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1. For Melville, as well as for the reader and_, the n arrator, Moby Dick isstill a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the uni verse.A. AhabB. IshmaelC. StubbD. Starbuck2. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the authors tone in writing becomes lessserious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_.A. rati onalB. humorousC. optimisticD. pessimistic3. Dreisers Trilogy of Desire includesthovels. They are The Financier, The Titanand_ .A. The Gen iusB. The Tyco onC. The StoicD. The Gia nt4. The impact of Darwinevolutionary theory on the American thought and thein flue nee of the nin etee nth-ce ntury French literature on the America n men of letters gave rise to yetano ther school of realism: American_ .A. local colorismB. vern acularismC. modernismD. n aturalism5. Robert Frost comb ined traditi onal verse forms -the sonn et, rhy ming couplets, bla nkverse -with a clear America n local speech rhythm, the speech of_ farmers withits idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A. Souther nC. New Hampshire6. As an autobiographical play, O a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literarycareer and the coming of age of America n drama.A. The Icema n ComethB. Long Days Journey In to NightC. The Hairy ApeD. Desire Un der the Elms7. Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness,theother n arrative tech niq ues Faulk ner used to con struct his stories include_ ,symbolism and mythological and biblicalallusi ons.A. impressio nismC. multiple points of view8. Stylistically, Henry JamesA. short, clear senten cesC. ordi nary America n speech9. One of the characteristics that have made Mark Twain a major literary figure in theis his use of_.B. i nterior mono logueD. photographic descripti on_ that Washington Irvings fame mainly rested.A. childhood recollecti onsB. sketches about his Europea n toursC. early poetryD. tales about America11. At the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “”B. Wester nD. New En gla nd_ Neill _ s(1956) has gained its status asB. expressi onismD. first pers on point of viewfiction is characterized by .B. abundance of local imagesD. highly refi ned Ian guage19th cen tury AmericaA. vern acular C.point of view10. It is on his2A. the En glish Ren aissa neeB. the Second Ren aissa neeC. the America n Ren aissa nee D. the Salem Ren aissa nee12. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues invoIved in the debateof Tran see nden talism are gen erally concerning_ .A. n ature, man and the uni verseB. the relati on ship betwee n man and woma nC. the developme nt of Roma nticism in America n literatureD. the cold, rigid rati on alism of Un itaria nism13. About the novel The Scarlet Letter, which of the following statements is NOT right?A. Itvery hard to say that it is a love story or a story of sin.B. Ita highly symbolic story and the author is a master of symbolism.C. Itmainly about the moral, emotio nal and psychological effects of the sin upon the maincharacters and the people in gen eral.D. In it the letter A takes the same symbolic meaning throughout the novel.14. The great sea adve nture storMoby-Dick is usually eonsidered_ .A. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the uni verse.B. an adve nturous explorati on into marerelati on ship with n atureC. a simple whali ng tale or sea adve ntureD. 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 verseB. bla nk verseC. alliterati onD. end rhy ming16. After the Civil War America was tran sformed from_to_.A. an agrarian communityan industrialized and commercialized societyB. an agrarian communitya society of freedom and equalityC. a poor and backward societyan industrialized and commercialized societyD. an industrialized and commercialized societya highly 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. Huma ns should be un ited because they had to adapt themselves to cha nging harshen vir onment.D. Their characters were eon ceived more or less complex comb in ati ons of in heritedattributes, their habits eon diti oned by social and econo mic forces.18. Which of the following is not right about Mark Twainstyle of Ianguage?A. His sentence structures are long, un grammatical and difficult to read.B. His words are colloquial, eon crete and direct in effect.C. His humor is remarkable and characterized by puns, straight-faced exaggerationrepetiti on and an ti-climax.D. His style of Ian guage had exerted rather deep in flue nee on the eon temporary writers.319.The impact of Darwinevolutionary theory on the American thought and the in flue nee of the19th cen tury French literature on the America n men of letters gave rise to ano ther school of realism:America n_.B. Tran sce nden talismD. Naturalism20. Which of the following is