《美國文學》題庫及答案

1、美國文學題庫及答案I. MultipleChoice1. Americanliteratureisonlymorethanyearsold.A. 500B.400C.200D.1002. ThePuritanvaluesdidnoinclude.A. wastefulnessB.thriftC.pietyD.hardwork3. The18thcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment.wasthedominantspirit.A. HumanismB.RationalismC.RomanticismD.Realism4. Franklinwastheepitomeo

2、fthe.A. AmericanEnlightenmentB.SugarActC.CharlistmovementD.Romanticism5. wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalism.A.FranklinB.HawthorneC.PaineD.Emerson6. "MobyDickwaswrittenbyA.MarkTwainB.ThoreauC.MelvilleD.Whitman7. "TheScarletLetter"ischaracterizedbyits.A.symbolismB.rationalism

3、C.PlatonismD.classicism8. "HuckleberryFinnisthemasterpieceof.A.HenryJamesB.JackLondonC.MarkTwainD.StephenCrane9. ChoosethenovelwrittenbyHenryJamesA.TheGoldenBowlB.ThePortraitofaLadyC.SisterCarrieD.DaisyMiller10. Earlyinthe20thcentury,publishedworksthatwouldchangethenatureofAmericanpoetry.A.Ezra

4、PoundB.T.S.EliotC.RobertFrostD.bothAandB11.isthefounderof"Imagist"movement.A.EzraPoundB.HemingwayC.RobertFrostD.Steinbeck12.MarkTwain'sworksarecharacterizedbyA.NaturalismB.TranscendentalismC.LocalColorismD.Imagism13.issaidtobethefatherofAmericanpoetryA.T.S.EliotB.E.D.RobinsonC.PhilipFr

5、eneauD.Dreiser14. Hawthorneisregardedasa.A.naturalistB.classicistC.realistD.romanticist15. representsthemostleadingspiritofAmericanTranscendentalism.A.EmersonB.FranklinC.MarkTwainD.Whitman16. "TheArtofFiction"waswrittenbyA.LongfellowB.HenryJamesC.FitzgeraldD.Faulkner17. Imaginationplaysthe

6、mostimportantpartin.A.realismromanticismC.naturalismD.classicism18.isconsideredtobethemasterpieceofJohnSteinbeck.A.MendingWallB.DrySeptemberC.AFarewelltoArmsD.TheGrapesofWrath19.UncleTominthenovel"UncleTom'sCabinwasa(n)A.NegroslaveB.salesmanC.industrialistD.officer20.MarkTwain'sworksare

7、characterizedbyA.NaturalismB.TranscendentalismC.LocalColorismD.Imagism21."TheGreatGatsby"isthemasterpieceofA.WhitmanB.FitzgeraldC.DickinsonD.Hemingway22.TheUnitedStatesofAmericawasfoundedinA.1776B.1876C.1789D.168923.TheancestorsofAmericanIndianswereA.AsiansB.AfricansC.EuropeansD.Australian

8、s24. "TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn"waswrittenbyA.H.B.StoweB.JohnSteinbeckC.HawthorneD.MarkTwain25. doesnotbelongtothelostgeneration.A.DreiserB.T.S.EliotC.FaulknerD.Hemingway26. waswellknownforhisstory"RipVanWinkle.”A.BryantB.WashingtonIrvingC.AllanPoeD.PhilipFreneau27. "Farewel

9、ltoArms"isthemasterpiecedproducedbyA.FaulknerB.DreiserC.HemingwayD.Longfellow28. Itwaswhowrotetheformaldeclarationofindependence.A.ThomasJeffersonB.BenjaminFranklinB. WashingtonD.WashingtonIrving29. hasbeenexertingagreatandenduringinfluenceuponworldliterature,especiallythatofFranceandEuropeansy

10、mbolism.A.FranklinB.BradstreetC.EdgarAllanPoeD.PhilipFreneau30. ThemasterpieceofHawthorneis.A.TheScarletLetterB.SisterCarrieC.RichardCoryD.APsalmofLife31. EngeneO'Neillisa.A.novelistB.poetC.puritanD.dramatist32. Hemingway'sstyleofwritingischaracterizedby.A.high-soundingwordsB.simpledictionC.

11、complicatedsentencesD.mixmetaphor33. T.S.Eliotisnotonlyapoetbutalsoa.A.criticB.statesmanC.churchmanD.novelistswaswrittenbyA.T.S.EliotB.O'NeillC.StephenCraneD.SaulBellow35."TheGrapeofWrathisoneoftheremarkablenovelsofA.theCivilWarB.DepressionC.SuppressionD.Aggression36.TheodoreDreisershowedth

12、etendencyinhisnovels.A.PuritanismB.classicismC.romanticismD.naturalism37.RalphWaldoEmersonwastheleadingfigureofA.TranscendentalismB.RomanticismC.RationalismD. Naturalism34. "LongDay'sJourneyIntoNight"wasthemasterpieceof38."TheSoundandtheFuryD.SteinbeckA.RobertLeeFrostB.T.S.EliotC.

