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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 towards the subject
D. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech
正确答案：D
7. All the following poets belong to lake poets EXCEPT
A. Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
A. 17th
B. 18th
C. 19th
D. 20th
正确答案：B
3. In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.
A. iamb
B. anapest
C. trochee
D. dactyl
C. Robert Southey
D. ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้helley
正确答案：D
8. In Shakespeare＇s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______.
A. Pride and Prejudice
B. Jane Eyre
C. Wuthering Heights
D. Great Expectations

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It is through him that Irving drives home the theme that a desire for change,improvement,and progress could subvert stable society.44.A.Robert Frost:“The Road Not Taken〞.B.Many many years later.C.The speaker is telling his experience of making the choice of the roads.But he is conscious of the fact that his choice will have made all the difference in his life.He seems to be giving a suggestion to the reader.“Make good choice of your life.〞Ⅲ.Questions and Answers (24 points in all,6 for each)45.A.Buyan's pilgrim's Progress and Spenser's The Faerie Queene.B.It is usually concerned with moral ,religious,political,symbolic or mythical ideas.46.A.The French philosopher,Jean Jacques Rousseau and the German writer Johna Wolfgan von Goethe.B.It is Rousseau who established the cult of the individual and championed the freedom of the human spirit;his famous announcement was “I felt before I thought.〞Goethe and his compatriots extolled the romantic spirit.47.A.To Ahab,the whale is either an evil creature itself or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe,or perhaps both.B.To Ishmale,the whale is an astonishing force,an immense power,which defies rational explanation due to a sense of mystery it carries. It is beautiful,but malignant at the same time. It also represents the tremendous organic vitality of the universe,for it has a life force that surges onward irresistibly, impervious to the desires or wills of men.C.As to the reader, the whale can be viewed as a symbol of the physical limits that life imposes upon man. It may also be regarded as a symbol of nature, or an instrument of God's vengeance upon evil man. In general,the multiplicity and ambivalence of the symbolic meaning of the whale is such that it becomes a source of intense speculation, an object or profound curiosity for the reader.48.A.The Oversoul is believed to be an all-pervading power for goodness,omnipresent and omnipotent from which all things come and of which all are a part. It exists in nature and man alike and constitutes the chief element of the universe.B.According to Emerson,it is a supreme reality of mind, a spiritual unity of all beings, and a religion regarded as an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal Over-soul of which it is a part.C.He holds that intuition is a more certain way of knowing than reason and that the mind could intuitively perceive the existence of the Oversoul and of certain absolutes.Ⅳ.Topic Discussion (20 points in all, 10 for each)49.a.Neoclassicists upheld that artistic ideals should be order,logic,restrained emoticon and accuracy,and that literature,should be judged in terms of its service to humanity,and thus,literary expressions should be of proportion,unity,harmony and grace.Pope's An Essay on Criticism advocates grace,wit (usually though satire/humour),and simplicity in language(and the poem itself is a demonstration of those ideals,too);Fielding's Tom Jones helped establish the form of novel;Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' displays elega nce in style,unified structure,serious tone and moral instructions.b.Romanticists tended to see the individual as the very center of all experience,including art,and thus,literary work should be “spontaneous overflow of strong feelings,〞and no matter how fragmentary those experiences were (Wordsworth's “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,〞or “The Solitary Reaper,) or Coleridge's “Keble Khan〞),the value of the work lied in the accuracy of presenting those unique feelings and particular attitudes.c.In a word, Neoclassicism emphasized rationality and form but Romanticism attached great importance to the individual's mind (emotion, imagination, temporary experience…)50.A.Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a Sequa to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The Story takes place along the Mississippi River before the Civil War in the United States, around 1850.Along the river, floats a small raft, with two people on it; One is an ignorant,uneducated black slave named Jim and the other is little uneducated outcast white boy about the age of thirteen, called Huckleberry Finn or Huck Finn.The novel relates the story of the escape of Jim from slavery and ,more important, how Huck Finn, floating along with Jim and helping him as best he could, changes his mind ,his prejudice, about Black people, and comes to accept Jim as a man and as a close friends as well.During their journey, they experience a series of adventures:coming across two frauds, the “Duke〞and the “King〞,witnessing the lynching and murder of a harmless drunkard, being lost in a fog and finally Tom's coming to rescue. B. The theme of the novel may be best summed in a word “freedom〞: Huck wants to escape from the bond of civilization and Jim wants to escape from the yoke of slavery. Mark Twain uses the raft's journey down the Mississippi River to express his thematic contrasts between innocence and experience, nature and culture, wilderness and civilizati。

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15. 分析弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的《到灯塔去》中的女性主义视角。

答案一、选择题1. A2. A3. C4. B5. B二、填空题6. 威廉·莎士比亚7. 纳撒尼尔·霍桑8. T.S.艾略特9. F.斯科特·菲茨杰拉德10. 威廉·华兹华斯三、简答题11. 哥特式小说的特点包括恐怖、神秘、超自然元素，以及对古老建筑或废墟的描写。

(完整word版)英美文学试题

I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers。

Choose the one that best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets.1. _D__ is not the best representative of the English humanists in the English humanists in the Renaissance。

P9—line3～4A。

Thomas more B. Christopher MarloweC. William ShakespeareD. Edmund Spenser2。

_D__ does not belong to Christopher Marlowe’s play。

P20A. TamburlaineB. Dr。

FaustusC. The Jew of Malta D。

Hero and Leander3. _B__ is regarded as the pioneer of English drama. P22A。

William Shakespeare B. Christopher MarloweC。

Edmund Spenser D. John Donne4。

__A_ are Shakespeare’s two narrative poems. P29A。

Venus and Adonis B. The Two Noble KinsmenC. The Rape of lucreceD. The Winter's Tale5. English Renaissance Period was an age of __B__。

A. prose and novel B。

poetry and dramaC。

英美文学选读试题详解1

英美文学选读-阶段测评1成绩：77.5分一、Multiple Choice 共40 题题号: 1 本题分数:2.5 分For his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel,( )has been regarded as “Father of the English Novel”.A、Daniel DefoeB、Jonathan SwiftC、Henry FieldingD、Oliver Goldsmith(P121.para.2)在18世纪的英国小说家中，亨利菲尔丁是第一个从理论到实践全面打造现代小说的结构和风格的，所以被誉为“现代小说之父”标准答案：C考生答案：C本题得分：2.5 分题号: 2 本题分数:2.5 分Romance,which uses narrative verse or prose to tell stories of( )adventures or other heroic deeds,is a popular literary form in the medieval periodA、heroicB、romanticC、knightlyD、magic教材3页最后一段。

骑士抒情诗是中世纪盛行的文学形式，这种诗歌以叙述性的韵文或是散文的形式歌颂和骑士的冒险经历以及其他的英雄事迹。

标准答案：C考生答案：C本题得分：2.5 分题号: 3 本题分数:2.5 分( )is the essence of the Renaissance.A、PoetryB、DramaC、HumanismD、Reason(P8.para.2)本题考查的是文艺复兴的精髓。

文艺复兴是中世纪和近代社会的分水岭，起源于意大利，席卷整个欧洲，目的在于挖掘古希腊，古罗马的文化和艺术，人文主义是其精髓。

A，B答案是文学体裁，D虽是“理性主义”但并非文艺复兴时期的主题，是新古典主义流派的主题。

英美文学史考试试题

英美文学史考试试题一、选择题（每题 3 分，共 30 分）1、以下哪部作品是英国浪漫主义诗人威廉·华兹华斯的代表作？（）A 《唐璜》B 《抒情歌谣集》C 《恰尔德·哈洛尔德游记》D 《西风颂》2、美国作家海明威的作品常常体现出“冰山理论”，以下哪部作品最能体现这一理论？（）A 《永别了，武器》B 《老人与海》C 《太阳照样升起》D 《丧钟为谁而鸣》3、英国作家简·奥斯汀的小说以细腻的人物刻画和对婚姻爱情的探讨著称，她的哪部作品被多次改编成电影？（）A 《爱玛》B 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》C 《傲慢与偏见》D 《理智与情感》4、以下哪一位是美国浪漫主义时期的重要作家？（）A 马克·吐温B 爱伦·坡C 惠特曼D 以上都是5、英国诗人 TS艾略特的《荒原》属于哪种文学流派？（）A 象征主义B 表现主义C 意识流D 荒诞派6、以下哪部作品是英国批判现实主义作家狄更斯的代表作？（）A 《大卫·科波菲尔》B 《呼啸山庄》C 《简·爱》D 《名利场》7、美国作家福克纳的作品多以南方为背景，他的哪部作品讲述了一个家族的兴衰？（）A 《喧哗与骚动》B 《我弥留之际》C 《押沙龙，押沙龙！》D 以上都是8、英国诗人约翰·弥尔顿的哪部作品取材于《圣经》？（）A 《失乐园》B 《复乐园》C 《力士参孙》D 以上都是9、以下哪一位是美国现代主义作家？（）A 菲茨杰拉德B 德莱塞C 斯坦贝克D 以上都是10、英国女作家勃朗特姐妹的作品包括（）A 《简·爱》和《呼啸山庄》B 《爱玛》和《傲慢与偏见》C 《理智与情感》和《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D 《名利场》和《大卫·科波菲尔》二、简答题（每题 10 分，共 30 分）1、请简要分析莎士比亚悲剧作品的艺术特色。

2、简述美国文学中“黑色幽默”的特点。

3、比较英国浪漫主义文学和美国浪漫主义文学的异同。

英美文学考试题目及答案

英美文学考试题目及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共10分）1. 英国文学史上被称为“英国诗歌之父”的诗人是：A. 乔叟B. 莎士比亚C. 弥尔顿D. 拜伦答案：A2. 下列哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀的小说？A. 《傲慢与偏见》B. 《理智与情感》C. 《简·爱》D. 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》答案：C3. 美国文学中，被誉为“美国文学之父”的作家是：A. 爱伦·坡B. 马克·吐温C. 华盛顿·欧文D. 亨利·詹姆斯答案：C4. 以下哪位作家是现代主义文学的代表人物？A. 狄更斯B. 哈代C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 简·奥斯汀答案：C5. 美国文学中的“迷惘的一代”是指：A. 第一次世界大战后的作家群体B. 第二次世界大战后的作家群体C. 独立战争后的作家群体D. 内战后的作家群体答案：A二、填空题（每题2分，共10分）1. 威廉·莎士比亚的四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》和________。

答案：《麦克白》2. 《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家________创作的一部以20世纪20年代的纽约为背景的小说。

答案：F·司各特·菲茨杰拉德3. 英国浪漫主义诗人威廉·华兹华斯与________共同发起了浪漫主义诗歌运动。

答案：塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治4. 美国诗人沃尔特·惠特曼的代表作是________，它被认为是美国文学史上的里程碑。

