I. Multiple Choice

　 　1、"For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more, Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room …" (Dickens, Oliver Twist) What did Oliver ask for(　　)?
　　 A、More time to play
　　 B、More food to eat
　　 C、More book to read
　　 D、More money to spend

　 　2、Mrs. Warren's Profession is one of George Bernard Shaw's plays. What is Mrs. Warren's profession then(　　)?
　　 A、Real estate
　　 B、Prostitution
　　 C、House-keeping
　　 D、Farming

　　 3、Dr. Faustus is a play based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for(　　)and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.
　　 A、immortality
　　 B、political
　　 C、money
　　 D、knowledge

　　 4、The statement "A demanding mother turns away from the her husband and gives all her affection to her sons" sums up the main plot of D. H. Lawrence's(　　).
　　 A、Lady Chatterley's Lover
　　 B、Women in Love
　　 C、Sons and Lovers
　　 D、The Plumed Serpent

　　 5、"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."(　　)
　　 A、Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
　　 B、Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre
　　 C、John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga
　　 D、Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D' Ubrvilles

　　 6、In English poetry, a four-line stanza is called(　　).
　　 A、heroic couplet
　　 B、quatrain
　　 C、Spenserian stanza
　　 D、terza rima

　　 7、"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." The above lines are taken from(　　).
　　 A、Alexander Pope's "Essay on Criticism"
　　 B、Coleridge's "Kubla Khan"
　　 C、John Donne's "The Sun Rising"
　　 D、Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"

　　 8、By making the truth-seeking pilgrims suffer at the hands of the Vanity Fair, John Bunyan intends to show the prevalent political and religious(　　)of his time.
　　 A、persecution
　　 B、improvement
　　 C、prosperity
　　 D、disillusionment

　　 9、The 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.
　　 A、romantic
　　 B、realistic
　　 C、prophetic
　　 D、idealistic

　　 10、As a whole,(　　)is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the English and European life— socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally.
　　 A、Moll Flanders
　　 B、Gulliver’s Travels
　　 C、Pilgrim’s Progress
　　 D、The School for Scandal

　　 11、Which of the following is NOT regarded as one of characteristics of Renaissance humanism(　　)?
　　 A、Cultivation of the art of this world and this life
　　 B、Tolerance of human foibles
　　 C、Search for the genuine flavor of ancient culture
　　 D、Glorification of religious faith

　　 12、"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

　　 13、Which of the following best describes the nature of Thomas Hardy's later works(　　)?
　　 A、Sentimentalism
　　 B、Tragic sense
　　 C、Surrealism
　　 D、Comic sense

　　 14、"… This grew: I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped altogether …" (Robert Browning, "My Last Duchess") The above lines imply that(　　).
　　 A、the Duchess was killed by her husband
　　 B、the Duchess stopped smiling at her husband's order
　　 C、the Duchess died of laughing too much
　　 D、the Duchess did not want to smile as her husband requested

　　 15、In which of the following works can you find the proper names "Lilliput," "Brobdingnag," "Houyhnhnm" and "Yahoo?"(　　)
　　 A、James Joyce's Ulysses
　　 B、Charles Dickens's Blealk House
　　 C、Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels
　　 D、D. H. Lawrence's Women in Love

　　 16、In Byron's poem "Song for the Luddites," the word "Luddite" refers to the(　　).
　　 A、 workers who destroyed the machines in their protest against unemployment
　　 B、rising bourgeoisie who fights against the aristocratic class
　　 C、descendents of the ancient king, Lud
　　 D、poor country people who suffered under the ruled of the landlord class

　　 17、Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield and Sam Well in Pickwick Papers are perhaps the best(　　)characters created by Charles Dickens.
　　 A、comic
　　 B、tragic
　　 C、round
　　 D、sophisticated

　　 18、A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral(　　), exposing all kinds of social evils.
　　 A、revolutionaries
　　 B、idealists
　　 C、critics
　　 D、defenders

