美国文学综合练习3附标答

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TestThree

(Chapter5-6withanswers)

I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebrackets.

1.WhatPresidentreportedlyclaimedthatUncleTom’sCabinstartedtheCivilWar?

A.GrantB.McKinley

C.LincolnD.Buchanan

2.EmilyDickinsonwassometimescuriousaboutthefeelingofspeechofdeathandinoneofherpoemsshewroteaboutthe______ofdeath，thetitleofthepoemisIheardaFlybuzzwhenIdied.

A.momentB.sufferingC.happinessD.meaning

3.ThepoeticstyleWhitmandevisedisnowcalled________,thatispoetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.

A.sonnetB.BallardC.epicD.freeverse

4.ByusingthetechniqueofcontrastinUncleTom’sCabin,Stowedescribestwooppositefatesoftheslave:onegainedfreedombyrebelliousstruggle;theotherdiedduetohissubmission.Whotheyare?

A.TomandCassyB.ElizaandTom

C.JohnandTomD.TomandMarie

5.MorethanfivehundredpoemsthatDickinsonwroteareaboutnature，inwhichhergeneral_____abouttherelationshipbetweenmanandnatureiswellexpressed.

A.scepticismB.eulogyC.happinessD.denial

6.InhisclusterofpoemscalledLeavesofGrass,________gaveAmericaitsfirstgenuineepicpoem.

A.WaltWhitmanB.EmilyDickson

C.Mrs.StoweD.RobertFrost

7.WhichofthefollowingisNOTausualsubjectofpoeticexpressionofEmilyDickinson's？

A.WarandpeaceB.Loveandmarriage

C.LifeanddeathD.Religion

8.ThisismylettertotheWorldisapoemexpressingEmilyDickinson's_____abouthercommunicationwiththeoutsideworld.

A.happinessB.angerC.anxietyD.sorrow

9.TheAgeofRealismintheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates

referstotheperiodfrom.to.

A.1861---1914B.1863---1918

C.1865---1914D.1865---1918

10.isnottherepresentativewriterintheAgeofRealismin

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theliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.

A.HenryJamesB.EmilyDickinson

C.WilliamDeanHowellsD.MarkTwain

11.isnottheworkofMarkTwain.

A.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

B.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

C.LifeontheMississippi

D.TheMillontheFloss

12.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnisagainst.

A.BritishcolonistsB.slavery

C.chauvinismD.monocracy

13.AmericanLiteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe1h

century.Thiswas.

A.JaneAustenB.WattWhitman

C.EmilyDickinsonD.HarrietBeecherStowe

14.Thenovel______isnotwrittenbyHenryJames.

A.TheAmbassadorsB.TheWingsoftheDove

C.TheBostoniansD.TheMysteriousStranger

15.TheWayoftheBeaten:AHarpintheWindisthetitleofonechapterinDreiser’snovel_________.

A.AnAmericanTragedyB.SisterCarrie

C.DreiserLooksatRussiaD.JannieGerhardt

16.Themainthemeof________TheArtofFictionrevealshisliterarycredothatrepresentationoflifeshouldbethemainobjectoftheNovel.

A.HenryJames’sB.MarkTwain’s

C.TheodoreDreiserD.WilliamDeanHowells’

17.DaisyMilleriswrittenby.

A.HawthorneB.Twain

C.MelvilleD.James

18.TheodoreDreiserbelongedtotheschoolofliterary______whichemphasizedheredityandenvironmentasimportantdeterministicforcesshapingindividualizedcharactersthatwerepresentedinspecialanddetailedcircumstances.

A.naturalismB.realismC.determinismD.humanism

19.MarkTwainwrotemostofhisliteraryworkswitha_______language.

A.grandB.pompousC.simpleD.vernacular

20.AfterTheAdventureofTomSawyer,TwaingivesaliteraryindependencetoTom'sbuddyHuckinabookcalled____，_andthebookfromwhich"allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes."

A.LifeontheMississippiRiverB.TheGildedAge

C.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinnD.TheSunAlsoRises

21.Winterbourneisusedasa______inHenryJames's"DaisyMiller."

A.ProtagonistB.Narratoroftheevents

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C.AcharacterofcentralconsciousnessD.Persona

22.Theauthorof"ThePortraitofaLady"isbestat_______.