答案：《草叶集》5. 英国现代主义诗人T.S.艾略特的代表作《荒原》是一首________诗。

答案：长三、简答题（每题10分，共20分）1. 简述乔治·奥威尔的《1984》中“老大哥”的象征意义。

答案：在《1984》中，“老大哥”象征着极权主义政权的无所不在和无所不知，代表了对个人自由和思想的全面控制。

他的形象无处不在，监视着社会的每一个角落，象征着对个人隐私的侵犯和对思想自由的压制。

英美文学练习题1

练习题英国文学部分1.Anglo-Saxon conquest happened in the _15th_ century.2.Angles, Saxons and _jutes_ usually known as Anglo-Saxons are the firstEnglishman.3._Beowulf_ is the most important specimen of Old English literature and also theoldest surviving epic in the English language.4.The first known religious poet in England is _Caedmon_.5.Today Chaucer is acclaimed not only as “the father of English poetry”, but also as“the father of English fiction”. His masterpiece is _The Cabterbury Tales__.6.The Canterbury Tales contains in fact a general prologue and only __24_ tales, ofwhich two are left unfinished.7.The _General Prologue_ provides a framework for the tales in The CanterburyTales, and it comprises a group of vivid pictures of various medieval figures.8.The Canterbury Tales is Chaucer’s greatest work and the greater part of it waswritten in _heroic__ couplet.9.The pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales are on the way to the shrine of St. Thomas aBecket at a place named __Cabterbury__.10.Chaucer’s learning was wide in scope. He obtained a good knowledge of _Italin__,_Latin__, and __French____.11.____Troilus and Criseyde__ is Chaucer’s longest complete poem and his greatestartistic achievement.12.Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his Romaunt_of the Rose__, a freetranslation of French poem names Roman de la Rose.13.The _Anglo-Saxon__ period witnessed a transition from tribal society tofeudalism.14.__Caedmon______ is known as the “Father of English song”15.The early inhabitants on the island now we call England were _Britons______, atribe of Celts. From it the island got its name of Britain.16.In 1066, the Norman defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the battle of __Hastings_.17._Geoffery Chaucer__ is acclaimed not only as “the father of English poetry” butalso as “the father of English fiction”.18.After the _Norman__ conquest, feudal system was established in English society.19.The Romances were usually composed for the noble, of the noble, and hadnothing to do with the _common people___.T/F1.Beowulf reflects how people in the feudal(tribal) society fought against nature. F2.English poetry in the Anglo-Saxon period falls into two groups: religious andpagan. T3.Chaucer’s language, now called old(medieval) English, is vivid and exact. He isthe first great poet who wrote in the English language. F。

英美文学自考试题及答案

英美文学自考试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 《哈姆雷特》是哪位英国剧作家的作品？A. 威廉·莎士比亚B. 奥斯卡·王尔德C. 查尔斯·狄更斯D. 托马斯·哈代答案：A2. 美国作家海明威的代表作是哪部小说？A. 《了不起的盖茨比》B. 《老人与海》C. 《白鲸》D. 《红字》答案：B3. 下列哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀的小说？A. 《理智与情感》B. 《傲慢与偏见》C. 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D. 《简·爱》答案：D4. 谁是“美国现代主义文学之父”？A. 爱德加·爱伦·坡B. 华尔特·惠特曼C. 艾米莉·狄金森D. 马克·吐温答案：A5. 《动物农场》是哪位英国作家的政治讽刺小说？A. 乔治·奥威尔B. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫C. 约翰·弥尔顿D. 丹尼尔·笛福答案：A6. 《白鲸》的作者是谁？A. 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔B. 纳撒尼尔·霍桑C. 埃德加·爱伦·坡D. 华盛顿·欧文答案：A7. 《简·爱》的作者是谁？A. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特B. 艾米莉·勃朗特C. 安妮·勃朗特D. 伊丽莎白·巴雷特·勃朗宁答案：A8. 下列哪部作品是威廉·福克纳的代表作？A. 《喧哗与骚动》B. 《熊》C. 《老人与海》D. 《永别了，武器》答案：B9. 《乌托邦》是哪位英国作家的政治哲学著作？A. 托马斯·莫尔B. 约翰·洛克C. 托马斯·霍布斯D. 约翰·弥尔顿答案：A10. 美国文学中的“迷失的一代”是指哪些作家？A. 爱德加·爱伦·坡B. 弗·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德C. 马克·吐温D. 纳撒尼尔·霍桑答案：B二、填空题（每题2分，共20分）11. 《麦克白》是莎士比亚的四大悲剧之一，其他三部分别是________、《奥赛罗》和《李尔王》。

英美文学练习题15篇

英美文学练习题15篇第一篇：英美文学练习题1练习题英国文学部分1.Anglo-Saxon conquest happened in the _15th_ century.2.Angles, Saxons and _jutes_ usually known as Anglo-Saxons are the first Englishman.3._Beowulf_ is the most important specimen of Old English literature and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language.4.The first known religious poet in England is _Caedmon_.5.Today Chaucer is acclaimed not only as “the father of English poetry”, but also as “the father of English fiction”.His masterpiece is _The Cabterbury Tales__.6.The Canterbury Tales contains in fact a general prologue and only __24_ tales, of which two are left unfinished.7.The _General Prologue_ provides a framework for the tales in The Canterbury Tales, and it comprises a group of vivid pictures of various medieval figures.8.The Canterbury Tales is Chaucer’s greatest work and the greater part of it was written in _heroic__ couplet.9.The pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales are on the way to the shrine of St.Thomas a Becket at a place named __Cabterbury__.10.Chaucer’s learning was wide in scope.He obtained a good knowledge of _Italin__, _Latin__, and __French____.11.____Troilus and Criseyde__ is Chaucer’s longest complete poem and his greatest artistic achievement.12.Chaucer’s earliest work of any length is his Romaunt_of the Rose__, a free translation of French poem names Roman de la Rose.13.The _Anglo-Saxon__ period witnessed a transition from tribal society to feudalism.14.__Caedmon______ is known as the “Father of English song”15.The early inhabitants on the island now we call England were _Britons______, a tribe of Celts.From it the island got its name of Britain.16.In 1066, the Norman defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the battle of __Hastings_.17._Geoffery Chaucer__ is acclaimed not only as “the father of English poetry” but also as “the father of English fiction”.18.After the _Norman__ conquest, feudal system was established in English society.19.The Romances were usually composed for the noble, of the noble, and had nothing to do with the _common people___.T/F1.Beowulf reflects how people in the feudal(tribal)society fought against nature.F2.English poetry in the Anglo-Saxon period falls into two groups: religious and pagan.T3.Chaucer’s l anguage, now called old(medieval)English, is vivid and exact.He is the first great poet who wrote in the English language.F第二篇：英美文学Analysis of Robinson Crusoe2009级师范三班刘静Robinson Crusoe is written by Defoe(1660 ~ 1731), known as the father of English novel and the periodical literature.He is the father of the English novel and periodical literature, who was born in a family which was against the Anglican Protestant.His father is a businessman, doing business.His article influenced the later development of journal articles and newspaper.Because the speech, he was repeatedly arrested.At the age of 59 Defoe began writing fiction as a novelist, show remarkable ability.Robinson Crusoe Robinson is Defoe's first novel, is also one of the most famous novels.It is based on a British seaman on a deserted island alone for 4 years in exile records and creation.Robinson is the heroine of Defoe works inaccordance with their ideals and created the character, he killed out of doing business, living on a desert island for 28 years, overcome all sorts of unimaginable difficulties.He start empty-handed, develop the island, not only to their own survival, and create a new world.He was a pioneer in the image, a real asset class hero.In this figure embodies the western ocean civilization tradition, with the outward development of curiosity, desire to conquer and spirit of adventure, praised the strength quality and working spirit.The novel opens English realistic novel road.In this novel, there are so many about the Wonderful part, but two points impress: one is the author of the narrative language easy to understand.In front of the book, the author use a lot of space to introduce Robinson in the sea to sea before, whether does not listen to parents' guide, but follow the guidance of the soul, the careful psychological description, the author description most incisive.Two is a fascinating story, the protagonist of nearly thirty years of life vividly in front of us, let our eyes as if emerging from a young life.Robinson Crusoe is to let a person look after all that the most primitive, most of my books, not only because it is the wonderful, and it gives us the modern enlightenment.The most qualities I learn from Robinson Crusoe is not his hard-working and brave, but his amazing mental capacity.One can imagine, a single large living alone on a desert island life ten years, no one to accompany him, even the most basic, and a person simply talk for a while to do.The deserted island there is no house, no rice, can only rely on his own hard to create a piece of heaven and earth.The first nonwhite character to be given a realistic, individualized, and humane portrayal in the English novel, Friday has a huge literary and cultural importance.Recent rewritings of the Crusoe story, like J.M.Coet zee’s Foe and Michel Tournier’sFriday, emphasize the sad consequences of Crusoe’s failure to understand Friday and suggest how the tale might be told very differently from the native’s perspective.Besides his importance to our culture, Friday is a key figure within the context of the novel.Friday’s sincere questions to Crusoe about the devil, which Crusoe answers onlyindirectly and hesitantly, leave us wondering whether Crusoe’s knowledge of Christianity is superficial and sketchy in contrast to Friday’s fullunderstanding of his own god Benamuckee.In short, Friday’s exuberance and emotional directness often point out the wooden conventionality of Crusoe’s personality.Despite Friday’s subjugation, however, Crusoe appreciates Friday much more than he would a mere servant.Crusoe does not seem to value intimacy with humans much, but he does say that he loves Friday, which is aremarkable disclosure.Crusoe may bring Friday Christianity and clothing, but Friday brings Crusoe emotional warmth and a vitality of sp irit that Crusoe’s own European heart lacks.This novel shows that we need to believe ourselves, where there is a will, there is e our hands, then see a new world.What is more, we are not only live ourselves in the world, we need to care about others.Be brave, andnever lose hope.第三篇：英美文学《英美文学》复习方法一、找到《英美文学》的辅导书，例如《自考一本通》《自考直通车》等类型的汉语版辅导书。

