《英美文学》练习测试题库及答案本科1I Of the four alternative answer, choose the one that would best complete the statement: 231.Benjamin Franklin was born in the family of a small _____________.4A. LandlordB. merchantC. lawyerD. clergyman52.Ralph Waldo Emerson’s le ading reputation began with the publication 6of_____________.7A. EssaysB. NatureC. OversoulD. Self-Relience83.Ellen Poe was both a poet and a _____________________.9A. dramatistB. essayist C actor D. fiction writer.104.Nathaniel Haw thorne’s view of man and human history originates in 11__________________.12A. PuritanismB. SocialismC. TranscendentalismD. naturalism135.Walt Whitman was born and brought up in a family of a ______________.14A. PeasantB. carpenterC. captainD. printer156.Mark Twain’s first successful literary work is _____________________________.16A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyB. Life on the Mississippi17C. The Adventure of Tom SawyerD. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn187.Closely r elated to Emily Dickinson’s religious poetry are her poems concerning 19_______________.20A. ChildhoodB.youth and happinessC. lonelinessD. death and immortality218.Among the works of Dreiser, the bet known to the Chinese readers is 22_________________.23A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. Th FinancierD. The Titan249.Robert Frost’s works mainly focus on the landscape and people in _________________.25A. the WestB. American SouthC. New EnglandD. Mississippi2610.Most of the plays Eugene O’Neil l wrote are _______________________.27A. comediesB. . romancesC. historical plays D tragedies2811.Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the 29______________________.30A. modern timeB. young AmericansC. Jazz AgeD. Guilded Age3112._______________________________ is Hemingway’s masterpiece, which is about the 32old fisherman Santiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin.33A. Farewell to ArmsB. For whom the Bell Tolls34C. The Sun Also RisesD. The Old Man and The Sea3513. As a great fiction writer, William Faulker devotes most of his works to the description 36of the life and the people in the __________________________.37A. American WestB. New England in America38C. American SouthD. American North3914.When he was young, Benjamin Franklin became an apprentice in a __________________.40A. printing houseB. storeC. Tailor’s shopD. factory414215.Ralph Emerson was born in a family of a _____________________.43A. merchantB. businessmanC. clergymanD. writer444516.Ellen Poe began his literary career by writing ___________________;46A. short storiesB. playsC. essaysD. poems474817.According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is _________ in every hearer, which may 49remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.50A. evilB. virtueC. kindnessD. tragedy515218.Whitman is radically innovative in term of form of his poetry. What he prefers for 53his new subjects and new feelings is _____________.54A. blank verseB. free verseC. heroic coupletD. sonnet555619.Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of America and made a combination of serious 57literature and _______.58A. American folk humorB. English folklore59C. American traditional valuesD. funny jokes606120.Altogether, Emily Dickinson wrote ______ poems, of which only severn had appeared 62during her lifetime.63A. 1145B. 1775C. 897D. 785646521.Theodore Dreiser is generally acknowledged as one of America’s literary 66________________.67A. realistsB. naturalistsC. romantistsD. modernists686922.In Frost’s poems, images and metaphors in his poems are drawn from 70_________________.71A. the simple country lifeB. the urban life72C. the life on the seaD. the adventures and trips737423.Scott Fitzgerald never spared an intimate touch in his fiction to deal with the 75bankruptcy of the _______________________________.76A. American DreamB. ruling classes B. American Capitalists D.American77bourgeoisie787924.Eugene O’Neill is regarded as the founder of American _____________________.80A. poetryB. dramaC. fictionD. literature8125.___________________ is Hemingway’s masterpiece, which tells a story about the 82tragic love of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.83A. A Farewell to ArmsB. The Sun Also Rises84C. For Whom the Bell TollsD. In Our Time858626.William Faulkner was born in a family of a _______________________.87A. merchantB. colonelC. managerD. doctor888927. In his essays, ______ put forward his philosophy of the over soul, the important of the 90Individual and Nature.91A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Ralph Waldo Emerson9228.The chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism is __________93A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Ralph Waldo Emerson94C. Henry David ThoreauD. Washington Irving9529.