20春-文学导论-黄芝-1(苏州大学) 中国大学mooc慕课答案2024版 m80472

Chapter 1 Fiction Test for Chapter 1 Fiction

1、 In a traditional structure of a plot, what occurs when events and complications begin to resolve?

A: conflict
B:rising action
C:climax
D:falling action
答案: falling action 

2、 What is the climax of the short story Charlotte Perkins “The Yellow Wallpaper”?

A:The narrator appeal to spend her time writing and socializing gets overruled by the husband
B:The narrator strips off all the wallpaper in her room.
C:The wallpaper freaks out the narrator, and she imagines a woman trapped within the paper.
D:John attempts to find out what his wife is up to.
答案: The narrator strips off all the wallpaper in her room.

3、 What has lead to Gabriel’s final epiphany in “The Dead”?

A:Lily’s refusal of a tip: Gabriel’s failure as a gentleman
B: Miss Ivors’ use of the abusive term “West Briton”: Gabriel’s failure as a gentleman
C:Gretta’s withdrawal into the past and her revelation about her old lover
D:Gabriel’s failure at his after-dinner speech
答案: Gretta’s withdrawal into the past and her revelation about her old lover

4、 What is theme in literature?

A:The underlying message of a work.
B:What critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in his/her work.
C:It holds belief, or idea, transcends cultural barriers and is usually universal in nature.
D:A piece of literary writing can have only one theme.
答案: The underlying message of a work.;
What critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in his/her work.;
It holds belief, or idea, transcends cultural barriers and is usually universal in nature. 

5、 Which of the following can be regarded as a theme statement?

A:The theme of “The Egg” might be “Disillusionment is necessary to the process of maturing”.
B:Disillusionment and psychological paralysis in “The Dead”.
C:Bernard Shaw might suggest in his Widowers’ Houses that “Even the most idealistic young man must compromise his principles”
D: The protagonist Gabriel suffered a psychological breakdown in the end of the story.
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”

6、 What’s true about Phoenix’s trip in “A Worn Path”?

A:It is an annual visit to Natchez, walking for half a day in December to reach the medical clinic to get soothing medicine for her grandson.
B:Despite the difficulty of her trip, she enjoys her adventure.
C:Phoenix has made the journey enough times that her path to Natchez seems a worn path.
D:When she gets to the clinic, she is offered a nickel, with which she buy medicine for her grandson.
答案: Despite the difficulty of her trip, she enjoys her adventure.;
Phoenix has made the journey enough times that her path to Natchez seems a worn path.

7、 What are the father’s personal experiences associated with eggs in Sherwood Anderson’s “The Eggs”?

A:nurturing eggs in the farm
B:serving eggs in the restaurant
C: entertaining the guests with eggs at the restaurant
D:destroying the eggs then he failed in the Columbus trickery
答案: nurturing eggs in the farm ;
serving eggs in the restaurant ;
entertaining the guests with eggs at the restaurant

8、 What are the general prose characteristics of Hemingway’s “In Another Country”?

A: precise and compact
B:full of verbs but short of adjectives and adverbs
C:minimal use of subordinate clauses
D: use plain and straightforward style
答案:  precise and compact ;
full of verbs but short of adjectives and adverbs;
minimal use of subordinate clauses;
use plain and straightforward style

9、 Which of the following is true about the “External Narrator”?

A:can be a character in the story
B: a disembodied “voice” the writer creates to tell the story from outside
C:tells the story in the third person
D: characters and events is filtered through the narrator’s consciousness alone
答案: can be a character in the story;
a disembodied “voice” the writer creates to tell the story from outside;
tells the story in the third person 

10、 What are the two kinds of narrative structure in general?

A:Linear/Chronological order.
B: Non-Linear/ Achronological
C:First-Person Narrative
D: Third-Person Narrative
答案: Linear/Chronological order. ;
Non-Linear/ Achronological

11、 Which of the following statements about characters is true?

A:A flat character is two-dimensional and incapable of surprising the reader.
B:Conventionally, characters in fiction can be classifies as major and minor.
C: major characters are often round characters
D:antagonists are minor characters, so they are often flat characters.
答案: A flat character is two-dimensional and incapable of surprising the reader.;
Conventionally, characters in fiction can be classifies as major and minor.;
major characters are often round characters

12、 Which of the following can be regarded as “stock characters”?

