American literature produced only one female poet during the 19 th century

1、英语专业八级人文知识题-美国文学部分1. _ usually was regarded as the first American writer. a. Willian Bradford b. Anne Bradstreet c. Emily Dickinson d. Captain John Smith2. “God help those who help themselves” is a citation from the work of _ . a. Paine b. Franklin c. Freneau d. Jefferson3. Which poem is not written

2、 by Freneau? a. The British Prison Ship b. The Wild Honey Suckle c. The Indian Burying Ground d. The Flood of Years4. Thomas Jeffersons atitude, that is, a firm belief in progress, and the pursuit of happiness, is typical of the period we now call _ . a. Age of Evolution b. Age of Reason c. Age of r

3、omanticism d. Age of Regionalism5. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19 th century. This was_. a. Anne Bradsteet b. Jane Austen c. Emily Dickinson d. Harriet Beecher6. In early 19 th century,Washington Irving wrote _which became the first work by an Amcrican writer to earn

4、 an intenational reputation.a. Nature b. The Sketch Book c. The Scarlet Letter d. Harriet Beecher7. The American Transcendentalists formed a club called “_”.a. the Transcendental Club b. the Sentimental Club c. the Romantic Club d. the Symbolic Club 8. _and other Transcendentalists believed that the

5、re should be an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal “oversoul”.a. Haethorne b. Melville c. Whitman d. Emerson 9. _ tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a Puritan community are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different

6、 ways.a. You Goodman Brown b. Moby Dick c. The Scarlet Letter d. Daisy Miller10. In his essay, _ clearly expresses the main principles of his Transcendentalist pursuit and his love for nature.a. Hawthorne b. Melville c. Whitman d. Emerson 11. Irviing was best known for his famous short stories such

7、as_.a. Legends of the Alhambra b. Life of Goldsmith c. Life of Washington d. Rip Van Winkle12. _ was one of the first American writers to earn an international reputation.a. Washington Irving b. Mark Twain c. Ezzra Pound d. Walt Whitman 13. Hester Prynne is the heroine _s novel The Scarlet Letter. a

8、. Fitgerald b. Hemingway c. Ezzra Pound d. Walt Whitman14. _s famous metaphor of “a transparent eyeball” is employed to illustrate his philosophical discussions. a. Hawthorne b. Hemingway c. Emerson d. Melville15. _ has always been considered a monunental work which commands great attention because

9、of its unique poetic embodiment of American democratic ideals.a. Leaves of Grass b. Nature c. “In a Station of the Metro” d. “After Apple-Picking” 16. Which of the following is NOT one part of The Leather Stocking Tales by Cooper? a. The Spy b. The Pathfinder c. The Pioneers d. The Deerslayer17. Whi

10、ch of the following has been called “the manifesto of American transcendentalism”? a. Divinity School Address b. Self-Reliance c. Nature d. The American Scholar18. The period before the American Civil War is geneally referred to as_. a. the Modern Period b. the Realistic Period c. the Romantic Perio

11、d d. the Naturalist Period19. Which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickinsons? a. I Hear a Fly Buzz When I Died b. The Raven c. This is My Letter to the world d. I Like to See it Lap the Miles20. Which book is not written by Emerson? a. The American Scholar b. Self-Reliance c. Nature d. Civ

12、il Disobedience21. Captain, My Captain is written for _.a. Lincoln b. Whitman c. Washington d. Hemingway22.Whih of the following books is a tremendous of an appalling voyage in pursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale? a. The Scarlet Letter b. Moby Dick c. The Marble Faun d. Moses from an old

13、 Manse23. Edgar Allan Poe occupies an important position in American literature as a poet and a_. a. short story writer b. novelist c. dramatist d. translator24. The Last of the Mohicans written by _by in 1826 is quite bloody but full of images of the beauty of nature.a. James Cooper b. Washington I

14、rving c. William Cullen Bryant d. Nathaniel Hawthorne25. Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known by the pen name_. a. Theodore Dreiser b. Herman Melville c. Eugene O Neill d. Mark Twain26. While Mark Twain and William Dean Howells satirized European manners at times, _ was an admirer of ancient Eur

15、opean civilization. a. O Henry b. Heny James c. Walt Whitman d. Jack London 27. “The Way of the Beaten:A Harp in the Wind”, this is the title of one chapter in Dreisers novel_. a. An American Tragedy b. Sister Carrie c. Dreiser Looks at Russia d. Jannie Gerhardt28. The period ranging from 1865 to 19

