美國文學選擇題及答案

1、美國文學 選擇題及答案 1. William Faulkner is the author of . a. Far From the Madding Crowdb. Sound and Fury c. For Whom the Bell Tollsd. Scarlet Letter 2. Robert Frost is a famous. a. novelistb. playwright c. poetd. literary critic 3. The Old Man and the Seais one of the great works by . a. Jack Londonb. Char

2、les Dickens c. Samuel Coleridged. Earnest Hemingway 4. refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality. a. Allegoryb. Conflict c. Ironyd. Flashback 5. The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is. a. Natureb. Walden c. Experience d. Essays 6. Mark Twain shaped the wo

3、rld s view of America and made a combination of and serious literature. a. American folk humorb. funny jokes c. English folklored. American values 7. Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War? a. Fennimore Cooper. b. Nathaniel Hawthorn. c.

4、 Walt Whitman. d. Washington Irving. 8. I Have a Dream is addressed by . a. Abraham Lincoln b. John F. Kennedy c. Martin Luther Kingd. Ralph Waldo Emerson 9. Which of the following is NOT a poem by Emily Dickinson? a. This is my letter to the worldb. I heard a Fly buzz when I died c. This is just to

5、 sayd. Because I could not stop for death 10. Eugene ONeil is an American . a. novelistb. playwright c. poetd. essayist 11. The period from 1865 1914 has been referred to as the in the literary history of the United States. a. Age of Realismb. Age of Classicalism c. Age of Romanticismd. Age of Renai

6、ssance 12. With “Collected Poems”, won the second Pulitzer Prize. a. Ezra Pondb. e. e. cummings c. Robert Frostd. William Cullen Bryant 13. Grass is a poem written by . a. Walt Whitmanb. Carl Sa ndburg c. Lan gst on Hughesd. Alle n Gin sberg 14. Moby Dick is the most importa nt work by. a. Jack Lond

7、onb. Herma n Melville c. Si nclair Lewisd. Ralph Ellis on 15. O. Henry earned his fame mai nly for his. a. no velsb. poems c. short storiesd. dramas 16. is NOT a novel of Francis Scott Fitzgerald. a. Ten der Is the Nightb. Anna Christie c. The Beautiful and Dammedd. The Great Gatsby 17. The America

8、n literature in moder n period is divided in to two parts by the eve nt of a. the expatriate moveme ntb. the Great Depressi on c. the First World Ward. the Seco nd World War 18. Which of the following novels does NOT belong to Dreisers Trilogy of Desire? a. The Tita nb. The Finan cier c. The Genius”

9、d. The Stoic 19. The 1954 Nobel Prize for literature was awarded tofor his mastery of the art of moder n n arratior”. a. William Faulk nerb. Joh n Stein beck c. Saul Bellowd. Earn est Hemi ngway 20. Sister Carrie is a masterpiece ofwork. a. roma nticb. classic c. n eo-classicd. n aturalistic 21. The

10、 Octopusis writte n by b. Sherwood An ders on a. Frank Norris c. Willa Catherd. Stephen Crane 22. James Baldwins most famous short story is. a. A Rose for Emilyb. The Story of an Hour c. Sonnys Bluesd. A Clea n. Well-lighted Place 23. wrote several no vels with the n ame of Rabbit”. a. Arthur Miller

11、b. Thomas Pynchon c. Joh n Updiked. Wallace Steve ns 24. The Road Not Take n is a poem writte n by. a. Robert Frostb. Lon gfellow c. Ezra Pondd. Carl San dburg 25. “ Gohelp them that help themselves is found in work. a. Fran kli nb. Fren eau c. Jeffers ond. Paine b. A Boys Will d. The Golden Bough b

12、. Mark Twai n d. Stowe b. The Fall of the House of Usher d. Scarlet Letter 26. T. S. Eliotmost famous long poem is a. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock c. The Waste Land 27. Daisy Miller is a great work by. a. Henry James c. Dreiser 28. Hester is a character in. a. Gone with the Wind c. Babbitt is

13、 his pate ntly autobiographical no vel. b. The Sea Wolf 29. Jack Lon dons a. The Call of the Wild c. Marti n Ede nd. The Iron Heel 30. The black man Jim is a character in Mark Twai. a. The Adve ntures of Tom Sawyerb. The Adve ntures of Huckleberry Fi nn c. Life on the Mississippid. The Prince and th

