美国文学史习题

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1、I.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.(10x1’=10’)1.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment.____B__wasthedominant.A.humanismB.rationalismC.romanticismD.evolution2.Theshortstory“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”istakenfromIrving’sworknamed____

2、B__.A.TheLeatherstockingTalesB.TheSketchBookC.TheAutobiographyD.TheHistoryofNewYork3.WhichofthefollowingisnotthecharacteristicofAmericanRomanticism?AA.RationalismB.innerselfC.personalfeelingsD.individualism4.Theshortstory“RipVanWinkle”revealsthe__C__attitudeofitsauthor.A.op

3、timisticB.pessimisticC.conservativeD.ironic5.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby___D__.A.short,clearsentencesB.abundanceoflocalimagesC.ordinaryAmericanspeechD.highlyrefinedlanguage6.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin___B__andThorea

4、u.A.JeffersonB.EmersonC.FreneauD.MarkTwain7.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?AA.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraitsC.OversoulD.Self-reliance8.____DisconsideredMarkTwain’sgreatestachievement.A.TheGildedAgeB.InnocentAbroadC.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerD.A

5、dventuresofHuckleberryFinn9.___C__isnotamongthosegreatestfiguresin“LostGeneration”.A.EzraPoundB.RobertFrostC.WaltWhitmanD.Hemingway10.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore___D_.A.rationalB.humorous

6、C.optimisticD.pessimistic1-5，BBACD6-10BADCDII.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.(10x1’=10’)11.______isthefatherofAmericanLiterature.D13A.BenjaminFranklinB.PhilipFreneauC.PaineD.WashingtonIrving1._____isafantasytaleaboutamanwhosomehowsteppedoutsidethe

7、mainstreamoflife.AA.“RipVanWinkle”B.“ThePioneers”C.“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”D.“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”2._____wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.BA.ThoreauB.EmersonC.HawthorneD.Whitman3.WhichoffollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain’slanguage?CA.vernacularB.co

8、lloquialC.elegantD.humorous4.FromThoreau’sjailexperience,camehisfamousessay,_____w