英美文学选读 习题3.doc

【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分 [1] ??H. L. Mencken, a famous American critic, considered ______ “the true father of our national literature. ”? A Hamlin Garland B Joseph Kirkland C Mark Twain D Henry James 答： 答案： B 【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分 [2] Why are naturalists inevitably pessimistic in their view? 答： 答案： ?The negative influence comes from ?Darwins theory of evolution, belief in mans instinct|environment and other social and economic forces|determinism. 【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分 [3] ? But it seemed that both his audacity and his respect were lost on Miss Daisy Miller. ‘I guess mother wouldn’t go—for you,’ she smiled. ‘And she ain’t much bent on going, anyway. She don’t like to ride round in the afternoon.’ After which she familiarly proceeded: ‘But did you really mean what you said just now—that you’d like to go up there?’ Most earnestly I meant it, Winterbourne declared. A. Identify the author and the work. ?B. Where are they going to visit？ 答： 答案： Henry James, Daisy Miller, visit an old castle 【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分 [4] Nigger Jeff, Old Rogaum and His Theresa are all _____ by Dreiser. A A. novels B B. novellas C C. plays D D. short stories 答： 答案： D 【题型：简答】【分数：4分】 得分：0分 [5] The white whale, Moby Dick is endowed with symbolic meaning. What do you think? it symbolizes? 答： 答案： To Ahab, the whale is an evil creature or the agent of an evil force that controls the universe. To Ishmael, the whale is an astonishing force, an immense power, which defies rational explanation due to a sense of mystery it carries. It is beautiful, but malignant at the same time. To the reader, it may be regarded as a symbol of nature or an instrument of Gods vengeance upon evil man. 【题型：阅读】【分数：4分】 得分：0分 [6] Then where are our relatives? My father? Our family friends? You claim the rights of a mother: the right to call me fool and child; to speak to me as no woman in authority over me at college dare speak to me; to dictate my way of life; and to force on me the acquaintance of a brute whom anyone c