A:the femme fatale
B: the mad scientist
C:geeky boy with glasses
D:an aggressive Asian
答案: the femme fatale ;
the mad scientist;
geeky boy with glasses 

13、 What are important symbolic images used by James Joyce to present the theme of the story?

A:windows
B:dusk and nighttime
C:food
D: snow
答案: windows ;
dusk and nighttime;
food;
snow

14、 What’s true about Gabriel in “The Dead”?

A: He loves his country and is proud of its culture.
B: His character is shaped by frustration, rancor, and disappointment.
C:He finds no genuine joy or pleasure in life.
D:He is obsessed with the past
答案:  His character is shaped by frustration, rancor, and disappointment.;
He is obsessed with the past 

15、 What’s true about Estelle in Margaret Atwood’s “Rape Fantasies”?

A: she is the narrator of the story
B:she starts the discussion on “Rape Fantasie”
C:she is the only thoroughly developed character
D:Her constant observations about the other women and their conversation tells much more about herself than the other characters
答案:  she is the narrator of the story;
she is the only thoroughly developed character ;
Her constant observations about the other women and their conversation tells much more about herself than the other characters 

16、 Literature as writing is “imaginative” or fictive, as opposed to factual, true, or historical.

A:正确
B:错误
答案: 错误

17、 Style is concerned not with “what to say” but “how to say it”.

A:正确
B:错误
答案: 正确

Chapter Two Drama Test for Chapter 2 Drama

1、 Traditionally, it is believed that a man named ___ invented tragedy.

A:Sophocles
B:Aeschylus
C:Thespis
D:——
答案: Thespis

2、 Why are Oberon (king of the fairies) and Titania (his queen) estranged?

A:Because the Indian changeling may be Oberon’s love child.
B:Because the Indian boy is Titania’s illegal child.
C:Because they have different opinions of the Duke’s wedding.
D:Because they are jealous of each other.
答案: Because the Indian changeling may be Oberon’s love child.

3、 As what did Bernard Shaw use his plays?

A:Vehicles to disseminate his ideas
B:Signs of his devotion to Henrik Ibsen
C:Pamphlets for the Fabian Society
D:Literary interpretations of Marxism
答案: Vehicles to disseminate his ideas 

4、 Of the following plays, which is not a typical absurdist one?

A:The Zoo Story by E. Albee
B:The Chairs by E. Ionesco
C:The Birthday Party by H. Pinter
D:The Airy Ape by E. O’Neill
答案: The Airy Ape by E. O’Neill 

5、 What is Lucky’s “thinking” like?

A:A long-winded and disjointed monologue
B:A dramatic monologue
C:An emotional and encouraging speech
D: A quiet murmur
答案: A long-winded and disjointed monologue

6、 ____ is the reasoning aspect of drama.

A:Diction
B:Thought
C:Spectacle
D:——
答案: Thought

7、 What seems to be the axis around which the plot conflicts occur?

A:The world’s dreaminess
B:The blurring of identities
C:The flower juice
D:The fairyland
答案: The blurring of identities

8、 . In what is the theme of love presented?

A:Carnivalesque
B:realism
C:optimism
D:fantasy
答案: Carnivalesque 

9、 What type of woman is Vivie?

A:A traditional woman in most aspects
B:A New Woman in some aspects
C:A radical feminist
D:An angel in the house
答案: A New Woman in some aspects

10、 Which group does Mrs. Warren’s Profession belong to?

A:Plays for Puritans
B:Plays for Fabians
C:Plays Pleasant
D:Plays Unpleasant
答案: Plays Unpleasant

11、 Which is not a general characteristic of the “theatre of the absurd”?

A:Hopeless situations in which to do repetitive or meaningless actions;
B:Tragedy often ending with death;
C:Dialogue full of clichés, word play and nonsense;
D:Plots cyclical or absurdly expansive;
答案: Tragedy often ending with death;

12、 To what does Waiting for Godot owe part of its success?

A:The linear plot
B:The coherent language
C:The mysterious Godot
D:The characterization of tramps
答案: The mysterious Godot 

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