美国文学史期末考试复习资料全.docx

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I.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.（10x1’=10’）

1.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment.______wasthedominant.

A.humanismB.rationalism

C.romanticismD.evolution

2.Theshortstory“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”istakenfromIrving’sworknamed______.

A.TheLeatherstockingTales

B.TheSketchBook

C.TheAutobiography

D.TheHistoryofNewYork

3.WhichofthefollowingisnotthecharacteristicofAmericanRomanticism?

A.RationalismB.innerself

C.personalfeelingsD.individualism

4.Theshortstory“RipVanWinkle”revealsthe____attitudeofitsauthor.

A.optimisticB.pessimistic

C.conservativeD.ironic

5.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby_____.

A.short,clearsentences

B.abundanceoflocalimages

C.ordinaryAmericanspeech

D.highlyrefinedlanguage

6.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin_____andThoreau.

A.JeffersonB.Emerson

C.FreneauD.MarkTwain

7.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?

A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraits

C.OversoulD.Self-reliance

8.____isconsideredMarkTwain’sgreatestachievement.

A.TheGildedAge

B.InnocentAbroad

C.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

D.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

9._____isnotamongthosegreatestfiguresin“LostGeneration”.

A.EzraPoundB.RobertFrost

C.WaltWhitmanD.Hemingway

10.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore____.

A.rationalB.humorous

C.optimisticD.pessimistic

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II.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.（10x1’=10’）

11.______isthefatherofAmericanLiterature.

A.BenjaminFranklinB.PhilipFreneau

C.PaineD.WashingtonIrving

12._____isafantasytaleaboutamanwhosomehowsteppedoutsidethemainstreamoflife.

A.“RipVanWinkle”

B.“ThePioneers”

C.“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”

D.“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”

13._____wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.

A.ThoreauB.Emerson

C.HawthorneD.Whitman

14.WhichoffollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain’slanguage?

A.vernacularB.colloquial

C.elegantD.humorous

15.FromThoreau’sjailexperience,camehisfamousessay,_____whichstateshisbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthecommandofagovernment.

A.WaldenB.NatureC.CivilDisobedienceD.CommonSense

16.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?

A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraits

C.OversoulD.Self-reliance

17.MostofthepoemsinWhitman’sLeavesofGrasssingofthe“en-mass”andthe____aswell.

A.natureB.self-reliance

C.selfD.life

18.WhatdidFitzgeraldcallthe1920s?

A.TheRoaring20sB.TheGay20s

C.TheJazzAgeD.TheLostGeneration

19.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore____.

A.rationalB.humorous

C.optimisticD.pessimistic

20.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand____,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse.

A.AhabB.Stubb

C.IshmaelD.Starbuck

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II.IdentifyWorksasDescribedBelow（1’×15=15’）:

1.Thenovelhasasoleblackprotagonistwhotellshisownstorybutwhosenameinunknowntous.

a.NativeSonb.UncleTom’sCabinc.InvisibleMand.GoTellItontheMountains

2.Themainconflictoftheplayistheprotagonist’sfalsevalueoffineappearanceandpopularitywithpeopleandthecruelrealityofthesocietyinwhichmoneyiseverything.

a.AStreetCarNamedDesireb.TheHairyApec.LongDay’sJourneyintoNight

d.DeathofSalesman

3.ItisanautobiographicalplayandEdmundintheplayisbasedontheplaywrighthimself.

a.LongDay’sJourneyintoNightb.HendersontheRainKing

c.TheHairyAped.TheGlassMenageries

4.Thenoveltellsofhowablackmankillsawhitewomanbyaccidentandhowthesocietyisresponsibleforthemurder.

a.NativeSonb.UncleTom’sCabinc.InvisibleMand.GoTellItontheMountains

5._________isoneofthebestworksinAmericanliteratureabouttheSecondWorldWar.

a.AFarewelltoArmsb.TheCatcherintheRyec.TheRedBadgeofCourage

d.TheNakedandtheDead

6.ThenovelbyHemingwayisthebestofitskindaboutWorldWarI.

a.AFarewelltoArmsb.TheSunAlsoRises

c.TheOldManandtheSead.TheNakedandtheDead

7.ThenovelisabouthowafamilyoffarmerscannotsurviveinOklahomaandtraveltoCaliforniatoseekalivingandhowtheysufferhungerinCalifornia.

a.TheGrapesofWrathb.U.S.A.

c.Babbittd.TheAdventuresofAugieMarch

8.ItisatrilogyincludingThe42ndParallel,1919,andTheBigMoney,withsuchtechniquesasbiographies,newsreelsandcameraeye.

a.Babbittb.LightinAugustc.U.S.A.d.TheGrapesofWrath

9.ItisanovelwhichusesthestreamofconsciousnesstechniqueandwhosetitleistakenfromShakespeare’sMacbeth.

a.Absolom,Absolom!

b.TheSoundandtheFury

c.AFarewelltoArmsd.TheGreatGatsby

10.Itisanaturalisticworkabouthowacountrygirlisseducedandhowshebecomesafamousactressandhowherloverfallsintoabeggarandfinallycommitssuicide.

