华南师范大学《美国文学》考试题库一.docx

1、华南师范大学美国文学考试题库一华南师范大学美国文学考试题库（1）A poetic line of two feet is called _.A.monometerB.dimeterC.trimeterD.tetrameter答案:BThe Spectre Bridegroom was written by the American author -.A.Washington IrvingB.Nathaniel HawthorneC.James Feminore Cooper答案:AThe poem “Thanatopsis” was written by _.A.Emily Dickinson

2、B.William Cullen BryantC.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow答案:BAmong the following philosophers, only one did not have an influence over the writings of Jack London. He is_.A.Karl Marx B.NietzscheC.Spencer D.Foucault答案:DOf Mice nd Men is a novel written by -.A. John SteinbeckB.Sherwood AndersonC.Sinklair Le

3、wis答案:AAmong the following fictions written by John Steinbeck, only one is about the Second World War. It is _.A. “The Snake”B. The Grapes of WrathC. “The Moon Is Down”D.“The Pearl”答案:CNathaniel Hawthorne gave a definition to the term romance in his Preface to the novel -.A.The House of the Seven Ga

4、blesB.The Scarlet LetterC.The Marble Faun答案:Athe sound nd the fury is a novel written by _.A.Stephen Crane B.Theodore DreiserC.Macbeth D.William Faulkner答案:DAfter the success of _, Herman Melville became known as a man who lived among cannibals.A.TypeeB.White JacketC.OmooD.Moby Dick答案:AEmily Grierso

5、n, the protagonist in Faulkners story A Rose for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities except_.A.old valuesB.rigid ideas of social statusC.bigotry nd eccentricityD.harmony nd integrity答案:D_ is not a name to refer to Natty Bumppo in Coopers frontier saga.A.deerslayerB.pat

6、hfinderC.hawkeyeD.Mohican答案:DTwice-told Tales is a collection of stories written by _.A.Nathaniel HowthorneB.Edgar Ellan PoeC.Washington Irving答案:AThe leader of the American Transcendentalism is _.A.Henry David ThoreauB.Ralph Waldo EmersonC.Henry James答案:Bthe village near boston in which both emerso

7、n nd thoreau lived was called _.A.BostonB.ConcordC.Jamestown答案:BAmong the following authors the one who once visited China was -.A.Henry JamesB.William FaulknerC.Ernest Hemingway答案:CAmong the following novels, only one is not written by William Faulkner. It is _.A.Light in AugustsB.As I Lay DyingC.T

8、he Golden BowlD.Go Down, Moses答案:CThe first American writer to win an international fame is _.A. Henry JamesB.James Fenimore CooperC.Washington Irving答案:C“all sappy as maples nd flat as the prairie” is a comment made by james russell lowell on the female characters in novels written by_.A.Washington

9、 IrvingB.James Fenimore CooperC.Philip FreneauD.George Washington答案:BAmong the following authors, there is one sometimes referred to as the American Goldsmith. He is _.A.James Fenimore CooperB.Washington IrvingC.Daniel Webster答案:BThe Fall of the House of Usher was a horror story by _.A.Nathaniel Haw

10、thorneB.Edgar Allan PoeC.MelvilleD.Longfellow答案:B_ is not a character in the novel The Scarlet Letter.A.Arthur DimmesdaleB.Roger ChillingworthC.Goodman BrownD.Pearl答案:C“The Black Cat” written by Poe is a _.A.gothic StoryB.love StoryC.detective storyD.lyrical poem答案:AThe Apparition of these faces in

11、the crowd is a line in a famous short poem written by -.A.Ezra PoundB. Carl SandburgC.Walt Whitman答案:ATales of a Traveller was written by the American author_.A.James Fenimore CooperB.Washington IrvingC.Nathaniel Hawthorne答案:Bthe lines “to the glory that was greece, nd the grndeur that was rome” wer

12、e quoted rom poes poem _.A.The RavenB.To HelenC.Annabel Lee答案:BThe short novel The Turn of the Screw was written by _.A.Henry JamesB.FitzgeraldC.Ernest HemingwayD.William Faulkner答案:AThe writer who once said that all american literature came rom Mark Twains Huck Finn is _.A.William FaulknerB.Stephen

13、 CraneC.Ernest HemingwayD.Chairman答案:Cin 1836, a small book was published in the united states nd has hence been called the manifesto of the american transcendentalism. its author was _.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Walt WhitmanC.Ralph Waldo Emerson答案:CThe first American writer who propounded that a piec

14、e of literary work should focus on the production of a single emotional effect is _.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB.Herman MelvilleC.Edgar Ellan Poe答案:CThe “green light” in The Great Gatsby symbolizes _.A.sexB.moneyC.powerD.the American dream答案:D“I become a transparent eye-ball. i am nothing. i see all. the

15、 currents of the universal being circulate through me; i am part r particle of god.” the passage above is quoted rom emersons essay _.A.The American ScholarB.NatureC.Self-Reliance答案:B“by natures self in white arrayed she bade thee shun the vulgar eye, nd planted here the guarding shade, nd sent soft

