《英国文学史》课程考试复习题库及答案

PAGEPAGE1《英国文学史》课程考试复习题库及答案1.In1697,JonathanSwiftpublishedtwoworkstogether,ATaleofaTuband(),whichmadehimwell-knownasasatirist.A、TheDrapier’sLetterB、ickerstaffAlmanacs.C、Gulliver’sTravelsD、TheBattleoftheBooks答案：D2.Whatisimagery?A、interestingdialogueB、vividsensorydescriptionC、haracterdevelopmentD、bothaandc答案：B3.Whichtoneisrepresentedinthefollowingpassage?“Wow!Withatopspeedofonehundredfiftymilesperhour,thatcarcanalmostfly!”A、nnoyingB、ExcitedC、almD、Scary答案：B4.Whichofthefollowingareexlesofanunderstatement?A、Saying“Itoldhimamilliontimesnottodothat”whenannoyedbysomeone’sdelay.B、Saying,“It’sniceout”whenit’srainingoutside.C、Saying,“He’snotthethinnestperson”whendescribingareallyfatperson.D、Saying,“I’msohungryIcouldeatahorse”答案：C5.()waswrittenbyJamesJoyce.A、DublinersB、PortraitofaLadyC、PictureofDorianGrayD、TotheLighthouse答案：A6.InwhatmeteraremostofShakespeare’ssonnetswritten?A、TrochaictrimeterB、AnapestictetrameterC、IambictrimeterD、Iambicpentameter答案：D7.WhichofthefollowingisNOTareligiouspoembyJohnDonne?A、“AHymntoGodtheFather”B、“HymntoGodmyGod,inMySickness”C、“TheGood-Morrow”D、“DeathBeNotProud”答案：C8.Thewell-knownverseof“Tiger!Tiger!Burningbright/Intheforestofthenight/Whatimmortalhandoreye/Couldframethyfearfulsymmetry?”iswrittenby().A、WilliamShakespeareB、WilliamBlakeC、WilliamJamesD、WilliamBradford答案：B9.TheMarriageofHeavenandHellwaswrittenby().A、RobertBurnsB、ChristopherMarlowC、ThomasPercyD、WilliamBlake答案：D10.(),ortheturningpoint,isamomentofthegreatesttensionthatfixestheoutcomeintheplot.A、ExpositionB、FallingactionC、limaxD、Setting答案：C11.“Oneshortsleeppast,wewakeeternally”istakenfromthepoemwrittenby().A、WilliamShakespeareB、JohnDonneC、JohnMiltonD、JohnKeats答案：B12.Thistypeofashortpoemthatdescribesthepersonalthoughtsandinnerfeelingsoftheauthorandusuallyhasmusicalqualityisknownasa().A、BalladB、LyricC、oupletD、Elegy答案：B13.Theactionthatfollowstheclimaxinanovel’splotiscalledthe().A、ConflictB、PersuasiveactionC、ProtagonistcomplicationD、Fallingaction答案：D14.Ahintorclueinastorythatsuggestssomeactionistofollowtocreateinterestorsuspenseiscalled().A、foreshadowingB、stereotypingC、allusionD、flashback答案：A15.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesaquatrain?A、two-line,typicallyrhymingunitofverseB、afour-line,typicallyrhymingunitofverseC、apoemof14lines,typicallyfeaturingrhyme,meter,andlogicalstructure.D、atypeofmetricalfoot.答案：B16.Artistically,SamuelBecketthascomeunderthestronginfluenceof(),whoseworksparodytheunsympatheticworldandman’swretchedlot.A、VirginiaWoolfB、JamesJoyceC、E.M.FosterD、T.S.Eliot答案：B17.Athemethatisnotdirectlyorexplicitlystatedinthetextiscalleda().A、StatedthemeB、ThematicambiguityC、ResolutionD、Impliedtheme答案：D18.GeoffreyChaucerplannedoriginallytohaveeachofthepilgrimstell（）storiesonthewaytoCanterburyandthesamenumberofstoriesonthewaybackinhisfamousTheCanterburyTales.A、1B、2C、3D、4答案：B19.LyricalBallads(1798)wasacollectionofpoemsby().A、JamesThomsonandWilliamCollinsB、ThomasGrayandRobertBurnsC、PercyByssheShelleyandGeorgeGordonByronD、WilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge答案：D20.