a.AnAmericanTragedyb.SisterCarriec.McTeagued.Maggie,AGirloftheStreets

11.ThenovelissetontheMississippiwiththeprotagonisttellingusthestoryinthelocaldialect.Itisarepresentativeworkoflocalcolorism.

a.SisterCarrieb.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

c.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnd.ThePortraitofaLady

12.Thenovelisapsychologicalstudyofasoldier（HenryFleming）’sreactionsintheCivilWar.

a.AnAmericanTragedyb.SisterCarrie

c.TheRedBadgeofCouraged.McTeague

13.Thepoemiswritteninfreeversein52cantoswiththethemeoftheuniversalityandequalityinvalueofallpeopleandallthings.

a.Cantosb.TheRavenc.SongofMyselfd.Chicago

14.Thenovelisabouthowagroupofpeopleonawhalingshipkillagreatwhalebutthemselvesarekilledbythewhale,withtheconflictbetweenmanandhisfate.

a.TheOctopusb.Moby-Dickc.TheRiseofSilasLaphamd.LeavesofGrass

15.Itisaphilosophicalessayin8chaptersplusanintroductionmainlyconcernedwiththefourusesofnature.

a.Waldenb.Naturec.TheScarletLetterd.TheAmericanScholar

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I.ChoosetheBestAnswerforEachoftheFollowing（1’×15=15’）:

1.AnEnglishshipbrought102peoplefromPlymouth,EnglandonSeptember16,1620andarrivedinthepresentProvincetownharboronNovember21inthesameyear.Thisshipwasnamed____________.

a.ThePilgrimsb.Mayflowerc.Americad.Titanic

2._________isfatherofAmericandramaandinhisdramaticcareerhewrote49plays.

a.TennesseeWilliamsb.EugeneO’Neillc.ArthurMillerd.ElmerRice

3._________wasthefirstAmericanwritertowriteentirelyAmericanliterature.

a.AnneBradstreetb.WashingtonIrvingc.MarkTwaind.ErnestHemingway

4._______wastheleaderofAmericantranscendentalism.

a.BenjaminFranklinb.WashingtonIrving

c.RalphWaldoEmersond.HenryDavidThoreau

5._______wasthegreatestwomanpoetinAmericanliteratureandshewroteabout1,700shortlyricpoemsinherlifetime.

a.PearlS.Buckb.HarrietBicherStowec.EmilyDickensond.WalterWhitman

6._________isfatherofthedetectivestoryandofpsychoanalyticcriticism.

a.WashingtonIrvingb.RalphWaldoEmerson

c.WaltWhitmand.EdgarAllanPoe

7.WilliamDeanHowellsisconcernedwiththemiddleclasslife;______writesabouttheupperclasssociety,andMarkTwaindealswiththelowerclassreality.

a.StephenCraneb.FrankNorrisc.TheodoreDreiserd.HenryJames

8.Whichofthefollowingisanaturalisticwriter?

a.WilliamDeanHowellsb.MarkTwainc.ErnestHemingwayd.TheodoreDreiser

9.Hiswritingsarecharacterizedbysimple,colloquiallanguageanddeepthoughts.Heis______.

a.ErnestHemingwayb.WilliamFaulknerc.F.ScottFitzgeraldd.MarkTwain

10.Hewrote18novelsallsetinJeffersonTown,YoknapatwaphaCountyinthedeepsouth.Heis______.

a.WilliamFaulknerb.JohnSteinbeckc.ErnestHemingwayd.MarkTwain

11.________isJewishinoriginandinmanyofhisnovelstheAmericanJewsaremajorcharacters.

a.SinclairLewisb.SaulBellowc.NormanMailerd.JeromeDavidSalinger

12._________isoftenregardedasthegreatestAmericanwomanpoetandshewroteover1,700shortlyricpoemsinherlifetime.

a.AnneBradstreetb.RobertFrostc.H.D.d.EmilyDickinson

13.________isfatherofAmericandramaandwontheNobelPrizeforliteraturein1936.

a.JohnSteinbeckb.WilliamFaulknerc.EugeneO’Neilld.ArthurMiller

14.HewasthefirstblackAmericantowriteabookaboutblacklifewithgreatimpactontheconsciousnessofthenationandhismasterpieceisoneofthethreeclassicsaboutblackAmericans.Whoishe?

a.RichardWrightb.HarrietBeecherStowec.LangstonHughesd.RalphEllison

15.HemingwaywroteaboutAmericancompatriotsinEuropewhereas________wroteabouttheJazzage,lifeinAmericansociety.

a.WilliamCarlosWilliamsb.WilliamFaulknerc.JohnSteinbeckd.F.ScottFitzgerald

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I.ChoosetheBestAnswerforEachoftheFollowing（1×15%）:

2.TheAmericanCivilWarbrokeoutin1861betweentheNorthernstatesandtheSouthstates,whichareknownrespectivelyasthe______andthe______.

a.N,Sb.Revolutionaries,Reactionari