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A.optimisticB.pessimistic
C.conservativeD.ironic
5.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby___.
A.short,clearsentences
B.abundanceoflocalimages
C.ordinaryAmericanspeech
D.highlyrefinedlanguage
6.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin___andThoreau.
A.JeffersonB.Emerson
C.FreneauD.MarkTwain
7.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”
A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraits
C.OversoulD.Self-reliance
8.____isconsideredMarkTwain’sgreatestachievement.
A.TheGildedAge
B.InnocentAbroad
C.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer
D.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn
9.___isnotamongthosegreatestfiguresin“LostGeneration”.
A.EzraPoundB.RobertFrost
C.WaltWhitmanD.Hemingway
10.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore___.
A.rationalB.humorous
C.optimisticD.pessimistic
II.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.(10x1’=10’)
11.______isthefatherofAmericanLiterature.
A.BenjaminFranklinB.PhilipFreneau
C.PaineD.WashingtonIrving
12._____isafantasytaleaboutamanwhosomehowsteppedoutsidethemainstreamoflife.
A.“RipVanWinkle”
B.“ThePioneers”
C.“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”
D.“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”
13._____wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.
A.ThoreauB.Emerson
C.HawthorneD.Whitman
14.WhichoffollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain’slanguage
A.vernacularB.colloquial
C.elegantD.humorous
15.FromThoreau’sjailexperience,camehisfamousessay,_____whichstateshisbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthecommandofagovernment.
A.WaldenB.NatureC.CivilDisobedienceD.CommonSense
16.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”
17.MostofthepoemsinWhitman’sLeavesofGrasssingofthe“en-mass”andthe____aswell.
A.natureB.self-reliance
C.selfD.life
18.WhatdidFitzgeraldcallthe1920s
A.TheRoaring20sB.TheGay20s
C.TheJazzAgeD.TheLostGeneration
19.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore____.
20.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand____,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse.
A.AhabB.Stubb
C.IshmaelD.Starbuck
II.IdentifyWorksasDescribedBelow(1’×
15=15’):
1.Thenovelhasasoleblackprotagonistwhotellshisownstorybutwhosenameinunknowntous.
SonTom’sCabinMand.GoTellItontheMountains
2.Themainconflictoftheplayistheprotagonist’sfalsevalueoffineappearanceandpopularitywithpeopleandthecruelrealityofthesocietyinwhichmoneyiseverything.
StreetCarNamedDesireb.TheHairyApeDay’sJourneyintoNightd.DeathofSalesman
3.ItisanautobiographicalplayandEdmundintheplayisbasedontheplaywrighthimself.
a.LongDay’sJourneyintoNightb.HendersontheRainKing
c.TheHairyAped.TheGlassMenageries
4.Thenoveltellsofhowablackmankillsawhitewomanbyaccidentandhowthesocietyisresponsibleforthemurder.
SonTom’sCabinMand.GoTellItontheMountains
5._________isoneofthebestworksinAmericanliteratureabouttheSecondWorldWar.
FarewelltoArmsCatcherintheRyeRedBadgeofCouraged.TheNakedandtheDead
6.ThenovelbyHemingwayisthebestofitskindaboutWorldWarI.
FarewelltoArmsSunAlsoRises
OldManandtheSead.TheNakedandtheDead
7.ThenovelisabouthowafamilyoffarmerscannotsurviveinOklahomaandtraveltoCaliforniatoseekalivingandhowtheysufferhungerinCalifornia.
a.TheGrapesofWrathb..A.
d.TheAdventuresofAugieMarch
8.ItisatrilogyincludingThe42ndParallel,1919,andTheBigMoney,withsuchtechniquesasbiographies,newsreelsandcameraeye.
9.ItisanovelwhichusesthestreamofconsciousnesstechniqueandwhosetitleistakenfromShakespeare’sMacbeth.
a.Absolom,Absolom!
b.TheSoundandtheFury
FarewelltoArmsd.TheGreatGatsby
10.Itisanaturalisticworkabouthowacountrygirlisseducedandhowshebecomesafamousactressandhowherloverfallsintoabeggarandfinallycommitssuicide.
AmericanTragedyb.SisterCarriec.McTeague,AGirloftheStreets
11.ThenovelissetontheMississippiwiththeprotagonisttellingusthestoryinthelocaldialect.Itisarepresentativeworkoflocalcolorism.
a.SisterCarrieAdventuresofTomSawyer
c.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnPortraitofaLady
novelisapsychologicalstudyofasoldier(HenryFleming)’sreactionsintheCivilWar.
