《美國(guó)文學(xué)II》試題庫(kù)(帶答案)

1、Part V. Twentieth Century Literature (I Before WWIIPart V. Twentieth Century Literature (I Before WWIII. Fill in the blanks.1. _ stands as a great dividing line between thenineteenth century and the contemporary American literature. 2. American writers of the first postwar era self-consciouslyacknow

2、ledged that they were a "_ " , devoid of faith and alienated from a civilization.3. The most significant American poem of the twentieth century was_ .4. The publication of The Waste Land, written by_ , helped to establish a modern tradition of literature rich with learning and allusive tho

3、ught.5. In 1920, Sinclair Lewis published his memorable denunciation of American small-town provincialism in_ .6. F. Scott Fitzgerald summarized the experiences and attitudes of the 1920s decade in his masterpiece novel_ .7. The_ of the 1930s greatly weakened the American nation's self-confidenc

4、e.8. An American woman writer named _ who had lived in Paris since 1903, welcomed the young expatriates to her literary salon, and gave them a name "the Lost Generation". 9. _ wrote about the disintegration of the old social system in the American Southern States, and its effect on the liv

5、es of modern people, both black and white.10. Ezra Pound was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called the "_ " movement.11. Ezra Pound's major work of poetry is the long poemcalled_ .12. "After Apple-Picking" is a well-known poem written by_ .13. _ was successfu

6、l in two fields of activity which did not seem compatible with one another; he was a very successful businessman and a very remarkable contemporary poet at the same time.14. In 1915, _ published his Prufrock and OtherObservations.15. In 1920, Thomas Stearns Eliot began to write hismodern literature.

7、16. As Thomas Stearns Eliot declared, he followed strictly the advice of his close friend_ in cutting and concentrating TheWaste Land.17. In his work_ , Thomas Stearns Eliot satirized the straw men, the Guy Fawkles men, whose world would end "not with a bang, but a whimper. "18. Few men of

8、 letters have been more fully honored in their own day than_ , and even those who strongly disagree with him seemed content with his selection for the Nobel Prize in 1948.19. Thomas Stearns Eliot's last important work was_ , a profound meditation on time and timelessness, written in four parts.2

9、0. F. Scott Fitzgerald' s first novel_ , with its portrayal of casual dissipations of "flaming youth" , was an immediate commercial success.21. In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his best novel_ . It is the story of an idealist who was destroyed by the influence of the wealthy, pleasur

10、e-seeking people around him.22. F. Scott Fitzgerald' s second novel_ describes a handsome young man and his beautiful wife, undoubtedlymodelled after himself and Zelda.23. The hero in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel_ is apsychiatrist who marries a rich patient. The author condemns the wasted ene

11、rgy of misguided youth.24. With the publication of The Sun Also Rises, _ became the spokes man for what Gertrude Stein had called "a Lost Generation".25. Emest Hemingway' s stature as a writer was confirmed with the publication of his novel_ in 1929. The novelportrayed a farewell both

12、to war and to love.26. Set in Spain during the Civil War, the novel_ stated again Hemingway ' s view of love found and lost, and described the indomitable spirit of the common people.27. In the story The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingwayportrayed an old fisherman named_ , who shows triumphan

13、t even in defeat.28. In 1954, Ernest Hemingway was awarded a_ for his "mastery of the art of modem narration".29. In 1952, Ernest Hemingway published a successful novelentitled_ , which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and occasioned the award of the Nobel Prize in 1954.30. In the same way t

14、hat F. Scott Fitzgerald' s Tales of the Jazz Age became the symbol for an age, Ernest Hemingway' s novel _ painted the image of a whole generation, the LostGeneration.31. _ was the foremost novelist of the AmericanDepression of the 1930s.32. In the short novel_ , John Steinbeck portrayed the

15、 tragic friendship between two migrant workers.33. _ is generally regarded as John Steinbeck' smasterpiece.34. Quentin is a character in William Faulkner'snovel_ .35. The works written by_ may be viewed as aculmination of the development of twentieth-century southern fiction.II. Make multipl

