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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）
Apoeticlineoftwofeetiscalled___________.
A.monometer
B.dimeter
C.trimeter
D.tetrameter
答案:
B
"TheSpectreBridegroom"waswrittenbytheAmericanauthor---.
A.WashingtonIrving
B.NathanielHawthorne
C.JamesFeminoreCooper
答案:
A
Thepoem“Thanatopsis”waswrittenby__________.
A.EmilyDickinson
B.WilliamCullenBryant
C.HenryWadsworthLongfellow
答案:
B
Amongthefollowingphilosophers,onlyonedidnothaveaninfluenceoverthewritingsofJackLondon.Heis________.
A.KarlMarxB.Nietzsche
C.SpencerD.Foucault
答案:
D
OfMiceａndMenisanovelwrittenby---.
A.JohnSteinbeck
B.SherwoodAnderson
C.SinklairLewis
答案:
A
AmongthefollowingfictionswrittenbyJohnSteinbeck,onlyoneisabouttheSecondWorldWar.Itis______________.
A.“TheSnake”
B.TheGrapesofWrath
C.“TheMoonIsDown”
D.“ThePearl”
答案:
C
NathanielHawthornegaveadefinitiontotheterm"romance"inhisPrefacetothenovel---.
A.TheHouseoftheSevenGables
B.TheScarletLetter
C.TheMarbleFaun
答案:
A
thesoundａndthefuryisanovelwrittenby__________.
A.StephenCraneB.TheodoreDreiser
C.MacbethD.WilliamFaulkner
答案:
D
Afterthesuccessof____,HermanMelvillebecameknownasamanwholivedamongcannibals.
A.Typee
B.WhiteJacket
C.Omoo
D.MobyDick
答案:
A
EmilyGrierson,theprotagonistinFaulkner’sstoryARoseforEmily,canberegardedasasymbolforallthefollowingqualitiesexcept______.
A.oldvalues
B.rigidideasofsocialstatus
C.bigotryａndeccentricity
D.harmonyａndintegrity
答案:
D
___isnotanametorefertoNattyBumppoinCooper’sfrontiersaga.
A.deerslayer
B.pathfinder
C.hawkeye
D.Mohican
答案:
D
Twice-toldTalesisacollectionofstorieswrittenby___.
A.NathanielHowthorne
B.EdgarEllanPoe
C.WashingtonIrving
答案:
A
TheleaderoftheAmericanTranscendentalismis_________.
A.HenryDavidThoreau
B.RalphWaldoEmerson
C.HenryJames
答案:
B
thevillagenearbostoninwhichbothemersonａndthoreaulivedwascalled_________.
A.Boston
B.Concord
C.Jamestown
答案:
B
AmongthefollowingauthorstheonewhooncevisitedChinawas---.
A.HenryJames
B.WilliamFaulkner
C.ErnestHemingway
答案:
C
Amongthefollowingnovels,onlyoneisnotwrittenbyWilliamFaulkner.Itis_____________.
A.LightinAugusts
B.AsILayDying
C.TheGoldenBowl
D.GoDown,Moses
答案:
C
ThefirstAmericanwritertowinaninternationalfameis___.
A.HenryJames
B.JamesFenimoreCooper
C.WashingtonIrving
答案:
C
“allsappyasmaplesａndflatastheprairie”isacommentmadebyjamesrusselllowellonthefemalecharactersinnovelswrittenby______.
A.WashingtonIrving
B.JamesFenimoreCooper
C.PhilipFreneau
D.GeorgeWashington
答案:
B
Amongthefollowingauthors,thereisonesometimesreferredtoastheAmericanGoldsmith.Heis__________.
A.JamesFenimoreCooper
B.WashingtonIrving
C.DanielWebster
答案:
B
TheFalloftheHouseofUsherwasahorrorstoryby______.
A.NathanielHawthorne
B.EdgarAllanPoe
C.Melville
D.Longfellow
答案:
B
______isnotacharacterinthenovelTheScarletLetter.
A.ArthurDimmesdale
B.RogerChillingworth
C.GoodmanBrown
D.Pearl
答案:
C
“TheBlackCat”writtenbyPoeisa_________.
