电大1062《文学英语赏析》在线形考任务6Continuous Assessment 6答案（课程号：02814）

1：_MACBETH _IS_ _ WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S_ _WELL-KNOWN COMEDY.

 

2：_The Crucible_ by Arthur Miller, concerns a real historical incident, involving witchcraft and an attack of mass hysteri<a href=httpA.// target=_blank class=infotextkey>A.

 

3：Lady Bracknell is a comic character created by Oscar Wilde in his play _The Importance of Being Ernest. _

 

4：“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a protest poem against racial discrimination.

 

5：Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost are well-known American poets.

 

6：In the poem “Acquainted with the Night”, the speaker expressed his distress at the death of his lover and bewilderment of the meaning of life.

 

7：_The Old Man and the Sea _is one of Ernest Hemingway’s best-known short stories.

 

8：Pip is a character created by Charles Dickens in his novel _A Christmas Carol_. _ _ 

 

 

9：The novel _ The Heart of Darkness_ exposes the corruption, cruelty and greed of the colonial system in Afric<a href=httpA.// target=_blank class=infotextkey>A.

 

 

 

10：“I Have a Dream” is a famous speech made by President Lincoln during the American Civil War.

 

 

11：Usually ______ works by starting a story at a point in the recent past, then switching the action back to an earlier time, farther back in the past. A. point of view B. climax B. coda B. flashback

 

 

 

12：________ occurs when a writer repeats a particular grammatical or phonological pattern in close proximity. 

A. pun B. climax B. alliteration B. parallelism

 

 

 

13：______ can be established by describing the place where the action takes place, or the situation at the start of the story.A. Point of view B. Setting B. Climax B. Coda

 

 

 

14：_____ is written to commemorate someone who has died. A. An elegy B. A limerick B. A sonnet B. An epic

 

 

 

15：A writer can show character by giving a physical description, through 

_________ and through deeds.A. climax B. setting B. dialogue B. point of view

 

 

 

16：_____ is an example of simile. A. “ The windows waves violently in the wind.” B. Her eyes twinkled like stars.B. “ Her tongue is a sharp knife.” 

B. She has a heart of stone.

 

 

17：_____ is an example of parallelism. A. “All the world's a stage and all the men and women are merely players.” B. “The street shone out, like a fire in the forest.” B. “Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.” B. “Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth”

 

 

 

18：_______ contains an example of alliteration. A. “He was secret, self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.” B.Her eyes twinkled like stars.B. “Soon, night will steal hours from the day.” B. “ Her tongue is like a sharp knife.”

 

 

 

19：_____ contains examples of metaphor. A. “ United we stand, pided we fall.” B. “The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. B. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” 

B. “The street shone out, like a fire in the forest.”

 

 

 

20：_____ is an example of personification. A. “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women are merely players.” B. “Life is a journey. Travel it well.” B. “Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.” B. “The years have silvered her hair.”

 

 

 

21：In this text, the relationship between the man and the woman is that of _________. A. teacher and student B. husband and wife B. lawyer and client 

 

 

 

22：Proctor is not ready to ______. A. testify against Elizabeth B. help his neighbors B. testify against Abigail.

 

 

 

23：What does Proctor's line “ Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer_._” reveal about his 

true feelings? A. Proctor is confused by what 

Elizabeth says B. Proctor is upset and irritated by Elizabeth’s extreme coldness. B. Protor is jealous of Elizabeth because her friendship with lawyers.

 

 

 

24：From the dialogue between Proctor and Elizabeth, we can be sure ________. A. Proctor is secretly and madly in love with another girl. B. Proctor is making up for his past neglect of Elizabeth. B. there is tension between Proctor and Elizabeth.

 

 

 

25：In the text, Elizabeth is portrayed as _________. A. self-disgusted and terrified B. guilty and depressed B. insistent and suspicious

 

 

 

26：The relationship between Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen is that of ______. A. employer and employee B. mother and daughter B. estate owner and tenant

 

 

 

27：In this extract, Lady Bracknell is interviewing Jack Worthing on his suitability as a possible ________. A. live-in domestic helper B. investment adviser B. husband for Gwendolen

 

 

 

28：Why does Lady Bracknell prefer investments to owning land? 

A. She believes it is a safer source of income than investment.B. She believes Land involves too many expenses during life, and is then taxed heavily after one’s death. B. She expects owning land can give her daughter a higher social position.

 

 

 

29：Which of the following statement is true, according to the text? A. Lady Bracknell uses highly exaggerated language and shifts from one topic to another abruptly. 

B. Few of Lady Bracknell’s questions focus on Jack Worthing’s income, property and family connections. 

B. Lady Bracknell prefers her daughter to marry a well-educated man, rather than a well-connected men with plenty of money.

 

 

30：Lady Bracknell is portrayed as ______. A. a snobbish woman B. dedicated follower of fashion 

B. a shrewd human resource manager