英美文学选读参考答案4北语
英美文学选读参考答案4北语一、单选题：
1.In May 1945, Dreiser joined the (满分:5)
A. American republican
B. labor party
C. democratic party
D. communist party
2.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century. (满分:5)
A. Sentimentalism
B. romanticism
C. realism
D. naturalism
3.The sentence "Shall I compare thee to a summer＇s day?" is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare＇s ( )( ) . (满分:5)
A. comedies
B. tragedies
C. sonnets
D. histories
4.which of the following is NOT written by Dreiser? (满分:5)
A. Jennie Gerhardt
B. Go down
Moses
C. An American Tragedy
D. Sister Carrie
5.Whitman＇s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ( ) . (满分:5)
A. the strict poetic form
B. the free and natural rhythm
C. the easy flow of feelings
D. the simple and conversational language
6.The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the in the American literary history. (满分:5)
A. individual feelings
B. idea of survival of the fittest
C. strong imagination
D. return to nature
7."This is my letter to the World" is a poetic expression of Emily Dickinson＇s about her communication with the outside world. (满分:5)
A. indifference
B. anger
C. anxiety
D. sorrow
8.The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features EXCEPT that they (满分:5)
A. speak local dialects
B. are polite and elegant gentlemen
C. are simple and crude farmers
D. are noble savages(red and white) untainted by society
9.Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? (满分:5)
A. Religion and immortality
B. Life and death
C. Love and marriage
D. War and peace
10.When Robert Frost was 87, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President (满分:5)
A. Bush
B. Kennedy
C. Clinton
D. Fort
11.After The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom＇s buddy Huck in a book entitled (满分:5)
A. Life on the Mississippi
B. The Gilded Age
C. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
D. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur＇s Court
12.Which of the following is taken from John Keats＇Ode to a Nightingale? (满分:5)
A. "Beauty is truth
truth beauty."
B. "Earth has not anything to show more fair."
C. "They are both gone up to the church to pray."
D. "was it a vision
or a waking dream?"
13.The Victorian Age was largely an age of , eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray. (满分:5)
A. poetry
B. drama
C. prose
D. epic prose
14.Among the great Middle English poets, Geoffrey Chaucer is known for his production of (满分:5)
A. Piers Plowman
B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
C. Confessio Amantis
D. The Canterbury Tales
15.In Hawthorne＇s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as ( ). (满分:5)
A. commentators
B. observers
C. villains
D. saviors
16.Henry David Thoreau＇s work, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism. (满分:5)
A. Walden
B. The Pioneers
C. Nature
D. Song of Myself
17.Of the following American poets in the twentieth century, the one who has the best knowledge ofChinese culture is ( ). (满分:5)
A. Robert Frost
B. Allen Ginsberg
C. Ezra Pound
D. E. E. Cummings
18."If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" is an epigrammatic line by (满分:5)
A. J. Keats
B. W. Blake
C. W. Wordsworth
D. P. B. Shelley
19."I have no monarch in my life." this was said by (满分:5)
A. Walt Whitman
B. Robert Frost
C. John keats
D. Emily Dickinson
20.Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of , poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. (满分:5)
A. bland verse
B. heroic couplet
C. free verse
D. iambic pentameter
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