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1、(完整word)美国文学练习1-4Chapter 1 Literature of Colonial AmericaDecide whether the statements are true or false。 F 1。 American literature is the oldest of all national literature。 T 2. American poetry of the 18th century has an imitative character, imitating the reigning English models of the 18th centuryC
2、hoose the best answer or answers for each of the following statements.( C ) 1. The Puritan philosophy known as is the most enduring shaping influence in American thought and literature。 A。 Revolutionism B。 Reason C。 American Puritanism D. Rationalism( B ) 2。 Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her p
3、oems made such a stir in England that she became known as the who appeared in America。 A. Ninth Muse B。 Tenth Muse C. Best Muse D。 First Muse( B ) 3。 The secular ideals of the American Enlightenment were exemplified in the life and career of .A。 Thomas Hood B。 Benjamin Franklin C。 Thomas Jefferson D
4、。 George Washington(B)4. Thomas Paines famous pamphlet “ ” is often regarded as the greatest of the Revolutionary pamphlets。 The argument is characteristic of plainness。A. The Rights of Man B。 Common Sense C。 The American Crisis D. Declaration of IndependenceChapter 2 Early Romantics;Chapter 3 Trans
5、cendentalism;Chapter 4 High RomanticsChoose the best answer or answers for each of the following statements。( A ) 1. Transcendentalists recognized as the “highest power of soul”。 A. intuition B。 logic C. data of the senses D。 Thinking(B C D) 2. Choose the poems written by Edgar Allan Poe from the fo
6、llowing. A. “To Helen” B。 The Raven C。 “Annabel Lee” D。 “The Bells”(A B C D) 3. Choose the characters which appear in the novel The Scarlet Letter。 A。 Hester Prynne B。 Arthur Dimmesdale C。 Roger Chillingworth D. Pearl( A B ) 4. Washington Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as “
7、” and “ ”. A. Rip Van Winkle B The Legend of Sleepy Hollow C. Life of Goldsmith D。 Life of Washington(B) 5. Herman Melvilles 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 Sea B
8、. Moby Dick C. White Jacket D. Billy Budd( A ) 6。 Ralph Waldo Emersons essay has been regarded as “Americas Declaration of Intellectual Independence”. It called on American writers to write about America in a way peculiarly American.A. The American Scholar B. Nature C. The Rights of Man D。 Self-Reli
9、ance( B ) 7。 A superb book entitled came out of Henry David Thoreaus two-year experiment at Walden Pond。A. The American Scholar B. Walden C。 The Rights of Man D。 SelfReliance( C )8. From Henry David Thoreaus Concord jail experience came his famous essay “ ”.A。 The Rights of Man B. Common Sense C. Ci
10、vil Disobedience D。 Declaration of Independence( B ) 9. The central figure in the Leatherstocking Tales is , who goes by the various names of Leatherstocking, Deerslayer, Pathfinder and Hawkeye.A。 Nature B。 Natty Bumppo C. Deer D。 sailor( A) 10. was the first to develop the short story as a distinct
11、ive art form and to elaborate criteria by which it can be judged。 Therefore he was often regarded as the father of the modern short story。A。 Washington Irving B. Philip Freneau C. William Cullen Bryant D. Edgar Allan Poe( C ) 11. The Scarlet Letter was written by , who tended to write about the , an
12、d believed that evil was at the core of human life。 He was proclaimed as the first American romancer。A. Washington Irving; past B。 Philip Freneau; future C. Nathaniel Hawthorne; past D。 Edgar Allan Poe; future( A ) 12. Dickinsons poems demonstrate and .A. inconsistency; indirection B. consistency; i
13、ndirection C. inconsistency; direction D。 consistency; direction( D ) 13. The poetic style Walt Whitman applied is now called , that is poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. ballad B. blank verse C。 sonnet D。 free verse( A ) 14。 Dickinsons greatest lyrics are on the theme of , perso
14、nified as a monarch, a lord, or a kind but irresistible lover.A。 death B。 friendship C. politics D. artChapter 5 Realism;Chapter 6 Local Colorism;Chapter 7 Naturalism Choose the best answer or answers for each of the following statements。( ABCD ) 1. Choose the works written by Mark Twain. A. The Adv
15、entures of Tom Sawyer B。 Innocents Abroad C. The Gilded Age D。 The Tragedy of Puddnhead Wilson ( B ) 2. Whereas Mark Twain and William Dean Howells satirized European manners at times, was an admirer. A。 O. Henry B。 Henry James C。 Walt Whitman D. Jack London( ABCD ) 3. Choose the novels written by H
16、enry James.A。 Daisy Miller B。 The Portrait of a Lady C. The Wings of the Dove D。 The Ambassadors (ABCD) 4。 Choose Jack Londons works from the following。 A. The Call of the Wild B。 White Fang C. The Sea Wolf D. Martin Eden( A ) 5。 The novel which was described by an American critic as “an outrage to
17、American girlhood” is Henry Jamess 。A. Daisy Miller B. The Portrait of a Lady C。 The Wings of the Dove D。 The Ambassadors( B ) 6. Harriet Beecher Stowes masterpiece is , which is considered to be the greatest of all antislavery literature, and help bring the North to fight the slave-holding South in
18、 the Civil War。A。 Daisy Miller B. Uncle Toms Cabin C。 “The Gift of the Magi” D。 The Color Purple( C ) 7。 Hemingway once wrote: “All modern American literature comes from one book by called Huckleberry Finn。”A。 Henry James B。 William Dean Howells C。 Mark Twain D。 O。 Henry( D ) 8. Regionalism, or Loca
19、l Colorism is a subordinate order of 。A。 Colonialism B。 Puritanism C. Romanticism D. Realism( C ) 9. Naturalists held that humans are controlled by laws of and 。A. heredity; Puritanism B. Puritanism; totality C。 heredity; environment D. truth; beauty( A ) 10. Theodore Dreiser neither condemned nor p
20、raised the protagonist of 。A. Sister Carrie B。 White Fang C. The Red Badge of Courage D。 Martin EdenAnswer the following question in your own words。What are the differences between American romantic writers, realist writers and naturalist writers in their attitudes toward human beings in their liter
21、ary creation? Romanticists place the individual at the center of art and make literature most valuable as an expression of his or her unique feelings and particular attitudes and make its accuracy a portraying the individuals expriencesRealists described with much vividness and great artistic skill
22、the chief traits of the English society and criticized the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint. They not only gave a satirical portrayal of the bourgeoisie and all the ruling classes, but also showed profound sympathy for the common people。 But they did not find a way to eradicate social e
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