美国文学史及选读 练习题
I. Choose the relevant match from Column II for each item in Column I. Section A I
II
( ) 1. Walt Whitman ( ) 2. Herman Melville ( ) 3. Washington Irving ( ) 4. O Henry
( ) 5. Nathaniel Hawthorne
A. The Scarlet Letter B. The Sketch Book C. Typee
D. Leaves of Grass E. The Gift of the Magi
Section B I II
( ) 1. Hester Prynne ( ) 2. George Hurstwood ( ) 3. Isabel Archer ( ) 4. Ahab ( ) 5. Eva Clare
A. The Portrait of A Lady B. Uncle Tom’s Cabin C. Moby Dick D. Sister Carrie E. The Scarlet Letter
Section C I II
( ) 1. Benjamin Franklin ( ) 2. Thomas Paine ( ) 3. James Fenimore Cooper ( ) 4. Mark Twain ( ) 5. Jack London
A. Martin Eden
B. Leather-Stocking Tales C. Rights of Man
D. Poor Richars’s Almanac
E. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook. (10%)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
In Washington Irving’s work appeared the first modern Short stories and the first great American juvenile literature.
The first important American novelist was .
To a Waterfowl is perhaps the peak of ______’s work, it regarded as “the most perfect brief poem in the language ” .
A superb book entitled ______ came out of Henry David Thoreau’s two-year life experience near a small lake.
William Sidney Porter，whose pen name was ______，was the author of The Cop and the Anthem． Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety were the values that dominated much of the early American writing.
American Romanticism ended with the Walt Whiteman’s . was called “the father of the American detective stories”. was responsible for bring Transcendentalism to New England.
10 Theodore Dreiser’s first novel is .
11 The ship ______ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat its way across the
Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
12 ______was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary
War．
13 American Romanticism started with the publication of Washington Irving’s ______ .
14 The ship ______ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat its way across the
Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts. 15 Benjamin Franklin’s best writing is found in his masterpiece .
16 On January 10,1776, Thomas Paine’s famous pamphlet appeared. 17 Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety were the values that dominated much of the early American writing.
18 The most outstanding poet in America of 18th century was . 19 was the first American lyric poet.
20 was responsible for bring Transcendentalism to New England.
III: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the ONE that would best complete the statement.
1. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. This was _______. A. Anne Bradstreet B. Jane Austen C. Emily Dickinson D. Harriet Beecher 2. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”
A. Michael Wigglesworth B. Edward Taylor C. Anne Bradstreet D. Philip Freneau
3. ______ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. One of his fellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man’s on this young nation.” A. John Smith B. Benjamin Franklin C. Thomas Jefferson Paine 4. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT ______. A. common sense B. imagination C. intuition D. individualism
5. Melville’s novel ______ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.
A. Typee B. Omoo C. White Jacket D. Moby Dick
6. As a philosophical and literary movement, ______ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.
A. Modernism B. Rationalism C. Sentimentalism D. Transcendentalism 7. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in _________.
A. The Scarlet Letter B. Sister Carrie C. The Great Gatsby D. The Old Man and Sea
8. Realism was a reaction against______ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.
A. Rationalism B. Romanticism C. Neoclassicism D. Enlightenment 9. ____________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club. A. Thoreau B. Emerson C. Hawthorne D. Whitman 10. Choose the work NOT written by Mark Twain.
A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer B. Innocents Abroad C. Life on the Mississippi D. The Rise of Silas Lapham 11. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence” A. The American Scholar B. English Traits C. The Conduct of Life D. Representative Men
12. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in and Thoreau. A. Jefferson B. Emerson C. Freneau D. Oversoul
13. Which of the following doesn’t belong to Dreiser’s “Trilogy of Desire”
A. The Financier B. The Titan C. The Stoic D. An American Tragedy 14. written by Henry James brought him first international fame. A. The Golden Bowl B. The American C. The Tragic Muse D. Daisy Miller 15. Walden is written by .
A. Emerson B. Thoreau C. Poe D. Hawthorne 16. The Cop and the Anthem is written by .
A. O. Henry B. Henry James C. Jack London D. Mark Twain
17. is famous for psychological realism.
A. Mark Twain B. William Dean Howells C. Henry James D. Walt Whitman 18. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism A. Nature B. Walden C. On Beauty D. Self-Reliance 19. Who was the ONLY good American author before the Revolutionary War.
A. John Smith B. Benjamin Franklin C. Thomas Paine D. Thomas Jefferson
20. As a literary and philosophical movement, flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.
A. modernism B. rationalism C. sentimentalism D. transcendentalism 21. ____ is NOT written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. A. The American Scholar B. Self-Reliance C. The Divinity School Address D. Civil Disobedience
22. Emily Dickinson wrote many of her 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 D. War and peace
23. In 1862, President Lincoln exclaimed: “So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!” The book refers to ____.
A. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. Beloved
B. Pride and Prejudice D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 24. In Leaves of Grass, _____ is all that concerned Whitman.
A. individualism B. freedom C. democracy D. all the above
25. During the period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what Mark Twain referred to as
____.
A. the Golden Age B. the Modern Age C. the Gilded Age D. the Puritan Age
26. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. This was _______. A. Anne Bradstreet B. Jane Austen C. Emily Dickinson D. Harriet Beecher 27. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”
A. Michael Wigglesworth B. Edward Taylor C. Anne Bradstreet D. Philip Freneau 28. ______ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. One of his fellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man’s on this young nation.” A. John Smith B. Benjamin Franklin C. Thomas Jefferson Paine 29. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT ______. A. common sense B. imagination C. intuition D. individualism
30. Melville’s novel ______ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.
A. Typee B. Omoo C. White Jacket D. Moby Dick
31. As a philosophical and literary movement, ______ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.
A. Modernism B. Rationalism C. Sentimentalism D. Transcendentalism 32. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in _________.
A. The Scarlet Letter B. Sister Carrie C. The Great Gatsby D. The Old Man and Sea 33. Realism was a reaction against______ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.
A. Rationalism B. Romanticism C. Neoclassicism D. Enlightenment 34. ____________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club. A. Thoreau B. Emerson C. Hawthorne D. Whitman
美国文学史及选读练习题