13、Faulkner39.EmilyDickinsonisanAmericanA.dramatistB.novelistC.femalepoetD.malepoet40."ThEmilyDickinsonisanAmericanarkTwainA.materialismB. classicismC. socialismD. colorism41."ThePortraitofaLady"isoneofbestnovelsofA.HenryJamesB. JohnSteinbeckC. WilliamFaulknerD. WaltWhitman42.WhatWhitman

14、isfamousforhisA."LeavesofGrassB.“MendingWall”C."RichardCoryD."TheBurialoftheDead43.“Catch-22”isthemasterpieceofA.SaulBellowB. JosephHellerC.DreiserD.Fitzgerald44.TheEnglishsettlementinAmericabeganinA.1507B.1607C.1707D.1807ThefirstWorldWarbrokeoutinA.1614B.1714C.1814D.1914Thejazzageref

15、erstothedecadeofA.1950'sB.1980'sC.1920D.182045. FranklinwasaA.PuritanB.romanticistC.classicistD.imagist48.“RipVanWinklewaswrittenbyA.FreneauB.AllanPoeC. WashingtonIrvingD.ThomasJefferson49."TheScarletLetter"isthemasterpieceofA.HawthorneB.EmersonC.BradstreetD.AllanPoe50.Itwaswhowrot

16、e"TheAgeofReason”A.WashingtonB.JeffersonC.BenjaminFranklinD.ThomasPaine51. "SongofMyself"isawrittenbyWhitman.A.novelB.poemC.dramaD.essay52. TominBeecherStowe'snovel"UncleTom'sCabinisa_.A.NegroslaveB.AmericanIndianC.SchoolmasterD.industrialist53. MarkTwainbelongstotheliter

17、aryschoolof.A.transcendentalismB.realismC.romanticismD.naturalism54.isafamousAmericanfemalepoet.A.AllanPoeB.FreneauC.EmilyDickinsonD.Robinson55. "TheAdventureofHuckleberryFinn"isthemasterpieceof.A.MarkTwainB.HenryJamesC.StephenCraneD.RobertLeeFrost56. Itwaswhowrotethepoem"TheRoadNotTa

18、ken.”III A.WhitmanB.FreneauC.RobertLeeFrostD.T.S.EliotnDefinetheliterarytermsbrieflyinEnglishAmericanTranscendentalismRomanticismThePuritansRealismEnlightenmentTranscendentalismEnlightenmentExplainthefollowingquotationsinyourownwords.1. SuccessiscountedsweetestBythosewhone'ersucceed.2. Tworoadsd

19、ivergedinawood,andItooktheonelesstraveledbyAndthathasmadeallthedifference.Letus,then,beupanddoing,Withheartforanyfate;Stillachieving,stillpursuing,Learntolaborandtowait.3. Andhewasalwaysquietlyarrayed,Andhewasalwayshumanwhenhetalked.4. Tellmenot,inmournfulnumbers,Lifeisbutanemptydream!5. Tocomprehen

20、danectarRequiressorestneed.6. Butstillheflutteredpulseswhenhesaid,"Goodmorning”,andheglitteredwhenhewalked.7. somethingthereisthatdoesn'tloveawall,Hesaysagain,"Goodfencesmakegoodneighbors.8. Fairflower,thatdostsocomelygrow,Hidinthissilent,dullretreatButtoact,thateachtomorrowFindusfarth

21、erthantodayButIhavepromisestokeep,AndmilestogobeforeIsleep,AndmilestogobeforeIsleep.1. AnswerthefollowingquestionsinEnglishWhyisAmericanliteratureimportantforyou?2. Whatisthethemeof"TheWasteLand”?3. Whosenovel(orwhichnovel)doyouenjoymost?Why?4. WhatisthestyleofHemingway'snovel?5. Whatisthes

22、ignificanceofAmericanliterature?6. DoyoulikeAmericanliterature?Why?7. Whatistherealthemein"SisterCarrie"?8. WhatisthecentralsubjectandprimarysignificanceofHawthorne'smajorworks?9. WhichAmericanwriterdoyoulikebest?Why?10. Whatisthethemeof"Catch-22”?11. WhatarethefeaturesofEmilyDick

23、inson'spoems?12. WhyshouldwelearnAmericanliterature?13. Whichpoemdoyouenjoymost?Why?美國文學作業(yè)參考答案I. MultipleChoice1.C2.A3.B4.A5.D6.C7.A8.C9.B10.D11.A12.C13.C14.D15.A16.B17.B18.D19.A20.C21.B22.C23.A24.D25.A26.B27.C28.A29.C30.A31.D32.B33.A34.B35.B36.D37.A38.C39.C40.D41.A42.A43.B44.B45.D46.C47.A48.B49

24、.A50.D51.B52.A53.B54.C55.A56.CII. DefinetheliterarytermsbrieflyinEnglish1. AmericantranscendentalismwasaphilosophicaldissentfromUnitarianism.TranscendentalistsrejectedthematerialisticpsychologyinfavoroftheidealismofKantwhoassertedthatintuitioncouldsurpassreasonasaguidetothetruth.Totranscendentalists

