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1.Hawthorne’smasterpiece,oneofthegreatestnovelsoftheworldisTheScarletLetter.

2.Emerson’sfirststartlingbookisNature.

3.RalphWaldoEmersonisthechiefspokesmanofthisspiritualmovementofTranscendentalism.

4.WashingtonIrvingisworththehonorofbeing“forhisliterarycraftsmanshipforhisliterarycraftsmanship.

5.ThecolonialinfluenceoverAmericanRomanticismmadeAmericanRomanticwritersmoremoralizethantheirEnglishcounter-parts.

6.TheimpactofDarwin'sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthe19thcenturyFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoanotherschoolofrealism:

AmericanNaturalism.

7.Inthefirstpartofthe20thcentury,apartfromDarwinism,thereweretwothinkerstheGermanKarlMarxandtheAustrianSigmundFreud,whoseideashadthegreatestimpactontheperiod.

8.Inhispoetry,RobertFrostmadethecolloquialNewEnglandspeechintoapoeticexpression.

ThethemeofreturningtonaturecouldbereadinLeather-StockingTalesbyCooper.

10.AboutthenovelTheScarletLetter,whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?

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A.It'sveryhardtosaythatitisalovestoryorastoryofsin.

B.It'sahighlysymbolicstoryandtheauthorisamasterofsymbolism.C.It'smainlyaboutthemoral,emotionalandpsychologicaleffectsofthesinuponthemaincharactersandthepeopleingeneral.

D.InittheletterAtakesthesamesymbolicmeaningthroughoutthenovel.

11.EzraPoundshowedgreatinterestinChineseliteratureandtranslatedthepoetryofLiBaiintoEnglish.

12.Eliot’sfirstmajorpoem（1917TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock,hasbeencalledthefirstmasterpieceofmodernisminEnglish.

13.TheFitzgeraldlivedsoextravagantlythattheyfrequentlyspentmoremoneythanFitzgeraldearnedforparties,liquor,entertainingtheirfriendsandtraveling.Itwasthislivingstylethatnicknamedthedecadeofthe1920sasTheRoaringTwenties,TheJazzageandTheDollarDecade.

14.HemingwaywasbadlywoundedinItalyandsenttoahospitalwherehefellinlovewithanurse.ThesetwopersonslaterbecamethecharactersofhisnovelAFarewelltoArms

15.TheGrapesofWrathtellstheJoadfamily’slifefromthetimetheywereevictedfromtheirfarminOklahomauntiltheirfirstwinterinCalifornia.

16.FaulknerwroteaboutthesocietyintheSouthbyinventingfamilieswhichrepresenteddifferentsocialforces:

theolddecayingupperclass;therising,ambitious,unscrupulousclassofthe“poorWhites”;andtheNegroeswholabouredforbothofthem.

17.InFaulkner’sTheSoundandtheFury,heusedatechniquecalledstreamofconsciousness,inwhichthewholestorywastoldthroughthethoughtsoffourcharacters.

18.Faulkner’snovelTheSoundandtheFurydescribesthedecayanddownfallofanoldsouthernaristocraticfamily,symbolizingtheoldsocialorder,toldfromfourdifferentpointsofview.

19.ToFaulkner,theprimarydutyofawriterwastoexploreandrepresenttheinfinitepossibilitiesinherentinhumanlife.Thereforeawritershouldobservewithnojudgmentwhatsoeverandreduceauthorialintrusiontothelowestminimum.

20.WhichofthefollowingisrightaboutAmericanfictionfrom1945onwards?

Agroupofnewwriterswhosurvivedthewarwroteabouttheiridealswithintheartisticfield.

1.TheBeatGenerationisalargegroupincludingSanFranciscowriters,thenamereferredsimultaneously_______,throughdrugs,andalcohol.

•A.totheirsensethatsocietywaswornout

•B.totheirinterestinnewformsofexperience

•C.totherhythmofjazz

2.IntheDepressionAge,JohnSteinbeckisthefamousleftistforhissympatheticstoryaboutdriftingfarmlaborersandfactoryworkers.

3.The1940ssawtheflourishingofanewcontingentofwriters,includingR.P.Warren,A.Miller,T.Williams,K.A.PorterandE.Welty.AllbutMillerwerefromtheSouth

4.TheGreatGodBrownfusessymbolism,poetry,andtheaffirmationofapaganidealismtoshowhowmaterialisticcivilizationdeniesthelife—givingimpulsestoanddestructionofthegenuineart.

5.TherealisticschoolsledbyMarkTwainandHenryJamesdifferintheirunderstandingofthetruth

6.Eliot’sfirstmajorpoem（1917）hasbeencalledthefirstmasterpieceofmodernisminEnglish.

A.TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock

B.TheWasteLand

C.FourQuartets

D.Preludes

7.WhichstoryisWilliamDeanHowells’masterpieceontheAmericanspiritoftheself-mademan?

A.AModernInstance

B.TheLuckofRoaringCamp

C.TheRiseofSilasLapham

D.AWoman’sReason

8.WhichofthefollowingisdepictedasthemythicalcountyinWilliamFaulkner'snovels?

