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英美文学选择 题 快递公司问题件快递公司问题件货款处理关于圆的周长面积重点题型关于解方程组的题及答案关于南海问题 1. The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events, which one of the following is NOT such an event. A. The rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture. B. England’s domestic rest C. New discovery in geography and astrology. D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion. 2. Of all the 18th century novelists, who was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specially a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style? A. Thomas Gray B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan C. Johathan Swift D. Henry Fielding 3. Which of the following is Not true about Renaissance? A. Humanism is the essence of Renaissance. B. Attitudes and feelings which had been characteristic of the 14th and 15th centuries persisted well down into the era of Humanism and Regoirmation. C. It was Chaucer, who initiated the Reformation. D. The Elizabethan drama, in its totality, is the real main stream of the English Renaissance. 4. ______ was the first person who introduced printing into England. A. William Caxto B. Flovio C.Homer D. Plutarch 5. In Shelley’s “To a Skylark”, the bird, suspended between reality and poetic image, pours forth an exultant song which suggests to the poet ______. A. both celestial rapture and human limitation B. both image creation and profound meaning C. both music and words D. both inspiration and skill of writing 6. “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and hearless?...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 passage is most probably taken from______. A.Great Expectations B. Wuthering Heights C. Jane Eyre D. Pride and Prejudice 7. The sentences “And now he stared at her so earnestly that I thought the very intensity of his gaze would bring tears into his eyes; but they burned with anguish, they did not melt” are found in____. A. Wuthering Heights B. Jane Eyre C. Gulliver’s Travels D. Paradise Lost 8. ______ is considered by H.L. Mencken as “the true father of our national literature”. A. Hemingway B. Poe C. Irving D. Twain 9. All of the following four except ____ are the most famous dramatists in the Renaissance England. A. Francis Bacon B. Christopher C. William Shakespeare D. Ben Jonson 10. The first two lines of Alfred Tennyson’s well-known poem “Break, Break, Break” read “Break, break, break,/On thy cold grey stones, O sea!” The repeated word “break” suggests____ A. joy B. fear C. fondness D. hatred 11. In the following descriptions of The Neoclassical Period, which is wrong? A. The Neoclassical Period is prior to the Romantic Period B. Henry Fielding is one of the representatives of the Neoclassical period C. The modern English novel came into being in the Neoclassical period D. The Neoclassical Period is also known as the Age of Enlightenment. 12. In the long poem “The Ring and the Book”, the “Book” is compared to _____ A. love B. comprehensive knowledge C. the hard truth D. the method of study 13. Which of the following comments on William Blake is not true? A. Childhood is central to Blake’s concern in the songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience B. Blake’s Marriage of Heaven and Hell marks his entry into maturity C. The Book of Loss is his masterpiece D. Symbolism in wide range is a distinctive feature of his poetry 14. Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and ____. A. The Stoic B. The Giant C. The Tycoon D. The Genius 15. The belief that first, nature is ennobling; and second, the individual is divine describes _____. A. romanticists B. stream-consciousness novelists C. realists D. eranscengdentalists 16. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorne except_____ A. The House of the Seven Gables B. White Jacket C. The Marble Faun D. The Blithedale Romance 17. Which of the following descriptions of Ernest Hemingway is appropriate? A. In Our Time is the first book to present a Hemingway hero---Nick Adams. B. A Farewell to Arms is Hemingway’s first big success C. For whom the Bell Tolls is Hemingway’s masterpiece D. A Farewell to Arms represents his climax in writing. 18. “There was music from my neighbour’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the shisperings and the champagne and the stars…”, the two sentences are taken from______ A. The Greeat Gatesby by F.Scott Fitzgerald B. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser C. Daisy Miller by Henry James D. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 19. In the Shepeardes Calender, Edmund Spenser tried to express_____ A. he met Sir Philip Sidney and started a friendship with him B. he met Leicester C. his laments over the loss of Rosalind D. his laments over the loss of Elizabeth 20. In Beowulf, ______fought against the monster Grendel and a five breathing dragon. A. the Anglo-Saxons B. Beowulf C. the Scandinavian D. the Winter Dragon 21. Among the works by Eugene O’Nell, which has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the Climax of O’Nell’s literary career and the coming of age of American drama? A. Long Day’s Journey Into Night B. Strange Interlude C. Bound East for Cardiff D. The Great God Brown 22. In Spenser’s masterpiece The Faerie Queene, he speaks of _____virtues of the private gentleman A. 10 B.11 C.12 D.13 23. Which statement about Emily Bronte is Not true? A. She was famous for her Wuthering Heights. B. She wrote 193 poems. C. She lived a very short life. D. Her masterpiece is noted for its optimistic tone. 24. Which of the following cannot correctly describe Enlightenment Movement? A. Enlightenment Movement flourished in France. B. Enlightenment Movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance. C. The purpose of the movement was to enlighten the whole world. D. It advocated individual education 25. “Place me on sunium’s marbled steep,/where nothing, save the waves and I,/ May hear our mutual murmurs sweep;/There, swan-like, let me sing and die;/ A land of slaves shall neer be mine----/Sash down you cup of samian wine!” These lines are taken from___ A. The Isles of Greece by Byron B. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray C. The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth D. Song for the Luddites by George Gordon Byron. 26. In the following statements, which is wrong? A. Tom Jones brings its author the name of “Prose Homer”, because the panoramic view it provides of the 18th century English country and city life with scores of different glaces and a whole gallery of many different characters. B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a naturalistic account of the heor’s bitter experiences and his final artistic and spiritual liberation. C. Jane Austen’s first novel was pride and Prejudice, dealing with the five Bennet sisters and their search for suitable husband. D. William Blake’s two poems entitled “The Chimney Sweeper” hold the similar subject-matter, but the tone, emphasis and conclusion differ. 27. Which of writings by John Milton is the most influential dramatic poem after the Greek style in English? A. Samson Agonistes B. Paradise Lost C. Paradise Regained D. Areopagitica 28. The modern English novel came into being in ____ A. the middle of the 17th century B. the 17th century C. the late 18th century D. the middle of the 18th century 29. The author of the work “The Sound and the Fury” is _____ A. William Faulkner B. George Gordon Byron C. Jonathan Swift D. Christopher Marlowe 30. The declaration that “ I know that This World is a World of IMAGINA TION & VISION,” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative”belongs to which of the following writers? A. William Blake B. William Wordsworth C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. George Gordon Byron 31. Middlemarch is considered to be George Eliot’s greatest novel, owing to all the following reasons EXCEPT____ A. it vividly depicts English country life B. it probes into perpetual philosophical thoughts C. It provides a panoramic view of life D. it reveals women’s true feelings 32. In William Blake’s poetry, the father ( and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as God& his Priest, & King) was usually a figure of _____ A. tyranny B. love C. admiration D. benevolence 33. The author of the writing “The Return of the Native” is___ A. Thomas Hardy B. D.H. Lawrence C. Robert Browning D. Alfred Tennyson 34. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled_____ at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmesas “Our Intellectual Declaration of Independence”. A. “Self-Reliance” B. “Divinity School Address” C. “The American Scholar” D. “Nature” 35. Who is the author of the writing “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”? A. Byron B. Blake C. Keats D. Coleridge 36. When he writes, in An Essay on Criticism, “A viel conceit in pompous words expressed/ Is like a clown in regal purple dressed”, Alexander Pope means that ____ A. pompus words are always destructive to good taste. B. the purple color is for the royal only and it is ridiculous to dress a clown in purple C. conceits are always misleading D. true wit is best set in a plain style 37. The following playwrights brought about Irish National Theater Movement in the early 20th century except___. A. W. B. Yeats B. J.M.Synge C. George Bernald Shaw D. Lady Gregory 38. Paradise Lost is actually a story taken from___. A. the Renaissance B. the Old Testament C. Greek Mythology D. the New Testament 39. It is on his _______that Washington Irving’s fame mainly rested. A. tales about America B. early poetry C. Childhood recollections D. Sketches about his European tours 40. ____is the most ambivalent writers in the American literary history. A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Walt Whitman C. Ralph Waldo Emerson D. Mark Twain 41. The major concern of _____ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature. A. John Galsworthy’s B. Thomas Hardy’s C. D.H. Lawrence’s D. Charles Dicken’s 42. “Every day, every hour, brought to him one more little stroke of her nature, and to her one more of his”, the sentence is found in_____ A. Middlemarch by George Eliot B. Tess by Thomas Hardy C. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte D. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 43. In _____, Tennyson dealt with the theme of women’s rights and positions A. The Princess B. Memorial C. Idylls of the King D. Poems 44. Jane Austen’s first novel is_____ A. Pride and Prejudice B. Sense and Sensibility C. Emma D. Plan of a novel 45. _____’s history plays are mainly written under the principle that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a necessity. A. Spenser B. Marlowe C. Shakespeare D.Donne 46. Leopold Bloom is the symbol of everyman in the Post-World-War-I Europe. He is a character of the writing “_______”. A. Pilgrimage B. Ulysses C. Mrs.Dalloway D.The Rainbow 47. The first and second parts of Henry IV are undoubtedly the most widely read among Shakespeare’s history plays. Shakespeare presents the _____ spirit in it. A. patriotic B. optimistic C. pessimistic D. ironic 48. Crafty men contempt studies, simple men admire them, and wise men ___ them. A. make B.use C. respect D. hate 49. “To fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline”, best describes____ principal intention. A. Edmund Spenser B. Daniel Defoe C.Walt Whitman D. William Shakespeare 50. ______ states that literary works which have truly reflected nature and reality can reach immortality. A. Bacon B. Shakespeare C. Donne D. Milton 51. “If honest labor be unremunerative and difficult to endure; if it be the long, long road which never reaches beauty, but wearies the feet and the heart; if the drag to follow beauty be such that one abandons the admired Way, taking rather the despised path leading to her dreams quickly, who shall cast the first stone?” A. Milton B. Shakespeare C. Howthorne D. The Bible 52. Samuel Johnson was the ____ great neoclassicist enlightener in the later 18th century. A. last B. only C. first D. all the above are not true 53. ____ not only continued to expose and criticize all sorts of social