　　 19、"Is it not sufficient for you infernal selfishness, that while you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell?" (Heathcliff uttered the sentence in the death scene of Catherine from Chapter XV of Wuthering Heights.) The word "hell" at the end of the quoted sentence refers to(　　).
　　 A、Heaven
　　 B、Hades
　　 C、the next world
　　 D、this world

　　 20、A typical Forsyte, according to John Galsworthy, is a man with a strong sense of(　　), who never pays any attention to human feelings.
　　 A、justice
　　 B、humor
　　 C、morality
　　 D、property

　 　21、William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all of the following except(　　).
　　 A、normal contemporary speech patterns
　　 B、humble and rustic life as subject matter
　　 C、elegant wording and inflated figures of speech
　　 D、Intensely subjective feeling toward individual experience

　 　22、In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan," "A sunnypleasure dome with caves of ice"(　　).
　　 A、refers to the palace where Kubla Khan once lived
　　 B、vividly describes a building of poor quality
　　 C、is the gift given to a beautiful girl called Abyssinian
　　 D、symbolizes the reconciliation of the conscious and the unconscious

　　 23、The high-tide of Romanticism in American literature occurred around(　　).
　　 A、1820
　　 B、1850
　　 C、1880
　　 D、1920

　　 24、The subject matter of Robert Frost's Poems focuses on(　　).
　　 A、ordinary country people and scenes
　　 B、battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legends
　　 C、struggling masses and crowded urban quarters
　　 D、fantasies and mythical happenings

　　 25、Which group of writers are among those who may be called early pioneers of American literature(　　)?
　　 A、Mark Twain and Henry James
　　 B、Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving
　　 C、TErnest Hemingway and William Faulkner
　　 D、Jack London and O'Henry

　　 26、To Theodore Dreiser, life is "so sad, so strange, so mysterious and so inexplicable," No wonder the characters in his books are often subject to the control of the natural forces, especially those of(　　)and heredity.
　　 A、fate
　　 B、morality
　　 C、social conventions
　　 D、environment

　　 27、Hawthorne generally concerns himself with such issues as(　　)in his fiction.
　　 A、the evil in man's hear
　　 B、the material pursuit
　　 C、the racial conflict
　　 D、the social inequality

　　 28、(　　)provides the main source of influence on American naturalism.
　　 A、The puritan Heritage
　　 B、Howells' ideas of realism
　　 C、Darwin's theory of evolution
　　 D、The pioneer spirit of the wild west

　　 29、In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck writes a letter to inform against Jim, the escaped slave, and then he tears the letter up. This fact reveals that(　　).
　　 A、Huck has a mixed feeling of love and hate
　　 B、there is a conflict between society and conscience in Huck
　　 C、Huck is always an indecisive person
　　 D、Huck has very little education

　　 30、Which terms can best describe the modernists' concern of the human situation in their fiction(　　)?
　　 A、Fragmentation and alienation
　　 B、Courage and honor
　　 C、Tradition and faith
　　 D、Poverty and desperation

　　 31、Whitman's poems are characterized by all the following features except(　　).
　　 A、a strict poetic form
　　 B、a simple and conversational language
　　 C、a free and natural rhythmic pattern
　　 D、an easy flow of feelings

　　 32、All his novels reveal that, as time went on, Mark Twain became increasingly(　　).
　　 A、prolific
　　 B、artistic
　　 C、optimistic
　　 D、pessimistic

　　 33、The poem "I like to see it lap the Miles ?" is an interesting poem written by Emily Dickinson. What does "it" in the poem stand for(　　)?
　　 A、The hound
　　 B、The star
　　 C、The horse
　　 D、The train

　　 34、Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Henry James's writing style(　　)?
　　 A、exquisite and elaborate language
　　 B、minute and detailed describes a big party
　　 C、lengthy psychological analyses
　　 D、American colloquialism

