英国文学选读试题资料

一 1. What is the name of Miss Havisham’s manor? (A) Satis House (B) Lockmont (C) Larchmont (D) Satyr House 2. In what region of England are the marshes of the novel found? (A) Sussex (B) Wessex (C) Kent (D) Gloucestershire 3. How old is Pip when Magwitch returns to his life? (A) 9 (B) 23 (C) 18 (D) 7 4. In what publication was Great Expectations originally serialized? (A) Home and Away (B) The English Almanac (C) Simple Wisdom (D) All the Year Round 5. To what genre of fiction, defined by its depiction of a character’s growth from childhood to adulthood, does Great Expectations belong? (A) Bildungsroman (B) Kunstlerspiegel (C) Mannerism (D) Victorian paternalism 6. Who is Pip’s tutor in London? (A) Harold Pocket (B) Walter Pocket (C) Herbert Pocket (D) Matthew Pocket 7. Who is Estella’s father? (A) Compeyson (B) Magwitch (C) Joe (D) Jaggers 8. What action does Jaggers perform obsessively? (A) He straightens his necktie (B) He adjusts his hair (C) He signs his name (D) He washes his hands 9. What is Pip’s reaction to Joe’s visit to him in London? (A) Embarrassment (B) Joy (C) Anger (D) Resignation 10. Who takes credit for Pip’s rise in social status? (A) Mrs. Joe (B) Joe (C) Pumblechook (D) Biddy 11. Who is responsible for the attack on Mrs. Joe? (A) Magwitch (B) Orlick (C) Compeyson (D) Pip 12. For most of the novel, whom does Pip suspect of being his secret benefactor? (A) Jaggers (B) Magwitch (C) Joe (D) Miss Havisham 13. What name does Wemmick call his elderly father? (A) “Aged Parent” (B) “Venerable Ancestor” (C) “Decrepit Sire” (D) “Old Feller” 14. Who tells Pip that Compeyson was Miss Havisham’s fiancé? (A) Wemmick (B) Estella (C) Herbert (D) Magwitch 15. What is Herbert’s nickname for Pip? (A) Haydn (B) Handel (C) Mendelssohn (D) Salieri 16. Where does Pip first encounter Magwitch? (A) The river (B) Mrs. Joe’s house (C) The smithy (D) The churchyard 17. Who is the “pale young gentleman”? (A) Wemmick (B) Herbert (C) Jaggers (D) Startop 18. Whom does Estella marry? (A) Startop (B) Pip (C) Drummle (D) Herbert 19. Who buys Herbert’s way into business? (A) Pip (B) Miss Havisham (C) Drummle (D) Estella 20. What happens to Compeyson at the end of the novel? (A) He escapes with the Havisham fortune (B) He is shot by the police (C) He is killed by Orlick (D) He disappears and is presumed drowned 21. Where does Estella live when she goes abroad? (A) France (B) Spain (C) Germany (D) Boston 22. What was the name of Miss Havisham’s brother, Compeyson’s first partner? (A) Magwitch (B) Tumbler (C) Arthur (D) John 23. What accident befalls Miss Havisham before her death? (A) She is thrown from a horse (B) She falls from a window (C) A table crushes her legs (D) She is burned in a fire 24. What is the source of the Havisham fortune? (A) Lumberyards (B) A cotton mill (C) A brewery (D) A noble estate 25. What code name do Pip and Herbert devise for Magwitch? (A) Provis (B) Clovis (C) Quo Vadis (D) Uncle Caveat 二 1. The action of the novel takes place in what area of England? (A) Essex (B) Sussex (C) Wessex (D) London 2. Which of the following does John Durbeyfield learn at the beginning of the novel? (A) That he has lost his job (B) That he comes from an aristocratic family (C) That he won the lottery (D) That he is a prince 3. Angel and Tess first see each other at: (A) The market (B) The May Day dance (C) Trantridge (D) Talbothays Dairy 4. Who tells Angel that Tess has gone to Sandbourne? (A) Mrs. Brooks (B) Reverend Clare (C) Alec (D) Mrs. Durbeyfield 5. After Angel picks up Tess while sleepwalking, where does he place her? (A) In a coffin (B) In their bed (C) On a rock (D) On a bridge 6. Which of these women is not a milkmaid? (A) Marian (B) Izz (C) Mercy (D) Retty 7. Angel plays which musical instrument? (A) The harpsichord (B) The accordion (C) The harp (D) The guitar 8. In what town did Tess grow up? (A) Kingsbere (B) Trantridge (C) Sandbourne (D) Marlott 9. Why can’t Mr. Durbeyfield make the trip to the market? (A) He is too sick (B) He is too tired (C) He is too old (D) He is too drunk 10. What advice does Mrs. Durbeyfield give Tess? (A) Not to tell Angel her secret (B) Not to tell Alec her secret (C) To leave Alec (D) To marry Alec 11. How much money does Angel give to Tess? (A) 100 shillin (B) gs100 poun (C) ds50 poun (D) ds50 shillings 12. How much of the money does Tess initially give to her family? (A) 25 shillin (B) gs25 poun (C) ds50 poun (D) ds50 shillings 13. What part of the house do the Durbeyfields need to repair? (A) The floor (B) The wall (C) The roof (D) The door 14. Where is the Talbothays Dairy located? (A) The Valley of the Herons (B) The Valley of Marlott (C) The Valley of the Great Dairies (D) The Valley of the Small Dairies 15. Who does Cuthbert Clare marry? (A) Izz (B) Mercy Chant (C) Liza-Lu (D) Marian 16. Midway through the novel, Alec becomes a: (A) Farmer (B) Preacher (C) Traveling salesman (D) Nice guy 17. Who is primarily responsible for Prince’s