《英美文学》练习题库及答案.doc

1、1英美文学练习测试题库及答案 本科I Of the four alternative answer, choose the one that would best complete the statement:1. Benjamin Franklin was born in the family of a small _.A. Landlord B. merchant C. lawyer D. clergyman2. Ralph Waldo Emersons leading reputation began with the publication of_.A. Essays B. Natur

2、e C. Oversoul D. Self-Relience3. Ellen Poe was both a poet and a _.A. dramatist B. essayist C actor D. fiction writer.4. Nathaniel Hawthornes view of man and human history originates in _.A. Puritanism B. Socialism C. Transcendentalism D. naturalism5. Walt Whitman was born and brought up in a family

3、 of a _.A. Peasant B. carpenter C. captain D. printer6. Mark Twains first successful literary work is _.A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County B. Life on the MississippiC. The Adventure of Tom Sawyer D. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn7. Closely related to Emily Dickinsons religious po

4、etry are her poems concerning _.A. Childhood B.youth and happiness C. loneliness D. death and immortality8. Among the works of Dreiser, the bet known to the Chinese readers is _.A. An American Tragedy B. Sister Carrie C. Th Financier D. The Titan9. Robert Frosts works mainly focus on the landscape a

5、nd people in _.A. the West B. American South C. New England D. Mississippi10. Most of the plays Eugene ONeill wrote are _.A. comedies B. . romances C. historical plays D tragedies11. Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the _.A. modern time B. young Americans C. Jazz Age D. Guil

6、ded Age12. _ is Hemingways masterpiece, which is about the old fisherman Santiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin.A. Farewell to Arms B. For whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also Rises D. The Old Man and The Sea13. As a great fiction writer, William Faulker devotes most of his works to the de

7、scription of the life and the people in the _.A. American West B. New England in America C. American South D. American North14. When he was young, Benjamin Franklin became an apprentice in a _.A. printing house B. store C. Tailors shop D. factory15. Ralph Emerson was born in a family of a _.A. merch

8、ant B. businessman C. clergyman D. writer16. Ellen Poe began his literary career by writing _;A. short stories B. plays C. essays D. poems17. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is _ in every hearer, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to acti

9、vity.2A. evil B. virtue C. kindness D. tragedy18. Whitman is radically innovative in term of form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subjects and new feelings is _.A. blank verse B. free verse C. heroic couplet D. sonnet19. Mark Twain shaped the worlds view of America and made a combination

10、of serious literature and _.A. American folk humor B. English folkloreC. American traditional values D. funny jokes20. Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote _ poems, of which only severn had appeared during her lifetime.A. 1145 B. 1775 C. 897 D. 78521. Theodore Dreiser is generally acknowledged as one o

11、f Americas literary _.A. realists B. naturalists C. romantists D. modernists22. In Frosts poems, images and metaphors in his poems are drawn from _.A. the simple country life B. the urban lifeC. the life on the sea D. the adventures and trips23. Scott Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his

12、 fiction to deal with the bankruptcy of the _.A. American Dream B. ruling classes B. American Capitalists D.American bourgeoisie 24. Eugene ONeill is regarded as the founder of American _.A. poetry B. drama C. fiction D. literature25. _ is Hemingways masterpiece, which tells a story about the tragic

13、 love of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.A. A Farewell to Arms B. The Sun Also RisesC. For Whom the Bell Tolls D. In Our Time26. William Faulkner was born in a family of a _.A. merchant B. colonel C. manager D. doctor27. In his essays, _ put forward his philosophy of the over soul, t

14、he important of the Individual and Nature.A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Washington Irving C. Mark Twain D. Ralph Waldo Emerson28. The chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism is _A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Henry David Thoreau D. Washington Irving29. _ literary world turns o

15、ut to be a most disturbed, tormented and problematical one, which has much to do with his “black” vision of life and human beings.A. Herman Melvilles B. Washington Irvings C. Nathaniel Hawthornes D. Walt Whitmans30. Most of the poems in _ sing of the “en-masse” and the self as well.A. Leaves of Gras

