美国文学期末复习题2.docx
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美国文学期末复习题2
Part
MultipleChoice(50%)
Givetheappropriateanswertocompletethestatement.MarkyouransweronAnswerSheet.
1._______receivedfourPulitzerPrizesforpoetryduringhiscareer.
A.RobertFrostB.WaltWhitmanC.EzraPoundD.T.S.Eliot
2.Thebeliefthatnatureisennobling,andtheindividualisdivinewasupheldby________.
A.romanticistsB.stream-of-consciousnessnovelists
C.realistsD.transcendentalists
3.______isthefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementestablishedinNorthAmerica.
A.NewYorkB.JamestownC.BostonD.Plymouth
4.TheperiodbeforetheAmericanCivilWarisgenerallyreferredtoas________.
A.theAgeofRealismB.theAgeofModernism
C.theAgeofRomanticismD.theRevolutionaryAge
5.ForAbrahamLincoln,_______wasthelittlewomanwhowroteanovel—UncleTom’sCabin—thatstartedagreatwar.
A.AnneBradstreetB.H.B.StoweC.EmilyDickinsonD.EdithWharton
6.Regionalismor________writingreferstofictionorpoetrythatfocusesonspecificfeatures—includingcharacters,dialects,customs,history,andtopography—ofaparticularregion.
A.RomanticB.ModernistC.LocalColorD.Naturalistic
7.________,accordingtoPound,was“thatwhichpresentsanintellectualandemotionalcomplexinaninstantoftime.”
A.MeterB.ImageC.RhymeD.Rhythm
8.WhoistheauthorofTheGrapesofWrath?
_______.
A.JohnSteinbeckB.EugeneO’NeilC.FitzgeraldD.TheodoreDreiser
9.WhichofthefollowingwritersisNOTthedominantfigureoftheRealisticPeriodinAmerica?
_______.
A.HermanMelvilleB.WilliamD.HowellsC.HenryJamesD.MarkTwain
10.WhoseworksrevealstrongaffinitytotraditionalChineseandJapaneseliteratures?
_______.
A.MarkTwainB.EzraPoundC.EmilyDickinsonD.ArthurMiller
11.SamuelLanghorneClemens,wellknownbyhispenname_______,isnotedforhisnovelsTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,andTheAdventuresofTomSawyer.
A.BenjaminFranklinB.ThomasJeffersonC.WashingtonIrvingD.MarkTwain
12.WhoofthefollowingisNOToneoftheprominentwritersoftheNaturalisticschool?
________.
A.JackLondonB.TheodoreDreiserC.FrankNorrisD.WilliamFaulkner
13.TheLeather-StockingTalesisaseriesofnovelsbyAmericanwriterJamesFenimoreCooper,eachfeaturingthemainhero,________.
A.NattyBumppoB.HesterPrynneC.CaptainAhabD.RogerChillingworth
14.WhichofthefollowingwritersisNOToneofAmericanexpatriatewriterswhostayedorinhabitedinEuropeforatime?
_______.
A.EmilyDickinsonB.EzraPoundC.ErnestHemingwayD.T.S.Eliot
15.Whichofthestatementsbelow________isNOTtrueindescribingAmericannaturalists?
A.TheyweredeeplyinfluencedbyDarwinism.
B.TheywereinfluencedbyFrenchnovelistandtheoristEmileZola.
C.Theychosetheirsubjectsfromthehigherranksofsociety.
D.Theyusedmoreironicandsympathetictonethanrealists.
16.SetinPuritanNewEngland,TheScarletLettertellsoftheforbiddenloveaffairbetweentheReverendArthurDimmesdaleand________.
A.PearlPrynneB.CarrieC.EmilyD.HesterPrynne
17._______,thefirstimportantpoetintheAmericancolonies,publishedTheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmericain1650.
A.CaptainJohnSmithB.ThomasPainC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau
18.BenjaminFranklinrecordedhisearlylifeinhisfamous______.
A.AutobiographyB.TheSeaWolfC.MobyDickD.TheWasteLand
19._______iscreditedwithcoiningtheterm“TheJazzAge.”
A.WilliamFaulknerB.ErnestHemingway
C.F.ScottFitzgeraldD.GertrudeStein
20.WashingtonIrvingwasoneofthefirstAmericanwriterstoearnaninternationalreputationandregardedasthe________.
A.fatherofAmericandramaB.fatherofAmericanpoetry
C.fatherofAmericanliteratureD.fatherofAmericandetectivetales
21.Nature,writtenby_______,containinghismostdetailedstatementofbelief,iswidelycalled“TheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.”
A.HenryDavidThoreauB.ErnestHemingway
C.TheodoreDreiserD.RalphWaldoEmerson
22.Statement________isNOTtrueindescribingEzraPound.
A.HeisaleadingfigureoftheImagistMovement
B.Heencouragedandhelpedmanywritersofhistime.
C.APactishismasterpiece.
D.Hewaspoliticallycontroversial.
23.________isoftenregardedasthebestoftheSchoolroomorFiresidepoets.
A.MarkTwainB.HenryWadsworthLongfellow
C.EmilyDickinsonD.HenryJames
24.Thephrase,“theLostGeneration,”isemployedbyErnestHemingwayintheepigraphtohisnovel_______.
A.TheSunAlsoRisesB.TheOldManandtheSea
C.TalesoftheJazzAgeD.TheSoundandtheFury
25.OneofthemostfamiliarthemesinAmericannaturalismisthethemeofhuman________.
