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美国文学本科试题及答案

美国文学本科试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 以下哪部作品是马克·吐温的代表作？A. 《白鲸》B. 《了不起的盖茨比》C. 《汤姆·索亚历险记》D. 《老人与海》答案：C2. 爱德加·爱伦·坡的哪部作品被认为是哥特式小说的典范？A. 《红字》B. 《呼啸山庄》C. 《乌鸦》D. 《简·爱》答案：C3. 以下哪位作家被誉为“美国现代小说之父”？A. 亨利·詹姆斯B. 威廉·福克纳C. 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔D. 约翰·斯坦贝克答案：A4. 《愤怒的葡萄》是哪个作家的作品？A. 约翰·斯坦贝克B. 欧内斯特·海明威C. 威廉·福克纳D. 弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德答案：A5. 《草叶集》是哪个诗人的代表作？A. 罗伯特·弗罗斯特B. 华尔特·惠特曼C. 艾米莉·狄金森D. 埃德加·爱伦·坡答案：B6. 以下哪部作品是威廉·福克纳的代表作？A. 《老人与海》B. 《喧哗与骚动》C. 《太阳照样升起》D. 《了不起的盖茨比》答案：B7. 《红字》的作者是谁？A. 纳撒尼尔·霍桑B. 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔C. 爱德加·爱伦·坡D. 马克·吐温答案：A8. 《了不起的盖茨比》的作者是谁？A. 威廉·福克纳B. 弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德C. 约翰·斯坦贝克D. 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔答案：B9. 《白鲸》的作者是谁？A. 爱德加·爱伦·坡B. 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔C. 马克·吐温D. 纳撒尼尔·霍桑答案：B10. 《简·爱》的作者是谁？A. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特B. 艾米莉·勃朗特C. 乔治·艾略特D. 简·奥斯汀答案：A二、填空题（每空1分，共20分）11. 《汤姆·索亚历险记》中的主人公汤姆·索亚是一个__________的男孩。

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美国文学选择题及答案1. William Faulkner is the author of ______.a. Far From the Madding Crowdb. Sound and Furyc. For Whom the Bell Tollsd. Scarlet Letter2. Robert Frost is a famous_______.a. novelistb. playwrightc. poetd. literary critic3. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ________.a. Jack Londonb. Charles Dickensc. Samuel Coleridged. Earnest Hemingway4. _______refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality.a. Allegoryb. Conflictc. Ironyd. Flashback5. The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is______.a. Natureb. Waldenc. Experienced. Essays6. Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of America and made a combination of_____and serious literature.a. American folk humorb. funny jokesc. English folklored. American values7. Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after theRevolutionary War?a. Fennimore Cooper.b. Nathaniel Hawthorn.c. Walt Whitman.d. Washington Irving.8. I Have a Dream is addressed by _____.a. Abraham Lincolnb. John F. Kennedyc. Martin Luther Kingd. Ralph Waldo Emerson9. Which of the following is NOT a poem by Emily Dickinson?a. This is my letter to the worldb. I heard a Fly buzz—when I diedc. This is just to sayd. Because I could not stop for death10. Eugene O’Neil is an American ______.a. novelistb. playwrightc. poetd. essayist11. The period from 1865—1914 has been referred to as the _______in the literary history of the United States.a. Age of Realismb. Age of Classicalismc. Age of Romanticismd. Age of Renaissance12. With “Collected Poems”, ______won the second Pulitzer Prize.a. Ezra Pondb. e. e. cummingsc. Robert Frostd. William Cullen Bryant13. Grass is a poem written by _______.a. Walt Whitmanb. Carl Sandburgc. Langston Hughesd. Allen Ginsberg14. Moby Dick is the most important work by ______.a. Jack Londonb. Herman Melvillec. Sinclair Lewisd. Ralph Ellison15. O. Henry earned his fame mainly for his ______.a. novelsb. poemsc. short storiesd. dramas16. ______ is NOT a novel of Francis Scott Fitzgerald.a. Tender Is the Nightb. Anna Christiec. The Beautiful and Dammedd. The Great Gatsby17. The American literature in modern period is divided into two parts by the event of ______.a. the expatriate movementb. the Great Depressionc. the First World Ward. the Second World War18. Which of the following novels does NOT belong to Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire?a. The Titanb. The Financierc. The “Genius”d. The Stoic19. The 1954 Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to ______for his “mastery of the art of modern narration”.a. William Faulknerb. John Steinbeckc. Saul Bellowd. Earnest Hemingway20. Sister Carrie is a masterpiece of _______work.a. romanticb. classicc. neo-classicd. naturalistic21. The Octopus is written by ________.a. Frank Norrisb. Sherwood Andersonc. Willa Catherd. Stephen Crane22. James Baldwin’s most famous short story is _______.a. A Rose for Emilyb. The Story of an Hourc. Sonny’s Bluesd. A Clean, Well-lighted Place23. ________wrote several novels with the name of “Rabbit”.a. Arthur Millerb. Thomas Pynchonc. John Updiked. Wallace Stevens24. The Road Not Taken is a poem written by ______.a. Robert Frostb. Longfellowc. Ezra Pondd. Carl Sandburg25. “God help them that help themselves” is found in ______’s work.a. Franklinb. Freneauc. Jeffersond. Paine26. T. S. Eliot’s most famous long poem is ______.a. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrockb. A Boy’s Willc. The Waste Landd. The Golden Bough27. Daisy Miller is a great work by _____.a. Henry Jamesb. Mark Twainc. Dreiserd. Stowe28. Hester is a character in ______.a. Gone with the Windb. The Fall of the House of Usherc. Babbittd. Scarlet Letter29. Jack London’s ______is his patently autobiographical novel.a. The Call of the Wildb. The Sea Wolfc. Martin Edend. The Iron Heel30. The black man Jim is a character in Mark Twain’s _______.a. The Adventures of Tom Sawyerb. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc. Life on the Mississippid. The Prince and the Pauper31. O Captain! My Captain! was written in memory of _______.a. Walt Whitmanb. Benjamin Franklinc. Abraham Lincolnd. Martin Luther King32. The Grapes of Wrath is the masterpiece of ______.a. John Steinbeckb. John Cheeverc. John Updiked. John Dos Passos33. ______is NOT a play written by Tennessee Williams.a. Cat on a Hot Tin Roofb. The Glass Menageriec. Light in Augustd. A Streetcar Named Desire34. Seize the Day is regarded the best novel written by ______.a. Flannery O’Connerb. Saul Bellowc. Ralph Ellisond. Sherwood Anderson35. ______is NOT among the postwar poets in modern American literature.a. Robert Lowellb. Gary Synderc. Allen Ginsbergd.e. e. cummings36. The image of the famous “henpecked husband” is created by_____.a. Washington Irvingb. Fennimore Cooperc. Edith Whartond. William Dean Howells37. The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be______.a. O’Neilb. Poundc. Robert Frostd. Scott Fitzgerald38. _____was the most important person of the transcendental club.a. Hawthornb. Whitmanc. Emersond. Thoreau39. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following EXCEPT_______.a. religionb. love and marriagec. life and deathd. war and peace40. American diction in the 1960s and 1970s proves different from its predecessors. It is referred to as ______.a. Imagismb. black humorc. new fictiond. the Beat Generation41．Stephen Crane is famous for ________and other stories.a. An American Tragedyb. The Ambassadorsc. Main Streetd. The Red Badge of Courage42．______has won the Pulitzer Prize four times and one Nobel Prize.a. Earnest Hemingwayb. John Steinbeckc. Eugene O’Neild. William Faulkner43．Beloved is the masterpiece of _______.a. Tony Morrisonb. Ralph Ellisonc. John Dos Passosd. Willa Cather44．Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?a. To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.b. To put the stress on traditional values.c. To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.d. To advocate a conscious break with the past.45．Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT_____.a. a strict poetic formb. a simple and conversational languagec. a free and natural rhythmic patternd. an easy flow of feelings46．Who initiated the name of the Lost Generation?a. Hemingwayb. Fitzgeraldc. Gertrude Steind. William Faulkner47．The high tide of Romanticism in American literature occurred around ______. a. 1820 b. 1850c. 1880d. 192048．The publication of _______ established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of the New England Transcendentalism.a. Natureb. Self-Reliancec. The Over-Sould. The American Scholar49．Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over ____.a. Ezra Poundb. Ralph Waldo Emersonc. Robert Frostd. Emily Dickinson50．_______is the representative work of the Beat Generation.a. The Great Gatsbyb. On the Roadc. Look Back in Angerd. The Sun Also Rises51．Emily Grierson is a literary figure created by______.a. Willa Catherb. Doris Lessingc. William Faulknerd. Nathaniel Hawthorn52．Thomas Pynchon can also be categorized as a Black Humor writer, as well as a _______writer.a. classicalb. transcendentalc. postmodernistd. realistic53．Who is considered the father of American poetry?a. Philip Freneaub. William Cullen Bryantc. Henry Wadsworth Longfellowd. Henry David Thoreau54．In America, “a little woman started a great war”. Who is she?a. Anne Bradstreetb. Harriet Beecher Stowec. Edith Whartond. Catharine Anne Porter55．______is NOT written by Edgar Allan Poe.a. The Ravenb. Annabel Leec. The Fall of the House of Usherd. Song to Celia56．Arthur Miller is an American _____.a. novelistb. poetc. playwrightd. essayist57．Iceberg Theory is a writing principle proposed and closely followed by _____. a. Jack London b. Sinclair Lewisc. William Faulknerd. Ernest Hemingway58．________is featured by black humor.a. Caricatureb. Catch-22c. The Catcher in the Rye c. Death of a Salesman59．Who is the only woman writer that has won both Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize?a. Pearl Buckb. Virginia Woolfc. Tony Morrisond. Katharine Mansfield1 . b 2. c 3. d 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. d 8. c 9. c 10. b 11. a 12. c 13. b 14. b 15. c 16. b 17. d 18. c 19. d 20. d 21. a 22. c 23. c 24. a 25. a 26. c 27. a 28. d 29. c 30. b 31. c 32. a 33. c 34. b 35. d 36. a 37. d 38. c 39. d 40. c 41. d 42. c 43. a 44. b 45. a 46. c 47. a 48. a 49. a 50. b 51. c 52. c 53. a 54. b 55. d 56. c 57. d 58. b 59. a 60.。

(完整版)美国文学选择题及答案

美国文学课程考试题库

美国文学课程考试题库一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 以下哪部作品是纳撒尼尔·霍桑的代表作？A. 《红字》B. 《白鲸》C. 《了不起的盖茨比》D. 《老人与海》2. 马克·吐温的《汤姆·索亚历险记》发表于哪一年？A. 1869年B. 1876年C. 1884年D. 1893年3. 爱德加·爱伦·坡被誉为什么？A. 现代侦探小说之父B. 现代科幻小说之父C. 现代恐怖小说之父D. 现代奇幻小说之父4. 以下哪位作家是“垮掉的一代”的代表人物？A. 欧内斯特·海明威B. 杰克·凯鲁亚克C. 威廉·福克纳D. 约翰·斯坦贝克5. 以下哪部作品是海明威的代表作？A. 《太阳照常升起》B. 《永别了，武器》C. 《老人与海》D. 所有选项都是6. 弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德的《了不起的盖茨比》反映了哪个时代的社会风貌？A. 维多利亚时代B. 爵士时代C. 工业革命时期D. 冷战时期7. 以下哪部作品是威廉·福克纳的代表作？A. 《喧哗与骚动》B. 《我弥留之际》C. 《押沙龙，押沙龙！》D. 所有选项都是8. 以下哪位作家是“黑人文艺复兴”运动的代表人物？A. 理查德·赖特B. 詹姆斯·鲍德温C. 托尼·莫里森D. 所有选项都是9. 托尼·莫里森的《宠儿》是哪一年获得普利策奖的？A. 1987年B. 1988年C. 1989年D. 1990年10. 以下哪部作品是“现代主义”文学的代表作？A. 《荒原》B. 《尤利西斯》C. 《追忆似水年华》D. 所有选项都是二、填空题（每空2分，共20分）11. 《红字》中的女主角名叫________。

12. 《白鲸》中的船长名叫________。

13. 《了不起的盖茨比》中，盖茨比的豪宅位于________。

美国文学试题库

美国文学试题库
一、选择题
1. 下列哪位作家被誉为“美国短篇小说之父”？
A.马克·吐温
B.爱默生
C.莎士比亚
D.海明威
2. 著名小说《傲慢与偏见》的作者是？
A.查尔斯·狄更斯
B.简·奥斯汀
C.夏洛蒂·勃朗特
D.莫言
3. 哪位作家被称为“美国现代诗歌之母”？
A.西莉亚·普拉斯
B.艾米丽·狄金森
C.露易丝·格莱兹
D.玛丽·奥利弗
4. 林肯总统的“葬礼演说”是由哪位作家完成的？
A.埃德加·爱伦·坡
B.拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生
C.赫尔曼·梅尔维尔
D.爱米莉·狄金森
5. 下列哪部作品是由海明威创作的？
A.《傲慢与偏见》
B.《老人与海》
C.《威尼斯商人》
D.《包法利夫人》
二、简答题
1. 请简要介绍一下美国文学的发展历程以及其代表作品。

