大学MOOC 英美诗歌名篇选读(西安财经大学)1462546181 最新慕课完整章节测试答案

Multiple-Choice Questions for Week 2 (William Shakespeare).

1、单选题：
‎ ‍How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write? (Reading aloud, 00:30-31)‍‎ ‍
选项：
A: 36.
B: 37.
C: 154.
D: 152
答案: 【 154.】

2、单选题：
‎What are the major themes of Shakespeare’s sonnets? (Reading aloud, 01:41-48)‎
选项：
A:  The theme of love.
B: The theme of marriage.
C: The theme of literature.
D:  All the three mentioned above.
答案: 【  All the three mentioned above.】

3、单选题：
‍What is the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18? (2.2. 01:25-33)‍
选项：
A: Sonnet 18 is a poem about the immortality through love.
B: Sonnet 18 is a poem about the immortality through literature.
C: Sonnet 18 is a poem about the immortality through marriage.
D: Sonnet 18 is a poem about the immortality through offspring.
答案: 【 Sonnet 18 is a poem about the immortality through literature. 】

4、单选题：
‌There is an ironic twist in the opening two lines of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18. What is it? ‎‌(2.2. 05:32-06:02)‎
选项：
A: The changeable weather in the summer in England makes its summer days a good comparison with his beloved.
B: The variable weather in the summer in England makes its summer days a good comparison with his beloved.
C: The unpredictable weather in the summer in England makes its summer days a good comparison with his beloved.
D: His beloved is more beautiful or more handsome than a summer’s day.
答案: 【 His beloved is more beautiful or more handsome than a summer’s day.】

5、单选题：
‍What is the figure of speech used in line 3 (Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May)?‍‍ (2.2. 07:17-08:10)‍
选项：
A: metaphor
B: simile
C: onomatopoeia
D: personification
答案: 【 onomatopoeia】

6、单选题：
‏ ‌What are the figures of speech used in line 4 (And summer’s lease hath all too short a date)?(2.2. 09:10-10:15)‌‏ ‌
选项：
A:  personification and metaphor    
B: simile and personification  
C: metaphor and onomatopoeia 
D:  onomatopoeia and personification
答案: 【  personification and metaphor    】

7、单选题：
‌‍What does “the eye of heaven” refer to in line 5 (Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines)? (2.2. 10:21-10:45)‌
选项：
A: The heavenly eye   
B: God’s eye
C: The sun   
D: The moon
答案: 【 The sun    】

8、单选题：
‎What does the two “this” refer to in the last line (So long lives this, and this gives life to thee)? ‌‎(2.2. 19:10:-19:23)‍‌
选项：
A:  This sonnet
B: This poet
C: The speaker “I”
D: This last line
答案: 【  This sonnet】

9、单选题：
​What is a sonnet? (2.3. 00:12-02:50)‌
选项：
A: A sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter.
B: A sonnet is a 14-line poem with its own rhyme schemes.
C: A sonnet is a 14-line poem written with its own logical and emotional organization.
D: A sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with its own rhyme schemes and its own logical and emotional organization.
答案: 【 A sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with its own rhyme schemes and its own logical and emotional organization.】

10、单选题：
​What is the rhyme scheme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18? (2.3. 02:32-02:50)‏
选项：
A: abba abba cdcdcd
B: abba abba cdecde
C: abab cdcd efef gg
D: abab bcbc cdcd ee
答案: 【 abab cdcd efef gg】

Multiple-Choice Questions for Week 3 (John Milton)

1、单选题：
‏What kind of poetry is John Milton’s Paradise Lost? (3.2 00:35-00:44)​
选项：
A: A sonnet
B: An epic
C: A lyric
D:  A dramatic poem
答案: 【 An epic】

2、单选题：
​It is said that Milton’s Sonnet 19 was written soon after he became totally blind and he had not become accustomed to a life in darkness. When was it written? (3.4. 00:05)‌
选项：
A: 1622.
B: 1532.
C: 1642.
D: ‍1652.
答案: 【 ‍1652.】

