美国文学史及作品选读习题集(1)

11BasicLiteraryKnowledgeⅠ.Fillintheblanks1.The_____isthemostcommonlyusedfootinEnglishpoetry,inwhichanunstressedsyllablecomesfirst,followedbya______syllable.2.Rhymeisthe_____ofsoundsintwoormorewordsorphrasesthatusuallyappearclosetoeachotherinapoem.Forexample:we/thee,man/can,andgold/hold.3.A_____isasignthatsuggestsmorethanitsliteralmeaning.4.Thetwo-linestanzaformiscalledthe_____,thebest-knownbeingthe_____whichiswritteniniambicpentameterwithanendrhyme.5.The_____foot,whichisthereverseoftheiambicfoot,alsoconsistsofonestressedandoneunstressedsyllables,butwiththestressedonecomingfirst.6.Ananapesticfootismadeupoftwo_____andonestressedsyllables,withthetwounstressedinfront.7.Americanachievementsintheshortstoryhavedemandedinternationalrespectandadmirationformorefrom______intheearly19thcentury.8.______isgenerallythoughtofasthetruebeginneroftheshortstoriesbecausehewasthefirstwriterwhoformulatedapoeticsoftheshortstories.9.ThereweretwootherAmericanwriterswhohadmadesignificantcontributionstotheliteraryformofshortstory:______,withhisstoriesofearlylifeinCalifornia,startedavogueoflocalcolorstoriesandmadetheshortstoryseemcompletelyathomeintheUS,andHenryJames,broughttotheformacarefulwritingthatmadehisstoriesmodels.10.Inthe20thcentury,therehavebeenmanywhohavewonfameabroadaswellasintheUSfortheirstories:______,_______,_______,________,anddozensofothers.11.Asyoureadfromwritertowriter,from______’sRipVanWinkleto______’sAGoodManisHardtoFind,youwillseethecomingofashortstoryage,growingfromanentertainingtaleintoastorewhichprobesdeepintohumansouls.12.Modernliteraryfictionhasbeendominatedbytwoforms:_______13.WashingIrving,thefatherofAmericanliterature,developedthe_____asagenreinAmericanliterature.14.______isusuallyacknowledgedastheoriginatorofdetectivestories.Heisalsocreditedwithdevelopingmanyofthestandardfeaturesofdetectivefiction.HisdetectiveMAugustDupinofMurdersintheRueMorgueandThePurloinedLetteristheforerunnerofalonglineoffictionaldetectiveswhoareeccentricandbrilliant.15.______istherepetitionofsimilarvowelsoundssituatedinasentence,averselineorseriesofwords.16.Adactylicfootismadeupofone______andtwo_______syllables,withthestressedinfront.17.The_____isastructureddivisionofapoem,consistingofaseriesofverselineswhichusuallycomprisearecurringpatternofmeterandrhyme.Intraditional2Englishpoetry,therearevariousformscontainingtwo,there,four,five,six,seven,eightorninelines.18.Consonanceistherepetitionof_____butwithdifferentprecedingvowelse.g.heart/light,flag/plug.Unlikealliterationandassonance,consonancecanserveasendrhythm.Ⅱ.MultipleChoices1.EdgarAllanPoewrotepoemswhicharemarvelsofbeautyandcraftsmanshipsuchas________.A.IHearAmericaSingingB.TheRavenC.ToaWaterfowlD.TheFalloftheHouseofUsher2.Whichwriterisnotapoet?A.MichaelWigglesworthB.AnneBradstreetC.EdwardTaylorD.ThomasHooker.3.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe_______A.RevolutionismB.ReasonC.IndividualismD.Rationalism4.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment,______wasthedominantspirit.A.HumanismB.RationalismC.RevolutionD.Evolution5.Whowasconsideredasthe“poetofAmericanrevolution”?A.MichaelWigglesworthB.EdwardTaylorC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau6.ThomasJefferson’sattitude,thatis,afirmbeliefinprogress,andthepursuitofhappiness,istypicaloftheperiodwenowcall_______.A.AgeofEvolutionB.AgeofReasonC.AgeofRomanticismD.AgeofRegionalism7.Howellsdefinedrealismas“nothingmoreandnothinglessthanthetruthfultreatmentofmaterial”,andhebestexemplifiedhistheoriesinthreenovels:TheModernInstance,TheRiseofSilasLaphan,and______.A.WhiteFangB.ThelastoftheMohicansC.AHazardofNewFortunesD.ThePrinceandthePauper8．Marktwaincreated,in______,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.A.HuckleberryFinnB.TomSawyerC.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburyD.TheGildedAge9.ThepessimismanddeterministicideasofnaturalismpervadedtheworksofsuchAmericanwritersas______.A.MarkTwainB.FrancisScottFitzgeraldC.WaitWhitmanD.StephenCrane10.Althoughrealismandnaturalismwereproductsofthe19thcentury,theirfinaltriumphcameinthe20thcentury,withthepopularandcriticalsuccessesofsuchwritersasEdwinArlington,WillaCather,RobertFrost,WilliamFaulkner,and3_____A.EdgarAllanPoeB.SherwoodAndersonC.WashingtonIrvingD.RalphEllison11.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.Shewas______.A.AnneBradstreetB.JaneAustenC.EmilyDickensonD.HarrietBeecher12.Choosethewell-knownshortstorieswrittenbyWilliamSidneyPorter.A.TheGiftoftheMagiB.Self-RelianceC.TheRedBadgeofCourageD.TheMinister’sBlackVeil13.In1900,JackLondonpublishedhisfirstcollectionofshortstories,named_____A.TheSonoftheWolfB.TheSeaWolfC.TheLawofLifeD.WhiteFang14.WithHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveonthescene,_______becomethemajortrendintheseventiesandeightiesofthe19thcentury.A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.realismD.naturalism15.Choosefromthefollowingwritersastaunchadvocateof19thcenturyAmericanrealism.A.MarkTwainB.WashingtonIrvingC.StephenCraneD.JackLondon16.Whichwriterhasnaturalisttendency?A.FrankNorrisB.WilliamDeanHowellsC.TheodoreDr