美国文学史与选读试卷题

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1、MultipleChoice(1’×15=15’)1.______wasthefirstcolonyinAmericanhistory.A.MassachusettsB.NewJerseyC.VirginiaD.Georgia2.______wastheonlygoodAmericanauthorbeforetheRevolutionaryWar.OneofhisfellowAmericanssaid,“Hisshadowliesheavierthananyotherman’sonthisyoungnation.”A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.

2、ThomasJeffersonD.ThomasPaine3.RomanticsputemphasisonthefollowingEXCEPT______.A.commonsenseB.imaginationC.intuitionD.individualism4.TheRavenwaswrittenin1844by________A.PhilipFreneauB.EdgarAllanPoeC.HenryWadsworthLongfellowD.EmilyDickinson5.Theship______carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66

3、daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.A.SunflowerB.ArmadaC.MayflowerD.Titanic6.Melville’snovel______isatremendouschronicleofawhalingvoyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.A.TypeeB.OmooC.WhiteJacketD.MobyDick7.Asaphilosop

4、hicalandliterarymovement,______flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.Transcendentalism8.Thethemeoforiginalsinisfullyreflectedin_________.A.TheScarletLetterB.SisterCarrieC.TheGreatGatsbyD.TheOldManandSea9.InallhisnovelsTheodoreDreisersetshi

5、mselftoprojectthe______Americanvalues.Forexample,inSisterCarrie,thereisnotonecharacterwhosestatusisnotdeterminedeconomically.　A.PuritanB.materialisticC.psychologicalD.religious10.Realismwasareactionagainst______oramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,andpavedthewaytoMod

6、ernism.A.Rationalism   B.Romanticism  C.Neoclassicism      D.Enlightenment11.________wasapoetinAmericanmodernperiodwhowasdeeplyinfluencebyeasternculture.A.T.SEliotB.RobertFrostC.EzraPoundD.WaltWhitman12.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutEmilyDickinsonisNOTtrue?A.After1862shebecameatotalrecl

7、use,notleavingherhousenorseeingclosefriends.B.SheoncefeltadeepaffectionforCharlesWadsworth,amarriedagedminister,butitprovedtobeafrustratedloveaffairforDickinson.C.Shewroteaboutdeath,immortality,nature,successandfailure.D.Duringherlifetime,allherpoemsarep