美国文学试题库

美国文学试题库注：试题库内容仅作为学习参考使用，并不代表考试内容。任何一道题均可能变化为其它形式的试题。1.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore_____________.A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimisticimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthenineteenth-centuryFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism:American___________.A.localcolorismB.vernacularismC.modernismD.naturalism3.____________wereidealists,believingthechurchshouldberestoredtocomplete“purity”anddreamingthattheywouldbuildthenewlandtoanEdenonearth.A.CalvinistsB.PuritansC.RomanticistsD.Transcendentalists4.AllofthefollowingarethefeaturesofPuritansEXCEPT_____.A.wantingtomakepuretheirreligiousbeliefsandpracticesB.lookinguponthemselvesasachosenpeopleC.toleratingothers’beliefsandsoughtforahappyandaneasylifeD.wishingtorestoresimplicitytochurchservesandemphasizedtheimageofawrathfulGod5.HesterPrynne,Dimmesdale,ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikelyCharactersin_______.A.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesB.TheScarletLetterC.ThePortraitofaLadyD.Thepioneers6.AmericanwritersafterWorldWarIself-consciouslyacknowledgedthattheywere(a)“_______,”devoidoffaithandalienatedfromtheWesterncivilization．A.LostGenerationB.BeatGenerationC.SonsofLibertyD.AngryYoungMen7.InJamesFenimoreCooper’snovels,closeafterNattyBumppoinromanticappeal,comethetwonobleredmen.Choosethemfromthefollowingitems.A.TheMohicanChiefChingachgookB.UncasC.TomeJonesD.BothAandB8.The“FatherofAmericanPoetry”is____.A.WilliamCullenBryantB.PhilipFreneauC.HenryWadsworthLongfellowD.EdgarAllanPoe9.HermanMelville’s______isanencyclopediaofeverything,history,philosophy,religion,etc,inadditiontoadetailedaccountoftheoperationsofthewhalingindustry.A.TheOldManandtheSeaB.MobyDickC.WhiteJacketD.BillyBudd10.Inadditiontohisnovels,_______wroteabout120shortstoriesandsketches.AmongthemareYoungGoodmanBrownandTheMinister’sBlackVeil.A.HenryDavidThoreauB.NathanielHawthorneC.RalphWaldoEmersonD.HermanMelville11.RobertFrostcombinedtraditionalverseforms-thesonnet,rhymingcouplets,blankverse-withaclearAmericanlocalspeechrhythm,thespeechof_______farmerswithitsidiosyncraticdictionandsyntax.A.SouthernB.WesternC.NewHampshireD.NewEngland12.TheRomanticwriterswouldfocusonallthefollowingissuesEXCEPTthe_____intheAmericanliteraryhistory.A.individualfeelingsB.ideaofsurvivalofthefittestC.strongimaginationD.returntonature13.Cooper’sstoryofthe“frontiersaga”ismadeupof5famousnovelsthatcomprisethe________Tales,inwhichthemaincharacterisNattyBumppo.A.LeatherstockingtalesB.TheDeerSlayerC.SeaAdventureD.TheRomantic14.MorethanfivehundredpoemsDickinsonwroteareaboutnature,inwhichhergeneralSkepticismabouttherelationshipbetween______iswell-expressed.A.manandmanB.menandwomenC.manandnatureD.menandGod15.FromHenryDavidThoreau’sjailexperiencecamehisfamousessay,______whichstatesThoreau’sbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthecommandofagovernment.A.WaldenB.NatureC.CivilDisobedienceD.CommonSense16.ChoosetheauthorswhobelongtotheromanticgroupinAmericanliterature.A.RalphWaldoEmersonB.HenryDavidThoreauC.NathanielHawthorneD.HermanMelvilleE.WaltWhitmanF.Alloftheabove17ThedesireforanescapeformsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature,evidentin____.A.JamesFenimoreCooper’sLeatherstockingTalesB.HenryDavidThoreau’sWaldenC.MarkTwain’sHuckleberryFinnD.Alloftheabove18.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby____________.A.short,clearsentencesB.abundanceoflocalimagesC.ordinaryAmericanspeechD.highlyrefinedlanguage19.Emersonbasedhisreligiononanintuitivebeliefinanultimateunity,whichhecalled________.A.theSpiritB.theOver-lordC.theoversoulD.theSelf20.OneofthecharacteristicsthathavemadeMarkTwainamajorliteraryfigureinthe19thcenturyAmericaishisuseof____________.A.vernacularB.interiormonologueC.pointofviewD.photographicdescriptionIV.Readthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestions.1“WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstrove/AtRecess—intheRing—/WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain—/WepassedtheSettingSun—”1)Whatisthetitleofthepoem?2)Whodoes“we”referto?3)Whatdoes“theSchool”,“theFieldsofGazingGrain”,and“theSettingSun”implyrespectively?4)Whereare“we”going?2．Readthepassageandanswerquestions.Togointosolitude,amanneedstoretireasmuchfromhischamberasfromsociety.IamnotsolitarywhilstIreadandwrite,thoughnobodyiswithme.Butifamanwouldbealone,lethimlookatthestars.Theraysthatcomefromthoseheavenlyworldswillseparatebetweenhimandvulgarthings.Onemightthinktheatmospherewasmadetransparentwiththisdesign,togiveman,intheheavenlybodies,theperceptualpresenceofthesublime.Seeninthestreetsofcities,howgreattheyare!Ifstarsshouldappearonenightinathousandyears,howwouldmenbelieveandadore:andpreserveformanygenerationstheremembranceofthecityofGodwhichhadbeenshown!Buteverynightcomeoutthesepreachersofbeauty,andlighttheuniversewiththeiradmonishingsmile.Questions:Whereisthispassagetakenandwhoistheauthor?Whatdoestheauthorsaywouldhappenifthestarsappearedonenightinathousandyears?3.TrustnoFuture,howe’erpleasant!LetthedeadPastburyits