2. 谈谈你对马克·吐温作品的理解以及他在美国文学史上的地位。

3. 分析简·奥斯汀小说《傲慢与偏见》中人物形象和情节发展。

4. 通过阅读爱默生的论文，你认为他对美国文学和文化的影响是什么？
5. 谈谈海明威的小说创作风格及其代表作品对世界文学的影响。

三、论述题
请结合你对美国文学史上的经典作品和作家进行深入分析，论述美国文学对世界文学的影响以及其独特之处。

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美国文学史及作品选读模拟试题一I.Multiple Choice (1’×15=15’)1.C______was the first colony in American history.A. MassachusettsB. New JerseyC. VirginiaD.Georgia2. _B_____ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. Oneof his fellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man’s on this young nation.”A. John SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas JeffersonD.Thomas Paine3. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT __A____.A. common senseB. imaginationC. intuitionD. individualism4. The Raven was written in 1844 by __B______A. Philip FreneauB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Emily Dickinson5. The ship __C____ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beatits way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.A. SunflowerB. ArmadaC. MayflowerD. Titanic6. Melville’s novel __D____ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage inpursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.A. TypeeB. OmooC. White JacketD. Moby Dick7. As a philosophical and literary movement, __D____ flourished in New Englandfrom the 1830s to the Civil War.A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.Transcendentalism8. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in ___A______.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. The Great GatsbyD. The Old Man and Sea9. In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ___B___ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.A. PuritanB. materialisticC. psychologicalD. religious10. Realism was a reaction against____B__ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. NeoclassicismD. Enlightenment11. __C______ was a poet in American modern period who was deeply influence by eastern culture.A. T. S EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Walt Whitman12. Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson is NOT true?DA. After 1862 she became a total recluse, not leaving her house nor seeing close friends.B. She once felt a deep affection for Charles Wadsworth, a married aged minister, but it proved to be a frustrated love affair for Dickinson.C. She wrote about death, immortality, nature, success and failure.D. During her lifetime, all her poems are published.13. The realistic period is referred to as “the Gilded Age” by __A_____.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Emily DickinsonD. Theodore Dreiser14. Which of the following works is NOT by Ernest Hemingway?CA. The Old Man and SeaB. A Farewell to ArmsC. Sound and FuryD. For Whom the Bell Tolls15. Which one is NOT the characteristic of modernism?DA. Modernism in literature is characterized by experimentation, anti-realism, individualism and a stress on the cerebral rather than emotive aspects.B. Modernism is greatly influenced by the two world wars.C. The work of Marx, and Freud, had mounted an assault against orthodox religious faith that lasted into the twentieth century.D. Modernists believe that human nature is kind.II.Match the Column A with Column B (1’×10=10’)Column A Column B( c ) 1. Dimmesdale a. Robert Frost( e) 2. Ahab b. Mark Twain( i ) 3. Drouet c. The Scarlet Letter ( a ) 4. Pulitzer Prizer d. Thomas Jefferson( h ) 5. Reclusive poet e. Moby Dick(b ) 6. humorist and satirist f. Ernest Heminway( d) 7. The Decalration of Indepenence g. Henry David Thoreau( g ) 8. transcendentalist h. Emily Dickinson( j) 9. The Great Gatsby i. Sister Carrie( f ) 10. The Lost Generation j. F. Scott FitzgeraldIII.Define the following words within one phrase(2’×5=10’)1. free verse2. Ralph Waldo Emerson3. Mark Twain4. Benjamin Franklin5. Ezra PoundIV.Simple questions (5’×4=20’)1.What are Puritan thoughts?2.What is Transcedentalism and list some representative figures?3. Explain the symbolic meanings of “A” in The Scarlet Letter.4. Illustrate the three principles of Imagist Poetry.V.Interpreting the following texts (45’)Text 1When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things.Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidly assumesthe cosmopolitan standard of virtue and becomes worse. Of an intermediatebalance, under the circumstances, there is no possibility. The city has itscunning wiles, no less than the infinitely smaller and more human tempter.There are large forces which allure with all the soulfulness of expressionpossible in the most cultured human. The gleam of a thousand lights is often aseffective as the persuasive light in a wooing and fascinating eye. Half theundoing of the unsophisticated and natural mind is accomplished by forceswholly superhuman. A blare of sound, a roar of life, a vast array of human hives,appeal to the astonished senses in equivocal terms. Without a counsellor at handto whisper cautious interpretations, what falsehoods may not these things breathe into the unguarded ear! Unrecognised for what they are, their beauty, like music, too often relaxes, then weakens, then perverts the simpler human perceptions.Questions1.Please use one phrase to summarize the above paragraph (2’)2.What are the two possibilities for a girl of eighteen leaving her home?(2’)3.Please find out the figures of speech (2’)4.What are the attractive forces mentioned in a big city? (4’)5.How are naturalist views are reflected in this paragraph? Illustrate yourpoints with examples (5’)Text 2Because I could not stop for Death –He kindly stopped for me --The Carriage held but just Ourselves --And Immortality.We slowly drove -- He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility –We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess -- in the Ring --We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain --We passed the Setting Sun –…Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses' HeadsWere toward Eternity –Questions:1.Identify the poet and the title of this poem? (2’)2.Explain the underlined words (4’)3.What are the implications of “the School”, “the fields of Gazing Grain”, “the SettingSun”? (3’)4.How do you understand “Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yet / Feelsshorter than the Day” ? (3’)5.What are the speaker’s opinions about death? (3’)Text 3Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth.Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same.And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.Questions:1.Please examine the poetic form (rhyme and meter) (2’)2.Describe the similarities and differences of these two roads. Which one does thespeaker take? (3’)3.How do you understand the word “sigh”? (4’)4.What might the two roads stand for in the speaker’s mind? (4’)5.What is the theme of this poem? (2’)参考答案I.Multiple Choice (1’×15=15’)1. _C___2._B__3.__A__4.__B__5.__C___6.__D_7.__D__8._A__9.__B__ 10.__B___11._C__ 12.__D__ 13._A_ 14._C __ 15._D__II.Match the Column A with Column B (1’×10=10’)1.( c )2.( e )3.( i )4.( a )5.( h )6.( b )7.( d )8.( g )9.(j ) 10.( f )III.Define the following words within one phrase (2’×5=10’)(Any related information can be given marks)1. poetry without a fived beat or regular rhyme scheme, produced by Walt Whitman2. is the representative of transcedentalists, who believes in individualism andself-reliance and brings transcendentalism to New England3．is a humorist and satirist, who uses broad humor and biting social satire4．is on e of Thoreau’s masterpieces, which is the result of the author’s two years of living near Walden lake.5. is regarded as the classical poem of imagist poetry by Ezra Pound, conveying thetheme of the speaker’s sudden pleasure of finding some beautiful faces in the subwayIV.Simple Questions (5’×4=20’) (Answers should be to the points. 1 score fortime, 2 scores for features and 1 score for representative figures when defining theliterary terms)a)Puritan thoughts: to make pure their religious beliefs and practices, to restoresimplicity, to live a hard and disciplined life and oppose pleasure and arts.b)Transcendentalism is the climax of American Romanticism.First, the Transcendentalist placed emphasis on spirit, or the oversoul, as the mostimportant thing in the universe.Secondly, Transcendentalists stressed the importance of the individual.Thirdly, the Transcendentalists offered a fresh perception of nature as symbolic ofthe spirit.3. a. The letter’s meaning shifts as time passes. Originally intended to mark Hester asan adulterer, the “A”eventually comes to stand for “Able”or“Angel”.b. Besides Hester, Dimmesdale also ironed the letter A on his body, which provokedhis self-consciousness and showed his repent for what he did.c. Pearl, their baby, wore a green letter a in a piece of seaweed while playing on thebeach. This green letter A symbolizes vitality or new life, and also suggests herinheritance from her mother.4. a. direct treatment of the “thing”（no fuss, frill, or ornament）,b. exclusion of superfluous words（precision and economy of expression）,c. the rhythm of the musical phrase rather than the sequence of a metronome（free verse form and music）.V.Interpreting the following texts (45’)Text 11. The attraction of big city (2’)2. One is to fall into the saving hands and becomes better; secondly, she may admit themoral value of big city and becomes worse. (2’)3. Simile, metaphor and synecdoche (2’)4. The gleam of lights, a blare of sound, a roar of life, and a vast array of humanhives (4’)5. Naturalist attempted to achieve extreme objectivity and frankness, presentingcharacters of low social and economic classes who were dominated by their environment and heredity. In this novel, the major female character Carrie Meeber is deeply influenced by the present environment and heredity, which leads to the result of her dynamic character.(5’) (the features of naturalism 3 scores, examples2 scores)Text 21. Emily Dickinson and “Because I Could not Stop for Death”(2’)2. He: death; civility: politeness; Recess: break Surmised: guessed (4’)3. They represent three stages of life. The school is the childhood and young age; the fields of gazing grain refers to the mature period and the setting sun the old age, that is the end of one’s life. (3’)4. Because this day is towards death, immortal and eternal (3’)5. Death is immortality (3’)Text 31. It is written in iambic tetrameter and rhymed abaab.(2’)2. Similarities: both of the roads are beautiful (fair)Differences: one is quiet and grassy, less-traveled; the other is trodden by many people and flatHe took the less-travelled road (3’)3. The word “sigh”is a tricky word. Because sigh can be interpreted into nostalgic relief or regret. If it is the relief sigh, then the difference means the speaker feels glad with the road he took. If it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. Hence, sigh is ambigous here for the speaker is not showing whether his choice is right or wrong. (4’)4. The real road; the life road and the road in career (4’)5.Choice is inevitable but you never know what your choice will mean until you havelived it. This is also the theme of the poem. (2’)。

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Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms -the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse -with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of _______farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A. SouthernB. WesternC. New HampshireD. New England6. As an autobiographical play, O’Neill’s ___________(1956) has gained its status asa world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama.A. The Iceman ComethB. Long Day’s Journey Into NightC. The Hairy ApeD. Desire Under the Elms7. Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include_________, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.A. impressionismB. expressionismC. multiple points of viewD. first person point of view8. Stylistically, Henry James’ fiction is characterized by____________.A. short, clear sentencesB. abundance of local imagesC. ordinary American speechD. highly refined language9. One of the characteristics that have made Mark Twain a major literary figure in the 19th century America is his use of____________ .A. vernacularB. interior monologueC. point of viewD. photographic description10. It is on his____________ that Washington Irving’s fame mainly rested.A. childhood recollectionsB. sketches about his European toursC. early poetryD. tales about America11. At the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “____________________”.A. the English RenaissanceB. the Second RenaissanceC. the American RenaissanceD. the Salem Renaissance12. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally concerning ____________________.A. nature, man and the universeB. the relationship between man and womanC. the development of Romanticism in American literatureD. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism13. About the novel The Scarlet Letter, which of the following statements is NOT right?A. It’s very hard to say that it is a love story or a st ory of sin.B. It’s a highly symbolic story and the author is a master ofsymbolism.C. It’s mainly about the moral, emotional and psychological effects of the sinupon the main characters and the people in general.D. In it the letter A takes the same symbolic meaning throughout the novel.14. 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They preferred to have their own region and people at the forefront of the stories.B. Their characteristic setting is usually an isolated town.C. Humans should be united because they had to adapt themselves to changing harshenvironment.D. Their characters were conceived more or less complex combinations of inheritedattributes, their habits conditioned by social and economic forces.18. Which of the following is not right about Mark Twain’s style of language?A. His sentence structures are long, ungrammatical and difficult to read.B. His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect.C. His humor is remarkable and characterized by puns, straight-faced exaggeration，repetition and anti-climax.D. His style of language had exerted rather deep influence on the contemporary writers.19. The impact of Darwin’s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to another school of realism: American ______.A. RomanticismB. TranscendentalismC. RealismD. Naturalism20. Which of the following is not written by Henry James?A. The Portrait of A Lady and The Europeans.B. The Wings of the Dove and The Ambassadors.C. What Maisie Knows and The Bostonians.D.The Genius and The Gilded Age.21. More than five hundred poems Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which hergeneral Skepticism about the relationship between ______ is well-expressed.A. man and manB. men and womenC. man and natureD. men and God22. Which of the following is right about Emil y Dickinson’s poems about nature?A. In them, she expressed her general affirmation about the relationship betweenman and nature.B. Some of them showed her disbelief that there existed a mythical bondbetween man and nature.C. Her poems reflected her feeling that nature is restorative to human beings.D. Many of them showed her feeling of nature’s inscrutability and indifference tothe life and interests of human beings.23. As a great innovator in American literature, Walt Whitman wrote his poetry in anunconventional style which is now called free verse, that is _________.A. lyrical poetry with chanting refrainsB. poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme schemeC. poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beatD. poetry in an irregular metric form and expressing noble feelings24. In the first part of the 20th century，apart from Darwinism, there were two thinkers-______，whose ideas had the greatest impact on the period.A. the German Karl Marx and the Austrian Sigmund FreudB. the German Karl Marx and the American Sigmund FreudC. the Swiss Carl Jung and the American William JamesD. the Austrian Karl Marx and the German Sigmund Freud25. 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Its perspective is shifted from the internal to the external, from the private to the public.28. As to the great American poet Ezra Pound, which of the following is not right?A. His language is usually oblique yet marvelously compressed and his poetry isdense with personal, literary, and historical allusions.B. His artistic talents are on full display in the history of the Imagist Movement.C. From his analysis of the Chinese ideogram Pound learned to anchor his poeticlanguage in concrete, perceptual reality, and to organize images into largerpatterns through juxtaposition.D.For he was politically controversial and notorious for what he did in thewartime, his literary achievement and influence are somewhat reduced.29. In his poetry, Robert Frost made the colloquial ______ speech into a poetic expression.A. EnglandB. New EnglandC. PlymouthD. Boston30. Which of the following statements is right about Robert Frost’s poetry?A. He combined traditional verse forms with the difficult and highly ornamental language.B. He combined traditional verse forms with the pastoral language of the Southern area.C. He combined traditional verse forms with a simple spoken language-the speech ofNew England farmers.D. He combined traditional verse forms with the experimental.31. Which of the following statements can be said about the works of Scott Fitzgerald,a spokesman of the “Roaring 20s”?A. Many of them portrayed the hollowness of the American worship of riches and theunending American dream of fulfillment.B. They are symbolic of the psychological journey of the modern man and hishelplessness in the modern world.C. They show the primitive struggle of individuals in the context of irresistible natural forces.D. They penetrate into the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself.32. Which of the following is not written by Ernest Hemingway, one of the best-known American authors of the 20th century?A. The Sun Also Rises.B. The Old Man and the Sea.C. Mosses From the Old Manse.D. The Green Hills of Africa.33. Which of the following statements is right about the novel A Farewell to Arms?A. The author favored the idea of nature as an expression of either god’s designor his beneficence.B. The author attempted to write the epitaph to a decade and to the wholegeneration in the 1930s.C.The author emphasizes his belief that man is trapped both physically andmentally and suggests that man is doomed to be entrapped.D. It tells a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier withan Italian nurse.34. Which of the following is depicted as the mythical county in William Faulkner’s novels?A. Cambridge.B. Oxford.C. Mississippi.D. Yoknapatawpha.35. To Faulkner, the primary duty of a writer was to explore and represent the infinite possibilities inherent in human life. Therefore a writer should ______.A. observe with no judgment whatsoever.B. reduce authorial intrusion to the lowest minimum.C. observe at a great distance and sometimes participate in the events.D. both A and B.36. Which of the following is right about American fiction from 1945 onwards?A. A group of new writers who survived the war wrote about their ideals withinthe artistic field.B. There appeared a significant group of Jewish-American writers whose workswere set against the Jewish experience and tradition.C. Black fiction began to attract critical attention during the 1950s.D. American fiction in the 1950s and 1960s proves to be a harvest which derivedfrom its predecessors.37. Which of the following is not a work of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s?A. The House of the Seven Gables.B. The Blithedale Romance.C. The Marble Faun.D.White Jacket.38. In Ha wthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as ______________.A. commentatorsB. observersC. villainsD. saviors39. Besides sketches, tales and essays, Washington Irving also published a book on ______, which is also considered an important part of his creative writing.A. poetic theoryB. French artC. history of New YorkD. life of George Washington40. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is so show _______.A. emptiness of lifeB. the corruption of the upper classC. contrast of the rich and the poorD. the happy days of the Jazz Age41. In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _________.A. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Dreiser’s Si ster CarrieC. Copper’s Leather-Stocking TalesD. Thoreau’s Walden42. Which of the following novels can be regarded as typically belonging to theschool of literary modernism?A. The Sound and the FuryB. Uncle Tom’s Cabin.C. Daisy Miller.D. The Gilded Age.43. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is not a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. Religion.B. Life and death.C. Love and marriage.D. War and peace.44. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled _______ at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as "Our intellectual Declaration of Independence."A. "Nature"B. "Self-Reliance"C. "Divinity School Address"D. "The American Scholar"45. Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true?A. Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.B. F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.C. Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers.D. Most writers were politically radical.46. In American literature the first important writer who earned an international fameon both sides of the Atlantic Ocean is_______________.A. Washington IrvingB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman47. 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Yank, the protagonist of Eugene O’Neill’s play The Hairy Ape,talked to the gorilla and set it free because____.A. he was mad，mistaking a beast for a humanB. he was told by the white young lady that he was like a beast and he wanted tosee how closely he resembled the gorillaC. he was caged with the gorilla after he insulted an aristocratic strollerD. he could feel the kinship only with the beast51. In__________, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.A. “After Apple-Picking”B. “The Road NOt Taken”C. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”D. “Fire and Ice”52. Though Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were romantic poets in theme and technique, they differ from each other in a variety of ways. 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Self-RelianceC. The American ScholarD. The Over-Soul79. In Robert Frost’s famous poem "Stopping by Woods ona Snowy Evening", thereare four lines like these: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, / But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep,/ And miles to go before I sleep”. The second sleep refers to______.A. dieB. calm downC. fall into sleepD. stop walking。

