美国文学期末复习修改1.docx

1、美国文学期末复习修改1 .Part I Multiple Choice1. Naturalism evolved from realism when the authors tone in writing became less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_. A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. humorous D. rational2. Among the following, Jack London wrote all the other three but .A. The Cal

2、l of the Wild B. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn C. The Sea Wolf D. Martin Eden3. Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over . A. Whitman B. Ezra Pound C. Emily Dickinson D. Edgar Allan Poe4. Most of the poems in Leaves of Grass are about .A. men and women B. man and society

3、C. man and nature D. man and machine5. , which one American critic described as “an outrage to American girlhood”, brought Henry James his first international fame.A. The American B. The Portrait of a Lady C. Daisy Miller D. The Ambassadors6. Edgar Allan Poes works dont include . A. The Raven B. To

4、Helen C. “The Fall of the House of Usher” D. To His Coy Mistress7. The American social upheavals and the literary concerns of the Great Depression years ended with the prosperity and turmoil brought by the . A. World War B. War of Independence C. Civil War D. World War 8. was John Steinbecks most cl

5、early “proletarian” novel of class struggle, depicting the lives of migrants workers and their resistance to exploitation by the entrenched forest of society. A. The Grapes of Wrath B. Tortilla Flat C. Of Mice and Men D. In Dubious Battle9. Early in the 1920s the most prominent of the new American p

6、laywrights, established an international reputation with such plays as The Emperor, Anna Christie and The Hairy Ape.A. Eugene ONeill B. James Joyce C. E. E. Cummings D. Langston Hughes10. Americas literary dismissed the validity of comforting moral truths. They attempted to achieve extreme objectivi

7、ty and frankness, presenting characters of low social and economic classes who were dominated by their environment and heredity. A. naturalists B. realists C. romanticists D. modernists11. Who is different from others according to the division of writing period? A. Washington Irving B.William Cullen

8、 Bryant C. Captain John Smith D. James Fenimore Cooper 12. What dominated the Puritan phase of American writing? A. theology B. literature C. esthetics D. revolution13. At the initial period of the spread of ideas of the Enlightenment was largely due to _. A. typography B. journalism C. revolution D

9、. the development of paper-making industry14. Who has been called the “Father of American Literature”? A. Walt Scott B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Washington Irving D. Philip Freneau15. Who is the first American prose stylist that acquired international fame? A. Captain John Smith B. Washington IrvingC. Be

10、njamin Franklin D. E. A. Poe16. Who is the writer of To a Waterfowl? A. Anne Bradstreet B. Thomas Hardy C. William Cullen Bryant D. Walt Whitman17. Thomas Paine is a _? A. novelist B. dramatist C. poet D. pamphleteer18. Edgar Allan Poe mainly writes _ A. short stories B. literary critic theories C.

11、poems D. dramas 19. About Washington Irving, Father of American short stories, which of the following statement is right?( )A. As a writer, he remained democratic and always exalted a disappearing past.B. He preferred the Old World to the New in his writing.C. Many of his writings are focused on Ame

12、rican subjects, landscapes, particularly the legends of the Hudson River region of the fresh young land.D. He is well-known for his international theme across the Atlantic. 20. Despite strong foreign influences, American romantic writings are typically American which can be revealed in the following

13、 _.( )A. a desire for an escape from civilized society and a return to the ennobling nature B. the American national experience of “pioneering into the west” C. American type of characters speaking local dialects appeared in the fictionD. all of the above 21. In the well-known story Rip Van Winkle,

14、Rip is asleep for 20 years, during which _ takes place.( )A. World War I B. the Civil War C. World War II D. the Revolutionary War 22. According to Emerson, which of the following is not mentioned as the special terms in his Nature? ( )A. “unity of Nature” B. “Over-Soul”C. “supernature” D. “a transp

15、arent eyeball”23. Ralph Waldo Emerson hates _.( )A. Unitarianism B. PuritanismC. Protestanism D. Transcendentalism24. Which of the following statements is said about most of the poems in Whitmans Leaves of Grass?( )A. They identify his ego with the conservative America.B. They sing of the “en-masse”

16、 and the self as well.C. They celebrate the self and ignore sexuality.D. They reject the pursuit of love and happiness of individuals.25. Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to _. ( )A. Puritanism B. ModernismC. Postmodernism D. Materialism26. _ is considered “the true fathe

