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1、(完整版)美国文学题库I 单选题.2011.11.12美国文学题库I 单选题 I。 Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.1。 For Melville, as well as for the reader and _, the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the uni
2、verse.A。 Ahab B。 Ishmael C. Stubb D。 Starbuck2. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the authors tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_.A. rational B。 Humorous C。 optimistic D. pessimistic3。 Dreisers Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are Th
3、e Financier, The Titan and_ .A. The Genius B. The Tycoon C. The Stoic D. The Giant4. The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American_ .A
4、. local colorism B。 Vernacularism C。 modernism D。 naturalism5。 Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms -the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse -with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of _farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax。A。 Southern B。 Western C. New Hampshire
5、 D。 New England6. As an autobiographical play, ONeills _(1956) has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama.A. The Iceman Cometh B. Long Days Journey Into Night C。 The Hairy Ape D. Desire Under the Elms7。
6、Apart from the dislocation of time and the modern streamofconsciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include_, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions。A. impressionism B。 Expressionism C。 multiple points of view D。 first person point of view8. Styl
7、istically, Henry James fiction is characterized by_.A。 short, clear sentences B. abundance of local imagesC。 ordinary American speech D. highly refined language9。 One of the characteristics that have made Mark Twain a major literary figure in the 19th century America is his use of_ 。 A. vernacular B
8、. interior monologue C. point of view D. photographic description10。 It is on his_ that Washington Irvings fame mainly rested. A. childhood recollections B。 sketches about his European toursC。 early poetry D。 tales about America11. At the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowerin
9、g which is called “_”。A. the English Renaissance B。 the Second RenaissanceC。 the American Renaissance D。 the Salem Renaissance12. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally concerning _.A。 nature, man and the universe B. the re
10、lationship between man and womanC。 the development of Romanticism in American literature D. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism13. About the novel The Scarlet Letter, which of the following statements is NOT right?A。 Its very hard to say that it is a love story or a story of sin。B. Its a hig
11、hly symbolic story and the author is a master of symbolism。C。 Its mainly about the moral, emotional and psychological effects of the sin upon the main characters and the people in general. D. In it the letter A takes the same symbolic meaning throughout the novel.14. The great sea adventure story Mo
12、byDick is usually considered_.A. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universe.B。 an adventurous exploration into mans relationship with natureC。 a simple whaling tale or sea adventureD。 a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the artistic truth and beauty15。 In
13、 his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative in the terms of the form of his poetry, which is called “_。”A。 free verse B。 blank verse C. alliteration D. end rhyming16. After the Civil War America was transformed from _ to _.A。 an agrarian community an industrialized and commercialized societyB。 an agraria
14、n community a society of freedom and equalityC。 a poor and backward society an industrialized and commercialized societyD. an industrialized and commercialized society a highly developed society17. Which of the following is said of the American naturalism?A。 They preferred to have their own region a
15、nd people at the forefront of the stories.B。 Their characteristic setting is usually an isolated town.C. Humans should be united because they had to adapt themselves to changing harsh environment。D。 Their characters were conceived more or less complex combinations of inherited attributes, their habi
16、ts conditioned by social and economic forces。18。 Which of the following is not right about Mark Twains style of language?A。 His sentence structures are long, ungrammatical and difficult to read.B. His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect。C。 His humor is remarkable and characterized by
17、 puns, straightfaced exaggeration, repetition and anti-climax。D。 His style of language had exerted rather deep influence on the contemporary writers.19。 The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American men of le
18、tters gave rise to another school of realism: American _。A。 Romanticism B。 Transcendentalism C。 Realism D. Naturalism20。 Which of the following is not written by Henry James?A。 The Portrait of A Lady and The Europeans。 B. The Wings of the Dove and The Ambassadors。C. What Maisie Knows and The Bostoni
19、ans。 D. The Genius and The Gilded Age.21。 More than five hundred poems Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general Skepticism about the relationship between _ is wellexpressed.A. man and man B。 men and women C。 man and nature D. men and God22. Which of the following is right about Emily D
20、ickinsons poems about nature?A。 In them, she expressed her general affirmation about the relationship between man and nature。B。 Some of them showed her disbelief that there existed a mythical bond between man and nature.C. Her poems reflected her feeling that nature is restorative to human beings.D.
21、 Many of them showed her feeling of natures inscrutability and indifference to the life and interests of human beings.23. As a great innovator in American literature, Walt Whitman wrote his poetry in an unconventional style which is now called free verse, that is _.A. lyrical poetry with chanting re
22、frains B. poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme schemeC. poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beatD。 poetry in an irregular metric form and expressing noble feelings24。 In the first part of the 20th century,apart from Darwinism, there were two thinkers _, whose ideas
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