美国文学吴伟仁版第三模拟练习与答案最新整理

1、第三章模拟练习与答案Blank Filling1. In the early nineteenth century. Washington Irving wrote.which became the first work by anAmerican writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic.2. The Romantic period in the American literary history covers the lime between the end of thecentury to the outb

2、reak of the. It started with the publication of Irvingsand ended withWhitmans. This period is also called.3. Irvingl The Sketch Book is a collection of essays, sketches and tales. of which the most famous andfrequently anthologized areand.4. The Transcendental Club often met ats Concord home5. Emers

3、onian Transcendentalism is actually a philosophical school which absorbed some ideologicalconcerns of Americanand Euro peaii Romanticism.6. was regarded as Father of the American short stories7. Irving also wrote two biographies. one is Tlie Life of Oliver Goldsmith, andthe other is.8. Coopers novel

4、was a rousing tale about espionage against the British during the RevolutionaryWar.9. The central figure in the Leatherstocking Tales is. who goes by the various names ofLeatherstocking. Deerslayer. Pathfinder and Hawkeye10. In. Whitman airs his sorrow at President Lincolns death.11 The great workno

5、t only demonstrates Emersonian ideas of self-reliance but also developsand tests Thoreaus own transcendental philosophy12. In, Whitmans own early experience may well be identified with the childhood of a younggrowing America.13. Imbued with an inquiring imagination. ail intensely meditative mind. an

6、d unceasing interest in the14.ntenor of the heart* of mans being* is used to describeby Melville is a novella about a ship whose black slave cargo mutiny holds their captain aterrorized hostage15. A superb bookcame out of Thoreau*s two-year experiment at Walden Pond16. From Thoreaus Concord jail exp

7、erience. came his famous essay17. Hester Pry nne is the heroine in Hawthornes novel18. Melvilles novelis a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a seeminglysupernatural white whale.19. The best of Coopers sea romances was.The hero of the novel represents John Pall Jones. thegreat na

8、val fighter of the Revolutionary War.20. is the narrator in Moby-Dick.21 Transcendentalism was put forward by the people from22. has been regarded as Americas Declaration of Intelleclual Independence.23. Published in 1823,was the first of the Leatherstocldng Tales, in their publication time, andprob

9、ably the first true romance of the frontier in American literature24. The way in whichwrote Tlie Scarlet Letter suggests that American Romanticism adaptedilself to American puritan moralism.25. can somewhat be called Mlhe Father of the American detective story”.II. Multiple Choice1. Stalementis wron

10、g in describing Nathaniel Hawthorne.A. One source of evil that Hawthorne is concerned most is over-reaching intellectB. Hawlhorne is a realistic writerC. Hawlhorne is also a great allegoristD. I lawthorne is a master of symbolism2. In Walt Whitmans There was a Child Went Forth.” the child refers loA

11、. the poet himself as a child B. any American childC. lhe young AmericaD. one of the poets neighbor3. In Moby-Dick. (he voyage symbolizesA. the microcosm of human society B a search for truthC. lhe unknown worldD. nature4. Thoreau was often alone in the woods or by the pond. lost in spiritual commun

12、ication with.A. natureB. iranscendentalisl ideasC. human beingsD. celestial beings5. The Transcendenlalist group includes two of the most significant writers America has produced so fanEmerson and.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Washington Irx-ingC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Wait Whitman6. _tells a simple but

13、very moving story in which four people living in a puritan community areinvolved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different waysA. Twice-Told TalesB. The Scarlet LetterC. The House of the Seven Gables D. The Marble Faun7. is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. NatureB. The Scarlet

14、LetterC. WaldenD. Moby-Dick8. The Romantic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irvings and ended with Whitmans Leaves of Grass.A. The Sketch BookB. Tales of a TravelerC. The AlhambraD. A history of New York9. Washington Irring*s social conservation and literary f

15、or the past is revealed. (o some extent, in his famous story._ A. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow B. ”Rip Vail WinkleC. The Custom-House*D. The Birthmark*10. Which of the following comments on the writings by Hcrinan Melville is not true?A. Bartleby, the Scrivener0 is a short story.B. ”Beni(o CerenoM is

16、 a novellaC. The Confidence -Man has something to do with the sea and sailors.D. Moby-Dick is regarded as the first American Prose epic11. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPTA. mystery of the universeB. sin of the whaleC. power of the Great NatureD. evil of the world12. The convention of th

17、e desire for an escape from society and a return to nature in American literature isparticularly evident inA. Coopers Leatherstocking Tales B. Hawthornes The Scarlet LetterC. Whitmans Leaves of Grass D. Irvings Rip Vail Winkle13. As a philosophical and literary movement,flourished in New England fro

