美国文学史及选读练习题

美国文学史及选读练习题I.ChoosetherelevantmatchfromColumnIIforeachiteminColumnI.SectionAIII()1.WaltWhitmanA.TheScarletLetter()2.HermanMelvilleB.TheSketchBook()3.WashingtonIrvingC.Typee()4.OHenryD.LeavesofGrass()5.NathanielHawthorneE.TheGiftoftheMagiSectionBIII()1.HesterPrynneA.ThePortraitofALady()2.GeorgeHurstwoodB.UncleTom’sCabin()3.IsabelArcherC.MobyDick()4.AhabD.SisterCarrie()5.EvaClareE.TheScarletLetterSectionCIII()1.BenjaminFranklinA.MartinEden()2.ThomasPaineB.Leather-StockingTales()3.JamesFenimoreCooperC.RightsofMan()4.MarkTwainD.PoorRichars’sAlmanac()5.JackLondonE.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnCompleteeachofthefollowingstatementswithaproperwordoraphraseaccordingtothetextbook.(10%)1InWashingtonIrving’sworkappearedthefirstmodernShortstoriesandthefirstgreatAmericanjuvenileliterature.2ThefirstimportantAmericannovelistwas.3ToaWaterfowlisperhapsthepeakof______’swork,itregardedas“themostperfectbriefpoeminthelanguage”.4Asuperbbookentitled______cameoutofHenryDavidThoreau’stwo-yearlifeexperiencenearasmalllake.5WilliamSidneyPorter，whosepennamewas______，wastheauthorofTheCopandtheAnthem．6Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobrietywerethevaluesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.7AmericanRomanticismendedwiththeWaltWhiteman’s.8wascalled“thefatheroftheAmericandetectivestories”.9wasresponsibleforbringTranscendentalismtoNewEngland.10TheodoreDreiser’sfirstnovelis.11Theship______carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.12______wasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputationaftertheRevolutionaryWar．13AmericanRomanticismstartedwiththepublicationofWashingtonIrving’s______.14Theship______carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.15BenjaminFranklin’sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece.16OnJanuary10,1776,ThomasPaine’sfamouspamphletappeared.17Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobrietywerethevaluesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.18ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericaof18thcenturywas.19wasthefirstAmericanlyricpoet.20wasresponsibleforbringTranscendentalismtoNewEngland.III:Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.ChoosetheONEthatwouldbestcompletethestatement.1.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.Thiswas_______.A.AnneBradstreetB.JaneAustenC.EmilyDickinsonD.HarrietBeecher2.Whowasconsideredasthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”?hisfellowAmericanssaid,“Hisshadowliesheavierthananyotherman’sonthisyoungnation.”Melville’snovel______isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.D.MobyDick6.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,______flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.7.Thethemeoforiginalsinisfullyreflectedin_________.Sea8.Realismwasareactionagainst______oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.D.EnlightenmentChoosetheworkNOTwrittenbyMarkTwain.A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerB.InnocentsAbroadC.LifeontheMississippiD.TheRiseofSilasLapham11.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraitsC.TheConductofLifeD.RepresentativeMenTranscendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesinandThoreau.A.JeffersonB.Emerson13.Whichofthefollowingdoesn’tbelongtoDreiser’s“TrilogyofDesire”?A.TheFinancierB.TheTitanC.TheStoicD.AnAmericanTragedy14.writtenbyHenryJamesbroughthimfirstinternationalfame.A.TheGoldenBowlB.TheAmericanC.TheTragicMuseD.DaisyMiller15.Waldeniswrittenby.A.EmersonB.ThoreauC.PoeD.Hawthorne16.TheCopandtheAnthemiswrittenby.B.HenryJamesC.JackLondonD.MarkTwain17.isfamousforpsychologicalrealism.A.MarkTwainB.WilliamDeanHowellsC.HenryJamesD.WaltWhitman18.WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism?A.NatureB.WaldenC.OnBeautyD.Self-RelianceWhowastheONLYgoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar.20.Asaliteraryandphilosophicalmovement,flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.21.____isNOTwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson.A.TheAmericanScholarB.Self-RelianceEmilyDickinsonwrotemanyofherpoemsonvariousaspectsoflife.WhichofthefollowingisNOTausualsubjectofherpoeticexpression?23.In1862,PresidentLincolnexclaimed:“Soyouarethelittlewomanwhowrotethebookthatstartedthisgreatwar!”Thebookrefersto____.’sCabin24.InLeavesofGrass,_____isallthatconcernedWhitman.D.alltheaboveDuringtheperiodaftertheCivilWar,theAmericansocietyenteredinwhatMarkTwainreferredtoas____.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.Thiswas_______.Beecher27.Whowasconsideredasthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”?ofhisfellowAmericanssaid,“Hisshadowliesheavierthananyotherman’sonthisyoungnation.”Melville’snovel______isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.D.MobyDick31.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,______flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.32.Thethemeoforiginalsinisfullyreflectedin_________.SeaRealismwasareactionagainst______oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoModernism.ChoosetheworkNOTwrittenbyMarkTwain.A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerB.InnocentsAbroadC.LifeontheMississippiD.TheRiseofSilasLapham36.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraitsC.TheConductofLifeD.RepresentativeMenTranscendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesinandThoreau.D.Oversoul38.Whichofthefollowingdoesn’tbelongtoDreiser’s“TrilogyofDesire”?A.TheFinancierB.TheTitanC.TheStoicD.AnAmericanTragedy39.writtenbyHenryJamesbroughthimfirstinternationalfame.A.TheGoldenBowlB.TheAmericanC.TheTragicMuseD.DaisyMiller40.Waldeniswrittenby.41.TheCopandtheAnthemiswrittenby.42.isfamousforpsychologicalrealism.43.WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism?A.NatureB.WaldenC.OnBeautyD.Self-RelianceWhowastheONLYgoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar.45.Asaliteraryandphilosophicalmovement,flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.46.____isNOTwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson.A.TheAmericanScholarB.Self-RelianceEmilyDickinsonwrotemanyofherpoemsonvariousaspectsoflife.WhichofthefollowingisNOTausualsubjectofherpoeticexpression?48.In1862,PresidentLincolnexclaimed:“Soyouarethelittlewomanwhowrotethebookthatstartedthisgreatwar!”Thebookrefersto____.A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnB.BelovedB.PrideandPrejudiceD.UncleTom’sCabin49.InLeavesofGrass,_____isallthatconcernedWhitman.D.alltheabove50.DuringtheperiodaftertheCivilWar,theAmericansocietyenteredinwhatMarkTwainreferredtoas____.AgeIV:Definetheliterarytermslistedbelow.TranscendentalismFreeVerseLocalColorV:Answerthefollowingquestionsbrieflybasedonyourunderstandingofthetextsstudied.Togointosolitude,amanneedstoretireasmuchfromhischamberasfromsociety.IamnotsolitarywhilstIreadan