1、【单选题】the early english literature started in about____ and ended in about 1050 and the medieval english literature started in _____ and ended in about 14th century. a、700…1060 b、450…1066 c、600…1100 d、450…1200
2、【单选题】_____ is the early english poem about life of minstrels. a、“widsith” b、“the wonderer” c、beowulf d、“the wife’s complaint”
3、【单选题】_____ is the most important literary trend in the medieval period. a、epic b、ballad c、metrical romance d、heroic couplet
4、【单选题】the most important english romance is ____. a、geoffrey of monmouth’s history of the kings of britain b、thomas malory’s le morte d’arthur ( the death of king arthur) c、layamon’s brut d、sir gawain and the green knight
5、【单选题】____ is the national epic of the anglo-saxons. a、robin hood b、sir gawain and the green knight c、the canterbury tales d、beowulf
1.2.2a test on geoffrey chaucer
1、【单选题】chaucer is the founder of english _______. a、realism b、heroic couplet c、english poetry d、a and c
2、【单选题】the point of view of the canterbury tales is the _____. a、first point of view b、second point of view c、third point of view d、multi points of view
3、【单选题】in the canterbury tales, ____is a vivid description of a woman of the middle class, and a colorful picture of the domestic life in chaucer’s day. a、the knight’s tale b、the nun’s priest’s tale c、the wife’s bath d、the summoner’s tale
4、【判断题】chaucer was he first english short-story teller, the first to bring the atmosphere of romantic interest and the daily work to his poetry, the first to use heroic couplet and the first to be buried with honor in the poet’s corner in the westminster abbey.
5、【判断题】the canterbury tales is a collection of stories portraying vivid and exact characters from all walks of life in the anglo-saxon period.
1.2.4a test on the canterbury tales
1、【单选题】the point of view of the canterbury tales is the _____. a、first point of view b、second point of view c、third point of view d、multi points of view
2、【单选题】_____is chaucer’s masterpiece. a、the romaunt of the rose b、the book of the duchess c、troilus and criseyde d、the canterbury tales
3、【单选题】in the canterbury tales, ____is a vivid description of a woman of the middle class, and a colorful picture of the domestic life in chaucer’s day. a、the knight’s tale b、the nun’s priest’s tale c、the wife’s bath d、the summoner’s tale
4、【判断题】the canterbury tales is a collection of stories portraying vivid and exact characters from all walks of life in the anglo-saxon period.
5、【判断题】the canterbury tales reflects the reality of the society in chaucer’s time, making chaucer a realist writer.
2.1.2a test on the overview
1、【单选题】_______the faerie queene is written in the verse form named spenserian stanza. a、christopher marlowe’s b、thomas more’s c、edmund spenser’s d、francis bacon’s
2、【单选题】_____ is the central theme of the english renaissance. a、realism b、feminism c、pessimism d、humanism
3、【判断题】english renaissance started in 1516 and ended in 1660.
4、【判断题】the authorized version, or the king james bible, influence the english language greatly.
5、【判断题】shakespeare’s four great tragedies are hamlet, othello, king lear and the merchant of venice.
2.2.2a test on william shakespeare
1、【单选题】which of the following is not shakespeare’s comedies? a、love’s labour’s lost b、the merchant of venice c、troilus and cressida d、macbeth
2、【单选题】william shakespeare is also well-known for his historical _____ which dramatize the destructive results of weak or corrupt rulers and reflect the reality of the historical events. a、comedies b、tragedies c、tragicomedies d、tetralogies
3、【判断题】william shakespeare had a very good education in his childhood.
4、【判断题】when william shakespeare retired from london to his native town, he stopped his writing and began to enjoy his life.
5、【判断题】among a total of 37 plays, shakespeare’s plays include histories, tragedies, comedies and tragicomedies and composed three narrative poems and 154 sonnets.
2.2.4a test on the merchant of venice
1、【单选题】the merchant of venice is well-known for its _____. a、personal language b、dramatic scenes c、the use of rhetorical devices d、a, b and c
2、【单选题】shakespeare shows his ideas of ____ in the merchant of venice. a、anti-semitism b、love c、friendship and sacrifice d、a, b and c
3、【判断题】the merchant of venice, based on an italian story, is a comedy and most remembered for its dramatic scenes.
4、【判断题】antonio borrowed money from shylock for bassanio, but because of his failure of repaying back the money, he faced his one pound of flesh cut from his body. it was jessica who saved antonio.
5、【判断题】the merchant of venice is “a grave comedy,” for it is a protest against racial discrimination.