16、e choices.1. The best-selling American books in the first decades of the twentieth century were_ .A. traveling booksB. commercial booksC. historical romancesD. news reports2. Early in the 20th century, _ published works that would change the nature of American poetry.A. Ezra PoundB. T. S. EliotC. Ro

17、bert FrostD. Both A and B3. The American social upheavals and the literary concerns of the Great Depression years ended with the prosperity and turmoil brought by the _ .A. First World WarB. Second World WarC. Civil WarD. War of Independence4. The American "Thirties", lasted from the Crash

18、, through the ensuing Great Depression, until the outbreak of the Second World War 1939. This was a period of_ .A. povertyB. bleaknessC. important social movementsD. a new social consciousnessE. all of the above5. In the pre-war period, such writers as_ , pointed out the contradictions between what

19、American preached and they practiced.A. Mark TwainB. Jack LondonC. Stephen CraneD. Theodore DreiserE. all of the above6. In the Thirties, poets like Archibald Macleish and_ wrote compassionately about common people, workers and farmers.A. Emily DickinsonB. Ezra PoundC. Robert FrostD. Langston Hughes

20、7. The Imagist writers followed three principles, they respectively are _ .A. direct treatmentB. economy of expressionC. clear rhythmD. blank verse8. "The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. " This is the shortest poem written by_ .A. Thomas Stearns EliotB

21、. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. E. E. Cummings9. _ showed great interest in Chinese literature and translated the poetry of Li Po (Li Bai into English, and was influenced by Confucian ideas.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert FrostC. T. S. EliotD. E. E. Cummings10. Ezra Pound' s long poem_ contained more than

22、one hundred poems loosely connected.A. The Waste LandB. The CantosC. Don JuanD. Queen Mab11. "Richard Cory" and "Miniver Cheevy" are good examples of Edwin Arlington Robinson' s _ attitude.A. romanticB. fantasticC. realisticD. materialistic12. "Ben Jonson Entertains a Ma

23、n from Stratford", this poem was written by Edwin Arlington Robinson. It is a brilliant commentary on _'s character.A. Ben JonsonB. William ShakespeareC. John MiltonD. Samuel Johnson13. In his long works Merlin, Lancelot, and Tristram, Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote the most extensive poems

24、 based on_ since Tennyson.A. the Arthurian LegendsB. the Biblical StoriesC. the Greek MythologiesD. Indian Legends14. When Robert Frost was eighty-seven, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President_ .A. Thomas JeffersonB. Theodore RooseveltC. Abraham LincolnD. John F. Kennedy15. Choose the b

25、ooks written by Robert Frost.A. Mountain IntervalB. New HampshireC. West-Running BookD. A Further Range16. Which of the following was not written by Robert Frost?A. "Tilbury Town"B. "A Witness Tree"C. "Steeple Bush"D. "In the Clearing"17. Robert Frost is famou

26、s for his lyric poems. Which of the following lyric poems was not written by Robert Frost?A. "Birches"B. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"C. "After Apple-Picking"D. "The Road Not Taken"E. "Richard Cory"18. The poems that made Carl Sandburg famou

27、s appeared in four volumes. Choose them from the following.A. Chicago PoemsB. Comhuskers <, /F, , ONT>C. Smoke and SteelD. Slabs of the Sunburn WestE. Design19. As a poet, Carl Sandburg was associated with the, Imagists and wrote well-known Imagist poems such asA. "Fog"B. "Lost&

28、quot;C. "Monotone"D. "The Harbor"E. all of the above20. Carl Sandburg had also taken interest in folk songs which he tried to collect and sing during his travels. These folk songs appeared eventually in print in his well-known_ .A. Good Morning, AmericaB. The People, YesC. In Rec

29、kless EcstasyD. The American Songbag21. Thomas Sutpen is a character in William Faulkner's novel_ .A. Absalom, Absalom!B. Light in AugustC. Go Down, MosesD. The Sound and the Fury22. Wallace Stevens' s poetry is primarily motivated by the belief that true ideas correspond with an innate orde

