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2013-2014-1美国文学史及选读期末复习材料

ⅠMultiplechoices

1.WhichisnotconnectedwithThomasPaine?

A.CommonSenseB.

TheAmericanCrisis

C.TheRightsofManD.

TheAutobiography

2.“Thesearethetimesthattrymen’ssouls”,thesewordswereoncereadtoWashington’stroopsanddid

muchtospurexcitementtofurtheractionwithhopeandconfidence.Whoistheauthorofthesewords?

A.BenjaminFranklinB.

ThomasPaine

C.ThomasJeffersonD.

GeorgeWashington

3.AttheReasonandRevolutionPeriod,AmericanswereinfluencedbytheEuropeanmovementcalledthe

______.

A.ChartistMovementB.

RomanticistMovement

C.EnlightenmentMovementD.

ModernistMovement

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4.InAmericanliterature,

theEnlightenerswere

favorableto______.

A.thecolonialorder

B.

religiousobscurantism

C.thePuritantradition

D.

thesecularliterature

5.TheEnglishcoloniesinNorthAmericaroseinarmsagainsttheirparentcountryandtheContinentalCongressadopted______in1776.

A.DeclarationofIndependenceB.

theSugarAct

C.theStampActD.

theMayflowerCompact

6.______usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.

A.WilliamBradfordB.Anne

Bradstreet

C.EmilyDickinsonD.CaptainJohn

Smith

7.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe

“_____”whoappearedinAmerica.

A.NinthMuseB.TenthMuseC.BestMuse

D.FirstMuse

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8.Whowasconsideredasthe

“poetofAmerican

Revolution”?

A.AnneBradstreet

B.EdwardTaylor

C.MichaelWigglesworth

D.PhilipFreneau

9.In1817,thestatelypoemcalledThanatopsisintroducedthebestpoet______toappearinAmerica

uptothattime.

A.EdwardTaylorB.PhilipFreneau

C.WilliamCullenBryantD.EdgarAllen

Poe

10.ThefinestexampleofNathanielHawthorne’s

symbolismistherecreationofPuritanBostonin______.

A.TheScarletLetter

B.YoungGoodman

Brown

C.TheMarbleFaun

D.TheAmbitious

Guest

11.“TheuniverseiscomposedofNatureandthesoul⋯Spiritispresenteverywhere”.ThisisthevoiceofthebookNaturewrittenbyEmerson,whichpushedAmericanRomanticismintoanewphase,thephaseofNewEngland______.

A.RomanticismB.TranscendentalismC.

NaturalismD.Symbolism

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12.WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism?

A.NatureB.WaldenC.OnBeautyD.Self-Reliance

13.MarkTwaincreated,in_________,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksof

worldliterature.

A.TheAdventureofHuckleberryFinn

B.The

AdventureofTomSawyer

C.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg

D.The

GildedAge

14._________markstheclimaxofMarkTwain’sliterarycreativity.

A.TheAdventureofHuckleberryFinn

B.The

GildedAge

C.LifeontheMississippi

D.The

AdventureofTomSawyer

15.ChoosethenovelwhichisnotwrittenbyHenryJames.

A.TheAmbassadors

B.The

WingsoftheDove

C.TheBostonians

D.The

MysteriousStranger

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16.Generallyspeaking,allthosewriterswitha

naturalisticapproachtohumanrealitytendtobe

_________.

A.transcendentalistsB.idealistsC.

pessimistsD.impressionists

17.EzraPound’slongpoem_________containedmore

thanonehundredpoemslooselyconnected.

A.TheWasteLandB.TheCantosC.Don

JuanD.QueenMab

18.T.S.Eliot’sfirstmajorpoem_________（1917）,hasbeencalledthefirstmasterpieceofmodernismin

English.

A.TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrockB.The

WasteLand

C.FourQuartetsD.Preludes

19.ErnestHemingwaywasbadlywoundedinItalyandsenttoahospitalwherehefellinlovewithanurse.Thesetwopersonslaterbecamethecharactersofhisnovel_________.

A.TheOldManandtheSea

B.For

WhomtheBellTolls

C.TheSunAlsoRises

D.A

FarewelltoArms

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20.InWilliamFaulkner’sTheSoundandtheFury,heusedatechniquecalled_________,inwhichthewhole

storywastoldthroughthethoughtsofonecharacter.

A.streamofconsciousnessB.imagism

C.symbolismD.

naturalism

21.LedbyNathanielHawthorne,RalphWaldoEmersonand______,therearoseakindofteachingsoftranscendentalismintheearlynineteenthcentury.

A.HermanMelvilleB.Henry

DavidThoreau

C.MarkTwainD.

TheodoreDreiser

22.ANew______hadappearedinEnglandinthelastyearsoftheeighteenthcentury.ItspreadtocontinentalEuropeandthencametoAmericaearlyinthenineteenthcentury.

A.realismB.criticalrealismC.

romanticismD.naturalism

23.FromHenryDavidThoreau’sjailexperience,camehisfamousessay,______whichstatesThoreau’sbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthecommandofagovernment.

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A.WaldenB.NatureC.Civil

DisobedienceD.CommonSense

24.MarkTwain,oneofthegreatest19thcenturyAmericanwriters,iswellknownforhis_________.

A.interna