A.probingintotheunsearchedsecretpartofhumanlife

B.atruthfuldelineationofthemotives,theimpulses,theprinciplesthatshapethelivesofactualmenandwomen

C.adramatizingthecollisionsbetweentwoverydifferentculturalsystemsonaninternationalscene

D.disclosingthesocialinjusticesandevilsofacivilizedsocietyaftertheCivilWar

23.Inthefollowingwriters，whoisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20thcentury"Stream-of-consciousness"novelsandthefounderofpsychologicalrealism______________.

A.HenryJamesB.MarkTwain

C.EmilyDickensonD.TheodoreDreiser

24.OneofthemostfamiliarthemesinAmericannaturalismisthethemeofhuman"______".

A.bestialityB.goodnessC.compassionD.greed

25.TheAgeofRealismisalsowhatMarkTwainreferredtoas“”.

A.TheGildedAgeB.TheJazzAge

C.TheLostAgeD.TheGoldenAge

26.WhileMarkTwainandHowellsseemedtohavepaidmoreattentiontothe“life”oftheAmericans,____hadapparentlylaidgreateremphasisonthe“innerworld”ofman.

A.DreiserB.Whitman

C.JamesD.Fitzgerald

27.Theworksof____arecharacterizedwithlocalcolors.

A.WhitmanB.MarkTwain

C.DicksonD.James

literature”.

28.isregardedas“astruefatherofournational

A.MarkTwainB.Jefferson

C.FranklinD.Hemingway

29.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinnisfamousforitscharacterization

of.

A.TomSawyerB.Huck

C.JimD.arunawayslave

30.andtheWestBecameTwain’smajortheme.

A.DeathB.TheMississippivalley

C.AdventuresD.TheSouth

31.InAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,Twainmakessharpcontrasts

between.

A.lifeanddeathB.adventuresandterrors

C.wealthandpovertyD.natureandculture(orwildernessand

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civilization)

32.HenryJamesisfamousforhisnovelsof.

A.lovethemeB.internationaltheme

C.revolutionarythemeD.pastoraltheme

33.____realismischaracterizedbyhispsychologicalapproachtohissubjectmatter.

A.Twain’sB.Whitman’s

C.James’sD.Steinbeck’s

34.Inthefollowingstatements,_________isnotaboutthelocal

colorisminAmericanliteraryrealism.

A.Theirwritingsareconcernedwiththelifeofasmall,well-definedregionorprovince.

B.Thecharacteristicsettingistheisolatedsmalltown.

C.Theirmaterialswereextensiveorwide-rangingandthetopicswereconnective.

D.Localcoloristswereconsciouslynostalgichistoriansofavanishingwayoflife,recordersofapresentthatfadedbeforetheireyes.

35.______,anovellaaboutayoungAmericangirlwhogets“killed”bythewinterinRome,broughtJamesinternationalfameforthefirsttime.

A.TheAmericanB.DaisyMiller

C.TheEuropeansD.ThePortraitofaLady

36.Withthepublicationof,HenryJames’sreputationwasfirmlyestablishedonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.

A.DaisyMillerB.ThePortraitofALady

C.TheAmericanD.TheWingsoftheDove

37.EmilyDickinsongotinspirationfrominherwritingofpoetry.

A.hymnsB.sonnets

C.freeverseD.heroiccouplets

38.MarkTwain’sfirstnovel______--,writtenincollaborationwithCharlesD.Warnerandpublishedin1873,thoughnotanartisticsuccess,givesitsnametotheAmericaofthepost-CivilWarperiodwhichitattemptstosatirize.

A.TheGildedAgeB.TheAgeofInnocence

C.TheRoughingTimeD.TheJazzAge

39.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby________.

A.short,clearsentences

B.abundanceoflocalimages

C.ordinaryAmericanspeech

D.highlyrefinedlanguage

40.TheraftonwhichHuckandJimfloatalongtheriverinMarkTwain’sAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnmaysymbolizeallthefollowing

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except________.

A.spiritualfreedom

B.escapefromdifferentsortsofsocialoppression

C.mobilityandinstability

D.asmallsocietywherepeopleofdifferentcolorscanlivelikebrothers

41.TwainhadbecomenationalsensationsafterhereworkedatalehehadheardintheCaliforniagoldfields.Thestoryis___.

A.TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountry

B.TrampAbroad

C.TheGildedAge

D.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

42.WhichisnottruedescriptionofMarkTwain?