30、r in nature. Many of his good poems derive their emotional power from reasoned revelation. This philosophical intention is supported by the titles Wallace Stevens gave to his volumes such as_ .A. HarmoniumB. Ideas of OrderC. Parts of a WorldD. all of the above23. The two areas on which the modem Ame

31、rican writers concentrated their criticism were_ .A. the failure of communication among AmericansB. the failures of American societyC. the extreme prosperity of AmericaD. the paradise of New Land24. Choose the poems written by Wallace Stevens.A. "Anecdote of the Jar"B. "The Emperor of

32、 Ice-Cream"C. "Peter Quince at the Clavier"D. "Departmental"25. _ , one of the essays in The Sacred Wood, is the earliest statement of Thomas Stearns Eliot' s aesthetics, which provided a useful instrument for modern criticism.A. "Sweeny Agonistes"B. "Trad

33、ition and the Individual Talent"C. " A Primer of Modern Heresy"D. "Gerontion"26. Thomas Stearns Eliot used a form, that is, the orchestration of related themes in successive movements, in such works as _ .A. The Waste LandB. 77k? Hollow MenC. Ash-WednesdayD. Four Quartets27.

34、 Thomas Stearns Eliot' s second volume of criticism_ (1914 was much admired for its critical method.A. The Function of CriticismB. The Metaphysical PoetsC. Homage to John DrydenD. The Sacred Wood28. _ , a poetic tragedy on the betrayal of Thomas a Becket, is a drama of impressive spiritual power

35、.A. "The Confidential Clerk"B. "The Cocktail Party"C. "The Family Reunion"D. "Murder in the Cathedral"29. The first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature was a sharp social critic, whose name was_ .A. Sinclair LewisB. Thomas Stearns EliotC. Ernest Hem

36、ingwayD. William Faulkner30. Thomas Stearns Eliot was a _.A. poetB. playwrightC. literary criticD. novelist31. Thomas Stearns Eliot's first major poem_ (1917, has been called the first masterpiece of modernism in English.A. The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockB. The Waste LandC. Four QuartetsD. P

37、reludes32. The Fitzgeralds lived so extravagantly that they frequently spent more money than F. Scoot Fitzgerald earned for parties, liquor, entertaining their friends and traveling. It was this living style that nicknamed the decade of the 1920s as _.A. The Roaring TwentiesB. The Jazz AgeC. The Dol

38、lar DecadeD. all of the above33. Choose the collections of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.A. Flappers and PhilosophersB. Tales of the Jazz AgeC. All the Sad Young MenD. Taps at Reveille34. Choose the novels written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.A. The Great GatsbyB. Tender Is the NightC. This

39、 Side of ParadiseD. The Beautiful and the Damned35. Point out the three poets who opened the way to Modern poetry.A. Ezra PoundB. Thomas Stearns EliotC. E. E. CummingsD. Robert Frost36. In Paris, Ernest Hemingway, along with _, accomplished a revolution in literary style and language.A. Gertrude Ste

40、inB. Ezra PoundC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. James JoyceE. all of the above37. In 1954,_ was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his "mastery of the art of modern narration".A. Thomas Stearns EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. John SteinbeckD. William Faulkner38. Ernest Hemingway was badly woun

41、ded in Italy and sent to a hospital where he fell in love with a nurse. These two persons later became the characters of his novel_ .A. The Old Man and the SeaB. For Whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also RisesD. A Farewell to Arms39. During the Depression, Ernest Hemingway first went to Spain and then

42、, to the American West and to Africa on hunting expeditions. In the novels written in this period such as_ , he wrote about bullfighting, hunting and his personal anecdote.A. Death in the AfternoonB. The Green Hills of AfricaC. Men without WomenD. The Old Man and the Sea40. Which authors committed s

43、uicide?A. Ernest HemingwayB. Jack LondonC. Robert FrostD. Mrs. Stowe41. _ tells the Joad family' s life from the time they were evicted from their farm in Oklahoma until their first winter in California. A. Of Mice and MenB. The Grapes of WrathC. The Great GatsbyD. For Whom the Bell Tolls42. wro

