美国文学考试范围
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1. The American Puritanism as a cultural heritage benefited the Americans in ____A__.
A. strengthening their moral values
B. weakening their religious faith
C. knowing truth intuitively
D. developing their science and technology
2. The Puritan dominating values were ___A__.
A. hard work B. thrift C. piety D. sobriety
3. ____D___ usually was regarded as the first American writer.
A. William Bradford B. Anne Bradstreet
C. Emily Dickinson D. Captain John Smith
4. Which writer is not a poet? D
A. William Cullen Bryant B. Anne Bradstreet C. Edward Taylor D. Thomas Hooker
5. The common thread throughout American literature has been the emphasis on the __C___.
A. Revolutionism B. Reason C. Individualism D. Rationalism
6. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she became
known as the “__B___” who appeared in America.
A. 9th Muse B. 10th Muse C. Best Muse D. 1st Muse
7. The ship “___C____” carried about 100 Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat it way across the
Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
A. Sunflower B. Armada C. Mayflower D. Pequod
8. American literature, the 18th century was the age of the Enlightenment. ___B___ was the
dominant spirit.
A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Revolution D. Evolution
9. Which statement about Benjamin Franklin is not true? D
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
10. Which is not connected with Thomas Paine? D
A. Common sense B. The American Crisis
C. Pennsylvania Magazine D. The Autobiography
11. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”? A
A. Michael Wigglesworth B. Edward Taylor C. Anne Bradstreet D. Philip Freneau
12. According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter “A” which originally stood for “___A__” finally
obtained the meaning of “able” or “angel” through Hester’s efforts.
A. adultery B. arrogance C. accomplishment D. agony
13. The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues except the ____B____ in the
American literature history.
A. individual feelings B. idea of survival of the fittest
C. strong imagination D. return to nature
14. Henry David Thoreau’s work, ____A____ has always been regarded as a masterpiece of the
New England Transcendentalism.
A. Walden B. The Pioneers C. Nature D. Song of Myself
15. The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features except that they ____B_____.
A. speak local dialects B. are polite and elegant gentlemen
C. are simple and crude farmers D. are noble savages (red and white) untainted by society
16. The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling, and second, the individual is
___C__.
A. insignificant B. vicious by nature C. divine D. forward-looking
17. In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as ____C___.
A. commentators B. observers C. villains D. Saviors
18. For Melville, as well as for the reader and __A___, the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery,
an ultimate mystery of the universe.
A. Ahab B. Ishmael C. Stubb D. Starbuck
19. ___B___ exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism, of which Theodore
Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers.
A. Freud B. Darwin C. W. D. Howells D. Emerson
20. 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 ___B____.
A. Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
B. Dreiser’s Sister Carrie
C. Copper’s Leather Stocking Tales
D. Thoreau’s Walden
21. Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in
his use of ___C__, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.
A. blank verse B. heroic couplet C. free verse D. iambic pentameter
22. Most of the poems in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass sing of the “en-mass” and the ___C____ as
well.
A. nature B. self-reliance C. self D. life
23. We can perhaps summarize that Walt Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following
features except that they are __B___.
A. conversational and crude B. lyrical and well-structured
C. simple and rather crude D. free-flowing
24. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is
