美国文学期末复习之选择题.docx

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美国文学期末复习之选择题

I.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.（10x1’=10’）

1.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment.b______wasthedominant.

A.humanismB.rationalism

C.romanticismD.evolution

2.Theshortstory“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”istakenfromIrving’sworknamed____b__.

A.TheLeatherstockingTales

B.TheSketchBook

C.TheAutobiography

D.TheHistoryofNewYork

3.WhichofthefollowingisnotthecharacteristicofAmericanRomanticisma

A.RationalismB.innerself

C.personalfeelingsD.individualism

4.Theshortstory“RipVanWinkle”revealsthe__c__attitudeofitsauthor.

A.optimisticB.pessimistic

C.conservative保守，传统D.ironic

5.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby__d___.

A.short,clearsentences

B.abundanceoflocalimages

C.ordinaryAmericanspeech

D.highlyrefined精炼language

6.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin__b___andThoreau.

A.JeffersonB.Emerson

C.FreneauD.MarkTwain

7.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”a

A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraits

C.OversoulD.Self-reliance

8._d___isconsideredMarkTwain’sgreatestachievement.

A.TheGildedAge

B.InnocentAbroad

C.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

D.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

9.__c___isnotamongthosegreatestfiguresin“LostGeneration”.

A.EzraPoundB.RobertFrost

C.WaltWhitmanD.Hemingway

10.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore_d___.

A.rationalB.humorous

C.optimisticD.pessimistic

1-5，BBACD6-10BADCD

II.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.（10x1’=10’）

11.___d___isthefatherofAmericanLiterature.

A.BenjaminFranklinB.PhilipFreneau

C.PaineD.WashingtonIrving

12.___a__isafantasytaleaboutamanwhosomehowsteppedoutsidethemainstreamoflife.

A.“RipVanWinkle”

B.“ThePioneers”

C.“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”

D.“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”

13.___b__wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.

A.ThoreauB.Emerson

C.HawthorneD.Whitman

14.WhichoffollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain’slanguagec

A.vernacular方言B.colloquial口语的

C.elegantD.humorous

15.FromThoreau’sjailexperience,camehisfamousessay,__c___whichstateshisbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthecommandofagovernment.

A.WaldenB.NatureC.CivilDisobedienceD.CommonSense

16.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”a

A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraits

C.OversoulD.Self-reliance

17.MostofthepoemsinWhitman’sLeavesofGrasssingofthe“en-mass”andthe_c___aswell.

A.natureB.self-reliance

C.selfD.life

18.WhatdidFitzgeraldcallthe1920sc

A.TheRoaring20sB.TheGay20s

C.TheJazzAgeD.TheLostGeneration

19.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore__d__.

A.rationalB.humorous

C.optimisticD.pessimistic

20.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand__c__,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse.

A.AhabB.Stubb

C.IshmaelD.Starbuck

1-5

DABCC

6-10

ACCDC

II.IdentifyWorksasDescribedBelow（1’×15=15’）:

10.Itisanaturalisticworkabouthowacountrygirlisseducedandhowshebecomesafamousactressandhowherloverfallsintoabeggarandfinallycommitssuicide.b

AmericanTragedyb.SisterCarriec.McTeague,AGirloftheStreets

11.ThenovelissetontheMississippiwiththeprotagonisttellingusthestoryinthelocaldialect.Itisarepresentativeworkoflocalcolorism.c

a.SisterCarrieAdventuresofTomSawyer

c.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnPortraitofaLady

novelisapsychologicalstudyofasoldier（HenryFleming）’sreactionsintheCivilWar.c

AmericanTragedyb.SisterCarrie

RedBadgeofCouraged.McTeague

13.Thepoemiswritteninfreeversein52cantoswiththethemeoftheuniversalityandequalityinvalueofallpeopleandallthings.c

b.TheRavenc.SongofMyself

14.Thenovelisabouthowagroupofpeopleonawhalingshipkillagreatwhalebutthemselvesarekilledbythewhale,withtheconflictbetweenmanandhisfate.b

Octopusb.Moby-Dickc.TheRiseofSilasLaphamd.LeavesofGrass

15.Itisaphilosophicalessayin8chaptersplusanintroductionmainlyconcernedwiththefourusesofnature.b

a.Waldenb.Naturec.TheScarletLetterd.TheAmericanScholar

I.ChoosetheBestAnswerforEachoftheFollowing（1’×15=15’）:

1.AnEnglishshipbrought102peoplefromPlymouth,EnglandonSeptember16,1620andarrivedinthepresentProvincetownharboronNovember21inthesameyear.Thisshipwasnamed____b________.

a.ThePilgrimsb.Mayflowerc.Americad.Titanic

isfatherofAmericandramaandinhisdramaticcareerhewrote49plays.

a.TennesseeWilliamsb.EugeneO’Neillc.ArthurMillerd.ElmerRice

wasthefirstAmericanwritertowriteentirelyAmericanliterature.

a.AnneBradstreetb.WashingtonIrvingc.MarkTwaind.ErnestHemingway

4.____c___wastheleaderofAmericantranscendentalism.