A.bestialityB.goodnessC.compassionD.greed
26.________’swritingisconcernedwiththemesofsin,guilt,punishmentandredemption,ashedidinTheScarletLetter.
A.HermanMevilleB.MarkTwainC.TheodoreDreiserD.NathanielHawthorne
27.InHemingway’snovel,________,theprotagonistFredericHenry,anAmericanofficerfallsinlovewithaBritishnurseinwartimeItaly.
A.AFarewelltoArmsB.AcrosstheRiverandintotheRiver
C.TheOldManandtheSeaD.HillsLikeWhiteElephants
28.ThenarratorofTheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrockthinksthathehas“measuredoutmylifewithcoffeespoons,”whichreflects________.
A.awastedlifeB.hismentaldisordersC.hishatredD.hiscourage
29.ThefounderoftheAmericandramais_____.
A.ArthurMillerB.TennesseeWilliamsC.BernardShawD.EugeneO’Neill
30.________publishedahighlyautobiographicalnovel,MartinEdenin1909.
A.O.HenryB.HenryJamesC.WaltWhitmanD.JackLondon
31.WhichofthefollowingnovelsdoesNOTexemplifythematureandformidablestyleofHenryJames’“TheMajorPhase”?
________.
A.ThePortraitofaLadyB.TheWingsoftheDove
C.TheAmbassadorsD.TheGoldenBowl
32.ThefollowingtitlesareallrelatedtothesubjectofescapingfromthesocietyandreturningtonatureEXCEPT_______.
A.SisterCarrieB.Walden
C.Leather-stockingTalesD.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn
33.Thetitlecharacterof“_______”byWashingtonIrvingsleptfortwentyyearsandfoundtheworlddrasticallytransformed.
A.RipVanWinkleB.AnnabelLeeC.TheGeniusD.TheStoic
34.Statement________isWRONGindescribingNathanielHawthorne.
A.Oneofhisschoolmatesisthe14thUSApresident—FranklinPierce.
B.Heisarealisticwriter.
C.Heisalsoagreatallegorist.
D.Heisamasterofsymbolism.
35.YoknapatawphaCountyisafictionalcountycreatedbytheAmericanauthor_______asasettingformanyofhisnovels.
A.WashingtonIrvingB.WilliamFaulknerC.WaltWhitmanD.MarkTwain
36.IsabelArcheristheheroineof_______.
A.ThePortraitofaLadyB.SisterCarrie
C.AFarewelltoArmsD.TheGreatGatsby
37.Thedocument,________,wasformallyadoptedonJuly4,1776,declaringtheindependenceoftheAmericancoloniesfromGreatBritain.
A.TheDeclarationofIndependenceB.TheAmericanCrisis
C.CommonSenseD.TheConstitution
38.________istheauthoroftheplayLongDays’JourneyintoNight.
A.HermanMelvilleB.HenryJamesC.EugeneO’NeillD.T.S.Eliot
39.ThescarletletterstandsforthefollowingonesEXCEPT________.
A.sinanddisgraceB.angelC.beingableandgenerousD.death
40.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthors’toneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandsympatheticbutmoreironicand________.
A.optimisticB.pessimisticC.humorousD.rational
41.Withthepublicationof________,theAmericanromanticperiodended.
A.LeavesofGrassB.MobyDickC.InOurTimeD.TheScarletLetter
42.WhoisthepoetthatspokeandperformedareadingofhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJohnF.KennedyonJanuary20,1961?
________.
A.RobertFrostB.T.S.EliotC.WaltWhitmanD.EzraPound
43.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofWilliamFaulkner?
________.
A.Heisamasterofstream-of-consciousnessnarrative.
B.Hiswritingisoftencomplexanddifficulttounderstand.
C.HeoftendepictsslumlifeinNewYorkandChicago.
D.HerepresentsanewgroupofSouthernwritersinUSA.
44.WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofModernism?
________.
A.Toelevatetheindividualandinnerbeingoverthesocialbeing.
B.Toputthestressontraditionalvalues.
C.Toportraythedistortedandalienatedrelationshipsbetweenmanandhisenvironment.
D.Toadvocateaconsciousbreakwithpast.
45._______inTheOldManandtheSeaisaman,accordingtoHemingway,that“canbedestroyedbutnottobeconquered.”
A.CaptainAhabB.RipVanWinkleC.SantiagoD.IchabodCrane
46.TheodoreDreiser’s_______isconsideredashisgreatestnovel.
A.JannieGerhardtB.AnAmericanTragedy
C.CantosD.ForWhomtheBellsToll
47.________isappliedtoworkoffictioninwhichthethoughts,feelings,andmotivationsofthecharactersareofequalorgreaterinterestthanistheexternalactionofthenarrative.
A.PsychologicalrealismB.Darkrealism
C.PostromanticismD.Naturalism
48.WhoisNOTaNobelPrize-winningauthorinAmerica?
________.
A.T.S.EliotB.ErnestHemingway
C.JohnSteinbeckD.RobertFrost
49.Allhisnovelsrevealthattowardstheendofhiscareer,MarkTwainbecameincreasingly________.
A.prolificB.artisticC.optimisticD.pessimistic
50.Oversoulisanaturalisticconceptintroducedby________inhisessaybythesamename.
A.EzraPoundB.RalphWaldoEmersonC.T.S.EliotD.WaltWhitman
Part
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