英美文学19春在线作业2-0001

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We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley‘s poem "Ode to the West
Wind" with all the following terms except
_______ .
A:tamed
B:swift
C:proud
D:wild

Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness,
the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include
_______ , symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.
A:impressionism
B:expressionism
C:multiple points of view
D:first person point of view

______ is a play that concerns the problem of modern man‘s identity .
A:The Hairy Ape
B:Long Day‘s Journey into Night
C:The Iceman Cometh

Frost took a ______ style in his poetry .
A:simple
B:complicated
C:modern

Of all the 18th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out，both in theory and practice，to write specifically a“____in prose,”the first to give the modern    novel its structure and style.
A:tragic epic
B:comic epic
C:romance
D:lyric epic

The subject matter of Robert Frost’s Poems focuses on .
A:ordinary country people and scenes
B:battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legends
C:struggling masses and crowded urban quarters
D:fantasies and mythical happenings

“For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking
for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room
...”(Dickens, Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask for?
A:More time to play.
B:More food to eat.
C:More book to read.
D:More money to spend.

For quite sometime after its appearance , Catch–22 was seen as a structural ______ despite its
    narrative power .
A:success
B:failure
C:miracle

“...This grew: I gave commands;
Then all smiles stopped altogether....”
(Robert Browning, “My Last Duchess”)
The above lines imply that .
A:the Duchess was killed by her husband
B:the Duchess stopped smiling at her husband’s order
C:the Duchess died of laughing too much
D:the Duchess did not want to smile as much as her husband requested

The plot of ______ is divided into three parts.
A:Native Son
B:Invisible Man
C:Song of Solomon

Each of the professions listed below is correctly paired with Dickens except
A:novelist
B:clerk
C:reporter
D:dramatist

Black humor refers to the use of the morbid and the absurd for darkly _____ purposes .
A:comic
B:tragic
C:entertaining

The Pilgrim‘s Progress by John Bunyan is often said to be concerned with the
search for _______ .
A:material wealth
B:spiritual salvation
C:universal truth
D:self-fulfillment

_______ has been regarded as the “founder of the American Drama”.
A:Tennessee Williams
B:Eugene O’Neill
C:Arthur Miller
D:Hendrik Ibser

In Chapter III of Oliver Twist, Oliver is punished for that “impious and profane offence of asking for more” . What did Oliver ask for more?
A:More time to play
B:More food to eat
C:More books to read
D:More money to spend

Beowulf is a national epic of
A:Germany
B:England
C:Scandinavia
D:France

The impact of Darwin‘s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the
influence of the nineteenth-century
French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school
of realism: American ________ .
A:local colorism
B:vernacularism
C:modernism
D:naturalism

Mrs. Warren’s Profession is one of George Bernard Shaw’s plays. What is Mrs. Warren’s profession then ?
A:Real estate.
B:Prostitution.
C:House-keeping.
D:Farming.

John Bunyan‘s pilgrim`s progress is often regarded as a typical example of____.
A:allegory
B:romance
C:epic in prose
D:fable

______________ has always been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style that American Literature ever produced”.
A:Edgar Ellen Poe
B:Walt Whitman
C:Henry David Thoreau
D:Washington Irving

The “dark comedy” refers to those written by Jonson in his third period of dramatic career.
A:错误
B:正确

The Lost Generation was first named by Hemingway .
A:错误
B:正确

The most striking similarities between Milton and Samson Agonistes are their blindness and unhappy marriage.
A:错误
B:正确

In her works , Amy Tan wrote beautifully about the contrast between Chinese and American cultures .
A:错误
B:正确

Hardy had written and published many poems before he achieved a reputation with his novels.
A:错误
B:正确

Neo-classicism saw its decline in Dryden.
A:错误
B:正确

Wordsworth’s best poems are description of mountains, rivers, flowers, birds .
A:错误
B:正确

Black Humor is defined as modern humor caused by anger .
A:错误
B:正确

The short story “The Rocking Horse Winner” was written by Lawrence.
A:错误
B:正确

A ballad is written in 4-line stanza with the first and third lines rhymes.
A:错误
B:正确

Mr. Bennet’s favorite daughter is Jane.
A:错误
B:正确

King Lear distributed his territory among his three daughters.
A:错误
B:正确

The Neo-classicism saw its decline in Johnson.
A:错误
B:正确

Most of English ballads were collected in the 18th century.
A:错误
B:正确

Dreiser‘s novels usually have little detailed descriptions of characters and events .
A:错误
B:正确

The Celestial City in the Pilgrim’s Progress stands for an ideal happy society.
A:错误
B:正确

Scott’s literary career marked the transition from romanticism to realism.
A:错误
B:正确

The Joy Luck Club is a group of separate stories happening in men‘s club located in San Francisco Chinatown .
A:错误
B:正确

Whitman is granted the honor of being ‘‘ the American Goldsmith ‘‘ for his literary craftsmanship .
A:错误
B:正确

Marlowe mainly wrote tragedies .
A:错误
B:正确