death? (A) Mr. Durbeyfield (B) Parson Tringham (C) Abraham (D) Tess 18. Angel leaves England to farm where? (A) America (B) Italy (C) Brazil (D) Argentina 19. What is the stone monument called on which Alec makes Tess swear? (A) Stonehenge (B) Poor Man’s Pass (C) Cross-in-Hand (D) The Rosetta Stone 20. Which of these people or animals does Tess not kill? (A) The pheasants (B) Alec (C) Sorrow, her baby (D) Prince, the horse 21. What is the name of the bar to which the Durbeyfield’s go? (A) McSorely’s (B) Rolliver’s (C) Heffernan’s (D) Ye Olde Pubbe 22. What does Tess confess to Angel on their wedding night? (A) That she lied about her age (B) That she does not love him (C) That she is not a virgin (D) That she ran away from home 23. Liza-Lu is Tess’s: (A) Daughter (B) Sister (C) Mother (D) Friend 24. How does Alec die? (A) He commits suicide (B) Angel kills him (C) Tess kills him (D) He does not die 25. How does Tess die? (A) Pneumonia (B) She is hanged (C) Angel kills her (D) Heartache 三. 1. Complete the quotation: “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a ___” (A) house (B) title (C) wife (D) dog 2. The Bennet family lives in the village of (A) Pemberley (B) Longbourn (C) Rosings (D) London 3. Mr. Bingley, when he attends the ball in Meryton, seems to be quite taken with (A) Elizabeth (B) Jane (C) Lydia (D) Charlotte Lucas 4. How does Mr. Darcy offend Elizabeth at the first ball? (A) He insults her father (B) He dances with Jane too often (C) He slaps her (D) He refuses to dance with her 5. Elizabeth’s best friend is named (A) Mrs. Phillips (B) Charlotte Lucas (C) Miss Bingley (D) Mrs. Gardiner 6. Why does Jane’s visit to the Bingleys end up lasting for days? (A) She gets soaked in a rainstorm and becomes ill (B) Mr. Bingley proposes to her (C) Mrs. Bennet forgets to send a carriage to bring her home (D) Jane is hoping to make Mr. Darcy fall in love with her 7. What does it mean that Mr. Bennet’s property is “entailed”? (A) Lady Catherine de Bourgh gave it to him (B) It can only be inherited by a male (C) It comes from his wife’s family (D) He rents from Sir William Lucas 8. What reason does Wickham give Elizabeth for his dislike of Darcy? (A) Darcy killed his cousin in a duel (B) Darcy wouldn’t let Wickham marry his sister (C) Darcy betrayed his country (D) Darcy cheated him out of an inheritance 9. To which Bennet daughter does Mr. Collins propose marriage? (A) Elizabeth (B) Jane (C) Mary (D) Lydia 10. Whom does Mr. Collins marry? (A) Jane (B) Lydia (C) Miss Bingley (D) Charlotte Lucas 11. Why does Miss Bingley dislike Elizabeth? (A) She is jealous of Darcy’s growing attraction to Elizabeth (B) Elizabeth insulted Miss Bingley at the ball (C) Wickham has told Miss Bingley lies about Elizabeth’s character (D) Darcy is constantly speaking ill of Elizabeth 12. Where do the Bingleys and Darcy go for the winter? (A) Pemberley (B) London (C) They remain at Netherfield (D) France 13. In March, Elizabeth goes to visit (A) Miss Darcy (B) Charlotte Lucas (C) Wickham and Lydia (D) Miss Bingley 14. Lady Catherine de Bourgh is Darcy’s (A) Aunt (B) Sister (C) Mother (D) First wife 15. When Darcy first proposes to Elizabeth, he spends most of the proposal dwelling on (A) Her beauty (B) How socially unsuitable a match she is for him (C) How much he adores her family (D) How much money he will lavish on her 16. When Darcy proposes for the first time, Elizabeth (A) Tells him that she is engaged to Wickham (B) Asks him for more time (C) Turns him down (D) Faints 17. Elizabeth’s feelings toward Darcy begin to change when he (A) Sends her a letter explaining his actions (B) Fights a duel with Wickham (C) Sends money to Jane (D) Marries Miss Bingley 18. Darcy’s estate is called (A) Rosings (B) London (C) Pemberley (D) Brighton 19. Where does Lydia spend the summer, and why? (A) Netherfield, to be near Darcy (B) London, because she enjoys the opera (C) Brighton, to be near the militia regiment (D) Barbados, for her health 20. What socially disastrous romantic decision does Lydia make? (A) She elopes with Wickham (B) She marries Bingley (C) She rejects Mr. Collins’s proposal (D) She runs away to France with a lover 21. Who spearheads the search for Lydia after Mr. Bennet returns home in defeat? (A) Mr. Gardiner (B) Sir William Lucas (C) Charlotte Lucas (D) Mrs. Phillips 22. Who pays off Wickham, convincing him to marry Lydia? (A) Bingley (B) Darcy (C) Mr. Gardiner (D) Mr. Collins 23. When he returns to Netherfield, Mr. Bingley (A) Has just married Miss Darcy (B) Pursues the priesthood (C) Begins courting Elizabeth (D) Resumes courting Jane 24. What does Lady Catherine forbid Elizabeth to do? (A) Marry Bingley (B) Visit Rosings (C) Marry Darcy (D) See Wickham 25. The novel ends with (A) Darcy marrying Elizabeth, and Bingley marrying Miss Darcy (B) Darcy marrying Elizabeth, and Wickham marrying Jane (C) Bingley marrying Jane, and Elizabeth marrying Wickham (D) Bingley marrying Jane, and Darcy marrying Elizabeth