3.1.2a test on the overview
1、【单选题】letters and _____ appeared in the second half of the 17th century. a、poetry b、dramas c、diaries d、essays
2、【单选题】the pilgrim’s progress is ______ masterpiece a、john milton b、b. john bunyan c、john donne d、john dryden
3、【单选题】there are three types of poets in the literature of the english bourgeois revolution. the revolutionary poets are ______. a、puritan poets b、cavalier poets c、metaphysical poets d、puritan and metaphysical poets
4、【判断题】the metaphysical poets like using paradoxes, puns, and analogies in their writing.
5、【判断题】there are some prose writers in the 17th century, for example, robert burton and thomas browne.
3.2.2a test on john milton
1、【单选题】john milton’s most important pamphlet is ____. a、of reformation in england b、doctrine and discipline of divorce c、areopagitica d、defence of the english people
2、【单选题】_______ is the most personal and passionate of milton’s production. a、paradise lost b、samson agonistes c、comus d、lycidas
3、【单选题】john milton’s paradise lost is written in _____. a、heroic couplet b、ballad c、blank verse d、spenserian stanza
4、【判断题】john milton wrote some poems when he studied in the university.
5、【判断题】engels said milton was the father of the enlightenment thinkers in the 18th century.
3.2.4a test on paradise lost
1、【单选题】paradise lost is milton’s masterpiece, a long epic with _____ parts written in blank verse. a、6 b、8 c、10 d、12
2、【单选题】in paradise lost, ______is a courageous image of resistance. a、satan b、adam c、eve d、god
3、【单选题】____ can be seen everywhere in paradise lost. a、expressive adjectives b、rhetorical devices c、latin words d、a, b and c
4、【判断题】milton’s paradise lost is well-known for its miltonic blank verse.
5、【判断题】in order to achieve powerfulness, milton uses many capitalized words in paradise lost.
4.1.2a test on the overview
1、【单选题】henry fielding’s masterpiece is . a、the rape of the lock b、gulliver’s travels c、the school for scandal d、tom jones
2、【单选题】who is the father of english novel? a、sheridan b、daniel defoe c、william blake d、richardson
3、【判断题】alexander pope is a representative of classic school.
4、【判断题】william blake is a novelist.
5、【判断题】defoe’s masterpiece is robinson crusoe.
4.2.2a test on daniel defoe
1、【单选题】which is not defoe’s work? a、robinson crusoe b、captain singleton c、tom jones d、moll flanders
2、【判断题】defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works—books, pamphlets, and journals.
3、【判断题】defoe’s works are on diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology, and the supernatural.
4、【判断题】the true born englishman attacked those who were prejudiced against having a king of native birth.
5、【判断题】robinson crusoe lived on a desert island for twenty-eight years.
4.2.4a test on robinson crusoe
1、【单选题】more years pass and crusoe discovers native cannibals, who occasionally visit the island to prisoners. a、kill and eat b、set free c、make friends with d、punish
2、【单选题】the character of robinson is representative of the english . a、captain b、military leaders c、bourgeoisie d、intellectual
3、【判断题】crusoe loves the sea. he was against his parents’ wishes, for they want him to pursue a career, possibly in law.
4、【判断题】crusoe creates a calendar on the island.
5、【判断题】friday is a friend rather than a servant.
1、【单选题】the ____of the story is that crusoe saves friday who is his good companion. a、exposition b、rising action c、climax d、falling action e、conclusion
2、【单选题】the protagonist in robinson crusoe is ______. a、robinson b、friday c、friday’s father d、three captains
3、【多选题】the important themes of robinson crusoe are ___. a、man and nature b、courage and determination c、friendship and loyalty d、love and marriage
4、【多选题】robinson crusoe is written in ______ form. a、epistolary b、confessional c、didactic d、complicated
5、【填空题】robinson crusoe marks the beginning of the english _____ fiction.
6、【填空题】crusoe’s experiences show the development of the human history from primitive society, feudal society to the _____ society.
7、【判断题】crusoe lived in the inhabited island for twenty years.
8、【判断题】robinson experienced three voyages.
9、【判断题】robinson crusoe is based on the life story of alexander selkirk.
10、【判断题】robinson crusoe was published in 1719 whose social setting is 18th century and the physical settings are london, brazil and the remote inhabitant island.
5.1.2a test on the overview
1、【单选题】what is charles lamb’s representative work? a、the essays of elia b、prometheus unbound c、ivanhoe d、don juan
2、【单选题】english romanticism in literature started in ____ and ended in 1832. a、1768 b、1769 c、1789 d、1798
3、【判断题】british romanticism is influenced by many social events especially industrial revolution and french revolution.
4、【判断题】keats belongs to the lake poets.
