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一．题型

I.MultipleChoice（30%）

II.Identification（20%）

III.Short-answerQuestions（20%）

IV.Appreciation（30%）

二．复习内容

I.MultipleChoice

1.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment.______wasthedominantspirit.

A.HumanismB.RationalismC.RevolutionD.Evolution

2.WhichstatementaboutB.Franklinisnottrue?

A.Heinstructedhiscountrymenasaprinter.

B.Hewasascientist.C.Heisapuritan

D.HewasamasterofDiplomacy

3.TheAutobiographyofB.Franklinisanimportantdocumentof_____.

A.AmericanRealismB.AmericanRomanticism

C.AmericanPuritanismD.AmericanNaturalism

4.Whichofthefollowingcharactersisanambitionlessandidlemanwholongstoescapefromhiswife'snagging?

A.SoapyB.RipVanWinkle

C.RogerChillingworthD.JimSmiley

5.From“RipVanWinkle”itcanbeinferredthat_____.

A．WashingtonIrving’stasteisverymodern.

B.WashingtonIrvingshowsgreatintheAmericanRevolution.

C.WashingtonIrvingprefersthepasttothepresent.

D.WashingtonIrvingwrotethestoryinarealisticway.

6.WashingtonIrving’ssocialconservationandliterarypreferenceforthepastisrevealed,tosomeextent,inhisfamousstory,______.

A.“TheLegendofSleepyHallow”B.“RipVanWinkle”

C.“TheCustomHouse”D.“TheBirthmark”

7.“Rip Van Winkle” is a short story written by ___

A. James Fenimore Cooper B. Washington Irving 

C. Edgar Allan Poe D. Mark Twain

8.The Romantic Period in American Literary history started with

 the publication of ____.

A．Washington Irving’s The Sketch Book 

B．Washington Irving’s Tales of A Traveler 

C．Whitmam’s Leaves of Grass 

D．James F. Cooper’s Leather Stocking Tales

9._______wasregardedas“FatheroftheAmericanshortstories”.

A.EdgarAllanPoeB.RalphWaldoEmerson

C.WashingtonIrvingD.NathanielHawthorne

10.EmersonianTranscendentalismis,infact,aphilosophicalschoolwhichabsorbedsomeideologicalconcernsof_______andEuropeanRomanticism.

A.AmericanPuritanismB.Neoclassicism

C.AmericanRomanticismD.socialcriticism

11.Thetranscendentalistsbelievedinthefollowingexcept_____.

A.livingclosetonatureB.moralimpactonman

C.theessentialholinessofmanD.self-relianceandself-trust

12.Emerson's_____wascalledthe"IntellectualDeclarationofIndependence."

A.Self-RelianceB.TheOver-Soul

C.TheAmericanScholarD.Nature

13.ThechiefspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalismis________.

A.NathanielHawthorneB.RalphWaldoEmerson

C.WashingtonIrvingD.HenryDavidThoreau

14._______isgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.

A.NatureB.OnBeauty

C.WaldenD.Self-Reliance

15.WhichofthefollowingisnotwrittenbyR.W.Emerson?

A.AmericanTragedyB.Nature

C.TheAmericanScholarD.Self-Reliance

16.Edgar Allan Poe is known as a poet and critic but most famous 

as thefirst master of theformof______.

A. poem B. drama C. short story D.essay

17.WhichofthefollowingiswritteninmemoryofAllenPoe’sdeadwife?

A.ToHelenB.AnnabelLee

C.TheRavenD.TheBells

18.EdgarAllanPoecanbedescribedasthefollowingexcept_____.

A.aplaywrightB.acritic

C.ashortstorywriterD.apoet

19.Thewriterwhoisfamousforhisdetectivestoriesis_______.

A.WashingtonIrvingB.O.Henry

B.EdgarAllanPoeD.NathanielHawthorne

20.Themostmodernandbizarrepoetthe19thcenturyAmericaeverproducedwhowasalsofamousforhisdetectivestoriesis_____.

A.WashingtonIrvingB.O.Henry

C.EdgarAllanPoeD.WaltWhitman

21.ThepoetwhoisaRomanticistwithhishigh-mindedness,gentleness,anddidacticismis______.

A.NathanielHawthorneB.H.W.Longfellow

C.EdgarAllanPoeD.WaltWhitman

22.“APsalmofLife”isa_______poem.

A.narrativeB.dramatic

C.lyricD.didactic

23.InwhatcenturyisthestoryofHesterPrynneset?

（A）The16thcentury（B）The17thcentury

（C）The18thcentury（D）The19thcentury

24.________________literaryworldturnsouttobeamostdisturbedandtormentedone,whichhasmuchtodowithhisblackvisionoflifeandhumanbeings.

A.HermanMelville’sB.WashingtonIrving’s

C.NathanielHawthorne’sD.WaltWhitman’s

25.AsfarasNathanielHawthorne’sartisconcerned,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A.InhisTheScarletLetterHawthorneintendstotellalovestoryandastoryofsin.

B.HisartisdeeplyinfluencedbyPuritanismbecausehewasaPuritanhimself.

C.Ambiguityisoneofthesalientcharacteristicsofhisart.

D.AccordingtoHawthorne,manisdivineinnatureandthereforeperfectible.

26.WhatdoesHester’sletter“A”eventuallycometorepresenttothetownspeople?

A.“Able”B.“Alone”

C.“Avaricious”D.“AbsolutelyAdmirable”

27._____wasthepoetofthecommonpeopleandtheprophetandsingerofdemocracy.

