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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上AmericaReviewChapter 11、_ usually was regarded as the first American writer.A. William Bradford B. Anne Bradstreet C. Emily Dickinson D. Captain John Smith2、The common thread throughout American literature has been the emphasis on the_.A. Revolutionsim B. Reason C. Individualism D. Rati

2、onalism3、Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she became known as the “_” who appeared in America.A. Ninth Muse B. Tenth Muse C. Best Muse D. First Muse4、Which statement about Benjamin Franklin is not true?A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer. B. He

3、was a scientist. C. He was a master of diplomacy. D. He was a Puritan.5、The secular ideals of the American Enlightenment were exemplified in the life and career of_.A. Thomas Hood B. Benjamin Franklin C. Thomas Jefferson D. George Washington6、From 1732 to 1758 , Benjamin Franklin wrote and published

4、 his famous _, an annual collection of proverbs.A. The Autobiography B. Poor Richards Almanac C. Common Sense D. The General Magazine7、Which poem is not written by Philip Freneau?A. The British Prison Ship B. The Wild Honey Suckle C. The Indian Burying Ground D. The Day of DoomAnswer: DCBDB BDChapte

5、r 21、As a philosophical and literary movement, _ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernism B. rationalism C. sentimentalism D. transcendentalism2、Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _ and Henry David Thoreau.A. Thomas Jefferson B. Ralph

6、 Waldo Emerson C. Philip Freneau D. Oversoul3、Transcendentalists recognized _ as the “highest power of the soul”.A. intuition B. logic C. data of the senses D. thinking4、Transcendentalism appealed to those who disdained the harsh God of the Puritan ancestor, and it appealed to those who scorned the

7、pale deity of the New England_.A. Humanism B. Naturalism C. Realism D. Unitarianism5、Edgar Allan Poes first collection of short stories is _.A. Tales of a Traveller B. Leather stocking Tales C. Canterbury Tales D. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque6、Which essay is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerso

8、n?A. Of Studies B. Self-Reliance C. The American Scholar D. The Divinity School Address7、From Henry David Thoreaus jail experience, came his famous essay,_, which states Thoreaus belief that no man should violate his conscience at the command of a government.A. Walden B. Nature C. Civil Disobedience

9、 D. Common sense8、_ was a romanticized account of Herman Melvilles stay among the Polynesians. The success of the boot soon made Melville well known as the “man who lived among cannibals”.A. Moby Dick B. Typee C. Omoo D. Billy Budd9、”The universe if composed of Nature and the soul.Spirit is present

10、everywhere”. This is the voice of the book Nature written by Emerson, which pushed American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England_.A. Romanticism B. Transcendentalism C. Naturalism D. Symbolism10、Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?A. Nature B.

11、Walden C. On Beauty D. Self-Reliance11、Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?A. The American Scholar B. English Traits C. Nature D. Self-Reliance12、_ is an appalling fictional version of Nathaniel Hawthornes belief that “the wrong doing of one generation lives into the

12、successive ones” and that evil will come out of evil though it may take many generations to happen. A. The Marble Faun B. The House of Seven Gables C. The Blithedale Romance D. Young Goodman BrownAnswers: DBADD ACBBA ABChapter 3、41. American literature produced only one female poet during the ninete

13、enth century. This was _.a. Anne Bradstreet b. Jane Austen c. Emily Dickinson d. Harriet Beecher2. The publication of the novel _ stirred a great nation to its depths and hurried on a great war.a. My Bondage and My Freedom b. Stanzas of Freedomc. Voices of Freedom d. Uncle Toms Cabin3. Which stateme

14、nt about O. Henry is wrong?a. His stories are usually short and humorous and the ends of his stories are always surprisingb. The plots of his stories are exceedingly clever and interesting.c. Many of his stories contain a great deal of slang and colloquial expressions.d. He wrote about the rich peop

15、le.4. While embracing the socialism of Marx, London also believed in the triumph of the strongest individuals. This contradiction is most vividly projected in the patently autobiographical novel _.a. The Call of the Wild b. The Sea Wolf c. Martin Eden d. The Iron Heel5. Which is not one of the three

16、 staunch advocates of nineteenth-century American realism.a. Mark Twain b. Henry James c. William Dean Howells d. Jack London6.The best-selling American books in the first decades of the twentieth century were_ .A. traveling books B. commercial booksC. historical romances D. news reports7.Early in t