16、14 has been referred to as _ in the literary histroy of the United States. a. the Age of Realism b. the Age of Romanticism c. the Age of Renaissance d. the Age of Transcendentalism29._ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20 th century “stream-of-consciousness” novels and the founder of ps

17、ychological realism. a. Henry James b. Mark Twain c. Theodore Dreiser d. Walt Whitman30. Mark Twains full literacy career began to blossom in 1869 with a travel book _, an account of American tourists in Europe. a. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn b. Melville c. Innocents Abroad d. An American Tragedy

18、 31. In his realistic fiction, Henry James primary concern is to present the_. a. inner life of human beings b. American Civil War and its effects c. life one the Mississippi River d. Galvinistic view of original sin32. With the puvlication of _, Henry James reputation was firmly established on both

19、 sides of the Atlantics.a. The Portrait of a Lady b. Sister Carrie c. Daisy Miller d. Jane Eyre33. _ was Mark Twains masterpiece from which “all modern American literature comes”. a.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer b. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn c. Innocents Abroad d. The Gilded Age34. _ shaped the w

20、orlds view of American and made a more extensive combination of American folk humor and serious literature than previous writers had ever done. a. Henry James b. Washington Irving c. Theodore Dreiser d. Mark Twain35. In 1915 _ has vecome a naturalized British citizen, Iargely in protest against Amer

21、icas failure to join England in the First World War. a. T. S. Eliot b. Henry James c. W. D. Howells d. Modern 36. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleverry Finn, proved themselves to be the milestone in _ literature. a. English b.American c. Realistic d. Modern37. _ s fame generally

22、 rests upon his novels and stories with the international theme. a. Mark Twain b. Theodore Dreiser c. Henry James d. Ernest Hemingway38. With the publication of Sister Carrie, _ was launcing himself upon a long career that would ultimately make him one of the most significant American writers of the

23、 school later known as literary naturalism. a. Theodore Dreiser b. Henry James c. Herman Melville d. Washington Irving39. The Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States refers to the period from _ to _ . a. 1861 / 1920 b. 1865 / 1920 c. 1861 / 1914 d. 1865 / 191440. Theodore Dreiser

24、 and Jack London are among the best representative writers of literary _, which is greatly influenced by Darwin. a. naturalism b. sentimentalism c. romanticism d. transcendentalism41. The book that gives a fairly accurate picture of southern plantation life is _ . a. An American Tragedy b. The Call

25、of the Wild c. Uncle Toms Cabin d. Transcendentalism42. _ expresses Jack Londons view that success means an adaptation to circumstances-acoordination of inner energy and external force. a. Martin Eden b. The Call of the Wild c. White Fang d. The Sea Wolf43. Jack London wrote _ as “an attack on indiv

26、idualism”. a. Martin Eden b. The Call of the Wild c. White Fang d. The Sea Wolf44. Which of the following statements is not true of the American naturalists? a. They stressed the possible trimph of human will b. They ventured the forbidden subjects such as sex, death, and violence. c. They wrote in

27、a daring, open and direct manner. d. They see human beings no more than a physical object under the control of biological and enviromental forces.45. _ is regarded as one of the finest “psychological” fiction writers in America because he explored the motivations and frustration of his fictional cha

28、racters in terms of Freudianism. a. Jack London b. Mark Twain c. Stephen Crane d. Sherwood Anderson46. the novel that “touched off the American Civil War” refers to _ . a. Gone With the Wind b. Uncle Toms Cabin c. Farewell to Arms d. The Grapes of Wrath47. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is an example

29、 of naturalist fiction, written by _. a. Stephen Crane b. Edith Wharton c. Edgar Allan Poe d. Eugene Debs48. _ made his name as a leading naturalistic writer with his masterwork, Winesburg, Ohio, a picture of life in a typically small Midwestern town. a. Frank Norris b. Upton Sinclair c. Sherwood An

30、derson d. John Steinbeck49. American author _ s book The Red Badge of Courage published in 1895 brought him international fame. a. Stephen Crane b. Alex Haley c. Norman Mailer d. John Steinbeck50. American writer Harriet Stowewas best-known for the anti-slavery novel _, which was written in reation

