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1、美国文学（本科）试题 5I. Complete each of the following statements with proper words or phrases and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20%, 1 point for each)1. The first permanent English settlement in North America was established at Jamestow n, Virginia in 1607 二2. Joh n Smith became the first America n
2、 writer.3. Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety were the Purita n values that domin ated much of the early American writing.4.1 n America n literature, the 18 cen tury was an age ofReason_ and Revoluti on.5. Franklin s best writing is found in his masterpiete Autobiography.6. On January 10, 1776, T
3、homas Paine s famous paappteteited.7. The signing ofymbolized the birth of an independent American nation.8. The most outsta nding poet in America of the 18 cen tury was.9. Washington Irvings became the first work by an American writer to win international fame.10. is the summit of America n Roma nt
4、icism.11. With the publication of Emerson in 1836, American Romanticism reached its summit.12. Hester Prynne is the hero ine in Hawthor nes .novel13. Henry James major fictional theme is.14. brought the Roma ntic period to an end. So the age of Realism came into existe nee.15. The Poetic style inven
5、 ted by Whitma n is now called 16. “ Because I could not stop for Death-” is written by.17. The term The Gilded Age is give n byo describe the post-civil war years.18. Theodore Dreiser s first novel is.19. The leader of the literary moveme nt Imagism is 20. is the spokesma n for Lost Gen eratio n.II
6、. Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answersor completions. Choose the one that is the best in each case and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (30%, 1 point for each)1. The first America n writer of local color to achieve wide popularity was._A. Bret HarteC. H
7、enry JamesB. Mark Twai nD. William Dean Howells2. Which of the followi ng is the masterpiece of Mark TwainA. The Gilded AgeB. The Adve ntures of Tom SawyerC. The Adve ntures of Huckleberry FinnD. Jump ing Frog3. Which writer has no n aturalist tendency?A. Mark Twai nC. Theodore DreiserB. Jack London
8、D. Frank Norris4. Transcenden talist doctri nes found their greatest literary advocates in andThoreau.A. Jeffers onC. Fren eau5. Which of the follow ing does nA. The Finan cierC. The StoicB. Emers onD. Oversoult belong to Dreiser s “ Trilogy of Desire”？B. The Tita nD. An America n Tragedy6. Which is
9、 the character who appears in the novel Moby DickA. Hester Prynne C. AhabB. Mr. HooperD. Pearl7.written by Henry James brought him first intern ati onal fame.A. The Golde n Bowl C. The Tragic MuseB. The America nD. Daisy Miller8.“ ”was a term created by the French novelist, Emile Zola.A. realismC. t
10、ran sce nden talismB. n aturalismD. veritism9. Jack London was at his height of his powers whe n he wrote which is deeply in flue need by Darwinism.A. The Sea WolfB. To Build a FireC. The Call of the WildD. Marti n Ede n10. The Cop and the An them is writte n by _.A. O. HenryB. He nry JamesC. Jack L
11、ondonD. Mark Twain11. “ Two small people, without dislike or suspicion.” is a UnheiRther-poeairchant s Wife: A Letteiwrittenby .A. T. S. EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Carl Sandburg12. The imagist poets followed three prin ciples, they are _ irect treatme nt and economy of expressi on.A. bla nk
12、 verseB. rhythm C. free verseD. com mon speech13. Of the following American writers, who has NOT been an expatriate in Paris?A. Ern est Hem in gwayB. Ezra PoundC. F. S. FitzgeraldD. Emily Dicki nson14. Who was the foremost no velist of the America n Depressi on of the 1930s?A. Ern est Hem in gwayB.
13、Ezra PoundC. John Stein beckD. F. S. Fitzgerald15. The first writ ings that we call America n were the n arratives and _of the early settleme nts.A. journals B. poetryC. dramaD. folklores16. An America n Dictionary of the En glish Lan guage was published in 1828 by.A. Samuel Joh nsonB. Noah WebsterC
14、. Daniel WebsterD. Daniel Defoe17. Walden is written by.A. Emers onB. ThoreauC. PoeD. Hawthorne18. is famous for psychological realism.A. Mark Twai nB. William Dea n HowellsC. Henry JamesD. Walt Whitman19. Which is gen erally regarded as the Bible of New En gla nd Transcenden talism?A. NatureC. On B
15、eautyD.20. Which is regarded as theA. The America n ScholarC. The Con duct of LifeB. Walden Self-Relia nee Declaration of Intellectual IndependenceB. En glish TraitsD. Nature”？21. Santiago is the character in Hemingway s novelA. In Our TimeB. The Old Man and the SeaD. The Sun Also RisesC. For Whom the Bell Tolls22. Which of the followi ng is a much harsher realism?A. local colorismB. n aturalismC. roma nticismD. imagism23. Who is the arbiter of 19 cen tury literary realism in America?
