- The eradication of Dracula can be a symbol of castration. （ )
- Which one of the following best describes the character of Nick? ( )
- Which one of the following is a constant theme of The Great Gatsby? ( )
- Fitzgerald won the Nobel Prize of Literature for The Great Gatsby. （ )
- Which one of the following might be a possible interpretation of the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg? ( )
- Which of the following is wrong about Myrtle Wilson? ( )
- What's the similarity shared by The Great Gatsby and Dubliners? ( )
- Why does Gatsby always get phone calls? ( )
- Why does James Gatz change his name into Jay Gatsby? ( )
- Fitzgerald considered all the following titles for the novel The Great Gatsby except ( )?
- In Heart of Darkness, Conrad reveals that there is little difference between so-called civilized people and savages and the evil in human heart is but a thought. ( ）
- Which of the following ideas is not conveyed in Heart of Darkness? ( )
- In the end, Marlow kind of respected Kurtz because he understood that Kurtz finally realized the reason for his death and the eventual tragedy. （ )
- There are many difficult, rarely-used and enigmatic words in Heart of Darkness which are completely attributed to the author’s identity as a non-native English speaker. （ )
- Which of the following is not a feature of Heart of Darkness? （ )
- Herman Melville’s personal experience has important influence on his creation. For example, sailor Billy Budd was inspired by his previous career of sailing, and his dislike to write in the way other people wrote is pretty much like Bartleby’s refusal of copying. （ )
- Which of the following was not written by Herman Melville? （ )
- Which of the following counterparts is principally presented in Billy Budd? ( )
- What does "The horror! The horror!" imply? ( )
- There are explicit descriptions of attraction to the same sex in "The Blind Man" and "A Painful Case". （ )
- D. H. Lawrence’s collective works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization. （ )
- What elements in D. H. Lawrence’s works are condemned as “taboos” of literature? ( )
- Why did D. H. Lawrence have a bad reputation throughout his life? ( )
- In Dubliners, the paralysis of local people’s spiritual life is principally interpreted in terms of religion, politics, emotion and psychology. （ )
- Which of the following is NOT the reason why James Joyce can be regarded as "political" in Dubliners? ( )
- What might be the principal intention of political writing? ( )
- Which of following elements is NOT contained in Dubliners? ( )
- James Joyce portrayed moments of extreme personal crisis and intense personal reflections in Dubliners. （ )
- What is the constant theme of Dubliners? ( )
- Which of the following is an embodiment of spiritual paralysis in Joyce’s Dubliners? ( )
- In the short story "Two Gallants", Corey holds up the coin like a knight who has found the grail. What might be the best interpretation? ( )
- What might be a possible explanation to D. H. Lawrence's sexual descriptions? ( )
- Which of the following could be interpreted as Bartleby’s resistance? ( )
- Dorian embraces the philosophy of Basil Hallward. ( )
- What is the most important thing of Sibyl Vane that attracts Dorian? ( )
- Dorian has to travel all around to conceal the fact that he is not growing old. ( )
- Mrs. Vane embraces the idea of Dorian marrying her daughter because of the interest she has in his wealth. ( )
- The portrait is the representation of Dorian's soul; as Dorian becomes evil, the portrait becomes ugly. ( )
- Alan Campbell is happy to help Dorian deal with Basil's body. ( )
- Hallward refuses to exhibit the portrait because he is afraid that the audience would notice his love for Dorian. ( )
- What happens when Dorian attempts to drive a knife into his portrait? ( )
- What is Dorian interested in? ( )
- Why does Dorian keep silent when Hallward shows him his portrait for the first time? ( )
- Which of the following description about the house and landscape is incorrect?（ )
- At the end the story, the identity of the narrator is finally given.（ ）
- Madeline tries to kill the narrator in the end for revenge.（ ）
- According to the narrator, what kind of person is Roderick Usher? ( )
- Which of the following is not a theme of the story "The Fall of the House of Usher"? ( )
- The narrator’s description indicates an incestuous relationship not only between Roderick and his sister but also in the entire Usher family.（ ）
- Which of the following statements is correct?（ )
- Which of the following can be the Gothic element in the story "The Fall of the House of Usher"? ( )
- Roderick suffers from a hereditary disease.（ ）
- Like many other characters in Edgar Allen Poe’s stories, what Roderick Usher and Poe have in common is their hypersensitivity.（ ）
- In the novel, Dracula is a figure of many interpretations except ( ) .
