美国文学期末复习题2Word格式.docx

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C.theAgeofRomanticismD.theRevolutionaryAge

5.ForAbrahamLincoln,_______wasthelittlewomanwhowroteanovel—UncleTom’sCabin—thatstartedagreatwar.

A.AnneBradstreetB.H.B.StoweC.EmilyDickinsonD.EdithWharton

6.Regionalismor________writingreferstofictionorpoetrythatfocusesonspecificfeatures—includingcharacters,dialects,customs,history,andtopography—ofaparticularregion.

A.RomanticB.ModernistC.LocalColorD.Naturalistic

7.________,accordingtoPound,was“thatwhichpresentsanintellectualandemotionalcomplexinaninstantoftime.”

A.MeterB.ImageC.RhymeD.Rhythm

8.WhoistheauthorofTheGrapesofWrath?

_______.

A.JohnSteinbeckB.EugeneO’NeilC.FitzgeraldD.TheodoreDreiser

9.WhichofthefollowingwritersisNOTthedominantfigureoftheRealisticPeriodinAmerica?

A.HermanMelvilleB.WilliamD.HowellsC.HenryJamesD.MarkTwain

10.WhoseworksrevealstrongaffinitytotraditionalChineseandJapaneseliteratures?

A.MarkTwainB.EzraPoundC.EmilyDickinsonD.ArthurMiller

11.SamuelLanghorneClemens,wellknownbyhispenname_______,isnotedforhisnovelsTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,andTheAdventuresofTomSawyer.

A.BenjaminFranklinB.ThomasJeffersonC.WashingtonIrvingD.MarkTwain

12.WhoofthefollowingisNOToneoftheprominentwritersoftheNaturalisticschool?

________.

A.JackLondonB.TheodoreDreiserC.FrankNorrisD.WilliamFaulkner

13.TheLeather-StockingTalesisaseriesofnovelsbyAmericanwriterJamesFenimoreCooper,eachfeaturingthemainhero,________.

A.NattyBumppoB.HesterPrynneC.CaptainAhabD.RogerChillingworth

14.WhichofthefollowingwritersisNOToneofAmericanexpatriatewriterswhostayedorinhabitedinEuropeforatime?

A.EmilyDickinsonB.EzraPoundC.ErnestHemingwayD.T.S.Eliot

15.Whichofthestatementsbelow________isNOTtrueindescribingAmericannaturalists?

A.TheyweredeeplyinfluencedbyDarwinism.

B.TheywereinfluencedbyFrenchnovelistandtheoristEmileZola.

C.Theychosetheirsubjectsfromthehigherranksofsociety.

D.Theyusedmoreironicandsympathetictonethanrealists.

16.SetinPuritanNewEngland,TheScarletLettertellsoftheforbiddenloveaffairbetweentheReverendArthurDimmesdaleand________.

A.PearlPrynneB.CarrieC.EmilyD.HesterPrynne

17._______,thefirstimportantpoetintheAmericancolonies,publishedTheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmericain1650.

A.CaptainJohnSmithB.ThomasPainC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau

18.BenjaminFranklinrecordedhisearlylifeinhisfamous______.

A.AutobiographyB.TheSeaWolfC.MobyDickD.TheWasteLand

19._______iscreditedwithcoiningtheterm“TheJazzAge.”

A.WilliamFaulknerB.ErnestHemingway

C.F.ScottFitzgeraldD.GertrudeStein

20.WashingtonIrvingwasoneofthefirstAmericanwriterstoearnaninternationalreputationandregardedasthe________.

A.fatherofAmericandramaB.fatherofAmericanpoetry

C.fatherofAmericanliteratureD.fatherofAmericandetectivetales

21.Nature,writtenby_______,containinghismostdetailedstatementofbelief,iswidelycalled“TheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.”

A.HenryDavidThoreauB.ErnestHemingway

C.TheodoreDreiserD.RalphWaldoEmerson

22.Statement________isNOTtrueindescribingEzraPound.

A.HeisaleadingfigureoftheImagistMovement

B.Heencouragedandhelpedmanywritersofhistime.

C.APactishismasterpiece.

D.Hewaspoliticallycontroversial.

23.________isoftenregardedasthebestoftheSchoolroomorFiresidepoets.

A.MarkTwainB.HenryWadsworthLongfellow

C.EmilyDickinsonD.HenryJames

24.Thephrase,“theLostGeneration,”isemployedbyErnestHemingwayintheepigraphtohisnovel_______.

A.TheSunAlsoRisesB.TheOldManandtheSea

C.TalesoftheJazzAgeD.TheSoundandtheFury

25.OneofthemostfamiliarthemesinAmericannaturalismisthethemeofhuman________.

A.bestialityB.goodnessC.compassionD.greed

26.________’swritingisconcernedwiththemesofsin,guilt,punishmentandredemption,ashedidinTheScarletLetter.

A.HermanMevilleB.MarkTwainC.TheodoreDreiserD.NathanielHawthorne

27.InHemingway’snovel,________,theprotagonistFredericHenry,anAmericanofficerfallsinlovewithaBritishnurseinwartimeItaly.