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答案：哈丽叶特·比彻·斯托2. 《红字》的作者是________。

答案：纳撒尼尔·霍桑3. 《草叶集》的作者是________。

答案：沃尔特·惠特曼4. 《愤怒的葡萄》的作者是________。

答案：约翰·斯坦贝克5. 《太阳照样升起》的作者是________。

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美国文学史及选读期末复习重点考试题型：1.名词解释（20分）5个*4=20分2.选择题（20分）3.连线题（10分）4.判断题（10分）5.片段赏析（20分）一个10分2个一个小说一个诗歌6.论述题（20分）一个10分2个一个小说一个诗歌The Outline of American LiteratureThe Realistic Period 1865-1914Realists:Henry James and his psychological realismWilliam Dean Howells and his moral realismLocal Colorism/Regionalism: Mark TwainNaturalists:Stephen Crane /DreiserThe Modern Period 1914-1945Modern Poetry:Imagism:Ezra PoundW.C.WilliamsLyrical Poet：Robert FrostCarl SandburgWallace StevensModern Novelists:Representatives of the Lost Generation:(Jazz Age)F.Scott Fitzgerald/Ernest Hemingway/T.S.EliotEpitome of the Southern Renaissance:William FaulknerThe Leftist Novelists:John Dos Passos/John SteinbeckThe Jewish American Novelists in this period:Eugene O·NeillPart I Term Definition1.American Naturalism:美国自然主义1.Naturalism is a more deliberate kind of realism and this term describes a type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity（客观）and detachment（冷静）to its study of human beings.2.Naturalism is a literary movement that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character.3.Although naturalist literaturedescribed the world with sometimes brutal realism, it sometimes also aimed at bettering the world throughsocial reform.4.It accepted the interpretation Dreiser is a leadingKey words：Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory;environment and heredity; objectivity and detachment Theodore Dreiser; Sister Carrie, Stephen Crane, etc.2.American Realism:美国现实主义1.时间：In American literature, the Civil War brought the Romantic Period to an end. The Age of Realism came into existence. 内战将浪漫主义结束，开启现实主义。

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美国文学试题及答案# 美国文学试题及答案## 一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 马克·吐温的代表作是以下哪部作品？A. 《了不起的盖茨比》B. 《汤姆·索亚历险记》C. 《白鲸》D. 《草叶集》2. 以下哪位作家被誉为“美国现代主义文学之父”？A. 欧内斯特·海明威B. 弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德C. 亨利·詹姆斯D. 埃德加·爱伦·坡3. 《飘》的作者是谁？A. 玛格丽特·米切尔B. 哈珀·李C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 乔治·奥威尔4. 《老人与海》的主人公是以下哪位？A. 汤姆·索亚B. 哈克贝利·芬C. 桑地亚哥D. 盖茨比5. 以下哪部作品是威廉·福克纳的代表作？A. 《喧哗与骚动》B. 《熊》C. 《我弥留之际》D. 《太阳照常升起》## 二、填空题（每空2分，共20分）6. 爱伦·坡的《_________》被认为是侦探小说的开山之作。

7. 《了不起的盖茨比》中，盖茨比的豪宅位于_________。

8. 《汤姆叔叔的小屋》是美国内战前的一部重要作品，它由_________所著。

9. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫是_________文学流派的代表人物之一。

10. 哈珀·李的《杀死一只知更鸟》通过_________的视角探讨了种族歧视问题。

## 三、简答题（每题15分，共30分）11. 简述《白鲸》中主人公艾哈布船长的性格特点。

12. 描述《草叶集》中惠特曼的诗歌风格。

## 四、论述题（30分）13. 论述《飘》中斯嘉丽·奥哈拉的人物形象及其在小说中的意义。

## 参考答案1. B2. C3. A4. C5. A6. 莫格街谋杀案7. 长岛8. 哈里特·比彻·斯托9. 现代主义10. 斯库特·芬奇11. 艾哈布船长是一个坚定、固执且有些偏执的人。

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美国文学练习1I.Multiple choice・ Please choose the best answer among the four items. (10x V= 10，)B 1> In American literature, the 18th century was the age of Enlightenment. ______________was the dominant.A. humanismB. rationalismC. romanticismD. evolutionB 2、The short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow^^ is taken from Irving^ work named___________ .A. The Leatherstocking TalesB. The Sketch BookC. The AutobiographyD. The History of New YorkA 3、Which of the following is not the characteristic of American Romanticism?A. RationalismB. inner selfC. personal feelingsD. individualismC 4、The short story "Rip Van Winkle" reveals the _________ a ttitude of its author.A. optimisticB. pessimisticC. conservativeD. ironicB 5、Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in ___________ andThoreau.A. JeffersonB. EmersonC. FreneauD. Mark TwainA 6、Which is regarded as the "Declaration of Intellectual Independence^^?A. The American ScholarB. English TraitsC. OversoulD. Self-relianceD 7、_______ is the father of American Literature.A. Benjamin FranklinB. Philip FreneauC. PaineD. Washington IrvingB 8、_______ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. ThoreauB. EmersonC. HawthorneD. WhitmanC 9、Most of the poems in Whitman's Leaves of Grass sing of the mass^^ and the__ as well.A. natureB. self-relianceC. selfD. lifeC 10、For Melville, as well as for the reader and _________ ，the narrator, Moby Dick isstill a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A. AhabB. StubbC. IshmaelD. StarbuckC 11、The poem is written in free verse in 52 cantos with the theme of the universality andequality in value of all people and all things.a.Cantosb. The Ravenc. Song of Myselfd. ChicagoB 12、The novel is about how a group of people on a whaling ship kill a great whale butthemselves are killed by the whale, with the conflict between man and his fate.a.The Octopusb. Moby-Dickc. The Rise of Silas Laphamd. Leaves of GrassB 13、An English ship brought 102 people from Plymouth, England on September 16, 1620and arrived in the present Provincetown harbor on November 21 in the same year. This ship was named ____________________________ .a. The Pilgrimsb. Mayflowerc. Americad. TitanicB. the Modem PeriodD. the Realisticas .A. the Naturalist Period C. the Romantic PeriodC 14> __________ was the greatest woman poet in American literature and she wrote about 1,700 short lyric poems in her life time.a. Pearl S. Buckb. Harriet Bicher Stowec. Emily Dickensond. Walter WhitmanD 15、. ____________ is father of the detective story and of psychoanalytic criticism.a. Washington Irvingb. Ralph Waldo Emersonc. Walt Whitmand. Edgar Allan PoeB 16、In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment.was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RevolutionD. EvolutionA 17、 ------- Which statement about Franklin is not true?A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer.B. He was a scientist.C. He was a master of diplomacy.D. He was a Puritan.A 18、Who is regarded as the first American prose epic. A. Nature B. The Scarlet Letter C. Walden D. Moby-DickA 19、The Romanic Period of American literature started with the publication of WashingtonIrving's ----------------------------- a nd ended with Whiteman's Leaves of Grass.A. The Sketch BookB. Tales of a TravelerC. The AlhambraD. A history of New YorkC 20、The period before the American Civil War is generally referred toII. True or false choices: 1. Franklin's autobiography, published after his death, has become one of the classics of thegenre.2. The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is an American novel written by Nathaniel3. Hawthorne and is generally considered to be his representative work.4. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of theImagist movement in the early 19th century.5. —The Fall of the House of Usher is one of Poe's poems.6. In The Scarlet Letter, Pear is Hester 9s illegitimate daughter.7. The famous poem 一A Psalm of Life was written by Edgar Allen Poe.8. —The Raven is a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe.9. In Moby Dick, the voyage symbolizes a search for truth.Ill Simple questions1、 What are Puritan thoughts?2、 What is Transcendentalism and list some representative figures?3、 American Renaissance4、 Explain the symbolic meanings of "A" in The Scarlet Letter.5、 How does E. A. Poe anticipate the 20th century literatureIV・ Interpreting the following textText IBecause I could not stop for Death —He kindly stopped for meThe Carriage held but just OurselvesAnd Immortality.We slowly drove He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility —We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess in the RingWe passed the Fields of Gazing Grain ・・We passed the Setting Sun —Since then ・・ *tis Centuries ・・ and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses1 2 3 4 5 6 HeadsWere toward Eternity —Questions:1 Identify the poet and the title of this poem? （2，）2 Explain the underlined words （4，）3 What are the implications of "the School", "the fields of Gazing Grain"，he Setting Sun”？（3‘）4 How do you understand “Since then 'tis Centuries and yet / Feels5 shorter than the Day" ? （3‘）6 What are the speaker's opinions about death? （3‘）Text IIOnce upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weakry,Over many a quint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one rapping, rapping at my chamber door."Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door --------------Only this, and nothing more."Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow;—— vainly I had tried to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow —— sorrow for the lost Lenore—— For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name LenoreNameless here for evermore.And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me 一filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, "1 Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door 一Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door ; 一This it is and nothing more."n Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting ・ "Get thee back into the tempest and the Night!s plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! -quit the bust above my door!Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon that is dreaming,And the lamp-light o' er him streaming throve his shadow on the floor;And my soul from out chat shadow that lies floating on the floorShall be lifted・nevemiore!7.Identify the poet and the title of this poem?8.Explain the images "the raven^^ and "the chamber door".9.Why did the author used a non-human creature to utter the word?10.Try to explain the theme of the poem.。