　　 35、In the beginning paragraph of Chapter 3, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes a big party by saying that "man and girls came and went like moths." The author most likely indicates that(　　).
　　 A、there was a crowd of party-goers
　　 B、such life does not have real meaning
　　 C、these people were light-hearted
　　 D、these were crazy and ignorant Characters

　　 36、In Hemingway's "Indian Camp," Nick, the main character, witnesses(　　).
　　 A、a tragic killing of the Indians by the white men
　　 B、real friendship between the white men
　　 C、a senseless killing of each other
　　 D、terrible scenes of birth and death

　　 37、Which one of the following statements is NOT true of William Faulkner(　　)?
　　 A、He is master of stream-of ?consciousness narrative
　　 B、His writing is often complex and difficult to understand
　　 C、He often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago
　　 D、He represents a new group of Southern writers

　　 38、American "Transcendentalists" most typically believe that(　　).
　　 A、man is divine in name
　　 B、art is superior to life
　　 C、man can transform nature
　　 D、poetry is the highest form of art

　　 39、By the end of Sister Carrie, Dreiser writes, "It was forever to pursuit of that radiance of delight which tints the distant hilltops of the world." Dreiser implies that (　　).
　　 A、there is a bright future lying ahead
　　 B、there no end to man's desire
　　 C、one should always be forward- looking
　　 D、happiness is found in the end

　　 40、We can perhaps describe Emily Grerson in Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily" in all the following ways except that(　　).
　　 A、she is psychologically deformed
　　 B、she is wicked and morally corrupted
　　 C、she is a symbol of the Old South
　　 D、she is a prisoner and victim of the past

II. Reading Comprehension

　　41、"The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave."（分数： ）
　　Questions:
　　A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this passage is taken.
　　B. What does the phrase "inevitable hour" mean?
　　C. Write out the main idea of the passage in plain English.
      答：
　　参考答案

A. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by T. Gray. 　　B. The passage is time of death. 　　C. The passage is about man's inevitable death. No matter what family you are from, what power you have got, what beauty you have possessed, you should not feel conceited or self-important. For sooner or later you will have those material things behind; you cannot bring them all into the other world when you die. Since death awaits everyone and your glorious life leads you only to the grave, what is the use of fighting for all those material interests?

　　42、"Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! The very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!" (William Wordsworth's sonnet: "Composed upon Westminster Bridge" September 3, 1802)（分数： ）
　　Question:
　　A. What does the word "glideth" in the fourth line mean?
　　B. What kind of figure of speech is used by wordsworth to describe the "river"?
　　C. What idea does the fourth line express?
      答：
　　参考答案

A. To move smoothly and quietly, as if no effort was being made. 　　B. Personification. Here the river is personified so that it has its own will. 　　C. Wordsworth emphasizes that the river runs freely (in the early morning because there is no barges or steamers or other kind of man-made burdens imposed on it to hinder its running).

　　43、"We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess—in the Ring— We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain We passed the Setting Sun—"（分数： ）
　　Questions:
　　A. Who is the author of this stanza taken from the poem "Because I could not stop for Death ?"?
　　B. What do the underlined parts symbolize?
　　C. Where were "we" heading toward?
      答：
　　参考答案

A. These lines are taken from a poem written by Emily Dickinson. 　　B. The School, the Fields of Gazing Grain, the Setting Sun symbolize three stages of one's life: youth, manhood and old age. 　　C. "We" were riding in a hearse (or a carriage), heading toward Eternity.

　　44、"'Is dying hard, Daddy?' 'No, I think it's pretty easy, Nick. It all depends.'"（分数： ）
　　Question:
　　A. Identify the work and the author.
　　B. What was Nick preoccupied with when he asked the question?
　　C. Why did the father add "it all depends" after he answered his son's question?
      答：
　　参考答案

A. Ernest Hemingway: Indian Camp. 　　B. Life and death. 　　C. When the father says that dying is pretty easy, he might be thinking about the self-murdered husband. But when he reflects on the wife's miracle survival of the violent pain in the whole process of birth, he adds the final sentence. Dying is both hard and easy, it all depends on individuals.

