英美文学选读综合测试.doc

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[1]
What are the characteristics of Byron's works?
答:
Although many of Byron’s works are debated by the critics, he is still one of the influential figures in the history of English literature、 In most of his works, we can see Byron's violent attack on" Cant politics, religion and morals," his novelty of the oriental scenery, the romantic character of Byronically hero and the easy, fluent and natural beauty of his verse、 Byron's diction, though unequal and frequently faulty, has on a whole a freedom, copiousness and vigor、 His descriptions are simple and fresh, and often bring vivid objects before the reader、 The glowing imagination of the poet r
答案:
they are violentattack on politics, religion and morals、 They describe the novelty of oriental scenery and shows the easy, fluent and natural beauty of his verse、
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[2]
 Briefly state Mark Twain’ s magic power with language in his novels、
答:
A、Setting: In the novel Mark Twain recreates a small-town world of America and presents the local color、 B、Language: He uses simple, direct language faithful to the colloquial speech, the vernacular language of the local people C、Character: The author recreates two rebels and fugitives running away from civilization, especially Huckleberry Finn, an innocent boy who refuses to accept the conventional village morality D、Theme: The novel is a criticism of social injustice, hypocrisy, conservativeness and narrow-mindedness of the American small town society E、Style: The novel employs a humorous
答案:
 His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect, and his sentence structures are simple, even ungrammatical spoken language; His characters speak with a strong accent, which is true of his local colorism;Different characters from different literary or cultural backgrounds talk differently、
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[3]

What are the main features of Robert Browning’s poetry?
答:
Robert Browning’s poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humor, social mentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax、
答案:
 He uses dramatic monologue, fast, rough and unmusical rhythm、 His works include clipped and pressed syntax, similes and illustrations,non-poetic jarring diction、
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[4]
What are the "Wessex novels" of Thomas Hardy?
答:
Thomas Hardy is one of the most excellent realistic novelist and poet in the 19~(th) century、 His novels are famous for the description of his hometown Wessex—a city in England, and therefore are called by the name "Wessex Novels",which are also named as Novels of Character and Environment by Hardy himself、 These novels describe the unexpected and huge changes in fields of society, economy, politics, ethics, and customs in England after the invasion of Capitalism, and the miserable fate of the broken farmers, and discover the potential crisis of the society in England which is under the mask o
答案:
 They are the fictional and crude rural region in Wessex andHardy's homeplace、
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[5]
ment on the characteristics of Romantic writers in English history、
答:
It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, extols the faculty of imagination and nature
答案:
It is a rebellion against the neoclassical literature extols the faculty of imagination and nature、
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[6]
The white whale, Moby Dick is endowed with symbolic meaning、 What do you think  it symbolizes?
答:
To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe、To Ishmael, 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、 To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument of God's vengeance upon evil man
答案:
To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe、
To Ishmael, 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、
To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument of God's vengeance upon evil man、
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[7]
Discuss the artistic features of Shelley's poems、
答:
lyrical|poet|classical|mythological|allusions|figures of speech|metaphor|personification|description
答案:
lyrical|poet|classical|mythological|allusions|figures of speech|metaphor|personification|description
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[8]
What does Wordsworth mean when he said "All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollected in tranquility"?
答:
This sentence is considered as the principle of Wordsworth’s poetry creation which was set forth in the preface to “the Lyrical Ballads”、 As contrasted with the classicists who made reason, order and the old classical traditions the criteria in their poetical creations,Wordsworth based his own poetic talent on the premise that“all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.” He appealed directly on individual sensations,i、 e、 pleasure,excitement and enjoyment,as the foundation in the creation and appreciation of poetry、 A poet’s emotion extends from human affairs to nature,but
答案:
principle|Wordsworth|poetic|creation|preface|Lyrical Ballads|individual|sensations
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[9]
When the minister spoke from the pulpit, with power and fervid eloquence, and, with his hands on the open bible, of the sacred truths of our religion, and of saint-like lives and triumphant deaths, and of future bliss of misery unutterable, then did Goodman Brown turn pale, dreading, lest the roof should thunder down upon the gray blasphemer and his hearers、
Questions:
A、 Identify the title of the short story from which this part is taken、
B、 What had happened in the story before this church scene?
C、 Why was Goodman Brown afraid the roof might thunder down? 
答:
A、Hawthorne’s Yong Goodman Brown B、Brown had attended a witches’party where he saw many prominent people of the village ,the minister included C、Brown was shocked by the minister,secretly a member of the evil club, who could talk about sacred truths of the reigion openly and unashamedly 、 He thought God would punish such hypocrites down on them、
答案:
young Goodman Brown, attend a witches' party,shocked by the minister
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[10]