()(1922),JamesJoyce’smasterpiece,hasbecomeaprimeexleofmodernisminliterature.A、TheRainbowB、UlyssesC、LittleWomenD、TheVirginandtheGypsy答案：B21.Theprideofwealth,or“purse-pride”,isthethemeofthenovel().A、DombeyandSonB、ATaleofTwoCitiesC、LittleDorritD、BleakHouse答案：A22.Thewriterof“TheSolitaryReaper”alsowrote().A、“HollyWillie’sPrayer”B、ADefenseofPoetryC、LucyPoemsD、“TheFallofBastille”答案：C23.()referstotherecurrenceofsoundinvolvingsomemetricalpattern,whichisasequenceofmeasuredsound-unitsrecurringmoreorlessregularlyinlinesofverses.A、RhymeB、RhythmC、MeterD、iction答案：B24.WhatdidSigmundFreudbelieveabouttheunconscious?A、Itcontainssecretinstinctsanddesiresthatarerepressed.B、Itistheonlysignificantaspectofthehumanpsyche.C、Itcanneverbeaccessed.D、Alloftheaboveanswersarecorrect.答案：A25.ThomasHardyisaprolificwriterwhoseworksincludethefollowingexcept().A、FarfromtheMaddingCrowdB、TotheLightHouseC、UndertheGreenwoodTreeD、JudetheObscure答案：B26.WhatdidJamesJoyceintendtoexposeinDubliners?A、GreedofthepeopleB、Paralysisofthepeople.C、Socialinjustice.D、Snobberyofthepeople.答案：B27.Asegmentofapoemthatisdividedintogroupsoflinesiscalleda:A、LineB、FootC、StanzaD、Meter答案：C28.Whatisasonnet?A、poemthathas14linesthatusesrhymeinasetpatternorformalrhymescheme.B、Apoemthatsoundslikeasongwith14rhyminglines.C、ApoemthatwaswrittenbyShakespeare.D、Apoemthathas14linesusestimeinasetpatternorformalrhymescheme.答案：A29.Thepartoftheplotthatconcludesthefallingactionbyrevealingorsuggestingtheoutcomeoftheconflictiscalledthe().A、ClimaxB、ackgroundC、ResolutionD、Risingaction答案：C30.Astrugglebetweentwoopposingforcesorcharactersinastorycanbedescribedas().A、TheresolutionB、ThemainconflictorcomplicationC、ThesettingD、Theplot答案：B31.WhichofthefollowingpoemscouldbeemployedtoexplainWordsworth’stheoryofpoetrywritingas“aspontaneousoverflowofpowerfulemotion”“recollectedintranquility”?A、“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”B、“OdeonaGrecianUrn”C、TheRimeoftheAncientMarinerD、“ToAutumn”答案：A32.Whattypeofimageryisthis?“Atapatthepane,thequicksharpscratch”A、TactileB、OlfactoryC、AuditoryD、Visual答案：C33.“ShallIcomparetheetoasummer’sday?”ThisisthebeginninglineofoneofShakespeare’s().A、songsB、playsC、omediesD、sonnets答案：D34.()foundedanewschoolofpoetrybythenameofmetaphysicalschool.A、JohnSmithB、JohnBunyanC、JohnMiltonD、JohnDonne答案：D35.Apartfromoriginalpoems,ChaucertranslatedvariousworksofFrenchauthors,amongthemisthefamous().A、TheCanterburyTalesB、TheRomauntoftheRoseC、TheParliamentofFowlsD、TheHouseofFame答案：B36.In1878（）movedtoLondon.HislifestyleandhumorouswitmadehimsoonspokesmanforAestheticism,thelate19thcenturymovementinEnglandthatadvocatedartforart’ssake.A、WalterScottB、OscarWildeC、RobertBrowningD、AlfredTennyson答案：B37.Theproblemplayorplayofideashasbeenregardedaspartofthewidermovementof()inthearts.A、RealismB、NaturalismC、ImpressionismD、Transcendentalism答案：A38.Whattypeofimageryisthis?