英語專業(yè)英美文學試卷及答案期末

1、英美文學試卷AI. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F). (10 x 1 =10 )1. ( ) Chaucer is the first English short-story teller and the founder of English poetry as well as the founder of English realism. His masterpiece The Canterbury tales contains 26 stories.2. ( ) English Renaissance is an

2、 age of essay and drama.3. ( ) The rise of the modern novel is closely related to the rise of the middle class and an urban life.4. ( ) The French Revolution and the American War of Independence were two big influences that brought about the English Romantic Movement.5. ( ) Charlotte s novels are al

3、l about lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for life and love. Her novels are more or less based on her own experience and feelings and the life as she sees around.6. ( ) The leading figures of the naturalism at the turn of 19th century are Thomas Hardy, John Galsworthy and Bernar

4、d Shaw.7. ( ) Emily Dickinson is remembered as the“ All American Writer” .8. ( )The Civil War divides the American literature into romantic literature and realist literature.9. ( ) Mark Twain is the first American writer to discover an American languageand American consciousness.10. ( ) In the decad

5、e of the 1910s, American literature achieved a new diversity and reached its greatest heights.11. Fill in the blanks. (20 x 1 =20 )11. The most enduring shaping influence in American thought and American literature was .12. The War of Independence lasted eight years till.13. Ralph Waldo Emerson'

6、s essay has been regarded as "America'sDeclaration of Intellectual Independence".It called on American writers towrite about America in a way peculiarly American.14. The American writers paid a great interest in the realities of lifeand described the integrity of humancharacter reactin

7、g under various circumstances and pictured the pioneers of the Far West, the new immigrants and the struggles ofthe working class. The leading figures were , , , etc.15. No period in American history is more eventful than that between the two world wars. The literary features of the time can be seen

8、 in the writings of those writers as Ezra Pound, and the writers of the Lost Generation as .16. Two features of English Renaissance are the curiosity for and theinterest in the activities of .17. Shakespeare s earliest great success in tragedy is , a play of youthand love, with the famous balcony sc

9、ene.18. There are three types of poets in 17th century English literature. They are Puritan poets, poets and poets.19. Pope s An Essay on Criticism is a didactic poemwritten in .20. has been regarded by some as “ Father of the English Novel ” forhis contribution to the establishment of the form of t

10、he modern novel.21. “ Beauty is truth, truth beauty ” is an epigrammatic line by .22. Lawrence s most controversial novel is , the best probably=20 )111. Multiple choice. (20 x 123. Amongthe three major works by John Milton is indeed the only generallyacknowledged epic in English literature sinceBeo

11、wulf.A. Paradise RegainedB. Samson AgonistesC. LycidasD.Paradise Lost24. Francis Bacon s essays are famous for their brevity, compactness andA. complicity B. complexity C. powerfulness D. mildness25. As one of the greatest masters of English prose, defined a good styleas “ proper words in proper pla

12、ces ” .A. Henry FieldingB. Jonathan SwiftC. Samuel JohnsonD. Alexander Pope26. The Pilgrim s Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for .A. material wealthB. spiritual salvationC. universal truthD. self-fulfillment27. “ It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sin

13、gle man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. ” The quoted part is taken from .A. Jane EyreB.Wuthering HeightsC. Pride and PrejudiceD. Sense and Sensibility28. Which of the following poems is a landmark in English poetry?A. Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor

14、 ColeridgeB. “ I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ” by William WordsworthC. “ Remorse” by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman29. The most distinguishing feature of CharlesDickens works is his .A. simple vocabulary B. bitter and sharp criticismC. character-portrayal D. pictures of hap

15、piness30. “ My Last Duchess” is a poemthat best exemplifies Robert Browning s A. sensitive ear for the sounds of the English languageB. excellent choice of wordsC. mastering of the metrical devicesD. use of the dramatic monologue31. is the most outstanding stream of consciousness novelist, with ashi

16、s encyclopedia-like masterpiece.A James Joyce, UlyssesB. . Foster, A Passage to IndiaC. D. H. Lawrence, Sons and loversD. Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway32. Which of the following comments on Charles Dickens is wrong?A. Dickens is one of the greatest critical realist writers of the Modern PeriodB. His

17、 serious intention is to expose and criticize all the poverty, injustice,hypocrisy and corruptness he sees all around him.C. The later works show the development of Dickens towards a highly conscious artistof the modern type.D. A Tale of Two Cities 33. w as known asA. William ShakespeareC. John Donn

