专八英美文学常识

英美文学1.WilliamFaulkneristheauthorof______.A.FarFromtheModelingCrowdB.SoundandFuryC.ForWhomtheBellTollsD.ScarletLetter1.RobertFrostisafamous______.A.novelistB.playwrightC.poetD.literarycritic3.TheOldManandtheSeaisoneofthegreatworksby______A.JackLondonB.CharlesDickensC.SamuelColeridgeDEmestHemingway4.Whichofthefollowingpoetsisdifferentfromtheothers?A.JohnDonne.B.JohnKeats.C.LordByron.D.PercyByssheShelley.5.WhichofthefollowingisnotwrittenbyWilliamShakespeare?A.Othello.B.TheTragicalHistoryofDr.Faustus.C.RomeoandJuliet.D.TheTwelfthNight.6.Beowulfnarratesastorytakingplacein______.A.theMediterraneanB.NorthernEuropeC.EnglandD.Scandinavia7.______referstosomecontrastordiscrepancybetweenappearanceandreality.A.AllegoryB.ConflictC.IronyD.Flashback8.WilliamWordsworthisanEnglish_____.A.poetB.novelistC.playwrightD.critic9.ThegreattranscendentalworkbyHenryDavidThoreauis______.A.NatureB.WaldenC.ExperienceD.Essays10.JamesJoyceistheauthorofallthefollowingnovelsEXCEPT______.A.DublinersB.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManC.JudetheObscureD.Ulysses11.TheBronteSisterspublishedthefollowingfamousnovelsEXCEPT______.A.TheTenantofWildfellHallB.JaneEyreC.WutheringHeightsD.AgnesGrey12.InwhichnovelcanYahoobefound?A.JohnBunyan'sPilgrim'sProgress.B.EdmundSpencer'sTheFaerieQueen.C.JonathanSwift'sGulliver'sTravels.D.HenryFielding'sTomJones.13.TheVictorianAgewaslargelyanageof______,eminentlyrepresentedbyDickensandThackeray.A.pessimismB.naturalismC.modernismD.criticalrealism14.MarkTwainshapedtheworld'sviewofAmericaandmadeacombinationof______andseriousliterature.A.AmericanfolkhumorB.funnyjokesC.EnglishfolkloreD.Americanvalues15.WhowasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputationaftertheRevolutionaryWar?A.FennimoreCooper.B.NathanielHawthorn.C.WaltWhitman.D.WashingtonIrving.16.ParadiseLostisamasterpieceby______.A.ChristopherMarlowB.JohnMiltonC.WilliamShakespeareD.BenJonson17.HaveaDreamisaddressedby______.A.AbrahamLincolnB.JohnF.KennedyC.MartinLutherKingD.RalphWaldoEmerson18.WhichofthefollowingisNOTapoembyEmilyDickinson?A.Thisismylettertotheworld.B.heardaflybuzz—whenIdied.C.Thisisjusttosay.D.BecauseIcouldnotstop/ordeath.19.Eugene0'NeilisanAmerican______.A.novelistB.playwrightC.poetD.essayist20.TheRomanticAgeinEnglandcametoanendwiththedeathof______.A.JaneAustinB.WalterScottC.SamuelTaylorColeridgeD.WilliamWordsworth21.Intheworksofsuchaestheticsas______andWalterPater,thetheoryofartforart'ssakeisadvocated.A.OscarWildeB.Mrs.GaskellC.AlexanderPopeD.CharlesLamb22.Worksby______arecharacterizedbystream-of-consciousness.A.GeorgeEliotB.JaneAustenC.EmilyBronteD.VirginiaWoolf23.Whoofthefollowingsisaplaywrightofthetheaterofabsurd?A.JohnOsbom.B.WystanHughAuden.C.BernardShaw.D.SamuelBeckett.24.Theperiodfrom1865—1914hasbeenreferredtoasthe______intheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.A.AgeofRealismB.AgeofClassicalismC.AgeofRomanticismD.AgeofRenaissance25.WithCollectedPoems,______wonthesecondPulitzerPrize.A.EzraPondB.e.e.cummingsC.RobertFrostD.WilliamCullenBryant26.______belongstothesecondperiodinShakespeare'sthreestagesofwritingcareer.A.TheMerchantofVeniceB.Love'sLaborLostC.HamletD.TheTempest27.Grassisapoemwrittenby______.A.WaltWhitmanB.CarlSandburgC.LangstonHughesD.AlienGinsberg28.WilliamMakepeaceThackeray'smostfamousworkis______.A.TheSchoolforScandalB.PastandPresentC.MajorBarbaraD.VanityFair29.DoverBeachiswrittenby______.A.RobertBrowningB.AlfredTennysonC.MathewArnoldD.DylanThomas30.TheperiodofOldEnglishliteraturerefersto______.A.about450—1066B.14thcentury—mid-17thcenturyC.14thcentury—mid-ISAcenturyD.16thcentury—mid-18thcentury31.MobyDickisthemostimportantworkby______.A.JackLondonB.HermanMelvilleC.SinclairLewisD.RalphEllison32.0.Henryearnedhisfamemainlyforhis______.A.novelsB.poemsC.shortstoriesD.dramas33.FrancisBacon's______isagreatessayoneducation.A.TheAdvancementofLearningB.TheImportanceofBeingEarnestC.TheNewAtlanticD.TheLearnedReadingupontheStatuteofUses34.______isNOTanovelofFrancisScottFitzgerald.A.TenderIstheNightB.AnnaChristieC.TheBeautifulandDammedD.TheGreatGatsby35.TheAmericanliteratureinmodemperiodisdividedintotwopartsbytheeventofA.theexpatriatemovementB.theGreatDepressionC.theFirstWorldWarD.theSecondWorldWar36.WhichofthefollowingnovelsdoesNOTbelongtoDreiser'sTrilogyofDesirefA.TheTitan.B.TheFinancier.C.TheGenius.D.TheStoic.37.ThefollowingsareallDickens'worksEXCEPT______.A.OliverTwistB.MollFlandersC.GreatExpectationsD.BleakHouse38.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats'smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformofA.odeB.elegyC.epicD.sonnet39.The1954NobelPrizeforliteraturewasawardedto______forhismasteryoftheartofmodemnarration.A.WilliamFaulknerB.JohnSteinbeckC.SaulBellowD.ErnestHemingway40.SisterCarrieisamasterpieceof______work.A.romanticB.classicC.neo-classicD.naturalistic41.WhoisthefatherofEnglishpoetry?A.Shakespeare.B.EdmundSpencer.C.JohnMilton.D.GeoffreyChaucer.42.TheOctopusiswrittenby______.A.FrankNorrisB.SherwoodAndersonC.WillaGatherD.StephenCrane43.JamesBaldwin'smostfamousshortstoryis______.A.ARose/orEmilyB.TheStoryofanHowC.Sonny'sBluesD.AClean,Well-lighte