东师《英美文学》20春在线作业2答案27

(单选题)1: The Romantic Period, one of the most important periods in the history of American literature, stretches from the end of ______________ to the outbreak of ____________.

A: the 17th century … the American War of Independence

B: the 18th century … the American Civil War

C: the 17th century … the American Civil War

D: the 18th century … the U.S. – Mexican War

正确答案: B

(单选题)2: The one who translated Homer’s epics into English is

A: Shakespeare

B: Marlowe

C: Chapman

D: Sidney

正确答案: C

(单选题)3: “The Forsyte Saga” is a trilogy by _______.

A: John Galsworthy

B: Thomas Hardy

C: Charles Dickens

D: H. Lawrence

正确答案: A

(单选题)4: Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______________”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel .

A: Best writer of the English novel

B: Father of the English novel

C: the most gifted writer of the English novel

D: conventional writer of English novel

正确答案: B

(单选题)5: “In dream vision Arthur witnessed the loveliness of Gloriana, and upon awaking resolves to seek her.” The two literary figures Arthur and Gloriana are form .

A: Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene

B: William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

C: Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His love”

D: John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”

正确答案: A

(单选题)6: Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of venice：“NOt on thy Sole，but on thy soul，harsh Jew /thou mak‘st thy knife keen．”What kind of figurative device is used in the above lines?

A: Simile．