美国文学史及选读 练习题

美国文学史及选读练习题I.ChoosetherelevantmatchfromColumnIIforeachiteminColumnI.SectionAIII()1.WaltWhitmanA.TheScarletLetter()2.HermanMelvilleB.TheSketchBook()3.WashingtonIrvingC.Typee()4.OHenryD.LeavesofGrass()5.NathanielHawthorneE.TheGiftoftheMagiSectionBIII()1.HesterPrynneA.ThePortraitofALady()2.GeorgeHurstwoodB.UncleTom’sCabin()3.IsabelArcherC.MobyDick()4.AhabD.SisterCarrie()5.EvaClareE.TheScarletLetterSectionCIII()1.BenjaminFranklinA.MartinEden()2.ThomasPaineB.Leather-StockingTales()3.JamesFenimoreCooperC.RightsofMan()4.MarkTwainD.PoorRichars’sAlmanac()5.JackLondonE.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnII.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.(10%)1InWashingtonIrving’sworkappearedthefirstmodernShortstoriesandthefirstgreatAmericanjuvenileliterature.2ThefirstimportantAmericannovelistwas.3ToaWaterfowlisperhapsthepeakof______’swork,itregardedas“themostperfectbriefpoeminthelanguage”.4Asuperbbookentitled______cameoutofHenryDavidThoreau’stwo-yearlifeexperiencenearasmalllake.5WilliamSidneyPorter，whosepennamewas______，wastheauthorofTheCopandtheAnthem．6Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobrietywerethevaluesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.7AmericanRomanticismendedwiththeWaltWhiteman’s.8wascalled“thefatheroftheAmericandetectivestories”.9wasresponsibleforbringTranscendentalismtoNewEngland.10TheodoreDreiser’sfirstnovelis.11Theship______carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.12______wasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputationaftertheRevolutionaryWar．13AmericanRomanticismstartedwiththepublicationofWashingtonIrving’s______.14Theship______carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.15BenjaminFranklin’sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece.16OnJanuary10,1776,ThomasPaine’sfamouspamphletappeared.17Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobrietywerethevaluesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.18ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericaof18thcenturywas.19wasthefirstAmericanlyricpoet.20wasresponsibleforbringTranscendentalismtoNewEngland.III:Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.ChoosetheONEthatwouldbestcompletethestatement.1.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.Thiswas_______.A.AnneBradstreetB.JaneAustenC.EmilyDickinsonD.HarrietBeecher2.Whowasconsideredasthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”?A.MichaelWigglesworthB.EdwardTaylorC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau3.______wastheonlygoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar.OneofhisfellowAmericanssaid,“Hisshadowliesheavierthananyotherman’sonthisyoungnation.”A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.ThomasJeffersonD.ThomasPaine4.RomanticsputemphasisonthefollowingEXCEPT______.A.commonsenseB.imaginationC.intuitionD.individualism5.Melville’snovel______isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.A.TypeeB.OmooC.WhiteJacketD.MobyDick6.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,______flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.Transcendentalism7.Thethemeoforiginalsinisfullyreflectedin_________.A.TheScarletLetterB.SisterCarrieC.TheGreatGatsbyD.TheOldManandSea8.Realismwasareactionagainst______oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.A.RationalismB.RomanticismC.NeoclassicismD.Enlightenment9.____________wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.A.ThoreauB.EmersonC.HawthorneD.Whitman10.ChoosetheworkNOTwrittenbyMarkTwain.A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerB.InnocentsAbroadC.LifeontheMississippiD.TheRiseofSilasLapham11.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraitsC.TheConductofLifeD.RepresentativeMen12.TranscendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesinandThoreau.A.JeffersonB.EmersonC.FreneauD.Oversoul13.Whichofthefollowingdoesn’tbelongtoDreiser’s“TrilogyofDesire”?A.TheFinancierB.TheTitanC.TheStoicD.AnAmericanTragedy14.writtenbyHenryJamesbroughthimfirstinternationalfame.A.TheGoldenBowlB.TheAmericanC.TheTragicMuseD.DaisyMiller15.Waldeniswrittenby.A.EmersonB.ThoreauC.PoeD.Hawthorne16.TheCopandtheAnthemiswrittenby.A.O.HenryB.HenryJamesC.JackLondonD.MarkTwain17.isfamousforpsychologicalrealism.A.MarkTwainB.WilliamDeanHowellsC.HenryJamesD.WaltWhitman18.WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism?A.NatureB.WaldenC.OnBeautyD.Self-Reliance19.WhowastheONLYgoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar.A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.ThomasPaineD.ThomasJefferson20.Asaliteraryandphilosophicalmovement,flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.A.modernismB.rationalismC.sentimentalismD.transcendentalism21.____isNOTwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson.A.TheAmericanScholarB.Self-RelianceC.TheDivinitySchoolAddressD.CivilDisobedience22.EmilyDickinsonwrotemanyofherpoemsonvariousaspectsoflife.WhichofthefollowingisNOTausualsubjectofherpoeticexpression?A.ReligionB.LifeanddeathC.Love