简答题Since it was produced, The Last Night of Ballyhoo has gotten a great reputation and then was performed in Atlanta during the Olympic Games.简答题In his famous play The God of Hell, Sam Shepard combined wild humor, grotesque satire, myth and a haunting language to present a subversive view of American life.简答题What is the symbolic meaning of “jar” in “Anecdote of the Jar”? A、A symbol of human relationships B、A symbol of the world of nature C、A symbol of love and affection D、A symbol of art and imagination简答题Alfred Uhry realized the significance of his Jewish identity early in his childhood.简答题What are the steps to identify the themes? A、A look at the title B、organize thoughts about central topics C、look for the central topics D、form a “big picture” of the story简答题Money, particularly in literature, is commonly used to symbolize greed, what does money symbolize in Phoenix’s case? A、generosity B、ambition C、selflessness D、social statu简答题What is John’s reaction when he is taken under control by Annie and the other girls and forced to choose? A、he chooses Annie out of defeat B、he says he choose Annie in a strange and malicious voice C、he fight fiercely and refuse to choose D、 he gives in简答题When Shepard left school in 1961, he began his training in writing plays.简答题The theme of the poem “I Heard a Fly Buzz —When I Died” is the exploration of death. What kind of idea of death does the poet express in the poem? A、The poet has a peaceful attitude towards death. B、The poet defies the seriousness of death. C、The poet is afraid of death. D、The poet has a peaceful attitude towards death.简答题Which of the following is NOT something the narrator in“The Yellow Paper” has been forbidden? A、to see her baby B、to meet friends C、to open the curtains D、to read and write简答题Cordelia is a heroine in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.简答题According to August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the blues songs reveal an astonishing range of emotional reactions to misfortune, from misery to anger and from humor to cynicism.简答题Who defines “plot” as “an author’s careful arrangement of incidents in a narrative to achieve a desired effect”? A、E.M. Foster B、D. H. Lawrence C、Abram M. H. D、Harold Bloom简答题“The Red Wheelbarrow” is considered as a prime example of early twentieth-century Imagism. What are the distinctive artistic features in this poem? A、The poem is written in a brief, haiku-like free-verse form. B、 Its words can be easily understood and are extremely simple. C、The images in the poem are quite clear and concrete but are rich and replete with multiple meanings. D、The poem focuses on the objective representation of objects, in line with the Imagist philosophy.简答题What’s NOT true about Mr. Bhowmick in Mukherjee’s “A Father”? A、He is struggling with adapting to his new life in America. B、He is the representative of the old world’s sexist ideas and male dominance. C、He is a staunch believer in Hinduism. D、He reacts violently to his daughter’s inseminate pregnancy, and attack his daughter with a golf club.简答题William Shakespeare’s plays written between 1590 and 1594 are sometimes called “romances” and all end in reconciliation and reunion.简答题Which of the following statement about literature is/are true? A、Language in literature should always be beautiful and refined. The sentence, “This is awfully squiggly handwriting!” is not literary language. B、Shakespeare’s works have always been valued as literature, and his works will still be valued in the future. C、Literature as writing is “imaginative” or fictive, as opposed to factual, true, or historical. D、There seems to be no universally satisfying answer to the question “what is literature”.简答题In “The Dead”, what gift does Gabriel give Lily, which she refuses? A、a flower B、a fountain pen C、a bracelet D、a coin简答题What is the name of the “cure” John and the doctor's are forcing upon the narrator in “The Yellow Paper”? A、Hysteria Cure B、Female Troubles Cure C、Rest Cure D、Depression Cure简答题The word “apparition ” carries complicated meanings in the poem “In a Station of the Metro”. What are the connotative meanings of it? A、“Apparition” means something ghostly which cannot be clearly observed. B、“Apparition” reflects that the beauty is closely bound up with ugliness in real life. C、“Apparition” means “appearance”, in the sense of something which appears, or shows up. D、“Apparition” implies both presence and absence—transience.