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13秋《英美文学选读》作业1
单选题
一、单选题(共 20 道试题,共 100 分。)
1. Defoe's Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______ century.
A. 17th
B. 18th
C. 19th
D. 20th
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2. The poem I wandered Lonely as a Cloud was written by ___
A. Dorothy Wordsworth
B. William Wordsworth
C. Coleridge
D. John Keats
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3. How many lines are there in a sonnet?
A. 16
B. 18
C. 14
D. 12
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4. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel ______.
A. Great Expectations
B. A Tale of Two Cities
C. Bleak House
D. Oliver Twist
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5. William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following EXCEPT
A. the use of everyday language spoken by the common people
B. the expression of the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
C. the use of humble and rustic life as subject matter
D. the use of elegant wording and inflated figures of speech
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6. The term tone in literature means__________.
A. sound effect such as rhyme and metrical device
B. the pitch of a word used to determine its meaning in the given context
C. the manner of expression to indicate the speaker's attitude towards the subject
D. a shade of colour to reflect the change of the light
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7. The excerpt The Other Side of the Island was chosen from Chapter___ in Rubinson Crusoe.
A. Ⅸ
B. Ⅺ
C. Ⅹ
D. Ⅷ
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8. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?
A. The speaker eulogizes the power of Nature
B. The speaker satirizes human vanity
C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation
D. The speaker meditates on man's salvation.
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9. "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?…And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you." The above quoted p
A. Pride and Prejudice
B. Jane Eyre
C. Wuthering Heights
D. Great Expectations
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10. Which of the following is NOT a tragicomedy?
A. Timon of Athens
B. Cymbline
C. The winter's tale
D. The tempest
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11. What does Wordsworth's poem "The Solitary Reaper" tell us about Romanticist?
A. To romanticists, poetry is an expression of an individual's feelings and experiences no matter how fragmentary and momentary these feelings and experiences are.
B. Romanticist take delight only in sound effect, the theme of a work is not their concern.
C. Ro
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12. In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a(n) ______ tone with sarcastic humor.
A. solemn
B. harsh
C. arrogant
D. teasing
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13. It is generally regarded that Keats's most important and mature poems are in the form of _______ .
A. ode
B. elegy
C. epic
D. sonnet
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14. All the following poets belong to lake poets EXCEPT
A. Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
C. Robert Southey
D. Shelley
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15. Hamlet is a prince of ___
A. England
B. Ireland
C. Britain
D. Denmark
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16. The poem Ode to a Nightingale was written by___
A. William Wordsworth
B. John Keats
C. Shelley
D. Coleridge
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17. In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.
A. iamb
B. anapest
C. trochee
D. dactyl
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18. "Bassanio: Antonio, I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself; But life itself, my wife, and all the world, Are not with me esteem'd above thy life; I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, Here to the devil, to deliver you. Portia: Your wife would give you little thanks for that, If she were by to hear you make the offer." The above is a quotation taken from Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice. The quoted part can be regarded as a good example to illustrate___
A. dramatic irony
B. personification
C. allegory
D. symbolism
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19. Which of the following is a comedy?
A. King lear
B. Macbeth
C. Hamlet
D. The Merry Wives of Windsor
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20. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds out some weak points about herself in the process of judging others. Which of the following is NOT a weak point of hers?
A. Blindness
B. Partiality
C. Snobbishness
D. Prejudice.
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