美国文学选择题.docx

1、美国文学选择题美国文学I.The Colonial Period（Puritanism）Multiple Choice1.The Puritan dominating values were _.A. hard work B. thrift C. piety D. sobriety2. Which statement about Cotton Mather is not true?A. He was a great Puritan historian. B. He was an inexhaustible writer.C. He was a skillful preacher and an

2、eminent theologian.D. He was a graduate of Oxford College.3. Jonathan Edwards best and most representative sermon was_.A. A True Sight of SinB. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry GodC. A Model of Christian CharityD. Gods Determinations4. The mon thread throughout American literature has been the empha

3、sis on the _.A. Revolutionism B. Reason C. Individualism D. rationalism5. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that shebecame known as the “_” who appeared in America.A. Ninth Muse B. Tenth Muse C. Best Muse D. First MuseII. Period around The War of Independence

4、(Enlightenment)1. In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment. _was the dominant spirit.A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Revolution D. Evolution2.Which of the following stirred the world and helped form the American republic?A. The American Crisis. B. The FederalistC.

5、Declaration of Independence D. The Age of Reason3.“These are the times that try mens souls”, these words were once read to Washingtons troops and did much to spur excitement to further action with hope and confidence. Who is the author of these words?A. Benjamin Franklin B. Thomas PaineC. Thomas Jef

6、ferson D. George Washington4.Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”?A. Anne Bradstreet B. Edward TaylorC. Michael Wigglesworth D. Philip Freneau5.At the Reason and Revolution Period, Americans were influenced by the European movement called the _.A. Charitist Movement B. Romanticist

7、 MovementC. Enlightenment Movement D. Modernist MovementIII. Period of RomanticismI. Multiple Choice1. In Walt Whitmans “There was a Child Went Forth,” the child refers to _.A. the poet himself as a child B. any American ChildC. the young America D. one of the poets neighbor2. In Moby-Dick, the voya

8、ge symbolizes _.A. the Microcosm of human society B. a search for truthC. the unknown world D. nature3. Thoreau was often alone in the woods or by the pond, lost in spiritual munication with _.A. nature B. transcendentalist ideasC. human beings D. celestial beings4. The Transcendentalist group inclu

9、des two of the most significant writers America has produced so far, Emerson and _A. Henry David Thoreau B. Washington IrvingC. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman5. _tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a puritan munity are involved in and affected by the sin of adult

10、ery in different ways.A. Twice-Told Tales B. The Scarlet LetterC. The House of the Seven Gables D. The Marble Faun6. _ is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. Nature B. The Scarlet Letter C. Walden D. Moby-Dick7. Washington Irvings social conservation and literary for the past is revealed, t

11、o some extent, in his famous story,_.A. The Legend of Sleep Hollow B. Rip Van WinkleC. The Custom-house D. The Birthmark8. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT_.A. mystery of the universe B. sin of the whaleC. power of the Great Nature D. evil of the world 9. The convention of the desire for

12、 an escape from society and a return to nature in American literature is particularly evident in _.A. Coopers Leatherstocking Tales B. Hawthornes The Scarlet LetterC. Whitmans Leaves of Grass D. Irvings Rip Van Winkle10. As a philosophical and literary movement, _flourished in New England from the 1

13、830s to the Civil War.A. modernism B. rationalism C. sentimentalism D. transcendentalism11. In Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter, “A” may stand for_.A. Adultery B. Angel C. Amiable D. All the above12. The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as _.A. the Naturalist Period B. the

14、modern PeriodC. the Romantic Period D. the Realistic Period13. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Haw home except_.A. The House of the Seven Gables B. White jacketC. The Marble Faun D. The Blithe dale Romance14. In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature?A.

15、 The Sketch Book. B. Leaves of Grass.C. Leather stocking Tales D. Adventures of huckleberry Finn.15. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except_.A. religion B. love and marriage C. life and death D. war and peace16. Emily Dickinsons poetic idiom is noted for the following except _.A.

16、brevity B. directness C. plainest words D. obscure17. It is on his _that Washington Irvings fame mainly rested.A. tales about America B. early poetryC. childhood recollections D. sketches about his European tours18. _ is the most ambivalent writer in the American literary history.A. Nathaniel Hawtho

17、rne B. Walt WhitmanC. Ralph Waldo Emerson D. Mark Twain19. The publication of _established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of new England Transcendentalism.A. Nature B. Self-Reliance C. The American Scholar D. The Over-Soul20. In the history of literature, Romanticism is regarded as _a) the t

18、hought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experience.b) The thought that designates man as a social animal.c) The orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in mon.d) The modes of thinking.21. In

19、 the poem “Some of Myself”, Whitman sets forth the principle beliefs of _.A. the theory of universality. B. singularity and equality of beings in valueC. both A and B. D. none above22. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman?A. lyrical and well-structured B. free-fl

20、owingC. simple and rather crude D. conversational and casual23. Which of the following writings is not finished by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. Nature B. essays C. The Over-Soul D. Of StudiesIV. Period of RealismI. Multiple Choice1. The Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States refers to

21、 the period from _ to _.A. 1861 1914 B. 18631918 C. 18651914 D. 186519182. _ is considered to be Theodore Dreisers greatest work. A. An American Tragedy B. Sister Carrie C. The Financier D. The Titan3. _ is a novella about a young American girl who gets “killed” by the winter in Rome, and it brought

22、 Henry James international fame for the first time.A. The American B. The Europeans C. Daisy Miller D. The portrait of a Lady4. _ is described by mark Twain as a boy with “a sound heart and a deformed conscience.A. Tom Sawyer B. Huckleberry Finn C. Jim D. Tony5. Who exerts the single most important

23、influence on literary naturalism, of which Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers?A. Freud B. Darwin C. W. D. Howellls D. Emerson6. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his _.A. international theme B. waste-land imagery

24、C. local color D. symbolism7. In Henry James Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of _.A. the force of convention B. the free spirit of the New World C. the decline of aristocracy D. the corruption of the newly rich8. The Literary characters of the American type

25、 in the early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features except that they _.A. speak local dialects B. are polite and elegant gentlemenC. are simple and crude farmers D. are noble savages (red and white) untainted by society9. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on

26、 the literary scene, _ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of 19th century.A. sentimentalism 2. romanticism 3. realism D. naturalism 10. Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be _.A. transcendentalism B. id

27、ealism C. pessimists D.impressionists11. Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a _ language.A. grand D. pompous C. simple D. vernacular12. Henry James experimented with many different themes in his literary career, the most influential one being _.A. nothingness B. disillusionment C. inte

28、rnational theme D. relationship between men and women13. Theodore Dreiser is generally regarded as one of Americas _.A. naturalists B. realists C. modernists D. romanticists14. Dreisers Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier. The Titan and _. A. The Stoic B. The Giant C. The

29、 Tycoon D. The Genius15. The book from which “ all modern American literature es” refers to _.A. The Great Gatsby B. The Sun Also RisesC. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D. Moby-Dick16. The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century F

30、rench literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American _.A. modernism B. naturalism C. vernacularism D. local colorism17. Which of the following writings is by Hemingway described the novel the one book from which “all modern American literature es”?A. Tom Sawyer B. Huckleberry Finn C. The Gilded Age D. Life on the Mississippi 18. The main theme of _ The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main obj