美国文学期末复习之选择题

1I.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.(10x1’=10’)1.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment.b______wasthedominant.A.humanismB.rationalismC.romanticismD.evolution2.Theshortstory“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”istakenfromIrving’sworknamed____b__.A.TheLeatherstockingTalesB.TheSketchBookC.TheAutobiographyD.TheHistoryofNewYork3.WhichofthefollowingisnotthecharacteristicofAmericanRomanticism?aA.RationalismB.innerselfC.personalfeelingsD.individualism4.Theshortstory“RipVanWinkle”revealsthe__c__attitudeofitsauthor.A.optimisticB.pessimisticC.conservative保守，传统D.ironic5.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby__d___.A.short,clearsentencesB.abundanceoflocalimagesC.ordinaryAmericanspeechD.highlyrefined精炼language6.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin__b___andThoreau.A.JeffersonB.EmersonC.FreneauD.MarkTwain7.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?aA.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraitsC.OversoulD.Self-reliance8._d___isconsideredMarkTwain’sgreatestachievement.A.TheGildedAgeB.InnocentAbroadC.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerD.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn9.__c___isnotamongthosegreatestfiguresin“LostGeneration”.A.EzraPoundB.RobertFrostC.WaltWhitmanD.Hemingway10.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore_d___.A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimistic1-5，BBACD6-10BADCDII.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.(10x1’=10’)11.___d___isthefatherofAmericanLiterature.A.BenjaminFranklinB.PhilipFreneauC.PaineD.WashingtonIrving12.___a__isafantasytaleaboutamanwhosomehowsteppedoutsidethemainstreamoflife.A.“RipVanWinkle”B.“ThePioneers”C.“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”D.“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”13.___b__wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.A.ThoreauB.EmersonC.HawthorneD.Whitman14.WhichoffollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain’slanguage?c2A.vernacular方言B.colloquial口语的C.elegantD.humorous15.FromThoreau’sjailexperience,camehisfamousessay,__c___whichstateshisbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthecommandofagovernment.A.WaldenB.NatureC.CivilDisobedienceD.CommonSense16.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?aA.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraitsC.OversoulD.Self-reliance17.MostofthepoemsinWhitman’sLeavesofGrasssingofthe“en-mass”andthe_c___aswell.A.natureB.self-relianceC.selfD.life18.WhatdidFitzgeraldcallthe1920s?cA.TheRoaring20sB.TheGay20sC.TheJazzAgeD.TheLostGeneration19.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore__d__.A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimistic20.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand__c__,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse.A.AhabB.StubbC.IshmaelD.Starbuck1-5DABCC6-10ACCDCII.IdentifyWorksasDescribedBelow(1’×15=15’):10.Itisanaturalisticworkabouthowacountrygirlisseducedandhowshebecomesafamousactressandhowherloverfallsintoabeggarandfinallycommitssuicide.ba.AnAmericanTragedyb.SisterCarriec.McTeagued.Maggie,AGirloftheStreets11.ThenovelissetontheMississippiwiththeprotagonisttellingusthestoryinthelocaldialect.Itisarepresentativeworkoflocalcolorism.ca.SisterCarrieb.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerc.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnd.ThePortraitofaLady12.Thenovelisapsychologicalstudyofasoldier(HenryFleming)’sreactionsintheCivilWar.ca.AnAmericanTragedyb.SisterCarriec.TheRedBadgeofCouraged.McTeague13.Thepoemiswritteninfreeversein52cantoswiththethemeoftheuniversalityandequalityinvalueofallpeopleandallthings.ca.Cantosb.TheRavenc.SongofMyselfd.Chicago14.Thenovelisabouthowagroupofpeopleonawhalingshipkillagreatwhalebutthemselvesarekilledbythewhale,withtheconflictbetweenmanandhisfate.ba.TheOctopusb.Moby-Dickc.TheRiseofSilasLaphamd.LeavesofGrass15.Itisaphilosophicalessayin8chaptersplusanintroductionmainlyconcernedwiththefourusesofnature.b3a.Waldenb.Naturec.TheScarletLetterd.TheAmericanScholar1-5.cdaad6-10.aacbb11-15.cccbbI.ChoosetheBestAnswerforEachoftheFollowing(1’×15=15’):1.AnEnglishshipbrought102peoplefromPlymouth,EnglandonSeptember16,1620andarrivedinthepresentProvincetownharboronNovember21inthesameyear.Thisshipwasnamed____b________.a.ThePilgrimsb.Mayflowerc.Americad.Titanic2.______b___isfatherofAmericandramaandinhisdramaticcareerhewrote49plays.a.TennesseeWilliamsb.EugeneO’Neillc.ArthurMillerd.ElmerRice3.______c___wasthefirstAmericanwritertowriteentirelyAmericanliterature.a.AnneBradstreetb.WashingtonIrvingc.MarkTwaind.ErnestHemingway4.____c___wastheleaderofAmericantranscendentalism.a.BenjaminFranklinb.WashingtonIrvingc.RalphWaldoEmersond.HenryDavidThoreau5.____c___wasthegreatestwomanpoetinAmericanliteratureandshewroteabout1,700shortlyricpoemsinherlifetime.a.PearlS.Buckb.HarrietBicherStowec.EmilyDickensond.WalterWhitman6.____d_____isfatherofthedetectivestoryandofpsychoanalyticcriticism.a.WashingtonIrvingb.RalphWaldoEmersonc.WaltWhitmand.EdgarAllanPoe7.WilliamDeanHowellsisconcernedwiththemiddleclasslife;___d___writesabouttheupperclasssociety,andMarkTwaindea