not written by Henry James?A. The Portrait of A Lady and The Europea ns.B. The Wings of the Doveand The AmbassadorsC. What Maisie Knows and The Bost oniansD. The Geniusand The Gilded Age21. More than five hundred poems Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which hergen eral Skepticism about the relati on ship betwee n_ is well-expressed.A. man and manB. men and wome nC. man and n atureD. men and God22. Which of the following is right about Emily Dickinsonpoems about nature?A. In them, she expressed her gen eral affirmati on about the relati on ship betwee n man and nature.B. Some of them showed her disbelief that there existed a mythical bond betwee n man and nature.C. Her poems reflected her feeling that nature is restorative to human beings.D. Many of them showed her feeli ng of n atures in scrutability and in differe nee to the life andinterests of human beings.23. As a great inno vator in America n literature, Walt Whitma n wrote his poetry in anunconven ti onal style which is now called free verse, that is_.A. lyrical poetry with cha nting refrai nsB. 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 expressing noble feelings24 .In the first part of the 20th cen tury, apart from Darwi nism, there were two thi nkers-_,whose ideas had the greatest impact on the period.A. the Germa n Karl Marx and the Austria n Sigm und FreudB. the Germa n Karl Marx and the America n Sigm und FreudC. the Swiss Carl Jung and the American William JamesD. the Austria n Karl Marx and the Germa n Sigm und Freud25. Which of the follow ing can be said about Euge ne ONeill plays?A. Most of his plays are concerned about the root, the truth of huma n desires and huma n frustrations.B. His tragic view of life is reflected in many of his works.C. His plays are concerned about the relati on ship betwee n man and n ature as well as man andwoma n.D. Both A and B.A. Roma nticismC. Realism426. Most of ONeillplays are concerned about the following except_.A. success and failure in maliterary careerB. life and death, illusion and disillusion, dream and realityC. alie nati on and com muni cati on, self and society, desire and frustrati onD. the basic issues of huma n existe nee and predicame nt27. Which of the following can be said about a typical modern literary work?A. It is a record of seque nee and cohere nee of the history and the world.B. It is a juxtapositi on of the past and prese nt, of the history and the memory.C. It is a book of in tegrity draw n from diverse areas of experie nee.D.Its perspective is shifted from the internal to the external, from the private to the public.28. As to the great America n poet Ezra Pound, which of the follow ing is not right?A. His Ian guage is usually oblique yet marvelously compressed and his poetry is dense with person al, literary, and historical allusi ons.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 Ian guage in concrete, perceptual reality, and to orga nize images into larger patter ns through juxtapositi on.D. For he was politically con troversial and no torious for what he did in thewartime, his literary achieveme nt and in flue nee are somewhat reduced.29. In his poetry, Robert Frost made the colloquial _speech into a poeticexpressi on.A. En gla ndB New En gla ndC. PlymouthD. Boston30. Which of the followi ng stateme nts is right about Robert Frospoetry?A. He combined traditional verse forms with the difficult and highly ornamental Ian guage.B. He combined traditional verse forms with the pastoral language of the Southernarea.C. He combined traditional verse forms with a simple spoken Ianguage-the speech ofNew En gla nd 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 ofthe Roaring 20s”A. Many of them portrayed the hollowness of the American worship of riches and theunending American dream of fulfillment.B. They are symbolic of the psychological journey of the modern man and hishelpless ness in the moder n world.C. They show the primitive struggle of in dividuals in the con text of irresistible n atural 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-k nown America nauthors of the 20th een tury?A. The Sun Also Rises.B. The Old Man and the Sea.C. Mosses From the Old Ma nse.D. The Green Hills of Africa.33. Which of the followi ng stateme nts is right about the no velA Farewell to Arms?A.The author favored the idea of n ature as an expressi on of either godsdesig n5or his ben efice nee.B. The author attempted to write the epitaph to a decade and to the whole gen erati on in the1930s.C. The author emphasizes his belief that man is trapped both physically and men tally andsuggests that man is doomed to be en trapped.D. It tells a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with an Italia n nu rse.34. Which of the following is depicted as the mythical county in William Faulknerno vels?B. Oxford.D. Yok napatawpha.35. To Faulkner, the primary duty of a writer was to explore and represent the infinitepossibilities in here nt in huma n life. Therefore a writer should_ .A. observe with no judgme nt whatsoever.B. reduce authorial in trusi on to the lowest mi nimum.C. observe at a great dista nee and sometimes participate in the eve nts.D. both A and B.36. Which of the followi ng is right about America n fictio n from 1945 on wards?A. A group of new writers who survived the war wrote about their ideals withinthe artistic field.B. There appeared a sig nifica nt group of Jewish-America n writers whose workswere set aga inst the Jewish experie nee and traditi on.