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优质美国文学期末复习题
2013-2014-1美国文学史及选读期末复习材料
ⅠMultiplechoices
1.WhichisnotconnectedwithThomasPaine?
A.CommonSenseB.TheAmericanCrisis
C.TheRightsofManD.TheAutobiography
2.“Thesearethetimesthattrymen’ssouls”,thesewordswereoncereadtoWashington’stroopsanddidmuchtospurexcitementtofurtheractionwithhopeandconfidence.Whoistheauthorofthesewords?
A.BenjaminFranklinB.ThomasPaine
C.ThomasJeffersonD.GeorgeWashington
3.AttheReasonandRevolutionPeriod,AmericanswereinfluencedbytheEuropeanmovementcalledthe______.
A.ChartistMovementB.RomanticistMovement
C.EnlightenmentMovementD.ModernistMovement
4.InAmericanliterature,theEnlightenerswerefavorableto______.
A.thecolonialorderB.religiousobscurantism
C.thePuritantraditionD.thesecularliterature
5.TheEnglishcoloniesinNorthAmericaroseinarmsagainsttheirparentcountryandtheContinentalCongressadopted______in1776.
A.DeclarationofIndependenceB.theSugarAct
C.theStampActD.theMayflowerCompact
6.______usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.
A.WilliamBradfordB.AnneBradstreet
C.EmilyDickinsonD.CaptainJohnSmith
7.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe“______”whoappearedinAmerica.
A.NinthMuseB.TenthMuseC.BestMuseD.FirstMuse
8.Whowasconsideredasthe“poetofAmericanRevolution”?
A.AnneBradstreetB.EdwardTaylor
C.MichaelWigglesworthD.PhilipFreneau
9.In1817,thestatelypoemcalledThanatopsisintroducedthebestpoet______toappearinAmericauptothattime.
A.EdwardTaylorB.PhilipFreneau
C.WilliamCullenBryantD.EdgarAllenPoe
10.ThefinestexampleofNathanielHawthorne’ssymbolismistherecreationofPuritanBostonin______.
A.TheScarletLetterB.YoungGoodmanBrown
C.TheMarbleFaunD.TheAmbitiousGuest
11.“TheuniverseiscomposedofNatureandthesoul…Spiritispresenteverywhere”.ThisisthevoiceofthebookNaturewrittenbyEmerson,whichpushedAmericanRomanticismintoanewphase,thephaseofNewEngland______.
A.RomanticismB.TranscendentalismC.NaturalismD.Symbolism
12.WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism?
A.NatureB.WaldenC.OnBeautyD.Self-Reliance
13.MarkTwaincreated,in_________,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.
A.TheAdventureofHuckleberryFinnB.TheAdventureofTomSawyer
C.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburgD.TheGildedAge
14._________markstheclimaxofMarkTwain’sliterarycreativity.
A.TheAdventureofHuckleberryFinnB.TheGildedAge
C.LifeontheMississippiD.TheAdventureofTomSawyer
15.ChoosethenovelwhichisnotwrittenbyHenryJames.
A.TheAmbassadorsB.TheWingsoftheDove
C.TheBostoniansD.TheMysteriousStranger
16.Generallyspeaking,allthosewriterswithanaturalisticapproachtohumanrealitytendtobe_________.
A.transcendentalistsB.idealistsC.pessimistsD.impressionists
17.EzraPound’slongpoem_________containedmorethanonehundredpoemslooselyconnected.
A.TheWasteLandB.TheCantosC.DonJuanD.QueenMab
18.T.S.Eliot’sfirstmajorpoem_________(1917),hasbeencalledthefirstmasterpieceofmodernisminEnglish.
A.TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrockB.TheWasteLand
C.FourQuartetsD.Preludes
19.ErnestHemingwaywasbadlywoundedinItalyandsenttoahospitalwherehefellinlovewithanurse.Thesetwopersonslaterbecamethecharactersofhisnovel_________.
A.TheOldManandtheSeaB.ForWhomtheBellTolls
C.TheSunAlsoRisesD.AFarewelltoArms
20.InWilliamFaulkner’sTheSoundandtheFury,heusedatechniquecalled_________,inwhichthewholestorywastoldthroughthethoughtsofonecharacter.
A.streamofconsciousnessB.imagism
C.symbolismD.naturalism
21.LedbyNathanielHawthorne,RalphWaldoEmersonand______,therearoseakindofteachingsoftranscendentalismintheearlynineteenthcentury.
A.HermanMelvilleB.HenryDavidThoreau
C.MarkTwainD.TheodoreDreiser
22.ANew______hadappearedinEnglandinthelastyearsoftheeighteenthcentury.ItspreadtocontinentalEuropeandthencametoAmericaearlyinthenineteenthcentury.
A.realismB.criticalrealismC.romanticismD.naturalism
23.FromHenryDavidThoreau’sjailexperience,camehisfamousessay,______whichstatesThoreau’sbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthecommandofagovernment.
A.WaldenB.NatureC.CivilDisobedienceD.CommonSense
24.MarkTwain,oneofthegreatest19thcenturyAmericanwriters,iswellknownforhis_________.