44、te about the society in the South by inventing families which re presented different social forces; the old decaying upper class; the rising, ambitious, unscrupulous class of the "poor Whites" and the Negroes who la bored for both of them.A. William FaulknerB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest

45、HemingwayD. John Steinbeck43. In William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, he used a technique called_ , in which the whole story was told through the thoughts of one character.A. stream of consciousnessB. imagismC. symbolismD. naturalism44. William Faulkner's novel_ describes the decay and

46、 downfall of an old southern aristocratic family, symbolizing the old social order, toid from four different points of view.A. The Sound and the FuryB. StartorisC. The UnvanquishedD. The Town45. William Faulkner's novel_ is about a poor white family' s journey through fire and flood to bury

47、the mother in her hometown, Yoknapatawpha.A. Intruder in the DustB. As I Lay DyingC. Absalom, Absalom!D. Light in August46. Which three novels form a trilogy which tells the saga of the unscrupuloussnopes family?A. The HamletB. The TownC. The MansionD. The Unvanquished47. William Faulkner wrote alto

48、gether 18 novels and three volumes of short stories. Of these three novels, _ , _ and _ are master pieces by any literary standards.A. The Sound and the FuryB. Absalom, AbsalomC. Go Down, MosesD. The Wrath of the Grapes48. William Faulkner wrote about the histories of a number of Southern aristocrat

49、ic families such as the_ , the_ , the _ and the McCaslins, and traces them back to the very beginning when Chickasaw Indians were still lawful owners of the land.A. CompsonsB. SartorisesC. SutpensD. Joads49. Most of the important twentieth-century American poets were related with Imagist movement, i

50、ncluding_ .A. Ezra PoundB. Wallace StevensC. E. E. CummingsD. Carl SandburgE. Thomas Stearns EliotKeys to Part V.Keys to Part V.I. Fill in the following blanks?1. The First World War2. Lost Generation3. The Waste Land4. Thomas Stearns Eliot5. Main Street6. The Great Gatsby7. Great Depression8. Gertr

51、ude Stein9. William Faulkner10. Imagist11. The Cantos12. Robert Frost13. Wallace Stevens14. Thomas Stearns Eliot15. The Waste Land16. Ezra Pound17. The Hollow Men18. Thomas Stearns Eliot19. Four Quartets20. This Side of Paradise21. The Great Gatsby22. The Beautiful and the Damned 23. Tender is the N

52、ight24. Ernest Hemingway25. A Farewell to Arms26. For Whom the Bell Tolls 27. Santiago28. Nobel Prize29. The Old Man and the Sea 30. The Sun also Rises31. John Steinbeck32. Of Mice and Men33. The Grapes of Wrath34. The Sound and the Fury 35. William FaulknerII. Make multiple choice:1. C2. D3. B4. E5

53、. E6. C7. ABC8. C9. A10. B11. C12. B13. A14. D15. ABCD16. A17. E18. ABCD19. E 20. D 21. A 22. D 23. AB 24. ABC 25. B 26. ABCD 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. ABC 31. A 32. D 33. ABCD 34. ABCD 35. ABC 36. E 37. B 38. D 39. ABC 40. AB 41. B 42. A 43. A 44. A 45. B 46. ABC 47. ABC 48. ABC 49. ABCDEPart VI. Twent

54、ieth Century Literature (II After WWIIPart VI. Twentieth Century Literature (II After WWIII. Fill in the blanks.1. The publication of Robert Lowell' s Life Studies marked the coming of the age of _ , which represents a new mode of perception and a way of writing.2. In poetry, Postmodernism striv

55、es to go against the vogueof_ poem and its parent style, _ of the previous decades.3. One distinct group of poets in the postwar periodis_ , whose poetry seems to share common features such as ruthless, excruciating self-analysis of one's ownbackground and heritage, one's own most private de

56、sires and fantasies etc. , and the urgent " I'll-tell-it-all-to-you" impulse. 4. _ is the spokesman of postwar Beat Generation in American literary history.5. Gary Snyder has been placed next to Allen Ginsberg among the Beat Generation. He seems to think that the job of the poet is to catch sight of_ , which resides nowhere but in_ .6. Gary Snyder may be didact