英美文学欣赏考题整理及答案

Part One：English Poetry1.William Shakespeare Sonnet 18•Why does the poet compare `thee` to a summer’s day? And who could `thee` be?Because summer’s day and thee both represent beauty . thee could be beauty, love.•What picture have you got of English summer, and could you explain why?Warm, beautiful, sunshine. Because summer is the best season of a year ,the most beautiful season. It is like our May.•How does the poet answer the question he puts forth in the first line?Thee is more beautiful than summer.•What makes the poet think that “thou〞can be more fair than summer and immortal?Because humanism is more eternal than summer and immortal.•What figures of speech are used in this poem?Simile, metaphor, personification, oxymoron and so on .•What is the theme of the poem?Love conquers all, Beauty lives on.2. Thomas Nashe Spring•Read the poem carefully, pay attention to those image- bearing words, and see how many images the poet created in the poem and what sense impressions you can get from those images.There is “B looms each thing, maids dance in a ring, the pretty birds do sing, the palm and may make country houses gay, Lambs frisk' and play, the shepherds pipe all day, And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay, The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit, In every street these tunes bur ears do greet!〞The “Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit，〞impressions me most because of the harmony of the people’s relationship.•Can you point out and explain the sound and their musical effect in the poem?In the Poem, each section has four lines, each line has ten syllables ( five tone step ) . In order to give the reader a spring breeze , streams , flowers , winding , Song Xin texture of sound and light flavor, Naixi greater uses English word S , z , f , V , R , L , and θconsonants means. In Naixi's poem, the use of phonological is also very harmonious, very smooth , very mellow. Section I of the poetry has Three pairs [ ing ] , section II of the poem has three pairs [ ei ] and the third quarter has three pairs [ i : ].3.John Donne A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning•What is a “valediction〞any way? Is the speaker in the poem about to die?Why does the speaker forbid mourning?No, it is about the lover s’separation. As the poem metaphors, the poet believed he and his wife’s love is sacred, he didn’t hope they cry when separation comes, let their love be stained by the ordinary and mundane.In the first verse, the poet used virtuous men’s death metaphor for lovers’separation, in the third verse he used “moving of the earth〞and “trepidation of the spheres〞metaphor for lovers’ separation and the result of separation, in the last three verse he used stiff twin compasses’ two legs metaphor for poet himself and his wife. All these metaphors show poet opinion that he will separate from his wife in peace, their love is a scared love, when they away from each other, they will not be hurt by the pain of the separation. He and his wife will not really separate. They care about each other and listen to the other one’s heart, their trust and loyalty makes their love perfect like the circle made by a twin compasses.4.William Blake The Tiger•What is the symbolic meaning of the tiger?The symbol of the Tiger is unclear what it exactly symbolizes, but scholars have hypothesized that the Tiger could be inspiration, the divine, artistic creation, history, the sublime, or vision itself. The list is almost infinite. The point is, the Ti ger is important, and Blake’s poem barely limits the possibilities.Here are two major symbolisms:The tiger is the embodiment of God's power in creation.The tiger shows the force of French Revolution.•What paradox can you find in the poem?"Did he who made the Lamb make thee?" It challenges the one-track religious views of the 18’s century. The view only concluded that god create the lame, he is so kind a father. But it didn’t know god also create the tough tiger. He can also be very serious. The god is someone who can’t be truly understood by human beings.5.Robert Burns A Red, Red Rose•How dose the narrator in the love song express his love?In stanza 1, the narrator presents two similes, the first comparing his love to a rose and the second comparing his love to a melody.In stanza 2, the narrator addresses the young lady as bonnie. In the last line of the stanza, he presents hyperbole, a figure of speech that exaggerates.In stanza 3, the man promises eternal love for her.In stanza 4, the poet vows to love her however far he may go.•Why is this poem so touching to the readers?Because this poem professes the poet’s true love for his beloved girl, and uses the mentioned above to touch the readers.6.William Wordsw orth I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud•What does the poet see?He sees some daffodils.•What is the poet’s mood before he sees the daffodils?Vacant and pensive.•What is the poet’s mood after he sees the daffodils?He is very pleasant.•How does the magical change occur?Those daffodils show a fantastic picture to the poet, and the poet has been deeply affected by the scene, and his mood changes.•What is the theme of the poem? Or what does the poet want to tell you?It shows the beauty of nature, and the nature’s beauty uplifts the human spirit, and the harmony between human and nature.7.Robert Browning My Last Duchess• 1. In this poem, who and on what occasion is speaking to whom?The Duke is the speaker of the poem, and tells us he is entertaining an emissary who has come to negotiate the Duke’s marriage (he has recently been widowed) to the daughter of another powerful family.•What sort of person is the Duke’s last Duchess?She is kind, easy-going, innocent and lively.•And what became of her in the end?She became very upset and worrying. The duchess died under suspicious circumstances on April 21, 1561, just two years after he married her. She may have been poisoned.• 2. What sort of person is the Duke?He is outrageously arrogant, narrow-minded, selfish, hypocritical, cold-blooded, crucial, greedy and treacherous.8.Walt Whitman O Captain! My Captain!•Q:Walt Whitman’s poem “O Captain! My Captain!〞is written in the form of an allegory. What is the overall connotative meaning in the poem?A: Ship’s implied meaning is America; My capta in’ implied meaning is Abraham Lincoln who leaded America to triumph in American Civil War then;our fearful trip’s implied meaning is American Civil War after which Lincoln was assassinated. In this poem author spoken highly of Lincoln’ contribution and expressed his sorrow for Lincoln’ death.9.Emily Dickinson (1)Success is counted sweetest (67)•According to the poem, who can understand success most? Do you agree or not with the poet’s view that “Success is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed〞?The person who best understands the meaning of success is the person who fails•What sort of feelings does the poet show toward the victor and the defeated?The poet shows her awareness of the complicated truths of human desire.Success can be comprehended by someone who need it; the defeated, dying man understand victory more clearly than the victorious army does.(2)Because I could not stop for Death (712)•How many people are there in the carriage? And where are they going right now?There are three in the carriage, the Poet, Death, and Immortality.•Where did they pass? What can these places remind us of?They passed the school, the fields of Gazing grain, the Setting Sun. It reminds usof childhood, maturity and old age, the children are evident symbols of the beginning of things, the grain rip of the adulthood, and the sun setting of the rest of the days.•What is the poet’s attitude toward death and life implied in the poem?The poet’s attitude is that death is nothing to be forced since it is natural part of the endless cycle of nature, it’s only the beginning ;to die is to go on another journey, although death takes one away from the earthy world ;there is still something to look forward to when one dies, death means eternity.10.Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening•Why did the speaker stop?Literally he was fascinated by the beautiful night scene and stoped his horse to watch the woods fill up with the snow,it was also a little break for the long travel. But in fact,it's symbolism,the 'woods' stands for the nature,the 'village' stands for the human world, 'horse' for the animal world. The poem representsa moment of relaxation from the burdensome journey of life, an almostaesthetic enjoyment and appreciation of natural beauty which is wholesome and restorative against the chaotic existence of modern man.•Why did he later decide to go?As the last sentence said 'But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep.'His 'horse' shake the bell to ask if they should go,which is actually a symbol of vitality, urges him to go. He lives in the real life, and he has his own obligation "promise to keep',he hasn't achieve it, so he must go on his trip,leave the beautiful scene.Though the scene is so amazing,he has to have the real life.Though the real life is so hard,he must back to it,and reach his goal. One leaves no regrets after he dies, as long as one has reached his goal.•What is your understanding of “promises to keep〞?“The promise〞could be an obligation or a goal. One cannot die before fulfilling one’s dream. The poet uses “sleep〞to represent death, just as we usually do. People have their own dream or goal,it's also the duty for us to finish, we live for ourselves and we make life wonderful by keeping on reaching our goal,no regrets leaves as long as we have reached our goals. 11. Ezra Pound In a Station of the MetroPart Two: English Fiction12. Jonathan Swift Gulliver’s TravelsIn this chapter, Swift describes the smallness of the Lilliputians. What does this “smallness〞imply in the author’s satire of the aristocratic bourgeois society of the time?Key: The Lilliput scene depicted in the first volume of the novel is a microcosm of the British Empire. The perennial endless struggle between UK Tories and Whigs and external war are essentially just politicians intrigue in the section has nothing to do with the national economy and the people's livelihood. The “smallness〞implythat …What is the cause of the civil strife and war between Lilliput and the neighbouring empire of Blefu scu? What is the target of the author’s satire? (1)Key: The parties are divided as high-heeled party and low-heeled party accordingto the height of the heel. The relationship between parties is irreconcilable;Neighboring countries not only want to conquer and enslave the other, but also argue about trifles such as which head we should knock when we will eat eggs . (2) Key: The author uses irony and innuendo tactics to reflect the British social contradictions among first half of the 18th century, to criticize the British parliamentary politics and reactionary religious forces, to expose the corruption and evil of the ruling clique, and to criticize the hazards of a war of aggression and colonialism.13Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice1.Do you agree with the statement “it is truth universally acknowledged that a singleman in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife〞? What is the relationship between money and marriage?Key: (1) I agree with this statement. In my view, a bachelor who has lots of money is supposed to have a wife to company him. The amount of money demonstrates the ability of a person. The beauties and the wits should come together.(2) First, the relationship between marriage and money is very close; we can say that the money is the basis of marriage. This is just from the material conditions of life. However, the amount of money can’t measure the quality of marriage. A determinant of marriage is the couple's feelings, and if the lack of the feelings, life is not a happy marriage even though has more money.2.What do you think of Mrs. Bennet? How can you characterize her?Key: (1) Mrs. Bennet - a foolish, noisy woman whose only goal in life is to see her daughters married. Because of her low breeding and often unbecoming behavior, Mrs. Bennet often repels the very suitors whom she tries to attract for her daughters.(2) Mrs. Bennet is a miraculously tiresome character, who is noisy and foolish. And Mrs. Bennet is totally obedient and submissive in her marriage. Mrs. Bennet is a self-centered woman with the attitude that what is good enough for her is good enough for her children.14. Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights1.What is the main plot of the whole novel? What causes the tragic ending of thelove between Heathcliff and Catherine? Would it have been possible, under the circumstances, for the victimized lovers to find a way out?Key: Novel’s theme is vengeance. Katherine's character flaws is the root causes of the tragedy, Heathcliff to lost love human distortion conducted a series of revenge activities, the capitalist society for the generation of tragedy provides fertile soil. If Heathcliff get marry with Katherine, they’ll be happiness.2.Is Heathcliff’s revenge upon the Earnshaw and Linton families justifiable? Whatis the author’s attitude toward Heathcliff, judging from the final futility of the revenge?Key: For the vengeance of the people is right .but it’s wrong in law. It’s love, but Heathcliff’s love is crazy.15. Kate Chopin The Story of an Hour•What kind of character is Louise Mallard?Key: Mrs. Mallard is a sympathetic character with strength and insight.•What are the themes of this short story?Key: It’s mainly about the awakening of feminine awareness and the fruitless struggle of women for freedom in a man-centered world. It is about marriage bondages and celibacy freedom.•What do “heart trouble〞and “the open window〞symbolize?Key: (1) heart trouble symbolizes(2) the open window symbolizes16. Earnest Hemingway Hills like White Elephants• 1. What is a “white ele phant 〞according to the dictionary definition? What does a “white elephant〞symbolize in the story?(1) Key:a: a property requiring much care and expense and yielding littleprofitb : an object no longer of value to its owner but of value to othersc : something of little or no value(2)Key: The woman is pregnant, and the White Elephant is a hint of the body ofthe women. The fact that the two. This matter becomes a heavy burden for the two people.• 2. List the evidence that tells what kind of operation Jig is confronting.How risky is it physically and emotionally?(1) evidence:1.'It's really an awfully simple operation, Jig,' the man said. 'It's not really anoperation at all.'2. 'I know you wouldn't mind it, Jig. It's really not anything. It's just to let theair in.'3. 'They just let the air in and then it's all perfectly natural.'4. 'I know we will. Yon don't have to be afraid. I've known lots of people that have done it.'5. 'But I know it's perfectly simple.'(2) Key:1. Do affect her health, result that the body is badly weakened and be reducedimmunity in the aspect of physical.2. Do be Frustrated, empty and depressed mood which leads to that she cannot be quiet in the aspect of emotion.• 3. Has Jig made up her mind to do the operation?Key: The question about whether to do an abortion, the article comes a stop suddenly at the end. So we can’t make sure whether Jig has made up her mind to do the operation.• 4. If the operation is something already decided on, then what upsets Jig?What is the real conflict between the couple?Key: (1) She worries that she could not get happiness as before with the man. She upsets that he would leave her for ever.(2) The real conflict between the couple is that whether the man likes thewomen from the deep heart and their attitudes towards life.• 5. What kind of girl is Jig? How is their relation like? Does the American love Jig?Key: (1) She is restless and confused and longing for the deeper love from the man.(2) There could be many situations: first, a married man compels his loverto have a abortion; second, as a bachelor, he worries the baby would make his life be complex and so on.(3) Because of the various situations, we could not make an accurateconclusion that the man loves Jig. However, on some degree the man loves the woman by analyzing the conversation between them.• 6. What is Hemingway’s style?Key: Hemingway’s style is laconic. The characteristic is reflected in thatWhen writing, he is very clear what kind of content could pit one against ten. It is both an immediate situation and also containing other deeper meanings, which can be informed in the way of exploring something by the readers.17.William Faulkner A Rose for Emily• 1. What is the meaning of the title?Key: A rose is a funeral flower. I t’s author’s tribute to Emily, and also to south, Emily is the symbol. And it has an ironic meaning to this story.• 2. What kind of woman is Miss Emily?Key: She is embodiment of south, the old and traditional, also obstinate, resists to change anything ,a determined，dignified, valiant and literate woman.• 3. How did the townspeople think of her?Key: The townspeople had mixed feelings—she was “dear inescapable, impervious, tranquil〞, and perverse. Also she was always expected to bring honor to the town and set a good example for the young.• 4. What is the symbolic meaning of Emily’s house?Key: Emily’s house, like Emily herself, is a monument, the only remaining emblem of a dying world of southern aristocracy, also represents alienation and death.• 5. What is special about the narration of this story?Key: The writing style of the novel is using flashbacks and narration interspersed with flashbacks. The author let us know the independent but closely related events skillfully under the premise of being not exposed the true intentions, which makes us draw attention to the development of the plot without boring.Part Three: English Drama18. William Shakespeare Hamlet, Prince of Denmark• 1. Why does sleep appear to be so fearful for Hamlet even though it can put an end to the numerous headaches in our life?Key: As described in the text, Hamlet thinks that sleep is different from death. Death means the end of life, you may go to the unknown world and you can’t comeback. If he dies, Hamlet can’t realize his will. S leep can’t end the heartache and the thousandnatural shocks. He can’t revenge and get relief through this way. He is frightened by the possible suffering in the long “dream〞. He can’t predict what will happen in t he sleep, may be good or evil.• 2. Why would most people prefer to bear all the sufferings in life rather than choose death as a means to end them?Key: 1. As it goes that ‘Adversity makes growth’, by solving the problems we can acknowledge plenty of skills and overcome the sufferings in life. If we choose death as a means to end them, it is too passive for us to face the obstacles in life, which will lead to the failure in life.2. Because people hold the same idea "to grunt and sweat under a weary life, butthat the dread of something after death-the undiscovered country, form whose bourn no traveler returns-puzzle the will, and make us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we don’t know.〞People also are frightened by the myths in another world after death.Romeo and Juliet•What does it mean when Juliet says “That which we call a rose / By my other name would smell as sweet〞?Key:In Shakespeare's time, name on behalf of their family, and his family represents the social status. And personal just only on behalf of their inner identity.And Juliet says strongly reflects her humanist outlook on life and the concept of the ideal.19. Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest1.How do you understand the title of the play? What is your impression ofGwendolen? What are the most striking traits in Lady Bracknell’s character? (1) Key: Here is a pun. It’s important to be a serious man. And t he author wants to satirize the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.(2) Key: She advocates sincere, do be intelligent and friendly, and is able to forgive the mistakes of others. She do be a earnest person.(3) Key: Lady Bracknell embodies the stereotype of the Victorian English aristocrat woman. She belongs to aristocratic society and is a typical Victorian snob, who is arrogant, formal and concerned with money. She is interested only in a materialistic world.20. Eugene O’Neill The Hairy Ape1.Yank assumes more than once the posture of Rodin’s “The Thinker〞in the play.What does it have to do with the play’s motif and tone? What are the major images and symbols employed in the play to dramatize the theme?(1) Key: 1. The themes of this article are modern man loses his sense of belonging under technological progress and humanity is in a predicament by creating a world he does not belong to.2. The Thinker is often painful, which demonstrates the profoundly tragic matter of modern people like Yank: he is thinking and looks forward to a better life, but he doesn’t find the answer. In O'Neill’s opinion, there exists no answer. Therefore, he is destined to be a loser.3. In summary, the description of his behavior makes the theme moresignificant.2.Why do you think the play is subtitled “A Comedy of Ancient and Modern Life inEight Scenes〞？Key: 1. The hairy ape is a comedy of ancient and modern life which shows O'Neill's social concern for the oppressed industrial working class. It presents an extremely negative view of the state, of mechanized America, where the worker best adjusted to the system is a “hairy ape,〞and where the “Capitalist class〞is even more terribly dehumanized , for it has lost all connection with life , is simply “a procession of gaudy marionettes.〞2. The play was created in 20th century when western people suffered unprecedented intellectual crisis. Human beings lost their absolute value, which made people fall into confusion and desperation. Besides, man’s desire to emotions was ignored in the rapid development of technology. People put existence of individuality first at that time.3. Numerous obstacles and frustrations occur in the way of Yank’s seeking for his position, which reflects survival crisis of most modern people. The more people think about, the clearer people realize about freedom.。