A.gothicStory
B.loveStory
C.detectivestory
D.lyricalpoem
答案:
A
"TheApparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd"isalineinafamousshortpoemwrittenby---.
A.EzraPound
B.CarlSandburg
C.WaltWhitman
答案:
A
TalesofaTravellerwaswrittenbytheAmericanauthor__________.
A.JamesFenimoreCooper
B.WashingtonIrving
C.NathanielHawthorne
答案:
B
thelines“totheglorythatwasgreece,／ａndthegrａndeurthatwasrome”werequotedｆrompoe’spoem__________.
A.TheRaven
B.ToHelen
C.AnnabelLee
答案:
B
TheshortnovelTheTurnoftheScrewwaswrittenby________.
A.HenryJames
B.Fitzgerald
C.ErnestHemingway
D.WilliamFaulkner
答案:
A
ThewriterwhooncesaidthatallamericanliteraturecameｆromMarkTwain’sHuckFinnis___.
A.WilliamFaulkner
B.StephenCrane
C.ErnestHemingway
D.Chairman
答案:
C
in1836,asmallbookwaspublishedintheunitedstatesａndhashencebeencalledthemanifestooftheamericantranscendentalism.itsauthorwas___.
A.HenryDavidThoreau
B.WaltWhitman
C.RalphWaldoEmerson
答案:
C
ThefirstAmericanwriterwhopropoundedthatapieceofliteraryworkshouldfocusontheproductionofasingleemotionaleffectis___.
A.NathanielHawthorne
B.HermanMelville
C.EdgarEllanPoe
答案:
C
The“greenlight”inTheGreatGatsbysymbolizes__________.
A.sex
B.money
C.power
D.theAmericandream
答案:
D
“Ibecomeatransparenteye-ball.iamnothing.iseeall.thecurrentsoftheuniversalbeingcirculatethroughme;iampartｏrparticleofgod.”thepassageaboveisquotedｆromemerson’sessay__________.
A.TheAmericanScholar
B.Nature
C.Self-Reliance
答案:
B
“bynature’sselfinwhitearrayed\shebadetheeshunthevulgareye,\ａndplantedheretheguardingshade,\ａndsentsoftwatersmurmuringby;\thusquietlythysummergoes,\thydaysdecliningtorepose.”therhymeschemeofthelinesaboveis______________.
A.ababab
B.ababcc
C.aabbcc
答案:
B
“CivilDisobedience”isafamousessaywrittenby___________.
A.RalphWaldoEmerson
B.HenryDavidThoreau
C.E.B.White
答案:
B
Amongthefollowing3authorstheonewhodidnotwinaNobelPrizeis---.
A.WilliamFaulkner
B.F.S.Fitzgerald
C.JohnSteinbeck
答案:
B
ThelastfinishednovelwrittenbyFitzgeraldis__________.
A.ThisSideofParadise
B.AlltheSadYoungMen
C.TheGreatGatsby
D.TenderIstheNight
答案:
D
ThemostfamousseastorywrittenbyJackLondonis_______.
A.MartinEden
B.TheIronHeel
C.TheSeaWolf
D.TheCalloftheWild
答案:
C
whenwesaythatapooryoungmanｆromthewesttriedtomakehisfortuneintheeastbutwasdisillusionedinthequestofanidealizeddream,weareprobablydiscussingabout______’sthematicconcerninhisfictionwriting.
A.HenryJames B.ScottFitzgerald
C.Hemingway D.WilliamFaulkner
答案:
B
TheSchoolRoomPoetsdidnotinclude_____.
A.Longfellow B.Lowell
C.Holmes D.Poe
答案:
D
"TheAmericanScholar"isanessaywrittenbythefamousphilosopher---.
A.ThomasCarlyle
B.WilliamJames
C.RalphWaldoEmerson
答案:
C
AsaModernistpoet,Poundisnotedforhisactiveinvolvementinthe______
A.cubistschoolofmodernpainting
B.ImagistMovement
C.stream-of-consciousnesstechnique
D.GermanExpressionism
答案:
B
TheAmericanwriterwhoseoneessaygreatlyinfluencedlatercivilrightleaderMartinLutherKingis___.
