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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

1-5，BBACD6-10BADCD

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.Nature C.CivilDisobedienceD.CommonSense

16.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?

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____.

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

A.AhabB.Stubb

C.IshmaelD.Starbuck

1-5

DABCC

6-10

ACCDC

II.IdentifyWorksasDescribedBelow（1’×

15=15’）:

1.Thenovelhasasoleblackprotagonistwhotellshisownstorybutwhosenameinunknowntous.

a.NativeSonb.UncleTom’sCabinc.InvisibleMand.GoTellItontheMountains

2.Themainconflictoftheplayistheprotagonist’sfalsevalueoffineappearanceandpopularitywithpeopleandthecruelrealityofthesocietyinwhichmoneyiseverything.

a.AStreetCarNamedDesire b.TheHairyApec.LongDay’sJourneyintoNight

d.DeathofSalesman

3.ItisanautobiographicalplayandEdmundintheplayisbasedontheplaywrighthimself.

a.LongDay’sJourneyintoNight b.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.ThenovelisabouthowafamilyoffarmerscannotsurviveinOklahomaandtraveltoCaliforniatos