16、s B. Drum Taps C. North of Boston D. The Cantos31. In _, Whitman airs his sorrow at President Lincolns death.A. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” B. “A Pact” 3C. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomd D. There was a Child Went Forth”32. In _, Whitmans own early experience may well be identified with the ch

17、ildhood of a young growing America.A. “A Pact” B. “Song of Myself” C. “There was a Child Went Forth” D. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”33. In _, Hawthorne sets out to prove that everyone possesses some evil secret.A. “The Custom-House” B. “Young Goodman Brown” C. “Rappaccinis Daughter” D. “The Birthmark“3

18、4._ is called by Hemingway the one from which “all modern American literature comes.”A. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer C. The Gilded Age D. Life on the Mississippi35. Theodore Dreisers forgiving treatment of the career of his heroine in _ also draws heavily upon t

19、he naturalistic understanding of sexuality.A McTeague B. An American Tragedy C. Sister Carrie D. The Genius36. _ is a great giant of American, whom H.L.Mencken considers “the true father of our national literature.”A. Henry James B. Washington Irving C. Mark Twain D. Theodore Dreiser37. _ is usually

20、 regarded as a classic book written for boys about their particular horrors and joys.A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer B. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Innocents Abroad D. Life on the Mississippi38. _ is described by Mark Twain as a boy with “a sound heart and a deformed conscience.”A. Tom Sawy

21、er B. Huckleberry Finn C. Jim D.Tony39. _ is considered to be Theodore Dreisers greatest work.A. An American Tragedy B. Sister Carrie C. The Financier D. The Titan40. The leading playwright of the modern period in American literature, if not the most successful in all his experiments, is _A. Arthur

22、Miller B. Tennessee William C. George Bernard Shaw D. Eugene ONeil41. The well-known soliloquy by Hamlet “To be , or not to be shows hisA. hatred for his uncle B. love for lifeC. resolution of revenge D. inner- strife42. _ is a play that concerns the problem of modern mans identity.A. The Hairy Ape

23、B. Long Days Journey Into Night C. The Iceman Cometh D. The Emperor Jones43. In a tragic sense, _ is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerable forces in which only a partial victory is possible.A. For Whom the Bell Tolls B. In Our Time C. The Old Man and the Sea D. A Farewell to A

24、rms 44. Faulkner once said that _ is a story of “ lost innocence, which proves itself to be and intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.A. The Sound and the Fury B. Light in August C. Go Down, Moses D. Absalom, Absalom!45. In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the _ device

25、s in narration.A. Romantic B. Realistic C. Gothic D. Modernist46. _ is Hemingways first true novel in which he depicts a vivid portrait of “The lost Generation.”A. The Sun Also Rises B. A Farewell to Arms C. In Our Time D. For Whom the Bell Tolls47. The only dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize was _

26、.A. Bernard Shaw B. Eugene ONeil C. Richard Brinsley Sheridan D. William Shakespeare48. By means of “free verse,” _ believes that he has turned the poem into an open field, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination to play.A. Emily Dickinson B. Walt Whitman C. Rober

27、t Frost D. Ezra Pound449. An eccentric woman who refuses to accept the passage of time, or the inevitable change and loss that accompanies it may probably refer to _.A. Irene in The Man of Property B. Emily in A Rose for Emily C. Catherine in Wuthering Heights D. the widow Douglas in Adventures of H

28、uckleberry Finn50. One source of evil that Nathaniel Hawthorne is concerned most is overreaching intellect. Which of the following stories is one of this kind?A. Rappaccinis Daughter B. Young Goodman Brown C. The Ministers Black Veil D. The Birthmark51. “ In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall

29、 you dream such happiness as you may never feel.” This is the last sentence of _ .A. Sister Carrie B. An American Tragedy C. The Genius D. Jane Eyre52. In Walt Whitmans “There was a Child Went Forth,” the child refers to _.A. the poet himself as a child B. any American child C. the young America D.