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(单选题)1: If Winter comes，can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by____. A: J．KeatsB: W．BlakeC: W. WordsworthD: P.B．Shelley正确答案:(单选题)2: The English novelist_______ has been regarded as the “Prose Homer”. A: Daniel DefoeB: Jonathan SwiftC: Henry FieldingD: Samuel Richardson正确答案:(单选题)3: Chaucer is called the founder of English realism because he portrays all the classes of English feudal society except_______A: businessmen and scholarsB: nobles and serfsC: plowmen and priestsD: knights and franklins正确答案:(单选题)4: “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.正确答案:(单选题)5: Maxine Hong Kingston‘s first novel is _______ .A: The Woman WarriorB: China MenC: The Joy Luck Club正确答案:(单选题)6: In which of the following poems by William Butler Yeats did you find the allusion to Helen and the TrojanWar?A: "Sailing to Byzantium"B: " Leda and the Swan"C: "The Lake Isle if Innisfree".D: " Sown by the Sally Garden"正确答案:(单选题)7: In William Blake‘s poetry, the father（and any other in whom he saw the imageof the father such as God, priest, and king）was usually a figure of _______ . A: benevolenceB: admirationC: loveD: tyranny正确答案:(单选题)8: Shak espeare‘s comedies are composed of ______A: ordinary people and clownsB: knights and noblesC: witches and prophetsD: shrews and princes正确答案:(单选题)9: “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” Thisnovel is most probably .A: Charles Dickens’s David CopperfieldB: James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC: Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding GrowdD: Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones正确答案:(单选题)10: All of the following are written by Hemingway except _______ .A: The Sun Also RisesB: For Whom the Bell TollsC: Sartoris正确答案:(单选题)11: Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English Middle-class man of theeighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A: Tom JonesB: GulliverC: Moll FlandersD: Robinson Crusoe正确答案:(单选题)12: “...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 husbandB: the Duchess stopped smiling at her husband’s orderC: the Duchess died of laughing too muchD: the Duchess did not want to smile as much as her husband requested正确答案:(单选题)13: For Melville, as well as for the reader and _______ , the narrator, Moby Dickis still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A: AhabB: IshmaelC: StubbD: Starbuck正确答案:(单选题)14: Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of RobinsonGrusoe, of York, Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe)by .A: Jonathan SwiftB: Daniel DefoeC: George EliotD: wrence正确答案:(单选题)15: 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.正确答案:(单选题)16: Gothic novels are mostly stories of , which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles .A: love and marriageB: sea adventuresC: mystery and horrorD: saints and martyrs正确答案:(单选题)17: The lines, "It was a miracle of rare device,/ A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice," are found in __________.A: Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s "Kubla Khan"B: William Wordsworth’s "Lines Written in Early Spring"C: John Keats’s "Ode to Autumn"D: Percy Bysshe Shelly’s "ode to the West Wind"正确答案:(单选题)18: One of the earliest spokeswomen in English for the Chinese immigrant community is _____.A: Lin YutangB: Sui Sin FarC: Maxine Hong Kingston正确答案:(单选题)19: ______ makes the climax of O‘Neill‘s literary career and the coming of age of Americandrama .A: The Hairy ApeB: Long Day‘s Journey into NightC: The Iceman Cometh正确答案:(单选题)20: Dramatic monologue was created by the author who wroteA: Crossing the BarB: Ode to the West WindC: The Ring and the BookD: Jude the Obscure正确答案:(判断题)21: On one hand Byron is a violent reformer and on the other hand he is a wanderer.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)22: Faulkner‘s artistic techniques include the exploration of reality , the nature of time and the relation of the past to the present .A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)23: Wordsworth’s best poems are description of mountains, rivers, flowers, birds .A: 错误B: 正确(判断题)24: Amy Tan‘s first book published in 1976 called The Woman Warrior won the National Book Critic‘s Circle Award .A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)25: As a Jewish writer , Salinger concerns himself only with Jewish subject . A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)26: Pynchon‘s fascination with popular culture is overwhelmingly evident in the novel V.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)27: King Lear distributed his territory among his three daughters.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)28: With Bellow and Singer as Nobel Prize winners , the status of Jewish Literature as an important part of American Literature has been firmly established . A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)29: Beowulf was created in England.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)30: The short story “The Rocking Horse Winner” was writte n by Lawrence. A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)31: The Jazz Age characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby .A: 错误B: 正确(判断题)32: Black Humor is defined as modern humor caused by anger .A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)33: Beowulf was brought by Anglo-Saxon people from the Continent to England. A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)34: The “dark comedy” refers to those written by Jonson in his third period of dramatic career.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)35: The poetry of Sentimentalism is characterized by sympathy for the French Revolution.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)36: Auld Lang Syne was composed by Burns.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)37: The poetry of Sentimentalism is characterized by sympathy for the French Revolution .A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)38: Wilder demanded his audience to accept the fact that they were watching actors on the stage .A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)39: The Lost Generation was first named by Hemingway .A: 错误B: 正确(判断题)40: Mr. Bennet’s favorite daughter is Ja ne.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(单选题)1: If Winter comes，can Spring be far behind?”is an epigrammatic line by____. A: J．KeatsB: W．BlakeC: W. WordsworthD: P.B．Shelley正确答案:(单选题)2: The English novelist_______ has been regarded as the “Prose Homer”. A: Daniel DefoeB: Jonathan SwiftC: Henry FieldingD: Samuel Richardson正确答案:(单选题)3: Chaucer is called the founder of English realism because he portrays all the classes of English feudal society except_______A: businessmen and scholarsB: nobles and serfsC: plowmen and priestsD: knights and franklins正确答案:(单选题)4: “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.正确答案:(单选题)5: Maxine Hong Kingston‘s first novel is _______ .A: The Woman WarriorB: China MenC: The Joy Luck Club正确答案:(单选题)6: In which of the following poems by William Butler Yeats did you find theallusion to Helen and the TrojanWar?A: "Sailing to Byzantium"B: " Leda and the Swan"C: "The Lake Isle if Innisfree".D: " Sown by the Sally Garden"正确答案:(单选题)7: In William Blake‘s poetry, the father（and any other in whom he saw the imageof the father such as God, priest, and king）was usually a figure of _______ . A: benevolenceB: admirationC: loveD: tyranny正确答案:(单选题)8: Shakespeare‘s comedies are composed of ______A: ordinary people and clownsB: knights and noblesC: witches and prophetsD: shrews and princes正确答案:(单选题)9: “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.”Thisnovel is most probably .A: Charles Dickens’s David CopperfieldB: James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC: Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding GrowdD: Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones正确答案:(单选题)10: All of the following are written by Hemingway except _______ .A: The Sun Also RisesB: For Whom the Bell TollsC: Sartoris正确答案:(单选题)11: Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English Middle-class man of theeighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A: Tom JonesB: GulliverC: Moll FlandersD: Robinson Crusoe正确答案:(单选题)12: “...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 husbandB: the Duchess stopped smiling at her husband’s orderC: the Duchess died of laughing too muchD: the Duchess did not want to smile as much as her husband requested正确答案:(单选题)13: For Melville, as well as for the reader and _______ , the narrator, Moby Dickis still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A: AhabB: IshmaelC: StubbD: Starbuck正确答案:(单选题)14: Crusoe is the hero in The life and Strange Surprising Adventures of RobinsonGrusoe, of York, Mariner (also known as Robinson Crusoe)by .A: Jonathan SwiftB: Daniel DefoeC: George EliotD: wrence正确答案:(单选题)15: 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.正确答案:(单选题)16: Gothic novels are mostly stories of , which take place in some haunted or dilapidated Middle Age castles .A: love and marriageB: sea adventuresC: mystery and horrorD: saints and martyrs正确答案:(单选题)17: The lines, "It was a miracle of rare device,/ A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice," are found in __________.A: Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s "Kubla Khan"B: William Wordsworth’s "Lines Written in Early Spring"C: John Keats’s "Ode to Autumn"D: Percy Bysshe Shelly’s "ode to the West Wind"正确答案:(单选题)18: One of the earliest spokeswomen in English for the Chinese immigrant community is _____.A: Lin YutangB: Sui Sin FarC: Maxine Hong Kingston正确答案:(单选题)19: ______ makes the climax of O‘Neill‘s literary career and the coming of age of Americandrama .A: The Hairy ApeB: Long Day‘s Journey into NightC: The Iceman Cometh正确答案:(单选题)20: Dramatic monologue was created by the author who wroteA: Crossing the BarB: Ode to the West WindC: The Ring and the BookD: Jude the Obscure正确答案:(判断题)21: On one hand Byron is a violent reformer and on the other hand he is a wanderer.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)22: Faulkner‘s artistic techniques include the exploration of reality , the nature of time and the relation of the past to the present .A: 错误B: 正确(判断题)23: Wordsworth’s best poems are description of mountains, rivers, flowers, birds .A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)24: Amy Tan‘s first book published in 1976 called The Woman Warrior won the National Book Critic‘s Circle Award .A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)25: As a Jewish writer , Salinger concerns himself only with Jewish subject . A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)26: Pynchon‘s fascination with popular culture is overwhelmingly evident in the novel V.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)27: King Lear distributed his territory among his three daughters.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)28: With Bellow and Singer as Nobel Prize winners , the status of Jewish Literature as an important part of American Literature has been firmly established . A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)29: Beowulf was created in England.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)30: The short story “The Rocking Horse Winner” was written by Lawrence. A: 错误B: 正确(判断题)31: The Jazz Age characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby .A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)32: Black Humor is defined as modern humor caused by anger .A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)33: Beowulf was brought by Anglo-Saxon people from the Continent to England. A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)34: The “dark comedy” refers to those written by Jonson in his third period of dramatic career.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)35: The poetry of Sentimentalism is characterized by sympathy for the French Revolution.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)36: Auld Lang Syne was composed by Burns.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)37: The poetry of Sentimentalism is characterized by sympathy for the French Revolution .A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)38: Wilder demanded his audience to accept the fact that they were watching actors on the stage .A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)39: The Lost Generation was first named by Hemingway . A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:(判断题)40: Mr. Bennet’s favorite daughter is Jane.A: 错误B: 正确正确答案:。

