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1、美国文学选择题题库1. For Melville, as well as for the reader and _, the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A. Ahab B. IshmaelC. Stubb D. Starbuck2. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the authors tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more i

2、ronic and more_.A. rational B. humorousC. optimistic D. pessimistic3. Dreisers Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and_ .A. The Genius B. The TycoonC. The Stoic D. The Giant4. The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence o

3、f the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American_ .A. local colorism B. vernacularismC. modernism D. naturalism5. Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms -the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse -with a clear Ameri

4、can local speech rhythm, the speech of _farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A. Southern B. WesternC. New Hampshire D. New England6. As an autobiographical play, ONeills _(1956) has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the c

5、oming of age of American drama.A. The Iceman Cometh B. Long Days Journey Into NightC. The Hairy Ape D. Desire Under the Elms7. Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include_, symbolism and myth

6、ological and biblical allusions.A. impressionism B. expressionismC. multiple points of view D. first person point of view8. Stylistically, Henry James fiction is characterized by_.A. short, clear sentences B. abundance of local imagesC. ordinary American speech D. highly refined language9. One of th

7、e characteristics that have made Mark Twain a major literary figure in the 19th century America is his use of_ . A. vernacular B. interior monologue C. point of view D. photographic description10. It is on his_ that Washington Irvings fame mainly rested. A. childhood recollections B. sketches about

8、his European toursC. early poetry D. tales about America11. At the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “_”.A. the English Renaissance B. the Second RenaissanceC. the American Renaissance D. the Salem Renaissance12. As a philosophical and literary movement,

9、the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally concerning _.A. nature, man and the universeB. the relationship between man and womanC. the development of Romanticism in American literatureD. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism13. About the novel The Scarlet Letter,

10、 which of the following statements is NOT right?A. Its very hard to say that it is a love story or a story of sin.B. Its a highly symbolic story and the author is a master of symbolism.C. Its mainly about the moral, emotional and psychological effects of the sin upon the main characters and the peop

11、le in general. D. In it the letter A takes the same symbolic meaning throughout the novel.14. The great sea adventure story Moby-Dick is usually considered_.A. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universe.B. an adventurous exploration into mans relationship with

12、natureC. a simple whaling tale or sea adventureD. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the artistic truth and beauty15. In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative in the terms of the form of his poetry, which is called “_.”A. free verse B. blank verseC. alliteration D. end rhyming16. After the Ci

13、vil War America was transformed from _ to _.A. an agrarian community an industrialized and commercialized societyB. an agrarian community a society of freedom and equalityC. a poor and backward society an industrialized and commercialized societyD. an industrialized and commercialized society a high

14、ly developed society17. Which of the following is said of the American naturalism?A. They preferred to have their own region and people at the forefront of the stories.B. Their characteristic setting is usually an isolated town.C. Humans should be united because they had to adapt themselves to chang

15、ing harsh environment.D. Their characters were conceived more or less complex combinations of inherited attributes, their habits conditioned by social and economic forces.18. Which of the following is not right about Mark Twains style of language?A. His sentence structures are long, ungrammatical an

16、d difficult to read.B. His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect.C. His humor is remarkable and characterized by puns, straight-faced exaggeration， repetition and anti-climax.D. His style of language had exerted rather deep influence on the contemporary writers.19. The impact of Darwin

17、s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to another school of realism: American _.A. Romanticism B. TranscendentalismC. Realism D. Naturalism20. Which of the following is not written by Henry James?

18、A. The Portrait of A Lady and The Europeans.B. The Wings of the Dove and The Ambassadors.C. What Maisie Knows and The Bostonians.D. The Genius and The Gilded Age.21. More than five hundred poems Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general Skepticism about the relationship between _ is wel

19、l-expressed.A. man and man B. men and womenC. man and nature D. men and God22. Which of the following is right about Emily Dickinsons poems about nature?A. In them, she expressed her general affirmation about the relationship between man and nature.B. Some of them showed her disbelief that there exi

20、sted a mythical bond between man and nature.C. Her poems reflected her feeling that nature is restorative to human beings.D. Many of them showed her feeling of natures inscrutability and indifference to the life and interests of human beings.23. As a great innovator in American literature, Walt Whit

21、man wrote his poetry in an unconventional style which is now called free verse, that is _.A. lyrical poetry with chanting refrainsB. poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme schemeC. poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beatD. poetry in an irregular metric form and expr

