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1、 《英美文學選讀》 綜合測驗題庫 一、單項選擇題 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 Chica

2、go. 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 C. Henry James D. William Faulkner 3. The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their ______

3、__. 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. A. Fitzgerald

4、B. Frost C. Cummings D. Hemingway 6. The subject matter of Robert Frosts poems focuses on ______. A. ordinary country people and scenes 7. Which terms can best describe the modernists concern of the human situation in their fiction? A. Fragmentation and alienation . B. Cou

5、rage 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 D. The Mysterious Stranger 9. While Mark Twain satirized European manners at times, _______ was a

6、n admirer. A. O. Henry B. Henry James C. Walt Whitman 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 greates

7、t work written by Theodore Dreiser is _______. 12. “ Even then he stood there, hidden wholl y 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? ’ h

8、e 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 expressin

9、g Emily Dickinsons _______ about communication with the outside world. A. happiness B. anger C. anxiety D. sorrow 14. Theodore Dreiser is generally regarded as one of America ’ _______. A. naturalists B. realists C. modernists D. romanticists 15. Which of the followi

10、ng is not a work of Emily Dickenson ? ’s A. This is my letter to the World B. I heard a fly buzz-when I died C. The Road Not Taken D. I like to see it lap the miles  her  ” 16.________ is a school of modern painting, whose emphasis is on t

11、he formal structure of a work of art and especially on the multiple-perspective viewpoints. A. Expressionism B. Impressionism C. Cubism D. Imagism 17. “ He is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment take him in search of his personal Grail; his failure

12、 magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream. ” The character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagonist of ________. 18. Almost all Faulkners heroes turned out to be tragic because ________. A. all enjoyed living in the declining American South B

13、. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and social institutions C. most of them were prisoners of the past D. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable 19.________ is a representative of the 1930s, when “ novels of social protest on the American literary

14、 scene. A. Ezra Pound B. F. Scott Fitzgerald C. Robert Lee Frost D. John Steinbeck  ”  became domi 20. In _______, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the d

15、ifference. A. “ After Apple-Picking ” B. “ The Road Not Taken ” C. “ Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening ” D. “ Fire and Ice ” 21.American writers after World War Ⅰ self-consciously acknowledged that they were (a) "_______", devoid of faith and alienated from

16、the Western civilization. C. Sons of Liberty D. Angry Young Men 22. Which of the following statements about E. Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner ’ s stor Rose for Emily," is NOT true? A. She has a distorted personality. B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed. C. Sh

17、e is the symbol of the old values of the South. D. She is the victim of the past glory. 23. Fitzgerald wrote the following except _______. A. The Great Gatsby B. In Our Time C. Tender Is the Night D. This Side of Paradise 24. Robert Frost was the Pulitzer Prize winner on __

18、_____ occasions. A. two B. three C. four 25. Which of the following best describes the protagonist of William Faulkner ’“saRose for Emily ”? 26. “ I shall be telling this with a sign Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one l

19、ess traveled by, The passage is taken from _______. And that has made all the difference. ” A. Robert Lee Frost ’ s “ The Road Not Taken ” B. Alfred Tennyson ’ s “ Break, Break, Break ” C. Edmund Spenser ’ s “ The Faerie Queene ” D. Samuel Johnson ’ s “ London ” 27."There wa

20、s music from my neighbors house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars ", the two sentences are taken from _______. 28. Which of the following comments on the novel The Great Gat

21、sby is not true? A. The Great Gatsby is a novel that is a set against the ending of the war. B. Gatsby is a mystical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mind that embodies 29. Who, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used "i" instead of "I" to refer to

22、 himself as a protest against self-importance? A. Wallace Stevens B. Cummings C. Fitzgerald D. Ernest Hemingway 30. The first book Robert Frost wrote was _______. A. Mountain Interval B. New Hampshire C. A Further Range D. A Boy ’ s Will 31. Which of the following is not

23、 a usual subject of poetic expression of Emily Dickinso n’ s? A. war and peace B. love and marriage C. life and death D. religion 32. “ Because I could not stop for Death ” is a famous poem written by _______. A. Ezra pound B. Walt Whitman C. Robert Frost D. Emily Dickinso

24、n 33.Daisy Miller ’ s tragedy of etionindiscr intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of _______. 34. In Henry James ’ Daisy Miller, the authoriestrto portray the young woman as an embodiment of _______. A. the corruption of the newly rich B. th

25、e free spirit of the New World C. the decline of aristocracy D. the force of convention 35. Stylistically, Henry James ’ fiction is characterized _______. A. highly refined language B. ordinary American speech C. short, clear sentences D. abundance of local images 36. In the fol

26、lowing writers, who is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “ stream of consciousness” novels and the founderpsychologicalf realism? 37. Henry James ’ s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the _______. A. international theme B. natio