______ literary world turns out to be a most disturbed, tormented and problematical 96one, which has much to do with his “black” vision of life and human beings.97A. Herman Melville’sB. Washington Irving’s98C. Nathaniel Hawthorne’sD. Walt Whitman’s9930.Most of the poems in _____ sing of the “en-masse” and the self as well.00A. Leaves of GrassB. Drum TapsC. North of BostonD. The Cantos0131.In _____, Whitman airs his sorrow at President Lincoln’s death.02A. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”B. “A Pact”03C. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’dD. There was a Child Went Forth”0432.In _____, Whitman’s own early experience may well be identified with the childhood 05of a young growing America.06A. “A Pact”B. “Song of Myself”07C. “There was a Child Went Forth”D. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford”0833.In ______, Hawthorne sets out to prove that everyone possesses some evil secret.09A. “The Custom-House”B. “Young Goodman Brown”10C. “Rappaccini’s Daughter”D. “The Birthmark"1134.______ is called by Hemingway the one from which “all modern American literature comes.”12A. The adventures of Huckleberry Fin nB. The Adventures of Tom S awyer13C. The Gilded AgeD. Life on the Mississippi1435.Theodore Dreiser’s forgiving treatment of the career of his heroine in ______ also 15draws heavily upon the naturalistic understanding of sexuality.16A McTeague B. An American Tragedy C. Sister Carri e D. The Genius1736._______ is a great giant of American, whom H.L.Mencken considers “the true father 18of our national literature.”19A. Henry JamesB. Washington IrvingC. Mark TwainD. Theodore Dreiser2037._______ is usually regarded as a classic book written for boys about their particular 21horrors and joys.22A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn23C. Innocents AbroadD. Life on the Mississippi2438._______ is described by Mark Twain as a boy with “a sound heart and a deformed 25conscience.”26A. Tom SawyerB. Huckleberry FinnC. JimD.Tony2739._________ is considered to be Theodore Dreiser’s greatest work.28A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. The FinancierD. The Titan2940.The leading playwright of the modern period in American literature, if not the most 30successful in all his experiments, is _______31A. Arthur MillerB. Tennessee WilliamC. George Bernard ShawD. Eugene O’Neil323341.The well-known soliloquy by Hamlet “To be , or not to be’ shows hisA. hatred for his uncleB. love for life34C. resolution of revengeD. inner- strife3542.________ is a play that concerns the problem of modern man’s identity.36A. The Hairy ApeB. Long Day’s Journey Into Night37C. The Iceman ComethD. The Emperor Jones3843.In a tragic sense, _______ is a representation of life as a struggle against 39unconquerable forces in which only a partial victory is possible.40A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. In Our TimeC. The Old Man and the SeaD. A Farewell to Arms4144.Faulkner once said that ________ is a story of “ lost innocence,’ which proves 42itself to be and intensification of the theme of imprisonment in the past.43A. The Sound and the FuryB. Light in AugustC. Go Down, MosesD. Absalom, Absalom!4445.In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner makes best use of the _______ devices in narration.45A. RomanticB. RealisticC. GothicD. Modernist4646._______ is Hemingway’s first true novel in which he depicts a vivid portrait of47“The lost Generation.”48A. The Sun Also RisesB. A Farewell to ArmsC. In Our TimeD. For Whom the Bell Tolls4947.The only dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize was ___________.50A. Bernard ShawB. Eugene O’NeilC. Richard Brinsley SheridanD. William Shakespeare5148.By means of “free verse,” _______ believes that he has turned the poem into an 52open field, an area of vital possibility where the reader can allow his own imagination 53to play.54A. Emily DickinsonB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Ezra Pound5549.An eccentric woman who refuses to accept the passage of time, or the inevitable change 56and loss that accompanies it may probably refer to _______.57A. Irene in The Man of PropertyB. Emily in A Rose for Emily58C. Catherine in Wuthering HeightsD. the widow Douglas in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn5950.One source of evil that Nathaniel Hawthorne is concerned most is overreaching 60intellect. Which of the following stories is one of this kind?61A. Rappaccini’s DaughterB. Young Goodman Brown62C. The Minister’s Black VeilD. The Birthmark6351. “In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never 64feel.” This is the last sentence of _______ .65A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The GeniusD. Jane Eyre6652.In Walt Whitman’s “There was a Child Went Forth,” the child refers to ________.67A. the poet himself as a childB. any American child68C. the young AmericaD. one of the poet’s neighbor6953.The _______ techniques are used in some of Eugene O’Neil’s plays to highlight the 70theatrical effect of the rupture between the two sides of an individual human being, the 71private and the public.72A. naturalisticB. expressionisticC. stream-of-consciousnessD. metaphysical7354.Which of the following is true as far as Emily Dickinson’s poetry is concerned?74A. She seldom uses dashes.B. All her poems are about death or immorality.75C. Her poems are very personal and meditativeD. Her poems usually have well-chosen76titles.7755.In his poems, Whitman tends to use ______.78A. oral EnglishB. the King’s EnglishC. American EnglishD. old English7956.As far as Nathaniel Hawthorne’s art is concerned, which of the following statement 80is true?81A. His The Scarlet Letter tells a love story.82B. His art is deeply influenced by Puritanism because he was a puritan himself.83C. Young Goodman Brown is a story about superstition.84D. Ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of his art.8557.“I like to see it lap the Miles—86And lick the Valleys up —87And stop to feed itself at Tanks—88And then —…” (Emily Dickinson, “I like to see it lap the Miles—“)89Here “it” refers to ______ .90A. loveB. deathC. a flyD. the train9158.Which of the following statements concerning Theodore Dreiser’s style is correct?92A. Dreiser’s Cowperwood trilogy includes The Financier, The Titan and The Genius93B. His novels have little detail descriptions of characters and events.94C. His novels are written in refined language.95D. His style is not polished but very serious.9659.______ has long been well known as a poet who can hardly be classified with the old 97or the new.98A. Ezra PoundB. Robert Lee FrostC. T. S. EliotD. Emily Dickinson9960. F. Scott Fitzgerald skillfully employs the device of having events observe by _______ 00to his great advantage.01A. a “central consciousness”B. his double visionC. more than one witnessD. the02protagonists030461. Shakespeare wrote ___________sonnets.05A. 125B. 154C. 245D. 1380662. Francis Bacon is not only a great07 ____________, but also the founder of modernscience.08A. poetB. essayistC. dramatistD. novelist0963. John Milton became blind mainly because of_______________.10A. readingB. diseaseC. hard workD. accident1164. Paradise lost is a great __________ consisting of 12 books.12A. epicB. storyC. lyric poemD. narrative poem1365.The most important representative work by Jonathan Swift is “___________________”.14A. A Tale of a TubB. The Battle of the Books15C. A Modest ProposalD. Gulliver’s Travels1666. The first comedy Sheridan wrote is __________________.17A. The School for ScandalB. The Critic18C. A Trip to ScarboroughD. The Rivals1967.”____________________” is the cooperative work of William Wordswort h and Samuel 20Coleridge.21A. Tintern AbbeyB. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner22C. Lyrical BalladsD. Prelude2368.“The Isles of Greece” is a part of Byron’s masterpiece “___________________”24A. Don JuanB. Childe Harold’s Prigrimage25C. Oriental TalesD. Manfred2669.Percy Shelly’s greatest achievement is his four- act poetic drama “_____________”.27A. Men of EnglandB. Prometheus Unbound28C. Ode to the West WindD. The Revolt of Islam2970.At the age of fifteen, Keats became an apprentice to a ______________.30A. landlordB. apothecaryC. stable keeperD. doctor3171.Jane Austen was the daughter of a ____________________.32A. landlordB. merchantC. lawyerD. rector3372.The novel Pride and prejudice by Austen mainly centres round the relationship between 34__________.35A. Mr.Bennet and Mrs.BennetB. Darcy and Elizabeth36C. Bingley and JaneD. Sir William and Luccas3773. Bronte Sisters are all outstanding ________________.38A. essayistsB. playwrightsC. poetsD. novelists3974.Most of Hardy’s later works show his ___________ view of life.40A. optimisticB. pessimisticC. practicalD. ironical4175. Structurally and thematically Bernad Shaw followed the great traditions of _________42A. realismB. romanticism.C. modernismD. classicism434476.Shakespeare is one of the greatest playwrights and _________________________ the world 45has ever known.46A. poetsB. novelistsC. essayistsD. critics4777.The greatest plays Shakespeare creates are________________.48A. historiesB. comediesC. tragediesD. tragicomedies4978. Bacon is not only a essayist and philosopher, but also a _________________.50A. lawyerB. scientistC. historianD. dramatist5179.John Milton is a great poet in the _____________________ PeoriD.52A. RenaissanceB. NeoclassicalC. RomanticD. Realist5380.The story of Paradise lost is taken from __________________.54A. a legendB. BibleC. an epicD. a folklore5581.In 1689 Jonathan Swift became the __________________of Sir William.56A. House-keeperB. servantC. private secretaryD. steward5782. The r epresentative play Sheridan wrote is “ __________________”.58A. The School for ScandalB. The CriticC. A Trip to