美国文学试题库

1、美国文学试题库注：试题库内容仅作为学习参考使用，并不代表考试内容。任何一道 题均可能变化为其它形式的试题。1. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author ' s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more.A. rationalB. humorousC. optimisticD. pessimisticimpact of Darwin' s evolutionary theory on the Am

2、erican thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century Frenchliterature on the American men of letters gave rise to yetanother school of realism: American.A. local colorismB. vernacularismC. modernismD. naturalism 3. were idealists, believing the church should be restored to complete “purity ” a

3、nd dreaming that they would build the new land to an Eden on earth.A. Calvinists B. Puritans C. Romanticists D. Transcendentalists4. All of the following are the features of Puritans EXCEPTA. wanting to make pure their religious beliefs and practicesB. looking upon themselves as a chosen peopleC. to

4、lerating others ' beliefs and sought for a happy and an easy lifeD. wishing to restore simplicity to church serves and emphasized the image of a wrathful God5. Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely Characters in.A. The House of the Seven Gables B. The Scarlet LetterC

5、. The Portrait of a Lady D. The pioneers6. American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were(a)":' devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization .A. Lost Generation B. Beat GenerationC. Sons of Liberty D. Angry Young Men7. In James Fenimore Cooper

6、' s novels, close after Natty Bumppo in romantic appeal, come the two noble red men. Choose them from the following items.A. The Mohican Chief Chingachgook B. UncasC. Tome JonesD. Both A andB8. The “Father of American Poetry " is.A. William Cullen BryantB. Philip FreneauC. Henry Wadsworth L

7、ongfellowD. Edgar Allan Poe9. HermanMelville ' s is an encyclopedia of everything,history, philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.A. The Old Manand the SeaB. MobyDickC. White JacketD.Billy Budd10. In addition to his novels,wrote abo

8、ut 120 short stories and sketches. Among them are Young Goodman Brown and The Minister ' s Black Veil.A. Henry David ThoreauB.Nathaniel HawthorneC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. HermanMelville11. Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms -the sonnet,rhyming couplets, blank verse -with a clear Americ

9、an localspeech rhythm, the speech of farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A. SouthernB. WesternC. New HampshireD. New England12. The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the in the American literary history.A. individual feelingsB. idea of survival of the fitt

10、estC. strong imaginationD. return to nature13. Cooper ' s story of the afrontier saga ” is made up of 5 famous novels that comprise the Tales, in which themain character is Natty Bumppo.A. Leather stocking talesB. The Deer SlayerC. Sea AdventureD. The Romantic14. More than five hundred poems Dic

11、kinson wrote are about nature, in which her general Skepticism about the relationship between is well-expressed.A. man and manB. men and womenC. man and nature D. men and God15. From Henry David Thoreau' s jail experience camehis famous essay, which states Thoreau' s belief that no manshould

12、 violate his conscience at the command of a government.A.Walden_B. NatureC.CivilDisobedienceD. CommonSense16. Choose the authors who belong to the romantic group in American literature.A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. HenryDavid ThoreauC. Nathaniel HawthorneD.Herman MelvilleE .Walt WhitmanF.All of the above

13、17 The desire for an escape form society and a return to nature became a permanent convention of American literature, evident in.A. James Fenimore Cooper ' s Leatherstocking TalesB. Henry David Thoreau ' s WaldenC. Mark Twain ' s Huckleberry FinnD. All of the above18. Stylistically, Henr

14、y James,fiction is characterizedby.A. short, clear sentencesB. abundance oflocal imagesC. ordinary American speech D. highly refined language19. Emerson based his religion on an intuitive belief in an ultimate unity, which he called.A. the SpiritB. the Over-lordC. the oversoulD. the Self20. Oneof th

15、e characteristics that have madeMark Twain a major literary figure in the 19th century America is his use of.A. vernacularB. interior monologueC. point of viewD.photographic descriptionIV. Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions.1 "Wepassed the School, where Children strove/ At

16、 Recess in the Ring/We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain /We passed the Setting Sun "1) What is the title of the poem?2) Who does "we' refer to?3) What does “the School"，“the Fields of Gazing Grain”， and “the Setting Sun “ imply respectively?4) Where are"we' going?2. Read

17、 the passage and answer questions.To go into solitude, a manneeds to retire as muchfrom his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst Iread and write, though nobody is with me. But if a manwould be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds will separate

18、between him and vulgar things. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perceptual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If stars shouldappear one night in a thousand years, howwould menbeliev

19、e and adore: and preserve for many generations the 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.Questions:Where is this passage taken and who is the author? What does the author say would

20、happen if the stars appeared one night in a thousand years?3. Trust no Future, howe er pleasant!Let the dead Past bury its dead!Act act in the glorious Present!Heart within, and God o er head!1) Who is the poet?2) What is the title of the poem?3) What does the poet want to tell in these lines?4. “ I

21、 shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhereages and ages hence： Two roads diverged in a wood ， and I I took the one less traveled by ， And that has made all the difference. ” 1) Identify the poem and the poet.2) What does the phrase “ ages and ages hence ” mean?3) Whydoes the poet say “ that has ma

22、deall the difference4) What idea does the quoted passage express?5 “ But I have promises to keep,/ And many miles to go beforeI sleep,/And many miles to go before I sleep.”1) What is the title of the poem?2) What does “ promises ” mean in this poem?3) Why does the poet say “ And many miles to go bef

23、ore I sleep,/And many miles to go before I sleep. ”?4) What does “ And manymiles to go before I sleep,/And manymiles to go before I sleep ” mean?6. Read a passage and answer questions (10” )Hester Prynne s term of confinement was now at an end.Her prison-door was thrown open, and she came forth into

24、 sunshine which, falling on all alike, seemed, to her sick and morbid heart, as if meant for no other 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 spe

25、ctacle that have been described, where she was made the common infamy, at which all mankind was summoned to point its finger. Then, she was supported 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 t

26、riumph.Questions;Which novel is this selection taken from? What is the name ofthe novelist? What do you think is the symbolic meaning of the scarlet letter on Hester s breast?VI. Topic discussions or brief answers.1 Why is it said that New England from the beginning had aliterature of ideas?13. The following poem was wri