A.AFarewelltoArmsB.AcrosstheRiverandintotheRiver

C.TheOldManandtheSeaD.HillsLikeWhiteElephants

28.ThenarratorofTheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrockthinksthathehas“measuredoutmylifewithcoffeespoons,”whichreflects________.

A.awastedlifeB.hismentaldisordersC.hishatredD.hiscourage

29.ThefounderoftheAmericandramais_____.

A.ArthurMillerB.TennesseeWilliamsC.BernardShawD.EugeneO’Neill

30.________publishedahighlyautobiographicalnovel,MartinEdenin1909.

A.O.HenryB.HenryJamesC.WaltWhitmanD.JackLondon

31.WhichofthefollowingnovelsdoesNOTexemplifythematureandformidablestyleofHenryJames’“TheMajorPhase”?

A.ThePortraitofaLadyB.TheWingsoftheDove

C.TheAmbassadorsD.TheGoldenBowl

32.ThefollowingtitlesareallrelatedtothesubjectofescapingfromthesocietyandreturningtonatureEXCEPT_______.

A.SisterCarrieB.Walden

C.Leather-stockingTalesD.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

33.Thetitlecharacterof“_______”byWashingtonIrvingsleptfortwentyyearsandfoundtheworlddrasticallytransformed.

A.RipVanWinkleB.AnnabelLeeC.TheGeniusD.TheStoic

34.Statement________isWRONGindescribingNathanielHawthorne.

A.Oneofhisschoolmatesisthe14thUSApresident—FranklinPierce.

B.Heisarealisticwriter.

C.Heisalsoagreatallegorist.

D.Heisamasterofsymbolism.

35.YoknapatawphaCountyisafictionalcountycreatedbytheAmericanauthor_______asasettingformanyofhisnovels.

A.WashingtonIrvingB.WilliamFaulknerC.WaltWhitmanD.MarkTwain

36.IsabelArcheristheheroineof_______.

A.ThePortraitofaLadyB.SisterCarrie

C.AFarewelltoArmsD.TheGreatGatsby

37.Thedocument,________,wasformallyadoptedonJuly4,1776,declaringtheindependenceoftheAmericancoloniesfromGreatBritain.

A.TheDeclarationofIndependenceB.TheAmericanCrisis

C.CommonSenseD.TheConstitution

38.________istheauthoroftheplayLongDays’JourneyintoNight.

A.HermanMelvilleB.HenryJamesC.EugeneO’NeillD.T.S.Eliot

39.ThescarletletterstandsforthefollowingonesEXCEPT________.

A.sinanddisgraceB.angelC.beingableandgenerousD.death

40.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthors’toneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandsympatheticbutmoreironicand________.

A.optimisticB.pessimisticC.humorousD.rational

41.Withthepublicationof________,theAmericanromanticperiodended.

A.LeavesofGrassB.MobyDickC.InOurTimeD.TheScarletLetter

42.WhoisthepoetthatspokeandperformedareadingofhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJohnF.KennedyonJanuary20,1961?

A.RobertFrostB.T.S.EliotC.WaltWhitmanD.EzraPound

43.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofWilliamFaulkner?

A.Heisamasterofstream-of-consciousnessnarrative.

B.Hiswritingisoftencomplexanddifficulttounderstand.

C.HeoftendepictsslumlifeinNewYorkandChicago.

D.HerepresentsanewgroupofSouthernwritersinUSA.

44.WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofModernism?

A.Toelevatetheindividualandinnerbeingoverthesocialbeing.

B.Toputthestressontraditionalvalues.

C.Toportraythedistortedandalienatedrelationshipsbetweenmanandhisenvironment.

D.Toadvocateaconsciousbreakwithpast.

45._______inTheOldManandtheSeaisaman,accordingtoHemingway,that“canbedestroyedbutnottobeconquered.”

A.CaptainAhabB.RipVanWinkleC.SantiagoD.IchabodCrane

46.TheodoreDreiser’s_______isconsideredashisgreatestnovel.

A.JannieGerhardtB.AnAmericanTragedy

C.CantosD.ForWhomtheBellsToll

47.________isappliedtoworkoffictioninwhichthethoughts,feelings,andmotivationsofthecharactersareofequalorgreaterinterestthanistheexternalactionofthenarrative.

A.PsychologicalrealismB.Darkrealism

C.PostromanticismD.Naturalism

48.WhoisNOTaNobelPrize-winningauthorinAmerica?

A.T.S.EliotB.ErnestHemingway

C.JohnSteinbeckD.RobertFrost

49.Allhisnovelsrevealthattowardstheendofhiscareer,MarkTwainbecameincreasingly________.

A.prolificB.artisticC.optimisticD.pessimistic

50.Oversoulisanaturalisticconceptintroducedby________inhisessaybythesamename.

A.EzraPoundB.RalphWaldoEmersonC.T.S.EliotD.WaltWhitman

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