AmericanTragedyb.SisterCarrie
RedBadgeofCouraged.McTeague
13.Thepoemiswritteninfreeversein52cantoswiththethemeoftheuniversalityandequalityinvalueofallpeopleandallthings.
b.TheRavenc.SongofMyself
14.Thenovelisabouthowagroupofpeopleonawhalingshipkillagreatwhalebutthemselvesarekilledbythewhale,withtheconflictbetweenmanandhisfate.
Octopusb.Moby-Dickc.TheRiseofSilasLaphamd.LeavesofGrass
15.Itisaphilosophicalessayin8chaptersplusanintroductionmainlyconcernedwiththefourusesofnature.
a.Waldenb.Naturec.TheScarletLetterd.TheAmericanScholar
I.ChoosetheBestAnswerforEachoftheFollowing(1’×
15=15’):
1.AnEnglishshipbrought102peoplefromPlymouth,EnglandonSeptember16,1620andarrivedinthepresentProvincetownharboronNovember21inthesameyear.Thisshipwasnamed____________.
a.ThePilgrimsb.Mayflowerc.Americad.Titanic
isfatherofAmericandramaandinhisdramaticcareerhewrote49plays.
a.TennesseeWilliamsb.EugeneO’Neillc.ArthurMillerd.ElmerRice
wasthefirstAmericanwritertowriteentirelyAmericanliterature.
a.AnneBradstreetb.WashingtonIrvingc.MarkTwaind.ErnestHemingway
4._______wastheleaderofAmericantranscendentalism.
a.BenjaminFranklinb.WashingtonIrving
c.RalphWaldoEmersond.HenryDavidThoreau
thegreatestwomanpoetinAmericanliteratureandshewroteabout1,700shortlyricpoemsinherlifetime.
a.PearlS.BuckBicherStowec.EmilyDickensond.WalterWhitman
isfatherofthedetectivestoryandofpsychoanalyticcriticism.
a.WashingtonIrvingb.RalphWaldoEmerson
c.WaltWhitmand.EdgarAllanPoe
DeanHowellsisconcernedwiththemiddleclasslife;
______writesabouttheupperclasssociety,andMarkTwaindealswiththelowerclassreality.
a.StephenCraneb.FrankNorrisc.TheodoreDreiserd.HenryJames
8.Whichofthefollowingisanaturalisticwriter
a.WilliamDeanHowellsb.MarkTwainc.ErnestHemingwayDreiser
9.Hiswritingsarecharacterizedbysimple,colloquiallanguageanddeepthoughts.Heis______.
a.ErnestHemingwayb.WilliamFaulknerc.F.ScottFitzgeraldd.MarkTwain
10.Hewrote18novelsallsetinJeffersonTown,YoknapatwaphaCountyinthedeepsouth.Heis______.
a.WilliamFaulknerb.JohnSteinbeckc.ErnestHemingwayd.MarkTwain
11.________isJewishinoriginandinmanyofhisnovelstheAmericanJewsaremajorcharacters.
a.SinclairLewisb.SaulBellowc.NormanMailerd.JeromeDavidSalinger
isoftenregardedasthegreatestAmericanwomanpoetandshewroteover1,700shortlyricpoemsinherlifetime.
a.AnneBradstreetb.RobertFrostc..d.EmilyDickinson
isfatherofAmericandramaandwontheNobelPrizeforliteraturein1936.
a.JohnSteinbeckb.WilliamFaulknerc.EugeneO’Neilld.ArthurMiller
14.HewasthefirstblackAmericantowriteabookaboutblacklifewithgreatimpactontheconsciousnessofthenationandhismasterpieceisoneofthethreeclassicsaboutblackAmericans.Whoishe
a.RichardWrightb.HarrietBeecherStowec.LangstonHughesd.RalphEllison
15.HemingwaywroteaboutAmericancompatriotsinEuropewhereas________wroteabouttheJazzage,lifeinAmericansociety.
CarlosWilliamsb.WilliamFaulknerc.JohnSteinbeckd.F.ScottFitzgerald
theBestAnswerforEachoftheFollowing(1×
15%):
2.TheAmericanCivilWarbrokeoutin1861betweentheNorthernstatesandtheSouthstates,whichareknownrespectivelyasthe______andthe______.
a.N,Sb.Revolutionaries,Reactionariesc.Union,Confederacyd.Slavery,Anti-Slavery
praisedbytheBritishasthe“TenthMuseinAmerica”.
a.AnneBradstreetb.EdwardTaylor
c.ThomasPained.PhilipFreneau
Twainwasarepresentativeof________inAmericanliterature.
a.transcendentalismb.naturalismc.localcolorismd.imagism
greatestAmericanpoetandthefirstwriteroffreeverseis
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