北京语言大学《英美文学选读》在线作业一

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18春《英美文学选读》作业1-0001

When Robert Frost was 87, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President___
A:Bush
B:Kennedy
C:Clinton
D:Fort
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Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?
A:Religion and immortality
B:Life and death
C:Love and marriage
D:War and peace
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In the first part of the novel Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy has a （n） ______ of the Bennet family .
A:high opinion
B:great admiration
C:low opinion
D:erroneous view
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Robert Frost won___ Plitzer prices.
A:two
B:three
C:four
D:five
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The story of the Scarlet Letter is set in___
A:New York
B:England
C:Boston
D:Salt lake City
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Which of the following is a comedy?
A:King lear
B:Macbeth
C:Hamlet
D:The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of , poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.
A:bland verse
B:heroic couplet
C:free verse
D:iambic pentameter
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In Fitzgerald＇s The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is so show _______.
A:emptiness of life
B:the corruption of the upper class
C:contrast of the rich and the poor
D:the happy days of the Jazz Age
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In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ______ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.
A:Puritan
B:materialistic
C:psychological
D:religious
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Whitman＇s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ______ .
A:the strict poetic form
B:the free and natural rhythm
C:the easy flow of feelings
D:the simple and conversational language
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which of the following奥鹏教育北京语言大学平时在线作业 is NOT written by Dreiser?
A:Jennie Gerhardt
B:Go down, Moses
C:An American Tragedy
D:Sister Carrie
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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
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In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.
A:iamb
B:anapest
C:trochee
D:dactyl
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Jane Austen passed away when she was___
A:38
B:48
C:42
D:52
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Which of the following is taken from John Keats＇Ode to a Nightingale?
A:"Beauty is truth, truth beauty."
B:"Earth has not anything to show more fair."
C:"They are both gone up to the church to pray."
D:"was it a vision, or a waking dream?"
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The pen name Mark Twain means___
A:water
B:safe water
C:river
D:clear water
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Which of the following is a tragedy?
A:Antony and Cleopatra
B:Twelfth Night
C:Julius Caesar
D:Much ado about Nothing
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After reading the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, we may come to know that Mrs. Bennet is a woman of _______ .
A:simple character and quick wit
B:simple character and poor understanding
C:intricate character and quick wit
D:intricate character and poor understanding
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You may have meet the term "Yahoo" on internet, but you may also have met it in English literature .It is found in _____
A:John Bunyan＇s Pilgrim＇s Progress
B:Samuel Johnson＇s The Vanity of Human Wishes
C:Jonathan Swift＇s Gulliver＇s Travels
D:Henry Fielding＇s tom Jones
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What kind of girl is Dora?
A:pretty and clever
B:pretty and empty-headed
C:plain-looking and understading
D:lovely and clever
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