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1、美国文学题库II.Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.1.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand_________,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse.A.AhabB.IshmaelC.StubbD.Starbuck2.Natura

2、lismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore_____________.A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimistic3.Dreiser’sTrilogyofDesireincludesthreenovels.TheyareTheFinancier,TheTitanand_____.A.TheGeniusB.TheTycoonC.The

3、StoicD.TheGiant4.TheimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthenineteenth-centuryFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism:American___________.A.localcolorismB.vernacularismC.modernismD.naturalism5.RobertFrostco

4、mbinedtraditionalverseforms-thesonnet,rhymingcouplets,blankverse-withaclearAmericanlocalspeechrhythm,thespeechof_______farmerswithitsidiosyncraticdictionandsyntax.A.SouthernB.WesternC.NewHampshireD.NewEngland6.Asanautobiographicalplay,O’Neill’s___________(1956)hasgaineditsstat

5、usasaworldclassicandsimultaneouslymarkstheclimaxofhisliterarycareerandthecomingofageofAmericandrama.A.TheIcemanComethB.LongDay’sJourneyIntoNightC.TheHairyApeD.DesireUndertheElms7.Apartfromthedislocationoftimeandthemodernstream-of-consciousness,theothernarrativetechniquesFaulkn

6、erusedtoconstructhisstoriesinclude_________,symbolismandmythologicalandbiblicalallusions.A.impressionismB.expressionismC.multiplepointsofviewD.firstpersonpointofview8.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby____________.A.short,clearsentencesB.abundanceoflocalimagesC.

7、ordinaryAmericanspeechD.highlyrefinedlanguage9.OneofthecharacteristicsthathavemadeMarkTwainamajorliteraryfigureinthe19thcenturyAmericaishisuseof____________.A.vernacularB.interiormonologueC.pointofviewD.photographicdescription10.Itisonhis____________thatWashingtonIrving’sfamem

8、ainlyrested.A.childhoodrecollectionsB.sketchesabouthisEuropea