大学《英美文学》期末考试题库及答案

1、William Faulkner is the author of _.Far from the Madding CrowdThe Sound and the FuryFor Whom the Bell TollsThe Scarlet LetterElegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem written by _.Oliver GoldsmithJames ThomsonThomas GreyAlexander PopeWhich of the following is NOT written by William Shakespeare

2、?OthelloThe Tragical History of Dr. FaustusRomeo and JulietThe Twelfth NightBeowulf narrates a story taking place in_.The MediterraneanNorthern EuropeEnglandScandinaviaWilliam Wordsworth is an English _.PoetNovelistPlaywrightcriticThe great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is _.NatureWalde

3、nExperienceEssaysThe Bront sisters published the following famous novels EXCEPT _.EmmaJane EyreWuthering HeightAgnes GreyIn which novel can “Yahoo” be found?John Bunyans Pilgrims ProgressEdmund Spencers The Faerie Queen.Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels.Henry Fieldings Tom Jones.Mark Twain shaped th

4、e worlds view of American and made a combination of _and serious literature.American folk humorFunny jokesEnglish folkloreAmerican valuesWho was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War?Fennimore Copper.Nathaniel HawthorneWalt WhitmanWashington I

5、rvingParadise Lost is a masterpiece by_.Christopher MarlowJohn MiltonWilliam ShakespeareBen JohnsonIn the works of aesthetism, the theory of “art for arts sake” is advocated by _.Oscar WildeMrs. GaskellAlexander PopeCharles LambWhose works are characterized by stream-of-consciousness?George EliotJan

6、e AustenEmily BrontJames JoyceThe period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the _ in the literary history of the United States.Age of RealismAge of ClassicalismAge of RomanticismAge of Renaissance“If Winter comes, can spring be far behind?” is an epigrammatic line by _.J. KeatsB. W. BlakeP. B. S

7、hellyW. WordsworthLeaves of Grass is written by _.Walt WhitmanCarl SandburgLangston HughesAllen GinsbergThe period of Old English literature refers to _.449-106614th century-mid 17th century14th century-mid 18th century16th century-mid 18th centurySister Carrie is a masterpiece of _ work.RomanticCla

8、ssicNeo-classicNaturalisticWho is the father of English poetryWilliam ShakespeareEdmund SpencerJohn MiltonGeoffrey ChaucerThe Red Badge of Courage is written by _.Frank NorisSherwood AndersonWilla Cather Stephen CraneWhich of the following poem is NOT written by George Gordon Byron?She Walks in Beau

9、tyThe Solitary ReaperWhen We Two partedChilde Harolds Pilgrimage.Hester is a character in _.Gone with the WindThe fall of the House of UsherBabbittThe Scarlet LetterAnimal Farm is the masterpiece of _.George OrwellVirginia WoolfThomas HardyE. M. ForsterThe Catcher in the Rye is written by _.J. D. Sa

10、lingerJack LondonFlannery OConnorSaul BellowHemingway once described _ the one book from which “all modern American literature comes”.Moby-DickThe Sun Also RisesThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThe Great GatsbyThe literary spokesman of Jazz is often though to be _.ONeilPoundRobert FrostScott Fitzge

11、raldWhich of the following poem is written by William Butler Yeats?Sailing to ByzantiumTo an Athlete Dying YoungMusee des Beaux Arts.Church GoingAmong the following poets, which is not a lake poet?William WordsworthSamuel Taylor ColeridgeRobert SoutheyWilliam CollinsWhich of the following is NOT tru

12、e for Benjamin Franklin?He was a famous writer.He was a member to draft the Declaration of Independence.He was a great scientist.He was once elected American President.Utopia is _ work.Thomas MoresFrancis BaconsJohn DrydensGeorge HerbertsThe American _ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences

13、 over American Moral Values in the American Romantic Period.PuritanismAtheismDeismCynicismThe title of Alfred Tennysons poem Ulysses reminds the reader of the following EXCEPT _.The Trojan WarHomers OdysseyAdventures over the seaReligious questLyrical Ballads is the joint work between Wordsworth and

14、 his friend _.ColeridgeByronKeatsShellyThe title of Thackerays Vanity Fair is taken from _.The Holy BibleThe Faerie QueenThe Pilgrims ProgressParadise LostThe theme of A Tale of Two Cities is _.RevolutionWarLoveBrotherhood In America, there is “a little lady who started a great war”. Who is she?Anne

15、 BradstreetHarriet Beecher StoweEdith WhartonKatherine Anne PorterWaiting for Godot is a _.PoemPlayShort storyNovelMr. Darcy is a character in _.Tess of DUrbervillesPride and PrejudiceHappy PrinceThe Mill of the FlossWhich of the following is NOT Virginia Woolfs novel?To the LighthouseMrs. DallowayT

16、he WavesModern Painters._ is the first American professional writer and the first writer of detective story in the world.Ezra PoundWashington IrvingNathaniel HawthorneEdgar Allan PoeThe Renaissance was a European cultural movement, which originated in _.FranceBritainItalySpainAmong the following nov

17、els, _ is Thomas Hardys best-known novel.The Return of the NativeFar From the Madding CrowdThe Mayor of CasterbridgeTess of the DUrbervilles_ called himself “the trumpeter of a new age”. He was Englands first essayist.Richard SteeleJoseph AddisonFrancis BaconAlexander PopeOn the Road is the masterpi

18、ece of _.Arthur MillerJ.D. SalingerAllen GinsbergJack KerouacLanguage spoken by the Anglo-Saxons is called the _, which is the foundation of English language and literature.Modern EnglishOld EnglishAncient EnglishMedieval EnglishRobinson Crusoe is written by _.Henry FieldingSamuel RichardsonLawrence SterneDaniel Defoe_ is D.H. Lawrences semi-autobiographical novel.Sons and LoversWomen in LoveThe plumed SerpentLady Chatterleys LoverThe Waste Land, written by _, is the greatest modernist poem.T.S. EliotWilliam Butler YeatsAlfred TennysonMathew ArnoldThe Sherlock Holmes