美国文学复习题有答案版.docx

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美国文学复习题有答案版

美国文学复习提纲

第一部分连线题（1*10=10’）

1.ThomasJeffersonTheDeclarationofIndependence

2.WaltWhitmanO’Captain,MyCaptain

3.MarkTwainJumpingFrog

4.RobertFrostMendingWall   

5.EzraPoundInaStationoftheMetro  

6.CarlSandburgChicago 

7.SaulBellowTheAdventureofAugieMarch

8.ErnestHemingwayMenwithoutWomen  

9.JohnSteinbeckTheGrapeofWrath

10.JackLondonTheCalloftheWild

11.SinclairLewisBabbit  

12.FlanneryO’Connor   AGoodManIsHardtoFind

13.O.HenryTheLastLeaf

14.JeromeDavidSalingerTheCatcherintheRye

15.WilliamFalknerTheSoundandtheFury

第二部分单项选择*20=30’）

1.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe“________”whoappearedinAmerica.

A.TenthMuseB.NinthMuseC.BestMuseD.FirstMuse

2.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment.________wasthedominantspirit.

A.HumanismB.RationalismC.RevolutionD.Evolution

3.WhichofthefollowingstirredtheworldandhelpedformtheAmericanrepublic

A.TheAmericanCrisisB.TheFederalist

C.DeclarationofIndependenceD.TheAgeofReason

4.AttheReasonandRevolutionPeriod,AmericanswereinfluencedbytheEuropeanmovementcalledthe________.

A.ChartistMovementB.RomanticistMovement

C.EnlightenmentMovementD.ModernistMovement

5.Thoreauwasoftenaloneinthewoodsorbythepond,lostinspiritualcommunicationwith________.

A.natureB.transcendentalistideas

C.humanbeingsD.celestialbeings

6.________tellsasimplebutverymovingstoryinwhichfourpeoplelivinginapuritancommunityareinvolvedinandaffectedbythesinofadulteryindifferentways.

A.Twice-ToldTalesB.TheScarletLetter

C.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesD.TheMarbleFaun

7.WashingtonIrving’ssocialconservationandliteraryforthepastisrevealed,tosomeextent,inhisfamousstory,________.

A.TheLegendofSleepyHollowB.RipVanWinkle

C.TheCustom-houseD.TheBirthmark

8.TheconventionofthedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonatureinAmericanliteratureisparticularlyevidentin________.

A.Cooper’sLeatherstockingTalesB.Hawthorne’sTheScarletLetter

C.Whitman’sLeavesofGrassD.Irving’sRipVanWinkle

9.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,________flourishedinNewEnglandfrom1830stotheCivilWar.

A.modernismB.rationalism

C.sentimentalismD.transcendentalism

10. Edgar Allan Poe mainly writes __________.

 A.poems  B. literary critic theoriesC. short stories D. dramas 

11.InHawthorne’sTheScarletLetter,“A”maystandfor________ .

A.AdulteryB.AngelC.AmiableD.Alltheabove

12.TheperiodbeforetheAmericanCivilWarisgenerallyreferredtoas________ .

A.theNaturalistPeriodB.theModernPeriod

C.theRomanticPeriodD.theRealisticPeriod

13.Inthefollowingworks,whichsignsthebeginningoftheAmericanliterature

A.TheSketchBookB.LeavesofGrass

C.LeatherstockingTalesD.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

14.ThemainthemeofEmilyDickinsonisthefollowingexcept________.

A.warandpeaceB.loveandmarriageC.lifeanddeathD.religion

15.EmilyDickinson’spoeticidiomisnotedforthefollowingexcept________.

A.brevityB.directnessC.plainestwordsD.obscure

16.Thepublicationof________establishedEmersonasthemosteloquentspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.

A.NatureB.Self-Reliance

C.TheAmericanScholarD.TheOver-Soul

17.TheAgeofRealismintheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStatesreferstotheperiodfrom________to________.

A.1861…1914B.1863…1918C.1865…1914D.1865…1918

18.________isconsideredtobeTheodoreDreiser’sgreatestwork.

A.AnAmericanTragedyB.SisterCarrieC.TheFinancierD.TheTitan

19.________isanovellaaboutayoungAmericangirlwhogets“killed”bythewinterinRome,anditbroughtHenryJamesinternationalfameforthefirsttime.

A.TheAmericanB.TheEuropeans

C.DaisyMillerD.ThePortraitofaLady

20.________isdescribedbyMarktwainasaboywith“asoundheartandadeformedconscience”.

A.TomSawyerB.HuckleberryFinnC.JimD.Tony

21.MarkTwainwrotemostofhisliteraryworkswitha________language.

A.grandB.pompousC.simpleD.vernacular

22.Thebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes”refersto________.

A.TheGreatGatsbyB.TheSunAlsoRises

C.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnD.Moby-Dick

23.InwhichofthefollowingworksHemingwaypresentshisphilosophyaboutlifeanddeaththroughthedepictionofthebull-fightasakindofmicrocosmictragedy

A.DeathintheAfternoonB.TheSnowsofKilimanjaro

C.ToHaveandHaveNotD.TheGreenHillsofAfrica

24.________isHemingway’sfirsttruenovelinwhichhedepictsavividportraitof“TheLostGeneration”.

