美国文学史试题

1I.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.(10x1’=10’)1.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment.______wasthedominant.A.humanismB.rationalismC.romanticismD.evolution2.Theshortstory“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”istakenfromIrving’sworknamed______.A.TheLeatherstockingTalesB.TheSketchBookC.TheAutobiographyD.TheHistoryofNewYork3.WhichofthefollowingisnotthecharacteristicofAmericanRomanticism?A.RationalismB.innerselfC.personalfeelingsD.individualism4.Theshortstory“RipVanWinkle”revealsthe____attitudeofitsauthor.A.optimisticB.pessimisticC.conservativeD.ironic5.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby_____.A.short,clearsentencesB.abundanceoflocalimagesC.ordinaryAmericanspeechD.highlyrefinedlanguage6.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin_____andThoreau.A.JeffersonB.EmersonC.FreneauD.MarkTwain7.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraitsC.OversoulD.Self-reliance8.____isconsideredMarkTwain’sgreatestachievement.A.TheGildedAgeB.InnocentAbroadC.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerD.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn9._____isnotamongthosegreatestfiguresin“LostGeneration”.A.EzraPoundB.RobertFrostC.WaltWhitmanD.Hemingway10.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore____.A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimistic1-5，BBACD6-10BADCDII.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.(10x1’=10’)11.______isthefatherofAmericanLiterature.A.BenjaminFranklinB.PhilipFreneauC.PaineD.WashingtonIrving212._____isafantasytaleaboutamanwhosomehowsteppedoutsidethemainstreamoflife.A.“RipVanWinkle”B.“ThePioneers”C.“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”D.“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”13._____wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.A.ThoreauB.EmersonC.HawthorneD.Whitman14.WhichoffollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain’slanguage?A.vernacularB.colloquialC.elegantD.humorous15.FromThoreau’sjailexperience,camehisfamousessay,_____whichstateshisbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthecommandofagovernment.A.WaldenB.NatureC.CivilDisobedienceD.CommonSense16.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraitsC.OversoulD.Self-reliance17.MostofthepoemsinWhitman’sLeavesofGrasssingofthe“en-mass”andthe____aswell.A.natureB.self-relianceC.selfD.life18.WhatdidFitzgeraldcallthe1920s?A.TheRoaring20sB.TheGay20sC.TheJazzAgeD.TheLostGeneration19.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore____.A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimistic20.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand____,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse.A.AhabB.StubbC.IshmaelD.Starbuck1-5DABCC6-10ACCDCII.IdentifyWorksasDescribedBelow(1’×15=15’):1.Thenovelhasasoleblackprotagonistwhotellshisownstorybutwhosenameinunknowntous.a.NativeSonb.UncleTom’sCabinc.InvisibleMand.GoTellItontheMountains2.Themainconflictoftheplayistheprotagonist’sfalsevalueoffineappearanceandpopularitywithpeopleandthecruelrealityofthesocietyin3whichmoneyiseverything.a.AStreetCarNamedDesireb.TheHairyApec.LongDay’sJourneyintoNightd.DeathofSalesman3.ItisanautobiographicalplayandEdmundintheplayisbasedontheplaywrighthimself.a.LongDay’sJourneyintoNightb.HendersontheRainKingc.TheHairyAped.TheGlassMenageries4.Thenoveltellsofhowablackmankillsawhitewomanbyaccidentandhowthesocietyisresponsibleforthemurder.a.NativeSonb.UncleTom’sCabinc.InvisibleMand.GoTellItontheMountains5._________isoneofthebestworksinAmericanliteratureabouttheSecondWorldWar.a.AFarewelltoArmsb.TheCatcherintheRyec.TheRedBadgeofCouraged.TheNakedandtheDead6.ThenovelbyHemingwayisthebestofitskindaboutWorldWarI.a.AFarewelltoArmsb.TheSunAlsoRisesc.TheOldManandtheSead.TheNakedandtheDead7.ThenovelisabouthowafamilyoffarmerscannotsurviveinOklahomaandtraveltoCaliforniatoseekalivingandhowtheysufferhungerinCalifornia.a.TheGrapesofWrathb.U.S.A.c.Babbittd.TheAdventuresofAugieMarch8.ItisatrilogyincludingThe42ndParallel,1919,andTheBigMoney,withsuchtechniquesasbiographies,newsreelsandcameraeye.a.Babbittb.LightinAugustc.U.S.A.d.TheGrapesofWrath9.ItisanovelwhichusesthestreamofconsciousnesstechniqueandwhosetitleistakenfromShakespeare’sMacbeth.a.Absolom,Absolom!b.TheSoundandtheFuryc.AFarewelltoArmsd.TheGreatGatsby10.Itisanaturalisticworkabouthowacountrygirlisseducedandhowshebecomesafamousactressandhowherloverfallsintoabeggarandfinallycommitssuicide.a.AnAmericanTragedyb.SisterCarriec.McTeagued.Maggie,AGirloftheStreets11.ThenovelissetontheMississippiwiththeprotagonisttellingusthestoryin4thelocaldialect.Itisarepresentativeworkoflocalcolorism.a.SisterCarrieb.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerc.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnd.ThePortraitofaLady12.Thenovelisapsychologicalstudyofasoldier(HenryFleming)’sreactionsintheCivilWar.a.AnAmericanTragedyb.SisterCarriec.TheRedBadgeofCouraged.McTeague13.Thepoemiswritteninfreeversein52cantoswiththethemeoftheuniversalityandequalityinvalueofallpeopleandallthings.a.Cantosb