英美文学选读美国浪漫主义时期练习题汇总选择大题.docx

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英美文学选读美国浪漫主义时期练习题汇总选择大题

I．MultipleChoice（40pointsinall,1foreach）

Selectfromthefourchoicesofeachitemtheonethatbestanswersthequestionorcompletesthestatement.WritethecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDontheanswersheet.

Chapter

23.TheRomanticwriterswouldfocusonallthefollowingissuesEXCEPTthe___intheAmericanliteraryhistrory.

A.individualfeelingsB.ideaofsurvivalofthefittest

C.strongimaginationD.returntonature（024）

24.HenryDavidThoreau'swork,__,hasalwaysbeenregardedasamasterpieceofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.5

A.WaldenB.Thepioneers

C.NatureD.SongofMyself（024）

23.ThehightideofRomanticisminAmericanliteratureoccurredaround.

[A]1820[B]1850[C]1880[D]1920（034）

25.WhichgroupofwritersareamongthosewhomaybecalledearlypioneersofAmericanliterature?

[A]MarkTwainandHenryJames.

[B]FenimoreCooperandWashingtonlrving.

[C]ErnestHemingwayandWilliamFaulkner

[D]JackLondonandO’Henry.（034）

31.TheRomanticWriterswouldfocusonallthefollowingissuesEXCEPTthe（　　　）intheAmericanliteraryhistory.

A.individualfeelingB.survivalofthefittest（054）

C.strongimaginationD.returntonature

24.TheRomanticPeriod,oneofthemostimportantperiodsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature,stretchesfromtheendof__________totheoutbreakof___________.（　　　）

A.the17thcentury…theAmericanWarofIndependence

B.the18thcentury…theAmericanCivilWar

C.the17thcentury…theAmericanCivilWar

D.the18thcentury…theU.S.-MexicanWar（057）

29.ThethemeofWashingtonIrving’sRipVanWinkleis（　　　）.

A.theconflictofhumanpsyche

B.thefightagainstracialdiscrimination（057）

C.thefamilialconflict

D.thenostalgiafortheunrecoverablepast

25．TheRomanticPeriod,oneofthemostimportantperiodsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature,stretchesfromtheendof______________totheoutbreakof____________.

A．the17thcentury…theAmericanWarofIndependence 

B．the18thcentury…theAmericanCivilWar

C．the17thcentury…theAmericanCivilWar 

D．the18thcentury…theU.S.–MexicanWar（074）

26．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofAmericanTranscendentalism?

4A．ItcanbeclearlydefinedasapartofAmericanRomanticliterarymovement. 

B．Itcanbedefinedphilosophicallyas“therecognitioninmanofthecapacityofknowingtruthintuitively”.

C．RalphWaldoEmersonwasthechiefadvocateofthisspiritualmovement. 

D．ItsprangfromSouthAmericainthelate19thcentury.（074）

39.Apreoccupationwiththe______viewoforiginalsinandthemysteryofevilmarkedtheworksofHawthorne，Melvilleandahostoflesserwriters.

A.optimisticB.Calvinistic

C.PlatonicD.Socratic（087）

40.TheAmerican______asaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluencesoverAmericanmoralvaluesintheAmericanRomanticperiod.

A.PuritanismB．Atheism

C.DeismD.Cynicism（087）

39.IntheAmericanRomanticwritings,______cametofunctionalmostasadramaticcharacterthatsymbolizedmorallaw.3

A.fireB.water

C.treesD.wilderness（094）

40.Thedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturnto______becameapermanent

conventionoftheAmericanliterature.2

A.thefamilylifeB.nature

C.theancienttimeD.fantasyoflove（094）

24.ThefictionoftheAmerican_____periodrangesfromthecomicfablesofWashingtonIrvingtothesocialrealismofRebeccaHardingDavis.

A.RomanticB.Revolutionary

C.ColonialD.Modernistic（097）

32.ApreoccupationwiththeCalvinisticviewof_____andthemysteryofevilmarkedtheworksofHawthorne,Melvilleandahostoflesserwriters.1

A.loveandmercyB.bitternessandhatred

C.originalsinD.eternallife（097）

1Hawthorne

28.HesterPryme,Dimmsdale,ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikelythenamesofthecharactersin___.

A.TheScarletLetterB.TheHouseoftheSevenGablest

C.ThePortraitofaLadyD.Thepioneers（024）

27.Hawthornegenerallyconcernshimselfwithsuchissuesasinhisfiction.

[A]theevilinman’sheart[B]thematerialpursuit

[C]theracialconflict[D]thesocialinequality（034）

29.WhichofthefollowingworksbestillustratestheCalvinisticviewoforiginalsin?

（044）

A.Stowe’sUncleTon’sCabinB.James’sThePortraitofaLady.

C.Hemingway’sAFarewelltoArmsD.Hawthorne’sTheScarletLetter.

39.Afterhisexperiencesintheforest,YoungGoodmanBrownreturnstoSalem______.

A.desperateandgloomyB.renewedinhisfaith

C.wearingablackveilD.unawareofhisownsin（044）

24.TheAmericannovelistNathanielHawthorneisknownforhis“blackvision.”Theterm“blackvision”refersto（　　　）.

A.Hawthorne’sobservationthateverymanfacesablackwall

B.Hawthorne’sbeliefthatallmenarebynatureevil

C.thatHawthorneemployedadreamvisiontotellhisstory

D.thatPuritansofHawthorne’stimeusuallyworeblackclothes（054）

36.HesterPrynne,Dimmesdale,ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikelycharactersin（　　　）.

