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随堂测验
1、【单选题】In the video clip, why is the blind man puzzled?
A、Because few people seem to be willing to help.
B、Because the reaction from the passers-by seems to have suddenly changed.
C、Because a lady lingers for too long a time around him.
D、Because somebody messes about with his cardboard sign.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】When Ezra Pound says that “great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree,” he probably means that _____.
A、great literature tends to be simple in language but deep in meaning
B、great literature would allow a lot of possible explanations
C、great literature is language made more dynamic and meaningful
D、great literature, unlike ordinary speech, uses rhetorical and artful language
随堂测验
1、【单选题】What is probably NOT TRUE of Mary, the main character in “Early Autumn”?
A、She misses the days of the past.
B、She still loves Bill.
C、She works to keep a family of three children.
D、She is satisfied with her life and job in New York.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】When we say that the first paragraph foreshadows the body of the short story, we mean that it_____.
A、prepares the reader for the later event
B、casts a dark shadow over the story
C、shapes the structure of the story development
D、gives a signal that something great is to occur
Unit 1 测验
1、【单选题】The words on the cardboard “I’m blind, Please help” do not seem to draw much attention because _____.
A、people tend to ignore such familiar street side scenes
B、the language is too simple, and not eye-catching
C、the words have a commanding air that annoys people
D、the demand for help is not direct and strong enough
2、【单选题】Ezra Pound has made another comment that literature is “news that stays news.” This probably means _____.
A、that literary writing will not go out of date
B、that literature always concerns itself with social issues
C、that literature remains to be readers’ favorite choice
D、that literature repeatedly occurs in news headlines
3、【单选题】Which of the following adjectives can probably best describe Bill’s attitude?
A、Emotional.
B、Indifferent.
C、Puzzled.
D、Hopeful.
4、【单选题】All the following statements give proper summaries of some aspect of the short story “Early Autumn” except one. Which is the EXCEPTION?
A、It is minimalistic in style.
B、It has some poetic quality.
C、It resorts to “slice of life” method of presentation.
D、It is a good lesson for young people.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following statements about the author-narrator relationship is true?
A、The narrator is a character who tells the author’s story.
B、The narrator shares the author’s viewpoint.
C、The author and the narrator are actually the same person.
D、The author is not the same as the narrator.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】In a short story the role of the narrator is of vital importance because _____.
A、he represents the author
B、he chooses materials to form a story
C、he determines the story’s point of view
D、he is the focus of a short story
随堂测验
1、【单选题】What description does NOT suit Frank Sargeson as a writer?
A、He concerned himself about social problems and was a writer on the left.
B、His reputation chiefly comes from his short stories.
C、He is one of the main contributors to New Zealand national literature.
D、He is a prolific writer of novels, short stories and poems.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】The language of the short story has all the following characteristics except one. Which is the EXCEPTION?
A、It is unaffected and informal.
B、It has the rhythms of common speech.
C、It is poetic and highly rhetorical.
D、Ti fits the narrator nicely in his presentation.
Unit 2 测验
1、【单选题】Which one of the following statements describes an “implied author”?
A、The implied author is the story writer.
B、The implied author is an image the reader gets from the written work.
C、The implied author is the real author’s “another self.”
D、The implied author is an alternative term for “narrator.”
2、【单选题】Which statement about the “naïve narrator” is NOT generally accepted?
A、A naïve narrator creates a special literary effect.
B、A naïve narrator usually supplies reliable details.
C、A naïve narrator does not have a full understanding of the story.
D、A naïve narrator distorts the meaning of the story.
3、【单选题】Which one of the following characteristics is NOT a proper description of “A Piece of Yellow Soap.”
A、It is a “slice-of-life” type of writing.
B、It explores the depth of mind of the characters.
C、The story is told superficially by a naïve narrator.
D、It has distinctive features of a new writing style.
4、【单选题】The two levels of understandings, the surface level and the deep level, are made more manifest by the author’s use of a naïve narrator. What advantage does this way of narration have?
