常耀信《美国文学简史》(第3版)章节题库-第二章至第三章【圣才出品】

第2章爱德华兹·富兰克林·克里夫古尔

Ⅰ.Fill in the blanks.

1.In his_____Benjamin Franklin creates the image of a boy’s rise from_____to riches and demonstrates his belief that the new world of America was a land of opportunities which might be met through hard work and wise management.[天津外国语学院2008研]

【答案】Autobiography,poor

【解析】富兰克林在《自传》中讲述了其白手起家、自力更生的故事，平凡却生动的讲述表明他坚信通过努力就能实现美国梦。

2.If we say Jonathan Edwards represents the upper levels of the American mind, _____represents the lower levels.

【答案】Benjamin Franklin

【解析】美国文学评论家范·威克·布鲁克斯（Van Wyck Brooks）在《美国的成年》(America’s Coming Age)中指出乔纳森·爱德华兹和本杰明·富兰克林是美国18世纪的两位重要的哲学家，他们是不同层次思想的代表。

3.Before his death,_____had gained a position as America’s first systematic philosopher.

【答案】Jonathan Edwards

【解析】乔纳森·爱德华兹（1703—1758）是美国“大觉醒”（the“Great Awakening”）的领军人物，他生前赢得了“美国第一位系统的哲学家”称号。其著名作品是《意志自由》（Freedom of the Will）。

4.Jonathan Edwards’work Images or Shadows of Divine Things anticipated the nature symbolism of_____in the19th century.

【答案】Transcendentalism

【解析】乔纳森·爱德华兹的作品《神灵的形影》（Images or Shadows of Divine Things）对19世纪的超验主义对象征主义的运用产生了很大的影响。

5.Franklin’s claim to a place in literature rests chiefly on his_____and_____.

【答案】Poor Richard’s Almanac,Autobiography

【解析】富兰克林在文学上的地位主要取决于《穷查理历书》和《自传》。

6.Benjamin Franklin’s best writing is found in his masterpiece_____.

【答案】The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

【解析】本杰明·富兰克林文学上最大的成就体现在他的作品《本杰明·富兰克林自传》上。该书以平易的文风叙述了富兰克林艰苦创业、自学成才、坚持不懈的奋斗历程。

7.Franklin was the epitome of the_____,the versatile,practical embodiment of national man in the18th century.

【答案】Enlightenment

【解析】富兰克林是启蒙思想的缩影，是18世纪理性的代表。

8.Eighteen-century America experienced an age of_____,of_____,and_____like England and Europe.

【答案】enlightenment,reason,order

【解析】18世纪的美国处于启蒙、理想、秩序的时代。

9.Many Puritans wrote verse,but the works of two writers,Anne Bradstreet and _____,rose to the level of real poetry.

【答案】Edward Taylor

【解析】美国殖民时期最著名的诗人是安·布莱德斯特律和爱德华·泰勒。

10.18th century America was an age of Enlightenment._____was the spokesman of

it:people still believed that God was the center of the world,but they began to see the importance of man,of order and law.

【答案】Benjamin Franklin

【解析】《自传》充分说明了富兰克林是18世纪美国启蒙运动的代言人。他代表着，在美国，人本质是善良自由的，拥有上帝赋予的不可剥夺的自由及追求幸福的权力。

Ⅱ.Multiple Choice

1.The first symbol of self-made American man is_____.[北二外2009研]

A.George Washington

B.Washington Irving

C.Thomas Jefferson

D.Benjamin Franklin

【答案】D

【解析】富兰克林是第一个自力更生、白手起家的美国人的标志。

2.At the Reason and Revolution Period.Americans were influenced by the European movement called the_____.

A.Chartist Movement

B.Romanticist Movement

C.Enlightenment Movement

D.Modernist Movement

【答案】C

【解析】欧洲的启蒙运动对美国理性和独立革命时期产生了深远影响。

3.In American literature,the eighteenth century was the age of the Enlightenment. _____was the dominant spirit.

A.Humanism

B.Rationalism

C.Revolution

D.Evolution

【答案】B