《美国文学期末复习(修改)(1)》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《美国文学期末复习(修改)(1)（22页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、第 1 页 共 21 页.Part I Multiple Choice1. Naturalism evolved from realism when the authors tone in writing became less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_. A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. humorous D. rational2. Among the following, Jack London wrote all the other three but .A. The Cal
2、l of the Wild B. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn C. The Sea Wolf D. Martin Eden3. Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over .A. Whitman B. Ezra Pound C. Emily Dickinson D. Edgar Allan Poe4. Most of the poems in Leaves of Grass are about .A. men and women B. man and society C
3、. man and nature D. man and machine5. , which one American critic described as “an outrage to American girlhood”, brought Henry James his first international fame.A. The American B. The Portrait of a Lady C. Daisy Miller D. The Ambassadors6. Edgar Allan Poes works dont include .A. The Raven B. To He
4、len C. “The Fall of the House of Usher” D. To His Coy Mistress7. The American social upheavals and the literary concerns of the Great Depression years ended with the prosperity and turmoil brought by the .A. World War B. War of Independence C. Civil War D. World War 8. was John Steinbecks most clear
5、ly “proletarian” novel of class struggle, depicting the lives of migrants workers and their resistance to exploitation by the entrenched forest of society.A. The Grapes of Wrath B. Tortilla Flat C. Of Mice and Men D. In Dubious Battle 9. Early in the 1920s the most prominent of the new American play
6、wrights, established an international reputation with such plays as The Emperor, Anna Christie and The Hairy Ape.A. Eugene ONeill B. James Joyce C. E. E. Cummings D. Langston Hughes 10. Americas literary dismissed the validity of comforting moral truths. They attempted to achieve extreme objectivity
7、 and frankness, presenting characters of low social and economic classes who were dominated by their environment and heredity.A. naturalists B. realists C. romanticists D. modernists 11. Who is different from others according to the division of writing period? A. Washington Irving B.William Cullen B
8、ryant C. Captain John Smith D. James Fenimore Cooper 12. What dominated the Puritan phase of American writing?第 2 页 共 21 页A. theology B. literature C. esthetics D. revolution 13. At the initial period of the spread of ideas of the Enlightenment was largely due to _.A. typography B. journalism C. rev
9、olution D. the development of paper-making industry 14. Who has been called the “Father of American Literature”? A. Walt Scott B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Washington Irving D. Philip Freneau 15. Who is the first American prose stylist that acquired international fame?A. Captain John Smith B. Washington I
10、rving C. Benjamin Franklin D. E. A. Poe 16. Who is the writer of To a Waterfowl?A. Anne Bradstreet B. Thomas HardyC. William Cullen Bryant D. Walt Whitman 17. Thomas Paine is a _?A. novelist B. dramatist C. poet D. pamphleteer 18. Edgar Allan Poe mainly writes _A. short stories B. literary critic th
11、eories C. poems D. dramas 19. About Washington Irving, Father of American short stories, which of the following statement is right?( ) A. As a writer, he remained democratic and always exalted a disappearing past. B. He preferred the Old World to the New in his writing. C. Many of his writings are f
12、ocused on American subjects, landscapes, particularly the legends of the Hudson River region of the fresh young land. D. He is well-known for his international theme across the Atlantic. 20. Despite strong foreign influences, American romantic writings are typically American which can be revealed in
13、 the following _.( ) A. a desire for an escape from civilized society and a return to the ennobling nature B. the American national experience of “pioneering into the west” C. American type of characters speaking local dialects appeared in the fiction D. all of the above 21. In the well-known story
14、Rip Van Winkle, Rip is asleep for 20 years, during which _ takes place.( ) A. World War I B. the Civil War C. World War II D. the Revolutionary War 22. According to Emerson, which of the following is not mentioned as the special terms in his Nature? ( ) A. “unity of Nature” B. “Over-Soul” C. “supernature” D. “a transparent eyeball” 23. Ralph Waldo Emerson hates _.( ) A. Unitarianism B. Puritanism C. Protestanism D. Transcendentalism 24. Which of the following statements is said about most of the poems in Whitmans Leaves of Grass?( )第 3 页 共 21 页A. They identify his ego with the conservative