3、单选题：
‏What did Milton mean when he said in the opening line “When I consider how my light is spent”? What is the figure of speech used here in this line?  (3.4. 01:14-01:46)​
选项：
A: The “light” here in this poem is a good example of pun.
B: The “light” refers to Milton’s ability to see.
C: The “light” refers to Milton’s ability to write.
D: All the three answers mentioned above.
答案: 【 All the three answers mentioned above.】

4、单选题：
‏What are the figures of speech used in line 3 “And that one talent which is death to hide”?  (3.4. 02:28-07:33)​
选项：
A: Biblical allusion and metaphor.
B: Pun and personification.
C: Biblical allusion and pun.‍
D: Personification and onomatopoeia.
答案: 【 Biblical allusion and pun.‍】

5、单选题：
​Why does the turn of thought come in the middle of line 8 instead of the beginning of line 9?  (3.4. 13:10-14:10)‌
选项：
A: Milton makes a mistake in placing the turn of thought ahead of time in this sonnet of Italian style.‍
B:  Milton personifies Patience in line 8 so as to let him come a little bit earlier.
C: Patience is personified in line 8 so that he may appear a head of time in an Italian sonnet.
D: Even Patience becomes impatient and cannot wait till the beginning of line nine.
答案: 【 Even Patience becomes impatient and cannot wait till the beginning of line nine.】

6、单选题：
‍What does Milton mean when he said “who best/ Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best” in lines 10-11?    (3.4. 15:07-15:25)‎
选项：
A: Those who are most difficult to God’s will serve him best.
B: Those who work the hardest serve him best.
C: Those who are most obedient to God’s will serve him best.
D: They who bear his best yoke serve him best.
答案: 【 Those who are most obedient to God’s will serve him best.】

7、单选题：
‏What does the word “wait” refer to in the last line “They also serve who only stand and wait”?  (3.4. 16:51-17:42)‏
选项：
A: Stay in expectation and wait on the Lord.
B: Stay in idleness and have nothing to do.
C: Stay and wait for someone to come and help him.
D: Stay and wait for the Lord to come down and draw him up.
答案: 【 Stay in expectation and wait on the Lord.】

8、单选题：
‍The speaker in this sonnet searches for and finds a way to serve God acceptably. What kind of motif is this called?  (3.5. 00:56-01:16)​
选项：
A: A waiting motif
B: A motif of loneliness
C: A quest motif‍
D: A biblical motif‍
答案: 【 A quest motif‍】

9、单选题：
‏Why does the key verb “serve” appear three times in this sonnet?  (3.5. 01:46-02:18)​
选项：
A: To suggest that God requires service.
B: To suggest that God does not require service.
C:  To suggest that to be blind is Milton’s best way of service to God.‍
D: To suggest that Milton wants to provide the best service to God.
答案: 【 To suggest that God requires service.】

10、单选题：
‍What does the “Man’s first disobedience” mean in the opening of Milton’s Paradise Lost? (3.6. 02:32-02:46)​
选项：
A: It refers to Adam and Eve’s eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil which God forbade them to eat.
B: It refers to Adam and Eve’s eating the fruit of the tree of life which God forbade them to eat.
C: It refers to Adam and Eve’s eating the valuable fruit in the Garden of Eden which God forbade them to eat.
D: It refers to Adam and Eve’s eating the sweetest fruit in the Garden of Eden which God forbade them to eat.
答案: 【 It refers to Adam and Eve’s eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil which God forbade them to eat.】

11、单选题：
‍In Paradise Lost, Milton’s subject is “Man’s first disobedience” to God and the consequent loss of Eden. What does the word “fruit” suggest in the opening line? What is the figure of speech used?  (3.5. 01:35)‌
选项：
A:  The word “fruit” is an example of pun, which refers to the fruit itself but also suggests the “fruit” of sin, the consequent loss of Eden.
B:  The word “fruit” is an example of pun, which refers to the fruit itself but also suggests the beautiful Garden of Eden.
C: The word “fruit” is an example of pun