英美文学考试试题

英美文学考试试题一、选择题1、以下哪部作品是威廉·莎士比亚的悲剧代表作？（）A 《仲夏夜之梦》B 《威尼斯商人》C 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》D 《第十二夜》2、简·奥斯汀的小说《傲慢与偏见》中，女主人公伊丽莎白最终与谁结为夫妻？（）A 达西先生B 威克姆先生C 宾利先生D 柯林斯先生3、以下哪位诗人是英国浪漫主义诗歌的代表人物？（）A 华兹华斯B 雪莱C 拜伦D 以上都是4、美国作家海明威的小说《老人与海》中，老渔夫最终捕到的鱼是什么？（）A 金枪鱼B 马林鱼C 鳕鱼D 鲸鱼5、英国作家狄更斯的小说《双城记》，其“双城”指的是哪两座城市？（）A 伦敦和巴黎B 纽约和波士顿C 柏林和慕尼黑D 莫斯科和圣彼得堡二、填空题1、《哈姆雷特》中的经典台词“生存还是毁灭，这是一个值得考虑的问题”反映了主人公_____的内心挣扎。

2、简·奥斯汀的小说以_____为主要题材，展现了当时英国社会的风貌。

3、华兹华斯的诗作《抒情歌谣集》与_____共同开创了英国浪漫主义诗歌的新时代。

4、海明威的“冰山理论”强调小说中只应展现“＿____”，而将“＿____”隐藏在水下。

5、马克·吐温的代表作《汤姆·索亚历险记》和《＿____》，以幽默风趣的语言描绘了美国少年的生活。

三、简答题1、请简要分析《简·爱》中女主人公简·爱的性格特点。

简·爱是一个非常独立自主、自尊自强的女性形象。

她出身贫寒，但却不屈服于命运的安排，始终坚持追求平等和自由。

她具有强烈的自我意识，不依赖他人，勇敢地表达自己的想法和情感。

在爱情面前，她坚守自己的原则，不因为财富和地位而放弃自己的尊严。

同时，她也富有同情心和善良的品质，对待他人真诚友善。

2、简述美国文学中“垮掉的一代”的主要特点。

“垮掉的一代”是 20 世纪 50 年代在美国出现的一个文学流派。

他们对传统的价值观和社会规范表示不满和反抗，追求个性解放和自由。

英美文学选读习题1

答：
答案：survival|fittest|fate|mysterious |supernatural|force|impotent|Fate
【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】得分：0分
[3]1.“When the stars threw down their spears,
And water’d heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee ?”
Questions:
A. Who’s the poet of the quoted stanza?
B. Whom does the“he”refer to?
C. What does the“Lamb”symbolize?
Bromanticism
Ctranscendentalism
Dcubism
答：
答案：A
【题型：论述】【分数：10分】得分：0分
[2]Why is Hardy regarded as a naturalistic writer in English literature? Discuss in relation to his novels you know.
DD. A Farewell to Arms
答：
答案：C
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[7]
“‘Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? So you think I am an automoton?—a machine without feelings? And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?—You think wrong!—I have as much as you and full as much heart! 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. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, or even of mortal flesh:—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal—as we are!’”

自考英美文学试题及答案

自考英美文学试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中，主人公哈姆雷特的著名独白“生存还是毁灭”出自以下哪一幕？A. 第一幕第一场B. 第三幕第一场C. 第二幕第二场D. 第四幕第四场答案：B2. 在《了不起的盖茨比》中，盖茨比的豪宅位于哪个城市？A. 纽约B. 芝加哥C. 洛杉矶D. 旧金山答案：A3. 下列哪部作品不是简·奥斯汀所著？A. 《傲慢与偏见》B. 《理智与情感》C. 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》D. 《简·爱》答案：D4. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的《到灯塔去》中，主人公拉姆齐夫人的丈夫是一位：A. 作家B. 画家C. 哲学家D. 科学家答案：B5. 在《老人与海》中，老渔夫圣地亚哥与哪种海洋生物搏斗？A. 鲨鱼B. 鲸鱼C. 马林鱼D. 海豚答案：C6. 以下哪位诗人不属于浪漫主义诗人？A. 威廉·华兹华斯B. 塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治C. 约翰·济慈D. 罗伯特·布朗宁答案：D7. 《简·爱》的作者是谁？A. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特B. 艾米莉·勃朗特C. 乔治·艾略特D. 简·奥斯汀答案：A8. 在《呼啸山庄》中，希斯克利夫是如何获得财富的？A. 继承B. 赌博C. 经商D. 抢劫答案：A9. 《雾都孤儿》的主人公奥利弗·特威斯特最终成为了：A. 律师B. 医生C. 作家D. 教师答案：B10. 《了不起的盖茨比》中，盖茨比的悲剧结局是由于：A. 他的财富B. 他的爱情C. 他的野心D. 他的虚荣答案：B二、填空题（每题2分，共20分）1. 英国文学史上的“湖畔诗人”包括威廉·华兹华斯、________和塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治。

