美国文学知识题.docx

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美国文学知识题

1Asaphilosophicalandliterarymoment,_____flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.

AmodernismBrationalismCsentimentalismDtranscendentalism

2Poe’sfirstcollectionofstoriesis_____.

ATalesofTraveler

BLeatherStockingTales

CCanterburyTales

DTalesoftheGotequeandArabesque

3WhichbookisnotwrittenbyEmerson?

ATheAmericanScholarBSelf-Reliance

CNatureDCivilDisobedience

4ThefinestexampleofHawthorn’ssymbolismistherecreationofPuritanBostonin_____.

ATheScarletLetterBYoungGoodmanBrown

CTheMarbleFawnDTheAmbitiousGuest

5ThechiefspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalismis_____.

ANathanielHawthornBRalphWaldoEmerson

CHenryDavidThoreauDWashingtonIrving

6Transcendentalistsrecognized_____asthe“highestpowerofthesoul”.

AintuitionBlogicCdataofsensesDthinking

7Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?

ATheAmericanScholarBEnglishTraits

CTheConductofLifeDRepresentativeMen

8Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthenineteenthcentury.Thiswas_____.

AAnneBradstreetBJaneAustin

CEmilyDickinsonDHarrietBeecher

9Captain,MyCaptainiswrittenfor_____.

ALincolnBWhitmanCWashingtonDHemingway

10_____isnotwrittenbyWashingtonIrving.

ATheSketchBookBRipVanWinkle

CTheLegendofSleepHollowDTheAutobiography

1."GoldRush"wasvividlydepictedin____novels.

AHemingway’sBMarkTwain’sCHenryJame’sDFaulkner’s

2.TheperiodofOldEnglish literaturerefersto____

A449-1066

B14thcentury-mid17thcentury

C14thcentury-mid18thcentury

D16thcentury-mid18thcentury

3.ThegreattranscendentalworkbyHenryDavidThoreauis____

ANatureBWaldenCExperienceDEssays

4.____hasbeenentitledthe"FatherofAmericanPoetry".

APhilipFreneauBRalphWaldoEmersonCWilliamCullenBryantDWaltWhitman

5.Theemotionaleffectandsocialsignificancemade____thefirstwell-knownsociologicalnovelinAmericanLiterature.

ATheSunAlsoRisesBUncleTom’sCabin

CTheOldManandTheSeaDSisterCarrie

6.StephenCraneisfamousfor____

AAnAmericanTragedyBTheAmbassadors

CMainStreetDTheRedBadgeofCourage

7.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueforBenjaminFranklin?

AHewasafamouswriterBHewasamembertodrafttheDeclarationofIndependence

CHewasagreatscientistDHewasonceelectedAmericanPresident

8.Whitman’spoemsarecharacterizedbyallthefollowingfeaturesEXCEPT____

AastrictpoeticformBasimpleandconversationallanguageCafreeandnaturalrhythmicpatternDaneasyflowoffeelings

9.Americanfictioninthe1960sisreteredtoas____

AimagismBblackhumorCnewfictionDtheBeatGeneration

10.WilliamFaukeneristheauthorof____

AFarFromtheMaddingCrowdBSoundandFuryCForWhomtheBellTollsDScarletLetter

__10__“TheLostGeneration”referstotheyoungpeople___.

　　AInthepost-WWIIera

　　BInthepost-WWIera

　　CInthepost-Vietnam-Warera

　　DInthepost-Cold-Warera

__1__HenryJames’novelsarereferredtoas___.

Anovelsofhumor

Bnovelsofcriticism

Cnovelsofmanners“世态小说”

Dnovelsofhistory

__2__HenryJames’famerestedlargelyuponhishandlingofhismajorfictionaltheme,“theinternationaltheme”,whichincludesallthefollowingbut___.

AthemeetingofAmericanandEurope

BAmericaninnocenceincontactandcontrastwithEuropeandecadence

Cthemoralandpsychologicalcomplications

DthenostalgicfeelingofancientEurope

__3__InhiswholewritingcareerJameswasconcernedwith___whichisatthecenterofhisaestheticofthenovel.

A“pointofwiew”

B“character”

C“plot”

D“theme”

__4__MostofWilliamDeanHowells’sliterary-aestheticideasarebestelucidatedinhis___.

AAspectsoffiction

BPhilosophyofComposition

CArtsofFiction

DCriticismandFiction

__5__Asapoet,EzraPoundisbestknownforhisactiveinvolvementin___.

AtheBeatGenerationmovement

Btheradicalpoliticalprotests

Cthepoeticrevolution

DtheschoolofNaturalism

__6__F.ScottFitzgeraldshowsaninterestinthespiritualpredicamentof___inhisfiction.

Atheworkingclasspeople

Btheupperclasssociety

CtheexilesinParis

Dintellectualsandartists

__7__whichofthefollowingisNOTwrittenbyTheodoreDreiser?

.

ATheGenius

BTheTitan

CLightinAugust

DJennieGerhardt

__8__WhichoftheHemingway’snovelsdescribethedriftinglifeofAmericanexilesinEurope?

ATheSunAlsoRises

BAFarewelltoArms

CForWhomtheBellTolls

DTheOldManandtheSea

__9__WhichstatementaboutEugeneO’NeillisNOTtrue?

AHewasawardedtheNobelPrize

BHeexperimentedwithexpressionism

CHehasproducedover40playsinhislifetime

DHislaterworksaregenerallyinferiorinquality

__10__Apartformthedislocationoftimeandthemodernstream-of-consciousness,theothernarrativetechniquesFaulknerusedtoconstructhisstoriesinclude___,symbolismandmythologicalandbiblicalallusions.