27、nal theme C. European theme D. regional theme 38. Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a _______ language. A. grand B. pompous C. simple D. vernacular 39. The book from which “ all modern American literature comes ” refers to _______. A. The Great Gatsby B. The Sun

28、 Also Rises 40. Mark Twain shaped the world ’ s viewof America and made a combination of _______ and serious literature. A. English folk lore B. funny jokes C. American folk humor D. American traditional values 41._______ is considered by H.L. Mencken as “ the true father of o

29、ur national literature ”? A. Hemingway B. Pope C. Irving D. Mark Twain 42. Statement “ _______ ” is not true in describing American naturalists. A. they were deeply influenced by Darwinism. B. they were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola. C. they chose their su

30、bjects from the lower ranks of society. D. they used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists. 43. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _______. A. bestiality B. goodness C. compassion D. greed 44. Naturalism is evol

31、ved from realism when the author ’ s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _______. A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. humorous D. rational 45. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism? A. Emerson B. Jack Lon

32、don C. Theodore Dreiser D. Darwin 46. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _______. A. the Age of Realism B. the Age of Modernism C. the Age of Romanticism D. the Age of Colonialism 47. Which of the following comments on the writings by Herman Melvil

33、le is not true? A. “ Bartleby, the Scrivener ” is a short story. B. “ Benito Cereno ” is a novella. C. “ The Confidence-Man” has something to do with the sea and sailors. D. “ Moby-Dick ” is regarded as the first American prose epic. 48. Which of the following writers is not the domin

34、ant figure of the realistic period in American? A. Herman Melville B. William Dean Howells C. Henry James D. Mark Twain 49. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all except _______. 50. “ Moby-Dick ” is regarded as the first American _______. A. prose epic B. comic epic

35、 C. dramatic fiction D. poetic fiction 51. “ The horizon ’ s edge, the flying-crow,sea the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud. These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day. ” Thelinestwo are taken from _______. A. “ Th

36、ere Was a Child Went Forth ” by Walt Whitman B. “ In a Station of the Metro ” by Ezra Pound C. “ Cavalry Crossing a Ford ” by Walt Whitman D. “ Ulysses ” by Joyce 52. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman? A. lyrical and well-structed B. free-flowing C. s

37、imple and rather crude 53. Walt Whitman is radically innovative in the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subject is _______. A. free verse B. blank verse C. lyric poem D. heroic couplet 54._______ is the author of “ The Scarlet Letter ”. A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defo

38、e C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. George Eliot 55. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorn except _______. A. The House of the Seven Gables B. White Jacket C. The Marble Faun D. The Blithedale Romance 56. In Hawthorne ’ s novels and short stories, intellectuals us

39、ually appear as _______. A. Saviors B. villains C. commentators D. observers 57. “ There is evil in every human hear, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity. ” Which is the author of it? A. Washington Irving B. Ralph Wal

40、do Emerson C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman 58._______ is the most ambivalent writer in the American literary history. 59. In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature? A. The Sketch Book B. Leaves Of Grass C. Leather Stocking

41、 Tales 60. The period before the American civil war is generally referred to as _______. A. the naturalist period B. the modern period C. the romantic period D. the realistic period 61. Of the following works by D.H. Lawrence, _______ established his position as a prominent novelis

42、t. A. The White Peacock B. The Trespasser C. Women in Love D. Sons and Lovers 62. Which of the following best describes the speaker of “ The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock A. He is a man of an action. B. He is a man of apathy. C. He is a man of inactivity. D. All the above

43、 are wrong. 63. “ Theyellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes,/ The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the windowpanes/ Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,/ Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains. ” The stanza is taken from _______. A. T.S. Eli

44、ot ’ s “ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ” B. Emily Dickinson ’ s “ Because I could not stop for Death ” C. Alfred Tennyson ’ s “ Bread, Break, Break ” D. William Wordsworth ’ s “ I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ” 64. Of the following poems by T. S. Eliot, which is hailed as a l

45、andmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry? A. Poems 1909-25 B. The Hollow Men C. Prufrock and Other Observations D. The Waste Land 65. The following comments on George Bernard Shaw are true except _______. A. George Bernard Shaw’ careers as a dramatist began in 1892, when hi

46、s first play Widowers ’ House was put on by the Independent Theater Society. B. Shaw began his literary career by writing novels soon after his settling down in London. C. Shaw ’ s writings reflect the combination of realism and naturalism D. Shaw ’ s plays can be termed as problems plays.