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（完整版）美国文学选择题诗歌分析题大全有用的,推荐文档Part Two American LiteratureChapter 1 The Romantic PeriodI. Choose the right answer:1. Of all the following issues, _____is definitely NOT the focus of the Romantic writers in the American literary history.A. Puritan moralityB. Human bestialityC. Noble savagesD. Divinity of manAnswer: B (P401)2. Henry David Thoreau’s work, ________, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of the New England Transcendental Movement.A. WaldenB. The PioneersC. NatureD. "Song of Myself"Answer: A (P402)3. "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind" is a famous quote from______’s writings.A. Walt WhitmanB. Henry David ThoreauC. Herman MelvilleD. Ralph Waldo EmersonAnswer: D (P402)4. ’Leaves of Grass’ commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodiment of________, which are written in the founding documents of both the Revolutionary War and theAmerican Civil War. A. the democratic ideals B. the romantic ideals C. the self-reliance spirits D. the religious ideals Answer: A (P447)5. According to Whitman, the genuine participation of a poet in a common cultural effort was to behave asa supreme_________.A. democratB. individualistC. romanticistD. leaderAnswer: B (P448)6. The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as ___________.A. The Naturalist PeriodB. The Modern PeriodC. The Romantic PeriodD. The Realistic PeriodAnswer: C (P399)7. In the following works, which sign the beginning of the American literature?A. The Sketch BookB. Leaves of GrassC. Leather Stocking TalesD. Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB (P399)8. _____is the author of the work ’The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’.A. Washington IrvingB. James JoyceC. Walt WhitmanD. William Butler YeatsAnswer: A (P404)9. Washington Irving’s ’Rip Van Winkle’ is famous for_________.A. Rip’s escape into a mysteriousB. The story’s German legendary source materialC. Rip’s seeking for happinessD. Rip’s 20-years sleepAnswer: D (P406)10. Which of the following statement is not true about Washington Irving?A. Washington Irving is regarded as Father of the American short stories.B. Irving’s relationship with the Old World in terms of his literary imagination can hardly be ignored considering his success both abroad and at home.C. Irving’s taste was essentially progressive or radical.D. Washington Irving has always been regarded as a writer who "perfected the best classic style that American literature ever produced."Answer: C (P403---406)11. The Publication of ______established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. The American ScholarD. The Over-SoulAnswer: A (P420)12. The phrase "a transparent eye-ball’ compares philosophical mentation of Emerson’s. It appears in_________.A. The American ScholarB. NatureC. The over SoulD. Essays: Second SeriesAnswer: B (P423)13. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled _______at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmeasas :Our Intellectual Declaration of Independence".A. "Self-Reliance"B. "Divinity School Address"C. "The American Scholar"D. "Nature"Answer: C (P423)14. _____is the most ambivalent (有争议的) writers in the American literary history.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Walt WhitmanC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Mark TwainAnswer: A (P429)15. "There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity", which author of the following authors does the mention belong to________.A. Washington IrvingB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt WhitmanAnswer: C (P431)16. In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectualsusually appear as________.A. saviorsB. villainsC. commentatorsD. observersAnswer: B (P432)17. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorne except_______.A. The House of the Seven GablesB. White JacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithedale Romance Answer: B (P431)18. Walt Whitman is radically innovative in the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subject is__________.A. free verseB. blank verseC. lyric poemD. heroic coupletAnswer: A (P450)19. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman?A. Lyrical and well-structuredB. Free-flowingC. Simple and rather crudeD. Conversational and casual Answer: A (P450---451)20. " The horizon’s edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud. These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day." The two lines are taken from____________.A. "There Was a Child Went Forth" by Walt WhitmanB. "In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra PoundC. "Cavalry Crossing a Ford" by Walt WhitmanD. "Ulysses" by JoyceAnswer: A (P454)21. "Moby Dick" is regarded as the first American_________.A. Prose epicB. Comic epicC. Dramatic fictionD. Poetic fictionAnswer: A (P460)22. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT________.A. mystery of the universeB. sin of the whaleC. power of the great NatureD. evil of the worldAnswer: B (P461)23. Which of the following comments on the writings by Herman Melville is not true?A. "Bartleby, the Scrivener" is a short story.B. "Benito Cereno" is a novella.C. The Confidence---Man has something to do with the sea and sailors.D. Moby-Dick is regarded as the first American prose epic.Answer: C (P459---460)24. The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling, and second, the individual is____, therefore, self-reliant.A. insignificantB. vicious by natureC. divineD. forward-lookingAnswer: C (P402)II. Read the quoted part and answer the questions:1. "Time grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on: a tart temper mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village. Questions:1) Please identify the author and the title of the work.2) What’s the meaning of this passage?参考答案:1) This is an excerpt from "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving. (P408)2) With his wife’s dominance at home, the situation became harder and harder f or Rip Van Winkle. His wife’s temper became worse and she scolded him for more often. He had to stay in the club with idle people. (P407)附:Question: Please describe the changes Rip Van Winkle experienced.Answer: 1) Rip Van Winkle was the hero in Irving’s works. He was a good-natured man, a henpecked (惧内的，妻管严的) husband.2) Because his wife’s shrewish (泼妇一样的) treatment, Rip had to escape from his home to the little inn in the village. When it failed to give him some restful air, he had to go hunting in the high mountain, where Rip met a stranger, and the man asked Rip to carry keg for him. Then Rip reached the place in the valley, where many strangers were playing nine-pins. Later Rip got drunk after drinking the liquor, which made him sleep for 20 years.3) Rip woke up as an old man, entering the village learned that his wife had died, he got the freedom of his own,; and the American had been dependent from the control of Britain, he had changed from a subject of the King (George III) into a citizen of the independent new U.S.....2. " I celebrated myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you"Questions:。

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BA.He is master of stream-of consciousness narrativeB.His writing is often complex and difficult to understand.C.It represents a new group of Southern writers.D.He often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago.6.Which of the following is not said about Ezra Pound? AA.For he was politically controversial and notorious for what he did in the wartime, his literary achievement and influence are somewhat reduced.B.His artistic talents are on full display in the history of the Imagist Movement.C.From his analysis of the Chinese ideogram Pound learned to anchor his poetic language in concrete, perceptual reality, and to organize images into larger patterns through juxtaposition.D.His language is usually oblique yet marvelously compressed and his poetry is dense with personal,literary and historical allusions.7.As a spokesman of the ‘roaring 20s’, Scott Fitzgerald portrayed __B_.A.The problems of the human heart in conflict with itself.B.The psychological journey of the modern man and his helplessness in the modern world.C.The primitive struggle of individuals in the context of irresistible natural forces.D.The hollowness of the American worship of riches and the unending American dream of fulfillment .8.In a Farewell to arms, Hemingway _C__.A.Emphasizes his belief that man is trapped both physically and mentally and suggests that man is doomed to be entrapped.B.Wrote the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation in the 1930s.C.Favored the idea of nature as an expression of either god’s design or his beneficence.D.Tells a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a French nurse.9.In the beginning paragraph of Chapter 3, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes a big party by saying that “men and girls came and went like moths.” The author most likely indicates that _D__.A.There was a crowd of party goersB. these people were light-heartedC. these were crazy and ignorant characters.D. such life does not have real meaning.10.Eugene O’ Neill is remembered for his tragic view of life and most of his plays are about _A_A.The root, truth of human desires and human frustrations.B.The moral nature of the modern mankindC.The relationship between man and nature as well as man and womanD.The inner contradiction of men before the real world.11._B__ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “stream of consciousness” novels and the founder of psychological realismA.Theodore DreiserB. William FaulknerC. Henry JamesD. Mark Twain12.Which of the following does not describe the strikingly successful artistic techniques in Catch-22? DA.BurlesqueB. black humorC. anti-heroD. simple plot13.As the leader of the Harlem writers who created the Black Renaissance. __B__ was known as the “ poetLaureate of Harlem”A.Ralph EllisonB. Langston HughesC. Richard WrightD. Alice Walker14.In his poems, Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms with _D__.A. A simple spoken language- the speech of New England farmersB.The pastoral language of the South area.C.The difficult and highly ornamental languageD.Both A and B15.Hemingway once described Mark Twain’s novel—the one look from which all modern American literature comes?” AA.The adventure of Huckleberry Finn.B. The adventure of Tom SawyerC. The gilded agesD. Theman that corrupted hadleyburg16.The literary characters of the Amrican type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features Except that they _B__.A.Speak local dialectsB. are polite and elegant gentlemenC. are simple and crude famersD. arenoble savages (red and white) untained by society17.Romantics put emphasis on the following Except __A_./doc/9d3409969.htmlmon senseB. ImaginationC. IntuitionD. Individualism18.The Raven was written in 1844 by _B__.A.Philip FreneauB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Emily Dickinson19.At the middle of the 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowing which is called “__B_”.A.The English RenaissanceB. the American RenaissanceC. the Second RenaissanceD. theSalem Renaissance20.The main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally philosophical concerning_D__.A.The cold, rigid rationalism of UnitarianismB. The relationship between man and womanC.the development of RomanticismD. nature, man and the universe21. The main theme of The Art of Fiction written by __A_ clearly indicates that the aim of the novel is to present life.A. Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC. Theodore DreiserD. Ernest Hemingway22. _A___ can be broadly defined as “the faithful representation of reality” or “verisimilitude”. It includes the period of time form the Civil War to the turn of the century.A. American RealismB. American TranscendentalismC.American SentimentalismD.American Romanticism23. In the fine “we slowly drove—He knew no haste/ And I had put away/ My labor and my leisure too, /For his Civility--”means_B___.A. abilityB. politenessC. kindnessD. pleasure24. Which of the following works is Not by Ernest Hemingway? CA. The old man and seaB. A farewell to armsC. Sound and FuryD. For whom the bell tolls25. Which one is Not the characteristic of modernism? DA. Modernism in literature is characterized by experimentation, and anti-realism, individualism and a stress on the celebral rather than emotive aspects.B. Modernism is greatly influenced by the two world wars.C. The work of Marx and Freud had mounted an assault against orthdox religious faith that lasted into the twentieth century.D. Modernists believe that human nature is kind.26. Iceberg Theory is a writing principle proposed and closely followed by _D__.A. Jack LondonB.Sinclair LewisC. William FaulknerD. Ernest Hemingway27. Which of the following plays by O’neill can be read autobiographically? DA. The hairy apeB. The Emperor JonesC. The iceman comethD. Long day’s journey into night28. Which of the following is said of American naturalism? CA. They preferred to have their own region and people at the forefront of the storiesB. Their characteristic setting is an isolated town.C. Their characters were conceived more or less complex combination of inherited attributes, their habits conditioned by social and economic forces.D. Humans should be united because they had to adapt themselves to changing harsh environment.29. The civil war had transformed America from __to __. BA. an agrarian community, a society of freedom and equalityB. an agrarian community, an industrialized and commercialized societyC. an industrialized and commercialized society, a highly developed society.D. a poor and backward society, an industrialized and commercialized society30. As a great innovator to American literature, Walt Whitman wrote his poetry in an unconventional style which is now called ___that is ___. CA. hymn…poetry with chanting refrainsB. blank verse…poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beatC. free verse…poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme schemeD. ode…poetry in an irregular metric form and expressing noble feelings31. Robert Frost combined traditional verse form—sonnet, rhyming couplet, blank verse…with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of _C__farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A. SouthernB. WesternC. New EnglandD. New Hampshire32. By the end of 19th century, the realists had rejected the portrayal of idealized characters and events and, instead, sought to _D__.A. describe objectively the wide range of American experienceB. present the subtleties of human personality.C. show animal nature of human beingsD. Both A and B33. The realistic period is referred to as “the Gilded Age” by __A_.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Emily DicksonD. Theodore Dreiser34. In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project project the ___American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.A. puritanB. materialisticC. psychologicalD. religious35. Realism was a reaction against _B__ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creatingfictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. NeoclassicismD. Enlightenment36. _C___ was a poet in American modern period who was deeply influence by eastern culture.A. T.S EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Walt Whitman37. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, ___ became the major trend in American literature scene, ___became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century. CA. sentimentalismB. romanticismC. realismD. naturalism38. Which of the following is Not a typical features of Henry James’s writing style? DA. Exquisite and elaborate languageB. minute and detailed descriptionC. lengthy psychological analysisD. American colloquialism39. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poem made such a stir in England that she become known as the “__A__” who appeared in America.A. Tenth MuseB. Ninth MuseC. Best MuseD. First Muse40. In American literature, the 18th century was the age of the Enlightenment. “__B_” was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RevolutionD. Evolution41. Apart from The Autobiography, Franklin is perhaps best remembered in print for his __D_.A. The way to the wealthB. The sketch bookC. The biography of Christopher ColumbusD. Poor Richard’s Almanac42. About the novel The Scarlet Letter, which of the following statement is Not right? DA. It’s a love story and a story of sin.B. It’s a highly symbolic story as the author is a master of symbolism.C. It’s mainly about the moral, emotional and psychological effects of the sin upon the main characteristics and the people in general.D. In it the letter A takes the same symbolic meaning throughout the novel.43. Moby Dick is usually considered _D__.A. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universeB. a spiritual exploration into man’s deep reality and psychologyC. a simple whaling tale or sea adventureD. both A and B44. American colonial literature is longer than any other literary period, which started when the first settlers kept diaries and sermons and developed till __A_.A. the mid of 18th centuryB. early 17th centuryC. the end of 17th centuryD. the end of 18th century45. The image of the famous “henpecked husband” is created by __A_.A. Washington IrvingB. Fennimore CooperC. William Dean HowellsD. Mark Twain46. Which of the following works concerns most concentrated the Calvinistic view of original sin? BA. The WastelandB. The Scarlet LetterC. Leaves of GrassD. As I Lay Dying47. As a philosophical and literary movement, __D_ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. ModernismB. RationalismC. SentimentalismD. Transcendentalism48. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features except __A_.A. a strict poetic formB. a simple and conversational languageC. a free and natural rhythmic patternD. an easy flow of feelings名词解释：1.Imagism (13)2. Jazz age (17)3. Harlem Renaissance (19 & 55)4. Yoknapatawpha saga (54)5. Gothic literature (5)6. Beat Generation (20)7. Realism (8)8. Naturalism (11)9. Free Verse (7) 10. Anti-hero (37) 11. Black Humor (21) 12. Puritanism (2) 13. Hemingway Code Hero (15) 14. Waste land painters (16) 15. Confessional poetry 16. Lost Generation (14) 17. Post-modernism 18. Stream of consciousness (18) 19. Southern Renaissance (阅读：1.Washington Irving: Rip Van Winkle (⽼师发的材料)2.Emerson: self-reliance (选读教材)3.Nathaniel Hawthorne: The scarlet letter。