A.internationalthemeB.waste-landimagery
C.localcolorD.symbolism
25.HermanMelville’s______isanencyclopediaofeverything:
history,philosophyreligion,etc.inadditiontoadetailedaccountoftheoperationsofthewhalingindustry.
A.TheOldManandtheSeaB.MobyDick
C.WhiteJacketC.BillyBudd
26.Theship“______”carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.
A.SunflowerB.ArmadaC.MayflowerD.Pequod
27.From1733to1758,BenjaminFranklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous______,anannualcollectionofproverbs.
A.TheAutobiographyB.PoorRichard’sAlmanac
C.CommonSenseD.TheGeneralMagazine
28.InAmericanliterature,theeighteen-centurywastheageoftheEnlightenment.______wasthedominantspirit.
A.HumanismB.RationalismC.RevolutionD.Evolution
29.______wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.
A.HenryDavidThoreauB.RalphWaldoEmerson
C.NathanielHawthorneD.WaltWhitman
30.EdgarAllenPoe’sfirstcollectionofshortstoriesis______.
A.TalesofaTravelerB.LeatherstockingTales
C.CanterburyTalesD.TalesoftheGrotesqueofArabesque
31.______wasaromanticizedaccountofHermanMelville’sstayamongthePolynesians.ThesuccessofthebooksoonmadeMelvillewellknownasthe“manwholivedamongcannibals”.
A.MobyDickB.TypeeC.OmooD.BillyBudd
32.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?
A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraits
C.TheConductofLifeD.RepresentativeMen
33.ThethreedominantfiguresoftherealisticperiodinAmericanliteratureare_________.
A.TheodoreDreiser,EmilyDickinsonandWilliamDeanHowells
B.MarkTwain,HenryJamesandWilliamDeanHowells
C.MarkTwain,TheodoreDreiserandWilliamDeanHowells
D.MarkTwain,EmilyDickinsonandWilliamDeanHowells
34.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthenineteenthcentury.Thiswas_________.
A.AnneBradstreetB.JaneAusten
C.EmilyDickinsonD.HarrietBeecher
35.In1900,Londonpublishedhisfirstcollectionofshortstories,named_________.
A.TheSonoftheWolfB.TheSeaWolf
C.TheLawofLifeD.WhiteFang
36.InHenryJames’DaisyMiler,theauthortriestoportraytheyoungwomanasanembodimentof_________.
A.theforceofconventionB.thefreespiritoftheNewWorld
C.thedeclineofaristocracyD.thecorruptionofthenewlyrich
37.“Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd;Petalsonawet,blackbough.”Thisistheshortestpoemwrittenby_________.
A.T.S.EliotB.RobertFrostC.EzraPoundD.E.E.Cumings
38.TheFitzgeraldlivedsoextravagantlythattheyfrequentlyspentmoremoneythanF.ScotFitzgeraldearnedforparties,liquor,entertainingtheirfriendsandtraveling.Itwasthislivingstylethatnicknamedthedecadeofthe1920sas_________.
A.TheRoaringTwentiesB.TheJazzAgeC.TheDollarDecadeD.alloftheabove
39.In1954,_________wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteratureforhis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration”.
A.T.SEliotB.ErnestHemingwayC.JohnSteinbeckD.WilliamFaukner
40.WilliamFaukner’snovel_________describesthedecayanddownfallofanoldsouthernaristocraticfamily,symbolizingtheoldsocialorder,toldfromfourdifferentpointsofview.
A.TheSoundandtheFuryB.Startoris
C.TheUnvanquishedD.TheTown
41.“TheLureoftheSpirit:
TheFleshinPursuit”isthetitleofonechapterinDreiser’snovel_________.
A.AnAmericanDreamB.SisterCarrie
C.DreiserLooksatRussiaD.JannieGerhardt
42.Themainthemeof_________TheArtofFictionrevealshisliterarycredothatrepresentationoflifeshouldbethemainobjectofthenovel.
A.HenryJames’B.WilliamDeanHowells’C.MarkTwain’sD.O.Henry’s
43.WithWilliamDeanHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveonthescene,_________becamethemajortrendintheseventiesandeightiesofthenineteenthcentury.
A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.realismD.naturalism
44.WhileembracingthesocialismofMarx,Londonalsobelievedinthetriumphofthestrongestindividuals.Thiscontradictionismostvividlyprojectedinthepatentlyautobiographicalnovel_________.
A.TheCalloftheWildB.TheSeaWolfC.MartinEdenD.TheIronHeel
45_________isanovellaaboutayoungAmericangirlwhogets“killed”bythewinterinRome,anditbroughtHenryJamesinternationalfameforthefirsttime.
A.TheAmericanB.TheEuropeans
C.DaisyMillerD.ThePortaitofaLady
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ⅡFillingthefollowingblankswithproperanswers
1.CaptainJohnSmithbecamethefirstAmericanwriter.
2.Thepuritanslookeduponthemselvesasachosenpeople.
3.ThefirstmajorintellectualspokesmanoftheMassachusettsBaycolonywasJohnCotton,sometimescalled“thePatriarchofNewEngland.”
4.AnneBradstreetpublishedTheT
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