iniquities, but finally came to question and attack the Victorian conventions and morals. A. George Eliot B. Hardy C. Lawrence D. Charles Dickens 54. “It is not so expressed, But what of that? Twere good you do so much for charity.” “What of that “ in the above sentence means___. A. this is very important B. this is not important C. this is true D. this is not true 55. Which of the following is considered to be a better-structured novel? A. Women in love B. Sons and Lovers C. The Rainbow D. Lady Chatterley’s Lover 56. Which of the following writings can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of Romantic literary? A. Don Juan B. Ulysses C. Jane Eyre D. Sons and Lovers 57. Which of the following can not describe “Byronic hero”? A. Proud B. Mysterious C. Noble Origin D. Progressive 58. Among the writings by George Eliot, ____ is her only novel on English politics. A. Felix Holt, the Radical B. Middlemarch C. Daniel Deronda D. Romola 59. James Joyce’s Ulysses could hardly be termed as a traditional novel, because___ A. it is an account of daily life B. there is no story, no plot and no action inside C. it is divided into episodes D. there are only three characters 60. “Surface, Sneerwell, Backbite, Candour” are most likely the names of the characters in ___ A. Mrs Warren’s Profession B. The School for Scandal C. Love’s Labour’s Lost D. Dr.Faustus 61. According to Bacon, man’s understanding consists of three parts, which of the following sentences is not one of the three parts? A. The reflection of current situation B. History to man’s memory C. Poetry to man’s imagination and creation D. Philosophy to man’s reason 62. According to Lawrence, _____ was the first novelist that “started putting all the actions inside”. A. George Eliot B. Hardy C. Thomas Carlyle D. Thoman Babington Macaulay 63. ____ cares more about axioms under the guidance of which man thinks and acts than human nature or morality. A. T.S. Eliot B. Bacon C. Bunyan D. Fielding 64. The death-bed scenes of little Nell (the old Curiosity Shop) and little Paul (Dombey and Son) are the vivid description by___ A. Charles Dickens B. Shakespeare C. Hardy D. Shaw 65. Which of the following writings by Lawrence is regarded to be a more profoundly ordered novel than any other written by him? A. The Rainbow B. Sons and Lovers C. The White Peacock D. Women in Love 66. Which of the following comments on the writings by Herman Melville is not true? A. “Bartleby, the Scrivener” is a short story. B. “Benito Cereno” is a novella. C. The Confidence-Man has something to do with the sea and sailors. D. Moby-Dick is regarded as the first American Prose epic. 67. Which of the following writings is not finished by Ralph Waldo Emerson? A. Nature B. Essays C. the Over-Soul D. Of Studies 68. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Whitman? A. Lyrical and well-structured B. Free-flowing C. Simple and rather crude D. Conversational and casual 69. Lawrence’s poems fall roughly into the following three categories except__ .A. satirical and comic poems B. poems about human relationships and emotions C. poems about nature D. poems about life 70. Of the following writings by James Joyce, which is a prime example of modernism in literature? A. Ulysses B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man C. Dubliners D. Finnegans Wake 71. Which of the following novels is not written by Henry Fielding? A. Jonathan Wild B. Moll Flanders C. Joseph Andrews D. Tom Jones 72. The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modern English_____, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people. A. prose B. short story C. novel D. tragicomedy 73. Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true? A. Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize B. Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers. C. Most writers were politically radical D. Mark Twain published his last and most important novel 74. Among the pioneers of the 18th century novelists were Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding and ____ A. Laurance Sterne B. Alexander Pope C. Charles Dickens D. John Dryden 75. As an autobiographical play, O’Nell’s _______(1956) has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama A. Long Day’s Journey Into Night B. The Hairy Ape C. Desire Under the Elms D. The Iceman Cometh 76. Statements ____ is not true in describing Sheridan? A. He was the only important English dramatist of the eighteen century. B. His plays “The Rivals” and “The School for Scandal” are generally regarded as true classics in English tragedy. C. In his plays, morality is the constant theme D. The School for Scandal is his masterpiece. 77. “The Lawrence trilogy” refers to the following three plays except_____. A. A Collier’s Friday Night B. The Daugher-in-Law C. The widowing of Mrs. Holroyed D. Lady Chatterley’s lover 78. Of the following works by Lawrence, _____ established his position as novelist. A. The White Peacock B. The Trespasser C. Women in Love D. Sons and Lovers 79. Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include____, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions. A. multiple points of vies B. first person point of view C. expressionism D. impressionism. 80. Milton’s literary achievements can divided into three groups, which division is not true? A. Early poetic works. B. Early prose works C. The middle prose pamphlets D. The last great poems 81. Which of the following figures does not belong to “The Lost Generation”? A. Ezra Pound B. William Carlos Williams C. Frost D. Dreiser 82. ____ shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstand the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Beowulf 83. The following comments on Shaw are true except_____. A. Shaw’s career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play Widower’s Houses was put on by the Independent Theater Society. B. Shaw began his literary career by writing novels soon after his settling down in London. C. Shaw’s writings reflect the combination of realism and naturalism D. Shaw’s plays can be termed as problem plays. 