30、one of the poets neighbor53. The _ techniques are used in some of Eugene ONeils plays to highlight the theatrical effect of the rupture between the two sides of an individual human being, the private and the public.A. naturalistic B. expressionistic C. stream-of-consciousness D. metaphysical54. Whic

31、h of the following is true as far as Emily Dickinsons poetry is concerned?A. She seldom uses dashes. B. All her poems are about death or immorality. C. Her poems are very personal and meditative D. Her poems usually have well-chosen titles.55. In his poems, Whitman tends to use _. A. oral English B.

32、 the Kings English C. American English D. old English56. As far as Nathaniel Hawthornes art is concerned, which of the following statement is true?A. His The Scarlet Letter tells a love story.B. His art is deeply influenced by Puritanism because he was a puritan himself.C. Young Goodman Brown is a s

33、tory about superstition.D. Ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of his art.57. “I like to see it lap the MilesAnd lick the Valleys up And stop to feed itself at TanksAnd then ” (Emily Dickinson, “I like to see it lap the Miles“)Here “it” refers to _ .A. love B. death C. a fly D. the train

34、58. Which of the following statements concerning Theodore Dreisers style is correct?A. Dreisers Cowperwood trilogy includes The Financier, The Titan and The GeniusB. His novels have little detail descriptions of characters and events. C. His novels are written in refined language.D. His style is not

35、 polished but very serious.59. _ has long been well known as a poet who can hardly be classified with the old or the new.A. Ezra Pound B. Robert Lee Frost C. T. S. Eliot D. Emily Dickinson60. F. Scott Fitzgerald skillfully employs the device of having events observe by _ to his great advantage.A. a

36、“central consciousness” B. his double vision C. more than one witness D. the protagonists561. Shakespeare wrote _sonnets.A. 125 B. 154 C. 245 D. 13862. Francis Bacon is not only a great _, but also the founder of modern science.A. poet B. essayist C. dramatist D. novelist63. John Milton became blind

37、 mainly because of_.A. reading B. disease C. hard work D. accident64. Paradise lost is a great _ consisting of 12 books.A. epic B. story C. lyric poem D. narrative poem65.The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is “_”.A. A Tale of a Tub B. The Battle of the BooksC. A Modest Proposal

38、 D. Gullivers Travels66. The first comedy Sheridan wrote is _.A. The School for Scandal B. The CriticC. A Trip to Scarborough D. The Rivals67.”_” is the cooperative work of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge.A. Tintern Abbey B. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerC. Lyrical Ballads D. Prelude68.“The

39、 Isles of Greece” is a part of Byrons masterpiece “_”A. Don Juan B. Childe Harolds PrigrimageC. Oriental Tales D. Manfred 69.Percy Shellys greatest achievement is his four- act poetic drama “_”.A. Men of England B. Prometheus UnboundC. Ode to the West Wind D. The Revolt of Islam70.At the age of fift

40、een, Keats became an apprentice to a _.A. landlord B. apothecary C. stable keeper D. doctor71.Jane Austen was the daughter of a _.A. landlord B. merchant C. lawyer D. rector72.The novel Pride and prejudice by Austen mainly centres round the relationship between _.A. Mr.Bennet and Mrs.Bennet B. Darcy

41、 and ElizabethC. Bingley and Jane D. Sir William and Luccas73. Bronte Sisters are all outstanding _.A. essayists B. playwrights C. poets D. novelists74.Most of Hardys later works show his _ view of life.A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. practical D. ironical 75. Structurally and thematically Bernad Sh

42、aw followed the great traditions of _ A. realism B. romanticism. C. modernism D. classicism76.Shakespeare is one of the greatest playwrights and _ the world has ever known.A. poets B. novelists C. essayists D. critics77.The greatest plays Shakespeare creates are_.A. histories B. comedies C. tragedies D. tragicomedies78. Bacon is not only a essayist and philosopher, but also a _.A. lawyer B. scientist C. historian D. dramatist79.John Milton is a great poet in the _ PeoriD.A. Renaissance B. Neoclassical C. Romantic D. Real