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1、美国文学试题库 注：试题库内容仅作为学习参考使用，并不代表考试内容。任何一道题均可能变化为其它形式的试题。1.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore_____________.A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimistic2.TheimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmerican

2、thoughtandtheinfluenceofthenineteenth-centuryFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism:American___________.A.localcolorismB.vernacularismC.modernismD.naturalism3.____________wereidealists,believingthechurchshouldberestoredtocomplete“purity”anddr

3、eamingthattheywouldbuildthenewlandtoanEdenonearth.A.CalvinistsB.PuritansC.RomanticistsD.Transcendentalists4.AllofthefollowingarethefeaturesofPuritansEXCEPT_____.A.wantingtomakepuretheirreligiousbeliefsandpracticesB.lookinguponthemselvesasachosenpeopleC.toleratingothers’beliefsand

4、soughtforahappyandaneasylifeD.wishingtorestoresimplicitytochurchservesandemphasizedtheimageofawrathfulGod5.HesterPrynne,Dimmesdale,ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikelyCharactersin_______.A.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesB.TheScarletLetterC.ThePortraitofaLadyD.Thepioneers6.Americanwritersa

5、fterWorldWarIself-consciouslyacknowledgedthattheywere(a)“_______,”devoidoffaithandalienatedfromtheWesterncivilization．A.LostGenerationB.BeatGenerationC.SonsofLibertyD.AngryYoungMen7.InJamesFenimoreCooper’snovels,closeafterNattyBumppoinromanticappeal,comethetwonobleredmen.Chooseth

6、emfromthefollowingitems.A.TheMohicanChiefChingachgookB.UncasC.TomeJonesD.BothAandB8.The“FatherofAmericanPoetry”is____.A.WilliamCullenBryantB.PhilipFreneauC.HenryWadsworthLongfellowD.EdgarAllanPoe9.HermanMelville’s______isanencyclopediaofeverything,history,philosophy,religion,etc,

7、inadditiontoadetailedaccountoftheoperationsofthewhalingindustry. A.TheOldManandtheSea          B.MobyDickC.WhiteJacket                    D.BillyBudd10.Inadditiontohisnovels,_______wroteabout120shortstoriesandsketches.AmongthemareYoungGoodmanBrownandTheMinister’sBlackVeil. A.Henr

8、yDavidThoreau             B.NathanielHaw