84. In William Blake’s later period, he wrote quite a few prophetic books including the following writings except___. A. The Book of Urizen B. The Book of Los C. Milton D. Marriage of Heaven and Hell 85. The following comments on Bunyan are wrong except___. A. He was a Stout Puritan B. Bunyan’s works belong to Gothic novels C. Bunyan’s style is different from that of the English Bible D. A Modest Proposal is his masterpiece. 86. Which writing is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English? A. Samson Agonistes B. Paradise Lost C. Paradise Regained D. Beowulf 87. “All is not lost: the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?”The above “Excerpt”comes from____ A. Dr. Fanstas B. Paradise Lost C. Paradise Regained D. Tamburlaine 88. Who, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used “I” instead of “I” to refer to himself as a protest against self_importance? A. Cummings B. Wallance Stevens C. Fitzgerald D. Hemingway 89. In Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the mariner suffers the horror of death, because_____ A. he experiences a shipwreck B. he is tortured with starvation C. he undergoes much sufferings D. he kills an albatross 90. In Hardy’s “Wessex” novels, there is an apparent____ touch in his description of the simple and beautiful though primitive rural life. A. nostalgic B. humorous C. romantic D. sarcastic 91. From O’Nell’s works, we can see he is ____ A. a man of optimism B. a man of pessimism C. a man of apathy D. a man of inactivity 92. ____ and Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism. A. Donne, Spenser B. Milton, Thomas More C. Thomas More, Marlowe D. Spenser, Marlowe 93. Pope’s “An essay on Criticism” is a didactic_____. A. allegory B. prose C. poem D. play 94. In the following writings, ____ has been recognized as an important landmark in the development of English prose. A. Essays B. The Advancement of Learning C. Norum Organum D. Of Studies 95. Lycidas is a work of Milton written for ____. A. his parents B. his sister C. his fellow undergraduate D. his teacher 96. The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely____. A. William Langland’s Piers Plowman B. John Gower’s Confessio Amantis C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight D. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales 97. Robert Browning’s style is ___. A. identical with that of the other Victorian B. similar to that of Tennyson C. perfectly artistic D. rough and disproportionate in appearance 98. Stylistically, Henry James’s fiction is characterized by ____. A. highly refined language B. ordinary American speech C. short, clear sentences D. abundance of local images 99. Sinclair Lewis’s Babbit presents a documentary picture of the narrow and limited____. A. up-class mind B. middle-class mind C. proletarian D. ordinary people 100. The author of the work “Domby and Son’ is ___. A. Charles Dickens B. James C. Frost D. Pound 101. In his famous poem, “Sailing to Byzantium”, Yeats did not explore the problem of ___ A. love B. death C. art D. development 102. Galsworthy was a _____ writer, having inherited the fine traditions of the great Victorian novelists of the critical realism such as Dickens and Thackeray. A. naturalistic B. romantic C. realistic D. conventional 103. Shaw’s career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play ___ was put on by the Independent Theater Society. A. Candida B. Widower’s Houses C. Mrs. Warren’s Profession D. The Apple Cart 104. The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all works of life is most likely______. A. William Langland’s Piers Plowman B. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales C. John Gower’s Confessio Amantis D. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 105. When he writes, in An Essay on Criticism, “A vile conceit in pompous words expressed, /is like a clown in regal purple dressed,” Pope means that____. A. pompous words are always destructive to good taste B. the purple color is for the royal only and it is ridiculous to dress a clown in purple C. conceits are always misleading D. true wit is best set in a plain style 106. Prometheus Unbound is Shelley’s greatest achievement. Prometheus, according to the Greek mythology, was chained by Zeus on Mount Caucasus and suffered the vulture’s feeding on his liver for ____ A. planning a revolt to dethrone God B. misinterpreting God’s decree to reconcile man and nature C. prophesying the arrival of spring in a winter season D. stealing the fire from heaven and giving it to man 107. Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature? A. Friedrich Nietzche’s assertions: “God is dead” B. Arthur Schopenhauer’s and henry Bergson’s philosophical ideas of irrationality C. Oscar Wilde’s idea of “Art for Art’s Sake.” D. Freudian-Jungian psycho-analysis 108. The term tone in literature means____ 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 toward the subject D. a shade of color to reflect the change of light 109. Which of the following is not a work of Nathaniel Howthorne’s A. The House of the Seven Gables B. The Blithedale Romance C. The Marble faun D. White Jacket 110. Besides sketches, tales and essays, Washington Irving also published a book on _____. Which is also be considered an important part of his creative writing. A. poetic theory B. French art C. history of New York D. life of George Washington 111. Which of the following novels can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of literary modernism? A. The Sound and the Fury B. Uncle Tom’s Cabin C. Daisy Miller D. the Gilded Age 112. Which of the following historical events does not directly help to stimulate the rising of the Renaissance Movements? A. The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture B. The new discoveries in geography and astrology C. The Glorious revolution D. The religious reformation and the economic expansion 113. The Houyhnhnms depicted by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels are____ A. horses that are endowed with reason B. pigmies that are endowed with admirable qualities