美国文学试题

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1、美国文学（本科）试题5I.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorphrasesand   putyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.(20%,1pointforeach)1.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericawasestablishedat   Jamestown,Virginiain  1607     . 2.    JohnSmith       becamet

2、hefirstAmericanwriter. 3.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobrietywerethe  Puritan    valuesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.4.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywasanageof Reason    andRevolution.5.Franklin’sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece  TheAutobiograp

3、hy     .6.OnJanuary10,1776,ThomasPaine’sfamouspamphlet      appeared. 7.Thesigningof         symbolizedthebirthofanindependentAmericannation.8.ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericaofthe18thcenturywas         .9.WashingtonIrving’s            becamethefirstworkbyanAme

4、ricanwritertowininternationalfame.10.              isthesummitofAmericanRomanticism.  11.WiththepublicationofEmerson’s         in1836,AmericanRomanticismreacheditssummit.12.HesterPrynneistheheroineinHawthorne’snovel               .13.HenryJames’majorfictionalt

5、hemeis              .14.               broughttheRomanticperiodtoanend.SotheageofRealismcameintoexistence.15.ThePoeticstyleinventedbyWhitmanisnowcalled             .16. “BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath---”iswrittenby             .17.ThetermTheGildedAgeisgivenby  

6、             todescribethepost-civilwaryears.18. TheodoreDreiser’sfirstnovelis                    .19. TheleaderoftheliterarymovementImagismis            .20.          isthespokesmanforLostGeneration.   II.Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralter

7、nativeanswersorcompletions.Choosetheonethatisthebestineachcaseandputyour  answersontheAnswerSheet.(30%,1pointforeach)1.ThefirstAmericanwriteroflocalcolortoachievewidepopularitywas     . A.BretHarte                                            B.MarkTwain C.Henry

8、James                                    D.WilliamDeanHowells2.WhichofthefollowingisthemasterpieceofMarkTwain? A.TheGildedAge                                B.TheAdventuresofTomSaw