Aimpressionism

Bexpressionism

Cmultiplepointsofview

Dfirstpersonpointofview

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__1__It’sgenerallyknownthatthe“FirstbookofAmerican”is___byJohnSmith.

AATrueRelationofVirginia

BTheTrueTravelsofCaptainJohnSmith

CMapoftheBayandtheRivers

DADescriptionofNewEngland

__2__TheTenthMuseLatelySprungupinAmericawaswrittenby___.

AJohnSmith

BJohnEllis

CAnneBradstreet

DNathanielMorton

__3__AFuneralElegyuponThatPatternandPatronofVirtuewaswrittenbyJohnNortoninthememoryof___.

AJohnSmith

BAnneBradstreet

CNathanielMorton

DBenjaminFranklin

__4__EdwardTaylorwasapoetof___.

ALocalColorism

BAmericanRomanticism

CNewEnglandTranscendentalism

DColonialAmerican

__5__PoorRichard’sAlmanacwaswrittenby___whoalsowrote___.

ABenjaminFranklin…Autobiography

BWashingtonIrving…Autobiography

CWashingtonIrving…HistoryofNewYork

DBenjaminFranklin…HistoryofNewYork

__6__Allthefollowingbut___aretheworksofJohnWoolman.

AJournalofJohnWoolman

BSomeconsiderationsuponthekeepingofNegroes

CApleaforthePoor

DPoorRichard’sAlmanac

__7__Theseriesof“poemsofromanticfancy”arepoemswrittenby___.

AWashingtonIrving

BJamesFenimoreCooper

CEdgarAllanPoe

DPhilipFreneau

__8_____wasthefirstblackwomanwhopublishedhercollectionofpoems.

APhilisWheatley

BRalphEllison

CJamesBaldwin

DAlexHaley

__9__Escape:

orALeapforFreedomwrittenbyblackauthorJohnWellsBrownwasa（n）___.

Apoem

Bnovel

Cplay

Dessay

__10__CharlesBrockdenBrownwroteallthefollowingnovelsbut___.

AWieland

BOrmond

CEdgarHuntley

DThePioneers

__1__RipVanWinkleisashortstorywrittenby_____.

AJamesFenimoreCooper

BWashingtonIrving

CEdgarAllanPoe

DMarkTwain

__2__TheLegendofSleepingHallowisashortstorywrittenby____.

AJamesFenimoreCooper

BWashingtonIrving

CEdgarAllanPoe

DMarkTwain

__3__Cooper’sLeatherStockingTalesconsistsof____stories.

A3B4C5D6

这五部小说根据发表的时间先后顺序依次为《开拓者》（ThePioneers），《最后一个莫西干人》（TheLastoftheMohicans），《大草原》（ThePrairie），《探路人》（ThePathfinder），《猎鹿人》（TheDeerslayer）。

__4__WhichofthefollowingisnotoneoftheLeatherStockingTalesbyJamesF.Cooper.

AThePioneers

BTheLastoftheMohicans

CThePathfinder

DTheCrater）。

《火山口》（TheCrater）是库柏的另一部小说。

__5__ThePurloinedLetterisadetectivestoryby_____.

AArthurConanDoyle

BEdgarAllanPoe

CWashingtonIrving

DJamesF.Cooper

__6__TheRomanticPeriodinAmericanLiteraryhistorystartedwiththepublicationof____.

AWashingtonIrving’sTheSketchBook

BWashingtonIrving’sTalesofATraveller

CWhitman’sLeavesofGrass

DJamesFenimoreCooper’sLeatherStockingTales

__7__“TheAmericanRenaissance”istheperiodof____inthehistoryofAmericanliterature.

ALocalColorism

BRomanticism

CNewEnglandTranscendentalism

DColonism

__8__EdgarAllanPoeisknownasapoetandcriticbutmostfamousasthefirstmasterofthe___form.

Apoem

Bdrama

Cshortstory

Dessay

__9__TheRavenisapoemby____.

AEdgarAllanPoe

BWaltWhitman

CRalphWaldoEmerson

DHenryDavidThoreau

__10__ThePhilosophyofCompositionwaswrittenby____whoalsowroteThePoeticPrinciple

AEdgarAllanPoe

BWaltWhitman

CRalphWaldoEmerson

DHenryDavidThoreau

__1__Thanatopsisisapoemby____.《死亡随想曲》

ARalphWaldoEmerson

BWaltWhitman

CWilliamCullenBryant

DHenryDavidThoreau

__2__ToaWaterfowlandTheYellowVioletarepoemsby____.

ARalphWaldoEmerson

BWaltWhitman

CWilliamCullenBryant

DHenryDavidThoreau

__3__Naturewaswrittenby____.

AHenryDavidThoreau

BRalphWaldoEmerson

CHenryWadsworthLongfellow

DJamesRussellLowell

__4__Waldenwaswrittenby____.

AHenryDavidThoreau

BRalphWaldoEmerson

CHenryWadsworthLongfellow

DJamesRussellLowell

__5__TheSongofHiwathawaswrittenby_______.

AHenryDavidThoreau

BRalphWaldoEmerson

CHenryWadsworthLongfellow

DJamesRussellLowell

__6__I’mNobodyisapoemby____intheformof“dramaticmonologue”.

ARalphWaldoEmerson

BEmilyDickinson

CEdgarAllanPoe

DRobertBrowning

__7__WhichofthefollowingisnotwrittenbytheauthorofTheScarletLetter?

ATheHouseoftheSevenGables

BYoungGoodmanBrown

CTheFalloftheHouseofUsher

DTheMinister’sBlackVeil

__8__Twice-ToldTaleswaswrittenby___.

AEdgarAllanP