答案：罗伯特·骚塞2. 《荒原》是现代主义诗人________的代表作之一。

《英美文学选读》综合测验题库

《英美文学选读》综合测验题库一、单项选择题1. Which one of the following statements is NOT true of William Faulkner?A. He is master of stream-of-consciousness narrative.B. His writing is often complex and difficult to understand.C. He often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago.D. He represents a new group of Southern writers.2. In 1950, ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist Intruder in the Dust.A. Scott FitzgeraldB. Ernest HemingwayC. Henry James3. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their ________.A. indestructible spiritB. pessimistic view of lifeC. war experiencesD. masculinity4. Hemingway’s second big success is ______.A. In Our TimeB. For Whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also RisesD. A Farewell to Arms5. Most critics have agreed that ______ is both an insider and an outsider of the Jazz Age with a double vision.B. FrostC. CummingsD. Hemingway6. The subject matter of Robert Frosts poems focuses on ______.B. battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legendsC. struggling masses and crowded urban quartersD. fantasies and mythical happenings7. Which terms can best describe the modernists concern of the human situation in their fiction?B. Courage and honor.C. Tradition and faith.D. Poverty and desperation.8. Which one is not written by Henry James?A. The AmbassadorsB. The Wings of the DoveC. The Bostonians9. While Mark Twain satirized European manners at times, _______ was an admirer.A. O. HenryC. Walt WhitmanD. Jack London10. More than five hundred poems that Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general _______ about the relationship between man and nature is well expressed.A. skepticismB. eulogyC. happinessD. denial11. The greatest work written by Theodore Dreiser is _______.A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The FinancierD. The Titan12. “Even then he stood there, hidden wholly in tha t kindness which is night, while the uprising fumes filled the room. When the odor reached his nostrils, he quit his attitude and fumbled for the bed. ‘what’s the use?’ he said, weakly, as he stretched himself to rest.”The passage is taken from _______.A. Sons and Lovers by D.H LawrenceB. Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteC. Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserD. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte13."This is my letter to the world" is a poem expressing Emily Dickinsons _______ about her communication with the outside world.A. happinessB. angerC. anxietyD. sorrow14. Theodore Dreiser is generally regarded as one of America’ _______.A. naturalistsB. realistsC. modernistsD. romanticists15. Which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickenson’s?A. This is my letter to the WorldB. I heard a fly buzz-when I diedC. The Road Not TakenD. I like to see it lap the miles16.________ is a school of modern painting, whose emphasis is on the formal structure of a work of art and especially on the multiple-perspective viewpoints.A. ExpressionismB. ImpressionismC. CubismD. Imagism17. “He is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment take him in search of his personal Grail; his failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream.”The character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagonist of ________.A. Fitzgerald’s The Great GatsbyB. Dreiser’s An American TragedyC. Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell TollsD. Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn18. Almost all Faulkners heroes turned out to be tragic because ________.A. all enjoyed living in the declining American SouthB. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and social institutionsC. most of them were prisoners of the pastD. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable19.________ is a representative of the 1930s, when “novels of social protest” became dominant on the American literary scene.A. Ezra PoundB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Robert Lee FrostD. John Steinbeck20. In _______, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.A. “After Apple-Picking”B. “The Road Not Taken”C. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”D. “Fire and Ice”21.American writers after World War Ⅰself-consciously acknowledged that they were (a) "_______", devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization.A. Lost GenerationB. Beat GenerationC. Sons of LibertyD. Angry Young Men22. 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.23. Fitzgerald wrote the following except _______.A. The Great GatsbyB. In Our TimeC. Tender Is the NightD. This Side of Paradise24. Robert Frost was the Pulitzer Prize winner on _______ occasions.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five25. Which of the following best describes the protagonist of William Faulkner’s “a Rose for Emily”?A. She is a conservative aristocrat.B. She is a wealth lady.C. She is a prisoner of the past.D. She has good taste.26. “I shall be telling this with a signSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled by,The passage is taken from _______.And that has made all the difference.”A. Robert Lee Fros t’s “The Road Not Taken”B. Alfred Tennyson’s “Break, Break, Break”C. Edmund Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene”D. Samuel Johnson’s “London”27."There was music from my neighbors house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars……", the two sentences are taken from _______.A. The Great Gatsby by FitzgeraldB. Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserC. Moby-Dick by Herman MelvilleD. Daisy Miller by Henry James28. Which of the following comments on the novel The Great Gatsby is not true?A. The Great Gatsby is a novel that is a set against the ending of the war.B. Gatsby is a mystical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mind that embodies American itself.C. Gatsby is the last of the romantic heroes.D. Gatsby is wealthy but unintelligent and brutal.29. Who, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used "i" instead of "I" to refer to himself as a protest against self-importance?A. Wallace StevensB. CummingsC. FitzgeraldD. Ernest Hemingway30. The first book Robert Frost wrote was _______.A. Mountain IntervalB. New HampshireC. A Further RangeD. A Boy’s Will31. Which of the following is not a usual subject of poetic expression of Emily Dickinson’s?A. war and peaceB. love and marriageC. life and deathD. religion32. “Because I could not stop for Death” is a famous poem written by _______.A. Ezra poundB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Emily Dickinson33.Daisy Miller’s tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of _______.A. the American youth WinterbourneB. the author of Henry JamesC. her mother Mrs. MillerD. the Italian youth Giovanelli34. In Henry James’ Daisy Miller, t he author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of _______.A. the corruption of the newly richB. the free spirit of the New WorldC. the decline of aristocracyD. the force of convention35. Stylistically, Henry James’ fiction is characteri zed _______.A. highly refined languageB. ordinary American speechC. short, clear sentencesD. abundance of local images36. In the following writers, who is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “stream of consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism?A. Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC. Emily DickinsonD. Theodore Dreiser37. Henry James’s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the _______.A. international themeB. national themeC. European themeD. regional theme38. Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a _______ language.A. grandB. pompousC. simpleD. vernacular39. The book from which “all modern American literature comes” refers to _______.A. The Great GatsbyB. The Sun Also RisesC. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. Moby Dick40. Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of America and made a combination of _______ and serious literature.A. English folk loreB. funny jokesC. American folk humorD. American traditional values41._______ is considered by H.L. Mencken as “the true father of our national literature”?A. HemingwayB. PopeC. IrvingD. Mark Twain42. Statement “_______” is not true in describing American naturalists.A. they were deeply influenced by Darwinism.B. they were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola.C. they chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.D. they used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists.43. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _______.A. bestialityB. goodnessC. compassionD. greed44. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _______.A. optimisticB. pessimisticC. humorousD. rational45. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism?A. EmersonB. Jack LondonC. Theodore DreiserD. Darwin46. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _______.A. the Age of RealismB. the Age of ModernismC. the Age of RomanticismD. the Age of Colonialism47. 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.48. Which of the following writers is not the dominant figure of the realistic period in American?A. Herman MelvilleB. William Dean HowellsC. Henry JamesD. Mark Twain49. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all except _______.A. mystery of the universeB. sin of the whaleC. power of the great natureD. evil of the world50. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American _______.A. prose epicB. comic epicC. dramatic fictionD. poetic fiction51. “The horizon’s edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud. These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day.” The two lines are taken from _______.A. “There Was a Child Went Forth” by Walt WhitmanB. “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra PoundC. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” by Walt WhitmanD. “Ulysses” by Joyce52. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman?A. lyrical and well-structedB. free-flowingC. simple and rather crudeD. conversational and casual53. Walt Whitman is radically innovative in the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subject is _______.A. free verseB. blank verseC. lyric poemD. heroic couplet54._______ is the author of “The Scarlet Letter”.A. John BunyanB. Daniel DefoeC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. George Eliot55. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorn except _______.A. The House of the Seven GablesB. White JacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithedale Romance56. In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _______.A. SaviorsB. villainsC. commentatorsD. observers57. “The re is evil in every human hear, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.” Which is the author of it?A. Washington IrvingB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman58._______ is the most ambivalent writer in the American literary history.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Walt WhitmanC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Mark Twain59. In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature?A. The Sketch BookB. Leaves Of GrassC. Leather Stocking TalesD. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn60. The period before the American civil war is generally referred to as _______.A. the naturalist periodB. the modern periodC. the romantic periodD. the realistic period61. Of the following works by D.H. Lawrence, _______ established his position as a prominent novelist.A. The White PeacockB. The TrespasserC. Women in LoveD. Sons and Lovers62. Which of the following best describes the speaker of “The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock”?A. He is a man of an action.B. He is a man of apathy.C. He is a man of inactivity.D. All the above are wrong.63.“The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes,/ The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the windowpanes/ Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,/ Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains.” The stanza is taken from _______.A. T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”B. Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death”C. Alfred Tennyson’s “Bread, Break, Break”D. William Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”64. Of the following poems by T. S. Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry?A. Poems 1909-25B. The Hollow MenC. Prufrock and Other ObservationsD. The Waste Land65. The following comments on George Bernard Shaw are true except _______.A. George Bernard Shaw’s career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play Widowers’ House 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 naturalismD. Shaw’s plays can be termed as problems plays.66. G. B. Shaw’s play “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” is a realistic exposure of the _______.A. political corruptionB. inequality between men and womenC. slum landlordismD. economic exploitation of women67._______ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.A. Oscar WildeB. John GalsworthyC. W. B. YeatsD. George Bernard Shaw68. Who is the first “Angry Young Man”?A. OsborneB. EliotC. ChristopherD. Bernard Shaw69. All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP _______.A. The Return of the NativeB. Tess of the D’UrbervillesC. Jude the ObscureD. Far from the Madding Crowd70. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works is his _______.A. simple vocabularyB. bitter and sharp criticismC. character-portrayalD. pictures of happiness71. Poetry has been traditionally regarded as an art governed by rules; but to the romantics, poetry should be free from all _______.A. rhymesB. rhythmC. rulesD. emotion72. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?A. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels.B. Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions”.C. Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.D. In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.73. Jane Austen’s first novel is _______.A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. EmmaD. Plan of a Novel74. The author of the work “Men of England” is _______.A. T. S. EliotB. Thomas GrayC. ShelleyD. Walt Whitman75. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama, _______.A. Men of EnglandB. Prometheus UnboundC. Ode to the West WindD. The Revolt of Islam76. 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 limitationB. both image creation and profound meaningC. both music and wordsD. both inspiration and skill of writing77. “Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/ Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!” the two lines are find in _______.A. Young Goodman Brown by HawthorneB. Ode to the West Wind by ShelleyC. Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanD. Ulysses by Joyce78. In his lyrics such as “Ode to Liberty”, “Ode to Naples”, Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for _______ and his hatred toward tyranny.A. the middle classB. the poorC. freedomD. the proletariat79. Which of the following is not the best examples to show Wordsworth’s genuine love for the natural beauty?A. a Phantom of DelightB. To a SkylarkC. To the CuckooD. To a Butterfly80. Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about _______.A. loveB. human lifeC. freedomD. social activities81. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth?A. I wandered Lonely as a CloudB. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September3, 1802C. The Solitary ReaperD. The Chimney Sweeper82._______ is regarded as a “worshipper of nature”.A. John KeatsB. William BlakeC. William WordsworthD. Jane Austen83. The tone of literature in “Songs of Experience” by William Blake is _______.A. dolefulB. livelyC. plainD. utter84. In his poem “Tyger, Tyger,”William Blake expresses his perception of the“fearful symmetry”of the big cat. The phrase“fearful symmetry”suggests ________.A. the tiger’s two eyes which a re dazzlingly bright and symmetrically setB. the poet’s fear of the predatorC. the analogy of the hammer and the anvilD. the harmony of the two opposite aspects of God’s creation85. The declaration that “I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION & Vision,” and that “The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative” belongs to _______.A. William BlakeB. William WordsworthC. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. George Gordon Byron86. In the following writings by William Blake, which marks his entry into maturity?A. Songs of innocenceB. Songs of ExperienceC. Marriage of Heaven and HellD. Milton87. The Romantic Movement expressed a more or less _______ attitude toward the existing social and political conditions.A. positiveB. negativeC. neutralD. indifferent88. The Romantic Period is an age of poetry. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats are the major poets. They started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as _______.A. the poetic romanceB. the poetic movementC. the poetic revolutionD. the poetic reformation89. In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as _______.A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experienceB. the thought that designates man as a social animalC. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in commonD. the modes of thinking90. Fielding’s language is easy and familiar. Hi s sentences are always distinguished by ________.A. logicB. rhythmC. powerfulnessD. both A and B91. “The novel is structured around the discovery of the hero’s origin.” This novel is most probably ________.A. Charles Dickens’ David CopperfieldB. Ja mes Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding GrowdD. Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones92. In which of the following works can you find the proper names “Lilliput,” “Brobdingnag,” “Houyhnhnm,” and “Yahoo”?A. James Joyce’s Ulysses.B. Charles Dickens’s Bleak House.C. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.D. D. H. Lawrence’s Women in love.93. Crusoe is the hero in Robinson Crusoe by _______.A. Jonathan SwiftB. Daniel DefoeC. George EliotD. D. H. Lawrence94. The Enlightenment Movement’s purpose was to enlighten the whole world with the light of modern _______ and artistic ideas.A. religiousB. politicalC. arealD. philosophical95. The eighteenth-century England is known as the Age of _______.A. RomanticismB. ClassicismC. RenaissanceD. Enlightenment96. Daniel Defoe describes _______ as a typical English middle-class man of the 18th century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.A. Robinson CrusoeB. Moll FlandersC. GulliverD. Tom Jones97. The following comments on Daniel Defoe are right except that _______.A. Robinson Crusoe is his first novelB. Robinson Crusoe is universally considered his masterpieceC. he was a member of the upper classD. in his novels, his sympathy for the downtrodden, unfortunate poor is shown98._______ is the typical feature of Swift’s writing.A. Elegant styleB. Casual narrationC. Bitter satireD. Complicated sentence structure99. The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is _______.A. a Tale of a TubB. the Battle of the BooksC. A Modest ProposalD. Gulliver’s Travels100.Of all the 18th century novelists, _______ was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “comic epic in prose”, the fi rst to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Daniel DefoeB. Samuel JohnsonC. Oliver GoldsmithD. Henry Fielding101. In the following writings by Henry Fielding, which brings him the name of the “Prose Homer”?A. the Coffee-House PoliticianB. The Tragedy of TragediesC. the History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingD. The History of Amelia102. Which of the following novels is not written by Henry Fielding?A. Jonathan WildB. Moll FlandersC. Joseph AndrewsD. Tom Jones103. One of the major results of the reformation in England was the fact that the ________ in English was placed in every church and services were held in English instead of Latin so that people could understand.A. Canterbury talesB. BibleC. Old TestamentD. Malorys Morte Darthur104. 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. measureB. kingC. loverD. defender105. William Caxton was the first person who introduced ________ into England.A. writingB. printingC. heroic coupletD. defender106._______ shows how mankind, in the person of Christ, withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor.A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Beowulf107. “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?”This part comes from _______.A. Dr. FaustusB. Paradise LostC. Paradise RegainedD. Tambutlaine108. In his life, _______ shows himself a real revolutionary, a master poet and a great prose writer. He fought for freedom in all aspects as a Christian humanist, while his achievement in literature make him tower over all the other English writers of his time and exert a great influence over later ones.A. William ShakespeareB. Edmund SpenserC. John DonneD. John Milton109. Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his _______ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.A. 47B. 27C. 52D. 38110. “To be, or not to be - that is the question; whethe r ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer, the slings and arrows of outragerous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?” Who said these words?A. King LearB. RomeoC. AntonioD. Hamlet111. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” this is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s _______.A. songsB. sonnetsC. playsD. comedies112. The real mainstream of the English renaissance is ________.A. the Elizabethan dramaB. the Elizabethan proseC. ancient poemD. romantic novel113. The cradle of the renaissance is ________.A. GermanyB. EnglandC. AmericaD. Italy114. In The Merchant of Venice, Antonio, in order to help his friend Bassanio, has to borrow from _______, the Jewish _______.A. Portia/judgeB. Shylock/usurerC. Shylock/judgeD. Portia/usurer115. William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are: Hamlet, _______, King Lear, and _______.A. Romeo and Juliet/OthelloB. Othello/MacbethC. The Tempest/MacbethD. The Merchant of Venice/Romeo and Juliet116. The play Romeo and Juliet, though a tragedy, is permeated with _______ spirit.A. optimisticB. sadC. pessimisticD. indifferent117. It can be said that though essentially still a medieval writer, Geoffrey Chaucer bore marks of humanism and anticipated a new _______ to come.A. manB. theoryC. doctrineD. era118. Geoffrey Chaucer’s reputation has been securely established as one of the best English ________ for his wisdom, humor, and humanity.A. novelistsB. dramatistsC. poetsD. A and B119. In the Norman conquest of England, the Germanic tribes from the Northern Europe brought with them not only the ________ language, the basis of Modern English, but also a specific poetic tradition.A. MediterraneanB. ChristianC. Anglo-SaxonD. Roman120.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______ .B.simple character and quick witC.intricate character and quick witD.intricate character and poor understanding121.Where Mark Twain satirized European manners at times, _______ was an admirer.A. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Walt WhitmanD. Jack London122.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______.A. simple character and poor understandingB. simple character and quick witC. intricate character and quick witD. intricate character and poor understanding123.Which of the following statements about E. Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkners 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.综合测验题库答案与解析一、单项选择题1. 正确答案：C答案解析：福克纳是美国“南方文学”流派的主要代表人物。

