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1、精品文檔Multiple choice ；1. works are marked by a preoccupation with the Calvinistic viewof original sin and the mystery of evil.A.Emerson s B. Hawthornes C. Thoreau s D. Allan Poes2. Irving s “Rip Van Winkle ” got ideas from legends.A.B ritish B. German C. Italian D. French3. “Rip Van Winkle ” reveals

2、the theme of the past.A. nostalgia for B. rejectionn to C. detachment from D. dislike for4. In Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter ,“A” may stand for .A. Angel B. Adultery C. Able D.all the above5. According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter“A” which originally stoodfor “” finally obtained the meaning of“

3、able ” or“angel ” throughHester s efforts.A. adultery B. arrogance C. accomplishment D. agony6. Which one is not the characteristics of the puritan style?A. Fresh B. Simple C. Grand D. Direct7. In his , Benjamin Franklin creates the image of a boy s rise fromrags to riches and demonstrates his belie

4、f that the new world America was a land of opportunities which might be met through hard work and wise management.A. The Autobigraphy B. Poor Richard s AlmanackC. The Way to Wealth D. Common Sense8. The is a doctrine of predestination, original sin, totaldepravity and limited atonement.A. Puritanism

5、 B. Transcendentalism C. Imagism D. Naturalism9. Which of the following does not belong to the points of view of Transcendentalists?A. Believing in the transcendence of the OversoulB. Believing in the“infinitude of man”C. Believing in rational and logical of natureD. Believing in making himself by m

6、aking his world10. Which is regarded as one of the most important works in the Transcendentalist period?A. Nature B. The Marble Faun C. Leaves of Grass D. The Raven11. intend to depict the local character of their region, and MarkTwain is one of the representative writers.A. RomanticistsB. Local Col

7、oristsC. Writers of Colonial and Revolutionary periods D. Modernists12. put forward three Imagist poetic principles.A. Walt Whitman B. Robert Frost C. Henry W. Longfellow D. EzraPound13. became Mark Twain s masterpiece, as Hemingway noted, it is theone book from which“all modern American Literature

8、comes ”.A. B. C. D.14. Faulkner s works have been termed as the saga, in which heinvented the geography, history and people of an imaginary county in the Deep South.A. Winesburg B. Yoknapatawpha C. Forsyte D. Olinger15. Imagist poems are mainly composed in the form of .A. blank B. sonnet C. free ver

9、se D. quatrain16. Direct treatment of the“thing ”, rigid economy of words, organicrhythm and the image as a fusion of idea and emotion are principles laid down by for the new poetry he championed.A. Amy Lowell B. T. S. Eliot C. Wallace Stevens D. Ezra Pound17. Which of the following statements is no

10、t true about Imagism?A. It rebels against the traditional ways of poetry.B. Imagists do not use extra words that don t express the feeling.C. It only gets the inspiration from the ancient Greek or Latin.D. It is the most influential movementin the 1920s of American poetry.18. Which of the following

11、is not one of the main ideas advocated by Emerson, the chief spokesman of American Romanticism Transcendentalism?A. Importance of the Individual B. Faith in ChristianityC. The oversoulD. Self-Reliance19. In Irving s “Rip Van Winkle ”, the drastic political changes in the lapsed 20years are suggested

12、 by all of the following except .A. the flag of the United StatesB. the portrait of GeorgreWashingtonC. the graves of the dead Union soldiers D.the mention of election and Congress20. Which of the works concerns most concentratedly the Calvinistic view of original sin?A. The Waste Land B. The Scarle

13、t LetterC. Leaves of Grass D. As I Lay Dying21. The finest example of Hawthorne s symbolism is the recreation of Puritan Boston in .A. The Scarlet Letter B. Young Goodman BrownC. The Marble Faun D. The Ambitious Guest22. Transcendentalists recognized as the“highest power of thesoul ”.A. intuition B.

