美国文学本科试题6.docx

1、美国文学本科试题6美国文学（本科）试题6I. Complete each of the following statements with proper words or phrases: (20%, 1 point for each)1. In 1817, the stately poem called “Thanatopsis” introduced the best poet, _, to appear in America up to that time.2. James Fennimore Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popular

2、stories: the sea adventure and _.3. Ralph Emerson was recognized throughout his life as the leader of _ movement, yet he never applied the term to himself or to his beliefs and ideas.4. Herman Melvilles novel _ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a seemingly supernatural whit

3、e whale.5. In the early 19th century, Washington Irving wrote _ which became the first work by an American writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic.6. In 1845, Henry David Thoreau began a two-year residence at _ Pond.7. After his death, _ became the only American to be honored w

4、ith a bust in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey.8. The American Romantic period stretches from the end of the 18th century through the outburst of the _.9. The arbiter of 19th century literary realism in America was _.10. The poetic style Walt Whitman devised is now called _, which is poetry wit

5、hout a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.11. _ is considered the founder of psychological realism. He believed that reality lies in the impressions made by life on the spectator.12. _ is the novel into which Jack London put most of himself.13. O. Henrys _ is a very moving story of a young couple wh

6、o sell their best possessions in order to get money for a Christmas present for each other.14. _ was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called the “Imagist” movement.15. In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald completed his best novel _. It is the story of an idealist who was destroyed by the infl

7、uence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him.16. Ernest Hemingways stature as a writer was confirmed with the publication of his novel _ in 1929. The novel portrayed a farewell both to war and to love.17. _ was the foremost novelist of the American Depression of the 1930s.18. William Fau

8、lkner considered _ to be “the first truly American writer”.19. As a genre, naturalism emphasized heredity and _ as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters that were presented in special and detailed circumstances.20. A series of sixteen pamphlets by Thomas Paine was entitled

9、 _.II. Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers or completions. Choose the one that is the best in each case: (30%, 1 point for each)1. Moby Dick was dedicated to _.A. Ralph Emerson B. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Henry Thoreau D. Henry Longfellow2. _ was Mark Twains m

10、asterpiece from which, as Hemingway noted, “all modern American literature comes.”A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Life on the MississippiD. The Gilded Age3. _ usually was regarded as the first American writer.A. Emily Bradford B. Ann BradstreetC. Emily Dickinso

11、n D. John Smith4. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the _.A. American Enlightenment B. Sugar ActC. Chartist movement D. Romanticist5. Thomas Jeffersons attitude, that is, a firm belief in progress, and the pursuit of happiness, is typical of the period we now call _.A. Age of Evolution B. Age of

12、ReasonC. Age of Romanticism D. Age of Regionalism6. As a literary and philosophical movement, _ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernism B. rationalismC. sentimentalism D. transcendentalism7. _ is NOT written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.A. The American Scholar B. Self-Relian

13、ceC. The Divinity School Address D. Civil Disobedience8. There is a good reason to state that New England Transcendentalism was actually _ on the Puritan soil.A. Romanticism B. SymbolismC. Mysticism D. Rationalism9. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. This was _.A. Anne Bradstreet B. Jane Austen C. Emily Dickinson D. Harriet Beecher10. Which of the following statements about O. Henry is NOT right?A. He wrote about the poor people.B. The ends of his stories are always surprising.C. Many of his stories