童明《美国文学史》章节题库-第3部分 美国现实主义时期：1865-1914【圣才出品】

第3部分美国现实主义时期：1865-1914

填空题

1. The best work that Mark Twain ever produced is _____, which was a success from its fast publication in 1884, and has always been regarded as one of the great books of western literature and western civilization.（人大2006研）

【答案】The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

2. Mark Twain once described the theme of a book as the struggle between a healthy heart and a deformed conscience, and he attributed this description to the character _____ in that book.（首师大2008研）

【答案】Huckleberry Finn

【解析】马克吐温曾说《哈克贝利·费恩》这部小说的主题是健康的心灵与扭曲的良心之间的斗争，他这段描述是针对小说主人公哈克贝利·费恩而言的。

3. Ernest Hemingway once noted that “all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain”. The book Hemingway gave credit to is _____.（天津外国语2007研）

【答案】The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

【解析】海明威曾经说“所有现代美国文学都来自马克·吐温的一本书”。这本书是《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》。

4. “I took the sack of corn meal and took it to where the canoe was hid, and shoved the vines and branches apart and put it in; then I done the same with the side of bacon; then the whisky-jug. I took all the coffee and sugar there was, and all the ammunition; I took the wadding; I took the bucket and gourd; took a dipper and a tin cup, and my old saw and two blankets, and the skillet and the coffee-pot. ” The “I” in this selection refers to _____.（天津外国语学院2011研）【答案】Huckleberry Finn

【解析】文章出自《哈克贝里·芬历险记》的第七章，哈克贝里·芬被爸爸绑架，于是哈克贝里·芬计划出逃。

5. In William Dean Howell’s _____, the burning of the house symbolizes the protagonist’s economic fall but he achieves his moral and ethical rise.（天津外国语2010研）

【答案】The Rise of Silas Lapham

【解析】威廉姆·迪恩·豪威尔斯是美国现实主义文学的代表作家。他的代表作是《塞拉斯·拉帕姆的发迹》，在该小说中，作者强调道德，同时批判了美国社会生活中的物质主义。

6. The literary school of _____ can be defined as having “such quality of texture and background that it could not have been written in any other place or by anyone else than a native.”（天津外国语2009研）

【答案】Local Colorism

【解析】哈姆林·加兰（Hamlin Garland）在其《摇摇欲坠的偶像》（Crumbling Idols）

一文中指出，乡土文学是一种具有特殊质地和背景特点、除本地人外其他任何地方或任何人都不可能创作出来的文学。

7. In the novel entitled _____ written by _____, a boy dreams of glorious battle in the Union Army in the Civil War. However, his initial confrontation with true war perplexes him.（大连外国语2008研）

【答案】The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane

【解析】克莱恩的小说《红色英勇勋章》以南北战争为背景，小说的主人公亨利怀着对战争的美妙幻想，参加了北方军队，但在最初真正面对战争的时候，他却失去了勇气，当了逃兵，后来他克服了恐惧心理，经过战火的洗礼，重新获得了自信和勇气。

8. In the novel entitled _____ written by _____, Thornton saves Buck, and later Buck saves Thornton from drowning in a river.（大连外国语2008研）

【答案】The Call of the Wild;Jack London

【解析】《野性的呼唤》是杰克·伦敦的著名小说，描写了一只狗回归狼群的故事。

9. The American novelist _____ probed deeply at the individual psychology of his characters, writing in a rich and intricate style that supported his intense scrutiny of complex human experience.（人大2006研）

【答案】Henry James

【解析】美国小说家亨利·詹姆斯的作品善于挖掘人物心理。