A.Heisknownaslocalcolorist,whopreferredsociallifethroughportraitsofthelocalcharactersofhisregions.

B.HeportrayeduniquelyAmericansubjectsinahumorous,colloquial,poeticlanguage.

C.Hewroteaboutthelower-classpeople.

D.HewasanadmirerofancientEuropeancivilization.

43.____isgenerallyconsideredtobeJamesmasterpiece,whichincarnatestheclashbetweentheOldWorldandtheNewinthelife

journeyofanAmericangirlinaEuropeanculturalenvironment.

A.ThePortraitofaLadyB.DaisyMiller

C.AnAmericanD.SisterCarrie

44.WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsistrueofWhitman?

A.Heoftenusesvariationsofmeters,esp.iambictetrameter.

B.Heuseslonglines.

C.Heexplorestheinnerlifeofheindividual.

D.Heusesintensemetaphorsandalotofellipsis.

45.In“BecauseICouldnotStopforDeath”,thepoetusespersonification.Hercompanionis_____.

A.travelerB.horse

C.deathD.carriage

46.WhichofthefollowingworkswasnotwrittenbyHenryJames?

A.DaisyMillerB.TheGoldenBowl

C.TheBeastintheJungleD.ThePrinceandPauper

47.____wasanAmericanpsychologistfamousforhistheoryof“streamofconsciousness”.

A.HenryJamesB.WilliamJames

C,SigmundFreudD.WilliamFaulkner

48.AnAmericanTragedyisamasterpieceby.

A.HemingwayB.Dreiser

C.FaulknerD.Fitzgerald

49.TheimpactofontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluence

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ofthe19thcenturyFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoAmericannaturalism.

A.Darwin’sevolutionarytheory

B.Marxisttheory

C.Transcendentalism

D.Puritanism

50.In1859,DarwinpublishedTheOriginofSpecies,whichexertedgreatinfluenceonAmerican

A.Romanticism

C.Modernism

B.Realism

D.Naturalism

II.Readthefollowingstatementsanddecidewhethertheyaretrueorfalse.Writea“T”fortrueand“F”forfalse.

1.Mrs.Stowehasneverpassedherownopiniontohernoveldirectly.()

2.CloselyrelatedtoEmilyDickinson'sreligiouspoetryareherpoemsconcerningDeathandimmortality.()

3.ThechiefandimmediatecauseoftheCivilWarwasslavery.()

4.AbrahamLincolnwasassassinatedonApril14,1865justafterhewasselectedpresidentofUnitedStatesthefirsttime.()

5.ThesubjectmattersofWaltWhitman’spoetryarealwaysbeautifulruralscenery.()

6.Theperiodrangingfrom1865to1914hasbeenreferredtoasNaturalismintheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.()

7.AftertheCivilWar,disillusionmentandfrustrationwerewidelyfelt.Whathadbeenexpectedtobea“GoldenAge”turnedtobea“Gilden”one.()

8.MarkTwain’slaterworksunmistakablyshowedhischangefromanoptimistandhumoristtoanalmostdespairingdeterminster.()

9.ThenovelwhichwasdescribedbyanAmericancriticas“anoutragetoAmericangirlhood”isHenryJames’sDaisyMiller.()

10.AmericanNaturalism,likerealism,hadcomefromEurope.()

11.“LocalColorism”isauniquevariationofAmericanliteraryromanticism.()

12.ThePortraitofALadyisoneoftherepresentativeworksofHenryJames.()

13.20thCenturyAmericanliteratureisalsocalledtheAgeofRealism.()

14.InAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnH,uckandJimhavetheirjourneytofreedomontheHudsonRiver.()

15.Twain’shumorisonlyofwittyremarksmockingatsmallthingsoroffarcicalelementsmakingpeoplelaugh.()

16.MostofEmilyDickinson’spoemswerepublishedposthumously.()

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17.Darwin’simpactoftheidea“survivalofthefittest”onDreiser

isgreat.()

18.Jamesin1915becameanaturalizedBritishcitizen.()19.Dreisersuccessfullyusedlocalcolorandhistoricalsettingsto

illustrateandshedlightonthecontemporarysociety.()20.Darwinismwasabiginfluenceoverthewritersofthemodernperiod.