- Prostitution was legal in Victorian Britain. ( )
- Which description below about Jonathan Harker is incorrect? ( )
- The character Van Helsing is ( ).
- "Then the beautiful eyes of the fair women open and look love, and the voluptuous mouth present to a kiss - and man is weak." Which interpretation of the sentence is correct? ( )
- Which of the following descriptions about Dracula is incorrect? ( )
- One of Stoker’s intentions in writing Dracula was to help avoid the collapse of Victorian society. He fought against it using the following methods except ( ).
- There is a strong misogynist current in the novel Dracula. ( )
- Stoker manages to hide sexuality by using non-existent creatures like vampires in Dracula. ( )
- Which of the following is NOT a feature of Bram Stoker's Dracula? ( )
- Which collocation below is correct? ( )
- What does the "east egg" stand for in the novel The Great Gatsby? ( )
- Both The Great Gatsby and Heart of Darkness are ( ).
- Which of the following is not a similarity between The Great Gatsby and Heart of Darkness? ( )
- How did Gatsby establish his tremendous wealth at the beginning? ( )
- Consumerism is indicated in The Great Gatsby by all the following except ( ).
- The Great Gatsby is called "The Modern American Novel".（ ）
- The American Dream is the dream of the self-made man who arrives in a new country and becomes extremely wealthy through his honest hard work and endeavor. Jay Gatsby is a representative of the American Dream. ( )
- In The Great Gatsby, new money is represented by Gatsby who earned his wealth through criminal activities, while old money is represented by Tom who inherited his fortune from his family. Thus, old money is more respectable than new money. ( )
- It is hard for non-native speakers to read Heart of Darkness because of the complexity of its language. ( )
- What is the theme of Heart of Darkness? ( )
- In the nineteenth century, physical differences were used to explain intellectual differences. ( )
- In terms of the scope of Conrad’s story Heart of Darkness, it can be termed as a/an（ ）.
- Which of the following statements about Heart of Darkness is correct? ( )
- In the nineteenth century, what was used to explain intellectual differences? ( )
- Conrad believes that colonialism does more good than bad. ( )
- In Heart of Darkness, Conrad concentrates more on human evil and man’s inhumanity to man. ( )
- Through Heart of Darkness, Conrad tells us that we need to explain human actions by notions of good and evil. ( )
- What did Conrad want to indicate by saying that“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness”? ( )
- Which of the following might be a possible reason for Bartleby's mental disorder considering the historical background? ( )
- The word "depraved" comes up repetitively in Billy Budd.（ ）
- When sitting in front of the desk, Bartleby was always facing the wall and this condition may be the reason of his depression. ( )
- Captain Vere disagreed with Billy’s action, but appreciated his spirit because he had to push himself in this special period after rebellion.（ ）
- In "Bartleby, the Scrivener", the author described Bartleby as someone who "obstinately refuses to go on doing the sort of writing demanded of him". ( )
- In Billy Budd, which image did Claggart use to refer to Billy? ( )
- Melville deliberately writes in a nonconformist way to avoid writing mechanically.（ ）
- Herman Melville finished Billy Budd following the facts of the British Navy. ( )
- At the end of "Bartleby, the Scrivener", what is Bartleby's death associated with? ( )
- In the last chapter, Claggart was described as a criminal who was deprived as opposed to the beginning of the story where it was Billy Budd who was described as deprived. （ ）
- What caused Lawrence's death?（ ）
- Which of the following statements is not from Lawrence? ( )
- "Odour of Chrysanthemums" is actually about the replications and implications that the death of the husband has for the wife.（ ）
- Lawrence was not a pornographer but a moral writer.（ ）
- Which of the following works was written by Lawrence? ( )
- Which story illustrates Lawrence's opinion towards the power of touch? ( )
- The mechanization of human society and the dehumanization of civilization can be seen in "Odour of Chrysanthemums".（ )
