美国文学第一册练习(有答案)

1.“Godhelpsthemthathelpthemselves.”isfoundin____________work.A.Paine’sB.Franklin’sC.Freneau’sD.Jefferson’s2.WhichofthefollowingstirredtheworldandhelpedformtheAmericanrepublic?A.TheAmericanCrisis.B.TheFederalist.C.DeclarationofIndependence.D.TheAgeofReason.3.“Thesearethetimesthattrymen’ssouls”,thesewordswereoncereadtoWashington’stroopsanddidmuchtospurexcitementtofurtheractionwithhopeandconfidence.Whoistheauthorofthesewords?A.BenjaminFranklinB.ThomasPaineC.ThomasJeffersonD.GeorgeWashington4.WhichworkiswrittenbyFreneau?A.TheRightofManB.TheWildhoneySuckleC.PoorRichard’sAlmanacD.TheDayofDoom5.Whowasconsideredasthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”?A.AnneBradstreetB.EdwardTaylorC.MichaelWiggleworthD.PhilipFreneau6.InMobyDick,thevoyagesymbolizes___________.A.themicrocosmofhumansocietyB.thesearchfortruthC.theunknownworldD.nature7.Thoreauwasoftenaloneinthewoodsorbythepond,lostinspiritualcommunicationwith_________________.A.natureB.transcendentalistideasC.humanbeingsD.celestialbeings8.TheTranscendentalistgroupincludestwoofthemostsignificantwritersAmericahasproducedsofar,Emersonand____________-.A.HenryDavidThoreauB.WashingtonIrvingC.NathanelHawthorneD.WaltWhitman9.___________isregardedasthefirstAmericanproseepic.A.NatureB.TheScarletletterC.WaldenD.MobyDick10.TheRomanticPeriodofAmericanliteraturestartedwiththepublicationofWashingtonIrving’s___________andendedwithWhitman’sLeavesofGrass.A.TheSketchBookB.TalesofaTravelerC.TheAlhambraD.AHistoryofNewYork11.TheconventionofthedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonatureinAmericanliteratureisparticularlyevidentin___________________.A.Cooper’sLeatherstockingTalesB.Hawthorne’sTheScarletLetter.C.Whitman’sLeavesofGrass.D.Irving’sRipVanWinkle.12.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,_________flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.A.modernismB.rationalismC.sentimentalismD.transcendentalism13.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand____________,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse.A.StarbuckB.StubbC.IshmaelD.Arab14.AllofthefollowingareworksbyNathanielHawthorneexcept_____________.A.TheHouseofSevenGablesB.WhiteJacketC.TheMarbleFaunD.TheBlithdaleRomance15.Inthefollowingworks,whichsignsthebeginningoftheAmericanliterature?A.TheSketchBookB.LeavesofGrassC.LeatherstockingTales..D.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn16.ThemainthemeofEmilyDickinsonisthefollowingexcept_______________.A.religionB.loveandmarriageC.lifeanddeathD.warandpeace17.EmilyDickinson’spoeticidiomisnotedforthefollowingexcept_____________.A.brevityB.directnessC.plainestD.obscure18.“Thereisevilineveryhumanheart,whichmayremainlatent,perhaps,troughthewholelife,butcircumstancesmayrouseittoactivity.”Whichofthefollowingwritingsisthethoughtreflectedin?A.NathanielHawthorne’sYoungGoodmanBrown.B.MarkTwain’sTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.C.WaltWhitman’sLeavesofGrass.D.HermanMelville’sMobyDick.19.Thepublicationof____________establishedEmersonasthemosteloquentspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.A.NatureB.Self-RelianceC.TheAmericanScholarD.TheOverSoul20.MostofthepoemsinWhitman’sleavesofGrasssingofthe“en-mass”andthe___________aswell.A.natureB.lifeC.selfD.self-relianceII.Fillintotheblankswithsuitablephraseorterm.(2x10=20%)1.TheAmericanofScholarisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”.2.In1620,anumberofPuritanswhotriedtopurifyorreformthechurchofEnglandsteppedontheNewEnglandshoreatPlymouthintheshipnamedMayflower3.AmongallthesettlersintheNewContinent,Englishsettlerswerethemostinfluential.4.InAmericanLiterature,theeighteenthcenturywasanAgeofReasonandRevolution.5.InFranklin’sAutobiographyhetalksfirstofallabouthowhestudiedlanguage.6.IrvingwasbestknownforhisfamousshortstoriessuchasRipVanWinklewhichisaboutagood-naturedlazyhusbandwhofallsintoa20-yearsleep.7．Publishedin1823,ThePioneerswasthefirstoftheLeatherstockingTales,intheirorder.8．PhilipFreneauwasconsideredasthe“poetoftheAmericanRevolution”andthe“FatherofAmericanPoetry.”9．AsuperbbookWaldencameoutofThoreau’stwo-yearexperimentatWaldenpond.10．AsoneofAmerica’sfirstandforemostrealistsandhumorists,MarkTwain,thepennameofSamuelLanghorne.Clemens,usuallywroteabouthisownpersonalexperiencesandthingsheknewaboutfromfirsthandexperiences.III.MatchthewriterinColumnAwiththeworksinColumnB(1X10=10%)ColumnAColumnBa.Franklinb.JohnSmithc.WilliamCullenBryantd.JamesFennimoreCoopere.PhilipFreneauf.WashingtonIrvingg.NathanielHawthorneh.EdgarAllanPoei.RalphWaldoEmersonj.WaltWhitman1.(b)ADescriptionofNewEngland2.(h)TheRaven3.(g)TheScarletLetter4.(a)Autobiography5.(e)TheWildHoneySuckle6.(c)ToaWaterfowl7.(d)TheDeerslayer8(j)LeavesofGrass9.(f)TheLegendofSleepyHollow10.(i)Nature