英语专业八级人文知识 第39讲

【练习】

1. Henry James’ novels are referred to as ___.
　　A novels of humor
　　B novels of criticism
　　C novels of manners
　　D novels of history

2. Henry James’ fame rested largely upon his handling of his major fictional theme, “the international theme”, which includes all the following but ___.
　　A the meeting of American and Europe
　　B American innocence in contact and contrast with European decadence
　　C the moral and psychological complications
　　D the nostalgic feeling of ancient Europe

3. In his whole writing career James was concerned with ___ which is at the center of his aesthetic of the novel.
　　A “point of wiew”
　　B “character”
　　C “plot”
　　D “theme”

4.  Most of William Dean Howells’s literary-aesthetic ideas are best elucidated in his ___.
　　A Aspects of fiction
　　B Philosophy of Composition
　　C Arts of Fiction
　　D Criticism and Fiction

5.  As a poet, Ezra Pound is best known for his active involvement in ___.
　　A the Beat Generation movement
　　B the radical political protests
　　C the poetic revolution
　　D the school of Naturalism

6. F. Scott Fitzgerald shows an interest in the spiritual predicament of ___ in his fiction.
　　A the working class people
　　B the upper class society
　　C the exiles in Paris
　　D intellectuals and artists

7. which of the following is NOT written by Theodore Dreiser?.
　　A The Genius
　　B The Titan
　　C Light in August
　　D Jennie Gerhardt

8.  Which of the Hemingway’s novels describe the drifting life of American exiles in Europe?
　　A The Sun Also Rises
　　B A Farewell to Arms
　　C For Whom the Bell Tolls
　　D The Old Man and the Sea

9. Which statement about Eugene O’Neill is NOT true?
　　A He was awarded the Nobel Prize
　　B He experimented with expressionism
　　C He has produced over 40 plays in his lifetime
　　D His later works are generally inferior in quality

10.  Apart form the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include ___, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.
　　A impressionism
　　B expressionism
　　C multiple points of view
　　D first person point of view