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美国文学综合练习4附标答

TestFour

（Chapter7-8withanswers）

I.Eachofthestatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatementandputtheletterinthebrackets.

1.ThebeginningoftheModernPeriodinAmericanliteraturewasmarkedby.

A.WorldWarIB.WorldWarII

C.theturnofthecenturyD.theGreatDepression

2.EugeneO'Neillwasbornthechildof_________.

A.wealthyLondonsocialitesB.circusfolk

C.anactorD.investmentbankers

3.Whileinhistwenties,O'Neillhadtobetreatedfor__________.

A.syphilisB.herpes

C.hepatitisD.consumption

4.In1916,O'Neillchancedonacareer-startingbitofluckwhenhemetthefoundersof___________.

A.Seattle

B.theEugeneO'Neillplayers

C.MGM

D.theProvincetownplayers

5.EugeneO'Neillisconsideredtobe____________.

A.thelastgreatAmericanplaywright

B.thefirstgreatAmericanplaywright

C.thegreatestAmericanplaywrightofthe19thcentury

D.thegreatestBritishplaywrightofthiscentury

6.LongDay'sJourneyintoNightcouldbestbedescribedas____________.

A.ashortplay

B.adeeplyautobiographicalwork

C.anexperimentinsurrealisttheatre

D.anexperimentinextremerealism

7.EugeneO'Neill'smotherwas______________.

A.analcoholic

B.aprostitute

C.amorphineaddict

D.anactress

8.Eugene'solderbrotherwas______________.

A.agreatpoet

B.agreatactor

C.agreatwriter

D.adrunkenwhoremonger

9.EugenegavetheplaytohiswifeCarlottaontheoccasionof_____________.

A.their12thweddinganniversary

B.hisretirement

C.hisdeath

D.theirfirstchild'sbirth

10.EugeneO'NeillwastheonlyAmericanplaywrighttowin____________.

A.thePulitzerprize

B.theVanDeekenprize

C.boththePulitzerprizeandtheNobelprize

D.theNobelprize

11.IntheModernPeriod,manytheorieshadgreatimpactuponliterature.Theymainlyincludethetheoriesof.

A.Darwin’sB.Mark’s

C.Freud’sD.Alltheabove

12.LongDay'sJourneyintoNightwasperformed___________.

A.in1953,inthelastyearofO'Neill'slife

B.in1956,threeyearsafterO'Neill'sdeath

C.in1920,atthestartofO'Neill'sascenttofame

D.1916,beforeO'Neillwaswellknown

13.Yank,theprotagonistofEugeneO’Neill’splayTheHairyApe,talkedtothegorillaandsetitfreebecause_________.

A.hewasmad,mistakingabeastforahuman

B.hewastoldbythewhiteyoungladythathewaslikeabeastandhewantedtoseehowcloselyheresembledthegorilla

C.hewascagedwiththegorillaafterheinsultedanaristocraticstroller

D.hecouldfeelthekinshiponlywiththebeast

14.WhichofthefollowingpoemsbyT.S.Eliotishailedasalandmarkandamodelofthe20thcenturyEnglishpoetry?

A．Poems1909-1925B．TheHollowMan

C．PrufrockandOtherObservationsD．TheWasteLand

15.EzraPound,aleadingspokesmanofthe“______________”,wasoneofthemostimportantpoetsinhistime.

A．ImagistMovementB．CubistMovement

C．ReformistMovementD．TranscendentalistMovement

16．EugeneO’Neill’sfirstfull—lengthplay,______________,wonhimthefirstPulitzerPrize.Itsthemeisthechoicebetweenlifeanddeath,theinteractionofsubjectiveandobjectivefactors.

A．BoundEastforCardiffB．TheHairyApe

C．DesireUndertheElmsD．BeyondtheHorizon

17.StrongaffinityoftheChineseandOrientalliteraturecanbefoundintheworksof_________.

A.MarkTwainB.EzraPound

C.EmilyDickinsonD.ArthurMiller

18.OfthefollowingAmericanpoets,whoseworkwasfirstrecognizedinEnglandandtheninAmerica?

A.RobertFrostB.WaltWhitman

C.EmilyDickinsonD.WallaceStevens

19.Intheselines"Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd;/Petalsonawet,blackbough",EzraPoundusesthefigureofspeechof________.

A.metaphorB.simile

C.hyperboleD.contrast

20.O’Neill’sinventivenessseeminglyknewnolimits.Hewasconstantlyexperimentingwithnewstylesandformsforhisplays,especiallyduringthetwentieswhen______wasinfullswing.

A.SymbolismB.Expressionism

C.RomanticismD.Realism

21."Hegotme,awright.I’mtrou.Evenhimdidn’ttinkIbelonged."Inthesesentencestakenfrom’TheHairyApe’,thewords“he”and“him”bothreferto__________.

A.YankB.God

C.TheapeinthezooD.Apersonunnamed

22.In1915,EzraPoundbeganwritinghisgreatwork_______,whichspannedfrom1917to1959.

A.CantosB.CollectedEarlyPoemsofEzraPound

C.PersonaeD.HyghSelwynMauberley

23.MostofthewritersintheModernPeriodwereabletoprobeintotheinnerworldofhumanrealityonthebaseof.

A.WilliamJames’s“streamofconsciousness

B.CarlJung’s“collectiveunconscious”and“archetypalsymbol”

C.SigmundFreud’s“interpretationofdreams”

D.Alltheabove

24.EugeneO’Neill’sTheHairyApeexplorestheproblemof________.