18、m the 1830s to theCivil War.A. modernismB. rationalismC. sentimentalismD. transcendentalism14. In Hawthornes Tlie Scarlet Letter HAH may stands forA. Adultery B. AngelC. Amiable D. All the above15. is not the member of Transcendental Club.A. Emerson B. Thoreau C. Whitman D. Fuller16. Poe s first col

19、lection of short stories isA. Tales of a TravellerB. Leatherstocking TalesC. Canterbury TalesD. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque17. For Melville. as well as for the reader and, the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery. anultimate mystery of the universe.A. Starbuck B. StubbC. Ishmael D. Arab18

20、. Choose the characterswhich appear in the novel The Scarlet Letter.A. Hester PrynneB. Atthur DimmesdaleC. Roger ChillingworthD. Pearl19. _was a romanlicized account of Melville s stay among the Polynesians. The success of thebook soon made Melville become known as theM man who lived among cannibals

21、.A. Moby Dick B. TypeeC. OmooD. Billy Budd20. The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to asA. the Naturalist PeriodB. the Modern PeriodC. the Romantic PeriodD. the Realistic Period21. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorne except.A. The House of the Seven Gables

22、 B. White JacketC. Tlie Marble FaunD. The Blithedale Romance22. In lhe following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature?A. The Sketch Book.B. Leaves of Grass.C. Leatherstocking Tales.D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.23. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following exceptA

23、. religionB. love and marriageC. life and deathD. war and peace24. Emily Dickinsons poetic idiom is noted for the following exceptA. brevityB. directnessC. plainest wordsD. obscure25. There is evil in every human heart. which may remain latent, perhaps. through the whole lite: butcircumstances may r

24、ouse it to activity? The thought is reflected inA. Nathaniel Hawthornes Young Goodman BrownB. Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Walt Whitmans Leaves of GrassD. Herman Melvilles Moby Dick26. It is on histhat Washington Irvings fame mainly restedA. tales about AmericaB. early poetryC. c

25、hildhood recolleclionsD sketches about his European tours27. is the most ambivalent writer in the American literary hisioryA. Nathaniel HawlhorneB. Walt WhitmanC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Mark Twain28.1n Haulhorne s novels and short stories. inlellecluals usually appear asA. saviors B. villainsC. comme

26、ntators D. observers29. Washington Irxings Rip Van Winkle is famous for.A. Rips escape into a mysterious placeB. The srorys German legendary source materialC. Rips seeking for happinessD. Rips 20-year sleep30. The publication oCestablished Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New EnglandTransce

27、ndentalism.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. The American ScholarD. The Over-Soul31. Which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickinsons?A. This is my letter lo the world. B. I heard a Fly buzz-when I died.C. Tlie Road Not Taken.D. I like to see it lap the Miles.32. In the history of literature Roman

28、ticism is regarded as.A. (he thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which lends to see the individual as the very center of all life and all experienceB. (he thought that designates man as a social animalC. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in commonD

29、. the inodes of thinking33. Which three novels drew from Melville adventures among the people of the South Pacific islands?A. Typee.B. Omoo.C. MardiD. Redburn.34. In the poem Song of Myself1, Whitman sets forth the principle beliefs ofA. the theory of universalityB. singularity and equality of all b

30、eings in valueC. both A and BD. none above35. Most of the poems in Whitmans Leaves of Grass sing of the en-mass* and theas we 11.A. natureB. lifeC. selfD. self-reliance36. Emily Dickinsons poems (441) This is my letter to the World* expresses the poetsabouther communication with the outside worldA.

31、indignation B. joyC. anxietyD. indifference37. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Wall Whitman?A. Lyrical and well-structured.B. Free-flowing.C. Simple and rather crudeD. Conversational andcasual.3& Which of the following writings is not finished by Ralph Waldo Emerson?A. N

32、atureB. Essays.C. Hie Over-Soul.D. Of Studies.39. In ”1 heard a Fly buzz-when I died”. Emily Dickinson describes the moment of death.A. passionatelyB. pessimisticallyC. in despairD. peacefully40. Which book is not written by Emerson?A. Representative Men.B. English Traits.C. Nature.D. The Rhodora.II

33、I. Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in EnglishPassage 1”1 like to see it lap the Miles.and lick the Valleys up.And stop to teed itself at Tanks.And digious stepQuestions:A. Please give the name of the author.B. What does MitM in this poem refer to?C. What idea does th

34、is poem express?Passage 2I celebrated myself, and sing myself.And what I assume you shall assume.For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. Whom does “you” refer to?C. What are the two principle beliefs that the poet set forth on this poem

35、?Passage 3The harpoon was darted: the stricken whale flew forward: with igniting velocity the line ran through the grooves:.ran foul. Arab stopped to clear it; he did clear it: but the flying turn caught him round the neck, and voicelessly as Turkish mutes bowstring their victim .he was shot out of

