东北师范大学英语专业《英美文学》作业及答案3

All the qualities can be contributed to Portia except ____.

A.nosy

B.cultured

C.courteous

D.kind-hearted

本题答案:
A
Angry Young Man of the 1950's most came from ____.

A.the lower class

B.the upper class

C.peasants

D.workers

本题答案:
A
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

本题答案:
B
In Hardy's Tess of D'urbervilles, the heroines tragic ending is due to ____.

A.her weak character

B.her ambition

C.Angel Clares selfishness

D.a hostile society

本题答案:
D
____ is famous for his international theme.

A.Howells

B.Mark Twain

C.Henry James

本题答案:
C
Hardy started as a poet and ended as a ____.

A.playwright

B.novelist

C.poet

D.critic

本题答案:
C
“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, /So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to?____

A.Lover

B.Time

C.Summer

D.Poetry

本题答案:
D
____ believe that nature is ennobling and that the individual is important.

A.Puritans

B.realists

C.Transcendentalists

本题答案:
C
Backbite,Sneerwell,and Lady Teazle are characters in the play the School for Scandal by ____.

A.Christopher Marlowe

B.Ben Jonson

C.Richard Brinsley Sheridan

D.George Bernard Shaw

本题答案:
C
“For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room...”Dickens, Oliver Twist What did Oliver ask for?____

A.More time to play

B.More food to eat

C.More book to read

D.More money to spend

本题答案:
B
G.B.Shaw's play Mrs.Warren's Profession is a realistic exposure of the ____ in the English society.

A.slum landlordism

B.inequality between men and women

C.political corruption

D.economic exploitation of women

本题答案:
D
Irving was regarded as ____.

A.father of American drama

B.father of American poetry

C.father of American Literature

本题答案:
C
It is generally regarded that Keats's most important and mature poems are in the of ____.

A.ode

B.elegy

C.epic

D.sonnet

本题答案:
A
The publication of ____ established Emerson as the spokesman of Transcendentalism.

A.Nature

B.Self-reliance

C.The American Scholar

本题答案:
A
In Leaves of Grass, ____ is all that concerned Whitman.

A.individualism

B.the spirit of democracy

C.freedom

D.all the above

本题答案:
D
The ____ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers were able to appear as an independent political force and were already realizing the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their principal enemy.

A.Enlightenment

B.Renaissance

C.Chartist

D.Romanticist

本题答案:
C
“My last Duchess” is a poem that best mplifies Robert Browning's ____.

A.sensitive ear for the sounds of the English language

B.excellent choice of words

C.mastering of the metrical devices

D.use of the dramatic monologue

本题答案:
D
As a literary figure, Belinda appears in Alexander Pope's ____.

A.“The Dunciad”

B.“An Essay on Man”

C.“An Essay on Criticism”

D.“The Rape of the lock”

本题答案:
D
“Rip Van Winkle” reveals the theme of ____ the past.

A.nostalgia for

B.rejection to

C.detachment from

D.nothing related to

本题答案:
A
Who is the writer that wrote about frontier adventures?____

A.Irving

B.Cooper

C.Melville

本题答案:
B
Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow won the Faulkner Foundation Award.()

A.错误

B.正确

本题答案:
A
Williams' sister Rose became the model for Laura in The Glass Menagerie.()

A.错误

B.正确

本题答案:
B
Irving was best known for his short stories such as Rip Van Winkle.()

A.错误

B.正确

本题答案:
B
In Shakespeare's comedies the heroes and heroines attained their victory without much struggle.()

A.错误

B.正确

本题答案:
A
Morrison is the first black writer to win the Nobel Prize.()

A.错误

B.正确

本题答案:
B
Neo-classicism saw its decline in Dryden.()

A.错误

B.正确

Wuthering Heights deals with a story of love and violence.()

A.错误

B.正确

Both Hawthorne and Shakespeare influenced Melvilles writing of Moby Dick.()

A.错误

B.正确

Pynchon's fascination with popular culture is overwhelmingly evident in the novel V.()

A.错误

B.正确

Marlowe mainly wrote tragedies.()

A.错误

B.正确

Puritanism and Calvinistic doctrine have great effects on the writing of Hawthorne.()

A.错误

B.正确

Black Humor is defined as modern humor caused by anger.()

A.错误

B.正确

Blake is often regarded as a symbolist and mystic.()

A.错误

B.正确

The Rape of the Lock gives an account of an anecdote of the court.()

A.错误

B.正确

In her works, Amy Tan wrote beautifully about the contrast between Chinese and American cultures.()

A.错误

B.正确

With Bellow and Singer as Nobel Prize winners, the status of Jewish Literature as an important part of American Literature has been firmly established.()

A.错误

B.正确

The stories in the Canterbury Tales are only connected by the host of Tabard Inn.()

A.错误

B.正确

The pasture is the setting for the work of Dr.Faustus.()

A.错误

B.正确

Most of English ballads were collected in the 18th century.()

A.错误

B.正确