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《美国文学》题库及答案

le Choice

1. American literature is only more than ____ years old.

A. 500 B.400 C. 200 D.100

2. The Puritan values did no include______.

A. wastefulness B. thrift C. piety D. hard work

3. The 18

century was the age of the Enlightenment.

______was the dominant spirit.

A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Romanticism D. Realism

4. Franklin was the epitome of the______.

A. American Enlightenment B. Sugar Act

C. Charlist movement

D. Romanticism

5. _____was the most leading spirit of the Transcendentalism.

A. Franklin B. Hawthorne C. Paine D. Emerson

6.

“

Moby Dick was written by_____

A. Mark Twain B. Thoreau C. Melville D. Whitman

7.

“

The Scarlet Letter

”

is characterized by its______.

A. symbolism B. rationalism C. Platonism D. classicism

8.

“

Huckleberry Finn is the masterpiece of________.

A. Henry James B. Jack London C. Mark Twain D. Stephen Crane

9. Choose the novel written by Henry James

A. The Golden Bowl B. The Portrait of a Lady

C. Sister Carrie D. Daisy Miller

10.

Early

in

the

20

century,

_____

published

works

that

would

change

the

nature

of

American

poetry.

A. Ezra Pound B. T.S. Eliot C. Robert Frost D. both A and B

11._____ is the founder of

“

Imagist

”

movement.

A. Ezra Pound B. Hemingway C. Robert Frost D. Steinbeck

12. Mark Twain’s

works are characterized by_____

A. Naturalism B. Transcendentalism C. Local ColorismD. Imagism

13. ________ is said to be the father of American poetry

A. T.S. Eliot B. E.D. Robinson

C. Philip Freneau D. Dreiser

14. Hawthorne is regarded as a _______.

A. naturalist B. classicist C. realist D. romanticist

15. ______ represents the most leading spirit of American Transcendentalism.

A. Emerson B. Franklin C. Mark Twain D. Whitman

16.

“

The Art of Fiction

”

was written by_____

A. Longfellow B. Henry James C. Fitzgerald D. Faulkner

17. Imagination plays the most important part in________.

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A. realism B. romanticism C. naturalism D. classicism

18. ______ is considered to be the masterpiece of John Steinbeck.

A. Mending Wall B. Dry September

C. A Farewell to Arms D. The Grapes of Wrath

19. Uncle Tom in the novel

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a(n

)______

A. Negro slave B. salesman C. industrialist D. officer

20. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by______

A. Naturalism B. Transcendentalism

C. Local Colorism D. Imagism

21.

“

The Great Gatsby

”

is the masterpiece of_____

A. Whitman B. Fitzgerald C. Dickinson D. Hemingway

22. The United States of America was founded in______.

A. 1776 B. 1876 C. 1789 D.1689

23. The ancestors of American Indians were______

A. Asians B. Africans C. Europeans D. Australians

24.

“

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

”

was written by______.

A. H.B. Stowe B. John Steinbeck C. Hawthorne D. Mark Twain

25. ______ does not belong to the lost generation.

A. Dreiser B. T.S. Eliot C. Faulkner D. Hemingway

26. ______ was well known for his story

“

Rip Van Winkle.

”

A. Bryant B. Washington Irving C. Allan Poe D. Philip Freneau

27.

“

Farewell to Arms

”

is the master pieced produced by______

A. Faulkner B. Dreiser C. Hemingway D. Longfellow

28. It was ______ who wrote the formal declaration of independence.

A. Thomas Jefferson B. Benjamin Franklin

C. Washington D. Washington Irving

29. _____has been exerting a great and enduring influence upon world literature, especially that

of France and European symbolism.

A. Franklin B. Bradstreet

C. Edgar Allan Poe D. Philip Freneau

30. The masterpiece of Hawthorne is _________.

A. The Scarlet Letter B. Sister Carrie

C. Richard Cory D. A Psalm of Life

31. Engene O’Neill is a _______.

A. novelist B. poet C. puritan D. dramatist

way’s style of writing is characterized by______.