22、essing noble feelings24. In the first part of the 20th century，apart from Darwinism, there were two thinkers -_， whose ideas had the greatest impact on the period.A. the German Karl Marx and the Austrian Sigmund FreudB. the German Karl Marx and the American Sigmund FreudC. the Swiss Carl Jung and th

23、e American William JamesD. the Austrian Karl Marx and the German Sigmund Freud25. Which of the following can be said about Eugene ONeill plays?A. Most of his plays are concerned about the root, the truth of human desires and human frustrations.B. His tragic view of life is reflected in many of his w

24、orks.C. His plays are concerned about the relationship between man and nature as well as man and woman.D. Both A and B.26. Most of ONeills plays are concerned about the following except_.A. success and failure in mans literary careerB. life and death, illusion and disillusion, dream and realityC. al

25、ienation and communication, self and society, desire and frustrationD. the basic issues of human existence and predicament27. Which of the following can be said about a typical modern literary work?A. It is a record of sequence and coherence of the history and the world.B. It is a juxtaposition of t

26、he past and present, of the history and the memory.C. It is a book of integrity drawn from diverse areas of experience.D. Its perspective is shifted from the internal to the external, from the private to the public.28. As to the great American poet Ezra Pound, which of the following is not right?A.

27、His language is usually oblique yet marvelously compressed and his poetry is dense with personal, literary, and historical allusions.B. His artistic talents are on full display in the history of the Imagist Movement.C. From his analysis of the Chinese ideogram Pound learned to anchor his poetic lang

28、uage in concrete, perceptual reality, and to organize images into larger patterns through juxtaposition.D. For he was politically controversial and notorious for what he did in the wartime, his literary achievement and influence are somewhat reduced.29. In his poetry, Robert Frost made the colloquia

29、l _ speech into a poetic expression.A. England B. New EnglandC. Plymouth D. Boston30. Which of the following statements is right about Robert Frosts poetry?A. He combined traditional verse forms with the difficult and highly ornamental language.B. He combined traditional verse forms with the pastora

30、l language of the Southern area.C. He combined traditional verse forms with a simple spoken language-the speech of New England farmers.D. He combined traditional verse forms with the experimental.31. Which of the following statements can be said about the works of Scott Fitzgerald, a spokesman of th

31、e “Roaring 20s”?A. Many of them portrayed the hollowness of the American worship of riches and the unending American dream of fulfillment.B. They are symbolic of the psychological journey of the modern man and his helplessness in the modern world.C. They show the primitive struggle of individuals in

32、 the context of irresistible natural forces.D. They penetrate into the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself.32. Which of the following is not written by Ernest Hemingway, one of the best-known American authors of the 20th century?A. The Sun Also Rises. B. The Old Man and the Sea.C. Mo

33、sses From the Old Manse. D. The Green Hills of Africa.33. Which of the following statements is right about the novel A Farewell to Arms?A. The author favored the idea of nature as an expression of either gods design or his beneficence.B. The author attempted to write the epitaph to a decade and to t

34、he whole generation in the 1930s.C. The author emphasizes his belief that man is trapped both physically and mentally and suggests that man is doomed to be entrapped.D. It tells a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with an Italian nurse.34. Which of the following is dep

35、icted as the mythical county in William Faulkners novels?A. Cambridge. B. Oxford.C. Mississippi. D. Yoknapatawpha. 35. To Faulkner, the primary duty of a writer was to explore and represent the infinite possibilities inherent in human life. Therefore a writer should _.A. observe with no judgment wha

36、tsoever.B. reduce authorial intrusion to the lowest minimum.C. observe at a great distance and sometimes participate in the events.D. both A and B. 36. Which of the following is right about American fiction from 1945 onwards?A. A group of new writers who survived the war wrote about their ideals wit

37、hin the artistic field.B. There appeared a significant group of Jewish-American writers whose works were set against the Jewish experience and tradition.C. Black fiction began to attract critical attention during the 1950s.D. American fiction in the 1950s and 1960s proves to be a harvest which deriv

38、ed from its predecessors.37. Which of the following is not a work of Nathaniel Hawthornes?A. The House of the Seven Gables. B. The Blithedale Romance.C. The Marble Faun. D. White Jacket.38. In Hawthornes novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _.A. commentators B. observersC. villa

39、ins D. saviors39. Besides sketches, tales and essays, Washington Irving also published a book on _, which is also considered an important part of his creative writing.A. poetic theory B. French artC. history of New York D. life of George Washington40. In Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, there are detai

40、led descriptions of big parties. The purpose of such descriptions is so show _.A. emptiness of life B. the corruption of the upper classC. contrast of the rich and the poor D. the happy days of the Jazz Age41. In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subj

41、ect. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _.A. Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. Dreisers Sister CarrieC. Coppers Leather-Stocking TalesD. Thoreaus Walden42. Which of the following novels can be regarded as typically belonging to the schoo

42、l of literary modernism?A. The Sound and the Fury B. Uncle Toms Cabin.C. Daisy Miller. D. The Gilded Age.43. Emily Dickinson wrote many short 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.

