英美文学复习题

Part One The Age of Romanticism

I．Multiple-choices:

1.American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century.

This was ________.

A. Anne Bradstreet

B. Jane Austen

C. Katherie Anne Porter

D. Emily Dickinson

2.In the middle of the 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is

called “______”.

A. the English Renaissance

B. the American Renaissance

C. the Second Renaissance

D. the Salem Renaissance

3.The main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally

philosophical, concerning ______.

A. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism

B. the relationship between man and woman

C. the development of Romanticism in America

D. nature, man and the universe

4.______ is unanimously agreed to be the summit of the American Romanticism in

the history of American literature.

A. New England Transcendentalism

B. England Transcendentalism

C. the Harlem Renaissance

D. New Transcendentalism

5.Moby-Dick is usually considered ______.

A. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the

universe

B. a spiritual exploration into man's deep reality and psychology

C. a simple whaling tale or sea adventure

D. both A and B

6.Dickinson's poems are usually based on her own experiences, her sorrows and

joys. But many of her little lyrics concern ______.

A. the whole human beings, which include religion, death, immortality, love, and

nature

B. the lower-class working people who live a life of poverty and sordidness

C. the middle-class people who live in confusion and in void of faith

D. the upper-class people who live in comfort and idleness

7.As a great innovator in American literature, Walt Whitman wrote his poetry in an

unconventional style which is now called ______, that is ______.

A. hymn…poetry with chanting refrains

B. blank verse…poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beat

C. free verse…poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme

D. ode…poet ry in an irregular metric form and expressing noble feelings

8.One of the features of Emily Dickinson's poetry is that ______.

A. they are long and whimsical in imagery

B. they are short and often based on one single image

C. they are very musical and colorful

D. they are very political and situational

9.Born of one common cultural heritage, the American Romanticists shared some

common features…______, with the English Romanticists.

A. an increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotions

B. an increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters

C. an increasing emphasis on the desire to return to nature

D. both A and B

10.As a philosophical and literary movement, transcendentalism flourished in New

England from the 1830s to the Civil War, whose most important representatives are ______.

A. Emerson and Thoreau

B. Emerson and Whitman

C. Hawthorne and Melville

D. Edgar Poe and James Cooper

11.Which of the following is not written by Herman Melville?______

A. Typee and Omoo

B. Mardi and White Jacket

C. Moby-Dick and Pierre

D. The Bostonians and Billy Budd

12.The novel Moby Dick shows the rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab against

______.

A. the overwhelming, mysterious vastness of the universe and the awesome forces

B. the gliding great demon of the seas of life

C. the white whale

D. the savage harpooners and the motley crew

13.In her life, Emily Dickinson makes enchanting poetry out of ______.

A. a happy and active life

B. adventurous experiences

C. a single household and an inactive life

D. a hard and suffering life

14.The Romantic Period in American literature started from the publication of

Washington Irving's ______ and ended with Whitman's Leaves of Grass.

A. The Sketch Book

B. Tales of a Traveller

C. A History of New York

D. The Scarlet Letter

15.As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate

of Transcendentalism are generally concerning ______.

A. nature, man and the universe

B. the relationship between man and woman

C. the development of Romanticism in American literature

D. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism

16.Which of the following statements is NOT a typical feature of Emily Dickinson‟s

poetry?

A. Dickinson‟s poetry is unique and conventional in its own way.