“Ilovetohearherspeak,yetwellIknowThatmusichathafaremorepleasantsound;”A、TactileB、GustatoryC、OlfactoryD、Auditory答案：D39.AstockcharacterisA、familiarcharactertypeseenthroughoutliterature.Anarchetype.B、AcharacterthathasbasiccharacteristicsC、haractersthatwereonlypartoftheItalianCommediaDell’arteD、Charactersthatdisplayageneralbehavior答案：A40.Whichofthefollowingworksisgenerallyregardedasthebestmodelofsatire,notonlyofthe18thcenturybutalsointhewholeEnglishliteraryhistory?A、“AModestProposal”B、TheHistoryofTomJonesC、“AnEssayonCriticism”D、RobinsonCrusoe答案：A41.Atypeofnarrativepoetrywhichtellsastory—alongpoem—thatusuallytellsthestoryofalegendorhero.A、EpicB、ElegyC、LyricD、freeverse答案：A42.OneofthemostnoticeablefeaturesofJohnDonne’spoetryishisuseof().A、classicalvocabularyB、conceitC、dramaticmonologueD、exaggerationnot答案：B43.Whattypeofimageryisthis?“Thenamileof…sea-scentedbeach.”A、TactileB、GustatoryC、OlfactoryD、Auditory答案：C44.Whichofthefollowingisatraitofadynamiccharacter?A、undergoessignificantchangesthroughoutthestoryB、remainsunchangedthroughoutthestoryC、hasaconsistentpersonalityD、isthemainantagonist答案：A45.ThegreatestEnglishcriticalrealistnovelistwas（）,whocriticizedthebourgeoiscivilizationandshowedthemiseryofthecommonpeople.答案：A、WilliamMakepeaceThackerayB、CharlesDickensC、harlotteBronteD、EmilyDickinson答案：B46.TheAgeofWilliamShakespeareisalsocalledthesecondperiodof().A、ElizabethanPeriodB、VictorianPeriodC、EnglishRenaissanceD、JamesPeriod答案：C47.Thoughtheplotof()isbutlooselysustained,thewholethingisextremelyinteresting,funnyandvividlyrealwithitscomicepisodes.A、PickwickPapersB、TheOldCuriosityShopC、GreatExpectationsD、HardTimes答案：A48.Thistypeofpoetryhasnosetform—itisfreefromfixedpatternsofrhymeorrhythm.A、SestinaB、SonnetC、FreeverseD、Stanza答案：C49.“Denmarkisaprison”.Inwhichplaydoestheherosummarizehisobservationofhisworldintosuchabittersentence?A、CharlesB、OthelloC、HenryVIIID、Hamlet答案：D50.TheEdwardiannovelistslaidmuchemphasisonthedescriptionofexternalworldintheirrepresentationoflife.Whocouldhavecomplainedaboutthis?A、VirginiaWoolfB、GeorgeEliotC、JaneAustenD、CharlotteBronte答案：A51.Inthe18thcentury,satirewasmuchusedinwriting.Englishliteratureofthisageproducedsomeexcellentsatirists,suchasthefollowingwritersexcept().A、lexanderPopeB、JonathanSwiftC、HenryFieldingD、anielDefoe答案：D52.Whoamongthefollowingisthekeywriterandcriticoffirstwaveoffeminism?A、TSElliotB、JaneAustenC、VirginiaWoolfD、ElaineShowalter答案：C53.ThechiefdefectsofOliverTwistincludetheimprobabilityoftheplotandtheunconvincingnessof()asapalefigurewhoseemstobesomeunconvincingcharacterandthehelplessvictimoffate.A、FaginB、illSikeC、NancyD、Oliver答案：D54.Howcanyouidentifyadynamiccharacter?A、Bycheckingifthecharacter’snamestartswithavowelB、ycountingthenumberoflinesthecharacterhasC、Byobservingthecharacter’sphysicalappearanceD、Byobservingthecharacter’sdevelopmentandchangesthroughoutthestory.