东北师范大学英美文学在线作业一

奥鹏教育东北师范大学在线作业

英美文学19春在线作业1-0001

American romanticism started with the publication of _______ and ended with Leaves of Grass .
A:The Sketch Book
B:Nature
C:Leatherstocking Tales
答案问询微信：424329

In his essay“of Studies，”Bacon Said：“Some books are to be tasted，others to be swallowed，and some few to be chewed and____.
A:Skimmed
B:perfected
C:imitated
D:digested
答案问询微信：424329

Of all the eighteenth-century novelists , who was the first to set out, both in theory and practice , to write specially a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style ?
A:Thomas Gray
B:Richard Brinsley Sheridan
C:Johathan Swift
D:Henry Fielding
答案问询微信：424329

"So much the worse for me, that I an strong. Do I want to live? What kind of
living will it be when you-oh, God!
Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?"
In the above passage quoted from Emily Bronte‘s Wuthering Heights, the word
"soul" apparently refers to _______ .
A:Heathcliff
B:Catherine
C:ghost
D:one‘s spiritual lift
答案问询微信：424329

“Come to me－come to me entirely now,” said he ; and added, in his deepest
tone, speaking in my ear as his cheek was laid on mine, “Make my happiness－I
will make yours.”
The above passage presents a scene in .
A:Emily Bronte’s Withering Heights
B:Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre
C:John Galsworthy′s The Forsyte Saga
D:Thomas Hardy′s Tess of the D′Urbervilles
答案问询微信：424329

______ deals with a limited range of characters in quite similar circumstances and measures
them against an unvarying code , known as ‘‘ grace under pressure ‘‘ .
A:Eliot
B:Lewis
C:Hemingway
答案问询微信：424329

Beowulf is a national epic of
A:Germany
B:England
C:Scandinavia
D:France
答案问询微信：424329

As an autobiographical play, O‘Neill‘s _______ （1956）has gained its status as
a world classic and
simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of
American drama.
A:The Iceman Cometh
B:Long Day‘s Journey Into Night
C:The Hairy Ape
D:Desire Under the Elms
答案问询微信：424329

Milton was nicknamed “the lady of Christ’s” because he was
A:a lady
B:as serious as a lady
C:as handsome as a lady
D:as gentle as a lady
答案问询微信：424329

The one of the following not known as a dramatist is _______ .
A:Miller
B:Pound
C:O‘Neill
答案问询微信：424329

The realists of the 18th century and those of the 19th century have the following in common except both of them
A:use the form of novel fully
B:present social and political events in details
C:indicate the broad social conflicts
D:describe the fate of individuals and of social classes
答案问询微信：424329

“Humor” according to Ben Jonson means
A:fun
B:comedy
C:thought
D:temperament
答案问询微信：424329

Stylistically, Henry James‘ fiction is characterized by _______ .
A:short, clear sentences
B:abundance of local images
C:ordinary American speech
D:highly refined language
答案问询微信：424329

The following poets are all Poet Laureate except_____
A:Ben Jonson
B:Thomas Gray
C:Robert Southey
D:William Wordsworth
答案问询微信：424329

“In dream vision Arthur witnessed the loveliness of Gloriana, and upon
awaking resolves to seek her.” The two literary figures Arthur and Gloriana are
form .
A:Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene
B:William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
C:Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His love”
D:John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”
答案问询微信：424329

Of the below poets, has not been awarded Poet Laureate.
A:William Wordsworth
B:Thomas Gray
C:Alfred Tennyson
D:Ben Jon son
答案问询微信：424329

Author of Gulliver’s Ttravels also wrote
A:A Modest Proposal
B:Robinson Crusoe
C:Henry V
D:The Tyger
答案问询微信：424329

"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless
and heartless?…And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I
should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave
you."
The above quoted passage is most probably taken from _______ .
A:Pride and Prejudice
B:Jane Eyre
C奥鹏教育东北师范大学在线作业:Wuthering Heights
D:Great Expectations
答案问询微信：424329

In Hardy‘s Wessex novels，there is an apparent____touch in his description of the
simple though primitive rural life．
A:nostalgic
B:humorous
C:romantic
D:ironic
答案问询微信：424329

Here are four lines from a long poem: “Others for language all their care express, / And value books, as women men , for dress.” The poem must be
A:Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
B:John Milton’s Paradise Lost
C:Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism
D:Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
答案问询微信：424329

The Celestial City in the Pilgrim’s Progress stands for an ideal happy society.
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

The most gifted of the University Wits was Shakespeare.
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Morality play presents the conflict of good and evil with allegorical characters
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

The story of Catch–22 develops chronologically in a traditional structure .
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Auld Lang Syne was composed by Burns.
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Stephen Crane was also a poet who influenced Imagist poetry .
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Hardy had written and published many poems before he achieved a reputation with his novels.
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Faulkner‘s artistic techniques include the exploration of reality , the nature of time and the relation of the past to the present .
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

The most striking similarities between Milton and Samson Agonistes are their blindness and unhappy marriage.
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Monks tried hard to trap Oliver Twist.
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

The stories in the Canterbury Tales are only connected by the host of Tabard Inn.
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Native Son was considered the best book after WWⅡ in 1965 .
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Steinbeck is a sociological writer and his Babbitt presents a documentary picture of the narrow and limited middle class mind .
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

The Jazz Age characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in The Great Gatsby .
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Scott’s literary career marked the transition from romanticism to realism.
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Both Hawthorne and Shakespeare influenced Melville‘s writing of Moby Dick .
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

A ballad is written in 4-line stanza with the first and third lines rhymes.
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Human goodness is one of the most familiar themes in American naturalism .
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Naturalism is evolved from Romanticism .
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329

Romanticism rose and grew under the impetus of the French Revolution.
A:错误
B:正确
答案问询微信：424329