18、eis one of his late works“ the poets poet ”.8. Edmund SpenserD. John Milton34. Which of the following poet belongs to the active Romantic poet?A. Keats B. Southey C. Wordsworth D. Coleridge35. is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.A. BeowulfB.The Canterbury TalesC. Don JuanD.Par

19、adise Lost36. is the first modern American novel.A. Tom Sawyer B. Huckleberry FinnC. The Sketch Book D. The Leatherstocking Tales37. Which of the following statements is NOT true of American Transcendentalism?A. It can be clearly defined as a part of American Romantic literary movement.B. It can be

20、defined philosophically as“ the recognition in man of the capacityof knowing truth intuitively ” .C. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the chief advocate of this spiritual movement.D. It sprang from South America in the late l9th century.38. The theme of Washington Irving s Rip Van Winkle is .A. the conflict

21、of human psyche B. the fight against racial discriminationC. the familial conflictD.the nostalgia for the unrecoverable past39. The Nobel Prize Committee highly praised for “ his powerfulstyle-forming mastery of the art ” of creating modern diction.A. Ezra Pound B. Ernest HemingwayC. Robert Frost D.

22、 Theodore Dreiser40. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism?A. Emerson B. Jack London C. Theodore Dreiser D. Darwin41. is NOT true in describing American naturalists.A. they were deeply influenced by DarwinismB. they were identified with French novelist and theorist Em

23、ile ZolaC. they chose their subjects for the lower ranks or societyD. they used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists42. Henry Jame ssfame generally rests upon his novels and stories with .A. international theme B. national themeC. European theme D. regional themeIV. Explai

24、n the following literary items.(4x 5 =20 )43. Spenserian Stanza44. Lake Poets45. Humanism46. BalladV. Questions. (3x 10 =30 )47. “ Robinson Crusoe” is usually considered as Daniel Defoe s masterpiece. Discuss why it became so successful when it was published?48. What is "Byronic hero"?49.

25、Mark Twain and Henry James are two representatives of the realistic writers inAmerican literature. How is Twains realism different form Jamess realism?（本題共10空,1. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).每空1分，共io分)1-5: FFTTT 6-10: FFTTF11. Fill in the blanks.(本題共20小題，每題1分，共20分)12. (Amer

26、ican) Puritanism13. 178314. The American Scholar15. realistic; Mark Twain; Henry James; Jack London; Theodore Dreiser.16. Imagist; Hemingway.17. the classical literature; humanity.18. Romeo and Juliet19. Cavalier; Metaphysical20. heroic couplet21. Henry Fielding22. John Keats23. Lady Chatterley '

27、; s lover ; The RainbowIII. Multiple choice.(本題共20小題，每題1分，共20分)題號2324252627282930313233343536373839404142答案DCBBCACDAABAABDDBDDAIV. Explain the following literary items.（本題4小題，每小題5分，共20分）43. Spenserian Stanza: it refers to a verse form created by Edmund Spenser for his poems. Each stanza has nine lin

28、es. Each of the first eight lines is in iambic pentameter, and the ninth line is an iambic hexameter line. The rhythm scheme isababbcbcc44. Lake Poets : it refers to those English romantic poets at the beginning of th e19th century, William Wordsworth, for example, who lived in the heart of the Lake

29、 District in the north-western part of England and enjoyed the experience of living close to nature, and these poets were the older generation of Romantic poets who had been deeply influenced by the French Revolution of 1789 and its effects. In their writings, they described the beautiful scenes and

30、 the country people of the area.45. Humanismrefers to the literary culture in the Renaissance. Humanists emphasize the capacities of the human mind and the achievements of human culture. Humanism becamethe central theme of English Renaissance. ThomasMore and William Shakespeare are the best represen

31、tatives of the English humanists.46. Ballad: a story told in songs, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second and fourth rhymed.V. Questions. （本題 3小題 , 每小題 10分 , 共 30 分 ）47.A. Robinson Crusoe is supposedly based on the real adventure of an Alexander Selkirk who once stayed alone on the uninhabited

32、island for five year4s. Actually, the story is an imagination.B. In Robinson Crusoe, Defoe traces the growth of Robinson from a na? ve and artless youth into a shrewd and hardened man, tempered by numerous trials in his eventful life.C. In the novel, Robinson is a real hero and he is an embodiment o

33、f the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England. Robinson is a true empire-builder, a colonizer and a foreign trader, who has the courage and will to face hardships and who has determination to preserve himself and improve his livelihood by struggling against nature.D. Robinson Crusoe is an adventure story very muchin the spirit of the time. Because of the above reasons, when it was published, people all liked that story, and it bec