《英美文学选读》英美文学选读模拟题一及答案.doc

英美文学选读模拟题一A. Each of the statements below is following by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets. (20x1 points)()1. In Spenser's "The Faerie Queene", _______ is the play role in each of the 12 major adventures.A. ArthurB. RedcrosseC. UnaD. Archimago()2. In Milton's works, H" is the greatest, indeed the only generally acknowledged epic inEnglish literature since "Beowulf".A. Paradise LostB. Paradise RegainedC. Samson AgonistesD. Lycidas()3. _______ was regarded as "Father of the English Novel", for his contribution to theestablishment of the form of the modern novel.A. Daniel DefoeB. Jonathan SwiftC. Jane AustenD. Henry Fielding()4. _______ compiled the "The Die廿onary of the English Language" which became the foundationof all the subsequent English dictionaries.A. Ben JohnsonB. Samuel JohnsonC. Alexander PopeD. John Dryden()5. The "Byronic hero** first appears in Byron's works, n__________ ”.A. Childe Harold's PilgrimageB. Don JuanC. Oriented TalesD. Manfred()6. _______ made criticism on Elizabethan drama, which renewed interest in Shakespeare and ledto the discovery of his contemporaries.A. ColeridgeB. ByronC. WordsworthD. Keats()7. _______ is the most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens* works.A. Language*s Forsyte novels are masterpieces of critical realism in theB. Character - PortrayalC. HumorD. Plot()8 In 1847, the Bronte Sisters published the following famous novels except ” ___________ ”.A. Jane EyreB. ShirleyC. Wuthering HeightsD. The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall()9. In _______ 's hands, "drama 廿c monologue" reaches its maturity and perfection.A. Alfred TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. William ShakespeareD. George Eliot()10.As a woman of exceptional intelligence and life experience, George Eliot shows a particular concern for ______________ .A. the feminismB. the education for womenC. the des 廿ny of womenD. the low status of women()11. Symbolism appeared in the late 19th century in ______________ .A. FranceB. GermanyC. EnglandD. Italy ()12. The three trilogies of early 20th century.A. John GalswortryB. Arnold BennettC. Jame JoyceD. H. G. Wells()13. In the following statements, ____________ is Bernard Shaw's political point of view.A. He regarded the establishment of socialism by the emancipation of land and industrial capital from individual and class ownership as the final goal.B. He was for the means of violent revolution of armed struggle in achieving the goal of socialism.C. He had a trust of the uneducated working class in fighting against capitalists.D. He held that both those superior intellects and those industrial workers could have the ability to shoulder the task of fighting against the capitalism.()14. The New England transcendentalism was from the very beginning a local phenomenon restricted only to those people living in new England, who carried out the movement as a reaction against the cold, rigid rationalism of______________________ in Boston.A. PuritanismB. CalvinismC. ClassicismD. Unitarianism()15. In the following statements, __________ is not true as to Washington lrving*s famous story ”Rip Van Winkle".A. The story is a tale remembered mostly for Rip's 20 - year sleep, set against the background of the inevitably changing America.B. In the story Irving skillfully presents to us paralleled juxtapositions of two totally different worlds before and after Rip's 20 years' sleep.C. Irving describes Rip's response and reaction in dramatic way, so that we see clearly both the narrator and Irving agree on the preferability of the present to the past, and the preferability of the real world to a dream - like one.D. The social conservatism and literary preference for the past is revealed, to some extent, in the story.()16. _______ is not among the artistic features of Whitman's writing.A. The use of the poetic "l MB. Free verseC. Musicality or rhythmD. Allegory()17. Henry James's fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with _____________ .A. the love and marriage themeB. the theme of humor and satire on lifeC. the theme of revealing the miserable life of the poor and criticizing the capitalismD. the international theme()18. In the following statements, __________ is not true as to the backgrounds for the American literature between the two world wars.A. The United states had become the most powerful industrialized nation in the world.B. The technological revolution had brought about great changes in the life of the American people.C. The Crash marked the beginning of "The Great Economic Depression" in the 1920s.D. Despite its booming industry and material prosperity, there was a sense of unease and restlessness underneath.()19. Ezra Pound's "The Cantos" is ________ .A. lyricsB. epic poemC. odeD. pastoral()20. _______ is acknowledged by many as the most original poet of the Victorian period.A. Robert BrowningB. Alfred TennysonC. George EliotD. John KeatsB. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (20x1 points)1. _____ i s the essence of the Renaissance.2. In "The Faerie Queene", the Redcrosse knight in Book I stands for St. George, and Sir Guyon in Book II Represents Temperance. Such kind of writing style is called _____________ .3. "H amlet”，"Othello”，"King Lear" and " ______ " are generally regarded as Shakespeare's four great tragedies.4. As a represents廿ve of the enlightenment, Pope was one of the first to introduce _____________ to England.5. _____ *s novels are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower - class people.6. The literary form of neo - classicism is of the strict symmetry. The prevailing genre ofneoclassical literature is ________ w hich consists of two riming lines of iambic pentameter, and the second line completes the thoughts expressed by the couplet.7. _____ i s central to Blake's concern in the "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience".8. The poet Robert Southey as well as Coleridge and Wordsworth lived nearby and the three men became known as the ”_________ ”.9. Jane AusteiYs masterpiece is " _____________10. ________ is Robert Browning's masterpiece.11. The realistic novels of the 1920s and 1930s were more or less touched by a pessimistic mood, preoccupied with the theme of ___________ , and shaped in different forms.12 In the mid - 1950s and early 1960s, there appeared a group or young novelists and playwrights with lower - middle - class background, who were known as ”___________________ ”.13. Melville is best known as the author of one book named ______________ , which is, critics have agreed, one of the world's greatest masterpieces.14. The particular concern about the local character of a region came about as ”_________ ", a unique variation of American literary realism.15. By the turn of the century, with the publics廿on of "The Man That Corrupted Hadleybury** (1900) and "The Mysterious Stranger" (1916), the change in Mark Twain from an optimist to an almost despairing pessimist could be fell and his cynicism and disillusionment with what Twain referred to regularly as the " _______________________ " became obvious.16. As a sequel to "Tom Sawyer", " __________ ” marks the climax of Twain*s literary creativity.17. One of James's literary techniques innovated to cater for the psychological emphasis is his narrative ” ________ H.18. The postwar poet Robert Lowell is the leading figure of _____________ poetry.19. In Fitzgerald's great fiction, there's always full of the main theme of the bankruptcy of the" _____ ”, especially in "The Great Gatsby" (1925).20. Most of Faulkner's works are set in the American South about people from a small region in Northern Messissippi, ____________ County.C. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the brackets. (10x1 points)( )1. In his poetry, Donne frequently applies conceits, i. e. extended metaphors involvingdrama廿c contrasts.( )2. "The Pilgrim's Progress** is the most successful religious allegory in the English language.()3. The 19th century produced the first English novelists, who fall into two groups the sen廿mentalist novelists and the realist novelists.()4. The most important contribution Byron has made is that he has not only started the modern poetry, the poetry of the growing inner self, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature.()5. Generally speaking, Jane Austen was a writer of the 18th - century, though she lived mainly in the nineteenth century.()6. In the Victorian period, the novel became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.()7. "The Waste Land", Eliofs most important single poem, has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th - century English poetry, comparable to Wordsworth's "Lyrical Ballads".()8. While Mark Twain and Henry James seemed to have paid more ail ention to the "life" of the Americans, Howells had apparently laid a greater emphasis on the "inner world" of man.()9. Dickinson's poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way. Her poems have no titles hence are always quoted by their first lines. In her poetry there is a particular stress pattern, in which dashes are used as a musical device to create cadence and capital letters as a means of emphasis.()10. Most of Faulkner's works are set in the American North, with his emphasis on the Northern subjects and consciousness.D. Name the author of the following literary works. (5x1 points)1. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love: Marloew2. Composed upon Westminster Bridge: Wordsworth3. The Moll on the Floss4. Break, Break, Break. :Tennyson5. A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man: JoyceE. Define the literary terms listed below. (2x4 points)1. The Heroic Couplet2. Stream of ConsciousnessF. For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly interpret it. (2x4 points)1. "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the les,The plowman homeward plods his weary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me."2. "Round the cape of a sudden came the sea,And the sun looked over the mountains rim:And straight was a path of gold for him,And the need of a world of men for me."G. Give brief answers to the following questions. (3x5 points)1. Make a comment on the image of Robinson Crusoe.2. What are the features of Charles Dickens's novels?3. What's Nathaniel Hawthorne's "black" vision of life and human beings?H. Short essay questions. (2x7 points)I. How is the fatalism revealed in Hardy's works?(Naturalist)2. Analyse the artistic features of Earnest Hemingway*s novels.附：答案全国高等教育自学考试模拟试卷(一)英美文学选读参考答案A.1. A2. A3. D4. B5. A6. A7. B8. B9. B10. C11. A12. A13. A14. D15. C16. D17. D18. C19. B20. AB.1. Humanism2. allegory3. Macbeth4. ra廿onalism5. Daniel Defoe6. heroic couplet7. Childhood8. Lake poets9. Pride and Prejudice10. The Ring and the Book11. man's loneliness12. the Angry Young Men13. Moby - Dick14. local colorism15. damned human race16. Adventures of Hucklebrry Finn17. point of view18. Confessional19. American Dream20. YoknapatawphaC.1. T2. T3. F4. T5. T6. T7. T8. F9. T10. FD.1. Christopher Marlowe2. William Wordsworth3. George Eliot4. Alfred Tennyson5. James JoyceE.1. The heroic couplet refers to iambic pentameter rhymed in two lines. During the Restoration and the 18th century Alexander Pope perfected the closed couplet, which means only a couplet xan express a compete idea, and developed it to the heroic couplet. A good example in " The Rape of the Lock" is: but when to mischiet mortals bend their will, how soon they find fit instruments of ill!2. In Joyce's opinion, the artist, who wants to reach the highest stage and to gain the insights necessary for the crea廿on of dramatic art, should rise to the position of a godlike objectivity; he should have the complete conscious control over the creative process and depersonalize his own emotion in the artistic creation. He should appear as an omniscient author and present unspoken materials directly from the psyche of the characters, of making the characters tell their own inner thoughts in monologues. This literary approach to the presentation of psychological aspects of characters is usually termed as "stream of consciousness**.1. The 廿tie of the literary work is "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'*, and its author is Thomas Gray.译文如下：晚钟响起来一阵阵向白昼告别，牛群在草原上迂回，吼声起落，耕地人累了，回家走，脚步踉跄，把整个世界留给了黄昏与我。