A.RalphWaldoEmerson
B.PhilipFreneau
C.HenryDavidThoreau
答案:
C
Theshortpoem“TheRedWheelbarrow”waswrittenby_________.
A.TennesseeWilliams
B.WilliamCarlosWilliams
C.WallaceStevens
D.HildaDoolittle
答案:
B
InPoe’stale“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”,themajorfemalecharacterMadelineisthetitularheroUsher’s_____________.
A.wife B.governess
C.cousin D.sister
答案:
D
_____wastheonlyAmericanofhisgenerationwhocouldchidetheBritishwithhumor.
A.Cooper
B.WashingtonIrving
C.Thoreau
D.EdgarAllanPoe
答案:
B
Itisonhis______thatWashingtonIrving’sfamemainlyrested.
A.childhoodrecollections
B.sketchesabouthisEuropeantours
C.earlypoetry
D.talesaboutAmerica
答案:
D
___wroteRightsofManin1792tosuggesttheoverthrowoftheBritishmonarchy.
A.ThomasPaine
B.BenjaminFranklin
C.GeorgeWashington
D.Jefferson
答案:
A
ThefamouspamphletCommonSenseappearingin1776waswrittenby_____________.
A.ThomasJefferson
B.ThomasPaine
C.BenjamineFranklin
答案:
B
ThemostquotedamongFranklin’swritingscouldbe___,anannualcollectionofproverbs.
A.TheAutobiography
B.PoorRichard’sAlmanac
C.Spectator
D..Nature
答案:
B
Amongthefollowingnovelists,theonlyonewhohadtheworkingexperienceasasealhunteris__________.
A.HenryJames
B.MarkTwain
C.Fitzgerald
D.JackLondon
答案:
D
TheAuthoroftheshortstory"AGiftforMaggie"is---.
A.O.Henry
B.MarkTwain
C.JackLondon
答案:
A
Amongthefollowing,onlyoneisnotafeatureofMarkTwain’sstyle.Itis__________.
A.hisｕｓｅofvernacularlanguage
B.localcolor
C.theinfluenceoftheTallTale
D.Puritanism
答案:
D
mongthefollowingnovels,onlyonewasnotwrittenbyHermanMelville.Itis_____________.
A.TheConfidence-Man
B.ThePIlot
C.MobyDick
答案:
B
________wasthefirstwriteroflocalcolortoachievewidepopularity.
A.MarkTwain
B.HarrietStowe
C.BretHarte
D.HenryJames
答案:
C
TalesoftheGrotesqueａndArabesqueisacollectionofstorieswrittenby---.
A.WashingtonIrving
B.EdgarAllenPoe
C.NathanielHawthorne
答案:
B
amongthefollowingthreeamericanwriters,onlyonehasneverbeenmarriedinhisｏrherlife.thepersonis___.
A.EdgarEllanPoeB.HermanMelville
C.EmilyDickinson
答案:
C
WilliamSidneyPorterwastherealnameof________.
A.MarkTwain B.O’Henry
C.JackLondon D.WilliamDeanHowells
答案:
B
williamfaulkneroncedeclaredthat___wasthefirsttrulyamericanwriterｆromwhomwearedescended.
A.WashingtonIrving
B.Cooper
C.Hawthorne
D.MarkTwain
答案:
D
_______,theruthless,amoralprotagonistoftheTheSeaWolf,bestrealizestheidealofthe“Superman.”
A.Hurstwood B.WolfLarsen
C.Prufrock D.Santiago
答案:
B
AccordingtoMathewArnold,onepoemwrittenbyWilliamCullenBryantwasthe“mostperfectbriefpoeminthelanguage”.Thetitleofthepoemis__________.
A.“Thanatopsis”
B.“ToaWaterfowl”
C.“TheWildHoneySuckle”
D.“TheIndianBuryingGround”
答案:
B
Thescarletletter“A”inthenovelTheScarletLetteratfirststandsfor_____________.
A.angel B.adultery
C.able D.africa
答案:
B
TheBlithedaleRomanceisanovelabouttheBrookFarmexperimentwrittenby__________.
A.HenryJames
B.NathanielHawthorne
C.JamesFenimoreCooper
答案:
B
ThecentralcharacterHuckleberryFinnin
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