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197401Which of the following works best represents the national spirit of the 18th-century England？

197402In Sheridan’s The School for scandal， the man who wins the hand of his beloved as well as the inheritance of his rich uncle is（） .

197403As a whole，（）is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life—socially， politically， religiously， philosophically， scientifically， and morally.

197404The 18th century witnessed a new literary form-the modern English novel， which， contrary to the medieval romance， gives a（） presentation of life of the common people.

197405By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the people of Vanity Fair， John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious（）of his time.

197406“Let not Ambition mock their useful toil，Their homely joys， and destiny obscure；Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.”

197407In English poetry， a four-line stanza is called（）.

197408Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18？

197409In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice， Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock， because（）.

197410The English Renaissance period was an age of（） .

197411“And we will sit upon the rocks， Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks，By shallow rivers to whose fallsMelodious birds sing madrigals.” The above lines are taken from（）.

197412Which of the following statements about E.Grierson，the protagonist inFaulkner"s story“A Rose for Emily，”is NOT true？

197413Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twain"s writingstyle？

197414In his realistic fiction，Henry James"s primary concern is to present the（）.

197415Like Nathaniel Hawthorne，（）also manages to achieve the effect ofambiguity through symbolism and allegory in his narratives.

197416Hester Prynne，Dimmesdale，Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely characters in

197417In（），Washington Irving agrees with the protagonist on his preferenceof the past to the present，and of a dream-like world to the real world.

197418American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged thatthey were（a） “（），”devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization.

197419Generally speaking，all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be（）.

197420The Romantic writers Would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the（）in the American literary history.

197421In（），Robert Frost compares life to a journey，and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old，because the choice has made all the difference.

197422Yank，the protagonist of Eugene ONeills play The Hairy Ape，talked to the gorilla and set it free because（）.

197423Almost all Faulkners heroes turned out to be tragic because（）.

197424Theodore Dreiser was once criticized for his（）in Style，but as a trueartist his strength just lies in that his style is very serious and well calculated to achieve the thematic ends he sought.

197425The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for his“black vision.”The term“black vision”refers to（）.

197426In American literature the first important writer who earned an international fame on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean is（）.

197427The story starting with the marriage of Paul’s parents Walter Morel andMrs.Morel must be（）.

197428George Bernard Shaw’s play，Mrs.Warren’s profession is a grotesquelyrealistic exposure of the（）.

197429The typical feature of Robert Brownings poetry is the（）.

197430A typical Forsyte，according to John Galsworthy，is a man with a strong sense of（），who never pays any attention to human feelings.

197431（The）（）was a progressive intellectual movement throughout Western Europe in the 18 century.

197432“For I have known them all already， known them all－－Have known the evenings，mornings，afternoons，I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”The above lines are taken from（）.

197433In his essay“Of Studies，”Bacon Said：“Some books are to be tasted，others to be swallowed，and some few to be chewed and（）.

197434Alexander Pope strongly advocated neoclassicism，emphasizing that literary works should be judged by（）rules of order，reason，logic，restrained emotion， good taste and decorum.

197435John Bunyan"s Pilgrim’s Progress is often regarded as a typical example of（）.

197436The poems such as，“The Chimney Sweeper”are found in both Songs oflnnocence and Songs of Experience by（）.

197437If Winter comes，can Spring be far behind？”is an epigrammatic line by（）.

197438Here are two lines taken from The Merchant of venice：“Not on thy sole，but on thy soul，harsh Jew Thou mak’st thy knife keen.”What kind of figurativedevice is used in the above lines？

197439Willam Wordsworth，a romantic poet，advocated all the following except（）.

197440The short story“Araby”is one of the stories in James Joyce"s collection（）.

197441“What is his name？”

197442In his poem“Tyger，Tyger，”William Blake expresses his perception of the “fearful symmetry”of the big cat.The phrase“fearful Symmetry”suggests（）.

197443Of all the 18 century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out， both in theory and practice，to write specifically a“（）in prose，”the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.

197444Backbite，Sneerwell，and Lady Teazle are characters in the play the Schoolfor Scandal by（）.

197445In Hardy"s Wessex novels，there is an apparent（）touch in his descriptionof the simple though primitive rural life.

197446The statement"Studies serve for delight，for ornament，and for ability”opens one of well-known essays by（）.

197447Shakespeare"s tragedies include all the following except（）.

197448the most significant idea of the Renaissance is（）.

197449Most critics have agreed that（） is both an insider and an outsider of the Jazz Age with a double vision.

197450Frost"s first collection A boy"s Will， whose lyrics trace a boy"s development from self-centered idealism to maturity， is marked by an intense but restrained emotion and the characteristic flavor of（）.

197451When the World War broke out，（） began working for the Italian government， engaged in some radio broadcasts of anti-Semitism and pro-Fascism.

197452Allen Ginsberg， whose"Howl"became the manifesto of（）.

