美国文学史及选读 练习题

美国文学史及选读练习题

I.ChoosetherelevantmatchfromColumnIIforeachiteminColumnI. SectionAI

II

()1.WaltWhitman ()2.HermanMelville ()3.WashingtonIrving ()4.OHenry ()5.NathanielHawthorne SectionBI A.TheScarletLetter B.TheSketchBook C.Typee D.LeavesofGrass E.TheGiftoftheMagi II ()1.HesterPrynne ()2.GeorgeHurstwood ()3.IsabelArcher ()4.Ahab ()5.EvaClare SectionCI A.ThePortraitofALady B.UncleTom’sCabin C.MobyDick D.SisterCarrie E.TheScarletLetter II ()1.BenjaminFranklin ()2.ThomasPaine ()3.JamesFenimoreCooper ()4.MarkTwain ()5.JackLondon

A.MartinEden B.Leather-StockingTales C.RightsofMan D.PoorRichars’sAlmanac E.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

II.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.(10%)

1 InWashingtonIrving’sworkappearedthefirstmodernShortstoriesandthefirstgreatAmericanjuvenileliterature.

2 ThefirstimportantAmericannovelistwas.

3 ToaWaterfowlisperhapsthepeakof______’swork,itregardedas“themostperfectbrief

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poeminthelanguage”.

4 Asuperbbookentitled______cameoutofHenryDavidThoreau’stwo-yearlifeexperiencenearasmalllake. 5 WilliamSidneyPorter

，

whosepennamewas______

，

wastheauthorofTheCopandtheAnthem．

6 Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobrietywerethevaluesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting. 7 AmericanRomanticismendedwiththeWaltWhiteman’s. 8 wascalled“thefatheroftheAmericandetectivestories”. 9 wasresponsibleforbringTranscendentalismtoNewEngland. 10 TheodoreDreiser’sfirstnovelis. 11 Theship______carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.

12 ______wasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputationaftertheRevolutionaryWar． 13 AmericanRomanticismstartedwiththepublicationofWashingtonIrving’s______. 14 Theship______carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.

15 BenjaminFranklin’sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece. 16 OnJanuary10,1776,ThomasPaine’sfamouspamphletappeared.

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ericanwriting.

18 ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericaof18thcenturywas. 19 wasthefirstAmericanlyricpoet.

20 wasresponsibleforbringTranscendentalismtoNewEngland.

III:Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.ChoosetheONEthatwouldbestcompletethestatement.

1.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.Thiswas_______.

A.AnneBradstreetB.JaneAustenC.EmilyDickinsonD.HarrietBeecher 2.Whowasconsideredasthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”? A.MichaelWigglesworthB.EdwardTaylorC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau 3.______wastheonlygoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar.OneofhisfellowAmericanssaid,“Hisshadowliesheavierthananyotherman’sonthisyoungnation.” A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.ThomasJeffersonD.ThomasPaine 4.RomanticsputemphasisonthefollowingEXCEPT______. A.commonsenseB.imaginationC.intuitionD.individualism 5.Melville’snovel______isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale. A.TypeeB.OmooC.WhiteJacketD.MobyDick 6.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,______flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.

A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.Transcendentalism 7.Thethemeoforiginalsinisfullyreflectedin_________.

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8.Realismwasareactionagainst______oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.

A.RationalismB.RomanticismC.NeoclassicismD.Enlightenment 9.____________wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub. A.ThoreauB.EmersonC.HawthorneD.Whitman 10.ChoosetheworkNOTwrittenbyMarkTwain. A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerB.InnocentsAbroad C.LifeontheMississippiD.TheRiseofSilasLapham 11.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”? A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraits C.TheConductofLifeD.RepresentativeMen 12.TranscendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesinandThoreau. A.JeffersonB.EmersonC.FreneauD.Oversoul 13.Whichofthefollowingdoesn’tbelongtoDreiser’s“TrilogyofDesire”? A.TheFinancierB.TheTitanC.TheStoicD.AnAmericanTragedy 14.writtenbyHenryJamesbroughthimfirstinternationalfame. A.TheGoldenBowlB.TheAmericanC.TheTragicMuseD.DaisyMiller 15.Waldeniswrittenby. A.EmersonB.ThoreauC.PoeD.Hawthorne 16.TheCopandtheAnthemiswrittenby.

A.O.HenryB.HenryJamesC.JackLondonD.MarkTwain 17.isfamousforpsychologicalrealism.

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18.WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism? A.NatureB.WaldenC.OnBeautyD.Self-Reliance

19.WhowastheONLYgoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar. A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.ThomasPaineD.ThomasJefferson

20.Asaliteraryandphilosophicalmovement,flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar. A.modernismB.rationalismC.sentimentalismD.transcendentalism 21.____isNOTwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson. A.TheAmericanScholarB.Self-Reliance C.TheDivinitySchoolAddressD.CivilDisobedience 22.EmilyDickinsonwrotemanyofherpoemsonvariousaspectsoflife.WhichofthefollowingisNOTausualsubjectofherpoeticexpression? A.ReligionB.LifeanddeathC.LoveandmarriageD.Warandpeace 23.In1862,PresidentLincolnexclaimed:“Soyouarethelittlewomanwhowrotethebookthatstartedthisgreatwar!”Thebookrefersto____. A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.Beloved B.PrideandPrejudiceD.UncleTom’sCabin 24.InLeavesofGrass,_____isallthatconcernedWhitman. A.individualismB.freedomC.democracyD.alltheabove

25.DuringtheperiodaftertheCivilWar,theAmericansocietyenteredinwhatMarkTwainreferredtoas____.