A、The story is thus made more complicated.
B、The author’s voice is more forcefully presented.
C、Readers would more likely be drawn into the story.
D、The hidden meaning is thus unexpectedly revealed to the reader.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following examples about hero or an anti-hero is NOT TRUE?
A、Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, a character capable of heroic deeds, is properly called a hero.
B、Ah Q in Lu Xun's "The True Story of Ah Q" is an anti-hero.
C、The subtitle of Vanity Fair “A Novel Without a Hero” indicates that there is no main character in the story.
D、In 20th-century literature, most protagonist are likely to be anti-heros.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】According to Mansfield, why did she leave New Zealand in 1908?
A、To make a fortune.
B、To pursue love.
C、To search for better intellectual environment.
D、To escape from the religious environment of home.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】What is probably UNTRUE of Miss Brill and her fur piece?
A、Neither of them is in good physical condition.
B、Both of them live in a small but cozy place.
C、Both of them are full of hope and long for adventure at the beginning.
D、Both of them are rejected by others and have to retreat to their dark, small world.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following statements does NOT give a correct description of Miss Brill?
A、Miss Brill is a divorced aging woman.
B、Miss Brill lives alone in a foreign country.
C、Miss Brill works as an English teacher and a care worker.
D、Miss Brill visits the park every Sunday.
Unit 3 测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following statements about character types is NOT TRUE?
A、A round character grows and changes in a story.
B、A round character is often constructed around one quality.
C、A flat character is called two-dimensional character.
D、A flat character remains the same in a story and is recognized easily.
2、【单选题】Which statement about Mansfield’s connection with Xu Zhimo is NOT TRUE?
A、Mansfield met with Xu Zhimo in London in 1922.
B、Xu translated Mansfield’s best short story collection Garden Party and Other Stories into Chinese.
C、Xu wrote a poem celebrating the beauty and manners of Mansfield after her death.
D、The literary engagement between the two writers was said to have helped set the course for the modern Chinese short story.
3、【单选题】Which of the following adjectives could NOT be used to describe Miss Brills’ feelings when, at last, she decides to put the fur back in its box?
A、Ashamed.
B、Confused.
C、Bitter.
D、Frustrated.
4、【单选题】Miss Brill goes to the park regularly. Why?
A、To meet friends.
B、To enjoy the band music.
C、To show off her fur.
D、To maintain contacts with the world.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following could NOT be one of the dimensions of setting: _____.
A、the locale
B、the story line
C、the social circumstances
D、the historical time
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Selzer’s short stories about the sick and diseased have introduced a new way of writing called ______, which is the writing by medical professionals, who share humanity in their professional experiences.
A、medical arts
B、medical humanity
C、healing literature
D、artistic physiology
随堂测验
1、【单选题】By whom is the story narrated?
A、The patient.
B、The nurse.
C、The doctor.
D、An unidentified omniscient narrator.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】What description of the hospital ward is true?
A、There are only the bed, a chair, a nightstand, a tray and little else.
B、There are get-well cards, food, slippers and flowers.
C、There are frequent visitors – family members and friends.
D、There is window that gives a view to the outside world.
Unit 4 测验
1、【单选题】The term “setting” and “background” are both translated into Chinese as “背景”. Which is a more proper definition about “setting”?
A、It refers to the setup of the structure of a story.
B、It is the same as the background of the story.
C、It can help create the mood of the story.
D、It introduces the theme of the story.
2、【单选题】“The Discus Thrower” was first published in 1979 in______, a collection of short stories.
A、Ritual of Surgery
B、Taking the World in for Repair
C、The Doctor Stories
D、Confessions of a Knife
3、【单选题】In the short conversation, we hear the patient’s demand for shoes. Why does he still want his shoes since he has no legs?
A、He wants to keep the doctor and the nurse busy.
B、He is lonely and wants conversation.
C、He does not want anybody to mess with his things.
D、He is not yet psychologically ready to accept the state of things.
