智慧树知到《英语文学导论Introduction to English Literature（湖南师范大学）》2025章节测试答案

智慧树知到《英语文学导论Introduction to English Literature（湖南师范大学）》2025章节测试答案
第一章测试
1.Decide True or False： Literature as writing is “imaginative” or fictive， as opposed to factual， true， or historical.
A、False
B、Ture
正确答案：A
2.What are the Primary Elements of a Plot？
A、falling action and resolution
B、climax
C、exposition
D、rising action
正确答案：ABCD
3.Which of the following can be regarded as a theme statement？
A、The protagonist Gabriel suffered a psychological breakdown in the end of the story.
B、Bernard Shaw might suggest in his Widowers’ Houses that “Even the most idealistic young man must compromise his principles”
C、Disillusionment and psychological paralysis in “The Dead”.
D、The theme of “The Egg” might be “Disillusionment is necessary to the process of maturing”.
正确答案：BD
4.What are the possible themes of Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”？
A、ability of the human spirit to endure conflict and poor circumstances
B、racism
C、selfless love
D、compassion and courage
正确答案：ABCD
5.Decide True or False： Style is concerned not with “what to say” but “how to say it”.
A、False
B、Ture
正确答案：B
6.What does the narrative voice in Hemingway’s “In Another Country” sound like？
A、cold and relentless
B、disillusioned and cynical
C、isolated and detached
D、objective and calm
正确答案：BC
7.In Aspects of the Novel， E.M. Foster classifies characters into ...？
A、flat characters
B、minor characters
C、major characters
D、round characters
正确答案：AB
8.What’s true about “indirect characterization”？
A、the author state explicitly the character’s traits
B、the author tells us what he or she wants us to know about the character
C、the author shows us the traits of the character by describing his/her appearance， actions
D、the author reveals character's personality through its effect on other characters
正确答案：CD
9.What’s true about Gabriel in “The Dead”？
A、He loves his country and is proud of its culture.
B、He is obsessed with the past
C、His character is shaped by frustration， rancor， and disappointment.
D、Hefinds no genuine joy or pleasurein life.
正确答案：BC
10.What does the image of “eggs” symbolize in “The Eggs”？
A、ambition
B、the fragile American Dream
C、hope and aspiration
D、love and happiness
正确答案：ABC
第二章测试
1.The earliest theoretical work on drama is Plato’s Poetics.
A、False
B、Ture
正确答案：A
2.________________ is the reasoning aspect of drama.
A、Thought
B、Diction
C、Spectacle
正确答案：A
3.Negative capability refers to the capability of being in uncertainties， mysteries， doubts， without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.
A、Ture
B、False
正确答案：A
4.Which word did Portia use to address Shylock？
A、alien
B、citizen
C、civilian
正确答案：A
5.Kristine Linde is a round character.
A、False
B、Ture
正确答案：A
6.In what is the theme of love presented？
A、fantasy
B、optimism
C、realism
D、Carnivalesque
正确答案：D
7.What type of woman is Vivie？
A、A New Woman in some aspects
B、An angel in the house
C、A radical feminist
D、A traditional woman in most aspects
正确答案：A
8.To what does Waiting for Godot owe part of its success？
A、The mysterious Godot
B、The linear plot
C、The characterization of tramps
D、The coherent language
正确答案：A
9.Since it was produced， The Last Night of Ballyhoo has gotten a great reputation and it was performed in ______ during the Olympic Games.
A、Boston
B、Atlanta
C、Los Angeles
D、New York
正确答案：B
10.It was Lala’s ______ identity that led her self-conflict.
A、European
B、Jewish
C、Japanese
D、African
正确答案：B
第三章测试
1.Which of the following tropes is the most central to the art of poetry？
A、metonymy
B、irony
C、metaphor
正确答案：C
2.Which of the following statements about tone in poetry is NOT True？
A、The speaker’s tone may indicate her attitude toward her audience.
B、The speaker’s tone may indicate her attitude toward herself.
C、The speaker’s tone has nothing to do with the author’s personality.
正确答案：C
3.Emily Dickinson’s poems involve perceptions of life， mainly about the traditional themes in literature， such a （）.
A、death
B、nature
C、love
D、religion
正确答案：ABCD
4.Decide True or False： “The jar” in Wallace Stevens’s “Anecdote of the Jar” is a symbol of beauty.
A、Ture
B、False
正确答案：B
5.Decide True or False： Wallace Stevens is the author of the well-known imagistic poem “The Red Wheelbarrow”.
A、Ture
B、False
正确答案：B
6.Decide True or False： William Blake is the author of “London”.
A、Ture
B、False
正确答案：A
7.Who insists that， “the end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing”？
A、William Wordsworth
B、T. S. Eliot
C、Aristotle
D、Samuel Johnson
正确答案：D
8.In “Nothing gold can stay”， what are the symbolic meanings of “gold”？
A、Gold represents something beautiful.
B、Gold represents something priceless.
C、Gold represents beauty that implicates the state of excitement deep inside your innermost heart.
正确答案：ABC
9.Decide True or False： Assonance refers to the repetition of the same vowel sound within one line of a poem.
A、False
B、Ture
正确答案：B
10.In which poem Longfellow used very symmetrical syntax with passion to express his optimistic attitude towards life？
A、The Slave’s Dream
B、The Tide Rises， the Tide Falls
C、A Psalm of Life
正确答案：C