齐鲁师范学院英美文学简史及选读（二）期末复习题

1.WaltWhitmanwasapioneeringfigureofAmericanpoetry.Hisinnovationfirstofallliesinhisuseof_______，poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.A、blankverseB、heroiccoupleC、freeverseD、iambicpentameter2._______isnotamongthewritingfeaturesofMelville’sworks.A、symbolismB、allgoryC、psychologicalanalysesD、Dramaticmonologue3.Romance,whichusesnarrativeverseorprosetotellstoriesof___adventuresorotherheroicdeeds,isapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperioA、ChristianB、knightlyC、GreekD、primitive4.TheRavenwaswrittenin1844by________A、PhilipFreneauB、EdgarAllanPoeC、HenryWadsworthLongfellowD、EmilyDickinson5.TheHemingwayCodeheroesarebestrememberedfortheir__.A、indestructiblespiritB、pessimisticviewoflifeC、warexperiencesD、masculinity6.AllthefollowingnovelsareinCooper’sLeatherstockingTalesexcept________A、ThePioneersB、ThePrairieC、TheDeerslayerD、TheSpy7.Fromthefollowing,choosethepoemsNOTwrittenbyAdgarAllanPoe.A、ToHelenB、TheRavenC、AnnabelLeeD、Design8.ThemostsignificantideaoftheRenaissanceis_______.A、humanismB、realismC、naturalismD、skepticism9.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin_______andThoreau.A、JeffersonB、EmersonC、FreneauD、Oversoul10.MarkTwain’s______tellsastoryofhisboyhoodambitioustobecomeariverboatpilot,upanddowntheMississippi.A、RoughingItB、TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnC、LifeontheMississippiD、TheAdventuresofTomSawyer11.HesterPrynne,Dimmsdale,ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikelythenamesofthecharactersin_______.A、TheScarletLetterB、TheHouseoftheSevenGablesC、ThePortraitofaLadyD、Thepioneers12.InHardy’sWessexnovels,thereisanapparent_______touchinhisdescriptionofthesimplethoughprimitiverurallife.A、nostalgicB、humorousC、romanticD、ironic13.Whitmanpublishedhisfirsteditionof______in1855.A、LeavesofGrassB、TheScarletLetterC、“HymntoTheNight”D、“TheSecretoftheSea”14.WhichofthefollowingstatementsbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare'sSonnet18?A、ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature.B、Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity.C、Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation.D、Thespeakermeditatesonman'ssalvation.15.Backbite,Sneerwell,andLadyTeazlearecharactersintheplayTheSchoolforScandalby_______.A、ChristopherMarloweB、BenJonsonC、RichardBrinsleySheridanD、GeorgeBernardShaw16.“Andwewillsitupontherocks,Seeingtheshepherdsfeedtheirflocks,ByshallowriverstowhosefallsMelodiousbirdssingmadrigals.”Theabovelinesareprobablytakenfrom__.A、Spenser'sTheFaerieQueeneB、JohnDonne's“TheSunRising”C、Shakespeare's“Sonnet18”D、Marlowe's“ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove”17.AmongthegreatMiddleEnglishpoets,GeoffreyChaucerisknownforhisproductionof___.A、PiersthePlowmanB、SirGawainandtheGreenKnightC、ConfessioAmantisD、TheCanterburyTales18.WhichofthefollowinghistoricaleventsdoesnotdirectlyhelptostimulatetherisingoftheRenaisssanceMovement?A、TherediscoveryofancientGreekandRomanculture.B、Thenewdiscoveriesingeographyandastrology.C、TheGloriousrevolution.D、Thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.19.Shakespeare’stragediesincludeallthefollowingexcept_______.A、HamletandKingLearB、AntonyandCleopatraandMacbethC、JuliusCaesarandOthelloD、TheMerchantofVeniceandAMidsummerNight’sDream1.G.G.ByronA、DonJuanB、ThePilgrim’sProgressC、VanityFairD、ParadiseLostE、WutheringHeights2.SongofMyselfA、WaltWhitmanB、EmilyDickinsonC、NathanielHawthorneD、MarkTwainE、EdgarAllanPoe3.IDiedforBeauty-butWasScarceA、WaltWhitmanB、EmilyDickinsonC、NathanielHawthorneD、MarkTwainE、EdgarAllanPoe4.John.BunyanA、DonJuanB、ThePilgrim’sProgressC、VanityFairD、ParadiseLostE、WutheringHeights5.ThePrinceandthePauperA、WaltWhitmanB、EmilyDickinsonC、NathanielHawthorneD、MarkTwainE、EdgarAllanPoe6.JohnMiltonA、DonJuanB、ThePilgrim’sProgressC、VanityFairD、ParadiseLostE、WutheringHeights7.