完整word版美國文學(xué)選擇題及答案

1、美國文學(xué) 選擇題及答案1. William Faulkner is the author of _a. Far From the Madding Crowdc. For Whom the Bell Tolls2. Robert Frost is a famousa. novelist b. playwrightb. Sound and Furyd. Scarlet Letterc. poetd. literary critic63. The Old Man and the Seais one of the great works by .a. Jack Londonb. Charles Dic

2、kensc. Samuel Coleridged. Earnest Hemingway4. refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality.a. Allegoryb. Conflictc. Ironyd. Flashback5. The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is.a. Natureb. Waldenc. Experienced. Essays6. Mark Twain shaped the world s view of Am

3、erica and made a combination of and serious literature.a. American folk humorb. funny jokesc. English folklored. American values7. Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War?b. Nathaniel Hawthorn.d. Washington Irving.a. Fennimore Cooper.c.

4、Walt Whitman.8. I Have a Dream is addressed bya. Abraham Lincoln b. John F. Kennedyc. Martin Luther Kingd. Ralph Waldo Emerson9. Which of the following is NOT a poem by Emily Dickinson?a. This is my letter to the worldb. I heard a Fly buzz when I diedc. This is just to sayd. Because I could not stop

5、 for death10. Eugene ONeil is an American .a. novelistb. playwrightc. poetd. essayistin the literaryb. Age of Classicalismd. Age of Renaissance won the second Pulitzer Prize.b. e. e. cummingsd. William Cullen Bryant11. The period from 1865 1914 has been referred to as the history of the United State

6、s.a. Age of Realismc. Age of Romanticism12. With “Collected Poems”, _a. Ezra Pond c. Robert Frost13. Grass is a poem written bya. Walt Whitmanb. Carl Sandburgc. Langston Hughes d. Allen Ginsberg14. Moby Dick is the most important work by .a. Jack London b. Herman Melvillec. Sinclair Lewis d. Ralph E

7、llison15. O. Henry earned his fame mainly for his .a. novelsb. poemsc. short storiesd. dramas16. is NOT a novel of Francis Scott Fitzgerald.a. Tender Is the Nightb. Anna Christiec. The Beautiful and Dammed d. The Great Gatsby17. The American literature in modern period is divided into two parts by t

8、he event ofa. the expatriate movementb. the Great Depressionc. the First World Ward. the Second World War18. Which of the following novels does NOT belong to Dreisers Trilogy of Desire? a. The Titan b. The Financier c. The“Genius”d. The Stoicfor his“mastery of theb. John Steinbeckd. Earnest Hemingwa

9、y work.b. classicd. naturalistic19. The 1954 Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to art of modern narration”. a. William Faulkner c. Saul Bellow20. Sister Carrie is a masterpiece ofa. romanticc. neo-classic21. The Octopusis written by a. Frank Norrisb. Sherwood Andersonc. Willa Cather d. Stephen

10、Crane22. James Baldwins most famous short story is .a. A Rose for Emilyb. The Story of an Hourc. Sonnys Bluesd. A Clean, Well-lighted Place23. wrote several novels with the name o“f Rabbit”.a. Arthur Millerb. Thomas Pynchonc. John Updike d. Wallace Stevens24. The Road Not Taken is a poem written by

11、.a. Robert Frostb. Longfellowc. Ezra Pondd. Carl Sandburg25. “ Godhelp them that help themselves”is found in s work.a. Franklinb. Freneauc. Jeffersond. Paine26. T. S. Eliots most famous long poem is .a. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock b. A Boys Willc. The Waste Landd. The Golden Bough27. Daisy M

12、iller is a great work by .b. Mark Twaind. Stowea. Henry James c. Dreiser28. Hester is a character ina. Gone with the Windb. The Fall of the House of Usherc. Babbitt d. Scarlet Letter29. Jack Londons is his patently autobiographical novel.a. The Call of the Wildb. The Sea Wolfc. Martin Eden d. The Ir

13、on Heel30. The black man Jim is a character in Mark Twains .a. The Adventures of Tom Sawyerb. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc. Life on the Mississippid. The Prince and the Pauper31. O Captain! My Captain! was written in memory of .a. Walt Whitmanb. Benjamin Franklinc. Abraham Lincolnd. Martin Lu

14、ther King32. The Grapes of Wrathis the masterpiece of .a. John Steinbeck b. John Cheeverc. John Updiked. John Dos Passos33. is NOT a play written by Tennessee Williams.a. Cat on a Hot Tin Roofb. The Glass Menageriec. Light in August d. A Streetcar Named Desire34. Seize the Dayis regarded the best no

15、vel written by .a. Flannery OConnerb. Saul Bellowc. Ralph Ellison d. Sherwood Anderson35. is NOT among the postwar poets in modern American literature.a. Robert Lowellb. Gary Synderc. Allen Ginsberg d. e. e. cummings36. The image of the famous“henpecked husband”is created by.a. Washington Irvingb. F

16、ennimore Cooperc. Edith Whartond. William Dean Howells37. The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be.a. ONeilb. Poundc. Robert Frostd. Scott Fitzgerald38. was the most important person of the transcendental club.a. Hawthornb. Whitmanc. Emersond. Thoreau39. The main theme of Emily Dick

17、inson is the following EXCEPT.a. religionb. love and marriagec. life and death d. war and peaceb. black humord. the Beat Generation _and other stories.40. American diction in the 1960s and 1970s proves different from its predecessors. It is referred to as .a. Imagismc. new fiction41 Stephen Crane is

18、 famous forb. The Ambassadorsd. The Red Badge of Couragehas won the Pulitzer Prize four times and one Nobel Prize. Earnest Hemingwayb. John SteinbeckEugene ONeild. William FaulknerBelovedis the masterpiece of .Tony Morrisonb. Ralph Ellisona. An American Tragedyc. Main Street 42a.c. 43a.c. John Dos P

19、assosd. Willa Cather44 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism?a. To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being.b. To put the stress on traditional values.c. To portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.d. To advocate a c

20、onscious break with the past. 45Whitman s poems are characterized by all the following featurEeXs CEPT.a. a strict poetic formb. a simple and conversational languagec. a free and natural rhythmic patternd. an easy flow of feelings46 Who initiated the name of the Lost Generation?a. Hemingwayb. Fitzge

21、raldc. Gertrude Steind. William Faulkner47 The high tide of Romanticism in American literature occurred around .a. 1820b. 1850c. 1880d. 192048The publication of established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesmanof the New England Transcendentalism.a. Natureb. Self-Reliancec. The Over-Sould. The Amer

22、ican Scholar49 Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over .a. Ezra Pound b. Ralph Waldo Emerson c. Robert Frost d. Emily Dickinson50 is the representative work of the Beat Generation.a. The Great Gatsbyb. On the Roadc. Look Back in Angerd. The Sun Also Rises51 Emily Grierson is

23、a literary figure created by.a. Willa Cather b. Doris Lessingc. William Faulkner d. Nathaniel Hawthorn85253Thomas Pynchon can also be categorized as a Black Humor writer, as well as a writer.a. classicalc. postmodernistWho is considered the father of American poetry?b. transcendentald. realistic54a. Philip Freneau b. William Cullen Bryantc. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow d. Henry David ThoreauIn America, “a little woman started agreat war . W”ho is she?a. Anne Bradstreet b. Harriet Beecher Stowe c. Edith Whartond. Catharine Anne Porter55is NOT written by Edgar Allan Poe. a. The Ravenb