A.theGoldenAgeB.theModernAgeC.theGildedAgeD.thePuritanAge

26.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.Thiswas___-来源网络，仅供个人学习参考

____.

A.AnneBradstreetB.JaneAustenC.EmilyDickinsonD.HarrietBeecher 27.Whowasconsideredasthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”?

A.MichaelWigglesworthB.EdwardTaylorC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau 28.______wastheonlygoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar.OneofhisfellowAmericanssaid,“Hisshadowliesheavierthananyotherman’sonthisyoungnation.” A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.ThomasJeffersonD.ThomasPaine 29.RomanticsputemphasisonthefollowingEXCEPT______. A.commonsenseB.imaginationC.intuitionD.individualism 30.Melville’snovel______isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale. A.TypeeB.OmooC.WhiteJacketD.MobyDick 31.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,______flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar. A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.Transcendentalism 32.Thethemeoforiginalsinisfullyreflectedin_________. A.TheScarletLetterB.SisterCarrieC.TheGreatGatsbyD.TheOldManandSea 33.Realismwasareactionagainst______oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.

A.RationalismB.RomanticismC.NeoclassicismD.Enlightenment 34.____________wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub. A.ThoreauB.EmersonC.HawthorneD.Whitman 35.ChoosetheworkNOTwrittenbyMarkTwain. -来源网络，仅供个人学习参考

A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerB.InnocentsAbroad C.LifeontheMississippiD.TheRiseofSilasLapham

36.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”? A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraits C.TheConductofLifeD.RepresentativeMen

37.TranscendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesinandThoreau. A.JeffersonB.EmersonC.FreneauD.Oversoul 38.Whichofthefollowingdoesn’tbelongtoDreiser’s“TrilogyofDesire”? A.TheFinancierB.TheTitanC.TheStoicD.AnAmericanTragedy 39.writtenbyHenryJamesbroughthimfirstinternationalfame. A.TheGoldenBowlB.TheAmericanC.TheTragicMuseD.DaisyMiller 40.Waldeniswrittenby. A.EmersonB.ThoreauC.PoeD.Hawthorne 41.TheCopandtheAnthemiswrittenby. A.O.HenryB.HenryJamesC.JackLondonD.MarkTwain 42.isfamousforpsychologicalrealism. A.MarkTwainB.WilliamDeanHowellsC.HenryJamesD.WaltWhitman 43.WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism? A.NatureB.WaldenC.OnBeautyD.Self-Reliance

44.WhowastheONLYgoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar. A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.ThomasPaineD.ThomasJefferson

45.Asaliteraryandphilosophicalmovement,flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.

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A.modernismB.rationalismC.sentimentalismD.transcendentalism 46.____isNOTwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson. A.TheAmericanScholarB.Self-Reliance

C.TheDivinitySchoolAddressD.CivilDisobedience

47.EmilyDickinsonwrotemanyofherpoemsonvariousaspectsoflife.WhichofthefollowingisNOTausualsubjectofherpoeticexpression? A.ReligionB.LifeanddeathC.LoveandmarriageD.Warandpeace 48.In1862,PresidentLincolnexclaimed:“Soyouarethelittlewomanwhowrotethebookthatstartedthisgreatwar!”Thebookrefersto____. A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.Beloved B.PrideandPrejudiceD.UncleTom’sCabin 49.InLeavesofGrass,_____isallthatconcernedWhitman. A.individualismB.freedomC.democracyD.alltheabove 50.DuringtheperiodaftertheCivilWar,theAmericansocietyenteredinwhatMarkTwainreferredtoas____. A.theGoldenAgeB.theModernAgeC.theGildedAgeD.thePuritanAge IV:Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow. 1 Transcendentalism 2 FreeVerse 3LocalColor

V:Answerthefollowingquestionsbrieflybasedonyourunderstandingofthetextsstudied.

Togointosolitude,amanneedstoretireasmuchfromhischamberasfromsociety.IamnotsolitarywhilstIreadandwrite,thoughnobodyiswithme.Butifamanwouldbealone,lethimlookatthestars.Theraysthatcomefromthoseheavenlyworlds,willseparatebetweenhimandwhathetouches.Onemightthinktheatmospherewasmadetransparentwiththisdesign,togiveman,intheheavenlybodies,theperpetualpresenceofthesublime.Seeninthestreetsofcities,howgreattheyare!Ifthestarsshouldappearonenightinathousandyears,howwouldmenb-来源网络，仅供个人学习参考

elieveandadore;andpreserveformanygenerationstheremembranceofthecityofGodwhichhadbeenshown!Buteverynightcomeouttheseenvoysofbeauty,andlighttheuniversewiththeiradmonishingsmile.

Questions:

a.Thisparagraphistakenfromafamousessay.Whatisthenameoftheessay? b.Whoistheauthor?

c.Whatdoestheauthorsaywouldhappenifthestarsappearedonenightinathousandyears? d.Giveaspecifictermtocovertheauthor’sbelief?

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