英国女性小说家漫谈期末答案2023秋

1.At the end of the story in Dill Pickle, Vera chooses to be alone because she would not easily compromise to men. ( )
A:正确 B:错误
答案:正确
2.Doris Lessing’s representative African novel in the third period of her literary career is The Golden Notebook. （ ）
A:错误 B:正确
答案:错误
3.Referring to Plato’s picture of the cave, Plato uses the image of sun to symbolize the Good in his understanding. ( )
A:错误 B:正确
答案:正确
4.The first stage of the feminist thoughts is from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. ( )
A:正确 B:错误
答案:正确
5.Generally speaking, Lessing’s literary career began from 1950 until she died and was roughly divided into three periods. However, these three periods were overlapped in some sense. （ ）
A:错误 B:正确
答案:正确
6.The Bronte sisters focused on the life of bourgeois men and women with romanticism and unique cultural mood. ( )
A:正确 B:错误
答案:错误
7.Margaret in North and South does not undertake any social duty. ( )
A:错误 B:正确
答案:错误
8.The two major novelists of the Romantic period are Jane Austen and Walter Scott. （ ）
A:错误 B:正确
答案:正确
9.Doris Lessing’s “marginal man” have the features like alienation from the surrounding environment, dissociation from social responsibilities, subversion of love and marriage, resistance to family ethics, etc. （ ）
A:错误 B:正确
答案:正确
10.Woolf expressed her great condemnation of nature’s indifference towards man, and at the same time she also had the desire of man to blend in with nature and live in harmony. （ ）
A:错误 B:正确
答案:正确
11.Mrs. Gaskell wrote The Life of Charlotte Bronte. （ ）
A:对 B:错

12.The protagonist of At the Bay is undoubtedly the image of submission. ( )
A:错误 B:正确 13.Mrs. Gaskell is the forerunner of the “stream of consciousness” literature. （ ）
A:正确 B:错误 14.Murdoch thinks that morality is regarded as a concern about what should be done rather than what is good. ( )
A:正确 B:错误 15.Women’s status is one of Gaskell’s major concerns in her works. ( )
A:错误 B:正确 16.The female relationship presented in the works of Lessing exists as a static and planar relationship. （ ）
A:正确 B:错误 17.Pride and Prejudice mainly tells the love story between a rich, proud young man Darcy and the beautiful and intelligent girl, Elizabeth Bennet. （ ）
A:正确 B:错误 18.Emma was written by Jane Austen.（ ）
A:错误 B:正确 19.In The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Helen helps Hattersley get reformation by showing him his wife—Millicent’s sentimental letters, containing her true concern for his own health, which serves as an indicator of the affectional impact between husband and wife, and demonstrates the indispensable role women play in the Victorian marital construction. ( )
A:正确 B:错误 20.Murdoch's writing career spanned the first half of the 20th century and she began to write novels after World War I. ( )
A:错误 B:正确 21.Mrs. Gaskell was born in a ( ) class family.
A:upper B:middle C:lower D:ruling 22.The story of love among Margaret and Thornton in North and South tell us that ( ).
A:the cause of true love never did run smooth. It need the couple’s mutual efforts B:fame and fortune are the priority in a marriage C:wives and husbands need communication everyday D:we should be faithful to our partners 23.Some characters like Mrs. Hale in Mrs. Gaskell’s works died on the account of ( ).
A:environmental pollution B:virus C:war D:poverty 24.Some of Mrs. Gaskell’s works are set in Britain in the ( )
A:Middle Ages B:modern C:Renaissance D:Industrial Revolution 25.In order to protect environment and to keep ecological balance, our government takes many measures and issues many policies. Which of the following slogan describes our great determination to protect environment? ( )
A:Science and technology constitute the primary productive force. B:Roll up sleeves to work harder. C:Lucid water and lush mountains are invaluable assets. D:Stay true to our original aspiration and keep our mission in mind. 26.They were among the first writers who examined women’s struggle and conveyed their probe to the psychology with female experience , also among the first English women to break the male monopoly of novel writing.They were called “( )”, and formed a peak in the history of British fiction in the 19th century.
A:Angel Ladies B:Bronte Cliff C:Gallant Soldiers D:Bronte Escarpment 27.Modernism is, in many aspects, a reaction against ___. （ ）
A:Romanticism B:Post-Modernism C:All the above D:Realism 28.In The Wind Blows， The chrysanthemum symbolized a youth( ) in their adolescence.
