北京语言大学 18秋《英美文学选读》作业1满分答案

18秋《英美文学选读》作业1

When Robert Frost was 87, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President___

A.Bush

B.Kennedy

C.Clinton

D.Fort

正确答案:B

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

正确答案:D

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

正确答案:C

Robert Frost won___ Plitzer prices.

A.two

B.three

C.four

D.five

正确答案:C

The story of the Scarlet Letter is set in___

A.New York

B.England

C.Boston

D.Salt lake City

正确答案:C

Which of the following is a comedy?

A.King lear

B.Macbeth

C.Hamlet

D.The Merry Wives of Windsor

正确答案:D

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

正确答案:C

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

正确答案:A

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

正确答案:B

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

正确答案:A

which of the following is NOT written by Dreiser?

A.Jennie Gerhardt

B.Go down, Moses

C.An American Tragedy

D.Sister Carrie

正确答案:B

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

正确答案:A

In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.

A.iamb

B.anapest

C.trochee

D.dactyl

正确答案:A

Jane Austen passed away when she was___

A.38

B.48

C.42

D.52

正确答案:C

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?\"

正确答案:D

The pen name Mark Twain means___

A.water

B.safe water

C.river

D.clear water

正确答案:B

Which of the following is a tragedy?

A.Antony and Cleopatra

B.Twelfth Night

C.Julius Caesar

D.Much ado about Nothing

正确答案:A

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

正确答案:B

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

正确答案:C

What kind of girl is Dora?

A.pretty and clever

B.pretty and empty-headed

C.plain-looking and understading

D.lovely and clever

正确答案:B