美国文学史习题

1、I.Mult ip le choice. PI ease choose the best an swer among the fouritems. (10 x 1 ' = 10 ')1.In America n literature, the 18thcentury was the age of Enlightenment.was the dominant.2.3.A. huma nism B. rati on alismC. roma nticismevoluti onD.The short story“ The Lege nd of Slee py Hollow ” is

2、take n fromIrving ' s work namedA. The Leatherstock ing TalesC. The Autobiogra phyWhich of the followi ng isnotB. The Sketch BookD. The History of New Yorkthe characteristic of America nRoma nticism?A. Rati on alism B. i nnerC.personal feeli ngsD.self4.The short story“ Rip Van Winkle ” reveals t

3、he _ attitude of itsin dividualismauthor.p essimistic5.Stylistically, Henry James'fiction is characterized byA. short, clear senten cesB. abundance of local imagesC. ordinary America n sp eechD. highly refi ned Ian guage6.Tran sce nden talist doctri nes found their greatest literaryadvocates in

4、and Thoreau.A. Jeffers onB. Emers onC. FreneauD. MarkTwain7.Which is regarded as the“Declarati on of In tellectualIndependence”？A. The America n Scholar B. En glishC. OversoulD.8.TraitsSelf-relia neeis considered Mark Twain' s greatest achievement.A. The Gilded AgeB. Innocent AbroadA.op timistic

5、B. C. con servative D. ironicP hili p Fren eauIrvingFinnC. The Adventures of Tom D. Adventures of HuckleberrySawyer9.is not among those greatest figures in“Lost Generation ”A. Ezra Pound B. Robert C. Walt Whitman D. Hemingway's tone inFrost10. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the authorwr

6、it ing becomes less serious and less symp athetic but more ironicand moreA. ratio nal B. humorousC. op timisticD.II.11.A. Benjamin Fran kli nB. C. PaineD. Washingtonp essimisticMult ip le choice. PI ease choose the best an swer among the fouritems. (10 x 1 ' = 10 ')is the father of America n

7、 Literature.12.is a fan tasy tale about a man who somehowste pped outside themai n stream of life.A. “ Rip Van Winkle ”B. “The Pioneers ”C. “ The Lege nd of Slee py D. “ The Fall of the House ofUsher”13.Hollow ”was the most leadi ng sp irit of the Tran sce nden tal Club.A. Thoreau B. Emers onC. Hawt

8、horne D. Whitman14.Which of followi ng isNOTa typ ical feature of Mark TwainIan guage?A. vern acular B.colloquialC. elega nt D. humorous15. From Thoreau' s jailexperienee, camehis famous essay,whichstates his belief that no man should violate his conscienee at thecomma nd of a gover nment.A. Wal

9、de nB. NatureC. Civil Disobedie nee D.Common Sense16.Which is regarded as the“ Declaratio n of In tellectualIndependence”？A. The America n Scholar B. En glishC. OversoulD.TraitsSelf-relia nee17. Most of the poems in Whitmans Leaves of Grass sing of the“en- mass and theas well.C. self D. lifeA. n atu

10、re B. self-relia nee18. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?A. The Roari ng 20s B. The GayC. The Jazz Age D. The Lost20s's tone inGen erati on19. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the authorwrit ing becomes less serious and less symp athetic but more ironicand moreA. ratio nal B. humorousC.

11、 op timisticD.p essimistic2O.For Melville, as well as for the reader and, the narrator,MobyDick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the uni verse.A. Ahab B. StubbC. Ishmael D. StarbuckII. Ide ntify Works as Described Below(1 'X 15 =15 '):1.The no vel has a sole black p rotag onist who

12、 tells his own story butwhose n ame in unknown to us.a.Native Son b.UncleTom s Cabin c.lnvisibleMan d. Go TellIt on the Mountains2.The mai n con flict of the p lay is the p rotag onist's false value offine app eara nee and popu larity with people and the cruel realityof the society in which mone

13、y is everythi ng.a.A Street Car Named Desire b.The Hairy Ape c.Long Day s3.Journey into Night d. Death of Salesma nIt is an autobiogra phical p lay and Edm und in the p lay is based onthe p laywright himself.b. Hen ders on the Rain Kinga. Long Day ' s Journey into Nightc. The Hairy Aped. The Gla

14、ss Men ageries4. The novel tells of how a black man kills a white woman by accidentand how the society is res pon sible for the murder.a.Native Son b.U ncle Tom s Cab in c.I nvisible Man d. Go TellIt on the Mountains5.is one of the best works in American literature about theSecond World War.a.A Fare