5、【判断题】wordsworth and coleridge belong to the first generation of romanticism.
5.2.2a test on william wordsworth
1、【单选题】which one of those is not wordsworth nature poems? a、“i wandered lonely as a cloud” b、“to the cuckoo” c、“lines composed a few miles above tintern abbey” d、“ode to a nightingale”
2、【单选题】wordsworth argues that poetry should be written in the natural language of common speech. which of the following has the same meaning? a、wordsworth argues that not the lofty and elaborate dictions that were then considered poetic. b、wordsworth believes that the children’s language is poetic. c、wordsworth claims that poetry should find the way to the emotions contained in memory. d、wordsworth’s style is difficult to understand.
3、【判断题】william wordsworth is a major english romantic poet. he was born in lake district, which is a major english romantic poet.
4、【判断题】wordsworth believes that the first principle of poetry should be pleasure.
5、【判断题】wordsworth loves nature, for he believes that nature never betrays the heart that loves her.
5.2.4a test on “i wandered lonely as a cloud”
1、【单选题】the word “lonely” conveys the poet's_____at the very beginning. a、calmness b、depression c、sadness d、depression and sadness
2、【单选题】wordsworth shows the happiness of the flowers, "tossing their heads," by ______. a、metaphor b、personification c、repetition d、simile
3、【判断题】the rhyme scheme of“i wandered lonely as a cloud”is ababcc.
4、【判断题】in the poem, the author uses metaphors like stars, milky way to inform the density of the flowers.
5、【判断题】in the poem, wordsworth employs figurative language to evoke not only the visual effect but also the emotional response.
6.1.2a test on the victorian literature
1、【单选题】the victorian literature began in____ and ended in _____. a、1837…1900 b、1835…1901 c、1832…1902 d、1830…1903
2、【单选题】the conflicts between the capitalists and the proletarians in industrial england caused the ______. a、enlightenment movement b、industrial revolution c、chartist movement d、romantic movement
3、【单选题】in the 19th century english literature, a new literary trend ____ appeared and flourished in the forties and in the early fifties. a、romanticism b、naturalism c、realism d、critical realism
4、【单选题】____ is the major literary form in the victorian period. a、essay b、poetry c、novel d、drama
5、【单选题】_____ is the greatest among the critical realists of the victorian age. a、earnest jones b、emily bronë c、charlotte brontë d、charles dickens
1、【单选题】the leading figure of the school of naturalism is _____. a、george moore b、charles dickens c、walter pater d、robert louis stevenson
2、【多选题】the major literary schools in the victorian literature are schools of ____. a、critical realism b、realism c、naturalism d、neo-romanticism e、aestheticism f、sentimentalism
3、【多选题】which of the followings are not novels written in the victorian period? a、the life of charlotte brontë b、vanity fair c、idlls of the king d、the french revolution e、an ideal husband f、mansfield park
4、【填空题】robert browning's great contribution to literature is his use of dramatic ______ in his works.
5、【判断题】hardy was both a novelist and a poet.
6.2.2a test on charles dickens
1、【单选题】______ made dickens famous overnight. a、sketches by boz b、the pickwick papers c、oliver twist d、the old curiosity shop
2、【单选题】_____ is dickens’ first novel of social history reflecting the sharp social contradictions. a、sketches by boz b、american notes c、martin chuzzlewit d、barnaby rudge
3、【单选题】dickens’ writings from 1836 to 1841 show the characteristic of . a、optimism b、mature c、pessimism d、irritation
5、【单选题】charles dickens is impressive for _____. a、his wide spread of critical realism b、his spirit of democracy and humanism c、his unforgettable figures with satire and simple and clear language d、a, b and c
6.2.4a test on david cooperfield
1、【单选题】_____ is an autobiographical novel and loved by dickens himself most. a、great expectations b、david copperfield c、bleak house d、the pickwick papers
2、【单选题】dicken’s novel david copperfield is a reflection of the social lower classes in the middle of the ______. a、17th century b、18th century c、19th century d、20th century
3、【单选题】in david copperfield, the story is told in the first person, through the mouth of the hero ______. a、david b、steerforth c、uriah heep d、mr. wickfield
4、【单选题】in david copperfield, _____is david’s second wife, the daughter of his aunt’s lawyer. a、dora b、agnes c、emily d、clara
5、【单选题】in david copperfield, ______ is a friend of david at school, who comes from a rich family. a、mr. peggotty b、uriah heep c、steerforth d、mr. wickfield
6.3.2a test on hardy
1、【单选题】1. hardy’s most famous novels were written before the year ____, which belong to the victorian novels. a、1600 b、1700 c、1800 d、1900
2、【单选题】after writing _____, hardy turned to poetry. a、under the greenwood tree b、the return of the native c、jude the obscure d、the mayor of casterbridge
3、【单选题】hardy himself divided his novels into three groups, tess of the d’urbervilles belongs to his _______. a、novels of characters and environment of his native countryside b、novels of romances and fantasies c、novels of ingenuity d、novels of lyrical inspiration
4、【判断题】hardy uses poetry to state facts and offers no judgment or interpretation, he leaves them to the readers.