A.FrostB.Longfellow

C.PoundD.Whitman

28.WaltWhitmanwrotehispoetryinthestyleof_______.

A.blankverseB.alliteration

C.freeverseD.irony

29.WhichofthefollowingiswritteninmemoryofPresidentLincoln?

A.SongofMyself

B.IHearAmericaSinging

C.OCaptain!

MyCaptain!

D.LeavesofGrass

30.In_____________,WhitmanairshissorrowatPresidentLincoln’sdeath.

A.CavalryCrossingaFordB.APact

C.OCaptain!

MyCaptain!

D.TherewasaChildWentForth

31.Theshy,reclusivepoet,_____,hascometoberegardedasoneofAmerica'sgreatlyricpoets.

A.H.W.LongfellowB.EmilyDickinson

C.EdgarAllanPoeD.WaltWhitman

32.WhichofthefollowingdiedalmostcompletelyunknowntotheAmericanpublic?

A.DickinsonB.Whitman

C.LongfellowD.Poe

33.WhichofthefollowingisnottrueasfarasEmilyDickinson’spoetryisconcerned?

A.Sheoftenusesdashes.

B.Mostofherpoemsareaboutdeathandimmortality.

C.Herpoemsareverypersonalandmeditative.

D.Herpoemsusuallyhavewell-chosentitles.

34.MarkTwain'snovelsaremostlyabout_____subjectmatter.

A.internationalB.adventure

C.travelogueD.love

35.________iscalledbyHemingwaytheonefromwhichallmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.

A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFin

B.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

C.TheGildedAge

D.LifeontheMississippi

36.HuckleberryFinnisin______language.

A.vernacularB.British

C.AmericanD.black

37.MarkTwain,thehumourist,wrotethefollowingexcept______.

A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

B.ThePrinceandthePauper

C.TheHappyPrince

D.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

38.MarkTwainisallofthefollowingbut_____.

A.alocalcoloristB.asocialsatirist

C.arealistD.aromanticist

39.Soapyisafictionalcharacterfrom_____.

A.TheGiftofMagi

B.TheLastLeaf

C.TheCopandtheAnthem

D.AnunfinishedStory

40.________wastheleadingspokesmanoftheImagistMovement,whosefamousone-imagepoem“InaStationoftheMetro”wouldserveasatypicalexampleoftheimagistideas.

A.T.S.EliotB.RobertFrost

C.EzraPoundD.WallaceStevens

41.______wasaleadingspokesmanofthe“ImagistMovement”.

A.T.S.EliotB.RobertFrost

C.EzraPoundD.WaltWhitman

42.RobertFrost’s_______isaneasypoemrecordingthepoet’smeditationonasnowyeveningandemphasizingone’sresponsibilitytobefufilledinlifeagainstatemptationofmomentaryretreat.

A.“MendingtheWall”B.“TheRoadNotTaken’’

C.“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening’

D.“Departmental”

43.________stemsfromtheambiguityofthespeaker’schoicebetweensafetyandtheunknown.

A.“MendingtheWall”B.“HomeBurial”

C.“TheRoadNotTaken”D.“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening’

44.InFrost’spoems,imagesandmetaphorsinhispoemsaredrawnfrom_________________.

A.thesimplecountrylifeB.theurbanlife

C.thelifeontheseaD.theadventuresandtrips

45.WhichofthefollowingpoetsisthepoetofNewEnglandcountryandfarmlife?

A.WaltWhitmanB.AnneBradstreet

C.H.W.LongfellowD.RobertFrost

46._____isoftenacclaimedasliteraryspokesmanoftheJazzAge.

A.ErnestHemingwayB.F.ScottFitzgerald

C.WilliamFaulknerD.EzraPound

47.F.ScottFitzgeraldskillfullyemploysthedeviceofhavingeventsobservedby______tohisgreatadvantage.

A.morethanonewitness

B.a“centralconsciousness”

C.hisdoublevision

D.theprotagonist

48.In“ARoseforEmily”,Faulknermakesbestuseofthe______deviceinnarration.

A.RomanticB.Gothic

C.RealisticD.Modernist

49.Faulkneroncesaidthat__________isastoryof“lostinnocence”,whichprovesitselftobeanintensificationofthethemeofimprisonmentinthepast.

A.TheSoundandFuryB.LightinAugust

C.GoDown,MosesD.Absalom,Absalom!

50.Apartfromdislocationoftimeandthemodernstreamofconsciousness,theothernarrativetechniquesFaulknerusedtoconstructhisstoriesinclude______,symbolismandmythologicalandbiblicalallusions.

A.expressionismB.impressionism

C.firstpersonpointofviewD.multiplepointsofview

51.MostofFaulkner’sworksaresetin______.

A.EnglandB.Paris

C.theAmericanSouthD.theAmericanNorth

52.Faulknerwroteallofthefollowingexcept_______.

A.ForWhomtheBellTolls

B.TheSoundandFury

C.LightinAugust

D.AsILayDying

53.WhichofthefollowingstoriesissetinacaféinSpain?

A.FarewelltoArms

B.TheOldManandtheSea

C.ForWhomtheBellTolls

D.AClean,Well-lightedPlace

54.TheHemingwaystyleisallbut______.

A.laconicB.lean

C.optimisticD.economical

55.ScottFitzgeraldneversparedanintimatetouchinhisfictiontodealwiththebankruptcyofthe_______________.

A.AmericanbourgeoisieB.rulingclasses

C.AmericanCapitalistsD.AmericanDream

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