大学MOOC 英美文学史及原著选读（1）(浙江财经大学)1453096175 最新慕课完整章节测试答案

quizforweek10-12

1、单选题：
‎Written in 1837-38, ______ tells the story of an orphan boy, whose adventures provide material for a description of the lower depths of London. ‏
选项：
A: Nicholas Nickleby
B: David Copperfield
C: Oliver Twist
D: A Tale of Two Cities
答案: 【 Oliver Twist】

2、单选题：
‏_____ is a literary trend in nineteenth century and it also refers to a way of writing which presents life as it really is. ‍
选项：
A: Naturalism 
B: Realism
C: Modernism
D: Neoclassicism
答案: 【 Realism】

3、单选题：
​Victorian dramatist and novelist ______ believed that art had nothing to do with morality, but should exist for its own sake. Art was independent of life. Art was not the reflection of nature but rather nature was created by art.  ‍
选项：
A: Oscar Wilde
B: Thomas Hardy
C: George Bernard Shaw
D: William M. Thackeray
答案: 【 Oscar Wilde】

4、单选题：
​_____ accepts the theory of “survival of the fittest” and believes in pessimistic determinism.‏
选项：
A: Modernism
B: Realism
C: Naturalism
D: Neoclassicism
答案: 【 Naturalism】

5、单选题：
‏______ believes that man’s fate is predetermined tragic, driven by a combined force of “nature”, both inside and outside. ‏
选项：
A: Charles Dickens
B: Thomas Hardy
C:  George Bernard Shaw
D: T.S. Eliot
答案: 【 Thomas Hardy】

6、单选题：
‏“He rose from the table; and advancing to the master, basin and spoon in hand, said: somewhat alarmed at his own temerity: ‘Please, sir, I want some more.’” This takes from______. ​
选项：
A: Oliver Twist
B: A Tale of Two Cities
C: Jane Eyre
D: Tess of D’Urbervilles
答案: 【 Oliver Twist】

7、单选题：
​Most of George Bernard Shaw’s plays are concerned with political, economic, moral, or religious problems, so they are often termed as _____. ​
选项：
A: the comedies of manners
B: problem plays
C: tragic plays
D: hero plays
答案: 【 problem plays】

8、单选题：
‍Written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902, ______ is about a former prostitute, now a madam and brothel proprietor, who attempts to come to terms with her disapproving daughter, illustrating Shaw's belief that the act of prostitution was not caused by moral failure but by economic necessity. ‎
选项：
A: Widower’s House
B: Pygmalion
C: Mrs. Warren's Profession
D: The Happy Prince and Other Tales
答案: 【 Mrs. Warren's Profession】

9、单选题：
‌______ attracted criticism for its sympathetic portrayal of a "fallen woman" and was initially refused publication. Its subtitle, A Pure Woman: Faithfully Presented, was intended to raise the eyebrows of the Victorian middle classes.  ​
选项：
A: Mrs. Warren's Profession
B: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
C: Jane Eyre
D: Pygmalion
答案: 【 Tess of the d'Urbervilles】

10、单选题：
‌In The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde followed the tradition of ____ of the 18th century. ​
选项：
A: the comedy of manners
B: problem plays
C: romantic comedy
D: tragicomedy
答案: 【 the comedy of manners】

11、单选题：
‍In Chapter 5 of _____, it describes the scene that a cask of wine is broke in the street. People rush in to drink every drop of it. In order not to waste the wine, they even take away the mud together with the wine. They celebrate it as if it were a holiday.‎
选项：
A: A Tale of Two Cities
B: Widower’s House
C: Bleak House
D: The Return of the Native
答案: 【 A Tale of Two Cities】

12、单选题：
‌Pygmalion, one of _____'s most famous plays, was probably his most popular play.‎
选项：
A: Charles Dickens
B: Thomas Hardy
C: George Bernard Shaw
D: T.S. Eliot
答案: 【 George Bernard Shaw】

13、单选题：
‏The Return of the Native is written by ____.‌
选项：
A: Charles Dickens
B: Thomas Hardy
C: George Bernard Shaw
D: Oscar Wilde
答案: 【 Thomas Hardy】

14、单选题：
​______ is the most successful novel by Thackeray, which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars.‍
选项：
A: Vanity Fair
B: The Return of the Native
C: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
D: A Tale of Two Cities
答案: 【 Vanity Fair】

15、单选题：
​______ has a famous opening sentence: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way…”‌
选项：
A: Oliver Twist
B: A Tale of Two Cities
C: Great Expectation
D: David Copperfield
答案: 【 A Tale of Two Cities】

quizforweek9

1、单选题：
​Which of the following poet is NOT a major one in Victorian age?‌
选项：
A: Lord Alfred Tennyson
B: Robert Browning
C: Matthew Arnold
D: Lord Byron
答案: 【 Lord Byron】

2、单选题：
​Victorian poets wrote poems with more social concerns and have assumed a more _______ and realistic attitudes towards nature and human life.‏
选项：
A: rational
B: ironic
C: comic
D: optimistic
答案: 【 rational】

3、单选题：
‏In 1847, The Princess was published, which was a satire on _______’s education.‍
选项：
A: a royal member
B: princess
C: women
D: men
答案: 【 women】

4、单选题：
‎“Ulysses” is written in the form of ________ and has been called the first true dramatic monologue.​
选项：
A: sonnet
B: blank verse
C: couplet
D: ballad
答案: 【 blank verse】

5、单选题：
‌In Memoriam is a long ________ recording the emotional, religious and intellectual changes of the poet during the 17 years after the death of his close friend Hallam.‏
选项：
A: elegy
B: sonnet
C: ode
D: romance
答案: 【 elegy】

6、单选题：
‎Which of the following work recounts Arthur’s attempt and failure to lift up mankind and create a perfect kingdom, from his coming to power to his death?‏
选项：
A: Idylls of the King
B: Maud
C: The Princess
D: “Ulysses”
答案: 【 Idylls of the King】

7、单选题：
‎ In what mood is the speaker talking to the sea in the poem “Break, Break, Break”?​
选项：
A: pessimistic
B: indifferent
C: melancholy
D: resentful
答案: 【 melancholy】

8、单选题：
‍Why do lines 5 - 10 provide a joyful picture in the poem “Break, Break, Break”?​
选项：
A: For comparison.
B: For contrast.
C: For analogy.
D: As a simile.
答案: 【 For contrast.】

9、单选题：
​The poem “Crossing the Bar” describes the poet _______ attitude toward death.​
选项：
A: horrified
B: placid
C: panic
D: indifferent
答案: 【 placid】

10、单选题：
‎Which of the following is NOT an image connotating death in the poem “Crossing the Bar”?‎
选项：
A: Sunset.
B: Evening star.
C: Twilight. 
D: Moving tide.
答案: 【 Moving tide.】

11、单选题：
​As for the title of the poem “Crossing the Bar”, what figure of speech is employed?‎
选项：
A: Metaphor.
B: Simile.
C: Analogy.
D: Hyperbole.
答案: 【 Metaphor.】

12、单选题：
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