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A:the 17th century … the American War of Independence
B:the 18th century … the American Civil War
C:the 17th century … the American Civil War
D:the 18th century … the U.S. – Mexican War
The one who translated Homer’s epics into English is
A:Shakespeare
B:Marlowe
C:Chapman
D:Sidney
“The Forsyte Saga” is a trilogy by _______.
A:John Galsworthy
B:Thomas Hardy
C:Charles Dickens
D:H. Lawrence
Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______________”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel .
A:Best writer of the English novel
B:Father of the English novel
C:the most gifted writer of the English novel
D:conventional writer of English novel
“In dream vision Arthur witnessed the loveliness of Gloriana, and upon
awaking resolves to seek her.” The two literary figures Arthur and Gloriana are
form .
A:Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene
B:William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
C:Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His love”
D:John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”
Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of venice：“NOt on thy Sole，but on thy soul，harsh Jew /thou mak‘st thy knife keen．”What kind of figurative device is used in the above lines?
A:Simile．
B:Metonymy．
C:Pun．
D:Synecdoche．
Which of the following brings LITTLE impact on the development of 20th century literature?
A:Friedrich Nietzche’s assertions: "God is dead"
B:Arther Schopenharuer’s and Henry Bergson’s philosophical ideas of
irrationality.
C:Oscar Wilde’s idea of "Art for Art’s Sake".
D:Freudian-Jungian psycho-analysis
“Drive my dead thought over the universe
Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth.”
(Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ode to the West Wind”)
What rhetorical device does the poet use in the quoted lines?
A:Synecdoche.
B:Metaphor.
C:Simile.
D:Onomatopoeia.
Daisy Miller‘s tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its
narration from the point of view of
_______ .
A:the author Henry James
B:the Italian youth Giovanelli
C:the American youth Winterbourne
D:her mother Mrs. Miller
Le Mort D’ Arthur deals with the following story except
A:search for Cup
B:life of King Arthur
C:fight against Roman invasion
D:illicit love
the most significant idea of the Renaissance is____.
A:humanism
B:realism
C:naturalism
D:skepticism
G.B.Shaw‘s play Mrs.Warren‘s Profession is a realistic exposure of the
_______ in the English society.
A:slum landlordism
B:inequality between men and women
C:political corruption
D:economic exploitation of women
One of the following events played an important part in Chaucer’s writing:
A:his marriage with a girl of noble family
B:his visit to Italy
C:his duty as a controller of the Customs
D:his participation in the Hundred Years’ War
Whose writings almost always use youth as major characters ?
A:Singer‘s
B:Salinger‘s
C:Vonnegut‘s
provides the main source of influence on American naturalism.
A:The puritan heritage
B:Howells’ ideas of realism
C:Darwin’s theory of evolution
D:The pioneer spirit of the wild west
The novelist who was born in Poland wrote
A:The portrait of A Lady
B:A Passage to India
C:The Heart of Darkness
D:Dubliners
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty” is an epigrammatic line by .
A:John Keats
B:William Blake
C:William Wordsworth
D:Percy Bysshe Shelley
Metaphysical Poetry is characterized by fantastical
A:mysticism
B:romanticism
C:lyricism
D:decadence
_______is the essence of the Renaissance.
A:Individualism
B:Reason
C:Irrationalism
D:Humanism
In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of huckleberry Finn, Huck writes a letter to
inform against Jim, the escaped slave, and then he tears the letter up. This
fact reveals that .
A:Huck has a mixed feeling of love and hate
B:there is a conflict between society and conscience in Huck
C:Huck is always an indecisive person
D:Huck has very little education
Wilder demanded his audience to accept the fact that they were watching actors on the stage .
A:错误
B:正确
Puritanism and Calvinistic doctrine have great effects on the writing of Hawthorne .
A:错误
B:正确
As a Jewish writer , Salinger concerns himself only with Jewish subject .
A:错误
B:正确
On one hand Byron is a violent reformer and on the other hand he is a wanderer.
A:错误
B:正确
Neo-classicism saw its decline in Dryden.
A:错误
B:正确
The Rape of the Lock gives an account of an anecdote of the court.
A:错误
B:正确
Marlowe mainly wrote tragedies .
A:错误
B:正确
Mark Twain made dialect an accepted form of art .
A:错误
B:正确
The Jazz Age characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby .
A:错误
B:正确
The story of Catch–22 develops chronologically in a traditional structure .
A:错误
B:正确
Irving was best known for his short stories such as Rip Van Winkle .
A:错误
B:正确
According to Emerson , man is divine in nature .
A:错误
B:正确
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn reflects the moral growth of Tom Sawyer .
A:错误
B:正确
One of the most important features in Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice is the use of dramatic languages.
A:错误
B:正确
The protagonist of Catch–22 is called Herzog .
A:错误
B:正确
The pasture is the setting for the work of Dr. Faustus.
A:错误
B:正确
Essays of Elia was written by Mary Lame when she worked in East India House.
A:错误
B:正确
All My Sons is the masterpiece of Arthur Miller .
A:错误
B:正确
Shakespeare was born in April 1564 and died in 1616.
A:错误
B:正确
The poetry of Sentimentalism is characterized by sympathy for the French Revolution.
A:错误
B:正确
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