北京语言大学20春《英美文学选读》作业2【参考答案】

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熊猫奥鹏:20春《英美文学选读》作业2
1.Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel ______.
A.Great Expectations
B.A Tale of Two Cities
C.Bleak House
D.Oliver Twist
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2."Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both ..."In the above two lines of Robert Frost＇s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.
A.a travel experience
B.a marriage decision
C.a middle-age crisis
D.one＇s course of life
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3.Which of the following is NOT written by Defoe?
A.Captain Singleton
B.Sailor
C.Moll Flanders
D.Rubinson Crusoe
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4.Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true?
A.Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.
B.F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.
C.Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers.
D.Most writers were politically radical.
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5.Which of the following is not written by Robert Frost?
A.To Autumn
B.Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
C.Mending Wall
D.A Boy＇s Will
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6.The term tone in literature means__________.
A.sound effect such as rhyme and metrical device
B.the pitch of a word used to determine its meaning in the given context
C.the manner of expression to indicate the speaker＇s attitude towards the subject
D.a shade of colour to reflect the change of the light
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7.Defoe＇s Robinson Crusoe created the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie in the ______ century.
A.17th
B.18th
C.19th
D.20th
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8.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
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9.The Victorian Age was largely an age of___ , eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.
A.poetry
B.drama
C.prose
D.epic prose
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10.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?"
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11.In the conversation with his wife in Chapter One of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet uses a(n) ______ 　　tone with sarcastic humor.
A.solemn
B.harsh
C.arrogant
D.teasing
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12.Auld Lang Syne was written by
A.William Wordsworth
B.John Keats
C.Walt Whiteman
D.Robert Burns
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13.Charles Dickens was born in___
A.1765
B.1889
C.1812
D.1870
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14.How many periods are divided into inthe creation years of Shakespeare?
A.three
B.four
C.two
D.five
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15.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
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16.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
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17.The poem Ode to a Nightingale was written by___
A.William Wordsworth
B.John Keats
C.Shelley
D.Coleridge
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18.Which of the following is a tragedy?
A.Antony and Cleopatra
B.Twelfth Night
C.Julius Caesar
D.Much ado about Nothing
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19.How many groups are there in Hardy＇s novels?
A.two
B.three
C.four
D.five
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20.When Robert Frost was 87, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President___
A.Bush
B.Kennedy
C.Clinton
D.Fort
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