43、D. War and peace.44. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled _ at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as Our intellectual Declaration of Independence.A. Nature B. Self-RelianceC. Divinity School Address D. The American Scholar45. Which of the following statements about wri

44、ters in 1920s is true?A. Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.B. F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.C. Freudian psychology influenced many modern writers.D. Most writers were politically radical.46. In American literature the first important writer who earned an internati

45、onal fame on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean is_. A. Washington Irving B. Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman47. The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for his“black vision”The Term “black vision” refers to_. A. Hawthornes observation that every man faces a black

46、Wall B. Hawthornes belief that all men are by nature evil C. that Hawthorne employed a dream vision to tell his storyD. that Puritans of Hawthornes time usually wore black clothes 48. Theodore Dreiser was once criticized for his_ in Style，but as a true artist his strength just lies in that his style

47、 is very serious and well calculated to achieve the thematic ends he sought. A. crudeness B. elegance C. conciseness D. subtlety49. Almost all Faulkners heroes turned out to be tragic because_. A. all enjoyed living in the declining American South B. none of them was conditioned by the civilization

48、and Social institutions C. most of them were prisoners of the past D. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable50. Yank, the protagonist of Eugene ONeills play The Hairy Ape, talked to the gorilla and set it free because_. A. he was mad，mistaking a beast for a human B. he was

49、 told by the white young lady that he was like a beast and he wanted to see how closely he resembled the gorilla C. he was caged with the gorilla after he insulted an aristocratic stroller D. he could feel the kinship only with the beast51. In_, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is dou

50、btful whether he will regret his choice or not when he is old, because the choice has made all the difference. A. “After Apple-Picking” B. “The Road NOt Taken” C. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” D. “Fire and Ice”52. Though Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were romantic poets in theme and tech

51、nique, they differ from each other in a variety of ways. For one thing, whereas Whitman likes to keep his eye on human Society at large, Dickinson often addresses such issues as_, immortality, religion, love and nature. A. progress B. freedom C. beauty D. death53. The Romantic writers would focus on

52、 all the following issues EXCEPT the_ in the American literary history A. individual feeling B. survival of the fittestC. strong imagination D. return to nature54. Generally speaking，all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be_. A. transcendentalists B. optimistsC. pes

53、simists D. idealists55. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century A. Sentimentalism B. Romanticism C. Realism D. Naturalism56. American writers after World War I self-consciously

54、acknowledged that they were(a) “_,” devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization A. Lost Generation B. Beat Generation C. Sons of Liberty D. Angry Young Men57. Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely Characters in_. A. The House of the Seven Gables B. The Sc

55、arlet Letter C. The Portrait of a Lady D. The pioneers58. In his realistic fiction, Henry Jamess primary concern is to present the_. A. inner life of human beings B. American Civil War and its effects C. life on the Mississippi River D. Calvinistic view of original Sin59. Which of the following stat

56、ements about E. Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkners Story “A Rose for Emily,” is NOT true? A. She has a distorted personality. B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed. C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South.D. She is the victim of the past glory.60. Which of the following is NOT

57、the virtue that Franklin enumerated in his The Autobiography? A. Temperance B. Humanity (Humility)C. Frugality D. Immoderation61. American Romanticism stretches from the end of the _ century through the outbreak of _.A. 18th, the Civil War B. 18th, the War of IndependenceC. 19th, WWI D. 19th, WWII62

58、. _ believes that the chief aim of literary creation is beauty, and “the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.”A. Walt Whitman B. Edgar Allen PoeC. Anne Bradstreet D. Ralph Waldo Emerson63. In Emily Dickinsons Because I Could Not Stop for Death, _.A. de

59、ath is personified as a devil B. death is described as the tragic end of a persons lifeC. death is a stage of life and it leads people to the Heaven of immortalityD. death is described as a beautiful girl who couldnt find her final destination64. Which is generally regarded as the manifesto and the Bible of American Transcendentalism?A. Thoreaus Walden B. Emersons Nature C. Poes Poetic Principle D. Th