答案：D55.Whichofthefollowingisatraitofastaticcharacter?A、Theyaretheantagonistofthestory.B、Theydonotundergosignificantchangesthroughoutthestory.C、Theyhaveadynamicpersonality.D、Theyarethemainprotagonistofthestory.答案：B56.OfthemanycontemporariesandsuccessorsofWilliamShakespeare,themostimportantandwell-knownwas(),whobecamethepoetlaureatein1616.A、JohnDrydenB、SamuelJohnsonC、BenJonsonD、RobertSouthey答案：C57.Whatissuspense?A、whenyousaytheoppositeofwhatyoumean;includessarcasmB、aninterruptionofthestorytodepictanearliereventortimeC、theintensefeelingthatanaudiencegoesthroughwhilewaitingforwhathappensnextinthestoryD、acomparisonof2ormorethingswithoutusing“like”or“as”答案：C58.Whichtypeofcharactercanbefullydescribedinasinglesentencebecausehehasnodepth?A、FlatcharacterB、MaincharacterC、RoundcharacterD、Complexcharacter答案：A59.In1859,CharlesDickenspublishedhishistoricalnoveloftheFrenchRevolutionentitled().A、HardTimesB、leakHouseC、ATaleofTwoCitiesD、OurMutualFriend答案：C60.Howmanycharacters’thoughtsandfeelingscanreadersunderstandinaThird-PersonOmniscientstory?A、TwocharactersB、ThreecharactersC、AllcharactersD、Onlyonecharacter答案：C61.Whatismetonymy?A、ReplacingwordswithassociatedwordsB、RemovingadjectivesfromsubjectsC、MetaphoricalrepresentationofanimalsD、Useofevocativephrasing答案：A62.Amongthefollowingplays,（）isNOTwrittenbyWilliamShakespeare.A、RichardⅡB、TheTempestC、TheWinter’sTaleD、LadyWindermere’sFan答案：D63.WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofRomanticisminEngland?A、Spontaneityinexpressingfeelings.B、Emphasisonreason.C、Worshipofnature.D、Simplicityinlanguage.答案：B64.Mrs.GaskellwasthefriendofCharlotteBronte.Her()isoneofthebestbiographiesinEnglishLiterature.A、LifeofCharlotteBronteB、LifeofJohnsonC、TalesofShakespeareD、Adonais答案：A65.InadditiontoParadiseLost,JohnMilton’sanotherfamouspoemLycidasisa（）inwhichheusessomeartificialimagerysuppliedbyanidyllicshepherd’sexistencetobewailthelossofafriend.A、pastoralelegyB、odesC、antosD、ballads答案：A66.Howdoesthird-personomniscientnarrativepointofviewdifferfromthird-personlimited?A、Itistoldfromtheperspectiveofonecharacter.B、Itoffersthethoughtsandfeelingsofonlyonecharacter.C、Itprovidesthethoughtsandfeelingsofallcharacters.D、Itdoesnotenterthemindsofanycharacters.答案：C67.Howmanycharacters’thoughtsandfeelingscanreadersunderstandinathird-personlimitednarrativestory?A、TwoorthreecharactersB、OnlyonecharacterC、NocharactersD、Allthecharacters答案：B68.Whichofthefollowingwritersdoesnotbelongtothemoderategroupofenlighteners?A、lexanderPopeB、DanielDefoeC、JosephAddisonD、JonathanSwift答案：D69.Inhisnovel,RobinsonCrusoe,Defoeeulogizestheheroofthe().A、ristocraticclassB、enterprisinglandlordsC、risingbourgeoisieD、hard-workingpeople答案：C70.Inthe()periodofhisliterarycareer,CharlesDickensbelievedthatalltheevilsofthecapitalistworldwouldberemediedifonlymenbehavedtoeachotherwithkindliness,justice,andsympatheticunderstanding.A、firstB、secondC、thirdD、fourth答案：B71.Whichoffollowingstatementsisindirectcharacterization?A、Markstompedtohisroomandslammedthedoor.Everythingseemedsounfair.B、WheneverMarthaisaroundalotofpeople,shegetsveryquietandfindsithardtostartconversation.C、onnorisadishonestboy,withaloudmouthandanobnoxiousmanner.D、UncleJonsmellsbadandwearsoldclothes.