“I like to see it lap the Miles—
And lick the Valleys up—
And stop to feed itself at Tanks—
And then-prodigiosu step”
A、 Please give the name of the author、
B、 What idea does this poem express?
答:
A、Dickinson B、This poem was shocked the world One of three big project -- North America big railway, the material civilization development、
答案:
Emily Dichinson, suspicion  of the relationship between man and nature
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[11]

"To be or not to be-- that is the question、" 
Questions:
A、 Identify the author、
B、 From which work is the above sentence taken?
答:
A、William Shakespeare B、Hamlett
答案:
Shakespeare, Hamlet
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[12]

Had I as many souls as there be stars、
I’d give them all for Mephistophilis!
By him I’ll be great emperor of the world,
And make a bridge through the moving air
To pass the ocean with a band of men;
I’ll join the hills that bing the Africa shore
And make that country continent to Spain,
And both contributory to my crown;
The Emperor shall not live by my leave,
Nor any potentate of Germany、
Now that I have obtained what I desire
I’ll live in speculation of this art、
Till Mephistophilis return again、”
A、    Identify the author and the title of the work from which the passage is taken、
B、     Based on the passage, write down in one or two sentences the theme of the play、
答:
A、Dr、Faustus, a play by Christopher Marlowe、 B、Man's aspiration, bounding achievements, and the inevitable failure、
答案:
Dr、 Faustus, Christopher Marlowe, Man's aspiration, bounding achievement
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[13]
______ by Melville is a novella about a ship whose black slave cargo mutiny holds their captain a terrorized hostage、

A
A、 “Bartleby, the Scrivener”

B
B、 Benito Cereno

C
C、 The Confidence-Man

D
D、 Billy Bud
答:
B
答案:
B
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[14]
 The great political and social events in the English society of neoclassical period were the following EXCEPT ______、

A
the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660

B
the Great Plague of 1665

C
the Great London Fire in 1666

D
the Wars of Roses in 1689
答:
D
答案:
D
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[15]

All of the following are stream –of- consciousness novels EXCEPT________、

A
The Sound and the Fury

B
Ulysses

C
Mrs、 Dalloway

D
Jude the Obscure
答:
A
答案:
D
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[16]

Greatly and permanently affected by the ________ experiences, Hemingway formed his own writing style, together with his theme and hero
A、 mining                &nbs

A
mining

B
farming

C
war

D
sea
答:
C
答案:
C
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[17]
Which of the following masterpieces doesn’t belong to the tragedies of Shakespeare?

A
A、 Romeo and Juliet

B
B、 The Merry Wives of Windsor

C
C、 Julius Caesar

D
D King Lear
答:
D
答案:
B
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[18]
Here is a sentence from an essay, “Read not to contradict and confuse, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weight and consider”、 The essay must be ______、

A
Of Studies by Francis Bacon

B
The Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon

C
Novum Organum by Francis Bacon

D
Essays by Francis Bacon
答:
A
答案:
A
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[19]
7、 Neoclassicists had some fixed laws and rules for prose EXCEPT_____、

A
precison

B
directness

C
flexibility

D
satire
答:
D
答案:
D
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[20]
Rousseau published two books that electrified Europe—Du contrat Social and ____ in which he explored new ideas about nature, society and education、

A
A、 Emile

B
B、 Declaration of Rights of Man

C
C、 Life of Napoleon

D
D、 The Advancement of Learning
答:
A
答案:
A
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[21]
 With the help of his friends Phil Stone and Sherwood Anderson, ______ published a volume of poetry The Marble Faun and his first novel Soldiers’ Pay、

