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