C. giants that are superior in wisdom D. hairy, wild, low and despicable creatures, who resemble human beings not only in appearance but also in some other ways 114. _____ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare, and his representative works are plays inspired by social criticism. A. Richard Sheridan B. Oliver Goldsmith C. Oscar Wilde D. Bernard Shaw 115. The famous 20-year sleep in “Rip V an Winke” helps to construct the story in such a way that we are greatly affected by Irving’s___ A. concern with the passage of time B. expression of transient beauty C. satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beings D. idea about supernatural manipulation of man’s life 116. Hster Pryme, Dimmesdale, Cillingworth and Pearl are most likely the names of the characters in ____ A. The Scarlet Letter B. The House of the Seven Gablest C. The Portrait of a Lady D. The Pioneers 117. However, ____, the keynote of Daisy Miller’s character, turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her defiance of social taboos in the old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures. A. experience B. sophistication C. pessimists D. impressionists 118. “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 Wuthering Heights B. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre C. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga D. Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles 119. 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 120. “…This grew: I gave commands.” Then all smiles stopped altogether… 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 121. As a literary figure, Belinda appears in Pope’s ____ A. The Dunciad B. An Essay on Man C. An Essay on Criticism D. The Rape of the Lock 122. 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 123. In Coleridge’s Kubla Khan, “ A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice”_____ A. refers to the palace where Kubla Khan once lived B. vividly describes a building of poor quality C. is the gift given to a beautiful girl called Abyssinian D. symbolizes the reconciliation of the conscious and the unconscious 124. Which terms can best describe the modernist s’concern of the human situation in their fiction? A. Fragmentation and alienation B. courage and honor C. Tradition and faith D. Poverty and desperation 125. By the end of Sister Carrie, Dreiser writes, “It was forever to the pursuit of that radiance of delight which tints the distant hilltops of the world.” Dreiser implies that ____ A. there is a bright future lying ahead B. there is no end to man’s desire C. one should always be forward-looking D. happiness is found is the end 126. 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 dored.” Who is the “dying Lord” discussed in the above lines? A. Beowulf B. King Arthur C. Jesus Christ D. Jupiter 127. In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called____. A. heroic couplet B. quatrain C. Spenserian stanza D. terza rima 128. “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. Essay on Criticism B. Kubla Khan C. The Sun Rising D. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” 129. By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of V anity Fair, John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious___ of his time. A. persecution B. improvement C. prosperity D. disillusionment 130. 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 131. In the first part of the novel Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a____of the Bennet family. A. high opinion B. great admiration C. low opinion D. erroneous view 132. 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 133. 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. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock B. Mrs. Warren’s Profession C. Araby D. The Horse Dealer’s Daughter 134. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT_____ A. the strict poetic from B. the free and natural rhythm C. the easy flow of feelings D. the simple and conversational language. 135. 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 136. Pope strongly advocated neoclassicism, emphasizing that literary works should be judge by ____rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum. A. classical B. romantic C. sentimental D. allegorical 137. Theodore Dreiser was once criticized for his ____in style, but as a true artist his strength just lies in that his style is very serious and well calculated to achieve the thematic ends he sought. A. crudeness B. elegance C. conciseness D. subtlety 138. Yank, the protagonist of Eugene O’Nell’s play The Hairy Ape, talked to the gorilla and set it free because_____. A. he was mad, mistaking a beast for a human B. he was told by the white young lady that he was like a beast and he wanted to see how closely he resembled the gorilla C. he was caged with the gorilla after he insulted an aristocratic stroller D. he could feel the kinship only with the beast 139. Though Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were romantic poets in theme and technique, they differ from each other in a variety of ways. For one thing, whereas Whitman likes to keep his eye on human society at large, Dickinson often addresses such issues as___, immortality, religion, love and nature. A. progress B. freedom C. beauty D. death 140. American writers after WWI self-consciously acknowledged that they were ____, devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization. A. Lost Generation B. Beat Generation C. Sons of Liberty D. Angry Young Men 141. In the late 19th century, modernism flourished in English literature. Unlike modern poets and novelists, modern dramatists____. A. showed not only satirical attitude toward bourgeois class, but also optimistic emotion toward life. B. did not make so many innovations in techniques and forms C. inherited the romantic fuzziness and self-indulged emotionalism D. took the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base. 142. “The depth and passion of its earnest glance, but to myself they turned(since none puts by