《美国文学》题库及答案

《美国文学》题库及答案I.Multiple Choice1. American literature is only more than ____ years old.A. 500B.400C. 200D.1002. The Puritan values did no include______.A. wastefulnessB. thriftC. pietyD. hard work3. The 18th century was the age of the Enlightenment.______was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RomanticismD. Realism4. Franklin was the epitome of the______.A. American EnlightenmentB. Sugar ActC. Charlist movementD. Romanticism5. _____was the most leading spirit of the Transcendentalism.A. FranklinB. HawthorneC. PaineD. Emerson6. “Moby Dick was written by_____A. Mark TwainB. ThoreauC. MelvilleD. Whitman7. “The Scarlet Letter” is characterized by its______.A. symbolismB. rationalismC. PlatonismD. classicism8. “Huckleberry Finn is the masterpiece of________.A. Henry JamesB. Jack LondonC. Mark TwainD. Stephen Crane9. Choose the novel written by Henry JamesA. The Golden BowlB. The Portrait of a LadyC. Sister CarrieD. Daisy Miller10. Early in the 20th century, _____ published works that would change the nature of American poetry.A. Ezra PoundB. T.S. EliotC. Robert FrostD. both A and B11._____ is the founder of “Imagist” movement.A. Ezra PoundB. HemingwayC. Robert FrostD. Steinbeck12. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by_____A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. Local ColorismD. Imagism13. ________ is said to be the father of American poetryA. T.S. EliotB. E.D. RobinsonC. Philip FreneauD. Dreiser14. Hawthorne is regarded as a _______.A. naturalistB. classicistC. realistD. romanticist15. ______ represents the most leading spirit of American Transcendentalism.A. EmersonB. FranklinC. Mark TwainD. Whitman16.“The Art of Fiction” was written by_____A. LongfellowB. Henry JamesC. FitzgeraldD. Faulkner17. Imagination plays the most important part in________.A. realismB. romanticismC. naturalismD. classicism18. ______ is considered to be the masterpiece of John Steinbeck.A. Mending WallB. Dry SeptemberC. A Farewell to ArmsD. The Grapes of Wrath19. Uncle Tom in the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a(n)______A. Negro slaveB. salesmanC. industrialistD. officer20. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by______A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. Local ColorismD. Imagism21. “The Great Gatsby” is the masterpiece of_____A. WhitmanB. FitzgeraldC. DickinsonD. Hemingway22. The United States of America was founded in______.A. 1776B. 1876C. 1789D.168923. The ancestors of American Indians were______A. AsiansB. AfricansC. EuropeansD. Australians24. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was written by______.A. H.B. Stowe B. John SteinbeckC. HawthorneD. Mark Twain25. ______ does not belong to the lost generation.A. DreiserB. T.S. EliotC. FaulknerD. Hemingway26. ______ was well known for his story “Rip Van Winkle.”A. BryantB. Washington IrvingC. Allan PoeD. Philip Freneau27. “Farewell to Arms” is the master pieced produced by______A. FaulknerB. DreiserC. HemingwayD. Longfellow28. It was ______ who wrote the formal declaration of independence.A. Thomas JeffersonB. Benjamin FranklinC. WashingtonD. Washington Irving29. _____has been exerting a great and enduring influence upon world literature, especially that of France and European symbolism.A. FranklinB. BradstreetC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Philip Freneau30. The masterpiece of Hawthorne is _________.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. Richard CoryD. A Psalm of Life31. Engene O’Neill is a _______.A. novelistB. poetC. puritanD. dramatist32.Hemingway’s style of writing is characterized by______.A. high-sounding wordsB. simple dictionC. complicated sentencesD. mix metaphor33. T.S. Eliot is not only a poet but also a ______.A. criticB. statesmanC. churchmanD. novelists34. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” was written by_____.A. T.S. EliotB. O’NeillC. Stephen CraneD. Saul Bellow35. “The Grape of Wrath” is one of the remarkable novels of_____.A. the Civil WarB. DepressionC. SuppressionD. Aggression36. Theodore Dreiser showed the_____ tendency in his novels.A. PuritanismB. classicismC. romanticismD. naturalism37. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading figure of________.A. TranscendentalismB. RomanticismC. RationalismD. Naturalism38. “The Sound and the Fury” was the masterpiece of ______A. Robert Lee FrostB. T.S. EliotC. FaulknerD. Steinbeck39. Emily Dickinson is an American________.A. dramatistB. novelistC. female poetD. male poet40. “Th Emily Dickinson is an American ark Twain’s______A. materialismB. classicismC. socialismD. colorism41. “The Portrait of a Lady” is one of best novels of_________.A. Henry JamesB. John SteinbeckC. William FaulknerD. Walt Whitman42. What Whitman is famous for his_________.A. “Leaves of Grass”B. “Mending Wall”C. “Richard Cory”D. “The Burial of the Dead”43. “Catch-22” is the masterpiece of______A. Saul BellowB. Joseph HellerC. DreiserD. Fitzgerald44. The English settlement in America began in_________A.1507B.1607C.1707D.180745. The first World War broke out in______.A.1614B.1714C.1814D.191446. The jazz age refers to the decade ofA.1950’sB.1980’sC.1920’sD.1820’s47. Franklin was a _____.A. PuritanB. romanticistC. classicistD. imagist48. “Rip Van Winkle” was written by_______.A. FreneauB. Allan PoeC. Washington IrvingD. Thomas Jefferson49.“The Scarlet Letter” is the masterpiece of______.A. HawthorneB. EmersonC. BradstreetD. Allan Poe50.It was______who wrote “The Age of Reason”A. WashingtonB. JeffersonC. Benjamin FranklinD. Thomas Paine51.“Song of Myself” is a ______written by Whitman.A. novelB. poemC. dramaD. essay52.Tom in Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a _____.A. Negro slaveB. American IndianC. School masterD. industrialist53. Mark Twain belongs to the literary school of_____.A. transcendentalismB. realismC. romanticismD. naturalism54._______is a famous American female poet.A. Allan PoeB. FreneauC. Emily DickinsonD. Robinson55. “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn” is the masterpiece of_____.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Stephen CraneD. Robert Lee Frost56. It was____ who wrote the poem “The Road Not Taken.”A. WhitmanB. FreneauC. Robert Lee FrostD. T.S.EliotⅡ Define the literary terms briefly in English1. American Transcendentalism2. Romanticism3. The Puritans4. Realism5. Enlightenment6. Transcendentalism7. EnlightenmentIII Explain the following quotations in your own words.1. Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed.2. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference.3. Let us, then, be up and doing, With heart for any fate;Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.4. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked.5. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!_____6. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need.7. But still he fluttered pulses when he said,“Good morning”, and he glittered when he walked.8. something there is that doesn’t love a wall,He says again, “Good fences make good neighbors.”9. Fair flower, that dost so comely grow, Hid in this silent, dull retreat10. But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today11. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Ⅳ Answer the following questions in English1. Why is American literature important for you?2. What is the theme of “The Waste Land”?3. Whose novel (or which novel) do you enjoy most?Why?4. What is the style of Hemingway’s novel?5. What is the significance of American literature?6. Do you like American literature? Why?7. What is the real theme in “Sister Carrie”?8. What is the central subject and primary significance of Hawthorne’s major works?9. Which American writer do you like best? Why?10. What is the theme of “Catch-22”?11. What are the features of Emily Dickinson’s poems?12. Why should we learn American literature?13. Which poem do you enjoy most? Why?《美国文学》作业参考答案I.Multiple Choice1.C2.A3.B4.A5.D6.C7.A8.C9.B 10.D11.A 12.C 13.C 14.D 15.A 16.B 17.B 18.D 19.A 20.C21.B 22.C 23.A 24.D 25.A 26.B 27.C 28.A 29.C 30.A31.D 32.B 33.A 34.B 35.B 36.D 37.A 38.C 39.C 40.D41.A 42.A 43.B 44.B 45.D 46.C 47.A 48.B 49. A 50.D51.B 52.A 53.B 54.C 55. A 56. CII.Define the literary terms briefly in English1.American transcendentalism was a philosophical dissent from Unitarianism. Transcendentalists rejected the materialistic psychology in favor of the idealism of Kant who asserted that intuition could surpass reason as a guide to the truth. To transcendentalists, spirit is inherent and pervading and is the only reality in the universe in which nature stood as a symbol of Spirit. Transcendentalismemphasized the divinity of man, the significance and right of the individual, and the possibility of the self-perfection of the individual.2. Romanticism is characterized by the pursuit of freedom, emphasis of individualism, a reliance upon the good of nature and “natural” man, and an abiding faith in the boundless resources of the human spirit and imagination.3.The Puritans were members of the church of England who at first wished to reform or “Purify its doctrines. They kept in common with all advocates o f strict Christian orthodox, insisting on man’s original sin and depravity.4. Realism is a literary school. The American realist William Dean Howells refered to the method of realistic literary creation as “nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material. The realists tended to be highly selective in their choice of material, focusing upon what seemed real to their largely middle-class readers.5. Enlightenment in America was a progressive “intellectual movement which contributed to free the Americans from the limitation of Puritanism which had been prevailing in American society, and stimulate them to strive for the establishment of their independent and democratic nation. The enlighteners were confident in the proqress by education and appealed to Reason.6．American transcendentalism was a political dissent from Unitarianism. Transcendentalists rejected the materialistic psychology in favour of the idealism of kant who asserted that intuition could surpass reason as a guide to the truth. To transcendentalists, spirit is inherent and pervading and is the only reality in the universe in which nature stood as a symbol of Spirit. Transcendentalists emphasized the divinity of man, the significance and right of the individual, and the possibility of the self-perfection of the individual.7. Enlightenment in America was a progressive intellectual movement which contributed to free the Americans fromthe limitations of Purtanism which had been prevailing in American society, and stimulate them to strive for their independent and democratic nation. The enlighteners were confident in the proqress of education and appealed to reason.III Explain the following quotations in your own words.1. Those who have never succeeded before will enjoy the sweetness o success most.2. In my life and literary creation, I did not follow others’ footsteps (or footprints). SometimesI chose a different way. That was the reason why I was unique and different from them both in life and poetic writing.3. Let us rise up and take actionTo meet any challenge in our life.We should learn to work and to be patientAnd persevere in pursuing our goalTill we reap the fruit of achievement one after another.4. He always dressed himself properly and elegantly And he showed his kindness and considerateness when talked with others.5. Don’t tell me in sad voice that life is nothing but an meaningless and empty dream.6. Only when you feel thirstiest and bitterest, can you really understand and enjoy the holy sweet drink.7. He stirred the pulses of the persons he was greeting with “Good morning”. While he was walking, his manners appeared to be so brilliant and attractive that he drow much public attention.8. Wall, as a barrier for communication or mutual understanding, is not good at all. Sometimes, it is necessary to remove the wall.Wall, as a boundary or limitation or border, is needed sometimes, so that good relations can be kept among different strata of people, or different countries.Wall is a paradox, which is both good and bad in haman life9.The honeysuckle qrows so agreeably and beautifully.However the beautiful flower hid its beauty in the quiet and lonely place.10.We had better take action every day, not remain idle and inactive so that we can make progress each day.11.I have a lot of obligations and duties to fulfill, so there is still a long way for me to go beforeI can relax or leave this world.Ⅳ Answer the following questions in English1. Key points:① the significance of American literature in the world literature ② the manifestation of American life and culture ③the requirement of improving English2. The theme of the poem is modern spiritual barrenness, the despair and depression that followed the first world war, the sterility and turbulence of the modern world, and the decline and breakdown of Western culture.3. The answer depends on individual student’s inclination.4. His style of writing is characterized by short and terse sentences, simple diction filled with emotion, vivid colloquialisms, and particularly the simplicity of his laconic statements.5. Key points: ① its place in the world literature② the manifestation of American life and culture③ the requirement of professional knowledge and skills as English majon.6. The answer is flexible. It de pends on an individual Student’s inclination.7. The real theme in Sister Carrie is the purposelessness of life. While looking at individuals with warm, human sympathy, he also sees the disorder and cruelty of life in general.8. The central subject of Haw thorne’s major works was the human soul. His exploration of the soul resulted from his skeptical attitude toward the social reality that was characterized by a rapid change in almost all aspects of social life, and from his ambition to probe into the nature of man. The primary significance of his major works dwells in the interect and the consistend vitality of his criticism of life.9. The answer is flexible, depending on students’ inclination, logic and language skills.10. Its real theme is to expose the dehumanization of all contemporary institutions, the absurd and corrupt bureancracy and the alienation of individuals existing in a systemized chaotic condition, such as war.punctuation and capitalization. Her mode of expression is characterized by clear-cut and delicately original imagery, precise diction, and fragmentary and enigmatic metrical pattern.12. Key points: ①the significance of American literature in the world literature ② the manifestation of American life and culture ③ the requirement of improving English.13. The answer is flexible and depends on student’s inclination.。