14、 logic C. data of the senses D. thinking23. Transcendentalist doctrines found their great literary advocates in and Thoreau.A. Jefferson B. Emerson C. Freneau D. Paine24. Which of the following is not a famous concept of Transcendentalism?A. Nature is ennobling B. The individual is divine andself -r

15、eliantC. Man is capable of knowing truth by intuition D.Man is corrupted in nature.25. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne is mainly concerned with .A. the corruption of societyB. the consequence of sin and guiltC. the wrongdoing of one generation that lives into the successive ones D. “overreaching int

16、ellect”26. Walt Whitman was a famous figure in American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of , poetry without a fixed beat orregular rhyme scheme.A. blank verse B. heroic couplet C. free verse D. iambic pentameter27. Which of the following statements is wrong in describing Nathanie

17、l Hawthorne?A. One source of evil that Hawthorne is concerned most is the over-reaching intellect.B. Hawthorne is also a great allegorist.C. Hawthorne is also a master of symbolism.D. Hawthorne is a realistic writer.28. Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is not true?A. It exp

18、lores man s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires.B. It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.C. It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.D. It presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the ch

19、aracters.29. Emily Dickinson wrote many poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is not a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. Religion B. Life and death C. Love and marriage D. War and peace30. Dickinson s poems include poems of .A. nature B. love C. death D. all of the above31

20、. Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works in a language.A. grand B. pompous C. simple D. vernacular32. In writing“In a Station of the Metro”, Pound got his inspiration fromA. English sonnet B. Chinese classical poetryC. Japanese haiku D. French poetry33. William Faulkner s works mainly concern t

21、he American .A. New England B. Mid West C. South D. West34. showed great interest in Chinese literature and translated thepoetry of Li Po into English, and was influenced by Confucian ideas.A. T. S. Eliot B. Robert Frost C. Ezra Pound D. Emily Dickinson35. wrote about the society in the American Sou

22、th by inventingfamilies which represented different forces: the old decaying upper class; the rising, ambitious, unscrupulous class of the “poor whites ”; and the negroes who labored for both of them. A. Faulkner B. Fitzgerald C. Hemingway D. Steinbeck36. Robert Frost is a regional poet in the sense

23、 that his poems depicted mostly .A. the frontier life B. the sea adventuresC. puritain community D.the landscape and people in New England37. Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkners “A Rose for Emily ”, canbe regarded as a symbol standing for all the following except .A. old values B. rigid dis

24、tinction of social statusC. bigotry and eccentricity D. harmony and integrity37. Which of the following statements is not a typical feature of Imagism? A. To use the language of commonspeech, but to employ always the exact word.B. To create new rhythms, as the expression of a new mood.C. To allow ab

25、solute freedom in the choice of subject.D. To recommend heroic couplet as a preferable verse form.38. “In a Station of the Metro ” is a typical imagist poem that fullydisplays Pound s definition of image, which is .A. to reveal a poets instantaneous experience of lifeB. to present an intellectual an

26、d emotional complex in an instant of timeC. to bring out a natural outburst of the poets emotionsD. to retell a poets past moment of experience39. Which of the following statements is not a typical feature of Frost s poetry?A. It is usually presented in the dramatic monologue.B. It is rich in images

27、, metaphors and symbols.C. Most of his poems are written in the form of free verse.D. Nature is one of the most important thematic concerns in his poetry.40. “My little horse must think it queer /To stop without a farmhouse “ near. ”The above two lines are taken from Frost s “Stopping By WoodsOnA Sn

28、owy Evening ”, a beautifully structured poem which follows .A. iambic tetrameter B. iambic pentameterC. trochaic tetrameter D. trochaic pentameter41. In“petals on a wet, black bough ”, the figure of speech used here isA. metaphor B. hyperbole C. pun D.simile42. “In a Station of the Metro ” is regard

29、ed by critics as a classic specimen of .A. the romantic poetry B. the absurd poetryC. the transcendental poetry D. the imagist poetry43. Which of the following best describes the protagonist of Faulkners“A Rose for Emily ”?A. She is a conservative aristocrat B. She is a wealthy ladyC. She is a priso

30、ner of the past D. She has good taste.44. Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms - the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse - with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of farmers with its idiosyncratic diction andsyntax.A. Western B. New England C. New Hampshire D. southern45. Fi

31、tztegeralds fictional world is the best embodiment of the spiritof .A. the Jazz Age B. the Romantic PeriodC. the Renaissance Period D. the Neoclassical Period46. Which of the following statements about Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkners “A Rose for Emily ” is not true?A. She has a distorted personality.B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C. She is the victim of the past glory.D. She is the symbol of