英美文学选择题

1. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. When her poems were published in England, she became know as the “______” who appeared in America.A Ninth MuseB Tenth MuseC Best MuseD First Muse[1].2. ______ is the sometimes exaggerated use of local language, characters and customs in regional literature.A Purple proseB Paste-land imageryC Local colorD Symbolism[2].3. The first great flourishing of African American literature that appealed to a relatively large literate Black readership was known as_____.A the HolocaustB the Harlem RenaissanceC abolitionismD the Civil Rights Movement[3].4. _______ was a leading 19th century feminist and one of the core members of the Transcendentalist movement.A Margaret FullerB Sylvia PlathC Hilda DoolittleD Gloria Stein[4].5. Which of the following is not typical of modern poetry?A gushing sentimentalism and comfortable imagesB abandonment of earlier verse formsC use of free verseD an effort to find and/or explore a new role for the poet in a changing world[5].6. Who was perhaps the most popular of all 20th century American poets?A Ezra PoundB Walt WhitmanC Robert FrostD Allen Ginsburg[6].7. The Fitzgeralds lived so extravagantly that they frequently spent more money than F. Scoot Fitzgerald earned for parties, liquor, entertaining their friends and traveling. It was this living style that nicknamed the decade of the 1920s as_______.A The Jazz AgeB The Gilded AgeC The Roaring AgeD The Beat Age[7].8. Which is true of the “Fireside Poets”?A They were generally strongly in favor of abolishing slavery.B They were deeply involved in the Transcendentalist movement.C They were a group of 19th century New England poets who weretremendously popular and respected at the time they wrote.D They opposed to tradition and were in favor of radical change.[8].9. Ernest Hemingway was badly wounded in Italy and sent to a hospital where he fell in love with a nurse. These two persons later became the characters of his novel ________.A The Old Man and the SeaB For Whom the Bell TollsC The Sun Also RisesD A Farewell to Arms[9].10. The Brahmists or Boston Brahmi, in American literature, refers to _______.A The highest ranking of the Hindu castes.B A movement that emerged from rebellion against Puritan religious ideas and systems.C A group of New England writers known for their scholarship and/or conservative philosophy.D A school of imaginative writing.[10].11. Which of the following is one of Ben Franklin’s famous proverbs?A “A stitch in time saves nine”B “God helps those who help themselves”C “A Friend in need is a friend indeed”D “Ask not who the bell tolls, the bell tolls for thee”[11].12. ___________ was a reaction to the ideas of the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment.A RomanticismB RealismC NaturalismD Modernism[12].13. Although few of her poems were published in her lifetime and a complete collection of them didn’t appear until the 1950’s, _____ had a major impact on 20th century poetry.A Anne BradstreetB Gertrude SteinC Emily DickinsonD Amy Lowell[13].14. Which of the following writers died a natural death in his old age?A Jack LondonB Ernest HemingwayC Stephen CraneD Mark Twain[14].15. Who of the following is NOT a 20th century American poet?A Henry Wordsworth LongfellowB Amy LowellC Ezra PoundD Robert Frost[15].16. English literature in the America is only about more than ________ years old.A. 500B. 400C. 200D. 100[16].17. The establisher of Jamestown was the famous explorer and colonist ___________ .A. John WinthropB. John SmithC. William BradfordD. John Goodwin[17].18. The early history of___________ Colony was the history of Bradford's leadership.A. PlymouthB. JamestownC. New EnglandD. Mayflower[18].19. __________ usually was regarded as the first American writer.A. William BradfordB. Anne BradstreetC. Emily DickinsonD. Captain John Smith[19].20. Which statement about Cotton Mather is not true?A. He was a great Puritan historian.B. He was an inexhaustible writer.C. He was a skillful preacher and an eminent theologian.D. He was a graduate of Oxford College.[20].21. Jonathan Edwards' best and most representative sermon was ____ .A. A True Sight of SinB. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry GodC. A Model of Christian CharityD. God's Determinations[21].22. Which writer is not a poet?A. Michael WigglesworthB. Anne BradstreetC. Edward TaylorD. Thomas Hooker[22].23. The common thread throughout American literature has been the emphasis on the__________ .A. RevolutionismB. ReasonC. IndividualismD. Rationalism[23].24. In American literature, the eighteenth century was the age of the Enlightenment. _________ was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RevolutionD. Evolution[24].25. The English colonies in North America rose in arms against their parent country and the Continental Congress adopted____________ in 1776.A. the Declaration of IndependenceB. the Sugar ActC. the Stamp ActD. the Mayflower Compact[25].26. Which statement about Benjamin Franklin is not true?A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer.B. He was a scientist.C. He was a master of diplomacy.D. He was a Puritan.[26].27. The secular ideals of the American Enlightenment were exemplified in the life and career of___________.A. Thomas HoodB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington[27].28. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the____________ .A. American EnlightenmentB. Sugar ActC. Chartist movementD. Romanticist[28].29. From 1732 to 1758, Benjamin Franklin wrote and published his famous __________, an annual collection of proverbs.A. The AutobiographyB. Poor Richard's AlmanacC. Common SenseD. The General Magazine[29].30. Which is not connected with Thomas Paine?A. Common SenseB. The American CrisisC. Pennsylvania MagazineD. The Autobiography[30].31. In 1837, the first college-level institution for women, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, was established in____________ to serve the "muslin sex".A. New EnglandB. VirginiaC. MassachusettsD. New York[31].32. As a philosophical and literary movement, ____________ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. rationalismC. sentimentalismD. transcendentalism[32].33. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in___________ and Henry David Thoreau.A. Thomas JeffersonB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Philip FreneauD. Oversoul[33].34. _________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman[34].35. Transcendentalists recognized__________ as the "highest power of the soul."A. intuitionB. logicC. data of the sensesD. thinking[35].36. Led by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and _______________ , there arose a kind of teachings of transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century.A. Herman MelvilleB. Henry David ThoreauC. Mark TwainD. Theodore Dreiser[36].37. Transcendentalism appealed to those who disdained the harsh God of the Puritan ancestors, and it appealed to those who scorned the pale deity of New EnglandA. TranscendentalismB. HumanismC. NaturalismD. Unitarianism[37].38. Mark Twain created, in____________, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.A. Huckleberry FinnB. Tom SawyerC. The Man That Corrupted HadleyburgD. The Gilded Age[38].39. American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenthcentury. This was _____.A. Anne BradstreetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD. Harriet Beecher[39].40. The publication of the novel____________ stirred a great nation to its depths and hurried on a great war.A. My Bondage and My FreedomB. Stanzas on FreedomC. V oices of FreedomD. Uncle Tom' s Cabin[40].41. In American literature, the eighteenth century was the age of theEnlightenment, _______________ was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RevolutionD. Evolution[41].42. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”?A. Michael WigglesworthB. Edward TaylorC. Anne BradstreetD. Philip Freneau[42].43. The finest example of Hawthorne’s symbolism is the recreation of PuritanBoston in _______.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Young Goodman BrownC. The Marble FaunD. The Ambitious Guest[43].44. ____________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. ThoreauB. EmersonC. HawthorneD. Whitman[44].45. Choose the work NOT written by Mark Twain.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. Innocents AbroadC. Life on the MississippiD. The Rise of Silas Lapham[45].46. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?A. The American ScholarB. English TraitsC. The Conduct of LifeD. Representative Men[46].47. Melville’s ____________________ is an encyclopedia of everything, history,philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.A. The Old Man and the SeaB. Moby DickC. White JacketD. Billy Budd[47].48. American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenthcentury. This was ___________.A. Anne BradstreetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD. Harriet Beecher[48].49. The main theme of _______________ The Art of Fiction reveals his literarycredo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel.A. Henry James’B. William Dean Howells’C. Mark Twain’sD. O. Henry’s[49].50. ___________ showed great interest in Chinese literature and translated thepoetry of Li Po into English, and was influenced by Confucian ideas.A. Ezra PoundB. Robert FrostC. T. S. EliotD. E. E. Cummings[50].51. With William Dean Howells, Henry James, and Mark Twain active on thescene, _______ became the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century.A. sentimentalismB. romanticismC. realismD. naturalism[51].52. Ezra Pound's long poem____________ contained more than one hundredpoems loosely connected.A. The WasteLandB. The CantosC. Don JuanD. Queen Mab[52].53. In Paris, Ernest Hemingway, along with _____________, accomplished arevolu-tion in literary style and language.A. Gertrude SteinB. Ezra PoundC. James JoyceD. all of the above[53].54. __________ tells the Joad family' s life from the time they were evicted fromtheir farm in Oklahoma until their first winter in California.A. Of Mice and MenB. The Grapes of WrathC. The Great GatsbyD. For Whom the Bell Tolls[54].55. The two areas on which the modem American writers concentrated theircriti-cism were the failures of American society and ___________ .A. the failure of communication among AmericansB. the economic depressionC. the extreme prosperity of AmericaD. the paradise of NewLand[55].56. Mark Twain created, in____________, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literatureA. Huckleberry FinnB. Tom SawyerC. The Man That Corrupted HadleyburgD. The Gilded Age[56].57. Choose the work NOT written by Mark Twain.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. Innocents AbroadC. Life on the MississippiD. The Rise of Silas Lapham[57].58. With William Dean Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, _______ became the major trendin the seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century.A. sentimentalismB. romanticismC. realismD. naturalism[58].59. The American social upheavals and the literary concerns of the Great Depression years ended withthe prosperity and turmoil brought by the _____________.A. First World WarB. Second World WarC. Civil WarD. War of Independence[59].60. Ezra Pound' s long poem____________ contained more than one hundred poems loosely connected.A. The Waste LandB. The CantosC. Don JuanD. Queen Mab[60].61. __________, a poetic tragedy on the betrayal of Thomas a Becket, is a drama of impressive spiritual power.A. "The Confidential Clerk"B. "The Cocktail Party"C. "The Family Reunion"D. "Murder in the Cathedral"[61].62. The Fitzgeralds lived so extravagantly that they frequently spent more money than F. ScootFitzgerald earned for parties, liquor, entertaining their friends and traveling. It was thisliving style that nicknamed the decade of the 1920s as ______.A. The Roaring TwentiesB. The Jazz AgeC. The Dollar DecadeD. all of the above[62].63. In Paris, Ernest Hemingway, along with _____________, accomplished a revolu-tion in literary styleand language.A. Gertrude SteinB. Ezra PoundC. Thomas Stearns EliotD. all of the above[63].64. _________ tells the Joad family's life from the time they were evicted from their farm in Oklahomauntil their first winter in California.A. Of Mice and MenB. The Grapes of WrathC. The Great GatsbyD. For Whom the Bell Tolls[64].65. _________ wrote about the society in the South by inventing families which re-presented different social forces; the old decaying upper class; the rising, am-bitious, unscrupulous class of the "poor Whites"; and the Negroes who labored for both of them.A. William FaulknerB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. John Steinbeck[65].。