美国文学练习题.docx
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美国文学练习题
PartI.TheLiteratureofColonialAmerica
I.FillinthefollowingBlanks.
1.ThemostenduringshapinginfluenceinAmericanthoughtandAmericanliteraturewas________
11.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobriety,thesewerethe________valuesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.
III.Makemultiplechoices.
1.EnglishliteratureintheAmericaisonlyaboutmorethan________yearsold.
A.500B.400C.200D.100
6.__________usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.
A.WilliamBradfordB.AnneBradstreetC.EmilyDickinsonD.CaptainJohnSmith
10.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe__________.
A.RevolutionismB.ReasonC.IndividualismD.Rationalism
11.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe“______”whoappearedinAmerica.
A.NinthMuseB.TenthMuseC.BestMuseD.FirstMuse
PartII.TheLiteratureofReasonandRevolution
I.Fillintheblanks.
3.BenjaminFranklinalsoeditedthefirstcolonialmagazine,whichhecalled_____.
4.BenjaminFranklin'sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece________.
9.ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericaofthe18thcenturywas_____________.
10.PhilipFreneau'sfamouspoem____________waswrittenabouthisimprisonedexperience.
11._________wasconsideredasthe“poetoftheAmericanRevolution.”
12._________hasbeencalledthe"FatherofAmericanPoetry.”
14.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywasanAgeof_________andRevolution.
III.Makemultiplechoices.
1.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment.____wasthedominantspirit.
A.HumanismB.RationalismC.RevolutionD.Evolution
2.InAmericanliterature,theEnlightenerswereopposedto________.
A.thecolonialorderB.religiousobscurantismC.thePuritantraditionD.thesecularliterature
4.WhichstatementaboutBenjaminFranklinisnottrue?
A.Heinstructedhiscountrymenasaprinter.B.Hewasascientist.
C.Hewasamasterofdiplomacy.D.HewasaPuritan.
6.WhichofthefollowingstirredtheworldandhelpedformtheAmericanrepublic?
A.TheAmericanCrisisB.TheFederalistC.DeclarationofIndependenceD.TheWasteLand
7.BenjaminFranklinwastheepitomeofthe____________.
A.AmericanEnlightenmentB.SugarActC.ChartistmovementD.Romanticist
8.From1732to1758,BenjaminFranklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous___,anannalcollectionofproverbs.
A.TheAutobiographyB.PoorRichard'sAlmanacC.CommonSenseD.TheGeneralMagazine
13.WhichstatementaboutPhilipFreneauistrue?
A.Hewasasatirist.B.Hewasapamphleteer.C.Hewasapoet.D.Hewasabitterpolemicist.
14.WhichpoemisnotwrittenbyPhilipFreneau?
A.TheBritishPrisonShipB.TheWildHoneySuckleC.TheIndianBuryingGroundD.TheDayofDoom
15.Whowasconsideredasthe"PoetofAmericanRevolution"?
A.MichaelWigglesworthB.EdwardTaylorC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau
17.DuringtheReasonandRevolutionPeriod,AmericanswereinfluencedbytheEuropeanmovementcalledthe____________.
A.ChartistMovementB.RomanticistMovementC.EnlightenmentMovementD.ModernistMovement
20.BenjaminFranklinshapedhiswritingafterthe___oftheEnglishessayistsJosephAddisonandRichardSteele.
A.SpectatorPapersB.WaldenC.NatureD.TheSacredWood
PartIII.TheLiteratureofRomanticism
I.Fillintheblanks
1.Intheearlynineteenthcentury,WashingtonIrvingwrote________whichbecamethefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowinfinancialsuccessonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.
2.In1828,__________publishedhisAnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.
3.In1755,__________publishedhisremarkabledictionarynamedDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.
4.TheCivilWarof1861—1865endedinthedefeatoftheSouthernersandtheabolitionof___________.
5.TheAmericanTranscendentalistsformedaclubcalled_________.
6.TheTranscendentalCluboftenmetat___________'sConcordhome.
7.______wasregardedasthefirstgreatprosestylistofAmericanromanticism.
8.Atnineteen______publishedinhisbrother'snewspaper,his"JonathanOldstyle"satiresofNewYorklife.
9.InWashingtonIrving'swork___________appearedthefirstmodernshortstoriesandthefirstgreatAmericanjuvenileliterature.
10.InParis,WashingtonIrvingmetJohnHowardPayne,theAmericandramatistandactor,withwhomIrvingwrotehisbrilliantsocialcomedy_____________,orTheMerryMonarch.
11.TheshortstoryTheLegendofSleepyHollowistakenfromWashingtonIrving'sworknamed_______.
12._________wasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputationaftertheRevolutionaryWar.
13.WashingtonIrving'sfirstbookappearedin1809.Itwasentitled____________.
14.WashingtonIrvingalsowrotetwobiographies,oneisTheLifeofOliverGoldsmith,andtheotheris___________.