(完整word版)美国文学考试题

一选择题（20个共20分）1.James Fenimore Cooper作品The Leatherstocking Tales, 《皮袜子故事集》2.Philip FreneauThe wild Honey Suckle《野忍冬花》3.Edgar Allan PoeTo Helen4.Henry David ThoreauWalden《瓦尔登湖》5.American Romanticism 浪漫主义Period: from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of the civil warIt started with the publication of Washington Irving’s The Sketch Book and ended with Whitman’s Leaves of Grass6.Nathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet Letter 《红字》7.美国内战（南北战争）时间1861.4.12—1865.4.98.Westward Movement 西进运动，开始于18世纪末，终于19世纪末20世纪初。

9.Henry JamesThe Portrait of a Lady 《一个女人的画像》10.Ralph Waldo EmersonNature 《论自然》11.John SmithFirst American writer12.Herman MelvilleMoby-Dick 《大白鲸》二连线题（作者和作品10分）1.Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography2.O.HenryThe Cop and the Anthem 《警察与赞美诗》3.Jack LondonThe Sea Wolf 《海狼》三名词解释2个（以下四选二，共10分）1.American DreamThe freedom allowing all American people to pursue their goals in life through hard work and free choice.(1分) It often refers to the opportunity for immigrants to achieve greater material prosperity than was possible in their countries of origin.(2分)The founding Fathers used the phrase, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” to encompass all that is available in American . It’s the opportunity to make individual choices without therestrictions of class, race or religion. (2分)2.American Puritanism 美国清教主义A religious movement in the late 16th century，It sent an offshoot(分支) in the third and fourth decades of the 17th century to the northern English colonies in the New World，It laid the foundation for the religious, intellectual and social order of the New World。

美国文学选择题

美国文学I.The Colonial Period（Puritanism）Multiple Choice1.The Puritan dominating values were ____________.A. hard workB. thriftC. pietyD. sobriety2. Which statement about Cotton Mather is not true?A. He was a great Puritan historian.B. He was an inexhaustible writer.C. He was a skillful preacher and an eminent theologian.D. He was a graduate of Oxford College.3. Jonathan Edwards’ best and most representative sermon was_________.A. A True Sight of SinB. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry GodC. A Model of Christian CharityD. God’s Determinations4. The common thread throughout American literature has been the emphasis on the ___________.A. RevolutionismB. ReasonC. IndividualismD. rationalism5. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she became known as the “__________” who appeared in America.A. Ninth MuseB. Tenth MuseC. Best MuseD. First MuseII. Period around The War of Independence (Enlightenment)1. In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment. ____________was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RevolutionD. Evolution2.Which of the following stirred the world and helped form the American republic?A. The American Crisis.B. The FederalistC. Declaration of IndependenceD. The Age of Reason3.“These are the times that try men’s souls”, these words were once read to Washington’s troops and did much to spur excitement to further action with hope and confidence. Who is the author of these words?A. Benjamin FranklinB. Thomas PaineC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington4.Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”?A. Anne BradstreetB. Edward TaylorC. Michael WigglesworthD. Philip Freneau5.At the Reason and Revolution Period, Americans were influenced by the..European movement called the __________.A. Charitist MovementB. Romanticist MovementC. Enlightenment MovementD. Modernist MovementIII. Period of RomanticismI. Multiple Choice1. In Walt Whitman’s “There was a Child Went Forth,” the child refers to _________.A. the poet himself as a childB. any American ChildC. the young AmericaD. one of the poet’s neighbor2. In Moby-Dick, the voyage symbolizes _______________.A. the Microcosm of human societyB. a search for truthC. the unknown worldD. nature3. Thoreau was often alone in the woods or by the pond, lost in spiritual communication with ____________.A. natureB. transcendentalist ideasC. human beingsD. celestial beings4. The Transcendentalist group includes two of the most significant writers America has produced so far, Emerson and ___________A. Henry David ThoreauB. Washington IrvingC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman5. _____________tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a puritan community are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different ways.A. Twice-Told TalesB. The Scarlet LetterC. The House of the Seven GablesD. The Marble Faun6. _____________ is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. NatureB. The Scarlet LetterC. WaldenD. Moby-Dick7. Washington Irving’s social conservation and literary for the past is revealed, to some extent, in his famous story,_____________.A. The Legend of Sleep HollowB. Rip Van WinkleC. The Custom-houseD. The Birthmark8. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT___________.A. mystery of the universeB. sin of the whaleC. power of the Great NatureD. evil of the world9. The convention of the desire for an escape from society and a return to nature in American literature is particularly evident in ____________.A. Cooper’s Leatherstocking TalesB. Hawthorne’s The Scarlet LetterC. Whitman’s Leaves of GrassD. Irving’s Rip Van Winkle10. As a philosophical and literary movement, _____________flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War...A. modernismB. rationalismC. sentimentalismD. transcendentalism11. In Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, “A” may stand for_________.A. AdulteryB. AngelC. AmiableD. All the above12. The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as __________.A. the Naturalist PeriodB. the modern PeriodC. the Romantic PeriodD. the Realistic Period13. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Haw home except___________.A. The House of the Seven GablesB. White jacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithe dale Romance14. In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature?A. The Sketch Book.B. Leaves of Grass.C. Leather stocking TalesD. Adventures of huckleberry Finn.15. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____________.A. religionB. love and marriageC. life and deathD. war and peace16. Emily Dickinson’s poetic idiom is noted for the following except _________.A. brevityB. directnessC. plainest wordsD. obscure17. It is on his ___________that Washington Irving’s fame mainly rested.A. tales about AmericaB. early poetryC. childhood recollectionsD. sketches about his European tours18. ____________ is the most ambivalent writer in the American literary history.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB. Walt WhitmanC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Mark Twain19. The publication of ____________established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of new England Transcendentalism.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. The American ScholarD. The Over-Soul20. In the history of literature, Romanticism is regarded as _____________a) the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experience.b) The thought that designates man as a social animal.c) The orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in common.d) The modes of thinking.21. In the poem “Some of Myself”, Whitman sets forth the principle beliefs of ___________.A. the theory of universality.B. singularity and equality of beings in valueC. both A and B.D. none above22. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman?A. lyrical and well-structuredB. free-flowingC. simple and rather crudeD. conversational and casual23. Which of the following writings is not finished by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. NatureB. essaysC. The Over-SoulD. Of Studies..IV. Period of RealismI. Multiple Choice1. The Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States refers to the period from ______________ to _______________.A. 1861... 1914 B. 1863...1918 C. 1865...1914 D. 1865 (1918)2. _____________ is considered to be Theodore Dreiser’s greatest work.A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. The FinancierD. The Titan3. _____________ is a novella about a young American girl who gets “killed” by the winter in Rome, and it brought Henry James international fame for the first time.A. The AmericanB. The EuropeansC. Daisy MillerD. The portrait of a Lady4. _____________ is described by mark Twain as a boy with “a sound heart and a deformed conscience.A. Tom SawyerB. Huckleberry FinnC. JimD. Tony5. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism, of which Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers?A. FreudB. DarwinC. W.D. Howellls D. Emerson6. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ______________.A. international themeB. waste-land imageryC. local colorD. symbolism7. In Henry James’ Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of ______________.A. the force of conventionB. the free spirit of the New WorldC. the decline of aristocracyD. the corruption of the newly rich8. The Literary characters of the American type in the early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features except that they _____________.A. speak local dialectsB. are polite and elegant gentlemenC. are simple and crude farmersD. are noble savages (red and white) untainted by society9. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, ___________ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of 19th century.A. sentimentalism 2. romanticism 3. realism D. naturalism10. Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be ______________.A. transcendentalismB. idealismC. pessimistsD.impressionists11. Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a ______________ language.A. grand D. pompous C. simple D. vernacular..12. Henry James experimented with many different themes in his literary career, the most influential one being ______________.A. nothingnessB. disillusionmentC. international themeD. relationship between men and women13. Theodore D reiser is generally regarded as one of America’s ______________.A. naturalistsB. realistsC. modernistsD. romanticists14. Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier. The Titan and ____________.A. The StoicB. The GiantC. The TycoonD. The Genius15. The book from which “ all modern American literature comes” refers to _____________.A. The Great GatsbyB. The Sun Also RisesC. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. Moby-Dick16. The impact of Darwin’s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American ___________.A. modernismB. naturalismC. vernacularismD. local colorism17. Which of the following writings is by Hemingway described the novel the one book from which “all modern American literature comes”?A. Tom SawyerB. Huckleberry FinnC. The Gilded AgeD. Life on the Mississippi18. The main theme of ______________ The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel.A. Henry James’B. William Dean HowellsC. Mark Twain’sD. Jack London’sV. Period of ModernismI. Multiple Choice1. In which of the following works, Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bull-fight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy? A. The Green Hills of Africa B. The Snows of KilimanjaroC. To Have and Have NotD. Death in the Afternoon2. _______________ is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.A. Ernest HemingwayB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. William FaulknerD. Ezra Pound3. _______________ is Hemingway’s first true novel in which he depicts a vivid portrait of “The Lost Generation”.A. The Sun Also RisesB. A Farewell to ArmsC. In Our TimeD. For Whom the Bell Tolls4. Fitzgerald’s fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of ___________.A. the Jazz AgeB. the Romantic Period..C. the Renaissance periodD. the Neoclassical Period5. In a tragic sense, ____________ is a representation of life as a struggle against unconquerable forces in which only a partial victory is possible.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. In Our TimeC. The Old Man and the SeaD. A Farewell to Arms6. Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms—the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse—with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of ___________ farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A. southernB. westernC. New HampshireD. New England7. Who, one of the most important poets in his time, is a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement”?A. J. D. Salinger.B. Ezra PoundC. Richard WrightD. Ralph Ellison8. American fiction in the 1960s and 1970s proves to be different from its predecessors. It is always ref erred to as “____________”.A. ImagismB. black humourC. new fictionD. the Beat Generation9. As an autobiographical play, O’ Neill’s _____________(1951) has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama.A. Long Day’s Journey Into NightB. The Hairy ApeC. Desire Under the ElmsD. The Iceman Cometh10. Tender Is the Night is a ______________ by Fitzgerald.A. Short storyB. novellaC. poemD. novel11. The leading playwright of the modern period in American literature, if not the most successful in all his experiments, is _______________.A. Arthur MillerB. Tennessee WilliamC. Robert FrostD. Eugene O’Nill12. ______________ is a dramatist who holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period.A. Sinclair LewisB. Eugene O’NeillC. Arthur MillerD. Tennessee Williams13. ________________ is said to be a “historical novel” by Faulkner.A. Go Down, MosesB. Light in AugustC. The Sound and the FuryD. Absalom14. ________________ stems from the ambiguity of the speaker’s choice between safety and the unknown.A. Mending the wallB. Home BurialC. The Road Not TakenD. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening15. Hemingway’s writing style, together with his theme and the hero, is greatly and permanently influenced by his experiences ______________...A. in his childhoodB. in the warC. in AmericaD. in Africa16. The following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except ________.A. William FaulknerB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. John SteinbeckD. Ernest Hemingway17. _____________ is not considered to be one of the masters in the field of American fiction in the modernistic period.A. F. Scott FitzgeraldB. Ernest HemingwayC. Arthur MillerD. William Faulkner18. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I could not travel both…”In the above two lines of Robert Frost’s The Road not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______________.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one’s course of life19. The American “Thirties”, lasted from the Crash, through the ensuing Great Depression, until the outbreak of the Second World War 1939. This was a period _____________.A. povertyB. bleaknessC. important social movementsD. a new social consciousnessE. all of the above20. _____________ showed great interest in Chinese literature and translated the poetry of Li Po into English, and was influenced by Confucian ideas.A. Ezra poundB. Robert FrostC. T. S. EliotD.E. E. Cummings21. Ezra Pound’s long poem _____________ contained more than one hundred poems loosely connected.A. The Waste landB. The CantosC. Don JuanD. Queen Mab22. In 1954, _____________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his “mastery of the art of modern narration”.A. T. S EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. John SteinbeckD. William Faulkner23. ____________ wrote about the society in the South by inventing families which represented different social forces: the old decaying upper class; the rising, ambitious, unscrupulous class of the “poor Whites”; and the Negroes who laboured for both of them.A. FaulknerB. FitzgeraldC. HemingwayD. Steinbeck24. In Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, he used a technique called ____________, in which the whole story was told through the thoughts of one character.A. Stream of consciousnessB. imagismC. symbolismD. naturalism..25. Most of the writers in the modern period were able to probe into the inner world of human reality on the base of _____________.A. William James’ “stream of consciousness”B. Carl Jung’s “collective unconscious” and “archetypal symbol”C. Sigmund Freud’s “interpretation of dreams”D. All of the above26. Writers of the first postwar era self-consciously acknowledged that they were ____________.A. a lost GenerationB. a Beat GenerationC. a Jazz GenerationD. none of the above27. Who is the author of the work: “The Grapes of Wrath”?A. John SteinbeckB. Eugene O’NeilC. F. Scott FitzgeraldD. Theodore Dreiser28. In 1920 Sinclair Lewis published his memorable denunciation of American small-town provincialism in ____________.A. Main StreetB. An American TragedyC. Winesburg, OhioD. Sister CarrieKeys (答案)：I. The Colonial Period:I) 1. ABCD 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. BII. Period around War of the Independence:I). 1. B 2. C 3. B 9. D 10. CIII. Period of Romanticism:I). 1.C 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. B 8. B9. D 10. D 11. D 12. C 13. B 14.A 15. D 16.D 17.A 18. A 19. A 20. C 21. C 22.A 23. DIV. Period of RealismI) 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5.B 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. C10. C 11. D 12. C 13. A 14. A 15. C 16. B 17.B 18. A V. Period of Modernism:I) 1.D 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. C 6. D 7. B 8. C9. A 10. D 11. D 12. B 13. D 14. D 15. B 16. B 17. C 18. D 19. E 20. A 21. B 22. B 23. A 24. A 25.D 26. A 27.A 28. A补充练习..一、现实主义1. In the late 19th century, a host of new writers appeared, among them were _____.A. Bret HarteB. William Dean HowellsC. Hamlin GarlandD. Mark Twain2. Influenced by such Europeans as___________ , America's most noteworthy new authors established a literature of realism.A. ZolaB. FlaubertC. BalzacD. Tolstoy3. William Dean Howells defined realism as "nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material" , and he best exemplified his theories in three novels. Choose them from the following.A. The Modem InstanceB. The Rise of Silas LaphanC. A Hazard of New FortunesD. The Prince and the Pauper4. Mark Twain created, in____________ , a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.A. Huckleberry FinnB. Tom SawyerC. The Man That Corrupted HadleyburgD. The Gilded Age5. The pessimism and deterministic ideas of naturalism pervaded the works of such American writers as___________ .A. Stephen CraneB. Benjamin Frank NorrisC. Jack LondonD. Henry JamesE. Theodore Dreiser6. Although realism and naturalism were products of the nineteenth century, their final triumph came in the twentieth century, with the popular and critical successes of such writers as___________ .A. Edwin Arlington RobinsonB. Willa CatherC. Sherwood AndersonD. Robert FrostE. William Faulkner7. American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was _____.A. Anne BradstreetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD. Harriet Beecher8. Choose the works written by Mark Twain.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. Innocents AbroadC. Life on the MississippiD. The Tragedy of Pudd' nhead WilsonE. The Prince and the Pauper9. The publication of the novel____________ stirred a great nation to its depths and hurried on a great war.A. My Bondage and My FreedomB. Stanzas on FreedomC. Voices of FreedomD. Uncle Tom' s Cabin10. Mark Twain had led an active life in the very center of the American experience. He had been a____________ .A. printer, pilot, soldierB. silver-minor, gold-washer..C. lecturer, traveler, businessmanD. novelist, autobiographer11. Which statements about O. Henry are right?A. He wrote about the poor people.B. His stories are usually short and humorous.C. The plots of his stories are exceedingly clever and interesting.D. The ends of his stories are always surprising.E. Many of his stories contain a great deal of slang and colloquial expressions.12. Where Mark Twain and William Dean Howells satirized European manners at times, __________ was an admirer.A. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Walt WhitmanD. Jack London13. Choose the well-known short stories written by William Sidney Porter.A. The Gift of the MagiB. An Unfinished StoryC. The Furnished RoomD. The Voice of the CityE. The Cop and the Anthem14. Choose the novels written by Henry James.A. The AmericanB. Daisy MillerC. The Portrait of a LadyD. The Tragic MuseE. The Golden Bowl15. Choose the novel which is not written by Henry James.A. The AmbassadorsB. The Wings of the DoveC. The BostoniansD. The Princess CasamassimaE. The Mysterious Stranger16. Jack London' s sincere intellectual and personal involvement in the socialist movement is recorded in such novels and polemical works as_____________ .A. The People of the AbyssB. The Iron HeelC. RevolutionD. The War of the Classes17. While embracing the socialism of Marx, London also believed in the triumph of the strongest individuals. This contradiction is most vividly projected in the patently autobiographical novel___________ .A. The Call of the WildB. The Sea WolfC. Martin EdenD. The Iron Heel18. In 1900, London published his first collection of short stories,named___________A. The Son of the WolfB. The Sea WolfC. The Law of LifeD. White Fang19. Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. Find them from the following.A. The FinancierB. The TitanC. The GeniusD. The StoicE. Jannie Gerhardt20. "The Lure of the Spirit; The Flesh in Pursuit" is the title of one chapter in Dreiser's novel___________ .A. An American TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. Dreiser Looks at RussiaD. Jannie Gerhardt..21. The main theme of___________ The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel.A. Henry James'B. William Dean Howells'C. Mark Twain'sD. O. Henry's22. With William Dean Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene,_______ became the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century.A. sentimentalismB. romanticismC. realismD. naturalism23. Choose the three staunch advocates of nineteenth-century American realism.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. William Dean HowellsD. Jack London24. Choose the works which contain bitter attacks on the human race.A. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtB. The Man That Corrupted HadleyburgC. The Mysterious StrangerD. The Autobiography25. Mark Twain was a great social critic and a friend of the Chinese. His Disgraceful Percecution of a Boy is a scathing piece of criticism directed against the per secution of the___________ immigrants in California.A. QuakersB. ChineseC. FrenchD. Japanese26. Mark Twain stood on the side of China in its struggle against foreign invasions. His___________ and___________ are two notable examples of his vigorous at tacks on the imperialist behavior of the United States.A. The Treaty with ChinaB. To the Person Sitting in DarknessC. Disgraceful Persecution of a BoyD. Goldsmith' s Friend Abroad Again27. Stephen Crane's best short stories include _________, _________,_________, all reinforcing the basic Crane motif ofenvironment and heredity overwhelming man.A. Open BoatB. The Blue HotelC. An Experiment in MiseryD. The Red Badge of Courage28. Which writers have naturalist tendency?A. Stephen CraneB. Benjamin Frank NorrisC. Theodore DreiserD. Edwin Arlington Robinson29. Theodore Dreiser was left-oriented in his views. He visited Russia and wrote and _________ to express his new faith, and shortly before his death, he joined the Communist Party.A. Dreiser Looks at RussiaB. Tragic AmericaC. An American TragedyD. The Titan30. Choose Jack London' s works from the following.A. The Call of the WildB. White Fang..C. The Sea WolfD. Martin EdenIII. Make multiple choice?1．ABCD 2. ABCD 3. ABC 4. A 5. ABCDE 6. ABCDE 7. C8. ABCDE9.D 10. ABCD 11. ABCDE 12. B 13. ABCDE 14. ABCDE15. E16. ABCD 17.C 18. A 19. ABD 20. B 21. A 22. C 23.ABC24. ABCD 25. B 26. AB 27. ABC 28. ABCD 29. AB 30.ABCD现代主义I Make multiple choices.1. The best-selling American books in the first decades of the twentieth century were__________ .A. traveling booksB. commercial booksC. historical romancesD. news reports2. Early in the 20th century, _________ published works that would change the nature of American poetry.A. Ezra PoundB. T. S. EliotC. Robert FrostD. Both A and B3. The American social upheavals and the literary concerns of the Great Depression years ended with the prosperity and turmoil brought by the _____________ .A. First World WarB. Second World WarC. Civil WarD. War of Independence4. The American "Thirties", lasted from the Crash, through the ensuing Great Depression, until the outbreak of the Second World War 1939. This was a periodof__________ .A. povertyB. bleaknessC. important social movementsD. a new social consciousnessE. all of the above5. In the pre-war period, such writers as______________ , pointed out the contradic-tions between what American preached and they practiced.A. Mark TwainB. Jack London..C. Stephen CraneD. Theodore DreiserE. all of the above6. In the Thirties, poets like Archibald Macleish and______________ wrote compas-sionately about common people, workers and farmers.A. Emily DickinsonB. Ezra PoundC. Robert FrostD. Langston Hughes7. The Imagist writers followed three principles, they respectively are _________ .A. direct treatmentB. economy of expressionC. clear rhythmD. blank verse8. "The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. " This is the shortest poem written by____________ .A. Thomas Stearns EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD.E. E. Cummings9. __________ showed great interest in Chinese literature and translated the poetry of Li Po (Li Bai) into English, and was influenced by Confucian ideas.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert FrostC. T. S. EliotD.E. E. Cummings10. Ezra Pound' s long poem____________ contained more than one hundred poems loosely connected.A. The Waste LandB. The CantosC. Don JuanD. Queen Mab11. "Richard Cory" and "Miniver Cheevy" are good examples of Edwin Arlington Robinson' s ______ attitude.A. romanticB. fantasticC. realisticD. materialistic12. "Ben Jonson Entertains a Man from Stratford", this poem was written by Edwin Arlington Robinson. It is a brilliant commentary on _____________'s character.A. Ben JonsonB. William ShakespeareC. John MiltonD. Samuel Johnson13. In his long works Merlin, Lancelot, and Tristram, Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote the most extensive poems based on_____________ since Tennyson.A. the Arthurian LegendsB. the Biblical StoriesC. the Greek MythologiesD. Indian Legends14. When Robert Frost was eighty-seven, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President__________ .A. Thomas JeffersonB. Theodore RooseveltC. Abraham LincolnD. John F. Kennedy15. Choose the books written by Robert Frost.A. Mountain IntervalB. New HampshireC. West-Running BrookD. A Further Range16. Which of the following was not written by Robert Frost?A. "Tilbury Town"B. "A Witness Tree"..。