4、【单选题】How does the setting of the story make you feel?
A、It is a well-equipped hospital.
B、It is clean and pleasant looking.
C、The ward is like a confinement cut off from the outside world.
D、There are few human activities in the ward.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following statements about “story” as a literary term is NOT TRUE?
A、The story is a narration of the temporal order of what happens.
B、The story emphasizes the reordering and reorganization of events.
C、Time sequence characterizes a story.
D、A story provides an answer to “What then?”
随堂测验
1、【单选题】The most striking feature of regional stories is______.
A、the theme
B、the plot
C、the setting
D、the narrator
随堂测验
1、【单选题】What is probably UNTRUE of Sylvia and her life?
A、She is nine years old.
B、She is born in the woods.
C、She enjoys her life with Mrs. Tilley in a secluded farm.
D、Mistress Moolly is the girl’s loyal companion.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following statements about conflicts in the story is NOT TRUE?
A、The external conflict is indicated by the opposition between the man and the bird.
B、The external conflict is indicated by the opposition between Sylvia and the bird.
C、The internal conflict inside Sylvia’s mind is whether or not to tell the secret of the white heron to the man.
D、The internal conflict within Sylvia is a choice between life in the woods and in the city.
Unit 5 测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following statements about “plot” as a literary term is NOT TRUE?
A、It is the plan or patterning of evens in a narrative.
B、The plot is a narrative of events arranged in time sequence.
C、The plot emphasizes relationships of cause and effect.
D、The plot provides an answer to “Why so”?
2、【单选题】“A White Heron” is set in ______.
A、the Western frontiers
B、the coastal towns of Maine
C、an imagined mysterious land
D、the Maine woods
3、【单选题】Which of the following statements does NOT give a correct description of the man in the short story?
A、The man is a handsome young ornithologist （鸟类学家）.
B、The man carries a gun and a heavy sack full of dead birds.
C、Throughout the story, the man appears to be assertive, aggressive, and arrogant.
D、The man is eager to collect a white heron.
4、【单选题】The story reaches its climax when ______.
A、the man describes the bird and Sylvia recognizes it
B、Sylvia accompanies the man on a ramble through the woods
C、the man offers Sylvia 10 dollars for the bird
D、Sylvia climbs a huge pine tree and finds the white heron nest
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Generally speaking, irony has the following functions EXCEPT ______.
A、creating humor
B、adding an element of surprise to a story
C、developing a story's theme
D、complicating the plot
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following facts is NOT TRUE about Kate Chopin's life?
A、She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1850.
B、She spent her childhood among women.
C、She focused her writing on love, marriage, women, and independence.
D、She was never married in her life.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE about “The Story of an Hour”?
A、The whole story happens in one hour.
B、Louise Mallard’s husband dies in a train accident.
C、Louise Mallard is soon ready to embrace her future prospect.
D、The Mallard couple are not really in bad relationship.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following statement is NOT relevant to the themes of “The Story of an Hour”?
A、Man's selfishness breeds a system of unfairness.
B、Independence is a forbidden pleasure for women.
C、Marriage is an oppressive institution for women in the 19th century.
D、A woman who endures the yoke of marriage still has secret desire for freedom.
Unit 6 测验
1、【单选题】A math teacher forgot simple addition. This is an example of ______.
A、verbal irony
B、situational irony
C、dramatic irony
D、none of the above
2、【单选题】In 1899, Chopin published her second novel, _____. It is her most famous novel.
A、The Awakening
B、At Fault
C、Bayfolk
D、The Night in Acadie
3、【单选题】What do the views, the scents and the sounds outside the open window symbolize?
A、freedom
B、hope
C、new life
D、all of the above
4、【单选题】Mrs. Mallard's reaction to her husband's death is an example of _____ .
A、verbal irony
B、dramatic irony
C、situational irony
D、both dramatic and situational irony
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following statements about “metaphor” and “symbol” is NOT TRUE?
A、Metaphor always establishes a one-to-one correspondence.