a.BenjaminFranklinb.WashingtonIrving

c.RalphWaldoEmersond.HenryDavidThoreau

thegreatestwomanpoetinAmericanliteratureandshewroteabout1,700shortlyricpoemsinherlifetime.

a.PearlS.BuckBicherStowec.EmilyDickensond.WalterWhitman

isfatherofthedetectivestoryandofpsychoanalyticcriticism.

a.WashingtonIrvingb.RalphWaldoEmerson

c.WaltWhitmand.EdgarAllanPoe

DeanHowellsisconcernedwiththemiddleclasslife;___d___writesabouttheupperclasssociety,andMarkTwaindealswiththelowerclassreality.

a.StephenCraneb.FrankNorrisc.TheodoreDreiserd.HenryJames

8.Whichofthefollowingisanaturalisticwriterd

a.WilliamDeanHowellsb.MarkTwainc.ErnestHemingwayDreiser

isoftenregardedasthegreatestAmericanwomanpoetandshewroteover1,700shortlyricpoemsinherlifetime.

a.AnneBradstreetb.RobertFrostc..d.EmilyDickinson

14.HewasthefirstblackAmericantowriteabookaboutblacklifewithgreatimpactontheconsciousnessofthenationandhismasterpieceisoneofthethreeclassicsaboutblackAmericans.Whoishea

a.RichardWrightb.HarrietBeecherStowec.LangstonHughesd.RalphEllison

15.HemingwaywroteaboutAmericancompatriotsinEuropewhereas_d_______wroteabouttheJazzage,lifeinAmericansociety.

CarlosWilliamsb.WilliamFaulknerc.JohnSteinbeckd.F.ScottFitzgerald

1-5bbccc

theBestAnswerforEachoftheFollowing（1×15%）:

2.TheAmericanCivilWarbrokeoutin1861betweentheNorthernstatesandtheSouthstates,whichareknownrespectivelyasthe___c___andthe______.

a.N,Sb.Revolutionaries,Reactionariesc.Union,Confederacyd.Slavery,Anti-Slavery

Twainwasarepresentativeof____c____inAmericanliterature.

a.transcendentalismb.naturalismc.localcolorismd.imagism

greatestAmericanpoetandthefirstwriteroffreeverseis____c________.

a.WashingtonIrvingPoundc.WaltWhitmand.EmilyDickinson

14.___b____wasthefirstblackAmericantowriteabookaboutblacklifewithgreatimpactontheconsciousnessofthenationandhismasterpieceisoneofthethreeclassicsaboutblackAmericans.

b.RichardWrightb.HarrietBeecherStowe

c.LangstonHughesd.RalphEllison

15.__a______firstusedthe“Jazzage”asthetitleofacollectionofshortstories

a.F.ScottFitzgeraldb.WilliamFaulknerc.JohnSteinbeckd.ErnestHemingway

II.Matchthefollowing（1×20%）

A.MatchWorkswithTheirAuthors

SelwynMauberly

3.Autobiography

4.TheScarletLetter

ofGrass

Raven

7.TheRiseofSilasLapham

8.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

9.LongDay’sJourneyintoNight

10.TheOldManandtheSea

Twainb.ErnestHemingway

c.EugeneO’Neilld.WilliamDeanHowells

e.EdgarAllanPoef.WaltWhitman

g.NathanielHawthorneh.BenjaminFranklin

DavidThoreauj.EzraPound

Jeffersonl..Eliot

B.MatchtheCharacterswiththeworksinwhichtheyappear.

1.HesterPrynne.Touchett

HenryCompson

JoadsEdwardCummings

CaulfieldThomas

PortraitofaLadyb.TheScarletLetter

c.TheHairyAped.AFarewelltoArms

SoundandtheFuryf.TheGrapesofWrath

g.TheNakedandtheDeadh.TheCatcherintheRye

i.NativeSonj.DeathofaSalesman

Man

III.Matchthefollowing（1’×20=20’）

A.Matchworkswiththeirauthors

VanWinkle

3.Nature

4.TheScarletLetter

ofGrass

Raven

7.TheRiseofSilasLapham

8.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

9.Cantos

10.TheOldManandtheSea

Poundb.ErnestHemingway

c.MarkTwaind.WilliamDeanHowells

e.EdgarAllanPoef.WaltWhitman

g.NathanielHawthorneh.RalphWaldoEmerson

Irvingj.WaldoEmerson

Eliotl.RobertFrost

A.MatchWorkswithTheirAuthors

B.Matchcharacterswiththeworksinwhichtheyappear.

2.CaptainAhabandStarbuckArcher

HenryandCatherineCompson

JoadsEdwardCummings

CaulfieldThomas

TyronesLoman

PortraitofaLadyb.Moby-Dick

c.DeathofaSalesmand.AFarewelltoArms

SoundandtheFuryf.TheGrapesofWrath

g.TheNakedandtheDeadh.TheCatcherintheRye

i.NativeSonj.LongDay’sJourneyintoNight

Absaloml.TheOldManandtheSea

B.MatchtheCharacterswiththeworksinwhichtheyappear.

TrueorFalse.（10x2’=20’）

1.Americanliteratureistheoldestofallnationalliter