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1、1英美文学1. William Faulkner is the author of _.A. Far From the Modeling Crowd B. Sound and FuryC. For Whom the Bell Tolls D. Scarlet Letter1. Robert Frost is a famous _.A. novelist B. playwrightC. poet D. literary critic3. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by _A. Jack London B. Charles
2、DickensC. Samuel Coleridge DEmest Hemingway4. Which of the following poets is different from the others?A. John Donne. B. John Keats.C. Lord Byron. D. Percy Bysshe Shelley.5. Which of the following is not written by William Shakespeare?A. Othello. B. The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus.C. Romeo and
3、Juliet. D. The Twelfth Night.6. Beowulf narrates a story taking place in _.A. the Mediterranean B. Northern EuropeC. England D. Scandinavia7. _ refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality.A. Allegory B. ConflictC. Irony D. Flashback8. William Wordsworth is an English _.A. p
4、oet B. novelistC. playwright D. critic9. The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is _.A. Nature B. WaldenC. Experience D. Essays10. James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPT _.A. Dubliners B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManC. Jude the Obscure D. Ulysses11. The
5、 Bronte Sisters published the following famous novels EXCEPT _.A. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall B. Jane EyreC. Wuthering Heights D. Agnes Grey12. In which novel can Yahoo be found?A. John Bunyan s Pilgrim s Progress.B. Edmund Spencer s The Faerie Queen.C. Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels.D. Henry Fie
6、ldings Tom Jones.13. The Victorian Age was largely an age of _, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.A. pessimism B. naturalismC. modernism D. critical realism14. Mark Twain shaped the world s view of America and made a combination of _ and 2serious literature.A. American folk humor B. fun
7、ny jokesC. English folklore D. American values15. Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War?A. Fennimore Cooper. B. Nathaniel Hawthorn.C. Walt Whitman. D. Washington Irving.16. Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by _.A. Christopher Marlow B. J
8、ohn MiltonC. William Shakespeare D. Ben Jonson17. Have a Dream is addressed by _.A. Abraham Lincoln B. John F. KennedyC. Martin Luther King D. Ralph Waldo Emerson18. Which of the following is NOT a poem by Emily Dickinson?A. This is my letter to the world. B. heard a fly buzz when I died.C. This is
9、just to say. D. Because I could not stop/or death.19. Eugene 0 Neil is an American _.A. novelist B. playwrightC. poet D. essayist20. The Romantic Age in England came to an end with the death of _.A. Jane Austin B. Walter ScottC. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. William Wordsworth21. In the works of such a
10、esthetics as _ and Walter Pater, the theory of art for arts sake is advocated.A. Oscar Wilde B. Mrs. GaskellC. Alexander Pope D. Charles Lamb22. Works by _ are characterized by stream-of-consciousness.A. George Eliot B. Jane AustenC. Emily Bronte D. Virginia Woolf23. Who of the followings is a playw
11、right of the theater of absurd ?A. John Osbom. B. Wystan Hugh Auden.C. Bernard Shaw. D. Samuel Beckett.24. The period from 18651914 has been referred to as the _ in the literary history of the United States.A. Age of Realism B. Age of ClassicalismC. Age of Romanticism D. Age of Renaissance25. With C
12、ollected Poems , _won the second Pulitzer Prize.A. Ezra Pond B. e. e. cummingsC. Robert Frost D. William Cullen Bryant26. _ belongs to the second period in Shakespeare s three stages of writing career.A. The Merchant of Venice B. Love s Labor LostC. Hamlet D. The Tempest27. Grass is a poem written by _.A. Walt Whitman B. Carl Sandburg3C. Langston Hughes D. Alien Ginsberg28. William Makepeace Thackeray s most famous work is _.A. The School for Scandal B. Past and PresentC. Major Barbara D. Vanity Fair29. Dover Beach is wri