5、【判断题】hardy was born and brought up in rural dorset, a south county of england, which he called tessex in his novel.
6.3.4a test on tess of the d’urbervilles
1、【单选题】tess of the d’urbervilles, published in _____, is thomas hardy masterpiece. a、1891 b、1905 c、1830 d、1920
2、【单选题】the subtitle of the novel tess of the d’urbervilles is _____. a、first impression b、a pure woman faithfully portrayed c、a book without a hero d、the wood landers
3、【单选题】tess murders _____ in a fit of despair and escapes with her husband before being executed. a、clare b、alec c、jude d、darcy
4、【判断题】in tess of the d’urbervilles, tess commits murder and is executed in the end. her story is a tragedy.
5、【判断题】the narrator of tess of the d’urbervilles is tess herself.
7.1.2a test on the overview
1、【单选题】the colonial period of american literature stretches roughly from ____________ to____________. a、the early sixteenth century, the end of the seventeenth b、the early seventeenth century, the end of the eighteenth c、the late seventeenth century, the end of the eighteenth d、the early fifteenth century, the end of the sixteenth
2、【单选题】the most enduring shaping influence in american thought and american literature was ____________. a、colonialism b、romanticism c、puritanism d、feudalism
3、【单选题】anne bradstreet was a puritan poet．her poems made such a stir in england that she became known as the “____________” who appeared in america． a、ninth muse b、tenth muse c、best muse d、first muse
4、【判断题】the first writings in colonial period only served god.
5、【判断题】in the 18th century, the enlightenment showed a great shift in colonial american literature from religious foundation to scientific reasoning. works by philip freneau, tomas paine and benjamin franklin explore many of these new ideas.
7.2.2a test on phillip freneau
1、【单选题】freneau was known is widely regarded as the “father of american____________ .” a、essay b、novel c、drama d、poetry
2、【单选题】_________ is not freneau’s major works. a、“the rising glory of america” b、“to helen” c、“the wild honey suckle” d、“the indian burying ground”
3、【判断题】freneau was known as the unrivaled “poet of the american revolution,” for he wrote a number of anti-british pieces.
4、【判断题】freneau’s political poems were often satiric, but his nature poetry was marked by lyricism and close observation of the details of the english landscape.
7.2.4a test on “the wild honey suckle”
1、【单选题】“the wild honey suckle” is written in regular iambic ____________ lines. a、trimeter b、pentameter c、tetrameter d、monometer
2、【单选题】the rhyme scheme of “the wild honey suckle” is “____________.” this rhyme scheme produces musical melodious and harmonious feelings, which matches the beauty of the flower. a、ababab b、ababcc c、ababaa d、aabbcc
3、【判断题】“the wild honey suckle,” celebrating the beauty of the frail forest flower, is considered one of freneau’s finest nature poems.
4、【判断题】the central image of this poem is “honey suckle,” same as the typical flower image in traditional english poems.
5、【判断题】in “the wild honey suckle,” freneau implies that life and death are inevitable law of nature.
8.1.2a test on the overview
1、【单选题】when american romanticism reached its climax，it is called _______. a、american renaissance. b、the great american renaissance. c、new england transcendentalism. d、the great flowering period.
2、【单选题】ralph waldo emerson’s _____ is called the manifesto or the bible of american transcendentalism? a、leaves of grass b、walden c、scarlet letter d、nature
3、【单选题】whose moby dick tells the adventures of ahab’s voyage to catch the white whale? a、herman melville’s b、walt whitman’s c、henry david thoreau’s d、nathaniel hawthorne’s
4、【单选题】walt whitman is a daring experimentalist and breaks free from the traditional iambic pentameter and writes ______. a、a novel b、free verse c、essay d、drama
5、【单选题】when did the romantic period begin and end? a、it started from 1831 and ended in 1861. b、it started from 1783 and ended in 1861. c、it started from 1783 and ended in 1855. d、it started from 1831 and ended in 1855.
8.2.2a test on nathaniel hawthorne
1、【判断题】nathanial hawthorne is a realistic novelist and short-story writer.
