美国文学本科试题6.docx

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美国文学本科试题6

美国文学（本科）试题6

I.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorphrases:

（20%,1pointforeach）

1.     In1817,thestatelypoemcalled“Thanatopsis”introducedthebestpoet,______,toappearinAmericauptothattime.

2.     JamesFennimoreCooperlaunchedtwokindsofimmenselypopularstories:

theseaadventureand______.

3.     RalphEmersonwasrecognizedthroughouthislifeastheleaderof______movement,yetheneverappliedthetermtohimselfortohisbeliefsandideas.

4.     HermanMelville’snovel______isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.

5.     Intheearly19thcentury,WashingtonIrvingwrote______whichbecamethefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowinfinancialsuccessonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.

6.     In1845,HenryDavidThoreaubeganatwo-yearresidenceat______Pond.

7.     Afterhisdeath,______becametheonlyAmericantobehonoredwithabustinthePoet’sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.

8.     TheAmericanRomanticperiodstretchesfromtheendofthe18thcenturythroughtheoutburstofthe______.

9.     Thearbiterof19thcenturyliteraryrealisminAmericawas______.

10. ThepoeticstyleWaltWhitmandevisedisnowcalled______,whichispoetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.

11. ______isconsideredthefounderofpsychologicalrealism.Hebelievedthatrealityliesintheimpressionsmadebylifeonthespectator.

12. ______isthenovelintowhichJackLondonputmostofhimself.

13. O.Henry’s______isaverymovingstoryofayoungcouplewhoselltheirbestpossessionsinordertogetmoneyforaChristmaspresentforeachother.

14. ______wastheleaderofanewmovementinpoetrywhichhecalledthe“Imagist”movement.

15. In1925,F.ScottFitzgeraldcompletedhisbestnovel______.Itisthestoryofanidealistwhowasdestroyedbytheinfluenceofthewealthy,pleasure-seekingpeoplearoundhim.

16. ErnestHemingway’sstatureasawriterwasconfirmedwiththepublicationofhisnovel______in1929.Thenovelportrayedafarewellbothtowarandtolove.

17. ______wastheforemostnovelistoftheAmericanDepressionofthe1930s.

18. WilliamFaulknerconsidered__________tobe“thefirsttrulyAmericanwriter”.

19. Asagenre,naturalismemphasizedheredityand______asimportantdeterministicforcesshapingindividualizedcharactersthatwerepresentedinspecialanddetailedcircumstances.

20. AseriesofsixteenpamphletsbyThomasPainewasentitled______.

II.Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswersorcompletions.Choosetheonethatisthebestineachcase:

（30%,1pointforeach）

1.     MobyDickwasdedicatedto____.

A.RalphEmerson                           B.NathanielHawthorne

C.HenryThoreau                                   D.HenryLongfellow

2.     ____wasMarkTwain’smasterpiecefromwhich,asHemingwaynoted,“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.”

A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

B.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

C.LifeontheMississippi

D.TheGildedAge

3.     ____usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.

A.EmilyBradford                          B.AnnBradstreet

C.EmilyDickinson                                D.JohnSmith

4.     BenjaminFranklinwastheepitomeofthe____.

A.AmericanEnlightenment              B.SugarAct

C.Chartistmovement                             D.Romanticist

5.     ThomasJefferson’sattitude,thatis,afirmbeliefinprogress,andthepursuitofhappiness,istypicaloftheperiodwenowcall____.

A.AgeofEvolution                                B.AgeofReason

C.AgeofRomanticism                    D.AgeofRegionalism

6.     Asaliteraryandphilosophicalmovement,____flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.

A.modernism                                  B.rationalism

C.sentimentalism                                    D.transcendentalism

7.     ____isNOTwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson.

A.TheAmericanScholar                     B.Self-Reliance

C.TheDivinitySchoolAddress            D.CivilDisobedience

8.     ThereisagoodreasontostatethatNewEnglandTranscendentalismwasactually____onthePuritansoil.

A.Romanticism                                      B.Symbolism

C.Mysticism                                          D.Rationalism

9.     Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.Thiswas____.

A.AnneBradstreet                                 B.JaneAusten            

C.EmilyDickinson                                 D.HarrietBeecher

10. WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutO.HenryisNOTright?

A.Hewroteaboutthepoorpeople.

B.Theendsofhisstoriesarealwayssurprising.

C.Manyofhisstories