A.humandisillusionmentB.thecorruptionofhumandesire

C.humanresponsibilityD.thelossofhumanidentity

25._____wastheonlyAmericanwriterevertowinthreeNationalBookAwards,thePulitzerPrize,andtheNobelPrize.

A.HemingwayB.FaulknerC.BellowD.Mailer

26._____isthefirstAmericantoincorporatethegreatnineteenth-centuryEuropeanrealistsinhiswork.

A.HemingwayB.BellowC.FaulknerD.Twain

27._____isSaulBellow’sfirstnovelthatmakeshimfamous.

A.DanglingManB.TheAdventuresofAugieMarch

C.HerzogD.HendersontheRainKing

28.Asrepresentativeofthe______Americanwriters,Bellow’sworksbecamecentraltoAmericanliteratureafterWorldWarII.

A.JewishB.RussianC.CanadianD.Israeli

29.In1965Mr.BellowwasawardedtheInternationalLiteraryPrizefor_____becomingthefirstAmericantoreceivetheprize.

A.HendersontheRainKingB.Herzog

C.Mr.Sammler'sPlanetD.Humboldt'sGift

30.ThecharactersinBellow’snovelsaremainly_____people.

A.BlackB.WhiteC.JewishD.European

31.TheAdventuresofAugieMarchandHendersontheRainKingalikeareboth______inafree-flowingwritingstyle.

A.essaysB.shortstoriesC.novellasD.picaresquenovels

32.Attheageof85,Bellowpublishedhislastnovelentitled_______.

A.RavelsteinB.TheVictim

C.TheDean'sDecemberD.MoreDieofHeartbreak

33.NormanKingsleyMailerisamajorfigureinpost-warAmericanliteratureandgenerallyconsideredtherepresentativeauthor,butnot______,ofrecentdecades.

A.essayistB.novelistC.filmproducerD.lecturer

34._____iswellknownforhisnewjournalismandmasteryofthenonfictionnovel.

A.HemingwayB.FaulknerC.BellowD.Mailer

35._____isNormanMailer’sfirstnovelthatmakeshimfamous.

A.TheNakedandtheDeadB.TheArmiesoftheNight

C.AdvertisementsforMyselfD.TheExecutioner'sSong

36.“TheWhiteNegro”iswrittenby_____.

A.HemingwayB.FaulknerC.BellowD.Mailer

37.“TheWhiteNegro”isregardedasoneofthesignificantculturaldocumentsoftheperiod,andthisessayattemptstotracethesourceofthe"destructive,theliberating,thecreativenihilismofthe_____"toAfricanAmericanexperience,defininghowthe"psychicoutlaw"opposessocialandpoliticalrepression.

A.NakedB.DeadC.HipD.Square

38.NormanMailerisoneofthemostfamousandcontroversialpost-WorldWarIIAmericanwriters.HisAnAmericanDreamhasdrawntheattackfrom_____.

A.feministsB.historiansC.politiciansD.critics

39.Thefollowingbooksarenovelbiographiesexcept_______.

A.MarilynB.PortraitofPicassoasaYoungMan

C.ToughGuysDon'tDanceD.Oswald'sTale

40.Attheageof84,NormanMailerpublishedhismostrecentnovelentitled_______.

A.TheCastleintheForestB.MiamiandtheSiegeofChicago

C.OfaFireontheMoonD.TheExecutioner'sSong

41._____,the“PoetLaureateofblackAmerica”,wasinspiredbytherhythmandromanceofjazzin1920sNewYork,andintroducedthelanguageofjazzintohispoemsandchangedthesoundofmodernpoetry. 

A.JamesBaldwinB.RichardWright

C.GwendolynBrooksD.LangstonHughes

42.Baldwin’sfirstnovel__________,publishedin1953,wasanautobiographicalworkaboutgrowingupinHarlem.ThepassionanddepthwithwhichhedescribedthestrugglesofblackAmericanswasunlikeanythingthathadbeenwritten.

A.GoingtoMeettheManB.TellMeHowLongtheTrain'sBeenGone

C.GoTellItonTheMountainD.TheFireNextTime

43.Wright’sstory________wasgiventheO.HenryMemorialawardin1938.

A.UncleTom'sChildrenB.FireandCloud

C.BlackBoyD.NativeSon

44.Warren'sdepictionofthenaturalworld,__________,isquitestriking.

A.TheHawkB.InfantBoyatMidcenturyC.TheladyD.Theleaf

45.CapoteseizedonthegrislystoryandwentdowntoKansastoturnitintoabook.Hespentsixyearsresearching______andclaimedtohaveinventedagenre,thenonfictionnovel.

A.ToKillaMockingbirdB.TheNewYorkTimes

C.TheGrassHarpD.InColdBlood

46._____isknownasbothaSouthernandaCatholicwriter.

A.WarrenB.CapoteC.O’connorD.Faulkner

47.ThestoryGimpeltheFoolwaswrittenby.

A.BernadMalamud

B.PhilipRoth

C.SaulBellow

D.IsaacBashevisSinger

48.GimpelgotmarriedwithElkabecause.

A.hewasforcedto

B.hewasfooledto

C.hewaslaughedat

D.hewasanorphan

49.WhenGimpelfeltpuzzledandwenttotherabbiforhelp,therabbitoldhim.

A.thattownspeople’skiddingwaswellmeaning

B.thateverythingwaspossible,asitwaswrittenintheWisdomoftheFathers

C.thatitwasbettertobeafoolallyourdaysthanforonehourtobeevil

D.believingwasbetterpuzzling

50.WhatdidtheSpiritofEvilaskGimpeltodoinhisdream?

A.HeaskedGimpeltorevenge.

B.HeaskedGimpeltomeeth