16、 waters murmuring by; thus quietly thy summer goes, thy days declining to repose.” the rhyme scheme of the lines above is _.A.abababB.ababccC.aabbcc答案:B“Civil Disobedience” is a famous essay written by _.A.Ralph Waldo EmersonB.Henry David ThoreauC.E. B. White答案:BAmong the following 3 authors the one

17、 who did not win a Nobel Prize is -.A.William FaulknerB. F. S. FitzgeraldC. John Steinbeck答案:BThe last finished novel written by Fitzgerald is _.A.This Side of ParadiseB.All the Sad Young MenC.The Great GatsbyD.Tender Is the Night答案:DThe most famous sea story written by Jack London is _.A.Martin Ede

18、nB.The Iron HeelC.The Sea WolfD.The Call of the Wild答案:Cwhen we say that a poor young man rom the west tried to make his fortune in the east but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about _s thematic concern in his fiction writing.A.Henry James B.Scott Fit

19、zgeraldC.Hemingway D.William Faulkner答案:BThe School Room Poets did not include _.A.Longfellow B.LowellC.Holmes D.Poe答案:DThe American Scholar is an essay written by the famous philosopher -.A.Thomas CarlyleB.William JamesC. Ralph Waldo Emerson答案:CAs a Modernist poet, Pound is noted for his active inv

20、olvement in the _A.cubist school of modern paintingB.Imagist MovementC.stream-of-consciousness techniqueD.German Expressionism答案:BThe American writer whose one essay greatly influenced later civil right leader Martin Luther King is _.A.Ralph Waldo EmersonB.Philip FreneauC.Henry David Thoreau答案:CThe

21、short poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” was written by _.A.Tennessee WilliamsB.William Carlos WilliamsC.Wallace StevensD.Hilda Doolittle答案:BIn Poes tale “The Fall of the House of Usher”, the major female character Madeline is the titular hero Ushers _.A.wife B.governessC.cousin D.sister答案:D_was the only Am

22、erican of his generation who could chide the British with humor.A.CooperB.Washington IrvingC.ThoreauD.Edgar Allan Poe答案:BIt is on his_ that Washington Irvings fame mainly rested.A.childhood recollectionsB.sketches about his European toursC.early poetryD.tales about America答案:D_ wrote Rights of Man i

23、n 1792 to suggest the overthrow of the British monarchy.A.Thomas PaineB.Benjamin FranklinC.George WashingtonD.Jefferson答案:AThe famous pamphlet Common Sense appearing in 1776 was written by _.A.Thomas JeffersonB.Thomas PaineC.Benjamine Franklin答案:BThe most quoted among Franklins writings could be _,

24、an annual collection of proverbs.A.The AutobiographyB.Poor Richards AlmanacC.SpectatorD. Nature答案:BAmong the following novelists, the only one who had the working experience as a seal hunter is_.A.Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC.FitzgeraldD.Jack London答案:DThe Author of the short story A Gift for Maggie is

25、 -.A. O. HenryB. Mark TwainC.Jack London答案:AAmong the following, only one is not a feature of Mark Twains style. It is _.A.his of vernacular languageB.local colorC.the influence of the Tall TaleD.Puritanism答案:Dmong the following novels, only one was not written by Herman Melville. It is _.A.The Conf

26、idence-ManB.The PIlotC.Moby Dick答案:B_ was the first writer of local color to achieve wide popularity.A.Mark TwainB.Harriet StoweC.Bret HarteD.Henry James答案:CTales of the Grotesque nd Arabesque is a collection of stories written by -.A.Washington IrvingB. Edgar Allen PoeC.Nathaniel Hawthorne答案:Bamong

27、 the following three american writers, only one has never been married in his r her life. the person is _.A. Edgar Ellan Poe B.Herman MelvilleC.Emily Dickinson答案:CWilliam Sidney Porter was the real name of _.A.Mark Twain B.O HenryC.Jack London D.William Dean Howells答案:Bwilliam faulkner once declared

28、 that _ was the first truly american writer rom whom we are descended.A.Washington IrvingB.CooperC.HawthorneD.Mark Twain答案:D_, the ruthless, amoral protagonist of the The Sea Wolf, best realizes the ideal of the “Superman.”A.Hurstwood B.Wolf LarsenC.Prufrock D.Santiago答案:BAccording to Mathew Arnold,

29、 one poem written by William Cullen Bryant was the “most perfect brief poem in the language”. The title of the poem is _.A.“Thanatopsis”B.“To a Waterfowl”C.“The Wild Honey Suckle”D.“The Indian Burying Ground”答案:BThe scarlet letter “A” in the novel The Scarlet Letter at first stands for _.A.angel B.adulteryC.able D.africa答案:BThe Blithedale Romance is a novel about the Brook Farm experiment written by _.A.Henry JamesB.Nathaniel HawthorneC.James Fenimore Cooper答案:BThe central character Huckleberry Finn in