英美文学选读Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each) 2002-2012 4月真题集 33. 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.
A. Sentimentalism B. Romanticism C. Realism D. Naturalism 34.American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were(a)“ ,”devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization.
A. Lost Generation B. Beat Generation C. Sons of Liberty D. Angry Young Men
35. In , Washington Irving agrees with the protagonist on his preference of the past to the present, and of a dream-like world to the real world.
A. “Young Goodman Brown” B.“Rip Van Winkle” C. “Rappaccini’s Daughter” D.“Bartleby, the Scrivener” 36. Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely characters in . A. The House of the Seven Gables B. The Scarlet Letter C. The Portrait of a Lady D. The Pioneers 37. Like Nathaniel Hawthorne, also manages to achieve the effect of ambiguity through symbolism and allegory in his narratives. A. Mark Twain B. Henry James C. R. W. Emerson D. Herman Melville 38. In his realistic fiction, Henry James’s primary concern is to present the . A. inner life of human beings B. American Civil War and its effects C. life on the Mississippi River D. Calvinistic view of original sin 39. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twain’s writing style?（ ）
A. Simple vernacular. B. Local color C. Lengthy psychological analyses D. Richness of irony and humor. 40. Which of the following statements about E. Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story“A Rose for Emily,”is NOT true? A. She has a distorted personality. B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed. C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South D. She is the victim of the past glory.
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1. “And we will sit upon the rocks, /Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,/By shallow rivers to whose falls/Melodious birds sing madrigals.” The above lines are taken from ______. A. Milton’s Paradise Lost B. Marlowe’s “The Passionate shepherd to His Love” C. Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” D. John Donne’s “The Sun Rising” 2. The English Renaissance period was an age of ______ .
A. poetry and drama B. drama and novel C. novel and poetry D. romance and poetry
3. Here are four lines taken from Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene: “But on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore,/The deare remembrance
of his dying Lord,/For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore,/And dead as living ever him adored.” Who is the “dying Lord” discussed in the above lines?
A. Beowulf B. King Arthur C. Jesus Christ D. Jupiter
4. In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.
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 5. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s 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 man’s salvation. 6. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called ______. A. heroic couplet B. quatrain C. Spenserian stanza D. terza rima
7. “Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,/Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;/Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile /The short and simple annals of the poor.” The above lines are taken from .
A. Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism B. Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”
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英美文学选读Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each) 2002-2012 4月真题集 C. John Donne’s “The Sun Rising” D. Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
8. By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of Vanity Fair, John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious ______of his time. A. persecution B. improvement C. prosperity D. disillusionment
9. The 18th century witnessed a new literary form－the modern English novel, which, contrary to the medieval romance, gives a ______ presentation of life of the common people. A. romantic B. realistic C. prophetic D. idealistic
10. As a whole, ______is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life— socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally. A. Moll Flanders B. Gulliver’s Travels C. Pilgrim’s Progress D. The School for Scandal
11. An honest, kind-hearted young man, who is full of animal spirit and lacks prudence, is expelled from the paradise and has to go through hard experience to gain knowledge of himself and finally to have been accepted both by a virtuous lady and a rich relative .
The above sentence may well sum up the theme of Fielding’s work . A. Jonathan Wild the Great B. Tom Jones C. The Coffe-House Politician D. Amelia
12. In Sheridan’s The School for scandal, the man who wins the hand of his beloved as well as the inheritance of his rich uncle is ______ .
A. Charles Surface B. Joseph Surface C. Sir Peter Teazle D. Sir Benjamin Backbite
13. Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18th-century England?
A. Robinson Crusoe B. Gulliver’s Travels C. Jonathan Wild the Great D. A Sentimental Journey 14. Shelley’s masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound, is a verse drama, which borrows the basic story from ______ . A. the Bible B. a German legend C. a Greek play D. One Thousand and One Nights 15. In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a (n) ______ of the Bennet family . A. high opinion B. great admiration C. low opinion D. erroneous view 16. In Byron’s poem “Song for the Luddites,” the word “Luddite” refers to the ______ . A. workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemployment B. rising bourgeoisie who fights against the aristocratic class C. descendents of the ancient king ,Lud
D. poor country people who suffered under the rule of the landlord class
17. Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens. A. comic B.tragic C. round D.sophisticated
