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美国文学分章试题

ExercisesforAmericanLiterature

PartⅠ

Ⅰ.Multiplechoice:

1._____reportsofexplorationinJamestownhavebeendescribedasthefirstdistinctlyAmericanliteraturetobewritteninEnglish.

A.JohnSmith’sB.WashingtonIrving’sC.Franklin’sD.Jefferson’s

2.WhichstatementisNOTtrueaboutthe17thcenturyAmericanliterarylife?

A.ThefirstwritingsthatwecallAmericanwerethenarrativesandjournalsoftheearlysettlements.

B.ThewritersoftheSouthernandMiddleColonieswhofollowedJohnSmith

madetheirgreatestcontributiontoAmericanliterature.

C.Thereweremoreurbanaudienceforbooksandnewspapers.

D.LiteraturedevelopedslowlyespeciallyintheSouth.

3._____wasthefirstAmericanwriter.

A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.PhilipFreneauD.AnneBradstreet

4.JohnSmith’s_____（1624）containshismostfamoustaleofhowtheIndianPrincessPocahontassavedhimfromthewrathofherfatherPowhatan.

A.TheGeneralHistoryofVirginiaB.ThehistoryofNewEngland

C.AMapofVirginiaD.ThehistoryofPlymouthPlantation

5.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobrietywerethe_____valuesthatdominatedmuchoftheearliestAmericanwriting.

A.PuritanicB.TranscendentalC.romanticD.realistic

6._____,thePuritanclergymanwhowrotemorethan450worksinhislife,wasanexampleofthePuritanidealofhardwork.

A.JohnSmithB.CottonMatherC.AnneBradstreetD.JohnCotton

7.ThePuritanswishedtorestoresimplicitytochurchservicesandtheauthorityof_____totheology.

A.theBibleB.thegovernmentC.theChurchofEnglandD.God

8.ThefirstmajorintellectualspokesmanoftheMassachusettsBayColonywas_____,sometimescalled“thePatriarchofNewEngland”.

A.JohnCottonB.JohnSmithC.PhilipFreneauD.CottonMather

9.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmericaisthefirstpublishedcollectionofpoemsof_____.

A.EdwardTaylorB.AnneBradstreetC.WaltWhitmanD.PhilipFreneau

10.ThefirstmajorcenterofthoughtinAmericawas_____.

A.BostonB.PhiladelphiaC.NowYorkD.theStateofVirginia

Ⅱ.Completethefollowingstatements:

1.Atlastearlyinthe__________century,theEnglishsettlementsin__________and__________beganthemainstreamofwhatwerecognizeastheAmericannationalhistory.

2.TheearliestsettlersinUSinclude__________,Swedes,__________,French,__________,Italians,and__________.

3.ThePuritanshadcometoNewEnglandforthesakeof__________,whileVirginiahadbeenplantedmainlyasa__________.

4.ThebestwaytolearnmoreofthecolonialPuritanmindistomeettwoimportantfigures,__________and__________.

5.MostPuritanversewasdecidedlyplodding,buttheworkoftwowriters,AnneBradstreetandEdwardTaylor,rosetothelevelof__________.

Ⅲ.Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow:

1.Theocracy2.ThePuritanMovement

Ⅳ.Answerthefollowingquestion:

WhatwasthefirstAmericanliteraturelike?

PartⅡ

Ⅰ.Multiplechoice:

1.AmericanEnlightenmentcanbedescribedasthefollowingexceptthat_____.

A.itdealtadecisiveblowtothepuritantraditions

B.itbroughttolifeseculareducationandliterature

C.itsrepresentativestookthetaskofdisseminatingknowledgeamongthepeople

D.itexertedlittleinfluenceontheWarofIndependence

2.ThefollowingstatementsaretruetoBenjaminFranklinexcept_____.

A.apriestB.ascientistC.adiplomatD.ahumanist

3.BenjaminFranklinshapedhiswritingafter_____.

A.theSpectatorPaperB.FrenchwritersC.JohnMiltonD.WaltScott

4.PoorRichard’sAlmanacwrittenbyBenjaminFranklinis_____.

A.anovelB.acollectionofshortstories

C.acollectionofpoemsD.anannualcollectionofproverbs

5.“Hisshadowliesheavierthananyotherman’sonthisyoungnation”refersto_____.

A.BenjaminFranklinB.ThomasJefferson

C.ThomasPaineD.NoahWebster

6.ThomasPaineboldlyadvocateda“DeclarationforIndependence”inhisfamouspamphlet_____.

A.CommonSenseB.TheCaseoftheOfficersoftheExcise

C.TheAmericanCrisisD.RightsofMan

7.ThomasPaine’schiefcontributionwasaseriesofsixteenpamphletsentitled_____.

A.CommonSenseB.TheCaseoftheOfficersoftheExcise

C.RightsofManD.TheAmericanCrisis

8.WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutThomasJefferson?

_____.

A.HecontributedalottothefoundationofUniversityofVirginia.

B.Heservedfortwotermsaspresident.

C.HedraftedtheDeclarationofIndependence.

D.Alloftheabove.

9._____hasbeencalledthe“FatherofAmericanPoetry”.

A.AnneBradstreetB.PhilipFreneauC.ThomasPaineD.EdwardTaylor

10.Asapoetandpoliticaljournalist,PhilipFreneauis_____.

A.asatiristandasentimentalistB.ahumanitarian

C.apoetofreasonandadeisticoptimistD.Alloftheabove

Ⅱ.Completethefollowingstatements:

1.Aswehaveseen,_________dominatedthePuritanphaseofAmericanwriting,__________wasthenextgreatsubjecttocommandtheattentionofthebestminds.

