英美文学选读自考题-11
(总分100,考试时间90分钟)
Ⅰ.Multiple Choice
Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Mark your choice by blacking the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
1. Romance, which us narrative ver or pro to sing ______ adventures or other heroic deeds, is a popular literary form in the medieval period.A. Christian B. knightly C. Greek D. primitive
2. The Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced into England by ______.A. Surrey B. Wyatt C. Sidney D. Shakespeare
3. Shakespeare's dramatic career can be divided into four periods. It was in the ______ per
iod that his style and approach became highly individualized.A. first B. cond C. third D. fourth
4. ______ is probably Milton's most memorable pro work.A. Paradi Lost B. Paradi Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica
5. In the Neoclassical Period, along with the fast economic development, the British ______ or middle class also grew rapidly.A. working class B. bougeois C. the poor people D. under-controled class
6. The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old classical works in the field of literature. This tendency is known as ______.A. humanism B. realism C. symbolism D. neoclassicism
7. In Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe glorifies all the following qualities of the middleclass men except ______.A. the indignity of labour B. religious devotion C. loyalty to the king D. pioneering spirit
8. The 18th century witnesd that in England there appeared two political parties, ______, which were satirized by Swift in his Gulliver's Travels.A. the Whigs and Tories B. the Senate and the Hou of Reprentative C. the Upper Hou and Lower Hou D. the Hou of Lords and the Hou of Commons
9. Of all the eighteenth century novelists, ______ was the first to t out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a "comic epic in pro", and the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.A. Daniel Defoe B. Samuel Richardson C. Henry Fielding D. Oliver Goldsmith
10. William Godwin, who exerted a great influence on Wordsworth, Shelley and other poets, wrote passionately against the injustices of the economic system and the oppression of the poor in his ______.A. Du Contrat Social B. Emile C. Inquiry Concerning Political Justice D. Declaration of Rights of Man
11. The Romantic period is an age of ______. Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats are the major reprentatives.A. novel B. drama C. essay D.
poetry
12. Which of the **ments on William Blake is not true?______A. Childhood is central to Blake's concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. B. Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell marks his entry into maturity. C. The Book of Loss is his masterpiece. D. Symbolism in wide range is a distinctive feature of his poetry.
13. With so many poems such as "The Sparrow's Nest" "To a Skylark" "To the Cuckoo" and "To a Butterfly", William Wordsworth is regarded as a "______".A. poet of genius B. worshipper of nature C. royal poet D. conrvative poet
14. In the following writers, who isn't American?______A. Washington Irving. B. Robert Lee Frost. C. Theodore Dreir. D. John Keats.
15. The novel Pride and Prejudice mainly deals with the five Bennet sisters and their arch for suitable husbands, centering on the love story between ______ and ______.A. Jane, Bingley B. Lydia, Wickham C. Elizabeth, Darcy D. Charlotte, Collins
16. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ______.A. novel B. drama C. poetry D. sonnet
17. Among the works by Charles Dickens ______ prents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds.A. Bleak Hou B. Pickwick Paper C. Great Expectations D. Hard Times
18. The success of Jane Eyre is not only becau of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first ______ heroine.A. explorer B. peasant C. worker D. governess
