英美文学复习F ? Scott Fitzgerald1、 F ? Scott Fitzgerald is not the author of ______、A、This Side of ParadiseB、Tender is the nightC、The Great GatsbyD、In Our Time2、 F ? Scott Fitzgerald shows an interest in the spiritual predicament of ______ in his fiction、A、the working-class peopleB、the upper-class societyC、the exiles in ParisD、intellectuals and artists、The purpose of3、In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big partiessuch descriptions is to show______、A、emptiness of lifeB、the corruption of the upper classC、contrast of the rich and the poorD、the happy days of the Jazz Age4、“He is the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment take him insearch of the American Dream、”　T he character referred to in the passage is most likely the protagonist of ______、A、Fitzgerald’s The Great GatsbyB、Dreiser’s An American TragedyC、Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell TollsD、Twain’s The Adventures of Hucklebe5、When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in the East butwas disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about ______thematic concern in his fiction writing、A、Henry JamesB、Scott FitzgeraldC、Ernest HemingwayD、William Faulkner6、In the beginning paragraph of Chapter 3, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes a big party bysaying that “men and girls came and went like moths、”　T he author most likely indicates that______、A、there was a crowd of party-goersB、such life does not have real meaningC、these people were light-heartedD、these were crazy and ignorant charactersmuch more than understandingly、It was one of those rare7、“He smiled understandingly—smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times inlife、It faces—or seemed to face—the whole external world for an instant, and then concentratedon you with an irresistible prejudice in your in your favor、”A、Identify the author and the title of the novel from which the passage is taken、B、Who is “He” ?C、What is going on in this part of the novel?答案:A、F、Scoot Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby;B、Gatsby;C、 A luxurious party is being held in Gatsby's house、8、“… I glanced back once、 A wafer of a moon was shining over Gatsby’s house, making the night fine as before, and surviving the laughter and the sound of his still glowing garden、 Asudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gestureof farewell、A、Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken、B、The passage describes the end of an event、What is it?C、What implied meaning can you get after reading this passage?答案:A、F、Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby、B、It is a description of the end of a big party、C、The passage hints at the meaninglessness, spiritual emptiness and vanity of such a pleasure-seeking life、There is a tragic sense、9、How did “The lost Generation” come into existence in the literary history of the United States?mean? Who were the leading figures of this literaryWhat does the term “The lost Generation”　movement? (Give at least two)When the first Word War broke out, many American young men volunteered to take part in"the war to end war's only to find that modern warfare was not as glorious or heroic as they thought it to be、Disillusioned and disgusted by the frivolous, greedy, and heedless way of life in America, they began to write and they wrote from their own experiences in the war、Amongthese young writers were the most prominent figures in American literature, especially in modernAmerican literature、They were basically expatriates who left American and formed a communityof writers and artists in Pairs, involved with other European novelists and poets in their experimentation on new modes of thought and expression、These writers were named by an American writer, Gertrude Stein ," The Lost Generation" Among the greatest figures in "The Lost Generation" are Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Robert Frost, F、Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner、10、Why is The Great Gatsby a successful novel?A、Evoking a haunting mood of a glamorous, wild time that seemingly will never come again;B、Sense of loss and disillusionment that comes with the failure embodied fully in the personal tragedy of a young man whose "incorruptible dream" "smashed into pieces by the relentless reality"'C、Gatsby, a mythical figure whose personal experience approximates a sense of mind of the American ; the last of the romantic heroes, whose energy and sense of commitment take him insearch of his personal grail, Gatsby's failure predicts to great extent the end of the American dream、11、The ___Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to lifein The Great Gatsby、A、LostB、Jazz B、Reason D、Gildeds house through the summer nights、In his blue12、“There was music from my neighbor’　gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne andthe stars、At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, ortaking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the ends his Rolls-Roycebecame and omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and longpast midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains、Andon Mondays eight servants, including and extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before、”Questions:A、Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken、B、What can you imply by reading this passage?C、What do the “moths” symbolize?[解析]:A、F、Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby、、B、This passage describes Gatsby’s extravaganceC、Moths are used metaphorically to refer to those people who are drawn to the party simply for its glamour, for the wealth of Gatsby、。