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美国文学练习题

PartI.TheLiteratureofColonialAmerica

I.FillinthefollowingBlanks.

1.ThemostenduringshapinginfluenceinAmericanthoughtandAmericanliteraturewas________

11.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobriety,thesewerethe________valuesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.

III.Makemultiplechoices.

1.EnglishliteratureintheAmericaisonlyaboutmorethan________yearsold.

A.500B.400C.200D.100

6.__________usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.

A.WilliamBradfordB.AnneBradstreetC.EmilyDickinsonD.CaptainJohnSmith

10.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe__________.

A.RevolutionismB.ReasonC.IndividualismD.Rationalism

11.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe“______”whoappearedinAmerica.

A.NinthMuseB.TenthMuseC.BestMuseD.FirstMuse

PartII.TheLiteratureofReasonandRevolution

I.Fillintheblanks.

3.BenjaminFranklinalsoeditedthefirstcolonialmagazine,whichhecalled_____.

4.BenjaminFranklin'sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece________.

9.ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericaofthe18thcenturywas_____________.

10.PhilipFreneau'sfamouspoem____________waswrittenabouthisimprisonedexperience.

11._________wasconsideredasthe“poetoftheAmericanRevolution.”

12._________hasbeencalledthe"FatherofAmericanPoetry.”

14.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywasanAgeof_________andRevolution.

III.Makemultiplechoices.

1.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment.____wasthedominantspirit.

A.HumanismB.RationalismC.RevolutionD.Evolution

2.InAmericanliterature,theEnlightenerswereopposedto________.

A.thecolonialorderB.religiousobscurantismC.thePuritantraditionD.thesecularliterature

4.WhichstatementaboutBenjaminFranklinisnottrue?

A.Heinstructedhiscountrymenasaprinter.B.Hewasascientist.

C.Hewasamasterofdiplomacy.D.HewasaPuritan.

6.WhichofthefollowingstirredtheworldandhelpedformtheAmericanrepublic?

A.TheAmericanCrisisB.TheFederalistC.DeclarationofIndependenceD.TheWasteLand

7.BenjaminFranklinwastheepitomeofthe____________.

A.AmericanEnlightenmentB.SugarActC.ChartistmovementD.Romanticist

8.From1732to1758,BenjaminFranklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous___,anannalcollectionofproverbs.

A.TheAutobiographyB.PoorRichard'sAlmanacC.CommonSenseD.TheGeneralMagazine

13.WhichstatementaboutPhilipFreneauistrue?

A.Hewasasatirist.B.Hewasapamphleteer.C.Hewasapoet.D.Hewasabitterpolemicist.

14.WhichpoemisnotwrittenbyPhilipFreneau?

A.TheBritishPrisonShipB.TheWildHoneySuckleC.TheIndianBuryingGroundD.TheDayofDoom

15.Whowasconsideredasthe"PoetofAmericanRevolution"?

A.MichaelWigglesworthB.EdwardTaylorC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau

17.DuringtheReasonandRevolutionPeriod,AmericanswereinfluencedbytheEuropeanmovementcalledthe____________.

A.ChartistMovementB.RomanticistMovementC.EnlightenmentMovementD.ModernistMovement

20.BenjaminFranklinshapedhiswritingafterthe___oftheEnglishessayistsJosephAddisonandRichardSteele.

A.SpectatorPapersB.WaldenC.NatureD.TheSacredWood

PartIII.TheLiteratureofRomanticism

I.Fillintheblanks

1.Intheearlynineteenthcentury,WashingtonIrvingwrote________whichbecamethefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowinfinancialsuccessonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.

2.In1828,__________publishedhisAnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.

3.In1755,__________publishedhisremarkabledictionarynamedDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.

4.TheCivilWarof1861—1865endedinthedefeatoftheSouthernersandtheabolitionof___________.

5.TheAmericanTranscendentalistsformedaclubcalled_________.

6.TheTranscendentalCluboftenmetat___________'sConcordhome.

7.______wasregardedasthefirstgreatprosestylistofAmericanromanticism.

8.Atnineteen______publishedinhisbrother'snewspaper,his"JonathanOldstyle"satiresofNewYorklife.

9.InWashingtonIrving'swork___________appearedthefirstmodernshortstoriesandthefirstgreatAmericanjuvenileliterature.

10.InParis,WashingtonIrvingmetJohnHowardPayne,theAmericandramatistandactor,withwhomIrvingwrotehisbrilliantsocialcomedy_____________,orTheMerryMonarch.

11.TheshortstoryTheLegendofSleepyHollowistakenfromWashingtonIrving'sworknamed_______.

12._________wasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputationaftertheRevolutionaryWar.

13.WashingtonIrving'sfirstbookappearedin1809.Itwasentitled____________.

14.WashingtonIrvingalsowrotetwobiographies,oneisTheLifeofOliverGoldsmith,andtheotheris___________.