A.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesB.TheScarletLetter（054）

C.ThePortraitofaLadyD.ThePioneers

23.InYoungGoodmanBrownbyHawthorne,thenameofGoodmanBrown’swifeis（　　　）,whichalsocontainsmanysymbolicmeanings.

A.RuthB.Hester

C.FaithD.Mary（057）

36.NathanielHawthorneheldanunceasinginterestinthe“interioroftheheart”ofman’sbeing.Soinalmosteverybookhewrote,Hawthornediscussed（　　）

A.loveandhatredB.sinandevil

C.frustrationandself-denialD.balanceandself-discipline（057）

29．NathanielHawthorneheldanunceasinginterestinthe“interioroftheheart”ofman’sbeing.Soinalmosteverybookhewrote,Hawthornediscusses______________.

A．loveandhatred B．sinandevil

C．frustrationandself—denial D．balanceandself—discipline（074）

30．InYoungGoodmanBrownbyHawthorne,thenameofGoodmanBrown’swifeis______________,whichalsocontainsmanysymbolicmeanings.

A．Ruth B．Hester

C．Faith D．Mary（074）

28．Hawthorneintendedto______inTheScarletLetter.

A．tellastoryofparentallove

B．tellastoryofsinandbloodyviolence

C．callthereadersbacktotheplantationwayofliving

D．revealthehumanpsycheaftertheysinned（084）

30．InmanyofHawthorne’sstoriesandnovels,thePuritanconceptoflifeiscondemned,orthePuritanpastisshowninanalmosttotallynegativelight,especiallyinhis______andTheScarletLetter.5

A．Twice-ToldTalesB．TheBlithedaleRomance

C．TheMarbleFaunD．TheHouseoftheSevenGables（084）

27.Accordingto______,“Thereisevilineveryhumanheart，whichmayremainlatent，perhaps，throughthewholelife；butcircumstancesmayrouseittoactivity.”4

A.NathanielHawthorneB.EdgarEllenPoe

C.WilliamFaulknerD．TheodoreDreiser（087）

34.Hawthorne’sviewofmanandhumanhistoryoriginated，toagreatextent，from______.

A.TranscendentalismB.Puritanism

C.HumanismD.Expressionism（087）

38.AlmosteverybookwrittenbyHawthornediscusses_____，whichreflectshisunceasinginterestinthe“interioroftheheart”ofman’sbeing.

A.sinandevilB.1oveandhatred

C.frustrationandself-denialD.balanceandself-discipline（087）

34.TheBirthmarkdriveshomesymbolically______pointthatevilisaman'sbirthmark,somethinghewasbornwith.

A.Whitman'sB.Melville's

C.Hawthorne'sD.Emerson's（094）

40.HawthornewasnotaPuritanhimself,buthisviewofmanandhumanhistoryoriginated,toagreatextent,in_______.

A.CalvinismB.Puritanism

C.RealismD.Naturalism（097）

23.WiththescarletletterAasthebiggestsymbolofall,______proveshimselftobeoneofthebestsymbolists.

A.HawthorneB.Dreiser

C.JamesD.Faulkner（104）

40.In1837,______publishedTwice-ToldTales,acollectionofshortstorieswhichattractedcriticalattention.3

A.EmersonB.Melville

C.WhitmanD.Hawthorne（104）

39.“TheBirthmark”driveshomesymbolicallyHawthorne’spointthat______isman’sbirthmark,somethingheisbornwith.2

A.purityB.generosity

C.evilD.love（107）

40.TheBlithedaleRomanceisanovel______wrotetorevealhisownexperiencesontheBrookFarmandhisownmethodsasapsychologicalnovelist.1

A.HermanMelvilleB.NathanielHawthorne

C.WashingtonIrvingD.WaltWhitman（107）

2Whitman

26.WaltwhitmanwasapioneeringfigureofAmericanpoetry.Hisinnovationfirstofallliesinhisuseof__,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.

A.blankverseB.heroiccouplet

C.freeverseD.iambicpentameter（024）

31.Whitman’spoemsarecharacterizedbyallthefollowingfeaturesexcept.

[A]astrictpoeticform

[B]asimpleandconversationallanguage

[C]afreeandnaturalrhythmicpattern

[D]aneasyflowoffeelings（034）

26.Whitman’spoemsarecharacterizedbyallthefollowingfeaturesEXCEPT______.（044）5

A.thestrictpoeticformB.thefreeandnaturalrhythm

C.theeasyflowoffeelingsD.thesimpleandconversationallanguage

23．WaltWhitman,whose______________establishedhimasthemostpopularAmericanpoetofthe19thcentury.

A．LeavesofGrass B．GoDown,Moses

C．TheMarbleFaun D．AsILayDying（074）

31．Whichofthefollowingstatementsmightbetrueofthethemeof“SongofMyself”byWhitman?

4

A．Thispoemdescribesthegrowthofachildwholearnedabouttheworldaroundhimandimprovedhimselfaccordingly. 

B．Thispoemshowstheauthor’scynicalsentimentsagainsttheAmericanCivilWar.

C．Thispoemreflectstheauthor’sbeliefinUnitarianismorDeism. 

D．Thispoemreflectstheauthor’sbeliefinthesingularityandequalityofallbeingsinvalue.（074）

37．As______sawit,poetrycouldplayavitalpartintheprocessofcreatinganewnation.ItcouldenableAmericanstocelebratetheirreleasefromtheOldWorldand