197453Perhaps Dickinson"s greatest rendering of the moment of（） is to be found in "I heard Fly buzz-when I died-"， a poem universally considered one of her masterpieces.

197454In 1915（） became a naturalized British citizen， largely in protest against America"s failure to join England in the First World War.

197455The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of vanished way of life in the（） Mississippi valley and it has moved millions of people of different ages and conditions all over the world.

197456（） is a great literary giant of America， whom Mencken considered"the true father of our national literature.

197457Which one of the following statements about Hawthorne"s The Scarlet Letter is true？

197458Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Indian Camp by Hemingway？

197459Cavalry Crossing Fordby Whitman reminds its readers of a picture， or a photo， of a scene of（）.

197460（） believed he had turned the poem into an open field， an area of vital possibility where the reader could allow his own imagination to play.

197461The Birthmark drives home symbolically Hawthorne"s point that"（）"is man"s birthmark， something he is born with.

197462Most people consider（） an unofficial manifesto for the "Transcendental Club”.

197463Emerson rejected both the formal religion of the churches and the Deistic philosophy；instead he based his religion on an intuitive belief in an ultimate unity， which he called the"（）".

197464（） is worth the honor of being"the American Goldsmith"for his literary craftsmanship.

197465The desire for an escape from（） and a retumn to（） became a permanent convention of the American literature.

197466Being a period of the great flowering of the American literature， the Romantic period is also called"（）".

197467T、S. Eliot"s early poems are marked by（） in comparison to his later ones.

197468In Sons and Lovers，

197469In（），James Joyce intended to record the four aspects of the moral history of his country， namely childhood， adolescence， maturity and public life.

197470The first mass movement of the English working class was（），which signified the awakening of the poor oppressed people.

197471The sentence"three or four families in a country village are the very thing to work on"can best reflect the writer"s personal knowledge and range of writing. This writer is（）.

197472The major theme of Jane Austen"s novels is love and marriage. Which of the following is not a couple that appeared in Pride and Prejudice？

197473The hero of one of his main works is an Israel"s mighty champion， blind， alone， and fighting against his thoughtless enemies. This hero"s experience is in close resemblance to the poet himself. The poet"s name is（）.

197474（） is natural means of writing in revealing the prince"s inner conflict and psychological predicament in Shakespeare"s Hamlet.

197475Alexander Pope is well known for the style of biting satire. His best satiric work is（）.

197476Through the character of Elizabeth Jane Austen emphasizes the importance of（） for women.

197477In subject matter， William Wordsworth"s poems have two major concerns. One is about nature. The other is about（）.

197478The depth and passion of its earnest glance，

197479Relationships don"t seem to turn out overly well in Wuthering Heights. Which couple finally gets their happy ending？

197480In the late nineteenth century， modernism flourished in English literature. Unlike modern poets and novelists， modern dramatists（）.

197481In Thomas Hardy"s works， the conflict between the old and the modern is very pervasive. His attitude toward those traditional characters is（）.

197482“The boast of heraldry， the pomp of power，

197483Christian， Faithful and Pliable are the literary figures in（）.

197484As a realist dramatist， George Bernard Shaw is concerned with social. economic， moral and religious problems in his works. The general mood he expressed in his plays is（）.

197485In（） of Gulliver"s Travels， Jonathan Swift satirizes the western civilization including false illusions about science， philosophy， history and even immortality.

197486Though John Donne"s poems were not well accepted in his life time， the early 20th century saw a renewed interest in him and other（） poets.

197487Reading maketh a full man， conference a ready man， and writing a（n）（）man. The sentence is quoted from Bacon"s Of Studies.

197488In Rose for Emily， Emily is typical of those in Faulkner"s Yoknapatwapha stories who are the symbols of（） but the prisoners of（）.

197489A careful study of（）"s protagonists will reveal a prevailing truth， that is， almost all his heroes turn out to be tragic.

197490The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.This"iceberg"analogy was put forward by（）.

197491Hemingway"s second big success is（），which wrote the epitaph to decade and to the whole generation in the 1920s in telling us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a British nurse.

197492The distinctive feature about the ash-dump depicted in The Great Gatsby is an oculist"s faded billboard with a pair of great staring eyes behind yellow spectacles， symbolic of（）.

197493Long Day"s Journey Into Night is generally regarded as（） "s autobiography.

197494Eugene O"Neill won the Pulitzer Prize four times and was the only dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize. He is widely acclaimed"（）".

197495Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms with a clear American local speech rhythm， the speech of New England（） with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.

197496（） is not merely a whaling tale or sea adventure. It tumns out to be a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universe， a spiritual exploration into man"s deep reality and psychology.

197497The Second American Renaissance refers to the（） century American literature.

197498（） possessed none of the usual aids to a writer"s career： no money， no friend in power， no formal education-worthy of mention， no family tradition in letters.

197499The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be（） masterpiece， which incamates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life joumney of（） in a European cultural environment.

197500The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and especially， its sequence（） proved themselves to be the milestone in the American literature.

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