A:panic B:amazement C:surprise D:excitement 29.The success of Jane Eyre is not only because of its sharp criticism of the existing society, but also due to its introduction to the English novel the first ______ heroine. （ ）
A:explorer B:governess   C:worker D:peasant 30.Which of the following is NOT the work of Doris Lessing? （ ）
A:The Golden Notebook B:The Wave C:The Grass is Singing D:The Good Terrorist 31.Virginia Woolf is renowned for adopting the ___ technique, which displays the sequence of thoughts and impressions in a person’s mind. （ ）
A:mind-reading B:third-person narration C:stream-of-consciousness D:feminist 32.“She likes this room. It smells of art serge and stale smoke and chrysanthemums… There is a big vase of them on the mantel piece behind the pale photograph of Rubinstein.” This is the quotation from the novel ( ).
A:Gone with the Wind B:Garden Party and Other Stories C:In a German Pension D:The Wind Blows 33.Jane Austen’s main literary concern is about human beings in their ___ relationships. Because of this, her novels have a universal significance. （ ）
A:natural B:satisfied                         C:personal                         D:Private 34.Which of the following is not the feature of “soft violence”?（ ）
A:indirect method B:destructive power C:direct assault D:stealthy result 35.Which of the following is Gaskell’s view on women? ( )
A:A decent woman is supposed to keep close attention to public affairs and undertake more duties. B:Women should rely on their husbands and needn’t work. C:Women should marry wealthy men. D:Women are not intelligent so that they should not be engaged in complex work. 36.___ is the climax of Virginia Woolf’s experiments in novel form. （ ）
A:To the Lighthouse B:Time Passes C:The Waves D:The Window 37.In North and South written by Mrs. Gaskell, the heroine ( ) takes more social duties than other ordinary women.
A:Alice B:Mrs. Boucher C:Mary D:Margaret 38.Like Dickens, Charlotte Bronte believed in the reform of ( ) as the key to all social problems and most of the evils of the capitalist society.
A:economy B:education C:politics D:culture 39.Cave metaphor is used to interpret the moral pilgrimage to seek “good”. Which of the following choices are correct concerning the second and the third stage? （ ）.
A:the third stage of feeling the real world under the sunshine B:the second stage of worshiping flame C:the third stage of struggling in the moonlight D:the second stage of worshiping the shadow 40.A joint collection of poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne was published pseudonymously as Poems by( ).
A:Action Bell B:Ellis Bell C:Barton Bell D:Currer Bell 41.Which of the following are the reasons for the evolution of African images in Lessing’s works?（ ）
A:the change of the writer’s perspective and standpoint B:the change of the social environment C:the change of the writer’s political ideals D:the change of the writer’s attitude towards the western tradition of rational thinking from the firm belief to gradual suspicion 42.In The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, When Helen learned that her husband was seriously ill and soon died, she returned to him decisively and served him until the end. What do you think about it? （ ）.
A:It is a higher level of female realm. B:It is a conscious choice of Christian humanitarianism. C:It is actually the sublimation of feminism. D:It is a setback of feminist consciousness. 43.Gaskell’s views on women still have enlightening impact on people today. Which of the following items show her female views? （ ）.
A:Women should keep attention to public affairs and undertake more duties B:Women should have their own understandings on marriage and do not consider it as the only way of realizing self-worth C:Women should fight for rights they deserve D:Women should abandon the role “Angel in the House” and work harder 44.Murdoch illustrates her concept of the Good on two levels both ( ) .
A:immanence B:transcendence C:ubiquity D:almighty 45.Gaskell has two major concerns in her works. They are （ ）.
A:women’s status and self-choice B:romantic love between men and women C:social contradiction in Industrial Revolution D:corruption in government 46.In addition to producing novels, Murdoch wrote （ ）.
A:Works of philosophy B:Plays C:Verse D:Literary criticism 47.Gaskell expresses her deep ecological concerns in novels North and South and Mary Barton. Which of the following contents display her ecological consciousness? （ ）.
A:She seeks balance between civilization development and environmental protection B:She implies the strong thirst for lucid water and lush mountains C:She depicts the negative impacts such as characters’ worsening diseases brought by environmental pollution D:She thinks that economy should develop at the cost of environment 48.In North and South, Gaskell seems to seek reconciliation to deal with labor-capital conflict. Which of the following items can explain the reason she makes two classes finally reach a compromise? （ ）.
A:Gaskell’s positive attitude toward self-consciousness of bourgeois B:Gaskell’s Unitarian belief: fraternity C:Gaskell’s middle class background D:Gaskell’s experiences of early life