直属北语19春《英美文学选读》作业

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1(4·?) : "The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks."(Samuel Johnson, "To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield")The speaker here is ______. A: cheerful B: ironic

C: mysterious D: nonchalant

2(4·?) : During her lifetime, who published all novels anonymously? A: Jane Austen

B: Charlotte Bronte C: Robert Frost D: Emily Dickinson

3(4·?) : In May 1945, Dreiser joined the ___ A: American republican B: labor party

C: democratic party D: communist party

4(4·?) : Jane Austen passed away when she was___ A: 38 B: 48 C: 42 D: 52

5(4·?) : In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _______.

A: Mark Twain￡§s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B: Dreiser￡§s Sister Carrie

C: Copper￡§s Leather-Stocking Tales D: Thoreau￡§s Walden

6(4·?) : What does Wordsworth￡§s poem "The Solitary Reaper" tell us about Romanticist?

A: To romanticists, poetry is an expression of an individual￡§s feelings and experiences no matter how fragmentary and momentary these feelings and experiences are.

B: Romanticist take delight only in sound effect, the theme of a work is not their concern.

C: Romanticist are not patient people

D: they would leave before the revelation of the theme.

E: Poetry should present the apparent and tangible.

7(4·?) : According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter "A" which originally stood for "_______" finally obtained the meaning of "able" or "angel" through Hester￡§s efforts. A: adultery

B: ????arrogance

C: ???? accomplishment D: ???? agony

8(4·?) : Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of , poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. A: bland verse

B: ?? heroic couplet C: ???? free verse

D: ???? iambic pentameter

9(4·?) : Elizabeth Bennet was the___ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. A: First B: Second C: Third D: Fourth

10(4·?) : Where does Sister Carrier go to pursue her American dream? A: Chicago B: New York C: Boston

D: Los Angeles

11(4·?) : H. L. Mencken, a famous American critic, considered ______ ?°the true father of our national literature. ?± A: Hamlin Garland B: Joseph Kirkland C: Mark Twain D: Henry James

12(4·?) : Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to ______. A: Modernism B: Scientism

C: Post-Modernism D: Feminism

13(4·?) : .Dreiser?ˉs Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and _______ .

A: The Genius B: The Tycoon C: The Stoic D: The Giant

14(4·?) : "Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wife????Which is as dear to me as life itself;????But life itself, my wife, and all the world,????Are not with me esteem￡§d above thy life;????I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,????Here to the devil, to deliver you.????Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that,????If she were by to hear you make the offer."????The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare￡§s comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate___ A: dramatic irony

B: ???? personification C: ???? allegory D: ???? symbolism

15(4·?) : Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is NOT true? A: It explores man￡§s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires.

B: ???? It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.

C: ???? It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.??

D: ?? It presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the characters.

16(4·?) : The term tone in literature means__________. A: sound effect such as rhyme and metrical device

B: the pitch of a word used to determine its meaning in the given context C: the manner of expression to indicate the speaker￡§s attitude towards the subject D: a shade of colour to reflect the change of the light

17(4·?) : Of all the novels written by Dickens, which one did he like best? A: Oliver Twist

B: David Copperfield C: A tale of Two Cities D: Pickwick Papers

18(4·?) : Lots of people rushed to Gatsby￡§s party at the weekend and they clustered around Castsby￡§s wealth like￡¨ ￡?. A: gluttons B: flies C: insects D: moths

19(4·?) : Of the following American poets ￡? whose work was first recognized in England and then in America￡? A: Walt Whitman B: Robert Frost C: Emily Dickinson D: Wallace Stevens

20(4·?) : 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 quick wit

B: simple character and poor understanding C: intricate character and quick wit

D: intricate character and poor understanding

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1(4·?) : Hester Prynne￡?the heroine of The Scarlet Letter, is a woman of oriental beauty who falls in love with the young minister after she comes to America alone and is separated from her husband. A: ?? B: ′í

2(4·?) : Ezra Pound gave Robert Frost a very good opinion about his poems and helped him to find British publishers. A: ?? B: ′í

3(4·?) : Daniel Defoe was born in a teacher?ˉs family. A: ?? B: ′í

4(4·?) : The last section of To the Lighthouse is entitled ?° The Lighthouse?±. A: ?? B: ′í

5(4·?) : Hawthorne managed to evoke readers emotional sympathy for the heroine of The Scarlet Letter. A: ?? B: ′í μ￥??ìa