18. A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral ______ , exposing all kinds of social evils.
A. revolutionaries B. idealists C. critics D. defenders
19. “Is it not sufficient for your infernal selfishness, that while you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell?”(Heathcliff uttered the sentence in the death scene of Catherine from Chapter XV of Wuthering Heights.) The word “hell” at the end of the quoted sentence refers to ______ . A. Heaven B. Hades C. the next world D. this world
20. A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of _____, who never pays any attention to human feelings. A. justice B. humor C. morality D. property
21. “He was silent with conceit of his son. Mrs. Morel sniffed, as if it were nothing.”(Sons and Lovers by D.H.Lawrence)From the above quotation, we can see that Mrs. Morel’s attitude to her husband is ______ . A. sincerely warm B. genuinely kind C. seemingly angry D. merely contemptuous
22. A boy makes a quest of his idealized childish love through painful experience up to the point of losing his innocence and coming to see the drabness and harshness of the adult world. The above sentence may well sum up the major theme of ______. A. Eliot’s poem The love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock B. Bernard shaw’s play Mrs. Warren’s Profession C. Joyce’s story Araby
D. Lawrence’s story The Horse Dealer’s Daughter
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英美文学选读Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each) 2002-2012 4月真题集 23. Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry James’s fiction is noted for his ______. A. frontier vernacular B. rich colloquialism C. vulgarly descriptive words D. refined elegant language 24. Which of the following statements about Washington Irving is NOT true? A. Literary imagination should breed in a land rich in the past culture.
B. He is preoccupied with the Calvinistic view of original sin and the mystery of evil. C. His stories are among the best of the American literature.
D. Some of his works are based on the materials of the European legendary tales.
25. Which of the following is NOT one of the main ideas advocated by Emerson, the chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism?
A. As an individual, man is divine and can develop and improve himself infinitely. B. Nature exercises a healthy and restorative influence on human beings.
C. There exists an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal “Oversoul.” D. Evil and sin are ever present in human heart and will pass on from one generation to another.” 26. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ______ . A. the strict poetic form B. the free and natural rhythm C. the easy flow of feelings D. the simple and conversational language
27. “Then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” In the quoted sentence, the author might imply that ______.
A. nothing changes in the 5000 years of human history
B. man’s desire to conquer nature can only end in his own destruction C. nature is evil as it was 5000 years ago D. nature has the ultimate creative power
28. “Standing on the bare ground,—my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space ,—all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.” The above passage is taken from ______.
A. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin B. Cooper’s “Leatherstocking Tales” C. Emerson’s “Nature” 29. Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?
D. Dreiser’s Sister Carrie
A. Stowe’s Uncle Ton’s Cabin B. James’s The Portrait of a Lady. C. Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms D. Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.
30. Beside symbolism, all the following qualities EXCEPT ______are fused to make Melville’s Moby-Dick a world classic. A. narrative power B. psychological analysis C. speculative agility D. optimistic view of life
31. 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. A. Puritan B. materialistic C. psychological D. religious
32. In Daisy Miller, Henry James reveals Daisy’s ______ by showing her relatively unreserved manners. A. hypocrisy B. cold and indifference C. grace and patience D. Americanness
33.The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all the following EXCEPT ______. A. a return to nature
B. an escape from evils, injustices, and corruption of the civilized society C. the American society in the early 19th century
D. a small world where people of different colors can live friendly and happily
34. Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily,” can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities EXCEPT______.
A. old values B. rigid ideas of social status C. bigotry and eccentricity D. harmony and integrity 35. As a Modernist poet ,Pound is noted for his active involvement in the ______ . A. cubist school of modern painting B. Imagist Movement C. stream-of-consciousness technique D. German Expressionism
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英美文学选读Multiple Choice (40 points in all, 1 for each) 2002-2012 4月真题集 36. The statement that a boy’s night journey to an Indian village to witness the violence of both birth and death provides all the possibilities of a learning experience may well sum up the major theme of ______ . A. Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily” B. Hemingway’s story “Indian Camp” C. Irving’s story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” D. James’s story “Daisy Miller” 37. Which of the following plays by O’Neill can be read autobiographically?
A. The Hairy Ape B. The Emperor Jones C. The Iceman Cometh D. Long Day’s Journey Into Night
38. When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in the East but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about ______’s thematic concern in his fiction writing. A. Henry James B. Scott Fitzgerald C. Ernest Hemingway D. William Faulkner 39.After his experiences in the forest, Young Goodman Brown returns to Salem ______.
