1、We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley's poem “Ode to the West Wind” with all the following terms except ____.
A.wild
B.tamed
C.swift
D.proud
本题答案：
B
2、Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include ____ , symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.
A.multiple points of view
B.impressionism
C.first person point of view
D.expressionism
本题答案：
A
3、____ is a play that concerns the problem of modern man's identity.
A.The Iceman Cometh
B.The Hairy Ape
C.Long Days Journey into Night
本题答案：
B
4、Frost took a ____ style. in his poetry.
A.simple
B.modern
C.complicated
本题答案：
A
5、Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a“____in prose,”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.
A.tragic epic
B.romance
C.lyric epic
D.comic epic
本题答案：
D
6、The subject matter of Robert Frosts Poems focuses on.
A.struggling masses and crowded urban quarters
B.ordinary country people and scenes
C.fantasies and mythical happenings
D.battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legends
本题答案：
B
7、“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 money to spend
C.More food to eat
D.More book to read
本题答案：
C
8、For quite sometime after its appearance, Catch-22 was seen as a structural ____ despite its narrative power.
A.success
B.miracle
C.failure
本题答案：
B
9、“...This grew: I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped altogether...” (Robert Browning, “My Last Duchess”) The above lines imply that.
A.the Duchess was killed by her husband
B.the Duchess stopped smiling at her husband's order
C.the Duchess died of laughing too much
D.the Duchess did not want to smile as much as her husband requested
本题答案：
A
10、The plot of ____ is divided into three parts.
A.Song of Solomon
B.Native Son
C.Invisible Man
本题答案：
B
11、Each of the professions listed below is correctly paired with Dickens except ____.
A.reporter
B.novelist
C.dramatist
D.clerk
本题答案：
C
12、Black humor refers to the use of the morbid and the absurd for darkly ____ purposes.
A.tragic
B.entertaining
C.comic
本题答案：
C
13、The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the search for ____.
A.universal truth
B.spiritual salvation
C.self-fulfillment
D.material wealth
本题答案：
B
14、____ has been regarded as the “founder of the American Drama”.
A.Tennessee Williams
B.Hendrik Ibser
C.Eugene O'Neill
D.Arthur Miller
本题答案：
C
15、In Chapter III of Oliver Twist, Oliver is punished for that “impious and profane offence of asking for more” . What did Oliver ask for more?
A.More time to play
B.More money to spend
C.More food to eat
D.More books to read
本题答案：
C
16、Beowulf is a national epic of ____.
A.Scandinavia
B.Germany
C.France
D.England
本题答案：
D
17、The impact of Darwin's evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century. French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American ____.
A.vernacularism
B.naturalism
C.modernism
D.local colorism
本题答案：
B
18、Mrs.Warren's Profession is one of George Bernard Shaw's plays. What is Mrs.Warren's profession then?
A.Real estate
B.Prostitution
C.House-keeping
D.Farming
本题答案：
B
19、John Bunyan's pilgrim's progress is often regarded as a typical example of ____.
A.romance
B.fable
C.epic in prose
D.allegory
本题答案：
D
20、____ has always been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style. that American Literature ever produced”.
A.Washington Irving
B.Walt Whitman
C.Henry David Thoreau
D.Edgar Ellen Poe
本题答案：
A
21、The “dark comedy” refers to those written by Jonson in his third period of dramatic career.()
A.正确
B.错误
本题答案：
A
22、The Lost Generation was first named by Hemingway.()
A.正确
B.错误
本题答案：
B
23、The most striking similarities between Milton and Samson Agonistes are their blindness and unhappy marriage.()
A.正确
B.错误
本题答案：
A
24、In her works , Amy Tan wrote beautifully about the contrast between Chinese and American cultures.()
A.正确
B.错误
本题答案：
A
25、Hardy had written and published many poems before he achieved a reputation with his novels.()
A.正确
B.错误
本题答案：
B
26、Neo-classicism saw its decline in Dryden.()
A.正确
B.错误
27、Wordsworth's best poems are description of mountains, rivers, flowers, birds.()
A.正确
B.错误
28、Black Humor is defined as modern humor caused by anger.()
A.正确
B.错误
29、The short story “The Rocking Horse Winner” was written by Lawrence.()
A.正确
B.错误
30、A ballad is written in 4-line stanza with the first and third lines rhymes.()
A.正确
B.错误
31、Mr.Bennet's favorite daughter is Jane.()
A.正确
B.错误
