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1、(完整word)美国文学史及作品选读习题集(1)1 Basic Literary Knowledge. Fill in the blanks 1。 The _is the most commonly used foot in English poetry, in which an unstressed syllable comes first, followed by a _syllable.2. Rhyme is the _of sounds in two or more words or phrases that usually appear close to each other in
2、a poem。 For example: we/thee, man/can, and gold/hold。3。 A _is a sign that suggests more than its literal meaning.4。 The two-line stanza form is called the _, the best-known being the _which is written in iambic pentameter with an end rhyme.5。 The _foot, which is the reverse of the iambic foot, also
3、consists of one stressed and one unstressed syllables, but with the stressed one coming first.6。 An anapestic foot is made up of two _and one stressed syllables, with the two unstressed in front.7. American achievements in the short story have demanded international respect and admiration for more f
4、rom _in the early 19th century.8。 _is generally thought of as the true beginner of the short stories because he was the first writer who formulated a poetics of the short stories。9. There were two other American writers who had made significant contributions to the literary form of short story: _, w
5、ith his stories of early life in California, started a vogue of local color stories and made the short story seem completely at home in the US, and Henry James, brought to the form a careful writing that made his stories models.10。 In the 20th century, there have been many who have won fame abroad a
6、s well as in the US for their stories: _, _, _, _, and dozens of others.11. As you read from writer to writer, from _s Rip Van Winkle to _s A Good Man is Hard to Find, you will see the coming of a short story age, growing from an entertaining tale into a store which probes deep into human souls.12.
7、Modern literary fiction has been dominated by two forms: _13。 Washing Irving, the father of American literature, developed the _as a genre in American literature。14. _is usually acknowledged as the originator of detective stories. He is also credited with developing many of the standard features of
8、detective fiction。 His detective M August Dupin of Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Purloined Letter is the forerunner of a long line of fictional detectives who are eccentric and brilliant.15。 _is the repetition of similar vowel sounds situated in a sentence, a verse line or series of words.16。 A
9、dactylic foot is made up of one _ and two _syllables, with the stressed in front.17. The _is a structured division of a poem, consisting of a series of verse lines which usually comprise a recurring pattern of meter and rhyme. In traditional English poetry, there are various forms containing two, th
10、ere, four, five, six, seven, eight or nine lines。18. Consonance is the repetition of _but with different preceding vowels e.g。 heart/light, flag/plug. Unlike alliteration and assonance, consonance can serve as end rhythm. Multiple Choices1。 Edgar Allan Poe wrote poems which are marvels of beauty and
11、 craftsmanship such as _.A。 I Hear America Singing B。 The Raven C. To a Waterfowl D. The Fall of the House of Usher2。 Which writer is not a poet?A。 Michael Wigglesworth B。 Anne Bradstreet C. Edward Taylor D。 Thomas Hooker。3. The common thread throughout American literature has been the emphasis on t
12、he _A. Revolutionism B。 Reason C。 Individualism D. Rationalism4. In American literature, the 18th century was the age of Enlightenment, _was the dominant spirit。A。 Humanism B. Rationalism C。 Revolution D. Evolution5. Who was considered as the “poet of American revolution”?A. Michael Wigglesworth B.
13、Edward Taylor C。 Anne Bradstreet D。 Philip Freneau6. Thomas Jeffersons attitude, that is, a firm belief in progress, and the pursuit of happiness, is typical of the period we now call _.A。 Age of Evolution B。 Age of ReasonC. Age of Romanticism D。 Age of Regionalism7。 Howells defined realism as “noth
14、ing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material, and he best exemplified his theories in three novels: The Modern Instance, The Rise of Silas Laphan, and _。 A. White Fang B. The last of the Mohicans C。 A Hazard of New Fortunes D. The Prince and the Pauper8Mark twain created, in _,
15、a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.A。 Huckleberry Finn B. Tom SawyerC。 The Man That Corrupted Hadleybury D。 The Gilded Age9。 The pessimism and deterministic ideas of naturalism pervaded the works of such American writers as _.A. Mark Twain B。 Fr
16、ancis Scott FitzgeraldC。 Wait Whitman D。 Stephen Crane10. Although realism and naturalism were products of the 19th century, their final triumph came in the 20th century, with the popular and critical successes of such writers as Edwin Arlington, Willa Cather, Robert Frost, William Faulkner, and _A.
17、 Edgar Allan Poe B. Sherwood AndersonC。 Washington Irving D。 Ralph Ellison11。 American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century。 She was _.A。 Anne Bradstreet B. Jane AustenC。 Emily Dickenson D。 Harriet Beecher12。 Choose the well-known short stories written by William Sidney P
18、orter。A。 The Gift of the Magi B。 SelfReliance C。 The Red Badge of Courage D. The Ministers Black Veil13. In 1900, Jack London published his first collection of short stories, named _A. The Son of the Wolf B。 The Sea Wolf C. The Law of Life D. White Fang14。 With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active
19、on the scene, _become the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.A。 sentimentalism B。 romanticismC。 realism D。 naturalism15。 Choose from the following writers a staunch advocate of 19th century American realism.A。 Mark Twain B。 Washington Irving C。 Stephen Crane D. Jack London
20、16. Which writer has naturalist tendency?A。 Frank Norris B。 William Dean Howells C. Theodore Dreiser D。 Both A and B 17. Early in the 20th century, _published works that would change the nature of American poetry.A。 Ezra Pound B. T. S. EliotC。 Robert Frost D. Both A and B18。 The American “Thirties”
21、lasted from the Crash, though the ensuing Great Depression, until the outbreak of the Second World WAR 1939。 THIS WAS a period of “_”A. Poverty B。 BleaknessC。 Important social movements D。A new social consciousness19. The imagist writers followed three principles。 They respectively are direct treatm
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