17、r of American national literature.”( )A. Mark Twain B. Washington IrvingC. Ralph Emerson D. Walt Whitman27. Henry James most distinguished literary technique is his _. ( )A. narrative point of view B. authors participation in narratingC. first person narrative D. technique of stream of consciousness

18、 28. The subjects of Emily Dickinsons poems are mainly about the following except_.( )A. religion B. death and immortality C. man and morality D. love and nature29. Mark Twain created in _, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.( )A. Leaves of Gras

19、s B. Tom SawyerC. Huckleberry Finn D. The Gilded Age30. Henry James, the great American realist, treated with great care _ in the first period.( )A. ancient European civilization which is satirized severely in his writingsB. the emotional and moral problems of Americans in Europe, or Europeans in Am

20、ericaC. the clashes between two different cultures, European and American D. both B and C31. Which of the following statements can be said about the novel Sister Carrie? ( )A. Its heroine is a Southern aristocratic woman, who refuses to come to terms with the present.B. Its heroine is a country girl

21、, who strives to gain her material rise in big cities but soon gets tired of her success.C. The heroine is a young vain girl, who indulges herself in grand parties and luxurious trips but soon becomes penniless.D. It tells about a young sailor, who struggles to reach the upper society but soon gets

22、disillusioned.32. The finest example of Nathaniel Hawthornes symbolism is the recreation of Puritan Boston in _.( )A. The Scarlet Letter B. Young Goodman BrownC. The Marble Faun D. The Ambitious Guest33. During the first part of the 20th century, with a series of wars the whole world had undergone a

23、 dramatic social change, a transformation _.( )A. from order to disorder B. from disorder to order C. from disorder to chaos D. from chaos to disorder34. The American social upheavals and the literary concerns of the Great Depression years ended with the prosperity and turmoil brought by _.( )A. Wor

24、ld War I B. World War IIC. the Civil War D. the War of Independence35. As to the American realists, which of the following statements is right?( )A. They tried to explore the harsh realities of life as well as the illusion of heroism.B. Their attention was directed to the great events of the contemp

25、orary time.C. They aimed at the interpretation of the actualities of any aspect of life, free from subjective prejudice, idealism, or romantic color. D. all of the above.36. In the 1960s and 1970s, there appeared the writers of the “new fiction” in America, who shared almost the same belief that _.(

26、 )A. human beings are living in a prosperous and lively worldB. human beings are trapped in a meaningless worldC. neither God nor man can make sense of the human conditionD. both B and C37. In the 1920s, ONeill established an international reputation with the play or plays_. ( )A. The Emperor Jones

27、B. Anna Christle C. The Hairy Ape D. all of the above38. In 1954, _ was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his “mastery of the art of modern narration.”( )A. T. S. Eliot B. John SteinbeckC. Ernest Hemingway D. William Faulkner39. Which of following is not right about the thematic concerns of

28、 Robert Frost? ( )A. His sense of failure and meaninglessness about human life.B. The terror and tragedy in nature, as well as its beauty.C. The loneliness and poverty of the isolated human being.D. His love of life and his belief in a serenity coming from working. 40. Typical of the “iceberg” analo

29、gy is _ writing style.( )A. Eugene O Neills B. Ernest HemingwaysC. William Faulkners D. Scott Fitzgeralds41. The Jazz Age of the 1920s characterized by frivolity and carelessness is brought vividly to life in _ works.( )A. Eugene O Neills B. Ernest HemingwaysC. William Faulkners D. Scott Fitzgeralds

30、42. The modern stream-of-consciousness technique was frequently and skillfully exploited by _ to emphasize the reactions and inner musings of the narrator. He captured the dialects of the Mississippi characters, including Negroes and the redneck, as well as more refined and educated narrators like Q

31、uentin.( )A. Faulkner B. Fitzgerald C. Hemingway D. Steinbeck43. _ won the Pulitzer Prize four times and was the only dramatist ever to win a Nobel Prize. He is widely acclaimed “founder of the American drama,” and recognized even more as a major figure in world literature.( )A. Miller B. William C. Heller D. ONeill 44. The author of Death of a Salesman is _.A. Eudora Welty B. Arthur MillerC. Tennessee Williams D. Carson McCullers45. The author of Woman Warrior is