14、e Pauper 31. O Capta in! My Capta in! was writte n in memory of. a. Walt Whitma nb. Benjamin Fran kli n c. Abraham Lincolnd. Martin Luther King 32. The Grapes of Wrathis the masterpiece of. a. Joh n Stein beckb. Joh n Cheever c. Joh n Updiked. Joh n Dos Passos 33. is NOT a play writte n by Tenn esse

15、e Williams. a. Cat on a Hot Tin Roofb. The Glass Men agerie c. Light in Augustd. A Streetcar Named Desire 34. Seize the Dayis regarded the best no vel writte n by. a. Fla nnery OConnerb. Saul Bellow c. Ralph Ellis ond. Sherwood An ders on 35. is NOT among the postwar poets in moder n America n liter

16、ature. a. Robert Lowellb. Gary Syn der c. Alle n Gin sbergd. e. e. cum mings 36. The image of the famous hen pecked husba nd is created by. a. Wash ington Irvingb. Fennimore Cooper c. Edith Whartond. William Dea n Howells 37. The literary spokesma n of the Jazz is ofte n thought to be. a. ONeilb. Po

17、u nd c. Robert Frostd. Scott Fitzgerald 38. was the most importa nt pers on of the tran sce nden tal club. a. Hawthor nb. Whitma n c. Emers ond. Thoreau 39. The mai n theme of Emily Dicki nson is the followi ng EXCEPT a. religio nb. love and marriage c. life and deathd. war and peace 40. American di

18、ction in the 1960s and 1970s proves different from its predecessors. It b. black humor d. the Beat Gen erati on and other stories. is referred to as. a. Imagism c. new ficti on 41. Stephen Crane is famous for a. An America n Tragedyb. The Ambassadors c. Main Streetd. The Red Badge of Courage b. Joh

19、n Stein beck d. William Faulk ner 42. has won the Pulitzer Prize four times and one Nobel Prize. Earn est Hemi ngway Euge ne ONeil Belovedis the masterpiece of Tony Morris onb. Ralph Ellis on a. c. 43. a. c. Joh n Dos Passosd. Willa Cather 43. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Moder

20、nism? a. To elevate the in dividual and inner being over the social being. b. To put the stress on traditi onal values. c. To portray the distorted and alie nated relati on ships betwee n man and his en vir onment. d. To advocate a con scious break with the past. 44. Whitman s poems are characterize

21、d by all the following featuEX CEPT. a. a strict poetic form b. a simple and conv ersati on al la nguage c. a free and n atural rhythmic patter n d. an easy flow of feeli ngs 45. Who initiated the name of the Lost Generation? a. Hemi ngwayb.Fitzgerald c. Gertrude Steind.William Faulk ner 46. The hig

22、h tide of Romanticism in American literature occurred around. a. 1820b.1850 c. 1880d.1920 47. The publication ofestablished Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of the New En gla nd Tran sce nden talism. a. Natureb. Self-Relia nee c. The Over-Sould. The America n Scholar 48. Chin ese poetry and ph

23、ilosophy have exerted great in flue nee over. a. Ezra Poundb. Ralph Waldo Emers on c. Robert Frostd. Emily Dick inson 49. is the representative work of the Beat Generation. a. The Great Gatsby b. On the Road c. Look Back in An gerd. The Sun Also Rises 50. Emily Griers on is a literary figure created

24、 by. a. Willa Catherb. Doris Less ing c. William Faulk nerd. Natha niel Hawthor n 51. Thomas Pynchon can also be categorized as a Black Humor writer, as well as a writer. a. classicalb. tran sce nden tal c. postmoder nistd. realistic 52. Who is considered the father of American poetry? a. Philip Fre

25、neaub. William Culle n Brya nt c. Henry Wadsworth Lon gfellow d. Henry David Thoreau 53. In America, a little woman started agreat war. ”ho is she? a. Anne Bradstreetb. Harriet Beecher Stowe c. Edith Whart ond. Cathari ne Anne Porter 54. is NOT written by Edgar Allan Poe. a. The Rave n c. The Fall of the House of Usher b. Ann abel Lee d. Song to Celia 56. Ar