussingabout________＇sthematicconcerninhisfictionwriting.A.HenryJamesB.ScottFitzgeralD.C.ErnestHemingwayD.WilliamFaulkner答案B.24.

WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare＇sSonnet18?A.ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNatureB.ThespeakersatirizeshumanvanityC.ThespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreationD.Thespeakermeditatesonman＇ssalvation.答案C.25.

OfthefollowingAmericanpoets，whoseworkwasfirstrecognizedinEnglandandtheninAmerica？A.WaltWhitmanB.RobertFrostC.EmilyDickinsonD.WallaceStevens答案B.26.

MarkTwaincreated，in________________，amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.A.HuckleberryFinnB.TomSowyerC.TheGildedAgeD.TheMysteriousStranger答案A.27.

RobertFrostisaregionalpoetinthesensethathispoemsaremainlyconcernedaboutthe_________.A.lifeinNewYorkB.countrylifeinNewEnglanD.C.seaadventuresD.lifeontheMississippi答案B.28.

InSisterCarrie,Hurstwood,extremelyhopelessandtotallydevastated,endshislifebyturningonthegas,whileatthesametimeCarrieisrockingcomfortablyinherluxurioushotelroombeforesheboardsashipfor_________.A.NewYorkB.LondonC.ParisD.GenevA.答案B.29.

"CharlesDrouet","GeorgeHustwood","JuliaHustwood"aremostlikelythenamesofthecharactersin__________.A.Shaw’sMrsWarren’sProfessionB.Dreiser’sSisterCarrierC.Shakespeare’sLove’sLabour’sLostD.ChristopherMarlowe’sDr.Faustus答案B.30.

CharlesDicken＇searlyyearswere____A.happyB.difficultC.richD.sunny答案B.31.

ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats＇smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof_________.A.odeB.elegyC.epiC.D.sonnet答案A.32.

OfallthenovelswrittenbyDickens,whichonedidhelikebest?A.OliverTwistB.DavidCopperfielD.C.AtaleofTwoCitiesD.PickwickPapers答案B.33.

AfterTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,TwaingivesaliteraryindependencetoTom＇sbuddyHuckinabookentitled____A.LifeontheMississippiB.TheGildedAgeC.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnD.AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur＇sCourt答案C.34.

whichofwriteristhefriendoffamouspoetLongfellow?A.HawthorneB.JohnMiltonC.ThomasGrayD.JohnKeats答案A.35.

WheredidShakespeareworkinLondonA.farmB.theaterC.factoryD.office答案B.36.

The________Ageofthe1920scharacterizedbyfrivolityandcarelessnessisbroughtvividlytolifeinTheGreatGatsby.A.LostB.JazzC.ReasonD.GildeD.答案B.37.

AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionofA.PiersPlowmanB.SirGawainandtheGreenKnightC.ConfessioAmantisD.TheCanterburyTales答案D.38.

Gatsby，Daisy，Nickarethecharactersof()A.TheBeautifulandDamneD.B.TenderistheNightC.TheGreatGatsbyD.ThisSideofParadiseportrays答案C.39.

"ThisismylettertotheWorld"isapoeticexpressionofEmilyDickinson＇s____abouthercommunicationwiththeoutsideworld.A.indifferenceB.angerC.anxietyD.sorrow答案C.40.

"Somuchtheworseforme,thatIanstrong.DoIwanttolive?Whatkindoflivingwillitbewhenyou-oh,God!/Wouldyouliketolivewithyoursoulinthegrave?"/IntheabovepassagequotedfromEmilyBronte’sWutheringHeights,theword"soul"apparentlyrefersto_________.A.HeathcliffB.CatherineC.ghostD.one'sspirituallift答案B.41.

TheliterarycharactersoftheAmericantypeinearly19thcenturyaregenerallycharacterizedbyallthefollowingfeaturesEXCEPTthattheyA.speaklocaldialectsB.arepoliteandelegantgentlemenC.aresimpleandcrudefarmersD.arenoblesavages(redandwhite)untaintedbysociety答案B.42.

ThenameoftheheroinJaneEyrewas____A.HeathcliffB.RochesterC.JamesD.DaviD.答案B.43.

WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingEXCEPTA.theuseofeverydaylanguagespokenbythecommonpeopleB.theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelingsC.theuseofhumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatterD.theuseofelegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech答案D.44.

Defoe＇sRobinsonCrusoecreatedtheimageofanenterprisingEnglishman,typicaloftheEnglishbourgeoisieinthe________century.A.17thB.18thC.19thD.20th答案B.45.

VirginiaWoolfwasbornina_____A.poorfamilyB.smallfamilyC.richfamilyD.talentedfamily答案D.46.

Ofalltheeighteenth-centurynovelists,_________wasthefirsttosetout,bothintheoryandpractice,towritespecificallya"comicepicinprose,"andthefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.A.DanielDefoeB.SamuelRichardsonC.HenryFieldingD.OliverGoldsmith答案C.47.

"Doyouthink,becauseIampoor,obscure,plain,andlittle,Iamsoullessandheartless?…AndifGodhadgiftedmewithsomebeauty,andmuchwealth,Ishouldhavemadeitashardforyoutoleaveme,asitisnowformetoleaveyou."Theabovequotedpassageismostprobablytakenfrom_________.A.PrideandPrejudiceB.JaneEyreC.WutheringHeightsD.GreatExpectations答案B.48.

Whichofthefollowingisacomedy?A.KinglearB.MacbethC.HamletD.TheMerryWivesofWindsor答案D.49.

Thelines,"Theonlyothersound’sthesweep/Ofeasywindanddownyflake",arefoundin_____________.A.RobertFrost’sStoppingbywoodsonaSnowyEvening"B.WilliamWordsworth’s"LinesWritteninEarlySpring"C.JohnKeats’s"OdetoAutumn"D.PercyByssheShelly’s"odetotheWestWind"答案A.50.

WhenShakespearearrivedinLondonin1586or1587,whichinfollowingwaspopularityamongthepeople.A.dramA.B.poetryC.proseD.fiction答案A.51.

whichofthefollowingisNOTwrittenbyHardy?A.TheReturnofthenativeB.ATaleofTwoCitiesC.Tessofd＇UrbervillesD.JudetheObscure答案B.52.

WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutTheScarletLetterisNOTtrue?A.Itexploresman＇snever-endingsearchforthesatisfactionofmaterialisticdesires.B.Itrelatestheconflictsbetweenthesocietyandtheindividual.C.Itisabouttheeffectofsinonthepeopleinvolvedandthesocietyasawhole.D.Itpresentsapsychologicalanalysisoftheinwardtensionsofthecharacters.答案B.53.

WhichofthefollowingisNOTwrittenbyJaneAusten?A.SenseandSensibilityB.PrideandPrejudiceC.JaneEyreD.EmmA.答案C.54.

WhichbookmarkedtheturningpointofHawthornw＇careerandhispersonallife?A.Twice-ToldTalesB.FanshaweC.TheScarletLetterD.MosessfromanOldManse答案A.55.

Inhispoetry,Wordsworthshowsconcernfornatureand________.A.thecolonistsB.thecapitalistsC.thelabouringpeopleD.theintellectuals答案C.56.

ThepoemIwanderedLonelyasaCloudwaswrittenby____A.DorothyWordsworthB.WilliamWordsworthC.ColeridgeD.JohnKeats答案B.57.

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Thackeray.A.poetryB.dramA.C.proseD.epicprose答案D.58.

TheworkShakespearewrotein1600is________.A.KinglearB.TwelfthNightC.JuliusCaesarD.MuchadoaboutNothing答案B.59.

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