(完整word版)美国文学考试题

选择题（20个共20分）1. James Fenimore Cooper作品The Leatherstocking Tale皮袜子故事集》2. Philip FreneauThe wild Honey SuC野忍冬花》3. Edgar Allan PoeTo Helen4. Henry David ThoreauWalde l瓦尔登湖》5. America n Roma nticiSmi 主义Period: from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of the civil warIt started with the publication of WasIrhvii ng toTnh'eSsketch Baonodkended with WhitmLeaanves of'Grsass6. Nathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet Lette红字》7. 美国内战（南北战争）时间1861.4.—121865.4.98. Westward Movement运动，开始于18世纪末，终于19世纪末20世纪初。

9. Henry JamesThe Portrait of a L l d一个女人的画像》10. Ralph Waldo EmersonNature《论自然》11. John SmithFirst American writer12. Herman MelvilleMoby-Dic《k 大白鲸》二连线题（作者和作品10分）1. Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography2. O.HenryThe Cop and the Antr i m察与赞美诗》3. Jack LondonThe Sea W《侮狼》三名词解释2 个（以下四选二，共10分）1. American DreamThe freedom allowi ng all America n people to pursue their goals in life through分ia rd work and free It often refers to the opportunity for immigrants to achieve greater material prosperity than was pos coun tries of orig3h）T2ie founding Fathers used thlsf^hlrlaeEty, and the pursuit of”opp in ess encompaaslsl thatis availabline AmericanIt. 'thesopportuntitoymakeindividucahl oicews ithouttherestrictio ns of class, race or 分)gio n. (22. American Purita美国清教主义A religious moveme nt in the late 16thseeitarTyoffshb支t() in the third and fourth decades ofthe 17th century to the northern English colonies iInt ltahied Nth e wfoWunodrladtion for the religious, intellectual the church was corrupted and had tooonTrnbeitaaRurita n: tak ing religi on as the mostand social order of the NewPWndds wan ted to purify the church to its original state, b importa nt thi ng; living for glorifying God.3. American Roman浪漫主义(1) The Romanticism Period stretches from th thc e netunrdyotfo1th8e outbreak of the Civil War. It is aperiod of the great flowering of American literature. It started with thetopnuIbrvlicinagtion o'fWs ashing The Sketch Book and ended with WhitmGarnass . ' s Leaves of(2) It was rebellion against the objectivity of rationalism.4. American Literaturemainly refers to literature produced in American English by people living in the U.S.. It also include produced in other countries by American expatriates and in other languages by minorities in the co as American Indian literature and the Jewish literature.四赏析题1-2诗的赏析两首诗二选一答题标准：标出韵脚5分，中文译文15分共20分。