A
Faulkner

B
Hemingway

C
Ezra Pound

D
Fitzgerald
答:
A
答案:
A
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[22]
Statement ____ is NOT true in describing Gothic novel、

A
Gothic novel is a type of romantic fiction

B
Gothic novel predominated in the early 18th century

C
Its principal elements are violence, horror and supernatural

D
The Mystery of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe is typical Gothic romance
答:
B
答案:
B
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[23]

“If Winter es, can Spring be far behind?” the quoted line es from ________、

A
Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”

B
Walt Whitman’ s Leaves of Grass

C
John Milton’s Paradise Lost

D
John Keats’“ Ode on a Grecian Urn”
答:
A
答案:
A
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[24]

The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling, and second, the individual is__________、

A
insignificant

B
evil

C
divine

D
silly
答:
C
答案:
C
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[25]
 The author of Leaves of Grass , a giant of American letters, is ______

A
Faulkner

B
Dreiser

C
、 James

D
Whitman
答:
D
答案:
D
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[26]

In Go Down, Moses, ________ illuminates the problem of black and white in Southern society as a close- knit destiny of blood brotherhood、
A、 William Faulkner           &nbs

A
William Faulkner

B
Jack London

C
Herman Melville

D
Nathaniel Hawthorne
答:
A
答案:
A
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[27]
In 1892, Yeats wrote his first play, ____, which is an Irish myth about a noblewoman who sells her soul to the devil in order to save starving peasants、

A
A、 The Land of Heart’s Desire

B
B、 The Shadowy Waters

C
C、 The Countess Cathleen

D
D、 Purgatory
答:
C
答案:
C
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[28]
A proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin is called _____ hero in Romantic Period of English literature、

A
Romantic

B
Realistic

C
Renaissance

D
Byronic

答:
D
答案:
D
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[29]
_____ explores the scrupulous individualism in a world of fantastic speculation and unstable values, and gives its name to the get-rich-quick years of the post-Civil War era、

A
Innocents Abroad

B
The Gilded Age

C
Roughing It

D
The Middle Years
答:
B
答案:
B
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[30]
The Advancement of Learning is a great tract on _____、

A
A、 history

B
B、 literature

C
C、 policy

D
D、 education
答:
D
答案:
D
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[31]
 The 20th -century stream- of- consciousness technique was frequently and skillfully used by ______ to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator、

A
Hemingway

B
Frost

C
Faulkner

D
Whitman
答:
C
答案:
C
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[32]

 Man is a “victim of forces over which he has no control、 ” This is a notion held strongly by ________、

A
Robert Frost

B
Theodore Dreiser

C
Henry James

D
Waltman
答:
B
答案:
B
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[33]
The following statement ______ is WRONG in describing Transcendentalism、

A
It absorbed some ideological concerns of American Puritanism and European Romanticism、

B
It advocates the importance of Individual and Nature、

C
Trancendentalists believed that there should be an emotional munication between an indi

D
It emphasizes that man is the measure of all things、
答:
D
答案:
D
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[34]
 Jonathan Swift’ s ______ is generally regarded as the best model of satire, not only of the period but also in the whole English literary history、

A
Gulliver’s Travels

B
The Battle of the Books

C
“A Modest Proposal”

D
A Tale of a Tub
答:
C
答案:
C
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[35]
In 1847, the Bronte sisters published the following famous novels EXCEPT “______”、

A
Jane Eyre

B
Shirley

C
Wuthering Heights

D
The Tenant of Windfall Hall
答:
D
答案:
B
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[36]

The major concern of ______ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature、

A
John Galsworthy’s

B
Thomas Hardy’s

C
D.H.Lawrence’s

D
Charles Dickens’
答:
C
答案:
C
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[37]
In _____, James Joyce intends to present a microcosm of the whole human life by providing an instance of how a single event contains all the events of its kind, and how history is recapitulated in the happenings of one day、

A
A、 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

B
B、 Dubliners

C
C、 Ulysses

D
D、 Finnegans Wake
答:
C
答案:
C
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[38]
  With the scarlet le