《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 Fitzgerald

B. Ernest Hemingway

3. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their ________。

A。indestructible spirit

B。pessimistic view of life

C. war experiences

D. masculinity

4. Hemingway’s second big success is ______.

A. In Our Time

B。For Whom the Bell Tolls

C。The Sun Also Rises

D。A Farewell to Arms

5。Most critics have agreed that ______ is both an insider and an outsider of the Jazz Age with a double vision。

B。Frost

C. Cummings

D. Hemingway

6。The subject matter of Robert Frosts poems focuses on ______。

B. battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legends

C。struggling masses and crowded urban quarters

D。fantasies and mythical happenings

7。Which terms can best describe the modernists concern of the human situation in their

B。Courage and honor.

C。Tradition and faith。

D。Poverty and desperation。

8. Which one is not written by Henry James？

A. The Ambassadors

B。The Wings of the Dove

C. The Bostonians

9。While Mark Twain satirized European manners at times, _______ was an admirer。

A。O。Henry

C。Walt Whitman

D. Jack London

10。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。skepticism

B。eulogy

C。happiness

D。denial

11。The greatest work written by Theodore Dreiser is _______.

A。Sister Carrie

B. An American Tragedy

C. The Financier

D。The Titan

12。“Even then he stood there, h idden wholly in that 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 Lawrence

B。Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

C。Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

D。Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

13。”This is my letter to the world” is a poem expressing Emily Dickinsons _______ about her communication with the outside world.

A. happiness

B. anger