A.Cambridge.            B.Yoknapatawpha

C.Mississippi.           D.Tagliamento  

9.“Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd;Petalsonawet,blackbough.”

Thislineistheshortestpoemwrittenby______.

A.T.S.EliotB.RobertFrost

C.EzraPoundD.E.E.Cummings

10.WhichcoupleofthefollowingarenotwrittenbyHenryJames?

A.ThePortraitofALadyandTheEuropeans

B.TheWingsoftheDoveandTheAmbassadors

C.WhatMaisieKnowsandTheBostonians

D.TheGeniusandTheGildedAge

11.__________issaidtobea“historicalnovel”byFaulkner.

A.GoDown,Moses

B.LightinAugust

C.Absalom,Absalom

D.TheSoundandtheFury

12.WhichofthefollowingissaidoftheAmericannaturalists?

A.Theypreferredtohavetheirownregionandpeopleattheforefrontofthestories.

B.Theircharacteristicsettingisusuallyanisolatedtown.

C.Humanshouldbeunitedbecausetheyhadtoadaptthemselvestochangingharshenvironment.

D.Theircharacterswereconceivedmoreorlesscomplexcombinationsofinheritedattributes,theirhabitsconditionedbysocialandeconomicforces.

13.ThegreatseaadventurestoryMoby-Dickisusuallyconsidered______.

A.asymbolicvoyageofthemindinquestoftheartistictruthandbeauty

B.anadventurousexplorationintoman'srelationshipwithnature

C.asymbolicvoyageofthemindinquestofthetruthandknowledgeoftheuniverse

D.asimplewhalingtaleorseaadventure

14.TheAmerican30slastedfromtheCrash,throughtheensuingGreatDepression,untiltheoutbreakofthe2ndWorldWar1939.Thiswasaperiodof_______.

A.anewsocialconsciousnessB.bleakness

C.importantsocialmovementsD.Allabove

15.AstothegreatAmericanpoetEzraPound,whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?

A.Hislanguageisusuallyobliqueyetmarvelouslycompressedandhispoetryisdensewithpersonal,literary,andhistoricalallusions.

B.HisartistictalentsareonfulldisplayinthehistoryoftheImagistMovement.

C.FromhisanalysisoftheChineseideogramPoundlearnedtoanchorhispoeticlanguageinconcrete,perceptualreality,andtoorganizeimagesintolargerpatternsthroughjuxtaposition.

D.Forhewaspoliticallycontroversialandnotoriousforwhathedidinthewartime,hisliteraryachievementandinfluencearesomewhatreduced.

16.SinclairLewis’Babbittpresentsadocumentarypictureofthenarrowandlimited______.

A.up-classmindB.middle-classmindC.proletarianD.ordinarypeople

17.InARoseforEmily,Faulknermakesbestuseof______devicesinnarration.

A.romanticB.realisticC.gothicD.modernist

18.Americandictioninthe1960sand1970sprovestobedifferentfromitspredecessors.Itisalwaysreferredtoas“_______”.

A.ImagismB.blackhumorC.newfictionD.theBeatGeneration

19.Asanautobiographicalplay,O’Neill’s______（1951）hasgaineditsstatusasaworldclassicandsimultaneouslymarkstheclimaxofhisliterarycareerandthecomingofageofAmericandrama.

A.LongDay’sJourneyintoNightB.TheHairyApe

C.DesireundertheElmsD.TheIcemanCometh

20.TenderIstheNightisa______byFitzgerald.

A.shortstoryB.novellaC.poemD.novel

1.Whichofthefollowingnotionsisnotofliterature?

A.localcolorB.sub-consciousness

C.streamofconsciousnessD.naturalism

2.AsFitzgerald’swritingstyleisconcerned,whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Theauthordroppedoffthedeviceofhavingeventsobservedbya“centralconsciousness”.

B.Hisinterveningpassagesofnarrationleavethetediousprocessoftransitiontotheauthor’simagination.

C.Hisdictionandmetaphorsarepartiallyoriginalanddetailsaccurate.

D.Thescenicmethodsareemployed,eachofwhichconsistsofoneormoredramaticscenes.

3.TheAgeofRealismintheliteraryhistoryoftheU.S.referstotheperiodfrom______to______.

A.1861—1914B.1863—1918C.1865—1914D.1865—1945

4.______isnottherepresentativewriterintheAgeofRealismintheliteraryhistoryoftheU.S.

A.HenryJamesB.EmilyDickinson

C.WilliamDeanHowellsD.MarkTwain

5.______exploresthescrupulousindividualisminaworldoffantasticspeculationandunstablevalues,andgivesitsnametotheget-rich-quickyearsofthepostCivilWarera.

A.InnocentsAbroadB.TheGildedAge

C.RoughingItD.TheMiddleYears

6.TheimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthe19thcenturyFrenchliteratureandtheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoanotherpowerfulschoolofrealismofAmericanliterature:

American______.

A.Romanticism            B.Transcendentalism

C.TheLostGeneration            D.Naturalism

7.Inthefirstpartofthe20thcentury,apartfromDarwinism,thereweretwoimportantthinkers,______,whoseideashadthegreatestimpactonthewritingofAmericanmodern