47、 66. G. B. Shaw ’ s play “ Mrs. Warren ’ s Profession ” is a realistic exposure of the _______. A. political corruption B. inequality between men and women C. slum landlordism D. economic exploitation of women 67._______ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Sha

48、kespeare. B. John Galsworthy C. W. B. Yeats D. George Bernard Shaw 68. Who is the first “ Angry Young Man ”? A. Osborne B. Eliot C. Christopher D. Bernard Shaw 69. All of the following works are known as Hardy ’“s novelsof character and environment ” EXCETP ______

49、_. A. The Return of the Native B. Tess of the D ’ Urbervilles C. Jude the Obscure D. Far from the Madding Crowd 70. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens ’ works is his _______. A. simple vocabulary B. bitter and sharp criticism C. character-portrayal

50、D. pictures of happiness 71. Poetry has been traditionally regarded as an art governed by rules; but to the romantics, poetry should be free from all _______. A. rhymes B. rhythm C. rules D. emotion 72. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true? A. Pride and Prejudice is the

51、most popular of Jane Austen ’ s novels. B. Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “ First Impressions ”. C. Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel. D. In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits. 73. Jane Austen ’ s first novel is __

52、_____. A. Pride and Prejudice B. Sense and Sensibility C. Emma D. Plan of a Novel 74. The author of the work “ Men of England ” is _______. A. T. S. Eliot B. Thomas Gray C. Shelley D. Walt Whitman 75. Shelley ’ s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama, _______. A.

53、Men of England B. Prometheus Unbound C. Ode to the West Wind 76. In Shelley ’ s “ To a Skylark ” , the bird, suspended between reality and poetic image, pours forth an exultant song which suggests to the poet _______. 77. “ Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/ De

54、stroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear! ” th lines are find in _______. A. Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne B. Ode to the West Wind by Shelley C. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman D. Ulysses by Joyce 78. In his lyrics such as “ Ode to Liberty ” , “ Ode to Naples ” , Percy Bysshe Shelley

55、 expressed his for _______ and his hatred toward tyranny. A. the middle class B. the poor C. freedom D. the proletariat 79. Which of the followin g is not the best examples to show Wordsworth ’ s genuine love for the natural beauty? A. a Phantom of Delight B. To a

56、Skylark C. To the Cuckoo D. To a Butterfly 80. Wordsworth ’ s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about _______. A. love B. human life C. freedom D. social activities 81. Which of the following writings is not created by William Wordsworth

57、? A. I wandered Lonely as a Cloud B. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September3, 1802 C. The Solitary Reaper D. The Chimney Sweeper 82._______ is regarded as a “ worshipper of nature ”. A. John Keats B. William Blake C. Will

58、iam Wordsworth D. Jane Austen 83. The tone of literature in “ Songs of Experience ” by William Blake is _______. A. doleful B. lively C. plain D. utter 84. In his poem “ Tyger, Tyger, ” William Blake express

59、es his perception of the “ fearful symme the big cat. The phrase “ fearful symmetry ” suggests ________. A. the tiger ’ s two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically set B. the poet ’ s fearthe ofpredator C. the analogy of the hammer and the anvil D. the harm

60、ony of the two opposite aspects of God ’ s creation 85. The declaration that “ I know that This World is a World of IMAGINATION & Vision, ” and “ The Nature of my work is visionary or imaginative ” belongs to _______. A. William Blake B. William Wordsworth

61、 86. In the following writings by William Blake, which marks his entry into maturity? A. Songs of innocence B. Songs of Experience C. Marriage of Heaven and Hell D. Milton 87. The Romantic Movement expressed a more or less _______ attitude toward the existing social and poli

62、tical conditions. A. positive B. negative C. neutral D. indifferent 88. The Romantic Period is an age of poetry. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats are the major poets. They started a rebellion against the neoclassical literature, which was later regarded as _______.

63、 89. In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as _______. A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experience B. the thought that designates man as a social

64、animal C. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in common D. the modes of thinking 90. Fielding ’ s language is easy and familiar. His sentences are always distinguished by ________. A. logic B. rhythm C. powerfulness D. both A and B 91. “ Thenovel is structure

65、d around the discovery of the hero ’origins. This” novel is most probably ________. A. Charles Dickens ’ David Copperfield B. James Joyce ’ s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man C. Thomas Hardy ’ar sfromF the Madding Growd D. Henry Fielding ’ s Tom Jones 92.

66、In which of the following works can you find the proper names “ Lilliput, “ Brobdingnag,” ” “ Houyhnhnm, ” and “ Yahoo ”? A. James Joyce ’ s Ulysses. B. Charles Dickens ’ s Bleak House. C. Jonathan Swift ’ s Gulliver ’ s Travels. D. D. H. Lawrence ’ s Women in love. 93. Crusoe is the hero in Robinson Crusoe by _______. A. Jonathan Swift B. Daniel Defoe C. George Eliot D. D. H. Lawrence 94. The Enlightenment Movement ’ s purpose was to enlighten the w