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 derived from itspredecessors.37. Which of the following is not a work of Nathaniel Hawthornes?A. The House of the Seve n Gables B. The Blithedale Roma neeC. The Marble Faun.D. White Jacket38. In Hawthornenovels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear asA. comme ntatorsB. observersC. villai nsD. saviors39. Besides sketches, talesand essays,Washington Irving also published a book on, which is alsocon sidered an importa nt part of his creative writ ing.A. poetic theoryB. French artC. history of New YorkD. life of George Washi ngt on40. In Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties.The purpose of such descripti ons is so show_ .A. empti ness of lifeB. the corrupti on of the upper classC. con trast of the rich and the poorD. the happy days of the Jazz Age41. In America n literature, escap ing from the society and returni ng to n ature is acom mon subject. The followi ng titles are all related, in one way or ano ther, to the subject except.A. Mark Twain s The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. DreiserstSr CarrieA. Cambridge.C. Mississippi.6C. Coppers Leatheocking TalesD. Thoreaus Walden42. Which of the following novels can be regarded as typically belonging to the school of literary moderni sm?A. The Sou nd and the FuryB. U ncle Toms Cab in.C. Daisy Miller.D. The Gilded Age.43. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the follow ing is not ausual subject of her poetic expressi on?A. Religi on.B. Life and death.C. Love and marriage.D. War and peace.44. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled _at Harvard,which was hailed by Oliver Wen dell Holmes as Our in tellectual Declarati on of In depe nden ce.A. NatureB. Self-Relia neeC. Divi nity School AddressD. The American Scholar45. Which of the following statements about writers in 1920s is true?A. Mark Twain published his last and most important novel.B. F. Scott Fitzgerald received the Nobel Prize.C. Freudia n psychology in flue need many moder n writers.D. Most writers were politically radical.46. In American literature the first important writer who earned an international fameon both sides of the Atla ntic Ocea n is_ .A. Wash ington Irvi ngB. Ralph Waldo Emers onC. Natha niel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman47. The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for his“ black vision. ”TheTerm“black vision refers to_.A. Hawthor nes observatio n that every man faces a black WallB. Hawthor nes belief that all men are by n ature evilC. that Hawthorne employed a dream vision to tell his storyD. that Purita ns of Hawthor nes time usually wore black clothes48. Theodore Dreiser was once criticized for his_ in Sty,but as a trueartist his strength just lies in that his style is very serious and well calculated to achieve the thematicends he sought.A. crude nessB. elega neeC. con cise nessD. subtlety49. Almost all Faulk nersheroes turned out to be tragic because_.A. all enjoyed living in the declining American SouthB. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and Social institutionsC. most of them were pris oners of the pastD. none were successful in their attempt to explai n the in explicable50. Yank, the protagonist of EugeneONeills play The Hairy Ape, talked to thegorilla and set it free because_ .A. he was mad, mistaking a beast for a humanB. he was told by the white young lady that he was like a beast and he wan ted to see how closelyhe resembled the gorilla7C. he was caged with the gorilla after he insulted an aristocratic strollerD. he could feel the kinship only with the beast51. In_, Robert Frost compares life to a journey, and he is doubtfulwhether he will regret his choice or not whe n he is old, because the choice has made all the differe nee.A. After Apple-Picking”B. The Road NOt TakenC. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveninD. Fire and Ice”52. Though Walt Whitma n and Emily Dick inson were roma ntic poets in theme and tech niq ue, theydiffer from each other in a variety of ways. For one thing, whereasWhitma n likes to keep his eye on huma n Society at large, Dick inson ofte n addresses such issues as_ , immortality, religio n, love and n ature.A. progressB. freedomC. beautyD. death53. The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPTthe_in the American literary history.A. i ndividual feeli ngB. survival of the fittestC. stro ng imag in ati onD. return to n ature54. Gen erally speak ing all those writers with a n aturalistic approach to huma n realitytend to be_ .A. transcenden talistsB. optimistsC. pessimistsD. idealists55. With Howells, James, and Mark Twai n active on the literary sce ne,_ becamethe major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th cen tury.A. Sen time ntalismB. Roma nticismC. RealismD. Naturalism56. America n writers after World War I self-c on sciously ack no wledged that they were(a)_ _，” devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization.A. Lost Gen eratio n B. Beat Gen erati onC. So ns of Liberty D. An gry You ng Men57. Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, Chilli ngworth and Pearl are most likely Charactersin_ .A. The House of the Seven Gables B. The Scarlet LetterC. The Portrait of a LadyD. The pion eers58. In his realistic fiction, Henry Jamess primary concern is to prese nt the_.A. i nner life of huma n beingsB. America n Civil War and its effectsC. life on the Mississippi River D. Calvinistic view of original Sin59. Which of the followi ng stateme nts about E. Griers on, the protag onist in Faulk nersStory A Rose for Emily, ”is NOT true?A. She has a distorted pers on ality.B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed.C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South.8D. She is the victim of the past glory.60. Which of the following is NOT the virtue that Franklin enumerated in his The Autobiography?A. Tempera neeB. Huma nity (Humility)C. FrugalityD. Immoderati on61. America n Roma nticism stretches from the end of the_cen tury throughthe outbreak of_.A. 18th, the Civil WarB. 18th, the War of In depe nde neeC. 19th, WWID. 19th, WWII62._ believes that the chief aim of literary creati on is beauty, and“thedeath of a beautiful woma n is, unq uesti on ably, the most poetical topic in the world.A. Walt WhitmanB. Edgar Alle n PoeC. Anne BradstreetD. Ralph Waldo Emers on63. In Emily Dicki nso n Because I Could Not Stop for Death_.A. death is pers on ified as a devilB. death is described as the tragic end of a person s lifeC. death is a stage of life and it leads people to the Heaven of immortalityD. death is described as a beautiful girl who couldn t find her final destination64. Which is gen erally regarded as the mani festo and the Bible of America n Tran sce nden talism?A. Thoreaus WaldenB. Emersons NatureC. Poes Poetic PrincipleD. Thoreaus Nature65. Henry David Thoreauwork, _ , has always been regarded as amasterpiece of the New En gla nd Tran sce nden tal Moveme nt.A. Walde nB. The Pio neersC. NatureD. So ng of Myself66. Leaves of Grasscomma nds great atte nti on because of its uniq uely poeticembodime nt of_, which are writte n in the founding docume nts of both theRevolutio nary War and the America n Civil War.A. the democratic idealsB. the roma ntic idealsC. the self-relia nee spiritsD. the religious ideals67. _is the author of the work The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.A. Wash ington Irvi ngB. James JoyceC. Walt WhitmanD. William Butler Yeats68. After The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independencetoTom s buddy Huck in a book called_ , and the book from which all modernAmerica n literature comes.A. Life on the Mississippi RiverB. The Gilded AgeC. Adve ntures of Huckleberry Fi nnD. The Sun Also Rises69. The greatest work writte n by Theodore Dreiser is_.9A. Sister CarrieC. The Finan cier70. We can perhaps summarize that Walt Whitman s poems are characterized by allthe followi ng features except that they are_.A. con versati onal and crudeB. lyrical and well-structuredC. simple and rather crudeD. free-flow ing71. Who exerts the sin gle most importa nt in flue nce on literary n aturalism, of which Theodore Dreiserand Jack London are among the best represe ntative writers?A. FreudB Darwi n.C. W. D. Howells.D. Emers on72. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known forhis_ .A. i nternatio nal themeB. waste-la nd imageryC. local colorD. symbolism73. At the beginning of Faulkners A Rose FFhieEmisya detailed description ofEmilys old house. The purpose of such description is to imply that the person living in it.A. is a wealth ladyB. has good tasteC. is a pris oner of the pastD. is a con servative aristocrat74. Most of Herman Melvilles novels are based on sea voyages and sea adventures.Which of the following is not the case?A. Typee.B. Moby-Dick.C. Omoo.D. The Co nfide nce-Man75. In Henry James Daisy Miller, the author trie