2、【判断题】hawthorne then devoted himself to his most famous novel, the scarlet letter which was published in 1850.
3、【判断题】the scarlet letter displays the female protagonist hester struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.
4、【判断题】the scarlet letter reveals the revelation of characters’ psychology to show nathanial hawthorne is good at exploring the complexity of human psychology.
5、【判断题】nathanial hawthorne published his first work in 1828, the novel fanshawe. the novel is based on hawthorne’s experiences as a bowdoin college student.
8.2.4a test on the scarlet letter
1、【判断题】the main characters in scarlet letter include hester prynne, arthur dimmesdale, roger chillingworth and pearl.
2、【判断题】hester prynne faces the future optimistically and helps others. she is able to construct her life and wins a moral success. at last she achieves moral growth and becomes an angel.
3、【判断题】dimmesdale confesses his guilty first and undergoes the physical and spiritual torments.
4、【判断题】pearl is the daughter of hester prynne and roger chillingworth.
5、【判断题】chillingworth morally degrades by his pursuit of revenge.
9.1.2a test on the overview
1、【单选题】the age of realism in america stretches from the end of the civil war in ____________ to the outbreak of the first world war in____________. a、1861...1918 b、1865...1918 c、1865...1914 d、1861...1914
2、【单选题】in technique terms, james lays emphasis on the “inner world” of man, which is regarded as “____________.” a、psychological realism b、genteel realism c、local color d、naturalism
3、【单选题】____________’s maggie: a girl of the streets is a milestone in the development of literary naturalism. a、mark twain b、henry james c、jack london d、stephen crane
4、【判断题】american naturalism emphasizes heredity and environment as important forces shaping individualized characters.
5、【判断题】sister carrie and jennie gerhardt are theodore dreiser’s major novels.
9.2.2a test on mark twain
1、【单选题】____________ is not the work written by mark twain. a、“the innocents abroad” b、life on the mississippi c、the adventures of tom sawyer d、the golden bowl
2、【单选题】mark twain wrote most of his literary works with a ____________language. a、grand b、pompous c、simple d、vernacular
3、【单选题】after the adventure of tom sawyer, twain gives a literary independence to tom’s friend huck in a book called____________. a、life on the mississippi river b、the gilded age c、the adventures of huckleberry finn d、the sun also rises
4、【判断题】twain successfully uses local color and historical settings to illustrate the contemporary society.
5、【判断题】twain’s humor is not only of witty remarks making people laugh, but a kind of artistic style used to criticize the social injustice.
9.2.4a test on the adventures of huckleberry finn
1、【单选题】the adventures of huckleberry finn is written in the ____________, which allows the reader to experience the story through huck’s eyes. a、first-person point of view b、second-person point of view c、third-person point of view d、multiple points of view
2、【单选题】in the adventures of huckleberry finn, huck and ____________start travelling together on a raft made of wood down the mississippi river. a、tom b、pip c、jim d、ahab
3、【判断题】one of the remarkable features is the typical language.this book is filled with oral language and dialects
4、【判断题】the mississippi river in this novel symbolizes the life filled with dangers and delights
5、【判断题】ernest hemingway wrote: “all modern american literature comes from one book by mark twain called ‘tom sawyer.’ there was nothing before.?and there has been nothing as good since.”
9.3.2a test henry james
1、【单选题】in his third literary phase, henry james produces three novels__________, which display his mature style. a、the american the wings of the dove the ambassadors b、the portrait of a lady the wings of the dove the ambassadors c、daisy miller the wings of the dove the ambassadors d、the wings of the dove the ambassadors the golden bowl
2、【单选题】henry james’s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with__________. a、the love and marriage theme b、the theme of revealing the miserable life of the poor and criticizing the capitalism c、the theme of humor and satire on life d、the international theme
3、【单选题】in the following writers, who is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “stream-of-consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realism______________. a、henry james b、mark twain c、emily dickinson d、theodore dreiser
4、【判断题】american colloquialism a typical feature of henry james’s writing style.
5、【判断题】one of the strongest features of his writing is his particular method of telling the story, “point of view”, that is, explanation of the situation and characters through one or several minds.
9.3.4a test on the portrait of a lady
1、【单选题】______________ is the protagonist, and the main focus of the novel is on presenting, explaining, and developing her character. a、hester b、jane c、elizabeth d、isabel
2、【单选题】like many of james’s novels, the story is set in europe, mostly england and italy. this novel reflects james’ interest in ______________. a、racism b、the differences between the new world and the old c、the differences between the rich and the poor d、rejection and request
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4、【单选题】
5、【判断题】the portrait of a lady explores the conflict between the individual and society by examining the life of the protagonist, who must choose between her independent spirit and the demands of social convention.