()

III.Foreachofthequotationslistedbelowpleasegivethenameoftheauthorandthetitleoftheliteraryworksfromwhichitistaken

1.Oneeighthofthewholepopulationwerecoloredslaves,notdistributedgenerallyovertheUnion,butlocalizedinthesouthernpartofit.Theseslavesconstitutedapeculiarandpowerfulinterest.Allknewthatthisinterestwas,somehow,thecauseofthewar.Tostrengthen,perpetuate,andextendthisinterestwastheobjectforwhichtheinsurgentswouldrendtheUnion,evenbywar;whilethegovernmentclaimednorighttodomorethantorestricttheterritorialenlargementofit.

2.Iamsatisfied-Isee,dance,laugh,sing;

Asthehuggingandlovingbed-fellowsleepsatmysidethroughthenight,andwithdrawsatthepeepofthedaywithstealthytread,Leavingmebasketscover'dwithwhitetowelsswellingthehousewiththeirplenty,

ShallIpostponemyacceptationandrealizationandscreamatmyeyes,

Thattheyturnfromgazingafteranddowntheroad,Andforthwithcipherandshowmetoacent,

Exactlythevalueofoneandexactlythevalueoftwo,andwhichisahead?

3.Butwho,sir,makesthetrader?Whoismosttoblame?Theenlightened,cultivated,intelligentman,whosupportsthesystemofwhichthetraderistheinevitableresult,orthepoortraderhimself?Youmakethepublicstatementthatcallsforhistrade,thatdebauchesanddepraveshim,tillhefeelsnoshameinit;andinwhatareyoubetterthanhe?

4.“Mas’r,ifyouwassick,orintrouble,ordying,andIcouldsaveye,I’dgiveyemyheart’sblood;and,iftakingeverydropofbloodinthispooroldbodywouldsaveyourprecioussoul,I’dgive’emfreely,astheLordgavehisforme.Oh,Mas’r!don’tbringthisgreatsinonyoursoul!Itwillhurtyoumorethan’twillme!Dotheworstyoucan,mytroubles’llbeoversoon;but,ifyedon’trepent,yourswon’tneverend!”

5.Sittingalone,shewasnowanillustrationofthedeviouswaysbywhichonewhofeels,ratherthanreasons,maybeledinthepursuit

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ofbeauty.Thoughoftendisillusioned,shewasstillwaitingforthathalcyondaywhenshewouldbeledforthamongdreamsbecomereal.Ameshadpointedoutafartherstep,butonandonbeyondthat,ifaccomplished,wouldlieothersforher.Itwasforevertobethepursuitofthatradianceofdelightwhichtintsthedistanthilltopsoftheworld.

6.FromaChildIwasfondofReading,andallthelittleMoneythatcameintomyHandswaseverlaidoutinBooks.Pleas’dwithaPilgrim’sProgress,myfirstCollectionwasofJohnBunyan’sWorks,inseparatelittleVolumes.Infact,thequalityofthissmallripecountryseemedassweettoherasthetasteofanOctoberpear;andhersatisfactionwasattherootofthegoodspiritswhichenabledhertotakehercousin’schaffandreturnitinkind.Ifhergood-humourflaggedatmoments,itwasnotbecauseshethoughtherselfill-used,butbecauseshesuddenlyfeltsorryforRalph.Itseemedtoherthathewastalkingasablindandhadlittleheartinwhathesaid.

7.Astheeyesofhalftheregimentsweptinonemachinelikemovement,therewasaninstant’spictureofahorseinagreatconvulsiveleapofadeathwoundandariderleaningbackwithacrookedarmandspreadfingersbeforehisface.Onthegroundwasthecrimsonterrorofanexplodingshell,withfibersofflamethatseemedlikelances.Aglitteringbugleswungclearoftherider’sbackasfellheadlongthehorseandtheman.Intheairwasanodorasfromaconflagration.

8.BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath——Hekindlystoppedforme——

TheCarriageheldbutjustOurselves——

AndImmortality

9.Isabelthoughtthisabetteranswerthansheadmitted;itwasatolerabledescriptionofherownmannerofjudging,butitwouldnothavesoundedwellfrohertosayso.OnthelipsofapersonlessadvancedinlifeandlessenlightenedbyexperiencethanMrs.Touchettsuchadeclarationwouldsavourofimmodesty,evenofarrogance.Sheriskedit