答案：A72.Themainideaorthepossibleopinionoftheauthorisknownas().A、PointofviewB、ThemeC、onflictD、Setting答案：B73.WhichPointofViewmakesthecharacterthenarratorofthestory.AreaderhearsandseesONLYwhatthenarratorhearsandsees.A、FirstPersonB、ThirdPersonLimitedC、ThirdPersonOmniscientD、ThirdPersonObjective答案：A74.“Areopagitica”isJohnMilton’sbest-known().A、proseB、epicC、novelD、rama答案：A75.(),the“fatherofEnglishpoetry”,andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland,wasborninLondonabout1340.A、GeoffreyChaucerB、SirGawainC、FrancisBaconD、JohnDryden答案：A76.WhoisthegreatestoftheMetaphysicalschoolofpoetry?A、JohnDonneB、GeorgeHerbertC、AndrewMarvellD、HenryVaughan答案：A77.Bypresentingaconventionalheroasavillain,oraconventionalvillainasahero,（）intendstogiveashockingimpressiontohisaudienceandchallengetheconventionalwayofthinking.A、RudyardKiplingB、GeorgeBernardShawC、T.S.EliotD、H.Lawrence答案：B78.Whattypeofpoemisknownasaunitofverseconsistingoftwolinesthatusuallyrhyme?A、RomanceB、OdeC、oupletD、Lyric答案：C79.“TheLamb”isincludedinWilliamBlake’s().A、PoeticalSketchesB、TheSongsofInnocenceC、TheSongsofExperienceD、TheMarriageofHeavenandHell答案：B80.Thedenouementcomesafterthe().A、EpilogueB、IntroductionC、limaxD、Fallingaction答案：C81.Withtheperformanceof()in1613,whichcausedtheburningoftheGlobalTheatrebythefiringofthecannonattheendofActI,endedShakespeare’sdramaticcareer.A、MeasureforMeasureB、AntonyandCleopatraC、oriolanusD、HenryVIII答案：D82.()’sworksareallaboutthestruggleofanindividualconsciousnesstowardsself-realization,aboutsomelonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlove,understandingandafullhappylife.A、GeorgeEliotB、CharlotteBronteC、ThomasHardyD、JaneAusten答案：B83.Travisbegantheschoolyearthesameasalways.Heneverstudiedorcompletedhishomework.Eachreportcardshowedthesamepoorgrades.Althoughhisparentsencouragedhim,bytheendoftheyear,hewasstilldoingpoorly.A、roundcharacterB、staticcharacterC、antagonistD、ynamiccharacter答案：B84.Whichofthefollowingcanbethemes?A、fateB、marriageC、thepassingoftimeD、alloftheabove答案：D85.Theproposalof“artforart’ssake”isgivenby().A、OscarWildeB、HenryJamesC、HenryFieldingD、CharlesDickens答案：A86.WhichofthefollowingisNOTdirectlyrelatedtothestreamofconsciousnessschoolofnovel?A、JamesJoyceB、VirginiaWoolfC、FinnegansWakeD、ThePloughandtheStars答案：D87.Whichtypeofcharacterhaslikes,dislikes,andpersonalityquirks?A、FlatcharacterB、RoundcharacterC、MinorcharacterD、Tragichero答案：B88.Whatisaflashback?A、ninterruptionofthestorytodepictanearliereventortimeB、acomparisonof2ormorethingswithoutusing“like”or“as”C、somethingthatstandsfororrepresentssomethingelseD、aconclusionreachedonthebasisofevidenceandreasoning答案：A89.WhichofthefollowingpoemswrittenbyWordsworthiscalledhis“lyricalhymnofthankstonature”?A、“LinesWritteninEarlySpring”B、“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”C、“LinesComposedaFewMilesaboveTinternAbbey”D、“TotheCuckoo”答案：C90.Thenarrator’sperspectivefromwhichtheeventsaredepicted(e.g.,first-person,third-person,etc.);thevantagepointfromwhichastoryistold.Whatdoesthestatementreferto?A、PointofViewB、ToneC、NarrativeWritingD、Characterization答案：A91.twofamousEnglishplaywrightsrevivedtheBritishtheatreafterthisperiodoftime.A、WilliamShakespeareandChristopherMarloweB、HaroldPinterandSamuelBeckettC、GeorgeBernardShawandOscarWildeD、HenrikIbsenandAugustStrindberg答案：C92.WhichofthefollowingplaysdoesNOTbelongtoShakespeare’scomedies?答案：A、HenryVB、TheMerchantofVeniceC、AMidsummerNight’sDreamD、AsYouLikeIt答案：A93.TheworksofBrontesistersaremarkedbystrong()elements.A、realisticB、pragmaticC、romanticD、magical答案：C94.Inwhichpointofviewdoesthenarratorrefertohimbytheirnamesorbyhe,she,orthey?A、First-personB、Second-personC、Third-personD、Fourth-person答案：C95.Gawain,ayoungandinexperiencedknight,issummonedtoKingArthur’scourtroom.ArthurhasmisplacedhismagicswordandneedsGawaintoretrieveitfromafiercedragonwhoshootsfirefromhisnoseandhasbadbreath.Gawainfacesmanyobstaclesonhisjourney,butlearnstoputasidehisfearandbecomeabravewarrior.WhattypeofcharacterisGawain?A、StaticB、DynamicC、AntagonistD、Stereotype答案：B96.Undershaftisacharacterintheplay()byGeorgeBernardShaw.A、TheDevil’sDiscipleB、TheManofPropertyC、MajorBarbaraD、Justice答案：C97.Whatisaconcern/focusofafeministcritic?A、ExcludingwomeninliteratureB、SupportingapatriarchyC、SpeakingagainsttheculturaldiscriminationofwomenD、egradingmenandwomen答案：C98.()isanauthor’scarefularrangementofincidentsinanarrativetoachieveadesiredeffect.A、ExpositionB、ResolutionC、limaxD、Plot答案：D99.ThefollowingarethecommoncharacterssharedbythethreeBrontesistersEXCEPT().A、unmarriedB、literaryC、talentedD、yingyoung答案：A100.()belongsto“streamofconsciousness”school.A、VirginiaWoolfB、ThomasWolfeC、SommersetMaughamD、ThomasHardy答案：A101.Whatisatheme?A、mainideainanarrativeB、aprimaryconflictinanarrativeC、amotifD、aquestionforreaders答案：A102.Thestatement“Itrevealsthedehumanizingworkhousesystemandthedark,criminalunderworldlife”maywellsumupthemainthemeofDickens’().A、DavidCopperfieldB、leakHouseC、GreatExpectationsD、OliverTwist答案：D103.TheepicofParadiseLostisbasedonthestoriesfrom().A、TheNewTestamentB、TheOldTestamentC、TheAncientGreekMythsD、TheAncientRomanMyths答案：B104.Whichofthefollowingisnotatypeofimagery?A、visualimageryB、auditoryimageryC、extrasensoryimageryD、tactileimagery答案：C105.()wroteanumberoflittlesketchesof“cockneycharacters”.Hesignedthem“Boz”whichwashisnicknameforhisyoungbrother.Hisfirstbook,SketchesbyBozappearedin1836.A、ElizabethGaskellB、WilliamM.ThackerayC、harlesDickensD、JaneAusten答案：C106.Pointofviewis().A、Thedirectioninwhichthestoryisgoing.B、thevantagepointfromwhichthestoryispresentedbythenarrator.