- All of D. H. Lawrence's works make people feel depressed.（ ）
- D. H. Lawrence conducted critical studies on classic Asian literature.（ ）
- What does Lawrence mean by saying that "life in our society is too visible"?（ ）
- James Joyce won the Nobel Prize of Literature for Ulysses.（ ）
- We can identify world-wide human traits, for example, greed, envy, hypocrisy, hatred, love and so on, in James Joyce's Dubliners.（ ）
- What does World War I symbolize in Europe during the last century? ( )
- According to "Grace", what can be affected by the ravage of alcohol? ( )
- What has inspired James Joyce to write about disillusion? ( )
- In "A Painful Case", what does "gallery of pleasure" mean?（ ）
- From Joyce's perspective, the political turmoil in Ireland was accompanied with the Independence War. （ )
- In the story "The Dead", the man finds out that in fact his wife has loved him more than anyone else. （ )
- Which one is the main reason that led to James Joyce's leaving Ireland? ( )
- "Like illumined pearls the lamps shone from the summits of their tall poles upon the living texture below which, changing shape and hue unceasingly, sent up into the warm grey evening air an unchanging unceasing murmur." What time of day does this passage suggest? ( )
- All the stories in Dubliners reflected Irish political turmoil.（ ）
- Which of the following is not a modernist writer? ( )
- The story of Bartleby is an exploration of the human condition, which is full of anguish and questioning. （ ）
- Dorian is so afraid that he kills Sibyl’s brother during a fight. （ ）
- At the end of the story, Bartleby became synonymous with humanity. （ ）
- Charles Baudelaire spent years translating Edgar Allen Poe’s works and made Poe famous in Europe. （ ）
- The magic portrait, the mirror of conscience, witnesses every evil deed and transformation. （ ）
- To some extent, the touch in “A Painful Case” has the same literary function as the touch in “The Blind Man”. （ ）
- Telephones in The Great Gatsby allude to the lack of communication. （ ）
- Roderick Usher is so hypersensitive that he cannot bear any food, light, smell or sound, including the sounds of instruments. （ ）
- Heart of Darkness is full of enigmatic expressions because the author is not a native speaker of English. （ ）
- The book The Scarlet Letter influences Dorian. （ ）
- The ballad “The Haunted Palace” indicates that Roderick Usher’s psyche is falling apart. （ ）
- Since the death sentence was arranged too hastily, Billy could not understand it and felt deep upset and angry before his execution. （ ）
- Basil is the cause of Dorian Gray’s fall. （ ）
- Billy’s last words before his death, “God bless Captain Vere”, seem like a kind of mockery of the fact that Captain Vere died in a naval battle a little later. （ ）
- Edgar Allen Poe loved his wife but she died at a young age. This is why there are many ghost-like figures of young and beautiful women in his literary works. （ ）
- “The Fall of the House of the Usher” can be seen as a journey to the author’s psyche, which reveals his mental obsessions. （ ）
- The Ushers have good relationship with their neighbours. （ ）
- The house of Usher itself symbolizes the split in the family. （ ）
- Roderick Usher loves drawing figurative paintings. （ ）
- A major theme in “Ivy Day in the Committee Room” is paralysis. （ ）
- Which statement about Lawrence’s writing is correct? （ ）
- Which of the following statements tells us about the historical background of Heart of Darkness? （ ）
- What’s the historical background of Heart of darkness? （ ）
- Which of the following can be used to describe the house of Usher? （ ）
- Which of the following words can describe John Claggart in Billy Budd? （ ）
- The artistic idea of “art for art’s sake” sometimes means the sacrifice of life for art or art is more important than life and reality. Which of the following reflects this idea? （ ）
- Which of the following shows Bartleby’s abnormality? （ ）
- Which of the following is the characteristic of Edgar Allen Poe’s writings? （ ）
- Please select the works written by Joseph Conrad. （ ）
- Which of the following is true about Oscar Wilde? （ ）
- The two protagonists, Gatsby in The Great Gatsby and Kurtz in Heart of Darknes, share the following features except（ ）.
