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19春《英美文学选读》作业1
1.[单选题]When Robert Frost was 87, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President___
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    A.Bush
    B.Kennedy
    C.Clinton
    D.Fort
    正确答案:——B——
2.[单选题]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——
3.[单选题]In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a （n） ______ of the Bennet family .
    A.high opinion
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    C.low opinion
    D.erroneous view
    正确答案:——C——
4.[单选题]Robert Frost won___ Plitzer prices.
    A.two
    B.three
    C.four
    D.five
    正确答案:————
5.[单选题]The story of the Scarlet Letter is set in___
    A.New York
    B.England
    C.Boston
    D.Salt lake City
    正确答案:————
6.[单选题]Which of the following is a comedy?
    A.King lear
    B.Macbeth
    C.Hamlet
    D.The Merry Wives of Windsor
    正确答案:————
7.[单选题]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:————
8.[单选题]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:————
9.[单选题]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:————
10.[单选题]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:————
11.[单选题]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:————
12.[单选题]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:————
13.[单选题]In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.
    A.iamb
    B.anapest
    C.trochee
    D.dactyl
    正确答案:————
14.[单选题]Jane Austen passed away when she was___
    A.38
    B.48
    C.42
    D.52
    正确答案:————
15.[单选题]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:————
16.[单选题]The pen name Mark Twain means___
    A.water
    B.safe water
    C.river
    D.clear water
    正确答案:————
17.[单选题]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:————
18.[单选题]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:————
19.[单选题]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:————
20.[单选题]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:————
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