III. Questions and Answers

　　45、In Chapter 15 of Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff said to Catherine: "Why did you betray your own, Cathy? … You loved me ?then what right have you to leave me? … I have not broken your heart ?you have broken it ?and in breaking it, you have broken mine." Taking the whole novel into consideration, do you think Heathcliff's above accusation of Catherine's betrayal can be justified? If you think so, what reasons does Catherine have to betray Heathcliff and their love?（分数： ）
      答：
　　参考答案

A. Heathcliff's accusation can be justified. 　　B. The reasons of her betrayal may be: 　　(1) The fancy she felt for Linton, that is, she was attracted by Linton's pleasant personality, his rich knowledge, and his elegant manners. 　　(2) Her vainglory made her desire a kind of upper-class life and social status. 　　(3) She was afraid that she might suffer poverty and be degraded if she had got married to Heathcliff. 　　(4) She fancied if she got married to Linton, She might Have the means to help Heathcliff in getting a good education and becoming a gentleman so that they could be united without being degraded.

　　 46、John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress is generally regarded as a religious allegory. What does the work symbolically concern? What is the predominant metaphor that is carried on through the whole work? And what is the author's purpose in writing such a book? （分数： ）
      答：
　　参考答案

A. It concerns the search for spiritual salvation. 　　B. "That life is a journey" is to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines. 　　C. The author's purpose is to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and to seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of evils.

　　47、"In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel." The two sentences are taken from Theodrore Dreiser's novel, Sister Carrie. What idea can you draw from the "rocking-chair"? （分数： ）
      答：
　　参考答案

A. The "rocking-chair" is a symbol standing for fate. It is like a cradle that makes one feel peaceful. It is also like a tide that ever goes on with life, the destiny of which is uncertain. 　　B. At the end of the novel, Carrie sits in the rocking-chair, which implies that her future is still uncertain and hard to foresee.

　　48、The literary school of naturalism was quite popular in the late 19th century. What are the major characteristics of naturalism?（分数： ）
      答：
　　参考答案

A. Strongly influenced by social Darwinism, naturalism emphasizes the determining power of the crushing forces of environment and heredity. 　　B. Being devoid of the freedom of choice and incapable of shaping their own destinies, men and women are helpless and insignificant in a cold and indifferent world. 　　C. The naturalistic writers reported truthfully and objectively, with a passion for scientific accuracy and overwhelming accumulation of factual detail.

IV. Topic Discussion

　　49、In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen explored three kinds of motivations of marriage the middle-class people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen's attitude towards these motivations. （分数： ）
      答：
　　参考答案

A. Motivation one; to pursue material interest through marriage; Wickham, Miss Binley and Charlotte Lucas are examples of this kind. 　　B. Motivation two: to seek sensual pleasure and beauty; Lydia and Mr. Bennet are examples of this kind. 　　C. Motivation three: to search for trus love and also take personal merits and financial positions into consideration; Elizabeth Bennet is a typical example of this kind. 　　D. Austen celebrated the third kind of motivation of marriage while criticzing the first two wrong motivations.

　　50、"My faith is gone!" cried he (Goodman Brown), after one stupefied moment. "There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to Thee is this world given." Comment on this passage from Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown". （分数： ）
      答：
　　参考答案

A. Goodman Brown utters this cry when he finds his wife Faith, together with lost of prominent people of the village and the church, attending a witches' Sabbath in the woods. 　　B. His cry shows his great surprise and the disillusionment. Thereafter, he becomes distrustful and doubtful. He lives a dismal and gloomy life because he is never able to believe in goodness or piety again. Here the author makes a pun of the word "faith". Goodman Brown loses not only his faith in religion and life, but also his wife, for his wife's name is faith. 　　C. From this story, we also can see that Hawthorne is a great allegorist and a master of symbolism. The story itself is an allegory and is full of symbols such as the forest, the night, and the pink ribbon.