- Which of the following is an implication of Bartleby’s resistance? （ ）
- Wilde received widespread notoriety for what kind of writing? （ ）
- How to understand Billy Budd’s stammer? （ ）
- Gatsby’s death can be compared to which of the following myths? （ ）
- What did the narrator notice when he helped Roderick bring his sister into the tomb? （ ）
- What is Fitzgerald’s attitude toward the society he describes in the novel? （ ）
- What was the name of the poem sung by Roderick? （ ）
- Which character is not seduced by the sexual temptation in Dracula? （ ）
- Which of the following statements about Mr. Duffy is incorrect in “A Painful Case”? （ ）
- What does the “constant flicker” mean in the novel The Great Gatsby? （ ）
- What does the word “bleak” mean? （ ）
- Who sings “I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls”? （ ）
- Where does Dorian hide the portrait? （ ）
- Which of the following is not an implied meaning of the quotation “Then the beautiful eyes of the fair women open and look love, and the voluptuous mouth present to a kiss - and man is weak.”? （ ）
- What fate befalls James Vane? （ ）
- Which of the following is incorrect about Basil Hallward? （ ）
- What kind of relationship does James Joyce aim to describe in “A Painful Case”? （ ）
- Who said the following sentence: “When the nurse told me I had a girl, I turned my head away and wept. ‘All right,’ I said ‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”? （ ）
- What happened in the closing stage of the story? （ ）
- Which of the following is not written by James Joyce? （ ）
- Which of the following words can be used to describe the protagonists in “Bartleby, the Scrivener” and Billy Budd? （ ）
- The complexity of the language in Heart of Darkness poses many problems to foreign speakers of English. Which one of the following is the most plausible explanation? （ ）
- Which of the following is not one of the major themes of Lawrence’s work? （ ）
- Dracula is considered to be the Other in Britain. Where does he come from? （ ）
- Which character is described as “aggressive” “old money,” and a “racist”? （ ）
- In The Great Gatsby, the American Dream is built upon deceit, thus these values linked to it are deflected into all the following except（ ）.
- Which of the following is not an in-depth interpretation of “mentally blind” in “The Blind Man”? （ ）
- According to the final scenes of the two novels The Great Gatsby and Heart of Darkness, what is the message Fitzgerald and Conrad most likely trying to convey? （ ）
- Which of the following statements about The Picture of Dorian Gray is incorrect? （ ）
- Poe's use of the dash has no effect of creating and heightening suspense. ( )
- How does Dorian escape James Vane's revenge when James accosts him? ( )
- Where does Dorian go to erase the memories of the wrongs he has committed? ( )
- Which of the following is the symbol for the decadent lifestyle in The Picture of Dorian Gray? ( )
- What gift from Lord Henry does Dorian blame for playing a large part in his corruption? ( )
- The narrator of the story comes to the house of Usher uninvited. ( )
- The book that Lord Henry gives to Dorian is never named by title, but what is it called in the novel? ( )
- At the beginning of the novel, what are Dorian's defining characteristics? ( )
- What does Lord Henry think Basil should do with the picture of Dorian that Basil has painted? ( )
- Lord Henry believes that only lower class people commit crimes. （ )
- What word does Basil use for the intense love that he feels for Dorian? ( )
答案:对
答案:Compassionate.
答案:Disillusion.
答案:错
答案:A God-like watcher.###A moral compass.
答案:She is content with the status quo.###She is stunningly beautiful.
答案:Both of them were written in the early 20th century.
答案:He constantly receives warnings of his business.
答案:He wants to impress Dan Cody, an extremely wealthy retired miner and yacht owner.
答案:Trimalchio in East Egg
答案:对
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