A. high-sounding words B. simple diction

C. complicated sentences D. mix metaphor

33. T.S. Eliot is not only a poet but also a ______.

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A. critic B. statesman C. churchman D. novelists

34.

“Long Day’s Journey Into Night”

was written by_____.

A. T.S. Eliot B. O’Neill

C. Stephen Crane D. Saul Bellow

35.

“

The Grape of Wrath

”

is one of the remarkable novels of_____.

A. the Civil War B. Depression C. Suppression D. Aggression

36. Theodore Dreiser showed the_____ tendency in his novels.

A. Puritanism B. classicism C. romanticism D. naturalism

37. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading figure of________.

A. Transcendentalism B. Romanticism

C. Rationalism D. Naturalism

38.

“

The Sound and the Fury

”

was the masterpiece of ______

A. Robert Lee Frost B. T.S. Eliot C. Faulkner D. Steinbeck

39. Emily Dickinson is an American________.

A. dramatist B. novelist C. female poet D. male poet

40.

“Th Emily Dickinson is an American ark Twain’s______

A. materialism B. classicism

C. socialism D. colorism

41.

“

The Portrait of a Lady

”

is one of best novels of_________.

A. Henry James B. John Steinbeck

C. William Faulkner D. Walt Whitman

42. What Whitman is famous for his_________.

A.

“

Leaves of Grass

”

B.

“

Mending Wall

”

C.

“

Richard Cory

”

D.

“

The Burial of the Dead

”

43.

“

Catch-22

”

is the masterpiece of______

A. Saul Bellow B. Joseph Heller

C. Dreiser

D. Fitzgerald

44. The English settlement in America began in_________

A.1507 B.1607 C.1707 D.1807

45. The first World War broke out in______.

A.1614 B.1714 C.1814 D.1914

46. The jazz age refers to the decade of

A.1950’s B.1980’s C.1920’s D.1820’s

47. Franklin was a _____.

A. Puritan B. romanticist C. classicist D. imagist

48.

“

Rip Van Winkle

”

was written by_______.

A. Freneau B. Allan Poe C. Washington Irving D. Thomas Jefferson

49.

“

The Scarlet Letter

”

is the masterpiece of______.

A. Hawthorne B. Emerson C. Bradstreet D. Allan Poe

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was______who wrote

“

The Age of Reason

”

A. Washington B. Jefferson C. Benjamin Franklin D. Thomas Paine

51.

“

Song of Myself

”

is a ______written by Whitman.

A. novel B. poem C. drama D. essay

in Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a ____

_.

A. Negro slave B. American Indian C. School master D. industrialist

53. Mark Twain belongs to the literary school of_____.

A. transcendentalism B. realism C. romanticism D. naturalism

54._______is a famous American female poet.

A. Allan Poe B. Freneau C. Emily Dickinson D. Robinson

55.

“

The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn

”

is the masterpiece of_____.

A. Mark Twain B. Henry James

C. Stephen Crane D. Robert Lee Frost

56. It was____ who wrote the poem

“

The Road Not Taken.

”

A. Whitman B. Freneau C. Robert Lee Frost D.

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Define the literary terms briefly in English

1. American Transcendentalism

2. Romanticism

3. The Puritans

4. Realism

5. Enlightenment

6. Transcendentalism

7. Enlightenment

III Explain the following quotations in your own words.

1. Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed.

2.

Two

roads

diverged

in

a

wood,

and

I

took

the

one

less

traveled

by

And

that

has

made

all

the

difference.

3. Let us, then, be up and doing, With heart for any fate;Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to

labor and to wait.

4. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked.

5. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!_____

6. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need.

7. But still he fluttered pulses when he said,

“

Good morning

”

, and he glittered when he walked.

8. something there is that doesn’t love a wall,He says again, “

Good fences make good neighbors.

”

9. Fair flower, that dost so comely grow, Hid in this silent, dull retreat

10. But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today

11. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

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Answer the following questions in English

1. Why is American literature important for you?

2. What is the theme of

“

The Waste Land

”

?

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