17、he 20th century, _ published works that would change the nature of American poetry.A. Ezra Pound B. T. S. EliotC. Robert FrostD. Both A and B8.The American social upheavals and the literary concerns of the Great Depression years ended with the prosperity and turmoil brought by the _ .A. First World

18、War B. Second World WarC. Civil WarD. War of Independence9.The American Thirties, lasted from the Crash, through the ensuing Great Depression, until the outbreak of the Second World War 1939. This was a period of_A. poverty B. bleaknessC. important social movements D. a new social consciousnessE. al

19、l of the above10.In the pre-war period, such writers as_ , pointed out the contradictions between what American preached and they practiced.A. Mark Twain B. Jack LondonC. Stephen Crane D. Theodore DreiserE. all of the above11.In the Thirties, poets like Archibald Macleish and_ wrote compassionately

20、about common people, workers and farmers.A. Emily Dickinson B. Ezra PoundC. Robert Frost D. Langston Hughes12. The Imagist writers followed three principles, which is not the principle?A. direct treatment B. economy of expressionC. clear rhythm D. blank verse13.The apparition of these faces in the c

21、rowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. This is the shortest poem written by_ .A. Thomas Stearns Eliot B. Robert FrostC. Ezra Pound D. E. E. Cummings14. _ showed great interest in Chinese literature and translated the poetry of Li Po (Li Bai) into English, and was influenced by Confucian ideas.A. Ezra P

22、ound B. Robert FrostC. T. S. Eliot D. E. E. Cummings15.Ezra Pound s long poem_ contained more than one hundred poems loosely connected.A. The Waste Land B. The CantosC. Don Juan D. Queen Mab16. The first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature was a sharp social critic, whose name was_ .A. Si

23、nclair Lewis B. Thomas Stearns EliotC. Ernest Hemingway D. William Faulkner17. The Fitzgeralds lived so extravagantly that they frequently spent more money than F. Scoot Fitzgerald earned for parties, liquor, entertaining their friends and traveling. It was this living style that nicknamed the decad

24、e of the 1920s as _.A. The Roaring Twenties B. The Jazz AgeC. The Dollar Decade D. all of the above18.In 1954,_ was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his mastery of the art of modern narration.A. Thomas Stearns Eliot B. Ernest HemingwayC. John Steinbeck D. William Faulkner19. Ernest Hemingw

25、ay was badly wounded in Italy and sent to a hospital where he fell in love with a nurse. These two persons later became the characters of his novel_ .A. The Old Man and the Sea B. For Whom the Bell TollsC. The Sun Also Rises D. A Farewell to Arms20. _ tells the Joad family s life from the time they

26、were evicted from their farm in Oklahoma until their first winter in California.A. Of Mice and Men B. The Grapes of WrathC. The Great Gatsby D. For Whom the Bell Tolls21. _ wrote about the society in the South by inventing families which represented different social forces; the old decaying upper cl

27、ass; the rising, ambitious, unscrupulous class of the poor Whites; and the Negroes who la bored for both of them.A. William Faulkner B. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest Hemingway D. John Steinbeck22.In William Faulkners The Sound and the Fury, he used a technique called_ , in which the whole story was t

28、old through the thoughts of one character.A. stream of consciousness B. imagism C. symbolism D. naturalism23. William Faulkners novel_ describes the decay and downfall of an old southern aristocratic family, symbolizing the old social order, toid from four different points of view.A. The Sound and t

29、he FuryB. Startoris C. The Unvanquished D. The Town24. The title of J. D. Salingers novel The Catcher in the Rye comes from_ poem if a body catch a body coming from the rye.A. William WordsworthB. William Black C. Alfred Tennyson D. Robert Burns25. William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac belong toA. the

30、Confessional SchoolB. the Black Mountain Poets C. novelists of absurdity D. the Beat Writers26.In the decade of 1920s, Eugene O Neill established an international reputation with such plays as_ .A. The Emperor JonesB. Anna Christie C. The Hairy Ape D. all of the above27. American Shakespeare refers to_ .A. Elmer Rice B. Edward Albee C. Eugene ONeill D. Tennessee WilliamsAnswers: 1-10 CDDCD CDBEE 11-20 CDCAB ADBDB 21-27 AAA DD DC专心-专注-专业