36、the boat, ere the crew knew the was gone/*Questions:A. Identify the author and the work.B. Who is Ahab?C. What happens to Ahab in the end?Passage 4*It was with some difficulty he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe. expecting every moment (o hear the shrill voice of D

37、ame Van Winkle He found the house gone to decay the roof fallen in. the windows shattered and the doors off lhe hinges A half starved dog. that looked like Wolf, was skulking about it. Rip called him by name. but the cur snarled. showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed - My ve

38、ry dog/ sighed poor Rip.has forgotten me!*Questions:A. Identify lhe author and the work.B. Whom does Dame Van Winkle refer to?C. Why was it difficult for him to find his house?Passage 5From the listless repose of the place. and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from lhe

39、original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW. audits rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. Drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land and to pervade lhe very atmosphere. Some say that the pla

40、ce was bewitched by a high German doctor, during lhe early days of the settlement; others, that an old Indian chief, the product or wizard of his tribe. held his powwows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson.”Questions:A. Who is the writer of this short story from which t

41、he passage is taken?B. What is the title of this short story?C. Give a definition of* short story.Passage 6”To go into solitude. a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write.【hough nobody is with ine. But if a man would be alone, let him l

42、ook at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds. will separate between him and vulgar things. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design. lo give man. in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great the

43、y are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore: and preserve for many generations lhe remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these preachers of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.Questio

44、ns:A. Identify the author and the work.B. Give a brief comment on this passagePassage 7Hester Prynnes term of confinement was now at an end. Her prison-door was thrown open, and she came forth into the sunshine which. falling on all alike, seemed. to her sick and morbid heart, as if meant for no oth

45、er purpose than to reveal the scarlet letter on her breast. Perhaps there was a more real torture in her first unattended footsteps from the threshold of the prison, than even in the procession and spectacle that have been described, where she was made the common infamy, at which all mankind was sum

46、moned to point its finger. Then. she was supposed by an unnatural tension of the nerves. and by all the combative energy of her character, which enabled her to convert the scene into a kind of lurid triumphQuestions:A. Which novel is this selection taken from?B. What is the name of the novelist?C. W

47、hat do you think is the symbolic meanings of the scarlet letter onHeslefs breast?Passage 8Arms and the clarion for the battle, but the song of thanksgiving to the viclory! answered the liberated David. ”Friend. he added. ihrusiing forth his lean, delicate hand forwards Hawkeye, in kindness. while hi

48、s eyes twinkled and grew moist, MI thank thee the hairs of my head still grow where they were first rooted by Providence for. though those of other men may be more glossy and curling. I have ever found mine own well suited to the brain they shelter. That I did not join myself to the battle, was less

49、 owing lo disinclination. than to the bonds of the heathen. Valiant and skillful hast thou proved thyself in the conflict, and I hereby thank thee, before proceeding lo discharge other and more important duties, because thou hast proved thyself well worthy of a Christians praise.”.Questions:A. This

50、novel was written by the American novelist. What is his name?B. What is the name of the novel?C. The central figure in this novel appeared in this passage Il isPassage 9I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life. and see if I could not learn

51、what it had to teach. and not. when I came lo die. discover that I had not Ii red. I did not wish lo live what was not life, living is so dear: nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life to live so sturdily and Spa

52、rtan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, lo cut a broad swath and shave close. to drive life into a comer, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and. if it proved lo be mean. why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world: or if it were sublime, to

53、 know it by experience, and be able lo give a tree account of it in my next excursion. For most men it appears lo ine. are in a strange uncertainty about it, whether it is of the devil or of God.A. This passage is taken from a famous work entitled B. The author of the work isC. List by yourself at l

54、east five reasons that the author gives for going go live in the woodsPassage 10Lo! In you brilliant window-nicheHow statue-like I see thee stand.The agate lamp within ihy hand!Ah. Psyche, from the regions whichAre Holy-Land!Questions:A. This is the last stanza of a poem MTo HellenM. Its writer is.B

55、. With whom is Hellen associated in line 4?C. Who is Psyche?IV. Give brief answers to each of the following questions in English1. Emily Dickinson is now recognized not only as a great poetess on her ownright but as a poetess of considerable influence upon American poetry of the present century. Wha

56、t are the qualities of her poems?2. Emerson is generally known as an essayist. What is the style of his proses?3. In American literature history. the Romantic Period. during which many amous writers and their masterpieces came into being. played an impor-tant role Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawtho

57、rne and Walt Whitman.etc., all of whom are not ignored by us. According lo their writings. dis-cuss the features of American literature in this period.4. Nathaniei Hawihorne is one of the most interesting. ye( most ambivalent riters in the American literary history. According to him, “There is evil in very human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps. through the whole ife: but circumstances may rouse it to activity. Base