《英美文学》练习题库及答案

1《英美文学》练习测试题库及答案本科IOfthefouralternativeanswer,choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement:1.BenjaminFranklinwasborninthefamilyofasmall_____________.A.LandlordB.merchantC.lawyerD.clergyman2.RalphWaldoEmerson’sleadingreputationbeganwiththepublicationof_____________.A.EssaysB.NatureC.OversoulD.Self-Relience3.EllenPoewasbothapoetanda_____________________.A.dramatistB.essayistCactorD.fictionwriter.4.NathanielHawthorne’sviewofmanandhumanhistoryoriginatesin__________________.A.PuritanismB.SocialismC.TranscendentalismD.naturalism5.WaltWhitmanwasbornandbroughtupinafamilyofa______________.A.PeasantB.carpenterC.captainD.printer6.MarkTwain’sfirstsuccessfulliteraryworkis_____________________________.A.TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountyB.LifeontheMississippiC.TheAdventureofTomSawyerD.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn7.CloselyrelatedtoEmilyDickinson’sreligiouspoetryareherpoemsconcerning_______________.A.ChildhoodB.youthandhappinessC.lonelinessD.deathandimmortality8.AmongtheworksofDreiser,thebetknowntotheChinesereadersis_________________.A.AnAmericanTragedyB.SisterCarrieC.ThFinancierD.TheTitan9.RobertFrost’sworksmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein_________________.A.theWestB.AmericanSouthC.NewEnglandD.Mississippi10.MostoftheplaysEugeneO’Neillwroteare_______________________.A.comediesB..romancesC.historicalplaysDtragedies11.ScottFitzgeraldisoftenacclaimedliteraryspokesmanofthe______________________.A.moderntimeB.youngAmericansC.JazzAgeD.GuildedAge12._______________________________isHemingway’smasterpiece,whichisabouttheoldfishermanSantiagoandhislosingbattlewithagiantmarlin.A.FarewelltoArmsB.ForwhomtheBellTollsC.TheSunAlsoRisesD.TheOldManandTheSea13.Asagreatfictionwriter,WilliamFaulkerdevotesmostofhisworkstothedescriptionofthelifeandthepeopleinthe__________________________.A.AmericanWestB.NewEnglandinAmericaC.AmericanSouthD.AmericanNorth14.Whenhewasyoung,BenjaminFranklinbecameanapprenticeina__________________.A.printinghouseB.storeC.Tailor’sshopD.factory15.RalphEmersonwasborninafamilyofa_____________________.A.merchantB.businessmanC.clergymanD.writer16.EllenPoebeganhisliterarycareerbywriting___________________;A.shortstoriesB.playsC.essaysD.poems17.AccordingtoNathanielHawthorne,thereis_________ineveryhearer,whichmayremainlatent,perhaps,throughthewholelife;butcircumstancesmayrouseittoactivity.2A.evilB.virtueC.kindnessD.tragedy18.Whitmanisradicallyinnovativeintermofformofhispoetry.Whatheprefersforhisnewsubjectsandnewfeelingsis_____________.A.blankverseB.freeverseC.heroiccoupletD.sonnet19.MarkTwainshapedtheworld’sviewofAmericaandmadeacombinationofseriousliteratureand_______.A.AmericanfolkhumorB.EnglishfolkloreC.AmericantraditionalvaluesD.funnyjokes20.Altogether,EmilyDickinsonwrote______poems,ofwhichonlysevernhadappearedduringherlifetime.A.1145B.1775C.897D.78521.TheodoreDreiserisgenerallyacknowledgedasoneofAmerica’sliterary________________.A.realistsB.naturalistsC.romantistsD.modernists22.InFrost’spoems,imagesandmetaphorsinhispoemsaredrawnfrom_________________.A.thesimplecountrylifeB.theurbanlifeC.thelifeontheseaD.theadventuresandtrips23.ScottFitzgeraldneversparedanintimatetouchinhisfictiontodealwiththebankruptcyofthe_______________________________.A.AmericanDreamB.rulingclassesB.AmericanCapitalistsD.Americanbourgeoisie24.EugeneO’NeillisregardedasthefounderofAmerican_____________________.A.poetryB.dramaC.fictionD.literature25.___________________isHemingway’smasterpiece,whichtellsastoryaboutthetragicloveofawoundedAmericansoldierwithaBritishnurse.A.AFarewelltoArmsB.TheSunAlsoRisesC.ForWhomtheBellTollsD.InOurTime26.WilliamFaulknerwasborninafamilyofa_______________________.A.merchantB.colonelC.managerD.doctor27.Inhisessays,______putforwardhisphilosophyoftheoversoul,theimportantoftheIndividualandNature.A.NathanielHawthorneB.WashingtonIrvingC.MarkTwainD.RalphWaldoEmerson28.ThechiefspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalismis__________A.NathanielHawthorneB.RalphWaldoEmersonC.HenryDavidThoreauD.WashingtonIrving29.______literaryworldturnsouttobeamostdisturbed,tormentedandproblematicalone,whichhasmuchtodowithhis“black”visionoflifeandhumanbeings.A.HermanMelville’sB.WashingtonIrving’sC.NathanielHawthorne’sD.WaltWhitman’s30.Mostofthepoemsin_____singofthe“en-masse”andtheselfaswell.A.LeavesofGrassB.DrumTapsC.NorthofBostonD.TheCantos31.In_____,WhitmanairshissorrowatPresidentLincoln’sdeath.A.“CavalryCrossingaFord”B.“APact”3C.WhenLilacsLastintheDooryardBloom’dD.TherewasaChildWentForth”32.In_____,Whitman’sownearlyexperiencemaywellbeidentifiedwiththechildhoodofayounggrowingAmerica.A.“APact”B.“SongofMyself”C.“TherewasaChildWentForth”D.“CavalryCrossingaFord”33.In______,Hawthornesetsouttoprovethateveryonepossessessomeevilsecret.A.“TheCustom-House”B.“YoungGoodmanBrown”C.“Rappaccini’sDaughter”D.“TheBirthmark34.______iscalledbyHemingwaytheonefromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.”A.TheadventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerC.TheGildedAgeD.LifeontheMississippi35.TheodoreDreiser’sforgivingtreatmentofthecareerofhisheroinein______alsodr