6、【判断题】isabel breaks away from her marriage to osmond.
7、【判断题】the portrait of a lady explores the conflict between the individual and society and deals with the contrast between the american character and the european character.
10.1.2a test on the overview
1、【判断题】early-modernism lasted from 1914 to the second world war.
2、【判断题】in the years of twenties, american literature experienced its flowering period which is called the second renaissance.
3、【判断题】the cantos is not called an encyclopedic epic poem.
4、【判断题】pearl s. buck’s moby dick shows man’s connection to the land and the treatment and oppression of women.
5、【判断题】in tender is the night, fitzgerald expresses that the so-called “american dream” is false in nature and believes that only those who are dishonest could become rich.
6、【判断题】early-modernism lasted from 1914 to the second world war.
7、【判断题】in the years of twenties, american literature experienced its flowering period which is called the second renaissance.
8、【判断题】the cantos is not called an encyclopedic epic poem.
9、【判断题】pearl s. buck’s moby dick shows man’s connection to the land and the treatment and oppression of women.
10、【判断题】in tender is the night, fitzgerald expresses that the so-called “american dream” is false in nature and believes that only those who are dishonest could become rich.
10.2.2a test on heminway
1、【判断题】for whom the bell tolls won hemingway the nobel prize in 1954.
2、【判断题】ernest hemingway was awarded the nobel prize for literature for “his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style.”
3、【判断题】as a journalist, hemingway trained himself in the economy of expression.
4、【判断题】his use of short sentences and paragraphs and vigorous and positive language, and the deliberate avoidance of gorgeous adjectives are some of the traces of his early journalistic practices.
5、【判断题】actually, hemingway’s iceberg theory is the theory of omission. “the dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.”
10.2.4a test on the sun also rises
1、【单选题】the main characters in the novel the sun also rises are _____. a、bill and mike b、romero, bill and mike c、jake, ashley and romero d、jake barnes, lady brett ashley and robert cohn.
2、【单选题】the themes of the sun also rises appear in its two epigraphs. the first is an allusion to _____, a term coined by gertrude stein referring to the post-war generation. a、the beat generation b、the lost generation c、the new generation d、the old generation
3、【单选题】hemingway told his editor max perkins that the book was not so much about a generation being lost, but that “the earth abideth forever.” he thought the characters in _____ may have been “battered” but was not lost. a、farewell to arms b、the old man and the sea c、the sun also rises d、the snow of kilimanjaro
4、【单选题】jake barnes is the narrator and protagonist of the novel. he is an american veteran of world war i. now he is_____living in paris. a、a journalist b、a law c、a doctor d、a teacher
5、【单选题】the novel ends as jake is about to return to paris, he receives a telegram from _____ asking for help. a、romero b、mike c、cohn d、brett
11.1.1a test on poem analysis
1、【单选题】rhetorical devices include _____ devices for vividness and emphasis. a、phonological b、lexical c、syntactical d、a, b and c
2、【单选题】if the poem is a ballad or an epic or a narrative poem, ____ should be considered in the analysis. a、main characters b、symbols c、major plots d、characters and plots
3、【判断题】poetry is a piece of writing in meter or verse form to express various thoughts and emotions by using different techniques.
4、【判断题】an analysis of a poem usually contains basic information about the poem, the themes, writing features, comments and its influences.
5、【判断题】in writing an analysis, we should pay more attention the structure, the content and the language of our writing.
11.2.1a test on "sonnet 18"
1、【单选题】in “and summer’s lease hath all too short a date”, “lease” is a _____ implying the limited summer time as well as the limited duration of youth and beauty. a、simile b、metaphor c、personification d、hyperbole
2、【单选题】the poetic meter is iambic pentameter, containing 10 syllables with ____ pattern. a、unstressed and stressed b、stressed and unstressed c、stressed and stressed d、unstressed and unstressed
3、【判断题】“sonnet 18” is one of the poems in shakespeares sonnets: never before imprinted, published in 1609, with 154 sonnets, expressing the passage of time, love, beauty, mortality and human evils with his artistic writing style.
4、【判断题】in “sonnet 18,” the phrase “fair from fair” is an example of both alliteration and assonance.
5、【判断题】shakespeare uses phonological, lexical and syntactical devices in “sonnet 18.”
11.3.1a test on "a red, red rose"
1、【单选题】the form of the poem is considered as ____. a、a ballad b、a sonnet c、an alexandrine d、a pentameter
2、【单选题】the theme of the poem is . a、the praise of love b、the call of revolution c、the praise of friendship d、the love of beauty
3、【判断题】the style of the poem is simple, spontaneous and romantic; it is full of scottish dialect, folk language and short form.