31、to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. a. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man b. After Many a Summer c. Uncle Toms Cabin d. Gullivers Travels51. Modernism is, in many aspects, a reation against _. It rejects rationalism, which is the theoretical base of realism. a. romanticism b. humanism c. symboli

32、sm d. realism52. “After Apple-picking” is a well-known poem written by _ . a. Rovert Lee Frost b. Ezra Pound c. Walt Whitman d. T. S. Eliot 53. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd; petals on a wet, black bough.” This is the shortest poem written by_. a. T. S. Eliot b. Robert Frost c. Ezra Po

33、und d. Emily Dickinson54. Typical of this “iceberg” nanlogy is _ s style. a. T. S. Eliot b. Ernest Hemingway c. John Steinbeck d. Willian Faulkner55. Pounds Famous one-image poem “_” would serve as a typical example of the Imagist ideas. a. The Cantos b. In a Station of the Metro c. after Apple-pick

34、ing d. The Road Not Taken56. a masterpiece in American literature, _, evokes a haunting mood of a glamorous, wild time that seemingly will never come again a. This side of Paradise b. Tender Is the Night c. The American Dream d. The Great Gatsby57. Hemingways second success is _, which wrote the epi

35、taph to a decade and to the whole generation is the 1920s in telling us a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded american soldier with a British nurse. a. The Old Man and the Sea b. For Whom the Bell Tollsc. The Sun also Rises d. A Farewell to Arms 58. Most of _s works are set in the Americ

36、an South, with his emphasis on the southern subject and consciousness. a. Faulkner b. Fitzgerald c. Hemingway d. Steinbeck59. _ is the first book to present a Hemingway heroNick Adams. a. The Sun also Rises b. A Farewell to Arms c. In Our Time d. The Old Man and the Sea 60. In _, Robert Frost compar

37、es life to journey, and he is doubtful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference. a. After Apple-picking b. The Road Not Taken c. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening d. Fire and Ice61. Fitzgerald wrote one novel _, in which he traces the

38、 decline of a young american psychiatrist whose marriage to a beautiful and wealthy patient drains his personal energies and corrodes his professional career. a. Tender Is the Night b. The Great Gatsby c. This side of Paradise d. The Last Tycoon62. Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great in

39、fluence on _. a. Robert Frost b. Ralph waldo emerson c. Ezra Pound d. Emily Dickinson63. _ was a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement” and one of the most important poets in his time. a. Robert Lee Frost b. Ezra Pound c. Ralph waldo emerson d. Walt Whitman64. _ is widely acclaimed “founder of

40、the American drama” and recognized even more as a major figure in world literature. a. Ernest Hemingway b. William Faulkner c. Washington Irving d. Eugene ONeill65. T. S. Eliot was born in _in 1888,but in 1927, he became aBritish subject. a. Britain b. America c. German d. France66. _ was a most rep

41、resentative figure of the 1920s, and he is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the Jazz Age. a. Ernest Hemingway b. F. Scott Fitzgerald c. William Faulkner d. Ezra Pound 67. William Faulkner makes best use of the Gothic devices in narration in _. a. The Bear b. The Sound and the Fury b. Light in A

42、ugust d. A Rose for Emily68. The great dividing line between the nineteenth century and the contemporary American literature is _. a. the Civil War b. the First World War b. The Second World War d. the Great Depression69. _wrote about the disintergration of the old social system in the American Sout

43、hern States. a. Jerome David Salinger b. John Updike c. William Faulkner d. F. Scott Fitzgerald70. _ is often acclaimed as the literary spokesman of the Jazz Age. a. Ernest Hemingway b. F. Scott Fitzgerald c. William Faulkner d. Ezra Pound71. Robert Frost is a regional poet in the sense that his poe

44、ms depict mostly _. a. the frontier life b. the sea adventure c. the puritan community d. New England landscape72. _ is John Steinbecks masterpiece. a. An American Tragety b. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn c. A Farewell to Arms d. The Grapes of Wrath73. In the novel The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway portrayed an old frisherman named _, who shows triumphant even in defeat a. Santiago b. Jack Barnes c. Martin Eden d. Tom Sawyer74. The Rabbits Series were written by _. a. John Updike b. Jerome David Salinger c. Mark Twain d. Ezra Pound75. Catch-22 was written by American w