The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)….” This part is quoted from Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess. Here “you” refers to ____/ A. Fra Pandolf B. readers C. the Duke D. the emissary 143. Pope is well known for the style of biting satire. His best satiric work is ____. A. An Essay on Criticism B. The Dunciad C. An Essay on Man D. The Rape of the Lock 144. ____is a natural mean of writing in revealing the prince’s inner conflict and psychological predicament in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. A. Dialogue B. Solioquy C. Dramatic monologue D. Satire 145. The first mass movement of the English working class was ____, which signified the awakening of the poor oppressed people. A. Enlightenment Movement B. Enclosure Movement C. Chartist Movement D. Romantic Movement 146. T.S. Eliot’s early poems are marked by ____ in comparison to his later ones. A. a philosophical and emotional clam B. a set of historical, cultural and religious themes C. a dreamy quality, expressing melancholy and self-indulgent feelings D. a mood of disillusionment and the sufferings of modern people 147. ____believed he had turned the poem into an open field, an area of vital possibility where the reader could allow his own imagination to play. A. Whitman B, Paine C. Pound D. Longfellow 148. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” by Whitman reminds its readers a picture, or a photo, of a scene of____ A. the American War of Independence B. the Westward Movement C. the U.S Spanish War D. the American Civil War 149. Which one of the following statements about Howthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is true? A. Hawthorne intended to tell a love story in this novel B. Howthorne intended to tell a story of sin in this novel C. Howthorne intended to reveal the human psyche after they sinned, so as to show people the tension between society and individuals. D. Howthorne focused his attention on consequences of the sin on the people in general ,so as to call the readers back to the conventional Puritan way of living. 150. The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the ____ Mississippi valley and it has moved millions of people of different ages and conditions all over the world. A. early 16th century B. late 16th century C. Post-Civil War D. pre-Civil War 151. In 1915, ____ became a naturalized British citizen ,largely in protest against America’s failure to join England in the WWI. A. T.S. Eliot B. Henry James C. W. D. Howells D. George Eliot 152. Allen Ginsberg, whose “Howl” became the manifesto of ___. A. the Westward Movement B. the Utopian Movement C. the Beat Movement D. the Deistic Movement 153. Geoffrey Chaucer develops his characterization to a higher artistic level by presenting characters with both typical qualities and ____ dispositions A. individual B. collective C. social D. natural 154. William Shakespeare’s history plays are mainly written under the _____ that national unity under a mighty and just sovereign is a ___ A. fact/possibility B. story/probability C. principle/necessity D. reality/ truth 155. As a philosophical and literary movement,____ flourished in New English from the 1830s to the Civil War. A. modernism B. rationalism C. sentimentalism D. transcendentalism 156. Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against ____. It rejects rationalism, which is the theoretical base of realism. A. romanticism B. humanism C. symbolism D. realism 157. Samuel Lanhorne Clemens is better known by the pen name___ A. Dreiser B. Melville C. O’Neill D. Twain 158. By the middle of Elizabeth’s reign in England, Protestantism has been firmly established, with a certain extent of compromise between Catholicism and ____. A. Protestantism B. Neoclassicism C. Transcentalism D. Imagism 159. Sheridan was the only important English dramatist of the ____ century A. 17th B.18th C.19th D.20th 160. Tennyson’s Break, Break, Break contains four quatrains, with combined iambic and anapaesic feet. Most lines have three feet and some four. The rhyme scheme is ____. A. abcd B. abab C.aabb D. abca 161. The Renaissance was _____ in reaching England not only because of England’s separation from the Continent, but also because of its domestic unrest. A. quick B. slow C. speedy D. deep 162. Chaucer introduced from France the rhymed stanzas of various types to English poetry to replace the Old English____ verse. A. rhymed B. alliterative C. romantic D. visionary 163. The unifying principle in ___ written by Bryon is the basic ironic theme of appearance and reality. A. Child Harold’s Pilgrimage B. Cain C. Don Juan D. Hours of Idleness 164. Generally speaking, ____ is the best of T.S. Eliot’s plays in the sense that it contains the best poetry and the most coherent drama. A. Murder in the Cathedral B. The Cocktail Party C. Hamlet D. The Family Reunion 165. With his conversion to ___ in 1927, T.S. Eliot characterized his Four Quartes by a philosophical and emotional calm quite in contrast to the despair and suffering of his early works. A. Catholicism B. Protestantism C. Anglicanism D. Enlightenment 166. In his novel Ulysses, Joyce intends to present a microcosm of the whole ____ by providing an instance of how a single event contains all the events of its kind, and how history is recapitulated in the happenings of one day. A. animal kingdom B. human life C. Ireland D. Britain 167. In his Finnegan’s Wake, an encyclopedic work, Joyce ambitiously attempted to pack the whole history of mankind into___ A. one man’s mind B. one night’s dream C. one story D. one lyric poem 168. Where Mark Twain satirized European manners at times, ____ was an admirer. A. O. Henry B. Henry James C. Walt Whitman D. Jack London 169. ____ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare. A. Shaw B. Sheridan C. Marlowe D. Donne 170. According to Edmund Spenser’s own explanation, his The Faeie Queen is a ___ A. imaginary poem B. historical poem C. romantic poem D. poetic drama 171. Sheridan’s plays, especially The Rivals and The School for Scandal, are generally regarded as important links between the masterpieces of Shakespeare and those of ____. A. Marlowe B. Galsworthy C. Shaw D. Joyce 172. