美国文学知识题.docx

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美国文学知识题

1Asaphilosophicalandliterarymoment,_____flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.

AmodernismBrationalismCsentimentalismDtranscendentalism

2Poe’sfirstcollectionofstoriesis_____.

ATalesofTraveler

BLeatherStockingTales

CCanterburyTales

DTalesoftheGotequeandArabesque

3WhichbookisnotwrittenbyEmerson?

ATheAmericanScholarBSelf-Reliance

CNatureDCivilDisobedience

4ThefinestexampleofHawthorn’ssymbolismistherecreationofPuritanBostonin_____.

ATheScarletLetterBYoungGoodmanBrown

CTheMarbleFawnDTheAmbitiousGuest

5ThechiefspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalismis_____.

ANathanielHawthornBRalphWaldoEmerson

CHenryDavidThoreauDWashingtonIrving

6Transcendentalistsrecognized_____asthe“highestpowerofthesoul”.

AintuitionBlogicCdataofsensesDthinking

7Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?

ATheAmericanScholarBEnglishTraits

CTheConductofLifeDRepresentativeMen

8Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthenineteenthcentury.Thiswas_____.

AAnneBradstreetBJaneAustin

CEmilyDickinsonDHarrietBeecher

9Captain,MyCaptainiswrittenfor_____.

ALincolnBWhitmanCWashingtonDHemingway

10_____isnotwrittenbyWashingtonIrving.

ATheSketchBookBRipVanWinkle

CTheLegendofSleepHollowDTheAutobiography

1."GoldRush"wasvividlydepictedin____novels.

AHemingway’sBMarkTwain’sCHenryJame’sDFaulkner’s

2.TheperiodofOldEnglish literaturerefersto____

A449-1066

B14thcentury-mid17thcentury

C14thcentury-mid18thcentury

D16thcentury-mid18thcentury

3.ThegreattranscendentalworkbyHenryDavidThoreauis____

ANatureBWaldenCExperienceDEssays

4.____hasbeenentitledthe"FatherofAmericanPoetry".

APhilipFreneauBRalphWaldoEmersonCWilliamCullenBryantDWaltWhitman

5.Theemotionaleffectandsocialsignificancemade____thefirstwell-knownsociologicalnovelinAmericanLiterature.

ATheSunAlsoRisesBUncleTom’sCabin

CTheOldManandTheSeaDSisterCarrie

6.StephenCraneisfamousfor____

AAnAmericanTragedyBTheAmbassadors

CMainStreetDTheRedBadgeofCourage

7.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueforBenjaminFranklin?

AHewasafamouswriterBHewasamembertodrafttheDeclarationofIndependence

CHewasagreatscientistDHewasonceelectedAmericanPresident

8.Whitman’spoemsarecharacterizedbyallthefollowingfeaturesEXCEPT____

AastrictpoeticformBasimpleandconversationallanguageCafreeandnaturalrhythmicpatternDaneasyflowoffeelings

9.Americanfictioninthe1960sisreteredtoas____

AimagismBblackhumorCnewfictionDtheBeatGeneration

10.WilliamFaukeneristheauthorof____

AFarFromtheMaddingCrowdBSoundandFuryCForWhomtheBellTollsDScarletLetter

__10__“TheLostGeneration”referstotheyoungpeople___.

　　AInthepost-WWIIera

　　BInthepost-WWIera

　　CInthepost-Vietnam-Warera

　　DInthepost-Cold-Warera

__1__HenryJames’novelsarereferredtoas___.

Anovelsofhumor

Bnovelsofcriticism

Cnovelsofmanners“世态小说”

Dnovelsofhistory

__2__HenryJames’famerestedlargelyuponhishandlingofhismajorfictionaltheme,“theinternationaltheme”,whichincludesallthefollowingbut___.

AthemeetingofAmericanandEurope

BAmericaninnocenceincontactandcontrastwithEuropeandecadence

Cthemoralandpsychologicalcomplications

DthenostalgicfeelingofancientEurope

__3__InhiswholewritingcareerJameswasconcernedwith___whichisatthecenterofhisaestheticofthenovel.

A“pointofwiew”

B“character”

C“plot”

D“theme”

__4__MostofWilliamDeanHowells’sliterary-aestheticideasarebestelucidatedinhis___.

AAspectsoffiction

BPhilosophyofComposition

CArtsofFiction

DCriticismandFiction

__5__Asapoet,EzraPoundisbestknownforhisactiveinvolvementin___.

AtheBeatGenerationmovement

Btheradicalpoliticalprotests

Cthepoeticrevolution

DtheschoolofNaturalism

__6__F.ScottFitzgeraldshowsaninterestinthespiritualpredicamentof___inhisfiction.

Atheworkingclasspeople

Btheupperclasssociety

CtheexilesinParis

Dintellectualsandartists

__7__whichofthefollowingisNOTwrittenbyTheodoreDreiser?

.

ATheGenius

BTheTitan

CLightinAugust

DJennieGerhardt

__8__WhichoftheHemingway’snovelsdescribethedriftinglifeofAmericanexilesinEurope?

ATheSunAlsoRises

BAFarewelltoArms

CForWhomtheBellTolls

DTheOldManandtheSea

__9__WhichstatementaboutEugeneO’NeillisNOTtrue?

AHewasawardedtheNobelPrize

BHeexperimentedwithexpressionism

CHehasproducedo