B、Metaphor is an implicit form of comparisons between two things.
C、Symbol is arbitrary.
D、A symbol always has many meanings.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following works is NOT written by Joyce?
A、Dubliners.
B、A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
C、Ulysses.
D、The Awakening.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which adjective is NOT a proper description of the style of the short story “Araby”?
A、Dreamlike.
B、Poetic.
C、Matter-of-fact.
D、Sentimental.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following statements about the symbolism of darkness is NOT TRUE?
A、The boy's world is dark, blind and bleak.
B、The boy is blind in love.
C、Darkness is symbolic of the boy's ignorance and failure.
D、Darkness symbolizes the mysterious attraction of Mangan's sister.
Unit 7 测验
1、【单选题】Symbol functions well in a literary work because it could ______.
A、add humor
B、give twists and turns to the story
C、add depth and subtlety to meanings
D、produce a mysterious atmosphere
2、【单选题】According to Joyce, the major problem of Ireland is ______.
A、British colonization.
B、Paralysis.
C、The Great Famine.
D、Corruption of Catholic church.
3、【单选题】Which adjective is NOT a proper description of the life in North Richmond Street?
A、Unpleasant.
B、Grim.
C、Unconventional.
D、Stultifying.
4、【单选题】Why does the boy want to go to the bazaar, or the “Araby,” so desperately?
A、He wants to find some romantic fulfillment.
B、He wants to see exotic and exciting things.
C、He wants to have some new experience.
D、He wants to “do something” for the girl.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A、Romanticism is a term often used to describe the literary movement that took place in Europe and America approximately from the late 18th century to the mid 19th century.
B、Romanticism tends to see the individual at the very center of all life and experience.
C、In Romantic theory, art is valuable not so much as a mirror of the outside world, but as a source of illumination of the world within.
D、Romanticism is related to things romantic, such as love.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】If you think that “The Lady, or the Tiger” is a piece of work typically romantic in its characteristics, which of the following descriptions is NOT relevant?
A、Its bold imagination, mythical setting, exotic characters and bizarre plotting.
B、Its focus on the author’s expression rather than a faithful reflection of the reality.
C、Its exploration of the deeper side of human nature which is often the battlefield of the conflicts between reason and desire.
D、Its description of love relationship between two so different in social stations.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE of the king?
A、He is semi-barbaric, but influenced by more civilized neighboring countries.
B、He is full of fantastic ideas in ruling the kingdom.
C、Once his mind is made up, he puts the idea into practice.
D、He is determined to kill the man who dares to love his daughter.
随堂测验
1、【单选题】Stockton spent his childhood in an age when tall tale was the most popular genre of American literature. A tall tale is _____.
A、a long story about the American frontiers or cowboys
B、a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual
C、a story with intricate plot and a fairytale-like ending
D、a story presented in refined language of the upper class
Unit 8 测验
1、【单选题】Romantic literature has all the following features except one. Which is the EXCEPTION?
A、It is more interested in individual emotions.
B、It often celebrates nature as having healing power.
C、It aims at rational and objective representation.
D、It prefers things natural, primitive and spontaneous.
2、【单选题】Which of the following statements about “The Lady, or the Tiger” is true?
A、As soon as it was published in 1882, it became a great success.
B、It was not well received when it was first published but enjoyed a critical revival later.
C、It met with early success but lost its attraction in the twentieth century.
D、It is based on the real story that happened in ancient Turkey.
3、【单选题】In the short story the king is a man of conflicting nature. What does the character represent?
A、He represents the unstability of ancient society.
B、He represents the mixture of a judicial justice and absolute power.
C、He represents conflicts between barbarism and civilization.
D、He represents a judicial system that fails to function.
4、【单选题】Which of the following statements is a more reasonable comment on the story?
A、Much of the story is about the princess’ reflections and psychological struggles.
B、Much of the story is about whether the king’s penal system would work.
C、The young courtier put in the trial occupies the central importance.
D、The tiger represents violence that destroys justice.
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