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesA、WaltWhitmanB、EmilyDickinsonC、NathanielHawthorneD、MarkTwainE、EdgarAllanPoe8.WilliamMakepeaceThackerayA、DonJuanB、ThePilgrim’sProgressC、VanityFairD、ParadiseLostE、WutheringHeights9.TheFalloftheHouseoftheUsherA、WaltWhitmanB、EmilyDickinsonC、NathanielHawthorneD、MarkTwainE、EdgarAllanPoe10.EmilyBronteA、DonJuanB、ThePilgrim’sProgressC、VanityFairD、ParadiseLostE、WutheringHeights答案：Ode:alongandelaboratelyricpoem.Itisusuallywritteninadignified,elevatestyleinexaltedlanguage.Itisoftenwrittentopraisesomeoneorsth.astomarkaspecialoccasion.Thiskindofpoeticformisoftentookupbymanyromanticpoets,suchasP.B.Shelley:OdetotheWestWindandthefamous6odesin1819:OdetoPsyche,OdetoMelancholy,OdeonaGrecianUrn,ToAutumn,OdetoaNightingaleofJohnKeats.2.Transcendentalism答案：Keywords:Emerson,Thoreau,nature,intuition,oversoul,individualism,spirit,idealism,Romanticism,etc.3.Humanism答案：HumanismisthekeynoteofRenaissanceandtheintellectualliberationmovement.ThehumanistsbegantocriticizingandevaluatingtheLatinandGreekauthorsinthelightofwhattheybelievedtobetheRomanandGreekstandardsofcivilization.Theytookinterestinhumanlifeandhumanactivitiesandgaveexpressiontothenewfeelingofadmirationforhumanbeauty.Theybegantopaymuchattentiontohumanexistenceandhumanbeings’happinessinsteadofalwaysfocusingonGod.ThomasMoreisagreathumanistintheRenaissanceperiod.4.Puritanism答案：Puritanismkeywords:Calvin,purify,hardwork,thrift,predestination,salvation,sin,God,fromEnglandtoAmerica,immigration,etc.5.FreeVerse答案：Keywords:withoutfixedbeat,regularrhymescheme,Whitman,LeavesofGrass,etc.6.Ballad答案：Ballad/popularballad:themostimportantofEnglishfolkliteratureistheballad.Aballadisastorytoldinsong,usuallyin4-linestanzas,withthesecondandtheforthlinesrhymed.--Oneepisode--variousthemes:war,bloodshed,superstition,domesticaffairs,outlawry--createdcollectivelybythepeople,andconstantlyrevisedintheprocessofbeinghandeddownfrommouthtomouth.--mainlytheliteratureofpeasants,ofcommonpeople--theRobinHoodballadsareofspecialsignificance7.Byronicheroes答案：ByronicHeroesaremeninrebellionagainstsociety.Theyarelonelyindividualists,proudandwillful.Beneaththeircynicismanddisdainareanachingsadnessandapatheticfeelingofhopelessness.Theyarerevolutionaryfiguresrisingsingle-handedagainstgovernmentorreligionormoralsociety.Suchheroesareusuallypersonswithstrongpassions,unconquerablewillsandinexhaustibleenergies.Theyareusuallydisillusionedinmodernsocietyandlongforabetterlifeamongsimplerpeoplelessaffectedbycivilization.TheirenemiesaregenerallyfeudalrulersorOrientaldespots.Theconflictisoneofrevolutionaryindividualsagainstout-wornsocialsystemsandconventions1.HowdoyouthinkofthemainthemeofPrideandPrejudice?Asforthethemeofmarriage,whichtypeofmarriageareyouapprovingof?答案：Loveandmarriageisthemainthemeofthenovel.Thefirstsentenceinthenoveldeclaresthat“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.”Throughseveraltypesofmarriage,JaneAustenexplainsherideaofbeingrationalinloveandmarriage.TheunionofCharlotteandMr.Collinsistoorealistic;ThatofLydiaandWickhamseemsoutofsexualdesire;ThatofJaneandBingleyandsafeandstable;Shownasarealmarriagebutnotanidealone;ThatofMr.andMrs.Bennetisdescribedinanironicalway…OnlyElizabethandDarcyareshownasaperfect,realandhappycouple:theydon’tfallinloveatfirstsightbutdoafterseveralcircumstances.Theydon’tgetmarriedforanyone’swish,orforconvenience.Theyareaperfectmatchforeachother.Thisisthewriter’sstandardonloveandmarriage.2.JohnMiltonisSamsonAgonistes答案：-----“SamsonAgonistes”isapoeticaldramamodeledontheGreedtragedies.ThestorywastakenfromtheOldTestament.---Inthispoeticdrama,Miltonistellingushisownstory.----LikeSamson,hehasbeenbetrayedhiswife.----Hehassufferedfromblindnessandbeenscornedbyhisenemies,andyethehasstruggledheroicallyagainsthisenemies.----Samson’smiserablebindservitudeamonghisenemies,hisagonizinglongingforsightandfreedom,andthelastterribletriumphareallallusionstothepoet’sownstory.----SothewholepoemstronglysuggestsMilton’spassionatelongingthathetoocouldbringdestructiondownupontheenemyatthecostofhisownlife.----SamsonisMilton.3.Pleasemakeabrief