英美文学选择题-附答案版.doc

1、1. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeares Sonnet 18?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 mans salvation.2. _used narrative verse or p

2、rose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds.A. Sonnet B. Romance C. Novel D. Drama3.The hero of romance was usually the _, who set out a journey to accomplish some missions-to protect the church, to attack infidelity, to rescue a maiden，to meet a challenge, or to obey a knightly command.A

3、. soldier B. poet C. knight（骑士） D. singer4. _ marked the beginning of Romanticism in English poetry.A. Wuthering Heights B. A Red, Red Rose C. Lyrical Ballads （抒情歌谣集） D. Ode to the West Wind5. “So long as man can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.This quotation

4、 is a _. A. quatrain B. ballad C. trimeter D. couplet（相连并押韵的两行诗，对句）6. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line from _.A. She Walks in Beauty B. Ode to the West Wind（西风颂）C. The Solitary Reaper D. On the Seas and Far Away7._ is the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and Engli

5、sh people. A. Hamlet B. Beowulf C. Utopia D. Lyrical Ballads8. Which of the following is not included in the most famous four tragedies of William Shakespeare?A. Hamlet B. Othello C. The Merchant of Venice D. King Lear9. _ is the forerunner of English realistic novel, also the writer of the famous n

6、ovel“Robinson Crusoe”. A. Henry Fielding B. Samuel Richardson C. Daniel Defoe（笛福） D. Jonathan Swift 10. Which of the following was not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? A. The American Scholar（论美国学者） B. Nature C. Self-Reliance D. Walden（瓦尔登湖）11. He was called “ father of American Literature” and his s

7、tories “ Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”（睡谷的传说） are widely read even today.Who is he? A. Washington Irving（欧文） B. Sherwood Anderson C. Mark Twain D. Ernest Hemingway12. Generally speaking, which literary school was Mark Twain grouped into?A.romanticism B.realism C.naturalism D. pos

8、t-modernism13. The major trend in American literature in the first half of the 19th century is_A. romanticism B. realism C. sentimentalism D. naturalism14. Who is usually acknowledged as the originator of detective fiction? A. Washington Irving B. William Dean Howells C. Mark Twain D. Edgar Allan Po

9、e（埃德加爱伦 坡）15. Which of the following is NOT true about Robert Burns?A. He wrote in Scottish dialect.B. He was a peasant poet.C. His language is plain.D. A Red Red Rose, Auld Lang Syne and The Song of Innencenc are his poems.16. In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative（创新的） in the terms of the form o

10、f his poetry, which is called “_.”A. free verse(自由诗体) B. blank verseC. alliteration D. end rhyming17.The five“I”s in Romanticism is: Imagination, Intuition, Idealism, _.A. integrality and Inspiration B. Inspiration and IndividualityC. Individuality and integrality D. integrality and Industry18.I Die

11、d for Beauty was written by _?A. Walt Whitman B. Emily Dickinson（艾米丽狄金森）C. Robert Frost D. Stephen Crane19. Which literary school was Charles Dickens generally grouped into?A. The English Critical Realism of the Nineteenth CenturyB. The English Realistic School of the Eighteenth CenturyC. The Englis

12、h Romanticism of the Nineteenth CenturyD. The English Modernism of the Twentieth Century20. Which of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy? A. Tess of DUrberville B. Far from the Madding CrowdC. Jude the Obscure D. The Forsyte Saga21. American literature is based on a myth, that is, the Bibl

13、ical myth of _.A. Genesis B. the Garden of EdenC. the Deliverance from Slavery D. Song of Songs22. Among four of the following writers , who was the author of Invisible Man?A. Ralph Waldo Ellison B. Richard Wright(1908-1960C. Langston Hughes D. Frederick Douglass 23. _ is the national epic of the An

14、glo-Saxon and English people. A. Hamlet B. Utopia C. Beowulf D. Lyrical Ballads24. Utopia was written by _.A. Thomas More B. John MiltonC. John Keats D. Ben Johnson25. “So long as man can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.This quotation is taken from “ _”. A. S