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1. For Melville, as well as for the reader and _________, the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A. AhabB. IshmaelC. StubbD. Starbuck2. Naturalism is evolved from re alism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_____________.A. rationalB. humorousC. optimisticD. pessimistic3. Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire includes th ree novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and_____ .A. The GeniusB. The TycoonC. The StoicD. The Giant4. The impact of Darwin’s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American___________ .A. local colorismB. vernacularismC. modernismD. naturalism5. Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms -the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse -with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of _______farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A. SouthernB. WesternC. New HampshireD. New England6. As an autobiographical play, O’Neill’s ___________(1956) has gained its status asa world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama.A. The Iceman ComethB. Long Day’s Journey Into NightC. The Hairy ApeD. Desire Under the Elms7. Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include_________, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.A. impressionismB. expressionismC. multiple points of viewD. first person point of view8. Stylistically, Henry James’ fiction is characterized by____________.A. short, clear sentencesB. abundance of local imagesC. ordinary American speechD. highly refined language9. One of the characteristics that have made Mark Twain a major literary figure in the 19th century America is his use of____________ .A. vernacularB. interior monologueC. point of viewD. photographic description10. It is on his____________ that Washington Irving’s fame mainly rested.A. childhood recollectionsB. sketches about his European toursC. early poetryD. tales about America11. At the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “____________________”.A. the English RenaissanceB. the Second RenaissanceC. the American RenaissanceD. the Salem Renaissance12. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally concerning ____________________.A. nature, man and the universeB. the relationship between man and womanC. the development of Romanticism in American literatureD. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism13. About the novel The Scarlet Letter, which of the following statements is NOT right?A. It’s very hard to say that it is a love story or a story of sin.B. It’s a highly symbolic story and the author is a master of symbolism.C. It’s mainly about the moral, emotional and psychological effects of the sinupon the main characters and the people in general.D. In it the letter A takes the same symbolic meaning throughout the novel.14. The great sea adventure story Moby-Dick is usually considered____________.A. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universe.B. an adventurous exploration into man’s relationship with natureC. a simple whaling tale or sea adventureD. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the artistic truth and beauty15. In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative in the terms of the form of his poetry, which is called “____________________.”A. free verseB. blank verseC. alliterationD. end rhyming16. After the Civil War America was transformed from ______ to _________.A. an agrarian community …an industrialized and commercialized societyB. an agrarian community …a society of freedom and equalityC. a poor and backward society …an industrialized and commercialized societyD. an industrialized and commercialized society …a highly developed society17. Which of the following is said of the American naturalism?A. They preferred to have their own region and people at the forefront of the stories.B. Their characteristic setting is usually an isolated town.C. Humans should be united because they had to adapt themselves to changing harshenvironment.D. Their characters were conceived more or less complex combinations of inheritedattributes, their habits conditioned by social and economic forces.18. Which of the following is not right about Mark Twain’s style of language?A. His sentence structures are long, ungrammatical and difficult to read.B. His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect.C. His humor is remarkable and characterized by puns, straight-faced exaggeration，repetition and anti-climax.D. His style of language had exerted rather deep influence on the contemporary writers.19. The impact of Darwin’s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to another school of realism: American ______.A. RomanticismB. TranscendentalismC. RealismD. Naturalism20. Which of the following is not written by Henry James?A. The Portrait of A Lady and The Europeans.B. The Wings of the Dove and The Ambassadors.C. What Maisie Knows and The Bostonians.D.The Genius and The Gilded Age.21. More than five hundred poems Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which hergeneral Skepticism about the relationship between ______ is well-expressed.A. man and manB. men and womenC. man and natureD. men and God22. Which of the following is right about Emily Dickinson’s poems about nature?A. In them, she expressed her general affirmation about the relationship betweenman and nature.B. Some of them showed her disbelief that there existed a mythical bondbetween man and nature.C. Her poems reflected her feeling that nature is restorative to human beings.D. Many of them showed her feeling of nature’s inscrutability and indifference tothe life and interests of human beings.23. As a great innovator in American literature, Walt Whitman wrote his poetry in anunconventional style which is now called free verse, that is _________.A. lyrical poetry with chanting refrainsB. poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme schemeC. poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beatD. poetry in an irregular metric form and expressing noble feelings24. In the first part of the 20th century，apart from Darwinism, there were two thinkers-______，whose ideas had the greatest impact on the period.A. the German Karl Marx and the Austrian Sigmund FreudB. the German Karl Marx and the American Sigmund FreudC. the Swiss Carl Jung and the American William JamesD. the Austrian Karl Marx and the German Sigmund Freud25. Which of the following can be said about Eugene O’Neill plays?A. Most of his plays are concerned about the root, the truth of human desires andhuman frustrations.B. His tragic view of life is reflected in many of his works.C. His plays are concerned about the relationship between man and nature aswell as man and woman.D. Both A and B.26. Most of O’Neill’s plays are concerned about the following except______.A. success and failure in man’s literary careerB. life and death, illusion and disillusion, dream and realityC. alienation and communication, self and society, desire and frustrationD. the basic issues of human existence and predicament27. Which of the following can be said about a typical modern literary work?A. It is a record of sequence and coherence of the history and the world.B. It is a juxtaposition of the past and present, of the history and the memory.C. It is a book of integrity drawn from diverse areas of experience.D. Its perspective is shifted from the internal to the external, from the private to the public.28. As to the great American poet Ezra Pound, which of the following is not right?A. His language is usually oblique yet marvelously compressed and his poetry isdense with personal, literary, and historical allusions.B. His artistic talents are on full display in the history of the Imagist Movement.C. From his analysis of the Chinese ideogram Pound learned to anchor his poeticlanguage in concrete, perceptual reality, and to organize images into largerpatterns through juxtaposition.D.For he was politically controversial and notorious for what he did in thewartime, his literary achievement and influence are somewhat reduced.29. In his poetry, Robert Frost made the colloquial ______ speech into a poetic expression.A. EnglandB. New EnglandC. PlymouthD. Boston30. Which of the following statements is right about Robert Frost’s poetry?A. He combined traditional verse forms with the difficult and highly ornamental language.B. He combined traditional verse forms with the pastoral language of the Southern area.C. He combined traditional verse forms with a simple spoken language-the speech ofNew England farmers.D. He combined traditional verse forms with the experimental.31. Which of the following statements can be said about the works of Scott Fitzgerald,a spokesman of the “Roaring 20s”?A. Many of them portrayed the hollowness of the American worship of riches and theunending American dream of fulfillment.B. They are symbolic of the psychological journey of the modern man and hishelplessness in the modern world.C. They show the primitive struggle of individuals in the context of irresistible natural forces.D. They penetrate into the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself.32. Which of the following is not written by Ernest Hemingway, one of the best-known American authors of the 20th century?A. The Sun Also Rises.B. The Old Man and the Sea.C. Mosses From the Old Manse.D. The Green Hills of Africa.33. Which of the following statements is right about the novel A Farewell to Arms?A. The author favored the idea of nature as an expression of either god’s designor his beneficence.B. The author attempted to write the epitaph to a decade and to the wholegeneration in the 1930s.C.The author emphasizes his belief that man is trapped both physically andmentally and suggests that man is doomed to be entrapped.D. It tells a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier withan Italian nurse.34. Which of the following is depicted as the mythical county in William Faulkner’s novels?A. Cambridge.B. Oxford.C. Mississippi.D. Yoknapatawpha.35. To Faulkner, the primary duty of a writer was to explore and represent the infinite possibilities inherent in human life. Therefore a writer should ______.A. observe with no judgment whatsoever.B. reduce authorial intrusion to the lowest minimum.C. observe at a great distance and sometimes participate in the events.D. both A and B.36. Which of the following is right about American fiction from 1945 onwards?A. A group of new writers who survived the war wrote about their ideals withinthe artistic field.B. There appeared a significant group of Jewish-American writers whose workswere set against the Jewish experience and tradition.C. Black fiction began to attract critical attention during the 1950s.D. American fiction in the 1950s and 1960s proves to be a harvest which derivedfrom its predecessors.37. Which of the following is not a work of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s?A. The House of the Seven Gables.B. The Blithedale Romance.C. The Marble Faun.D.White Jacket.38. In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as ______________.A. commentatorsB. observersC. villainsD. saviors39. Besides sketches, tales and essays, Washington Irving also published a book on ______, which is also considered an important part of his creative writing.A. poetic theoryB. French artC. history of New YorkD. life of George Washington40. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is so show _______.A. emptiness of lifeB. the corruption of the upper classC. contrast of the rich and the poorD. the happy days of the Jazz Age41. In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _________.A. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Dreiser’s Si ster CarrieC. Copper’s Leather-Stocking TalesD. Thoreau’s Walden42. Which of the following novels can be regarded as typically belonging to theschool of literary modernism?A. The Sound and the FuryB. Uncle Tom’s Cabin.C. Daisy Miller.D. The Gilded Age.43. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is not a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. Religion.B. Life and death.C. Love and marriage.D. War and peace.44. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled _______ at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as "Our intellectual Declaration of Independence."A. "Nature"B. "Self-Reliance"C. "Divinity School Address"D. "The American Scholar"45. Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true?A. Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.B. F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.C. Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers.D. Most writers were politically radical.46. In American literature the first important writer who earned an international fameon both sides of the Atlantic Ocean is_______________.A. Washington IrvingB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman47. The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for his“black vision．”TheTerm “black vision” refers to______________.A. Hawthorne's observation that every man faces a black WallB. Hawthorne's belief that all men are by nature evilC. that Hawthorne employed a dream vision to tell his storyD. that Puritans of Hawthorne's time usually wore black clothes48. Theodore Dreiser was once criticized for his____________ in Style，but as a true artist his strength just lies in that his style is very serious and well calculated to achieve the thematic ends he sought.A. crudenessB. eleganceC. concisenessD. subtlety49. Almost all Faulkner’s heroes turned out to be tragic because_____________.A. all enjoyed living in the declining American SouthB. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and Social institutionsC. most of them were prisoners of the pastD. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable50. Yank, the protagonist of Eugene O’Neill’s play The Hairy Ape,talked to the gorilla and set it free because____.A. he was mad，mistaking a beast for a humanB. he was told by the white young lady that he was like a beast and he wanted tosee how closely he resembled the gorillaC. he was caged with the gorilla after he insulted an aristocratic strollerD. he could feel the kinship only with the beast51. In__________, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference.A. “After Apple-Picking”B. “The Road NOt Taken”C. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”D. “Fire and Ice”52. Though Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were romantic poets in theme and technique, they differ from each other in a variety of ways. For one thing, whereas Whitman likes to keep his eye on human Society at large, Dickinson often addresses such issues as_______, immortality, religion, love and nature.A. progressB. freedomC. beautyD. death53. The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the_______in the American literary history．A. individual feelingB. survival of the fittestC. strong imaginationD. return to nature54. Generally speaking，all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human realitytend to be_____________.A. transcendentalistsB. optimistsC. pessimistsD. idealists55. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, ______becamethe major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century．A. SentimentalismB. RomanticismC. RealismD. Naturalism56. American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were(a)“_______,” devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization．A. Lost GenerationB. Beat GenerationC. Sons of LibertyD. Angry Young Men57. Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely Characters in_______.A. The House of the Seven GablesB. The Scarlet LetterC. The Portrait of a LadyD. The pioneers58. In his realistic fiction, Henry James's primary concern is to present the_________.A. inner life of human beingsB. American Civil War and its effectsC. life on the Mississippi RiverD. Calvinistic view of original Sin59. Which of the following statements about E. Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner'sStory “A Rose for Emily,” is NOT true?A. She has a distorted personality.B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South.D. She is the victim of the past glory.60. Which of the following is NOT the virtue that Franklin enumerated in his The Autobiography?A. TemperanceB. Humanity (Humility)C. FrugalityD. Immoderation61. American Romanticism stretches from the end of the ________ century through the outbreak of ______.A. 18th, the Civil WarB. 18th, the War of IndependenceC. 19th, WWID. 19th, WWII62. _________ be lieves that the chief aim of literary creation is beauty, and “the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.”A. Walt Whitman B. Edgar Allen PoeC. Anne BradstreetD. Ralph Waldo Emerson63. In Emily Dickinson’s Because I Could Not Stop for Death, ______________.A. death is personified as a devilB. death is described as the tragic end of a person’s lifeC. death is a stage of life and it leads people to the Heaven of immortalityD. death is described as a beautiful girl who couldn’t find her final destination64. Which is generally regarded as the manifesto and the Bible of American Transcendentalism?A. Thoreau’s WaldenB.Emerson’s NatureC. Poe’s Poetic PrincipleD. Thoreau’s Nature65. Henry David Thoreau’s work, ________, has always been regarded as amasterpiece of the New England Transcendental Movement.A. WaldenB. The PioneersC. NatureD. "Song of Myself"66. ‘Leaves of Grass’ commands great attention because of its uniquely poeticembodiment of________, which are written in the founding documents of both the Revolutionary War and the American Civil War.A. the democratic idealsB. the romantic idealsC. the self-reliance spiritsD. the religious ideals67. ________is the author of the work “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”.A. Washington IrvingB. James JoyceC. Walt WhitmanD. William Butler Yeats68. After "The Adventure of Tom Sawyer", Twain gives a literary independence to Tom’s buddy Huck in a book called_________, and the book from which "all modern American literature comes".A. Life on the Mississippi RiverB. The Gilded AgeC. Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. The Sun Also Rises69. The greatest work written by Theodore Dreiser is__________.A. Sister CarrieB. An American TragedyC. The FinancierD. The Titan70. We can perhaps summarize that Walt Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features except that they are _______________.A. conversational and crudeB. lyrical and well-structuredC. simple and rather crudeD. free-flowing71. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism, of which Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers?A. FreudB. Darwin.C. W.D. Howells. D. Emerson72. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ____.A. international themeB. waste-land imageryC. local colorD. symbolism73. At the beginning of Faulkner’s A Rose For Emily, there is a detailed description of Emily’s old house. The purpose of such description is to imply that the person living in it ____________.A. is a wealth ladyB. has good tasteC. is a prisoner of the pastD. is a conservative aristocrat74. Most of Herman Melville’s novels are based on sea voyages and sea adventures. Which of the following is not the case?A. Typee.B. Moby-Dick.C. Omoo.D. The Confidence-Man75. In Henry James’ Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of _______________.A. the force of conventionB. the free spirit of the New WorldC. the decline of aristocracyD. the corruption of the newly rich76. "Two roads diverged in a yellow woodAnd sorry I could not travel both ..."In the above two lines of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, the poet, by implication, was referring to _______.A. a travel experienceB. a marriage decisionC. a middle-age crisisD. one’s course of life77. The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling, and second, the individual is ____________.A. insignificantB. vicious by natureC. divineD. forward-looking78. The Publication of ______established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. The American ScholarD. The Over-Soul79. In Robert Frost’s famous poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", thereare four lines like these: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, / But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep,/ And miles to go before I sleep”. The second sleep refers to______.A. dieB. calm downC. fall into sleepD. stop walking。

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