1、单选题：
Decide True or False: Literature as writing is “imaginative” or fictive, as opposed to factual, true, or historical.
选项：
A:False
B:Ture
答案: 【False】

2、多选题：
What are the Primary Elements of a Plot?
选项：
A:climax
B:falling action and resolution
C:exposition
D:rising action
答案: 【climax ;
falling action and resolution;
exposition ;
rising action】

3、多选题：
Which of the following can be regarded as a theme statement?
选项：
A:Bernard Shaw might suggest in his Widowers’ Houses that “Even the most idealistic young man must compromise his principles”
B:The theme of “The Egg” might be “Disillusionment is necessary to the process of maturing”.
C:The protagonist Gabriel suffered a psychological breakdown in the end of the story.
D:Disillusionment and psychological paralysis in “The Dead”.
答案: 【Bernard Shaw might suggest in his Widowers’ Houses that “Even the most idealistic young man must compromise his principles”;
The theme of “The Egg” might be “Disillusionment is necessary to the process of maturing”.】

4、多选题：
What are the possible themes of Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”?
选项：
A:selfless love
B:compassion and courage
C:ability of the human spirit to endure conflict and poor circumstances
D:racism
答案: 【selfless love ;
compassion and courage;
ability of the human spirit to endure conflict and poor circumstances;
racism】

5、单选题：
Decide True or False: Style is concerned not with “what to say” but “how to say it”.
选项：
A:Ture
B:False
答案: 【Ture】

6、多选题：
What does the narrative voice in Hemingway’s “In Another Country” sound like?
选项：
A:disillusioned and cynical
B:cold and relentless
C:objective and calm
D:isolated and detached
答案: 【disillusioned and cynical;
isolated and detached】

7、多选题：
In Aspects of the Novel, E.M. Foster classifies characters into ...?
选项：
A:major characters
B:minor characters
C:flat characters
D:round characters
答案: 【minor characters;
flat characters】

8、多选题：
What’s true about “indirect characterization”?
选项：
A:the author shows us the traits of the character by describing his/her appearance, actions
B:the author state explicitly the character’s traits
C:the author reveals character's personality through its effect on other characters
D:the author tells us what he or she wants us to know about the character
答案: 【the author shows us the traits of the character by describing his/her appearance, actions;
the author reveals character's personality through its effect on other characters】

9、多选题：
What’s true about Gabriel in “The Dead”?
选项：
A:He is obsessed with the past
B:He loves his country and is proud of its culture.
C:His character is shaped by frustration, rancor, and disappointment.
D:Hefinds no genuine joy or pleasurein life.
答案: 【He is obsessed with the past ;
His character is shaped by frustration, rancor, and disappointment.】

10、多选题：
What does the image of “eggs” symbolize in “The Eggs”?
选项：
A:hope and aspiration
B:the fragile American Dream
C:love and happiness
D:ambition
答案: 【hope and aspiration;
the fragile American Dream;
ambition】