15、well to Arms b.The Catcher in the Rye c.The Red Badgeof Courage d. The Naked and the Dead6. The no vel by Hemi ngway is the best of its ki nd about World War I.a.A Farewell to Arms b.The Sun Also Risesc.The Old Man and the Sea d. The Naked and the Dead7. The novel is about howa family of farmers can

16、not survive in Oklahomaand travel to California to seek a living and howthey suffer hungerin California.c.Babbitta. The Grapes of Wrath b. U.S. A.d. The Adve ntures of Augie March8. It is a trilogyincluding The 42nd Parallel ,1919, and The Big Moneywith such tech niq ues as biogra phies, n ewsreels

17、and camera eye.'s Macbeth.9. It is a novel which uses the stream of consciousness technique andwhose title is take n from Shakes pearea. Absolom, Absolom! b. The Sound and the Furyc.A Farewell to Arms d. The Great Gatsby10. It is a n aturalistic work about how a country girl is seduced andhow sh

18、e becomes a famous actress and how her lover falls into abeggar and fin ally commits suicide.a.A n America n Tragedy b. Sister Carrie c. McTeague d.Maggie,A Girl of the Streets11. The no vel is set on the Mississ ippi with the p rotag onist tell ingus the story in the local dialect. It is arep rese

19、ntative work oflocal colorism.a. Sister Carrieb.The Adve ntures of TomSawyerc. The Adve ntures of Huckleberry Finn d.The P ortrait of a Lady12. The novel is a psychologicalstudy of a soldier (Henry Fleming) ' sreacti ons in the Civil War.a.A n America n Tragedyb. Sister Carriec.The Red Badge of

20、Courage d. McTeague13. The p oem is writte n in free verse in 52 can tos with the theme ofthe uni versality and equality in value of all people and allthings.a.Ca ntos b. The Rave n c. Song of Myself d.Chicago14. The no vel is about how a group of people on a whali ng ship killa great whale but them

21、selves are killed by the whale, with thecon flict betwee n man and his fate.a.The Octopus b. Moby-Dick c. The Rise of Silas Lap ham d.Leaves of Grass15. It is a p hilos op hical essay in 8 cha pters plus an in troduct ionmainly concerned with the four uses of n ature.a. Waldenb. Nature c. The Scarle

22、t Letterd. The America nScholarI.Choose theBest Answer for Each of theFollowi ng (1 'x 15=15'):1. An En glishship brought 102 peoplefrom Plymouth, EnglandonSep tember 16, 1620 and arrived in the p rese nt P rovi ncetow n harboron November 21 in the same year. This shi p was n ameda. The Pilg

23、rims b. Mayflower c. America d. Tita nic2.is father of American drama and in his dramatic careerheNeill c. Arthur Miller d.wrote 49 pl ays.a. Tenn essee Williams b. Euge ne O3.Elmer Ricewas the first America n writer to write en tirely America nliterature.a. Anne Bradstreet b. Wash ington Irvi ng c.

24、 Mark Twai n d.Ern est Hemi ngway4.was the leader of America n transcenden talism.a. Benjamin Fran kli nb. Wash ington Irvingc. Rai ph Waldo Emers on d. Henry David Thoreau5.was the greatest woma n p oet in America n literature and shewrote about 1,700 short lyric p oems in her life time.a. Pearl S.

25、 Buck b.Harriet Bicher Stowe c. Emily Dickenson d.Walter Whitman6.is father of the detective story and of p sychoa nalyticcriticism.a. Washi ngton Irving b. Ralph Waldo Emers onc. Walt Whitman d. Edgar Alla n Poe7.WilliamDean Howells is concerned with the middle class life;writes about the upper cla

26、ss society, and Mark Twain dealswith the lower class reality.a.Stephen Crane b. Frank Norris c. Theodore Dreiser d. HenryJames8. Which of the followi ng is a n aturalistic writer?a. William Dean Howells b. Mark Twainc. Ernest Hemingway d.Theodore Dreiser9. His writ ings are characterized by simple,

27、colloquial la nguage and dee p thoughts. He isa. Ernest Hemingway b. William Faulkner c. F. Scott Fitzgerald d. Mark Twain10. He wrote 18 no vels all set in Jeffers on Town, Yoknap atwa pha Countyin the dee p south. He isa. William Faulk ner b.Joh n Ste in beck c.Ern est Hem in gway d.11.Mark Twaini