A. desperate and gloomy B. renewed in his faith C. wearing a black veil D. unaware of his own sin
40. 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 ______.
A. Methodist preacher B. a justice of the peace C. a riverboat pilot D. a pirate on the Indian ocean
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1. “For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close
prisoner in the dark and solitary room ...”(Dickens, Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask for?
[A]More time to play. [B]More food to eat [C]More book to read. [D]More money to spend. 2. Mrs. Warren’s Profession is one of George Bernard Shaw’s plays. What is Mrs. Warren’s profession then ?
[A]Real estate. [B]Prostitution. [C]House-keeping. [D]Farming.
3. Dr. Faustus is a play based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for
and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil. [A]immortality [B]political [C]money [D]knowledge
4. The statement “A demanding mother turns away from her husband and gives all her affection to her sons” sums up the main plot of D. H. Lawrence’s .
[A]Lady Chatterley’s Lover [B]Women in love [C]Sons and Lovers [D]The Plumed Serpent
5.“Come to me－come to me entirely now,” said he ; and added, in his deepest tone, speaking in my ear as his cheek was laid on mine, “Make my happiness－I will make yours.” The above passage presents a scene in . *A+Emily Bronte’s Withering Heights [B]Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre
[C]John Galsworthy′s The Forsyte Saga [D]Thomas Hardy′s Tess of the D′Urbervilles 6. Which of the following is NOT written by William Butler Yeats? *A+ “Sailing to Byzantium.” *B+ “The Lake Isle of Innisfree.” *C+ “Leda and the Swan.” *D+ “The Waste Land.” 7. “Drive my dead thought over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth.” (Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ode to the West Wind”)
What rhetorical device does the poet use in the quoted lines? [A]Synecdoche. [B]Metaphor. [C]Simile. [D]Onomatopoeia.
8. Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Grusoe, of York, Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe)by . [A]Jonathan Swift [B]Daniel Defoe [C]George Eliot [D]D.H.Lawrence 9. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is an epigrammatic line by . [A]John Keats [B]William Blake [C]William Wordsworth [D]Percy Bysshe Shelley 10. Christoper Marlow’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” is a (n) .
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11. Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of the characteristics of Renaissance humanism? [A]Cultivation of the art of this world and this life. [B]Tolerance of human foibles.
[C]Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture. [D]Glorification of religious faith.
12. “In dream vision Arthur witnessed the loveliness of Gloriana, and upon awaking resolves to seek her.” The two literary
figures Arthur and Gloriana are form . *A+Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene
*B+William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
*C+Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His love” *D+John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”
13. Which of the following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy’s later works?
[A]Sentimentalism. [B]Tragic sense. [C]Surrealism. [D]Comic sense. 14. “...This grew: I gave commands; / Then all smiles stopped altogether....”
(Robert Browning, “My Last Duchess”)
The above lines imply that . [A]the Duchess was killed by her husband
*B+the Duchess stopped smiling at her husband’s order [C]the Duchess died of laughing too much
[D]the Duchess did not want to smile as much as her husband requested
15. In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,” “Houyhnhnm,” and “Yahoo”? *A+James Joyce’s Ulsses. *B+Charles Dickens’s Bleak House. *C+Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. *D+D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love. 16. As a literary figure, Belinda appears in Alexander Pope’s .
*A+ “The Dunciad” *B+ “An Essay on Man” *C+ “An Essay on Criticism” *D+ “The Rape of the lock” 17. “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” This novel is most probably . [A]Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield
*B+James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man *C+Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Growd *D+Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones
18. “To wage by force or guile eternal war,
Irreconcilable to our grand Foe.”（John Milton, Paradise lost)
By what means were Satan and his followers to wage this war against God? [A]By planting a tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden. *B+By turning into poisonous snakes to threaten man’s life. [C]By removing God from His throne.
[D]By corrupting man and woman created by God.
19. “When the evening is spread out against the sky /Like a patient etherized upon a table.”
(T. s. Eliot, “The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock”)What does the image in the quoted lines suggest? [A]Violence. [B]Horror. [C]Inactivity. [D]Indifference.
20. Which of the following is NOT typical of metaphysical poetry best represented by John Donne’s works? [A]Common speech [B]Conceit [C]Argument [D]Refined language. 21. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following except . [A]normal contemporary speech patterns [B]humble and rustic life as subject matter
[C]elegant wording and inflated figures of speech
[D]intensely subjective feeling toward individual experience
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