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama---____ A. Promethus Unbound B. Ode to the West Wind C. Adonais D. In Defense of Poetry 173. In general, Browning’s _____ are not meant to entertain the readers with the usual acoustic and visual pleasures, but they are supposed to keep them alert, thoughtful and enlightened. A. novels B. essays C. plays D. poems 174. The Renaissance, in essence, is a historical period in which the European ____ thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of those old feudalists ideas in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoise, and to recover the purity of the early church from the corruption of the Roman Catholic church. A. religious B. great C. optimistic D. humanist 175. As a ____ writer, Jane Austen considers it her duty to express in her works a discriminated and serious criticism of life, and to expose the follies and illusions of mankind. A. romantic B. sentimentalist C. pessimistic D. realistic 176. The publication of ____, Robert Browning’s masterpiece, in 1869, finally established the poet’s position as one of the greatest English poets. A. In memorian B. The Ring and the Book C. Maud D. Crossing the Bar 177. Down by the Salley Garens, a short poem by Yeats, is a reconstruction of an old ___ the poet heard from an old peasant woman. A. story B. song C. fairy tale D. drama 178. The finest example of Hawthorne’s symbolism is the recreation of Puritan Boston in ___ A. A Scarlet Letter B. Young Goodman Brown C. The Marble Faun D. The Ambitious Guest 179.The main theme of_____’s The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel. A. James B. Twain C. Dreiser D. Howells 180. Though Naturalism seems to have played an important part in ____’s works, there is also a bitter and sharp criticism and even open challenge of the Victorian institutions, conventions and morals. A. Galsworthy B. Dickens C. Hardy D. Lawrence 181. The English Renaissance was perhaps England’s ____ Age, especially in literature. A. Golden B. Fruitful C. Volcanic D. Dark 182. The play Romeo and Juliet, though a tragedy, is permeated with ____ spirit. A. optimistic B. sad C. pessimistic D. just 183. In the description of sun-rise in Parting at Morning, Robert Browning unconsciously expresses his helplessness in having to face up his duty as a ____. A. man B. lover C. poet D. novelist 184. The French _____, appearing in the late 19th century, heralded modernism. A. romanticism B> realism C. modernism D. symbolism 185. The title of the novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man written by Joyce suggests a character study with strong____ elements. A. autobiographical B. sentimental C. joyful D. pessimistic 186. Widower’s House, a play written by George Bernard Shaw, is a grotesquely realistic exposure of ____. A. prostitution B. life force C. social evil D. slum landlordism 187. In 1984, _____ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his “mastery of the art of modern narration”. A. T.S. Eliot B. Ernest Hemingway C. John Steinbeck D. William Faulkner 188. Lawrence’s novel_____ is taken as a typical example of Oedipus Complex in fiction. A. The Rainbow B. Women in love C. Sons and Lovers D. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 189. Oliver Twist is famous for its vivid descriptions of the workhouse and life of the underworld in the ___ century London. A. 17th B. 18th C.19th D.20th 190. ____ takes the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base. A. Symbolism B. Romanticism C. Realism D. Modernism 191. Melville’s writings can be well divided into___ groups, each with something in common in the light of the thematic concern and imaginative focus. A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 2 192. Thematically the poem Beowulf presents a vivid picture of how the primitive people wage heroic struggles against the hostile force of ____ world under a wise and mighty ____. A. spiritual/hero B. natural/leader C. spiritual/god D. natural/monster 193. In the novel Tess of the D’urbervilles, naturalistic tendency is also strong, in a way, Tess seems to be led to her final destruction step by ___. A. Nature B. God C. Man D. Fate 194. In the early 19th century, the attitude of American writers were shaped by their New World environment and an array of ideas inherited from the ____ tradition of Europe. A. romantic B. realistic C. symbolic D. modern 195. ____ had an evident influence on naturalism it seemed to stress the animality of man, to suggest that he was dominated by the irresistible forces of evolution. A. Darwinism B. Realism C. Transcendentalism D. Romanticism 196. The result of Mark Twain’s European trip was a series of newspaper articles, later published as a book called____. A. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. Gilded Age C. Innocent Aboard D. An American Tragedy 197. Fitzgerald’s novel ____ is a story of an idealist who was destroyed by the influence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him. A. The Side of Paradise B. Tender Is the Night C. The American Dream D. The Great Gatsby 198. ____ paints a different world, a world of misery, poverty, disease, war and repression with a melancholy tone. A. Oliver Twist B. A Tale of Two Cities C. Songs of Innocence D. Songs of Experiences 199. Humanism sprang from the endeavor to restore a medieval reverence for the antique authors and is frequently taken as the beginning of the Renaissance on its conscious, intellectual side, for the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conception that man is the ____ of all things. A. measure B. king C. lover D. world 200. ____ an elaborate and fantastic story, is known as the best of the final romances written by William Shakespeare A. The Tempest B. Venus and Adonis C. Henry IV D. Romeo and Juliet 201. In Hardy’s novels, the outside nature, the natural environment or ____ herself, is shown as some mysterious supernatural force, very powerful but half-blind, impulsive and uncaring to the