28、s Jewish in origin and in manyof his novels the AmericanJews are major characters.a. Si nclair Lewis b. Saul Bellow c.Norma nM ailer d. JeromeDavid Sali nger12.is often regarded as the greatest American womarpoet andshe wrote over 1,700 short lyric p oems in her life time.a. Anne Bradstreetb. Robert

29、 Frost c. H.D. d. EmilyDick inson13.is father of America n drama and won the Nobel P rize forliterature in 1936.a. Joh n Stein beck b. William Faulk ner c. Euge ne ONeill d.Arthur Miller14. He was the first black America n to write a book about black lifewith great impact on the con scious ness of t

30、he n ati on and hismaster piece is one of the three classics about black America ns.Who is he?a. Richard Wright b. Harriet Beecher Stowe c. Langston Hughes d.Ralph Ellison15. Hemingway wrote about American compatriotsin Europe whereaswrote about the Jazz age, life in America n society.a.William Carl

31、os Williams b. William Faulk ner c. Joh n Ste in beckd. F. Scott Fitzgerald(1 X 15 %):I.Choose the Best An swer for Each of the Follow ing2. The American Civil Warbroke out in 1861 between the Northern statesand the South states, which are known respectivelyas theandthea. N, S b.Revoluti on aries,Re

32、act ion aries c.Un io n. Con federacyd. Slavery, An ti-Slavery2.was p raised by the British as the“Tenth Muse in4.was the leader of America n transcenden talism.America ”a. Anne Bradstreetb. Edward Taylorc. Thomas Pained. P hili p Fren eau3.Mark Twain was a rep rese ntativeofinAmerica n literature.d

33、.a. tran sce nden talism b. n aturalism c. local colorism imagisma. Benjamin Fran kli nb. Wash ington Irvingc. Rai ph Waldo Emers on d. Henry David Thoreau5. The greatest America n p oet and the first writer of free verse isa. Wash ington Irving b.Ezra Pound c. Walt Whitma n d. Emily6.Dick insonis f

34、ather of the detective story and of p sychoa nalyticcriticism.a. Washi ngton Irving b. Ralph Waldo Emers onwritesc. Walt Whitman d. Edgar Alla n Poe7.He nry James is concerned with the upper class life;about the middle class society, and Mark Twain deals with the lowerclass reality.a. Stephen Crane

35、b. Frank Norris c. Theodore Dreiser d.William Dea n Howells8. Which of the followi ng is a n aturalistic writer?Hemi ngwaya. William Dean Howells b. Mark Twain c. Ernest d.Theodore Dreiser9.'s writingsare characterized by simple,colloquialIan guage and dee p thoughts.a. Ernest Hemingway b. Willi

36、am Faulkner c. F. ScottFitzgeraldd. Mark Twain10.wrote 18 no vels all set in Jeffers on Tow n, Yok nap atwa phaCounty in the dee p south.a. William Faulk ner b.Joh n Ste in beck c.Ern est Hem in gway d.Mark Twain11.is Jewish in origin and in manyof his novels the AmericanJews are major characters.a.

37、 Si nclair Lewis b. Saul Bellow c.Norma nM ailer d. JeromeDavid Sali nger12.is often regarded as the greatest American womarpoet andshe wrote over 1,700 short lyric p oems in her life time.a. Anne Bradstreetb. Robert Frostc. H.D.d. EmilyDick inson13.is father of America n drama and won the Nobel P r

38、ize forliterature in 1936.a. Joh n Stein beck b. William Faulk nerc. Eugene O ' Neill d. Arthur Miller14.was the first black America n to write a book about blacklife with great imp act on the con scious ness of the n ati on and hismaster piece is one of the three classics about black America ns

39、.b. Richard Wright b. Harriet Beecher Stowec. Lan gst on Hughes d. Ralph Ellis on15.first used the “Jazz age” as the title of a collectionof short storiesa. F. Scott Fitzgerald b. William Faulk ner c. Joh n Stein beck d.Ern est Hemi ngwayII. Ide ntify Works as Described Below(1 X 15 %):6.The p lay i

40、s about a stoker whose ide ntity as a huma n being is notrecognized by his fellow humanbeings and whotries to find affinitywith a mon key in the zoo and is fin ally killed by the an imal.a. The Hairy Apeb. Hen ders on the Rain Kingc. Long Day ' s Journey into Night d. The Glass Menageries7.The p

41、 rotag onist in this p lay is a crippled girl n amed Ama nda.a.A Street Car Named Desire b.The Hairy Ape c.Long Day sJourney into Night8.d.The Glass Men ageriesThe hero of this no vel tells about his own story to us but his n ameis unknown.a.Native Son b.Uncle Tom' s Cabin c.Invisible Man d. GoT