A.TheSunAlsoRisesB.AFarewelltoArms

C.InOurTimeD.ForWhomtheBellTolls

25.RobertFrostcombinedtraditionalverseforms—thesonnet,rhymingcouplets,blankverse—withaclearAmericanlocalspeechrhythm,thespeechof________farmerswithitsidiosyncraticdictionandsyntax.

A.SouthernB.WesternC.NewHampshireD.NewEngland

26.________,oneofthemostimportantpoetsinhistime,isaleadingspokesmanofthe“ImagistMovement”.

A.J.D.SalingerB.EzraPoundC.RichardWrightD.RalphEllison

27.“TenderIstheNight”isa________byFitzgerald.

A.shortstoryB.novellaC.poemD.novel

28.________issaidtobea“historicalnovel”byFaulkner.

A.GoDown,MosesB.LightinAugust

C.TheSoundandtheFuryD.Absalom

29.________stemsfromtheambiguityofthespeaker’schoicebetweensafetyandtheunknown.

A.MendingthewallBHomeBurial

C.TheRoadnotTakenD.StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening

30.Hemingway’swritingstyle,togetherwithhisthemeandthehero,isgreatlyandpermanentlyinfluencedbyhisexperiences________.

A.inhischildhoodB.inthewarC.inAmericaD.inAfrica

31.ThefollowingwriterswereawardedNobelPrizeforliteratureexcept________.

A.WilliamFaulknerB.F.ScottFitzgerald

C.JohnSteinbeckD.ErnestHemingway

32.________isnotconsideredtobeoneofthemastersinthefieldofAmericanfictioninthemodernisticperiod.

A.F.ScottFitzgeraldB.ErnestHemingway

C.ArthurMillerD.WilliamFaulkner

33.“TworoadsdivergedinayellowwoodandsorryIcouldnottravelboth…”IntheabovetwolinesofRobertFrost’s“TheRoadnotTaken”,thepoet,byimplication,wasreferringto________.

A.one’scourseoflifeB.amarriagedecision

C.amiddle-agecrisisD.atravelexperience

34.Mostofthewritersinthemodernperiodwereabletoprobeintotheinnerworldofhumanrealityonthebaseof________.

A.WilliamJames’“streamofconsciousness”

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

C.SigmundFreud’s“interpretationofdreams”

D.Alloftheabove

35.Writersofthesecondpostwareraself-consciouslyacknowledgedthattheywere____________.

A.aLostGenerationB.aBeatGeneration

C.aJazzGenerationD.noneoftheabove

36.In1862,PresidentLincolnexclaimed:

“Soyouarethelittlewomanwhowrotethebookthatstartedthisgreatwar!

”Thebookrefersto________.

A.UncleTom’sCabinB.Beloved

C. PrideandPrejudice                               D.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

37. InLeavesofGrass,_______isallthatconcernedWhitman.

A.individualismB.freedom                 

C.democracyD.alltheabove

38.Itisnotsurprisingtofindin_______’sfictionaworldofjungle,where“killortobekilled”wasthelaw.

A.MarkTwainB.EmilyDickinson

C.TheodoreDreiserD.HenryJames

39.WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofWilliamFaulkner

A.Heismasterofstream-of-consciousnessnarrative.

B.Hiswritingisoftencomplexanddifficulttounderstand.

C.HeoftendepictsslumlifeinNewYorkandChicago.

D.HerepresentsanewgroupofSouthernwriters

40.ThesettingofthenovelTheScarletLetterisin________.

A.EnglandduringWorldWarI

B.ParisduringtheFrenchRevolution

C.PuritanAmerica

D.AmericaaftertheRevolutionaryWar

第三部分判断对错（1*15=15’）

（T）1.TheCalvinistdoctrineof“originalsin”exertedgreatinfluenceuponHawthorne.

（T）2.ToHawthornesinwillgetpunished,onewayoranother.

（T）3.RogerChillingworth,thescholar,theembodimentofpureintellect,committedthe“UnpardonableSin”.

（F）4.EmilyDickinsondidn’tlikeusingcapitalletterswheresmallonesareneeded.

（T）5.WaltWhitmanusedparallelismandrefraininhispoems.

（T）6.WaltWhitmanwasregardedastheZenithinAmericanromanticpoetry.

（T）7.Dickinsonwasoriginal.Sheneverimitatesothers.

（T）8.AllanPoedefinedpoetryastherhythmicalcreationofbeauty.

（F）9.O.Henryseldomwroteaboutpoorpeople.

（T）10.AccordingtoPoe,artservesforpleasure.Thechiefaimofpoetryisbeauty,namely,toproduceafeelingofbeautyinthereader.

（T）11.AccordingtoDickinson,deathmeansimmortality.

（F）12.AccordingtoPoe,truthisbeauty,beautytruth.

（T）13.AccordingtoHenryJames,theaimofthenovelistoreflectlifereality.

（T）14.JameswrotemostlyoftheupperreachesofAmericansociety,andHowellsconcernedhimselfchieflywithmiddleclasslifewhereasTwaindealtlargelywiththelowerstrataofsociety.

（F）15.Americanwriters,esp