美国文学史期末复习题

1、 i. multiple choice. please choose the best answer among the four items. (10 x 1= 10)1. in american literature, the 18th century was the age of enlightenment. _ was the dominant.a. humanism b. rationalismc. romanticism d. evolution2. the short story “the legend of sleepy hollow” is taken from irving

2、s work named _.a. the leatherstocking talesb. the sketch bookc. the autobiographyd. the history of new york3. which of the following is not the characteristic of american romanticism? a. rationalism b. inner selfc. personal feelings d. individualism4. the short story “rip van winkle” reveals the _ a

3、ttitude of its author.a. optimistic b. pessimistic c.conservative保守，传统 d.ironic5. stylistically, henry james fiction is characterized by _.a. short, clear sentencesb. abundance of local imagesc. ordinary american speechd. highly refined精炼 language6. transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest l

4、iterary advocates in _ and thoreau.a. jefferson b. emersonc. freneau d. mark twain7. which is regarded as the “declaration of intellectual independence”? a. the american scholar b. english traitsc. oversoul d. self-reliance8. _ is considered mark twains greatest achievement.a. the gilded ageb. innoc

5、ent abroadc. the adventures of tom sawyerd. adventures of huckleberry finn9. _ is not among those greatest figures in “lost generation”.a. ezra pound b. robert frostc. walt whitman d. hemingway10. naturalism is evolved from realism when the authors tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympa

6、thetic but more ironic and more _.a. rational b. humorousc. optimistic d. pessimistic1-5， bbacd 6-10 badcdi. multiple choice. please choose the best answer among the four items. (10 x 1= 10)11. _ is the father of american literature.a. benjamin franklin b. philip freneauc. paine d. washington irving

7、12. _ is a fantasy tale about a man who somehow stepped outside the main stream of life.a. “rip van winkle”b. “the pioneers”c. “the legend of sleepy hollow”d. “the fall of the house of usher”13. _ was the most leading spirit of the transcendental club.a. thoreau b. emersonc. hawthorne d. whitman14.

8、which of following is not a typical feature of mark twains language? a. vernacular方言b. colloquial口语的c. elegant d. humorous 15. from thoreaus jail experience, came his famous essay, _ which states his belief that no man should violate his conscience at the command of a government.a. walden b.nature c

9、. civil disobedience d. common sense 16. which is regarded as the “declaration of intellectual independence”? a. the american scholar b. english traitsc. oversoul d. self-reliance17. most of the poems in whitmans leaves of grass sing of the “en-mass” and the _ as well.a. nature b. self-reliancec. se

10、lf d. life18. what did fitzgerald call the 1920s? a. the roaring 20s b. the gay 20s c. the jazz age d. the lost generation19. naturalism is evolved from realism when the authors tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _ _.a. rational b. humorousc. optimisti

11、c d. pessimistic20. for melville, as well as for the reader and _ _, the narrator, moby dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.a. ahab b. stubbc. ishmael d. starbuck1-5 d a b c c 6-10 a c c d c ii. identify works as described below (115 =15): 10. it is a naturalistic work about

12、 how a country girl is seduced and how she becomes a famous actress and how her lover falls into a beggar and finally commits suicide. a. an american tragedy b. sister carrie c. mcteague d. maggie, a girl of the streets11. the novel is set on the mississippi with the protagonist telling us the story

13、 in the local dialect. it is a representative work of local colorism. a. sister carrie b.the adventures of tom sawyerc. the adventures of huckleberry finn d.the portrait of a lady12. the novel is a psychological study of a soldier (henry fleming)s reactions in the civil war. a.an american tragedy b.

14、 sister carrie c.the red badge of courage d. mcteague 13. the poem is written in free verse in 52 cantos with the theme of the universality and equality in value of all people and all things. a.cantos b. the raven c. song of myself d.chicago14. the novel is about how a group of people on a whaling s

15、hip kill a great whale but themselves are killed by the whale, with the conflict between man and his fate. ba.the octopus b. moby-dick c. the rise of silas lapham d. leaves of grass 15. it is a philosophical essay in 8 chapters plus an introduction mainly concerned with the four uses of nature. ba.

16、walden b. nature c. the scarlet letter d. the american scholar1-5.cdaad6-10.aacbb 11-15.cccbbi. choose the best answer for each of the following (115=15):1. an english ship brought 102 people from plymouth, england on september 16, 1620 and arrived in the present provincetown harbor on november 21 i

17、n the same year. this ship was named _.a. the pilgrims b. mayflower c. america d. titanic 2._ is father of american drama and in his dramatic career he wrote 49 plays.a. tennessee williams b. eugene oneill c. arthur miller d. elmer rice3._ was the first american writer to write entirely american lit

18、erature.a. anne bradstreet b. washington irving c. mark twain d. ernest hemingway4. _ was the leader of american transcendentalism.a. benjamin franklin b. washington irving c. ralph waldo emerson d. henry david thoreau 5._was the greatest woman poet in american literature and she wrote about 1,700 s

19、hort lyric poems in her life time.a.pearl s. buck b.harriet bicher stowe c. emily dickenson d. walter whitman 6._ is father of the detective story and of psychoanalytic criticism.a. washington irving b. ralph waldo emerson c. walt whitman d. edgar allan poe7. william dean howells is concerned with t

20、he middle class life; _ writes about the upper class society, and mark twain deals with the lower class reality.a. stephen crane b. frank norris c. theodore dreiser d. henry james8. which of the following is a naturalistic writer? a. william dean howells b. mark twain c. ernest hemingway d.theodore