42、ell It o n the Mou ntains4. It is an autobiogra phicalp lay and Edm undin the p lay is based on the p laywright himself.b. Hen ders on the Rain Kinga. Long Day ' s Journey into Nightc. The Hairy Aped. The Glass Men ageries5. The novel tells of how a black man kills a white woman by accidentand h

43、ow he is fin ally arrested and tried and senten ced to death.Man d. Go Tella.Native Son b.UncleTom s Cabin c.lnvisibleIt on the Mountains6.is one of the best works in American literature about theSecond World War.a.A Farewell to Arms b.The Catcher in the Rye c.The Red Badgeof Couraged. The Naked and

44、 the Dead6. The no vel by Hemi ngway is the best of its ki nd about World War I.a.A Farewell to Armsb. The Sun Also Risesc. The Old Man and the Sea d. The Naked and the Dead10. The novel is about howa family of farmers cannot survive in Oklahomaand travel to California to seek a living and howthey s

45、uffer hungerin California.c.Babbittb. The Grapes of Wrath b. U.S. A.d. The Adve ntures of Augie March11. lt is a trilogyincluding The 42nd Parallel ,1919, and The Big Moneywith such tech niq ues as biogra phies, n ewsreels and camera eye.'s Macbeth.12.It is a novel which uses the stream of consc

46、iousness technique andwhose title is take n from Shakes pearea. Absolom, Absolom! b. The Sound and the Furyc. A Farewell to Arms d. The Great Gatsby10. It is a n aturalistic work about how a country girl is seduced andelopes with Hurstwood and how she becomesa famous actress and howher lover falls i

47、nto beggary and fin ally commits suicide.a. A n America n Tragedy b. Sister Carrie c. McTeague d.Maggie,A Girl of the Streets11. It is a no vel with 135 cha pters plus an ep ilog; in it a group ofpeople on a whali ng ship kill a great whale but they themselvesare killed by the whale in the end, exce

48、 pt Ishmael the n arratorwho survives by adheri ng to a coffin.b. Sister Carrieb.The Adve ntures of TomSawyerc. Moby Dickd. The P ortrait of a Lady12. The novel is a psychologicalstudy of a soldier (Henry Fleming) ' sreactions in the Civil War, in which woundis called the red badgewhich symboliz

49、es courage.a.A n America n Tragedyb. Sister Carriec.The Red Badge of Courage d. McTeague13. The p oem is writte n in free verse in 52 can tos with the theme ofthe uni versality and equality in value of all people and allthings.a.Ca ntos b. The Rave n c. Song of Myself d.Chicago 14. The no vel is abo

50、ut how a man falls econo mically and socially butwho rises morally because he gives up the opportunity to sell hisfactory to an English Syndicate, which would otherwise meana ruinto that syn dicate.a.The Octopus b. The Rise of Silas Lap ham c. Moby-Dick d.Leaves of Grass” in America.15. It is a spee

51、ch delivered at Harvard University.It is often hailedas the “ declarati on of in tellectual independencea. The America n Scholar b. Nature c. The Scarlet Letter d.WaldenII. Match the follow ing(1 X 20%)A. Match Works with Their Authors1. Hugh Selwyn Mauberly2. Walden3. Autobiogra phy4. The Scarlet L

52、etter5. Leaves of Grass6. The Raven7. The Rise of Silas Lap ham8. The Adve ntures of Tom Sawyer9. Long Day ' s Journey into Night10. The Old Man and the Sea7.Holde n Caulfield7.Bigger Thomasa.Mark Twainb . Ern est Hemin gwayc. Eugene O ' Neilld. William Dea n Howellse. Edgar Alla n Poef. Wal

53、t Whitmang. Natha niel Hawthor ne h. Benjamin Fran kli ni.He nry David Thoreauj. Ezra Poundk.Thomas Jeffers onl. T.S. EliotB. Match the Characters with the works in which they app ear.1. Hester Prynne2. Mrs. Touchett3. Frederick Henry4. Benjy Compson5.the Joads6. Ge neral Edward Cummi ngs8.Ya nk9.Ha

54、 ppya.The P ortrait of a Ladyb. The Scarlet Letterc. The Hairy Aped. A Farewell to Armse. The Sound and the Furyf. The Grapes of Wrathg. The Naked and the Deadh. The Catcher in the Ryei. Native Sonj. Death of a Salesma nk.I nvisible ManI.Catch-22(1 'X 20=20')III. Match the followi ngA. Match works with their authors1. Nature2. Rip Van Win kle3. Nature4. The Scarlet Letter5. Lea