美国文学期末考试复习

美国文学期末考试复习

Part one: Multiple choices. (25题，每题2分，共50分)

1 "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind" is a famous quote from __D__’s writings.

A. Walt Whitman

B. Henry David Thoreau

C. Herman Melville

D. Ralph Waldo Emerson

2 Which of Hemingway’s novels describes the drifting漂流life of American exiles流亡者in Europe? B

A. The Sun Also Rises.

B. A Farewell to Arms.

C. For Whom the Bell Tolls.

D. The Old Man and the Sea.

3 The theme of ___C____ may be well stated as "It sings of nationalism and of the nature of the self in

relation to the cosmos and the meaning and purpose of birth and death."

A. Edgar Allan Poe’s "To Helen"

B. Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken"

C. Walt Whitman’s "Song of Myself" 惠特曼

〔1819-1892，美国诗人〕。 D. Emily Dickenson’s "Because I could not stop for Death"

4 The American Puritanism清教as a cultural heritage遗产benefited the Americans in ___A____.

A. strengthening their moral values

B. weakening their religious faith

C. knowing truth intuitively

D. developing their science and technology

5 Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ___C___.

A. international theme

B. waste-land imagery

C. local color

D. symbolism

6 "Strange names were over the doors -strange faces at the windows -every thing was strange. His mind

now began to misgive使害怕him, that both he and the world around him were bewitched. Surely this was his native village, which he had left but the day before." The above passage is taken from __A____.

A. Irving’s "Rip Van Winkle"

B. Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown"

C. James’ "Daisy Miller"

D. Hemingway’s "Indian Camp"

7 According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter "A" which originally stood for "___A____" finally obtained

the meaning of "able" or "angel" through Hester’s efforts.

A. adultery

B. arrogance

C. accomplishment

D. agony

8 As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by ___B____.

A. Nathaniel Hawthorne

B. Charles Darwin

C. Henry James

D. Ralph Waldo Emerson

9 In Sister Carrie, Hurstwood, extremely hopeless and totally devastated荒废, ends his life by turning on the gas, while at the same time Carrie is rocking comfortably in her luxurious豪华的hotel room before she boards a ship for ___B____.

A. New York

B. London

C. Paris

D, Geneva

10 Which of the following is the masterpiece of Mark Twain? C

A. The Call of the Wild

B. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

C.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

D. Jumping Frog

11 “”was a term created by the French novelist, Emile Zola. B

A. Realism

B. Naturalism

C. Transcendentalism

D. Impressionism

12 The Cop and the Anthem is written by . A

A. O. Henry

B. Henry James

C. Jack London

D. Mark Twain

13 An American Dictionary of the English Language was

published in 1828 by . B