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乐山师范学院英美文学选读
1、 William Blake’s central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is_______, which gives the two books a strong social and
historical reference.
A. youthhood
B. childhood
C. happiness
D. sorrow
2、 Among the following writers _______ created the verse novel by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters. A. Robert Browning B. Matthew Arnold C. Alfred Tennyson D. Edward Fitzgerald
3、 “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good for-tune, must be in want of a wife.” The quoted part is taken from ______. A. Jane Eyre B. Wuthering Heights C. Pride and Prejudice D. Sense and Sensibility
4、 All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP_______. A. The Return of the Native B. Tess of the D’Urbervilles C. Jude the Obscure D. Far from the Madding Crowd
5、 The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________. A. the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture B. the vast expansion of British colonies in North America C. the new discoveries in geography and astrology D. the religious reformation and the economic expansion
1、 “ ‘My boy!’ said the old gentleman, leaning over the desk. Oliver stated at the sound. He might be excused for doing so, for the words were kindly said, and strange sounds frighten one. He trembled violently, and burst into tears.”(from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist) Explain why Oliver Twist started first, then trembled violently and burst into tears when the words were “kindly” said
2、 It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly.
3、 Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England
2、 Among the following writers _______ created the verse novel by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters. A. Robert Browning B. Matthew Arnold C. Alfred Tennyson D. Edward Fitzgerald
3、 “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good for-tune, must be in want of a wife.” The quoted part is taken from ______. A. Jane Eyre B. Wuthering Heights C. Pride and Prejudice D. Sense and Sensibility
4、 All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP_______. A. The Return of the Native B. Tess of the D’Urbervilles C. Jude the Obscure D. Far from the Madding Crowd
5、 The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________. A. the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture B. the vast expansion of British colonies in North America C. the new discoveries in geography and astrology D. the religious reformation and the economic expansion
1、 “ ‘My boy!’ said the old gentleman, leaning over the desk. Oliver stated at the sound. He might be excused for doing so, for the words were kindly said, and strange sounds frighten one. He trembled violently, and burst into tears.”(from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist) Explain why Oliver Twist started first, then trembled violently and burst into tears when the words were “kindly” said
2、 It is said that B. Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, has a strong realistic theme, which fully reflects the dramatist’s Fabianist idea. Try to summarize this theme briefly.
3、 Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe, the protagonist of the novel, as an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England