ScarboroughD. The59Rivals6083. Lyrical Ballads is the cooperative work of William Wordsworth and _________________.61A. Samuel ColeridgeB. Robert SoutheyC. John KeatsD. Percy Bysshe62Shelley6384. The Isles of Greece of Byron is taken from “_______________________”.64A. Hours of IdlenessB. Don JuanC. Childe Harold PilgrimageD. Cain6585. The first long serious work of Shelly is ________________________.66A. The Necessity of AtheismB. Queen Mab67C.The Spirit of SolitudeD. Ode to the West Wind6886. Keats’ father was a ______________.69A. landlordB. apothecaryC. stable keeperD. doctor7087. Jane Austen was the daughter of a ____________________.71A. landlordB. merchantC. lawyerD. rector7288. As a novelist, Emily Bronte was also good at writing________________.73A. essaysB. playsC. poemsD. stories7489．The first novel written by Thomas Hardy is “__________________”.75A. Desperate RemediesB. Under the Greenwood76c.The Return of the Native D. The Mayor of Casterbridge7790.Shakespeare was the son of a _________________________.78A. clerkB. landlordC. traderD. lawyer7991.”_______________” is NOT one of the four great tragedies of Shakespeare.80A. OthelloB. King LearC. Romeo and JulietD. Macbeth8192.The total number of the essays published by Bacon is_________________.82A.10B.26C.45D. 588393.John Milton became blind at the age of 48,mainly because of_______________.84A. readingB. deseaseC. hard workD. accident8594.Paradise lost is a great epic consisting _____________ books.86A. 8B. 10C. 12D. 148795.In 1689 Jonathan Swift became the __________________of Sir William.88A. House-keeperB. servant89C. private secretaryD. steward9096. The first comedy Sheridan wrote is “ __________________”.91A. The School for ScandalB. The Critic92C. A Trip to ScarboroughD. The Rivals9397.”____________________” is the cooperative work of William Wordsworth and Samuel94Coleridge.95A. Tintern AbbeyB. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner96C. Lyrical BalladsD. Prelude9798. The first volume of poems of Byron is “_______________________”.98A. Hours of IdlenessB. Don JuanC. Childe Harold PilgrimageD. Cain9999. Percy Shelly was expelled fro m Oxford University because he wrote a pamphlet “ On00the Necessity of _____________”.01A. AtheismB. AestheticsC. AthleticsD. Ethics02100. Keats was born in the family of a ______________.03A. landlordB. apothecaryC. stable keeperD. doctor04选择：1—5 B. B. D. A. B. 6—10 A. D. B. C. D 11—15 C.D. C. A C 16—20 D A B A B 0521—25 B A A B. A 26—30 A D. B. C. A. 31—35 C. C. B. A. C. 36—40 C. A.B. A. D.0641—45 D A. C. A. C.46—50 A. B. B. B. A. 51—55 A. C. B. C. A. 56—60 D. D. D. B.07A.0861—65 B B C A D 66—70 D C A B B 71—75 D B D B A 76—80 A C B A B0981—85 C A A B B 86—90 B D C A C 91—95 C D C C C 96—100 D C A A C1011判断：1—10 T F T T F F F F T F 11—20F F T T F F T T F F 21—30 F F T T F T F T F T 31—4012F F F T T F F F T F1314Ⅱ. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write your answers in the 15brackets.1617( ) 1. Leaves of Grass established Walt Whitman as the most popular American poet of 18the 19th century.19( ) 2. The poem “Song of Myself” got this title from the first edition.20( ) 3. Puritanism and Calvinistic doctrine have great effects on Hawthorne’s writing.21( ) 4. According to Emerson, man is divine in nature and therefore forever perfectible.22( ) 5. Walt Whitman is granted the honor of being “the American Goldsmith” for his 23literary craftsmanship.24( ) 6. Emersonian Transcendentalism inspired a whole generation of famous authors like 25Whitman, Dickinson and Mark Twain.26( ) 7. As a Puritan, Hawthorne embraced the Puritanical doctrines and expresses them 27in his novels.28( ) 8. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne intends to tell a love story and a story of 29sin.30( ) 9. Hawthorne is a master of symbolism, which he took from the Puritan tradition 31and bequeathed to American literature in a revivified form.32( ) 10. Walt Whitman follows only one theme in his Leaves of Grass, that is, the 33burgeoning life in cities.34( ) 11. Most of the poems in Leaves of Grass are written in heroic couplet.35( ) 12. Life on the Mississippi tells a story of Henry James’s boyhood ambition to 36become a riverboat pilot up and down the Mississippi.37( ) 13. Emily Dickinson’s poems are usually based on her own experiences, her sorrows 38and joys.39( ) 14. Theodore Dreiser is greatly influenced by Darwinism and it is not surprising 40to find in his fiction a world of jungle, where “kill or to be killed” is the law.41( ) 15. In “This is my letter to the World” Dickinson expressed her reluctance to 42communicate with the outside world.43( ) 16. Each of Emily Dickinson’s poems has a well-chosen title.44( ) 17. Emily Dickinson’s poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way, covering 45love, death and nature.46( ) 18. In Robert Lee Frost’s poems, profound ideas are delivered under