4、【判断题】the poem has three quatrains.
5、【判断题】“till all the seas gang dry” is a hyperbole that exaggerates.
11.4.1a test on "i hear america singing"
1、【判断题】the poem named “i hear america singing” is written by walt whitman.
2、【判断题】whitman is a singer for the ideals of equality and democracy and he celebrates human dignity.
3、【判断题】the poem is not written in free verse.
4、【判断题】leaves of grass went through nine editions.
5、【判断题】“i hear america singing” presents the picture of the americans who from all occupations are singing for their work.
11.5.1a test on "success"
1、【判断题】“i hear america singing” presents the picture of the americans who from all occupations are singing for their work.
2、【判断题】it is those who succeed know how sweetest the success is.
3、【判断题】the poem is written in iambic trimeter.
4、【判断题】“can tell the definition, so clear, of victory.” in this line, the implied meaning of “definition” is “what victory means.”
5、【判断题】emily dickenson writes altogether 1775 poems, of which only seven appeared in print in her lifetime.
12.1.1a test on drama analysis
1、【单选题】if we analyze a drama, we basically analyze it from its______. a、conflicts or the main idea b、characters c、dramatic language d、a, b and c
2、【单选题】when analyzing the language features of a drama, its______ should be taken into consideration. a、dialogues or monologues b、diction c、rhetorical devices d、a, b and c
3、【判断题】drama is both a dramatic work for performance by actors on a stage and a literary genre of works published for reading.
4、【判断题】if we can figure out the causes, the nature and the development of the conflict, we may have a more complete appreciation of the drama.
5、【判断题】based on the type of works, drama can be divided into historical drama, modern drama, melodrama, fable play, fairy tale and so on.
12.2.1a test on hamlet
1、【单选题】hamlet is a revenge tragedy based on old danish legend happened in late medieval period in ______. a、england b、rome c、egypt d、denmark
2、【单选题】hamlet’s most striking character is his _____. a、melancholy b、frankness c、kindness d、a, b and c
3、【单选题】in hamlet, the skull symbolizes the _______. a、hamlet’s father’s death b、decayed body of people c、decayed and disintegrated nation d、violence of the time
4、【判断题】hamlet explores betrayal, revenge, incest and moral failure.
5、【判断题】hamlet is an image of humanism in the english renaissance.
12.3.1a test on the zoo story
1、【单选题】the drama the zoo story is written by_____. a、eugene o’neill b、edward albee c、tennessee williams d、arthur miller.
2、【单选题】the zoo story concerns only two characters, _____.. a、peter and jerry b、john and william c、phillip and henry d、harry and peter
3、【单选题】_____ is an isolated and disheartened man suffering from _____. a、john, william b、jerry, loneliness c、phillip, henry d、harry, peter
4、【单选题】finally, jerry irritated peter, they began to fight for _____ and jerry impaled himself on the knife. a、the dog b、the knife c、the book d、the bench
5、【单选题】the zoo story is a ______ drama. a、one-act b、three-acts c、five-acts d、seven-acts
13.1.1a test on novel analysis
1、【单选题】if we are to achieve a thorough understanding of a great novel, there are ____ basic elements that should be considered. a、5 b、6 c、7 d、8
2、【单选题】plots usually progress through 5 stages: exposition, rising action, ______, falling action and resolution. a、climax b、beginning c、ending d、setting
3、【单选题】there are altogether ______ kinds of point of view. a、1 b、2 c、3 d、4
4、【单选题】using first person point of view is to let the ______ tell his or her own story. a、antagonist b、reader c、protagonist d、writer
5、【单选题】______ occurs only when the speaker has more authority on a character’s actions than the character himself or herself. a、first person point of view b、second person point of view c、third person point of view d、mingling points of view
13.2.1a test on pride and prejudice
1、【单选题】pride and prejudice’s first title is ____. a、first impression b、a book without a hero c、the newcomes d、persuasion
2、【单选题】pride and prejudice has two themes, the first theme is pride and prejudice, the other theme is ________. a、love and marriage b、education c、sense and sensibility d、social equality
3、【单选题】in pride and prejudice, darcy is attracted to ______ , but he offends her by his insolent behavior and rude remarks at a ball. a、jane b、elizabeth c、lydia d、catherine
4、【单选题】______ as the heir to the bennet family’s estate, is a conceited and narrow-minded sycophant. a、darcy b、bingley c、wickham d、collins
5、【单选题】through pride and prejudice, austen shows readers that in the society of her time women are often forced into marital unions purely out of ________. a、true love b、social position c、financial necessity d、attraction
13.3.1a test on jane eyre
1、【单选题】jane eyre is ________ masterpiece. it is generally accepted that it is her autobiographical novel. a、emily brontë’s b、charlotte brontë’s c、anne brontë’s d、jane austen’s
2、【单选题】as the governess of thornfield manor, jane falls in love with her employer, _______. a、rochester b、john c、darcy d、bingley
3、【单选题】the ______ is the embodiment of the bourgeois principles of education, the aim of which is to bring up obedient slaves for the rich. a、thornfield manor b、moor house c、lowood school d、gateshead
4、【单选题】the novel jane eyre criticizes strict social hierarchy of england during the _______ period. a、renaissance b、romantic c、first world war d、victorian
5、【单选题】which of the following statements is not a theme of jane eyre. a、criticism of the bourgeois system of education b、criticism of the strict social hierarchy c、gender relationship d、betrayal by friends and loved ones
13.4.1a test on the last of mohicans
1、【单选题】the novel the last of the mohicans is written by_____. a、washington irving b、james fenimore cooper. c、thomas paine. d、walt whiteman.
