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一、 选择题( ) 1. About Washington Irving, Father of American short stories, which of the following statement is right?A. As a writer, he remained a democratic and always exalted a disappearing past. B. He preferred the Old World to the New.C. Many of his writings are focused on American 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. ( ) 2. Despite strong foreign influences, American romantic writings are typically American which can be revealed in the following _.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 ( ) 3. In the well-known story Rip Van Winkle, Rip is asleep for 20 years during which _ takes place.A. World War I B. the Civil War C. World War IID. the Revolutionary War ( ) 4. 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 transparent eyeball”( ) 5. Ralph Waldo Emerson hates _.A. Unitarianism B. PuritanismC. Protestantism D. Transcendentalism( ) 6. 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” and the self as well.C. They celebrate the self and ignore sexuality.D. They reject the pursuit of love and happiness of individuals.( ) 7. Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to _. A. Puritanism B. ModernismC. Postmodernism D. Materialism( ) 8. _ is considered “the true father of American national literature.”A. Mark Twain B. Washington IrvingC. Ralph Emerson D. Walt Whitman( ) 9. Henry James most distinguished literary technique is his _. A. narrative point of viewB. authors participation in narratingC. first person narrative D. technique of stream of consciousness ( ) 10. The subjects of Emily Dickinsons poems are mainly about the following except_.A. religionB. death and immortality C. man and morality D. love and nature( ) 11. Mark Twain created in _, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.A. The Man That Corrupted Hadleybury B. Tom SawyerC. Huckleberry Finn D. The Gilded Age( ) 12. 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 AmericaC. the clashes between two different cultures, European and American D. both B and C( ) 13. 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, 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 disillusioned.( ) 14. 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 Guest( ) 15. During the first part of the 20th century, with a series of wars the whole world had undergone a dramatic social change, a transformation _.A. from order to disorderB. from disorder to order C. from disorder to chaosD. from chaos to disorder( ) 16. The American social upheavals and the literary concerns of the Great Depression years ended with the prosperity and turmoil brought by _.A. World War I B. World War IIC. the Civil War D. the War of Independence( ) 17. 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 contemporary 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.( ) 18. In the 1960s and 1970s, there appeared the writers of the “new fiction” in America, who shared almost the same belief that _.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 C( ) 19. In the 1920s, ONeill established an international reputation with the plays_.A. The Emperor Jones B. Anna ChristleC. The Hairy Ape D. all of the above( ) 20. 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 Faulkner( ) 21. Which of following is not right about the thematic concerns of 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. ( ) 22. Typical of the “iceberg” analogy is _ writing style.A. Eugene O Neills B. Ernest HemingwaysC. William Faulkners D. Scott Fitzgeralds( ) 23. 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( ) 24. 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 Quentin.A. Faulkner B. Fitzgerald C. Hemingway D. Steinbeck( ) 25. _ 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 ( ) 1. The period of _ started with the publication of Washington Irvings The Sketch Book and ended with Walt Whitmans Leaves of Grass. A. American Romanticism B. American RealismC. American Transcendentalism D. American Classicism ( ) 2. The desire for an escape from society and a return to nature became a permanent convention of American literature. Such a desire is particularly evidence in _ Leather-Stocking Tales.A. Washington Irvings B. Waldo EmersonsC. James Fennimore Coopers D. Walt Whitmans( ) 3. New England Transcendentalism was started by a group of people who were members of an informal club, i.e. the Transcendental Club in New England in the _. A. 1850s B. 1840s C. 1830s D. 1860s( ) 4. The American _ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral values. A. Puritanism B. Unitarianism C. Deism D. Protestantism( ) 5. In his famous poem Song of Myself, Walt Whitman sets forth two principal beliefs: the belief in the singularity and equality of all beings in value, and the theory of _, which is illustrated by lengthy catalogues of people and things. A. nationality B. universalityC. nature D. community( ) 6. Which of the following is NOT what Emerson put forward in his essays? A. the Over-Soul B. the formal religion of the churches and the Deistic philosophyC. Nature D. the importance of individual ( ) 7. Moby-Dick is a mixture of fantasy and _ based upon the South Pacific whaling industry.A. romanticism B. naturalismC. realism D. surrealism( ) 8. Which of the following statements about Hawthorne is NOT right? A. The ambiguity is one of the salient characteristics of his art. B. He is a master of realism.C. He is a great allegorist.D. He is a master of symbolism.( ) 9.Which of the following is NOT regarded as the characteristics of Whitmans poetic style? A. the use of “free verse”B. his strong tendency to use of formal language C. the use of parallelism and phonetic recurrence at the beginning o the lines D. the use of the poetic “I”( ) 10. _ and Emersonian Transcendentalism produced some positive effect on Melvilles writing. A. Washington Irvings conservative B. Hawthornes moral courage C. Thoreaus Romanticism D. Shakespearian tragic vision( ) 11. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _ in the literary history of the United States. A. the Age of Romanticism B. the Age of Enlightenment C. New England Transcendentalism D. the Age of Realism ( ) 12. The three dominant figures of the period of Realism in American literature are _.A. Mark Twain, Henry James, and Jack LondonB. Mark Twain, Henry James, and Theodore DreiserC. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, and Jack LondonD. William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, and Henry James ( ) 13. _ once described the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the one book from which “all modern American literature comes.” A. Ernest Hemingway B. Henry James C. Mark Twain D. Theodore Dreiser( ) 14. _ was the first American writer to conceive his career in international themes. A. Washington Irving B. Henry James C. Ralph Waldo Emerson D. Mark Twain( ) 15. Within her little lyrics Dickinson addresses those issues that concern the whole human beings EXCEPT_.A. religion and death B. immortality C. man and woman D. love and nature( ) 16. _ proves to be his greatest work and by entitling this book with such a name, Dreiser intended to tell us that it is the social pressure that makes Clydes downfall inevitable.A. The Titan B. Sister Carrie C. The Financier D. An American Tragedy ( ) 17. Ezra Pound is a leading spokesman of the famous _ Movement in the history of American literature. A. Symbolist B. Impressionist C. Existentialist D. Imagist( ) 18. Allen Ginsburgs Howl became the manifesto of _.A. Postmodernism B. Imagism C. the Beat Generation D. the Lost Generation ( ) 19. _ is a school of modern painting, whose emphasis is on the formal structure of a work of art and especially on the multiple-perspective viewpoints. A. ExpressionismB. Imagism C. Cubism D. Impressionism( ) 20. _ is often acclaimed a literary spokesman of the Jazz Age. A. F. Scott Fitzgerald B. Ezra PoundC. Robert Lee Frost D. Ernest Hemingway ( ) 21. _, Hemingways first novel, casts light on a whole generation after the First World War and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “The Lost Generation.” A. The Old Man and the Sea B. The Sun Also Rises C. In Our Time D. A Farewell to Arms ( ) 22. Which of the following is depicted as the mythical county in William Faulkners novels?A. Cambridge. B. Oxford.C. Yoknapatawpha. D. Mississippi. ( ) 23. Robert Frost rejected _ choosing _ instead.A. the conventional poetic principles the revolutionary wayB. the romantic way the revolutionary principlesC. the revolutionary principles the romantic wayD. the revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporaries the old-fashioned way to be new( ) 24. Which of the following is right about American fiction from 1945 onwards?A. Black fiction began to attract critical attention during the 1950s. B. There appeared a significant group of Jewish-American writers whose works were set against the Jewish experience and tradition.C. A group of new writers who survived the war wrote about their ideals within the artistic field.D. American fiction in the 1950s and 1960s proves to be a harvest which derived from its predecessors.( ) 25. Which of the following can NOT be included in the thematic concerns of Robert Frosts Poems?A. The contradiction and misunderstanding between man and woman.B. The loneliness and poverty of the isolated human being.C. His love of life and his belief in a serenity coming from working.D. The terror and tragedy in nature as well as its beauty.( ) 1. _ appeared as a literary trend against rationality.A. Classicism B. Neo-Classicism C. Humanism D. Romanticism( ) 2. The famous 20 years in Rip Van Winkle helps to construct the story in such a way that we are greatly affected by Irvings _.A. satire on laziness and corruptibility of human beingsB. expression of transient beautyC. concern with the passage of timeD. idea about supernatural manipulation of mans life( ) 3. Nature has become so important that most people consider it an unofficial manifesto for the “_ Club.”A. Natural B. Transcendental C. Soul D. Universal( ) 4. _ is unanimously claimed to be the summit of the Romantic period in the history of American literature.A. New England Transcendentalism B. PuritanismC. Unitarianism D. Deism( ) 5. Moby-Dick is a mixture of fantasy and _ based upon the South Pacific whaling industry.A. realism B. romanticismC. surrealism D. naturalism( ) 6. _held a “black” vision of life and human beings.A. Washington Irving B. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Mark Twain D. James Fennimore Cooper( ) 7. Moby Dick, the big white whale, is possibly read as symbolic of all the following EXCEPT_.A. evil B. adultery C. God D. beauty( ) 8. According to _, mans capacity is infinite.A. James Cooper B. Emily DickinsonC. Walt Whitman D. Ralph Emerson( ) 9. _ is regarded as an encyclopedia of everything: philosophy, religion, history, etc.A. Walden B. Nature C. The Scarlet Letter D. Moby Dick( ) 10. Whitmans poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT_.A. a free and natural rhythmic pattern B. a simple and conversational languageC. a strict poetic form D. an easy flow of feelings( ) 11. Another fact that made _unique is his magic power with language, his use of vernacular. His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect, and his sentence structures are simple, even ungrammatical, which is typical of the spoken language.A. Mark Twain B. Washington IrvingC. Henry James D. Theodore Dreiser( ) 12. The real name of Mark Twain is _.A. Samuel Langhorne Clemens B. Langhorne Clemens SamuelC. Langhorne Samuel Clemens D. Samuel Clemens Langhorne( ) 13. About Naturalism, which of the following statements is NOT correct?A. They portrayed misery and poverty of the “underdogs,” who were demonstrably victims of society and nature.B. Naturalists chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.C. American Naturalism is a reaction against Realism.D. One of the most familiar themes in American Naturalism is the theme of human “bestiality,” especially an explanation of sexual desire.( ) 14. Which of the following is a typical feature of Henry Jamess writing style?A. exquisite and elaborate language B. minute detailed descriptionC. Lengthy psychological analysis D. all of them( ) 15. Which of the following statements about Mark Twain is NOT true?A. He is a humorist. B. He is a realist.C. He is a local colorist. D. He is a psychologist( ) 16. Which of the following statements is NOT a typical feature of Emily Dickinsons poetry?A. Her poems have no titles, hence are always quoted by their first lines.B. Dickinsons poetry is unique and conventional in its own way.C. In her poetry there is a particular stress pattern.D. Her poems tend to be very impersonal and meditative.( ) 17. Henry James fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the _ theme.A. Deep South B. local colorC. international D. national( ) 18. In the poem “I heard a Fly buzzwhen I died” Emily Dickinson gives a tense description of the greatest rending of the moment of _.A. death B. immortalityC. love D. nature( ) 19. _ fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of Jazz Age, in which he shows a particular interest in the upper-class society, especially the upper-class young people.A. Eugene O Neills B. Scott FitzgeraldsC. Ernest Hemingways D. William Faulkners( ) 20. _ poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over Ezra Pound.A. Chinese B. Japanes