15、he Walks in Beauty B. Ode to the West WindC. The Solitary Reaper D. Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare26. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line from _.A. She Walks in Beauty B. Ode to the West WindC. The Solitary Reaper D. On the Seas and Far Away27. The hero of romance

16、was usually the _, who set out a journey to accomplish some missions-to protect the church, to attack infidelity, to rescue a maiden，to meet a challenge, or to obey a knightly command.A. soldier B. poet C. knight D. singer28. Which of the following is a comedy by William Shakespeare?A. Hamlet B. Oth

17、ello C. The Merchant of Venice D. King Lear29. _ is the forerunner of English realistic novel, also the writer of the famous novel“Robinson Crusoe”. A. Henry Fielding B. Samuel Richardson C. Daniel Defoe D. Jonathan Swift 30. Which of the following was written by Henry David Thoreau? A. The American

18、 Scholar B. NatureC. Self-Reliance D. Walden31. He was called “ father of American Literature” and his stories “ Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are widely read even today.Who is he? A. Sherwood Anderson B. Washington IrvingC. Mark Twain D. Ernest Hemingway32. Generally speaking, w

19、hich literary school was Mark Twain grouped into?A.romanticism B.realism C.naturalism D. post-modernism33. The major trend in American literature in the last decade of the 19th century was _.A. romanticism B. modernism C. sentimentalism D. naturalism34. Who is usually acknowledged as the originator

20、of detective fiction? A. Washington Irving B. William Dean Howells C. Mark Twain D. Edgar Allan Poe35. Which of the following is NOT true about Robert Burns?A. He wrote in Scottish dialect.B. He was a peasant poet.C. A Red Red Rose, Auld Lang Syne and The Solitary Reaper are his poems.D. His languag

21、e is plain.36. Who wrote the famous short story The Triumph of the Egg?A. Sherwood Anderson B. Washington IrvingC. Mark Twain D. Ernest Hemingway37.Who wrote Catch-22 (1961) the first book to treat the absurdist theme with absurdist technique？A. Sherwood Anderson B. Ernest HemingwayC. Joseph Heller

22、D. Thomas Pynch38.I Died for Beauty was written by _?A. Henry David Thoreau B. Emily DichinsonC. Robert Frost D. Stephen Crane39. Which literary school was Charles Dickens generally grouped into?A. The English Critical Realism of the Nineteenth CenturyB. The English Realistic School of the Eighteent

23、h CenturyC. The English Romanticism of the Nineteenth CenturyD. The English Modernism of the Twentieth Century40. Poor Richards Almanac was a calendar, which includes a large amount of information about weather, astronomy, puzzles, mathematics, practical household, etc. It was written by _.A. Washin

24、gton Irving B. Jonathan EdwardsC. Thomas Jefferson D. Benjamin Franklin41. “Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines.” The underlined phrase refers to _.A. black hole B. the sun C. the moon D. the star42. _ was categorized into the group of dark romanticism. He believed that there was evil in every

25、 human heart, which might remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstance might rouse it to activity.A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Hermen MelvilleC. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Edgar Allan Poe 43. Renaissance originated in _ in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe until the 17

26、th century.A. Italy B. German C. Britain D. Greece44. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally concerning _.A. nature, man and the universeB. the relationship between man and womanC. the development of Romanticism in American

27、 literatureD. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism45. Who was called “ father of American Literature” ? His stories “ Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are widely read even today.A. Washington Irving B. Sherwood Anderson C. Mark Twain D. Ernest Hemingway46. In the title Vanity

28、 Fair, “Fair” means _.A. town B market C. place D. equality47._ is the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people. A. Hamlet B. Beowulf C. Utopia D. Lyrical Ballads48. _ believes that the chief aim of literary creation is beauty, and “the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the m

29、ost poetical topic in the world.”A. Walt Whitman B. Edgar Allen PoeC. Anne Bradstreet D. Ralph Waldo Emerson49. Idealized figures most often appear in _.A. Romantic poetry B. Renaissance drama C. Enlightenment literature D. Victorian novels50. _ employs the language of common man in literary writing