15.ThefirstimportantAmericannovelistwas___________.

16.JamesFenimoreCooper’snovel___________wasarousingtaleaboutespionageagainsttheBritishduringtheRevolutionaryWar.

17.ThebestofJamesFenimoreCooper'ssearomanceswas____________.TheheroofthenovelrepresentsJohnPaulJones,thegreatnavalfighteroftheRevolutionaryWar.

18.ThecentralfigureintheLeatherstockingTalesis____________,whogoesbythevariousnamesofLeatherstocking,Deerslayer,PathfinderandHawkeye.

19."ToaWaterfowl"isperhapsthepeakof_______________'swork,ithasbeencalledbyaneminentEnglishcritic"themostperfectbriefpoeminthelanguage."

20.__________wasthefirstAmericantogainthestatureofamajorpoetintheworldliterature.

21.AmongWilliamCullenBryant'smostimportantlaterworksarehistranslationsoftheIliadandthe____________intoEnglishblankverse.

22.EdgarAllanPoe’spoem___________isperhapsthebestexampleofonomatopoeiaintheEnglishlanguage.

23.EdgarAllanPoe'spoem____________waspublishedin1845asthetitlepoemofacollection.

24.Ralph___________EmersonwasresponsibleforbringingtranscendentalismtoNewEngland.

25.RalphWaldoEmerson'struestdisciple,themanwhoputintopracticemanyofEmerson'stheories,was____________.

26.In1845,HenryDavidThoreaubeganatwo-yearresidenceat_________________Pond.

27.Asuperbbookentitled_________cameoutofHenryDavidThoreau'stwo-yearexperimentatWaldenPond.

28.FromHenryDavidThoreau’sConcordjailexperience,camehisfamousessay______.

29.HesterPrynneistheheroineinNathanielHawthorne'snovel_____________.

30.HermanMelville’snovel____________isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.

31.HenryWadsworthLongfellow'sfirstcollectionofpoemsentitled______________appearedin1838.

32.ThemostscholarlyofHenryWadsworthLongfellow’swritingsishistranslationofDante’s______.

33.BesideslyricsandlongerpoemsHenryWadsworthLongfellowwrotedramaticworks,amongwhich____________isthemostconspicuous.

34.HenryWadsworthLongfellowand_____________aretheonlytwoAmericanpoetscommemoratedinthePoet'sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.

35.Afterhisdeath,__________becametheonlyAmericantobehonoredwithabustinthePoet'sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.

36.TheAmericanRomanticperiodstretchesfromtheendoftheeighteenthcenturythroughtheoutburstofthe___________.

37.TheEnglishauthornamed___________was,inaway,responsiblefortheromanticdescriptionoflandscapeinAmericanliteratureandthedevelopmentofAmericanIndianromance.HisWaverleynovelsweremodelsforAmericanhistoricalromances.

38.Publishedin1823,__________wasthefirstoftheLeatherstockingTales,intheirorderofpublicationtime,andprobablythefirsttrueromanceofthefrontierinAmericanliterature.

39.InthePioneers,__________representstheidealAmerican,livingavirtuousandfreelifeinGod’sworld.

40.In1836,alittlebookcameoutwhichmadeatremendousimpactontheintellectuallifeofAmerica.ItwasentitledNatureby____________.

41.RalphWaldoEmerson'sessay__________hasbeenregardedas"America'sDeclarationofIntellectualIndependence".ItcalledonAmericanwriterstowriteaboutAmericainawaypeculiarlyAmerican.

42.AnotherrenownedNewEnglandTranscendentalistwas___________,afriendofRalphWaldoEmerson'sandhisjuniorbysomefourteenyears.

43.Thewayinwhich___________wroteTheScarletLettersuggeststhatAmericanRomanticismadapteditselftoAmericanpuritanmoralism.

44.HermanMelville'sworldclassicnovelMobyDickwasdedicatedto__________,anovelist.

45.Itissaidthatinhislateyears,HermanMelvillestoppedwritingnovelsandstoriesandturnedtopoetry,___________ishismostfamouspoeticwork.

46.HermanMelvilleisbestknownastheauthorofonebooknamed___________,whichis,criticshaveagreed,oneoftheworld'sgreatestmasterpieces.

II.Makemultiplechoices.

1.In1837,thefirstcollege-levelinstitutionforwomen,MountHolyokeFemaleSeminary,wasestablishedin____________toservethe"muslinsex".

A.NewEnglandB.VirginiaC.MassachusettsD.NewYork

2.Transcendentalismtooktheirideasfrom___________.

A.theromanticliteratureinEuropeB.neo-Platonism

C.GermanidealisticphilosophyD.therevelationsoforientalmysticism

3.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,_____flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.

A.modernismB.rationalismC.sentimentalismD.transcendentalism

4.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin___________andHenryDavidThoreau.

A.ThomasJeffersonB