25、,spiritisinherentandpervadingandistheonlyrealityintheuniverseinwhichnaturestoodasasymbolofSpirit.Transcendentalismemphasizedthedivinityofman,thesignificanceandrightoftheindividual,andthepossibilityoftheself-perfectionoftheindividual.2. Romanticismischaracterizedbythepursuitoffreedom,emphasisofindivi

26、dualism,arelianceuponthegoodofnatureandanatural"man,andanabidingfaithintheboundlessresourcesofthehumanspiritandimagination.ThePuritansweremembersofthechurchofEnglandwhoatfirstwishedtoreformor"Purifyitsdoctrines.TheykeptincommonwithalladvocatesofstrictChristianorthodox,insistingonmarisorigi

27、nalsinanddepravity.Realismisaliteraryschool.TheAmericanrealistWilliamDeanHowellsreferedtothemethodofrealisticliterarycreationas"nothingmoreandnothinglessthanthetruthfultreatmentofmaterial.Therealiststendedtobehighlyselectiveintheirchoiceofmaterial,focusinguponwhatseemedrealtotheirlargelymiddle-

28、classreaders.EnlightenmentinAmericawasaprogressiveaintellectualmovementwhichcontributedtofreetheAmericansfromthelimitationofPuritanismwhichhadbeenprevailinginAmericansociety,andstimulatethemtostrivefortheestablishmentoftheirindependentanddemocraticnation.Theenlightenerswereconfidentintheproqressbyed

29、ucationandappealedtoReason.AmericantranscendentalismwasapoliticaldissentfromUnitarianism.Transcendentalistsrejectedthematerialisticpsychologyinfavouroftheidealismofkantwhoassertedthatintuitioncouldsurpassreasonasaguidetothetruth.Totranscendentalists,spiritisinherentandpervadingandistheonlyrealityint

30、heuniverseinwhichnaturestoodasasymbolofSpirit.Transcendentalistsemphasizedthedivinityofman,thesignificanceandrightoftheindividual,andthepossibilityoftheself-perfectionoftheindividual.3. EnlightenmentinAmericawasaprogressiveintellectualmovementwhichcontributedtofreetheAmericansfromthelimitationsofPur

31、tanismwhichhadbeenprevailinginAmericansociety,andstimulatethemtostrivefortheirindependentanddemocraticnation.Theenlightenerswereconfidentintheproqressofeducationandappealedtoreason.IIIExplainthefollowingquotationsinyourownwords.1. Thosewhohaveneversucceededbeforewillenjoythesweetnessosuccessmost.2.

32、Inmylifeandliterarycreation,Ididnotfollowothers'footsteps(orfootprints).SometimesIchoseadifferentway.ThatwasthereasonwhyIwasuniqueanddifferentfromthembothinlifeandpoeticwriting.3. LetusriseupandtakeactionTomeetanychallengeinourlife.WeshouldlearntoworkandtobepatientAndpersevereinpursuingourgoalTi

33、llwereapthefruitofachievementoneafteranother.4. HealwaysdressedhimselfproperlyandelegantlyAndheshowedhiskindnessandconsideratenesswhentalkedwithothers.5. Don'ttellmeinsadvoicethatlifeisnothingbutanmeaninglessandemptydream.6. Onlywhenyoufeelthirstiestandbitterest,canyoureallyunderstandandenjoythe

34、holysweetdrink.7. Hestirredthepulsesofthepersonshewasgreetingwith"Goodmorning”.Whilehewaswalking,hismannersappearedtobesobrilliantandattractivethathedrowmuchpublicattention.8. Wall,asabarrierforcommunicationormutualunderstanding,isnotgoodatall.Sometimes,itisnecessarytoremovethewall.Wall,asaboun

35、daryorlimitationorborder,isneededsometimes,sothatgoodrelationscanbekeptamongdifferentstrataofpeople,ordifferentcountries.Wallisaparadox,whichisbothgoodandbadinhamanlife9. Thehoneysuckleqrowssoagreeablyandbeautifully.Howeverthebeautifulflowerhiditsbeautyinthequietandlonelyplace.10. Wehadbettertakeact

36、ioneveryday,notremainidleandinactivesothatwecanmakeprogresseachday.11.Ihavealotofobligationsanddutiestofulfill,sothereisstillalongwayformetogobeforeIcanrelaxorleavethisworld.IVAnswerthefollowingquestionsinEnglish1. Keypoints:thesignificanceofAmericanliteratureintheworldliteraturethemanifestationofAm

37、ericanlifeandculturetherequirementofimprovingEnglishThethemeofthepoemismodernspiritualbarrenness,thedespairanddepressionthatfollowedthefirstworldwar,thesterilityandturbulenceofthemodernworld,andthedeclineandbreakdownofWesternculture.2. Theanswerdependsonindividualstudent'sinclination.3. Hisstyle

38、ofwritingischaracterizedbyshortandtersesentences,simpledictionfilledwithemotion,vividcolloquialisms,andparticularlythesimplicityofhislaconicstatements.4. Keypoints:itsplaceintheworldliterature themanifestationofAmericanlifeandculture therequirementofprofessionalknowledgeandskillsasEnglishmajon.5. Theanswer