15.ThefirstimportantAmericannovelistwas___________.
16.JamesFenimoreCooper’snovel___________wasarousingtaleaboutespionageagainsttheBritishduringtheRevolutionaryWar.
17.ThebestofJamesFenimoreCooper'ssearomanceswas____________.TheheroofthenovelrepresentsJohnPaulJones,thegreatnavalfighteroftheRevolutionaryWar.
18.ThecentralfigureintheLeatherstockingTalesis____________,whogoesbythevariousnamesofLeatherstocking,Deerslayer,PathfinderandHawkeye.
19."ToaWaterfowl"isperhapsthepeakof_______________'swork,ithasbeencalledbyaneminentEnglishcritic"themostperfectbriefpoeminthelanguage."
20.__________wasthefirstAmericantogainthestatureofamajorpoetintheworldliterature.
21.AmongWilliamCullenBryant'smostimportantlaterworksarehistranslationsoftheIliadandthe____________intoEnglishblankverse.
22.EdgarAllanPoe’spoem___________isperhapsthebestexampleofonomatopoeiaintheEnglishlanguage.
23.EdgarAllanPoe'spoem____________waspublishedin1845asthetitlepoemofacollection.
24.Ralph___________EmersonwasresponsibleforbringingtranscendentalismtoNewEngland.
25.RalphWaldoEmerson'struestdisciple,themanwhoputintopracticemanyofEmerson'stheories,was____________.
26.In1845,HenryDavidThoreaubeganatwo-yearresidenceat_________________Pond.
27.Asuperbbookentitled_________cameoutofHenryDavidThoreau'stwo-yearexperimentatWaldenPond.
28.FromHenryDavidThoreau’sConcordjailexperience,camehisfamousessay______.
29.HesterPrynneistheheroineinNathanielHawthorne'snovel_____________.
30.HermanMelville’snovel____________isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.
31.HenryWadsworthLongfellow'sfirstcollectionofpoemsentitled______________appearedin1838.
32.ThemostscholarlyofHenryWadsworthLongfellow’swritingsishistranslationofDante’s______.
33.BesideslyricsandlongerpoemsHenryWadsworthLongfellowwrotedramaticworks,amongwhich____________isthemostconspicuous.
34.HenryWadsworthLongfellowand_____________aretheonlytwoAmericanpoetscommemoratedinthePoet'sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.
35.Afterhisdeath,__________becametheonlyAmericantobehonoredwithabustinthePoet'sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.
36.TheAmericanRomanticperiodstretchesfromtheendoftheeighteenthcenturythroughtheoutburstofthe___________.
37.TheEnglishauthornamed___________was,inaway,responsiblefortheromanticdescriptionoflandscapeinAmericanliteratureandthedevelopmentofAmericanIndianromance.HisWaverleynovelsweremodelsforAmericanhistoricalromances.
38.Publishedin1823,__________wasthefirstoftheLeatherstockingTales,intheirorderofpublicationtime,andprobablythefirsttrueromanceofthefrontierinAmericanliterature.
39.InthePioneers,__________representstheidealAmerican,livingavirtuousandfreelifeinGod’sworld.
40.In1836,alittlebookcameoutwhichmadeatremendousimpactontheintellectuallifeofAmerica.ItwasentitledNatureby____________.
41.RalphWaldoEmerson'sessay__________hasbeenregardedas"America'sDeclarationofIntellectualIndependence".ItcalledonAmericanwriterstowriteaboutAmericainawaypeculiarlyAmerican.
42.AnotherrenownedNewEnglandTranscendentalistwas___________,afriendofRalphWaldoEmerson'sandhisjuniorbysomefourteenyears.
43.Thewayinwhich___________wroteTheScarletLettersuggeststhatAmericanRomanticismadapteditselftoAmericanpuritanmoralism.
44.HermanMelville'sworldclassicnovelMobyDickwasdedicatedto__________,anovelist.
45.Itissaidthatinhislateyears,HermanMelvillestoppedwritingnovelsandstoriesandturnedtopoetry,___________ishismostfamouspoeticwork.
46.HermanMelvilleisbestknownastheauthorofonebooknamed___________,whichis,criticshaveagreed,oneoftheworld'sgreatestmasterpieces.
II.Makemultiplechoices.
1.In1837,thefirstcollege-levelinstitutionforwomen,MountHolyokeFemaleSeminary,wasestablishedin____________toservethe"muslinsex".
A.NewEnglandB.VirginiaC.MassachusettsD.NewYork
2.Transcendentalismtooktheirideasfrom___________.
A.theromanticliteratureinEuropeB.neo-Platonism
C.GermanidealisticphilosophyD.therevelationsoforientalmysticism
3.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,_____flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.
A.modernismB.rationalismC.sentimentalismD.transcendentalism
4.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin___________andHenryDavidThoreau.
A.ThomasJeffers
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