30、.A. Thomas Hardy B. Emily Bronte. C. William Wordsworth D. John Milton51. Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale .Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely characters in_.A. The House of the Seven Gables B. The Scarlet LetterC. The Portrait of a Lady D. The Pioneers52. The Victorian Age witnessed the perfection of

31、 _ in the hands of Thackeray and Dickens.A. poetry B. drama C. novel D. epic53. All the following issues EXCEPT _ were emphasized by the British Romantic writers.A. individual feelings B. idea of survival of the fittest C. strong imagination D. return to nature54. “Where thoughts serenely sweet expr

32、ess / How pure, how dear their dwelling-place”. The underlined part means _.A. beauty B. wisdom C. brain D. heart55. All of the following poets are regarded as “Lake Poets” EXCEPT _. A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. Robert SoutheyC. William Wordsworth D. William Blake56. Which of the following is NOT t

33、he virtue that Franklin enumerated in his The Autobiography? A. Temperance B. Humanity (Humility)C. Frugality D. Immoderation57. Renaissance was the humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Eu

34、rope until the 17th century. The underlined word means .A Greek B German C old D Greek and Roman58. Didactic and satirical literature was dominant in the _ .A. Renaissance B. Age of Enlightenment C. Victorian Age D age of Romanticism59. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives t

35、his, and this gives life to thee.” (Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to ?A. Love B. Poetry C. Summer D. Time60. Which of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy? A. Tess of DUrberville B. Far from the Madding CrowdC. Jude the Obscure D. The Forsyte Saga练习题：1. Shakespeares comple

36、te works include _.A. 37 plays, 4 tragedies and 154 sonnets.B .154 plays, 2 narrative poems and 37 sonnets.C. 37 plays, 2 narrative poems and 154 sonnets.D. 73 plays, 4 tragedies, and 154 sonnets.6. “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” is a declarative statement taken f

37、rom _.A. The Solitary Reaper B. Lyrical BalladsC. She Walks in Beauty D. On the Seas and Far Away10. Which of the following was written by Henry David Thoreau? A. The American Scholar B. NatureC. Self-Reliance D. Walden17. By the 7th century the small kingdoms on the British Island were combined cal

38、led England, or the land of _.A. Britons B. Angles C. Saxons D. Jutes19. He was founder and great master of the historical novel in British literature, and whose death marks the ending of Romantic Period in Britain. Who was he?A. George Gordon Byron B. Thomas MoreC. John Keats D. Walter Scott20. Whi

39、ch of the following was not written by Thomas Hardy? A. Tess of DUrberville B. Far from the Madding CrowdC. Jude the Obscure D. The Forsyte Saga2. In 1798, together with _, William Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads, which marked the break with 18th century classicism and the beginning of romantic

40、ism in English poetry. A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. Robert Burns C. John Keats D. William Blake7. David Copperfield (1850) is, to a certain extent, an autobiographical novel by _.A. Henry Fielding B. Charles Dickens C. Daniel Defoe D. Jonathan Swift 8. Which of the following plays is a comedy compo

41、sed by William Shakespeare?A. Hamlet B. Othello C. The Merchant of Venice D. King Lear12. Generally speaking, which literary school was John Keats grouped into?A. romanticism B. realism C. naturalism D. post-modernism20. Poor Richards Almanac was a calendar, which includes a large amount of informat

42、ion about weather, astronomy, puzzles, mathematics, practical household, etc. It was written by _.A. Washington Irving B. Jonathan EdwardsC. Thomas Jefferson D. Benjamin Franklin1. The early inhabitants on the island we now called England were _, a tribe of Celts. From the Britons the island got its

43、 name of Britain, the land of Britons.A. Britons B. Angles C. Saxons D. Jutes2. Paradise Lost (1667) was written by _.A. Thomas More B. John MiltonC. John Keats D. Ben Johnson3. _, founder of modern science, his New Instrument (1602) tells some of the secrets of the inductive method of reasoning, and Of Studies is one of his most famous essays. A. Thomas More B. John MiltonC. Francis Bacon D. Ben Johnson10. _ believes that the chief aim of literary creation is beauty, and “the death of a beautiful wom