2、【单选题】the last of the mohicans, published in 1826, is the second book of _______ and often regarded as his masterpiece a、the leatherstocking tales b、a history of new york c、the autobiography d、the pioneers and the prairie
3、【单选题】among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman,______, major duncan heyward, and the indians chingachgook and uncas, which are the novel’s main characters. a、henry david thoreau b、nathaniel hawthorne c、natty bumppo d、ralph waldo emerson
4、【单选题】in this novel cooper mentions two kinds of animals:_____. through the description of these two animals, he makes readers deeply feel how much hardship the colonists bring to the people in america. a、he bird and deer b、the horse and the raven c、the dog and the cat d、sheep and chickens
5、【单选题】who represents the idea of brotherhood of man and of nature and freedom in the novel? a、chingachgook b、duncan heyward c、judge temple d、natty bumppo
13.5.1a test on moby dick
1、【单选题】______________, the central symbol of the book, can be interpreted in many ways. it is the symbol of evil, terror, goodness, beauty, god, nature, and power. a、moby-dick b、the ship c、the crew d、the coffin
2、【单选题】the ship derives its name from ______________. a、its owner b、a vanished tribe of native americans c、a species of whale d、a biblical character
3、【单选题】the distinction of pequot is linked with eventual ______________. a、hope b、friendship c、purity d、destruction
4、【判断题】moby-dick by herman melville is one of the strangest and most gripping stories ever written about the sea and sea-faring
5、【判断题】symbolism is the use of symbols, such as a person, a thing, an action or an event to signify ideas and qualities. it is used in literature to allow authors to be objective while still expressing his/her views.
14.1.1a test on essay analysis
1、【单选题】a “_______” essay is causal chains that connect from the reason to the consequence by means of careful language, and chronological or forceful order. a、cause and effect b、comparison and contrast c、exemplification d、argumentation
2、【单选题】it is good to _____more well-known essays for an essay analysis. a、imitate b、copy c、write d、read
3、【判断题】in general, an essay is a piece of writing that gives the author’s own arguments or ideas about a particular topic.
4、【判断题】“comparison and contrast” is used to compare the dissimilar and contrast the similar between things, sometimes object by object, sometimes point by point.
5、【判断题】when analyzing an essay, the structure, the form and the language should be considered in the body.
14.2.1a test on “of studies”
1、【单选题】“of studies” is a short essay, only has ____ paragraphs. a、three b、four c、five d、six
2、【单选题】bacon’s “of studies” is noted for its _____ by making full use of rhetorical devices. a、clearness b、brevity c、force of expressions d、a, b and c
3、【判断题】many sentences from the essays have become famous sayings.
4、【判断题】in the last paragraph, bacon uses examples to illustrate his ideas.
5、【判断题】one-thirds of the words in “of studies” are one-syllable words.
14.3.1a test on walden
1、【单选题】the thoreau’s masterpiece, _____, is a great transcendentalist work. a、nature b、walden c、dial d、the deerslayer
2、【单选题】walden is separated into _____ chapters, each of them focuses on specific theme. a、18 b、17 c、16 d、15
3、【单选题】thoreau is an active _____. a、realist b、modernist c、transcendentalist d、naturalist
4、【单选题】_____ became a major thematic concern of walden. a、regeneration b、reform c、reflection d、confucianism
5、【单选题】walden which was published in 1854 details _____’s experiences over two years in a cabin he builds near walden pond. a、emerson b、hawthorne c、melville d、thoreau