the disguise 47of the plain language and the simple form.48( ) 19. Robert Lee Frost has long been well known as a poet who belongs to the new.49( ) 20. Robert Frost wrote most of his poems in free verse.50( ) 21. Eugene O’Neil, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams are together called 51“founders of the American drama.”52( ) 22. Fitzgerald shows an interest both in the upper-class society and in the 53lower-class society.54( ) 23. Hemingway develops the style of colloquialism initiated by Mark Twain.55( ) 24. In his novels, William Faulkner exploits the modern steam-of –consciousness 56technique to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator.57( ) 25. Benjamin Franklin is a early feminist, because he thinks that women should 58receive education.59( ) 26. Emerson’s lasting reputation was established by his masterpiece Essays.60( ) 27. Ellen Poe wrote many poems, so he has a very important position as poet; he 61wrote about 70 short stories and is regarded as a pioneer of the detective fiction and the 62horror fiction in the west.63( ) 28. In style, her poems are characterized by their brevity, directness and plainness 64( ) 29. Philosophically, the naturalists believe that the real and true is always 65completely hidden from the understanding of the individual or beyond his control.66( ) 30. The defining formal characteristics of the modernistic works are discontinuity 67and fragmentation.68( ) 31.English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of drama.69( ) 32.The greatest English playwright of the 18th century was Goldsmith, whose best 70play is "The School for Scandal".71( ) 33. In 1805, Southey completed a long autobiographical poem entiled "The Prelude".72( ) 34. The Romantic Age began in 1789 when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their 73joint work "The Lyrical Ballads".74( ) 35. Paradise Lost is Milton's masterpiece; the story is taken from the Old Testament: 75Satan and other angels rebel against God.76( ) 36. George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Scotland.77( ) 37. Byron's masterpiece is Tom Jones.78( ) 38. Novel writing made a big advance in the 18th century. the main characters in 79the novels were no longer common people, but the kings and nobles.80( ) 39. Shakespeare'a prime creating period lies in his third period when his greatest 81tragedies were written.82( ) 40. Tess is arrested and hanged because she murders her seducer Clare.8384III. Paraphrase the following quotations:851.The Eyes around—had wrung them dry—86And Breaths were gathering firm87For that last Onset—when the King88Be witnessed—in the Room—89( Dickinson: I heard a fly buzz—when I died )90答案：My relatives and friends had cried so that there were no tears any more. I hold my 91breath and got ready for the last attack of Death when he appeared in the room.92932.To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society.94I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would95be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will 96separate between him and vulgar things.97( Emerson: Nature )98答案：To be solitary, a man should also leave his room.When I am reading or writing, I amnot 99alone. When a man looks at the stars, his mind can be purified and above the dirty things.00013. I shall be telling this with a sigh02Somewhere ages and ages hence;03Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—04I took the one I less traveled by,05And that has made all the difference06Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken07答案：In the future I shall tell this with some regret: facing the two roads, I chose a 08road few people had traveled by, and that has decided my whole life.09104. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer11The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,12Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,13And by opposing end them?14( Hamlet )15答案：We are facing two choices: to endure suffering in our life patiently or to take up 16arms and fight. Which is nobler?17185. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in 19discourse; and for ability, is in the judgement and disposition of business.20( Of Studies )21答案：To get pleasure of reading, you should be alone; to show your elequence, you should 22talk with others; to improve your ability, you should use the bookish knowledge in the judgement 23and arrangement of business.2425266. Must we but weep o’er days more blest ?27Must we but blush ?— Our father bled.28(The Isles of Greece )2930答案：Must we only weep for the past happy time ?31Must we only feel ashamed , our fathers fought and died.32So we must take up arms and fight.33347. When old age this generation waste,35Thou shall remain, in midst of other woe36Than ours, a fiend to man, to whom thou say’st;37“Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” – that is all38。