2.American__________dealtadecisiveblowuponthePuritantraditionsandbroughttolife__________andliterature.

3.In1783,theyeartheUnitedStatesachieveditsindependence,__________declared,“Americamustbeasindependentinliteratureassheisinpolitics,asfamousfortheartsandforarms”.

4.BorninBostonin1706,BenjaminFranklinwenttoPhiladelphiaasayoungmanandbeganhiscareeras__________.

5.PhilipFreneauwas__________bytrainingandtasteyetromanticinessentialspirit.

Ⅲ.Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow:

1.theAgeofReason2.theEnlightenment

Ⅳ.Answerthefollowingquestion:

WhydopeoplethinkBenjaminFranklinistheembodimentofAmericandream?

PartⅢ

Ⅰ.Multiplechoice:

1.AnewRomanticism,appearedinEnglandinthelastyearsofthe18thcentury,cametoAmericain_____.

A.theearly19thcenturyB.themid19thcentury

C.thelastyearsof19thcenturyD.thelastyearsofthe18thcentury

2._____becamethefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowinfinancialsuccessonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.

A.WashingtonIrving’sSketchBook.B.WashingtonIrving’sATouronthePrairies

C.JamesFenimoreCooper’sLeatherstockingTalesD.HenryThoreau’sWalden

3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTregardedasoneofthegeneralcharacteristicssharedbyromantics?

_____.

A.Moralenthusiasm

B.Faithinthevalueofindividualismandintuitiveperception

C.Thepracticeofahardanddisciplinedlife

D.Thepresumptionthatman’ssocietywasasourceofcorruption

4.Transcendentaliststooksomeoftheirideasfrom_____.

A.GermanidealisticphilosophyB.theRomanticliteraturesofEurope

C.neo-PlatonismandOrientalmysticismD.Alloftheabove.

5.ThefirstmodernshortstoriesandthefirstgreatAmericanjuvenileliteratureappearedinWashingtonIrving’s_____.

A.ThesketchBookB.AHistoryofNewYork

C.TalesofaTravelerD.Alhambra

6._____wasthefirstimportantAmericannovelistwhobeganhisliterarycareeronadare.

A.JamesFenimoreCooperB.WashingtonIrving

C.EdgarAllanPoeD.NathanielHawthorne

7._____isoneofJamesFenimoreCooper’sbestsearomances.

A.TheSpyB.ThePilotC.TheDeerslayerD.ThePioneers

8.Cooperlaunchedtwokindsofgreatpopularstories,theseaadventuretaleand_____.

A.thefrontiersagaB.thedetectivestoriesC.thelovestoriesD.gothicnovels

9.WhichofthefollowingnovelsdoesNOTbelongtoLeatherstockingTales?

_____.

A.TheDeerslayerB.ThePathfinderC.ThePilotD.ThePioneers

10.ThelastoftheMohicansinThelastoftheMohicansrefersto_____.

A.UncasB.ChingachgookC.HawkeyeD.NattyBumppo

11.In1817,_____writtenbyWilliamCullenBryantintroducedthebestpoetinAmericauptothattime.

A.“ToaWaterfowl”B.“Thanatopsis”C.“TheRaven”D.“ToHelen”

12.WhichpoembyWilliamCullenBryantexpressedboththepoet’sgratefulviewandhissenseofadivinepowerguidingandprotectingeverythinginnature?

_____.

A.“ToaWaterfowl”B.“Thanatopsis”C.“TheRaven”D.“ToHelen”

13.EdgarAllanPoedeservedthefollowingexcept_____.

A.aplaywrightB.apoetandaneditorC.aliterarycriticD.awriteroffiction

14.ThyNaiadairshavebroughtmehome

TotheglorythatwasGreece’

AndthegrandeauthatwasRome.

TheabovelinesareselectedfromEdgarAllanPoe’sfamouspoem_____.

A.“TheRaven”B.“ToHelen”C.“Ligia”D.“AnnabelLee”

15.TheAmericanScholarandTheDivinitySchoolAddressaretwospeechesthatmade_____famous.

A.WaltWhitmanB.RalphWaldoEmerson

C.HenryDavidThoreauD.HermanMelville

16.ThoreauoncewrotethereasonthathewenttoliveinahutatWaldenisthat_____.

A.hewantedtolivethelifeofahermit

B.hedidn’twanttobearrestedforfailuretopaythetaxes

C.hewishedtolivedeliberately,tofrontonlytheessentialfactsoflife

D.hedidn’tlikethepeoplearoundhim

17.ThestoryofTheScarletLetterissetin_____inthedaysoftheMassachusettsColony.

A.theancientEuropeB.the19thcenturyEurope

C.thePuritanBostonD.the19thcenturyBoston

18.NathanielHawthornewroteallofthefollowingexcept_____.

A.TypeeB.TheHouseofSevenGables

C.TheMarbleFaunD.YoungGoodmanBrown

19.WhenHermanMelville’sMobyDickfirstappeared,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutwhathappenedtothisgreatwork?

_____.

A.Itseemedtobeacompletefailureatthetime.

B.Criticsingeneralalsofailedtoseethequalitiesofthisbook.

C.Hawthornewasoneofthefewwhorecognizeditasaworkofgenius.

D.Itwasagreathitatthattimeandwaswelcomedbythereaders.

20.WhichofthefollowingworksestablishedHenryWadsworthLongfellow’spoeticreputation?

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