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乐山师范学院-英美文学选读
The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT . [ 5 分 ]
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
Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “ ”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel. [ 5 分 ] A.Father of the English Novel B.Father of the English Poetry C.Father of the English Drama D.Father of the English Short Story
T.S.Eliot’s most important single poem has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry. [ 5 分 ] A.The Hollow Man B.The Waste Land C.Murder in the Cathedral D.Ash Wednesday
George Bernard Shaw’s play established his position as the leading play-wright of his time. [ 5 分 ] A.Widowers’ Houses B.Too True to Be Good C.Mrs. Warren’s Profession D.Candida
5、 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central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is , which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference. [ 5 分 ] A.youthhood B.childhood C.happiness D.sorrow
All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP . [ 5 分 ] A.The Return of the Native B.Tess of the D’Urbervilles C.Jude the Obscure D.Far from the Madding Crowd
Among the works by Charles Dickens presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds. [ 5 分 ] A.Bleak House B.Pickwick Paper C.Great Expectations D.Hard Times
The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works is his . [ 5 分 ] A.simple vocabulary B.bitter and sharp criticism C.character-portrayal D.pictures of happiness
Among the following writers created the verse novel by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters. [ 5 分 ] A.Robert Browning B.Matthew Arnold C.Alfred Tennyson D.Edward Fitzgerald
10、 “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 . [ 5 分 ] A.Jane Eyre B.Wuthering Heights C.Pride and Prejudice D.Sense and Sensibility
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. [ 10 分 ]
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. [ 10 分 ]
3、 “In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.”(from Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie) What idea can you draw from the “rocking-chair”? [ 10 分 ]
4、 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 [ 10 分 ]
5、 “ ‘My faith is gone!’ cried he(Goodman Brown),after one stupefied moment. ‘There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is this world given.’ ”(from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”) Make a comment on this passage. [ 10 分 ]
Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “ ”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel. [ 5 分 ] A.Father of the English Novel B.Father of the English Poetry C.Father of the English Drama D.Father of the English Short Story
T.S.Eliot’s most important single poem has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry. [ 5 分 ] A.The Hollow Man B.The Waste Land C.Murder in the Cathedral D.Ash Wednesday
George Bernard Shaw’s play established his position as the leading play-wright of his time. [ 5 分 ] A.Widowers’ Houses B.Too True to Be Good C.Mrs. Warren’s Profession D.Candida
5、 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. [ 5 分 ] A.youthhood B.childhood C.happiness D.sorrow
All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP . [ 5 分 ] A.The Return of the Native B.Tess of the D’Urbervilles C.Jude the Obscure D.Far from the Madding Crowd
Among the works by Charles Dickens presents his criticism of the Utilitarian principle that rules over the English education system and destroys young hearts and minds. [ 5 分 ] A.Bleak House B.Pickwick Paper C.Great Expectations D.Hard Times
The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works is his . [ 5 分 ] A.simple vocabulary B.bitter and sharp criticism C.character-portrayal D.pictures of happiness
Among the following writers created the verse novel by adopting the novelistic presentation of characters. [ 5 分 ] A.Robert Browning B.Matthew Arnold C.Alfred Tennyson D.Edward Fitzgerald
10、 “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 . [ 5 分 ] A.Jane Eyre B.Wuthering Heights C.Pride and Prejudice D.Sense and Sensibility
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. [ 10 分 ]
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. [ 10 分 ]
3、 “In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.”(from Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie) What idea can you draw from the “rocking-chair”? [ 10 分 ]
4、 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 [ 10 分 ]
5、 “ ‘My faith is gone!’ cried he(Goodman Brown),after one stupefied moment. ‘There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is this world given.’ ”(from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”) Make a comment on this passage. [ 10 分 ]