21、dreiser12._ is often regarded as the greatest american woman poet and she wrote over 1,700 short lyric poems in her life time.a. anne bradstreet b. robert frost c. h.d. d. emily dickinson 14. he was the first black american to write a book about black life with great impact on the consciousness of t

22、he nation and his masterpiece is one of the three classics about black americans. who is he? a. richard wright b. harriet beecher stowe c. langston hughes d. ralph ellison15. hemingway wrote about american compatriots in europe whereas _ wrote about the jazz age, life in american society.a. william

23、carlos williams b. william faulkner c. john steinbeck d. f. scott fitzgerald1-5 bbccc 6-10.dddaa 11-15.bdcadi. choose the best answer for each of the following (115 %):2. the american civil war broke out in 1861 between the northern states and the south states, which are known respectively as the _a

24、nd the_.a. n, s b. revolutionaries, reactionaries c. union, confederacy d. slavery, anti-slavery 3. mark twain was a representative of _ in american literature.a. transcendentalism b. naturalism c. local colorism d. imagism5. the greatest american poet and the first writer of free verse is _.a. wash

25、ington irving b.ezra pound c. walt whitman d. emily dickinson 14. _ was the first black american to write a book about black life with great impact on the consciousness of the nation and his masterpiece is one of the three classics about black americans. a. richard wright b. harriet beecher stowe c.

26、 langston hughes d. ralph ellison15. _ first used the “jazz age” as the title of a collection of short storiesa. f. scott fitzgerald b. william faulkner c. john steinbeck d. ernest hemingway 1-5.caccc 6-10.dddaa 11-15.bdcba1-5.adcad6-10.aacbb 11-15.cccbaii. match the following (120%)a. match works w

27、ith their authors1. hugh selwyn mauberly2. walden 3. autobiography 4. the scarlet letter5. leaves of grass6. the raven7. the rise of silas lapham 8. the adventures of tom sawyer9. long days journey into night 10. the old man and the sea a. mark twain b . ernest hemingway c. eugene oneill d. william

28、dean howells e. edgar allan poe f. walt whitman g. nathaniel hawthorne h. benjamin franklin i.henry david thoreau j. ezra pound k.thomas jefferson l. t.s. eliot1-5.jihgf 6-10.edccbb. match the characters with the works in which they appear.1. hester prynne 2.mrs. touchett 3. frederick henry 4.benjy

29、compson5. the joads 6.general edward cummings7. holden caulfield 7.bigger thomas8. yank 9.happya.the portrait of a lady b. the scarlet letter c. the hairy ape d. a farewell to arms e.the sound and the fury f. the grapes of wrath g. the naked and the dead h. the catcher in the rye i. native son j. de

30、ath of a salesman k.invisible man l.catch-221-5.badef 6-10.ghicj iii. match the following (120=20)a. match works with their authors1. nature 2. rip van winkle 3. nature 4. the scarlet letter5. leaves of grass6. the raven7. the rise of silas lapham 8. the adventures of huckleberry finn9. cantos 10. t

31、he old man and the sea a. ezra pound b. ernest hemingway c. mark twain d. william dean howells e. edgar allan poe f. walt whitman g. nathaniel hawthorne h. ralph waldo emerson i.washington irving j. waldo emerson k.t.s. eliot l. robert frosta. match works with their authors1-5.jihgf 6-10.edcabb. mat

32、ch characters with the works in which they appear.2. captain ahab and starbuck 2.isabel archer3. frederic henry and catherine 4.benjy compson5. the joads 6.general edward cummings7. holden caulfield 8.bigger thomas9. the tyrones 10.willy lomana.the portrait of a lady b. moby-dick c. death of a sales

33、man d. a farewell to arms e.the sound and the fury f. the grapes of wrath g. the naked and the dead h. the catcher in the rye i. native son j. long days journey into night k.absalom, absalom l. the old man and the sea b. match the characters with the works in which they appear.1-5.badef 6-10.edcabtr

34、ue or false. (10 x 2= 20)1. american literature is the oldest of all national literature.2. thomas jefferson was the only american to sign the 4 documents that created the us.3. all his literary life, hawthorne seemed to be haunted by his sense of sin and evil.4. most of the poems in leaves of grass

35、 are about human psychology.5. hurstwood is a character in dreisers an american tragedy.6. faulkners region was the deep north, with its bitter history of slavery, civil war and destruction.7. placed in historical perspective, howells is found lacking in qualities and depth. but anyhow he is a liter

36、ary figure worthy of notice.8. faulkners works have been termed the yoknapatawpha saga, “one connected story”.9. as a moral philosophy, transcendentalism was neither logical nor systematical.10. emily dickinson expresses her deep love in the poem “annabel lee”.1-5 f f t f f 6-10 f f t f fii. decide

37、whether the statements are true or false. (10 x 2= 20)1. early in the 17th century, the english settlements in virginia and began the main stream of what we recognize as the american national history.2. american romantic writers avoided writing about nature, medieval legends and with supernatural el

38、ements.3. as a moral philosophy, transcendentalism was neither logical nor systematical.4. “young goodman brown” wants to prove everyone possesses kindness in heart.5. henry james was a realist in the same way as one views the realism of twain or howells.6. the american realists sought to describe t

39、he wide range of american experience and to present the subtleties of human personality.7. frosts concern with nature reflected his deep moral uncertainties.8. faulkners works have been termed the yoknapatawpha saga, “one connected story”.9. roger chillingworth is a character in dreisers an american tragedy.10. after the civil war, the frontier was closing. disillusionment and frustration were widely felt. what had been expected to be a “golden age” turned to be a “gilded” one.1-5 t f t f t 6-10 f t t f t iii. please explain the following terms. (5 x 6 = 30)1. puritanism: puritan