北语19春《英美文学选读》作业1[答案]满分答案
18春《英美文学选读》作业1-0001
试卷总分:100 得分:0
一、 单选题 (共 20 道试题,共 100 分)
1.When Robert Frost was 87, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President___
A.Bush
B.Kennedy
C.Clinton
D.Fort
2.Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?
A.Religion and immortality
B.Life and death
C.Love and marriage
D.War and peace
3.In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a （n） ______ of the Bennet family .
A.high opinion
B.great admiration
C.low opinion
D.erroneous view
4.Robert Frost won___ Plitzer prices.
A.two
B.three
C.four
D.five
5.The story of the Scarlet Letter is set in___
A.New York
B.England
C.Boston
D.Salt lake City
6.Which of the following is a comedy?
A.King lear
B.Macbeth
C.Hamlet
D.The Merry Wives of Windsor
7.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.
A.bland verse
B.heroic couplet
C.free verse
D.iambic pentameter
8.In Fitzgerald＇s The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is so show _______.
A.emptiness of life
B.the corruption of the upper class
C.contrast of the rich and the poor
D.the happy days of the Jazz Age
9.In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ______ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.
A.Puritan
B.materialistic
C.psychological
D.religious
10.Whitman＇s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ______ .
A.the strict poetic form
B.the free and natural rhythm
C.the easy flow of feelings
D.the simple and conversational language
11.which of the following is NOT written by Dreiser?
A.Jennie Gerhardt
B.Go down, Moses
C.An American Tragedy
D.Sister Carrie
12.Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best ______ characters created by Charles Dickens.
A.comic
B.tragic
C.round
D.sophisticated
13.In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.
A.iamb
B.anapest
C.trochee
D.dactyl
14.Jane Austen passed away when she was___
A.38
B.48
C.42
D.52
15.Which of the following is taken from John Keats＇Ode to a Nightingale?
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?"
16.The pen name Mark Twain means___
A.water
B.safe water
C.river
D.clear water
17.Which of the following is a tragedy?
A.Antony and Cleopatra
B.Twelfth Night
C.Julius Caesar
D.Much ado about Nothing
18.After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______ .
A.simple character and quick wit
B.simple character and poor understanding
C.intricate character and quick wit
D.intricate character and poor understanding
19.You may have meet the term "Yahoo" on internet, but you may also have met it in English literature .It is found in _____
A.John Bunyan＇s Pilgrim＇s Progress
B.Samuel Johnson＇s The Vanity of Human Wishes
C.Jonathan Swift＇s Gulliver＇s Travels
D.Henry Fielding＇s tom Jones
20.What kind of girl is Dora?
A.pretty and clever
B.pretty and empty-headed
C.plain-looking and understading
D.lovely and clever
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