英美文学选读考试题

英美文学选读考试题一．9 authors, 20 works. (20)William Shakespearean: The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.Venus and Adonis, Rape of Lucrece.Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders. Captain SingletonRobert Burns: My heart’s in the Highlands, A Red Red Rose. Auld Lang Syne.William Wordsworth:“The Solitary Reaper”. “We are S even”, “Lucy”, “Michael”, “Simon Lee””Lucy”I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, The Solitary Reaper.John Keats: On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer, On a Grecian Urn, To Psyche, TO a Nightingale. “Ode to Autumn”, “Ode on Melancholy”, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”and “Ode to a Nightingale”. All were written in 1819 with the praise of beauty as their general theme.Jane Austen: Novels: Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, EmmaCharles Dickens: long novel: Pickwick Papers Novels: Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, Great Expectations, OurMutual FriendsCharlotte Bronte: The Professor, Jane Eyre.Thomas Hardy: The Return of the Native, The Mayer of Casterbridge, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure 二，对错（10）1. Act three is the best known and most important of Hamlet’s soliloqui es among all the soliloquies in the play. In this soliloquy, Hamlet reveals his innermost thoughts and emotions, his hesitation in particular, before taking decisive action.2. Robinson Crusoe retells, in the first person singular, a sailor’s adventure on an inhabitated island.3. Defoe traces the development of Robison Crusoe from a innocent and artless youth into a clever and hardened man, tempered by numerous trials in his eventful life.4. Burn s’s poetry was written in the Scottish dialect on a variety of subjects. A large number of his poems deal with themes of love, friendship, Scottish life and nature.5. A second edition 1800 contained more poems and a preface by Wordsworth. The preface to Lyrical Ballads best read as a statement of his principle of poems.6. According to Wordsworth, he believed that “All goodpoetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” Thus he located many of his poems in “common life” and his poetry is distinguished by the simplicity and purity of his language.7. There he lives a life of poverty and misery, and makes friends with the lively and penniless Mr. Micawder.8. Jane Eyre maintains that women should have equal rights with men, thus this novel has drawn the feminists’ attention in t he twentieth century.三，选择（10）According to Wordsworth, he believed that “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.”He located many of his poems in “common life” and his poetry is distinguished by the simplicity and purity of his language.四，读选文，回答问题（两诗歌，三小说）作者名字（5个40分）1.Sonnet18: Shakespearian.What is the theme of this sonnet? -- Runs in iambic pentameter, rhymed ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.2.The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: Shakespearian.What dos e the “to or not to be” soliloquy tell us about Hamlet’s state of mind?―The soliloquy opens with a question,and there two other extended questions in the passage, all of which suggests that Hamlet is undecided, and either unable or unwilling to make up his mind, contemplating suicide, and disenchanted with the suffering of human life. He is cynical, but comforts himself with reflection, even though he is clearly suffering greatly and aware of his own sins and weakness.Why Hamlet hesitates before taking decisive action? -- Hamlet is often indecisive and hesitant, but at other times prone to rash and impulsive acts. Even at the end of this whole narrative of Hamlet's, he still doesn't decide on anything. He's just speaking his thoughts; he's not committing to anything. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: William Wordsworth.3. I wandered lonely as a cloud: William Wordsworth.What does “daffodil” stand for? ---Daffodil stand for nature in this poem, but the poet does not depict it simply as part of nature. As for Wordsworth, he dose not just want to depict the natural landscape, moreover, he pays much attention to the interaction between mature and human nature. He perceives nature as a stone of truths about human nature.Analyze the form of this poem by taking the first two lines as example. ---This poem consists of four stanzas and in eachstanza there are six lines. In each line there are four feet with a weak- strong sound pattern. The rime scheme in each stanza is a b a b c c.I wandered lonely as a cloud aThat floats on high o’er vales and hills, bWhen all at once I saw a crowd, aA host of golden daffodils; bBeside the lake, beneath the trees cFluttering and dancing in the breeze. C4.To Autumn: John Keats.What are the images used in this poem? Are they carefully arranged? --- Visual image, olfactory image, gustatory image, tactile image, auditory image. Through a series of images, make readers announcement of its scene, feeling rich concrete images.In the poem of To Autumn, he used visual image, auditory image, tactile image, gustatory image, kinaesthetic image and abstractimage to make the abstract impression of autumn specific, appreciable and more colorful. The pursuit to beauty is the way that Keats loves life, nature and also is the way he observes and enjoys life and nature. The pursuit to beau ty is his critique to the darkness of life and society. It also tells how he wanted beautifula nd ideal life in his short life.5.Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen.Do you agree with the opening statement of the novel? What has the sentence to do with tone of the whole novel? --- Opening statement of the novel set the tone for whole novel. Writer is very serious in stating a universal truth, but what follows, however, is a very common topic of everyday life―marriage. Thus a humorous and ironic effect is achieved. Two key words appear in the statement: marriage and money, which in effect ate subject matter of the whole novel, the focus here is on the link between money and marriage.Based on your reading of the first two chapters of the novels, can you summarize the characteristics of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet? ―Mr. Bennet: he behaved sarcastically humorous, witty and capricious, and insightful in the process of showing his disrespect and dislike of Mrs. Bennet. Her mind was less difficult to develop. She was woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discounted, she fancied herself nervous, the business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.What is your understanding of the relationship betweenmoney and marriage? --- A happy and strong marriage takes time to build and must be based on mutual feeling, understanding, and respect. Marriage can not built on the basis of money. If there is no real love between the couple, their marriage will become a tragedy eventually. Even though money can give people the comfortable house and the luxurious life, it can not buy a beautiful marriage6.David Copperfield: Charles Dickens.Dose David enjoys his life described in this chapter? How do you know? ---- David works very hard in the factory, but he could simply pay for his living. The real difficulty is that he feels very lonely, because from Monday morning until Saturday night, he has no advice, no encouragements, and no assistance of any kind. Luckily, his stay with the Micawber family in his leisure time turns out to be quite pleasant. They form a very precious friendship.Why dose the novel use the first point of view? --- It helps the author to select details. Only the events and details that David could have seen and experienced can logically be introduced into the story. The narrator’s limited view may create the effect o f suspense. 7.Jane Eyre: Charlotte BronteGive common: 性格特点：Jane Eyre is Straightforward andfeminism. Showed her concerns for the position of women particularly in English society.五，回答问题（20）William Shakespearean154 sonnets. Long poems: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece. 38 plays.Daniel Defoe1. What are the characteristics of Crusoe from the selected reading?--- Self-reliance; patient; cheerful; clarity, courage and persistence in overcoming difficulties he start a new life in the desolate island, which demands a lot of courage and daring.Robert Burns―ScotlandA Red, Red Rose: wrote in 1794, published in 1796.1. An outstanding feature of this poem is the skillful use simile at the beginning of the poem. Draw on specific lines to explain its effect.---Simile means a comparison between two unlike items that includes like or as. For example, the first line of this poem: “Oh, my love is like a red, red rose"; al so, in this poem, "My love is like the melody". By comparing the speaker' s love to a red, red rose and a melody, readers canclearly sense the speaker's appreciation and deep love to his lover.2. This short poem is actually composed of a series of overstatements. What is the function of them? Give examples to illustrate your point. --- Overstatement is intentional exaggeration, which is, saying more that is actually meant. In this poem, when the speaker says that he will love his lady until all the seas go dry, he is using overstatement. By using this, the poet can attract readers’ attention and the sentence will leave a deep impression on the reader’s mind.William Wordsworth“The break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century”. A second edition in 1800 contained more poems and a preface by Wordsworth. The preface to lyrical Ballads is best read as a statement or his principles of poetry.John KeatsJane AustenThe Plot Pride and Prejudice---Major characters: Elizabeth Bennet(the second eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet); Jane Bennet(first); Lydia Bennet(fifth); Mr. Bingley: a rich, single. Mr. Darcy (Mr. Bingley’sfriend who is a rich and proud young man)Theme: money and marriage.Writing style: Clarity, economy, skillful use of dialogue and tight plotting are the main features of Jane Austen’s style.Subject: Houses, money, estates run.Charles Dickens:David Copperfield:theme: the hero of the novel. The novel depicts David’s life experiences from an innocent boy to a famous wr iter. Style: Of Dickens’s fictional art, the most distinguishing feature is his successful characterization, especially male characters. Dickens was also a great story-teller. His plots were always very large, varied and complicated. However, the plots of his novels changed dramatically as he got older. In his later years, plots primarily became the vehicles for his characterization of thematic concerns, as readers may find in this novel.Charlotte Bronte-Jane Eyre four girls except Ann weres send to Charity School，三个姐妹中最大的,Unhappy life in charity school, with Emily go to Charlotte study. 性格特点：Straightforward直白的人feminism女权主义Romantic浪漫主义Thoughtful1.Give t hree instances in which Jane Eyre draws fromCharlotte Bronte’s background 1). Jane’s life in Lo wood is depicted based on the author’s own experiences in charity school where she spent some unhappy years of her childhood. 2) In Thornfield, Jane falls in love with Mr. Rochester, a rich squire who turns out to have had a mad wife. This is by and large Charlotte’s experience in Brussels where she falls in a married professor. 3) In Thronfield, Jane works as governess, and Charlotte herself worked as teachers and governess during 1837 to 1840.2.Discuss the symbolic use of names in this novel.1)“Eyre”, the surname of Jane, has the same pronunciation as “air”, which may symbolize Jane’s pursuit of freedom. 2) “Blanche”, the given name of Miss. Ingram, has its Fre nch origin, which actually means “white” in English. And it may symbolize the shallowness of Miss. Ingram.3.How does Mr. Rochester treat Jane in this chapter? What Jane’s character attract him ?To start with, Mr. Rochester shows some cruelty in his courtship of Jane so as to make Jane jealous. On hearing this, Jane could not help telling him her true feelings that she longs for equality and does not want to depart with him.?When Mr. Rochester confesses his real intention, Jane feels hurt and refuses his courtship at first.?Then she realizes his intention and accepts his love.?Her self-respect, her desire for independence, her courage, her moral strength, her passion and her personal loyalty and devotion, all these work together to make Mr.Rochester greatly attracted by her.Thomas Hardy:Hardy was a poet before he was a novelist. It was because his early verses could not be accepted that he turned to novel writing.Plot of the novel: Tess of the d’Unbervilles, Hardy’s most famous novel, has a subtitle, which is, A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayed. It tells a tragic life story of a beautiful,naive country girl, Tess Durbeyfield.General features and comments: The whole story is filled with a feeling of dismal foreboding and doom. Father circumstances and tragic coincidences abound in the book. 12春《英美文学选读》作业1一、单选题1. How many periods are divided into in the creation years of Shakespeare? Three2. Defoe＇s Robinson Crusoe created the image of anenterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the 18th century.3. In English poetry the _ iamb _is regarded as the most common foot.4. The excerpt The Other Side of the Island was chosen from Chapter_Ⅸ__ in Robinson Crusoe.5. "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little,I am soulless and heartless?。