美国文学期末复习之选择题

I.Multiple choice. Please choose the best answer among the four items. (10 x

1’= 10’)

1.In American literature, the 18th century was the age of Enlightenment. b______ was

the dominant.

2.The short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is taken from Irving’s work named

____b__.

3.Which of the following is not the characteristic of American Romanticisma

4.The short story “Rip Van Winkle” reveals the __c__ attitude of its author.

5.Stylistically, Henry James’ fiction is characteriz ed by __d___.

6.Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in __b___ and

Thoreau.

7.Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence” a

8._d___ is considered Mark Twain’s greatest achievement.

9.__c___ is not among those greatest figures in “Lost Generation”.

10.Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s to ne in writing becomes less

serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _d___.

1-5，BBACD 6-10 BADCD

II.Multiple choice. Please choose the best answer among the four items. (10 x 1’= 10’)

11.___d___ is the father of American Literature.

12.___a__ is a fantasy tale about a man who somehow stepped outside the main stream

of life.

13.___b__ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.

14.Which of following is NOT a typical feature of Mark Twain’s langua ge c

15.From Thoreau’s jail experience, came his famous essay, __c___ which states his

belief that no man should violate his conscience at the command of a government.

A. Walden

B. Nature

C. Civil Disobedience

D. Common Sense

16.Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence” a

17.Most of the poems in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass sing of the “en-mass” and the

_c___ as well.

18.What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s c

19.Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less

serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more __d__.

20.For Melville, as well as for the reader and __c__, the narrator, Moby Dick is still

a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.

1-5 D A B C C 6-10 A C C D C II. Identify Works as Described Below (1’×15 =15’):

10. It is a naturalistic work about how a country girl is seduced and how she becomes

a famous actress and how her lover falls into a beggar and finally commits suicide.

b

American Tragedy b. Sister Carrie c. McTeague , A Girl of the Streets