individual’s will, hope, passion or suffering. A. Nature B. Fate C. Fortune D. God 202. In his dramatic career, Shaw wrote more than ___ plays, touching upon a variety of subject A. 50 B. 40 C. 30 D10 203. The novel which was described by an American critic as “ an outrage to American girlhood”is James’s___. A. The Portrait of a Lady B. Sister Carrie C. Daisy Miller D. Jane Eyre 204. Faulkner’s novel______ describes the decay and downfall of an old southern aristocratic family, symbolizing the old social order, told from four different points of view. A. The Unvanquished B. Startoris C. The Sound and the Fury D. The Town 205. The novel____ describes the mental activities of man’s life in a single day. A. Ulysses B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man C. Dubliners D. The Waste Land 206. The publication in 1812 of the first two cantos of ____, a poem narrating Byron’s travels between 1809 and 1811 in Europe, brought the poet fame. A. Don Juan B. Cain C. Hours of Idleness D. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimages. 207. All the later works written by Charles Dickens, with the exception of ____, present a criticism of the complicated and fundamental social institutions and morals of the Victorian England. A. Bleak House B. A Tale of Two Cities C. Little Dorrit D. Oliver Twist 208. The outstanding realistic novelists in the early both century England were___, H.G. Wells and Arnold Bennet. A. Shaw B. Galsworthy C. Joyce D. T. S. Eliot 209. In 1923, ____ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. A. Yeats B. T.S Eliot C. Lawrence D. Joyce 210. St. Joan, written by Shaw, is a ___. A. history play B. dramatic poem C. ballad D. novel 211. Emerson was regarded as the leader of Transcendentalist Movement, and her ____ applied the term “Transcendentalist” to himself or to his beliefs and ideas. A. always B. never C. seldom D. almost 212. Howthorne’s unique gift was for the creation of strongly symbolic____ which touch the deepest roots of man’s moral nature. A. poems B. tales C. fictions D. stories 213. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was Mark Twain’s masterwork from which, as Hemingway noted, “ all modern American ____ comes.” A history B. literature C. poetry D. novels 214. With the Norman Conquest starts the medieval period in English literature, which covers about____ centuries. A. four B. three C. five D. two 215. The two major novelists of the Romantic period are ____ and Water Scott A. Defoe B. Swift C. Fielding D. Austen 216. Besides poetry and short stories, Joyce wrote two modernist novels, ____ and Finnegans Wake. A. Dubliners B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man C. Ulysses D. The Waste Land 217. As the most gifted of the University Wits, Marlowe composed six____ within his short lifetime. A. novels B. poems C. plays D. essays 218. In the medieval period in English literature, it is Chaucer alone who, for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive_____ picture of the English society of his time created a whole gallery of vivid____ from all works of life in his masterpiece The Canterbury Tales. A. realistic/characters B. romantic/men C. visionary/women D. natural/figures 219. Among the ___ group of Coleridge’s Poems, Frost at Midnight is the most important. A. demonic B. conversational C. pastoral D. optimistic 220. Shelley’s work of literary criticism is____. A. Men of England B. An Essay of Criticism C. The Prelude D. A Defence of Poetry 221. _____ is the protagonist in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man written by Joyce, being also one of the major characters of the novelist’s Ulysses. A. Leopold Bloom B. Maron Tweedy Bloom C. Stephen Dedalus D. Afred Prufrock 222. The hero in Fitzgerald’s novel____ is a psychiatrist who marries a rich patient. The author condemns the wasted energy of misguided youth. A. Tender is the Night B. The Great Gatsby C. The Side of Paradise D. The Last Tycoon 223. In the Romantic Age, ____ is a great critic on Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama, and English poetry. A. Walter Scott B. Jane Austen C. William Hazlitt D. William Blake 224. Shaw’s plays have plots, but they do not work by plots. It is the vitality of ____ that takes primacy over mere story. A. characterization B. depiction C. symbol D. talk 225. As its title implies, Women in Love is a novel about ____ pairs of lovers, around whom a series of episodes are dramatically presented. A. two B. three C. four D. five 226. The typical feature of Browning’s poetry is the _____. A. bitter satire B. large-than-life caricature C. Latinized diction D. dramatic monologue 227. After the Civil War, disillusionment and frustration were widely felt. What had been expected to be a “_____” ,turned to be a “Golden” one. A. Dark Age B. Depression C. Hard Times D. Golden Age 228. The _____ of the 1930s greatly weakened the American nation’s self-confidence A. The Lost Generation B. Jazz Age C. The Sad Young Me D. Great Depression 229. _____’s main literary concern is about human beings in their personal relationships. A. Austen B. George Eliot C. Charlotte Bronte D. Emily Bronte 230. ___is generally regarded as Shakespeare’s most popular play on the stage, for it has the qualities of a “blood-and-thunder” of life and death. A. Hamlet B. King Lear C. Remeo and Juliet D. Othello 231.Charlotte Bronte’s works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness toward self-realization, about some lonely and neglected young_____ with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full, happy life. A. girls B. boys C. women D. children 232. The American writers of the 1950s often used the psychological insights taken from the writing of Sigmund____ and his followers. A. Freud B. Faulkner C. Fitzgerald D. Hemingway 233.Victorian literature, in general, truthfully represents the ____ and spirit of the age. A. reality B. history C. activities D. Imagine 234. Faulkner makes best use of the Gothic devices in narration in ____. A. The Bear B. The Sound and the Fury C. Light in August D. A Rose for Emily